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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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10MAPUTO104 | MOZAMBIQUE 2010 INVESTOR CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be an investor's primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and northern regi [...] | 2010-02-04 12:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB ECON MZ |
10MAPUTO109 | MOZAMBIQUE -- CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 75 per cent of Mozambicans work as subsistence farmers. Child labor is culturally tolerated and accepted as a source of employment especially in agriculture. Child labor in the urban context is largely related to domestic servitude. The Ministry of Labor (MITR [...] | 2010-02-06 20:50:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI MZ |
10MAPUTO128 | PRESIDENT THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR USG SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 Ambassador Rowe presented her credentials to the GRM at a formal ceremony at the Presidency hosted by President Guebuza. During the brief but substantive discussion which followed, Guebuza described the GRM's relationship with the USG as "excellent," expressing [...] | 2010-02-12 12:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA MCC SNAR EAID MZ |
10MAPUTO129 | CORRECTED COPY: PRESIDENT THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 Ambassador Rowe presented her credentials to the GRM at a formal ceremony at the Presidency hosted by President Guebuza. During the brief but substantive discussion which followed, Guebuza described the GRM's relationship with the USG as "excellent," expressing [...] | 2010-02-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA SNAR EAID MZ |
10MAPUTO139 | PRESIDENT GUEBUZA DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 10 accreditation Ceremony (reftel),the Ambassador met February 12 with President Armando Guebuza for an initial 20-minute courtesy call. Guebuza described U.S.-Mozambican bilateral relations as "excellent" and provided perspectives on the challenges of p [...] | 2010-02-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA ECON EAID MZ |
10MAPUTO159 | DONOR COORDINATION MECHANISMS--INCREASING USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two years post has conscientiously developed stronger relationships and coordination with other donors at various levels in order to influence an ongoing multi-donor dialogue on key issues, specifically in the G-19, a collection of like-minded donors providing dire [...] | 2010-02-19 16:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KDEM MZ |
10MAPUTO163 | MOZAMBIQUE SUBMISSION: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's urban and rural areas, often with the complicity of family m [...] | 2010-02-22 09:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
10MAPUTO171 | ANADARKO PETROLEUM FINDS GAS IN NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its first deepwater exploration well, one of eight wells planned in northern Mozambique's Rovuma Basin, U.S. independent oil and gas exploration and production company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has struck a sizable natural gas deposit. The first deepwater exploration [...] | 2010-02-23 07:34:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD MZ |
10MAPUTO175 | EU OBSERVER MISSION REPORT NOTES ELECTIONS CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 16, the EU Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) released its final report on the October national elections in Mozambique. In the ensuing press conference, Chief Observer and European Parliamentarian Fiona Hall noted an unclear and contradictory legal framework govern [...] | 2010-02-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MZ |
10MAPUTO176 | MAJOR PARTIES REVEAL PLANS AND CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) country director Miguel de Brito told Emboffs that the October 2009 elections were the most irregular and frustrating yet in Mozambique. Challenges included unbalanced application of the law, "irregular" actions by t [...] | 2010-02-24 06:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
10MAPUTO177 | VIOLENCE AND CRIME ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following relatively peaceful national elections and the inauguration of President Armando Guebuza's second five-year term, a series of violent acts has raised serious security concerns in Mozambique. Within a 72-hour period two police agents were ambushed and murdered in the [...] | 2010-02-24 08:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR SNAR MZ |
10MAPUTO45 | U.S.-PORTUGUESE COOPERATION IN MOZAMBIQUE: A [...] (SBU) Cooperative programs with the Portuguese in Mozambique represent a successful model on which to base future programs. An inexpensive joint U.S.-Portuguese border guard training program, run successfully since FY07, has provided training and equipment for over 400 border guards. Increas [...] | 2010-01-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV EAID PREL MZ |
10MAPUTO46 | GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: MOZAMBIQUE [...] SUMMARY: With untapped economic potential and high levels of poverty and malnutrition, Mozambique merits consideration for inclusion in the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). However, based on current discussions about overall USG assistance levels in relation to heightened d [...] | 2010-01-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
10MAPUTO49 | RENAMO PARTY LEADER DHLAKAMA ASSESSES ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met with traditional opposition party RENAMO President Afonso Dhlakama recently to get a readout on his views of the October 28 elections and future plans following RENAMO's biggest-ever electoral loss. Dhlakama confirmed that his party will not take up arms as rumor [...] | 2010-01-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
10MAPUTO50 | GRM RESPONDS HARSHLY TO DONOR CONCERNS ON [...] (C) Summary: International donors have spent recent weeks coordinating a response to the GRM's flawed October 28 elections process, with several nations contemplating reductions in assistance to the central government. The G-19 Donor Group sent a letter to the GRM in December laying out spec [...] | 2010-01-13 15:58:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR EAID MZ |
10MAPUTO51 | BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] SUMMARY: A signatory of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Mozambique is eager to leverage biotechnology to improve its agricultural productivity; however there has been little or no investment in biotech research thus far. The government of Mozambique (GRM) is calling for a second green r [...] | 2010-01-14 16:30:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO MZ |
10MAPUTO75 | CHISSANO ON MADAGASCAR: MUST PRESSURE THE FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 21 meeting, Former President and SADC Special Negotiator for Madagascar Joachim Chissano told the Charge that he commended the United States for its position on Madagascar, suspension of AGOA, and termination of the MCC Compact. Chissano said that SADC leaders deci [...] | 2010-01-22 11:01:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MA MZ |
10MAPUTO80 | NARCOTRAFFICKING ON UPSWING, CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Mozambique has been called the second most active narcotics transit point in Africa after Guinea Bissau (Ref C). Despite anti-corruption rhetoric, the ruling FRELIMO party has not shown much serious political will to combat narcotrafficking. Mohamed Bashir Suleman (MBS),descri [...] | 2010-01-25 11:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR SNAR MZ |
10MAPUTO81 | GUEBUZA MAKES FEW CHANGES TO CABINET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16 President Guebuza announced the members of his Cabinet. There were few changes. With the exception of shifting Aires Aly, Minister of Education and Culture during Guebuza's first term, to Prime Minister, all other key ministers retained their posts. With Guebuz [...] | 2010-01-25 12:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ |
10MAPUTO82 | GUEBUZA INAUGURATION FLAUNTS EXCESS, YET REVEALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Television cameras captured scenes of several thousand revelers at Frelimo headquarters celebrating the election results in December, and independent media remarked on the excesses and atmosphere of indulgence. The party continued during the Jan 12 parliamentary inauguration, p [...] | 2010-01-26 14:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
10MAPUTO86 | XXXXXXXXXXXX TALKS OF CORRUPTION AT THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Charge recently met with XXXXXXXXXXXX --("the source") who described his frustrations with FRELIMO, President Guebuza, and Mohamed Bashir Suleiman (MBS). He complained that they exercise complete control over the licit and illicit economy of Mozambique. The source, who has exc [...] | 2010-01-28 06:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA MCC SNAR EINV MZ |
10MASERU1 | LOCAL POLICE DESCRIBE LESOTHO AS A "HOTSPOT" FOR DRUG [...] (SBU) On December 3, 2009, Police Chief Bheki Cele of South Africa commented in South Africa's Star newspaper that Lesotho was one of the hotspots for drug trafficking in the Southern African region. Cele's comments came after South African Police Service (SAPS) officers busted a cross-border [...] | 2010-01-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SNAR LT |
10MASERU13 | DUAL ROLE FOR ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN MASERU [...] Post requests continuing authorization for our Accounting Technician to maintain both obligation entry (role 2) and voucher entry (role 3). The assignment of these roles is due to our limited staffing of only three financial employees. Since last year's review, post has added an alternate Ce [...] | 2010-01-12 12:38:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT LT |
10MASERU14 | EAC MEETS TO REVIEW VISAS VIPER ISSUES [...] (SBU) As instructed in ref A, Embassy Maseru's EAC met on January 13, 2010, to discuss terrorism and Visas Viper issues. The meeting was chaired by DCM Elizabeth Power, and in attendance were Ambassador Nolan, RSO, PD/Econ/Pol Officer, GSO, IMO, CLO, Exec OMS, MCC, CDC, and Peace Corps. The [...] | 2010-01-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR KVPR LT |
10MASERU15 | TERMINATION OF MADAGASCAR'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY MAY LEAD TO [...] On December 23, 2009, President Obama announced that Madagascar, together with Niger and Guinea, was not making continual progress in meeting African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) requirements. Effective January 1, 2010, those countries' designations as AGOA beneficiaries was terminated. [...] | 2010-01-13 10:23:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON LT |
10MASERU16 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Next Generation of Military Leaders Course for March 1-26, 2010, in Washington D.C. The candidate is a senio [...] | 2010-01-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM LT |
10MASERU17 | LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA CANDIDATES, FEBRUARY [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the six candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in the International Law Enforcement Agency (ILEA) Course in Gaborone, Botswana. The candidates are officers in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) [...] | 2010-01-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM LT |
10MASERU18 | 2010 SUMMER TDY ASSISTANCE REQUEST [...] Summary: Due to the rotation of 4 of our 9 State positions, Maseru anticipates unavoidable staffing gaps this summer 2010. Critical among these include the Ambassador's OMS and our IMO. Post will also require consular assistance during the June-July World Cup in South Africa. End Summary. [...] | 2010-01-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER LT |
10MASERU19 | PROJECT #XJ-RY-0097 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU [...] The following OBO-funded 7902 project was completed on January 15, 2010. 2. Project Name: Maintenance Facility Renovation Project 3. Project Description: Reconfigure Maintenance Facility 4. Project Number: XJ-RY-0097 5. OBO Funding Allotment: $20,000.00 [...] | 2010-01-20 04:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT |
10MASERU2 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MARSHALL CENTER: SEMINAR ON [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security, February 2-23, 2010, at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany . Th [...] | 2010-01-05 08:38:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM LT |
10MASERU20 | PROJECT #XJ-RY-0096 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU [...] The following OBO-funded 7902 project was completed on January 15, 2010. 2. Project Name: MOR Security Upgrade Project 3. Project Description: Replace existing rotted and falling perimeter chain link fence and replace with solid perimeter wall. 4. Project Number: [...] | 2010-01-20 06:30:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT |
10MASERU22 | LESOTHO CONFIDENT OF ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD BY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG LT |
10MASERU23 | CORRECTED COPY: TERMINATION OF MADAGASCAR'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] On December 23, 2009, President Obama announced that Madagascar, together with Niger and Guinea, was not making continual progress in meeting African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) requirements. Effective January 1, 2010, those countries' designations as AGOA beneficiaries was terminated. [...] | 2010-01-21 12:50:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SF LT |
10MASERU27 | LOCAL ELECTIONS: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR DISCUSSES [...] (U) On Thursday, January 21, 2010, Poloff met with the Chair of Lesotho's Independent Electoral Commission to discuss Lesotho's upcoming local government elections. The Chair doesn't expect elections to occur before the end of April. She also affirmed that opposition parties and the ruling LC [...] | 2010-01-26 12:28:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LT |
10MASERU28 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MARSHALL CENTER: TERRORISM AND [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the program Terrorism and Security Studies, February 12-March 19, 2010, at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, German [...] | 2010-01-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM LT |
10MASERU29 | EMBASSY MASERU HONORS NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH, DECEMBER [...] Summary: Embassy Maseru held a roundtable discussion on the subject of Lesotho adoption procedures on December 2, 2009, in honor of National Adoption Month. Among the participants were members of Lesotho's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, directors of a local child care facility, and a s [...] | 2010-01-28 11:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KOCI LT |
10MASERU3 | VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC LT |
10MASERU30 | EMBASSY MASERU PREPARES FOR 2010 WORLD CUP [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru is preparing for an increase in consular and security workload as a result of the 2010 World Cup games, to be held from June 11 to July 11, 2010, at venues throughout South Africa. Post is collaborating with Mission South Africa on sharing information and strengthening [...] | 2010-01-29 09:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CMGT CASC ASEC LT |
10MASERU31 | LESOTHO: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR REPORT [...] Lesotho does not consider itself to have a problem with forced labor or exploitive child labor. The Ministry of Labour and Employment states that there is no child labor within the formal sectors. Forced labor or exploitive child labor is known to occur in the informal sector and does not occu [...] | 2010-02-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI LT |
10MASERU34 | DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF ENERGY OFFICERS: LESOTHO [...] The Public Diplomacy, Economic and Political Officer (PDEP),Sara Devlin is responsible for all economic issues, including energy, for Lesotho. Name: Sara Devlin Email: DevlinSE@state.gov Telephone: (+266) 2231-2666 (X. 4104) Cellphone: +266 5885-3093 2. The PDEP [...] | 2010-02-04 08:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG LT |
10MASERU35 | VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY REPORT [...] Embassy Maseru held a Visas Viper Committee meeting on February 2, 2010. Attendees were DCM, RSO, CONS, MO, POLECON. 2. The meeting was chaired by DCM Elizabeth Power. 3. No individuals were identified for inclusion in the Visa Viper Program during this reporting period. 4. Post's Vis [...] | 2010-02-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC CMGT LT |
10MASERU37 | LESOTHO'S RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 06:23:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP LT |
10MASERU38 | REQUEST FOR SSI SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP); [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Embassy Maseru requests a speaker to talk about trafficking in persons (TIP) under the theme of "Democracy, Civil Society, and the Rule of Law." This is in line with the Embassy's Mission Strategic Plan(MSP) goal to advance democracy and promote human rights while mitiga [...] | 2010-02-05 11:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO LT |
10MASERU4 | WORKSHOP FOR CMI QUALITY COORDINATORS - MASERU NOMINATION [...] Post whole-heartedly nominates its superb Systems Manager and CMI Quality Coordinator, Masekhonyana Malebo for the Locally Employed (LE) Quality Coordinators workshop to be held in Washington, DC on February 1-5, 2010. 2. Post has appointed Ms. Malebo as its LES QC and verifies tha [...] | 2010-01-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT LT |
10MASERU44 | LESOTHO DISCUSSES IAEA AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 05:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA PARM PREL KNNP KTIA LT IR |
10MASERU46 | LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRBORNE TRAINING: 8 MAR - [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the United States Army Airborne training as part of the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The training will be held in Fort Be [...] | 2010-02-11 10:18:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM LT |
10MASERU47 | LESOTHO'S KING WANTS U.S. DOMESTIC ISSUES RESOLVED SO OBAMA [...] At the monarch's invitation, on February 9, 2010, Ambassador Nolan and DCM Power met with King Letsie III and spoke with him for almost an hour on the current status of the health care reform proposals in the United States. King Letsie was particularly interested in the cultural context in wh [...] | 2010-02-12 11:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV LT |
10MASERU48 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LESOTHO AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR [...] (U) According to Gao Deyi, China's Ambassador to Lesotho, there are approximately 5,000 Chinese in Lesotho (other figures estimate 10,000),though the number has declined over the past twenty years due to harsh living conditions and high rates of crime targeted against Chinese. A study by Yoo [...] | 2010-02-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID CN LT |
10MASERU49 | LAND REFORM ISSUE CONTINUES TO REVEAL FAULT LINES WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship Ponts'o Sekatle accused Ambassador Nolan of betraying her by engaging in a public diplomacy campaign around the land reform bill currently before parliament, although she later acknowledged that post was forced to take action to coun [...] | 2010-02-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMCA LT |
10MASERU5 | OPPOSITION LEADER SEES RENEWABLE ENERGY AS A MONEY EARNER [...] Tom Thabane, leader of the All Basotho Convention party and unofficial leader of Lesotho's political opposition in Lesotho, visited the Embassy today to meet with the Chargi d'Affaires and representatives of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The meeting was quite short and focused on [...] | 2010-01-07 06:26:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV LT |
10MASERU50 | POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] As anticipated in reftel, the debate over the reservation system of ensuring 30% of local government seats for women, along with the difficulties inherent in arranging the logistics of local government elections across the nation according to the newly defined constituencies, have led to the p [...] | 2010-02-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM LT |
10MASERU51 | RIMC PRETORIA IMTS/T TRIP REPORT - MASERU [...] Visiting Technician: IMTS/T Jeff Nagley 2. Dates of visit: Nagley - 01/11/2010 to 01/15/2010 3. Post personal contacted: a) IMO Norman Bates b) PEPFAR rep. Whitney Gauthier 4. Purpose of Trip: a) Install 20+ phones for new PEPFAR offices in a recently converted former warehou [...] | 2010-02-18 07:18:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMTC AMGT KRIM LT |
10MASERU53 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: MS FIELD MEDICAL ASSISTANT/MEDEVAC [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the United States Army MS Field Medical Assistant/Medevac Basic Officer Leader Course and Medical Logistics Officer Course as part of the International Mi [...] | 2010-02-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM LT |
10MASERU54 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - LESOTHO [...] The following is a proposal received from a non-governmental organization (NGO) well-known to the U.S. Embassy, the Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education-Lesotho (WLSA). The U.S. Embassy in Lesotho has had numerous contacts with the NGO over the years and has encountered no p [...] | 2010-02-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM EAID LT |
10MASERU55 | MASERU: ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] Post completed its review of consular management controls on February 11, 2010, in an open discussion that included the DCM and all members of the consular section. Post certifies that it is in full compliance with management control requirements. 2. Completion of review certified by Eliz [...] | 2010-02-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD LT |
10MASERU56 | MASERU: REQUEST FOR TOUR OF DUTY EXTENSION FOR CONSULAR [...] Maseru requests the extension of the tour of duty of Consular Officer, Karla C. Brown, for an additional six months. Ms. Brown arrived at post in November 2008. Her tour of duty was to have been 24 months with a transfer eligibility date of 11/2010. With this request, we ask that her TED be [...] | 2010-02-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CMGT APER LT |
10MASERU57 | LESOTHO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human trafficking? How reliable are these sources? Sources of information on trafficking are becoming m [...] | 2010-02-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
10MASERU58 | LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRBORNE TRAINING: 08 MARCH [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the United States Army Airborne training as part of the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The training will be held in Fort Be [...] | 2010-02-22 12:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM LT |
10MASERU62 | LESOTHO: POST CONTACT ON ICT ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON LT |
10MASERU63 | LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO TWO DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 07:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN LT |
10MATAMOROS17 | CEREMONIAL OPENING OF ANZALDUAS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE [...] Speakers: Mexican President Felipe Caldersn U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan Tamaulipas Governor Eugenio Hernandez 2. Mexican P [...] | 2010-01-13 23:34:00 | Consulate Matamoros | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN ETRD ECIN MX |
10MBABANE19 | SWAZI HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: SUPPORT FOR THE MONARCHY HIGH [...] (SBU) Mandla Mkhwanazi, chair of the newly recreated Swazi Lawyers for Human Rights, told PolOff on January 15 that support for King Mswati III and the political system remained high in the country, despite crushing levels of poverty, unemployment, corruption, violations of human rights, and h [...] | 2010-01-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI WZ |
10MBABANE24 | TFHA01: SWAZILAND OFFERS CONDOLENCES, BUT NO MATERIAL [...] (SBU) On January 20, Foreign Ministry Assistant Socio-Political Analyst Vulindlela Kunene told PolOff that the Swazi government (GKOS) has not provided humanitarian assistance to Haiti (ref A). It is unlikely GKOS will provide assistance in the coming days, and there are no plans to register do [...] | 2010-01-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HA WZ |
10MBABANE25 | SWAZILAND LOOKS TO DEBT AND FISCAL CUTS TO COVER BUDGET [...] (U) A dramatic drop in Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) receipts has forced the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS) to cut ministries' budgets and consider alternate ways to raise money to finance the 2010 budget. SACU receipts represented approximately 60 percent of GKOS's budge [...] | 2010-01-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WZ |
10MBABANE28 | CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SOME FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] On January 22, Ambassador Irving met with Foreign Minister Lutfo Dlamini on climate change to deliver points per reftel. The Ambassador requested Swaziland's support for the Copenhagen Accord by associating itself with the agreement, noting that Lesotho intended to do so. Ambassador Irving fu [...] | 2010-01-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENU ENRG WZ |
10MBABANE29 | CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SOME FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] On January 22, Ambassador Irving met with Foreign Minister Lutfo Dlamini on climate change to deliver points per reftel. The Ambassador requested Swaziland's support for the Copenhagen Accord by associating itself with the agreement, noting that Lesotho intended to do so. Ambassador Irving fu [...] | 2010-01-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENU ENRG WZ |
10MBABANE31 | SWAZI FOREIGN MINISTER: SADC ANTICIPATES POTENTIAL [...] (C) Swaziland,s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lutfo E. Dlamini told Ambassador on January 22 that Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit participants expressed disapproval of France,s continued support of the Rajoelina regime in Madagascar. He said t [...] | 2010-01-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SADC AU WZ |
10MBABANE33 | TFHA01: LITTLE FOCUS ON HAITI IN SWAZI MEDIA [...] Media coverage of the earthquake and subsequent relief efforts in Haiti has been very limited. Both local and international coverage has generated little interest among the Swazi public. Articles have been confined to the World News section of the newspapers, which have run short pieces verba [...] | 2010-01-25 12:47:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HAWZ |
10MBABANE35 | SWAZILAND FISCAL TRANSPARENCY 2010 REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel's request regarding information on Swaziland's fiscal transparency and USG FY2010 assistance. 2. (SBU) Under the FY 2010 SFOAA, Swaziland is allocated $100,000 in IMET funding, which is not provided directly to the Ministry of Defense but pays for expense [...] | 2010-01-26 08:00:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL WZ |
10MBABANE46 | SWAZILAND: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN [...] Per reftel request, Post submits responses regarding the use of forced labor and/or exploitive child labor in the production of goods in Swaziland, and government actions to address these issues. 2. In preparing our response, Post conducted interviews and discussions with Labor Commissione [...] | 2010-02-03 05:10:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID WZ |
10MBABANE48 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR DEMETRIOS MARANTIS TO [...] (SBU) Swaziland is a politically stable country with significant democracy and governance shortfalls, and a divided civic community challenging the government's lack of response to these deficits. It has a deeply traditional society with large economic disparities between the developed urban [...] | 2010-02-04 09:36:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP MARANTIS DEMETRIOS WZ |
10MBABANE52 | SWAZILAND'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO SUSPEND INTER-COUNTRY [...] (SBU) On February 3, Ambassador Irving and ConOff Murphy met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Themba Masuku, and Principal Secretary (PS) Khangeziwe Mabuza to discuss the Swaziland international adoption program and, specifically, the prolonged processing of three U.S. cases. DPM Masuku expre [...] | 2010-02-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KOCI PREL PGOV SOCI WZ |
10MBABANE58 | WITCHCRAFT AND MORE: A PORTRAIT OF INFLUENCES ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Swazi activist, former king's advisor and sugar company chief executive officer (CEO) Mandla Hlatshwayo (protect) described traditional leaders, superstition, and members of the royal family, especially his mother and wives, as the major influences on King Mswati III, while mini [...] | 2010-02-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV SOCI WZ |
10MBABANE59 | SWAZILAND'S STALLED INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS [...] (SBU) On February 8, Ambassador Irving and ConOff Murphy met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Themba Masuku, Principal Secretary (PS) Khangeziwe Mabuza, Director of Social Work (DSW) Eric Maziya, Senior Social Worker Vierah Hlatshwayo, and the three Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) to discus [...] | 2010-02-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KOCI PREL PGOV SOCI WZ |
10MBABANE60 | SWAZILAND NOT FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORD [...] On February 9, pol/econ officer met with Swaziland Environment Authority Chairperson, Dr. Irma Allen, to review Swaziland's position on the Copenhagen Accord, and discuss ways the embassy could encourage Swaziland's association with the agreement. Dr. Allen, who attended the conference in Cope [...] | 2010-02-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENU ENRG WZ |
10MBABANE61 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN SWAZILAND [...] The Kingdom of Swaziland recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the sole representative of China, and does not have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The PRC does not engage Swaziland or have development initiatives with the country. Mainland Chinese workers do [...] | 2010-02-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID CN WZ |
10MBABANE63 | SWAZILAND TO USE FY 2010 SUGAR QUOTA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 04:32:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WZ |
10MBABANE71 | PROPERTY LEGAL DECISION: VICTORY FOR SWAZI WOMEN AND [...] In a High Court decision hailed as a victory for Swazi women, Justice Qinisile Mabuza issued a ruling on February 23 to allow married women to register and own property, overturning an unconstitutional law. Equally significant, the court ruling advanced the principle that courts have the righ [...] | 2010-02-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM WZ |
10MBABANE73 | GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE: NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE [...] Ambassador Irving and PolOff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Acting Legal Advisor Vulindlela Kunene, in the unavailability of more senior officers, to deliver points per reftel on February 24. Mr. Kunene offered no immediate substantive response regarding Sw [...] | 2010-02-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL WZ |
10MBABANE74 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - SWAZILAND [...] In response to reftel, U.S. Embassy Mbabane appreciates the opportunity to submit four project proposals that seek to address the many challenges facing Swazi women. The proposals are presented by priority order. Post received over twenty proposals, and each one would greatly benefit the poli [...] | 2010-02-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY WZ |
10MBABANE76 | Swaziland: Telecommunications Policy Officer Designation [...] U.S. Embassy Mbabane designates pol/econ officer Craig Pike as its telecommunications policy officer. Phone number: 00268-404-6441 ext. 2202, email: pikect (at) state.gov. IRVING [...] | 2010-02-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON WZ |
10MBABANE77 | SWAZILAND'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S RESPONSE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow up to meetings Ambassador Irving and ConOff Murphy held with Swazi government officials and Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) regarding the stalled inter-country adoption cases detailed in refs (A) and (B),the Deputy Prime Minister's Office (DPM) provided the famil [...] | 2010-02-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KOCI PREL PGOV SOCI WZ |
10MBABANE8 | RECKLESS POLICE SHOOTINGS INCREASE DURING CRACKDOWN ON [...] SUMMARY: Calls by high level government officials for police and security forces to use "maximum force" and be "tough and ruthless" to fight a rising crime rate have led to a drop in crime and a surge in reckless shootings and killings of suspects. Some shootings have occurred in public locat [...] | 2010-01-08 07:45:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM SOCI WZ |
10MELBOURNE10 | ANGRY CUSTOMER INJURES 13 IN DARWIN WITH IED [...] (SBU) A disgruntled customer ignited an improvised explosive device (IED) at an insurance office in Darwin on February 3, injuring 13 people. Police confirm that the attack was not terrorist related and no U.S. citizens were injured. End Summary. Disgruntled Customer Attacks Insurance Offic [...] | 2010-02-04 00:46:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV AS |
10MELBOURNE11 | NEW AUSTRALIAN-U.S. FIREFIGHTING AGREEMENT IN THE WORKS [...] (U) U.S. and Victorian fire authorities are preparing a new draft of an agreement which permits the routine exchange of fire experts. The updated agreement will contain language that will allow exchanges to take place independent of emergency needs and focus to a greater extent on research and [...] | 2010-02-05 00:34:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV AS |
10MELBOURNE14 | VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN STUDENTS: A PERSISTENT [...] (C/NF) Nerves are still raw in Melbourne over an ongoing series of attacks on Indian students. What was initially a student issue is now causing concern for Melbourne's better established Indian communities. Recent changes to Australia's immigration policy have not, however, sparked major pr [...] | 2010-02-12 04:38:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM IN AS |
10MEXICO1 | MX 2010-003, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days January 19, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on US-Mexico State Alliance Forensic Science Training Program, in Napa, California, beginning February 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...] | 2010-01-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO101 | CIVIL SOCIETY WEIGHS IN ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Civil society in Mexico is a nascent force with significant but unrealized potential for bringing about needed social and political change. Many of the groups contribute to the rich and surprisingly open political debate here, but some are top-down constructs, staffed by well-co [...] | 2010-02-12 17:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
10MEXICO103 | Terrorism Finance: Pre-Notification for UN 1267 - Mexico [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 18:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN IZ MX |
10MEXICO106 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 9 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-01-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO111 | DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CALDERON, [...] (C) Summary. Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with President Felipe Calderon on February 17 for over an hour-long discussion that ranged in topic from aviation security issues to counternarcotics cooperation. The bulk of the discussion focused on the GOM's plans for Ciudad Juare [...] | 2010-02-18 00:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV MX |
10MEXICO117 | Russian FM Lavrov Visit to Mexico: Constructive and [...] (C) Summary: Senior Mexican Foreign Ministry sources characterized the brief working visit of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as constructive and focused on multi-lateral and regional issues, i.e., Iran, UN Security Council and Human Rights, Honduras, and Haiti. Lavrov was non-ideological, and [...] | 2010-02-19 18:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PARM KGHG UNSC IAEA KNNP IR RS HA MX |
10MEXICO120 | MX 2010-010, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense, in CHDS Washington, D.C. & Colorado Springs, CO, beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post posses [...] | 2010-01-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO123 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO125 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO126 | MX 2010-013, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Special Forces Combat Dive, in Fort Bragg, NC., beginning March 3, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2010-01-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO127 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO141 | Mexico’s Latin American Unity Summit -- Back to the Future? [...] (C) Summary: Mexico's ambitious plan to use its final Rio Group Presidency Summit (Cancun 22-23 February) to create a new more operational forum for regional cooperation failed dramatically. The two-day event was dominated by press accounts of ALBA country theatrics and their usual proclivity towar [...] | 2010-02-26 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO148 | MX 2010-014, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (30 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days January 29, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on US-Mexico State Alliance Investigator Training Program, in Phoenix, Arizona, beginning February 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...] | 2010-01-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO15 | THE TALE OF "JUANITO" TELLS A LARGER STORY ABOUT PRD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 22:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX PGOV |
10MEXICO150 | MX 2010-015, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (32 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days January 29, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on US-Mexico State Alliance Prosecutor Training Program, in Phoenix, Arizona, beginning February 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evid [...] | 2010-01-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO152 | Calderon's Environmental Agenda: Policy and Promises [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Calderon's environmental agenda, released with the 2007-2012 National Development Plan, is organized around an ambitious principle of environmental sustainability. The agenda aims to promote efficient and rational use of natural resources, a competitive economy, and jo [...] | 2010-01-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR MX |
10MEXICO160 | MX 2010-017, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 3, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Plt Instrument Procedures Course, IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning February 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...] | 2010-01-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO162 | MX 2010-018, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 3, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Joint Operations, in Ft. Benning, GA, beginning January 27, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-01-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO164 | MX 2010-018, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests an expedite response before January 26, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Joint Operations, in Ft. Benning, GA, beginning January 27, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2010-01-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM SNAR MX |
10MEXICO168 | MX 2010-030, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (27 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Prisoner Classification System Course, in Denver, Colorado, beginning February 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...] | 2010-01-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO170 | MX 2010-031, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (29 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on 4th. Corrections Instructors Course, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, beginning March, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...] | 2010-01-19 18:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO180 | MX 2010-019, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Air War College, in Maxwell AFB, AL, beginning March 29, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human righ [...] | 2010-01-20 15:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO182 | MX 2010-020, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (4 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Language Instructor Basic, in DLI, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning May 4, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations o [...] | 2010-01-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO184 | MX 2010-021, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (5 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Urban Operations, in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning March 29, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2010-01-20 16:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO186 | MX 2010-022, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130/B/E/H/T-56 Eng Technician, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning July 10, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vio [...] | 2010-01-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO188 | MX 2010-023, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (72 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Curso-Taller de Habilitaci????n en El Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal en el Estado de Hidalgo para Ministerios Publicos, in Pachuca City, Hidalgo [...] | 2010-01-20 16:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO19 | MX 2010-001, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (January 22, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on FOCA 2010, in Isla Socorro, Mexico, beginning February 1, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2010-01-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO190 | MX 2010-025, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (16 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 2, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA 7152, Mexico City, Mexico, beginning February 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2010-01-20 17:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO194 | Post appreciation for recent CIO visit and successful Smart [...] Dear Susan: I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your recent visit to Mexico City. Your presence during the Smart implementation demonstrated IRM's sincerity in ensuring a successful start of this key program for Mission Mexico. By taking time to meet with our agency heads [...] | 2010-01-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP ACOA KRIM KSMT |
10MEXICO198 | NEW FINANCE SECRETARY MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, NSC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Carlos Pascual and NSC Senior Director David Lipton met with newly appointed Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Francisco Cordero and Deputy SHCP Secretary Alejandro Werner. They discussed the current state and outlook of Mexico's economy, the importance [...] | 2010-01-21 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO202 | U.S.-Mexico Relations: Progress in 2009, Challenges in 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Mexican bilateral relationship has never been stronger. We ended 2009 with an unprecedented commitment from the Mexican government to work closely with us on an ambitious effort to move beyond a singular focus on high value targets and address some of the institutional [...] | 2010-01-21 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS ECON SNAR PHUM MX |
10MEXICO210 | NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000156 [...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 14, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the exportation of hazardous waste to the U.S. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export notification numbers are: Recicla [...] | 2010-01-22 19:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPA KSCA MX |
10MEXICO216 | ECONOMIA ON NEXT CCA, MEAT INSPECTION, CSF AND END [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 22:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD MX TBIO EFIS |
10MEXICO220 | NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000162 [...] Post ESTH office received on behalf of EPA, a letter dated 14 January, 2010 from Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT),concerning the exportation of hazardous waste from the following United States companies to Mexico: - Arcelor Mittal La Place, LLC. 2. The [...] | 2010-01-22 22:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPA KSCA MX |
10MEXICO222 | MX 2010-027, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Ground Defense Skills, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning August 9, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-01-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO224 | MX 2010-028, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on International Special Forces, in Fort Bragg, NC, beginning March 29, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2010-01-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO226 | MX 2010-029, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (18 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on SMEE Intelligence (10-04),in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning March 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-01-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO228 | MX 2010-032, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (45 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on SEDENA Special Training, in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning February 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-01-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO230 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 22 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-01-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO246 | MX 2010-029, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (19 Individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on SMEE Intelligence (10-04),in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning March 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-01-25 18:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO256 | NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000245 [...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 20, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the exportation of hazardous waste to the U.S. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export notification numbers are: Arterva Spe [...] | 2010-01-25 22:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPA KSCA MX |
10MEXICO258 | MX 2010-036, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (12 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 8, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on Antiterrorism Forum ATA 7151, Washington D.C., beginning February 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-01-25 23:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO26 | MEXICO COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT 2009 [...] No known international terrorist organizations have an operational presence in Mexico and no terrorist incidents targeting U.S. interests/personnel have occurred on or originated from Mexican territory. Mexico continues to confront well-armed, organized crime elements in several regions of t [...] | 2010-01-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV MX |
10MEXICO260 | MX 2010-033, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (13 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 8, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on ILEA Protection Detail, in Mexico City, beginning February 28, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...] | 2010-01-25 23:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO262 | MX 2010-035, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Perspectives on Homeland Security & Defense, in CHDS-Washington, D.C. & Colorado Springs, CO, beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post possess [...] | 2010-01-25 23:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO264 | MX 2010-034, OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (10 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 8, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Seminar-Workshop on Adversarial System and Trial Advocacy, in Mexico City, beginning February 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible eviden [...] | 2010-01-25 23:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO27 | MEXICO - COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT FOR 2009 [...] No known international terrorist organizations have an operational presence in Mexico and no terrorist incidents targeting U.S. interests/personnel have occurred on or originated from Mexican territory. Mexico continues to confront well-armed, organized crime elements in several regions of the [...] | 2010-01-06 17:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV MX |
10MEXICO274 | Mexico Steps Up on Haitian Earthquake Relief [...] Poloff called the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) January 21 to express thanks to the GOM for Mexico's abundant assistance efforts following the Haiti earthquake. Poloff encouraged the SRE to register the GOM's efforts with the United Nation's Financial Tracking System, designed f [...] | 2010-01-27 14:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MX HA PREL PHUM |
10MEXICO284 | MX 2010-037, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 12, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Special Reaction, in IAAFA, Lackland, AFB, TX, beginning April 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2010-01-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO294 | Murder of Juarez "Human Rights Activist" Clouded by Drug [...] (SBU) Summary. Josefina Reyes, the mother of an alleged Juarez Cartel hit-man and drug trafficker, was killed January 3 by gunmen in her hometown of Guadalupe, Chihuahua. Reyes became an outspoken opponent of the Mexican military's operations in Chihuahua after the army detained her son in [...] | 2010-01-28 20:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
10MEXICO296 | MX 2010-039, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (29 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 11, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Child exploitation training, in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, beginning March 1, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...] | 2010-01-28 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO304 | MX 2010-025, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (Name correction for [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 11, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA 7152, Mexico City, Mexico, beginning February 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...] | 2010-01-29 18:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO308 | Mexico Economic Weekly - Jan 29, 2010 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-01-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO312 | MX 2010-048, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (expedited; 1 [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response (February 11, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on English Language Training, in San Antonio, TX, beginning February 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...] | 2010-02-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO316 | MX 2010-049, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (18 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Methods of Instruction Course, in San Luis Potosi, training date from February 1 to February 27, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2010-02-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO32 | THE TALE OF "JUANITO" TELLS A LARGER STORY ABOUT PRD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 22:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX PGOV |
10MEXICO332 | NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/ 000358 [...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 22, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the exportation of hazardous waste to the U.S. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export notification numbers are: Metallu [...] | 2010-02-02 20:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPA KSCA MX |
10MEXICO334 | NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/ 000488 [...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 27, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the transportation of hazardous waste through the U.S for exportation to France. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export [...] | 2010-02-02 20:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPA KSCA MX |
10MEXICO348 | NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE ECONOMY AND MONETARY POLICY [...] Summary. In his first speech as central bank (BOM) governor on January 27, Agustin Carstens addressed the state of the global economy and its impact on Mexico's recovery. He also discussed the BOM's monetary policy and projections for inflation in 2010 and 2011. Carstens said the temporary [...] | 2010-02-02 23:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO352 | MX 2010-040, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 18, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Fuerzas Comando/2010, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, beginning June 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...] | 2010-02-02 23:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO354 | MX 2010-042, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 19, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Bell 412 Night Vision Goggles Training, in Bristow Academy, Titusville, FL, beginning February 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible [...] | 2010-02-02 23:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO356 | MX 2010-043, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 17, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on ILEA INTERNATIONAL POST BLAST INVESTIGATION (IPBI),in SAN SALVADOR, beginning March 7, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gro [...] | 2010-02-02 23:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO358 | MX 2010-044, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 19, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Strategy and Defense Policy, in CHDS Washington, D.C., beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...] | 2010-02-02 23:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO360 | MX 2010-047, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (8 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 17, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection, Mexico City, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by [...] | 2010-02-03 00:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO362 | Nuclear Emergency Management Cooperation with Mexico CNSNS [...] (SBU) U.S Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of International Emergency Management and Cooperation (IEMC) met with Government of Mexico (GOM) National Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards (CNSNS) for continued collaboration regarding enhanc [...] | 2010-02-03 01:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON TRGY KNNP IAEA ASEC MNUC PARM MX |
10MEXICO368 | Acute Water Shortage in Mexico City's Metropolitan Area [...] (U) Summary: Mexico City's water system has long been plagued by a combination of sustained population growth, insufficient infrastructure, a water pricing system that barely covers 30 percent of costs, and infrastructure damage that causes leakage of up to 30 percent of its supply. Over the [...] | 2010-02-03 22:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV MX |
10MEXICO374 | MX 2010-050, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (11 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 18, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Digital Photography, in Torreon, Coahuila, beginning March 1, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...] | 2010-02-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO378 | MX 2010-052, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 22, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Perspectives on Homeland Security & Defense, in CHDS-Washington, D.C.& Colorado Springs, CO, beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post possesse [...] | 2010-02-04 17:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO382 | Mexico on Preparing for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed January 28 the U.S. approach to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (Ref. A and B) and the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit (Ref. C) with Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the [...] | 2010-02-04 20:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA EAID TBIO AORC CDG PGOV |
10MEXICO41 | UPDATE: SSP TO REPLACE MILITARY AS PRIMARY SECURITY PLAYER [...] (C) Secretary for Public Security, Genaro Garcia Luna told the Ambassador that on Tuesday, January 5, President Calderon approved in a cabinet meeting the transfer of command and control responsibilities in Juarez from the military to the federal police. In separate discussions, both the Direc [...] | 2010-01-08 21:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MX |
10MEXICO426 | Scenesetter for Ambassador Kirk [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico, our third largest trading partner after Canada and China. As we institutionalize our security agenda we will also need to give more attention to the economic and social agenda [...] | 2010-02-05 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO |
10MEXICO428 | Mexico Economic Weekly - February 5, 2010 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-02-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO430 | Mexico Anticipates Difficult UPR Review for Iran [...] Poloff spoke with Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Director of International, Social, and Cultural Human Rights, February 5 to convey our concern about the human rights situation in Iran and our hope to address those concerns at the upcoming Universal Periodic Review session (UPR) on Iran, which wi [...] | 2010-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MX IR PHUM |
10MEXICO432 | MX 2010-054, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individaul) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on International Counterterrorism Fellow, in NDU-Ft Mc Nair, VA, beginning July 23, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...] | 2010-02-08 21:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO434 | MX 2010-056, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Managing English language Training, in DLI, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning June 28, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...] | 2010-02-08 21:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO436 | MX 2010-057, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130 Sim Refresher, in Eglin AFB, FL, beginning May 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human righ [...] | 2010-02-08 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO438 | MX 2010-058, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Intl Air Weapons Dir Trng, in Tyndal I AFB, FL, beginning March 24, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2010-02-08 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO444 | GOM Consulting Internally on Reintroducing 2005 HRC [...] Poloff met February 8 with GOM Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Director for Women's Affairs Norma Contreras to present a USG proposal that Mexico reintroduce one of the resolutions it sponsored in the Human Rights Council in 2005. This "Resolution on Women and Property" (CHR, CHR 20 [...] | 2010-02-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MX UN PHUM KWMN SOCI |
10MEXICO45 | Tijuana Bilateral Assessment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS: One of the early fruits of the new security policy coordination mechanism with Mexico has been an agreement to focus our joint efforts on the border cities where the most violence occurs and where the DTOs have carved out the greatest operating space. As part of th [...] | 2010-01-12 22:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON KCRM MX |
10MEXICO46 | MEXICO BROADENS AND MODERNIZES POVERTY INDICATORS [...] (U) Summary. Mexico has revised how it officially measures poverty, in collaboration with the UN Development Program (UNDP). The new set of indicators reduces Mexico's overall poverty rate from 47.4% to 44.2%, a change explained by the new measurements' focus on factors other than income. [...] | 2010-01-08 22:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI UNDP AID MX |
10MEXICO464 | MX 2010-060, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 26, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Flight Safety OFF, in Kirkland AFB, NM, beginning April 27, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2010-02-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO466 | MX 2010-061, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 26, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-130/B/E/H/T-56 Engine Tech, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning July 10, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...] | 2010-02-10 17:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO470 | MX 2010-063, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (334 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 25, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Taller, El Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal en el Estado de Hidalgo para Agentes de la Policia Investigadora, in Pachuca City, Hidalgo, Mexico, b [...] | 2010-02-10 19:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO472 | MX 2010-064, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (15 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 25, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Homicide Investigation, in Colima, Mexico, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...] | 2010-02-10 19:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO484 | MX 2010-069, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-26 Initial Pilot Tng, in Flight Safety, san Antonio,TX, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...] | 2010-02-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO486 | MX 2010-068, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on Central American Intelligence Program (CAIP),in Guatemala, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...] | 2010-02-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO488 | MX 2010-067, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (10 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT Human Rights Instructor, in Mexico City, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2010-02-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO510 | GOM Response on Shrimp/Turtle Excluder Device Issue [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Pascual met on shrimp/TEDs with the Mexican Office of the Presidency and key GOM officials concerned with trade and fisheries issues on February 5, with follow-up on the margins of USTR Ron Kirk's visit to Mexico February 8-10 with the Minister of Economy and President [...] | 2010-02-12 21:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS ECON MX |
10MEXICO514 | Scenesetter for February 15-18, 2010 Visit of David Goldwyn [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a time when we have a unique opportunity to deepen our bilateral energy relationship with Mexico, our third largest source of oil imports. As the largest source of export earnings and contributor of over one third of budget revenues, the oil sector is a cri [...] | 2010-02-12 23:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MX ECON |
10MEXICO518 | CALDERON VISITS JUAREZ, ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 31 murder of fifteen people in Ciudad Juarez, most of whom were students with no known criminal ties, captured the nation's attention and prompted increased government engagement in the city from the federal and state governments to restore security in the city. Mos [...] | 2010-02-13 01:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX PINR |
10MEXICO520 | MORE COMPROMISES FOR GOVERNMENT, MORE PROBLEMS FOR PAN [...] (SBU) Summary: With the resignation of his PAN party credentials, Fernando Gomez Mont, the Secretary of Government (SEGOB) and Senior Minister in the GOM, sent ripples through a governing party, still recovering from its electoral defeat in last summer's congressional elections. Official so [...] | 2010-02-13 01:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
10MEXICO53 | GOM'S LOCAL POLICE REFORM PROPOSAL HAS POTENTIAL, BUT NOT A [...] (C) Summary. The Calderon government has proposed a new local police model that would consolidate the 2000-plus municipal police forces into 32 entities run by the state and Federal District governments. The proposal enjoys more support from the political opposition than Calderon's earlier ef [...] | 2010-01-19 21:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MX |
10MEXICO534 | MX 2010-070, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-26 Recurrent pilot Tng, in Flight Safety, San Antonio, TX, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of [...] | 2010-02-16 22:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO536 | MX 2010-071, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals) [...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on EMB-145 Initial Pilot Tng, Flight Safety, Houston, TX, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...] | 2010-02-16 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO538 | MX 2010-072, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (4 individuals) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 22:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO540 | MX 2010-078, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals) [...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on International Logistics Advanced, Yorktown Virginia, beginning March 10, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...] | 2010-02-16 22:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO542 | MX 2010-081, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (12 individuals) [...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Self Defense and Officer Safety, in El Centro, California, beginning March 9, 2010. 2. (SBU)Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...] | 2010-02-16 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO568 | MX 2010-080, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (7 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Presentacion de la Evidencia en Juicios Orales, in Toluca, Mexico, beginning March 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...] | 2010-02-18 18:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO572 | MX 2010-082, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (5 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Global Trafficking in Persons-GTIP, in United States, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...] | 2010-02-18 18:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO574 | MX 2010-083, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (15 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Crisis Response Training, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...] | 2010-02-18 18:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO576 | MX 2010-084, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (20 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Train the Trainer, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning in March, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human r [...] | 2010-02-18 18:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO584 | MX 2010-092, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (8 individauls) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 5, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT Human Rights, in Mexico City, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by t [...] | 2010-02-18 20:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO6 | AFL-CIO VISITS OUSTED UNION [...] (C) Summary: On December 1-2, high-ranking members of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) visited Mexico on a joint fact-finding and solidarity mission to understand first-hand the situation of the Sindicato Mex [...] | 2010-01-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV MX |
10MEXICO604 | RECALL 10 MEXICO 604 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 22:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN MX |
10MEXICO606 | Mexico requests USG support for candidate Ambassador Jorge [...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 000584 dated February 8, addressed to the Embassy advised us that Mexico is seeking the support of the USG for the reelection of Ambassador Jorge Palacios Trevino to the Inter-American Judicial Committee (IJC) for the period 2011-20 [...] | 2010-02-18 23:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MX UN |
10MEXICO614 | MX 2010-076, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 8, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on DISAM Intl Purchaser, Wright Patterson AFB, OH, beginning April 25, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...] | 2010-02-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO616 | MX 2010-077, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 8, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Search and Rescue Maritime, Yorktown Virginia, beginning April 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...] | 2010-02-19 15:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO618 | NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000787 [...] Post ESTH office received on behalf of EPA, a letter dated 10 February, 2010 from Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT),concerning the exportation of hazardous waste from the following United States companies to Mexico: - Source-Loyalty Recycling. 2. The ba [...] | 2010-02-19 18:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPA KSCA MX |
10MEXICO620 | NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000786 [...] Post ESTH office received on behalf of EPA, a letter dated 10 February, 2010 from Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT),concerning the exportation of hazardous waste from the following United States companies to Mexico: - Technologies Displays Americas, LLC. [...] | 2010-02-19 18:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPA KSCA MX |
10MEXICO626 | MX 2010-093, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (27 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 4, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Train the Trainer, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning in February, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2010-02-19 21:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO630 | Mexico Economic Weekly - February 19, 2010 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-02-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO632 | MX 2010-079, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (4 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 5, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Basic Law Enforcement Training Program, in federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Artesia, New Mexico, beginning May 10, 2010. 2. Pos [...] | 2010-02-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO634 | The Awesome Potential of Remittances [...] (U) Summary: Remittances to Mexico fell approximately 16% from 2008 to 2009. This was due primarily to the economic and financial crisis the U.S. experienced in 2009 that compromised Mexican migrants' ability to get work. Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico totaled US$21.28 billion in 2009 [...] | 2010-02-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID ECON MX |
10MEXICO636 | MX 2010-085, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Net Assessment of the Global Counterterrorism Efforts, Garmisch, Germany, beginning April 20, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence [...] | 2010-02-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO640 | S/GWI Project Proposal [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants initiative, Embassy Mexico City submits the following four applications. They are in order of Post's preference. First, find Semillas' proposal to advocate for legislation that better protects victims of [...] | 2010-02-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN MX |
10MEXICO642 | MX 2010-090, OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (55 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 5, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from OPDAT on Seminar-Workshop on Adversarial System and Trial Advocacy, in Puebla, Mexico, beginning March 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidenc [...] | 2010-02-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO648 | USTR Kirk Visit to Mexico: Trade Irritants Balanced with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his February 8-9 visit to Mexico City, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk emphasized the importance of our economic partnership with Mexico, not just in terms of trade but also in terms of mutually beneficial competitiveness. He met with President Calderon, Econo [...] | 2010-02-22 20:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO |
10MEXICO650 | MX 2010-086, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Spanish UH60 Maintenance Test Pilot, Fort Rucker, AL, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-02-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO652 | MX 2010-087, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130 Pilot Instructor Qual, Little Rock AFB, AR, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2010-02-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO654 | MX 2010-088, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130J Pilot Initial Qual, Little Rock AFB, AR, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...] | 2010-02-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO656 | MX 2010-089, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130 Flight Engineer Init Qual, Little Rock AFB, AR, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2010-02-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO668 | PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEE AWARDS MEXICO FCS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 19:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN APER AFSN |
10MEXICO684 | MX 2010-091, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (32 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 9, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Programa de CapacitaciOn de Ministerios PUblicos (Policias Ministeriales) de la Alianza Estatal MExico-EE.UU./ Alliance Partnership Prosecutor Train [...] | 2010-02-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO686 | MX 2010-094, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 11, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT CCMR, in Mexico City, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2010-02-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO688 | MX 2010-096, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (10 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 9, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Documents Fraud, in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2010-02-24 17:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO69 | Chiapas: Mexico's Vulnerable Underbelly [...] (SBU) Summary. Both critics and supporters of Chiapan developmental policies agree that the Mexican government (GOM) and the USG should dedicate more attention and resources to the southern border. The poorest state in Mexico, Chiapas is plagued with economic problems that are further com [...] | 2010-01-22 20:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SMIG PHUM EINV ECON GT MX |
10MEXICO690 | Scenesetter for Ex-IM Chairman Fred Hochberg [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico, our third largest trading partner after Canada and China. As we institutionalize our security agenda we will also need to give more attention to the economic and social agenda [...] | 2010-02-24 17:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD MX OVIP |
10MEXICO698 | MEXICO CONTINUES ITS HAITI RELIEF EFFORT [...] (SBU) Summary: While Mexico is engaging on an unprecedented scale in contributing to the international relief effort in Haiti, capacity and ideological restraints have hampered some of its contributions and continue to complicate Mexico's active participation in MINUSTAH. This could be on [...] | 2010-02-24 22:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MX HA PREL PHUM PGOV |
10MEXICO70 | Cable MX2010-006 ODC [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (January 28, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Counter Narcoterrorism, in WHINSEC, Ft. Benning, GA, beginning August 20, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violatio [...] | 2010-01-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO702 | MEXICO: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAD WILL CASE [...] Summary. After several rounds of appeals and counter appeals, the Mexican court system effectively threw out the state's case against Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno, the accused assailant of Bradley Will. The Attorney General's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Journalists (FE [...] | 2010-02-25 03:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
10MEXICO71 | UNHCHR on Mexican Military Justice Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCHR) has been frustrated with the Mexican Army (SEDENA) for its lack of cooperation in progressing human rights issues, and has expressed serious concerns about the proceedings of the military justice system. SEDENA's lack [...] | 2010-01-22 22:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MX |
10MEXICO710 | MX 2010-097, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 10, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Vetting for SSP Liaisons to Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST),in southern border locations in the United States along the US-Mexico bord [...] | 2010-02-25 17:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO712 | MX 2010-101, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (6 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 12, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on CCMR Seminar, in Mexico City, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2010-02-25 17:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO72 | Cable MX2010-007 ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (January 28, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Antiterrorism for Protection Lvl I & II, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning June 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of [...] | 2010-01-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO740 | MX 2010-098, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 15, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Program on Terrorism & Security, in Marshall Center, Garmisch-Qmany, beginning June 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gr [...] | 2010-02-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO744 | MX 2010-100, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals) [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 15, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Bell 412 Night Vision Goggles, in Bristow Academy Titusville, FL, beginning April 18, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gros [...] | 2010-02-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR ASEC MX |
10MEXICO75 | INTER-AMERICAN COURT RULINGS PRESSURE MEXICO TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent decisions by the Inter-American Court have forced international attention on perennial human rights problems in Mexico and put pressure on the GOM and its official human rights ombudsman to respond to criticism of its military justice system and its handling of gend [...] | 2010-01-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
10MEXICO756 | DTS-PO INTERNET TRANSPORT SERVICE - MEXICO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 20:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT ANET KRIM |
10MEXICO762 | DTS-PO INTERNET TRANSPORT SERVICE - MEXICO [...] This telegram supersedes recalled 10 Mexico 756 - incorrect pricing data. 2. As per REFTEL, Para 4, we have contacted our existing ISP VPN vendor provider and attempted to obtain costing for one year internet service with aggregate speeds of 1 MBPS, 2MBPS, 3MBPS, and the next incremental [...] | 2010-02-26 22:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT ANET KRIM |
10MEXICO77 | MEXICO: TAPACHULA ARMS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SOUTHERN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent arms trafficking conferences -- one in September focused on the northern border (reftel) and a subsequent one in Tapachula, looking at the southern border -- highlighted lax border controls and suggested ways to improve law enforcement efforts to stem the tide of illegal g [...] | 2010-01-25 17:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MX |
10MEXICO79 | GOM ARRESTS CARLOS BELTRAN LAYVA - AN IMPORTANT PSYCOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) Summary - After some bad press and a less than expected public approval bounce following the Arturo Beltran Leyva take-down (Reftel A) , the arrest of his brother Carlos Beltran Leyva provided the GOM with a public relations boost and additional motivation for agencies to conduct future [...] | 2010-01-25 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM MX PINR PREL SNAR |
10MEXICO81 | GARCIA LUNA TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Public Security Secretary Garcia Luna appeared before Congress on January 21 to discuss Mexico's security situation and the country's struggle with escalating rates of narco-related violence. Garcia Luna reiterated his call for police reorganization, sought to deflect some of the [...] | 2010-01-26 20:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MX |
10MEXICO83 | Scenesetter for the Opening of the Defense Bilateral Working [...] (SBU) Summary: The inauguration of the Defense Bilateral Working Group (DBWG) on February 1 comes at a key moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship and to support the Mexican military's nascent steps toward modernization. On the heels of our bilateral joint assessments in Ciudad J [...] | 2010-01-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
10MEXICO85 | NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BE LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary. Parties are geared up for the new legislative session, which appears unlikely to result in the passage of major reforms. Political reform, security, and economic issues are all on the table, and progress will be incremental and compromised as key players focus more on the upcomi [...] | 2010-02-02 16:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
10MEXICO87 | NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BE LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary. Parties are geared up for the new legislative session, which appears unlikely to result in the passage of major reforms. Political reform, security, and economic issues are all on the table, but progress will be incremental and compromised as key players focus more on the upcom [...] | 2010-02-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
10MEXICO93 | SONORA, MX - UNHOLY TRUCE AT THE BREAKING POINT? [...] (C) Summary: With the July 5 election of Guillermo Padres (PAN),the PRI lost control of the governorship of Sonora for the first time in almost a century. However, continued PRI control of the State Assembly will limit significant change. Padres brought in a whole new cabinet, sparing only [...] | 2010-02-04 21:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MX PINR KCOR |
10MEXICO99 | Mexico Urges Continued Negotiation with Iran [...] Poloff met with Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Director General for Nuclear, Security, and Legal Issues February 8 to express the USG's concerns about Iran's perpetuation of its nuclear program and unresponsiveness to outreach on behalf of the USG, IAEA, and [...] | 2010-02-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MX PREL IR UNSC |
10MILAN13 | U.S. INVESTORS SPEAK OUT ON DOING BUSINESS IN ITALY [...] (SBU) Summary: American companies in northern Italy (which hosts nearly 80 percent of the country's foreign investment) have given us a frank view of the investment climate. The major areas of concern are structural: inflexible labor markets, a convoluted legal framework and slow legal process [...] | 2010-02-01 12:43:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV IT |
10MILAN16 | INTERIOR MINISTER MARONI'S PLANS FOR INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, a member of the Northern League (LN) party, recently announced a new draft law that would offer immigrants a residence permit, known as a "permesso di soggiorno," in return for a promise to integrate into Italian society. The Maroni plan--which [...] | 2010-02-10 09:01:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL | IT KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG |
10MILAN2 | DIVERGENT PATHS OF INTEGRATION IN NORTHERN ITALY [...] (C) Summary: The integration of the growing immigrant population in Northern Italy is a challenge for communities throughout the region. Constructively, the city of Turin is taking advantage of a national government program to welcome so-called "second-generation immigrants" into the civil [...] | 2010-01-05 14:49:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG KISL IT |
10MILAN21 | PRE-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: DOMINANT CENTER-RIGHT AND [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Heading into the March 28-29 regional elections, the political landscape in the Veneto, one of Italy's most politically and economically important regions, displays a dominant center-right coalition headed by a Northern League (LN) candidate and a weak and disorganized center-l [...] | 2010-02-17 07:15:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PGOV PREL |
10MINSK13 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - Lukashenka Approves Election Law Amendments (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Prosecute Democratic Activists (para. 3) - Enforcement of Controversial I [...] | 2010-01-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG BO |
10MINSK16 | ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FROM BELARUS APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN BO |
10MINSK20 | BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...] | 2010-01-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO |
10MINSK21 | BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...] | 2010-01-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO |
10MINSK23 | BELARUS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE: A [...] Summary. In the run up to the 2006 Presidential elections, the GOB banned independent newspapers that covered politics from having access to the state monopoly kiosk network and the postal service's subscription system. In 2008 and 2009, in an apparent response to western sanctions, a handful [...] | 2010-01-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
10MINSK24 | BELARUS: MONTHLY MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATIONS ARE NOW PROCEEDING [...] Minsk authorities on January 16 continued a recent pattern of increased tolerance towards unsanctioned political demonstrations, allowing the monthly Solidarity demonstration to proceed with minimal interference on Minsk's October Square. The demonstration is held on the 16th of each month to c [...] | 2010-01-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
10MINSK32 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Increases Harassment and Pressure Against Unrecognized Union of Poles (para. 2) - United Democratic Forces Pledge to Continue Activities Amid Uncertainty and Defec [...] | 2010-02-01 19:13:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG KDEM BO |
10MINSK47 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Group Raises Tensions - One Year of Pretrial Detention for Two Vaukavysk Activists - Presidential Edict: Possible Move To Control the Int [...] | 2010-02-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
10MINSK54 | BELARUS' REGIONAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS TELL THEIR STORIES [...] Summary. Brest is the most progressive Oblast in Belarus in terms of media freedom. Nevertheless, two Brest Oblast newspaper editors shared with CDA their difficulties, including having reliable access to the state monopoly distribution networks, unhampered ability to raise revenues through [...] | 2010-02-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
10MINSK56 | BELARUS: OBSTACLES TO GETTING ON THE BALLOT AND MONITORING [...] Summary: With local elections just two months away, opposition parties in Brest, as elsewhere in Belarus, are facing government obstacles to gaining seats on election boards and in some case collecting signatures to get candidates on the ballot. Nevertheless, opposition parties in Brest plan [...] | 2010-02-25 20:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
10MINSK59 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 26, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Sparks Flash Point with EU - The Aggressive Suppression of Peaceful Demonstrations Returns - New Election Law But GOB Control of Election [...] | 2010-02-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG ETRD BO |
10MONROVIA1 | LIBERIA: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Liberia, homosexuality remains illegal and widely condemned, although it is acknowledged to occur quietly, particularly in Monrovia. The gay community remains small and discrete, and there is no gay rights movement in Liberia. No one has been convicted under Liberia's anti-g [...] | 2010-01-01 12:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV LI |
10MONROVIA105 | LIBERIA: MANDINGO LEADER AND FORMER WARLORD ALHAJI KROMAH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 17, Alhaji G.V. Kromah, leader of the United Liberation Movement in Liberia for Democracy - Kromah (ULIMO-K) faction during Liberia's civil war, offered some criticisms of President Sirleaf's political decisions, while indicating a willingne [...] | 2010-02-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR LI |
10MONROVIA122 | THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- APM Terminals Tapped to Manage Monrovia Port -- BHP Billiton and Arcelor Mittal Form Cross-Border Partnership -- Liberia Hires Private Firm to Recover Taylor-Era Assets [...] | 2010-01-28 15:21:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI |
10MONROVIA132 | LIBERIA RESPONSE TO DOL ON CHILD LABOR REPORTING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 13:14:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM EAID SOCI LI |
10MONROVIA134 | JUANITA NEAL QUERY: INFO RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Juanita Neal has long been involved in the Liberian timber industry. She held a lucrative position in the Taylor government, and currently works as an attorney and timber consultant. While there is reason to believe she has maintained ties with the timber companies that conducted lo [...] | 2010-02-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI |
10MONROVIA136 | OIL SHORTAGE HITS LIBERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oil importers were forced to impose rations January 15 and gas stations temporarily shut down January 24, after an oil refinery in Cote d'Ivoire that supplies the majority of Liberia's oil unexpectedly malfunctioned and ceased exports. The state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining [...] | 2010-02-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON ENRG LI |
10MONROVIA150 | LIBERIA TO ADOPT THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Advisor to the President on Energy, Environmental, and Climate Change Chris Neyor told Econoff that the Liberian delegation recommended the President formally adopt the Copenhagen Accord. Absent any legal impediments, Neyor expects the President to sign an Executive Order adopting the Acc [...] | 2010-02-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV LI |
10MONROVIA152 | MONROVIA JOINS COMMUNITY OF ENERGY OFFICERS [...] (SBU) Econoff Rebecca Alper, AlperRC@state.gov, is the POC responsible for the energy portfolio. Rebecca Alper and Alusine Sheriff (SheriffAm@state.gov) will be responsible for contributing to and updating the Energy Portal. ROBINSON [...] | 2010-02-03 16:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG LI |
10MONROVIA158 | THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- U.S. Firm To Begin Drilling For Oil -- Donors Push Renewed Commitment to Kimberley Process -- USG Portfolio Review with the Government of Liberia (GOL) -- Ambassador a [...] | 2010-02-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI |
10MONROVIA164 | PRESIDENT SIRLEAF DELIVERS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURE [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Sirleaf delivered her fifth annual message to the National Legislature on January 25. In it she highlighted legislation needed to continue national recovery, and discussed her administration's accomplishments, challenges and plans according to the pillars of the nationa [...] | 2010-02-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM LI |
10MONROVIA174 | LIBERIA: STUDENT RIOT DISRUPTS YOUTH ASSEMBLY [...] SUMMARY: A student riot on January 16 during a youth assembly resulted in the arrest of seven students. Several students were denied entry to the assembly and protested, attacking the police, who arrested seven. The students were taken to a local police station. A mob of students then attacke [...] | 2010-02-09 15:57:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC PREL SOCI KCRM UN LI |
10MONROVIA182 | THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- INDIAN MINISTER INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT -- PROPOSED MONEY LAUNDERING LAW EXCLUDES LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION -- LNP PRIORITIZES ASSISTANCE REQUESTS -- LOCAL CHIEF [...] | 2010-02-11 16:16:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI |
10MONROVIA188 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LIBERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of the U.S.-China sub-regional dialogue to be held March 4, Embassy Monrovia prepared answers to ref A request on Chinese engagement in Liberia. China's active engagement in Liberia reflects an interest in the country's abundant natural resources, its status as a dest [...] | 2010-02-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL LI |
10MONROVIA196 | IMF: LIBERIA REMAINS ON TRACK FOR 2010 HIPC COMPLETION POINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A working-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund has offered a cautious assessment of Liberia's prospects for HIPC Completion Point during 2010, insisting that the IMF must use its pre-Completion Point leverage to ensure Liberia implements long-delayed legislation [...] | 2010-02-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LI |
10MONROVIA198 | LIBERIA - LEGISLATURE SLOW TO CONFRONT HOT BUTTON ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the January 11 opening of the 2010 legislative session, Liberia's lawmakers have confronted, but not resolved controversial, high-profile political items, including electoral reforms and an official response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report's recomme [...] | 2010-02-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI LI |
10MONROVIA202 | THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 [...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- PRESIDENT SIRLEAF'S PARTY CONTINUES TO BUILD MOMENTUM -- UN MISSION IN LIBERIA RELEASES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- COUNCIL OF CHURCHES MEMBERS DIVIDED OVER RESPONSE TO TRC R [...] | 2010-02-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI |
10MONROVIA236 | CIVAIR LIBERIA: LCAA RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA LI |
10MONROVIA240 | MONROVIA IDENTIFIES ICT POLICY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON LI |
10MONROVIA250 | THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: --DEATH OF ADOPTED LIBERIAN ELICITS STRONG REACTION --TSA CONDUCTS FINAL PRE-ASSESSMENT MISSION --TONY BLAIR ADVISES PRESIDENT'S OFFICE --NEW HEAD OF FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT [...] | 2010-02-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI |
10MONROVIA254 | WEST AFRICA COAST INITIATIVE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sponsored a round of meetings February 17-19 designed to assist participant countries (Guinea-Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone) with the implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Action [...] | 2010-02-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS PREL SL LI |
10MONROVIA256 | ISRAELI COMPANY WINS LIBERIA'S LARGEST IRON ORE CONCESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Elenilto Minerals & Mining has won the concession to rehabilitate and develop the Western Cluster Iron Ore Deposits. Elenilto, the first Israeli company to invest in post-war Liberia, is expected to invest $2.4 billion to redevelop the mines and install a rail network. While the [...] | 2010-02-26 10:12:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON LI |
10MONROVIA260 | MONROVIA EAC CONVENED TO ADDRESS RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Post convened the EAC on 26 February in response to an outbreak of religious violence between Muslims and Christians in the northern Liberian city of Voinjama. Voinjama is the Lofa County seat, and both the city and county have a mix of Muslims and Christians, with Muslims being the maj [...] | 2010-02-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LI |
10MONROVIA264 | INL MONROVIA MONTHLY REPORTS FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: This report covers December 14 to January 31. Report for February will be sent septel. The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) continued the transition from police headquarters to the new ERU Command Center. ERU training continued with the added development of more "train the trainer" [...] | 2010-02-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC SNAR KPKO LI |
10MONROVIA36 | PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY (GHFSI) IN LIBERIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Liberia, food insecurity presents daily hardships for the majority of citizens, and has been an historic cause of destabilizing political unrest. Post recognizes that a reinvigorated agricultural sector is the key to broad-based employment, economic growth, and a healthy popul [...] | 2010-01-11 16:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID LI |
10MONROVIA47 | LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions were lifted on timber exports in 2006 and on diamond exports in early 2007. Liberia is now Kimberly Process compliant. The removal of sanctions opened t [...] | 2010-01-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI |
10MONROVIA80 | SIRLEAF PLEASED WITH MEETINGS IN OUAGADOUGOU WITH DADIS AND [...] (C) Summary: President Sirleaf, accompanied by Minister of Defense Brownie Sumakai and Minister of State Edward McClain, traveled to Ouagadougou January 17 and 18 to meet with President Blaise Compaore, Camara Dadis, Sekouba Konate, and ECOWAS President Ibrahim Chambas. Sirleaf told Ambassado [...] | 2010-01-19 18:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC GV LI |
10MONROVIA93 | NIGERIAN FM MAKES CASE TO REMOVE NIGERIA FROM SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe visited Liberia January 13-14, publicly to cement ties between the two ECOWAS nations. But according to President Sirleaf, his mission seemed twofold: to seek the president's support in removing Nigeria from the TSA list of countries of int [...] | 2010-01-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC NI LI |
10MONROVIA95 | LIBERIA - PRESIDENT SIRLEAF WILL SEEK SECOND TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced her intention to run for re-election at the conclusion of her annual message to the National Legislature. Sirleaf was widely criticized for making a campaign announcement at a governmental event and her high-profile announcement is a dire [...] | 2010-01-26 20:17:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM LI |
10MONROVIA97 | LIBERIA - FORMER WARLORD TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ex-warlord and Nimba County Senator Prince Johnson discussed his decision to run for the presidency in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. His chance of success is slim, but his early entry and the support of his ethnic constituencies could influence the campaigns of strong [...] | 2010-01-28 17:55:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM LI |
10MONTERREY29 | USG SECURITY INITIATIVES SEEK TO BOLSTER NUEVO LEON STATE [...] (C) Summary: Key USG-funded projects aimed at strengthening the rule of law have begun to take hold in Nuevo Leon, gaining acceptance among state leaders. Despite problems in getting potential candidates past internal vetting requirements, the state is moving ahead with plans to send 15 in [...] | 2010-01-28 16:07:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM MX |
10MONTERREY32 | Monterrey: Ground Zero for Mexico's Emerging Venture Capital [...] (U) Summary: To provide greater space for small and medium-sized companies, Monterrey Tec, Mexico's most prestigious private university, has established a private enterprise program which provides seed capital for start-ups. Teaming with Monterrey Tec and private industry, ConGen Monterrey i [...] | 2010-01-26 00:11:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON MX |
10MONTERREY41 | VIOLENCE IN DURANGO AND COAHUILA CONTINUES TO ESCALATE [...] (C) Summary: Recent shootings in Durango and neighboring Coahuila states have underscored the increasingly violent rivalry between the rival drug cartels in those states, primarily the Zetas and the Sinaloa Cartel. Since the year began, over 105 people have died in drug-related violence in b [...] | 2010-02-10 22:41:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM SNAR CASC PHUM EAID PGOV MX |
10MONTERREY43 | BORDER VIOLENCE SPREADS TO NUEVO LEON [...] (C) Summary: Organized gang violence has spread into Nuevo Leon from neighboring border areas, with drug gangs attacking several eastern municipalities in the state. At least three gang members died during a battle with army soldiers in one city and, in another, gangsters attacked a local po [...] | 2010-02-26 19:11:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM SNAR CASC PGOV MX |
10MONTERREY60 | DESPITE UPBEAT STATE FORECAST CHALLENGES REMAIN TO NUEVO [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Nuevo Leon Secretariat of Economic Development (SEDEC) report predicted that state growth would continue to surpass that of Mexico as a whole, moving 2009 state per capital nominal GDP from US $12,445 to US $25,426 by 2015, 104 percent above the predicted national ave [...] | 2010-02-26 00:13:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX |
10MONTERREY66 | Grenade Attacks Against Monterrey Police; Feb. 26 and 28th [...] (SBU). Late in the evening of February 27, hooded men conducted simultaneous grenade attacks against the facilities of five municipal police forces within the Monterrey metro area. At police stations in the working class suburbs of San Nicolas and Cadereyta, the grenades exploded, injurin [...] | 2010-02-28 21:46:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM SNAR CASC PGOV MX |
10MONTERREY8 | AMBASSADOR VISITS SAN LUIS POTOSI [...] (U) Summary. On January 7, the Ambassador and the GoM's Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) Director of Operations Facundo Rosas Rosas and AmEmbassy Mexico's NAS Director, traveled to San Luis Potosi to tour the SSP's Training Academy. The facility has trained incoming SSP cadets since 2009 [...] | 2010-01-12 21:07:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON EFIN MX |
10MONTERREY9 | THE RISE OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN NUEVO LEON [...] (U) Summary. During the past three decades, Mexico has seen an increase in the migration of indigenous people to the more urban areas of the country for economic reasons and Nuevo Leon has seen a sharp increase in the number of migrants to the state. Along with the rise in populations with d [...] | 2010-01-12 23:01:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON SOCI MX |
10MONTEVIDEO104 | Uruguay: Engaging on MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 19:26:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MCAP EAID MASS HA UY |
10MONTEVIDEO108 | Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica Courts Business Community [...] (U) On February 10, President-elect Jose Mujica made a dynamic and much-applauded presentation on why to invest in Uruguay to a large crowd of businesspersons. Speaking to an international crowd in the resort city of Punta del Este, Mujica emphasized that his administration would work hard to [...] | 2010-02-12 20:35:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL PGOV UY |
10MONTEVIDEO112 | Uruguay 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
10MONTEVIDEO132 | Scenesetter for the Secretary's March 1 Trip to Uruguay [...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your March 1 visit to attend the inauguration of Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former Tupamaro guerrilla with a remarkable life trajectory. Mujica's ascension to power at the age of 74 can be seen as a success story of national reconciliation and the matur [...] | 2010-02-22 15:36:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD UY |
10MONTEVIDEO140 | CORRECTIVE CABLE: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES MATTHEWMAN RETURNED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KCOM OTRA UY AFIN |
10MONTEVIDEO146 | Uruguay: Additional Information on Child Labor and Forced [...] Post provides missing information from Ref A to complete the request for information on child and forced labor in Uruguay. 2G) Continual Progress ------------------------------- 2. The incidence of child labor in Uruguay is relatively low, and the GOU sustained its efforts to [...] | 2010-02-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI UY |
10MONTEVIDEO19 | URUGUAY: FM'S TAKE ON HAITI, UNASUR, AND THE PATHWAYS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nelson presented a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz February 8, before completing the credentialing process with a call on President Tabare Vazquez that same evening. In a warm meeting, Vaz confirmed Uruguay would send more peacekeepers to Haiti, explained [...] | 2010-02-09 17:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY |
10MONTEVIDEO2 | Uruguay: Economy Continues to Grow; GOU Seeks to Counter [...] SUMMARY: Uruguay's economy continued to grow in the third quarter of 2009, led by strong private consumption, exports, and countercyclical government spending. The GOU expects GDP growth of 2.0 percent and 4.0 percent for 2009 and 2010, respectively. The sharp fall in the price of the dollar [...] | 2010-01-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV UY |
10MONTEVIDEO23 | Uruguay: President Vazquez confident strong ties with the [...] In a warm and friendly meeting following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez told Ambassador Nelson that he had worked hard to build strong relations with the United States and was gratified by the results. He noted that President Elect Muji [...] | 2010-02-10 13:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UY |
10MONTEVIDEO26 | URUGUAY - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The Government of Uruguay recognizes the important role foreign investment plays in economic development and works to maintain a favorable investment climate. Aside from a few sectors in which foreign investment is not permitted, there is neither de jure nor de facto discrimination toward inv [...] | 2010-01-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UY |
10MONTEVIDEO27 | Uruguay: Incoming Foreign Minister Sends Positive Signals [...] (C) Ambassador Nelson called on incoming Foreign Minister Luis Almagro February 19. The two shared a warm and friendly ninety minutes discussing Uruguay's role in regional and international affairs, with Almagro stressing his understanding of the necessity of active U.S. participation in a [...] | 2010-02-19 19:12:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD CVIS UY |
10MONTEVIDEO28 | Uruguay Offers K-9 SAR Team for Rescue Efforts in Haiti [...] The GOU has offered to send a K-9 Search and Rescue unit comprised of five dogs and five handlers to assist in rescue operations in Haiti. The team has U.S. visas and will fly commercial air to Miami if onward transport into Haiti or the Dominican Republic can be confirmed. In addition, a ge [...] | 2010-01-15 19:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MOPS AEMR MARR PREL HA UY |
10MONTEVIDEO29 | Uruguay: Vice President-elect says Bilateral Relationship a Top Priority [...] (C) Ambassador Nelson called on Uruguayan Vice President-elect Danilo Astori February 22. In addition to the active role an Uruguayan vice president is expected to play as president of Uruguay's Senate, Astori has been tapped by President-elect Jose Mujica to manage Uruguay's economic policy. Per [...] | 2010-02-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV UY |
10MONTEVIDEO32 | FOR RELEASE: BFIF 2010 PROPOSALS FOR URUGUAY [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE PROJECTS FOR WHICH POST IS REQUESTING FY 2010 BFIF FUNDS - NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER: ---------- PRADO FAIR ---------- 2. In 2009, Post adjusted its participation at the Prado fair from the large-scale U.S. pavilions of years past (lasting the entire two week [...] | 2010-01-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BEXP UY |
10MONTEVIDEO4 | URUGUAY IMPLEMENTS TSA SECURITY DIRECTIVES AMIDST OPENING OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has been in regular contact with Uruguay's National Directorate of Civil Aviation (DINACIA) since December 26 to confirm delivery and implementation of TSA security directives for non-stop flights to the U.S. GOU authorities responded quickly in coordination with American [...] | 2010-01-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PTER PINS UY |
10MONTEVIDEO52 | Uruguay Recognizes the Importance of a New Climate Change [...] On January 21, Charge met with Minister of the Environment Carlos Colacce and advisor Dr. Daniel Rueda to discuss reftel demarche and Uruguay's plans to counter climate change. Minister Colacce, who was present in Copenhagen, noted that although seen by many as a failure, the Copenhagen summit [...] | 2010-01-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG UY |
10MONTEVIDEO60 | Uruguayan Engagement on Haiti Continues [...] Uruguay continues to participate proactively in the Haitian relief effort. The GOU is preparing to send the command and control ship ROU 04 General Artigas, in addition to the 1,200 peacekeeping troops already in country and the two large water purification units that are set to be sent via B [...] | 2010-01-26 18:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC MARR PREL KPKO HA UY |
10MONTEVIDEO62 | Uruguay will associate with the Copenhagen Accord [...] On February 1, advisor to the Minister of Housing, Land Use, and Environment Daniel Rueda informed post that Uruguay would submit a diplomatic note stating its association with the Copenhagen Accord. President Vazquez approved the association last week, and the note will be sent after other m [...] | 2010-02-01 15:59:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KGHG SENV PREL ENRG UY |
10MONTEVIDEO7 | URUGUAY: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR HAITI [...] ChargC) spoke with MFA Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Elbio Rosselli January 20 to thank the GOU for its support of the humanitarian relief operation in Haiti. Rosselli confirmed that the GOU sent a K-9 search and rescue unit comprised of five dogs and five handlers to Haiti Januar [...] | 2010-01-19 19:19:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS EAID PGOV PREL PREF HA UY |
10MONTEVIDEO72 | FOR RELEASE: Uruguay Will Send Additional PKO Troops to [...] Uruguayan Army Commander General Jorge Rosales informed emboffs February 1 that the UN had requested the GOU to send an additional 155 peacekeeping troops to Haiti. Uruguay agreed to send the team, which will included a medical unit, although MFA Vice Minister Nelson Fernandez told Charg???? [...] | 2010-02-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV EAID UY |
10MONTEVIDEO80 | Uruguay: Governing Coalition President Calls U.S. Role in Haiti ""Vital"" [...] Charg???? met with ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition president Jorge Brovetto February 3 to explain the U.S. role in Haiti disaster relief and underscore the extensive support the USG is providing to Uruguayan peacekeepers in Haiti. She emphasized the moral imperative our entire govern [...] | 2010-02-05 16:29:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY |
10MONTEVIDEO90 | Uruguay: President Vazquez Going Out on Top [...] (U) Under the leadership of Tabare Vazquez, Uruguay enjoyed five years of relative prosperity and growth, and the governing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition was able to surpass - in two elections running - Uruguay's traditional National (Blanco) and Colorado parties. On Vazquez's coattails, the [...] | 2010-02-11 18:11:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON UY |
10MONTEVIDEO98 | Uruguay: Race to Lead Montevideo Bruises Ruling Coalition [...] (SBU) Of all the offices to be contested in Uruguay's May 9 municipal elections, the position of intendente (a combination of governor and mayor) of Montevideo carries by far the greatest political weight. Montevideo's status as a bastion of ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition support, however [...] | 2010-02-11 19:56:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UY |
10MONTREAL1 | COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE REVEALS QUEBEC OIL SANDS INTERESTS [...] (U/NF) Summary. Controversy over Quebec's aggressive position at the Copenhagen environmental conference shed some surprising light into the connections of powerful provincial interests in the Alberta oil sands. Montreal's two major newspaper chains battled back and forth over Quebec-based Powe [...] | 2010-01-07 19:15:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG CA PREL PGOV |
10MONTREAL38 | Quebec Relief Efforts for Haiti in High Gear [...] (U) SUMMARY: Quebec's and Montreal's historical and cultural links to Haiti are driving significant relief efforts at the provincial, municipal and local levels. While the ties of this province and city to Haiti were no secret, the extent of society's involvement in relief efforts has been str [...] | 2010-02-05 17:05:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL HA CA |
10MOSCOW104 | GOR LEADERS TAKE HARD PUBLIC STANCE ON CHLORINE [...] (SBU) On January 1, a Russian resolution banning the use of chlorine treatments for poultry processing effectively a USD 800 million in annual U.S. poultry exports to Russia. On the eve of a USTR-USDA delegation visit for negotiations on the issue, various GOR officials have made strong public [...] | 2010-01-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD RS |
10MOSCOW115 | RUSSIAN URANIUM OXIDE AS POTENTIAL COLLATERAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Director of Rosatom Nikolay Spasskiy told U/S Bill Burns in a meeting on January 13 that Russia has no uranium silicide to supply as collateral for Iranian LEU (low enriched uranium),but is technically capable of supplying at least a small quantity of uranium oxide f [...] | 2010-01-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR KNNP PREL RS |
10MOSCOW133 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, on January 20 Post delivered a demarche to Nikolai Smirnov of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' North America Department thanking the GOR for emergency air transportation, equipment, and personnel sent by the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) to assist victims of the re [...] | 2010-01-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS |
10MOSCOW135 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 14, 2010 Times: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.; 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) MFA DVBR Director Antonov told A/S Gottemoeller that he believed START Follow-On negotiat [...] | 2010-01-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
10MOSCOW140 | RUSSIAN INTELLECTUALS PRESENT BEARISH OUTLOOK TO U/S BURNS [...] (C) During a January 13 discussion with U/S Burns, four prominent Russian intellectuals agreed the current Russian leadership is not successfully tackling the immense economic and social challenges facing the country. Despite Medvedev's progressive "modernization" rhetoric, vested interests t [...] | 2010-01-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
10MOSCOW144 | U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS [...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...] | 2010-01-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
10MOSCOW145 | (C) TURKISH EMBASSY READOUT INDICATES LITTLE FRUIT [...] (C) Press reports and some public statements by Russian and Turkish officials to the contrary, Turkish PM Erdogan's Jan. 12-13 visit to Moscow (ref A) appears to have yielded few concrete results. Although Turkish diplomats hailed strengthening ties between Russia and Turkey, the details they [...] | 2010-01-22 09:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TU |
10MOSCOW147 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHUVALOV ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: First DPM Shuvalov briefed visiting U/S Burns on Russia's post-crisis economic policy priorities, proposed increased engagement with the U.S. to formulate a work plan for Russia's WTO accession, and reviewed outstanding issues related to the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakh [...] | 2010-01-22 11:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL RS |
10MOSCOW148 | GOR PLANS FOR LONDON AND 2010 ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: While Moscow remains interested in bilateral and multilateral engagement to stabilize Afghanistan, the GOR's plans for the upcoming London Conference and 2010 offer no proposals for funding economic development work. We are seeing signs that Russia is attempting to work with re [...] | 2010-01-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS AF |
10MOSCOW150 | RUSSIA: "NEW" IDEAS, LOW HOPES FOR GEORGIA GENEVA [...] (C) Deputy Director of the MFA's Fourth European Department Aleksey Dvinyanin, who serves as assistant and advisor to DFM Karasin for Geneva-based talks to resolve Abkhazia/South Ossetia issues, told us January 15 that it is quite possible that Russia will table a new proposal at the next sess [...] | 2010-01-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG |
10MOSCOW152 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUIDANCE REGARDING HAITI AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO |
10MOSCOW153 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OECD INVITING RUSSIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD EINV EFIN RS |
10MOSCOW155 | WILL PROPOSED AEROFLOT-ROSAVIA DEAL UNDERMINE [...] (SBU) On December 30, during a meeting chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Transport Igor Levitin reportedly suggested that control over new Russian airline RosAvia be transferred to Aeroflot. Under the proposal, Russian state corporation Rostekhnologia, 51% owne [...] | 2010-01-22 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS |
10MOSCOW158 | MFA URGES U.S. TO TAKE POSITIVE STEPS WITH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: MFA Koreas Division officials said the DPRK's confusing array of statements since the start of the year had made the direction of North Korean dialogue uncertain and urged the U.S. to take steps to return dialogue to a positive track. Russia continues to support resumption of th [...] | 2010-01-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN RS |
10MOSCOW159 | CUBA: MFA PREVIEWS 2010 BILATERAL EVENTS [...] (C) In a January 19 meeting with poloff, MFA Cuba desk First Secretary Anna Kosenkova highlighted several upcoming events between the GOR and Cuba and discussed the increasing political and economic ties between the two countries. She said that Russia and Cuba are planning the following even [...] | 2010-01-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS CU |
10MOSCOW161 | FM LAVROV'S ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY REPORT [...] (C) Summary. On January 22, FM Lavrov held his annual press conference on Russian foreign policy, covering a wide range of issues such as START, missile defense, Patriot missiles in Poland, Iran, the Middle East, European security and Haiti. He highlighted areas of friction with the west on [...] | 2010-01-22 15:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS IR HA |
10MOSCOW162 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP IAEA AORC MNUC CDC UNGA TBIO RS |
10MOSCOW163 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 21, 2010 Times: 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) MFA DVBR Director Antonov told A/S Gottemoeller that he was not aware of which topics the GOR would raise during J [...] | 2010-01-23 08:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
10MOSCOW172 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG POLICY ON YEMEN [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Valery I. Pospelov, Head of the Yemen Division in the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. He indicated that the GOR shares our interest in creating economic opportunities in Yemen. Mr. Pospelov stated that FM Lavrov would attend the London meeting [...] | 2010-01-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID RS YM |
10MOSCOW174 | JAPANESE FM VISIT: POSITIVE TONE, FEW RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: Japanese FM Okada's December 27-28 visit to Moscow continued the positive atmospherics in Russo-Japanese relations since Japan's Hatoyama-led government came to power, but produced few tangible results. The two sides established a working group on bilateral trade and investment [...] | 2010-01-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA RS |
10MOSCOW176 | NEW POLPRED FOR NORTH CAUCASUS MAKES LANDFALL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19 Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev fulfilled a promise made during his November 12 address to name a new envoy for the North Caucasus. He carved a new federal district out of the existing Southern Federal Region and named Krasnoyarsk governor Aleksandr Khloponin [...] | 2010-01-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS |
10MOSCOW184 | THE EVOLVING ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF VLADISLAV SURKOV [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (PA) Vladislav Surkov remains one of Russia's most influential political officials, but his influence and authority have recently taken a few hits. His focus, moreover, has evolved into protecting the political system he help [...] | 2010-01-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS |
10MOSCOW185 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 23, 2010 Times: 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) A/S Gottemoeller gave MFA DVBR Director Antonov a checklist of action items to be discussed during the next round [...] | 2010-01-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
10MOSCOW186 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 23, 2010 Times: 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) A/S Gottemoeller gave MFA DVBR Director Antonov a checklist of action items to be discussed during the next round [...] | 2010-01-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
10MOSCOW189 | Russian Deputy Health Minister Wants Expanded Health [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their upbeat December 14 meeting, Russian Deputy Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Ambassador Beyrle agreed that the Bilateral Presidential Commission's Working Group on Health should promote a substantial expansion of cooperation on health and medical sciences. They c [...] | 2010-01-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL ETRD ELAB EAGR KIPR |
10MOSCOW199 | MEDVEDEV: ELITE SUPPORTERS WANT ACTION ON [...] Summary: Behind the scenes of the January 22 State Council session, Medvedev supporters and observers are looking for signs that the President is willing to implement the political ideals he publicly advocates. Some United Russia insiders sympathetic to Medvedev reportedly pledged the Presiden [...] | 2010-01-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
10MOSCOW200 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOR ON HELIUM-3 SHORTAGE FOR [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche orally to Aleksey Ubeyev, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, at Rosatom on January 14. After consulting with the Department (ref B),post delivered slightly abridged written talking points also to Ubeyev on Jan 19. As Ubeyev is curren [...] | 2010-01-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM RS |
10MOSCOW203 | TRANSNEFT CONFIRMS OIL DEAL WITH BELARUS [...] (C) Oleg Pilipets, long-time International Affairs Advisor in the Office of the President of Transneft, Russia's oil pipeline monopoly, confirmed to us January 28 that Moscow and Minsk signed a deal to end the dispute on oil shipments (reftel). Pilipets said approximately 6.3 million tons (mt) [...] | 2010-01-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS BO |
10MOSCOW204 | MOSCOW "DISMAYED" BY POLITICAL SITUATION IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Iraq Section Chief Iliya Morgounov of the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. Characterizing the current political situation in Baghdad as strange, Morgounov noted that the GOR was surprised and disappointed by events in Baghdad leading up to the [...] | 2010-01-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS IZ |
10MOSCOW205 | RUSSIA CONSIDERS SENDING ELECTION OBSERVERS TO [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Iliya Morgounov, Section Chief of the MFA's Iraq Desk. Morgounov was grateful for the information and said the U.S. offer to provide assistance with security and ground transportation would be especially helpful. He remarked that, although the Russian Centr [...] | 2010-01-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM RS AZ |
10MOSCOW206 | ELEVATING REQUEST FOR PACE ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 06:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL COE RS |
10MOSCOW218 | INQUIRY DELIVERED: QUARTERLY STRATEGIC DATA (SDX) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KACT KTIA PARM START US RS |
10MOSCOW224 | INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] (U) Post does not have information on additional goods for the Russia TVPRA list. ---------- Task 2/TDA ---------- 2A. Prevalence and Sectoral Distribution of Exploitive Child Labor  [...] | 2010-01-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS |
10MOSCOW225 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 22, 2010 Times: 10:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: MOD, Moscow ------------ Participants ------------ 3. (U) Russian Federation ------------------ --General of the Army Nikolai Yegorevich Makarov, [...] | 2010-01-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
10MOSCOW226 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4 U.S.-RUSSIA BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and Russia have powerful reasons to work together to combat illicit trafficking of narcotics. As you heard in September from your counterpart on the working group, Viktor Ivanov, Director of Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN),his priority is engaging you o [...] | 2010-01-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM RS AF |
10MOSCOW227 | THREE DAYS OF HIGH LEVELS TALKS- BEEF CAN COME IN, [...] (SBU) Summary: From January 19-21 a USG delegation met with their Russian counterparts to find a solution to Russia's actions which have effectively shut down all U.S. exports of chicken and pork. Two days of discussions centered on the Russian ban on use of chlorine in poultry processing, t [...] | 2010-01-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS |
10MOSCOW228 | RUSSIAN DRAFT BILL WOULD REQUIRE ON-SHORE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING REF: MOSCOW 00079 Classified By: ECONMINCOUNS Matthias Mitman for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 04:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD RS |
10MOSCOW239 | AFGHAN TRANSIT: GOR STILL DEMANDS ICAO STANDARDS [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs met with GOR officials to discuss how to implement more effectively the U.S.-Russia Afghan Air Transit Agreement, especially the use of ICAO standards for shipping hazardous cargo on civilian charter flights contracted by the U.S. military. The GOR confirmed there are no [...] | 2010-02-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAIR RS AF |
10MOSCOW240 | DISSENTERS' MARCHES VENT ANTI-PUTIN STEAM, [...] (C) Summary: Opponents of the current political system staged rallies throughout Russia during the weekend of January 30-31. In Kaliningrad, thousands representing a wide range of political views gathered ostensibly to protest higher regional taxes, but also voiced their dissatisfaction with P [...] | 2010-02-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS |
10MOSCOW241 | HILARION ON THE ROC'S ROLE IN RUSSIA'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 28 conversation with the Ambassador, Archbishop Hilarion freely admitted that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has been extending its reach further into all areas of society. The Church has recently adopted a more confrontational tone regarding the State Department's Inte [...] | 2010-02-01 15:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
10MOSCOW251 | NOT QUITE A WHOLE NEW ERA FOR RUSAL [...] (C) After restructuring billions in debt, Rusal raised USD 2.2 billion through its January IPO in Hong Kong. Rusal executives see the restructuring and listing as key steps in the company's transition into a modern, public company. Despite its achievements, Rusal will have to cope with restri [...] | 2010-02-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PREL RS CH |
10MOSCOW260 | CSTO SYG TELLS AMBASSADOR ABOUT FUTURE PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha told the Ambassador that the CSTO would be prepared to participate in UN peacekeeping missions in the future. He complained that NATO has ignored CSTO overtures. Bordyuzha said CSTO priorities ar [...] | 2010-02-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR MASS MCAP SNAR RS |
10MOSCOW261 | U.S.-RUSSIA ENVIRONMENT WORKING GROUP: ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, officials of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) gave their initial reaction to the U.S.-proposed agenda for the Environment Working Group of the Bilateral Presidential Commission. They suggested that OES DAS Daniel Reifsnyder head a USG d [...] | 2010-02-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ECON TSPL SOCI EFIS KGLB RS |
10MOSCOW263 | BELARUS EMBASSY: "WE WON OIL DISPUTE;" CUSTOMS [...] (C) During a meeting with us on February 3, Vladimir Stepuk and Olga Dolgopolova, First Secretary and Counsellor, respectively, of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia, claimed Belarus "won" the recent spat between Russia and Belarus over oil export duties (reftels A and B),although they downplaye [...] | 2010-02-04 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | BO ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
10MOSCOW265 | PUTIN SUPPORTS PLAN TO MERGE ROSTEKHNOLOGIA'S [...] (SBU) On February 2, Prime Minister Putin announced support for Transport Minister Levitin's plan to transfer Rostekhnologia's aviation assets to Aeroflot. According to Levitin's proposal, all the regional airlines that would have become Russia's new national carrier RosAvia, will be absorbed [...] | 2010-02-05 09:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS |
10MOSCOW266 | (C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX ON ENERGY INTERESTS, [...] (C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us during a February 4 lunch that his Embassy and his Foreign Ministry often only learn of conversations between PM Berlusconi and PM Putin after the fact, and with little detail or background. He expressed frustration about the PMs' "direct line," which sometimes leaves th [...] | 2010-02-05 10:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS IT |
10MOSCOW268 | NO RUSSIAN RESPONSE YET TO U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP RS |
10MOSCOW270 | RUSSIA STEPS UP MIDDLE EAST ENGAGEMENT WITH ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: As Moscow seeks to reassert itself in the Middle East Peace Process, the first of three regional leaders, Mahmoud Abbas, visited Russia. (Khaled Mashaal and PM Netanyahu will visit in the coming weeks.) Meeting with President Medvedev and FM Lavrov, Abbas urged Russia to press [...] | 2010-02-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS IS |
10MOSCOW272 | PUTIN STILL HOLDING THE REINS FOR 2012 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: While supporters of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev are pushing him to establish himself as a stronger tandem member (ref A),many political experts increasingly believe that no matter who becomes president in 2012, the road to the presidency still runs through Prime Minister Vladim [...] | 2010-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS |
10MOSCOW273 | RUSSIAN SHERPA SEEKS SMOOTH NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARK AORC EAID ENRG IAEA MNUC TBIO UNGA NPT |
10MOSCOW276 | DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE: RUSSIAN REGULATION AND INTERIM [...] On January 26, Post delivered reftel demarche to the Russian Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Health and Social Development. As of February 8, post has received no substantive response. The Ministry of Transportation told us that of the three m [...] | 2010-02-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI TBIO UNDP UNGA RS |
10MOSCOW285 | GOR SATISFIED WITH LONDON CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: We met with Alexey Dedov, newly appointed Deputy Director for Afghanistan and Iran, of the MFA's Second Asia Department. On Iran, Dedov said Russia was concerned that upcoming February 11 events could turn chaotic and violent if the pro-government demonstrators and opposition [...] | 2010-02-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS AF IR |
10MOSCOW292 | EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: The embassy was shut down, as were Russian government offices, January 1-8 for New Year's and Russian Orthodox holidays. The Advisor is working with the Human Resources Department in the embassy and with EXBS Washington on [...] | 2010-02-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS |
10MOSCOW293 | DEA CHIEF OF OPERATIONS THOMAS HARRIGAN'S MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX |
10MOSCOW295 | MEDVEDEV, MATVIENKO TO ARGENTINA IN APRIL [...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with poloff, Argentine Charge d'Affaires Jose Venere said President Medvedev will visit Buenos Aires on April 14 and will likely sign bilateral agreements on extradition, double-taxation, prisoner exchanges, and cooperation against drug trafficking. After Argenti [...] | 2010-02-10 12:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS RS AR |
10MOSCOW297 | USAID MOSCOW DISCUSSES USG CONTRACTING WITH [...] (SBU) February 3 USAID Moscow briefed GOR officials and Russian business representatives on the USG contracting process. They also discussed tenders in Afghanistan. The presentation responded to requests from Russian officials who frequently cite the experience then-Soviet workers gained in [...] | 2010-02-10 13:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RS AF |
10MOSCOW301 | RUSSIA MAY VIEW IRAN AS A POTENTIAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Rhetoric from politicians and pundits aside, Russian-Iranian economic relations are relatively minor. Total two-way trade between the two countries is less than $3 billion, or 0.6% of total Russian trade. Investment flows are similarly weak. While both sides seek to expand the economic r [...] | 2010-02-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL MARR PARM RS IR |
10MOSCOW304 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS QUESTION THE RESET [...] (C) Summary: A group of civil society leaders told Senior Russia NSC Director Michael McFaul January 14 that they were disappointed with the perceived U.S. retreat on support of human rights in Russia. While they cautioned against returning to what they called the "aggressive" style of the Bu [...] | 2010-02-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS |
10MOSCOW305 | POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN RUSSIA FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the political opposition in Moscow discussed Russia's political future and the role of the United States in it with NSC Senior Director for Russia Michael McFaul. Opposition leaders believe that increased political freedom and serious measures to combat corruption can [...] | 2010-02-11 08:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS |
10MOSCOW315 | RUSSIAN PUBLIC REACTIONS TO UKRAINE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press and analysts in public statements overwhelmingly welcomed Viktor Yanukovych's victory in the February 7 presidential run-off elections in Ukraine, although they do not expect Yanukovych to be a pro-Russian push-over. Some see his victory as the end of Orange [...] | 2010-02-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UP RS |
10MOSCOW317 | THE LUZKHOV DILEMMA [...] (C) Summary: Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov remains a loyal member of United Russia, with a reputation for ensuring that the city has the resources it needs to function smoothly. Questions increasingly arise regarding Luzhkov's connections to the criminal world and the impact of these ties on governan [...] | 2010-02-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KCOR RS |
10MOSCOW318 | INSOR REPORT REINVIGORATES DEBATE ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Igor Yurgens' and Yevgeniy Gontmakher's "21st Century Manifesto" has re-ignited debate among elite groups about President Medvedev's economic modernization objectives and proposed political reforms. Yurgens and Gontmakher support Medvedev's broader modernization agenda and express opti [...] | 2010-02-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
10MOSCOW319 | RUSSIAN REACTION TO ROMANIAN SM-3 MISSILE DEFENSE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Russia remained calm in the face of the Romanian announcement that U.S. SM-3 missile defense interceptors would be deployed there. Although there were echoes of Putin's late December complaints that the U.S. missile defense program threatened a START follow-on, governmen [...] | 2010-02-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MCAP RO RS |
10MOSCOW320 | SCENESETTER FOR INNOVATION DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S [...] (U) Your visit to Russia can help advance several of the goals Presidents Obama and Medvedev set out in their Bilateral Presidential Commission (BPC) to foster greater connectivity in key areas, including education, culture, business, and government, between the U.S. and Russia. The public-pr [...] | 2010-02-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI RS |
10MOSCOW321 | ONISHCHENKO'S REPLY TO USDA U/S MILLER ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 post received a copy of Onishchenko's response to USDA U/S Miller's letter laying out possible solutions to Russia's ban on U.S. poultry. Onishchenko responds to each of the conditions laid out in Miller's letter, agreeing to some, and deferring others to technical [...] | 2010-02-12 16:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS |
10MOSCOW322 | SHIFTING EAST SIBERIAN OIL TAX HOLIDAYS REVEAL [...] (C) Starting in 2010, the GOR instituted a new export tax exemption for certain East Siberian oil fields in order to stimulate hydrocarbon development in the region. DPM Sechin supports the exemption to encourage shipments of oil east through the new East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline. [...] | 2010-02-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PREL RS |
10MOSCOW323 | PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION -- U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA ENRG MNUC TRGY RS |
10MOSCOW324 | ENGAGING RUSSIA ON THE FUTURE OF BOSNIA [...] (C) While GOR officials share our goal for BiH -- a stable country integrated with Europe -- they are increasingly calling for the Office of High Representative (OHR) to close, assessing that the entities have nearly met all five objectives and two conditions ("5 plus 2") set by the Peace Imp [...] | 2010-02-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK RS |
10MOSCOW325 | KRASNOYARSK: A REGION ENJOYING THE STATUS QUO OR [...] (C) Summary: Krasnoyarsk government officials are confident that their management of the region's substantial energy and mineral wealth ensures political and economic stability. Opposition political figures and independent journalists give kray authorities high marks for their constructive eng [...] | 2010-02-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
10MOSCOW327 | KARASIN ON GEORGIA, NAGORNO-KARABAKH, [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin, in a meeting with the Ambassador February 9, praised the Geneva Talks for contributing to the relative calm in Georgia, while criticizing the Georgians for seeking scandal, the South Ossetians for boycotting the Incident Response Mechanism, and the co-chairs for hin [...] | 2010-02-16 07:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG UP AZ MD RS |
10MOSCOW331 | JOINT DEA AND RUSSIAN INTER-AGENCY OPERATION BALTIC STRIKE [...] KRASAVCHIKOV, Vladimir - NADDIS # 6305832 File Title of Investigation. 2. VOYNOVSKIY, Valentin - NADDIS #6640630 DOB: 07/12/1956. Ukrainian National a.k.a. Valentine VOJNOWSKI. Cell head of KRASAVCHIKOV DTO organizes distribution of cocaine obtained from Ecuador to Russia. Believed [...] | 2010-02-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX |
10MOSCOW334 | GOR GREETS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM DIRECTOR BLOOMFIELD [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Moscow from January 29 - February 4, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) Director Sarah Bloomfield received an enthusiastic response from GOR officials, who noted that the GOR and the USHMM have shared interests in expanding World War II and Holocaust education [...] | 2010-02-16 12:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KNAR KIRF RS |
10MOSCOW335 | RUSSIA HEALTH REGULATOR DISMISSED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, Prime Minister Putin dismissed Nikolai Yurgel, head of Russian pharmaceutical watchdog Roszdravnadzor, two days after Yurgel publicly criticized the government's draft "Law on the Circulation of Medicines," echoing numerous objections of the pharmaceutical industry [...] | 2010-02-16 19:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TBIO PREL SOCI ETRD KIPR RS |
10MOSCOW337 | RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH AN ASSERTIVE UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, MFA and Uzbek Embassy officials stressed the positive aspects of Russian-Uzbek relations, including bilateral trade and Uzbek migrant workers in Russia. Uzbek President Karimov is due to visit Moscow in April following intergovernmental talks. Meanwhile, Russian off [...] | 2010-02-17 17:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ RS |
10MOSCOW338 | GOR MILITARY DOCTRINE PRESENTS LITTLE THAT IS NEW [...] (C) Summary: On February 5 the GOR released its new military doctrine. At the same time President Medvedev also endorsed the unpublished document "Basic Principles of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence Up to 2020." The new military doctrine, divided into four parts, is similar t [...] | 2010-02-17 17:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER PARM PBTS MARR MCAP MNUC |
10MOSCOW339 | COMMUNIST DUMA DEPUTY PREDICTS RETURN OF PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: Communist Party (KPRF) State Duma Deputy Sergei Levchenko dismissed KPRF's recent cooperation with Solidarity at the January 30 protest in Kaliningrad as insignificant, but expressed optimism about KPRF's chances in upcoming elections due to United Russia's increasing unpopulari [...] | 2010-02-17 17:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS |
10MOSCOW342 | RUSSIA CBR DEPUTY DISCUSSES IRAN, FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 17:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PTER RS IR |
10MOSCOW352 | Identification of Vladimir KRASAVCHIKOV's Current [...] KRASAVCHIKOV, Vladimir - NADDIS #6305832. Telephone Number: 593-81132751. Remarks: Currently utilizing Ecuadorian cellular telephone number 593-81132751. BERYLE [...] | 2010-02-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX |
10MOSCOW353 | Meeting Between the Russian Federal Drug Control Service [...] Najib LNU - NADDIS Negative. Further identified as a male; Telephone Numbers: 992-919-966622 and 992-919-940008. Remarks: Identified as an organizer of drug smuggling routes out of Tajikistan. 2. Taj Mohammad - NADDIS Negative. Further identified as a male; Telephone Number: 992-919-966833; [...] | 2010-02-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX |
10MOSCOW361 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR [...] VISAS VIPER 2. The following information is provided for watchlisting purposes as the Department of State and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. In addition to the information passed in reftel, Moscow LEGATT provided additional aliases for subject during the recent [...] | 2010-02-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR RS |
10MOSCOW365 | ULYANOVSK: RUSSIA'S AVIATION CAPITAL SEEKING NEW [...] (C) Summary: Russia's Ulyanovsk region Governor Sergey Morozov is focusing on the need to attract investment, foreign or domestic, into his central Russian region. During Emboff's two-day visit February 11-12, local officials promoted their receptivity, and Ulyanovsk's infrastructure, indus [...] | 2010-02-19 08:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM |
10MOSCOW375 | RYAZAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS: YABLOKO QUITS, LASHES [...] (C) Summary: During the March 14 Ryazan Regional Parliamentary Elections, six parties will compete for 36 Oblast Duma seats. February 5 was the registration deadline for submitting signatures. Opposition parties and pundits agree that the elections will be neither free nor fair. Yabloko dr [...] | 2010-02-19 11:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS |
10MOSCOW380 | NONPAPER DELIVERED: POINTS ON STRATEGIC DATA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT PARM KTIA START US RS |
10MOSCOW381 | NONPAPER DELIVERED: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA |
10MOSCOW391 | RUSSIAN DUMA MEMBERS WANT US-RUSSIA RELATIONS BASED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the invitation of Duma Foreign Relations Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev, the Ambassador met for 90 minutes with a delegation of Duma members traveling with Kosachev to the U.S. to meet with members of Congress. Discussion topics ranged from imports of U.S. chicken to Afg [...] | 2010-02-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM ECON ETRD RS |
10MOSCOW392 | IRAN DOMINATES NETANYAHU'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: In a two-day visit to Moscow, PM Netanyahu pressed his case on Iran while the GOR was more focused on trade than the MEPP. The Israeli PM downplayed disagreements over Hamas and welcomed government initiatives to help crisis-depleted economic relations. Netanyahu came away ple [...] | 2010-02-22 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS IR |
10MOSCOW395 | NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GOR: MANAGING PART I OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL RS |
10MOSCOW396 | APEC INVITE DELIVERED TO RUSSIAN POCS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRC ECIN ELTN ENRG PREL TNGD TPHY TSPL BTIO |
10MOSCOW410 | FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE RUSSIA ON [...] (C) Summary: Cooperation on Afghanistan remains a top item on the U.S.-Russia agenda. We have achieved success in gaining Russia's public, rhetorical support for our efforts (despite private skepticism) and concrete help on transit issues. Efforts to have Russia contribute substantial econ [...] | 2010-02-24 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR RS AF |
10MOSCOW435 | CUSTOMS UNION'S AIRCRAFT DUTI... [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS |
10MOSCOW437 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH [...] (C) EmbOff delivered reftel message on February 26 to Third Secretaries Aleksandr Bulychev and Roman Ustinov in the MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament. After listening attentively, they responded that Russia had reviewed the DG's sixth report on Syria and Amano did not say th [...] | 2010-02-26 16:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP IAEA SY RS |
10MOSCOW438 | CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] In accordance with reftel, the Consular Section at U.S. Embassy Moscow completed its review of consular management controls on 25 February 2010. Richard Beer, FE-OC, Consul General, certifies that the management review was successfully completed and that we are in compliance with the Departme [...] | 2010-02-27 19:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD RU |
10MOSCOW53 | TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT [...] (C) Transneft International Affairs Advisor Oleg Pilipets told us January 12 the oil dispute with Belarus affects only oil sent to, and not through, Belarus. He said the expiration of a 2007 agreement prevents Transneft from continuing to send oil to Belarus at previous preferential export du [...] | 2010-01-12 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO |
10MOSCOW54 | TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO |
10MOSCOW56 | RUSSIA STRIVES TO REDUCE GAS FLARING [...] (C) Russia flares more natural gas than any other country, burning over 40 bcm in 2008. The GOR plans to reduce this figure by raising Russia's associated gas utilization level to 95% by 2012 from the current 60-70% rate. Experts doubt, however, that the GOR will achieve this goal. Obstacles [...] | 2010-01-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS KGHG |
10MOSCOW60 | RUSSIA PLAYS ITS CARDS IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, [...] (C) Summary. As a counterpoint to its August 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia is pursuing traditional diplomacy with its South Caucasus neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan, while addressing growing Turkish influence in the region. Although wary of Yerevan's possible westward reorientation, Mosc [...] | 2010-01-14 07:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RS AM AJ TU |
10MOSCOW63 | IOM'S FACILITATION OF CHECHNYA RETURNS RISKS ITS [...] (C) Summary: In collaboration with the Austrian government, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) started a pilot project in November 2009 that assists voluntary returns and reintegration for migrants returning from Austria to Chechnya. IOM also continues to aid returns from oth [...] | 2010-01-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF SMIG AU NO RS SW PL |
10MOSCOW64 | RUSSIAN LEGAL BARRIERS AND IO FUNDING GAPS LIMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Negotiating complex asylum procedures, accessing state-funded education, and obtaining psychosocial support are foremost among the challenges for refugees and internally displaced (IDP) children in Russia. International organizations face funding shortages in their attempts to [...] | 2010-01-14 09:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR RS |
10MOSCOW72 | MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCIENCE PARK SUCCESSFUL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past five years, Moscow State University's (MSU) Science Park has launched 85 high-tech start-up, mostly in the IT and biotech fields. Raising awareness of the importance of IPR protection is a key MSU priority. With its science park and other innovative activities, [...] | 2010-01-14 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TNGD TBIO TINT KIPR KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV |
10MOSCOW75 | RUSSIA DISPATCHES RESCUE WORKERS AND EQUIPMENT TO [...] (U) According to a January 14 press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Medvedev has ordered the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) to assist Haiti in dealing with the effects of the January 12 earthquake. Russia has already dispatched three EMERCOM planes carrying m [...] | 2010-01-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI RS HA |
10MUMBAI12 | ANTI-MAOIST OPERATIONS IN CHHATTISGARH BEGIN: ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian state is finally getting serious about tackling the Maoist insurgency in India's "Red Belt." As it does so, NGOs and human rights activists working in southern Chhattisgarh, one of the areas worst affected by Maoist violence, are expressing concern that a concentra [...] | 2010-01-11 10:57:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EMIN ENRG SOCI PTER IN |
10MUMBAI13 | TELEGRAM CANCELLATION--NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 03:02:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN |
10MUMBAI14 | TELEGRAM CANCEL--NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 04:54:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI |
10MUMBAI17 | NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN [...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...] | 2010-01-13 07:51:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI |
10MUMBAI18 | NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN [...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...] | 2010-01-13 08:09:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI |
10MUMBAI41 | RBI MOVES AHEAD OF THE CURVE TO SIGNAL INFLATION [...] (U) Summary: On January 29, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),India's central bank, raised the cash reserve ratio (CRR),its first direct step towards monetary tightening in an effort to fight rising inflation, which the RBI now expects to be 8.5 percent for the fiscal year. The belt tightenin [...] | 2010-02-03 11:35:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV IN |
10MUMBAI42 | ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION GROWING IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. With the majority of civil litigation cases taking over a decade to resolve through the Indian courts, businesses in Mumbai increasingly pursue alternative means for resolving contractual difference quickly and cheaply. The business community has devised Alternative Dispute Re [...] | 2010-02-05 08:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BTIO ECON EINV KDEM KIDE KJUS ETRD IN |
10MUMBAI44 | MUMBAI'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING COURT REPORTS IMPRESSIVE FIGURE OF [...] (U) Summary. In just over a year of operation, the anti-human trafficking court in Mumbai has disposed of a large backlog of trafficking cases, and improved the conviction rate for traffickers. In 2009, the court adjudicated 438 cases, and recorded convictions in 81 cases, with more than one [...] | 2010-02-08 13:08:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP IN PHUM |
10MUMBAI51 | THE BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD PARTNERSHIP: GREAT POTENTIAL BUT [...] (U) Summary: Hollywood film studios, amongst the world's highest revenue earners, are increasingly beginning to stake their claim in Bollywood, touted as the world's largest maker of movies. Though not without challenges, major U.S. studios have started to try to capture a piece of this poten [...] | 2010-02-11 12:39:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SCUL IN |
10MUMBAI52 | CAN THE INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY GO GLOBAL? [...] SUMMARY: The Indian film industry - centered around the Hindi-language industry in Mumbai, known as "Bollywood" - is the world's largest. Nevertheless, with modest revenues and low profitability, the industry's impact is more cultural than economic. In the last decade, however, the Mumbai-ba [...] | 2010-02-11 12:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SCUL IN |
10MUMBAI53 | BOMB BLAST IN PUNE: SUSPECTED TERRORIST ATTACK, NO AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At around 7:15 pm on February 13, a bomb exploded in a restaurant often frequented by foreigners in Pune city, about three hours by road southeast of Mumbai, in an apparent terrorist attack. Indian officials have confirmed nine deaths, including at least one foreigner, with ove [...] | 2010-02-14 11:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PTER IN |
10MUMBAI57 | MUMBAI'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING COURT REPORTS IMPRESSIVE FIGURE OF [...] (U) Summary. In just over a year of operation, the anti-human trafficking court in Mumbai has disposed of a large backlog of trafficking cases, and improved the conviction rate for traffickers. In 2009, the court adjudicated 438 cases, and recorded convictions in 81 cases, with more than one [...] | 2010-02-17 11:18:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP IN PHUM |
10MUNICH16 | BAVARIA/GERMAN POLITICS: CSU STRUGGLES TO REGAIN ITS [...] (SBU) A sobering opinion poll has given the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) only 41 percent, a clear sign that the party's crisis continues, although at 41 percent the CSU was still twice as popular as any other party in Bavaria. Minister President Seehofer remains optimistic about the [...] | 2010-01-22 13:04:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
10MUNICH28 | Business and Power: Green Mega Project "Desertec" Goes [...] (SBU) The 400-billion euro project "Desertec," designed to capture Saharan solar energy and transmit it to European homes, now has a corporate structure and a CEO. Consortium leader and initiator Munich Re is confident they can overcome all obstacles, including big financial and technical prob [...] | 2010-02-16 08:42:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL SENV EU GM XF |
10MUNICH29 | GERMANY/BAVARIA: HORST SEEHOFER, MOSTLY FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Horst Seehofer, an unpredictable politician struggling to regain his party's hegemony in Bavaria, revealed only shallow foreign policy expertise when he met Ambassador Murphy on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 6. Seehofer, Minister President and leader of the [...] | 2010-02-16 08:58:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV INRB GM |
10MUNICH34 | ARAB MEDIA, ONLINE CHAT ROOMS AND THE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (U) The handshake between Prince Turki al Faisal, the former head of Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Service, and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon off stage but in public view at the Munich Security Conference (Munich, February 5-7, reported septels) drew the attention of Arab websites [...] | 2010-02-23 08:29:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EINT KISL XF XD GM |
10MUSCAT1 | OMAN'S SUBTLE PRESSURE ON CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (S/NF) During the week of November 16, Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) questioned civil society leader Khalid al Haribi about his recent activities to promote women's rights in Oman. The encounter rattled al Haribi and showed that the GoO has figured out that his corporation is performi [...] | 2010-01-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV MU |
10MUSCAT100 | OMAN - CODEL LOWEY SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes CODEL Lowey. The visit will be important in deepening our nation's relationship with the Sultanate of Oman. As Sultan Qaboos heads into the fortieth year of his reign, Oman is continuing the development that, since 1970, has taken it from isolati [...] | 2010-02-10 14:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL MU |
10MUSCAT101 | OMAN'S PLANS TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) On February 10 the Ambassador inquired from Sayyid Badr, the MFA Secretary General, whether Oman plans to accede to the Copenhagen Accord. Badr answered that Oman was drafting a letter to the UN Secretary General that would say "We welcome the accord and are doing our best in enacting pol [...] | 2010-02-22 10:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL MU |
10MUSCAT103 | OMAN'S SULTAN QABOOS AND A/S FELTMAN DISCUSS YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Feltman, Sultan Qaboos -- Supported President Saleh and a united Yemen; -- Concurred wholeheartedly with the U.S. analysis and approach to Yemen, especially on the need to maintain pressure on President Saleh; -- Agreed [...] | 2010-02-23 06:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER MU YM |
10MUSCAT107 | A/S FELTMAN WITH OMANI FM - YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: Discussions about Yemen during a February 17 meeting between Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YbA) and NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman revealed that the U.S. and Oman are on the same page regarding both internal politics and external influences. Y [...] | 2010-02-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YM MU |
10MUSCAT11 | OMAN: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE MAJLIS AL [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's December 9, 2009 wide ranging courtesy call with His Excellency Yahya bin Mahfidh al Manthari, President of the Majlis al Dawla, they discussed women's issues, exchange programs, Palestine, Yemen and Oman's infrastructure development. Although touching only br [...] | 2010-01-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN OEXC MU |
10MUSCAT113 | U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOG: OMAN READY FOR U.S. AGENDA [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Chief of the MFA Secretary General's Office, Ambassador Lyutha al Mughairi, on February 24 to discuss the topic of agenda items for the March 24, 2010 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialog. Ambassador Schmierer confirmed the U.S. desire to move away from the old GSD forma [...] | 2010-02-24 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PARM MU |
10MUSCAT115 | OMAN AND THE GCC DONOR COORDINATION CONFERENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the subject demarche on Yemen donor coordination during a February 24 meeting with the Chief of the MFA Secretary General's Office (D-equivalent),Ambassador Lyutha al Mughairi. Ambassador Schmierer thanked Oman for its generous aid to Yemen, noted that Oman's thor [...] | 2010-02-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV YM MU |
10MUSCAT117 | EXPANDING MEPI'S REACH: SBA AND OMANI MINISTRY OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Building on President's Obama's Cairo speech, which recognized the need to promote entrepreneurism in the Middle East, the Small Business Administration (SBA),through the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),will partner with Oman's Small and Medium Enterprise Directorate, [...] | 2010-02-25 02:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMPI MU |
10MUSCAT119 | OMAN - U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP IR MU |
10MUSCAT12 | EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR DECEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP ETTC MU |
10MUSCAT122 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. CODEL HAILED AS MODEL OF [...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move, the Government of Oman, through the state-owned daily "Oman", signaled deep satisfaction with the recent visit of the U.S. Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey. The media also continued to criticize Israel while offering support to Iraqi [...] | 2010-02-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
10MUSCAT124 | OMAN NOMINATIONS: FY-09 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] Following are Embassy Muscat principal and alternate nominees for the 2010 MEPI Student Leaders Program. Responses are keyed to para 10 of REFTEL. 2. First Principal: A. Last name as on passport: Al Busaidi B. First name as on passport: Khalfan [...] | 2010-02-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KPAO MU |
10MUSCAT17 | OMANIS AWARE OF U.S. RECORD OF COOPERATION ON THE PEACEFUL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-16 22:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID IAEA AORC ENRG MU |
10MUSCAT2 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: NEW YEAR, OLD CONCERNS [...] SUMMARY: With the majority of publications moving into the new year focusing solely on local issues, including the state budget and worsening traffic, limited international editorial content decried continuing unrest in Iraq, noted positive signs in reduced Palestinian aggression against Isr [...] | 2010-01-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
10MUSCAT21 | TFHA01: OMAN PREPARING TO SEND ASSISTANCE TO RED CROSS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL ASEC HA MU |
10MUSCAT22 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: SKEPTICAL ON ISRAELI INTENT; CLEAR [...] SUMMARY: The Omani media reacted to the latest developments in the Middle East Peace process with continued skepticism toward Israeli and U.S. efforts, along with strong rhetorical support for the Palestinian cause. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- An "Ambiguous" Road to Peac [...] | 2010-01-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
10MUSCAT27 | OMAN CIVIL SOCIETY AWARDS HERALD SHIFTING WINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oman's first civil-society awards ceremony, a high-profile event organized by the Sultanate's first private think tank, is the latest sign that the climate for social and political activism in Oman is changing. The level of official and private support that the event received is [...] | 2010-01-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MU |
10MUSCAT29 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-HINAI, MOHAMMED NASSER SALIM (DOB 01-01-1966; Omani passport [...] | 2010-01-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT31 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-BULUSHI, HAMOOD SULAIMAN ABDULLAH (DOB 07-07-1973; Omani pas [...] | 2010-01-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT35 | TFHA01: OMAN'S RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Embassy contacted Ali bin Ibrahim bin Shenon al Ra'isi, CEO of the Oman Charitable Organization (OCO),which is the Government of Oman's aid and development organization. Per ref A, we expressed the USG's appreciation for Oman's rapid response to support the humanit [...] | 2010-01-20 05:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AEMR PREF PREL HA MU |
10MUSCAT36 | HELPING ENTREPRENEURS: OMAN ANOUNCES 2010 SME CONFERENCE [...] (U) As a matter of policy the Government of Oman sees Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as an essential factor in driving the country's development and providing employment. In this regard, the GoO regularly and positively highlights growth in private sector hiring versus the public sector. [...] | 2010-01-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP PGOV MU |
10MUSCAT37 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, IRAN, AND YEMEN WITH TOP OMANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22, Ambassador Schmierer met with the Inspector General of the Royal Oman Police (ROP),who also serves as head of the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking, Lieutenant General Malik Al Ma'amari. The Deputy IG Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Riyami and Public Rel [...] | 2010-01-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP PGOV YM IR MU |
10MUSCAT39 | SNAPSHOT OF OMAN'S BANKING CLIMATE AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call on the head of HSBC bank for Oman, the Ambassador received a candid view of Oman's banking circumstances. HSBC is well-placed in Oman, being the first bank in the country - and even served as the de facto central bank before the official one was established [...] | 2010-01-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB MU |
10MUSCAT41 | OMANI MINISTER OF ECONOMY ON THE BUDGET, GCC, AND PORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Oman's Minister of National Economy Ahmed Macki on January 9. Macki proved enthusiastic and energetic about Oman's plans for development, detailing them at great length. Topics of discussion ranged from Oman's 2010 budget to internal conf [...] | 2010-01-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET EWWT PGOV MU |
10MUSCAT44 | OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MU |
10MUSCAT46 | FIGURES ON OMAN'S LATEST LABOR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KTIP PGOV MU |
10MUSCAT49 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL MU |
10MUSCAT50 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BOTH WRONG AND RIGHT ON [...] SUMMARY: The Omani media condemned U.S. "Zionist cooperation" on Israeli-Palestinian peace while simultaneously blaming Israel for hindering Senator Mitchell's mediation efforts. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------------------- ----------- U.S. SPEAKS ABOUT PEACE, BUT ADOPTS [...] | 2010-01-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
10MUSCAT52 | OMAN TERMED "STABLE COUNTRY" [...] (U) A report published on January 12 by the UK-based Business Monitor International (BMI) magazine states that the Sultanate will remain a haven of stability in the region in 2010 due to low risks to business in the country. BMI expects that the Sultanate will maintain strong, stable relations [...] | 2010-01-26 08:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL ASEC MU |
10MUSCAT53 | OMAN AND THE U.S. KICK OFF CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A U.S. delegation composed of experts in the field of civil nuclear technology met on January 24 with Oman's Nuclear Steering Committee regarding areas for potential cooperation. The composition of the Committee, with members from relevant ministries, is indicative of Oman's seriou [...] | 2010-01-26 14:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TSPL MU |
10MUSCAT55 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-RAWAHI, ZAKI YAHYA YOUSEF (DOB 11-17-1977; Omani passport [...] | 2010-01-30 06:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT57 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AI-ISAEE, KHALID SULAIMAN ALI (DOB 5-8-1973; Omani passport [...] | 2010-01-30 06:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT59 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-ZAABI, KHALID ABDULLAH MOHAMMED (DOB 4-24-1973; Omani pas [...] | 2010-01-30 06:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT61 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-FULAITI, YAHYA MOHAMED SAIF (DOB 5-3-1971; Omani passport [...] | 2010-01-30 06:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT62 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: OF TIMETABLES, TONGUES, AND [...] SUMMARY: Omani editorials over the past week have criticized the EU for allowing Israel to impede progress on settlements, rebuked Tony Blair for his role in the invasion of Iraq, and targeted Israeli PM Netanyahu for shoring up support for his government by returning to a policy of political [...] | 2010-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
10MUSCAT63 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-HARTHY, FAISAL ALI AHMED (DOB 10-27-1977; Omani passport [...] | 2010-01-30 06:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT65 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL SHABIBI, SALEEM MARHOON SALIM (DOB 07-24-1981; Omani pass [...] | 2010-01-30 06:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT67 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-MANJI, KHALID SAIF OBAID (DOB 8-8-1968; Omani passport # [...] | 2010-01-30 06:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT7 | OMAN AND IRAN TO ESTABLISH A $50 MILLION JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) The Omani Center for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED) recently announced on its website that it is in the process of establishing an Oman-Iran investment company with an initial capital input of $50 million. The head of OCIPED, Dr. Salem Nasser Al Ismaily, signed an ag [...] | 2010-01-07 18:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ETRD PINR PREL MU |
10MUSCAT70 | OMAN: SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNER ACCREDITATION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the DCM met January 20 with the MFA's Muhammad al-Khusaibi (please protect),head of the Americas desk and former Omani Ambassador to the United States to discuss informally the sensitive topic of the Omani reaction to a prospective request for accreditation of the [...] | 2010-02-03 15:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | APER PREL AMGT MU |
10MUSCAT71 | OMANI GOVERNMENT REACTS STRONGLY TO SUGGESTION OF PATRIOT [...] (C) Summary: A recent New York Time's (NYT) article describing Patriot missile deployment to countries in the Gulf in order to counter Iran, assuage Israel, and reassure our Gulf partners has been disquieting to the Omani Government. There has never been an official USG offer of Patriots to O [...] | 2010-02-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IR MU |
10MUSCAT73 | (C) OMAN NAMES MEMBERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION; EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oman named the members of its Human Rights Commission on January 24, at last providing substance to the November 2008 Royal Decree establishing the commission. Although there has been some criticism of the members selected, the list contains many known Embassy contacts who should [...] | 2010-02-03 06:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MU |
10MUSCAT75 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for the following individuals: AL HAJRI, HILAL (DOB 6-14-1954; Om [...] | 2010-02-03 14:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT77 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL HADDABI, SHABIB AHMED KHALFAN (DOB 11-12-1983; Omani pas [...] | 2010-02-03 14:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT79 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-HOSNI, MALIK KHAMIS SALIM (DOB 07-06-1984; Omani passpor [...] | 2010-02-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
10MUSCAT83 | IRAN OPENS TRADE OFFICE IN MUSCAT [...] (SBU) Recent press reporting from Iran noted the imminent opening of an Iranian "trade center" in Oman by January 26, 2010. The reports cite Iranian economic officials as saying that the Iranian government has allocated one billion dollars in loans to set up 20 trade centers worldwide. They no [...] | 2010-02-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MU IR |
10MUSCAT86 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: SUDANESE DIVISION, U.S.-EU TIES, AND [...] SUMMARY: Over the course of the last week, Omani media leant credence to Sudanese division conspiracy theories, highlighted a perceived rift in the U.S.-E.U. relationship, and declared Palestinian unity a necessary element in influencing the peace process. END SUMMARY. --------------- [...] | 2010-02-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
10MUSCAT87 | OMAN REPORT ON CHILD LABOR - 2009 [...] Summary: Oman does not have an issue with child labor. There are no reports or complaints related to this topic. The one area of potential concern, child camel jockeys, was fully addressed this year when the legal minimum age for jockeys was raised to 18. This is in response to reftel instr [...] | 2010-02-10 07:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM MU |
10MUSCAT89 | OMAN AND THE U.S. KICK OFF CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A U.S. delegation composed of experts in the field of civil nuclear technology met on January 24 with Oman's Nuclear Steering Committee regarding areas for potential cooperation. The composition of the Committee, with members from relevant ministries, is indicative of Oman's seriou [...] | 2010-02-10 12:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TSPL MU |
10MUSCAT9 | MUSCAT RESPONSE TO ARMS FOR SECURITY TEAMS DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (C) This is a response to Ref A request for an update on the implementation of regulations to allow armed security teams to transit Oman in order to embark or disembark vessels at the Port of Salalah (Ref B). Based on information provided to us by Inchcape Shipping Service (ISS),the only curr [...] | 2010-01-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PREL KPIR MU |
10MUSCAT91 | EMBASSY ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN BID FOR MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) As part of Post's ongoing advocacy efforts regarding Bechtel's bid for an approximately $2 billion contract for the construction of Muscat International Airport, the Ambassador raised the matter with Sultan Qaboos during a one-on-one meeting on January 12. The Ambassador has also raised t [...] | 2010-02-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT MU |
10MUSCAT92 | EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR JANUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP ETTC MU |
10MUSCAT95 | EMBASSY MUSCAT BFIF PROPOSALS [...] (U) Summary: Post has two significant proposals for Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program funding. First, in an effort to promote the U.S. - Oman Free Trade Agreement and advance small and medium sized enterprises in Oman, Post proposes to bring an NGO specializing in small busine [...] | 2010-02-16 05:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP MU |
10MUSCAT96 | EMBASSY MUSCAT WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY VISIT TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes CODEL Lowey for its visit to Oman, February 15-16, 2010. Please note requests in paragraphs 6, 9, 12 and 13. Embassy notes that all requested meetings have been submitted to the Government of Oman. The GoO traditionally releases the final schedule closer [...] | 2010-02-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL AMGT MU |
10MUSCAT97 | SECRETARY'S OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISUES GRANT PROPOSAL: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post proposes the use the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues grant to create an Oman Women's Rights Self-Help Clinic. The Clinic would assist Omani women in using their substantial, yet little-known rights, particularly in the area of personal status law involving marriage [...] | 2010-02-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN MU |
10MUSCAT99 | OMAN - GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER TWO GIVES HIS VIEWS OF THE REGION [...] (S) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Oman's number two in government, Sayyid Fahd, gave a frank view of regional issues, interspaced with praise for the United States' efforts. He opined that Iraq will eventually settle down and that the United States had done a great s [...] | 2010-02-22 08:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL IZ IR IN PK AF YM IS KPAL MU |
10NAIROBI1 | Somalia -Galmuduug Presidential Crisis Resolved, Signaling [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on December 28 endorsed Mohamed Ahmed Alin as President of Galmuduug region during an official ceremony in Mogadishu. Alin's selection, following a protracted stand-off with another contender for the position, was the result of TFG P [...] | 2010-01-04 09:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SO SOCI PINR KDEM |
10NAIROBI106 | TJRC Update [...] Summary: The Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) is still in the process of organizing itself and interviewing and hiring staff. On January 24 Commissioners will set off from Nairobi on a 60 day tour of the nation to inform Kenyans about the commission and its mandate; three w [...] | 2010-01-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KE |
10NAIROBI107 | Somalia - Dadaab Youth Report No Active Recruiting, But [...] (C) Youth at the Dadaab refugee camps, the majority of whom are of Somali origin, report that they have not witnessed active recruitment efforts by extremist elements from Somalia, but they have experienced significant temptation to cross the border and take money to fight. Several youth claim [...] | 2010-01-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI KPAO SO |
10NAIROBI11 | Kenya: Inadequate Witness Protection Poses Painful Dilemma [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 17. 2. (S) Summary: In recent months, post has noted an increased level of intimidation against witnesses to Kenya's late 2007-early 2008 post-election violence. This trend is consistent with security threats against other human ri [...] | 2010-01-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM KJUS UG KE |
10NAIROBI115 | Somalia - PD Activities Update, February 2 [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the first week of February 2010. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-5 activiti [...] | 2010-02-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS |
10NAIROBI117 | Somalia - Puntland's Downward Trajectory [...] (C) Summary: Puntland Administration President "Faroole" appears increasingly determined to erode the integrity of Puntland political institutions and sideline clan and local leaders (ref al). In addition to a deteriorating political situation, security has continued to decline in Puntl [...] | 2010-02-02 13:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SO PINR PTER SOCI |
10NAIROBI120 | SOMALIA - UN Official's Positive Assessment of TFG Troops [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 16 we met with a UN officer Sheikh Wade, who was just back from visiting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops camped in the Jazeera area of Mogadishu. Wade was generally impressed by the troops' discipline and demeanor, though their living conditions were [...] | 2010-01-22 08:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO MOPS |
10NAIROBI124 | African Union Summit -- Kenyan Delegation [...] Per para six reftel request, Moses Wetangula, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will lead the Kenyan delegation to the AU Summit from January 28-30. President Kibaki will lead the delegation from his arrival in Addis Ababa on January 30 to his departure on February 2. No flight information is avai [...] | 2010-01-23 02:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP AORC KE |
10NAIROBI147 | S/CT AMBASSADOR DANIEL BENJAMIN AND GOK OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) During a one-day visit to Kenya Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin discussed threats from Somalia, Islamic extremism inside Kenya, border security and Kenya's efforts to aid the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Amb Benjamin met with George Saitoti, Min [...] | 2010-02-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MARR PGOV PREL PTER KE SO |
10NAIROBI149 | Constitutional Review Update and Next Steps [...] (C) Summary: On January 29 the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) reached agreement on what are considered the most contentious issues (the executive structure, devolution of authority, and transition arrangements) in a revised draft of the constitution. The PSC sent its recommendatio [...] | 2010-02-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
10NAIROBI15 | Somalia - TFG Prime Minister Reviews Progress in Wake of [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke described to Somalia Unit December 30 his government's plans, immediately on his January 3 return to Mogadishu, to shake-up Mogadishu port operations by removing the current, corrupt leadership, and implementing [...] | 2010-01-05 16:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO PINR EFIN EAID ECON |
10NAIROBI153 | Under Secretary Otero's Visit Pushes on Reform and Other [...] Summary. During her January 25-28 visit, Under Secretary Otero advanced U.S. efforts to press for implementation of the reform agenda, including through meetings with President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga, and in a town hall forum at the University of Nairobi. Otero covered a wide range o [...] | 2010-02-09 06:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
10NAIROBI155 | SOMALIA - MASS TFG ARMY MOVEMENT SIGNALS IMPENDING OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. On February 5 the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) deployed some 2,000 army troops from its training camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu into the city. With support from troops from the AU Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),four Somali battalions have taken up new positions that cont [...] | 2010-02-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SO PTER EAID MARR MOPS |
10NAIROBI159 | ASD Vershbow Visit Highlights Regional Security Issues [...] (C) Summary: During separate January 26 meetings, Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow met with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Yussuf Haji, Chief of Defense Jeremiah Kianga, and Interior Minister George Saitoti. PM Odinga expressed serious concern over regional ins [...] | 2010-02-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR SU SO KE |
10NAIROBI165 | SOMALIA - CHINESE ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) The following cable provides responses to action request in reftel on Chinese engagement in Somalia. Chinese Engagement in Trade and Investment --------------------------------------------- ----------------- 2. (SBU) The Sino-Somali relationship has remained strong since th [...] | 2010-02-12 07:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID XA SO |
10NAIROBI17 | Somalia - Puntland President Media Crackdown Fueling [...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole" appears to be holding VOA journalist Isaq, arrested on December 21 (reftels),on trumped up charges that Isaq was connected to last month's attacks in Puntland. Multiple Puntland contacts tell us they think "Faroole" does not have credible evidenc [...] | 2010-01-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO PHUM KDEM PINR |
10NAIROBI171 | Severe Coalition Government Tensions Surface [...] (C) Summary. Severe tensions within the coalition government have been building in recent days and erupted on February 14 into what both sides are characterizing as a "crisis." The revelation of major corruption within the Ministry of Education, headed by a minister allied to President Kibaki, [...] | 2010-02-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KE |
10NAIROBI181 | Chinese Engagement in Kenya [...] (S/NF) Summary: China's engagement in Kenya continues to grow exponentially. China enjoys a large trade surplus with Kenya; exports increased by more than 25 percent a year from 2004 to 2008. The China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) is drilling for oil in the Isiolo region. China may be a po [...] | 2010-02-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID KE XW ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PGOV CH PINR |
10NAIROBI183 | Kenya "Crisis" Update [...] (C) Summary. Neither the President nor the Prime Minister have taken decisive steps to resolve Kenya's coalition "crisis," but there are some signs of progress. At the same time as the ODM announced on February 16 a boycott of Cabinet meetings, President Kibaki then cancelled the Cabinet meeti [...] | 2010-02-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KE |
10NAIROBI19 | Somalia - "Faroole" Reluctantly Releases Journalist [...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole," as a result of pressure by the Embassy and by Puntland and clan leaders, on January 5 released VOA reporter Mohammed Isaq. (Note: Isaq was detained on December 21. End note.) Our contacts tell us that "Faroole" reluctantly released Isaq after b [...] | 2010-01-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO KDEM PHUM |
10NAIROBI190 | KENYA: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA KE |
10NAIROBI191 | Somalia - Perspectives on TFG-ASWJ Agreement [...] (C) The February 13 agreement between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) (reftel) represents potential progress in their ongoing collaboration. But to be successful, the agreement must first gain the support of ASWJ on the ground, especially from l [...] | 2010-02-18 18:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO EAID ET MOPS |
10NAIROBI192 | DEMARCHE HAITI: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA KE |
10NAIROBI202 | Somalia - Request for Government Outreach Voluntary Visitor [...] Project Description: Somalia Unit, based at Embassy Nairobi, requests the creation of a Voluntary Visitor (VOLVIS) program that will enable a team of four people from Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to study options for enhancing their outreach efforts on behalf of the TFG. We [...] | 2010-02-02 12:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO SO |
10NAIROBI207 | Somalia - PD Activities Update, February 23 [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the third week of February 2010. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-8 activiti [...] | 2010-02-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS |
10NAIROBI213 | Kenya Weary of Taking More Pirates [...] On February 24 Post's Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) informed the Kenyan Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of the facts of the case of eight suspected pirates apprehended by the U.S. Navy on February 11. The RLA also notified the DPP that the U.S. is discussing the case with the Tanzanian a [...] | 2010-02-26 11:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PREL TZ KE |
10NAIROBI214 | SOMALIA - Assistance to Central Government With [...] In 2009, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) benefitted from a waiver under Section 7086 of the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Act (SFOAA) to permit the Department and USAID to provide it economic and security assistance. With Somalia at a critical junc [...] | 2010-02-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON AID EFIN PREL SO |
10NAIROBI224 | SOMALIA DEYR ASSESSMENT RESULTS INDICATE SUSTAINED [...] On January 29, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) presented findings from the 2009/2010 post-October to December short rains seasonal assessment. According to FSNAU, an estimated 3.2 million people will require humanitarian ass [...] | 2010-02-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
10NAIROBI226 | KENYA: COPENHAGEN ACCORD DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] In a January 28 meeting, Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero and Ambassador Ranneberger delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Environment and Natural Resources John Michuki urging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to associate with the Copenhagen Accord. U/S Otero press [...] | 2010-02-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG KE |
10NAIROBI246 | KENYA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANTS; COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the GOK sought U.S. support for its proposal to extend the ivory trade ban. The GOK said it has broad African support for the proposal. In the same meeting, econoff delivered reftel talking points on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speci [...] | 2010-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP KE |
10NAIROBI262 | U/S Otero Urges for More Educational Opportunties and [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Maria Otero visited the Dadaab refugee camp as part of her January 25-28 visit to Kenya. The need to improve educational opportunities for refugee children and to respond to the security threats of refugee women - particularly as they search for firewood - we [...] | 2010-02-09 06:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KE SO |
10NAIROBI29 | Constitutional Debate 5: Power to the People [...] (C) Summary: This cable is part five in a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. Cable one (Ref A) provided a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive [...] | 2010-01-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
10NAIROBI3 | Somalia - Update on Detained VOA Somali Reporter [...] (S) Voice of America (VOA) Somali Service reporter Mohamed Yasin Isaq remains in the custody of Puntland authorities, though he has yet to be charged with any crime. Puntland President "Faroole" replied to the Ambassador's December 29 letter (reftel) with an assertion that Isaq is being held n [...] | 2010-01-04 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL PGOV SO PHUM KDEM KPAO SOCI |
10NAIROBI31 | The Constitutional Review Process and the Secretary's Calls [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary's calls made and planned to Prime Minister Odinga and President Kibaki respectively influenced them to chair a meeting with their teams January 7 at which they emphasized their desire to reach compromise on the key contentious issues with respect to the draft new cons [...] | 2010-01-08 13:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
10NAIROBI324 | KENYA: FEBRUARY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) John Githongo on the State of Play in Kenya 2. (U) A Glimpse at Kenya's Energy Future 3. (U) Irregular Financial Flows Stabilize the Shilling  [...] | 2010-02-10 07:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG ECON EINV ETRD PINR KCOR PREL KE |
10NAIROBI326 | NUTRITION AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN SOMALIA REQUIRE URGENT [...] (U) Humanitarian agencies continue to express concern over the health and nutrition conditions in Somalia, noting that a humanitarian response focused primarily on food assistance is not enough to mitigate a humanitarian crisis in Somalia. A recent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (F [...] | 2010-02-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
10NAIROBI328 | KENYA: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON GHFSI [...] USAID/East Africa hosted a Whole of Government workshop in Nairobi, Kenya February 1-5, 2010 on the implementation in eastern and southern Africa of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI),as well as on the planning of investments related to global climate change (GCC). Over 12 [...] | 2010-02-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL KE |
10NAIROBI33 | Somalia - Sharif Hassan Behind Ill-Fated Attempt To Remove [...] (C) Summary: Recent ill-fated efforts, reportedly orchestrated by Deputy Prime Minister Sharif Hassan, to sack the TFG Speaker were most likely intended to distract the Parliament from conducting oversight into Hassan's performance. (Note: President Sharif and Prime Minister Sharmarke hav [...] | 2010-01-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SO SOCI PINR KDEM |
10NAIROBI340 | Potential For Refugee Resettlement From Sudan [...] Summary: UNHCR and the Government of Sudan (GOS) are receptive to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) initiating operations in Sudan. UNHCR believes U.S. resettlement would provide it a "strategic option" in its efforts to find durable solutions for the protracted refugee populati [...] | 2010-02-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL ET ER SU DHS |
10NAIROBI346 | SOMALIA - VIOLENCE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF LIKELY OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Al-Shabaab and Hisbul Islam have increased their attacks against TFG and AMISOM positions in Mogadishu. In an apparent effort to pre-empt the TFG's long-planned Mogadishu offensive, on February 12 and 13 al-Shabaab launched attacks from northern Mogadishu neighborhoods and on February 1 [...] | 2010-02-16 17:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO MOPS MARR EAID |
10NAIROBI35 | Somalia - PD Activities Update, January 11 [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the first week of January 2010. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-6 activiti [...] | 2010-01-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS |
10NAIROBI350 | Security Minister on Police Reform and Public Outreach [...] Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's meetings with Minister of Security Saitoti, DCM Lee Brudvig met with the minister on February 3 to discuss his request for assistance with police reform efforts. In addition to presenting a list of requests for his ministry (ranging from additional po [...] | 2010-02-17 12:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL SO KE PTER EAID |
10NAIROBI37 | Somalia - New TFG Police Chief Describes Organizational [...] (C) Summary: Somalia Unit contractor met with the recently-appointed TFG Chief of Police Loyan on January 9. (Note: Loyan replaced warlord "Qeybdiid" as police chief on December 6, 2009.) Loyan made a good impression. He seemed to have a good sense both of the problems he faced and a [...] | 2010-01-11 17:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SO MARR PINR EAID |
10NAIROBI374 | SOMALIA - S/GWI Project Proposals [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to submit five proposals from women's organizations in Somalia's South-Central, Somaliland, and Puntland regions to the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues. In response to a call for proposals, post received over 85 submissions from non-governmental or [...] | 2010-02-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO KWMN KPAO PHUM |
10NAIROBI48 | THE GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: DIPLOMATIC [...] Post appreciates the Department's interest in implementing the President's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) in Kenya. We believe Kenya could become a successful GHFSI partner country and our engagement could catalyze market-driven agricultural reform in the region. Despite [...] | 2010-01-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL KE |
10NAIROBI5 | Somalia - ASWJ Loses, Then Regains Key Galgaduud Town in [...] (C) Summary: On January 2, al-Shabaab militias wrested control of Dhusamarebb (Galgaduud Region) from Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ). Al-Shabaab's control of Dhusamarebb, the site of ASWJ's headquarters in Galgaduud, however, was shortlived, as ASWJ re-took the town the same day. Al-Sh [...] | 2010-01-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SO MARR MOPS PTER |
10NAIROBI50 | Ambassador Launches New "Yes Youth Can" Initiative [...] Summary: As part of continuing intensive efforts to press for implementation of the reform agenda, on December 16 the Ambassador announced a new $45 million USAID-funded initiative for youth in Kenya. Speaking at the Kenya Children's Parliament Foundation, the Ambassador launched the "Yes You [...] | 2010-01-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
10NAIROBI52 | SOMALIA - ANTI-OPPOSITION ALLIANCES APPEAR TO GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 10 pro-TFG clan and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) forces wrested control of much of Beledweyne town from Hisbul Islam (HI) and al-Shabaab. By late evening, following day-long sporadic but fierce fighting, clan and ASWJ-allied militia brought much of Beledweyne under [...] | 2010-01-12 05:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO |
10NAIROBI57 | Somalia - The TFG After One Year [...] (C) President Sheikh Sharif's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has survived its first year in office. A tumultuous 2009 saw the TFG initially benefit from the mid-January withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and from Sheikh Sharif's legitimacy with Somalis, only to be almost forced out o [...] | 2010-01-12 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SOCI EAID MARR PTER |
10NAIROBI59 | U.S. POLICY TO ADVANCE THE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Our highest priority efforts are focused on advancing implementation of the reform agenda, which is key to the future democratic stability and prosperity of Kenya. While some positive reform steps have been taken, the old guard associated with the culture of impunity continues to resis [...] | 2010-01-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR KE |
10NAIROBI63 | Somalia - Military Tactics in Beledweyne Appear to Reach [...] (C) Summary: Military activity in Hiraan region appears to have reached its strategic limits for now and must yield to stepped up political efforts on the part of local clan leaders and the TFG or risk entrenching a clan-based conflict that will energize al-Shabaab. January 12 saw an esca [...] | 2010-01-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO MOPS MARR SOCI |
10NAIROBI65 | Somalia - President Sharif Alleges TFG Ready to Build on [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting a confident TFG President Sheikh Sharif told Somalia Unit that the TFG had laid the foundation for a successful second year. Sharif cited changes to the security sector leadership, improvements in public messaging, and more successful regional outr [...] | 2010-01-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO PINR MARR |
10NAIROBI69 | Somalia - Italian Foreign Minister Re-Affirms Support for [...] (C) Summary: Brief conversations with the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Ambassador to Kenya, TFG President Sharif's Chief-of-Staff, and Italian Special Envoy to the TFG on January 15 suggest that the January 14 meeting between Italian Foreign Minister Frattini and Sharif prod [...] | 2010-01-15 08:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO EAID MARR IT |
10NAIROBI73 | Parliamentary Caucus on Reforms Delegation to the U.S. [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 8 for meeting requests. 2. Summary: At the invitation of the House Democracy Partnership and with post's support, Kenya's Parliament is sending a delegation of six leaders of the recently-formed Parliamentary Caucus on Reforms (see paragra [...] | 2010-01-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
10NAIROBI75 | Somalia - PD Activities Update, January 20 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of January 2010. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-5 activiti [...] | 2010-01-21 14:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS |
10NAIROBI79 | Arrest of Islamic Cleric Sparks Violent Protests [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of radical Islamist cleric Adullah el-Faisal in Kenya on December 31, 2009 sparked a violent protest in which some demonstrators waved al Shabaab flags. As the GOK has attempted and failed to deport Faisal over the past two weeks interfaith tensions have escalated, and [...] | 2010-01-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS JM SO KE |
10NAIROBI83 | Somalia - Ahmed Madobe Frustrated By TFG Alleged Cold [...] (C) Summary: Lower Juba militia commander Ahmed Madobe in mid-January reportedly planned to continue fighting al-Shabaab but was increasingly frustrated by the TFG's resistance to work with him and with Ogaden clan forces currently fighting in the region. A contact close to Madobe tol [...] | 2010-01-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO MARR MOPS PINR |
10NAIROBI85 | No Consensus On Somali Outflows to Kenya [...] (C) Summary: Increased conflict and the disruption of humanitarian assistance in Somalia are expected to increase outflows of Somalia refugees to Kenya. There is no agreement among UN agencies on the number of additional Somalis that could seek to enter Kenya over the next three months [...] | 2010-01-25 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KE SO ET YM DJ |
10NAIROBI88 | Kenya: Macroeconomic Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY In a January 8 meeting with Econoffs, Dr. Geoffrey Mwau, Ministry of Finance Economic Secretary, spoke strongly in favor of Kenya applying for a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program in the range of $1 billion over three years. While Minister of Finance Kenyatta is not y [...] | 2010-01-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
10NAIROBI9 | Security Sector Assistance in Kenya, Part II: Land Border [...] (C) Due to the threat of spillover effects from instability in Somalia, the Government of Kenya views effective border control as its top national security concern. Using multiple funding sources, including 1206 funding, the United States' security sector assistance in Kenya supports the develo [...] | 2010-01-05 11:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS EAID PHUM SO KE |
10NAIROBI92 | FY 2010 Prohibition On Assistance To Central Governments [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The GOK publishes annually the proposed budget as passed by parliament and signed by the president. The published budget provides detailed income and expenditures which is publicly available for purchase. The published budget is relatively accurate in reflecting actual income an [...] | 2010-01-14 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AID EAID EFIN PREL |
10NAIROBI99 | SOMALIA - TFG SIGNES DEAL FOR NEW CURRENCY [...] (C) Summary: On January 11 the Transitional Federal Government Finance Minister Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden and his Sudanese counterpart signed an agreement for Sudan to print five trillion new Somali shillings. Sudan will fund the printing, reportedly costing $17 million dollars, accordi [...] | 2010-01-26 10:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU ECON EFIN EAID |
10NASSAU106 | Bahamas To Associate with Copenhagen Accord [...] (U) Ambassador Avant delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham January 27. PM Ingraham said The Bahamas will associate with the accord "without fail and without delay." Ingraham thanked the Ambassador for President Obama's presence at the conference, noting that his contributi [...] | 2010-01-28 22:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG BF |
10NASSAU110 | Validation Study: Bahamian F1 visa holders [...] SUMMARY: Due to limited choices in post-secondary educational institutions in the Bahamas, each year many Bahamians choose to study in the United States. In November and December, 2009, Post completed a validation study examining overstay rates for Bahamian nationals studying on F-1 visas [...] | 2010-02-02 21:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD BF |
10NASSAU116 | THE BAHAMAS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nassau's Investment Climate Report for 2010. --------------------------------------------- - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas generally [...] | 2010-02-03 21:35:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC BF EIND ECON EINT |
10NASSAU122 | The Bahamas: CITES COP15 Outreach on U.S. Species Proposals [...] (U) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Philip Weech, director of the Bahamas Science, Environment and Technology Commission at the Ministry of Environment and Eric Carey, Director of the Bahamas National Trust. Mr. Weech noted that a formal response on the position of the GCOB with respect t [...] | 2010-02-08 19:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP BF |
10NASSAU146 | RECALL 10 NASSAU 146 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 22:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV KCRM PREL KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
10NASSAU148 | THE BAHAMAS TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Post's point of contact for this report is PolOff Wendy Rejan, Phone 242-322-1181 ext 4510, Fax 242-356-0222. PolOff spent 24 hours drafting this cable. Post's response to inquiries is provided using the original number and letter of the questions in reftel. 2. (U) Question 25. TH [...] | 2010-02-11 22:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRM PREL KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
10NASSAU166 | Bahamas S/GWI Project Proposal [...] Post proposes the following two projects from The Crisis Centre and No Excuse Bahamas for consideration for Secretary Clinton's Global Women's Issues Small Grant Initiative. Both projects address the theme of gender-based violence. The grants will be managed by the Political Section. [...] | 2010-02-17 22:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KPAO BF |
10NASSAU176 | Bahamas Demarche Delivered: Goldstone Follow-up Action [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 20:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BF |
10NASSAU186 | Nassau Monthly-- February 2010 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. --Haiti Earthquake Sparks Fear Of Illegal Drug Increase --Cuban Detainee Shot at Immigration Detention Center --Bahamas Gets Tough on Crime --We're #4: Ship Registry -- Co [...] | 2010-02-26 20:05:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG ECON EFIN EINV BF |
10NASSAU24 | NASSAU--DECEMBER MONTHLY [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Key Opposition Party Resignation Causes Outrage and a Possible Runoff Election -- Government Corruption Focus of Special Committee Probe And On-Going Investigations -- PL [...] | 2010-01-08 20:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BF ECON EFIN |
10NASSAU25 | BAHAMAS: Megaports Tabletop Exercise Postponed to July 2010 [...] (SBU) January 20, David Kostorowski of Pacific Northwest Labs and EMBOFF met with GCOB officials in Nassau to discuss plans for the joint Megaports Table Top Exercise (TTX) scheduled for FY 2010. Picking up from the last meeting in August 2009 (REF A),Mr. Kostorowski and EMBOFF briefed GCOB re [...] | 2010-01-26 14:27:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PGOV BF |
10NASSAU36 | Validation Study: Bahamian with waivers follow the rules [...] SUMMARY: Post conducted a validation study of 407 Bahamians traveling with visas with waivers that were issued between April 1, 2007 and June 18, 2008. The confirmed return rate was over 92% with the remainder being inclusive, having never traveled on their visa, or currently in the U.S. [...] | 2010-01-11 20:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD BF |
10NASSAU43 | TURKS & CAICOS MIGRANT HANDLING CAPABILITIES AT BREAKING [...] (C) One hundred and twenty-two Haitian migrants arrived in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) January 27. They were detained and are being housed in temporary facilities at a gymnasium. A representative from the Governor's Office told post's Coast Guard Liaison Officer (CGLO) that they hav [...] | 2010-02-01 18:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BF |
10NASSAU47 | BY-ELECTIONS IN THE BAHAMAS -- FREE T-SHIRTS KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The resignation earlier this month of a opposition MP will result in a by-election on February 16. Traditionally, a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) stronghold, the by-election may be a bellwether for the 2012 general elections. Funding is going to be a key issue in the race as ma [...] | 2010-02-04 20:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BF |
10NASSAU59 | Bahamas Election Cliffhanger Results in Political Stalemate [...] A by-election in the constituency of Elizabeth resulted in a stalemate for both major political parties. A recount was ordered after the initial count of approximately 3,200 ballots on February 16 resulted in a one vote lead for the Free National Movement (FNM) candidate Dr. Duane Sands. Prim [...] | 2010-02-19 19:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BF |
10NASSAU60 | Bahamas Response: Haiti: International Coordination and [...] (U) EconOff/Mission Disaster Relief Officer delivered reftel points to Under Secretary and Disaster Assistance Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carlton Wright. Wright noted that the GCOB is aware of the OCHA's Financial Tracking System and has been using it. AVANT [...] | 2010-01-19 23:22:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID PHUM UN BF |
10NASSAU64 | Bahamas Response: Demarche to Host Governments in Response [...] (U) EconOff/Mission Disaster Relief Officer delivered reftel points to Under Secretary and Disaster Assistance Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carlton Wright. Wright noted that The Bahamas was working through CARICOM to deliver aid to Haiti and did not presently require any a [...] | 2010-01-20 13:30:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA BF |
10NASSAU74 | NASSAU RESPONSE ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] The Bahamas is an overwhelmingly service-based economy with tourism and financial services accounting for some 80 percent of economic activity. Migrant laborers, most susceptible to potential labor and other abuses, are also generally engaged in services, domestic or household, construction, [...] | 2010-01-20 22:51:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BF |
10NDJAMENA101 | CHAD-ENVIRONMENT: G-77 POSITION HOLDING UP COPENHAGEN SIGNATURE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 18:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CD KGHG |
10NDJAMENA102 | CHAD-SUDAN: DEBY BRIEFS GRATION ON KHARTOUM TRIP, [...] (C) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno received S/USSES General Scott Gration and Embassy officials February 16 for a friendly and wide-ranging discussion of Chad-Sudan relations, including Deby's visit the previous week to Khartoum. Deby expressed concern that Sudan might not in the end be [...] | 2010-02-16 18:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA105 | CHAD: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2010 REPORT [...] (U) This is Post's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons report. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. --------------------------- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Paragraph 25: A. Government entities, international organizations, and i [...] | 2010-02-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA CD |
10NDJAMENA106 | LEAHY VETTING REVERSAL AGAIN PUTS USG HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In September 2009, via Ref A, Ambassador Nigro sought the AF Bureau's assistance in resolving intra-Departmental disputes over sectoral issues, including management of the Leahy vetting process, that were hindering progress toward broad U.S. goals in Chad: regional stabilization, counter [...] | 2010-02-21 06:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC CD |
10NDJAMENA108 | LEAHY VETTING CONFUSION STYMIES USG HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In September 2009, via Ref A, Ambassador Nigro sought the AF Bureau's assistance in resolving intra-Departmental disputes over sectoral issues, including management of the Leahy vetting process, that were hindering progress toward broad U.S. goals in Chad: regional stabilization, counter [...] | 2010-02-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC CD |
10NDJAMENA109 | END OF THE AFFAIR? DEBY AND KHALIL GO THEIR [...] (SBU) Working overnight February 19 and into the afternoon February 20, Chadian President Deby brokered an agreement between his erstwhile JEM client, Khalil Ibrahim, and Sudan Presidential Envoy Ghazi Salahhudin, potentially ending fighting between the JEM and GoS. Deby is now en route for [...] | 2010-02-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA11 | CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM AS GOC [...] (SBU) Chad-Sudan rapprochement has gained significant momentum, with the GoC last week having given the JEM an ultimatum on the need to travel to Doha and negotiate in good faith, or "go it alone from here on." A Sudanese technical team arrived in N'Djamena January 7, and a heavy-weight Sud [...] | 2010-01-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD |
10NDJAMENA13 | THE "LA VOIX" AFFAIR: JUSTICE PREVAILING [...] (SBU) The Chadian justice system showed itself capable of asserting impartial authority in a highly partisan environment, and of carrying out due process and defending press freedom, when the GOC's Justice Ministry decided Jan 6 to authorize the troubled independent Chadian weekly "La Voix" t [...] | 2010-01-09 10:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD |
10NDJAMENA16 | CHAD ELECTION PROCESS GAINING MOMENTUM: COMPLETE [...] (SBU) Chad's national election process has gained significant momentum since President Deby's December 5 convocation of political party leaders to unite them around the common goal of credible legislative and municipal elections in 2010. Chad's international partners including the U.S. have [...] | 2010-01-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD |
10NDJAMENA21 | CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT ON FAST TRACK: KEY [...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador January 11 that Chad-Sudan rapprochement continued to gain momentum, with these key developments January 7-12: -- Chadian and Sudanese "technical teams" signed documents January 7 in NDjamena aimed at implementing the border security provisions of the 2006 [...] | 2010-01-12 12:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA23 | MINURCAT PROGRESS REPORT: EAST CHAD SECURITY [...] (SBU) SRSG Victor Angelo told the resident diplomatic and IO corps in N'Djamena January 11 that he was in the process of framing his end-of-first-year report to the SYG and UN Security Council on the performance of the MINURCAT PKO since its inception last March. The report, due in February, [...] | 2010-01-12 16:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC SU CD |
10NDJAMENA26 | CHAD: DEMARCHES ON U.S. COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING THE [...] (U) Per action request in reftels, Post delivered French language versions of talking points on the U.S. commitment to strengthen the NPT to the Chadian MFA's Barka Gaen, Director of Judicial Affairs, on January 11. Barka said that Chad very much appreciated being informed of the USG's thinkin [...] | 2010-01-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT CD |
10NDJAMENA27 | EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (U) The following responds to Reftel request for analysis of measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. THE MINURCAT MISSION --------------------- 2. (U) MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central Afr [...] | 2010-01-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PHUM UN CT CD SU |
10NDJAMENA28 | RUSHING TO RAPPROCHEMENT: BASSOLE SAYS CHAD-SUDAN [...] (SBU) Visiting Chief Joint Mediator Bassole told me late Jan 14 that he was deeply involved in the final stages of negotiations between the GOC and the GOS for a definitive peace deal -- the denouement could be written agreements signed as early as this weekend -- and that he was at the same [...] | 2010-01-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA29 | CHAD AND SUDAN MAKE PEACE, SIGN AGREEMENTS FULL [...] (SBU) Chad and Sudan have made a peaceful end to their proxy war, signing agreements in N'Djamena January 15 to formally normalize bilateral relations and to reinforce border security arrangements, which they spelled out in a joint communique. Chad and Sudan pledged to end all support for a [...] | 2010-01-16 17:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA3 | FORMIN ON CHAD-SUDAN XMAS DIPLOMACY: KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador Dec 31 that he considered his "Xmas Visit" to Khartoum last week a success; that he was encouraged by the frankness and seriousness of conversations he had with President Bashir, Dr Ghazi, and others; and that he was satisfied that the GOS had indeed moved mo [...] | 2010-01-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PHUM PREF SU CD PREL |
10NDJAMENA30 | THE REAL DEAL?: CHAD-SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) The January 15 Chad-Sudan agreements set a deadline of February 21 for both the GOC and the GOS to accomplish the key element in their rapprochement, "elimination of armed rebel presence on their respective territories," Chad Amb to the U.S. told Ambassador January 16, but both governments [...] | 2010-01-17 10:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA31 | CHADIAN POLITICAL THEATER: SOUTHERN REBEL CHIEF [...] (SBU) The GOC's capture of rebel commander Djibrine Dassert and his top staff in Southern Chad January 4 was a big plus for President Deby's government, and provided an occasion for a bit of Chadian-style political theater. The Chad military's successful ambush of Dassert, who took part in [...] | 2010-01-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR CA SU CD |
10NDJAMENA32 | CHAD: AID PROVISIONS TO GOVERNMENTS WITH [...] (SBU) This cable responds to requests for information in reftel related to Chad's degree of budget transparency and USG legal strictures prohibiting assistance to central governments whose budgets are not or have not been transparent. Paras 4 to 10 below are keyed to questions in para 3 of [...] | 2010-01-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD |
10NDJAMENA35 | AMB BECHIR BRIEFS ON JEM, CHAD-SUDAN, AND [...] (C) Chad U.S. Ambassador Bechir came by this afternoon to provide me a few more details on the Chad-Sudan peace deal, on JEM, and on the MINURCAT extension issue, adding that FORMIN Faki had asked him to do so. ------------------ JEM/KHALIL IBRAHIM ------------------ 2. (C) Bechir said [...] | 2010-01-19 16:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SU LY UN CD |
10NDJAMENA4 | DEBY'S LIBERATION DAY SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS EFFORTS FOR PEACE, [...] President Deby's annual "Liberation and Democracy Day" speech this year featured the GOC's efforts for peace with Sudan and to reconcile Chad rebels on the international plane, and political and social reforms on the national plane, including support for elections and efforts against child lab [...] | 2010-01-04 10:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU CD |
10NDJAMENA40 | CHAD: RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE RE. [...] (SBU) DCM and Democracy/Development Officer met January 21 with Sandjima Dounia, Secretary General of the Chadian Ministry of Environment, to deliver points in reftel on the desirability of Chad's associating itself with the Copenhagen Accord on climate change. Sandjima made clear that Chad [...] | 2010-01-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV PREL PGOV SU CD |
10NDJAMENA41 | CHAD'S MEDIA CLIMATE EVOLVING POSITIVELY AS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Goual Nanassoum, head of an EU-funded project on empowering the media in Chad, told DCM Jan 22 that he believed that media freedom had improved over the past year as a consequence of both GoC and opposition commitment to the August 13, 2007 Accords. Nanassoum told us that he felt intern [...] | 2010-01-25 11:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PHUM PINR PREF PGOV PREL CD |
10NDJAMENA43 | CHAD AND THE UN CONTEND OVER MINURCAT EXTENSION: [...] (C) The GOC and the UN have been sparring over the issue of the extension of MINURCAT's mandate since Jan 5. The GOC delivered Jan 15 a note verbale to the UN Secretariat informing it of Chad's "request for the withdrawal from Chad of the PKO" and requesting further "to discuss as soon as p [...] | 2010-01-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR UN SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA48 | HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: NGO REACTIONS TO MINURCAT [...] (C) Humanitarian NGOs are speculating about the concrete impact of the ongoing GOC-UN debate regarding MINURCAT's future after 15 March 2010 (See Ref A). If the UN and Chad do not arrive at a modus operandi that permits MINURCAT to continue activities pursuant to its mandate under UNSC 1861 u [...] | 2010-01-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL PREF CD SU |
10NDJAMENA49 | CHAD, MINURCAT EXTENSION, AND THE LOGIC OF [...] (C) As the GOC nd the UN continue to negotiate seriously over te issue of the extension of MINURCAT's mandate (se Ref A),our analysis of the GOC's motivations leds us to cnclude that the GOC is attempting to chieve interlocking geo-political and domestic-plitical goals, as well as wringing co [...] | 2010-01-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD |
10NDJAMENA50 | CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: M&E Travel and NGO News [...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena RefCoord's recent Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) travel and meetings with NGO partners working in the Chad humanitarian response. ----------------------- M&E TRAVEL: IRIBA AREA REFUGEE CAMPS ----------------------- 2. (SBU) RefCoord spent the [...] | 2010-01-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD |
10NDJAMENA63 | CHAD AND UN NEGOTIATING MINURCAT WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) MG Cammaert, head of the UN Technical Assessment Mission to discuss MINURCAT extension with the GOC, told Perm Five ambassadors here Jan 28 that his initial conversations with his GOC counterparts indicated that the GOC insisted on a framework of "MINURCAT withdrawal in accordance with UNS [...] | 2010-01-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY UN CD |
10NDJAMENA64 | CHAD: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (SBU) Embassy staff met January 27 with the staff of the Director General of the Chadian National Police (which has highway patrol among other functions) to deliver reftel demarche on the dangers of distracted driving. Local driving conditions are the subject of frequent exchanges among the [...] | 2010-01-29 11:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI CD |
10NDJAMENA65 | CHAD ELECTION PROCESS PUSHES ON: OPERATING BUDGET [...] (SBU) The Chadian electoral process, aimed at national legislative and municipal elections in Nov-Dec 2010, continues to roll forward, with the key steps of establishing a Permanent Board of Elections (BPE) and an electoral budget of USD 49 million taken by the government on Jan 27. Most of [...] | 2010-01-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY UN EU CD |
10NDJAMENA70 | MINURCAT WITHDRAWAL: NO AGREEMENT, BUT COMPROMISE [...] (C) The Cammaert Mission prepares to leave Chad Feb 2 without having definite agreement from the GOC on a plan of withdrawal for MINURCAT that would satisfy UN goals and security requirements. The GOC wants MINURCAT's military component out soon but would permit its civilian component to sta [...] | 2010-02-02 12:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF UN PKO CT CD |
10NDJAMENA76 | ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR LOUIS J. NIGRO, JR. [...] Embassy N'Djamena requests permission for Ambassador Louis J. Nigro, Jr. to be absent from post for medevac to London from February 6, 2010. During the Ambassador's absence, DCM Sue L. Bremner will be in charge. 2. Proposed itinerary is as follows: FEBRUARY 6: 11:50 PM DPT NDJAMENA V [...] | 2010-02-05 11:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD |
10NDJAMENA78 | CHAD LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG AT CITES-COP15 [...] (SBU) Ministry of Environment Director of Fauna and National Parks M. Daboulaye Man Ymary Djaingue provided GOC feedback February 4 on reftel demarche. Daboulaye stated that Chad would attend the March 13-25 COP-15 and noted his professional recommendation that the GOC support the USG proposa [...] | 2010-02-08 08:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CD |
10NDJAMENA79 | GOC SUPPORTIVE BUT NOT FOCUSED ON USG EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] (SBU) P/E Chief shared translated points and joint communique (reftel) February 4 with MFA Secretary General Mahamat Moussa Dago, who was generally supportive of the U.S. efforts. Dago was focused on the continual natural disasters that befall Haiti. He noted that the GOC had contributed US [...] | 2010-02-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CD |
10NDJAMENA81 | ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR LOUIS J. NIGRO, JR. - REVISED CONTACT [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following updated contact information for Ambassador Nigro's medevac travel to London from February 6, 2010. 3. Contact information: February 6 to Open Return: The Mandeville Hotel Mandeville Place W1U 2BE, London Hotel Tel: (44)(0)20 [...] | 2010-02-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD |
10NDJAMENA83 | EU UPGRADES ITS MISSION TO CHAD: THE EU'S "NEW [...] (C) The EU delegation in N'Djamena has been chosen as one of 54 of the Union's 136 overseas missions to be endowed with new, embassy-like functions derived from the Lisbon Treaty. The delegation, headed by an Ambassador of French nationality, is empowered to speak on behalf of the 27 EU mem [...] | 2010-02-08 16:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV EU FR PHUM PREF CD |
10NDJAMENA84 | CHAD: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL [...] (U) Chad is a developing central African country still recovering from nearly successful coups d'etat in 2005/06 and serious rebel incursions from a neighboring country in 2008/09. Eighty per cent of its 11 million people are engaged in subsistence farming or herding, and living primarily und [...] | 2010-02-08 16:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI |
10NDJAMENA85 | CHAD: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR [...] (U) Following paras provide answers to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Chad in advance of the U.S-China sub-regional dialogue to be held in Washington March 4. 2. (SBU) China's major investment in Chad is in oil exploration and refining. In 2008 the China Nation [...] | 2010-02-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID CN CD |
10NDJAMENA86 | DEBY RETURNS TRIUMPHANTLY FROM TRIP TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) The Chadian elite turned out en masse the afternoon of February 9 to welcome home President Deby from his historic visit to Sudan and meeting with Sudanese President Bashir. The diplomatic corps was convoked to stand shoulder to shoulder with GOC official and Deby's MPS party members. [...] | 2010-02-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU CD |
10NDJAMENA89 | CHAD WANTS OIL PAYMENT IN BARRELS NOT DOLLARS [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad's General Manager has told us that the GOC has formally requested a change in payment practices for Chad's oil royalty. The government, entitled to 12.5 percent of daily output as royalty, has now requested payment "in-kind" vice payment in currency, breaking with the set-up [...] | 2010-02-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET ETRD PREF EINV US CD |
10NDJAMENA93 | CHAD'S BUDGET REFORM STRUGGLES AS SPENDING [...] (SBU) The GOC continues to struggle with efforts to reform public finance management and responsibly administer its budge, but it officially remains committed to the process. Multilateral donors highlighted strengths and weaknesses of the GOC's public finance reform project. The IMF is plan [...] | 2010-02-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN PREF PREL IMF CD |
10NDJAMENA97 | CHAD MINISTERS BRIEF S/USSES GRATION ON DEBY VISIT [...] (C) S/USSES General Scott Gration met February 15 with Chadian FM Moussa Faki Mahamat, NSA Mahamat Ismail Chaibo, and DefMin Wadal Kamougue Abdelkader to offer congratulations on Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno's February 8-9 breakthrough visit to Khartoum (Ref A) in pursuit of fully norm [...] | 2010-02-15 17:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CD |
10NDJAMENA99 | MINURCAT TRANSITION -- IMPACT OF PKO DRAWDOWN ON [...] (SBU) The GOC's objection to the renewal of MINURCAT's mandate in Chad has caused deep concern within the international community as to the impact the departure of the PKO's military and UNPOL actors will have on the provision of humanitarian services to the 420,000 refugees and IDPs in eastern [...] | 2010-02-16 11:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD |
10NEWDELHI101 | ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 12 Asia-Pacific speech in Honolulu was reported in two leading Indian newspapers, THE HINDUSTAN TIMES and THE INDIAN EXPRESS. The reports, drawn from wire stories, focused on the Secretary's terming Asia as "indispensable" to meeting global security and humanit [...] | 2010-01-21 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN |
10NEWDELHI103 | TFHA01: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Post delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) division on January 19. 2. (U) An MEA official said that India had decided to give a total of USD 5 million in cash to Haiti, an increase from the USD 1 million [...] | 2010-01-22 02:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM OIIP UN HA IN |
10NEWDELHI104 | MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES VISIT, [...] "U.S. ACCEPTANCE," editorial in January 21 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates who visited India recently said two important things. First, India may not be as patient as the last time if it were to be attacked again by Pakistani militants. Second, he warned India of [...] | 2010-01-22 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI109 | HASINA'S DELHI VISIT: PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's January 10-13 visit to India boosted prospects for regional integration. Following recent Bangladeshi action against Indian insurgents, Hasina again pledged Bangladeshi territory would not be used for anti-Indian activities. Bangladesh granted India [...] | 2010-01-22 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG IN |
10NEWDELHI113 | A SMALL STEP TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1984 ANTI-SIKH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed two chargesheets January 13 against senior Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar for making provocative speeches and inciting mobs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. While a positive step toward accountability and a possible attemp [...] | 2010-01-22 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM IN |
10NEWDELHI114 | INDIA AGREES ALTERNATIVE IS NECESSARY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Kozak and PolCouns on January 22 met with Rajiva Misra, Joint Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, to discuss USG concerns about the "defamation of religions" resolution and the related OIC-backed Protoc [...] | 2010-01-22 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN |
10NEWDELHI115 | INDIAN MEA SHARES VIEWS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA is optimistic that the January 26 elections will prove a step in the right direction for Sri Lanka. There is concern in the GOI that the international community's approach to addressing human rights concerns has pushed Sri Lanka toward China. India continues to wat [...] | 2010-01-22 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE IN |
10NEWDELHI116 | MENON APPOINTED NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was appointed India's new National Security Advisor on January 22. M.K. Narayanan's departure from the post signals the end of a bureaucratic tussle with Home Minister Chidambaram for authority over internal security. Menon will oversee a [...] | 2010-01-22 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP PK IN PINR |
10NEWDELHI117 | POTUS Letters Delivered to BASIC Delegations in New Delhi [...] As requested in REF NSC e-mails, Post delivered four letters from POTUS addressed to BASIC country heads to their representatives at the conference hotel. Letters were passed Sunday morning, prior to the start of the BASIC meeting, to delegations for: -- Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Indep [...] | 2010-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG IN |
10NEWDELHI118 | POTUS Letters Delivered to BASIC Delegations in New Delhi [...] As requested in REF NSC e-mails, Post delivered four letters from POTUS addressed to BASIC country heads to their representatives at the conference hotel. Letters were passed Sunday morning, prior to the start of the BASIC meeting, to delegations for: -- Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Indep [...] | 2010-01-24 05:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG IN |
10NEWDELHI13 | MEA ON INDIAN ASSISTANCE TO 2010 AFGHAN ELECTION [...] (C) According to senior Ministry of External Affairs officials, the GOI is not actively considering providing technical or financial support to Afghan elections, but would be open to such proposals from the Afghan government. On January 6, we raised reftel query with Gopal Bagley, MEA's Actin [...] | 2010-01-06 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IN |
10NEWDELHI131 | INDIA: OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 10:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF IN |
10NEWDELHI132 | A SMALL STEP TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1984 ANTI-SIKH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed two chargesheets January 13 against senior Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar for making provocative speeches and inciting mobs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. While a positive step toward accountability and a possible attemp [...] | 2010-01-25 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM IN |
10NEWDELHI133 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "AMERICA IS INTERESTED IN AN INDO-PAK CONFLICT" editorial in January 25 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "America's Defense Secretary's warning that India's patience will run out if there is a repeat of 26/11 attacks is an indirect heads-up to Pakistan. Despite being fully aware that Pak [...] | 2010-01-25 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI135 | INDIA: ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN |
10NEWDELHI140 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA, INDIA- [...] "ONE-YEAR OF OBAMA," editorial in January 25 right- of-center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "President Obama's one year performance has been extremely disappointing. He promised that he would withdraw American forces from Iraq; close the most infamous Guantanamo Bay; and pull out America from the econom [...] | 2010-01-27 10:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI146 | INDIAN SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL HAITI RESPONSE [...] (U) Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, made an unscheduled visit to Port-au-Prince on January 24 after official visits to Colombia, Peru, and Dominican Republic. During his meetings with Dominican President Fernandez and Foreign Minister Morales. President Fernandez inv [...] | 2010-01-27 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN HA |
10NEWDELHI151 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...] | 2010-01-27 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
10NEWDELHI152 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-SRI [...] "TENSION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN," editorial in January 27 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "The US Defense Secretary's recent disclosure about different terror groups in the Afghan-Pakistan region vindicates India's fear that one more attack from Pakistani area is possible. Unfortunatel [...] | 2010-01-28 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI154 | INDIA TO COMMUNICATE MITIGATION ACTIONS FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY In a wide-ranging discussion following the climate change meeting of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministerial group, Indian Minister of Environment and Forests (MOEF) Jairam Ramesh told the Ambassador January 25 that India is ready to communicate its voluntary dom [...] | 2010-01-28 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG TRGY ECON PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI155 | INDIA SUPPORTS NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT, FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill stated January 27 that the Government of India (GOI) was looking forward to a positive and productive Nuclear Security Summit and confirmed that Prime Minister [...] | 2010-01-28 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN AORC CDG |
10NEWDELHI162 | NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Outgoing National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan discussed Afghanistan with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke January 18. Holbrooke explained President Obama's plan for the start of a phased troop withdrawal in 2011 rather than a precipitous pull out, and made the case f [...] | 2010-01-28 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IN |
10NEWDELHI163 | SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on strengthening governance by building Afghan capacities. She said Indian engagement is transparent and should not be threatening [...] | 2010-01-28 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF IN |
10NEWDELHI17 | NEW STEWARDS OF INDIAN DEFENSE RESEARCH MAY BE GOOD NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent changes in Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) leadership may herald opportunities for increased productivity in defense research and collaboration with India. Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat was appointed on 1 September to the post of Scientific Advisor to the [...] | 2010-01-06 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL KSCA MCAP PGOV IN |
10NEWDELHI173 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL [...] "HOW LONG INDIA CAN KEEP QUIET?" commentary in January 28 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China's nationalistic zeal and territorial ambitions are proving to be India's bane. U.S. is aware of this, but is scared of China's aggressive nationalism. India should be extra vigilant on its border [...] | 2010-01-29 10:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI179 | GOI ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR EXPORTERS [...] Summary: In a bid to boost the Indian export sector, Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma on January 12 announced new sector-specific export incentives that retroactively took effect on January 1. The benefits include expansion of products and destinations eligible for various export [...] | 2010-01-29 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN IN |
10NEWDELHI181 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF STATE [...] "Amid talk of fading allure and promises not kept, an embattled President Obama, bruised by economic, political, and foreign policy crises in his first year in office, has pledged to stop US companies from taking jobs overseas and warned Americans about increasing competition from China and In [...] | 2010-01-29 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI182 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 11 - 29, 2010 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 11-29, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Vice-President Ansari: Make Intelligence Agencies Accountable to Parliament -- Junior Ministers Disgruntled, Tell PM Singh They Ar [...] | 2010-01-29 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
10NEWDELHI187 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 25 to January 29, 2010, including the following: -- India to Build More Fast Breeder Reactors -- External Commercial Borrowing Norms Relaxed For 3G Spectrum Auctions -- Coal Still King for India [...] | 2010-01-29 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ECIN EMIN ENRG IN |
10NEWDELHI188 | THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: The national concern about continuing high food prices has grown increasingly political as the allied Congress Party has joined the opposition in criticizing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar for failing to stem rising food inflation. [...] | 2010-01-29 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
10NEWDELHI189 | THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 01:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
10NEWDELHI201 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIANS FEAR CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) Summary: While there have been a few positive moves regarding Kashmir in the last month, the more significant developments have been negative and represent setbacks to peace and reconciliation. On the plus side, the Defense Minister unveiled a few more confidence building measures, and Kashmir [...] | 2010-02-01 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
10NEWDELHI202 | MEDIA REACTION: SECURITY IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, [...] "CHINESE BASES IN PAKISTAN," editorial in January 30 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "The U.S. is desperate to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan. If the U.S. quits Afghanistan, that will take the pressure off the terrorists, thereby weakening democracy and liberal political forces in Pakistan. [...] | 2010-02-01 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI205 | NSA MENON DISCUSSES PAKISTAN AND CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 11. 2. (S) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with Ambassador Roemer as National Security Advisor January 28, Shivshankar Menon asserted that his portfolio would remain "the same" as that of his predecessor. He touched on civil nuclear implementat [...] | 2010-02-01 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
10NEWDELHI206 | SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER KRISHNA [...] (C) Summary: EAM Krishna told Ambassador Holbrooke in a January 18 meeting that Pakistan needed to take visible steps against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks before a full fledged dialogue with India could move forward. Holbrooke cited the U.S. and India's shared interest in Pakistani s [...] | 2010-02-01 16:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF IN |
10NEWDELHI207 | INDIAN ISLAM: DEOBANDI-BARELVI TENSION CHANGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Like most issues affecting the world's largest democracy, Islam in India presents a series of dichotomies. The Muslim population of India ranks as the second or third highest in the world and yet it is only a minority in India, representing 13.4 percent of the total population [...] | 2010-02-02 03:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN |
10NEWDELHI212 | HFAC STAFFERS MEET WITH INDIAN MEA OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) On January 12, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers Jasmeet Ahuja and Greg McCarthy met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs officials to discuss U.S.-Indian defense relations, civil nuclear cooperation, and the role of water issues in India's bilateral relations . Indo-America [...] | 2010-02-02 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS KOMC PREL PTER SENV BG CE PK IN |
10NEWDELHI213 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: INDIA: DO NOT SINGLE US OUT [...] (c) Embassy delivered reftel points on the major development deal pending between Iran and Indian petroleum majors Oil and Natural Gas Company of India (ONGC) and Hinduja to Siddhartha Nath, External Affairs Under Secretary for Afghanistan and Iran and to Vani Rao, External Affairs Americas D [...] | 2010-02-02 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI22 | NEW CONVERGENCE PROJECT CONTINUES U.S.-INDIA PARTNERSHIP TO [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded project, "Converging Against Child Labor: Support for India's Model," provides new momentum for the partnership between the U.S. and India in eradicating child labor. Implemented by the International Labor Organization (ILO),the USD 6.85 m [...] | 2010-01-07 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ETRD KTIP KOCI PHUM SOCI USAID IN |
10NEWDELHI225 | WHAT IS INDIA DOING IN AFGHANISTAN? [...] (C) Summary: India is proud of its ongoing "development partnership" with post-Taliban Afghanistan that began in late 2001. The GOI claims the sum of its performed and pledged assistance to date totals USD 1.3 billion, of which approximately one-third has been disbursed. India's civilian ai [...] | 2010-02-03 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PARM IN AF |
10NEWDELHI227 | MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION, [...] "OBAMA IN SEARCH OF AN ENEMY," op-ed in February 2 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "From President Barack Obama's State of the Union address it appears as if he has found a new enemy in the form of the fast growing economies, India and China. The Obama Administration is trying to te [...] | 2010-02-03 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI24 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TERRORISM: U.S. [...] "Pakistan's intolerance," op-ed article in left-of- center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The recent bomb attack on Shias in Karachi shows how the situation is deteriorating in Pakistan with each passing day. Sectarian violence, especially between the Shias and the Sunnis, has always assumed [...] | 2010-01-07 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI242 | INDIAN RESPONSE TO ONWARD PROLIFERATION CASES, [...] (S) SUMMARY. Two officials in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Office of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) gave us a verbal response February 3 to the outstanding onward proliferation cases (reftel) raised during the November 2009 Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD). Wh [...] | 2010-02-05 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PARM PREL MCTRE KSCA ETTC IN IR SY |
10NEWDELHI243 | SECENSETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM [...] (U) Mission India warmly welcomes you on your first visit to India as Special Representative to Muslim Communities. You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in N [...] | 2010-02-05 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL IN |
10NEWDELHI244 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, UNITED [...] "AMERICA'S PROBLEM," op-ed in February 4 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Obama Administration's strategy for the Taliban is simple: if you can't defeat them, bribe them. The Taliban, al Qaeda and groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba are all birds of the same feather. To cut a deal [...] | 2010-02-05 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI254 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, INDO-PAK [...] "OBAMA GOES LOCAL," editorial in right-of-center Marathi daily, SAMANA: "President Obama is aware of America's waning power in the global context. And his effort to prevent the outsourcing of jobs is a reaction to the unfolding scenario. He is also aware that India, China and even Brazil are l [...] | 2010-02-08 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI261 | BHUTAN INVITES THE SECRETARY TO ATTEND APRIL SAARC [...] The Royal Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi forwarded a letter from Bhutanese Foreign Minister Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, inviting the Secretary to the Inaugural and Concluding Session of the Sixteenth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held from April 28-29 at Thimphu. [...] | 2010-02-09 09:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BT IN |
10NEWDELHI263 | INDIA AND NATO: TIME FOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants in the Fourth India-NATO Dialogue, a non-governmental "track II" event held in New Delhi February 1, agreed that the time was right to establish a regular, sustained, official dialogue between the world's largest democracy and its mightiest military alliance. The [...] | 2010-02-09 10:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
10NEWDELHI264 | New Synergy in India American Citizen Services [...] Summary: American Citizen Services (ACS) Unit Chiefs and Senior Locally Engaged Staff (LES) from all India posts convened in New Delhi January 20-22, 2010 for a Mission-wide ACS conference - the first of its type in institutional memory. The goals of this conference were to promote consisten [...] | 2010-02-09 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT ASEC KFRD IN |
10NEWDELHI265 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "SUCCESS OF TALKS DEPENDS ON PAK ARMY," commentary by former Indian Ambassador to U.S. Naresh Chandra in February 8 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Although Pakistan has been dragging its feet on booking the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, India has done the right thing by extending its hand [...] | 2010-02-09 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI273 | INDIA: PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On February 8, Post delivered reftel points to Under Secretary Siddhartha Nath of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division and Under Secretary Abhishek Verma of UN Political Division. We urged India to pressure Iran regarding their numerous human rights viola [...] | 2010-02-10 14:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | IR PHUM PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI274 | INDIA ON PRESSURING IRAN TO ENGAGE ON NUCLEAR [...] (U) Due to the unavailability of senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials over the last ten days, PolOff delivered reftel demarche points on February 9 to Under Secretary Siddhartha Nath of MEA's Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division. 2. (C) Nath promised to convey the points [...] | 2010-02-10 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC IR AF IN |
10NEWDELHI275 | MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 9, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced his final decision regarding the commercial approval of genetically modified (GM) eggplant, or Bt brinjal, in India. With a long and emotional charged justification, the Minister declared that a moratorium [...] | 2010-02-11 01:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
10NEWDELHI276 | MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 01:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
10NEWDELHI280 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN/U.S., [...] "INDO-PAK TALKS UNDER U.S. PRESSURE," editorial in February 10 Leftist Kolkata Bengali daily, GANASHAKTI: "India has offered a resumption of talks with Pakistan under U.S. pressure. This is the latest example of America's meddling in India's foreign and defense policy, courtesy of the Indo-U.S [...] | 2010-02-11 09:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI285 | CLIMATE CONFUSION: 10TH DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, held February 5 - 7, 2010, was notable for the overwhelming support for Dr. R.K. Pachauri, the recently embattled chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),and also for a distinct lack of ideas, bordering on outri [...] | 2010-02-11 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
10NEWDELHI287 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY’S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (S) Summary: You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in November. New Delhi has been broadly supportive of USG goals in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. After refusing [...] | 2010-02-11 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON SENV AF PK IN |
10NEWDELHI288 | TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 14:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL PREF PINR PHUM CH IN |
10NEWDELHI290 | TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Dharamsala February 3-7 to meet a cross section of the Tibetan community upon the conclusion of the ninth round of dialogue in Beijing between the Tibetan government-in-exile, known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA),and Chinese officials. During meetings with [...] | 2010-02-11 15:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREF PHUM CH IN PINR PREL |
10NEWDELHI291 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON 2/13 PUNE BOMBING [...] (C) In a February 14 telephone conversation with Foreign Secretary Rao, Ambassador Roemer expressed his condolences for the February 13 terrorist bombing in Pune and offered USG assistance as appropriate. Rao thanked the Ambassador and condemned the attacks as "typical senseless violence" by [...] | 2010-02-14 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK IN |
10NEWDELHI292 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] "ENVIRONMENT BEFORE TALKS," editorial in February 14 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Only a miracle can make the India-Pakistan talks work in the wake of the rhetoric from both sides. It is a result of India's weak diplomacy that Pakistan keeps raising the Kashmir issue, whereas India should be s [...] | 2010-02-16 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI293 | TFHA01: INDIA TO SEND FPU TO HAITI WHEN [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Sanjay Rana of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' United Nations Political division. According to Rana, India plans to complete deployment of one Formed Police Unit (FPU) to Haiti by the end of March 2010 (Note: this is earlier than the M [...] | 2010-02-16 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA IN |
10NEWDELHI295 | COLD START - A MIXTURE OF MYTH AND REALITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Indian Army's "Cold Start Doctrine" is a mixture of myth and reality. It has never been and may never be put to use on a battlefield because of substantial and serious resource constraints, but it is a developed operational attack plan announced in 2004 and intended to be taken [...] | 2010-02-16 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS IN PK |
10NEWDELHI298 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Wire reports appearing in the Indian media highlighted the Secretary's remarks on Iran. Secretary Clinton was reported saying that Iran has not lived up to its nuclear obligations and has rebuffed U.S. and international efforts to engage in serious talks. Iran has a right to nuclear power, but [...] | 2010-02-17 03:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI301 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Period [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the period of February 1 to February 15, 2010, including the following: -- GOI Releases MSME Task Force Report -- Industrial Production Continues to Grow -- PayPal No Friend of the RBI -- Inflation Running Fast and [...] | 2010-02-17 07:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ECIN IN |
10NEWDELHI306 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-CHINA [...] "TALKS ARE THE ONLY WAY" February 17 editorial in Guwahati Assamese independent ASAMIYA KHABOR: "India should hold talks with Pakistan as scheduled to foil terrorists' agenda to upset it, and demonstrate before the world community its (India) commitment to peaceful negotiation. The resumption [...] | 2010-02-17 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI31 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of, January 04 TO January 08, 2010, including the following: -- Cabinet Clears Copyright Amendments for Introduction in Parliament -- GOI Under Fire at Economic Seminar -- India Ranks Eighth in Internet Pi [...] | 2010-01-08 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN KIPR EIND ELTN ETRD TSPA IN JA |
10NEWDELHI312 | THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE PROGRAM IN INDIA: VALIDATION STUDY [...] Summary. The Business Executive Program (BEP) continues to be a key part of Non-Immigrant Visa processing in posts across Mission India, with BEP appointments for the B1/B2 visa class alone accounting for tens of thousands of applicants each year. A recently conducted Mission-wide validation [...] | 2010-02-18 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT ASEC KFRD IN |
10NEWDELHI318 | Mission India's nominations for S/GWI Small Grants [...] Mission India is pleased to submit 11 proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative. Mission India received dozens of creative proposals, formed a selection committee comprised of key sections to evaluate proposals and select those that meet mission goals and [...] | 2010-02-19 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN IN |
10NEWDELHI319 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 11 - 29, 2010 C A N C E L L E D [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
10NEWDELHI321 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 30 - February 19, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting. My Name Is Rahul ---- 2. (SBU) Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai visit and his skirmishing with the Maharashtra chauvinist Shiv Sena party shows he is bec [...] | 2010-02-22 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
10NEWDELHI323 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "TALKS ONLY SOLUTION," editorial in February 21 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The India- Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks will soon start. Can any conflict be solved without talks? If the Taliban takes control of Pakistan, we will not be untouched either. We should give Pakist [...] | 2010-02-22 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI326 | NUCLEAR SECURITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DISCUSSIONS [...] C) SUMMARY: U.S. and Indian interagency delegations met on the margins of the Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group (CNEWG) meeting in Mumbai Feb 3-4 to discuss collaboration on a Nuclear Security Center of Excellence (COE). Continuing discussions on proposals that had been tabled previously, th [...] | 2010-02-22 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN NSC |
10NEWDELHI328 | LOW INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR FEBRUARY 25 TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: According to Yashwant Sinha, the Indian MEA point person on Pakistan policy, there is no set agenda for February 25 Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan in New Delhi and resumption of the Composite Dialogue after the talks is unlikely. Sinha confided that he is "not sanguin [...] | 2010-02-23 06:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
10NEWDELHI329 | INDIA: DESIGNATION OF IRGC UNDER EO 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 08:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR EFIN GM PREL PARM IN |
10NEWDELHI330 | INDIA "WARY" OF NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, YK Sinha -- India's functional equivalent of Assistant Secretary for Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan -- repeated the GOI mantra that India does not favor new sanctions on Iran because they adversely affect Indian interests. He denied that Indian entities [...] | 2010-02-23 08:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN IR |
10NEWDELHI333 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, [...] "WHY AF-PAK IS IMPORTANT TO INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS," op-ed in February 22 Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India-Pakistan relations changed course all of a sudden after the London conference. It is bizarre the way India suddenly did an about-turn on Pakistan, offering talks. Was it an independent [...] | 2010-02-23 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI334 | INDIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN: EAGER FOR INCREASED USG COORDINATION, WARY OF PAKISTANI SCHEMING, SKEPTICAL ON R/R [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, YK Sinha -- India's A/S equivalent for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran -- welcomed increased GOI-USG coordination "at all levels" on our respective assistance activities in Afghanistan. He warned the USG not to be drawn into what he characterized as a Pakistan [...] | 2010-02-23 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN PK AF IR |
10NEWDELHI34 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM -- U.S. POLICY; [...] "FAILURES OF U.S INTELLIGENCE AND ANXIETY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA," op-ed in January 10 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "President Obama has come down hard on U.S secret agencies for their intelligence failure on the failed Christmas bombing attempt. The real question, however, is why [...] | 2010-01-11 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI343 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI. [...] "THE UNCONTROLLABLE TALIBAN," editorial in February 24 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAL: "It is time to see, particularly for the U.S. -- which is spending considerably on anti-terrorist initiatives -- as to how and why Pakistan is unable to rein in the Taliban. The recent kidnap and beheading of [...] | 2010-02-24 10:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI347 | AMBASSADOR ROEMER VISITS HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of February 18, 2010, I visited the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory in Bengaluru, along with staff from Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Chennai. The level of access afforded to us on the factory floor during our visit was highly unusual and [...] | 2010-02-24 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL EIND ETTC EAIR MCAP |
10NEWDELHI350 | INDIA AWARE OF U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN [...] (SBU) PolCouns conveyed to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division the nonpaper and joint US-French-Russian letter (reftel) on USG views following Iran's decision to enrich uranium to twenty percent. She emphasized that while the USG remains i [...] | 2010-02-24 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR |
10NEWDELHI351 | SENATOR KERRY AND INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 15 meeting with Senator Kerry, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao underlined that Indo-Pakistani talks slated for February 25 enjoy high-level support and were still on track. Rao stressed that the latest rounds of talk would not segue automatically into the formal Composite Di [...] | 2010-02-24 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM SENV PK IN |
10NEWDELHI352 | STORMY, AS USUAL: BUDGET SESSION IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The budget session of the Indian Parliament began on Monday with a speech by President Patil before Parliament laying out out a broad GoI agenda for this year. The GoI would like this session to focus budget priorities such as food security, education, inclusive growth and women, [...] | 2010-02-25 01:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWMN IN |
10NEWDELHI355 | NSA MENON DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY AND TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with CODEL McCaskill February 17, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon touched on regional security issues including Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, as well as several trade-related issues including defense acquisitions, India's Medium Multiple Role Fighter Aircraf [...] | 2010-02-25 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG IR PK IN |
10NEWDELHI356 | RSI PROPOSALS: SOUTH ASIA [...] (SBU) The following are 2010 Regional Security Initiative (RSI) program proposals for South Asia. Compiled by the RSI Coordinator at Embassy New Delhi, they include proposals covering Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and India. 2. (SBU) Regional Technical Confe [...] | 2010-02-25 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL IN PK NP BG CE MV BT |
10NEWDELHI358 | INITIAL READ-OUT OF FEB 25 INDO-PAK TALKS: LOW GOI [...] (U) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Rao and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Bashir had wide-ranging discussions in New Delhi on February 25, but the set-piece exchanges produced little forward movement in the dialogue. FS Rao's remarks after her meeting focused singularly on terrorism issues and [...] | 2010-02-25 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
10NEWDELHI367 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER DISCUSSES HEADLEY CASE WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a February 23 meeting, FBI Director Robert Mueller told Indian Home Affairs Minister P. Chidambaram that the USG would continue to cooperate with the GOI in providing information on the David Headley case and other cases involving terrorism directed at India. Chidambaram requested d [...] | 2010-02-26 06:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER IN PK |
10NEWDELHI372 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN REMAINS ADAMANT," editorial in February 26 centrist Marathi daily, PRAHAR: "India gave an opportunity to Pakistan to iron out its differences in the ongoing Foreign Secretary-level talks, but our neighbor does not seem to be reciprocating in good faith. The attitude of Pakistan's For [...] | 2010-02-26 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI373 | MEA UNRESPONSIVE ON INDIAN CANDIDATE TO HEAD UN [...] (U) On February 24, PolOff reached out to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) United Nations Political Division (UNP) in an effort to gain more information about Kamlesh Vikamsey, the Indian candidate to head the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Sanjay Rana, the Director of [...] | 2010-02-26 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN PREL AMGT IN |
10NEWDELHI378 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Period [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the period of February 15 to February 26, 2010, including the following: -- PMEAC Report Paints a Bright Macroeconomic Outlook -- GOI Releases Task Force Report on MGNREGA -- 3G Auction: For Real or Deja vu All Over [...] | 2010-02-26 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR ELTN ELAB EIND EINV ECIN SOCI IN |
10NEWDELHI38 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SINO-INDIA [...] "DRAGON'S HANDS STRETCH TO AFGHANISTAN," op-ed article in January 12 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "Of late, the U.S. and Pakistan have been deliberating on a greater role for China in Afghanistan, that is either in terms of committing peacekeeping troops to Afghanistan or helping to develop [...] | 2010-01-12 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI381 | INDIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE PROGRESS [...] (C) On February 19, Post delivered reftel demarche on the role of Pakistan in the Conference of Disarmament (CD) and the United States, interest in supporting substantive discussions of FMCT to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA [...] | 2010-02-26 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
10NEWDELHI384 | INDIA: PRIORITIES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) Post delivered Ref A points to the United Nations Economic and Social Division (UNES) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on February 23. Due to staffing issues within UNES, we have been unable to obtain the GOI's reaction to our six priorities. However, UNES Under Secretary Abhish [...] | 2010-02-26 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN IN |
10NEWDELHI386 | SIKH BEHEADED IN PAKISTAN, OUTRAGE IN INDIA [...] SUMMARY: On the eve of the February 25 Foreign S ecretary talks between India and Pakistan, reports of the beheading of a Pakistani Sikh sparked outrage in India. Protests and media coverage across India indicate a broad level of anger at the beheading, directed equally at the Taliban, Pakist [...] | 2010-02-26 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI387 | MORE ON FEB 25 INDO-PAK TALKS: "NO BREAKDOWN BUT [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on February 26 that February 25 talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir were a "good first step" but that further Pakistani progress on terrorism is needed before the GOI will commit to further talks. Rao described the [...] | 2010-02-26 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF |
10NEWDELHI4 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-JAPAN RELATIONS, [...] "NATURAL PARTNERS," op-ed in December 31, 2009, Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Japan's Hatoyama's government has put Washington on notice that Japan cannot indefinitely remain a faithful servant of U.S. policies. With Tokyo seeking to rework a 2006 basing deal with the U.S., Japan no longer can [...] | 2010-01-04 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI40 | HATOYAMA AND SINGH ADVANCE BILATERAL SECURITY, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama paid his first visit to India December 27 - 29, continuing the tradition of annual bilateral meetings. The visit focused on security issues and economic ties and produced an "Action Plan to Advance Security Cooperation" that establishes a new seni [...] | 2010-01-12 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM IN |
10NEWDELHI45 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, INDIA-CHINA [...] "AL QAEDA ACTIVE AGAIN," editorial in January 13 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "Al Qaeda'a renewed terrorist threat to the U.S. is disturbing, but not just for the U.S. Even countries like India need to be extra wary of the terror attacks being plotted. Our airports need to be much more s [...] | 2010-01-13 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI59 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS, [...] "BANGLADESH COMES CLOSER," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's India visit this week was remarkable for the manner in which contentious issues were set aside and points of agreement worked on. Sheikh Hasina has had a close relationshi [...] | 2010-01-14 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI60 | BHUTANESE CULTURE GROUP IN SMUGGLING PERFORMANCE [...] SUMMARY: New Delhi's recent confirmation that a P3 group of Bhutanese cultural performers was a front for alien smuggling demonstrates continuing and serious fraud issues with groups from Bhutan initially reported a year ago (reftel A). Six of the twelve associated applicants interviewed indi [...] | 2010-01-14 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC IN BT |
10NEWDELHI63 | FS RAO ON COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION, PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Rao, at the request of Home Minister Chidambaram, summoned Ambassador Roemer January 13 to seek permission for National Investigative Agency (NIA) officials to travel to the United States to interview two [...] | 2010-01-14 15:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG KTIP PK IN |
10NEWDELHI64 | CONCERNS ABOUT LIABILITY LEGISLATION AND EXPORT [...] (C) MEA/DISA Joint Secretary Gaddam Dharmendra was surprised and concerned to learn that the Indian government's draft civil nuclear liability legislation might deviate from the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC). He said he would look into it, as well as encour [...] | 2010-01-14 15:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG ETTC IN |
10NEWDELHI74 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA- [...] "RESUMPTION OF INDO-PAK TALKS ESSENTIAL," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "India-Pakistan talks have been taken hostage by the Mumbai terror attacks and people-to-people contact is virtually dead. India-Pakistan tensions are in the interest of neither nation. When I [...] | 2010-01-15 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI77 | (C) NSA NARAYANAN OUT, SUCCESSOR TBD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NSA M.K. Narayanan, who has held the post since 2005, confirmed his imminent retirement in a private meeting that Ambassador Roemer sought out on evening of January 15. While Narayanan did not reveal his successor, he asserted that the broad scope of the NSA position wil [...] | 2010-01-15 18:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN |
10NEWDELHI79 | NEUTRALIZING PARTITION? CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sporadic violent clashes and riots in 2009 involving migrant laborers in Punjab have highlighted the changing demographics of India's wealthiest state. Punjab has historically imported labor to fuel its high agricultural and industrial growth rate. According to Embassy conta [...] | 2010-01-19 01:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR |
10NEWDELHI82 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, TERRORISM, [...] "PAKISTAN'S RELUCTANCE," op-ed in January 17 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Indian intellectuals are demanding a resumption of the stalled composite India- Pakistan dialogue. Talks are welcome, but the recommencement of dialogue could be seen as a victory of the policy of supporting terrorism. S [...] | 2010-01-19 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI86 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Officers from Consulate General Chennai received written confirmation from the GOI's Aeronautical Defense Establishment (ADE) that the four (4) "Rate Integrating Gyros" are located at ADE's facility at New Thippasandra, Bangalore. Officers were unable to visit this location in person due [...] | 2010-01-20 01:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IN |
10NEWDELHI9 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] "INDIA KEEPS FALLING IN BIG NATIONS' TRAPS," op-ed in January 4 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "2009 was an eventful year for Indian foreign policy. Initially the U.S. seemed to be helping India by putting diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai attac [...] | 2010-01-06 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI92 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, GOOGLE AND CHINA; [...] "WIIL U.S. WAKE UP WITH AFGHANISTAN ATTACK?" editorial in January 19 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Kabul once again turned into a battlefield with the brazen attack by the Taliban. Pakistan and the U.S. very conveniently see the Taliban as Pakistani-Taliban and Afghan-Taliban. [...] | 2010-01-20 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI93 | Glacial Melt Forecast Controversy Unlikely to Impact Indian [...] (U) Summary: Controversy erupted recently when a leading glacier scientist told the press that the section of the 2007 assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had misquoted his work. The IPCC report indicted Himalayan glaciers very likely would disappear by 20 [...] | 2010-01-20 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TRGY PREL ECON KGHG IN |
10NEWDELHI95 | GOI'S RESPONSE ON SECTION 810 ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs conveyed the following cover letter and diplomatic note on January 20, 2010 regarding ongoing concerns related to Section 810 assurances. Begin text of cover letter: The Ministry of External Affairs presents its complements to the Embassy of the Un [...] | 2010-01-20 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PREL PARM IN |
10NEWDELHI98 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "ZARDARI'S POSITIVE STATEMENT," editorial in January 19 right-of-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The people of India and Pakistan have always tried to maintain close relations, but interference by powers like America has come in the way. The pro-American record of Pakistan's government an [...] | 2010-01-21 11:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NEWDELHI99 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF U.S. [...] To spread the news of U.S. relief efforts in Haiti, Embassy New Delhi and the four consulates maintain websites and Facebook pages updated with the latest information from the White House, Department of State, and USAID. We continue to distribute press releases and up-to-date fact sheets to ou [...] | 2010-01-21 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
10NIAMEY109 | Niger: ECOWAS Mediator Provides Update [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General (retired) and former head of state Abdulsalami Abubakar received Charge to discuss the status of mediation talks between Niger's main opposition group, the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR) and the Govern [...] | 2010-02-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY11 | NIGER: 17 DEAD IN CLASHES WITH MILITANTS NEAR [...] (U) According to a January 4 communique of the Ministry of National Defense carried by Government-run "Tele Sahel Television," militants ambushed a Nigerian Armed Forces (FAN) responding from Tilia to a report of armed men on December 30 in Telemses, a small town located 95 km northwest of Taho [...] | 2010-01-06 17:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR MOPS KCRM ASEC ML NG |
10NIAMEY116 | Government Again Warns Independent Media [...] (U) Summary: The Conseil Superieur de la Communication (CSC),the Nigerien media regulatory body and its subsidiary advisory board, the Conseil de Presse, issued strongly worded warnings against the independent media on February 8. The Counseil de Presse recommended that three journalists fro [...] | 2010-02-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO NG |
10NIAMEY120 | RE: FOR RELEASE: Chinese engagement in Niger and Potential [...] (SBU) China is building a major portfolio in Niger's resource sectors and will probably replace France as Niger's top foreign investor when projects under construction are fully operational. Chinese investments include oil and gas production, refining, uranium mining, and infrastructure. There [...] | 2010-02-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EMIN EPET CH NG ENRG EIND EINV |
10NIAMEY122 | NIGER: ECOWAS Mediator Submits New Proposal [...] (SBU) On February 10, in a formal document, ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General (retired) and former Nigerian head of state Abdulsalami Abubakar presented a new proposal for a way out of Niger's political crisis. The proposal is based on position papers previously submitted by the People's Movem [...] | 2010-02-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM NG |
10NIAMEY123 | ECOWAS Mediator Abubakar Provides Update on Meeting with [...] (C/NF) On February 20, ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General (retired) and former Nigeria head of State Abdulsalami Aboubakar provided Charge with a telephonic update regarding the brief meeting he and outgoing ECOWAS President Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Nigerian Deputy Foreign Minister Bagudu Hirse, and [...] | 2010-02-22 20:09:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECOWAS NG |
10NIAMEY127 | UN-AU-ECOWAS Team Briefs Dip Corps on Meeting with CSRD [...] (C/NF) On the afternoon of February 21, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Systems Coordinator Khardiata Lo N'Diaye summoned the heads of mission of Algeria (dean of diplomatic corps),China, the EU, France, Nigeria, Spain (as EU President),and the United States for an out-brief by the visiti [...] | 2010-02-23 22:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECOWAS UN AU NG |
10NIAMEY129 | Charge Meets with Junta; [...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 25, Brigadier General Souleyman Salou and Colonel Moussa Gros, Senior Military Advisor to the CSRD President, met with ChargC) d'Affaires Whitaker in a frank and productive session that broached a wide variety of topics. General Salou opened by stating his pride at [...] | 2010-02-25 16:48:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM SOCI US NG PTER PINR EAID EAGR MASS |
10NIAMEY164 | NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2010 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for February 2010 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- Opposition Members Take to the Streets; -- Japanese Donates Food Aid to Niger; -- Chinese Pre- [...] | 2010-02-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NG JA CH IT EAGR EAID KCRM EAIR SOCI |
10NIAMEY176 | Large Rally Cheers Junta in Niamey; CFDR Issues Statement [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-20 18:34:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY190 | Niger: CSRD Signs First Official Executive Order [...] Summary: On February 22, the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) signed an executive order organizing state authority for the transition period in Niger. The order reaffirms that Niger is a republic that is respectful of human rights and the rule of law; t [...] | 2010-02-23 14:21:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM NG |
10NIAMEY204 | MNSD Issues Communique Critical of Junta [...] On February 24, state-owned daily newspaper "Le Sahel" published the following statement by the National Movement for a Developing Society - Nassara (MNSD - the ruling party under the previous regime of President Tandja): (Begin text - informal Embassy translation) The MNSD Nationa [...] | 2010-02-24 21:53:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY206 | NIGER INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] Post's response corresponds to checklist in para 15, sections 1A through 1F, and para 21, sections 2A through 2G of ref A. 1A)- 1F) PRODUCTION OF GOODS Post has no information indicating significant forced labor or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Niger. Child [...] | 2010-02-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY21 | CLASSIFIED POUCH - SUSPICIOUS POWDER INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On the morning of January 6, Post had an incident relating to a classified pouch bag and a suspicious powder inside it. The Information Management Specialist (IMS) informed the Marine at Post 1 that an incident occurred in the IPC. The IMS stated that after verifying the classified po [...] | 2010-01-11 07:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ADPM AMED AMGT ASEC KMSG TBIO |
10NIAMEY22 | Niger: Local Election Results Show Strength of MNSD, [...] The Independent National Commission on Elections (CENI) recently released the final results of the December 27 local elections, held in 266 urban and rural communes nationwide, updating preliminary results reported (ref A). The results indicate that 51.34 percent of eligible voters participate [...] | 2010-01-11 19:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
10NIAMEY23 | Niger: Four Political Prisoners Released [...] On January 5, two former parliamentarians and two administrative staff members were granted provisional release from prison. Former Parliamentarian and National Assembly (NA) Chief Treasurer Zanaidou Gado Sabo, former Parliamentarian and NA Deputy Treasurer Ibrahim Abalele, former NA Speaker's [...] | 2010-01-11 19:59:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY27 | NIGER: EU DELEGATION HEAD EXPLAINS VIEWS ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: Although the EU has suspended budgetary support to the Government of Niger (GON) due to recent anti-constitutional actions by President Tandja, it will continue humanitarian aid, including food security. According to the EU Head of Delegation, the EU has provided a 120-day win [...] | 2010-01-12 21:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM EU US NG |
10NIAMEY29 | Niger: Government of Niger Position in Inter-Nigerien [...] As the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (ref A) resumed on January 12 in Niamey, private newspaper "L'Enqueteur" printed a statement from the Popular Movement for the Restoration of the Republic (MPRR),a pro-Government of Niger (GON) political party and civil society network, offering the MPR [...] | 2010-01-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
10NIAMEY33 | Niger: Former High Commissioner for Restoration of Peace [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, current National Assembly Deputy and former High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace (HCRP) Mohamed Anacko met with DCM at the Chancery; Poloff and LES Pol Specialist also participated. The former Commissioner spoke about the successful culmination of the p [...] | 2010-01-14 19:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS ECON SNAR SOCI PHUM KHDP ML AG NG |
10NIAMEY48 | Niger: ECOWAS Mediator Proposes Road Map for Niger; [...] Summary: On January 14, weeks after the pro-Government and the opposition delegations to the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD) submitted their positions (refs A and B),ECOWAS Mediator Abdusalami Abubakar presented his suggestions for a way out of Niger's political crisis. In response, [...] | 2010-01-19 20:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
10NIAMEY56 | Niger: Amb. Allen's Outgoing Calls on Senior GON [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Gamatie, Foreign Minister Mindaoudou, and President Tandja, respectively, on January 11, 13, and 14, during departure calls. 2. (SBU) No new ground was broken on the political front, though the PM expressed surprise a [...] | 2010-01-21 20:48:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG |
10NIAMEY57 | Niger: Same Sex Demarche Delivered [...] (U) Ambassador Allen delivered reftel demarche to Government of Niger (GON) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mindaoudou on January 13 during her departure call. 2. (SBU) The FM informed the Ambassador that the GON would have no difficulty accrediting same-sex partners of U.S. Gove [...] | 2010-01-21 20:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER AMGT PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI US NG |
10NIAMEY71 | (S) NIGER: UPDATE ON IRANIAN OUTREACH [...] (S/NF) Contrary to ref A, Government of Niger Minister of Agricultural Development Moussa Labo and Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Standardization Halidou Badj recently traveled to Tehran, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie. On January 26 they met with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, [...] | 2010-01-27 21:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD PGOV PINR EAID ENRG KISL SCUL IR NG |
10NIAMEY72 | Niger: President Tandja's New Year Address of Dip Corps: [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, President Tandja accepted the greetings of the Dean of the diplomatic corps and addressed the assembled group in his customary manner. Although most of his remarks offered a lengthy defense for his anti-democratic political maneuverings of the past year, he argue [...] | 2010-01-29 07:35:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM EAGR SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY84 | Niger: PM Gamatie Convenes Food Security Commission [...] (U) On January 29, Prime Minister Ali Badjo Gamatie convened the State-Donor Mixed Coordination Commission to discuss Niger's food security situation and the Government of Niger's (GON's) intentions for addressing it. The two-hour meeting offered the GON an opportunity to lay out its views on [...] | 2010-02-01 16:04:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID EAGR PREL SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY85 | Niger: Civil Rights Activist Receives Suspended Sentence [...] (SBU) On January 25, the Court of Appeals of Niamey delivered its verdict of a three-month suspended prison sentence on the appeal lodged by Marou Amadou, president of the United Front for the Preservation of Democratic Gains (FUSAD) on charges of "regional propaganda" (Note: meaning inciting [...] | 2010-02-01 16:25:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY86 | Niger: Niger Disaster Response Resource Request [...] (U) This is an action message - see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: After Embassy Niamey's Disaster Declaration on January 14 (ref d),post requests urgent and serious consideration of increasing response resources for Niger due to imminent food insecurity. The newly released vulnerability asse [...] | 2010-02-02 06:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR SENV ECON PREL PGOV US NG |
10NIAMEY90 | Niger: African Development Foundation Advises of [...] (SBU) On January 29, African Development Foundation (ADF) Regional Program Director Paul Olson (protect) and Field Office Coordinator Venant Barampanze (protect) visited CDA and USAID A/Country Program Manager to advise of ADF's intention to cease operations in Niger as of the end of June 2010. [...] | 2010-02-02 16:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV KDEM SOCI US NG |
10NIAMEY91 | NIGER: FURTHER UPDATE ON RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) On February 1, local independent weekly newspaper "Le Canard Dechaine" claimed that President Tandja would likely visit Iran to seek funds for the 2010 budget, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie as discussed in reftels. The account added that visits to Venezuela and Cuba, as well as rec [...] | 2010-02-02 19:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EMIN EAGR PINR EAID EFIN IR NG |
10NIAMEY92 | Niger: Pol/Econ Update for January 2010 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for January 2010 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- National Assembly passes anti-terrorism financing legislation; -- GON changes civil service employee w [...] | 2010-02-03 07:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB EFIN PTER ENRG EPET SOCI NG |
10NIAMEY96 | Niger: Opposition Members Provide Update [...] (SBU) Summary: During an office call on Charge, representatives of the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR),Niger's main opposition group, provided an advanced copy of a memorandum outlining the opposition's response to the Economic Community of West African States (EC [...] | 2010-02-05 22:41:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM NG |
10NICOSIA104 | CYPRUS: FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS [...] (U) On February 19, PolOff delivered ref points to MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina, Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mina welcomed the points, which she noted would be helpful as Cyprus finalized its FAC position papers. 2. (C) On Iran, Mina noted that Cyprus was "m [...] | 2010-02-22 14:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CY |
10NICOSIA106 | CYPRUS: EU UNLIKELY TO LIFT ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] (C) On February 22, 2010, Poloff delivered ref points to Alexis Phedonos-Vadet, Second Secretary in the MFA's Department of Asia and Oceania, Political Affairs Division. Despite Cyprus' support for lifting the EU's arms embargo on China in 2004, Phedonos-Vadet stated that "he doesn't see it ha [...] | 2010-02-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EUN CH CY |
10NICOSIA111 | CYPRUS: T/C LEADER TALAT COMPLAINS WITH EQUAL [...] Summary: (C) "My flexibility is portrayed in the north as begging to the Greek Cypriots and the international community," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat confided to the Ambassador in a February 19 meeting. Talat, visibly downbeat, charged that Christofias simply "could not mana [...] | 2010-02-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
10NICOSIA112 | SOLUTION SKEPTIC DIKO STAYS IN COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
10NICOSIA13 | CYPRUS: UNFICYP MISSION CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY [...] (U) Per Ref A, PolOff contacted UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Officer Maria Wilkins, who serves as UNFICYP's "Gender Focal Point" in charge of educating UN civilian, police and military personnel about sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA),and trafficking in pers [...] | 2010-01-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL CY |
10NICOSIA38 | CYPRUS: JANUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS [...] (U) On January 22, PolOff delivered ref points to MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mina welcomed the points, which she noted would be helpful to have in mind as Cyprus finalized its position papers. 2. (C) On Iran, Mina said th [...] | 2010-01-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CY |
10NICOSIA43 | CYPRUS: RATIFICATION URGED FOR GPS-GALILEO COOPERATION [...] (SBU) On January 25, Tereza Ioannou, Officer at the Ministry of Communications and Works informed us that her ministry had submitted to the Cypriot House of Representatives legislation for Cyprus' ratification of the GPS Galileo Cooperation agreement. We will continue following up and report o [...] | 2010-01-25 13:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPA TSPL ECPS CY |
10NICOSIA45 | CYPRUS ORAMS CASE; EU COURTS MUST ENFORCE RULING [...] (SBU) On January 20, in a major precedent-setting case, the UK Court of Appeals affirmed the decisions of a Republic of Cyprus court and a lower UK court that found a British couple (the "Orams") guilty of trespassing for having built a holiday home in north Cyprus on land owned by a Greek Cyp [...] | 2010-01-26 06:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL CY |
10NICOSIA46 | CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: U.S. WORKING TOWARDS JANUARY 31ST DEADLINE [...] This message contains an action request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel request, on January 22 DCM, accompanied by Econ Officer and Econ Specialist, met with Theodoulos Mesimeris, Environment Officer, at the GOC Environment Service (under the Ministry of Agriculture) to encourage GOC acc [...] | 2010-01-26 07:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CY KGHG |
10NICOSIA52 | CYPRUS: NO PLAN TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR IRAN [...] (U) On January 28, 2010, Poloff delivered ref points to Nicos Nicolaou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (C) Nicolaou explained that although Cyprus shares U.S. concerns about the human rights situation [...] | 2010-01-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CY |
10NICOSIA54 | CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS -- CORRECTED COPY [...] This message contains an action request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel request, on January 22 DCM, accompanied by Econ Officer and Econ Specialist, met with Theodoulos Mesimeris, Environment Officer, at the GOC Environment Service (under the Ministry of Agriculture) to encourage GOC acc [...] | 2010-01-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CY KGHG |
10NICOSIA55 | CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
10NICOSIA56 | CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 07:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
10NICOSIA69 | (C) CYPRUS RECEPTIVE TO SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points February 4 to the Permanent Secretary of Cyprus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicolas Emiliou, who received the points favorably. Emiliou reported there was growing consensus among EU members that sanctions were necessary and that Cyprus would support su [...] | 2010-02-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR CY |
10NICOSIA7 | CYPRUS: ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: Post's work on women's issues has focused largely on programs to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),particularly the trafficking of foreign women for commercial sexual exploitation. Combating TIP is one of the Mission's four MSP goals, and our anti-TIP efforts in the Political [...] | 2010-01-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM CY |
10NICOSIA73 | Cyprus Reemphasizes Interest in the Visa Waiver Program [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to a Cypriot request, the Ambassador met on February 4 at the MFA with Permanent Secretary Nicolas Emiliou and representatives of similar rank from other ministries to discuss the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Emiliou reiterated Cyprus' strong desire to join the VWP a [...] | 2010-02-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS CY |
10NICOSIA77 | CYPRUS: POOR ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT HURTS GREEK [...] (C) Concern about the Cypriot economy is growing among Greek Cypriot businessmen and economic technocrats. They are alarmed at the rapid growth of the fiscal deficit, from a 1 percent surplus to a 6 percent deficit in less than three years. Worse, they believe the GoC is exacerbating the probl [...] | 2010-02-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL CY |
10NICOSIA85 | CYPRUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN [...] (C) On February 10, 2010, Poloff delivered Ref A points to Panayiotis Papadopoulos, MFA Counselor in the Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations, Political Affairs Division. Papadopoulos did not commit Cyprus to any bilateral actions in follow-up to the recent EU st [...] | 2010-02-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR CY |
10NICOSIA98 | CYPRUS: TRIES AND TRIES AGAIN WITH CONTROVERSIAL NEW LAW ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus is preparing to reenact a controversial law requiring separate shelving for biotech products on supermarket shelves. The law was first enacted in 2007 but it never actually entered into force because the President repealed it on procedural grounds. This time around, th [...] | 2010-02-19 12:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON ETRD EUN CY |
10NOUAKCHOTT1 | MAURITANIA: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED [...] (SBU) Until closure of the Israeli Embassy in Nouakchott in March 2009, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania enjoyed full diplomatic relations with Israel. Relations still formally exist but were unilaterally "frozen" by the Mauritanian government. The GIRM does not have any [...] | 2010-01-03 13:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KBCT MR XF |
10NOUAKCHOTT11 | EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT'S DECEMBER 2009 VISAS VIPER [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT Meeting Date: January 5, 2009 Chair: DCM: Dennis Hankins Coordinator: Stephen Kochuba, Consular Officer Attendees: RAO, RSO, DAO, CONS, POL 3. (S/NF) For the month of December 2009, Embassy Noakchott has no additional Visas Viper submissions. [...] | 2010-01-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER |
10NOUAKCHOTT12 | MAURITANIA: MONTHLY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: The month of December witnessed the second kidnapping of Westerners in Mauritania by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since the late November abduction of three Spanish NGO workers. The arrest of three Smasside businessmen accused of involvement in the Mauritanian Central [...] | 2010-01-10 15:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PTER MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT14 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CASE OF DETAINED JOURNALIST OULD [...] (C) On January 7, 2010 Ambassador called upon Minister of Justice Ahmedou Tidjane Bal to express USG concern about the continued detention of website editor Hanevy Ould Dahah apparently without legal justification given that his sentence had been completed on December 24, 2009. Ambassador als [...] | 2010-01-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT16 | MAURITANIA: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a small, under-developed economy and is not a regional financial center. Its economic system suffers from a combination of weak Central Bank oversight, lax financial auditing standards, porous borders, and corruption in government and the private sector. [...] | 2010-01-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT22 | MAURITANIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Kosovo Consulate in New York City received a diplomatic note dated January 12 stating that Mauritania has "recognized Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state and desires to establish relations at the Ambassadorial level." 2. (SBU) Post recently delivered two demarches to th [...] | 2010-01-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MR KV |
10NOUAKCHOTT41 | MAURITANIAN SUPREME COURT ANNULS JUDGMENT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: On January 14, the Mauritanian Supreme Court annulled Taqadoumy editor Hanevy Ould Dehah's sentence, but stated that he should continue to be detained pending retrial. Following this decision, Dehah's lawyers and Mauritanian National Bar Association President Ahmed Salem Ould [...] | 2010-01-19 13:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT42 | MAURITANIA: FINANCE MINISTER REQUESTS US SUPPORT WITH IMF [...] (SBU) On January 13, Ambassador called on Finance Minister Ousmane Kane at the latter's request. Kane said that he was pleased with the work that had been done on the annual budget claiming that the GIRM had made the most responsible use of its limited resources. He nonetheless lamented the [...] | 2010-01-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT49 | FOREIGN MINISTER TO HEAD MAURITANIAN DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, PolOff met on January 20 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Khattra who stated Foreign Affairs Minister Naha Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass will head the Mauritanian delegation to the African Union Summit. Mouknass is expected to [...] | 2010-01-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT51 | MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (SBU) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is expected to receive SFOAA funding during FY 2010. While Mauritania continues to face technical and capacity challenges with fiscal transparency, assessments from U.S. Embassy, World Bank and IMF officials working in country indicate [...] | 2010-01-21 08:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT54 | MEETING WITH NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM JUDGE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on January 21 with new counter-terrorism investigating judge Mohamed Bouya Ould Nahi. This new position, created following the adoption of the new counter-terrorism law, focuses on conducting investigations to determine whether there is legal foundation to warrant pro [...] | 2010-01-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT57 | MAURITANIAN IMAMS ISSUE FATWA AGAINST FEMALE [...] (U) On January 12, thirty-four of Mauritania's highest religious figures issued a fatwa prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). After an in-depth study of FGM practices in Mauritanian society, a discussion of their medical impact and a religious debate; religious authorities decided tha [...] | 2010-01-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT58 | MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS ON DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Islamic Affairs expects to see a majority of the 68 Salafists in detention publicly renounce violence and the extremist ideology expressed by Al Qaeda. While the renunciation of violence will not affect the judicial process against those who have actually commit [...] | 2010-01-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI PINR MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT59 | MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...] | 2010-01-25 17:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT60 | MAURITANIA BEGINS TO REFORM TROUBLED GLOBAL FUND [...] (U) Summary. After Mauritania's September 2009 suspension from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Global Fund presented a list of requirements to be met by Mauritania before its suspension could be lifted, including a reformed Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM),t [...] | 2010-01-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT61 | MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...] | 2010-01-26 08:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT66 | MAURITANIA LATE IN ASSOCIATING ITSELF WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Charge delivered REFTEL demarche January 31 to the MFA Director for Multilateral Cooperation Mohamedoun Ould Daddah and his deputy Lafdal Ould Abeih (after the MFA had rescheduled the meeting twice). Ould Daddah was not up to date on the Accord but Ould Abeih was already well aware of [...] | 2010-01-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV MR KGHG |
10NOUAKCHOTT73 | DEMARCHE ON PRIME MINISTER ON THE CASE OF HANEVY [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagdaf at the latter,s request for a discussion of various items of current interest (septel). Ambassador took the opportunity to raise with the Prime Minister the continuing arbitrary detention of internet journalist Hanevy Ould [...] | 2010-02-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT75 | ONLINE JOURNALIST HANEVY OULD DEHAH RE-SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: On February 4, Taqadoumy Website Editor Hanevy Ould Dehah was re-sentenced to two years imprisonment. This was Dehah's second trial after authorities decided to keep him detained despite his having served his first six-month sentence, and to annul his first trial. Both Hanev [...] | 2010-02-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT78 | ALERTING MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT TO PROBABLE [...] (C) Ambassador met February 8 with Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass and raised concern over the February 4 conviction of internet journalist Hanevy Ould Dahah (REFTEL). The Ambassador noted that he had raised the case previously with the Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and Prime Minist [...] | 2010-02-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT81 | MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO USG CITES COP15 PROPOSALS [...] (U) Embassy Nouakchott's ECON/EST Officer met with the Director and Deputy Director of the Mauritanian Office of Nature Conservation to discuss the USG proposals for the upcoming CITES summit to be held in Doha, Qatar. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) intends to se [...] | 2010-02-09 07:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV UNEP CITES AORL MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT90 | MAURITANIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, please find post's TIP report submission: ------------- TIP SITUATION ------------- 2. (SBU) Sources of Available Information: Available information on human trafficking is limited and unreliable. Although evidence points to the existence of many forms o [...] | 2010-02-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB MCA PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
10NOUAKCHOTT94 | MAURITANIA: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] (U) In response to reftel tasking 1, Post found no evidence of the use of forced labor or exploitive child labor in the production of goods in Mauritania. 2. (U) Post's response to reftel tasking 2 is as follows: --------------------------------------------- ----------------- Prevalen [...] | 2010-02-11 10:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM MR |
10NOUAKCHOTT97 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) China maintains a prominent and active presence in Mauritania. China is the largest destination for Mauritanian exports. As of 2009, nearly 40% of Mauritanian exports were destined for China. After France, China is the second largest importer of products into the Mauritanian market. I [...] | 2010-02-15 13:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL MR CN |
10NOUAKCHOTT99 | MAURITANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Per reftel's instructions, please find below two project proposals. Post prefers the proposal "Mauritania Women Speak" by Nedwa because the second proposal, presented by the National Democratic Institute and the Reseau pour la Promotion de la Citoyennete (RPC),has high consultant, indi [...] | 2010-02-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID MR |
10NUEVOLAREDO44 | Major Gun Battle Between Mexican Army and Zetas at [...] SBU - entire text. 2. SUMMARY: A major gun battle, clearly audible from the Texas side of the river, rang out at approximately 2130 hours February 19. Though Mexican sources are being vague about some of the details, it appears clear that this was another unplanned run-in [...] | 2010-02-22 15:38:00 | Consulate Nuevo Laredo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC MX |
10NUEVOLAREDO56 | NUEVO LAREDO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 02/27/10 [...] SBU - Entire text. 2. SUMMARY: Gulf Cartel DTO attacked two police stations in Nuevo Laredo evening of February 26. Zetas DTO, apparently searching for the Gulf perpetrators, appeared armed outside a barbecue attended by post personnel. Corroborated reports anticipate a Gul [...] | 2010-02-27 18:21:00 | Consulate Nuevo Laredo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL SNAR MX |
10OSLO100 | NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...] | 2010-02-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI |
10OSLO106 | Statoil on Opening New Offshore Acreage, Stokman [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET SENV NO RS EFIS |
10OSLO108 | EMBASSY OSLO'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NO |
10OSLO2 | (S/NF) OSLO EAC REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING [...] (S/NF) Following consultations with Ambassador White, Charge Heg convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 5 to discuss measures in place at Embassy Oslo to avoid an incident like the attempted Christmas day bombing. The recent attack in Denmark, and developments regardi [...] | 2010-01-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER |
10OSLO23 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE ON AFGHAN LEAD PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points during his January 14 Courtesy Call to Defense Minister Grete Faremo (full conversation to be reported septel). Faremo responded by saying that Norway is committed to the NATO/ISAF mission in Afghanistan, and added that Norway needs to understand U.S. s [...] | 2010-01-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NO |
10OSLO26 | NORWEGIAN AID FOR HAITI LIKELY TO DOUBLE TO $35 [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway on January 16 increased its promise of aid to Haiti to $17.5 million. The GON has already provided $7 million for relief efforts. An additional $17.5 million (bringing the total to $35 million) is l [...] | 2010-01-20 09:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO |
10OSLO30 | NORWAY'S POST COP-15 STEPS AND COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Norwegian acting chief climate negotiator Audun Rosland told DCM and PolEconOff January 15 that Norway had hoped for a more ambitious deal, but views the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction. He said that the Annex I countries (industrialized nations) [...] | 2010-01-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG NO KGHG |
10OSLO31 | NORWAY APPROVES OF US ACTION PLAN ON DEFEATING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 12:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NO |
10OSLO32 | PROGRESS TOWARD A NEW AMERICAN EMBASSY IN OSLO [...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the city planning agency, local architects, and the public have put Oslo on a clear path toward receiving its first building permit. The redesigned chancery has won plaudits from city planners; their verbal approval and generally favorable comments from Oslo's Arch [...] | 2010-01-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT NO |
10OSLO33 | HIGH INTEREST IN NORWEGIAN CONTINETAL SHELF LICENSE AWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. companies participated in a high-interest nomination round for Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) licenses. The GON also awarded licenses in a separate predefined/mature areas licensing round. The high interest sends positive signals about the competitive situation on the she [...] | 2010-01-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV SENV ECON NO |
10OSLO34 | NORWAY SMOKES OUT TOBACCO PRODUCERS FROM PENSION FUND [...] (SBU) Summary. Seventeen tobacco producers, including seven U.S. companies, have been excluded from the Norwegian Government Pension Fund's (GPF) portfolio, on ethical grounds. End Summary. 2. (U) On January 19, The Ministry of Finance announced that 17 tobacco producers had been excluded [...] | 2010-01-22 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EPET ECON NO |
10OSLO35 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] (U) Norway's Senior Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff January 21 that Norway would send MFA Senior Advisor Helene Sand Andresen to the PRT Conference in Prague starting January 25. Andresen told PolOff that Kirsten Gislesen and Colonel Roar [...] | 2010-01-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO37 | GON VIEWS: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 25 MFA Af/Pak Director Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff and MoD Deputy Director of Security Policy General Bjorn Solberg told DCM, A/DATT and PolOff that the GoN was supportive overall of the US objectives for the London Conference. Kanavin did note that th [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF NO |
10OSLO38 | NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION [...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO |
10OSLO39 | NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION [...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO |
10OSLO4 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CRITICIZES IRANIAN AUTHORITIES, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO |
10OSLO40 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO41 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO42 | NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO43 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO44 | NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO45 | EUR/RPM DIRECTOR DISCUSSES NATO, ARCTIC, AND [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the January 14 NATO Strategic Concept Seminar EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner, DCM, and PolOff conducted bilateral meetings January 13 to discuss Afghanistan, NATO, Russia, and the Arctic High North. On Afghanistan, MFA and MoD officials described increasing Nor [...] | 2010-01-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS PARM KNNP KCFE PGOV SENV AF NO |
10OSLO47 | GON HAS "WAIT AND SEE" APPROACH ON ATTEMPTS TO BAR [...] (C) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Anita Krokan told PolOff January 26 that their embassy in Amman has recommended a "wait and see" strategy in approaching the GoI in regards to barring of candidates from participating in the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, Krokan said non-Sunni groups have a [...] | 2010-01-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ NO |
10OSLO5 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CRITICIZES IRANIAN AUTHORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian news outlets began reporting January 5 that Iranian diplomat Mohammed Reza Heydari had resigned his position at the Iranian embassy in Oslo to protest the December crack-down on demonstrators in Iran, and had sought asylum in Norway. Norwegian Police Security Service ( [...] | 2010-01-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO |
10OSLO53 | POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...] | 2010-01-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC KOMC NO |
10OSLO55 | POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...] | 2010-01-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC KOMC NO |
10OSLO59 | Shots Fired at Mullah Krekar's Residence, No Suspects in [...] (U) According to witnesses, two men allegedly attempted to break into Ansar al-Islam founder Mullah Krekar's (aka Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad) residence in Oslo early morning on January 22. Five shots were subsequently fired into the residence, lightly injuring Krekar's son-in-law in the arm. Kreka [...] | 2010-02-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IZ NO |
10OSLO61 | NORWAY OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vegard Ellefsen, responded receptively to all of reftel talking points, delivered by U.S. Ambassador to Norway Barry White. Ellefsen said that Norway would gladly support and easily adopt stricter measures at the [...] | 2010-02-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC NO |
10OSLO62 | Ambassador's Visit to Tromso and Participation in the Arctic [...] (U) Summary: In his first visit to Tromso, the Ambassador gave a well-received presentation on U.S. Arctic policy, and met with the head of the Arctic Council Secretariat, local government officials, Tromso University representatives, a satellite services company, the leader of a global reinde [...] | 2010-01-31 13:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV SOCI NO RS CH |
10OSLO63 | FM Stoere Goes to Moscow [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Northern and Russian Affairs Anne Kjesti Carlsen told PolOff February 5 that FM's Stoere's February 2 trip to Moscow should be viewed as preparatory work for President Medvedev's planned April visit to Norway. She said discussions focused largely on effor [...] | 2010-02-05 16:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PARM PREL SENV ECON EFIS ENRG RS NO |
10OSLO64 | NORWAY ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD, ANNOUNCES 30 - 40% [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoN announced its support for the Copenhagen Accord and presented a 30-40 percent emissions reduction target by 2020, based on 1990 levels. Minister for Environment and Development Erik Solheim will travel to Washington D.C. February 11. End Summary 2. (U) On January [...] | 2010-02-01 16:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KTIA ENRG NO |
10OSLO65 | NORWAY AGREES WITH SHARK PROTECTION, WORRIES ABOUT FINANCING [...] (SBU) Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management Senior Advisor Oystein Storkensen told PolOff February 4 that Norway agrees in principle with U.S. efforts to control and protect shark resources per reftel. However, Storkensen noted that the new Memorandum of Understanding should include a c [...] | 2010-02-06 07:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PHSA NO |
10OSLO66 | OSLO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, Post conducted human rights vetting on the following member of the Norwegian Armed Forces, who has been selected to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, in Key West, Florida. 2. A. Nam [...] | 2010-02-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NO |
10OSLO67 | SHOCKING ATROCITIES INSIDE A BASIJ ENCAMPMENT: NORWEGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A kidnapped Norwegian student witnessed shocking atrocities and mass killings occurring inside a Basij camp (see paragraphs 3 and 4),according to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials speaking confidentially. The GON has, separately, called the Iranian Charge d' [...] | 2010-02-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR NO |
10OSLO68 | THE ENGERGY PORTFOLIO AT EMBASSY OSLO [...] In response to reftel, the personnel covering the energy portfolio at Embassy Oslo are as follows: 2. A. Aldo Sirotic, Deputy Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs (Phone: [+47] 2130-8738; Fax: [+47] 2244-8377; E-mail: SiroticAJ@state.gov),covers the full range of energy issues with [...] | 2010-02-04 09:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG NO |
10OSLO69 | NORWEGIAN FM VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST: OSLO READOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere's meeting on the Middle East in Brussels (January 12) and then in the region (January 16-20) have led him to believe that Palestinian President Abbas is not in a position to move forward in the way that European and U.S. leaders want him to, due to [...] | 2010-02-10 11:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NO |
10OSLO70 | Norway's view on U.S. CITES Proposal [...] (U) Ministry of Environment and Development Senior Advisor Mette Svenningsen told PolOff February 3 that Norway would not be prepared to comment on reftel until the end of February. She said the GoN would host a discussion February 15 with Norwegian NGO's to encourage their input for the u [...] | 2010-02-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP NO |
10OSLO71 | Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with Justice and Police [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with GON Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget. Storberget discussed his Ministry's key issues, Qcluding Norway's acceptance of Cuban migrants via the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),domestic violence, immi [...] | 2010-02-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER AF CU NO KCRM KIPR KJUS PREL PREF KTIP |
10OSLO72 | OSLO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, Post conducted human rights vetting on the following member of the Norwegian Armed Forces, who has been selected to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, in Key West, Florida. 2. A. [...] | 2010-02-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NO |
10OSLO73 | NORWEGIANS DEEPLY PESSIMISTIC ON FMCT PROSPECTS IN CD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Norwegian Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Knut Langeland, sees little hope for the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) in the Conference on Disarmament (CD),and painted a picture of the Program of Work (POW) and subsequent negotiations as totally stymied by cynical diplo [...] | 2010-02-19 16:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL NO |
10OSLO75 | No New Norwegian Contribution to ANSF Trainers [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NATO NO |
10OSLO77 | NORWAY CONSIDERS SUPPORTING GOLDSTONE UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON seems to want to support the new Goldstone resolution being considered at the UN General Assembly (UNGA),but cannot until problematic language on a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention is removed. No final decision has yet been taken. Our G [...] | 2010-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA NO |
10OSLO79 | THE NORWEGIANS MUSE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR NO |
10OSLO80 | NORWAY: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On February 8 PolOff provided Ministry of Transport (MoT) Deputy Director for Traffic Security and Emergency John Arild Jenssen reftel points and Pol LES confirmed with MoT Advisor Marcel Henri Godonou that the information collected by post on Norwegian cell phone use laws was correct and up-t [...] | 2010-02-10 12:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA NO |
10OSLO81 | NORWAY SEEKS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON HRC MARCH [...] (C) On February 25, Poloff met with Vebjorn Heines, Coordinator of Human Rights Council (HRC) issues at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Heines said Norway sees eye-to-eye with the United States on virtually every one of our priorities, with the exception of Goldstone. Norway [...] | 2010-02-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN NO |
10OSLO82 | Child Abduction Case Strains Norwegian - Moroccan Relations [...] Summary: Scrutiny of the Norwegian MFA and MoD involvement in a high profile Norwegian - Moroccan child custody case has increased dramatically following the revelation by Norwegian centrist newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) January 30 that off-duty Norwegian Special Forces had assisted the mother [...] | 2010-02-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOCI MO NO |
10OSLO83 | IRGC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN NO |
10OSLO85 | DepMin of Defense: NATO'S Deterrence Capabilities Still Key [...] (C) Meeting with DCM, PolOff and A/DAO before the February 26 release of the joint letter from five Foreign Ministers to NATO SYG Rasmussen calling for a discussion on NATO's nuclear policy at the upcoming Tallinn meeting, Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth Eide strongly criticized news re [...] | 2010-02-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO KNNP PREL NO |
10OSLO86 | Ambassador Discusses Pharmaceuticals, Afghanistan and Other [...] (U) In his introductory call with Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Greth Strom-Erichson on February 10, the Ambassador 2010 discussed intellectual property problems facing research-based pharmaceuticals companies, Afghanistan, the H1N1 pandemic, and other issues. 2. [...] | 2010-02-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KIPR ETRD AF PREL NO |
10OSLO90 | NORWEGIAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTES FIELD KITCHENS TO NGO IN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post contacted the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (MOD) to determine the nature and scope of Norway's military response to the Haiti crisis. The MOD said that for budget and logistical reasons, Norway would not contribute troops to peacekeeping operations on Haiti, [...] | 2010-02-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA NO SOCI MCAP MARR KPKO |
10OSLO92 | OSLO MUSLIMS PROTEST DAGBLADET'S PUBLISHING OF A PROPHET [...] (U) Summary: Norwegian left-leaning daily Dagbladet's published a front-page photo February 3 of suspected terrorist Arfan Bhatti pointing out that a Prophet Mohammad caricature was available through a link on the Police Security Services' (PST) Facebook page. The fact that the caricature co [...] | 2010-02-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM NO |
10OSLO96 | Norwegian Company Claims Minimal Business in Iran, Reflects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 10 meeting, representatives of Norwegian engineering and construction services company Aker Solutions told Emboffs that it has only marginal business with Iran's oil and gas sector. We also discussed GON industrial policy and Aker's recent failure to win a contrac [...] | 2010-02-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET NO ETTC IR |
10OTTAWA1 | CANADA; TOP FIVE POLICY PRIORITIES IN 2010 [...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Harper's top goal for 2010 is remaining in power, preferably without an election that the public does not want but, if need be, to force the weak opposition parties to bring on another election and bear the political consequences. The Conservatives will need to demonstrate slow b [...] | 2010-01-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD SENV CA AF |
10OTTAWA106 | CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER LAYS OUT G8, G20 PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: In Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Harper set out his agenda as host of the June 2010 G8 and G20 summits, focusing primarily on financial sector reform, stimulus programs, and global trade and growth. He also underscored a continued important role for the G8 and its "close coope [...] | 2010-01-28 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD CA |
10OTTAWA12 | LIBERALS CHART RENEWAL IN 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberal Party of Canada plans an eighteen month program of policy renewal, rebuilding, and member engagement to "inspire, engage, activate" the party faithful between now and its next biennial convention in June 2011. It will also organize a long-delayed "thinkers' conferenc [...] | 2010-01-05 20:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
10OTTAWA124 | CANADIAN SUPREME COURT: GOVERNMENT CAN DECIDE ON KHADR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous decision on January 29, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned an Appeals Court order that the Canadian government must request the repatriation of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay from U.S. authorities. However, the Supreme Court also ruled that the f [...] | 2010-01-29 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER CA |
10OTTAWA126 | CANADA: CONSERVATIVES GAIN CONTROL OF SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper has gained effective control of the Senate in the next session of Parliament following the appointment of five new Conservative Senators, which gives his party a working plurality in the upper house for the first time. The shift should strengthen the Conser [...] | 2010-02-01 20:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
10OTTAWA140 | Tales of the U.S.-Canada Border #1 - Who Goes Where [...] (U) Summary: Canadians regularly complain to U.S. officials that increased U.S. security measures such as the June 2009 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative passport requirement have stifled cross-border travel and U.S. tourist visits to Canada. Recent Statistics Canada figures show that whil [...] | 2010-02-03 18:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CA EIND ETRD SOCI SMIG |
10OTTAWA152 | CANADIAN COURT INTERVENES OVER TAMIL RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: A Federal Court decision has underscored the federal government's responsibility to exercise due diligence in determining the admissibility of individuals to Canada on security grounds, overturning an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) order to release a Tamil male whom the gov [...] | 2010-02-08 20:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CA CE |
10OTTAWA156 | CANADA CALLS ON IRAN TO END ENRICHMENT PROGRAM [...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on February 8 issued a statement expressing concern over Iran's decision further to enrich nuclear material, and calling on Iran to "end its contempt for the international community" and to "take steps toward transparency and compliance" with the [...] | 2010-02-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM UNSC IR CA |
10OTTAWA158 | TFHA01: CANADIANS GIVE GENEROUSLY FOR HAITI RELIEF [...] (U) Summary: Canadians have so far contributed C$113 million (approximately US$105.6 million) to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund; the government has pledged to match all such contributions through February 12. In addition, the Government of Canada has earmarked C$135 million (approximately U [...] | 2010-02-09 16:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID HA CA |
10OTTAWA162 | CANADIAN PM VOWS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on February 10 expressed Canada's concern about Iran's nuclear enrichment program as well as its "deplorable human rights practices." He pledged to use Canada's G8 presidency in 2010 to work with partners to "hold Iran to account" through "strong and viable [...] | 2010-02-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PARM IR CA |
10OTTAWA168 | TFHA01: MORE ON CANADIAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS IN HAITI [...] (U) The Canadian Forces confirmed to DATT that their 60 day deployment to Haiti will end o/a March 13. The deployments will be somewhat staggered, with the Disaster Assistance Relief Team (DART) and at least one ship and possibly some helicopters departing first. Any extension will have to [...] | 2010-02-12 16:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR HA CA |
10OTTAWA172 | TFHA01: CANADIAN PM IN HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a two day visit to Haiti, Canadian Prime Minister Harper pledged C$12 million (US$11.4 million) to construct temporary buildings as a base for key Haitian government departments and underscored that Haiti would remain a long-term Canadian aid priority despite future budge [...] | 2010-02-16 17:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MOPS HA CA |
10OTTAWA174 | CANADA CRITICIZES IRAN'S ARRESTS OF BAHA'I FOLLOWERS [...] (U) In a statement on February 14, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon criticized Iran for its recent detention of seven Baha'i followers, which he called "unacceptable," as well as for other human rights violations. He called on Iran to adopt "meaningful change in its human rights practices. [...] | 2010-02-17 16:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IR CA |
10OTTAWA178 | CANADA: SECOND LIFE SENTENCE FOR ANOTHER TERRORIST [...] (U) A Quebec court in Montreal on February 17 laid down a life sentence for Moroccan-born Said Namouh on a charge of conspiracy to detonate an explosive device, on which he had been convicted in October 2009. The court at the same time gave him concurrent sentences of four, eight, and eight [...] | 2010-02-17 22:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM MO CA |
10OTTAWA19 | Canadian Representation at PRT Conference in Prague [...] (SBU) In response to a January 14 demarche by PolMinCouns concerning high level Canadian participation at the Prague PRT conference (ref a),Acting Director General Jamie Christoff of the Afghanistan Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Jess D [...] | 2010-01-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF CA |
10OTTAWA206 | Canada To Vote No On UNGA Goldstone Resolution [...] (SBU) Canada will vote against the Palestinian-drafted resolution in the UN General Assembly on the Goldstone Report, according to the Human Rights Policy Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Canada voted against the draft resolution tabled in the UNGA in No [...] | 2010-02-26 22:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA CA |
10OTTAWA208 | CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 23:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
10OTTAWA21 | Canadian PM and NATO S-G Discuss Afghanistan, the Strategic [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting in Ottawa with the NATO Secretary General, PM Harper promised to consider a training role in Afghanistan after Canada's combat mission ends in 2011, while noting the importance of managing messaging to avoid characterizations of ""withdrawal."" Mounting Canadian d [...] | 2010-01-20 18:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR AF NATO CA |
10OTTAWA23 | Canada on Amendments to GICNT Terms of Reference [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche on the draft revised terms of reference for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),David McDuff, Senior Policy Officer in the Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade ( [...] | 2010-01-20 18:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC CA |
10OTTAWA29 | Canada's Conservative Government and its Arctic Focus [...] (C/NF) Summary: Since the day after his initial election victory in January 2006, Canadian PM Stephen Harper has continually played up his government's commitment to defending Canada's "North" (the landmass above 60 degrees North latitude represents about 40% of Canada's total territory, but only h [...] | 2010-01-21 16:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV SENV CA XQ |
10OTTAWA31 | CANADA PRESSES IRAQ ON BARRING CANDIDATES FROM ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 21, Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada was "way ahead of you" on pressing the Iraq government over the attempts to bar c [...] | 2010-01-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ CA |
10OTTAWA33 | CANADA PRESSES IRAN AGAIN ON AMCIT CASES [...] (C/NF) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on January 22, Director General for the Middle East and the Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said that he had once again raised the six Amcit cases in Iran (reftels) with the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in O [...] | 2010-01-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CASC IR CA |
10OTTAWA39 | Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State" [...] (C/NF) Canada will approach the London Conference on Yemen (reftel) with a "modest" agenda to "find out what is needed" and to "see how Canada might be able to help," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb Relations Director Jeffrey McLaren. [...] | 2010-01-26 18:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER YM CA |
10OTTAWA41 | Canadian Views on Afghanistan Heading into the London [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada's priorities for London are the transition to Afghan lead, reintegration, and reconciliation. Canada is looking for more information on the Reintegration Trust Fund before making a decision on its contribution. Canada hopes to avoid specific time lines for transition, [...] | 2010-01-26 21:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF CA |
10OTTAWA43 | Canada to maintain human rights pressure on Iran at UPR [...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran (reftel),according to Flavie Major, Deputy Director, and Dane Hiebert, Policy Officer, of the Human Rights Policy Division of the De [...] | 2010-01-27 19:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL IR CA |
10OTTAWA49 | Transforming the Canadian Forces: The Spirit is Willing... [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian Forces are severely stretched and the ambitious goals set by the Canada First Defence Strategy continue to encounter delays and budget constraints that will limit the scope of the projected transformation of the forces. The government of Prime Minister Harper may [...] | 2010-02-04 15:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR CA |
10OTTAWA5 | Canadian review almost complete of MOU for Support to U.S. [...] (C/NF) On January 7, Jamie Pennell of the Bilateral Relations and Operations Division of the Afghanistan Task Force within the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided an update on the status of the draft MOU for life support and security to U.S. civilians operati [...] | 2010-01-07 18:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO MARR AF CA |
10OTTAWA51 | Ottawa Proposes Only Minor Changes in MOU on Life Support [...] (SBU) Summary. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has concluded that the draft MOU for life support for U.S. civilians deployed to non-U.S. PRTs cannot be between two embassies and must be non-binding. Either DFAIT or the Department of National Defence would b [...] | 2010-02-04 19:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EAID AF CA |
10OTTAWA55 | TFHA01: CANADA CONSIDERING MEDEVACS [...] (U) Canada is in the process of establishing procedures to treat medevac patients from Haiti. A British Columbia-based NGO -- the Rick Hansen Foundation (which specializes in spinal cord injuries) -- has identified eight Haitian patients with spiral cord injuries recommended by contacts on t [...] | 2010-02-05 20:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MOPS HA CA |
10OTTAWA57 | VISAS VIPER: REVOCATION OF VISA OF XXXXXXXXXXXX DUE [...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates XXXXXXXXXXXX, a Turkish citizen who is a permanent resident of Canada, for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. XXXXXXXXXXXX is being nominated because of his association with Hiva ALIZADEH, a Canadian c [...] | 2010-02-05 23:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA |
10OTTAWA60 | Canada's 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR ETRD EINV |
10OTTAWA61 | CANADA: WELCOME THE PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the Presidential delegation to the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and grants country clearance. Ambassador Jacobson looks forward to welcoming the delegation personally upon arrival. JACOBSON [...] | 2010-02-10 19:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT OTRA PGOV CA |
10OTTAWA63 | OTTAWA - DTSPO INTERNET TRANSPORT SERVICE - RENEW CONTRACT [...] Contract # CW0075066 with Allstream (ISP VPN vendor for 1 MBPS service) is CD$729.75 per month x 12 = CD$8757. Including exchange rate plus 5% = US$9200. 2. Post will await fund cite via return cable. JACOBSON [...] | 2010-02-10 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT ANET AFIN KRIM XTAG |
10OTTAWA67 | CANADIAN PLANS IN AFGHANISTAN POST-2011 [...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada will not only end its military mission in Afghanistan in 2011 but will likely significantly scale back its assistance after 2011 and offer only relatively modest contributions to Afghan Trust Funds. A top priority is likely to be the Afghan-Pakistan border programs. With grow [...] | 2010-02-18 22:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID MOPS MARR AF CA HA |
10OTTAWA69 | Canadian Thoughts on FMCT and Part 1 of the Conference on [...] (C) Summary. Canada continues to engage Pakistan bilaterally in an effort to persuade Islamabad to join consensus within the CD and allow negotiations to begin on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. Informal discussions under the auspices of a reputable NGO might offer a venue for more open [...] | 2010-02-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL CA |
10OTTAWA70 | CANADA: MODEST CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper reshuffled his cabinet on January 19 in preparation for a new session of Parliament and Speech from the Throne on March 3 and a federal budget on March 4. The changes included ten medium and lower rank portfolios, and reflected a strongly economic focus. He identifi [...] | 2010-01-19 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR CA |
10OTTAWA79 | VISAS VIPER: INDIVIDUALS ASSOCATED WITH HIVA ALIZADEH, A [...] (S/NF) Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates the following individuals for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. All of them are known associates of Hiva Alizadeh, a Canadian citizen born in Iran who is strongly suspected of being an Islamic extremist who is plotti [...] | 2010-02-24 19:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA |
10OTTAWA81 | Canada Supports U.S. Position on Phenyl Acetic Acid at UN [...] (SBU) Canada is "supportive" of U.S. efforts to tighten controls on phenyl acetic acid at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) and is willing to help in "rounding up likeminded countries," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) contacts. Ther [...] | 2010-02-24 21:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR UNCND AORC CA |
10OTTAWA83 | CANADIAN AUDITOR GENERAL DECLINES OIOS NOMINATION [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 25, Auditor General of Canada Shelia Fraser said that she was "deeply honored" that the USG had nominated her as a candidate for the head of the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). She asked, however, that the USG withdraw her nomination. S [...] | 2010-02-25 18:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC AMGT CA |
10OTTAWA84 | CANADA POISED TO TIGHTEN CRIME SENTENCING RULES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although PM Harper continues to criticize sentencing provisions in Canada that permit terrorists and criminals, including at least one convicted "Toronto 18" terrorist, to obtain enhanced sentencing credit for time served in pre-trial custody, Parliament actually passed a govern [...] | 2010-01-22 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CA |
10OTTAWA85 | Canada Shares U.S. Views on Challenges, Way Forward in Sri [...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada's analysis of the challenges the international community faces in Sri Lanka "tracks almost identically" with that of the U.S. Canada is nonetheless less optimistic than the U.S. about Sri Lanka's long-term future in light of the undercutting of democratic institutions [...] | 2010-02-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM CE CA |
10OTTAWA86 | CANADA AND HAITI [...] (U) Summary. Haiti, even before the recent earthquake, was a major foreign policy priority for Canada. Haiti is Canada's second largest recipient of humanitarian assistance worldwide, with a number of Canadian federal and provincial agencies as well as private sector institutions active in [...] | 2010-01-22 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MOPS HA CA |
10OTTAWA89 | GCINT: Informing Canadaof 2010 UAE Plenary [...] (SBU) In a February 25 meeting with David McDuff, Senior Policy Officer in the Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, polmiloff delivered reftel message about the 2010 GCINT plenary. McDuff offered no substantive com [...] | 2010-02-26 23:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC CA |
10OTTAWA91 | Canadian Views on Syria and Iran at IAEA BOG Meeting [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada supports the U.S. call for strong statements on both Iranian and Syrian nuclear activities at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting March 1-5. Nonproliferation is a major theme of Canada's G-8 Presidency, and the Prime Minister has repeatedly voiced his strong views on I [...] | 2010-02-26 23:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL SY IAEA MNUC TRGY CA IR |
10OTTAWA93 | Canada Willing To Consider Training, Equipping Formed Police [...] (C/NF) In a discussion with Deputy Pol/C on February 25, Michael Kaduck, Director of Peace Operations and Fragile States at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),dismissed the idea of contributing a Canadian formed police unit (FPU) for Haiti. He noted that Canada [...] | 2010-02-26 23:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP ASEC MARR KJUS KPKO EFIN HA CA |
10OTTAWA95 | Canada Strongly Supports U.S. Approach to OAS Reform, [...] (C/NF) Canada "strongly supports" the U.S. approach to OAS reform and the mandate for the next OAS Secretary General (reftel),according to Jeff Marder, Director of South American and Inter-American Relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Marder added th [...] | 2010-02-26 23:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM OAS AORC CA |
10OUAGADOUGOU124 | BURKINA FASO,S TRADE UNIONS PROTEST COMMUNAL TAX, [...] SUMMARY: Trade unions and independent syndicates have called for a nationwide strikes and demonstrations on February 24th to protest the application of a so-called "Communal Development Tax." Unions believe that this tax is unfair, unpopular and anti-social, and insist that the government rep [...] | 2010-02-23 17:07:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PREL PGOV UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU126 | BURKINA FASO:WOMAN INDICTED FOR SELLING 19 BABIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Burkinabe woman was arrested and charged in an international human trafficking ring that took poor pregnant women from Burkina Faso to Chad, through Libya and finally to Italy. Once the babies were born they were sold to Italians couples and the mother sent home with a meager [...] | 2010-02-24 17:23:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIP PGOV UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU130 | BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING USG [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 07:56:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU131 | BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 11:47:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU21 | BURKINA FASO: COMPAORE FACILITATES A THREE HOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinean Interim President Konate arrived in Ouagadougou late on January 13th and was quickly driven to the Presidential palace for a three hour long meeting with Compaore and Dadis. Nothing has filtered out of the yesterday's meeting yet, and no press points or communiqus have [...] | 2010-01-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV GV UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU25 | BURKINA FASO: MARCEL KAFANDO, ONLY OFFICIAL SUSPECT IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marcel Kafando, the only official suspect in the 1998 assassination of well known Burkinabe journalist Robert Zongo, died in Ouagadougou on December 23rd, possibly bringing to a close this 11 year old unresolved case. This case has indirectly pointed the finger to high level i [...] | 2010-01-20 16:16:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU4 | BURKINA FASO: ECONOMICS AND DEMOCRACY ARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his traditional New Year's address, President Blaise Compaore focused on economics, including sustainable and balanced development, economic growth, the fight against corruption, and infrastructure development. He also reflected on broader aspects of democracy with an emphas [...] | 2010-01-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU68 | BURKINA FASO ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC UV |
10OUAGADOUGOU93 | 2010 Presidential elections on the horizon [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Compaore has been in power since 1987. As a result of a change to the constitution in 2000, he is eligible to run for President one final time in 2010. The likely outcome of the elections is predictable: a clear Compaore victory in the first round. Because the numerous [...] | 2010-02-08 11:11:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UV |
10PANAMA1 | Senior GOP Officials Express Doubts About Contractor for [...] (C) Senior GOP Officials have expressed doubts to the Embassy and to members of a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation about the ability of the GUPC Consortium led by Spanish and Italian firms Sacyr and Impregilo to carry out the work on the expansion of the Panama Canal. 2. (C) At a December 2 [...] | 2010-01-08 17:19:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EWWT EINV PM |
10PANAMA11 | Demarche Response: Panama Passes On UN Human Rights Council [...] (C) Panama will not run for the UN Human Rights Council in 2010, according to Tomas Guardia, the Director of International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Guardia stated to Poloff that Panama did not have the resources in Geneva necessary to participate in the [...] | 2010-01-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN |
10PANAMA134 | Blue Lantern: Response to end use check on license GC [...] (SBU) Per STATE 3402 (Blue Lantern level 3: Post-shipment end use check on license GC 0706-08),below is the requested information. All answers (A) are direct responses from Terry Holowach, a representative of Cargo Three Inc., in this case, the purchaser of the three aircraft. For the recor [...] | 2010-02-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PM |
10PANAMA15 | Demarche Response: Panama Will Not Accept Resettlement of [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that Panama is not willing to resettle Cuban national Santiago Alvarez Fernandez Magrina. Citing the UN Convention on Refugees and the Inter-American Convention on Political Asylum, the ministry suggested that the United States seek resett [...] | 2010-01-20 22:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SMIG |
10PANAMA29 | Martinelli Ratchets Up Pressure on Attorney General [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 21:33:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR PM |
10PANAMA41 | Confrontation with the FARC Rattles GOP [...] (S//NF) Three members of the FARC were killed in Panama's Darien province and two were captured on January 27, apparently after a Panamanian National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) patrol stumbled upon the guerrillas traveling in a boat on the Tuira river. Reports indicate the guerrillas opened [...] | 2010-02-01 22:55:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL PM CO |
10PANAMA43 | Martinelli's Wish is Supreme Court's Command: Attorney [...] (C) Panama's Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to temporarily suspend Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez pending trial on a charge of abuse of authority. Removing Gomez became feasible only after President Martinelli appointed two new justices to the court last month who were widely viewed as persona [...] | 2010-02-01 23:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PM KJUS |
10PANAMA50 | Panama Request for FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach Support [...] (SBU) Summary. Agricultural producers, the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Panama, and the Agricultural Research Institute of Panama are interested in developing programs to research and produce genetically modified crops, such as: rice, maize, sorghum, and sugar cane. The goals would [...] | 2010-01-14 22:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR FAS PM |
10PANAMA54 | Panama: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON USTR OPIC KTDB PM |
10PANAMA61 | Alleged Kidnap Plot Shows Intel Chief's Hostile Intent, [...] (S//NF) Summary: The head of Panama's intelligence service, Olmedo Alfaro, has again demonstrated his anti-U.S. bias in his handling of an alleged kidnapping attempt against President Ricardo Martinelli. Although Martinelli requested the Embassy's help in the investigation, Alfaro refused assi [...] | 2010-02-09 21:45:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR PINR KCRM PM CASC |
10PANAMA69 | Terrorism Finance: Pre-Notification for UN 1267 Designation [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 21:57:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | EFIN PM KTFN PTER |
10PANAMA7 | Supreme Court Turnover Consolidates Presidential Power [...] (C) On January 4 the Supreme Court elected longtime member Anibal Salas as president and chose recent appointee and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor as president of the court's criminal chamber. Salas won six votes for president, including those of Alberto Cigarruista and Winston Spadafora [...] | 2010-01-19 19:01:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM PINR PM |
10PANAMA71 | Deterioration of Panama's Business Climate Under President [...] (C) The Government of Panama (GOP) disadvantaged at least two American companies in a $55.5 million dollar improperly implemented emergency licitation procedures for electrical generators to fortify Panama's electrical generation capacity in anticipation of El Nino. This improper licitation in [...] | 2010-02-10 22:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PM COM EINV ENRG |
10PANAMA87 | No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with [...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...] | 2010-02-23 19:07:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON |
10PANAMA89 | No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with [...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...] | 2010-02-23 21:02:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON |
10PANAMA92 | Embassy Panama's Energy Team - Response to 2010 State 9572 [...] (U) The information below is in response to 2010 State 9572 (Developing a Community of Energy Officers). 2. (U) Jim Bangert (bangertj@state.gov Country Code 507, 207-7237) covers energy issues at Embassy Panama. Jim will handle Energy Portal submissions until he departs post [...] | 2010-02-04 22:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PM |
10PARAMARIBO10 | VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on January 6, 2009. 3. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM Jennifer Christenson. 4. In attendance: AMB, ADCM, CONS, POL, MLO and DEA. 5. The committee i [...] | 2010-01-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC KVPR NS |
10PARAMARIBO100 | VISA VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on February 10, 2010. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Susan Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, POL, and DEA. 5. The comm [...] | 2010-02-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC |
10PARAMARIBO102 | Suriname Response: OIG Review of Impact of Required [...] (U) Post is pleased to provide a response keyed to Reftel. 2. (SBU) a. The Human Rights Report takes the most time and attention from State personnel at the Embassy. b. The Political/Economic Section is responsible for gathering information and preparing the following congressi [...] | 2010-02-11 20:15:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASIG PHUM NS |
10PARAMARIBO114 | Government of Suriname delayed in preliminary response to [...] (SBU) On February 11, Post delivered the talking points (reftel) via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) requesting that they be forwarded to the Ministry of Physical Planning, Land, and Forestry Management; Ministry of Labor, Technology, and Environment; Ministry of Transp [...] | 2010-02-18 21:21:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP NS |
10PARAMARIBO116 | Suriname: 2009 Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor [...] (U) Post is pleased to submit 2009 information on Child Labor and Forced Labor. 2. (U) SECTION I/TVPRA Post does not have any additional information on goods to provide. There is no evidence that any Suriname-produced goods are produced using forced labor or exploitive chil [...] | 2010-02-19 19:06:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI NS |
10PARAMARIBO122 | S/GWI Project Proposal Response from Paramaribo [...] (U) Post is pleased to submit three proposals for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. In rank order, the proposals are from the following organizations: (1) Women's Business Group; (2) Women's Parliament Forum, and (3) Stichting Agrarische Vrouwen. Post no [...] | 2010-02-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM NS |
10PARAMARIBO128 | Request for Human Rights Vetting for U.S. Sponsored [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 20:07:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
10PARAMARIBO14 | informal gold rush in Southeastern Suriname [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post's three Entry Level Officers recently organized Embassy Paramaribo's first annual "Entry Level Officer Interior Outreach Legacy Project," visiting east central Suriname, a remote, difficult-to-reach area populated primarily by Njuka Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves),[...] | 2010-01-11 22:15:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN KPAO SENV TSPL NS |
10PARAMARIBO16 | Informal gold rush in Southeastern Suriname [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post's three Entry Level Officers recently organized Embassy Paramaribo's first annual "Entry Level Officer Interior Outreach Legacy Project," visiting east central Suriname, a remote, difficult-to-reach area populated primarily by Njuka Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves),[...] | 2010-01-11 22:34:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN KPAO SENV TSPL NS |
10PARAMARIBO2 | Evaluation of Participation of Louis Alfaisie in FY09 MRP [...] (SBU) Overview and positives: Mr. Louis Alfaisie, reporter for De West, a national daily newspaper, participated in the FY09 Multi-Regional Program (MRP) "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM II" August 10 - 28, 2009. During his November 2009 return brief with the DCM, PolEconPDoff, and PD Assistant [...] | 2010-01-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL NS |
10PARAMARIBO20 | Suriname: Political Parties Lack Fiscal Transparency and [...] (SBU) Summary. With interest in Suriname's May 2010 elections primarily focused on the drama among Suriname's political parties, especially on whether former military dictator Desi Bouterse plans to run for president while he stands trial for murder, little attention is paid to the basic elemen [...] | 2010-01-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
10PARAMARIBO26 | Paramaribo: Request for American Corners Sustaining Funds in [...] (U) SUMMARY (A) Embassy Paramaribo requests "American Corner Sustaining Funds" for FY10. Post's vigorous efforts in harnessing the American Corner's (AC) capabilities as one of Post's premier public diplomacy tool paid off with a dramatic 132% increase in the number of audience members r [...] | 2010-01-14 15:20:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KIRC NS |
10PARAMARIBO28 | VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on November 4, 2009. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Susan Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, POL and DEA. 5. The committee identified no specific inf [...] | 2010-01-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC |
10PARAMARIBO34 | Suriname: Investment Climate Statement 2010 [...] Post submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has identified it as key factor in achieving susta [...] | 2010-01-19 18:32:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV NS |
10PARAMARIBO38 | Suriname's Offer of Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti [...] (SBU) CDA Bell delivered REFTEL points to Ambassador Glen Alvares, Special Advisor to Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs, on January 20. Alvares indicated that all official Government of Suriname (GOS) offers of assistance are currently pending with CARICOM/CDEMA. Alvares, however, was un [...] | 2010-01-20 21:42:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL HA NS |
10PARAMARIBO4 | Evaluation of Participation of Jimmy Chin Chan Sen in FY10 [...] (SBU) Overview and positives: Mr. Jimmy Chin Chan Sen, Education Inspector, participated as an International Visitor (IV) in the FY10 Multi-Regional Program (MRP) "ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE U.S." from October 17-November 07, 2009. During his return brief with the PolEcon Chie [...] | 2010-01-04 18:48:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL NS |
10PARAMARIBO5 | Scenesetter for Special Envoy David Goldwyn and EGCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming Special Envoy David Goldwyn and the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative delegation to Suriname. Although we cannot yet provide a confirmed schedule, we expect our Ministerial-level and worki [...] | 2010-02-23 18:12:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV NS |
10PARAMARIBO50 | SURINAME'S PROPOSAL FOR FY2010 BUSINESS FACILITATION [...] (U) Embassy Paramaribo presents its FY2010 proposal under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF)(reftel). The following are Post's proposals listed in rank order: - Organize a "USA Expo" to promote U.S. products in the Surinamese market, with a special focus given to market [...] | 2010-01-22 19:21:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO NS |
10PARAMARIBO66 | Demarche Delivered: Suriname still deliberating whether to [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Jane Nanhu-Aarland on January 26. She said the GOS was still deliberating whether Suriname would associate with the Copenhagen Accord. In a follow-up call on January 29, she indicated the GO [...] | 2010-01-29 18:56:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG NS |
10PARAMARIBO74 | Request for Human Rights Vetting for U.S. Sponsored [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 18:49:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
10PARAMARIBO76 | SURINAME MAY 2010 ELECTIONS: Parties and Coalitions - The [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Suriname's political parties are entering the home stretch of negotiations, as parties and formal coalitions must register with the Central Polling Authority prior to the March 16-21 deadline in order to participate in the May 25 national elections. The public is bombarded by a [...] | 2010-02-04 20:53:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
10PARAMARIBO78 | SURINAME: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Post is pleased to provide its 2009 End Use Monitoring Report. Cable is keyed to Reftel. 2. (U) BACKGROUND A. Inventory Management Post's EUM Program Coordinator: Geneve Menscher, Pol-Econ Chief, (597) 472-900 ext. 2205, MenscherGe@state.gov. B. Inventory System [...] | 2010-02-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN NS |
10PARAMARIBO84 | EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF SASKIA WOODLY IN FY-10 MRP [...] (U) Overview and positives: Saskia Woodly, Prevention Manager at the National AIDS Program in Suriname, participated in the FY 2010 Multi-Regional Program "HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in the U.S." from November 16 through December 4, 2009. During her post-trip briefing, Woodly thanked th [...] | 2010-02-05 19:54:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL NS |
10PARIS101 | OECD: OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: OECD development institutions provide opportunities for harnessing the OECD's unique strengths (donor coordination, peer learning, analysis of market-based best practices, and statistics) in support of U.S. development priorities. As the USG looks for ways to elevate its develop [...] | 2010-01-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN OECD XA XE XF XL XM |
10PARIS104 | FRANCE: NUCLEAR ENERGY LEADERS FEUD OVER INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fillon demanded Areva and Electricite de France (EDF) CEOs settle disputes over the Areva-EDF framework agreement on nuclear fuel. Differences in the leaders' corporate strategies have been compounded by a very public personality clash. GOF officials condemn the feu [...] | 2010-02-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL FR |
10PARIS105 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON MAGHREB KIDNAPPING THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: France shares our concerns about the kidnapping and security threats to westerners in Africa's Sahel and Maghreb regions. The French MFA routinely issues travel warnings in an effort to dissuade French citizens from traveling in much of the Sahel and Maghreb regions. France sh [...] | 2010-02-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC XI XG FR |
10PARIS109 | FRANCE'S CURRENT THINKING ON WEST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The AQIM threat in Africa's Sahel is France's number one priority on the continent, and there are troubling signs that AQIM is trying to expand its area of operations to Nigeria and Senegal, according to the MFA's DAS for West Africa, Laurent Bigot. During a January 27 meeting [...] | 2010-02-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR PINR MOPS MA NG MR NI |
10PARIS111 | REPORT OF THE 119TH NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STEERING [...] SUMMARY: The OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Steering Committee met October 29-30, 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Chairman Richard Stratford (U.S.) was reelected as Chair of the Steering Committee. The meeting took place against a backdrop of developments which indicate heightened inter [...] | 2010-02-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY ISCA IEA OECD |
10PARIS115 | Request for Guidance on USG Bluefin Tuna Policy in CITES [...] (SBU) Since January 2009 when the USG listed France as a country that tolerates Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, French public attention to the depletion of Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks has grown. More importantly, Prince Albert of Monaco has asked m [...] | 2010-02-02 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP |
10PARIS130 | VISIT OF CODEL TANNER TO PARIS, FEBRUARY 16 - 19 [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) welcomes CODEL Tanner travel to Paris from February 16 to 19, 2010 to attend several official events and meetings. 2. (U) The control Officer for the visit is Secretary of Delegation, J. Palmer Rosel [...] | 2010-02-03 17:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OVIP FR |
10PARIS139 | FRANCE SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD, WORKING ON NEXT STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: France is promoting association with the Copenhagen Accord and is taking the initiative on next steps. The GOF is urging African countries directly, and through the Francophonie organization indirectly, to associate themselves with the Copenhagen Accord. The French are also wor [...] | 2010-02-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG FR |
10PARIS140 | OECD COUNCIL AND ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met in an enlarged session with Enhanced Engagement and Accession Country countries to discuss the development dimension of OECD work on climate change, trade, taxation, and food security. The discus [...] | 2010-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD OECD XA XE XF XL XM |
10PARIS141 | FRANCE SUPPORTS MEASURES AGAINST DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] Summary: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, French Junior Minister for Transportation Dominique Bussereau praised recent USG efforts on distracted driving. Bussereau described ongoing GOF efforts to reduce road deaths from 7,000 a few years ago to 3,000 by 2012 through enforcing sp [...] | 2010-02-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC SOCI UNDP EU FR |
10PARIS142 | CHINA/AFRICA: FRENCH THINK-TANK DIRECTOR WANTS TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French think-tank director Francois Gere (PROTECT) wants to deliver a "tougher message" to Chinese interlocutors during his regular consultations in Beijing on foreign policy issues. Gere said that Chinese behavior in Africa typifies an increasingly aggressive Chinese pursu [...] | 2010-02-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR CN XA FR |
10PARIS144 | FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR |
10PARIS146 | French Response to US CITES COP 15 PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us that France agrees with the U.S. proposal on coral and shark, opposes the proposal on bobcat (because of look-alike concerns) and is still considering its position on polar bears. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On February [...] | 2010-02-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP |
10PARIS151 | FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France currently has excellent relations with Morocco, tense ties to Algeria, an improving relationship with Tunisia, and disappointing dealings with Libya, according to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau. In wide-ranging discussions during January, Rogeau and MFA Morocco Desk Offic [...] | 2010-02-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR |
10PARIS159 | FRENCH RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI - SNAPSHOT: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the international community transitions from the immediate crisis to the stabilization period before the long-term effort of reconstruction, France remains committed to sending physical and financial reinforcements to aid Haitian disaster victims. Following the conclusion of [...] | 2010-02-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID PHUM CVIS UN FR HA |
10PARIS160 | FRANCE: POTENTIAL FOR SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: France has no identified shale gas bearing formations. Industry took an interest in the sector in 2007, but although the GOF plans to permit exploration activity for shale gas areas in Southeastern France in 2010 (making production possible around 2015),technical, legal and pol [...] | 2010-02-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET FR |
10PARIS170 | SECDEF GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTER OF DEFENSE HERVE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) was hosted by French Minister of Defense Herve Morin for a working lunch during an official bilateral visit to Paris on February 8, 2010. SecDef and Morin agreed on the basic themes to be included in NATO's revised Strategic Concept. [...] | 2010-02-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MAR FR IR AF NATO |
10PARIS172 | MINURCAT/MONUC: URGENT NEED TO BEGIN PLANNING NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 11 stressed the need to begin planning for the end of MINURCAT's current mandate in Chad/C.A.R. on March 15 and for the end of MONUC's current mandate in the DRC on May 31. France is operating on the assumption that Chad's President Deby will n [...] | 2010-02-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO CT CD CG FR |
10PARIS174 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the request of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with French FM Bernard Kouchner in Paris on February 8, 2010. Discussions included how to persuade the Chinese and others to support sanctions against Iran, and the import [...] | 2010-02-12 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR FR IR AF NATO |
10PARIS175 | FRANCE BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted French company JENOPTEC regarding JENOPTEC's bona fides and registered broker activities under Case NO. K-1120 (ref). JENOPTEC CEO Gerard Nobili and Stephane Hostyn, Chief of Production, confirmed that JENOPTEC employs 47 people, including company executives, administrat [...] | 2010-02-16 09:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC FR |
10PARIS176 | FRANCE BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Avram Alberto Bueno, CEO and General Manager of of the French company Business Developmental Security Industries (BDSI) regarding BDSI's bona fides and registered broker activities under Case NO. K-2277 (ref). Bueno said the company consisted of himself and his wife Soph [...] | 2010-02-16 09:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC FR |
10PARIS179 | WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...] | 2010-02-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR |
10PARIS183 | CLIMATE CHANGE - BORLOO SAYS DROP "LEGALLY BINDING" [...] (C) French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told the Ambassador that the key to advancing climate negotiations is to drop the notion of a legally binding treaty in favor of a system of national commitments. He also argued that it would be up to a small group of eight or ten heads of state, an [...] | 2010-02-17 11:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG FR |
10PARIS188 | AF DAS PAGE'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS (FEBRUARY 10-11) [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Susan Page met with French officials at the Presidency, MFA, and MOD during her February 10-11 consultations in Paris. She also met with Angola's Ambassador to France Miguel da Costa. Discussions with the French focused on Zimbabwe (France favored lifting certain sanct [...] | 2010-02-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA ZI AO SF MA SU NI CG FR |
10PARIS191 | GUINEA: JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM -- [...] (C) MFA AF/W DAS-equivalent Laurent Bigot on February 18 discussed Justice and Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Guinea per reftel, elements of which we had conveyed to him a few days previously. Bigot said that France supported reform of this nature but that it would wait until the current U [...] | 2010-02-18 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV FR |
10PARIS192 | FRANCE RECOMMENDS NEGOTIATING NEW MINURCAT MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref A request for P5 members to demarche the Government of Chad on reconsidering its call for MINURCAT withdrawal, French MFA officials, mostly in line with their previous assessment, stated that the next step should be for the UN to negotiate a new mandate focused [...] | 2010-02-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPKO CD CT FR |
10PARIS193 | U/S TAUSCHER'S MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher's February 2 meetings with French counterparts from the Elysee (presidency) and MFA included discussions of U.S. disarmament priorities, the NPT Review Conference (NPT RevCon),the Nuclear Secur [...] | 2010-02-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KACT KNNP MARR MCAP NATO CH |
10PARIS196 | FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the reporting period, France continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons by maintaining and improving upon active political, legal, and social mechanisms to eliminate human trafficking. As demonstrated by the work of its inter-ministerial [...] | 2010-02-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
10PARIS198 | FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
10PARIS199 | FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
10PARIS200 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON COTE D'IVOIRE: TIME FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his recent visit to Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Bigot, MFA DAS for West Africa, believes that a new approach for resolving the country's political crisis is needed and he is developing a policy proposal involving a negotiated agreement among the parties in advance of contes [...] | 2010-02-19 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PINR IV MR FR |
10PARIS201 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On February 19, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the February 22 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----- HAITI ----- 2. (SBU/NF) Following a briefing by Kristalina Georgieva, t [...] | 2010-02-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN HA IR AF BO UP FR |
10PARIS202 | EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: FRANCE SUPPORTS LIFTING, [...] (C) In response to points in reftel, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said France continues to support lifting the EU's arms embargo on China, since "it is not a useful tool," and export controls could accomplish the same goal. However, he said lif [...] | 2010-02-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS PARM CH FR |
10PARIS207 | FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BALKANS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During separate discussions with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow and EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Spencer Boyer in early February, Roland Galharague, MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, adopted a defensive posture about the pot [...] | 2010-02-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS GG SR BK AF IR AM FR |
10PARIS211 | WORKING TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS FOR EU MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on ref, Post took advantage of an informal meeting with French and British representatives to press all interlocutors with the Burmese government to maintain a high standard of access for visiting delegations. Post suggested that all visitors maintain the same minimum stan [...] | 2010-02-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BM UK FR |
10PARIS212 | G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: FRENCH CLAIM INTERAGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lack of engagement by relevant French ministries and political buck-passing of responsibilities appear to be the primary impediments to greater French political support for extension of the G8's Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP [...] | 2010-02-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ENRG SENV TRGY KNNP KRAD |
10PARIS214 | France's Sleek New Export and Investment Machine [...] (SBU) France is already world's fifth largest exporter, but recently restructured its export promotion and investment machine to stay competitive and increase assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The new "French Export Team" streamlined the roles of the major export promotion ent [...] | 2010-02-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EIND EINV FR |
10PARIS215 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON MEDVEDEV VISIT, MISTRAL SALE [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a wide-ranging conversation on February 22, a relatively pessimistic Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, said France sees some opportunities, and potential pitfalls, ahead as they work with Russia on a new UN Security Council Resolution on [...] | 2010-02-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL RU FR |
10PARIS216 | FRANCE/GABON (SENEGAL)/RWANDA: PREVIEW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon (February 24) and Rwanda (February 25),spending about 24 hours in the former and about three in the latter. His Africa advisors told us on February 23 that in Gabon, he will sign a renegotiated defense agreement that will include a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SENV MOPS SG GB RW FR |
10PARIS218 | MTCR POINT OF CONTACT MEETING FURTHERS U.S. [...] (SBU/NF) The following issues were discussed at the February 23 Point of Contact (POC) meeting co-hosted by the Brazilian Embassy in Paris and the French MFA, in its role as MTCR Point of Contact: 2. (C/REL MTCR) Brazilian Chair: Representing Brazil as current MTCR Chair, the Brazilian Emb [...] | 2010-02-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC FR |
10PARIS22 | Russia's Accession to the OECD [...] (SBU) Summary: The slow pace of Russia's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reflects poor internal coordination by the Russian Government and the significant hurdles that Russia faces in demonstrating consistency with the OECD's open market principles [...] | 2010-01-08 08:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH RS |
10PARIS220 | OECD: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING AND BUDGET DATA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD APER OECD |
10PARIS227 | French Electricity Leader en route to the U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Henri Proglio is making his first trip to the U.S. as CEO of Electricite de France (EDF). His goal is to gauge potential American partners and review the firm's U.S. investments. EDF plans to expand as a "diversified service company" that can operate different nuclear reactor t [...] | 2010-02-24 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PREL FR CH |
10PARIS228 | OECD TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON OECD |
10PARIS229 | GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; FRANCE WILL LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the strong presentation of U.S. views, France believes the current Palestinian-drafted UNGA resolution on Gaza conflict human rights violations as "moderate" and likely helpful for restarting Israel-Palestinian discussions. The EU Presidency is negotiating with Palestin [...] | 2010-02-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA KPAL IS FR |
10PARIS23 | OECD: DOC GC Cameron Kerry Leads U.S. Delegation to [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry led the U.S. delegation to an OECD Conference on December 9, 2009, which commemorated International Anticorruption Day, the ten-year anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and the roll ou [...] | 2010-01-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR OECD GM SW JA RS UK FR |
10PARIS232 | MADAGASCAR: FRUSTRATION INCREASES AT FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Remi Marechaux, Africa Advisor at the French Presidency, on February 23 expressed his growing frustration with the lack of movement on Madagascar. He strongly criticized SADC mediator Chissano for not doing more, on a sustained basis, to drive the parties towards an agreement. [...] | 2010-02-25 14:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KDEM PINR MA FR |
10PARIS236 | EMBASSY PARIS TELECOM OFFICER [...] (SBU) Per State 17143, Post notifies EB/CIP/BA that Embassy Paris' Telecommunications Policy Officer is Allison Areias. PEKALA [...] | 2010-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS FR |
10PARIS237 | FRANCE SPECIAL 301 2010 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List. France has, in fact, improved the pharmaceutical R & D environment and post sees no evidence of lack of IPR protection or market access. Fr [...] | 2010-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN KIPR FR |
10PARIS25 | FRENCH MFA ON PEACE PROCESS, YEMEN, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are focusing on Palestinian action as the key to unblocking discussions and wonder if President Mahmoud Abbas might be able to press forward the peace process by pronouncing his own prerequisites for the resumption of negotiations, according to Patrice Paoli, French MF [...] | 2010-01-08 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY YM LE IZ FR |
10PARIS26 | Russia's Accession to the OECD - Chronology and Standards [...] (U) Summary: This cable is part two of a two-part series. Part I (Reftel) outlined the broader challenges that Russia faces during the accession process to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This cable provides details on the chronology and the status of the accession e [...] | 2010-01-11 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH |
10PARIS29 | France Proposes "Google Tax" for IPR [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced plans to tax internet advertising revenue generated by Google and other major internet sites (the examples of which all happen to be American)to fund revenues lost from internet piracy. This measure and others to counter piracy and encourage legal downloading [...] | 2010-01-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR |
10PARIS30 | AFRICOM COMMANDER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor Jean-David Levitte, Sarkozy's Military Advisor, Admiral Edouard Guillaud, and others briefed U.S. AFRICOM Commander General William E. Ward on January 5 on security issues in Africa's Sahel region. The French pressed for additional coordin [...] | 2010-01-11 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EAID PGOV PINR MOPS MA NG MR NI |
10PARIS47 | FRANCE URGES COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French advocate a comprehensive and coordinated approach to Yemen and they support the Yemeni government's pursuit of a ceasefire linked to broad national dialogue, according to Jean-Baptiste Faivre, French MFA Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent. Faivre told poloff January 12 th [...] | 2010-01-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA YM FR |
10PARIS49 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: FRENCH WORKING WITH USAU TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA FR |
10PARIS55 | AFGHANISTAN: FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON ISAF [...] (SBU) France is entirely in agreement that the ISAF transition plan adopted at NATO would be an excellent deliverable for the London conference, but should not be confused with a plan to withdraw ISAF forces. Francois Delmas of the French interagency Afghanistan-Pakistan cell said on January [...] | 2010-01-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF FR |
10PARIS56 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. - FRANCE TWO PLUS TWO [...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretaries Burns and Flournoy: The timing of your January 20 dialogue with France could not be better. You will find your French interlocutors ready to work with us on the strategic questions of mutual interest including Af/Pak, the NATO Strategic Concept, Missile Defens [...] | 2010-01-15 17:50:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL OVIP FR |