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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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06USUNNEWYORK1375 | TAGLIAVINI'S LAST UNSC APPEARANCE ON ABKHAZIA: [...] (C) Summary: Speaking before the Security Council in a private meeting about the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on July 11, Georgian Parliament President Nino Burjanadze delivered a powerful political rebuke of the policies of the Russian Federation on practically every level. Burja [...] | 2006-07-17 20:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RS |
06USUNNEWYORK1378 | SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI BRIEFS UNSC ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Security Council met for a briefing by Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari on his progress on overseeing the Kosovo Future Status Talks. The unusual format for the day involved three separate events: a private meeting of the Security Council, closed consultations in wh [...] | 2006-07-18 02:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
06USUNNEWYORK1379 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES, [...] The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday, July 15 to condemn the recent North Korean missile launches. Resolution 1695 (2006) demands that North Korea "suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile programme" and calls on member states to prevent "missile and missile-re [...] | 2006-07-18 13:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KNNP PARM UNSC KN |
06USUNNEWYORK1392 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES LEBANON; SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on July 17, the UN Security Council heard briefings from DPA U/SYG Gambari and DPKO A/SYG Lute on the situation in Lebanon and discussed possible reaction from the Council. Gambari and Lute condemned Hizballah attacks on Israel, expressed concerns abo [...] | 2006-07-19 15:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO LE IS |
06USUNNEWYORK1395 | GA COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - DISCUSSION OF [...] Summary In a meeting with Singapore Permanent Representative Menon, a Co-Chairman of the Counter-terrorism Strategy consultations, Amb. Wolff discussed the key issues, timing and prospects for adopting a GA Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Menon commented on his efforts with other delegations d [...] | 2006-07-20 21:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1404 | GAMBARI, KALOMOH, GUEHENNO, EGELAND ATTEND CORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Under Secretary-General (U/SYG) for the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, hosted a meeting of members of the Core Group for Northern Uganda, composed of the U.S., UK, Norway, and Netherlands, with Canada also in attendance, to discuss the [...] | 2006-07-25 13:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV SU UG UNSC XA XW |
06USUNNEWYORK1405 | GUEHENNO BRIEFS ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 13, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) Guehenno briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on discussions held on July 5 in Cote d'Ivoire between Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and African leaders regarding the region's peace pro [...] | 2006-07-25 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IV PGOV UNSC XA KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1407 | PACIFIC ISLAND STATES APPEAL FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and its Executive Directorate (CTED) hosted a meeting on July 21 between representatives of Pacific Island States, potential donor nations, and select international organizations to discuss the Pacific Island States' technical [...] | 2006-07-25 20:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1409 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE NEAR AGREEMENT ON [...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met on July 20 to discuss: 1) preliminary conclusions of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) visit to Malaysia and the CTED Executive Director's visit to Paraguay, 2) CTED's Semi-Annual Report and the draft dire [...] | 2006-07-25 20:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1410 | 1540: P-5 EXPERTS NEAR AGREEMENT ON DRAFT [...] Begin summary: P-5 experts met informally July 24 to discuss a UK draft of the 12-month program of work for the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) (ref A). USUN stressed the U.S. desire for the Committee to agree upon a work program soon and urged the [...] | 2006-07-25 20:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER AORC KNNP UNSC PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK1416 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 26, 2006 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Ope [...] | 2006-07-26 20:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1417 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-26 20:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1418 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-26 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK1419 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-26 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK1421 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-28 20:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK1428 | 1540: RUSSIA BLOCKS ADOPTION OF WORK PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) met informally July 27 to discuss the status of reporting, outreach activities, and the adoption of a new 12-month program. After no delegation commented on the draft work program during the informal m [...] | 2006-07-31 12:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM UNSC AORC KNNP |
06USUNNEWYORK1429 | DANISH PRESENTATION ON BUILDING STATES' [...] Summary: At a July 19 meeting hosted by the Danish Mission to the UN, COWI A/S, an international consulting firm, and the Fourth Freedom Forum, a U.S. non-governmental organization, presented a working paper proposing strategies for counterterrorism capacity building and implementation of UNS [...] | 2006-07-31 13:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1430 | 1267 COMMITTEE PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS AND FAIRNESS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) For the past few weeks, USUN and the French Mission have been working quietly on bridging our differences in the "due process" debate currently underway in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee ( [...] | 2006-07-31 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK1434 | UNSC/UNMEE: MEMBERS FEAR SPREAD OF CONFLICT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov updated the Security Council at July 27 consultations on the status of UNSCR 1681 (2006) implementation and on the situation on the ground between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Members looked forw [...] | 2006-08-01 13:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL SO UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1435 | AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY. The Chairman of the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Argentine Ambassador Cesar Mayoral, held an open briefing and question and answer session for the general UN membership on July 26. This was the first such session conducted by Mayoral. The goal w [...] | 2006-08-01 14:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK1436 | CTC CHAIRMAN APPEALS FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Danish PermRep Ellen Margrethe Loj, the Chairman of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),told Amb. Bolton, Wolff, and Sanders on July 28 that she fears the CTC is foundering and appealed for the United States to articulate consistent, clear goals for the CTC. Loj ar [...] | 2006-08-01 14:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA UNSC KFTN KNNP |
06USUNNEWYORK1437 | FOLLOW UP ON HMONG MINORS ISSUE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Per Ref A, ECONOFF delivered talking points to Laos Desk Officer at the UN Department of Political Affairs (UNDPA). Reponse was that a request for a high-level visit to Laos was made by the UN Country Team and remains "under serious consideration." No decision has yet been [...] | 2006-08-01 14:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM LA UNICEF |
06USUNNEWYORK1438 | NHLAPO BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON LRA AND NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On July 28, the Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Welile Nhlapo, updated the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the threat of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. He noted that the progress of peace talks in Juba, Southern [...] | 2006-08-01 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UG UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1440 | USUN/NEA MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 26 meeting at USUN with Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, NEA/DAS Gordon Gray explained current U.S. thinking on Western Sahara: encouragement of the submission of a robust Moroccan autonomy plan before the October expiration of the MINURSO mandate and [...] | 2006-08-01 19:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK1441 | LORD CARLILE SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON DEFINING TERRORISM [...] This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. In a videoteleconference with USUN LegalOff, Department attorneys, and UKUN legal advisers on July 31, Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew Q.C., the UK,s independent reviewer of the Terrorist Act, sought U.S. views on the negotiations of the Compr [...] | 2006-08-02 13:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV UNSC KTFN UNGA UK |
06USUNNEWYORK1457 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL 2006 ASSESSMENT [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/S-David Leis and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated July 31, 2006, requesting payment of SIPDIS additional U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2006 in the amount of $16,940,000. The not [...] | 2006-08-02 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1458 | UNIFEM CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF FINAL 2005 U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNIFEM |
06USUNNEWYORK1459 | UN REFORM: GAO TEAM ASSESSES PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: A four-member GAO team (Government Accountability Office, International Affairs and Trade Section) already engaged in an ongoing analysis of UN reform efforts visited New York July 17-19 to assess progress to date on management reform and mandate review initiatives. They met with a [...] | 2006-08-02 19:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASIG KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1480 | POST CLEARANCE: USDEL FOR THE AUGUST 2006 [...] Mission grants post clearance and warmly welcomes the proposed visit of the members of the U.S. delegation to USUN. Control Officer is LAURIE SHESTACK, available at office telephone (212) 415-4204, email SHESTACKLL@state.gov, cell phone (646) 245-4308. 2. Mission is currently arranging b [...] | 2006-08-03 21:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC SOCI |
06USUNNEWYORK1485 | JAPANESE VFM YAMANAKA'S AUGUST 2 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary. Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akiko Yamanaka told Ambassador Bolton on August 2 that the GOJ was extremely appreciative of U.S. support for strong Security Council action following the DPRK's missile launches in July. She reiterated Japanese support for aggressive UN reform, in [...] | 2006-08-04 14:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR UN JA |
06USUNNEWYORK1488 | UNSC EXPANSION: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES PRODUCES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. During more than ten hours of speeches over July 20 and 21, eighty-six delegations spoke in the General Assembly on Security Council expansion and working methods reform. Proponents of expansion cited the large number of speakers as evidence of continued support for [...] | 2006-08-04 21:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KUNR UNSC UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1493 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND REVIEWS FIRST PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 17:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN KDEM KUNR PHUM |
06USUNNEWYORK1505 | STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS IN NEW YORK ON FRENCH-US [...] (SBU) Posts will recall from reftels that on August 5 the French and American delegations in New York tabled a draft resolution calling for a full cessation of hostilties between Lebanon and Israel. Discussions were then held on the draft August 6 in New York. All Security Council delegati [...] | 2006-08-07 23:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS |
06USUNNEWYORK1506 | UNICEF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNICEF |
06USUNNEWYORK1519 | UPDATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) The U.S. and France continue to work intensively and urgently in New York and in capitals to reach agreement on a draft UNSC resolution calling for a full cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. Ambassador Bolton and French Permanent Representative de la Sabliere met again [...] | 2006-08-10 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1527 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING DPRK FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 13:48:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | AORC KN KNNP MNUC PARM |
06USUNNEWYORK1532 | 1540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIAN VIEWS ON PROGRAM OF WORK [...] USUN LegalOff delivered ref A points, concerning the 1540 Committee's draft program of work, to Russian Mission First Secretary Denis Paletskiy on August 10. While acknowledging SIPDIS that Victor Slipchenko, the Russian on the 1540 Committee's team of experts, might have originated the ob [...] | 2006-08-11 21:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
06USUNNEWYORK1533 | UNDP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 13:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNDP |
06USUNNEWYORK1534 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $41 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to IO/EX/OB-Alice Green and IO/S-Steven Johnston an official note and invoice requesting payment of $41,104,704.67 to the Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNE [...] | 2006-08-14 13:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK1536 | ELEMENTS FOR UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON THWARTED [...] (C) In response to reftel, USUN Polmincouns met his UK counterpart on August 14 to discuss a possible UNSC press statement on the thwarted plot to bomb transatlantic airliners. USUN provided a copy of the suggested press statement elements to UK Counselor Paul Johnston and Polmincouns noted [...] | 2006-08-14 21:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1538 | UNSC/SUDAN: SO CLOSE YET STILL SO FAR AWAY FROM [...] (C) Expectations are mounting ahead of August 17 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations on Darfur, and the question remains of how to proceed on the draft resolution authorizing transition of the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN operation. The draft is stuck in [...] | 2006-08-15 12:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1539 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 16:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1540 | S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with South Korean Perm Rep Choi Young-jin to discuss North Korean human rights resolutions this fall at the UN General Assembly Third Committee and the UN Human Rights Council. They also discussed refugees, the Kaesong Industrial Complex and a poss [...] | 2006-08-15 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL UNGA UNHCR UNHRC KN KS |
06USUNNEWYORK1542 | S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with Vietnamese Perm Rep Le Luong Minh to discuss North Korean refugees. While professing a lack of knowledge about North Korean refugees in Vietnam, Perm Rep Minh took note of our interest in this issue and said he would report this to his capital [...] | 2006-08-15 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS VM |
06USUNNEWYORK1544 | UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...] | 2006-08-15 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1545 | UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...] | 2006-08-15 22:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1546 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH MINSK GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Acting General Assembly President August 14 to discuss the Azerbaijani draft resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endo [...] | 2006-08-16 13:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
06USUNNEWYORK1549 | UN SEEKS FUNDS FOR EXPANDED UNIFIL MISSION [...] The Security Council, by its resolution 1701 (2006) of August 11, 2006, decided to supplement and enhance the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations, thereby authorizing an increase in the force strength of UNIFIL from 2,000 to a [...] | 2006-08-16 19:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO AORC ACABQ IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1550 | DPKO BRIEFS A/S HILLEN ON EXPANDED UNIFIL FORCE [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with PM A/S Hillen on August 16 in New York, UN DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi expressed deep concern that potential unwillingness by France to commit substantial forces to an expanded UNIFIL might have a "chilling effect" on other potential troop contributing countries ( [...] | 2006-08-17 12:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1569 | TERRORIST BOMBINGS CONVENTION: U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-17 21:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EG KTIA OPDC PGOV PREL PTER |
06USUNNEWYORK1570 | UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: MEMBER STATES [...] (U) Summary. During a meeting with current and potential troop contributing countries (TCCs) to an expanded UNIFIL force in south Lebanon on August 17, UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown made an impassioned SIPDIS appeal to member states to help secure a lasting peace by committ [...] | 2006-08-18 01:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1572 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING DPRK ABUSE OF THE [...] As a follow up to the demarche Mission delivered on August 8th to acting UN Controller Jay Karia concerning currency transactions between United Nations agencies and the government of North Korea (DPRK) (ref B),Mission asked the following UN entities whether they have ongoing activities in DP [...] | 2006-08-18 16:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KN KNNP MNUC PARM |
06USUNNEWYORK1581 | SOMALIA: FALL BRIEFS AND UNSC DISCUSSES DRAFT [...] Stresses the obligation of all Member States to comply fully with the measures imposed by resolution 733 (1992),in particular paragraph 5, and further elaborated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1425(2002); 2. Decides that those individuals and entities designated by the Committee [...] | 2006-08-18 21:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1593 | POST CLEARANCE: AMBASSADOR SHIRIN TAHIR-KHELI [...] Mission grants post clearance and warmly welcomes the proposed visit of Ambassador Tahir-Kheli to New York on August 25. Control Officer is John Barry, available at office telephone (212) 415-4091, email BARRYJP@state.gov. BOLTON [...] | 2006-08-21 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
06USUNNEWYORK1595 | MEETING OF MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS WITH AZERI [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Azeri PermRep Aliyev August 18 to discuss the Azeri draft GA resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endorsed by the oth [...] | 2006-08-21 18:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
06USUNNEWYORK1597 | UN PRESENTS SYG,S 1701 REPORT ON THE FIRST WEEK [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations August 21 on SYG Annan,s report on the first week of implementation of UNSCR 1701, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi reported on the "encouraging" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) [...] | 2006-08-21 23:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1598 | UNSC/DARFUR: ANNABI BRIEFS AND DRAFT RESOLUTION IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 17 Security Council consultations, Assistant Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations Annabi painted a bleak picture of the current situation in Darfur as a result of the faltering Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and the weak African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). [...] | 2006-08-21 23:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1599 | STATE OF PLAY ON NEGOTIATIONS ON UK-US DARFUR [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. This cable outlines the views of key Security Council delegations on the UK-U.S. draft resolution authorizing the transition from an African Union (AU)-led to a UN-led force in Darfur. Russia, China and Fr [...] | 2006-08-22 00:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1609 | WAR ON TERRORISM - THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE - [...] Summary: UN efforts to counter terrorism have increased significantly since September 11, 2001. Pre-9/11 focus on negotiating conventions in the General Assembly has shifted to more robust and aggressive counter-terrorism measures mandated by the Security Council. Although the General Asse [...] | 2006-08-22 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA UNSC KTFN |
06USUNNEWYORK1610 | UNSC/DARFUR: NEGOTIATIONS STALLED OVER TIMING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Negotiations on the UK-U.S. draft Darfur resolution are at a standstill after the second Experts Meeting August 22. There are disputes over both the timing and content of our draft. Some delegations failed to provide formal comments pending external input. Others, including the [...] | 2006-08-22 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1611 | UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Summary. Recalling recent UNSC focus on Lebanon, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari used a monthly UNSC public debate on the Middle East held on August 22 to call for a renewed international effort to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc [...] | 2006-08-23 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1612 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GAO DISCUSSES TIMEFRAME [...] SUMMARY: During the week of Aug. 7th, representatives from the Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C. traveled to New York to meet with representatives of the Capital Master Plan (CMP) Office regarding the CMP schedule and draft graphic to be included in an upcoming report. CMP [...] | 2006-08-23 20:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1613 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS: BRIEFING ON KINSHASA VIOLENCE [...] Summary: On August 22, Assistant SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi briefed the Security Council on the violent clashes of feuding forces in Kinshasa on August 21 and 22 and on efforts by UN officials and CIAT ambassadors to restore calm. Annabi confirmed that representatives of the [...] | 2006-08-23 21:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNSC KPKO CG |
06USUNNEWYORK1614 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNMIS DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Reftel points were delivered August 23 to Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. Mr. Michael Heller Chu of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations was also in attendance. We left a non-paper outlining r [...] | 2006-08-23 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1619 | KOREA TO WITHDRAW FROM SECURITY COUNCIL RACE TO [...] (C) Korean Deputy Permanent Representative Oh Joon called USUN Ambassador Mark Wallace on Thursday August 24 to inform USUN that Seoul would be withdrawing its candidacy for the Asian non-permanent seat on the Security Council. Oh Joon said that Korea would inform the Asian group next week of [...] | 2006-08-24 16:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KS |
06USUNNEWYORK1620 | UN ADMINISTRATION: PENSION BOARD APPROVES [...] Summary. At its meeting held in Nairobi July 13-21, the 33-member Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund considered several dozen reports on a range of topics, including: the Fund's actuarial valuation; management of the Fund's $32 billion of investments; and the creation of an Audit Commi [...] | 2006-08-24 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA ASIG |
06USUNNEWYORK1621 | UNSC/SUDAN: COUNCIL MEETING WILL PROCEED DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council agreed August 24 to go forward with a meeting on Darfur scheduled for August 28, despite the fact that Sudanese President Bashir, the Arab League, and the Organization of Islamic Conference declined the Council's invitation to participate in the session. Th [...] | 2006-08-25 00:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU |
06USUNNEWYORK1622 | UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: A/S HILLEN PRESSES [...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings with UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown and Department of SIPDIS Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi on August 24, PM A/S Hillen emphasized the importance of ensuring that the international community helps [...] | 2006-08-25 18:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1660 | UNSC/DARFUR: COUNCIL INCHING TOWARD ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an August 28 meeting of the Security Council on Darfur, the majority of delegations said that the dire situation in Darfur argued for swift Council action to finalize and adopt the UK-U.S. draft resolution by August 31, although delegations acknowledged that the Governme [...] | 2006-08-28 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1665 | FOLLOW-UP TO UNDP DEMARCHE:DPRK ABUSE OF THE UN [...] (S) As a follow up to the demarche Mission delivered on August 16th to Darshak Shah, Director and Comptroller of UNDP and Julie Anne Mejia, UNDP Treasurer, concerning currency transactions between United Nations agencies and the government of North Korea (DPRK) (ref B),Mission met with Mr. Sh [...] | 2006-08-30 20:02:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | AORC EAID KN KNNP MNUC PARM |
06USUNNEWYORK1666 | RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) EXTENSION OF TENURE OF AD [...] The Security Council on August 29 adopted (15-0-0) Resolution 1705 (2006) extending Judge Bossa's term on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until June 24, 2007. 2. Following the Council's action the General Assembly decided to endorse the extension of Bossa's term. BOLT [...] | 2006-08-30 21:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AF AORC PREL RW UNSC ICTR |
06USUNNEWYORK1667 | 1540 COMMITTEE: UK VIEWS ON PROGRAM OF WORK [...] USUN LegalOff met with UKUN First Secretary Samantha Purdy on August 29 to discuss the draft work program for the 1540 Committee, which the Russian delegation blocked on July 27 after presenting last-minute amendments it said would avoid "politicizing" the Committee's work (reftels). Purdy s [...] | 2006-08-30 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
06USUNNEWYORK1675 | SECRETARY-GENERAL AUTHORIZES IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO [...] In his 17 August 2006 letter to the President of the General Assembly (A/60/986),Secretary-General Kofi Annan outlined the series of extraordinary measures he has authorized in order to meet the needs of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expansion as per Security Council r [...] | 2006-09-01 13:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1689 | UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (SBU) The UN's Electoral Assistance Division hosted a discussion August 31 in New York on electoral assistance to Timor-Leste. Finn Reske-Nielsen, newly named deputy SRSG (Reconstruction, Development, Humanitarian Affairs) to Timor-Leste, outlined his plan to closely coordinate with local Emb [...] | 2006-09-01 15:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM TT PO GV EAID |
06USUNNEWYORK1702 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: 2005 BOARD OF AUDITORS [...] SUMMARY: The Board of Auditors latest report on the Capital Master Plan, for the year ended December 31, 2005, raises concerns regarding the cost impact of delays in project implementation, the CMP office's adherence to the UN Procurement Manual and the submission of certain contract delivera [...] | 2006-09-01 19:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1703 | COUNCIL APPROVES UN DARFUR FORCE BY COUNT OF [...] (U) In an August 31 formal meeting, the Security Council adopted the UK-U.S. draft resolution expanding UNMIS' mandate into Darfur. The draft included nine co-sponsors: Argentina, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Slovakia, Tanzania, the UK and the U.S. The final vote count was 12 votes in favo [...] | 2006-09-01 19:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1716 | LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS) TAKE [...] (U) Summary: Least Developed Countries (LDCs) continue to press for a contentious draft outcome document, which would require laborious negotiation, for adoption during the LDC High Level Meeting at UN headquarters September 18-19, immediately preceding the General Debate of the 61st General [...] | 2006-09-01 22:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNGA UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1717 | AMB WOLFF AND UN U/SYG GAMBARI DISCUSS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DPR Amb Wolff advised UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari August 31 that the USG is highly skeptical about a Security Council ministerial on the peace process at this time. Amb Wolff noted, moreover, that since the Arab League has been unable to explain the purpose of the meeting, has fail [...] | 2006-09-01 22:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1718 | SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION: THE FUTURE OF THE [...] (U) The Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council Reform (officially "The OEWG on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council") will meet on Friday, September 8 to approve this ye [...] | 2006-09-05 13:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1720 | 1540: COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEEKS MOVEMENT ON WORK [...] Summary: Slovak PermRep and 1540 Committee Chairman Peter Burian consulted Ambassador Bolton and Ambassador Sanders August 31 on how to end the 1540 Committee's deadlock over its draft work program. The Russian delegation blocked the UK-drafted program on July 27, despite the P-5 experts' p [...] | 2006-09-05 15:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
06USUNNEWYORK1725 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: DEMARCHE TO EUROPEAN UNION [...] In advance of the 61st UN General Assembly, USUN has learned that a Fifth Committee formal session for the introduction of national positions on the scale of assessment may be scheduled for as early as October 9th. USUN has also learned that the European Union is attempting to reach a group po [...] | 2006-09-06 16:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1756 | UN BUDGET: CONSTRUCTION IN ADDIS ABABA AND VIENNA [...] SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee, under the agenda item "program budget for the biennium 2006-2007," will take up two reports in the coming weeks related to the construction of additional facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (A/61/158) and at the Vienna International Ce [...] | 2006-09-07 18:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1758 | GAMBARI BRIEFS UNSC: COUNCIL SILENCE BROKEN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 29, following a briefing by Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari, Security Council members -- in a small, but welcome step forward -- agreed to a press statement that broke the Council's silence on the Cyprus issue for the first time since the [...] | 2006-09-07 20:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY GR TU |
06USUNNEWYORK1759 | SYG SELECTION: NEW CANDIDATE(S?) AND A STRAW POLL [...] (U) Summary. In the past week, at least one candidate (Jordan's Prince Zeid) has joined the four candidates for Secretary-General already notified to the Security Council. SIPDIS A second additional candidate, European Parliamentarian Nirj Deva, has also informed the Council of his nominati [...] | 2006-09-07 21:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1763 | HARIRI TRIBUNAL: UN LEGAL COUNSEL WELCOMES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN Legal, accompanied by French Mission political officers, delivered points (ref A) regarding the draft Hariri tribunal agreement to UN Legal Counsel Michel on September 5. We noted USG support for his return to Lebanon that evening. In addition per ref B request, U [...] | 2006-09-07 22:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM LE MOPS PINR PTER SY UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1768 | LIECHTENSTEIN REQUEST IN 61ST UNGA GENERAL [...] Action Request. Para 2. 2. Liechtenstein Mission is circulating a proposal to inscribe a generic item on the General Assembly agenda under which all requests for UNGA Observer Status could be considered . They are proposing that the item be allocated to the Sixth Committee. The Sixth Co [...] | 2006-09-08 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA XG |
06USUNNEWYORK1769 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: EXPERT-LEVEL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) On September 7, USdel (UNMR) met with Finnish Fifth Committee delegate Katja Pehrman, in her capacity as EU president, to discuss positions and approaches to the UN scale of assessment methodology. USdel emphasized the need for the major financial contributors to work towards a common a [...] | 2006-09-08 21:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1770 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: JAPAN AND US SHARE VIEWS [...] On September 8, Japanese Amb. Toshiro Ozawa demarched Amb. Wallace on the UN scale of assessment for the period 2007-2009, raising two specific areas of interest: 1) China's role in scale of assessment and 2) the debate over the length of the base period to be used in the methodology. ----- [...] | 2006-09-08 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1778 | CTC DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON UNSCR 1624, CTED TRIPS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 169th meeting on September 7, the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) discussed its draft report to the Security Council on resolution 1624 (2005),the Counter-Terrorism Committee's Executive Directorate's (CTED) July visit to Malaysia, CTED's upcoming [...] | 2006-09-11 20:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV AA |
06USUNNEWYORK1779 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR CANDIDATES - [...] As instructed reftel, USUN Legal Adviser contacted UN Deputy Legal Counsel Larry Johnson to share US views on candidates to replace Desmond de Silva as Prosecutor for the Sierra Leone Special Court. Earlier in the day, the same information had been passed to UK Legal Adviser Huw Llwellyn who [...] | 2006-09-11 21:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS |
06USUNNEWYORK1780 | UNSC/SUDAN: UN PATIENCE WEARING THIN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Secretary-General Annan set a somber tone at the September 11 Security Council Debate on Darfur, beseeching the Council to assert itself in response to the 'death and suffering, perhaps on a catastrophic scale' confronting the people of Darfur. SYG Annan had harsh words for the [...] | 2006-09-11 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1789 | 1540: RUSSIANS CIRCULATE "COMPROMISE" ON WORK [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On September 8, the Russian Mission circulated new compromise language for the 1540 Committee's work program (ref A),revising amendments it had presented after blocking adoption of the draft work program on July 27. Russia's new language proposes that th [...] | 2006-09-12 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
06USUNNEWYORK1790 | UNGA 61: PRESIDENT-ELECT KHALIFA LAYS OUT HER [...] (U) On September 11, Ambassadors Bolton and Wallace called on incoming President of the General Assembly Haya al Khalifa at the Bahraini Mission to the UN. Khalifa had, just hours before, been ceremoniously handed the gavel by outgoing President Eliasson in the General Assembly Hall. Bolton [...] | 2006-09-12 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN EAID KUNR UNGA BA |
06USUNNEWYORK1793 | SYG SELECTION: FIJI AGAIN RENOUNCES DEVA NOMINATION [...] (C/NF) In response to a further request for clarification from Security Council President Vassilakis of Greece, the Fijian Permanent Representative has firmly renounced the earlier letter from his Foreign Minister that nominated Nirj Deva to the Council as a Secretary-General candidate (reftel [...] | 2006-09-13 14:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN FJ |
06USUNNEWYORK1816 | UNGA ADOPTS COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. Implementing the mandate contained in the Summit Outcome Document (para 82),the General Assembly adopted September 8 a resolution entitled, "The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy." The draft was presented by the General Assembly President and adopted without a vo [...] | 2006-09-14 15:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1818 | SYG SELECTION: STRAW POLL SEPTEMBER 14 [...] (C) The Security Council conducted its second straw poll on candidates for Secretary-General on September 14. Though the results were communicated only to Council members, the candidates and their sponsoring delegations, an accurate account of the vote was on the internet within an hour. The [...] | 2006-09-15 14:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1822 | UNSC/DARFUR: DEPUTY SYG CALLS FOR AFRICAN, ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown convened a September 14 meeting of P5 Ambassadors plus the Greek Ambassador (as current UN Security Council President) to discuss the way forward on Darfur, based on the briefing SRSG Pronk gave to Darfur Partners in Khart [...] | 2006-09-15 21:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1823 | FIRST UNSC KOSOVO MEETING FOR JOACHIM RUCKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 13, in his first appearance at a Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),SRSG Joachim Rucker praised Kosovo's leadership for having "now achieved most of the priorities on standards implementation." Kosovo Pr [...] | 2006-09-16 14:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
06USUNNEWYORK1834 | FINAL WEEKS OF THE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA CONTEST FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. The General Assembly vote to decide the contested Latin American seat on the Security Council for 2007-2008 is less than a month away -- October 16. As we gear up in New York for the final stages of this campaign, it is time to take stock of the approach and strategy most lik [...] | 2006-09-18 21:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN GT VE XM |
06USUNNEWYORK1838 | SYG SELECTION: VIKE-FREIBERGA JOINS THE RACE [...] (C) Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga told Ambassador Bolton on September 18 that she aimed to make a statement on behalf of Eastern Europe and all women "simply by the fact of my candidacy" for UN Secretary-General. She candidly noted that it was a difficult decision to enter the race, [...] | 2006-09-19 19:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN LG ZB |
06USUNNEWYORK1839 | CONFERENCE ON UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: NGOS [...] SUMMARY: On September 5, civil society think tanks, NGOs, and UN mission representatives discussed next steps for the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) during a German NGO-sponsored symposium on "Getting the Peacebuilding Commission off the Ground - How to Include Civil Society on the Ground." [...] | 2006-09-20 13:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO EAID SOCI BR SL |
06USUNNEWYORK1845 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON [...] Among its first actions to be taken in the 61st General Assembly, the Fifth Committee is expected to consider requests by Member States for exemption to Article 19 of the UN charter. Exemptions to Article 19 (loss of vote) are considered in light of requests of individual delegations and any [...] | 2006-09-20 18:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1846 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated August 31, 2006 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...] | 2006-09-20 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1847 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL [...] Summary. On September 15, Ambassador Wallace met with Ambassador Tom Gronberg (Austria) who will negotiate the scale of assessment this fall on behalf of the European Union. Wallace and Gronberg engaged in a state of play discussion on US and EU positions (both of which remain under discussio [...] | 2006-09-20 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1848 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: EXPERT LEVEL MEETING WITH [...] (C) On September 20, USdel met with UK Fifth Committee delegate Wasim Mir to discuss the UN scale of assessment methodology. Mir emphasized that the European Union collectively is assessed well beyond its capacity to pay, and the group's bottom line is to ensure that it does not see any incre [...] | 2006-09-21 19:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1849 | TANZANIA REPORTEDLY ABSTAINS IN ERROR ON BURMA [...] (C) After the September 15 Burma vote, Ambassador Bolton approached Tanzanian Counselor Begum Taj to express surprise over her abstention on the vote. She assured the Ambassador that she had received explicit instructions from her capital to abstain on the procedural vote, implying that her [...] | 2006-09-22 13:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM TZ |
06USUNNEWYORK1853 | UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 8 [...] (SBU) On September 22, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1709, renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) for a period of two weeks. Delegates from the Chinese, Qatari and Russian Missions reiterated concerns in consultations immediately prece [...] | 2006-09-22 20:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1855 | UN SEEKS FUNDING FOR WOMEN'S WEBSITE [...] (U) USUN has received a letter from Carolyn Hannan, Director, Division for the Advancement of Women, dated August 25, 2006, providing banking details for contributions to the WomenWatch Website. Text in paragraph 2 below. BEGIN TEXT 2. (U) Excellency, The joint United Nations website on [...] | 2006-09-25 14:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1856 | A/S FRIED'S 9/20 MEETING WITH TURKISH PM CHIEF [...] (U) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Director Judy Ansley met with Ambassador/Chief Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu September 21 for 90 minutes on the margins of the UNGA general debate in New York. Following recounts the meeting's substance by theme. PKK ------ 2. (C) [...] | 2006-09-25 17:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PREL PTER TU UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1860 | LUKEWARM UNSC RESPONSE TO ANNAN'S 30 DAY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on September 18, UN Secretary-General Annan outlined his one-month report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701, which led to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah, and reviewed the results of his recent visit to the region. Pra [...] | 2006-09-26 16:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1865 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL REVIEWS STATUS OF TREATY [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with UN Legal Adviser Nicolas Michel on September 25 to review progress towards a draft treaty establishing a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese PM Hariri, Ambassador Wolff praised the efforts of the UN Office of Legal Affa [...] | 2006-09-26 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK1869 | SIXTY-SECOND UNGA - SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE [...] The Chairman of the Sixth Committee, Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo (Mexico) convened a meeting of member state delegates on September 27 to discuss plans for the Sixth Committee session which begins on October 10. Gomez Robledo called the group's attention to the tentative calendar of work (A/C. [...] | 2006-09-27 20:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1873 | UN SAFETY AND SECURITY: MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPROVE [...] In its resolution 59/276 the General Assembly established the Department of Safety and Security and, while recognizing "the operational difficulties linked to cost-sharing by organizations", decided to maintain existing arrangements with regard to UN system cost-sharing for safety and security [...] | 2006-09-29 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1879 | UN BUDGET: DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT FUNDING [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests guidance on this issue for upcoming discussions in the Fifth Committee. 2. SUMMARY: In paragraph 14 of General Assembly resolution 60/246, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide recommendations on how additional resources in the area of $5 mill [...] | 2006-09-29 19:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1880 | 61ST UNGA LAUNCHES GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] On September 19, the UN launched the "Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" at a meeting chaired by General Assembly President Khalifa. The "launch" attracted a number of Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors. The strategy, called for in the 2005 World Summit Outcome document was the result of se [...] | 2006-09-29 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1881 | SYG SELECTION: SEPTEMBER 28 STRAW POLL RESULTS; [...] (C) Summary. Ban Ki-Moon increased his lead over his nearest competitors in the third Secretary-General straw poll, though one delegation that had previously encouraged Ban's candidacy slipped to the "no opinion" category. The Security Council - in a contentious meeting the previous day - ag [...] | 2006-09-29 21:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1882 | UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on September 28, 2006. The three Chairs described their committees' accomplishments over the [...] | 2006-09-29 21:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ETTC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER |
06USUNNEWYORK1883 | SYG SELECTION: ASHRAF GHANI MAKING THE ROUNDS IN NY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bolton met briefly with Afghan candidate for Secretary-General Ashraf Ghani on Friday, September 29. Ghani said that he had met with A/S Silverberg in Washington on 9/28, but was just beginning his rounds in New York. Ambassador Bolton expressed appreciation for Ghani's willin [...] | 2006-09-29 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UN AF |
06USUNNEWYORK1887 | SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT, STANDARDS OF [...] Summary. On October 16, 2006 the following reports are expected to be introduced in the Fifth Committee under agenda item 117, Programme Budget for 2006-2007, "Standards of Accommodation for Air Travel"; report of the Secretary-General (A/61/188) and the report of the Joint SIPDIS Inspecti [...] | 2006-10-02 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1888 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN (CMP): IMPACT OF CMP ON [...] SUMMARY: In paragraph 9 of resolution 60/282, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to offer proposals at its sixty-first session, through the Committee on Conferences (CoC),on the possible modification of meeting schedules for the period of the implementation of the capital m [...] | 2006-10-02 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1898 | SYG SELECTION: "COLORED BALLOTS" SECURE BAN AS [...] (C) Summary. Ban Ki-Moon cemented his lead in the fourth Secretary-General straw poll, the first to use differentiated SIPDIS ballots to identify the votes of Permanent Members. FM Ban received fourteen "encouraging" votes, with one elected member of the Council expressing "no opinion". E [...] | 2006-10-02 22:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1899 | ACTION REQUEST: FINALIZING THE UN-LEBANON TREATY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting between P-3 legal and political officers on October 2, French experts reported that the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) had revised the draft treaty establishing the Hariri tribunal to delete any re [...] | 2006-10-03 13:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1900 | UNSC WELCOMES LATEST BRAMMERTZ REPORT BUT DIFFERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 13:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1901 | AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH SECRETARIAT [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met with Deputy-Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown, Under-Secretary-General for Management Chris Burnham, Assistant-Secretary-General and Controller Warren Sach and Officer-in-Charge of the Capital Master Plan John Clarkson on Monday, September 25th. The Secreta [...] | 2006-10-03 14:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1902 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: ARTICLE 19, MULTIYEAR [...] Summary. Beginning the week of October 9, in addition to the consideration of exemptions to Article 19 (reftel),the Fifth Committee is expected to consider the reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly SIPDIS resolutions 55/235 and 55/236 (A/61/139) relating [...] | 2006-10-03 15:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1907 | UNSC WELCOMES LATEST BRAMMERTZ REPORT BUT DIFFERS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a public briefing to the UNSC on September 29, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to the contents of his latest report to the UNSC to document progress in the investigation into the murder of former Lebanese [...] | 2006-10-04 14:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1908 | WRAP-UP OF UNDP/UNFPA EXECUTIVE BOARD SESSION, [...] The Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) met in New York September 11-13, 2006. This cable reports on the UNDP segment. UNFPA segment will follow septel. 2. Begin Summary. Twenty-seven program documents (www. [...] | 2006-10-04 15:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNDP UNFPA ECON SOCI |
06USUNNEWYORK1911 | SUDAN MISSION IN NEW YORK THREATENS POTENTIAL [...] (U) A friendly delegation shared with USUN October 4 a copy of a diplomatic note circulated October 3 by the Sudanese mission in New York to missions that participated in a September 25 meeting hosted by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations to discuss the prospective transition from [...] | 2006-10-05 00:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC SU |
06USUNNEWYORK1919 | DPKO OFFICIAL ASKS THE U.S. TO SPEAK TO SOUTH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi contacted Deputy Political Counselor on September 29 to raise concerns about finding a workable resolution to the discord over post-October political arrangements in Cote d'Ivoire. Annabi expressed frustration that the Se [...] | 2006-10-05 23:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV |
06USUNNEWYORK1920 | UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE [...] Summary: At the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board meeting in New York on September 11-13, UNFPA Executive Director Obaid stressed the importance of equity and human rights for the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people. She said reproductive health, women's empowerment, and gender equality re [...] | 2006-10-06 00:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREF PREL UNFPA |
06USUNNEWYORK1930 | UN AND CT: DENMARK, BELGIUM, ARGENTINA SHARE VIEWS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: In meetings on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Crumpton exchanged views on how to invigorate the UN's counterterrorism efforts with Ambassador Ellen Loj, Danish PermRep and Chairman of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terr [...] | 2006-10-10 14:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC PREL KNNP KTFN |
06USUNNEWYORK1932 | UNSC/DPRK: COUNCIL MEMBERS CONDEMN TEST, PREPARE [...] (C) Summary. The Security Council met on the morning of October 9 to discuss the DPRK's announced test of a nuclear weapon. It took less than thirty minutes for each of the Council's fifteen members to condemn, without reservation, the DPRK's actions. Ambassador Bolton introduced elements of [...] | 2006-10-10 18:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM UNSC KN |
06USUNNEWYORK1933 | SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] (U) On October 9, the Security Council adopted Resolution 1715 (text below) by acclamation, recommending to the General Assembly that South Korean FM Ban Ki-Moon be appointed the next Secretary-General of the UN. Prior to the Council's decision, all other candidates for the position had withdr [...] | 2006-10-10 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UN KS |
06USUNNEWYORK1934 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SYG ANNAN ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with UN SYG Kofi Annan, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios underscored the importance of moving forward with UN support for AMIS and persuading Sudanese President Bashir to back down from his rejection of a UN peacekeeping force in [...] | 2006-10-10 22:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1935 | QATAR PERMREP: WE CAN BEST HELP WITH DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with US Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios at the United Nations, Qatar PermRep Nassir Abdul Aziz al-Nasser said Qatar is eager to play an expanded role in creating a solution to the crisis in Darfur and can best influence the Government of Sudan [...] | 2006-10-10 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1936 | CHINESE AND RUSSIAN PERMREPS TELL NATSIOS TO TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 visit to the United Nations, Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios met separately with the Permanent Representatives of the PRC and Russia. Both envoys welcomed Natsios' role and broader mission, taking the opportunity to urge the USG not to pursue sanctions o [...] | 2006-10-10 22:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC SU |
06USUNNEWYORK1937 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: JAPAN CANNOT PAY UNTIL [...] The Secretary-General's report on the Capital Master Plan (CMP) is not yet final, but it is expected that the General Assembly will be asked to approve a financing plan for the CMP construction phase that includes direct assessments over a five year period, with assessments beginning in Januar [...] | 2006-10-10 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1939 | PROCESSING OF G VISAS AND MEETING U.S. HOST [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. The USG's time frame for responding to SAO clearance requests for G visa applicants appears to some governments and UN lawyers to conflict with USG obligations as host country to the UN not to impede travel of individuals coming to the UN on official business [...] | 2006-10-11 19:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OFDP CVIS UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1944 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting in New York with Arab League Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios urged the Arab League to use its influence over the Government of Sudan (GOS) to persuade President Bashir to accept the UN Peacekeeping fo [...] | 2006-10-12 00:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1945 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios pushed DPKO to move quickly on implementing the UN support package for AMIS. Guehenno voiced cautious optimism regarding recent developments related to Dar [...] | 2006-10-12 00:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1953 | UN OVERSIGHT: OIOS RECOMMENDS IMPROVEMENTS TO [...] SUMMARY: The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has conducted a review (A/61/61) of the program and administrative management of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). OIOS notes that ESCWA consistently uses results-based management, and is one of the most adv [...] | 2006-10-12 16:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1974 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE (CTED) LOOKING BACK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1975 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: ARTICLE 19 EXEMPTIONS [...] On October 12, the Fifth Committee and the General Assembly Plenary adopted Article 19 exemptions in document A/61/512 for the following nine member states: the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, the Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, and Tajikistan. Ac [...] | 2006-10-13 22:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1976 | US/UK/UN TRILATERAL ON UN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The UN met with the UK and U.S. missions October 12 to discuss the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),the Iraq Compact and related issues. UNAMI has temporarily withdrawn most staff from its Basrah office after MNF-I withdrew assets, although it plans on returning once their [...] | 2006-10-13 23:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ PINS |
06USUNNEWYORK1978 | UNSC/DPRK: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] On Saturday, October 14 the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1718, in response to the proclaimed test of a nuclear weapon by the DPRK on Monday, October 9. Following negotiations on the morning of October 14 among the P-5 and Japan, the draft resolution was introduced to the Cou [...] | 2006-10-14 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KNNP KN |
06USUNNEWYORK1979 | ICTR RESOLUTION AND USUN VOTING IN NEW YORK [...] Per instructions (reftel) U.S. joined other SC members in supporting the draft resolution (reftel para 1),adopted (15-0-0) as Security Council resolution 1717 (2006). The resolution was requested by the Tribunal in order to extend the term of office of the Ad Litem judges until the end of [...] | 2006-10-16 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL RW TZ UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1983 | NOVEMBER 30 UNMEE REVIEW GETS ETHIOPIA'S ATTENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Deputy PermRep Kebret called on USUN to express concern about a provision of the resolution renewing UNMEE's mandate that calls for a Security Council review by November 30. Kebret argued that Ethiopia was powerless to prevent Eritrean frustration of UNMEE's mission [...] | 2006-10-16 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL ET ER UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1985 | COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP - [...] Action request, para 5. 2. For the past two years Danish Permanent Representative, Ellen Loj has energetically chaired the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),a subsidiary body of the Security Council. When Denmark's term as a non-permanent member of the Council ends on December 31, she w [...] | 2006-10-17 14:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK1986 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated August 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNMIK $25,819,150 UNMIL $19,521,100 UNMIS $64,999,600 2. Copy of receipts have been scanned and emailed to EUR/IO/BUD-Robert [...] | 2006-10-17 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1987 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1988 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated August 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: ICTY $2,515,324 ICTR $2,225,500 2. Copy of receipts have been faxed to EUR/IO/BUD-Alice Green. BOLTON [...] | 2006-10-17 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1990 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 20:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK1992 | SYG SELECTION: BAN UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED TO FIVE [...] (U) Partially overshadowed by the Security Council's negotiations following the DPRK's nuclear test, the General Assembly on Friday, October 13 unanimously appointed South Korean FM Ban to be the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, for an initial term of office from January 1, 2007 [...] | 2006-10-17 21:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UN KS |
06USUNNEWYORK1998 | UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREAN TSZ INCURSION [...] (SBU) UN DPKO Deputy Hedi Annabi briefed the UNSC on the unprecedented incursion of Eritrean military forces into the UN Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) (reftel). Following a brief discussion of a draft press statement presented by the Permanent Mission of Greece, the UNSC unanimously adopted th [...] | 2006-10-18 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ER ET |
06USUNNEWYORK2032 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS LIBERIA SANCTIONS [...] The UN Security Council, per resolution 1689, reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting October 20. Danish PermRep Ellen Loj (Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee) delivered a summary of committee discussions and the views of the Panel of Experts, which monitors sanctions impl [...] | 2006-10-23 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
06USUNNEWYORK2039 | UN BUDGET: SECRETARY-GENERAL REQUESTS FUNDING TO [...] In coming weeks, the Fifth Committee will consider the Secretary-General's proposal of a renovation to his residence SIPDIS in order to bring it up to modern safety and construction codes. In his report to the General Assembly, he notes the malfunctions and life safety concerns associated [...] | 2006-10-25 14:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2042 | GENERAL COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE HUMAN [...] The General Committee met on October 25 to consider the allocation of agenda item 68 "Report of the Human Rights Council". The item had been inscribed on the item in September but the Committee deferred the decision on allocation pending further consultations The GA President, Chairman of t [...] | 2006-10-25 23:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | HR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2044 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH UN A/SYG ANGELA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 22nd, Ambassador Wolff met with UN A/SYG Angela Kane to discuss U/SYG Gambari's scheduled visit to Burma on November 9th through 12th. Viewing his first visit as a success, the UN believes the second trip is an important confidence building dialogue. Gambari will not [...] | 2006-10-26 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEAN UNSC BM |
06USUNNEWYORK2046 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO CONCLUDE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Legal Adviser John Bellinger and Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and his deputy, Larry Johnson, October 25, to discuss Lebanese and key Council members' views on the draft statute and agreement to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for [...] | 2006-10-26 20:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK2049 | FRANCE AND AFRICANS PRESS FOR EARLY ADOPTION OF A [...] Summary: During Security Council consultations on October 25, France, with support from African members, introduced a wide-ranging draft resolution on Cote d'Ivoire. Departing from last year's practice when the Council endorsed an AU decision to extend the transition period, this draft resol [...] | 2006-10-28 04:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IV |
06USUNNEWYORK2050 | UN SYG REQUEST FOR AMIS SUPPORT [...] (U) Please find below the text of a letter from UN SYG Kofi Annan requesting USG material and financial assistance for the AMIS support package. The UN SYG has approached other delegations, including the EU, with similar requests. DPKO has promised to convene a meeting before November 3 to up [...] | 2006-10-30 16:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK2053 | SINGAPORE PURPLE IN UN OVER INDONESIA [...] (U) The perennial problem of South Asian haze fed by illegal timber clearing in Indonesia (reftel) spilled into normally docile UN Second Committee debates on October 25-26 during plenary discussions on sustainable development. Singapore devoted nearly the entirety of its October 25 statement [...] | 2006-10-30 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY TBIO KTIA ID SN UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2073 | UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO FOR SIX [...] The Security Council October 31 extended the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to April 30, 2007. UNSCR 1720 (2006),based on a draft text developed and sponsored by Friends of Western Sahara (U.S., UK, France, Russia and [...] | 2006-11-01 16:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK2074 | UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] On October 30, as instructed Reftel, USUN delivered to the UN Treaty Office, diplomatic note (copy faxed to L/T) and the United States instrument of ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. BOLTON [...] | 2006-11-01 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM KTIA US |
06USUNNEWYORK2075 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FIVE [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 31, 2006 concerning the financing of five peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] | 2006-11-01 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK2077 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON THE SUDAN 10/27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 27 briefing to the UNSC on the Sudan, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean-Marie Guehenno called for "creativity" to break the diplomatic impasse with Khartoum regarding a UN peacekeeping deployment in Darfur. UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry presented a UK compromise proposal for a [...] | 2006-11-01 22:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK2084 | SYG CONVENES P-5 TO SEEK EARLY AGREEMENT ON TEXTS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Secretary-General Annan met with the P-5 ambassadors on November 1, appealing to the P-5 to show flexibility and reach agreement within the next few days on the draft GOL/UN agreement and accompanying statute to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassinati [...] | 2006-11-02 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK2085 | SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS UNSCR 1559 GOALS AMID [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 30 closed-door briefing to the Security Council on the SYG's latest report on UNSCR 1559 implementation, SYG Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen praised the "historic" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to south Lebanon, but highlighted the unfulfilled [...] | 2006-11-02 20:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK209 | TEST CABLE MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-03 13:41:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | APER IMO JA LI PHUM PREF PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK2095 | UNSC MINURSO CONSULTATIONS: ON TRACK FOR SIX-MONTH [...] Summary: DPKO Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi and the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum summarized for the Security Council October 25 the UN's latest assessment of the situation in the Western Sahara. Speaking for the United States, Ambassador Sand [...] | 2006-11-02 23:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK2107 | JUMBLATT PRESSES FOR QUICK ESTABLISHMENT OF HARIRI [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Bolton and USUN officers on November 2, Lebanese Druze leader and MP Walid Jumblatt and two aides argued that the tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri must be established by November 13, at which point Hizballah SYG Nasral [...] | 2006-11-03 15:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK2111 | SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] ACTION REQUEST PARA 6. 2. ON NOVEMBER 16, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL HOLD ELECTIONS TO FILL ALL 34 SEATS ON THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION. THE U.S. HAS NOMINATED FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DEPUTY LEGAL ADVISER MICHAEL MATHESON FOR ONE OF THE EIGHT VACANCIES IN THE WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHE [...] | 2006-11-03 19:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ODIP ILC |
06USUNNEWYORK2112 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK2113 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK2114 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated September 29, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: ICTR 2,225,514 ICTY 2,515,325 2. Copy of receipts have been faxed to EUR/IO/BUD-Alice Green. BOLTON [...] | 2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK2116 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: REQUEST FOR GENERAL [...] ACTION REQUEST: Discussion on the capital master plan (CMP) is expected to begin as early as the week of November 13. USUN requests guidance on all items highlighted in this cable in time for Fifth Committee discussions. 2. SUMMARY: The fourth annual report on the capital master plan, av [...] | 2006-11-03 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2117 | UNSC/DPRK: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE AGREES ON CHEM/BIO [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK Sanctions Committee has agreed on a list of chemical and biological weapons-related items to be included under the sanctions provisions of Resolution 1718. The Committee will now move to a discussion of its own internal guidelines, while simultaneously considering amendm [...] | 2006-11-03 22:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UNSC KN |
06USUNNEWYORK2118 | MOZAMBIQUE SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN ILC ELECTION [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff met November 2 with Ambassador Filipe Chidumo, Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations, who requested U.S. support for Ambassador Pedro Comissario Afonso's campaign for re-election to the International Law Commission (ILC). Elections f [...] | 2006-11-03 23:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ILC MZ |
06USUNNEWYORK2123 | UNSC/IRAN: NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING P5 PLUS ONE [...] Summary: The P5 plus one met on Friday, November 3, at the UK Mission at 11:30 to discuss the EU3 draft resolution on Iran. Russia reiterated its complaints about the EU3 text and circulated its extensive &corrections8 (emailed to State and NSC),which Ambassador Churkin described as consist [...] | 2006-11-06 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL UNSC PGOV IR |
06USUNNEWYORK2124 | UN OVERSIGHT: OIOS REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS),in response to General Assembly resolution 60/255, conducted an audit of the management of special political missions by the Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Special political missions are involved in the prevention and control a [...] | 2006-11-06 18:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2126 | MNF-I RENEWAL: STATE OF PLAY IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Discussions regarding a renewal of UNSCR 1637, which authorizes the MNF-I and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB),are beginning in New York. Informal soundings of P-5 members indicate they remain willing to support a renewal resolution in response to a speci [...] | 2006-11-06 18:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ PINS |
06USUNNEWYORK2140 | UN BUDGET: SUBREGIONAL OFFICES OF THE ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: In reponse to General Assembly (GA) resolution 60/235, the Secretary-General has presented a comprehensive action plan with regard to the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa (A/61/471). The report explains how the Secretary-General is implementing the recommend [...] | 2006-11-09 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2141 | UNSC: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS -- GAZA RESOLUTION [...] (C) The Qatari sponsors of a resolution on the recent events in Gaza have put its draft into Blue for a vote now scheduled for November 11 at 12:00 noon. Though the original draft text has undergone two revisions in as many days, the current text remains unacceptable. Notwithstanding experts' [...] | 2006-11-11 01:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS |
06USUNNEWYORK2143 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 20:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK2144 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $41 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green and IO/MPR-Steven Johnston an official note and invoice requesting payment of $41,104,704.67 to the Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programm [...] | 2006-11-13 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK2145 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $4,175,735 TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green and IO/MPR-Steven Johnston an official note and invoice requesting payment of $4,175,735 to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MP),of the United Nation [...] | 2006-11-13 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK2146 | U.S. VETOES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL ACTION IN [...] The U.S. November 11 cast a no vote to veto an unbalanced Qatari-sponsored resolution on the situation in the Middle East, and specifically on casualties that resulted from a November 8 Israeli military operation shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza. The final vote was 10-1(U.S.)-4(UK, Denmark, Sl [...] | 2006-11-13 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK2147 | UN SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS THREE RESOLUTIONS BY [...] (U) The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial Affairs) adopted three resolutions by consensus on November 7. Prior to adoption, the Committee Chair read out a statement that there were no program budget implications (PBIs) associated with these resolutions. [...] | 2006-11-13 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN EFIN ETRD UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2149 | CHILD ABUSE CASE HEADED FOR PROBABLE RESOLUTION [...] Summary: USUN received a call from NYPD Saturday night (11/11) that Kenya Mission to the UN Second Secretary Fredrick Matwang'a had been temporarily taken into custody for allegedly beating and causing injury to his nine-year-old son at their Queens home. NYPD released Matwang'a once his dip [...] | 2006-11-13 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN KE |
06USUNNEWYORK2155 | NEPALESE PERMREP TO FORMALLY ASK FOR UN [...] (C) Summary and comment: DPR Wolff met November 13 with Indian DPR Malhotra and November 14 with Nepalese PermRep Acharya to discuss the Nepalese request for UN assistance in implementing the November 8 peace deal between the government of Nepal and the Maoists. Malhotra and Acharya confirmed [...] | 2006-11-14 23:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IN NP UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK2156 | AUSTRALIAN AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION AGAINST CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Australia's push to amend the 61st General Assembly (GA) Resolution on "The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo Imposed by the United States of America Against Cuba" failed due to a no-action motion raised by Cuba with a 127-50-5 vote. The GA adopt [...] | 2006-11-15 01:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA ETRD PGOV PREL EUN CU |
06USUNNEWYORK2157 | P5 MEETING ON UN SYG SUDAN PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN D/SYG Mark Malloch Brown briefed the P5 on November 14 regarding the UN's planned approach with the Government of Sudan (GOS) at the November 16 meeting of the UN, P5, African Union, and Arab League in Addis Ababa. The UN SYG plans to put forward the Phased Approach Paper (pl [...] | 2006-11-15 19:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK2159 | EUROPEAN COOPERATION NEEDED ON UN RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Mission requests Department undertake urgent demarches in western capitals on the UN General Assembly resolution on the Rights of the Child. Delegation has been participating actively in informal consultations on this resolution and has found co-sponsors (EU and GRULAC) willing to accom [...] | 2006-11-15 23:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ESOC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2164 | IRAQ COMPACT: UPDATING UN MEMBER STATES ON [...] (U) Summary: On November 13, the UN invited all member-states to an update on the Iraq Compact. Over 70 countries heard remarks from Iraqi Minister of Planning Ali Baban, Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert. All three speakers said the Ira [...] | 2006-11-17 00:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK2165 | NEPAL PEACE PROCESS: NEXT STEPS AT THE UN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following the November 8 peace agreement between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists, the UN has begun contingency planning for its potential role in providing support for the implementation of the agreement, including assistance in the security sector ("arms manag [...] | 2006-11-17 00:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK2166 | UN FINANCES: IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF [...] SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 9 AND 15TH , THE FIFTH COMMITTEE (ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY) RESUMED CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. CONTROLLER WARREN SACH HAD PREVIOUSLY (REFTEL) EMPHASIZED THE FOLLOWING THREE POINTS IN HIS STATEMENT PERTAINI [...] | 2006-11-17 15:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2167 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met November 14 with Croatian Permanent Representative Amb. Mirjana Mladineo on a proposal of the successor states of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) to resolve the issue of unpaid assessed contributions of the former Yugoslavia. Amb. Mladineo no [...] | 2006-11-17 15:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2168 | HIGH REPRESENTATIVE SCHWARTZ-SCHILLING SPEAKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 8 Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),High Representative Christian Schwartz-Schilling told members that the state of affairs regarding progress on reform in the country had become a "complex reality." The High Representative stated that we [...] | 2006-11-17 16:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
06USUNNEWYORK2169 | U.S. CANDIDATE NOT ELECTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary. In a General Assembly election, November 16, the U.S. candidate missed being elected to the International Law Commission by eight votes. Michael Matheson placed ninth among 11 candidates seeking to fill eight Western seats on the Commission. European Union candidates took six of the [...] | 2006-11-18 00:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ILC ODIP UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2170 | UNSC/DPRK: PROMINENT PANEL PUSHES FOR SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. Elie Wiesel, Vaclev Havel and Kjell Bondevik told an audience of UN delegaQand officials that the DPRK had failed to protect its citQs and was systemQally carrying out crimes against humanity. As such, the Security Council had a responsibility to act, under the doctrine of "resp [...] | 2006-11-20 15:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KN |
06USUNNEWYORK2172 | VOTE RESULTS OF UN,S THIRD COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: On November 16, Member States voted on 17 resolutions in the UN's Third Committee (Human Rights). The resolutions that passed over objections of the USG received a plurality of support from non-aligned nations. A resolution sponsored by Egypt on the Right of the Palestinian People t [...] | 2006-11-21 15:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PTER SMIG SCUL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2176 | UN SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS THREE RESOLUTIONS BY [...] (U) The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial Affairs) adopted three resolutions by consensus on November 17. The resolutions adopted were as follows: -- A/C.2/61/L.42 (draft resolution submitted by South Africa on behalf of the G77 under agenda item 53(b [...] | 2006-11-21 23:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2177 | SELECTION OF PROSECUTOR FOR SPECIAL COURT SIERRA [...] USUN Legal Adviser contacted UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Johnson on November 20 to raise the issues (reftel) pertaining to the selection of a new Prosecutor for the SCSL. Johnson confirmed that the UN has recommended a candidate to fill this position to the Government o [...] | 2006-11-22 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS SL USUN |
06USUNNEWYORK2179 | CTC CONTINUES FOLLOW-UP ON VISITS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 175th meeting November 16, followed by an informal meeting to discuss the list of states the Committee's Executive Directorate (CTED) proposes to visit in 2007. The agenda focused on reports on CTED's state vis [...] | 2006-11-22 15:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK2180 | UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON BUDGET [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC UNGA PREL IS |
06USUNNEWYORK2181 | GEORGIAN PERMREP HOLDS BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Mission to the UN is getting busy. On November 3, Georgian Permrep Irakli Alasania hosted the New York Friends for a discussion titled "on a comprehensive peaceful solution to the conflict in Abkhazia." Alasania made obvious efforts to be accommodating to the Rus [...] | 2006-11-22 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG YI |
06USUNNEWYORK2182 | BELGIUM RELUCTANT TO TAKE CTC OR 1267 CHAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep Verbeke told Amb Wolff on November 21 that Belgium is reluctant to assume the Chairmanship of the UNSC's Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) because of resource constraints. He also said Belgium is disinclined to accept the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committe [...] | 2006-11-22 21:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE |
06USUNNEWYORK2184 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: INITIAL FIFTH COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY/COMMENT: On November 21, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up initial discussion on concepts submitted by the U.S., the Group of 77 and China, Japan, the European Union, Russia, and Mexico on the scale of assessments for the period 2007-2009, with the majority [...] | 2006-11-22 22:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2185 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH UN U/SYG GAMBARI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff met with UN U/SYG Gambari to discuss the latter's visit to Burma November 10-12th. Viewing his first trip earlier this year as an initial confidence building visit, Gambari believes his second visit was an important next step, as he was able to meet again with A [...] | 2006-11-23 00:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEAN UNSC BM |
06USUNNEWYORK2186 | UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday, November 17th, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly acted on the program budget implications (PBI) of draft resolution A/ES-10/L.19, in accordance with Rule 153 of the Rules and Procedur [...] | 2006-11-23 00:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IS KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2187 | UNSC APPROVES AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING LEBANON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING CLOSED CONSULTATIONS ON NOVEMBER 21, THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A LETTER PAGE 02 RUCNDTA2187 UNCLAS FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO SYG ANNAN EXPRESSING SATISFACTION WITH THE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE UN AND THE GOL TO ESTABLISH A LEBANON SPE [...] | 2006-11-24 14:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK2189 | UNGA RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING ECOSOC ADOPTED; [...] Meeting in plenary session November 20, the General Assembly adopted draft resolution A/61/L.24, entitled "Strengthening of the Economic and Social Council." The Secretariat read a carefully worded statement regarding SIPDIS ECOSOC's entitlement to hold meetings as a charter body. It note [...] | 2006-11-27 15:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN KUNR ECOSOC |
06USUNNEWYORK2190 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated October 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UN Regular Budget $65,000,000 MINUSTAH $27,633,502 ICTY $ 1,176,000 ICTR $ 3,375,000 [...] | 2006-11-27 17:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK2194 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: CLARIFICATION REQUESTED [...] ACTION REQUEST: Mission appreciates instructions from Department on upcoming Capital Master Plan negotiations in the Fifth Committee (reftel). Mission seeks clarification on paragraph 5 of reftel regarding the U.S. position on the letter of credit. Fifth Committee discussions begin on Thur [...] | 2006-11-27 22:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2195 | PRIVILEGES/IMMUNITIES FOR [...] UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has sent Ambassador Bolton a letter dated November 22, 2006, (text in para 3 below) informing USUN that the UN considers that incoming Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife are entitled now SIPDIS to full diplomatic privileges and immunities. The letter [...] | 2006-11-28 22:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN |
06USUNNEWYORK2196 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES NEPAL; PROMISES QUICK [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, the Security Council discussed during a private meeting the November 22 letter from the Secretary-General proposing UN support for the peace process in Nepal. The SYG,s Personal Representative to the peace process, Ian Martin, briefed and responded to questions [...] | 2006-11-30 00:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC NP |
06USUNNEWYORK2199 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: URGENT REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Discussion on the unpaid assessed dues of the Socialist Former Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) will occur on December 1 in the Fifth Committee. USUN reiterates its request for guidance in time for Fifth Committee discussions.END ACTION REQUEST 2. (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador [...] | 2006-11-30 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2202 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Status, Martti Ahtisaari, told U/S Burns he plans to deliver his package of recommendations on the future status of Kosovo to the UN Security Council in March 2006, after presenting it to Serbian and Kosovar leadership in late January. Ahtisaari's cove [...] | 2006-12-01 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN YI |
06USUNNEWYORK2203 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns reassured Kosovo President Sejdiu of U.S. resolve to complete the final status process for Kosovo, despite the two month delay in negotiations to accommodate Serbian parliamentary elections. Burns acknowledged that the Serbs, supported by the Russians in the [...] | 2006-12-01 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN YI |
06USUNNEWYORK2204 | UNITED NATIONS PENSION SYSTEM DEBATE [...] SUMMARY: On November 10, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of 61st United Nations General Assembly held its formal opening consultations on the UN Pension Fund and on the Joint Staff Pension Board. United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board Chairman presented the outcomes of the [...] | 2006-12-04 16:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2205 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 16:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK2206 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 16:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK2210 | UN BUDGET: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON [...] SUMMARY: On November 28, the Plenary adopted a resolution on the "Renovation to the residence of the Secretary-General" (A/C.5/61/L.8) after the Fifth Committee adopted the draft resolution on November 22. Member States were able to reach agreement on endorsing the recommendations and observa [...] | 2006-12-04 22:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2211 | UN REITERATES PLEA FOR U.S. HELP TO RELEASE [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. On November 7 (refs A-B),the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) provided USUN with copies of correspondence between the UN Development Program (UNDP) and Bank Leumi, concerning UNDP's effort to secure the return of $1,842,543.50, which UN [...] | 2006-12-04 22:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN WE JA |
06USUNNEWYORK2215 | SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES MNF-I [...] (U) On November 28, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1723, extending for twelve months the mandate of the Multinational Forces in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board. The text of UNSCR 1734 is at para 2, Ambassa [...] | 2006-12-05 15:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK2219 | 61ST UNGA: SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS FOUR [...] Summary: On November 22, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed four resolutions, including one condemning the Israeli destruction of oil tanks in Lebanon. Four countries joined the US to vote No on the Lebanese resolution, with the EU members/applicants among the [...] | 2006-12-06 17:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EFIN SENV UNGA IS LN |
06USUNNEWYORK2220 | HAITIAN PERMREP ANTICIPATES "SERIOUS PROBLEMS" [...] (SBU) USUN Senior WHA Area Advisor Ambassador Godard and poloff (notetaker) approached Haitian PermRep to the UN Leo Merores on December 4 to discuss China's stance on the renewal of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in February 2007, given Haiti's support for two [...] | 2006-12-06 22:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
06USUNNEWYORK2222 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS [...] SUMMARY: On November 30 and December 4, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) considered the Capital Master Plan, with several speakers emphasizing the need to take an early decision on the financing of the Plan so the project could move forward quickly. The UN acting under-secr [...] | 2006-12-06 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2223 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On December 4, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued informal consultations on the Capital Master Plan. Delegations raised questions regarding cost increases since least year, in particular with regard to swing space and scope options. On financing, Switzerla [...] | 2006-12-06 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2228 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON [...] ACTION REQUEST: The Secretary-General has recommended a financing methodology for the Capital Master Plan that would have Member States assessed over five years, in equal installments (ref A). The European Union (ref B) has proposed that, instead of five even assessments, assessments for the [...] | 2006-12-07 23:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2230 | 61ST UNGA: SECOND COMMITTEE VOTES ON TRADE; ADOPTS [...] Summary: On December 1, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed five resolutions, including one on international trade that called for the restarting of the WTO Doha round. The US was alone in voting against it, while a large block of 52 countries including the EU a [...] | 2006-12-08 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID SENV UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2232 | UN DPKO GUEHENNO: BASHIR HAS NOT MADE A STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios met with UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno on December 4 to discuss next steps for Darfur. Guehenno stated that Sudanese President Bashir has still not made a "strategic shift" in his position that would allow for the three- [...] | 2006-12-08 21:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK2233 | SE NATIOS' MEETING WITH SYG ANNAN ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with SYG Kofi Annan, Presidential Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios pushed for quick implementation of the Addis Ababa principles and highlighted the need for clarity on the mission's command and control. Annan expressed optimism in the face o [...] | 2006-12-08 21:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK2234 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTE ADOPTS TEN RESOLUTIONS BY [...] Summary: On December 6, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed nine resolutions by consensus, including one on external debt. None had program budget implications. The other resolutions were on commodities, the international year of forests, disaster reduction, UN [...] | 2006-12-08 23:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD SENV KCOR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2236 | UN BUDGET: BUDGET OUTLINE FOR BIENNIUM 2008-2009 [...] This is an action request. The Fifth Committee will soon consider the Secretary-General's proposed budget outline for the biennium 2008-2009 (A/61/576). USUN requests guidance for the upcoming discussion. 2. The Secretary-General's preliminary estimate for the biennium 2008-2009 is $4 [...] | 2006-12-08 23:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2237 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: 22 PERCENT UN REGULAR BUDGET [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-09 00:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2242 | SECURITY CONCERNS DOMINATE DURING UNAMI/MNF-I [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, UN SRSG for Iraq Ashraf Qazi and Ambassador Sanders on behalf of MNF-I presented their quarterly briefings during a public meeting of the Security Council regarding the situation in Iraq. In his remarks, Qazi issued a stark warning, saying that the recent quarterly [...] | 2006-12-12 16:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK2244 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: EUROPEAN UNION POSITION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, Ambassador Wallace met with European Union representatives Ambassador Karen Pierce of the United Kingdom, German Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) Michael von Ungern-Sternberg, and French DPR Jean-Pierre Lacroix to discuss the way forward on the scale of assess [...] | 2006-12-12 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2245 | ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS - NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 19:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL KMPI SP |
06USUNNEWYORK2246 | UN SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK, ADOPTS ELEVEN [...] Summary: Concluding its work for 2006, the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee on economic and financial affairs adopted ten resolutions and one decision by consensus and voted (at EU insistence) on a resolution on global climate change during action on December 8. UN Under Secre [...] | 2006-12-13 19:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD TSPL SENV UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2252 | UNSC: U.S. RAISES BELARUS POLITICAL PRISONER, SETS [...] (C) Summary. As instructed, USUN raised the case of Belarus political prisoner Kozulin during Security Council consultations on the afternoon of December 12. Russian PR Churkin came to the Council chambers specifically to engage on the issue, and excoriated - in personal terms - the U.S. rep [...] | 2006-12-14 17:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BO RS |
06USUNNEWYORK2253 | RESOLUTION CONDEMNING STATE SPONSORED EFFORTS TO [...] ACTION REQUEST:(C) USUN seeks concurrence from Department to submit a resolution (drafted in para. 9) directly to the General Assembly Plenary condemning state sponsored (Iran) efforts to deny the existence of the Holocaust as an historical event. USUN seeks to submit a resolution to the Gene [...] | 2006-12-14 18:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KAWC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2254 | CHINESE IN NY THREATEN VETO OF BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Political Counselor Li Junhua told PolCouns and deputy PolCouns December 14 that if the United States moved forward with its draft resolution on Burma there would be a "political showdown" in the Security Council. Speaking without instructions but based on telecons wit [...] | 2006-12-14 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH |
06USUNNEWYORK2255 | SAFETY AND SECURITY: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON [...] This is a guidance request. See paragraph 10. 2. SUMMARY. In the coming weeks, the Fifth Committee will begin consideration of the reports A/61/531, strengthened and unified security management system for the UN, and A/61/566, standardized access control under agenda item 117 programme budg [...] | 2006-12-15 15:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2256 | UN BUDGET: GUIDANCE NEEDED ON BUDGET IMPLICATIONS [...] ACTION REQUEST: The Fifth Committee will, beginning Monday, December 18, consider the budgetary requirements emanating from decisions made by the Human Rights Council (HRC). USUN seeks guidance on whether the U.S. can agree to the Secretary-General's proposals, with which the Advisory Commit [...] | 2006-12-15 15:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC KUNR PHUM UNHRC |
06USUNNEWYORK2258 | UN BUDGET: FUNDING FOR SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN seeks guidance for Fifth Committee discussions on this topic, scheduled to begin on Monday, December 18. 2. In resolution 60/248, the General Assembly approved a charge of $100 million against the provision of $355,949,300 that was included in the budget for the bien [...] | 2006-12-15 16:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2260 | UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 17:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
06USUNNEWYORK2263 | UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTES ON DRAFT DECISION [...] SUMMARY: On December 11th and 15th, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) voted on draft decisions regarding the program budget implications (PBIs) of A/ES-10/L.20 and A/ES-10/L.20/Rev.1, a draft resolution (reftels) to be acted on at the December 15th Emergency Special Session. [...] | 2006-12-19 15:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR PREL IS |
06USUNNEWYORK2265 | BRAMMERTZ PRAISES SYRIAN COOPERATION WITH HARIRI [...] (C) Summary. During an open meeting of the UNSC on December 18, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Head Serge Brammertz noted that his work had reached a "critical stage" which would prevent him from placing sensitive information about witnesses and suspects in the [...] | 2006-12-19 20:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK2266 | INCOMING SYG BAN KI-MOON CANNOT ATTEND SALVADORAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 20:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK2268 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: PREPARING FOR STATUS QUO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 14, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) resumed its consideration of the draft resolution of the scale of assessments during informal informal consultations. Progress in the Fifth Committee towards finding consensus on the scale has come to a s [...] | 2006-12-19 21:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2272 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: U.S. MODERATES NEGOTIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 19, per the explicit request of the Japanese and European Union (EU) members (UK, Germany, Finland, France),Ambassador Wallace chaired and facilitated an informal meeting to discuss Fifth Committee issues and the scale of assessments at the Japanese Missio [...] | 2006-12-21 16:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2273 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:UNDP ACTIVITIES IN NORTH [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Wallace met with Kemal Dervis, Administrator of UNDP, on Tuesday, December 19, to deliver a demarche regarding UNDP activities in North Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Wolff was scheduled to deliver the demarche with Ambassador Wallace, but was unable to attend due to a last m [...] | 2006-12-21 19:52:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
06USUNNEWYORK2278 | FINAL UNGA PLENARY ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took final action December 20 on all the resolutions of the Second Committee. As is customary, final action in the Plenary was virtually identical to that taken previously when the Second Committee adopted each resolution. For the sake of brevity, this cabl [...] | 2006-12-22 19:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC UNGA ETRD SENV KPAL LE |
06USUNNEWYORK2281 | SE NATIOS' MEETING WITH PRC PERMREP WANG [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 21 working lunch with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, Chinese UN Permanent Representative AMB Wang Guangya emphasized that the U.S. and the PRC share a common objective of a peaceful settlement to the Darfur crisis. Wang expressed optimism that Sudanese President [...] | 2006-12-22 20:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK2282 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH DPKO USYG GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 21 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno expressed skepticism that Sudanese President Bashir would provide a wholly forthcoming and constructive response to SYG Annan's letter outlining specific steps the Government of Sudan [...] | 2006-12-22 20:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK2283 | SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: AGREEMENT REACHED ON SCALE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 20 and 21, the Fifth Committee reached agreement on a methodology for the scale of assessments for the biennium 2007-2009. The 22 per cent ceiling was preserved. The path to consensus at first seemed unattainable, as the European Union (EU) remained entren [...] | 2006-12-22 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK2285 | SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Security Council conducted its second comprehensive review of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) December 20. The Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) submitted a report to the Council in connection with the review, assessing CTED's work in 2006 and [...] | 2006-12-22 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KFTN KNNP |
06USUNNEWYORK2288 | ECOSOC RESUMED 2006 SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ITEMS [...] Summary: The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resumed work December 11-15 to tackle a range of issues deferred from the summer session in Geneva (reftel). Of a limited number of items completed in the resumed session, approvals of outstanding NGO applications and of the work related to [...] | 2006-12-26 16:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECPS EFIN PHUM ECOSOC |
06USUNNEWYORK2289 | ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS REPORT DISCUSSED IN UNGA [...] Summary: On December 18, the General Assembly (GA) held an "informal" discussion on the Alliance of Civilization High-Level Group Report. Speaking at the GA were PM of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, PM of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, UN Secretary General (SYG) Kofi Annan, President of t [...] | 2006-12-26 17:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2290 | FINAL UNGA PLENARY ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took final action December 19-22 on all the resolutions of the Third Committee, including human rights resolution on Belarus, Iran, DPRK and Burma (Burma further reported septel). As is customary, final action in the Plenary was virtually identical to that [...] | 2006-12-26 18:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC UNGA XX |
06USUNNEWYORK2291 | CONDEMNATORY HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (U) A strong and unambiguous resolution deploring the situation of human rights in Burma gathered momentum and passed by a significant margin of 57 votes in a late-night session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on December 22. The final vote count was 82 in favor (U.S.) - 25 opposed - 45 ab [...] | 2006-12-26 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC UNGA BM XC |
06USUNNEWYORK2293 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1732 ON SANCTIONS [...] On December 21, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1732, which terminates the Security Council's Informal Working Group on General Issues of Sanctions by deciding that the group has fulfilled its mandate. The resolution also takes note of several best practices papers, which [...] | 2006-12-27 20:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK2294 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1731 ON LIBERIA [...] On December 20, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1731, which extends diamond sanctions, the arms embargo, and the travel ban. The new resolution also amends the arms embargo to make it easier for Liberia to procure non-lethal military equipment. UNSCR 1731 highlights the [...] | 2006-12-27 21:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
06USUNNEWYORK2296 | UNSC ADOPTS RES 1730 ON SANCTIONS "DUE PROCESS" [...] (U) On December 19, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1730, concerning fair and clear procedures ("due process") for removing individuals and entities from under sanctions (delisting). UNSCR 1730 establishes an administrative focal point within the Secretariat, to which san [...] | 2006-12-27 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK2297 | UNSC ADOPTS RES 1735 ON AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) On December 22, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1735, regarding al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions. The resolution focuses on sanctioning active members of the Taliban who are responsible for the upsurge in violence in Afghanistan. It also emphasizes the importance of [...] | 2006-12-27 22:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC PREL PGOV AF |
06USUNNEWYORK2298 | UNGA 6TH COMMITTEE DEBATES NEW TOPIC -- THE RULE [...] (U) Summary. On November 16, the Sixth (Legal) Committee adopted without a vote the draft resolution on the "Rule of law at the national and international levels" (A/C.6/61/L.18) (as verbally amended). The U.S. joined consensus (REFS A, B). The resolution places the rule of law item on the [...] | 2006-12-27 23:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2299 | HAITI: CHINESE UN MISSION WARNS TIME MAY HAVE RUN [...] (C) Summary. Delivering ref A points to PRC UN Mission PolMinCouns Li Junhua on December 22, USUN PolMinCouns and Poloff (notetaker) emphasized that ensuring stability in Haiti remains a vital interest of the USG and therefore urged China to support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Stabil [...] | 2006-12-28 20:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW |
06USUNNEWYORK340 | UNSC/SANCTIONS: CHINA'S ETLO/SHAT DESIGNATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) PolCouns delivered demarche (reftels A and B) to Chinese Political Coordinator Li Junhua. Li responded that China was "quite disappointed" at the U.S. decision and stressed that the ETLO/SHAT designation request came from the "highe [...] | 2006-02-23 22:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV PTER CH |
06USUNNEWYORK342 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: TEXT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] On February 23, UN General Assembly President Eliasson convened informal consultations of the GA plenary on the Human Rights Council to present his draft resolution text. Full text of the resolution follows in para 2. Septel provides summary of and comment on the text. 2. Begin text of d [...] | 2006-02-23 23:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK344 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GA PRESIDENT PRESENTS NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: General Assembly (GA) President Eliasson presented February 23 to the GA his final text on the HRC (septel). As foreshadowed in earlier reporting (reftels),Eliasson settled on arrangements for the HRC that fall short of U.S. positions on all key points: -- size: [...] | 2006-02-24 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR UNGA PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK346 | UN/IRAQ: FEBRUARY 23 U.S.-UK-UN TRILATERAL MEETING [...] Begin Summary. During the February 23 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN Secretariat staff gave an update on UNAMI electoral and SIPDIS constitutional assistance. They indicated that Japan had shown interest in providing aviation support for UNAMI, but had not [...] | 2006-02-24 16:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK347 | INVITATION TO MARCH 9 LAUNCH OF UPGRADED CERF [...] Mission received the following letter of invitation from Jan Egeland, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, addressed to Mr. Frederick Schieck, Acting Administrator, USAID, Mr. William Garvelink, Senior Deputy Asssistant Administrator, USAID, and [...] | 2006-02-24 17:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM UN |
06USUNNEWYORK349 | HAITI: UNSC AND CORE GROUP COMMEND LATORTUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During an open briefing to the UN Security Council and a subsequent meeting of the Haiti Core Group on February 22, Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Gerard Latortue commended his government and the Haitian people on the conduct of first-round elections on 7 Feb [...] | 2006-02-24 19:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
06USUNNEWYORK350 | GERMANY :COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature for re-election to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs for the period 2008-2011. The elections will be held during the resumed organizational session of the Economic [...] | 2006-02-24 20:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KCRM SNAR GM |
06USUNNEWYORK351 | UN SECRETARIAT AND JAPAN SUGGEST RAISING NEPAL IN [...] (SBU) UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari will raise possible UN Security Council consideration of the political crisis in Nepal during his February 27 visit to Washington, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Asia Political Officer Tamrat Samuel told Poloff on February [...] | 2006-02-24 21:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NP |
06USUNNEWYORK352 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S FEBRUARY 21 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a February 22, meeting Ambassador Wolff and Belgian Ambassador Johan Verbeke discussed the Human Rights Council, Peacebuilding Commission and U.S.-EU cooperation. Both Ambassadors agreed that the U.S. and EU needed to cooperate more closely to avoid having our mutual inte [...] | 2006-02-24 23:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR EUN HPKO EAID BE |
06USUNNEWYORK358 | CONTACTS BETWEEN UN AGENCIES AND TERRORIST [...] (C) In a follow-up discussions February 23 with Mark Malloch Brown (Chief of Staff to UNSYG Annan) and Bob Orr (Assistant SYG for Policy Planning),Ambassador Wolff reviewed his previous conversations with both and a separate discussion with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel (reftel) regarding U [...] | 2006-02-24 23:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER UN |
06USUNNEWYORK363 | AZERBAIJAN: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Azerbaijan for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2011. The elections will be held durin [...] | 2006-02-27 14:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM AJ |
06USUNNEWYORK374 | HMONG CHILDREN: UNICEF HITS IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: USUN econoffs met February 23 with UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kul Gautam to review ways to break the current impasse over reunification of 27 Hmong refugee children incarerated in Laos whose parents remain in Thailand (reftels). Gautam noted there would be no movement withou [...] | 2006-02-27 20:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF UNICEF LA TH |
06USUNNEWYORK375 | UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a public meeting on 21 February 2006, the Chairmen of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council [...] | 2006-02-27 23:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ETTC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK376 | PANAMA: UNDP/UNFPA CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Fund and the United Nations Population Fund (UNDP/UNFPA) for the term 2007-2009, at the elections to be he [...] | 2006-02-28 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNDP UNFPA PM |
06USUNNEWYORK379 | SYG SELECTION: FEBRUARY 24 P-5 CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Permanent Representatives of the P-5 met Friday, February 24 to continue their private consultations on the selection of the next Secretary General (SYG). They agreed it was useful that the full membership of the Council was already engaged in informal discussions on the subj [...] | 2006-02-28 22:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK387 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AMENDMENTS TO THE YUGOSLAV [...] The Security Council, February 28, adopted (15-0-0) resolution 1660 (reftel),which amends the statute of the Tribunal to allow for the appointment of reserve judges from among the ad litem judges . The reserve judges would be present at each stage of a trial to [...] | 2006-02-28 23:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK388 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated February 24, 2006 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows [...] | 2006-03-01 14:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK390 | SRSG PRONK DEPLORES AU DELAY AND WARNS GNU IS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 28 meeting with Ambassador Bolton, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Sudan Jan Pronk warned that the Government of National Unity (GNU) was using anti-West and anti-UN rhetoric to 'gang up' on African Union (AU) Members and other countries on [...] | 2006-03-01 16:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK394 | RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff made Ref A points to United Nations Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet Mark Malloch Brown, SIPDIS putting particular emphasis on the March 4 time constraint. Malloch Brown said he had spoken with Secretary-General Annan hours earlier on the subject of African Union Miss [...] | 2006-03-01 19:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK396 | UN REFORM/SYG HIGH LEVEL PANEL ON DEVELOPMENT - [...] (U) Summary. At an off-site event hosted by the UN Missions of Egypt and France on February 24-25, senior UN officials laid out expectations for the Secretary-General's High Level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Humanitarian Assistance, the Environment and Development. Proje [...] | 2006-03-01 20:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KUNR SENV |
06USUNNEWYORK398 | PROSPECT OF RE-OPENING HRC TEXT DISAPPEARING; [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the announcement that the U.S. cannot support General Assembly President Eliasson,s proposals for a Human Rights Council, delegations are weighing options and considering next steps. Eliasson, SecGen Annan, and others believe there is widespread support [...] | 2006-03-02 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR UNGA UNCHR |
06USUNNEWYORK399 | JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: A MORE EFFICIENT ELECTION [...] This is an action request; please see para. 5. 2. SUMMARY: As invited by the General Assembly (GA) in its resolution 59/267, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) has reviewed the procedures followed by the General Assembly to appoint inspectors to the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU). [...] | 2006-03-02 14:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK400 | GA PRESIDENT AND UNSYG CHEF DE CABINET CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: In our continuing consultations with other delegations, we unfortunately find no appetite to reopen the HRC text to accommodate U.S. requirements (reftels). General Assembly President Eliasson's office has sent a letter to the ACABQ (the committee considering resource needs to es [...] | 2006-03-02 23:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR UNGA UNCHR |
06USUNNEWYORK401 | AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S MEETING WITH MOROCCAN PERMREP [...] (SBU) In a brief March 2 courtesy call on Ambassador Bolton, recently arrived Moroccan Perm Rep El Mostafa SAHEL said that Morocco's autonomy proposal for the Western Sahara has been completed and that consultations between the government of Morocco and Moroccan political parties were schedul [...] | 2006-03-02 23:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK402 | MEETING WITH LEBANESE TO DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Ralph Riachy, Chief Justice of Lebanon's Supreme Court, and Choucri Sader, President of the Legislative Service of Lebanon's Ministry of Justice, discussed options for trying the persons responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri with USUN [...] | 2006-03-03 16:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE |
06USUNNEWYORK411 | ROMANIA: ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature for membership to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2007-2009 at the elections to be held during the 61st session of the UN General Assembly in [...] | 2006-03-03 19:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECOSOC RO |
06USUNNEWYORK412 | URUGUAY: ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature for membership to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2008-2010 at the elections to be held during the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly in [...] | 2006-03-03 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECOSOC UY |
06USUNNEWYORK413 | UNSC: UNSCO DE SOTO DISCUSSES CONUNDRUM OF [...] (C) Begin Summary: During his monthly briefing February 28 to the Security Council, the UN Special Coordinator on the Middle East Alvaro de Soto discussed the determinants of the current Palestinian assistance conundrum and the consequences of international inaction. Reporting that it is too s [...] | 2006-03-03 19:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPAL |
06USUNNEWYORK417 | ARGENTINA: COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Dr. Norberto Liwski for re-election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The elections are scheduled to take place during the 11th Meeting of States [...] | 2006-03-03 20:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN SOCI PHUM AR |
06USUNNEWYORK419 | FURTHER RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST IN [...] (C) Further to Ref A, Ambassador Wolff had a follow-up conversation March 2 with United Nations Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet Mark Malloch Brown. Malloch Brown mentioned he had spoken with Deputy Secretary Zoellick March 1 about Darfue, including the March 7 meeting in Brussels at which [...] | 2006-03-03 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK422 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MOVING TOWARDS A VOTE ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 3, the Swiss and Liechtenstein PermReps reiterated to Ambassador Wolff that re-opening of the text of the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution to accommodate core U.S. requirements is not a realistic option. They remain eager to identify whether there is [...] | 2006-03-04 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR UNGA PREL UNHRC |
06USUNNEWYORK423 | LEBANESE LEGAL DELEGATION LEAVES NEW YORK WITH PLAN [...] Summary. Department lawyers and USUN Political and Legal Officers met again (reftel) March 2 with the Lebanese Tribunal team to review the status of planning for the prosecution of those responsible for the Hariri assassination. The team was about to return to Beirut after concluding a seri [...] | 2006-03-04 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL UNSC LE |
06USUNNEWYORK424 | MEETING WITH 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BURIAN [...] Summary: (SBU) Ambassador Bolton met on February 28 with Slovak PermRep and 1540 Committee Chairman Peter Burian, who sought U.S. views on the extension of the 1540 Committee's mandate. During the discussion, which also touched on Iran and how the Council's consideration of Iran could affect [...] | 2006-03-06 16:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PARM |
06USUNNEWYORK427 | P5 MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders and Pol MinCouns and the other P5 Ambassadors met with the SYG and former Chief of Staff and new Deputy SYG Designate Malloch Brown early in the evening of March 3. SYG called the meeting to offer a briefing on his meetings with former Iranian President Khatami in Doha [...] | 2006-03-06 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA AORC IR |
06USUNNEWYORK429 | HRC: PGA ELIASSON AND OTHERS SEEK SIGNS OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Efforts continue to convince us that core U.S. concerns about the Human Rights Council (HRC) can be addressed in part "outside" of General Assembly President (PGA) Eliasson's draft resolution. The focus is on excluding countries under Security Council (SC) sanctions [...] | 2006-03-07 10:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR UNGA UNCHR |
06USUNNEWYORK432 | AD HOC COMMITTEE CONTINUES STALEMATE ON [...] (U) Summary. The Ad Hoc Committee (AHC),established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, met at UN Headquarters February 27-March 3, 2006 to continue negotiations on the CCIT. Deep-seated differences over key text between member States of the Organization of the Isla [...] | 2006-03-07 18:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK433 | UNSC/IRAN: EU3 IRAN ELEMENTS [...] (C) In a brief P3 meeting mid-day March 7, Ambassadors agreed to defer the P5 meeting planned for later in the day until the afternoon of Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00, when we would have a read-out of the Secretary's discussion with Russian FM Lavrov and when the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) w [...] | 2006-03-08 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR |
06USUNNEWYORK435 | UN/IRAQ: ASSESSMENT MISSION FOR KUWAIT BORDER [...] Begin Summary. USUN met March 2 with Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) official Eliza Kimball, who had just returned from Kuwait. Kimball reported on the February mission of four UN staff to assess the Iraq-Kuwait border posts, consistent with reftel. This assessment mission was [...] | 2006-03-08 18:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ KU |
06USUNNEWYORK443 | ELIASSON SIGNALS INTENT TO ADOPT HRC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. GA President Eliasson's Chef de Cabinet Wide told Ambassador Wolff March 8 that Eliasson is taking the first steps to prepare for the adoption of the Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution this Friday (March 10). Wide said the Fifth Committee will meet March 9 to approve the HRC [...] | 2006-03-09 02:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR UNGA PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK444 | SOUTH AFRICA: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Ms. Hazel Edith Gumede Shelton for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010. The electi [...] | 2006-03-09 14:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM SF |
06USUNNEWYORK445 | HUNGARY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature of Professor Miklos Levay for election to the International Narcotics Control Board. The elections will be held during the resumed organizational segment of the [...] | 2006-03-09 15:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM UN HU |
06USUNNEWYORK452 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: AMBASSADOR WOLFF MEETS [...] Ambassador Wolff met with Finnish Permanent Representative Kirsti Lintonen, Ambassador Tom Gronberg, and Fifth Committee delegate Katja Pehrman on March 8 concerning the upcoming consideration of the scale of assessment in the General Assembly. Ambassador Gronberg, who will represent the EU in [...] | 2006-03-09 21:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK453 | AHTISAARI BRIEFS UNSC ON KOSOVO FUTURE STATUS [...] (C) Summary: In closed UNSC consultations March 7, Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari briefed Security Council members on his work to date in the Kosovo Future Status Process. Delivering a candid message, Ahtisaari argued while the current government in Belgrade is not responsible for what Milo [...] | 2006-03-09 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK SR YI |
06USUNNEWYORK454 | UN/IRAQ: UNAMI SECURITY ISSUES AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Begin Summary. The SYG hosted a policy committee meeting March 7 for senior UN staff to discuss Iraq. He decided to expand UN operations in Erbil and approved the plan for mid- and long-term UNAMI accommodation in Baghdad. He decided not to expand in Basra for now and continued to insis [...] | 2006-03-09 23:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV ASEC IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK455 | CONSIDERATION OF HRC POSTPONED TO MARCH 15; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a U.S. request, the UN Fifth Committee agreed March 9 to postpone decision scheduled that day on the budget to establish a Human Rights Council. General Assembly President (PGA) Eliasson also put off the GA plenary session scheduled for March 10. Both meetings are [...] | 2006-03-09 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR UNGA PHUM PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK457 | UN REFORM/PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. The selection of the thirty-one members of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Organizational Committee remains stalled over the regional breakdown of the ECOSOC seats (reftel). USUN, however, has managed to facilitate a rotational agreement among the top ten financial contributor [...] | 2006-03-10 00:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO KUNR UNSC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK459 | UN/IRAQ: PERRICOS PRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL TO [...] (C) Begin Summary. In his briefing to the UNSC, Acting UNMOVIC Chairman Demitrius Perricos urged the UNSC to address UNMOVIC's mandate and discussed in detail his concerns about the chemical weapons (CW) site at Muthanna. He also highlighted Iraq's failure to engage thus far on this file. A [...] | 2006-03-10 14:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK461 | UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: SYG CALLS FOR "RADICAL [...] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented a comprehensive report on UN management reform (A/60/692) to the General Assembly March 7, telling delegates that "our present regulations and rules do not respond to current needs." In introducing the report, entitled, "Investing in the United Natio [...] | 2006-03-10 17:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK467 | UNSC/IRAN: P3/P5 MEETINGS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: The Perm Five Permanent Representatives met at 5:00 pm Friday, March 10 at USUN to discuss the British-French draft elements on Iran. Discussion went round and round, as the Russians and Chinese had no specific instructions on the text, speaking instead in general terms about h [...] | 2006-03-11 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR AA |
06USUNNEWYORK468 | ELIASSON AND OTHERS CONSIDER HRC TEXT FINAL; [...] (C) Summary: We continue to encounter strong opposition to making any changes in the text of the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution. Key PermReps are urging the U.S. to seek satisfaction outside the text, even if they acknowledge that core U.S. positions are not likely achievable th [...] | 2006-03-13 13:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK469 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND: TEXT OF NOTE FROM UN SECRETARY [...] (U) Mission received the following diplomatic note from the UN Secretary-General regarding the establishment of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The note outlines the vision and basic structure of the Fund and notes the first meeting of the Advisory Board that took place on March 6. (Note: Refte [...] | 2006-03-13 15:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN KDEM KUNR PHUM |
06USUNNEWYORK476 | UNSC/IRAN: P3/P5 MEETINGS [...] (C) Role for the Germans: P3 Ambassadors met early in the afternoon of March 8 in advance of the P5 meeting later in the day. French PR de la Sabliere urged German participation in the next meeting. Ambassador Bolton said regardless of how the meeting was described -- P5-plus-1 or E3-plus [...] | 2006-03-13 18:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR |
06USUNNEWYORK481 | UN REFORM: SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS WEOG SUPPORT [...] In a briefing March 10 to ambassadors from the Western Europe and Other Group (WEOG),Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the Summit initiative by world leaders last September had provided an unprecedented opportunity to push forward a comprehensive proposal for reforming UN management. [...] | 2006-03-14 13:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK482 | THAILAND: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Dr. Saisuree Chutikul for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010. The elections will be h [...] | 2006-03-14 14:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM TH |
06USUNNEWYORK501 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: MEXICO PROPOSES "BUFFER" [...] Summary. In a briefing at the Mexican Mission on March 8th, the Mexican delegation briefed members of JUSCANZ (Japan, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand),as well as Norway, Switzerland and South Korea on its proposal to modify the UN regular budget scale of assessment. The proposal would, in [...] | 2006-03-14 17:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK503 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN OUTLINES EXPANDED FORMAT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wolff made reftel points in a meeting with UN Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) for Peacekeeping Hedi Annabi and other Department of Peacekeeping Officials (DPKO) officials on March 10. He urged the Secretariat to ensure the UN Assistance Mission in SIPDIS Afgh [...] | 2006-03-14 19:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF |
06USUNNEWYORK507 | UN AFGHAN SRSG KOENIGS COMMITTED TO EXPANDED [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wolff pressed ref A points on the composition of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) during an introductory meeting with UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs on March 14. The Ambassador emphasized USG c [...] | 2006-03-15 13:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
06USUNNEWYORK508 | UN: US PROPOSES PURCHASING POWER PARITY AS A BASIS [...] Summary. The Fifth Committee resumed its consideration on March 13th of the elements of the scale of assessment to be sent to the Committee on Contributions (CoC) this June. New proposals were tabled by Japan, Mexico and the US, and a revised proposal was presented by the European Union. The [...] | 2006-03-15 14:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK509 | UN JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: PRESENTATION OF CHINESE [...] USUN received a diplomatic note dated February 28, 2006 from the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Ambassador Yishan Zhang for election to the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) at elections to be held during the 61st Session [...] | 2006-03-15 14:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK511 | UNSC WORKING METHODS: "SWISS-FIVE" PROPOSAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. Switzerland has begun the process of re-circulating a revised draft of its proposed General Assembly resolution on Security Council working methods, which was originally shared with member states last fall (reftel). The Swiss have told the French that they and their four co-draf [...] | 2006-03-15 21:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK512 | UN REFORM: SYG SPECIAL ADVISER GUPTA ADVOCATES [...] SUMMARY: The Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Management Reform Rajat Gupta told Ambassador Bolton March 9 that immediate action was needed to implement at least some of the management reform proposals outlined in the SYG's March 7 report entitled, "Investing in the United Nations: For [...] | 2006-03-15 23:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK513 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated February 28, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNIFIL $ 5,707,873 MINURSO 5,023,597 MONUC 204,632,000 UNOCI 7,236,532 MINUSTAH 7,286,875 [...] | 2006-03-16 13:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK514 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN management-reform (M/R) officer joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members in a formal meeting March 13 to discuss the Committee's upcoming trip to Freetown, the Court's precarious financial future, and the need to prod the Court's judges to increase judicial ef [...] | 2006-03-16 14:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
06USUNNEWYORK516 | IRAQ: CSW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature for membership on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The elections will be held during the resumed organizational session of the Economic a [...] | 2006-03-16 14:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SOCI UNCSW KWMN IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK517 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 18:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD AFIN UNRWA |
06USUNNEWYORK518 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $63 MILLION FOR THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to IO/EX/OB-Alice Green and IO/S-Steven Johnston an official note and invoice requesting payment of $63,335,300.67 to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MP),of the United Nations [...] | 2006-03-16 18:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK519 | DUPLICATIVE DIALOGUES AMONG CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) Summary. This is an Action Request, per para 6. The UN Mission of the Philippines is attempting to formalize follow-up to a conference on "interfaith dialogue," which their Foreign Minister chaired in New York in June 2005. Creation of a proposed follow-up group is ill-defined, duplicates [...] | 2006-03-16 18:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL PREL KISL RP |
06USUNNEWYORK520 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER 2006 BUDGET FOR [...] On March 20 the Fifth Committee will begin its consideration of the budgets for Special Political Missions (SPMs) for 2006. In its resolution 60/248 of December 2005, the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation of the ACABQ and approved a charge of $100 million against SPMs until the en [...] | 2006-03-16 19:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK521 | UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES FUNDING FOR [...] The Fifth Committee adopted a decision on March 15 to approve additional financial resources of $4.3 million for the Human Rights Council created by draft resolution A/60/L.48. The decision was adopted without a vote after Ambassador Wolff delivered the U.S. explanation of position (ref) hig [...] | 2006-03-16 19:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA PHUM PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK527 | UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: JUSCANZ AMBASSADORS CONSULT [...] Representatives of Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (JUSCANZ) conferred March 14 to explore ways of dealing with the Secretary-General's latest initiatives for improving the UN's management and governance (reftels). While none of the Ambassadors had yet received c [...] | 2006-03-16 22:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK528 | MARCH 15 P5 MEETING ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The P-5 met at 8AM Wednesday, March 15 at the U.S. Mission to continue consultations on Iran. The Russians and Chinese continued to stonewall any progress on the British-French draft UNSC Presidential Statement, with no change in their positions since the March 14 P-5 and inform [...] | 2006-03-17 14:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AA AORC EU IR KNNP IAEA |
06USUNNEWYORK530 | UN HIGH LEVEL PANEL ON SYSTEM-WIDE COHERENCE: U/S [...] Summary: In New York consultations March 13, Under Secretary Shiner surveyed the upcoming work of the UN SIPDIS Secretary General's High-Level Panel on UN System-wide SIPDIS Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and Environment. The thirteen-member Panel -- man [...] | 2006-03-17 16:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD KUNR AORC SENV UN |
06USUNNEWYORK531 | UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FAILS TO CREATE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. Following long and divisive deliberations in the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ),the U.S. remains isolated in its commitment to establish a small Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) "from within existing resources," as mandated by the World S [...] | 2006-03-17 17:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK534 | ARGENTINA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. USUN notes that this is the first diplomatic note we have received formally annou [...] | 2006-03-17 18:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN AR |
06USUNNEWYORK536 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOMALIA: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE [...] Summary: Recent developments in Somalia have improved the prospect for peace, however the process remains vulnerable, and the pressing humanitarian crisis demands immediate international attention. The signing of the Aden Declaration and subsequent convening of the Parliament are important [...] | 2006-03-17 23:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SO UNSC KPKO XW |
06USUNNEWYORK538 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: As reported reftel, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on establishment of the Human Rights Council (HRC) by a vote of 170-4(U.S.) with 3 abstentions. Reftel reported on the presentation of the resolution text and Explanations of Vote (EOVs) delivered in [...] | 2006-03-20 14:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK546 | UN REFORM: BATTLE WITH G-77 LOOMING OVER CONTROL [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff met March 16 with GA President's Chef de Cabinet Lars Wiede to discuss next steps in Member States' consideration of the Secretary-General's report on management reform introduced March 7 entitled, "Investing in the UN: For a Stronger Organization Worldwide" (reftels [...] | 2006-03-20 21:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK547 | ECOSOC MEETING ADOPTS HUMANITARIAN SEGMENT THEME [...] Summary: ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council) held informal consultations March 10 on open items handled in the current organizational session, followed by a brief formal meeting to adopt the Humanitarian Affairs Segment theme. The President proposed continued consultations on the Operation [...] | 2006-03-20 22:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN KUNR KPKO ECOSOC TBIO PHUM |
06USUNNEWYORK548 | WOLFF-OZAWA DISCUSS WEOG ROTATIONS, UN SCALE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 11:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR UNGA UNCHR AORC UNDP UNICEF PREF |
06USUNNEWYORK549 | BRAMMERTZ SAYS HARIRI INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Ambassadors Bolton and Sanders met March 15 with Serge Brammertz, Commissioner of the International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC). Brammertz issued his first UNIIIC interim report on March 14, met with other P-5 ambassadors March 15, and briefed the Securit [...] | 2006-03-21 11:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KCRM UNSC LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK551 | UN EMPLOYMENT: NATIONAL COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT [...] SUMMARY. On February 28, 2006, the UN held its annual National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCRE) for entry level junior professional positions for the following occupational groups: architecture, demography, library science, security, science and technology, statistics and web design [...] | 2006-03-21 17:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC |
06USUNNEWYORK557 | FRANCE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...] | 2006-03-22 13:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN FR |
06USUNNEWYORK558 | IRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United Stat [...] | 2006-03-22 13:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK559 | BENIN: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Hugette Bokpe-Gnacadja for re-election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010. The el [...] | 2006-03-22 14:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM BN |
06USUNNEWYORK560 | BARBADOS: ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature for membership to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2007-2009 at the elections to be held during the 61st session of the United Nations Genera [...] | 2006-03-22 15:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECOSOC BB |
06USUNNEWYORK561 | UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: JUSCANZ CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: Representatives of Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. (JUSCANZ) met March 17 to continue their discussions on the Secretary-General's management reform ("rules and regulations") report (A/60/692); except for Canada, the countries were representated at the Deputy Per [...] | 2006-03-22 19:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK562 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS [...] SUMMARY: New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding Dan Doctoroff and Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol Marjorie Tiven called on Ambassador Bolton on March 21 to discuss DC-5 and the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP). They highlighted the City [...] | 2006-03-22 19:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK563 | BAKASSI BORDER ISSUE: DEMARCHE AND UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary-General's Executive Director for Political Affairs Carlos Lopes and Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah briefed Acting Polcouns on sensitive efforts underway to resolve the Bakassi border issue. Lopes said SY [...] | 2006-03-23 00:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINR PINS PREL CM NI UN |
06USUNNEWYORK564 | UNITED KINGDOM: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by t [...] | 2006-03-23 14:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN UK |
06USUNNEWYORK565 | ROMANIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-03-23 14:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN RO |
06USUNNEWYORK566 | ARMENIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] | 2006-03-23 14:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN AM |
06USUNNEWYORK567 | MOROCCO: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-03-23 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN MO |
06USUNNEWYORK568 | PERU: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United Stat [...] | 2006-03-23 15:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN PE |
06USUNNEWYORK569 | POLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] | 2006-03-23 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN PL |
06USUNNEWYORK570 | MEXICO: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...] | 2006-03-23 15:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN MX |
06USUNNEWYORK571 | LITHUANIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be give [...] | 2006-03-23 15:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN LH |
06USUNNEWYORK572 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the Unite [...] | 2006-03-23 15:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN AJ |
06USUNNEWYORK573 | SAUDI ARABIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the Uni [...] | 2006-03-23 15:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN SA |
06USUNNEWYORK576 | UN/IRAQ:HIGH-LEVEL U.S.-UN DIALOGUE ON IRAQ [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a useful and detailed March 16 meeting, the U.S. and UN, led by S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and DPA U/SYG Gambari respectively, exchanged views on Iraq. The U.S. expressed appreciation for the work of the UN, especially SRSG Qazi, and urged an increased UN role, especially [...] | 2006-03-23 16:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK580 | UN:PRESENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] USUN received a diplomatic note dated February 20, 2006 from the Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Mr. Mohsen Bel Hadj Amor, candidate of Tunisia for re-election as member and Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission [...] | 2006-03-23 16:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK581 | UN/GERMANY: STATE SECRETARY PFLUGER ON IRAN, LATIN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Bolton discussed Iran, Latin America and UN reform initiatives, including the recently formed Human Rights Council, with German State Secretary Freidbert Pfluger on March 20. Pfluger reiterated Germany's steadfast support for efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuc [...] | 2006-03-23 18:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KUNR GM IR |
06USUNNEWYORK583 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION: UN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Professor Yuri M. Kolosov for re-election to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The elections will be held during th [...] | 2006-03-23 19:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SOCI PHUM UN RS |
06USUNNEWYORK584 | BRAZIL: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...] | 2006-03-23 19:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN BR |
06USUNNEWYORK589 | UN/IRAQ: UNSC QUARTERLY MEETING ON UNAMI AND MNF [...] (C) Begin Summary. In the March 15 UNSC meeting on Iraq, SRSG Qazi expressed concerns about sectarian violence and the human rights situation in Iraq, but described success in meeting the benchmarks in the political process. On behalf of the MNF, Ambassador Bolton briefed progress in trans [...] | 2006-03-23 23:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK590 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: WHY THE U.S. SHOULD NOT SEEK [...] (C) Summary and Comment: After having voted "no" on the resolution establishing the Human Rights Council due to its inadequate provisions to prevent human rights violators from becoming members, USUN believes U.S. interests are best served by sitting out the first election for membership. A [...] | 2006-03-24 00:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK592 | BANGLADESH: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration w [...] | 2006-03-24 14:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN BG |
06USUNNEWYORK593 | BELGIUM: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature of Mr. Raymond Yans for election to the International Narcotics Control Board. The elections will be held during the resumed organizational segment of the Econom [...] | 2006-03-24 15:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM UN |
06USUNNEWYORK594 | HUNGARY: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] | 2006-03-24 16:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN HU |
06USUNNEWYORK595 | GERMANY: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will [...] | 2006-03-24 16:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN GM |
06USUNNEWYORK596 | URUGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-03-24 16:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN UY |
06USUNNEWYORK597 | PEACE BUILDING COMMISSION: P-3 ADVANCE PREPARATION [...] (u) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (c) Summary: In a March 22 meeting of the P-3 convened by French DPR Duclos, France and the UK emphasized to Ambassador Wolff the importance of advance preparation for the first meeting of the Organizational Committee (OC) of the Peacebuilding [...] | 2006-03-24 21:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK598 | UN: GUIDANCE REQUEST FOR SPECIAL POLITICAL [...] Following the introduction of the Secretary-General's report on the budgets for Special Political Missions, the Fifth Committee is at the stage of comprehensive questions and answers with the Secretariat. Action on a draft resolution for financing will be necessary during the week of March 2 [...] | 2006-03-24 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK599 | UN REFORM: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS WITH JAPAN'S [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Bolton met with Ambassador Takasu, GOJ Special Ambassador for UN Reform, on March 23 to review the state-of-play on UN reform. Ambassador Takasu said the management reform report (A/60/692) is problematic because it will cost several hundred million dollars to implement it [...] | 2006-03-24 22:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK600 | UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: DELEGATIONS STILL DEADLOCKED [...] At a small meeting of key delegations on March 23, 2006, General Assembly President Jan Eliasson sought to find a way to break the deadlock over how the General Assembly would consider the Secretary-General's report, "Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide" (A/ [...] | 2006-03-24 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK602 | UN/IRAQ: MARCH 23 TRILATERAL MEETING ON UNAMI [...] (C) Begin Summary. During the March 23 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN Secretariat staff gave an update on UNAMI staff and electoral SIPDIS assistance. They said Japan remains interested in providing aviation support for UNAMI and reviewed the U.S. list of p [...] | 2006-03-24 23:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK604 | NIGERIA: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Mrs. Saudatu Mahdi Magajiya Shehu for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term [...] | 2006-03-27 14:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM NI |
06USUNNEWYORK610 | USUN/IRAQ: AL-KHOEI BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) USUN Deputy PolCouns and PolOff met March 23 with Syed Meesam Razvi, the UN representative of the AlKhoei Benevolent Foundation, and three of his colleagues. AlKhoei Foundation is the only Shia NGO to have consultative status at the UN. The meeting -- the first initiated by the founda [...] | 2006-03-27 17:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UN AORC KISL KDEM IZ SA |
06USUNNEWYORK611 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given b [...] | 2006-03-27 17:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN KS |
06USUNNEWYORK612 | FINLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-03-27 17:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN FI |
06USUNNEWYORK613 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL BRIEFS ON LEBANON SPECIAL COURT [...] Nicolas Michel, UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, briefed Security Council members March 23 on the status of preparations for a Lebanese Special Court. The briefing followed the release on March 21 of the Secretary General's Report (S/2006/176) on efforts to assist the Government [...] | 2006-03-28 14:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM LE PGOV PREL UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK614 | NIGERIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will [...] | 2006-03-28 15:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN NI |
06USUNNEWYORK615 | JAPAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United Sta [...] | 2006-03-28 15:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN JA |
06USUNNEWYORK616 | LETTER FROM U/SYG JOSE OCAMPO ON THE TRUST FUND ON [...] Mission received the following note dated March 10, 2006, from Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, addressed to Ambassador Bolton, regarding contributions for the Voluntary Fund on Indigenous Issues. Text of note follows in para 2 below. 2. Begin [...] | 2006-03-28 16:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PHUM EAID UN |
06USUNNEWYORK618 | A STEP CLOSER TO TRANSITION: WITH UNSCR 1663 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sudan Jan Pronk's March 21 SIPDIS briefing to the Security Council revealed persistent divisions among Members on the prospect of African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) transition and imposition of targeted sanctio [...] | 2006-03-28 20:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK622 | UNMIL RESOLUTION: EXPERTS MEETING [...] Summary: In expert level discussions on March 28, Security Council members expressed general support for extending UNMIL's mandate for six months as proposed by the U.S. However, all members, other than the U.S., also expressed strong backing for a French amendment that would authorize an e [...] | 2006-03-28 23:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LI IV |
06USUNNEWYORK623 | LATVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] | 2006-03-29 16:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN LG |
06USUNNEWYORK624 | PORTUGAL: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note, through the current WEOG Chair, from the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations requesting support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration [...] | 2006-03-29 16:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN PO |
06USUNNEWYORK625 | ECOSOC TERMINATES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 17:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KUNR KPKO ECOSOC |
06USUNNEWYORK627 | CAMEROON: UN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Mr. Clement Atangana for re-election to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The elections will be held during the [...] | 2006-03-29 18:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SOCI PHUM UN CM |
06USUNNEWYORK638 | GREECE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...] | 2006-03-29 20:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC GR PHUM UN |
06USUNNEWYORK641 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 14:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNEP UN |
06USUNNEWYORK642 | AFRICAN TOUR D'HORIZON WITH UK LORD TRIESMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 20 Ambassador Bolton met with UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord SIPDIS Triesman to discuss Horn of Africa issues - namely Sudan, Ethiopia/Eritrea and Somalia - as well as the Great Lakes region (in particular the DRC),Charles Taylor and Z [...] | 2006-03-30 21:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ET NI PGOV SO SU ZI KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK643 | UNSC: HEARS BRAMMERTZ, ISSUES STATEMENT ON THIRD [...] In his March 16 briefing to the Security Council on the "Third report of the International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005),1636 (2005),and 1644 (2005)" that included both his open briefing and his comments in close [...] | 2006-03-30 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK644 | UNSC: RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Recalling a letter from the Government of Lebanon requesting the establishment of a tribunal of an international character to try all those responsible for the terrorist bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri as well as its request to the Secretary-General in UNSCR [...] | 2006-03-30 22:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC LE |
06USUNNEWYORK645 | UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON HAITI: ALL SMILES AND MANY [...] Summary. During an open debate on Haiti in the United Nations Security Council on March 27, UN Secretary-General Annan and representatives from 30 countries -- including Foreign Ministers or Vice-Ministers from Greece, Guyana, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, and Br [...] | 2006-03-30 23:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
06USUNNEWYORK649 | DEMARCHING THE UN SECRETARIAT ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, accompanied by Poloff, delivered reftel points to Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Angela Kane on March 30. PolMinCouns asked whether the UN had yet received the findings of the UN team that recently visited Ecuador to explore the possibility of a s [...] | 2006-03-31 15:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CO EC FAO SENV SNAR WHO UN PINR |
06USUNNEWYORK661 | UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 17:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK668 | UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-01 03:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK669 | YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL BRIEFS ON MILOSEVIC [...] At the request of the Russian Federation, the President of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY) Fausto Pocar briefed SC members via videoconference on the investigation of the deaths of Milan Babic and Slobodan Milosevic. After Pocar's report, Russia's representative asked a series of que [...] | 2006-04-03 14:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK670 | INDIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-04-03 18:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN IN |
06USUNNEWYORK671 | SWITZERLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the Unit [...] | 2006-04-03 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN SZ |
06USUNNEWYORK672 | ALBANIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] | 2006-04-03 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN AL |
06USUNNEWYORK673 | CZECH REPUBLIC: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by t [...] | 2006-04-03 18:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN EZ |
06USUNNEWYORK674 | MALAYSIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-03 18:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN MY |
06USUNNEWYORK677 | GEORGIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-04-03 21:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN GG |
06USUNNEWYORK678 | KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by [...] | 2006-04-03 21:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN KG |
06USUNNEWYORK680 | UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION - ECOSOC COMPONENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO EAID PREL AORC UN ECOSOC |
06USUNNEWYORK681 | UN REFORM: UN SECRETARY-GENERAL INTRODUCES MANDATE [...] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented his report, entitled "Mandating and delivering: analysis and recommendations to facilitate the review of mandates" (A/60/733),to the General Assembly on March 30. In introducing the report, the SYG said "The review of mandates is a unique opportunit [...] | 2006-04-04 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK683 | HIRC MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN, MARCH 27 [...] Summary. Chairman Hyde and a Congressional Delegation from the House International Relations Committee (HIRC) met with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and senior members of his staff at the UN on March 27. End Summary. 2. Chairman Hyde told Secretary-General Annan that the UN was at an histo [...] | 2006-04-04 20:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KUNR SU IS KPKO UN |
06USUNNEWYORK692 | CANADA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...] | 2006-04-04 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN CA |
06USUNNEWYORK693 | SLOVENIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-04 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SI UN |
06USUNNEWYORK714 | MARCH 30 ROLLOUT OF WATSON INSTITUTE PAPER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 30 luncheon at the UN, Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies unveiled its final white paper on "Strengthening Targeted Sanctions through Fair and Clear Procedures," research for which had been commissioned and sponsored by the governments of Germ [...] | 2006-04-04 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM PGOV PTER ETTC |
06USUNNEWYORK715 | 1540 COMMITTEE MEETS INFORMALLY TO DISCUSS ITS [...] SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee (established by resolution 1540 (2004)) met informally March 29 to discuss the extension of its mandate, which expires on April 28, 2006, as well as its future work. In their remarks, delegations reacted to a non-paper on the Committee's future work and the renewa [...] | 2006-04-04 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM |
06USUNNEWYORK716 | ECUADOR: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-04-05 14:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN EC |
06USUNNEWYORK717 | THE NETHERLANDS: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will b [...] | 2006-04-05 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN NL |
06USUNNEWYORK718 | NIGERIA: UN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Ambassador A. J. Nanna for election to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The elections will be held duri [...] | 2006-04-05 14:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SOCI PHUM UN |
06USUNNEWYORK719 | SOUTH AFRICA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be g [...] | 2006-04-05 14:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN SF |
06USUNNEWYORK732 | TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN MEETS CTC CHAIRMAN LOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee's (CTC) primary responsibility was to build a truly international coalition in the fight against terrorism by ensuring that less developed States were not "left behind," explained CTC Chairman Loj during her meeting with Treasury Assistant Secret [...] | 2006-04-05 18:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC ETTC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK733 | PHILIPPINES: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the [...] | 2006-04-05 18:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN RP |
06USUNNEWYORK734 | UNSC/SUDAN: IMPEDIMENTS TO ACTION ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Progress toward transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a United Nations operation is stalled due to a stonewalling and recalcitrant Government of National Unity (GNU) in Sudan and a passive African Union (AU). While everyone at the UN talks about e [...] | 2006-04-05 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK735 | LEBANON: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-04-06 19:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN LE |
06USUNNEWYORK741 | MONGOLIAN INVITATION TO U/S DOBRIANSKY TO ATTEND [...] USUN received a letter, dated March 27, 2006 from the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations, transmitting an invitation to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky, to attend the International Follow-Up Conference on New or Restored Democracies [...] | 2006-04-06 19:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI UN KDEM |
06USUNNEWYORK747 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE AGREES TO FINANCING FOR [...] Summary. Following weeks of discussion and deliberation, the Fifth Committee broke its deadlock on the funding and staffing modalities of the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and agreed on April 5 to a short resolution to provide the financing to operationalize the office which, in sum, suc [...] | 2006-04-07 19:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK748 | YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL REQUESTS AN EXTENSION FOR A JUDGE [...] Action Request. Para 1. On March 27 the Secretary General forwarded to the Security Council a request from the President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to extend the term of Judge Canivell to enable him to complete a trial. At SC consultations today, the SC Presid [...] | 2006-04-07 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK750 | YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL (ICTY) REQUESTS AN EXTENSION FOR [...] As instructed reftel, USUN joined consensus on the draft resolution to extend the term of an ICTY judge to enable him to complete the Krajisnik trial. The draft was adopted (15-0-0) as SC resolution 1668. 2. After the vote, the Russian Federation stated that they had joined consensus but [...] | 2006-04-10 20:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK752 | CAMEROON: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Cameroon to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the Unite [...] | 2006-04-11 12:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN CM |
06USUNNEWYORK753 | GABON: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Gabon to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United Sta [...] | 2006-04-11 12:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN GB |
06USUNNEWYORK754 | UKRAINE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-04-11 12:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN UP |
06USUNNEWYORK756 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE UNABLE TO AGREE ON A SCALE OF [...] Summary. Following weeks of discussion and then negotiation on a draft resolution, the Fifth Committee had agreed to all paragraphs except operative paragraph (OP) 5, which included eight proposals to be forwarded to the Committee on Contributions (CoC) for its consideration this June. In the [...] | 2006-04-11 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK759 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-11 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN CE |
06USUNNEWYORK760 | MAURITIUS: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Mauritius to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-11 14:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN MP |
06USUNNEWYORK762 | UNSC: MARCH MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] (U) In his March 30 briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh discussed the new Palestinian government, the just-completed Israeli elections, security issues, the humanitarian situation in Gaza and [...] | 2006-04-11 15:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK763 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: UNDP/UNFPA CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Fund and the United Nations Population Fund (UNDP/UNFPA) for the term 2007-2009, at the elect [...] | 2006-04-11 15:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNDP UNFPA AC |
06USUNNEWYORK764 | HIRC DELEGATION DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A House International Relations Committee (HIRC) delegation led by Chairman Henry Hyde met the GA President's Chef de Cabinet and subsequently with six key G77 ambassadors March 27 to discuss a range of issues. Key topics of discussion centered on the recently created UN Human [...] | 2006-04-11 18:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PHUM EAID KPKO UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK765 | SYG SELECTION: UNSC PRESIDENT MAYORAL UPDATES ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bolton met on March 22 with Argentine Permanent Representative Cesar Mayoral, who was Security Council President for the month, to discuss the selection process for the next Secretary-General. Mayoral has continued the initiative started by Ambassador Bolton of bilateral con [...] | 2006-04-11 19:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AR UN |
06USUNNEWYORK766 | SYG SELECTION: MARCH 28 SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the practice established by Ambassador Bolton during the U.S. Presidency in February, Argentine PR Mayoral briefed the Council in informal consultations on the results of his bilateral meetings with members on the issue of the Secretary-General (SYG) selection. The d [...] | 2006-04-11 19:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN |
06USUNNEWYORK767 | ALGERIANS IN NEW YORK OBJECT TO VAN WALSUM [...] (C) Summary: Algerian PR Youcef Yousfi March 22 conveyed Algeria's objections to Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum's proposal that Algeria participate as a party in negotiations with Morocco on the issue of Western Sahara and to a presumed forthcoming Moroccan autonomy proposa [...] | 2006-04-11 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK770 | UNSC/SUDAN: PRST ON DARFUR ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY [...] (C) In an April 11 formal meeting, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Darfur - UN document S/PRST/2006/16; text in Paragraph 4. The agreed-upon text reflected a hurried consensus that the sponsoring delegation, the UK (which [...] | 2006-04-12 13:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK771 | BAHRAIN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Bahrain to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...] | 2006-04-12 13:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN BA |
06USUNNEWYORK774 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: STATUS OF FIFTH COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. SUMMARY: Fifth Committee discussions on the Capital Master Plan are currently stalled. The Committee is unable to reach consensus on the level of funding needed for ongoing work, with the U.S. alone supporting less than the full $100.5 m [...] | 2006-04-12 16:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KUNR AORC |
06USUNNEWYORK776 | LETTER FROM UNDP ADMINISTRATOR KEMAL DERVIS TO U/S [...] USUN received a letter, dated April 5, 2006 addressed to Ambassador Bolton, transmitting a letter to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paul Dobriansky, regarding UNDP's role in the Community of Democracies. Text of letter and note follow below. 2. Begin text of c [...] | 2006-04-12 18:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI UN KDEM EAID |
06USUNNEWYORK786 | NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-13 14:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN NU |
06USUNNEWYORK788 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated April 13, 2006 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...] | 2006-04-13 19:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK794 | AMBASSADOR BOLTON PROPOSES TO JUMP START SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The conflict in Western Sahara remains at a stalemate. From my perspective in New York, a fresh approach to Security Council action on MINURSO's mandate is one available option if we seek to accelerate Moroccan action on autonomy for the Western Sahara. If such an approach fails [...] | 2006-04-14 13:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK796 | UN/IRAQ: APRIL 13 U.S.-UK-UN TRILATERAL MEETING ON [...] (C) Begin Summary. During the April 13 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN Secretariat staff gave an update on UNAMI staff and security SIPDIS concerns, especially in southeast Iraq. They reported requests to the Brazilian and Turkish Missions for a dedicated ai [...] | 2006-04-14 15:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ KU JA |
06USUNNEWYORK797 | PORTUGAL REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR HRC CANDIDACY: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-14 16:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UN IR PO EVN |
06USUNNEWYORK800 | UNSC/SUDAN: CHAD INSTABILITY IS REGIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 13 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov gave the Security Council an overview of the current situation in Chad and its potential consequences for regional stability, calling for a strengthening of the African Un [...] | 2006-04-17 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK801 | UNSC EXTENDS UNMEE MANDATE UNTIL MAY 15 [...] (U) In a formal meeting of the United Nations Security Council on April 13, members voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea until May 15, leaving open the possibility of converting UNMEE into an observer mission by that time. The resolution was adopted [...] | 2006-04-17 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK816 | UN/IRAQ: APRIL 17 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/KUWAIT [...] (U) Vorontsov: In April 17 consultations, High-Level Coordinator Yuli Vorontsov briefed the UNSC on the repatriation and return of Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains. He said there were few substantial developments since December 2005. He commended the Kuwaiti authorities [...] | 2006-04-19 14:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ KU |
06USUNNEWYORK819 | A/S SILVERBERG MEETS WITH U/SYG DPKO GUEHENNO TO [...] (C) Summary: Accompanied by USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg met with Under Secretary General for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guehenno and DPKO Assistant Secretary General Hedi A [...] | 2006-04-19 17:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK825 | UN/IRAQ: APRIL 19 REVIEW OF IRAQ ISSUES WITH [...] (C) During an April 19 meeting between UNMOVIC Acting Executive Chairman Demitrius Perricos and USUN staff, the following subjects were addressed: the non-paper on bunkers in Muthanna; the Iraq WMD compendium summary; and the Iraqi request for a copy of its FFCD of its chemical weapons progra [...] | 2006-04-19 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK826 | UN: UNCC EXEC DIR KNUTTSON EXPRESSES CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) Executive Director Rolf Knutsson briefed Ambassador Wolff April 4 regarding ongoing UNCC concerns that UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) audits of UNCC activities were continuing to exceed the scope previously defined for such audits [...] | 2006-04-20 14:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK827 | PAKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-20 19:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN PK |
06USUNNEWYORK828 | PHILIPPINES: UN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Dr. Virginia Bonoan Dandan for re-election to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The elections will be held during the res [...] | 2006-04-20 19:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SOCI PHUM UN RP |
06USUNNEWYORK830 | UNDP FUNDING SYRIA AIRCRAFT STUDY [...] (C) Following up on reftel, USUN contacted UNDP at a high level on April 7 for further information. 2. (C) The project,funded by UNDP with the participation of ICAO,is a study to look at two issues: An expert from ICAO is doing a technical evaluation of Syrian Airlines so they can better [...] | 2006-04-20 23:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SY UNDP ETTC |
06USUNNEWYORK831 | UNDP/UNICEF ROTATION SCHEME FOR WEOG GUARANTEES [...] In an amicable split decision within WEOG, 28 members of the group have agreed to begin allocating seats on the UNDP and UNICEF Executive Boards among themselves in accordance with the 15 year rotation plan presented earlier this month by the Swiss facilitator. Though the U.S. opted out of th [...] | 2006-04-21 16:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON UNDP UNFPA UNICEF |
06USUNNEWYORK832 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: UN SECRETARIAT BRIEFS ON [...] SUMMARY. The GA Secretariat and Office of Legal Affairs provided a briefing April 19 on plans and preparations for the May 9 election of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Secretariat reiterated that the HRC elections will provide for each candidate to be voted directly and indi [...] | 2006-04-21 23:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK833 | LIBERIA COMMITTEE CHAIR'S TRIP AND FUTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following her recent visit to Monrovia, the Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Ellen Loj concluded the Security Council should send a positive signal to the new Liberian government during the Council's scheduled June revie [...] | 2006-04-24 13:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
06USUNNEWYORK834 | UNSC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Begin Summary. In an April 13 meeting, Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs at the Japanese MFA Motohide Yoshikawa raised with Ambassador Bolton some of the economic and domestic pressures impacting Japanese government policy on Iran. He asked that U.S. statements not [...] | 2006-04-24 13:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR |
06USUNNEWYORK835 | UNSC/SUDAN: PALLOR HANGS OVER MEMBERS' ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. At an April 18 open briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),African Union (AU) Special Envoy to the Abuja Peace Talks Salim Ahmed Salim, with what seemed like a false sense of security and optimism, proclaimed Darfur peace negotiations to be in the 'ho [...] | 2006-04-24 13:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD NI PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK836 | UN/IRAQ: SYG LETTER REGARDING UNMOVIC MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 14:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK842 | HIGH REPRESENTATIVE SCHWARZ-SCHILLING SPEAKS [...] (C) Summary: In a UNSC meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 18, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling said it was time for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia) to fulfill the vision outlined in the Dayton Agreement of 1995. As a consequence of this progress, Schwarz-Schilling will [...] | 2006-04-24 15:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG UNSC BK |
06USUNNEWYORK845 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE (CTED) [...] (U) Summary. In an April 18 meeting, CTED Director Ruperez reiterated his interest in close co-operation with the USG on counter-terrorism, discussed CTED's progress during the past six months and plans for its future. USUN shared USG priorities for increasing CTED effectiveness. End Summa [...] | 2006-04-24 18:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER |
06USUNNEWYORK849 | DJIBOUTI: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-26 12:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN DJ |
06USUNNEWYORK851 | UN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PLANS FOR THE SECOND [...] Mission received the following note from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs regarding the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People and requesting information regarding plans of the USG for the Second Decade and views as to a midterm and end-of-ter [...] | 2006-04-26 13:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PHUM UN |
06USUNNEWYORK855 | UN/IRAQ: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] On April 25, UN Security Council (UNSC) President, Chinese PR Wang read out a press statement agreed by the UNSC regarding the formation of an Iraqi government. UKUN had drafted the statement in consultation with the U.S. 2. Text as Follows. Begin text. The members of the Security Cou [...] | 2006-04-26 13:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK857 | UNSC/SUDAN: COUNCIL ADOPTS PRST ON CHAD/SUDAN [...] (U) In an April 25 formal meeting, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a Congolese-drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) addressing the situation between Chad and Sudan. Last-minute edits to the text resulted in deletion of our proposed reference to a pending European Union Mis [...] | 2006-04-26 18:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK873 | PHILIPPINES: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature of Mr. Miguel Coronel for election to the International Narcotics Control Board. The elections will be held during the organizational segment of the Econ [...] | 2006-04-26 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AORC ECON UN RP |
06USUNNEWYORK881 | HAITI: UN SECRETARIAT GREETS DEPARTMENTAL [...] (C) Summary. During meetings with UN Secretariat officials in New York on April 18, Interim S/CRS Head Ambassador Tim Carney outlined the USG's Departmental Stabilization Initiative (DSI) to promote reform and reconstruction efforts in troubled areas of Haiti outside of Port-au-Prince. The A [...] | 2006-04-26 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
06USUNNEWYORK882 | AMBASSADOR WISNER DISCUSSES KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 25 meeting in the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Secretary's Special SIPDIS Representative for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner communicated current U.S thinking on the road ahead for Kosovo in 2006 and solicited the Secretary [...] | 2006-04-27 17:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK |
06USUNNEWYORK883 | JORDAN'S ILC CANDIDATE AND PERMREP MEET WITH USUN [...] (U) Ambassador Wolff met April 19 with Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, and Mahmoud Hmoud, Legal Adviser at the Jordanian Mission, regarding Mr. Hmoud's candidacy for the International Law Commission (ILC). Elections for the ILC's [...] | 2006-04-27 18:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA ILC |
06USUNNEWYORK884 | THAILAND: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-27 19:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN TH |
06USUNNEWYORK885 | UNSC: LEBANESE PM FOUAD SINIORA BRIEFS SECURITY [...] Summary: Before a public meeting of the Security Council April 21, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora briefed on the Lebanese National Dialogue and delivered a strong message in support of Council actions and the recently released Secretary General's third report on UNSCR 1559. Siniora [...] | 2006-04-27 22:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK889 | UNSC/SUDAN: CONGO FEELS NO SENSE OF URGENCY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. April 26 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations witnessed a veritable face-off on Darfur. In one corner was Congolese Permanent Representative (PR) and representative of the African Union (AU) Chairmanship Ikouebe, who, under obvious pressure from Paris [...] | 2006-04-28 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD NI PGOV PREL SU UNSC ZF KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK890 | UNSC/SUDAN: COUNCIL ADOPTS SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) In an April 25 formal meeting, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution imposing on four Sudanese individuals the targeted sanctions (travel ban and assets freeze) authorized by UNSCR 1591 (2005). The vote count was 12 in favor and three abstentions (China, Qatar, [...] | 2006-04-28 19:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC NI PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK891 | UN ON LEBANESE TRIBUNAL, BRAMMERTZ EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) says it is bewildered by the request of Lebanese Justice Minister Charles Rizk to appoint a prosecutor-general now for the tribunal to be established to try any suspects in the murder of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. OLA's Mark [...] | 2006-04-28 22:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK892 | SYG SELECTION: GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNS ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The General Assembly (GA) met April 19, under the auspices of one of the working groups created by the September 2005 Summit Document, to discuss "the role of the GA in the selection of the Secretary-General." Delegations in New York, particularly India, lamenting the "demise" o [...] | 2006-04-28 23:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNSC KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK893 | UN: OIOS ISSUES REPORT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE [...] Summary. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 59/296 in which the Assembly requested the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) to conduct a comprehensive management audit of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),OIOS issued a summary report (A/60/717) of its seven separa [...] | 2006-05-01 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK894 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER SG'S REPORT ON [...] Summary. The report of the Secretary-General (SYG) on disarmament, demobilization, and integration (A/60/705) notes an increased engagement of the United Nations in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes in complex peacekeeping and non-peacekeeping operations over the [...] | 2006-05-01 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK895 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER BOARD OF AUDITORS [...] Summary. The Board of Auditors (BOA) conducted an audit of the United Nations peacekeeping operations for the year ended June 30, 2005 at Headquarters and at 2 field missions funded from the regular budget, 15 missions funded from special assessed contributions and the United Nations Logisti [...] | 2006-05-01 17:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK896 | ACABQ SCRUTINIZES SYG'S PROPOSALS ON PEACEKEEPING [...] Summary: The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) concluded its three-month long winter session on April 13, 2006. While the Committee largely focused on the budgets and administrative matters of the UN's peacekeeping missions as well as the Support Account a [...] | 2006-05-01 17:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK897 | SYG LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO SECRETARY RICE RE: [...] USUN received the following cover letter from Alicia Barcena, Acting Chef de Cabinet, and attached letter from the UN Secretary General to Secretary Rice, thanking the USG for its additional contribution of $7,920,000 to the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). Text of cover letter and let [...] | 2006-05-02 12:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM KUNR PHUM |
06USUNNEWYORK907 | UN REFORM AND THE P-5 [...] (C) USUN has engaged in a concerted effort to reinvigorate the P-5 as a tool for advancing U.S. interests here in New York, including through more frequent and regular P-5 consultations to discuss a wide range of topics. These consultations, at the Permanent Representative, Coordinator and ex [...] | 2006-05-03 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC UN |
06USUNNEWYORK908 | UN REFORM: G-77 WINS FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE IN [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Fifth Committee, meeting in formal session April 28, voted 108 to 50, with 3 abstentions, to support adoption of a draft resolution introduced April 21 by the G-77 and China that attempts to impeded ongoing Secretary-General efforts to pursue management reform in the SI [...] | 2006-05-03 20:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK909 | MINIMIZING UN CONTACTS WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff transmitted reftel guidance May 3 to UN Deputy Secretary General Malloch Brown laying out guidelines for contacts by UN agencies with Hamas. Amb. Wolff added that this issue remained of the utmost importance and sensitivity to the U.S., and a breach of these guidelines wo [...] | 2006-05-03 22:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IS PREL PTER UNDP |
06USUNNEWYORK910 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated March 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNIFIL $ 5,062,569 UNOMIG 1,288,412 UNOCI 22,186,619 MINUSTAH 50,344,287 2. Copy of receipts have been faxe [...] | 2006-05-04 12:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK911 | UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES RESOLUTIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee, at its meetings on April 11 and April 24, adopted resolutions approving additional funding for special political missions, the Peacebuilding Support Office (reported septel),and the UN Capital Master Plan. In addition, the Committee adopted resolutions on the a [...] | 2006-05-04 12:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK912 | UN ON LRA: 'SYMPTOM OF PROBLEM THAT ONLY UGANDA [...] (SBU) At April 26 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant-Secretary-General Kalomoh made recommendations for addressing the regional threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),most of which centered around a more proactive ap [...] | 2006-05-04 12:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CG ETTC MOPS PGOV PREL SU UG KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK913 | UNSC: A/SYG ANNABI AND PERSONAL ENVOY VAN WALSUM [...] Summary: During a private meeting of the Security Council April 25, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Heidi Annabi reported on MINURSO operations, and the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum discussed the Secretary-General's latest r [...] | 2006-05-04 13:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK915 | LARSEN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL WHY SYRIA NEEDS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During private consultations with the UNSC on April 26, UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen robustly argued that full implementation of UNSCR 1559 would not be achieved until Syria responded to Lebanon's offer to demarcate their shared border and establish diplomatic relations. [...] | 2006-05-04 13:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK917 | 1267 COMMITTEE PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS AND FAIRNESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN delivered demarche (REF A) to all other P-5 delegations April 27 - 28. P-5 delegations supported U.S. efforts to address &due process8 concerns as a way to strengthen the 1267 sanctions regime and to encourage more States to participate in the 1267 process. France and Russia [...] | 2006-05-04 15:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK920 | PRESSING UN ON LEBANESE TRIBUNAL [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with Nicolas Michel, the UN's Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Ambassador Wolff requested an update on the UN's efforts to draft a treaty to establish a tribunal to try any suspects in the murder of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. Ambassador Wolff emphasized tha [...] | 2006-05-04 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK923 | UN: OIOS REPORT ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE [...] Summary: The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS),in response to a request from the Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, conducted a SIPDIS global review, in April and May of 2005, of discipline in field missions led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (D [...] | 2006-05-05 14:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK924 | UN OVERSIGHT: FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS JIU RESOLUTION [...] SUMMARY: On April 11, 2006, the Fifth Committee adopted a resolution on the Joint Inspection Unit's (JIU) annual report for 2004 and program of work for 2005 and 2006. The Committee also considered a note by the President of the General Assembly (PGA) on revised procedures for appointing JIU [...] | 2006-05-05 14:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK925 | REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidacy to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] | 2006-05-05 14:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN MK |
06USUNNEWYORK942 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PEACEKEEPING [...] Summary. At its second resumed session, beginning May 22, the Fifth Committee is scheduled to consider all 13 peacekeeping budgets for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. In addition, the Committee will also consider the budgets for the Support Account and the UN Logistics Base in Brind [...] | 2006-05-10 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK943 | UN REFORM: AMB. BOLTON CALLS FOR REVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY: Despite GA President Eliasson's last-minute efforts to devise an alternative to a formal vote on the issue, the General Assembly voted 121 to 50 (with 3 abstentions) on May 8 to adopt the draft resolution on UN management reform proposed by the Group of 77 and China that was also appr [...] | 2006-05-10 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK944 | UN ON SUDAN: 'PLEASE GIVE US MONEY' [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Secretary-General (SYG) Annan hosted a May 4 meeting of the Group of Friends of Darfur to drum financial support for the humanitarian assistance program in Darfur, which, according OCHA U/SYG Egeland, is facing a $500 million funding shortfall. DPKO A/SYG [...] | 2006-05-10 20:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NI PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK945 | COUNCIL FAVORS TWO-WEEK ROLLOVER OF UNMEE'S MANDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 8 briefing to the Security Council, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi told Members that if the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) were to continue its monitoring activities and eventually support borde [...] | 2006-05-10 21:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK946 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FIRST MEMBERS ELECTED [...] SUMMARY: In May 9 elections, the General Assembly elected the 47 members of the newly-created UN Human Rights Council. While most seats were filled in only one round of balloting, three rounds were required to fill the six contested seats allocated to the Eastern European Group. Iran's cand [...] | 2006-05-11 14:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA UNHRC KUNR |
06USUNNEWYORK972 | UN/SANCTIONS: UNSCR 1676 RENEWS SOMALIA MONITORING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 10 May 2006 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted UNSC Resolution 1676, renewing the mandate of the Somalia Monitoring Group (MG) for an additional six months. In closed consultations immediately beforehand, Qatar PermRep Ambassador Nasser, Chairman of the Somalia Sancti [...] | 2006-05-12 20:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC SO ETTC PREL PGOV XW |
06USUNNEWYORK973 | PRESS REPORTS AMERICAN ARRESTED IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (SBU) UN LEGAL OFFICE INFORMED USUN MAY 11 THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT REGISTRAR, LOVEMORE MANLO,THAT AMERICAN CITIZEN MICHAEL CHEMIDLINE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH "CONSPIRACY TO ENGAGE IN A PURPOSE PREJUDICIAL TO THE STATE OF SIERRA LEONE" UN [...] | 2006-05-12 20:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS SL |
06USUNNEWYORK974 | CYPRUS: BRYZA AND SILLIMAN'S NEW YORK MEETINGS [...] (S) Summary: On May 10, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman traveled to New York for meetings on Cyprus with U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari and SRSG on Cyprus and UNFICYP head Michael Moller. In a lunch meeting with Moller and his deputy Susan Allee joined by USUN Ambassador Sanders, [...] | 2006-05-13 01:23:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PGOV PREL UNSC TU CY |
06USUNNEWYORK975 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated April 28, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNDOF $ 2,555,762 ONUB 35,359,893 UNFICYP 1,169,957 ICTY 17,879,000 ICTR 13,485,000 2. Copy of receipts h [...] | 2006-05-15 13:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
06USUNNEWYORK976 | IRAQ: ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidacy for membership to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2007-2009 at the elections to be held during the 61st sesion of the General Ass [...] | 2006-05-15 15:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECOSOC IZ |
06USUNNEWYORK977 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENTS ON SYG'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal consultations of the General Assembly (closed to press and public) May 11 and 12, 36 delegations commented on the Secretary-General's recently released counterterrorism strategy. (UN Doc A/60/825 "Uniting against terrorism: recommendations for a global counter-terro [...] | 2006-05-15 15:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK979 | HARIRI INVESTIGATION GOING WELL, BRAMMERTZ WILLING [...] (C) Summary: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz told Ambassador Bolton May 10 that the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri is "going well" although he will not be ready to announce major developments when he next reports to the Security Counci [...] | 2006-05-15 17:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK980 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $60 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to IO/EX/OB-Alice Green and IO/S-Steven Johnston an official note and invoice requesting payment of $60,175,600.67 to the Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNE [...] | 2006-05-15 17:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
06USUNNEWYORK992 | UN/CYPRUS:U/SYG BRIEFING TO P5 ON CYPRUS TRAVEL [...] (SBU) U/SYG for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari convoked the P5 May 12 to brief on his plans to travel to Cyprus and to seek UNSC support for the trip. He will next brief the full Council. (Note: The travel dates are not yet set. End Note.) Gambari has four goals for the trip: 1) enco [...] | 2006-05-15 22:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV CY |
06USUNNEWYORK993 | UN REFORM: U/S BURNS SEES GA PRESIDENT ELIASSON [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns called on GA President Eliasson during a break in the HRC voting on Tuesday, May 9. Eliasson was clearly energized by the results of the voting and expressed his hope that the U.S. would be "encouraged" by the process. Both agreed that the proof of positive change woul [...] | 2006-05-16 14:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNGA UN IR |
06USUNNEWYORK994 | UN REFORM: U/S BURNS AND DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Deputy SYG Mark Malloch Brown told U/S Burns May 9 that the UN faced a looming crisis over the upcoming expiration of the spending cap. He encouraged early agreement among key delegations on a set of reforms that could be accomplished by the end of June and which would then allo [...] | 2006-05-16 15:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR AORC UN UNSC SU IR |
06USUNNEWYORK996 | UN REFORM: U/S BURNS PRESSES KEY G-77 AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, U/S Burns pressed the UN reform agenda with four senior G-77 Ambassadors, three in particular (Egypt, Pakistan and South Africa) who play a disruptive role on a number of U.S. priority reform issues. The meeting took place a day after the G-77 successfully forced a reso [...] | 2006-05-16 15:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR AORC UN |
06VATICAN10 | VATICAN SUPPORTS SANT'EGIDIO EFFORTS ON TOGO [...] (C) Vatican Country Director for Togo Monsignor Bettencourt expressed enthusiasm recently for the Community of Sant'Egidio's efforts at conflict resolution in the country (reftel). He and Community leaders talk often about negotiations - not always the case in relations between the Vatican S [...] | 2006-01-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | TO VT PHUM PREL KIRF |
06VATICAN101 | CARDINAL ZEN OPTIMISTIC ON HOLY SEE-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong, visiting Rome, told DCM that both the Holy See and China want to put their talks back on track, and that Rome's negotiator will be heading soon to Beijing for this reason. He also commented on his relations with Beijing and the Patriotic Association, th [...] | 2006-06-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI VT |
06VATICAN102 | HOLY SEE STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Holy See issued a statement June 3 in response to embassy demarche on Iran. It is cautiously supportive and probably marks the limit of Holy See public comment on this issue for now. End Summary. 2. (U) The Holy See's Secretariat of State (foreign ministry) issued a sta [...] | 2006-06-06 10:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN104 | HOLY SEE: ISRAELI VIEWS ON HAMAS, ISLAM, FUNDAMENTAL [...] (C) Summary. During a May 30 meeting with Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador commented on Islam, Hamas, Israel-Holy See relations, and the Holy See's Custodian of the Holy Lands. End Summary. 2. (C) During a May 30 meeting with Ambassador Rooney, Israeli ambassador to the Holy See Oded Ben-Hu [...] | 2006-06-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN105 | HOLY SEE: CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER BLAIR [...] (C) Summary. During a June 3 conversation with Ambassador Rooney, UK PM Blair commented on his efforts to reach out to British Muslims and on several trends in Europe of great concern to the Holy See. End summary. 2. (SBU) Ambassador spoke with Prime Minister Blair at length at a small [...] | 2006-06-09 10:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN110 | VATICAN SUPPORTIVE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Somalia Monsignor Lucio Sembrano voiced support for U.S and international community efforts on that country during a June 13 meeting. Sembrano, who has engaged with us on Somalia in the past (ref a),had asked us for an update on the situation. We outlined [...] | 2006-06-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SO VT KE |
06VATICAN115 | VATICAN: HOLY LAND CUSTODIAN FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL [...] (C) Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Roman Catholic Custodian of the Holy Land, told the Ambassador during a recent visit to Rome that his continuing contact with Hamas was simply "a question of survival." Pizzaballa talks to various authorities about technical issues related to the maintenance [...] | 2006-06-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PHUM KIRF PREL VT XF |
06VATICAN122 | HOLY SEE: CARDINAL POUPARD'S VIEWS ON ISLAM [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's new principal voice on matters Islamic, Cardinal Poupard, told Ambassador that the Pope wants dialogue with Muslims to focus on the local level and to be approached through a framework of culture rather than of theology. Poupard's confident remarks are further evid [...] | 2006-06-27 07:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN123 | HOLY SEE DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH EUR/WE DIRECTOR -- IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of topics with visiting EUR/WE Director on June 22. He portrayed an essentially stable Holy See foreign policy despite some reorganization of the Curia; continuing concern over the flight of Christians from the Holy Land, doubt over t [...] | 2006-06-27 07:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN126 | CATHOLIC - ORTHODOX RELATIONS: NATIONALITY COUNTS [...] (C) New hope for Catholic-Orthodox relations in the pontificate of Benedict XVI has been predicated in part upon the exit of the Polish Pope John Paul II, seen by many as an obstacle to improved relations with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) because of his nationality and his role in the do [...] | 2006-07-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI PL RS TU VT |
06VATICAN128 | HOLY SEE: POPE TO EMPHASIZE FAMILY VALUES IN SPAIN [...] (C) In advance of Pope Benedict XVI's July 8 departure for Valencia, Spain for the World Meeting of Families, Post spoke to the Holy See and to Spanish representation to the Vatican. Vatican officials acknowledged to us that issues such as relaxed regulations on divorce, embryonic stem cell re [...] | 2006-07-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI VT SP |
06VATICAN130 | UGANDA: SANT'EGIDIO WORKING ON LRA [...] (C) Mario Giro of the Community of Sant'Egidio told the Ambassador that he had met recently with Joseph Kony, head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),to discuss possible talks between the LRA and the government of Uganda. The meeting itself was inconclusive, but Giro said there was still a [...] | 2006-07-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM SOCI UG SU VT |
06VATICAN134 | LEBANON: HOLY SEE CONDEMNS ACTIONS OF BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's foreign minister summoned charge July 14 to discuss the situation in Lebanon. The Holy See issued a public statement condemning both terrorist attacks and Israel's response to them in Lebanon. The pope will make a statement on the matter on Sunday, July 16. The H [...] | 2006-07-14 13:25:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN141 | POPE AVOIDS CONFRONTATION IN SPAIN [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI promoted traditional Catholic doctrine on the family and bioethics during his recent visit to Spain, but opted for respectful dialogue over open attacks against the Spanish government's policies on gay marriage, divorce and abortion. The pope aimed to pitch his message to the [...] | 2006-07-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KIRF SP VT |
06VATICAN142 | LEBANON-ISRAEL: VATICAN FINE-TUNING ITS POSITION [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI's July 18 comment expressing support for the G-8 statement on the crisis in Lebanon and Israel helped establish a more helpful Vatican position on the conflict after a more one-sided statement by Cardinal Secretary of State Sodano July 14 (reftel). Holy See messages on [...] | 2006-07-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS IS LE SOCI KIRF PHUM VT |
06VATICAN143 | LEBANON/ISRAEL: VATICAN HOPES FOR CEASE-FIRE, NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) The Vatican released a new statement (complete text emailed to EUR/WE and in para. three below) on the "worsening situation in the Middle East" this afternoon (July 20). The statement noted the pope's "great concern" for the "destinies of all the peoples involved" and expressed hope for [...] | 2006-07-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS LE IS PHUM SOCI KIRF VT |
06VATICAN145 | LEBANON: VATICAN FAVORS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE [...] (C) Holy See Middle East Director Coppola told the Charge July 21 the Vatican supported the idea of a robust multi-national force in Lebanon. He said there were no current plans to make a specific public endorsement of such a plan, but that the pope would imply support for some type of inter [...] | 2006-07-21 17:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS LE IS VT PHUM KIRF |
06VATICAN149 | LEBANON: POPE SPEAKS OUT AGAIN; HOLY SEE RESPONDING TO [...] (C) Benedict XVI emphasized the rights and plights of Lebanese and Israelis July 23 while addressing the current crisis in the Middle East. Though the Holy See has expressed to us privately its support for a "robust" multi-national force, the pope stopped short of saying so Sunday. The Hol [...] | 2006-07-24 12:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS LE IS PHUM VT |
06VATICAN153 | HOLY SEE: FOREIGN MINISTER'S INTERVIEW ON LEBANON [...] (U) Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (i.e., Foreign Minister) gave an interview to Vatican Radio July 27 on the Rome Conference which met July 26 on the Lebanon crisis. The interview was published under the headline, "4 Positive Aspects of Talks on [...] | 2006-07-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN154 | LEBANON: VATICAN PUSHES CEASEFIRE, BUT STAYS POSITIVE [...] (C) Holy See FM Lajolo told the Charge July 28 that the Vatican still placed top priority on an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon conflict, but also acknowledged the good with regard to the Rome conference. Lajolo also emphasized "the positive aspects" of the summit in his comme [...] | 2006-07-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN155 | HOLY SEE: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS "NO PROGRESS" IN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Vatican FM-equivalent told charge July 28 that Celli's recent trip to China had ended without any progress in Holy See-PRC relations. It is not clear whether China will proceed with further illicit ordinations of bishops. The Holy See will probably send another envoy to China by [...] | 2006-07-31 12:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT CH |
06VATICAN156 | HOLY SEE: USCIRF'S BISHOP RAMIREZ DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Visiting Bishop Ramirez of the USCIRF discussed religious freedom and human rights around the globe with Holy See foreign minister Lajolo and the desk officer for that issue. Saudi Arabia and North Korea are the top concerns for the Holy See with regard to religious freedom, with China and [...] | 2006-07-31 16:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
06VATICAN157 | HOLY SEE: USCIRF MEETING WITH CARDINAL POUPARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Bishop Ramirez of the USCIRF discussed Christian-Muslim dialogue with Cardinal Poupard on July 13. Poupard noted the impossibility of doctrinal dialogue with Islam, and the corresponding need to root that essential dialogue instead in the ground of culture. Poupard focused on th [...] | 2006-07-31 16:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM VT |
06VATICAN158 | HOLY SEE: POPE'S CALL FOR PEACE IN LEBANON [...] (U) Following in para 2 is Pope Benedict XVI's call for peace in the Middle East, which was delivered at his weekly Angelus public prayer on July 30 in Castelgandolfo. 2. (U) Begin text: At these moments I cannot fail to think of the ever more serious and tragic situation of the Middle [...] | 2006-08-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN159 | HOLY SEE URGES USG TO PRESS ISRAEL TO EXTEND SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Holy See Acting Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin called August 1 to ask that Charge d'affaires come see him later in the day about Lebanon; he previewed the meeting by urging the USG to support an extension of the current 48-hour pause in Israeli aerial strikes. Parolin said the papal nunc [...] | 2006-08-01 10:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN16 | CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS VATICAN - U.S. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] Last December marked the fortieth anniversary of the promulgation of Dignitatis Humanae, an influential document from the Second Vatican Council in 1965. To commemorate this, Embassy Vatican hosted a conference on January 18 in Rome. An overflow crowd of 140 influential Vatican officials, med [...] | 2006-01-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM VT |
06VATICAN160 | HOLY SEE: FURTHER DISCUSSION ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary. Vatican acting FM Parolin called in charge for further discussion on Lebanon. Charge reviewed USG position and confirmed that Parolin's request for USG support of an extension to the 48-hour pause had been relayed to Washington. The Vatican has twice spoken to Israel about this [...] | 2006-08-01 17:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN161 | LEBANON: POPE RENEWS CALL FOR URGENT [...] (U) During his weekly Wednesday public audience in Rome on August 2, Pope Benedict XVI issued a new appeal for peace in the Middle East, with specific reference to Qana, Lebanon. Original text, and informal post translation, follow in paras 2-3. 2. (U) Begin text of Italian original: In [...] | 2006-08-02 15:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN162 | TFLE01: HOLY SEE ASKS USG TO PREVENT INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary. Holy See acting foreign minister called Charge d'affaires August 3 to express concern over remarks attributed the the Israeli army chief of staff in which he threatened to destroy Lebanon's infrastructure (including in Beirut). The acting FM urged the USG to prevent such destruct [...] | 2006-08-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN165 | LEBANON: POPE ISSUES ANOTHER CALL FOR CEASEFIRE [...] Pope Benedict XVI issued another call for peace and ceasefire in the Middle East, during his weekly public audience in Castelgandolfo August 9. Text and informal translation follow in para 2. 2. Begin Italian text: Cari fratelli e sorelle, il mio accorato pensiero va ancora una volta all'am [...] | 2006-08-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT |
06VATICAN166 | HOLY SEE: MEETING WITH CARDINAL DIAS [...] (U) Charge d'affaires paid an introductory call on Cardinal Ivan Dias, who heads the Holy See's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (also known as Propaganda Fide) on August 9. Dias, 70, was appointed Prefect in May of this year, following nine years as Archbishop of Mumbai (ref a). [...] | 2006-08-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN167 | LEBANON: HOLY SEE SEEKS HELP FOR VILLAGE [...] (C) Summary. Holy See Acting FM asked Charge d'affaires to convey Holy See concern for the Lebanese village of Rmeich, and during ensuing discussion reiterated Holy See views that only through negotiations -- not through military force -- could a solution be found to the crisis in Lebanon. Ch [...] | 2006-08-10 17:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VT LE |
06VATICAN168 | HOLY SEE VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'affaires discussed Cuba with Holy See Acting FM on August 10, pressing USG views. The Holy See does not plan to make any public statements at this time. Post nevertheless encourages Department contact with senior Holy See officials on this issue. End summary. 2. (C [...] | 2006-08-10 18:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN169 | LEBANON: CATHOLIC MEDIA COMMENTARY [...] (U) Catholic media have given balanced coverage to the war in Lebanon, while editorial material has tended to criticize U.S. support for Israel as well as Israel's "disproportionate" response to Hezbollah terrorism. More "page space" has been given to the greater loss of civilian life in Leba [...] | 2006-08-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI VT |
06VATICAN170 | HOLY SEE: NONPAPER ON UNIDIR [...] Embassy received a fax message August 11 from Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Under Secretary for Relations with States (and acting Foreign Minister). The message included a nonpaper on UNIDIR, a subject which Parolin had raised earlier that day with Charge d'affaires (ref). Text of [...] | 2006-08-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC VT PARM |
06VATICAN178 | HOLY SEE: DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note (N.5783/06/RS, in English) dated August 26 from the Holy See, concerning the humanitarian consequences of the embargo on Lebanon. Text follows in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin text. The Secretariat of State, Section for Relations with States, presen [...] | 2006-08-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN179 | CODEL SHAYS ENGAGES VATICAN ON MIDDLE EAST, SUDAN [...] (C) CODEL Shays engaged DFM Parolin on the Middle East and Sudan August 24, capping a visit to these areas with a stop in Rome. Parolin told the CODEL that the families of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers had approached the papal representative in Jerusalem and that Church personnel were tryin [...] | 2006-08-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KIRF IZ IS LE SU VT |
06VATICAN180 | LEBANON: VATICAN MONITORS AID, CALLS FOR MORE RAW MATERIALS [...] (C) Echoing a recent diplomatic note sent to the Embassy (ref a),Holy See Country Director for the Middle East Coppola told us August 29 that the Lebanese people needed raw materials for building and other reconstruction projects. Coppola described his recent trip with a papal envoy to Leba [...] | 2006-08-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SOCI PHUM KIRF LE IS VT |
06VATICAN181 | CHALDEAN IRAQI CHURCH CONTINUES TO SUFFER LOSSES [...] (S) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told PolOffs in an August 28 meeting that the Chaldean Church continues to lose many of its faithful due to the deteriorating security situation in Ir [...] | 2006-08-30 18:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PHUM IZ VT |
06VATICAN183 | VATICAN: IRAQI AMBASSADOR WARNS OF UNIFIED ISLAMIC THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Yelda, sees severe consequences to western interests should radical Shia and Sunni factions ever put aside their differences and unite. Yelda, an Assyrian Christian, counseled the U.S. to take steps now to combat this possibility by portraying Iran [...] | 2006-09-01 09:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ VT |
06VATICAN185 | HOLY SEE'S CHINA ENVOY: RECENT TRIP A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary. Archbishop Celli, the Vatican's unofficial envoy to China, told Ambassador his July visit to China had a positive outcome and he hoped for a return visit later this year. Celli does not foresee any change in the overall situation for Catholics in China, but does think talks with [...] | 2006-09-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VT CH |
06VATICAN188 | HOLY SEE SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON MIGRATION HLD [...] (U) Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister) called in DCM to discuss the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (reftel),which DCM had raised with Foreign Minister Lajolo on July 28. [...] | 2006-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN189 | HOLY SEE: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES [...] (SBU) DCM delivered points per reftel on the President's speech on detainees to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, on September 8. DCM highlighted key points verbally and left copies of those points and supporting materials for Parolin's further reference. Parol [...] | 2006-09-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VT |
06VATICAN190 | HOLY SEE: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) During a September 8 meeting, DCM learned from Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, that the Holy See would be represented at the UNGA by Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. Lajolo is currently the Secretary for Relations with States (foreign minister),but as was a [...] | 2006-09-08 16:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP UNGA VT |
06VATICAN194 | SANT'EGIDIO HOSTS 20TH ANNUAL INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) Catholic NGO the Community of Sant'Egidio brought together religious representatives from many of the world's faiths September 4-5 to find common ground in peace and reconciliation. The Community's annual meeting was dedicated to Pope John Paul II, who initiated the series of meetings [...] | 2006-09-12 13:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PHUM VT |
06VATICAN197 | HOLY SEE: HEATED DISCUSSION OF LEBANON AT INTERFAITH [...] Summary. A panel dedicated to Lebanon at the recent interfaith conference in Assisi gives an indication of the strength of feeling in the Rome-based Sant'Egidio community about the conflict in Lebanon. The panel was unusually partisan and emotional, given the context. End summary. 2. ( [...] | 2006-09-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VT |
06VATICAN198 | HOLY SEE: POPE NAMES NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] Pope Benedict XVI has named Moroccan born archbishop Dominique Mamberti as the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (FM equivalent). Mamberti is currently serving as apostolic nuncio in Sudan and Eritrea. He replaces Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo who has been appointed as "Governor" of V [...] | 2006-09-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT |
06VATICAN199 | HOLY SEE: POPE'S REGENSBURG SPEECH IGNITES FIRESTORM, LEADS [...] (C) Summary. Pope Benedict XVI's September 12 speech in Regensburg caused an unwanted firestorm in the Islamic world because of the pope's quoting, in passing, an insulting reference made by a 14th-century Byzantine emperor. The Holy See, and the pope himself, responded with statements of clarifica [...] | 2006-09-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN201 | POPE AGAIN TRIES TO CALM STORM [...] (C) In his weekly audience September 20, Pope Benedict again sought to defuse tensions stemming from his September 12 remarks on Islam at the University of Regensburg. He emphasized that the controversy stemmed from a "misunderstanding" and again disassociated himself from the offending quot [...] | 2006-09-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT KIRF PTER PHUM |
06VATICAN203 | VATICAN: MEDIA RESPONSE TO POPE'S RESPONSE ADDRESS [...] September 21 reaction by Vatican-based media to Pope Benedict's September 20th general audience remarks was strongly positive. Most press outlets reported the pope used the occasion to again express regret that his remarks on Islam had been misunderstood and to emphasize his "profound respect [...] | 2006-09-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IT VT |
06VATICAN204 | POPE'S TURKEY TRIP STILL ON CALENDAR [...] (C) The Turkish DCM to the Holy See told Charge September 20 that the controversy over the pope's remarks in Regensburg (ref a,b) would not derail his November visit to Turkey. She noted controversy surrounding the visit and outlined the itinerary. Meanwhile, other sources described how the [...] | 2006-09-21 16:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER VT TU KIRF |
06VATICAN206 | VATICAN: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES, TONE SHIFTING [...] (C) In a further effort at damage control following his remarks last week in Germany, Pope Benedict has invited ambassadors from predominantly Muslim countries to meet with him September 25. Criticism of the pontiff from the Muslim world has been well documented; there are, however, various [...] | 2006-09-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PTER KIRF VT |
06VATICAN207 | POPE CONVENES MUSLIM AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI expressed "esteem and profound respect" for Muslims at a meeting September 25 with ambassadors from Muslim nations. He did not retract the quotation he used in Regensburg (reftels),or give further explanation of his speech in Germany. The pope instead emphasized posit [...] | 2006-09-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SOCI PHUM KIRF VT |
06VATICAN209 | VATICAN: MUSLIM AMBASSADORS REACT TO PAPAL GESTURES [...] (C) The ambassadors of several Muslim nations told Ambassador Rooney in recent days that they were ready to move on after the flap with Pope Benedict XVI. Some were still sensitive about the pope's quotation in his Regensburg speech, and all felt the pope had made a mistake in using it. Acc [...] | 2006-10-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PTER SOCI PHUM VT |
06VATICAN210 | INDONESIAN-VATICAN RELATIONS: A BUMP IN THE ROAD [...] (C) Indonesian Ambassador Prayitno told Ambassador Rooney recently that he was optimistic about Indonesian - Holy See relations despite the recent papal flap and the execution of three Catholics there. He said that despite numerous entreaties by the Vatican, there was never any chance that [...] | 2006-10-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PTER PHUM SOCI ID VT |
06VATICAN211 | ROME'S INTER-FAITH MEETING [...] Summary: Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni hosted an inter-faith meeting on September 19 attended by Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue; Sami Salem, Imam of Rome's Grand Mosque; Abdallah Redouane, Secretary-General of Rome's Islamic Cultural Ce [...] | 2006-10-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KISL PGOV PHUM VT IT |
06VATICAN212 | SANT'EGIDIO SEES SLOW PROGRESS IN CHINA [...] (C) Contacts from the Vatican-affiliated Community of Sant'Egidio told us that diplomatic relations between China and the Holy See remain elusive despite some official contacts between the Holy See and Chinese authorities. Sant'Egidio has continued its mainly academic and cultural contacts wit [...] | 2006-10-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH KIRF VT |
06VATICAN213 | HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON NICARAGUA, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered a strong message to the Holy See concerning the unhelpful activities of Nicaraguan Cardinal Obando, and also pressed on Cuba. Vatican deputy foreign minister listened carefully and promised to see what could be done regarding Obando, but remained noncommittal [...] | 2006-10-11 08:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN215 | NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST: HOLY SEE FAVORS DISARMAMENT [...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires raised issue of North Korean October 8 nuclear test with Holy See Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) Pietro Parolin during an October 10 meeting on another subject. Parolin said at the time that the Holy See had not yet had time to [...] | 2006-10-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT KN PARM KNNP |
06VATICAN216 | VATICAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (U) Below please find background information to serve as a scene setter for the upcoming CODEL SMITH. ------------ The Holy See ------------ 2. (SBU) The Holy See is the composite of the authority, jurisdiction, and sovereignty vested in the Pope and his advisors to direct the Roman Cat [...] | 2006-10-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP VT SOCI PHUM |
06VATICAN218 | SLOW BUT STEADY: MOVING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORWARD [...] (C) With a grant from EB, Post brought three American researchers to speak with various Holy See interlocutors to increase acceptance and understanding of agricultural biotechnology in advance of the publication of a key Vatican document on hunger. After several years of lobbying b [...] | 2006-10-19 09:12:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VT TBIO EAGR EAID FA |
06VATICAN219 | CHALDEAN: IRAQI CHRISTIANS TARGETED AFTER POPE'S REMARKS [...] (S) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See, and the Chaldean Patriarch's First Counselor, Bishop Ibrahim Ibrahim of Detroit, Michigan told Poloff in a recent meeting that Christians faced increasing violence in Iraq. They said the papal [...] | 2006-10-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR IZ VT |
06VATICAN220 | VATICAN OFFICIAL INTERESTED IN BENIN BIOTECH [...] (C) During a recent EB-sponsored speakers program, Emboff and visiting U.S. researchers met with Monsignor Jean Laffitte, Vice President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, to discuss the potential of agricultural biotechnology and the promise it holds for Africa. Laffitte was concerned when [...] | 2006-10-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | BN VT EAGR EAID TBIO ECON |
06VATICAN221 | SLOW BUT STEADY: MOVING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORWARD [...] (C) With a grant from EB, Post brought three American researchers to speak with various Holy See interlocutors to increase acceptance and understanding of agricultural biotechnology in advance of the publication of a key Vatican document on hunger. After several years of lobbying by Post, th [...] | 2006-10-19 11:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON TBIO VT OIIP |
06VATICAN223 | HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (U) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, accompanied by DCM, called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin on October 23 to discuss Cuba and Nicaragua. Parolin is the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister). ------- Cuba ------ [...] | 2006-10-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT |
06VATICAN225 | HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison discussed Cuba and Nicaragua in an October 23 conversation with Holy See Deputy FM Parolin. Madison described the USG view of Cuba as it undergoes significant change in the wake of Fidel Castro's illness, our belief that Cuba's future is for Cubans to decide, and o [...] | 2006-10-24 08:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN226 | VATICAN: NGO CONSIDERS CHRISTIAN RESETTLEMENT IN NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Chaldean and Syrian Church Leaders in Mosul, Iraq have proposed resettling displaced Iraqi Christians in an area of Northern Iraq. Vatican-affiliated NGO the Community of Sant'Egidio plans to visit Northern Iraq in November to meet with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) leaders [...] | 2006-10-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IZ VT |
06VATICAN229 | VATICAN: CONSULAR ISSUES AND IRAQI CHRISTIANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. --------------------------------------------- ---- Iraqi Christian Refugees Face Immigration Hurdles --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (SBU) As delineated in reftel, Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Ca [...] | 2006-10-25 15:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT |
06VATICAN232 | VATICAN LOOKS AHEAD AFTER REGENSBURG [...] (C) With some lingering reverberations from the Muslim world, the dust has settled in the Vatican following the controversial speech by Pope Benedict XVI in Regensburg, Germany on September 12. As the Holy See takes stock of what happened, this cable seeks to answer the key questions on Rege [...] | 2006-10-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SOCI PHUM KIRF VT |
06VATICAN233 | VATICAN OFFICIAL SPEAKS OUT AGAINST HUSSEIN VERDICT [...] (U) Cardinal Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, criticized the recent death sentence issued to Saddam Hussein in an interview with Italy's leading newspaper, center-right Corriere della Sera November 6. Martino stated that "punishing one crime with anot [...] | 2006-11-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KIRF PGOV PHUM VT IZ |
06VATICAN238 | VATICAN RECOGNIZES NEED FOR CALM IN CONGO [...] Holy See Deputy FM Parolin told the Ambassador November 16 that he was aware of Congolese Cardinal Etsou's inflammatory statements. Parolin agreed that the objective for all concerned was a peaceful acceptance of the election results. He said he had spoken to the Papal Nuncio November 16 and [...] | 2006-11-16 15:23:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI VT KDEM PGOV CG PREL |
06VATICAN239 | NEA DAS GRAY'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM PAROLIN [...] (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, NEA DAS Gray discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin. Parolin reminded Gray of the Holy See's great concern for Lebanon, which it had expressed consistently during the conflic [...] | 2006-11-21 14:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN24 | FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] Post requests funding of $10,000 for three individuals to visit the Vatican for targeted meetings with the Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development and related Vatican officials to promote the usefulness of genetically modified food for the developing world. The Council [...] | 2006-02-17 11:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO |
06VATICAN240 | HOLY SEE: MARTINO DISCUSSES NICARAGUA, SECURITY WALL WITH [...] (C) Cardinal Renato Martino (please strictly protect here) told the Ambassador November 16 that the Holy See had attempted to get Cardinal Obando y Bravo out of Nicaragua in the run-up to the recent elections, but that Obando y Bravo had not acted on the Vatican's "invitation" for him to come [...] | 2006-11-21 14:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI NU CU MX VT |
06VATICAN241 | VATICAN: ISRAELI VISIT ADDRESSES FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) The Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry will visit the Vatican November 27 to discuss issues related to the Fundamental Agreement between Israel and the Holy See, an attempt to break the logjam on negotiations. Some Vatican contacts fear the visit may turn out to be an Israe [...] | 2006-11-22 17:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KIRF PHUM SOCI VT |
06VATICAN243 | VATICAN OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ABOUT PRC - HOLY SEE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Monsignor Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about the chances for a break through on Holy See-PRC relations. Rota-Graziosi did not see the recent release of jailed Bishop An Shuxin as significant and was unfazed by reports indicating An had regist [...] | 2006-11-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK VT |
06VATICAN244 | HOLY SEE: VENEZUELAN PRIEST DESCRIBES UNDEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary. According to a prominent Venezuelan cleric in Rome, Hugo Chavez is a threat to Latin America who has severely damaged the rule of law in Venezuela and manipulates both the electoral process and international election observers. The Catholic Church in Venezuela is well aware of th [...] | 2006-11-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE VT |
06VATICAN245 | POPE BENEDICT XVI'S VISIT TO TURKEY - THE VIEW FROM ROME [...] (C) Summary. The pope's visit to Turkey comes at a delicate time for both parties, something unforeseen when the visit was originally conceived over a year ago. Given high security concerns, the recent controversy over the pope's Regensburg remarks (reftels),and the pope's stance against Tu [...] | 2006-11-28 08:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VATICAN248 | HOLY SEE: MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, following is Embassy Vatican's Muslim Engagement Strategy. Deputy Chief of Mission Chris Sandrolini will be post's minority-engagement officer. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Holy See is in effect the central government of the Catholic Church. Its head of state, Pope Benedic [...] | 2006-12-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI VT |
06VATICAN249 | VATICAN: ENCOURAGEMENT, BUT NO CHANGE ON TURKEY/EU POLICY [...] (C) Despite media reports to the contrary, the Vatican remains officially neutral on the subject of Turkey's EU bid. It maintains its position that it sees "no obstacle" to Turkey's entry if the GoT fulfills the Copenhagen criteria on religious freedom. Holy See officials were quick to speak out an [...] | 2006-12-01 17:24:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI TU VT |
06VATICAN25 | FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY (CORRECTED COPY) [...] Post requests funding of $10,000 for three individuals to visit the Vatican for targeted meetings with the Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development and related Vatican officials to promote the usefulness of genetically modified food for the developing world. The Council [...] | 2006-02-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO VT |
06VATICAN250 | HOLY SEE CANCELS MILINGO'S PASSPORT [...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires was called in December 4 by Monsignor Tommaso Caputo, the Holy See's protocol chief. Caputo gave Charge a Note Verbale (text follows in para 3) concerning renegade Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who was excommunicated by the Holy See in September after illicitly ordaining [...] | 2006-12-04 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS PREL VT |
06VATICAN253 | LEBANON CRISIS: REQUEST FOR HIGH-LEVEL CALL TO HOLY SEE [...] (S) Summary. The Holy See is struggling to determine the best course of action in Lebanon, and we may be able to tip the balance if we act promptly. Deputy FM-equivalent Parolin and the papal nuncio in Washington seem ready to raise the level of the Vatican's role in bringing the Lebanese Chr [...] | 2006-12-06 18:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | PREL LE VT |
06VATICAN254 | POPE CALLS FOR END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI told the audience at his Sunday prayer service November 26 that he hoped World AIDS day would "serve to foster greater responsibility in curing the disease, as well as in the commitment to avoid all discrimination of those who have been affected." The pope went on to pr [...] | 2006-12-07 09:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KHIV SOCI |
06VATICAN255 | HOLY SEE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 17:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM IR VT |
06VATICAN256 | TURKEY: VATICAN BACKS INTEGRATION [...] (C) While not officially endorsing Turkey's entry into the EU (ref a),the Holy See continues to support the dialogue and reform process connected to the issue. Top officials, including the pope, have spoken positively in public and private about European integration. Although they are critical of [...] | 2006-12-07 17:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM TU VT |
06VATICAN260 | LEBANON: JESUIT SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. A Beirut-based Jesuit scholar, Father Samir, shared his view of the sitution in Lebanon, including the attachment Christians there feel for General Aoun. Samir supports Siniora and a strong US role, is critical of Israel, and feels the Holy See will continue to work through the [...] | 2006-12-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE VT |
06VATICAN261 | LEBANON: VATICAN FOCUSED, ENVOY NOT YET NAMED [...] (C) As discussed (ref a),the Holy See should shortly name a special envoy to Lebanon, most likely former Secretary for Relations with States and experienced Lebanon hand Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran. Meanwhile, Department calls to Papal Nuncio Sambi in Washington and current Secretary for Rel [...] | 2006-12-13 17:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | LE SOCI PREL VT |
06VATICAN262 | CUBA: NUN COMMENTS ON FIDEL'S HEALTH [...] (C) Summary. A prominent abbess in Rome described her recent visit to Havana and commented on the state of Castro's health in a December 12 meeting with Ambassador; she also suggested some possible contacts for the USG. The abbess has been controversial in the past. End summary. 2. (C) Am [...] | 2006-12-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU VT |
06VATICAN264 | LEBANON: HOLY SEE ENVOY PROPOSAL ON HOLD [...] (C) Holy See FM equivalent Mamberti told the Ambassador December 18 that the Vatican had decided to hold off on sending an envoy to Lebanon (ref a),saying that circumstances were not right for such a mission. In a separate conversation, a Vatican official implied that the Holy See was waiti [...] | 2006-12-18 17:40:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PREL SOCI PHUM SY VT |
06VATICAN265 | POPE, OLMERT DISCUSS LEBANON, POSSIBLE VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Referring to last summer's Lebanon conflict, Pope Benedict emphasized the need to protect civilians during his December 13 meeting with Israeli PM Olmert. The pope asked Olmert to ease obstacles for pilgrims traveling to Bethlehem during the Christmas season and said he was open to visit [...] | 2006-12-18 17:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI LE IS VT |
06VATICAN269 | LATIN AMERICA: 1999 VATICAN DOCUMENT STILL GIVES DIRECTION [...] (SBU) Latin America is home to about half of the world's more than one billion-plus Catholics, making it a key region for the Holy See. It is also a region where the Catholic Church is losing many adherents, especially to evangelical groups. For these reasons and others, Latin America is oft [...] | 2006-12-27 18:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VT XM |
06VATICAN27 | VATICAN ON SUMATE, VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM took advantage of meetings with senior Vatican officials to press for a stronger Holy See stand on Venezuela, support for Sumate, and a formal reply to the President's recent call to the (now departed) papal nuncio. The incoming nuncio was receptive and looks fo [...] | 2006-02-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VE VT |
06VATICAN270 | POPE MEETS IRANIAN FM; REMAINS FIRM ON NUKES [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI met briefly Dec 27 with Iranian FM Mottaki, who passed him a letter from President Ahmadinejad. The Vatican did not divulge the contents of the letter, but an Iranian spokesman said it focused on dialogue and cooperation among religious people. In light of the Holy See' [...] | 2006-12-28 18:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL IR VT |
06VATICAN28 | VATICAN - IRAN: POSSIBLE ENGAGEMENT ON NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (C) The Holy See's diplomatic relationship with Iran is an East-West and Christian-Muslim link that could present an opportunity for dialogue and leverage. The Holy See talks regularly to the resident Iranian ambassador and his relatively large staff, encouraging Iran not to turn away from t [...] | 2006-02-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR VT |
06VATICAN29 | VATICAN: IRAN SHOULD RESPECT NUCLEAR OBLIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary. DCM called on Vatican deputy foreign minister Parolin to discuss Iran's nuclear activities. Parolin indicated that he had discussed the issue with representatives of the EU-3 and with the Iranian charge, and had pressed Iran to respect its IAEA obligations and improve its interna [...] | 2006-02-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR VT |
06VATICAN31 | CHINESE PRIEST ENCOURAGES POTUS WORDS ON FREEDOM [...] (C) Fr. Shu-Jie Chen of the Chinese Patriotic Church said February 21 that he appreciated the President's speaking out recently in China on religious freedom issues. Chen offered mild criticism of the Chinese government on human rights issues, but offered a generally positive view of religio [...] | 2006-02-23 08:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV VT CH |
06VATICAN33 | DARFUR: SANT'EGIDIO MONITORING PROCESS [...] (C) The Community of Sant'Egidio continues to monitor closely the Darfur peace process, but is waiting until the end of the current round of negotiations to retake a more active role. Scelzo bemoaned the widening of the Darfur crisis and said he hoped that "Darfurian stake-holders" could reg [...] | 2006-02-24 15:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VT SU PHUM |
06VATICAN36 | POPE CONDEMNS SHIA MOSQUE BOMBING [...] In response to the bombing of the Shia mosque on February 22, Pope Benedict XVI on February 26 severely condemned all "violence done in the name of God." Pope Benedict went on to emphasize, "These are the actions that sow mourning, fuel hatred and gravely hinder the already difficult work of [...] | 2006-02-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO PTER IZ VT |
06VATICAN37 | HOLY SEE/VENEZUELA: CARDINAL'S HAT FOR UROSA MARKS VATICAN [...] (C) Summary. The rapid elevation to Cardinal of Archbishop Urosa is a mark of Holy See interest in Venezuela and Venezuelan Catholics. Not incidentally, it puts Urosa in a position to draw attention away from retired Cardinal Castillo Lara, whose scraps with the Chavez regime have not been [...] | 2006-02-28 17:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VT VE |
06VATICAN38 | CARDINAL ZEN: A SHOT ACROSS THE BOWS TO BEIJING? [...] (C) The nomination of Cardinal-elect Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun is a clear signal from the Holy See to Beijing. The nomination highlights several issues: the importance of China and the Catholic Chinese to Pope Benedict; the Vatican's support for Zen's past strong public statements for religious free [...] | 2006-03-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV VT CH |
06VATICAN39 | HOLY SEE: VISIT OF SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (C) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visited the Holy See February 17, meeting with senior Vatican officials for about an hour and a half. At the request of the Holy See, the meeting was limited to three per side, with the Holy See participants [...] | 2006-03-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI SP VT |
06VATICAN40 | (CORRECTED COPY) HOLY SEE: VISIT OF SPANISH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Vatican and Spanish contacts describe the recent visit to the Holy See of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos as a success which improved the tone of the bilateral dialogue. Main topics included the forthcoming papal visit to Valencia, church/state relations in Spain, and the Alli [...] | 2006-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI VT SP |
06VATICAN44 | LENT BRINGS MIX OF SPIRITUALITY, POLITICS TO VATICAN [...] (SBU) The Lenten season brings with it an atmosphere of increased devotion in and around Vatican City, but politics can play a role in even the most spiritual activities. Governance stalls in the offices of the Vatican MFA and elsewhere in the Curia during the first week of Lent when the pope [...] | 2006-03-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI VT |
06VATICAN51 | HOLY SEE CONCERNED BY US-INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed India and Iran with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin on March 15. Parolin was critical of the US-India nuclear cooperation agreement as an unhelpful signal (i.e., to Iran). While conveying the Holy See's deep concern over the present confrontation wi [...] | 2006-03-27 15:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG VT IR |
06VATICAN52 | HOLY SEE'S UNDERSTANDING OF CHINESE VIEWS ON NAMING OF [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the naming of a Chinese cardinal during a conversation with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin on March 15. Parolin noted the restrained reaction of the Chinese foreign ministry, the negative reaction of the Patriotic Association, and the difficulty of [...] | 2006-03-28 09:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL CH VT |
06VATICAN53 | MOROCCO INCREASING ENGAGEMENT WITH VATICAN [...] (SBU) Ali Achour, Morocco's new ambassador to the Holy See, told Ambassador Rooney March 27 that his country was planning to intensify its work with the Holy See on interreligious dialogue and understanding. He recalled the visit of Pope John Paul II to Morocco in 1985, after which the kingdo [...] | 2006-03-29 09:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF SOCI PHUM MO SA VT |
06VATICAN54 | VATICAN: VENEZUELANS FETE CARDINAL UROSA [...] (C) The Venezuelan Embassy to the Holy See wasted no time in cozying up to freshly-minted Cardinal Jorge Urosa, organizing a mass at which he presided in the aftermath of the March 24 consistory. Holy See Country Director for Venezuela Nicolas Thevenin told us the turnout for the mass was go [...] | 2006-03-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VE PHUM KIRF SOCI VT |
06VATICAN55 | VATICAN MFA AND MARTINO: DIFFERENT TAKES ON CUBA [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Cuba Thevenin made it clear in a recent conversation with us that the Vatican MFA (Secretariat of State) did not share Cardinal Martino's views on religious freedom in Cuba (ref a). He outlined the many ways in which the Church's activities were curbed, from [...] | 2006-03-30 12:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF SOCI PHUM CU VT |
06VATICAN57 | HOLY SEE'S CHINA NEGOTIATOR "HOPEFUL BUT WITHOUT ILLUSIONS" [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's principal China negotiator, Archbishop Celli, described the situation of the Catholic Church in China as complex, with continuing subtle layers of control in key areas. With regard to the bilateral relationship between China and the Holy See, the Vatican remains h [...] | 2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KIRF VT CH |
06VATICAN59 | HOLY SEE RAISES OBJECTIONS TO RWANDA'S GACACA TRIBUNALS [...] (SBU) Summary. Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin asked ambassador to transmit to Washington a note verbale and accompanying text on the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda. The Holy See believes that the tribunals are politically manipulated and procedurally flawed and are not serving their int [...] | 2006-04-03 13:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI VT RW |
06VATICAN6 | VATICAN ENCOURAGING MUSLIM SELF-CRITICISM ON TERROR [...] (C) The President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) told the Ambassador January 10 that he constantly emphasized to his Muslim interlocutors the importance of condemning terrorism. He agreed with the Ambassador that as important as Pope Benedict's consistent conde [...] | 2006-01-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT PTER |
06VATICAN60 | (CORRECTED COPY) HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...] | 2006-04-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD SOCI FT MX BR |
06VATICAN61 | HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN CARDINALS SEEK USG HELP [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...] | 2006-04-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD SOCI VT MX BR |
06VATICAN62 | PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY STILL ENGAGED ON BIOTECH [...] (U) A pro-biotech conference was held at the Regina Apostolorum Atheneum in Rome last week. Two of the three speakers were scientists working in the field of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and the third was the Cabinet Chief for the Italian Ministry of Environment and Land Protection. [...] | 2006-04-12 09:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | VT PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI TBIO |
06VATICAN64 | HOLY SEE SUPPORTS PSI [...] (C) Holy See Office Director for Disarmament Paolo Conversi noted April 7 the Vatican's support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (ref a) and noted the Holy See's previous support at events such as the first anniversary meeting for the PSI in May 2004 (ref b). As he has done in [...] | 2006-04-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XX VT |
06VATICAN67 | VATICAN HARDENING LINE ON ISLAM [...] (C) Relations with Islam and the issue of reciprocity for worship have taken center stage recently at the Holy See. Pope Benedict took the initial step in this direction in February with strong comments when he welcomed Morocco's new ambassador. Since then successive Vatican officials hav [...] | 2006-04-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VT KIRF PTER PHUM SOCI |
06VATICAN69 | POPE CONDEMNS TEL AVIV ATTACK [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI strongly condemned the April 17 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, declaring that "it is not through such execrable acts that one safeguards rights, however legitimate, of a people." After offering his "strongest condemnation" of the attack April 19, the pope expressed the [...] | 2006-04-21 09:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER IS PHUM VT OVIP |
06VATICAN7 | DIP CORPS ADDRESS: POPE HIGHLIGHTS TERRORISM, TIP, ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI reinforced once again his denunciation of terrorism and linked the ideal of truth to peace, freedom, justice, reconciliation and other vital aspects of a just society in his annual audience with diplomats accredited to the Holy See January 9. The pope offered notable [...] | 2006-01-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF IS VT PHUM PTER SU KPAL |
06VATICAN70 | CHAVEZ COMING TO VATICAN; PRIEST'S DEATH RAISES EYEBROWS [...] (C) Holy See MFA Country Director for Venezuela Thevenin confirmed that President Chavez would visit the pope and secretary of state, most likely May 11. Thevenin said there SIPDIS might well be a press statement on the margins of the meetings at which time the Holy See would have an oppor [...] | 2006-05-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI VE VT |
06VATICAN73 | CASTILLO LARA PRIMES POPE FOR CHAVEZ; VENEZUELAN PRIEST [...] (C) Fr. Pedro Freites, Rector of the Venezuelan College in Rome, confirmed to us May 4 that Cardinal Castillo Lara had briefed the pope thoroughly on President Chavez during his recent audience (ref a). Freites was confident that the pope had heard what he needed to hear, and said he hoped t [...] | 2006-05-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI VE VT |
06VATICAN74 | CHINA'S ILLICIT ORDINATIONS ANGER VATICAN [...] (C) The Holy See released a statement May 4 roundly condemning the recent unauthorized ordinations of two Chinese priests as bishops. In strong language, it referred to the "profound disappointment" of Pope Benedict XVI, and to the automatic excommunication of the new bishops and those b [...] | 2006-05-05 10:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH VT |
06VATICAN75 | HOLY SEE: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 09:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TBIO WHO VT |
06VATICAN83 | POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 11:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PL SOCI PREL VT |
06VATICAN84 | POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART TWO [...] (U) This cable is the second of two messages previewing Pope Benedict's May 25-28 visit to Poland. Reftel details Poland's continuing importance to the Holy See and touches on several on-going issues in the Polish Church from the perspective of the Vatican. This installment focuses in more [...] | 2006-05-24 07:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL PL VT |
06VATICAN87 | IRAQ: NEW VATICAN NUNCIO OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Archbishop-designate Francis Chullikatt, soon to be papal nuncio in Baghdad, told the Charge May 25 that he was optimistic about the future in Iraq. He said he saw a "glimmer of hope" in the new government. Chullikatt compared the situation to those in other countries where he has been [...] | 2006-05-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ VT KIRF SOCI PHUM |
06VATICAN88 | VATICAN: EAST TIMORESE ACTIVIST CALLS FOR ATTENTION [...] (SBU) Fernanda Borges, the founder of East Timor's National Party, was in Rome recently pleading for greater international attention to the disorder and violence in her country. We met with Borges at the headquarters of the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Catholic lay group best known for conf [...] | 2006-05-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM VT ID |
06VATICAN91 | HOLY SEE RESPONDS TO INDIAN CRITICISM OVER CONVERSION ISSUE [...] (C) Summary. Holy See contacts gave further background to Embassy Vatican on the recent controversy over remarks made by the pope criticizing anti-conversion laws in India. Our contacts suggested that the pope's remarks were neither surprising to the GOI, nor drafted in an ad hoc manner; and that [...] | 2006-05-31 08:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI VT IN |
06VATICAN92 | HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH SENATOR ALLEN FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM and visiting Senator Allen had a long and occasionally pointed discussion May 28 on Iran and other topics. Parolin appeared intent on using the meeting to remind the USG of the Holy See's opposition to military action against Iran, and also seemed to signal int [...] | 2006-05-31 08:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM VT |
06VATICAN95 | HOLY SEE: IRANIAN DIPLOMAT DISCUSSES US STATEMENT, POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. UK ambassador met Iranian DCM June 1 and discussed Iran-US relations in light of Secretary Rice's May 31 statement. That discussion included reference to a draft letter from Ahmadinejad to Pope Benedict XVI and a possible letter from Ayatollah Khamenei, as well as Iranian inter [...] | 2006-06-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR VT |
06VATICAN96 | HOLY SEE RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHE: THINKING IT OVER [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See will probably issue some kind of response to our Iran demarche, supporting a "diplomatic path" but falling well short of what we have asked. The Holy See remains reluctant to speak out publicly on Iran (or indeed on most geopolitical issues) and appears to take a mil [...] | 2006-06-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
06VIENNA1080 | AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on April 12 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights. We also provided a copy of the pledge letter we delivered to Foreign Minister Plassnik on April 11. Theuermann, speaking for the EU Presidency, said that the EU's views are simil [...] | 2006-04-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA AU |
06VIENNA1101 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT BANS ON GT73 OILSEED RAPE [...] (U) Following up on its initial announcement in January (reftel),the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a government ordinance April 13 to implement a marketing ban on Monsanto's GT73 oilseed rape. The ordinance expires December 31, 2008, at which time, the MoH intends to re- assess t [...] | 2006-04-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU |
06VIENNA1102 | European Imams Meet in Vienna April 7-9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Some 130 European Islamic leaders and Islam experts from more than 40 countries attended an April 7-9 conference of European imams in Vienna. The agenda focused on integration of Muslims into European societies, education, politics, women's rights, and the Mohammed cartoon deba [...] | 2006-04-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KISL EUN AU |
06VIENNA1105 | CONFERENCE ON NEXT STEPS FOR REACH LEGISLATION [...] On March 30 and 31, the Austrian Presidency hosted an experts workshop, entitled "REACH At the Edge of the Second Reading," to discuss next steps. Officials from all 25 Member States, the EU Commission, the EU Parliament (EP),industry and NGOs participated. 2. Thomas Jakl from the Austr [...] | 2006-04-18 06:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EIND ECON PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1121 | SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the f [...] | 2006-04-19 15:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA KFLU AU |
06VIENNA1152 | AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - SOLID GROWTH AND [...] Two Austrian economic institutes have presented growth projections of 2.4-2.5% for 2006 and 2.0-2.2% for 2007. Although export growth remains the engine driving the economy, industrial production and business investment should increasingly contribute to growth. Private consumption remains w [...] | 2006-04-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA1173 | KOSOVO: U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Frank Wisner, the U.S. Kosovo Special Representative, discussed Kosovo status issues on April 21 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Wisner bluntly outlined the problem: Belgrade has decided to ignore private messages that the outcome of the st [...] | 2006-04-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KS AU |
06VIENNA1174 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: ADDRESSING UN FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 16:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL AF AU |
06VIENNA1188 | GoA Intensifies Fight Against Misuse of [...] The GoA has approved new regulations that will give the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) additional powers against the misuse of financial markets for money laundering and terrorist financing. The legal regulations will authorize the FMA to prosecute the unauthorized operation of fi [...] | 2006-04-25 14:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER ETTC AU |
06VIENNA1190 | RAIFFEISEN BANK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO OPT OUT [...] During an April 24 briefing for journalists, Herbert Stepic, Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding (RI),a holding company for Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB),announced that RZB's subsidiary Raiffeisen Investment AG (RIAG) will opt out as a 50% shareholder of the Ukrain [...] | 2006-04-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1195 | AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EU AU |
06VIENNA1199 | APRIL 21-22 INFORMAL COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL [...] Under the overarching theme of "Investing in Excellence and Innovation," the EU's informal Competitiveness Council met in Graz April 21-22 to discuss how the EU could best meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive global marketplace. Ministers focused on the completion of the intern [...] | 2006-04-26 13:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PREL ECIN EFIN ETRD AU |
06VIENNA120 | AUSTRIA WILL ATTEND SIDE MEETINGS AT AVIAN FLU [...] We conveyed ref A information about the two side events on the fringes of the Beijing conference to Hubert Hrabcik, General Director for Public Health, and to Thomas Buchsbaum, Head of the MFA's Department for Social Affairs and Health. They had already received basic information on these mee [...] | 2006-01-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA AU |
06VIENNA1209 | Former Freedom Party MP Gudenus Guilty of [...] On April 26, the Vienna Criminal Court convicted a former member of the Upper House of Parliament for the rightwing/populist Freedom Party (FPO),John Gudenus, to a suspended one-year prison sentence on the grounds of having violated Austrian anti-Neo-Nazi law. In public interviews last year [...] | 2006-04-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA121 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES WILL BEGIN REGULAR FLIGHTS TO [...] On January 9, the Austrian Airlines group (AUA) announced plans to start regularly scheduled service to Iraq on March 9. AUA plans two weekly flights (Thursdays and Sundays) from Vienna to Erbil. Starting May 2, AUA will add a third weekly flight (Tuesdays). AUA will use Airbus A319 aircra [...] | 2006-01-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AU |
06VIENNA1227 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 3-5 VISIT BY THE ATTORNEY [...] (U) The Austrians are looking forward to your attendance, and that of Deputy Secretary Jackson, at the May 3-5 JHA Ministerials. These meetings constitute one of the more significant events of the six-month Austrian Presidency of the European Council. 2. (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations hav [...] | 2006-04-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PTER AU |
06VIENNA1232 | CONFERENCE ON "THE ROLE OF PRECAUTION IN GMO [...] On April 18-19, the Austrian EU Presidency hosted an experts meeting on the precautionary principle in the context of agricultural biotechnology. The meeting aimed to reinforce the role of the precautionary principle in agricultural biotechnology. The conference revealed differences among p [...] | 2006-05-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ETRD AU |
06VIENNA125 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SAJID MOHAMMED BADAT (LIST [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted addition of Sajid Mohammed Badat to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list on January 12 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Birgit Ertl, terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's [...] | 2006-01-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UN AU |
06VIENNA1270 | Government Rescues BAWAG - Gets "Thanks" From [...] (U) In a May 1 meeting, the GoA and the Austrian financial sector agreed on a rescue package for Austria's fourth largest banking group, BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG). The GoA will provide a temporary Euro 900 million government guarantee to BAWAG to stop massive withdrawals and to reassure BAWAG cus [...] | 2006-05-04 07:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ELAB AU |
06VIENNA1301 | 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 11:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV |
06VIENNA133 | AUSTRIA PESSMISITIC ON DOHA [...] (SBU) Econ Unit Chief met January 13 with Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division to discuss next steps after Hong Kong and the GoA's outlook for progress. Habermayer noted that WTO Director General Lamy was promoting a series of bilateral consultat [...] | 2006-01-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL WTRO AU |
06VIENNA136 | Austria to Restitute Five Klimt Paintings [...] The GoA will transfer ownership of five Gustav Klimt paintings currently in the possession of the federally owned Austrian Gallery to a group of heirs led by Los Angeles resident Maria Altmann. Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer announced today, January 17, that she will order restitution o [...] | 2006-01-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1366 | AUSTRIA ON SMALLPOX DESTRUCTION: NO FINAL EU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 16:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO AU |
06VIENNA1385 | KOSOVO STATUS: PRISTINA AND BELGRADE REMAIN FAR [...] (SBU) THIS IS A REPORT FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS SUMMARIZING THE MAY 4-5 TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION/ MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED REFTEL. 2. (SBU) PRISTINA AND BELGRADE OFFERED VASTLY DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ON [...] | 2006-05-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA141 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM SCHUESSEL [...] (C) Summary. During his first meeting in Vienna with Ambassador McCaw, Austrian Chancellor Schuessel confirmed full EU support for a unified front toward Iran and expressed a strong desire to work with the United States in the Balkans. The Chancellor saw the Russian-Ukraine gas agreement as [...] | 2006-01-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU AU IR RU |
06VIENNA1419 | EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the May 11-12 EU-LAC (Latin America/Caribbean) Summit, the two regions sought strategies for closer cooperation. A striking lack of unity among LAC countries hampered the effort. The meeting produced a "Declaration of Vienna" enumerating common goals, among them the continu [...] | 2006-05-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU BL VE EUN AU |
06VIENNA142 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK [...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...] | 2006-01-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU AU IR AF RU |
06VIENNA1474 | MAJOR MERGER IN THE WORKS IN AUSTRIAN ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV and Austria's leading electricity provider, Verbund, announced on May 10 their intention to form a new company, OMV-Verbund, by the end of 2006 or early 2007. The GoA, which holds a 51% share in Verbund and a 31% share in OMV, has blessed the merger. [...] | 2006-05-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU |
06VIENNA1482 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered ref demarche to Austrian Foreign Ministry May 18. 2. (U) On May 19, the Austrian EU Presidency issued a declaration urging the Syrian authorities to reconsider all cases of political prisoners and immediately release all prisoners of conscience. The text [...] | 2006-05-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SY AU |
06VIENNA1483 | EU IN FAVOR OF DRAFT DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna Pol Unit chief accompanied Australian Embassy First Secretary Cameron Archer on a demarche to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights Engelbert Theuermann on May 19. Archer made a detailed and vigorous presentation of the views of Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. [...] | 2006-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EUN AU |
06VIENNA1491 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DECLARATION [...] (SBU) The Government of Austria, in its capacity as President of the European Union, issued a declaration on May 22 welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. The Austrian EU Presidency said it saw the process as the completion of the political transition in Iraq. 2. (U) Text [...] | 2006-05-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU |
06VIENNA1501 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI SPENT MOST OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS TRAVELING TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS AND WASHINGTON, AND IN [...] | 2006-05-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1551 | May 4 U.S.-Russia - EU Multi Presidency Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first meeting of its kind, U.S., Russian and EU officials met informally in Vienna May 4 to discuss possible areas for future cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime and corruption, and illegal immigration. The U.S. delegation was led by Attorney G [...] | 2006-05-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1552 | May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...] | 2006-05-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1555 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 23 MEETING ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). A MORE DETAILED READOUT OF THE MAY 23 NEGOTIATION SESSION IS GIVEN REF. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) THE MAY 23 MEETING ON RELIGIOUS SITES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE WAS M [...] | 2006-05-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1556 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI MET WITH SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA ON MAY 22; THE MEETING WAS CHARACTERIZED BY [...] | 2006-05-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1563 | AUSTRIA ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed reftel points with acting Austrian Foreign Minister Johannes Kyrle on May 31. EconPolCouns also highlighted reftel message with MFA Middle East assistant secretary equivalent Ralph Scheide. 2. (C) Kyrle welcomed the Secretary's statement, noting its "historic na [...] | 2006-05-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AU |
06VIENNA157 | FORMER GOVERNOR KLASNIC TO CHAIR FUTURE FUND [...] On January 13, the Board of Trustees of the Future Fund, charged with disbursing 20 million Euro in surplus monies from the Reconciliation Fund for Nazi-era forced and slave laborers, elected former Styrian Governor Waltraud Klasnic as its chairwoman. The Future Fund will finance projects to [...] | 2006-01-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1586 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY URGES IRAN TO RETURN TO [...] In her capacity as current President of the EU Council, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement on behalf of the EU urging Iran to return to the negotiating table. Before the June 1 "P5 1" meeting in Vienna, Plassnik met separately with Secretary of State Condoleeza Ri [...] | 2006-06-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KNNP ETTC MNUC ENRG IR EUN AU |
06VIENNA16 | VISAS VIPER DECEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 12:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
06VIENNA1633 | BAWAG Settles Refco Lawsuit Out-of-Court [...] BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG),Austria's troubled fourth largest banking group, reached an out-of-court settlement June 5 with creditors from the bankrupt U.S. brokerage firm Refco. As part of the settlement, BAWAG reportedly acknowledged that it assisted former Refco CEO Philip Bennett to conceal hu [...] | 2006-06-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1649 | May 3 EU-U.S. JHA Ministerial Troika [...] Summary. The U.S. - EU JHA Ministerial Troika was held in Vienna May 3 with the U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, accompanied by DHS Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson. The EU delegation was headed by SIPDIS Austrian Minister of the Interior Prokop, Justice Minister [...] | 2006-06-08 09:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1685 | Inviting Input Concerning ICANN's Management [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-10 20:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC AU |
06VIENNA17 | VISAS VIPER DECEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU |
06VIENNA1718 | AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM PL AU |
06VIENNA1733 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: JUNE 9 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI DISCUSSED THE KOSOVO FINAL STATUS PROCESS AND LIKELY RESULT WITH RUSSIAN AND CHINESE O [...] | 2006-06-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1735 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid base in the common values of democracy and civil rights. Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity. Pursuant to a 1955 constitutional law, Austria is neutral. Austria [...] | 2006-06-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1737 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL ON FMCT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Political Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel points on June 13 to Alexander Kmentt, Austrian MFA Director for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Kmentt assured us that Austria places an absolute priority on getting FMCT negotiations moving as soon as possible (the position the country has he [...] | 2006-06-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1846 | NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON REACH UNDER AUSTRIAN [...] Embassy conveyed ref A talking points to Thomas Jackl, the GoA's lead REACH negotiator and Head of the Chemicals Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and to Sylvia Hofinger, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Department for Sectoral Enterprise Policy and the GoA's Coordina [...] | 2006-06-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP SENV AU |
06VIENNA185 | HAIDER DEFIES COURT OVER BILINGUAL TOWN SIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Joerg Haider, Carinthian governor and chairman of the junior partner in the federal coalition, Alliance Future Austria (BZO),is refusing to implement Constitutional Court rulings that call for more bilingual (German/Slovene) town signs in the border regions of Carinthia. Haide [...] | 2006-01-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
06VIENNA1898 | AUSTRIA EXTENDS PARTICIPATION IN EU'S IRAQ TRAINING [...] (SBU) On June 22, Parliament's Steering committee unanimously voted to extend Austrian participation in the EU's integrated mission to support rule of law in Iraq (EUJUST LEX) to December 2007. Parliament authorized the government to deploy up to three Justice Ministry trainers and up to two [...] | 2006-06-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EUN MARR KPAO IZ AU |
06VIENNA190 | AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - HIGHER GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have revised 2006 growth projections upward to 2.3-2.4%, based on stronger demand in export markets and a modest recovery of business investment. However, the 2007 growth rate should slow to 2.0-2.2%, as German demand dampens after implementation of [...] | 2006-01-23 09:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
06VIENNA1907 | Austrian Airlines in Turbulence - On the Path [...] The Austrian Airlines (AUA) group, after losses of Euro 173 million ($216 million) in 2005, is on track for another loss in 2006 due to high debt levels, a burdensome cost structure, and high fuel prices. AUA's major creditors are reportedly very concerned with AUA's debts of Euro 1.8-1.9 bi [...] | 2006-06-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AU |
06VIENNA1939 | GOVERNMENTS COMMIT TO NABUCCO PIPELINE -- INDUSTRY [...] (C) At a June 26 conference, senior government officials from Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey, as well as EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, signed a joint declaration to initiate the Nabucco pipeline project. Construction of the Euro 4.6 billion ($5.8 billion) pipeline s [...] | 2006-06-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA1961 | Austria's New Takeover Regulations [...] Austria's Parliament has passed two takeover laws to implement the EU's Takeover Directive and to rectify problems with Austria's previous Takeover Law. An Amendment to the Austrian Takeover Act of 1998 incorporates Article 9 of the EU's Takeover Directive prohibiting defensive action to fru [...] | 2006-07-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EIND AU |
06VIENNA199 | S23B-04: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] (S) Econ Chief and Poloff delivered reftel talking points January 23 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division at the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik promised to contact the appropriate Austrian universities and alert them to possible Iranian attempts to [...] | 2006-01-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL AU CBW |
06VIENNA2030 | AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO IMPROVE [...] The Austrian economy exhibits solid growth and more optimism. Data for the first few months of 2006 show strong growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. The two leading Austrian economic institutes have upgraded their 2006 forecasts slightly, predictin [...] | 2006-07-07 10:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA205 | MTAG 03-03: LICENSE REVIEW FOR MACEDONIAN EXPORT [...] (S) On December 22, we met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export-Import Control Division, to request verification that the Austrian firm Geislinger GmbH was the end-user for the export of a filament winding machine from the Macedonian firm Mikrosam. Krehlik told Econ U [...] | 2006-01-24 12:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MK AU |
06VIENNA2054 | Inviting Input Concerning the ICANN's [...] Per ref A instructions, Post followed up with the responsible government authorities and the private sector "Internet Service Providers Austria" (ISPA) about their preparedness to participate in the NTIA's public consultation process. 2. Dr. Christian Singer, head of legal services in the [...] | 2006-07-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC AU |
06VIENNA206 | MTAG 03-03: LICENSE REVIEW FOR MACEDONIAN EXPORT (S) [...] (S) On December 22, we met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export-Import Control Division, to request verification that the Austrian firm Geislinger GmbH was the end-user for the export of a filament winding machine from the Macedonian firm Mikrosam. Krehlik told Econ [...] | 2006-01-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MK AU |
06VIENNA208 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT [...] (S) Econ Chief and Poloff delivered ref A talking points on January 23 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik informed us that the Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterror [...] | 2006-01-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU IR MTCRE |
06VIENNA2088 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON SUPPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points on July 12 to Thomas Schnoell, the Austrian MFA's acting assistant secretary-level director for Central and Eastern Europe. 2. (C) Schnoell agreed with our points, and undertook to seek opportunities for Austrian officials to make public expressions of [...] | 2006-07-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
06VIENNA2096 | AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...] | 2006-07-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2097 | AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...] | 2006-07-14 06:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2109 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: GAERC AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on July 14 to Austrian MFA European correspondent Andreas Riecken and deputy European Correspondent Klaus Famira. Riecken and Famira made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Iraq has been taken off the agenda, although there will likel [...] | 2006-07-17 07:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KN AU |
06VIENNA2119 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNESCO PRINCIPLES RELATING [...] Charge delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on July 14 to Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff. At Trauttmansdorff's initiative, Austrian Ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner, who happened to be in Vienna, participated in the meeting. 2. The Austrians agreed in general [...] | 2006-07-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KNAR PHUM SCUL AU |
06VIENNA2140 | Status of Efforts to Support Jewish Cemeteries [...] (U) According to the January 2001 U.S.-Austrian Washington Agreement on Holocaust property, "Austria will provide additional support for the restoration and maintenance of Jewish cemeteries, known or unknown, in Austria." Under these terms, the Federal Government has encouraged states and mu [...] | 2006-07-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2155 | Visit of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti- Semitism Gregg Rickman visited Vienna July 5-8 to pay introductory calls on Austrian and Jewish community representatives, as well as OSCE and EU officials. Rickman met with MFA Legal Adviser Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff; Secretary General of the Na [...] | 2006-07-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2158 | COMPROMISE ON BILINGUAL TOWN SIGNS FALLS APART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chancellor Schuessel's latest effort to broker a broad-based compromise on additional bilingual (German-Slovenian) town signs in the southern state of Carinthia has fallen short. The Chancellor had hoped to dispose of this long-standing irritant by passing an amendment to the M [...] | 2006-07-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
06VIENNA2214 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted information on domestic designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik as well as on the submission of the name to the UN 1267 Committee on July 24 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Birgi [...] | 2006-07-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL AU |
06VIENNA2256 | TFLE01: AUSTRIA ON LEBANON -- PROTEST OVER [...] (SBU) The mistaken Israeli attack on a UN observation post in Lebanon has provoked outrage in Austria, not least because an Austrian was reported to be among the four dead. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik called her Israeli counterpart on July 26 to protest the attack. She also su [...] | 2006-07-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS LE AU |
06VIENNA2265 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on July 27 to Walter Rochel of the MFA's Consular Division and to Thomas Nader of the MFA's Multilateral Development Aid Division. The MFA is in the process of determining which office will take the lead on this issue. We will report any substantive reply a [...] | 2006-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNGA AU |
06VIENNA2272 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] Charge delivered reftel proposal on item 4.C.4.a.6 on July 27 to Alexander Kmentt, the MFA's acting Arms Control Director. Kmentt was unfamiliar with the issue, but undertook to study the U.S. proposal to remove Chemical Abstracdt Service (CAS) numbers from the MTCR Equipment, Software and T [...] | 2006-07-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU |
06VIENNA2276 | AUSTRIA ON COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR A FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY (FMCT) [...] Charge delivered reftel demarche on July 27 to Alexander Kmentt, the MFA's acting Arms Control Director. 2. Kmentt was aware of the draft treaty the U.S. introduced on May 18. In general, he said, Austria supported a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and was happy that the EU had be [...] | 2006-07-28 06:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA CDG AU KNNP |
06VIENNA230 | JANUARY 30 GAERC PRE-DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) demarche to Austrian MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken on January 24. Riecken noted that, in addition to the topics mentioned in reftel, the EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the problem of granting visas [...] | 2006-01-25 16:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU EUN |
06VIENNA2313 | AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO THE LEBANESE CRISIS [...] (SBU) Austrian leaders remain divided over whether the country should participate in a UN-led intervention force in Lebanon. Meanwhile, public opinion, outraged over the death of an Austrian UN observer and the civilian casualties in Lebanon, is clearly tilting against such engagement. Defens [...] | 2006-08-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN LE AU |
06VIENNA2317 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EU INVITES BURMESE FM TO ASEM-6 [...] (SBU) Acting Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche on August 1 to Peter Storer, the Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Storer said it was a difficult decision, but that the EU had reached a consensus to invite the Burmese Foreign Ministe [...] | 2006-08-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN FI BU AU |
06VIENNA2318 | AUSTRIA TO ATTEND FORCE GENERATION MEETING IN NEW [...] (C) Summary. Acting Economic-Political Counselor discussed reftel demarche on August 1 with Austrian Foreign Ministry officials Thomas Hajnoczi, Director for Security Policy and GASP issues, and Peter Huber from the International Organizations desk. The Austrian Permanent Mission to the UN [...] | 2006-08-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO LE AU |
06VIENNA232 | IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION ACT (INPA) SANCTIONS ON [...] (S) Summary: Wolfgang Fuerlinger, president of the Austrian arms firm Steyr-Mannlicher, has contacted the Embassy to seek a lifting of INPA sanctions. Fuerlinger said he would do whatever was necessary, including "signing a contract" pledging that he would do no more business with Iran. Fu [...] | 2006-01-25 16:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE |
06VIENNA2322 | AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME [...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...] | 2006-08-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN AU |
06VIENNA2349 | LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION: AUSTRIAN [...] (U) Charge d,Affaires and Acting EconPolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle and Helfried Carl from the Foreign Ministry's Office of Middle East Affairs to discuss the reftel demarche and draft Security Council resolution on Lebanon. Kyrle stated that Austria's cu [...] | 2006-08-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS AU |
06VIENNA2371 | SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA: AUSTRIAN [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on August 7 to Michael Kainz on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Asia Desk. We will report any substantive reply as soon as it becomes available. Kilner [...] | 2006-08-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CE AU |
06VIENNA2442 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: AUGUST 10 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION AND COMMUNITY RIGHTS TOOK PLACE IN VIENNA ON AUGUST 7 AND 8 (READOUT OF TALKS GIVEN SEPTEL). UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] | 2006-08-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA2447 | AUSTRIA NOT READY TO SUPPORT WTO CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) On August 9, Acting EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division. Habermayer said that the EU Commission has not yet formally discussed the U.S. request for WTO dispute settlement consultations. Habermayer n [...] | 2006-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH AU |
06VIENNA245 | AUSTRIA CALLS ON FUTURE PALESTINIAN CABINET TO [...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister (and EU Foreign Ministers Council chair) Ursula Plassnik issued a press release on January 26 welcoming the peaceful nature of the recent Palestinian elections and reporting that the EU election observers had found the election to be "fair and open." She caution [...] | 2006-01-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS AU EUN |
06VIENNA2457 | SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) On August 16, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Defense Minister Guenter Platter publicly ruled out Austrian participation in a revamped UNIFIL for the time being. However, both left open the door for future participation, especially if the UN requests assistance in specializ [...] | 2006-08-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AU LE |
06VIENNA247 | AUSTRIA PLANS TO BAN BIOTECH OILSEED RAPE GT73 [...] During a January 20 press conference on Austria's EU Presidency health agenda, Minister of Health and Women's Affairs (MoH),Maria Rauch-Kallat, announced that Austria plans to issue a government ordinance to implement a marketing ban on Monsanto's GT73 oilseed rape until the end of 2008. Th [...] | 2006-01-26 15:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU |
06VIENNA2475 | NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA'S OMV CONSIDERS [...] (C) Summary. On August 10, State Department (S/P) Energy Advisor Steve Hellman, accompanied by Charge and Acting EconPolCouns, met with senior executives from Austria's main oil and gas company, OMV, to discuss the status of the Nabucco pipeline and ways to move the project forward. The dis [...] | 2006-08-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AZ AU |
06VIENNA2514 | BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM: EMBASSY VIENNA POINT OF [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Vienna's Point of Contact for the Blue Lantern Program is Economic-Political Officer Dayna Robison, Embassy tel: 43-1-31339-2196, fax: 43-1-31339-2916, email: robisondr(at sign)state.gov. Embassy POC had a consultation meeting with PM/DTCC before her arrival at Post a [...] | 2006-08-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC KSEP AU |
06VIENNA2515 | FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON AUSTRIAN TRANSFER OF [...] (S/NF) On August 17, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor followed up on ref b concerns with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that he and an official from Austria's domestic intelligence service (BVT),met with Steyr Motors CEO Rudolf Man [...] | 2006-08-22 16:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL AU |
06VIENNA2516 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SUPPORT FOR JOINT/PARALLEL [...] (C) Acting Economic-Political Counselor and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 18 to Elisabeth Koegler, the Acting Head of the MFA,s Human Rights Division. Koegler pointed out that, during its EU Presidency this spring, Austria had worked to highlight the mistreatment of political pr [...] | 2006-08-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU |
06VIENNA2517 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] Acting Economic-Political Counselor and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 18 to Elisabeth Koegler, Acting Head of the MFA,s Human Rights Division. Koegler stated that Austria supported Wedgwood,s election to the Human Rights Committee in 2002, but had no information at this time reg [...] | 2006-08-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA AU |
06VIENNA2541 | DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT UPDATE: AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (S) On August 16 and, following receipt of ref A, on August 24, Econ Unit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Import and Export Control Division, to discuss developments in the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare Parts case. Krehlik confirmed that on Augu [...] | 2006-08-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU |
06VIENNA2576 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] Economic-Political Counselor and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 28 to Dr. Helmut Tichy, Head of the MFA's International Law Division. Tichy confirmed that he was aware of Michael Matheson's candidacy for re-election to the ILC. He noted Matheson's strong credentials for the posi [...] | 2006-08-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA AU |
06VIENNA2602 | UNOSEK UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21-25 [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI AND HIS POLICY TEAM TRAVELED TO PRISTINA DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21 TO HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE UNITY TEAM IN AN EF [...] | 2006-08-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA2612 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Middle East/Africa director Ralph Scheide on August 31. Scheide will convey the points to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. Scheide has confirmed that Plassnik supports tough measures to prevent Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons. McCaw [...] | 2006-09-01 08:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN EU IR AU |
06VIENNA2625 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 01, 2006 [...] The Green Party began its election campaign in Vienna on Thursday with a series of attacks on the OeVP and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen said reforms were desperately needed in the education and training sectors, and accused the Chancellor of denying some [...] | 2006-09-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2635 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 05, 2006 [...] The Social Democrats (SPOe) have entered an "election alliance" with the Liberal Forum (LIF) by providing the party one space for a parliamentary seat on their federal ballot list in an effort to broaden the Social Democrat's overall appeal to voters in the upcoming general election. SPOe leade [...] | 2006-09-05 11:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA264 | S59-05: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING IRANIAN [...] (S) Econ Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points January 27 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the export and import control division at the Ministry of Economics and Labor. Krehlik promised to put Samamicro on the Ministry's dual-use "blacklist." McCaw [...] | 2006-01-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW |
06VIENNA2673 | AIRLINES AND DATA PROTECTION: AUSTRIA WILL NOT INITIATE [...] (SBU) Eckhard Riedl, Deputy Head of the Department for Data Processing in the Federal Chancery, told us recently that the GoA is not/not planning any additional legislation on or registration of passenger data transmission to third countries. Riedl said that, for practical reasons, the substa [...] | 2006-09-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER AU |
06VIENNA268 | MTAG: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING IRAN'S [...] (S) Econ Chief and PolOff delived ref A talking points January 27 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the export and import control division at the Ministry of Economics and Labor. Krehlik promised to look into the matter and contact us with a response. He was familiar with Palfinger, although he did [...] | 2006-01-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR AU |
06VIENNA2687 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Latin America Director. Melan confirmed that Austria will attend the September 11-16 NAM meeting in Havana in the character of "guests." The chief Austrian representative will be Peter [...] | 2006-09-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFA PTER PHUM CU AU |
06VIENNA2688 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Thomas Schnoell, Austrian MFA DAS for Balkan Affairs. 2. (C) Schnoell reported that he had just been in Brussels, where he had met with the ICTY's political advisor. It was clear that the Serbian action plan needed implementat [...] | 2006-09-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI AU |
06VIENNA2689 | SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria held the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the fi [...] | 2006-09-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP TBIO KSCA AU |
06VIENNA269 | MTAG: RESPONSE TO OFFER OF HELP ON DANIEL FROSCH [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance. (See para 5.) 2. (S) Econ Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points January 27 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the export and import control division at the Ministry of Economy. Krehlik responded enthusiastically to our offer of assista [...] | 2006-01-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR AU MTCRE |
06VIENNA2690 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 08, 2006 [...] The third in a series of television debates between Austrian political leaders was a face-off Thursday night between the Social Democrats' boss Alfred Gusenbauer and BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler. As expected, the two politicians strongly disagreed on issues including the bank Bawag and immigr [...] | 2006-09-11 07:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2699 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 8 to Dorothea Auer, the Assistant Secretary-level Driector of the Austrian MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament bureau. Alexander Kmennt, Auer's deputy for nuclear issues, also participated in the meeting. 2. (C) Auer and Kemnnt agreed [...] | 2006-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
06VIENNA2712 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 12, 2006 [...] Investment banker Wolfgang Floettl, who has come under fire in connection with the scandal surrounding union-owned bank Bawag, claims he also transferred "several tens of thousands of Euros" to the SPOe and former Chancellor Franz Vranitzky in 1999. Vranitzky has confirmed the receipt of the mo [...] | 2006-09-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2713 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON SYRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetel demarche on September 12 to Wolfgang Lapuh, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Middle East Director. 2. (C) Lapuh agreed with our assessment of Syrian policy. However, he noted that the EU had taken the general position that it was necessary to press our com [...] | 2006-09-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU AU |
06VIENNA2714 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 12 to the MFA's DAS-level Middle East Director, Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said there was virtually "full agreement" between the U.S. and Austria -- and, for that matter, the U.S. and the EU -- on the points we reviewed. He noted that the [...] | 2006-09-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IS LE ECON AU |
06VIENNA2715 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 12 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level deputy director for International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Huber said Austria had not yet determined whether a "political level" figure would represent Austria at the CD meeting. In a [...] | 2006-09-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AU |
06VIENNA2716 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on September 12 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian MFA A/S-level director for arms control and disarmament. 2. (S) Auer undertook to convey the lists --the Item 19 Missle Projects List, WMD delivery systems list, and Category I Missle Projects Lis [...] | 2006-09-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA AADP AU |
06VIENNA2731 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: SEPTEMBER 8-9 TALKS MAKE LITTLE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) DESPITE A MORE POSITIVE SPIN IN THE MEDIA, TECHNICAL TALKS ON KOSOVO HELD IN VIENNA SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9 MADE LITTLE PROGRESS. THE MEETINGS C [...] | 2006-09-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA2738 | GAERC -- DEMARCHES ON IRAN, OTHER POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 13 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Western Balkans: There will be council conclusions on Bosnia and on Montenegro, Riecken said. The reference to Monte [...] | 2006-09-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN PARM KNNP IR EU AU |
06VIENNA2740 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 13, 2006 [...] Bartenstein and Westenthaler came across as "buddy-buddy" in the debate, ORF online news comments. The coalition partners were "at pains to emphasize their joint successes of the past six years and to stress common goals, such as preventing a SPOe-Greens coalition government" after the October [...] | 2006-09-14 07:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2749 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 14, 2006 [...] The leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SPOe),Alfred Gusenbauer, says he suspects a government plot to discredit his party ahead of next month's elections is behind allegations made by Wolfgang Floettl, one of those at the center of the Bawag bank scandal. The SPOe has denied Floettl's [...] | 2006-09-14 16:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2765 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 15, 2006 [...] The former head of Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, has been arrested at his home in the south of France. Elsner is under criminal investigation in connection with currency speculations and losses at Bawag. The Justice Ministry in Vienna says the 71-year-old Elsner was arrested because there was a f [...] | 2006-09-15 14:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2774 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 18, 2006 [...] The Bawag scandal added yet another layer of intrigue when it was revealed that former OeVP boss Josef Taus visited former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner shortly before he was arrested at his estate in France. The opposition is demanding more details about the nature of the visit; Taus says his meeti [...] | 2006-09-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2787 | AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- FINDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Austria's October 1 elections take place in the context of a political shift that followed this year's revelations of fraud in the trade union-affiliated bank, BAWAG. This established a new political reality in which Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel's conservative People's Party [...] | 2006-09-19 13:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA2790 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 19, 2006 [...] According to ORF online news, experts agree the current election campaign in Austria is "tougher in tone, but lacking in actual messages and concepts." There is "too much mudslinging, and not enough objective (discussion of) policies," they say. Elsner in Hospital 2. Former bank Bawag d [...] | 2006-09-19 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2801 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2006 [...] As expected, no common ground was identified in the eighth of the TV debates between party leaders - Tuesday night, Greens boss Alexander van der Bellen and FPOe party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, whose parties are fighting for third place in the upcoming national elections, engaged in a deb [...] | 2006-09-20 12:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2809 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS AND [...] (U) EconPolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 20 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Deputy Director for International Organizations. 2. (U) Huber said he "could guarantee" that Austria would support the need to reach a concensus outcome on the scale of asses [...] | 2006-09-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA AU |
06VIENNA282 | AUSTRIA EXPRESSES TENTATIVE SUPPORT FOR WILLIAM [...] (SBU) During his January 20 visit to Vienna, FAA Director for Europe and the Middle East Paul Feldman called on GoA officials to urge Austrian support for William D. Voss, U.S. candidate for ICAO Secretary General. Alois Kraut, Head of the MFA's Transportation Unit; Dieter Gauptmann, Acting [...] | 2006-01-31 09:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AU |
06VIENNA2823 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 21, 2006 [...] Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen and BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler clash over immigration policy during Wednesday's televised debate. ORF online news notes that in last night's TV debate, Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen and BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler "refused to agree on a single [...] | 2006-09-22 07:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2829 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...] | 2006-09-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UN AU |
06VIENNA2895 | AUSTRIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY CALLS FOR "DIALOGUE" REACTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2918 | THE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR IN AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 data for Austria (1 EUR = $1.24) keyed to reftel request: -- Total industrial production: $55.2 billion -- Total textile and apparel production: $4.6 billion (textiles: $3.2 billion; apparel: $1.4 billion) -- Textiles share of Austria's imports/exports: 1.8%/2.0% -- Apparel [...] | 2006-09-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX AU |
06VIENNA2924 | AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- [...] (SBU) Summary: This weekend's elections will likely result in a clear victory by the conservative People's Party (OVP) of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. It will be no landslide, however, as the Social Democratic Party (SPO) has managed to shore up its position. Under current conditions, th [...] | 2006-09-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA2936 | POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR MODRIACH, [...] REFTEL REQUESTED A POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION TO DETERMINE THE RELIABILITY OF FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR MODRIACH AS AN ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE OF SENSITIVE US-ORIGIN TECHNOLOGY. 2. BACKGROUND ON THE FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR (VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE) MODRIACH: MODRIACH IS A SMALL TOWN LOCATED IN THE AUST [...] | 2006-10-02 11:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC AU |
06VIENNA2941 | Austria's October 1 Election Surprise: People's Party [...] Summary: Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's Austrian People's Party (OVP) suffered a stinging defeat at the polls on October 1. Contrary to every pollster's and analyst's expectations (and ours as well),Schuessel's party plummeted 8 points to second place. The opposition Social Democratic Part [...] | 2006-10-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA2947 | KLEPTOCRACY: DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. [...] Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, and Justice Minister Karin Gastinger on September 26. DCM discussed the issue separately with Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Hans-Peter Manz on September 26. EconPolCou [...] | 2006-10-03 09:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM AU |
06VIENNA2949 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SUPPORT FOR REVISED [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered ref A demarche on October 2 to Elisabeth Koegler, the Acting Head of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Koegler stated that Austria, during its EU Presidency this spring, had consistently highlighted the PRC's mistreatment of prisoners. She noted that her colleagues i [...] | 2006-10-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU |
06VIENNA2960 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 04, 2006 [...] Negotiations for a new Austrian government start next Tuesday. All Austrian media expect a difficult and drawn out struggle between the country's two major parties, the SPOe and the OeVP, given their disagreement in a number of key political issues. Mass-circulation daily Kurier sees a "deep ri [...] | 2006-10-04 11:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2962 | JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTERS ROGATORY IN THE MATTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
06VIENNA2968 | AUSTRIA VERY CONCERNED WITH POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) On October 4, Ambassador met with Johannes Kyrle, the MFA's Secretary General, and Nikolaus Scherk, Director of the MFA's Asia Division, to present reftel concerns regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test. The Ambassador thanked the GoA for working with Austrian banks and the Treasu [...] | 2006-10-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN AU |
06VIENNA2972 | Austrian Airlines Saved, For Now [...] Facing a worsening financial situation, Austrian Airlines Group (AUA) shareholders approved a Euro 350-400 million capital increase on October 2. Syndicated shareholders, who control 51% of AUA shares, strongly support efforts to maintain AUA's dominant position in Central, Eastern, and South [...] | 2006-10-05 09:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AU |
06VIENNA2976 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 05, 2006 [...] The chairperson of the Social Democrats Alfred Gusenbauer has said he only wants to hold coalition talks with the conservative OeVP, because "a two-party coalition is more stable than a three-party one." The OeVP, however, is divided on whether they want to govern with the SPOe. Presenting his [...] | 2006-10-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA2981 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON 2007 UN PANEL OF [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 4 to Georg Poestinger from the MFA's Division for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. 2. Although Poestinger agreed that the 2004 Panel report (WP.2/Rev.3) should be used as the basis for the 2007 Panel, he requested more time [...] | 2006-10-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA CDG AU |
06VIENNA2996 | ENGAGING WITH AUSTRIA ON THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) In response to reftel, Ambassador has engaged in a public affairs initiative to publicize and promote the President's policy on detainees. At the same time, Ambassador and DCM have discussed the issue with key Austrian government contacts. 2. (U) Ambassador incorporated reftel public [...] | 2006-10-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AU |
06VIENNA2997 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 06, 2006 [...] Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer is the first politician to respond to the OeVP's defeat in the general elections: She announced yesterday she will resign as minister when the new government is sworn in and retire from politics entirely. All Austrian media report that Elisabeth Gehrer not on [...] | 2006-10-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3001 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 10, 2006 [...] The OeVP leadership will hold special consultations today to establish guidelines for coalition negotiations with the SPOe. OeVP party boss Wolfgang Schuessel, who will nominate the other members of the negotiation team, will probably lead the negotiations. Centrist daily "Die Presse" reports o [...] | 2006-10-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA301 | SYLVESTER HAGUE CASE: ACTION REQUEST COMPLETED [...] SUMMARY: REF B was an action request instructing post to meet with the Austrian Central Authority (ACA),contact the Austrian attorney representing Tom Sylvester, and attend the March 15, 2006 hearing on his Article 21 Hague Access Case. REF A reported on our meeting with the ACA on January 1 [...] | 2006-02-01 09:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CASC AU |
06VIENNA3011 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 11, 2006 [...] On Wednesday, Federal President Heinz Fischer will officially authorize SPOe Boss Alfred Gusenbauer to form a government, allowing formal coalition negotiations between SPOe and OeVP to begin. Both parties have already nominated their teams. Mass circulation daily "Kurier" reports that, whereas [...] | 2006-10-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3020 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) On October 10, Charge met with Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, and Ambassador Nikolaus Scherk, Director of the MFA's Asia Division, to deliver ref A talking points on North Korea,s announced nuclear test. 2. (C) Charge emphasized the extreme gravity of the situation [...] | 2006-10-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL KN AU |
06VIENNA3022 | AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: GREENS NOW NUMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The results of Austria's October 1 elections shifted somewhat with the announcement of the tally of absentee votes on October 9. In the final count, the Greens emerged for the first time as Austria's third strongest party. On October 11, Austrian President Heinz Fischer gave [...] | 2006-10-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MASS AU |
06VIENNA3025 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 11 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments on reftel points: -- Sudan: Riecken said there was broad agreement between the EU and US on Sudan. He not [...] | 2006-10-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU AU |
06VIENNA3028 | STEYR-MANNLICHER: RELOADING AFTER SANCTIONS [...] (S//NF) Summary. EconPolCouns and Poloffs delivered ref A points to Steyr-Mannlicher CEO Wolfgang Fuerlinger on September 28 to discuss ref A questions. Fuerlinger claimed his business in the U.S. has dried up as a result of the sanctions and complained that the USG unfairly targeted Steyr- [...] | 2006-10-12 11:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC AU |
06VIENNA3031 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 12, 2006 [...] Before the start of the coalition negotiations, Chancellor Schuessel has sent unmistakable signals to the SPOe: The OeVP opposes basic social security payments to those below a certain income, a comprehensive school, and Eurofighter negotiations. On the latter, SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer has [...] | 2006-10-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3037 | FOLLOW-UP ON NORTH KOREA: EUROPEANS WILL NOT [...] (C) On October 12, Nikolaus Scherk, the Assistant Secretary-level Director of the Austrian MFA,s Asia SIPDIS Division, called the DCM to follow-up on reftel conversation. 2. (C) Scherk referenced a meeting in Brussels that he attended the previous day with European colleagues. During [...] | 2006-10-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL KN AU |
06VIENNA3041 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 13, 2006 [...] Coalition negotiations over formation of a new government begin Friday. OeVP says it will play hardball, trying to push through its budget goals and retain the Finance Ministry. Current Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser no longer rules out staying in office in the next government. Independent daily [...] | 2006-10-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3043 | AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY POISED FOR FASTER GROWTH [...] Austrian economic institutes have revised 2006 and 2007 GDP forecasts upward to 3.1% and 2.3-2.5% respectively. Data for the first half of 2006 indicate continued robust growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. Growth in 2007 should slow, as the negativ [...] | 2006-10-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA3056 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2006 [...] The second round of coalition talks for a new Austria government will begin on Tuesday with meetings between the SPOe and the OeVP. A daily speculates that the SPOe could make major concessions regarding the Eurofighter deal in order to form a government with the OeVP. ORF radio early morning [...] | 2006-10-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3072 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 17, 2006 [...] The Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, has ruled out participating in a coalition government with the OeVP and the BZOe, ORF online news and other major Austrian media report. According to ORF online news, the move means the Conservatives under Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel have lo [...] | 2006-10-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3083 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff and Cameron Archer, First Secretary of the Australian Embassy, delivered reftel demarche on October 16 to Georg Heindl, Deputy Director in the MFA,s Human Rights Department. 2. (SBU) While Heindl said he understood the U.S. position on the draft Declaration on the Rights [...] | 2006-10-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL UN AU |
06VIENNA309 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TWO [...] (U) This message contains a request from the Ministry of Finance for information from the Department of Treasury. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (S) During January 19 meetings, U/S Levey reiterated USG concerns to senior Austrian officials about financial relations between [...] | 2006-02-02 07:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AU |
06VIENNA3091 | AUSTRIA IN FULL AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 AND NORTH [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on October 17 to Nikolaus Scherk, the Austrian MFA's (assistant secretary-equivalent) Director for Asia. SIPDIS 2. (C) Scherk said Austria agrees entirely with our points, and backs implementation of UNSCR 1718. He said the MFA had sent th [...] | 2006-10-18 13:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM KN AU |
06VIENNA3092 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 18, 2006 [...] The OeVP and the SPOe met on Tuesday for their second round of talks on forming a new coalition government. Although the two parties' negotiation teams addressed key topics at yesterday's meeting, they continue to be divided on a number of issues. While some Austrian media believe the talks are [...] | 2006-10-18 13:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3093 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRESERVING LEGANESE PM [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and North Africa. SIPDIS 2. (S) Scheide took careful note of our points. He said the Austrian Embassy in Damascus had engaged with the [...] | 2006-10-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU |
06VIENNA310 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE INQUIRY ON RENDITION FLIGHTS: [...] (C) DCM met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmannsdorff (at the latter's request) regarding Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty's inquiry into "Alleged Secret Detentions in Council of Europe Member States." SIPDIS Trauttmansdorff handed over a Verbal Note (sic) requesting in [...] | 2006-02-02 07:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU EUN |
06VIENNA3105 | OMV ON NABUCCO AND GAZPROM [...] (C) OMV Gas executives Werner Auli and Reinhard Mitschek told emboffs on October 12 that Nabucco Pipeline International had formally requested exemptions from the EU's Gas Directive -- restricting initial third-party access to the pipeline to 50% and insulating the project from tariff reducti [...] | 2006-10-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA3114 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRANIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (S/NF) EconPolCouns discussed reftel demarche on October 17 with Ralph Scheide, MFA's Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa. Scheide immediately consulted with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, the MFA's export control expert. Bruck-Friedrich informed Scheide that she had not seen an exp [...] | 2006-10-20 11:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR AU |
06VIENNA3134 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 23, 2006 [...] Massive criticism of OeVP party boss Wolfgang Schuessel and his leadership style is now heard among top party officials. Franz Fischler, formerly EU Commissioner and OeVP Minister of Agriculture, demanded a total reform of the party and President of the Austrian Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl [...] | 2006-10-24 07:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3145 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 24, 2006 [...] Amid statements from the negotiation teams on the "positive atmosphere" during yesterday's meetings on domestic issues, talks today will address education issues. After the talks on domestic issues yesterday, both SPOe delegation head Norbert Darabos and Interior Minister Liese Prokop praised t [...] | 2006-10-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3155 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON [...] (C) EconPolOff presented reftel points on October 17 to Dorothea Auer, Head of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department, and Monika Froemler, Auer's advisor on the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). Regarding the upcoming Review Conference (RevCon) for the CCW, Auer said that con [...] | 2006-10-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL AU |
06VIENNA3156 | EMBASSY VIENNA POINTS OF CONTACT ON TRANSNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER PREL SNAR EU AU |
06VIENNA3173 | UPDATE ON DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE [...] (S/NF) Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division, recently provided post with an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case. Frosch's father, Erich Frosch, remains under custody, and Austrian authorities hope to charge him with facilitating t [...] | 2006-10-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU |
06VIENNA3175 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA REGARDING UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] Acting EconPol Counselor and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Peter Huber, the MFA,s Deputy Head of the International Organizations Department. Huber stated that Austria shares the USG concern that there is a trend to inject contentious political issues into the UN's human r [...] | 2006-10-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER UNGA AU LE IS |
06VIENNA3176 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] Acting EconPol Counselor and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Peter Huber, the MFA,s Deputy Head (DAS-equivalent) of the International Organizations Department. Huber emphasized the importance of maintaining Austria's balanced approach within the Middle East. He added that [...] | 2006-10-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AU IS |
06VIENNA3196 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 31, 2006 [...] Despite massive protests from the OeVP and the BZOe, the Social Democrats -- with the support of the Greens and the Freedom Party -- went ahead during Parliament's first session yesterday with plans to create a committee to investigate the government's decision to purchase 18 Eurofighter jets. [...] | 2006-10-31 15:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3202 | AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Austrian parliament met for the first time on October 30. As is traditional, the parliament voted members of the top three parties -- the Social Democratic Party (SPO),the People's Party (OVP) and the Greens -- to the three parliamentary leadership positions. Of cons [...] | 2006-10-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AU |
06VIENNA3208 | STEVE HELLMAN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH OMV ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) During an October 23 meeting with Werner Auli, CEO of OMV Gas, and Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, S/P Steve Hellman updated OMV on Russia's continuing pressure, via its gas exports, on Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. Hellman noted that Russia' [...] | 2006-11-02 10:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL AU |
06VIENNA3214 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 02, 2006 [...] Social Democrats leader Alfred Gusenbauer says he wants to hold a face-to-face meeting with Conservatives leader Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel in a bid to break the deadlock over the coalition talks. A date for the meeting has not been made public. Like all Austrian media, mass-circulation tabl [...] | 2006-11-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA322 | AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) Econ Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points February 2 to Hannes Porias, Assistant Secretary-level Head of the MFA's Central and Eastern Europe Division. Porias noted that the GoA remained concerned with energy security issues in light of the early January gas crisis. He n [...] | 2006-02-02 17:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON AU |
06VIENNA3224 | AUSTRIA ON UNSCR 1718 AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 3 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level non-proliferation director. Auer undertook SIPDIS to share reftel material with relevant portions of the Austrian government. 2. (C) Auer expressed appreciation fo [...] | 2006-11-03 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KN AU |
06VIENNA323 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BUY BACK KLIMT [...] (U) Austrian Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer has announced that the Austrian government will not buy back any of the five Gustav Klimt paintings that an arbitration panel decided to restitute to heirs of the original owner. Gehrer made the announcement after the government's cabinet meeti [...] | 2006-02-02 17:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA3232 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 03, 2006 [...] The "secret" meeting between the leaders of the OeVP and the SPOe, which occasioned much speculation in Austria's media yesterday, in fact took place with President Heinz Fischer on Wednesday. The talks were aimed at ending the stalemate in the two parties' negotiations to form a new coalition [...] | 2006-11-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA324 | AUSTRIA ON A WAY FORWARD ON TURKEY/CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: The Austrian presidency will seek movement on ending the isolation of Northern Cyprus, starting with direct trade, but will do this quietly in order to avoid a torpedoing of the initiative by the Cypriots or by the British, who (according to the Austrian MFA's Southern Europe he [...] | 2006-02-02 19:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU EU AU |
06VIENNA3245 | DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Human Rights Director. Charge delivered ref SIPDIS (b) points to Theuermann upon receipt on November 7. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria shared U.S. views on the c [...] | 2006-11-07 08:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN AU |
06VIENNA3246 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the A/S-level head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Division. 2. (C) Theuermann confirmed that the EU approach "will not fundamentally change" -- EU members would vote in favor of the resolution, but to delive [...] | 2006-11-07 09:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AU |
06VIENNA3248 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DEBT RELIEF -- [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Charge especially urged that Austria forgive the remaining 20 percent of Iraq's debt. 2. (SBU) Scheide noted that Austria's forgiveness of 80 percent of Ira [...] | 2006-11-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ AU |
06VIENNA3258 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 07, 2006 [...] SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer has said he will give the Conservatives until Sunday to "come to their senses" and resume negotiations on forming a grand coalition government. Meanwhile, Vienna Mayor Michael Haeupl suggests a minority Social-Democrat-led government if a majority coalition cannot [...] | 2006-11-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3264 | AUSTRIA ON NOVEMBER 13-14 EU FOREING MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans: Kosovo will be a lunch topic, and Serbia will be a topic during the regular meeting, Riecken said. [...] | 2006-11-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN AU |
06VIENNA3268 | AUSTRIA ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINKS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe and Russia. DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Moldova/Belarus Director Josef Litschauer also participated. 2. (C) Porias said the EU had made clear to Kyiv that it is i [...] | 2006-11-08 11:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN EUN RU MD UP AU |
06VIENNA3272 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (A) immediate action demarche to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's Latin America head, on November 8 at 1130 local. 2. (C) Melan was in the process of coordinating the Austrian position with the MFA's human rights and international organizations bureaus. He not [...] | 2006-11-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AU |
06VIENNA3277 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3278 | AUSTRIA ON BOARD ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Charge conveyed ref (a) points on country resolutions to Austrian MFA Human Rights chief Engelbert Theuermann on November 8. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria -- and all EU member states -- opposed, in principle, any no-action motions on human rights issues. Therefore, Austria would v [...] | 2006-11-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AU |
06VIENNA3279 | AVIAN FLU: BAXTER-AUSTRIA DEVELOPS A VACCINE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Austrian-based research facility of the U.S. healthcare company Baxter has developed a vaccine against the current strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The vaccine has been successfully tested in mice and also with human subjects, yielding a protection rate between 70 [...] | 2006-11-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ASEC SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA3283 | AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe, and to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Moldova officer. 2. (C) Porias said that Austria shared our views on the need for [...] | 2006-11-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS UP AU |
06VIENNA3286 | AUSTRIA AGREES: KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarche on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-equivalent Director for Eastern Europe, and Valerie Zirl, the MFA's South-East Europe desk officer. 2. (C) Porias agreed with our message, and undertook to support it. He said it was increasingy [...] | 2006-11-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL UP AU |
06VIENNA3296 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 09, 2006 [...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will meet in Parliament Friday to discuss again whether there is still a chance for a grand coalition. In the meantime, Federal President Heinz Fischer has indicated he is prepared to give the two parties "one or two weeks" to come t [...] | 2006-11-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3297 | WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA [...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...] | 2006-11-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO |
06VIENNA3303 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 13, 2006 [...] The People's Party resents SPOe's demands that negotiations be resumed by Wednesday or not at all. SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer has threatened that he will "talk to the Federal President about alternatives," unless the OeVP returns to the negotiation table - the latter maintains that such an ult [...] | 2006-11-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3314 | WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: AUSTRIAN FOLLOW-UP TO [...] EconPolOff shared reftel fact sheet on November 8 with Elisabeth Koegler, the Head of the MFA,s Unit for International Women,s Issues. Koegler said Minister Plassnik was delighted to participate in the working session in September. 2. In follow-up to September,s working session, Austria [...] | 2006-11-14 08:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL UNGA AU |
06VIENNA3326 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 14, 2006 [...] Speaking on ORF TV yesterday, former Parliamentary President Andreas Khol said a minority government for Austria would be "a disaster." He expects a "signal" for the OeVP from SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer regarding the suspended coalition talks. Speaking on ORF TV's late night news program Zei [...] | 2006-11-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3335 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 15, 2006 [...] The KPOe and Hans-Peter Martin's List are reportedly considering contesting the October 1 elections because the BZOe ran under different names in Carinthia province and at the national level. Should the Austrian Constitutional Court rule that the BZOe lose its representation in Parliament, the [...] | 2006-11-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3336 | (SBU) UNOSEK: CONTINUING WORK AND OUTREACH DURING INTERIM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 10, FOLLOWING THE SERBIAN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD IN JANUARY, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE FUTURE STATUS PROC [...] | 2006-11-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA3341 | AUSTRIA ON NATO/AFGHANISTAN -- CONTINUATION OF [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 18 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political-Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said the importance of the NATO mission in Afghanistan was clear. He noted that the Austrian government had announced on N [...] | 2006-11-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG AU |
06VIENNA3343 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 16, 2006 [...] It is the moment of truth for the OeVP, an Austrian daily says: In a meeting at 10:00 am today, the Conservatives' leadership was to begin deciding whether to resume coalition negotiations with the SPOe, or go into opposition and give up much of its power. In an analysis of the OeVP's strategy [...] | 2006-11-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3347 | POLIO ERADICATION EFFORTS: NO ADDITIONAL AUSTRIAN [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding the Global Polio Eradication Initiative on November 14 to Jean Paul Klein, the Ministry of Health's (MoH) Senior Advisor on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. 2. Klein acknowledged the importance of polio eradication, but said the GoA was u [...] | 2006-11-17 11:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL TBIO AU |
06VIENNA3348 | SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE: AUSTRIAN PLEDGES COMMITTED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL AU |
06VIENNA3349 | AUSTRIA ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF UNGA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 17 to Peter Huber, the acting A/S-equivalent UN Affairs head at the Austrian MFA. 2. (SBU) Huber noted that EU countries had split in their votes on the issue in the UN Security Council, with France and Greece voting "yes" and the U [...] | 2006-11-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS AU |
06VIENNA3350 | DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel report on November 17 to Peter Huber, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's acting A/S-level UN Affairs director. 2. (SBU) Huber noted that the European Commission was working on a similar report. One of the problems the Commission was facing was how to defi [...] | 2006-11-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL XX KN AU |
06VIENNA3351 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 17, 2006 [...] The People's Party is ready to return to coalition talks with the Social Democrats, provided the SPOe agrees to a series of OeVP conditions. OeVP leader Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel announced his party's decision following a party leadership meeting Thursday. Like all Austrian media, semi-offi [...] | 2006-11-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3354 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT COALITION TALKS: "NOT YET [...] (SBU) Summary: Although observers in Austria keep pronouncing negotiations toward a Grand Coalition as dead, like a bad movie,they keep springing back from the grave to argue the matter. Two and a half weeks after the conservative People's Party (OVP) walked out on coalition talks with the [...] | 2006-11-17 17:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AU |
06VIENNA3355 | AUSTRIA: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting Part I of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) on Drugs and Chemical Control. Post will provide updates as they become available. Embassy POC for the INCSR Part I is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43 [...] | 2006-11-20 07:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM AU |
06VIENNA3356 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU |
06VIENNA3373 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 20, 2006 [...] Austrian media speculate that Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel may be planning a continuation of the OeVP-FPOe coalition. Following his "amicable" talks with Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache last week, the Conservatives could be exploring the possibility of forming a three-party govern [...] | 2006-11-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3382 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 21, 2006 [...] Coalition talks between the People's Party and the Social Democrats resume on Wednesday, but speculation continues about what the next government will look like. Austrian President Heinz Fischer is calling for "serious and focused" coalition talks, adding he would welcome a deal by Christmas. [...] | 2006-11-21 15:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3383 | AUSTRIA ON IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel demarche on November 17 to Bernhardt Wrabetz, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Director for IAEA and Non-Proliferation Affairs. A/DCM followed up with Wrabetz on November 21. 2. (SBU) Wrabetz said there was a common EU position -- which Austria had supported -- tha [...] | 2006-11-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC AU |
06VIENNA3391 | AUSTRIA WILL NOT ATTEND NOVEMBER 29 MEETING OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT AU |
06VIENNA3392 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 22, 2006 [...] Coalition negotiations resume today between the Social Democrats and the People's Party. Party leaders Alfred Gusenbauer and Wolfgang Schuessel are to discuss issues aimed at paving the way for a grand coalition. Although Schuessel in an interview ruled out a coalition with the FPOe, Austrian m [...] | 2006-11-24 07:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3393 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON WHO [...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel points on November 22 to Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Multilateral Trade Division. Habermayer said that the MoE concurred with the USG position that the WHO should not intervene in issues, such as IP protection, in which it has [...] | 2006-11-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO AU |
06VIENNA3394 | RAIFFEISEN ON BELARUS, UKRAINE, THE SALE OF BAWAG, [...] (C) Summary: Friedrich Sommer, Raiffeisen Zentralbank's General Counsel, confirmed to us on November 17 that no senior Belarus officials have accounts with Raiffeisen's Belarus subsidiary, Priorbank. Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding has definitively ended its controversial trusteeship [...] | 2006-11-24 07:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET ENGR BO UKR AU |
06VIENNA3400 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 24, 2006 [...] An expert opinion on the bank investigation committee, compiled by the Chancellor's Office, is threatening to strain even further the already critical coalition negotiations between the SPOe and the OeVP. The expert opinion concluded there was no obligation to provide documents or compel state [...] | 2006-11-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3401 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points on November 22 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. Charge met with Mayr-Harting on November 24 to discuss the issue. Austrian OSCE Political Affairs Director Christophe Ceska, Eastern Europe Director (DAS-equivalent) Josef Litschau [...] | 2006-11-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU AU |
06VIENNA3407 | Vandal Trashes Jewish School in Vienna [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Jewish school in Vienna, the Lauder Chabad School, was the subject of a destructive rampage early Sunday morning. The suspect, who seems to have acted alone, reportedly identified himself to police at his arrest as "Adolf Hitler." However, it remains unclear whethe [...] | 2006-11-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA3410 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 27, 2006 [...] The investigative committee looking into recent banking scandals in Austria continues to strain domestic politics. Following publication of an expert opinion last week, which found the banking committee is not authorized to investigate the Austrian Financial Markets supervisory Agency, informat [...] | 2006-11-27 15:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3417 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NABUCCO WITH OMV [...] (C) During a November 16 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer acknowledged that Azeri gas is the most politically and commercially attractive source for the startup of the Nabucco pipeline scheduled in 2011. However, Ruttenstorfer questioned whether Azeri reserves w [...] | 2006-11-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA3433 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 29, 2006 [...] Ahead of the next round of coalition talks on Thursday, the Social Democrats and the Conservatives have reached a compromise on the issue of pension increases: Both sides approved raising pensions next year by 1.6 percent and providing a single payment between 25 and 60 Euros. Minimum pensions [...] | 2006-11-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3447 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 30, 2006 [...] A meeting of the Eurofighter committee on Wednesday endured a small hitch caused by changes in the witness list originally agreed to by all five parties. The changes were made by SPOe, Greens and FPOe. OeVP and BZOe rejected the proposal, but it was accepted nonetheless. There may be trouble a [...] | 2006-11-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3451 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on November 30 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's A/S-equivalent Director for the Middle East and Africa. 2. (C) Scheide said Austria agreed that the Iranian electoral system needed to be more democratic. He said, however, that Austria would normal [...] | 2006-12-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR AU |
06VIENNA3459 | DEAMRCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PRESERVING THE [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on November 30 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (S) Scheide said Austria, like the rest of the EU, had a clear position in supoprt of the UN Security Council resolutions on Lebanon. Austria will support Lebanese sover [...] | 2006-12-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU |
06VIENNA3460 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 01, 2006 [...] The SPOe and the OeVP have reached an agreement on the so-called "basic security payments" -- a clear sign of progress in the negotiations between the two parties on the formation of a coalition government, Austrian media say. According to the Social Democrats chief coalition negotiator, the d [...] | 2006-12-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3464 | Austrian Airlines Gets Fresh Capital [...] The Austrian Airlines (AUA) group (Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Austrian Arrows, and Slovak Airlines) has launched a capital increase to raise more than Euro 400 million ($500 million) in fresh money. AUA needs a cash infusion to steady its serious financial situation, resulting from a high [...] | 2006-12-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AU |
06VIENNA3470 | AUSTRIA FAVORS INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL AVIATION IN EU [...] On November 24, post conveyed reftel talking points and non-paper to Helmut Hojesky, Head of the Climate Protection and Air Pollution Control Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; to Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General of the Civil Aviation Administration in the Ministry [...] | 2006-12-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SENV ECON AU |
06VIENNA3475 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 04, 2006 [...] The next round of talks between representatives from the SPOe and the OeVP to form a grand coalition begins today. At the top of the agenda are issues including government and administrative reforms, as well as social affairs, such as the details and financing of the proposed basic security pay [...] | 2006-12-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3477 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON AVIAN [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on November 29 to Christian Lassmann, the Austrian MFA's Deputy Director for Social and Health Issues. Lassmann acknowledged the importance of the conference. He promised to pass on USG concerns and interest in the success of the conference to the Minist [...] | 2006-12-04 15:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID AU |
06VIENNA3478 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): AUSTRIA [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on November 30 to Monika Froehler in the Austrian MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation Division. Froehler said that the GoA welcomed the USG position to review the Regime's approach to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missi [...] | 2006-12-04 15:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM KSCA PREL ETTC AU |
06VIENNA3479 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] A/DCM delivered reftel points on December 4 to Helmut Tichy, the Austrian MFA's Deputy Legal Advisor for International Legal Affairs. 2. Tichy took careful note of our points. He undertook to ensure immediate dissemination of our arguments, and their consideration in the policy process. [...] | 2006-12-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS AU |
06VIENNA3482 | AUSTRIA'S OPPOSITION TO CZECH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) The recent Czech decision to grant a final operating license for the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant has unleashed a barrage of criticism in Austria. State government officials in Upper Austria, which lies approximately 40 miles from Temelin, have been the most vehement critic [...] | 2006-12-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA3491 | AUSTRIA ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarches on the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) to Austrian European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on December 6. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the China Arms Embargo: Riecken confirmed that there was a policy [...] | 2006-12-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN PARM CH AU |
06VIENNA3492 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF TRAINERS [...] A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 6 to Brigadier Kurt Hager, the head of the Austrian Interior Ministry's bureau for international police missions. Hager said the Austrian cabinet had met December 6 to consider the extension of police training missions abroad. Regarding the JIPTC, [...] | 2006-12-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR AU |
06VIENNA350 | RAIFFEISEN ON URKAINE-RUSSIAN GAS DEAL [...] (C) Raiffeisen International Bank AG (RIAG) Chairman Herbert Stepic told us January 30 that Gazprom was the "driving force" behind the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) joint venture with RIAG. RIAG, according to Stepic, has exerted little influence on pricing decisions, but rather was providing financing [...] | 2006-02-06 13:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AU RS UP |
06VIENNA3502 | TERRORIST LISTS IN AUSTRIA: NO SEPARATE [...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) maintains two sets of lists for individuals and entities identified as terrorists/terrorist organizations. The first set of "national" lists in Austria comprises the EU Council Regulations, such as EC 881 of May 27, 2002 imposing restrictive measures ag [...] | 2006-12-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AU |
06VIENNA3503 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 11:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3504 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 07, 2006 [...] President Heinz Fischer has harshly criticized a Social Affairs Ministry decree denying family benefits to the children of some foreign-born women in Austria as "untenable." In a speech Wednesday, Fischer called for the regulation to be taken back. He pleaded for "fairness instead of unfairness [...] | 2006-12-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3522 | MORE FROM AUSTRIA ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) On December 7, post followed up discussions with the Austrian MFA (ref A) to discuss the possibility of Austria forgiving the remaining 20 percent of its Iraqi debt. Thomas Wieser, Director General of Economic Policy and Financial Markets in the Ministry of Finance (U/S-level),told A/ [...] | 2006-12-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ AU |
06VIENNA3524 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (S/NF) Acting DCM and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points on December 7 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of Economic Policy and Financial Markets in the Ministry of Finance (U/S-level). Wieser said that in his view, "if the letter of credit had not come from Bank Saderat, it would have [...] | 2006-12-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV IR AU |
06VIENNA3531 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 12, 2006 [...] In the dispute over a Social Affairs Ministry ruling, Interior Minister Liese Prokop has now taken the edge off Social Affairs Minister Ursula Haubner's controversial decree, which denied family benefits to the children of some foreign-born mothers living legally in Austria. In the future, the [...] | 2006-12-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3532 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on domestic USG designation of Hizballah-related individuals/entities in the tri-border area on December 7 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing [...] | 2006-12-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL AU |
06VIENNA3551 | SWIFT DEMARCHE: AUSTRIA HAS DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS, [...] (C) Senior GoA officials told us that, while Austria respects data privacy concerns raised in the EU Article 29 Working Group report, the Commission should work for a more balanced assessment of SWIFT to reflect SWIFT's contribution to counterterrorism efforts. Austria believes the Commission [...] | 2006-12-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON EU AU |
06VIENNA3553 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: U.S./EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points on December 5 to Alois Kraut, Head of the MFA's Transport and Telecommunications Unit, and to Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General of Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transportation. EconUnit Chief followed up with Kraut on December 14. Kraut said that, a [...] | 2006-12-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA AU |
06VIENNA3560 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 15, 2006 [...] Salzburg Governor Gabi Burgstaller of the SPOe emphasized that the new Austrian government would definitely be sworn in on January 11. Should there be no agreement on a grand coalition with the OeVP by then, the Social Democrats would go ahead and form a minority government, Burgstaller added. [...] | 2006-12-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
06VIENNA3583 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT FORMATION: JANUARY 11 SET FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Austria's political leadership has declared that there will be a new government on January 11. The parties agree in principle that the new government should be a Grand Coalition, but they have not yet reached agreement on key issues. The possibility remains that the Social D [...] | 2006-12-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AU |
06VIENNA3584 | AUSTRIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43-1-31339-2196 and email: RobisonDR(at sign)state.gov. Post emailed the updated Intellipedia version of this report to [...] | 2006-12-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR EFIN AU |
06VIENNA3588 | AUSTRIA'S STEYR COMPANIES: WHO OWNS WHAT AND WHO DOES WHAT [...] There are several independent Austrian companies with the name "Steyr." All of them originally formed one company, Steyr-Daimler-Puch (SDP). However, in the 1980s, SDP, one of Austria's largest industrial conglomerates, encountered major financial problems that resulted in the company's brea [...] | 2006-12-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ETTC AU |
06VIENNA3590 | Vienna Appellate Court Suspends Remaining Sentence for [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA3591 | THE AUSTRIAN ECONOMY - STATUS AND POLICY OUTLOOK IN LIGHT [...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have recently presented positive analyses of the Austrian economy and the impact of reforms over the last five years. However, both the ANB and IMF recommend that Austria should continue to focus on macroeconomic [...] | 2006-12-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA3596 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (U) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 21 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level UN Director. A/DCM stressed the need to maintain the 22 percent ceiling, noting the significant level of U.S. financial contributions. We also addressed potential concerns about the U.S. response [...] | 2006-12-21 16:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA AU |
06VIENNA3602 | Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight [...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...] | 2006-12-22 10:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU |
06VIENNA3605 | Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight [...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...] | 2006-12-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU |
06VIENNA3608 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-22 10:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU |
06VIENNA3610 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU |
06VIENNA3622 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 27 to Carolina Gudenus, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Africa Director. We stressed the need for high-level engagement in the February 2007 Liberia Partners' Forum, pointing out that Secretary Rice, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and SIPD [...] | 2006-12-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PPOL AU |
06VIENNA383 | "SOUND OF EUROPE" CONFERENCE: THE EU IN ANALYSIS [...] SUMMARY: Austrian Chancellor (and current chairman of the European Council) Wolfgang Schuessel invited more than 400 European political and cultural personalities to a January 27-28 conference on the "Sound of Europe." The conference, which took place in Salzburg, examined the European ident [...] | 2006-02-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA387 | DEMARCHE ON HMONG CHILDREN: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 16:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL LA TH EUN AU |
06VIENNA41 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY UPS THE ANTE ON ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: In response to the dispute over natural gas supplies between Ukraine and Russia, Austrian officials have given new weight to their plan of making energy a focal point of Austria's EU presidency. Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik said in a public statement that the EU would discuss [...] | 2006-01-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA42 | AUSTRIAN RAIFFEISEN IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSSIA- [...] According to Austrian and international media reports, the Austrian Raiffeisen Investment Group (RIAG),a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB),played a pivotal role in the Russian-Ukrainian gas deal. At the core of the deal (reportedly) is an arrangement for the Ukrainian Naftogaz com [...] | 2006-01-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA442 | UNESCO CONVENTION: AUSTRIA FOR EU DECISION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions (Convention) enjoys unanimous political support in Austria, but the ratification process has not yet started. In its capacity as EU President, the GoA hopes to achieve an EU Council decision on ratification no later than the Counci [...] | 2006-02-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SCUL UNESCO AU |
06VIENNA453 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY'S AGRICULTURE AGENDA [...] During a February 3 briefing to emboffs, Hans Kordik, the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture's (MoA) EU Coordinator, identified two political priorities and four thematic priorities for its EU Presidency. The GoA will resist any efforts to reform the CAP further, arguing the farming sector nee [...] | 2006-02-15 08:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU |
06VIENNA462 | 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location beca [...] | 2006-02-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU |
06VIENNA470 | AVIAN INFLUENZA LIKELY IN AUSTRIAN SWANS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health and Women's Affairs (MoH) publicly announced on February 14 that tests by the Austrian National Veterinary Institute indicate there is a 70% probability that two dead swans found in southern Austria were infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The MoH follo [...] | 2006-02-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA488 | AVIAN FLU: AUSTRIAN HEALTH MINISTRY VIEWS [...] (U) Summary: DCM discussed avian flu in a February 16 meeting with Dr. Clemens Auer, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Health and Women (MoH). The two also exchanged views on biotechnology and tradition-based violence against women. On avian flu, Auer said that the GOA welcomes improving in [...] | 2006-02-16 18:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ASEC ECON WHO PHUM AU |
06VIENNA506 | AUSTRIAN, DANISH FMS MEET WITH MUSLIM [...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, in her capacity as EU Council President, and Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller held an informal meeting with leading Muslim Representatives in Vienna on February 16. Participants included the leader of the Islamic Faith Community in Bosni [...] | 2006-02-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN SY DA BK TU SP AU |
06VIENNA512 | AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE VOSS [...] (SBU) In a February 10 telcon, Transportation Secretary Mineta asked his Austrian counterpart, Huberg SIPDIS Gorbach, to support the candidacy of William Voss ICAO Secretary General. On February 15, DCM pressed Voss's SIPDIS candidacy in a meeting with Eduard Mainoni, State Secretary in [...] | 2006-02-17 16:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ICAO EAIR AU |
06VIENNA514 | USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS [...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would [...] | 2006-02-17 19:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU |
06VIENNA515 | USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS [...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would apprecia [...] | 2006-02-17 19:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU |
06VIENNA529 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 27 [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on February 21 to Klaus Famira, the Austrian MFA's acting European Correspondent. 2. (C) Famira made the following substantive comments: -- On the Balkans: Meetings of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) on February 21 and 22 will cons [...] | 2006-02-21 17:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL AU EUN |
06VIENNA540 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Austrians have organized a broad range of law enforcement and counterterrorism-related meetings and seminars during their EU Presidency from January - June 2006. The recently adopted (December 6, 2005) EU Council paper on "A Strategy for the External Dimension of JHA: Global [...] | 2006-02-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KCRM SNAR EFIN ETTC AU EUN |
06VIENNA541 | S59-05: FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REGARDING IRANIAN [...] (S) On February 21, EconUnit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division, to follow-up on the initial meeting (ref A) regarding concerns (ref B) about the procurement activities of the Iranian firm Samamicro. Krehlik said he and a [...] | 2006-02-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW |
06VIENNA542 | MTAG 05-96: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (S) On February 21, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points and nonpaper to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik welcomed the information on Ghoods and Fan Pardazan and promised to enter both companies into the MoE's watchlist. M [...] | 2006-02-22 13:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL AU MTCRE |
06VIENNA562 | AUSTRIA TO MAKE STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns raised reftel points during a February 23 meeting with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS We passed Scheide the texts of statements by the President and by Amb. Khalilzad and Gen. Casey. Schei [...] | 2006-02-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ AU |
06VIENNA563 | MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel message on February 21 to Klaus Famira, acting European Correspondent in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and on February 23 to Ralph Scheide, the head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East and Africa Section. 2. (C) CODEL Wexler raised the Hamas issue with S [...] | 2006-02-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL AU |
06VIENNA567 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT ON THE BOMBING OF [...] Following is the text of the statement by the Austrian Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the bombing of the Immam Ali-Hadi Mosque in Samarra. BEGIN TEXT The European Union condemns the criminal and sacrilegious bombing of the Imman Ali-Hadi Mosque in Samarra on 22 February wh [...] | 2006-02-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ AU |
06VIENNA572 | AUSTRIAN MFA SPECULATION ON NEW UN SECRETARY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN KS AU |
06VIENNA573 | DEMARCHE ON MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO CHARLES [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; to Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division; and to Klaus Famira-Parcsetich, the MFA's Acting European Political Correspondent [...] | 2006-02-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC XY AU |
06VIENNA574 | AUSTRIA ON TRANSITION TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: [...] (C) EmbOffs discussed UN reform issues on February 16 with MFA's International Organizations head, Dr. Helmut Boeck. On CHR reform, Boeck noted that UNGA President Eliasson would propose a new draft on February 21, but that the window of opportunity for completing this reform, in the GoA's v [...] | 2006-02-24 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN EUN AU |
06VIENNA576 | EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK LOAN TO SYRIA: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) On February 24-25, post met separately with the following GoA officials to underscore reftel concerns with European Investment Bank (EIB) loans to Syria: Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; Melitta Schubert, Head of the MFA's [...] | 2006-02-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU |
06VIENNA578 | AUSTRIANS WARY BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Ambassador demarched MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle regarding Venezuela's bid for a UN Security Council seat on the margins of a dinner she hosted for him on February 9. Pol Unit Chief met with MFA A/S for International Organizations Helmut Boeck on February 16 to follow up. Boeck [...] | 2006-02-27 07:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC GT VE EUN AU |
06VIENNA6 | Austria's Economic Footprint in Central Europe [...] Austrian commercial interests continue to benefit greatly from intensified trade and investment relations with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),as well as Southeastern European (SEE) nations. Exports to CEE have more than doubled since 1995 and exports to SEE have quadrupl [...] | 2006-01-03 12:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN ETRD AU EUN |
06VIENNA609 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES POSTPONES PLANS TO SERVICE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AU |
06VIENNA610 | AVIAN FLU: EU HEALTH MINISTERS AFFIRM NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 24 Informal Meeting on the "Impact of Avian Influenza on Public Health in Europe," EU Health Ministers stressed the importance of public awareness. Austrian Health Minister Maria Rauch-Kallat pointed to the need for more public outreach, noting the Presidency [...] | 2006-02-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA630 | SPECIAL ENVOY AND AUSTRIAN MFA LEGAL ADVISOR [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Edward B. O'Donnell met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff (successor to Austrian Holocaust negotiator Hans Winkler, now MFA State Secretary) on February 23 to exchange views on the SIPDIS remaining issues in imple [...] | 2006-03-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA643 | MTAG 5-96: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Econ Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points on March 2 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik assured us that the MOE had already denied permission to Daniel Frosch Exports (DFE) to ship a fri [...] | 2006-03-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE IR AU |
06VIENNA651 | CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSIONS ON ANTI-SEMITISM, DANISH [...] (U) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) visited Vienna February 22-23 to meet with Austrian and OSCE officials on a variety of topics, including religious tolerance and the controversy over cartoons depicting Mohammed in Danish newspapers with Austrian and OSCE officials. Septels report Con [...] | 2006-03-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM DA AU |
06VIENNA653 | AUSTRIAN CHANCELLERY'S VIEWS ON HAMAS: STICK TO [...] (C) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Professional Staff Member Jonathan Katz, joined by DCM and PolOff, met with Chancellor Schuessel's senior foreign policy adviser, Hans Peter Manz, on February 22. Manz spoke at length on the approach that Austria's EU Presidency is taking toward [...] | 2006-03-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL GM AU |
06VIENNA655 | CODEL WEXLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON IRAN WITH AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Professional Staff Member Jonathan Katz, accompanied by DCM and PolOff, met with Chancellor Schuessel's foreign policy adviser Hans Peter Manz on February 22. Manz gave his views on next steps in reaction to Iran's actions regarding its nuclear p [...] | 2006-03-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IR AU IAEA EUN |
06VIENNA663 | SOCIAL DEMOCRAT ENDS COALITION WITH HAIDER IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 28, new Carinthian Social Democratic (SPO) leader Gabi Schaunig ended the two-year old state-level coalition with Governor Joerg Haider's BZO and called for snap elections. Schaunig accused Haider of repeatedly sabotaging agreements with her SPO, most recently over [...] | 2006-03-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
06VIENNA664 | AMBASSADOR RAISES RUE/RAIFFEISEN WITH FINANCE [...] (S) During a February 28 meeting with Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, Ambassador McCaw raised continuing USG concerns over the non-transparent RUE gas deal and the key involvement of an Austrian bank, Raiffeisen Investment Holding AG (RIAG),in the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) joint venture. The A [...] | 2006-03-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL EFIN AU ENGR |
06VIENNA678 | AUSTRIA: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: I21. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...] | 2006-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ALAB AU |
06VIENNA696 | AVIAN FLU: CATS IN AUSTRIA "REJECT" H5N1 VIRUS [...] On March 6, the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Veterinary Director of the Austrian state of Styria announced that Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) tests confirmed the existence of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the saliva of three cats. However, the MoH subsequ [...] | 2006-03-07 16:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA715 | REPORT ON EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL IN [...] (SBU) Discussions of a possible EU mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) dominated the EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Innsbruck on March 6-7. Despite press speculation that countries would offer up forces for such a mission while in Innsbruck, the ministers agreed only to dis [...] | 2006-03-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR CG BK SR EUN AU |
06VIENNA716 | THE VIENNA STOCK EXCHANGE - A BOOM THAT COULD [...] The Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE) is enjoying an extended boom phase. The VSE is up 51% in 2005, 219% over the period 2003 to 2005, and 242% from the 2001-2005 period. The VSE has been one of the best performing exchanges worldwide. On February 21, 2006, the Austrian Traded Index (ATX) hit a [...] | 2006-03-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AU |
06VIENNA718 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with Austrian Government officials and U.S. business representatives in Austria on February 23 to discuss market access concerns, GoA views on the Doha Round, the EU's Services Directive, and U.S.-EU economic c [...] | 2006-03-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP AU WTO |
06VIENNA722 | U.S-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY: AUSTRIAN EU [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Embassy conveyed ref (a) points to MFA A/S-equivalent for Nonproliferation Dorothea Auer on March 3. Pol Unit Chief followed up on March 8 with Auer and her deputy, DAS for IAEA and nuclear issues Alexander Kmentt. Auer and Kmentt made it clear that Austria is [...] | 2006-03-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN EUN AU |
06VIENNA723 | RE-HATTING AMIS: AUSTRIA AGREES WITH USG STRATEGY [...] (C) On March 7, we conveyed reftel talking points to the MFA's Africa Department and followed-up on March 9 with Georg Lennkh, the MFA's Special Envoy for Africa. Lennkh had just returned from Brussels, where Deputy Secretary Zoellick had briefed EU representatives on the USG position. Lennk [...] | 2006-03-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO AU NATO |
06VIENNA725 | AUSTRIA TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA OVER VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) During a March 8 meeting, Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh told EconPolCouns that Austria had decided to support Guatemala's candidacy instead of Venezuela's for the 2007-2008 Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC) seat on the UN Security Council. 2. (C) [...] | 2006-03-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC GT VE EUN AU |
06VIENNA726 | FOLLOW UP ON DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN NGO SUMATE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns followed up on reftel demarche on March 8, with Rudolf Lennkh, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Director for the Americas, and DAS-level SIPDIS Latin America section head Andreas Melan. 2. (C) Lennkh said Austrian Embassy Washington DCM Harald Guenther ha [...] | 2006-03-09 16:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EU VE AU |
06VIENNA746 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH'S VISIT TO VIENNA, [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the [...] | 2006-03-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA758 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS: HAMAS MUST AGREE TO QUARTET [...] Summary: At their regular informal "Gymnich" meeting on March 10-11, EU foreign ministers confirmed existing EU policy toward Hamas, insisting it must meet the conditions established by the Quartet. They also discussed continuing efforts to strengthen the dialogue between the EU and the Isla [...] | 2006-03-13 13:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS FR AU |
06VIENNA761 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR CONTINUED IRAN [...] Summary: EU leaders used the the informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU foreign ministers on March 10-11 to call for continued international consensus as Iran and its nuclear program is referred to the UN Security Council -- as well as to express hope that a diplomatic solution was still possible. [...] | 2006-03-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR IR EUN AU |
06VIENNA764 | MARCH 2-3 U.S.- EU SENIOR LEVEL TALKS ON JUSTICE, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Senior Level U.S.-EU Informal Meeting on Justice, Freedom, and Security (JLS) was held in Vienna March 2 and 3, and covered the full range of JLS issues on migration, borders and visas, counter-terrorism and security, and law enforcement cooperation. Among the key outcom [...] | 2006-03-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EUN KCRM SNAR EFIN ETTC AU |
06VIENNA777 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON [...] PolOff met with Martin Weger, Maintenance Director of Helikopter Air Transport (Heliair),at the company's facilities in Innsbruck on March 6 to check receipt of 5 lamp assemblies of night vision goggles (NVGs). Weger told us that the company had received four of the five assemblies, with on [...] | 2006-03-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AU |
06VIENNA778 | EU INFORMAL MINISTERIAL IN SALZBURG: [...] Speaking at the informal "Gymnich" meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Salzburg on March 10-11, European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner commented that Belarus was a country "at a crossroads," with the elections a crucial test for democracy. If the elections are fre [...] | 2006-03-15 10:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UP BO EUN AU |
06VIENNA785 | AUSTRIA ON REACTION TO BELARUS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: During a March 14 meeting, MFA Belarus expert Josef Litschauer said Austria would issue a "presidential statement" on the Belarusian elections an hour after the ODIHR press conference (which will take place at 2:00 pm Minsk time on March 20). Litschauer said there was no EU con [...] | 2006-03-15 13:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN |
06VIENNA786 | Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...] | 2006-03-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS EUN AU |
06VIENNA788 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- MARCH 20 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 14 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments 2. (C) MEPP -- In light of the day's developments in Gaza, there might be more discussion of the situation in the Middle East. [...] | 2006-03-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AU EUN |
06VIENNA789 | RUE GAS DEAL: FURTHER INFORMATION FROM RAIFFEISEN, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AU RS UP |
06VIENNA811 | BERN PROCESS: AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON CHINESE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on March 14 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights and Thomas Unger, Human Rights Bureau desk officer. (Unger participated in the December 1-2 Bern Process meetings in Brussels). Theuermann and Unger, speaking for the EU Presidency [...] | 2006-03-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS CM AU EUN |
06VIENNA826 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION TO [...] (S) On March 17, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Finan [...] | 2006-03-17 16:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU |
06VIENNA829 | Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...] | 2006-03-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS EUN AU |
06VIENNA830 | SUDAN: UNSC ACTION ON RE-HATTING - EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel points to MFA A/S-equivalent for International Organizations Helmut Boeck and his deputy Peter Huber on March 17. Boeck pointed out that Austria is not currently a UNSC member. However, as EU Council President Austria chairs discussions of UN issues in va [...] | 2006-03-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL SOCI SU AU UNSC EUN |
06VIENNA832 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON RELEASE OF IRANIAN PRISONER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI IR EUN AU |
06VIENNA833 | HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points on March 17 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Middle East affairs Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said the timing of the demarche was excellent. The MFA had received an EU report (note: presumably either from the EU Commission or Council Secretariat) detailing the sam [...] | 2006-03-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SY AU EUN |
06VIENNA840 | INTERNET GOVERNANCE: GOA VIEWS ON TUNIS, INTERNET [...] (SBU) On March 18, Emboffs met with Christian Singer, Head of the Legal Services Department in the Ministry of Transportation and the GoA's Internet governance expert, to discuss next steps following the November 2005 Tunis World Summit on the Information Society. Singer said that Austria an [...] | 2006-03-21 10:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON AU |
06VIENNA842 | USG PROPOSALS ON HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU MTCRE |
06VIENNA857 | UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF THE UN OFFICE OF THE [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. 2. (SBU) Summary: In addition to the second round of talks on decentralization in Vienna on 17 March, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for [...] | 2006-03-21 16:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK |
06VIENNA864 | IIC: GOA HAS INITIATED PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] Stefan Benner from the Ministry of Justice's Department for Criminal Matters told us March 21 that the Viennese Public Prosecutor's Office had initiated pre-trial investigations against Austrian companies, which Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports mentioned as possible suspects of fra [...] | 2006-03-22 15:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ AU KFIN |
06VIENNA867 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE MINISTER [...] (SBU) During Ambassador McCaw's March 6 introductory call on Austrian Minister of Agriculture and Environment Josef Proell, Proell called for additional progress on NAMA and services in the WTO negotiations, before the EU would make concessions on agricultural market access. Proell touted th [...] | 2006-03-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD WTO TBIO KFLU AU |
06VIENNA870 | KOSOVO: READOUT OF MARCH 17 TALKS ON [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The March 17 talks on decentralization were largely free of polemics and stuck to the agenda of the financing of [...] | 2006-03-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK |
06VIENNA879 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 23 to Johann Froelich, the assistant secretary level head of the Austrian MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division. Froelich said that he would raise the issue with the Austrian Finance Ministry. He also undertook to consult with his colleag [...] | 2006-03-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC ETTC KPAO AU |
06VIENNA892 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 24 to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Director for Eastern Europe. (Note: Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting was not in Vienna. Ambassador will press these points on March 27 and 28 in meetings with the Chancellor's Diplomatic [...] | 2006-03-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS BO AU EUN |
06VIENNA893 | KOSOVO STATUS: SERBS AND KOSOVARS DRAW REDLINES ON [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In a March 17 meeting, top Serbian negotiators acknowledged to UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari that Kosovo's " [...] | 2006-03-24 16:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK |
06VIENNA894 | STATUS OF AUSTRIAN RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS IN [...] As of December 2005, Austria has disbursed Euro 1.5 million (USD 1.8 million) in technical assistance to Iraq, according to Lydia Saadat, the MFA's Assistance Coordinator for the Middle East and Asia. (Saadat's department is updating figures for the first quarter of 2006). Austria had pledg [...] | 2006-03-27 06:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ AU |
06VIENNA92 | SYLVESTER HAGUE CASE: FIRST MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN [...] SUMMARY: PER REFTEL, CONGEN MET WITH THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRIAN CENTRAL AUTHORITY (ACA),JUDGE ROBERT FUCIK (FOO-CHIK) ON JANUARY 11, 2006. THE LENGTHY DISCUSSION COVERED BOTH GENERAL ISSUES AND THE CURRENT SYLVESTER ACCESS CASE FILED UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION. FUCIK WAS REASSURINGLY [...] | 2006-01-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CASC AU |
06VIENNA93 | AUSTRIA ACCEPTS INVITAION FOR SIDE EVENT AT AVIAN [...] We conveyed reftel nvitation for the USG side meetings at the Pledgng Conference on Avian Flu in Beijing to Hubert Habcik, General Director for Public Health at the Mnistry of Health and to Thomas Buchsbaum, Head o the MFA's Department for Social and Healt Affairs. Buchsbaum told us that Min [...] | 2006-01-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA AU |
06VIENNA940 | TURKISH LOBBYING EFFORTS IN AUSTRIA HAVE MINIMAL [...] (SBU) As requested in reftel, Post has researched Turkish lobbying campaigns in Austria aimed at improving Turkey's image in the EU. We found little evidence of any lobbying campaigns with enough profile to move public opinion significantly -- especially when compared to the virulently anti-T [...] | 2006-03-30 10:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU EUN AU |
06VIENNA941 | AUSTRIAN ENERGY INITIATIVES - BEST PRACTICES [...] Post solicited information about domestic and international energy initiatives from Herbert Lechner, Scientific Director from the quasi-governmental "Austrian Energy Agency" (AEA),and from Aloisia Woergetter, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Sustainable Development Unit. The GoA pro [...] | 2006-03-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY AU |
06VIENNA942 | EC V. MICROSOFT DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) Post conveyed reftel non-paper and talking points March 29 to Stefan Keznickl, Deputy Managing Director of the Austrian Federal Competition Authority (FCA),which is responsible in the GoA for national and EU-level antitrust cases. Post also provided reftel information to Martin Eichting [...] | 2006-03-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EUN AU |
06VIENNA956 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON NONPROLIFERATION, ARMS CONTROL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: ISN Acting DAS Andrew Semmel and Acting Permanent Representative to Geneva Conference on Disarmament Thomas Cynkin met representatives of the Austrian EU Presidency, the future Finnish Presidency, the European Commission's delegation to IAEA, and the EU Council Secretariat [...] | 2006-03-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER MARR MNUC ETTC EFIN KNNP EUN |
06VIENNA976 | Bank's Problems Shake Austrian Political Scene [...] Austria's fourth largest banking group, BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG),already reeling from questionable loans to the bankrupt U.S. futures and commodities brokerage firm Refco, has admitted it incurred (hitherto concealed) losses of Euro one billion in 2000. The losses stemmed from high risk specula [...] | 2006-04-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ELAB AU |
06VIENNA982 | AUSTRIA TO SUPPORT USG STANCE ON SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL WHO JA MX AU |
06VIENTIANE1141 | A SAD ANNIVERSARY: WHERE ARE THE 26 CHILDREN AS WE [...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 16. 2. (C) Summary: The case of the 26 missing children has been unresolved since December 2005. Since then, there have been rumors that the children may have been secretly deported back to Thailand or ev [...] | 2006-11-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
06VIENTIANE1232 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota, in her first visit to Laos, pressed Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath to accept more of a role for NGOs, to take advantage of international respect for the ICRC by allowing it to monitor the situation of the Hmong within Laos, to resolve [...] | 2006-12-29 05:40:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
06VIENTIANE1234 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS LAO VICE PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Representative Betty McCollum pressed Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad for more cooperation on dealing with unexploded ordnance, education, and health care and effectively used her attendance at Christmas Mass to indicate the importance of freedom of religion to the United [...] | 2006-12-29 05:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH |
06VIENTIANE298 | DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES' LAO VISIT [...] (C) UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Wendy Chamberlin's March 28-30 visit offered some promise of a positive resolution to Laos' continued detention of 27 Hmong deportees. Chamberlin met with Politburo member Pany Yathoteu, and ethnic Hmong, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Phongsava [...] | 2006-03-30 06:53:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM TH LA |
06VIENTIANE302 | THE LAO COMMUNIST PARTY'S GAME PLAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) -- the ruling Communist Party -- has absolute confidence in its ability to govern Laos well into the future. The Party believes that it is responsible for economic gains over the past decade, not comprehending that much of that progress w [...] | 2006-03-30 09:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV SOCI LA |
06VIENTIANE306 | NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE LINEUP [...] LTG Choummaly Sayasone (3) Present position: Lao State Vice President (since 2001),Party Secretary General Previous position: -- Deputy Prime Minister -- Minister of National Defense -- Vice Minister of National Defense Age: 69 Date of birth: June 3, 1936 Place of birth: Attapeu Province [...] | 2006-03-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR LA |
06VIENTIANE307 | ADB EXAMINES ITS OPTIONS IN A DONOR-DRIVEN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. As part of a new Country Strategy and Program (CSP),the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to re-vamp and trim its lending and granting policies for Laos. This is partly in response to criticisms of ADB projects from development partners, but mostly due to ADB guidelines for conti [...] | 2006-03-31 09:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM ECON LA |
06VIENTIANE311 | CHRISTIANITY IN THE LAO CONTEXT [...] (C) Summary. In a late February visit, DRL/IRF analyst Dr. Clarissa Adamson met with religious leaders and government officials to press for greater religious freedom and the release of four religious prisoners. Noting the slow pace of progress in Laos, Bishop Khamse of Vientiane,s Catholic [...] | 2006-04-03 09:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF LA |
06VIENTIANE312 | LAOS' NEW PARTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CHOUMMALY [...] (C) The 8th Party Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) elected Choummaly Sayasone as its new Secretary-General on March 21. Choummaly has been a fixture in the Central Committee for more than two decades, but remains one of the least-known of the senior leaders. A long-tim [...] | 2006-04-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL LA |
06VIENTIANE316 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INFO ON LOCATION OF MISSING [...] (C) Amnesty International analyst Brittis Edman (please protect),in Thailand recently to gather details about the deportation and subsequent disappearance of the 27 Hmong, called us from Bangkok March 30 to report on her visit to Petchaboon province, where she met with family members of the c [...] | 2006-04-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KCRM TH LA |
06VIENTIANE321 | MORE DETAILS ON LOCATION OF MISSING HMONG CHILDREN [...] (C) Embassy spoke to two sources today who provided additional details about the location of the missing group of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand (reftel). Although there are inconsistencies between the two reports, together they lead us to believe that the 22 girls in the group are likely stil [...] | 2006-04-04 10:39:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM TH LA |
06VIENTIANE326 | MINE AWARENESS DAY: LAO UXO NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY OFFICIALLY OPENS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KHDP LA |
06VIENTIANE331 | GOL HOLDS UP US-FUNDED NGOS' MOUS [...] (SBU) The DCM met with MFA Deputy Director General of the International Organization Phonesavanh on April 5 to raise our concern about the delays in approval of MOUs for several USAID-funded NGO projects. The DCM pointed out that these MOUs have been pending for over two and half years and [...] | 2006-04-07 09:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LA |
06VIENTIANE332 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT NO.27 [...] (U) During the visit of Dr. Nabarro, FAO Representative Leena Kirjavainen on behalf of Lao Agriculture Minister Siene announced to the donors that Dr. Webster's group had found the H5N1 virus in some Vientiane ducks. Although the Minister has not heard this directly from Dr. Webster, he said [...] | 2006-04-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL LA KFLU |
06VIENTIANE335 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (C) You are visiting Laos at a time when Lao-U.S. relations are at their lowest ebb since 1999, when two Lao-Americans disappeared on the border between Laos and Thailand. The Lao government's detention of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand in December has much to do with the strain, but there a [...] | 2006-04-10 04:25:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LA |
06VIENTIANE360 | REPORTS OF MASSACRE OF HMONG CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN [...] (U) Suggested press guidance is provided at the end of this cable. 2. (C) Two separate Hmong sources have provided details of an alleged attack by Lao People's Army (LPA) forces against an insurgent group in northern Vientiane Province in which 26 people, almost all women and children, were [...] | 2006-04-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PINR PINS PHUM PREL LA |
06VIENTIANE364 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 21 [...] (SBU) AI in Ducks: New information from Dr. Webster provided in a summary of a manuscript being submitted to "Nature" indicates that the number of H5N1 infected ducks his project documented in Laos exceeded 30. These findings resulted from a joint project between St. Jude Hospital and that [...] | 2006-04-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL LA |