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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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10TEGUCIGALPA92 | PRESIDENT LOBO URGES NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND [...] (U) Summary: The speech delivered by President Porfirio Lobo at his January 27 inauguration focused on national reconciliation and Honduras' reintegration into the community of nations. He pledged to implement the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord and to quickly establish the truth commission calle [...] | 2010-01-29 00:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA96 | USG DELEGATION ATTENDS PRESIDENT LOBO'S [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Arturo Valenzuela, accompanied by Ambassador Hugo Llorens, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (EEB) Jose Fernandez and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (PDAS) [...] | 2010-01-29 22:48:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA97 | HONDURAS' VISION OF THE COUNTRY 2038 [...] (C) Summary: Before his election, President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo circulated a long-term plan called Vision of the Country 2038 and National Plan 2022. It was submitted to and passed by the outgoing Congress and signed into law by President Lobo during his inauguration. The document includ [...] | 2010-01-29 23:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA98 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LOBO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and his senior team to congratulate him on his inauguration and discuss bilateral issues. The Ambassador noted the important steps that Lobo had taken over the past [...] | 2010-01-29 23:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ECON EAID SNAR HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA99 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT LOBO'S CABINET TAKES SHAPE [...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo began to officially announce the members of his cabinet and inner circle on January 26, the day before his inauguration, and made further announcements over the next two days. He has still not named ministers for defense, agricultur [...] | 2010-01-30 00:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM HO |
10TELAVIV101 | REP. HASTINGS DISCUSSES HAITI AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Concluding his 14th trip to Israel in 18 years, Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL 23rd district) told Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon that he is leaving Israel this time more optimistically than when he left in December 2008. He added that the U.S. Administration [...] | 2010-01-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KBWG HA IS |
10TELAVIV104 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Turkey Relations: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report extensively on the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake and the successful activity of the Israeli [...] | 2010-01-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV105 | GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP: NO GOI DECISION ON [...] (C) PolCouns called on MFA Deputy Director for UN and IO Affairs Eviatar Manor January 18 to review Israeli positions in advance of U.S.-Israeli IO consultations in Washington this week. Manor, who will head the Israeli delegation, said that while there is broad acceptance, including by the I [...] | 2010-01-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV107 | CODEL HASTINGS' MEETING WITH PM NETANYAHU [...] (S) Summary. Representative Alcee Hastings met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem January 10. Their discussion covered the CODEL's meetings in the region, Iran, and the PM's views on starting negotiations with the Palestinians. Netanyahu expr [...] | 2010-01-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SY KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV11 | PROGRESS WITH EGYPT ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) On December 31, National Security Advisor Uzi Arad told the Ambassador that on the margins of PM Netanyahu's December 29 visit to Cairo, Arad discussed with FM Abul Gheit Egypt's on-going attempts to inject Israel into various nuclear discussions and fora. Arad described a very candid dis [...] | 2010-01-05 06:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC EG IR |
10TELAVIV113 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell will visit Da [...] | 2010-01-21 05:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV118 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell c [...] | 2010-01-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV124 | BARAK AND GAL VISITS TO ANKARA STABILIZE [...] (S) Summary. Israel took advantage of two previously scheduled visits to Ankara by Defense Minister Barak and MFA Director General Gal this week to demonstrate Israel's strong interest in preserving good relations with Turkey. According to Israeli accounts, last week's crisis over a theatrica [...] | 2010-01-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS TU KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV128 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President ObamaQs Interview with TIME Magazine 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited President ObamaQs interview with TIME Magazine, in which he admitted that he erred during his first year in office by raising too h [...] | 2010-01-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV137 | KADIMA'S INTERNAL SQUABBLES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kadima party's leadership wrangling continued in mid-January, with little hope for near-term resolution. Kadima members met on January 21 to discuss an effort by former Defense Minister and Kadima second-in-command Shaul Mofaz to move leadership primaries up to mid-2010. [...] | 2010-01-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS |
10TELAVIV139 | ENGAGING HAPOALIM, GOI ON CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hapoalim reiterates concerns to OQR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Firas Raad, Development Advisor in the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR),briefed Econoff on recent discussions with sen [...] | 2010-01-22 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS |
10TELAVIV140 | IN DEPTH: DEAD SEA COSMETICS AND SKINCARE INDUSTRY FRAUD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 05:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ASEC KFRD KCRM CMGT PINR IS |
10TELAVIV146 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 09:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV175 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted the German weekly Der Spiegel as saying that Iran will produce an atomic weapon within a year and that it is trying to reduce the s [...] | 2010-01-26 11:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV18 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed cautious optimism that talks with the Palestinians will soon resume. "In recent weeks, I've [...] | 2010-01-05 11:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV180 | CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IR IS IZ LE PGOV PK PREL |
10TELAVIV182 | A/S POSNER DISCUSSES CAST LEAD INVESTIGATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 09:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PHUM KWBG PTER IS |
10TELAVIV183 | A/S POSNER DISCUSSES GOLDSTONE REPORT WITH SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation headed by Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, met with senior Israeli officials in early January to discuss Israel's response to the UN Goldstone Report. Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said the GOI was deliberating whether [...] | 2010-01-27 09:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PTER IS |
10TELAVIV184 | A/S POSNER DISCUSSES GOLDSTONE REPORT WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of his meetings with Israeli military commanders and officials (reftels A and B),DRL A/S Michael Posner also met with several non-governmental interlocutors regarding the Israeli response to the Goldstone Report. Most advocated that the GOI do more to address the r [...] | 2010-01-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG PTER IS |
10TELAVIV185 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV192 | Israel's COP-15 Accord Commitment [...] (SBU) Post communicated demarche on COP-15 Accord commitments (reftel) to Israel's Foreign Ministry (International Organization Department)on January 14, and later to Environmental Protection Ministry (MEP). MEP International Relations office noted that the GOI was still organizing itself to b [...] | 2010-01-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG IS |
10TELAVIV194 | JEDG MIDTERM REVEIW - ISRAEL ON TARGET FOR FY2010 LOAN [...] (SBU) At the December 15 mid-term review of the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) held in Jerusalem, the GoI clearly demonstrated that it is meeting, and may well surpass, the calendar year 2009 conditionality required to release the FY2010 tranche of loan guarantees. The G [...] | 2010-01-27 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS |
10TELAVIV205 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV210 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV218 | PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT THIRD [...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs discussed with Dutch DCM Roelof Buffinga on January 27 preparations for the February 9-11 Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in The Hague. Buffinga noted that the Dutch embassy had received reftel demarche a week earlier. Given conflicting schedules, he asked to [...] | 2010-01-29 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10TELAVIV225 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-PRC Tension ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and DM Ehud Barak are at odds over whether to form a committee to probe Operation Cast Lead: Barak has spoken out against [...] | 2010-02-01 11:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV226 | OIL IN ISRAEL? DRILLING YIELDS POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG IS |
10TELAVIV227 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that two barrels packed with 15 kg. of explosives each washed up on beaches in Ashdod and Ashkelon yesterday, in what Israeli security sources said was a carefully planne [...] | 2010-02-02 09:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV25 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Islamist Aims ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that a few weeks ago White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told IsraelQs Consul-General in Los Angeles, Yaki Dayan, that the U.S. administration is Qfed upQ with [...] | 2010-01-06 15:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV250 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at a joint press conference with visiting Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi that the resumption of talks over a pris [...] | 2010-02-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV261 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with a statement made yesterday by Syrian President Bashar Assad in a meeting with Spanish FM Miguel Moratinos that Israel is pushing the Middle East toward [...] | 2010-02-04 10:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV262 | TEL AVIV RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG |
10TELAVIV264 | WAR OF WORDS WITH SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. Tensions are higher than usual between Israel and Syria this week following an exchange of comments on the possible outbreak of war. A February 1 comment by Defense Minister Barak to the effect that the alternative to opening negotiations with Syria could be the outbreak of war [...] | 2010-02-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SY LE IS |
10TELAVIV272 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 11:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV273 | Israel's Distracted Drivers Legislation [...] (U) Post delivered demarche on Distracted Driving (reftel) to GOI Ministry of Transportation and the National Road Safety Authority, as well as the Foreign Ministry. Although an official response has yet to be received, unofficially we have received confirmation that Israel has in force laws a [...] | 2010-02-05 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI IS |
10TELAVIV279 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS ECON EFIN KWBG PREL PGOV |
10TELAVIV280 | BARAK AND FAYYAD PROMOTE THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Speaking at a standing room only panel at the annual Herzliya Conference February 2, Defense Minister Barak and PA Prime Minister Fayyad offered a rare glimpse of Israeli-Palestinian convergence as both made the case for the two-state solution. Photographers at the event mobbe [...] | 2010-02-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV281 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ARAD ARTICULATES ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 article in the Israeli newspaper Yisrael Ha-yom, National Security Advisor Uzi Arad articulated the Netanyahu Government's foreign policy successes over the past year, including helping prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and promoting negotiations to res [...] | 2010-02-05 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV290 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that following heavy international pressure, PA President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to the U.S. proposal to hold talks with Israel -- in the format of indirect negotiations con [...] | 2010-02-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV300 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited recent Israeli intelligence assessments that Iran will make the political decision to enrich uranium to military-grade levels once it has accumulated enough fission [...] | 2010-02-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV302 | DRUZE DEPUTY MINISTER PROMOTING GOLAN DRUZE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee and member of Knesset Ayoub Kara briefed the Ambassador February 9 on his projects promoting closer ties between residents of the Golan Heights and Syria. Kara, a Likud Party member who is also Druze and the only Arab [...] | 2010-02-09 16:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SY IS |
10TELAVIV308 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with tension between the offices of the Defense Minister and the IDFQs Chief of Staff, following Israel TVQs unconfirmed disclosure that the tenure C-o-S Gabi Ashkenazi woul [...] | 2010-02-10 12:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV310 | FM LIEBERMAN INDICTMENT ON HOLD, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Despite the formal recommendation by the Israeli National Police on August 2, 2009 that then-Attorney General Menachem Mazuz indict Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and other charges, Mazuz left office January 28 without filing an [...] | 2010-02-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS |
10TELAVIV314 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that USAF Gen. Paul Selva visited Israel in the past few days. Other aides of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- James Steinberg and Jacob Lew -- are expecte [...] | 2010-02-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV327 | Israel Strengthens Science and Tech Strategy [...] (U) Summary. The confluence of several different GOI initiatives indicate that the government is reassessing its industrial policy. Broadening Israel's R&D strength beyond the high-tech IT and communications sectors is the objective, with energy, life sciences, water and cleantech sectors bein [...] | 2010-02-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV TBIO TSPL ETRD IS |
10TELAVIV330 | PROSPECTS FOR ENHANCED HIGH-TECH DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expansion of bilateral high-tech cooperation has emerged as a key priority for the Government of Israel in recent bilateral discussions and meetings of the Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG). Post believes that securing additional funding for the existing binational fo [...] | 2010-02-12 14:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS PREL TBIO EINV |
10TELAVIV334 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel has decided that after it presented its report about Operation Cast Lead to the U.N. earlier this month, there is no need to set up an independent in [...] | 2010-02-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV338 | MOFAZ AND LIVNI DO BATTLE AHEAD OF "DECISIVE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kadima infighting continues ahead of the Kadima Council meeting scheduled for February 24 that is to consider a proposal to move party leadership primaries up from the scheduled date of 2013 to some time in 2010. Former Defense Minister and party number two Shaul Mofaz reporte [...] | 2010-02-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS |
10TELAVIV343 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday leading media reported that Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Israel next week. Israel Hayom and other media reported that yesterday at Jerusalem [...] | 2010-02-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV344 | IDF PLANS HARSHER METHODS WITH WEST BANK [...] (C) In meetings with U.S. officials on February 4, OC Central Command MG Avi Mizrachi expressed frustration with on-going demonstrations in the West Bank, which he believes are being orchestrated to increase tensions. Mizrachi, whose area of responsibility includes all of the West Bank and Ce [...] | 2010-02-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV349 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with news that several assassins of senior Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh used the identities of British-born Israelis for the Dubai hit. HaQaretz reported that Brit [...] | 2010-02-17 10:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV359 | COGAT DANGOT ON PEACE PROCESS, WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV360 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...] | 2010-02-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV362 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...] | 2010-02-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV379 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: I am pleased to welcome you once again to Israel. Despite some areas of disagreement, we have a strong and dynamic bilateral relationship. The Strategic Dialogue has been an important mechanism since 2005. This will be a significant opportunity to engage the Israeli governm [...] | 2010-02-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG IS |
10TELAVIV386 | JORDAN/ISRAEL/QIZ QUARTERLY MEETING LOOKS FOR WAYS TO KEEP QIZ PRGRAM ACTIVE [...] (U) Jordan and Israel held their uarterly Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) meetin in Jerusalem on February 4th to review the secod and third quarter of 2009. 26 companies were aproved to continue exporting under the QIZ program. Six companies did not meet the eight percent Israeli content req [...] | 2010-02-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IS JO |
10TELAVIV391 | NASA Administrator Visits Israel [...] (U) Summary. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited Israel January 23-28 to present the keynote speech at the Fifth Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, to commemorate the legacy of Israel's first astronaut, and to meet with senior Israeli government officials to discuss opportunities [...] | 2010-02-19 10:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA ETRD PREL IS |
10TELAVIV392 | Israel's Legislation on Text Messaging [...] (U) In follow-up on the Distracted Drivers demarche (ref A),Post has received from the Israel National Road Safety Authority (INRSA) the text of the applicable part of Israeli law. The head of the INRSA offered the text in para 2 in informal translation from Hebrew (note: there is no official [...] | 2010-02-19 10:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI IS |
10TELAVIV395 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media cited new developments in the investigation of the Dubai assassination affair: Yediot bannered the finding that the assassins visited Dubai three times. [...] | 2010-02-19 10:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV405 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday night 35 right-wing activists, including National Union Knesset Member Michael Ben-Ari, illegally entered Jericho, prayed at the ancient NaQaran synagogue, [...] | 2010-02-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV413 | SHIN BET TALKS GAZA ECONOMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON IS KPAL KTFN PTER |
10TELAVIV414 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS REQUEST USG DEMARCHE SYRIA ON [...] (S/NF) On February 22, 2010, BG Yossi Baidatz, Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) Chief of Production and Analysis, advised Embassy Tel Aviv officers that IDI had information suggesting Syria intended to imminently transfer SCUD-D missiles to Hizballah in Lebanon. Baidatz explained that IDI viewed c [...] | 2010-02-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS SY LE IS |
10TELAVIV417 | IDF MAG MANDELBLIT ON IDF INVESTIGATIONS INTO [...] (S) Summary: IDF Military Advocate General Mandelblit updated the Ambassador on February 17 on the progress of investigations into allegations of misconduct during Operation Cast Lead, including providing a preview of additional findings to be published before the March 24 Human Rights Counci [...] | 2010-02-23 07:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG PTER IS |
10TELAVIV418 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak will leave for the U.S. Tuesday to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the possible reviving of talks with the Palestinians. Barak decided to mak [...] | 2010-02-23 08:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV423 | BARAK APPROVES EXCESS SHEKELS OUT OF GAZA; TACIT [...] (C/NF) As Gen. Eitan Dangot, Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT),promised the Ambassador on February 16 (see ref A),Minister of Defense (MOD) Ehud Barak publicly approved the transfer of 282.5 million surplus New Israeli Shekels (NIS) from banks in the Gaza Strip to [...] | 2010-02-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PTER KPAL KTFN IS |
10TELAVIV434 | D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...] | 2010-02-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA |
10TELAVIV436 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will arrive in Israel today, leading an important delegation of officials from the Pentagon, the National Security [...] | 2010-02-24 08:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV438 | GOI STILL WORKING OUT DETAILS FOR GHAJAR [...] (C) According to Gilad Cohen, Advisor to MFA Director General Yossi Gal, Israel remains committed to withdrawing from Ghajar, but noted that the more the interagency team gets into the details of withdrawal, the more complicated the issue becomes. Embassy PolOff and PolOff from the Office of [...] | 2010-02-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS |
10TELAVIV439 | KNESSET CONSIDERS CONTROVERSIAL NGO LEGISLATION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Knesset passed a preliminary reading of legislation on February 17 that would require individuals and NGOs to register any funding received from foreign political entities. Many NGOs were concerned with the possible effects of the draft legislation, which they decried in the p [...] | 2010-02-25 09:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV44 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV441 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. IsraelQs Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified yesterday to a U.S. congressional committee that the U.S. wants to see a quick resumption of peace [...] | 2010-02-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV444 | MORATORIUM: MOD SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN DETERRENCE [...] (U) On 25 February, Israel's Army Radio reported that the MOD plans to seek criminal proceedings against settlers who continue to build in spite of the moratorium. To do so, the MOD would hire lawyers for a period of several months to assist in the preparation of criminal files against such vi [...] | 2010-02-25 13:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV449 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV457 | MINISTRY OF FINANCE PROPOSES TWO-YEAR BUDGET AND [...] (U) Summary: In a press release dated February 22, the Ministry of Finance announced its intention to propose another two-year budget (2011-2012) and a new fiscal rule to the government in the coming days. The proposals have been agreed to by the Prime Minister and will be presented to the [...] | 2010-02-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS |
10TELAVIV47 | SHIN BET CHIEF ON GOI-PA SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) During a January 5 meeting, Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin gave a frank account of the December 26 Israeli operation in Nablus and his assessment of the current state of Israel-PA security cooperation. Diskin noted that he had publicly cited real improvements across the [...] | 2010-01-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR KPAL IS |
10TELAVIV50 | MORATORIUM UPDATE: EASINGS ANNOUNCED, RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MOD announced that amendments have been made to the GOI's moratorium order, which will, inter alia, return some permitting and building authority to local settler leaders. However, the announcement made it clear that new approvals will remain frozen and construct [...] | 2010-01-09 07:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV51 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV77 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the aftermath of the earthquake in Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti. Leading media cited [...] | 2010-01-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV8 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv detailed what it says is the American peace plan for the Middle East: The immediate start of negotiations between the sides; a permanent-status agreement is the obj [...] | 2010-01-04 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV80 | CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM: COMPENSATION UPDATE [...] (U) On January 11, the Finance Ministry announced that it had earmarked an initial NIS 30 million to compensate those who invested in residential building projects in the West Bank and are now facing financial losses due to the GOI's moratorium order. This sum is expected to rise as homebuyers [...] | 2010-01-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV86 | CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Alcee Hastings on January 12, 2010 met with Baruch Bina, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for North America, and Nimrod Barkan, head of MFA's Research Division, to discuss regional affairs. The Israelis laid out for Rep. Hastings some of the [...] | 2010-01-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG SY IR TU IZ LE JO IS |
10TELAVIV89 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on, and most led with the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Following a five-hour hike across decimated Port-au-Prince. Non-resident I [...] | 2010-01-15 10:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
10TELAVIV98 | ISRAELI-SAUDI TRACK TWO DISCUSSION [...] (C) Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) Director General Yair Hirschfeld briefed A/DCM and EconCouns January 14 on the latest session of a track-two working group on Middle East peace that includes participants from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority, as well as Hi [...] | 2010-01-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA IR KWBG IS |
10THEHAGUE10 | CWC: IRAQI AMBASSADOR WARNS COMMITMENT TO CHEMICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Ambassador to the Netherlands Siamand Banaa requested Delrep to convey his concerns "to the highest level" of the U.S. government that commitment by his government to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is declining and could "shift" with the upcoming elections. He [...] | 2010-01-08 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC IZ |
10THEHAGUE105 | NETHERLANDS REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF SERGEANT [...] SUMMARY. The Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) has requested medical evaluation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for Sergeant-Major K.W. Boon for "Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS)" following his deployment to Northern Iraq in 1991. Preliminary coordination has been accomplishe [...] | 2010-02-19 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MCAP IZ NL |
10THEHAGUE106 | NETHERLANDS: NEXT STEPS ON ICESAVE [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) believes the existing Dutch and British loan agreements with Iceland will be resoundingly defeated in a March 6 Icelandic referendum. The GONL therefore plans to offer the Government of Iceland (GOI) new interest terms on its loan during t [...] | 2010-02-19 17:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL IC |
10THEHAGUE107 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] (SBU) As preparations advanced for the Executive Council meeting (EC-59) February 22-26 (reftel),facilitators held informal consultations on Article XI and the Report on the Status of Implementation of the External Auditor's Recommendations. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held [...] | 2010-02-19 17:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC OPCW CWC |
10THEHAGUE108 | NETHERLANDS: CABINET FALLS OVER AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Following a marathon 15 hour Cabinet meeting, the Dutch Cabinet fell around 02:30 a.m., February 20 due to fundamental disagreements and Labor Party (PvdA) posturing ahead of local elections. Conflicts within the governing coalition have prompted several near Cabinet crises over the [...] | 2010-02-20 10:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO AF NL |
10THEHAGUE109 | NETHERLANDS: AFTER THE COLLAPSE [...] Summary: Following the fall of the Dutch coalition government on February 20, Queen Beatrix is expected to ask the Christian Democrats (CDA) and the Christian Union (CU) to stay on as a caretaker government and to prepare for new national elections. The elections are expected to take place in [...] | 2010-02-22 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NL |
10THEHAGUE11 | NETHERLANDS: FINANCE MINISTER BOS UNLIKELY TO BEND ON [...] The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) is unlikely to accept any solution other than full repayment of the 1.3 billion euro (USD 1.87 billion) loan it issued to the Government of Iceland in October 2008. The loan was to help Iceland repay Dutch deposit holders after the bankruptcy of Intern [...] | 2010-01-08 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL |
10THEHAGUE114 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: A REDUCED ROLE LIKELY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The most immediate result of the February 20 collapse of the Dutch government (reftel B) is the absence of a cabinet decision on post-2010 commitments to ISAF/Afghanistan. In that absence, the default position, withdrawal of Task Force Uruzgan by December 2010, stands. It will likely b [...] | 2010-02-24 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO AF NL |
10THEHAGUE117 | NETHERLANDS TO ABSTAIN ON PALESTINIANS' GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | IO PHUM UNGA NL |
10THEHAGUE120 | NETHERLANDS: DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NL |
10THEHAGUE122 | NETHERLANDS: DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Following the withdrawal of the Labor Party (PvdA) from the Dutch coalition government on February 20, Queen Beatrix asked the remaining coalition members to form a caretaker government to "handle ongoing business" and prepare for elections on June 9. The caretaker government consists [...] | 2010-02-26 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NL |
10THEHAGUE17 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 8-11 March 2010. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by this individual. NAME - Colonel Arie Ooms DOB - 01 O [...] | 2010-01-14 10:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
10THEHAGUE20 | CWC: TEMPLATE: WASHINGTON ADDRESSEES ONLY [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Delreps called on Executive Council (EC) Chairman Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico) on January 12 in advance of Lomonaco's first round of informal consultations on issues related to meeting the 2012 deadline for destruction of [...] | 2010-01-14 16:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
10THEHAGUE21 | CWC: EC CHAIR ON MEETING THE 2012 DEADLINE FOR CW [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Delreps called on Executive Council (EC) Chairman Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico) on January 12 in advance of Lomonaco's first round of informal consultations on issues related to meeting the 2012 deadline for destruction of [...] | 2010-01-14 16:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
10THEHAGUE25 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DISCUSSING AMCIT REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch agreed to consider raising with both the EU and the GOI the matter of the Americans detained in Iran. The GOI has recently made some overtures to the GONL to "elevate" relations. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) AMCITS: On January 7, Charge d'Affaires raised ref A points with Mr. [...] | 2010-01-15 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NL IR |
10THEHAGUE29 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] (U) This includes an action request: see para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) As delegations return to The Hague from the long holidays, work at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is picking up speed. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) hel [...] | 2010-01-15 16:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
10THEHAGUE39 | CWC: EXPERTS' MEETINGS ON THE IRAQI AL MUTHANNA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Visiting teams of experts from Iraq and the United States held a series of meetings with representatives of the Technical Secretariat (TS) at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague on January 13-14, 2010, during which agreement was reache [...] | 2010-01-20 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PARM PREL CWC |
10THEHAGUE42 | NETHERLANDS / VENEZUELA: RATHER CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Recent allegations by Venezuelan President Chavez that U.S. aircraft operating from Dutch air fields in the Caribbean have violated Venezuelan airspace concern the Dutch. For Antillean and domestic political reasons, the Dutch Foreign Ministry sought assurances that U.S. use of the Cur [...] | 2010-01-22 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL NL VZ |
10THEHAGUE44 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL [...] (C) The Dutch expect the EU to continue its two-track policy of engaging both the Cuban government and Cuban civil society. DCM raised reftel points with Laurent Stokvis, Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on January 20. Stokvis indicated that he expected the EU would [...] | 2010-01-25 07:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI CU NL |
10THEHAGUE48 | CWC: ALGERIAN OPCW DELEGATION ON PROPOSED [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (U) On January 21, Delrep Landsman delivered U.S. budget proposal and funding parameters on the proposed Algerian chemical terrorism conference (Ref A) to Algerian DCM Sid Al Branci. Branci welcomed the proposal and signaled the Algerian Gov [...] | 2010-01-26 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AG PARM PREL PTER CWC |
10THEHAGUE49 | NETHERLANDS/YEMEN: VIEWS FOR LONDON MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch welcome the January 27 London conference on Yemen, and FM Verhagen and Development Minister Koenders will encourage President Saleh to keep his promise of promoting dialogue in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Herman Quarles, Deputy Director for [...] | 2010-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID YM NL |
10THEHAGUE5 | NETHERLANDS: FINANCE MINISTER BOS UNLIKELY TO BEND ON [...] The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) is unlikely to accept any solution other than full repayment of the 1.3 billion euro (USD 1.87 billion) loan it issued to the Government of Iceland in 2008. The loan was to help Iceland repay Dutch deposit holders after the bankruptcy of Internet bank Ic [...] | 2010-01-08 07:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL |
10THEHAGUE51 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Executive Council (EC) Chairman's consultation January 21 on issues related to the final destruction deadline dominated the week's agenda as the first official meeting at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the new year. Delreps met with the Russian d [...] | 2010-01-27 17:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA OPCW CWC |
10THEHAGUE53 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SUPPORT USG ON CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NL IZ |
10THEHAGUE54 | NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT FOR COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands will join the EU in inscribing a conditional emissions reduction target of 30 percent if others commit to comparable efforts. The Dutch had pushed to make the 30 percent offer unconditionally. Dutch climate officials are recalibrating their negotiating strategy after [...] | 2010-01-28 15:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG NL |
10THEHAGUE61 | CWC: MEETING WITH THE OPCW DIRECTOR-GENERAL ON [...] (C) At the request of OPCW Director-General (DG) Pfirter, Delreps Beik and Granger met with him and Chief of Staff Ekwall on January 28 to discuss Iraq. The Iraqi Ambassador had asked the DG to encourage assistance from the United States and other countries for Iraq's chemical weapons (CW) d [...] | 2010-01-29 16:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
10THEHAGUE65 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] (SBU) After the positive opening meeting of the destruction deadline consultation (Ref A),delegations at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) turned their attention to the next potentially difficult consultation on "situations not foreseen" by the Chemical Weapons [...] | 2010-02-01 17:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA OPCW CWC |
10THEHAGUE7 | NETHERLANDS REQUEST FOR LETTER CONFIRMING [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Recent statements from Venezuela's President Chavez have spawned Dutch parliamentary queries on aerial activities operating from the Antilles. The MFA has requested a letter signed by the Ambassador confirming that the U.S. abides by [...] | 2010-01-08 07:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL |
10THEHAGUE72 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CABINET DECISION ON ITS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A Dutch Cabinet decision on a post-2010 Afghanistan commitment is expected anytime within the next two weeks, possibly as early as February 5. Information on the specifics of the discussions is closely guarded, but all sources report that the negotiations are very delicate and [...] | 2010-02-04 16:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF NL |
10THEHAGUE73 | AMBASSADOR VERVEER ENGAGES DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer advanced U.S. priorities in a two-day visit to the Netherlands January 13-14. With Dutch cabinet members and working-level officials, she emphasized U.S. interests in maintaining the Dutch commitment to Afghanistan w [...] | 2010-02-05 11:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN EAID AF NL |
10THEHAGUE75 | NETHERLANDS: TREASURY DAS GLASER PREPARES DUTCH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Treasury DAS Glaser engaged key Dutch decision makers on Iran policy across three ministries January 26. The Dutch expressed support for increasing pressure on the Tehran regime. They assured Glaser the Netherlands would support tougher sanctions within the EU, although offic [...] | 2010-02-05 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PREL KTFN IR NL |
10THEHAGUE79 | CWC: MEETING WITH IRAQI AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ'S [...] (U) This contains an action request: see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Delreps met with the Iraqi Ambassador on February 3 to follow up on the trilateral technical discussions in January on amending Iraq's initial chemical weapons (CW) declaration and preparing a destruction plan for presentati [...] | 2010-02-05 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ |
10THEHAGUE8 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 8-11 March 2009. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by this individual. NAME - Air Commodore Antonie Debok [...] | 2010-01-08 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
10THEHAGUE80 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2010 [...] (SBU) The main meeting of the week was a three- hour marathon consultation on February 3 on "situations not foreseen" by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) regular meeting on February 2 was largely devoted to discussion of that issue, and Delr [...] | 2010-02-08 10:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
10THEHAGUE83 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: PLANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Post delivered reftel A points to key MFA contacts on January 26. Janet Alberda and Jochem De Groot, with the Dutch MFA Human Rights Department, responded on February 9 that the Netherlands would like to raise the following issues during the UPR of Iran: free flow of information, the use [...] | 2010-02-10 10:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR NL |
10THEHAGUE87 | CWC: MEETING WITH ALGERIAN DELEGATION AND OPCW TO [...] (U) On February 11, Delrep Landsman met at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with Algerian DCM Sid Al Branci and OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss the proposed chemical terrorism conference in Algiers (refs A-C). TS officials present were Offi [...] | 2010-02-12 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL PARM PREL PTER CWC |
10THEHAGUE88 | NETHERLANDS: LATEST DUTCH VIEWS ON THE U.S.-EU [...] (U) On February 11, Econoffs delivered reftel points on the second stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations to Hans de Jong, Special Advisor and Chief Negotiator for aviation issues, and Janneke Kolk, Policy Advisor, at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management. De J [...] | 2010-02-12 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EUN KTIA IC NO NL |
10THEHAGUE89 | SCENE SETTER FOR EC-59 AND WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK [...] (SBU) The attention of the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and delegations turned this week to preparations for the Executive Council (EC-59) session of February 22-26. EC Chairman Lomonaco (Mexico) convened the advance consultation [...] | 2010-02-12 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
10THEHAGUE9 | NETHERLANDS: ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (U) BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Like most of Western Europe, the Netherlands enjoys a high level of political and economic participation by women. For example, women hold forty-two per cent of the seats in the Dutch House of Representatives, and sixty-five per cent of women are employed. In addition [...] | 2010-01-08 09:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN XG PHUM NL |
10THEHAGUE98 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 11 EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several EU diplomats did not attend Iranian President Ahmadinejad's February 11 national day speech. The Dutch see the speech and surrounding events as a "small win for the regime" but with a "major cost" to the government in the long-term. The Dutch welcome thoughts for follow-u [...] | 2010-02-17 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR NL |
10TIJUANA14 | ANOTHER SERIES OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS NEAR US CONGEN TIJUANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND CG COMMENT: Tijuana's latest wave of violence (reftels) continues, with a number of fresh assassinations of individuals apparently tied to the two main organized crime cartels. The Baja Attorney General told CG on January 7 that there is no sign that the renewed intra-carte [...] | 2010-01-08 01:02:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM SNAR MX CASC PINS PTER |
10TIJUANA15 | ANOTHER SERIES OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS NEAR US CONGEN TIJUANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND CG COMMENT: Tijuana's latest wave of violence (reftels) continues, with a number of fresh assassinations of individuals apparently tied to the two main organized crime cartels. The Baja Attorney General told CG on January 7 that there is no sign that the renewed intra-carte [...] | 2010-01-08 01:02:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM SNAR MX CASC PINS PTER |
10TIJUANA16 | ANOTHER SERIES OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS NEAR US CONGEN TIJUANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND CG COMMENT: Tijuana's latest wave of violence (reftels) continues, with a number of fresh assassinations of individuals apparently tied to the two main organized crime cartels. The Baja Attorney General told CG on January 7 that there is no sign that the renewed intra-carte [...] | 2010-01-08 01:03:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM SNAR MX CASC PINS PTER |
10TIJUANA35 | MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN EFFORTS TO COMBAT CARTEL VIOLENCE: [...] (SBU) Mexican authorities arrested Eduardo Teodoro GARCIA-Simental (alias `El Teo') in a residence in La Paz, Baja California, Mexico at approximately 0500 hours on 01/12/2010. The arrest resulted from a joint operation planned by DEA, U.S. Marshal Service, and local authorities, as well as SSP [...] | 2010-01-12 18:04:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX CASC |
10TIJUANA46 | EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS `EL TEO [...] (SBU) On January 12, 2010, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened to discuss that morning's arrest of Eduardo Teodoro GARCIA-Simental (alias `El Teo' La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico (REFTEL). EAC participants included CG, CONS, RSO, DEA, DHS-ICE, MGT, PAO, CLO, and ATF. [...] | 2010-01-13 17:53:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM CASC PINS PTER SNAR MX |
10TIJUANA58 | MEDIA REACTION IN TIJUANA FOLLOWING ARREST OF 'EL TEO' [...] Summary: The January 12 arrest of Teodoro Garcia Simental `El Teo' in La Paz, Mexico received major media coverage in Baja California and dominated the press in Tijuana, El Teo's principal area of operations. Ambassador Pascual's statement congratulating the administration of Felipe Calderon [...] | 2010-01-14 01:21:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX CASC |
10TIRANA27 | ALBANIA - FLOODING UPDATE JANUARY 13 [...] (SBU) Over the last 24 hours flooding from both the Drin and Buna rivers in northern Albania receded slightly. Water levels in the three dams in the region improved. The level at Fierze, the largest dam, has receded to 290.2 meters (the maximum allowable level is 296m); at Koman it has recede [...] | 2010-01-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL |
10TIRANA28 | ALBANIA FLOOD DISASTER DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL |
10TIRANA33 | EXBS ALBANIA REPORTING CABLE FOR DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS --None. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD See paragraphs 4 and 5 below discussing equipment and training. 3. (SBU) MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD --December 11: Maritime Advisor (MA) met with the newly ap [...] | 2010-01-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
10TIRANA38 | RFG: ALBANIA SEEKS US ASSISTANCE IN NATO FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. On January 19, Albanian Director General for Civil Aviation Ervin Mazniku met with Post to discuss ongoing technical negotiations at NATO over the transfer of Kosovo's airspace to regional actors (ref a). He dec [...] | 2010-01-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | AL EAIR KV MARR PINS PREL |
10TIRANA39 | A NEW YEAR'S BUDGET RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA is set to take the unprecedented move of "freezing" seven percent of government spending for 2010 in response to lower than expected 2009 government revenues, a larger deficit and the economic crisis. This means that for revenues to match spending targets, there will nee [...] | 2010-01-21 05:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PRIL PGOV AL |
10TIRANA44 | RFG: ALBANIA REQUESTS U.S. CO-SPONSOR DISARMAMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (SBU) Action request. Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta met with Ambassador on January 21 to formally request U.S. assistance in organizing and hosting a two-day regional minister-level conference in Tirana on disarmament and demi [...] | 2010-01-22 08:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM AL |
10TIRANA45 | ALBANIA SUPPPORTS TRASITION TO AFGHAN LEAD [...] (U) Ambassador Withers delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta. Meta expressed his full support for our Afghanistan strategy and will stress the suggested points in his public remarks and in his participation at the January 28 London Conference. [...] | 2010-01-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PREL AF AL |
10TIRANA53 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT: PART ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC |
10TIRANA54 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT: PART TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC |
10TIRANA55 | ALBANIA'S BFIF PROPOSAL FOR 2010 [...] SUMMARY: Embassy has consulted with multiple agencies, local partners and others to develop a proposal that significantly expands outreach to the business community and that increases opportunities to promote U.S. products in Albania. End Summary. A. Proposal #1 Outreach & Resource Program [...] | 2010-01-27 14:39:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON BTIO AL EINV ETRD |
10TIRANA56 | ALBANIA: DEMARCHE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD DELIVERED [...] The Government of Albania (GoA) expressed no reservations in regards to associating Albania with the Copenhagen Accord via the UNFCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Secretariat. On January 25th, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Deputy Prime Minister/ Foreign Minist [...] | 2010-01-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV KGHG ENRG AL |
10TIRANA58 | BERISHA SEEKS NEW SECRET POLICE [...] (S//NF) In early January, Prime Minister Berisha introduced a new draft bill to amend the law on the National Intelligence Service (SHISH). In essence, the aim of the law is to limit the foreign intelligence responsibilities of the SHISH, increase its domestic intelligence responsibilities i [...] | 2010-01-27 16:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR AL |
10TIRANA6 | WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN NORTHERN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Albania continues to experience heavy flooding around the northern cities of Shkoder and Lezhe and the Drini River Delta. Media has reported that approximately 10,000 acres in the coastal floodplain are flooded. Initial reports from the GOA are that 870 houses have been destro [...] | 2010-01-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL |
10TIRANA65 | PRESIDENT TOPI: PRESSURE ON INDEPENDENT [...] (C) During a January 27 meeting with Ambassador Withers, President Topi expressed deep concern over mounting GOA pressure on independent institutions, including Office of the Prosecutor General, the intelligence service, the media, and the courts. Topi said the opposition boycott of Parliament [...] | 2010-01-29 10:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KJUS AL |
10TIRANA75 | WHITHER GERDEC? [...] (U) Summary: Almost two years after the tragic accident at the Gerdec military facility that killed 26 and injured hundreds, and one year since the first criminal case began, no verdicts have yet been handed down, although several criminal and civil cases have been filed and are ongoing. While [...] | 2010-02-03 11:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM AL |
10TIRANA8 | UPDATE ON FLOODING IN NORTHERN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend, flood waters in northern Albania receded slightly, although they remain at critical levels. Rain is forecast for the foreseeable future. To date, approximately 5,000 out of 11,000 affected people have been evacuated from affected areas in the flood plain aroun [...] | 2010-01-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL |
10TIRANA81 | CLOSURE OF NEWSPAPER TEMA SYMPTOMATIC OF POOR STATE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Mero Baze, the publisher of the small circulation daily "Tema", announced in a January 23 editorial that "Tema" was closing. Baze said that for over one year, the newspaper had made a valiant effort to survive after being evicted from its premises in 2008; however he said he can [...] | 2010-02-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
10TIRANA85 | GOA APPROVES BENEFITS FOR TIP VICTIMS; PLEDGES MORE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three months, the GOA has launched several new initiatives in anti-TIP to accelerate the momentum it lost in the latter half of 2009 during the electoral campaign. Foremost among these initiatives are the GOA's decision that victims of trafficking are now eligible f [...] | 2010-02-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL AL KDMR |
10TIRANA86 | COURT NULLIFIES ALBANIAN-GREEK SEA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On January 26, the Constitutional Court in a 9-0 opinion ruled that the April 2009 treaty between Greece and Albania regarding the southern coastline was unconstitutional. The opinion has not yet been released, but the Court said in a statement that it found "substantive and pro [...] | 2010-02-12 12:38:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
10TIRANA87 | ALBANIA: CITES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Embassy contacted the CITES representative for Albania, the Director of Nature Protection Policies in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration before February 5th demarche deadline. Post was informed that Albania may send a representative to the meeting in Qatar but had no [...] | 2010-02-16 05:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC AL |
10TIRANA88 | TIRANA RESPONSE FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) The following is in response to reftel request. Answers are keyed to reftel. Tasking 1/TVPRA Albania has no record of child labor or forced labor in the production of goods as defined in reftel. Tasking 2/TDA PREVALENCE AND SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR In wha [...] | 2010-02-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI AL |
10TOKYO101 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 03:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO105 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Tuesday morning included reports on DPJ Secretary General Ozawa's intention to voluntarily submit to questioning by prosecutors over a land purchase made by his political fund organization in 2004. 2. "Alliance, Article 9 of Constitution Both Effective" On today's [...] | 2010-01-19 07:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO107 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/19/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO108 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - JAPAN [...] TABLE OF CONTENTS A.1. Overview of Foreign Investment Climate, para. 2-33 A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies, para. 34-35 A.3. Expropriation and Compensation, para. 36 A.4. Dispute Settlement, para.37-41 A.5. Performance Requirements and incentives, para. 42 A.6. Right to Private Ownershi [...] | 2010-01-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR JA |
10TOKYO109 | OZAWA FINANCIAL SCANDALS TAKE CENTER STAGE [...] (C) Summary: After the arrests of three of his former and current secretaries for their alleged role in illegal financial transactions, DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa is facing growing calls to step down as the party's number two official. Initially defiant, Ozawa -- no stranger to contr [...] | 2010-01-19 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JA |
10TOKYO11 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: JAPAN TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL IRAN URANIUM TRANSFER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ JA |
10TOKYO110 | JAPAN TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD, [...] (SBU) EMIN demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Director General for Global Issues Shinsuke Sugiyama on January 19, per Reftel. Sugiyama agreed wholeheartedly that getting the Copenhagen Accord up and running is the highest priority through January. He said the GOJ is in the midst o [...] | 2010-01-19 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PREL JA |
10TOKYO111 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN [...] Charge conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Affairs Bureau Director-General Kazuyoshi Umemoto January 19. Umemoto thanked the USG for its support for Japan's relief efforts in Haiti and said the Japan Self Defense Force is currently examining possibilitie [...] | 2010-01-19 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA |
10TOKYO112 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/20/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO113 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top coverage to JAL's filing for bankruptcy protection. 2. "'Advancement' Should Be Pursued in 'Deepening' Alliance" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (1/20): "The 'demerits' of the U.S.-Japan Security must not be overlooked. One of them [...] | 2010-01-20 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO118 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/20/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO119 | MOFA MIDDLE EAST DIVISION OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON [...] (C) MOFA's Deputy Director General for the Middle East Takehiro Kagawa told Political Minister-Counselor January 19 that the campaign finance scandal involving Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa might delay somewhat Diet deliberation of the supplementary budget request for [...] | 2010-01-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
10TOKYO120 | SENIOR MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. MOFA Director General for Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Toshio Sano discussed non-proliferation and disarmament topics with EMIN January 19. Sano said Japan is not planning on any deliverables regarding physical protection of nuclear facilities at the April Nuclear [...] | 2010-01-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL IAEA NPT JA |
10TOKYO121 | JAPANESE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL PINR JA |
10TOKYO125 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/21/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO128 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST YEAR IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the ruling on Wednesday by the Supreme Court that it is unconstitutional for a municipal government to provide city-owned land at no charge for use as a Shinto shrine under the Constitution's principle of separation of sta [...] | 2010-01-21 04:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO13 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 858 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 23:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO131 | THE DIET OPENS; SCANDAL OVERSHADOWS LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The 174th ordinary session of the Japanese Diet started on January 18. Unless there is a motion to extend the 150-day session, it will end on June 16, followed by the Upper House election on July 11. To increase public support with the aim of capturing an Upper House majority, [...] | 2010-01-21 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JA |
10TOKYO136 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO137 | Japan Hosts Sixth Asian Senior Talks on Non-Proliferation [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PUNE PARM PREL JA |
10TOKYO139 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO140 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included DPJ Secretary General Ozawa's intention to submit to questioning by prosecutors tomorrow over a questionable land purchase made by his political fund organization. 2. "Responsibilities of China" The business-oriented Nikkei editoria [...] | 2010-01-22 04:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO141 | ATTEMPTS TO BAR CANDIDATES FROM UPCOMING IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JA |
10TOKYO143 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO145 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUTENMA RELOCATION [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the victory of an anti-U.S. base candidate in the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa, on Sunday. 2. "Henoko Plan Still the Best Option" The moderate Yomiuri argued in an editorial (1/25): "The resolution of the Futenma r [...] | 2010-01-25 06:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO149 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO15 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/05/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 03:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO150 | OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Poloff met January 25 with MOFA Second Middle East Division Deputy Director Kunihiko Higashi to deliver reftel points and discuss priorities for the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan. After reviewing U.S. priorities [...] | 2010-01-25 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF JA |
10TOKYO152 | DOE DEPUTY U/S AOKI DISCUSSIONS WITH GOJ ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During meetings with DOE Deputy Under Secretary for Counterterrorism Steven Aoki January 20-22, GOJ officials discussed Japan's expected role at the Nuclear Security Summit, and reaffirmed their intent to expand bilateral cooperation on nuclear safeguards and security technolo [...] | 2010-01-25 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PTER ASEC JA |
10TOKYO153 | Japan Hosts Sixth Asian Senior-Level Talks on [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The government of Japan hosted the sixth meeting of the Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP) December 11, 2009. Sixteen countries from the Asia-Pacific region and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were represented. The U.S. delegation [...] | 2010-01-25 23:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PUNE PARM PREL ETTC JA |
10TOKYO156 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 00:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO158 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAITI AND U.S.-JAPAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave front- page coverage to the GOJ decision on Monday to send some 300 GSDF engineers to Haiti in order to engage in disaster relief operations. 2. "Long-Term Support Necessary for Reconstruction" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote in an e [...] | 2010-01-26 01:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO159 | AMBASSADOR KING'S JANUARY 15 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Ambassador Robert King met separately with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Fukuyama, Deputy Vice Minister Koro Bessho, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director-General Akitaka Saiki and Ambassador in Charge of Hu [...] | 2010-01-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN KS JA |
10TOKYO160 | AMBASSADOR KING'S JANUARY 15 MEETINGS ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Ambassador Robert King stressed the importance of U.S. cooperation with Japan and South Korea to address human rights in North Korea and reiterated U.S. support for resolving the abduction issue in a January 15 meeting with Minister o [...] | 2010-01-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KN KS JA |
10TOKYO163 | USG POLICY TOWARD YEMEN AND PLANS FOR UPCOMING [...] (C) Embassy Poloff met January 26 with MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto to deliver reftel points regarding the January 27 London meeting on Yemen. Hamamoto agreed that it was important to address the underlying developmental, economic, and security iss [...] | 2010-01-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID YM JA |
10TOKYO164 | HATOYAMA CONFIDANTE ON FUTENMA, NAGO ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Nago election result will not be a decisive factor in resolving the Futenma issue and a variant of the current plan remains on the table, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and PM confidante Matsuno told Embassy Tokyo January 26. Hinting at current Kantei (Prime Minister's Office [...] | 2010-01-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
10TOKYO165 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 22:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO166 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included Seven & i Holdings' decision to shut down four of its department stores, including one in central Tokyo. 2. "Sources of Friction Increasing between U.S. and China" The business-oriented Nikkei wrote (1/27): "A dark cloud is hanging ove [...] | 2010-01-27 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO167 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/27/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO168 | LDP DEFECTIONS LEAVE DIET POWER BALANCE UNCHANGED [...] (C) Summary: Since last month, four opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members of the Diet announced that they would leave the party, leading to speculation that they would join and increase the voting power of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the Upper House. Although th [...] | 2010-01-27 05:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JA |
10TOKYO17 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - YEMEN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Tuesday morning included a Sankei piece concerning the upcoming release by the Pentagon of the quadrennial defense review and the nuclear posture review reports. 2. "Situation in Yemen Becoming Uncertain" The business- oriented Nikkei editorialized (1/5): [...] | 2010-01-05 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO170 | POSTAL REFORM: MIC MINISTER HARAGUCHI WELCOMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Kazuhiro Haraguchi said he was aware of USG and industry concerns regarding postal reform in response to DCM's delivery of RefA points on January 27. Minister Haraguchi also offered to meet with U.S. industry representati [...] | 2010-01-27 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
10TOKYO171 | WHALING: GOJ NONCOMMITAL ON ENCOURAGING ICELAND TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: EMIN urged MOFA State Secretary Fukuyama and Fisheries Agency Deputy Director General Yamashita to press Iceland to lower its proposed quota for whaling in order to facilitate an overall agreement on whaling. Both Fukuyama and Yamashita said the GOJ is reluctant to take such action. [...] | 2010-01-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA |
10TOKYO172 | OUTREACH FOR IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION [...] (C) Embassy Poloff met January 27 with MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Officer-in-Charge Tomoko Ohnishi to deliver reftel demarche seeking Japan's support for U.S. recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's February 15 UPR for Iran. [...] | 2010-01-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR JA |
10TOKYO174 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 23:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO178 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO18 | JAPAN'S MODEST FY2010 TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hatoyama Cabinet approved a package of tax change proposals that calls for maintaining the gasoline tax at the present rate, narrowing the scope of two personal income tax deductions for dependents, and raising the tobacco tax, on December 22. The changes will result in a n [...] | 2010-01-05 23:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
10TOKYO181 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO182 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF THE UNION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Nikkei report saying that major Japanese manufacturers made sharp profit recoveries in the October-December period in 2009 due mainly to strong demand from abroad. 2. "President Obama Places Emphasis on Job Creation" The Thursday (1 [...] | 2010-01-28 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO185 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO186 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF THE UNION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Justice Ministry draft proposal made on Thursday that would abolish the statute of limitations for murders. 2. "President Obama Should Not Be Inward-looking" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/29): "It was disappointing that practical [...] | 2010-01-29 05:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO188 | CODEL INOUYE DISCUSSES FUTENMA AND HAITI WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Hatoyama told CODEL Inouye on January 15 that he hopes to enhance the U.S.-Japan Alliance to contribute further to regional and global peace and prosperity. In order to deepen his relationship of trust with President Obama, the PM said he wanted to reach a decisio [...] | 2010-01-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV MARR JA |
10TOKYO189 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND NORTH [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to a joint report released on Sunday by Japanese and Chinese scholars that revealed "gaps" in the perceptions of Japanese and Chinese academics on several historical issues, including the number of victims in the 1937 Nanjin [...] | 2010-02-01 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO19 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/06/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO191 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 05:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO2 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 02:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO20 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning Japanese national dailies led with reports on Finance Minister Fujii's apparent desire to step down for health reasons, with the papers predicting that his resignation would deal a heavy blow to the Hatoyama administration ahead of the planned start of Diet [...] | 2010-01-06 02:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO200 | JAPAN TO DESIGNATE AQAP ENTITIES - RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PINR PTER YM SA JA |
10TOKYO201 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO202 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO207 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers led with the disclosure by DPJ Secretary General Ozawa on Monday that he was questioned a second time by prosecutors on Sunday over a questionable land purchase made in 2004 by his political fund management organization. 2. "Chinese Arms Buildup Bec [...] | 2010-02-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO208 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable containes an action request, please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Econoff, accompanied by Netherlands Embassy First Secretary (Political) Nora Dessing, delivered the demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division [...] | 2010-02-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP JA |
10TOKYO209 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO21 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 03:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO211 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 01:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO212 | MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Drawing on reftel background and talking points, the Ambassador, joined by visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, met February 2 with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka to outline next steps in dealing with Iran and to seek GOJ support for increasing international pressure on I [...] | 2010-02-03 04:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IR JA |
10TOKYO213 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - QDR [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a plan by the Japanese government to start a pilot study on a free expressway program. 2. "U.S. Must Strengthen International Cooperation against Various Threats" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/3): "'International cooperation' is [...] | 2010-02-03 05:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO214 | A/S CAMPBELL FEBRUARY 2 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA [...] (C) During an 80-minute meeting with EAP A/S Campbell February 2 on regional and bilateral issues, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka agreed on the need for a continued focus on DPRK denuclearization and cautioned against being distracted by DPRK calls for peace regime discussions; called on the U [...] | 2010-02-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC CH KS KN JA |
10TOKYO217 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO221 | JAPAN TO ANNOUNCE WHICH U.S. VEHICLES QUALIFY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan is expected to announce February 3 at 7:00PM Tokyo time which U.S. vehicle models will qualify under its recently revised eco-car subsidy program. In response to USG and U.S. industry criticism, the GOJ announced January 19 it will begin accepting foreign fuel efficienc [...] | 2010-02-03 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA |
10TOKYO223 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/04/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO224 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA TIES [...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers on Thursday morning led with reports speculating that prosecutors decided on Wednesday not to indict DPJ Secretary General Ozawa in connection with a questionable land purchase made by his fund management organization in 2004. 2. "Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting to Become [...] | 2010-02-04 02:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO228 | U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Initiatives for the Security Treaty,s 50th anniversary, updates on the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Nuclear Posture Review (NPR),Host Nation Support (HNS),Realignment/Futenma Replacement Facility, possible new bilateral exchanges and F-X procurement were the main Allian [...] | 2010-02-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
10TOKYO229 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 23:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO232 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO233 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU-CHINA RELATIONS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Friday morning papers included the decision by prosecutors not to indict DPJ Secretary General Ozawa in connection with a questionable land purchase made in 2004 by his political fund management organization. 2. "EU Moving to Lift Ban on Weapons Export to China" [...] | 2010-02-05 01:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO24 | JAPANESE PRESS IN UNISON AFFIRMS BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 04:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL PINR JA |
10TOKYO241 | ABBAS VISIT TO JAPAN: A PREVIEW FROM MOFA [...] (C) Embassy Political Minister-Counselor met February 5 with MOFA Middle Eastern and African Affairs Director General Toshiro Suzuki to preview Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas' February 7-10 visit to Japan. While in Japan, Abbas will meet with Prime Minister Hatoyama, Forei [...] | 2010-02-05 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS ID MY SN JA |
10TOKYO242 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-07 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO246 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL'S FEBRUARY 2 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Wallace Gregson met February 2 with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Koichi Takemasa to discuss next steps on the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) issue. Although A/S Campbell asked for mo [...] | 2010-02-08 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
10TOKYO247 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL'S FEBRUARY 2 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Okinawa Seiji Maehara told EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and Assistant Secretary of Defense Gregson on February 2 that the wide range of views within Japan,s ruling coalition had influenced the GOJ,s handling of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) [...] | 2010-02-08 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
10TOKYO249 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS (1) 02/08/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 03:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO25 | JAPANESE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS 1.4 PERCENT REAL GDP [...] (U) The Hatoyama Cabinet approved the GOJ's official economic forecast for FY10 (April 2010 to March 2011) on December 25. The official forecast, prepared by the Cabinet Office and used in the Ministry of Finance's revenue estimates for the FY10 initial budget, projects real GDP growth of 1.4 [...] | 2010-01-06 04:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN JA |
10TOKYO251 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers on Monday morning because of a press holiday. Top stories covered by broadcasters included reports on Japan Airlines' intention to maintain its alliance with American Airlines. 2. "Chinese Wary about Criticism of Beijing as Weak- Kneed" On China's strong [...] | 2010-02-08 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO255 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS (2) 02/08/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO257 | MEGAPORTS: JAPAN SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON THIRD [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The USG should explain how it will use container information on third country cargo shipments scanned by the Megaports Initiative pilot project in Yokohama, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Finance (M [...] | 2010-02-08 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
10TOKYO259 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/09/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 02:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO26 | A LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ASKING FOR AN APOLOGY [...] (U) Poloff met with members of the "The National Liaison Center against the Red Purge" to accept a letter for President Obama. The men, in their late 70's and early 80's, described being fired from their jobs as communists or communist sympathizers almost 60 years ago. They were, they said, [...] | 2010-01-06 06:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM JA |
10TOKYO262 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G-7 AND UKRAINE [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Prime Minister Hatoyama's meeting with DPJ Secretary General Ozawa on Monday, during which the premier reportedly approved Ozawa's decision to remain in his post. 2. "Role of G-7 to Remain Important" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized ( [...] | 2010-02-09 04:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO264 | DPJ SECRETARY GENERAL OZAWA DESIRES STRONG [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa told Ambassador Roos and Assistant Secretary Campbell that he recognized the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship and that he wanted to expand Japan's global partnership in a February 2 meeting. However, his top [...] | 2010-02-09 04:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JA |
10TOKYO27 | HATOYAMA ADMINISTRATION FACES IMMINENT RESIGNATION [...] (C) The four-month old Hatoyama Administration will face its first Cabinet departure with what appears to be the imminent resignation of Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii. Fujii, 77, was admitted to the hospital on December 28 for exhaustion and high blood pressure following the compilation of t [...] | 2010-01-06 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
10TOKYO273 | JAPAN RESPONSE - TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP KTFN PINR PARM PREL PTER |
10TOKYO274 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO275 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA AND UKRAINE [...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Wednesday morning gave top or front-page play to Toyota's announcement on Tuesday that it would recall 437,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide to repair brake problems. 2. "Further Efforts Needed to End Tragedy in Gaza" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/10): "In order [...] | 2010-02-10 01:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO276 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/10/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 03:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO28 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/06/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO280 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] Econoff delivered points on terrestrial proposals contained in ref to Ministry of Environment Nature Conservation Bureau Senior Assistant Director Keiji Nakashima February 2 and points on marine proposals to Fisheries Agency of Japan Ecosystems Conservation Office Assistant Director Hideki Mo [...] | 2010-02-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP JP |
10TOKYO281 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/10/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO282 | GOJ PRESENTS ITS OUTLINE ON POSTAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior Vice Minister (SVM) Kouhei Ohtsuka of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) met with the DCM on February 8, to give an advance briefing of the release of the Government's outline on postal reform. The release of the outline begins a one-month dialogue among coalition part [...] | 2010-02-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
10TOKYO284 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S FEBRUARY 14-17 [...] (SBU) Begin Text of Scenesetter: Dear Senator Webb: Welcome to Japan, a nation in transition. The Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) landslide victory in last year's August 30 Lower House election has dramatically altered Japan's political landscape, marking the end of the former ruling L [...] | 2010-02-12 06:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON MARR JA |
10TOKYO285 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included yesterday's Japan-South Korea foreign ministerial meeting in Seoul. 2. "Unity of Security Council Being Tested" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/12): "There are no options for Iran, which has been suspected of developing nuclear w [...] | 2010-02-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO286 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO288 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included yesterday's Japan-South Korea foreign ministerial meeting in Seoul. 2. "Unity of Security Council Being Tested" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/12): "There are no options for Iran, which has been suspected of developing nuclear w [...] | 2010-02-12 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO29 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 852 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO290 | JAPAN RESPONSE: FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO [...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Peace Cooperation Division Deputy Director Fumio Yamazaki confirmed the Japan Self Defense Force deployment in support of MINUSTAH is proceeding as described in reftel. An initial contingent of around 190 advance personnel departed Japan February [...] | 2010-02-15 23:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR |
10TOKYO291 | FM OKADA VISIT TO ROK [...] (C) Summary: FM Okada's February 10-11 visit to Seoul highlighted the "great shape" that bilateral relations are in, with FM Okada using the opportunity to offer a forward-leaning -- and well-received -- statement on Japan-ROK historical issues. MOFA Asia DG Saiki told us that this year, the [...] | 2010-02-16 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN JA |
10TOKYO293 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO295 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO298 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Tuesday morning included Agriculture Minister Akamatsu's plan to discuss with relevant GOJ authorities the possibility of bringing criminal charges against a Sea Shepherd crew member, who has been detained aboard a Japanese whaler in the Southern Ocean since [...] | 2010-02-16 05:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO30 | IRANIAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: During Iranian Supreme Council for National Security Secretary General Saeed Jalili's December 21-24 visit to Japan, the GOJ stressed that Iran must address international concerns about its nuclear program, according to MOFA Iran Desk Chief Junichi Sumi. Jalili proposed that Japa [...] | 2010-01-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM PINR KNNP IR JA |
10TOKYO305 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 23:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO306 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/17/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 01:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO307 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Wednesday morning included President Obama's approval of the federal government's loan guarantee intended to underwrite the construction of two nuclear power plants in Burke County, Georgia. 2. "U.S., China Looking for New Approaches to Each Other" Concerning th [...] | 2010-02-17 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO315 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/18/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO317 | MINISTER HARAGUCHI RAISES POSTAL REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Kazuhiro Haraguchi said the Japan Post group companies need freedom of management in the face of losses and decreasing deposits. He said the organization would be reorganized from three to fi [...] | 2010-02-18 03:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
10TOKYO318 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's one-on- one debates in the Diet on Wednesday with the leaders of the opposition parties. 2. "U.S. to Clearly Demonstrate Its Position of Attaching Importance to Human Rights" The business- or [...] | 2010-02-18 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO319 | JAPAN HOPES TOYOTA'S ILLS DO NOT DAMAGE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ does not want Toyota's recent problems to damage the U.S.-Japan relationship, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) Minister Seiji Maehara told the Ambassador February 10. Minister Maehara met the Ambassador to discuss Toyota's safety recalls [...] | 2010-02-18 04:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA |
10TOKYO325 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 01:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO326 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Friday morning included the announcement on Thursday by the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that it has formally asked the president of Toyota to testify at a hearing on February 24. 2. "China Appears Ready to Take Retaliatory Actio [...] | 2010-02-19 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO328 | RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. On January 20, Econoff conducted a site visit and met with Mr. Tsuneo TAKEDA, President of Sky Trading Co., Ltd. Takeda produced documentation (Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) receipts) to verify the following eight [...] | 2010-02-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
10TOKYO332 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-21 23:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO334 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy Japan proposes three seed grants to a total of two Japanese NGOs, and one Japan-based educational institute, to assist the implementation of new programs that promote women's political, economic, and social advancement in developing countries. Each of the grantees selected has a s [...] | 2010-02-21 23:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY |
10TOKYO335 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO336 | CODEL WEBB HEARS JAPANESE VIEWS ON ALLIANCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Webb listened to Japanese views on the importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Futenma relocation issue during meetings with GOJ officials February 15 in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Okada, Defense Minister Kitazawa, Cabinet and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) officials [...] | 2010-02-22 01:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC KOCI MARR JA CH BM |
10TOKYO337 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to a former vice governor's victory in Sunday's gubernatorial election in Nagasaki. 2. "Friction Should Not Negatively Affect Cooperative Relationship between U.S. and China" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/22): "Fric [...] | 2010-02-22 02:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO338 | AMBASSADOR MARANTIS SEEKS GREATER TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis called on senior Government of Japan (GOJ) political and career-level counterparts to work closely and quickly with the USG to prevent protracted trade irritants related to beef, autos, and Japan Post privatization from becom [...] | 2010-02-22 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA |
10TOKYO341 | IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER LARIJANI FEBRUARY 23-27 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani will visit Japan February 23-27 at the invitation of Diet Lower House Speaker Takahiro Yokomichi. Larijani will be in Tokyo through February 26 before traveling to Nagasaki on February 27. M [...] | 2010-02-22 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR JA |
10TOKYO342 | JAPANESE REVISIONS TO G8 NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Japan has offered a set of revisions to the draft G8 Foreign Ministers' Statement recently proposed by Canada at the G8 Nonproliferation Director's Group. Japan thinks the text is a good start but is too general and needs to be sharpened, including by making more specific references to [...] | 2010-02-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PUNE JA |
10TOKYO343 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 23:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO344 | JAPANESE COMMENTS ON NUCLEAR ENERGY ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is in the pre-negotiation stages for a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Vietnam, according to MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Takatoshi Mori. Mori, who had called a meeting on February 17 to ask about the U [...] | 2010-02-22 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG VM JA |
10TOKYO345 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 855 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 00:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO346 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 857 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 00:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO347 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 860 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 00:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO348 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 862 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 00:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO35 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO350 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO351 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Toyota's revelation on Monday that it has received a grand jury subpoena from the Southern District Court of New York concerning its recent recalls. 2. "Japan Must Make Maximum Efforts to Persuade Iran to Accept IAEA [...] | 2010-02-23 02:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO354 | SRI LANKA -- ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CE JA |
10TOKYO356 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 863 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO358 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO36 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ANTI-TERROR MEASURES IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top coverage to the resignation of Finance Minister Fujii, adding that Deputy Prime Minister Kan has been chosen to take over Fujii's portfolio. 2. "President Obama Enraged at Failure of Intelligence Community" On President Obama's press confer [...] | 2010-01-07 02:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO362 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, IRAN, AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included Monday's start of a congressional hearing on the Toyota recalls. 2. "China Monitoring Domestic Public Opinion" The business-oriented Nikkei wrote from Beijing (2/24): "A formal decision by the Chinese on retaliatory measures against the [...] | 2010-02-24 04:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO363 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/24/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO364 | IRANIAN SPEAKER LARIJANI'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (S) On February 24, Embassy Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Second Middle East Division Deputy Director Kenji Enoshita urging that Japan continue to stand with the United States in pressing Iran to comply with its UNSC, NPT, and IAEA obligations. Poloff also raised U.S. concerns rega [...] | 2010-02-24 07:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD IR JA |
10TOKYO365 | JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/R BOSWORTH + 2 [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/R Stephen Bosworth, Daniel Russel, and Jennifer Roque, for their February 26-27, 2010, visit to Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: ( [...] | 2010-02-24 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL ASEC CN KN KS JA |
10TOKYO366 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/24/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO367 | EXPLAINING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN RESEARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA |
10TOKYO374 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO375 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TOYOTA RECALLS [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to a Congressional hearing that started on Wednesday morning to examine Toyota's recent recalls. 2. "Calm and Fair Treatment Needed at Congressional Hearing on Toyota" The conservative Sankei editorialized (2/25): "It c [...] | 2010-02-25 01:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO379 | GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (U) Embassy Poloff met February 25 with MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Division's Tomoko Onishi to urge that Japan not support a Palestinian-drafted UN General Assembly resolution on the Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) that is expec [...] | 2010-02-25 06:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IS KPAL JA |
10TOKYO380 | USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Drawing on points in reftel, Embassy Poloff met February 25 with MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Division's Tomoko Onishi to review U.S. goals for the March session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Prefacing her comments with the caveat that Japan's positions for the HRC session r [...] | 2010-02-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN JA |
10TOKYO381 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO382 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD) [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu and his staffer Shoko Haruki February 22. Umetsu expressed interest in the proposed supplemental activities, but said MOFA would need som [...] | 2010-02-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL JA |
10TOKYO384 | DPJ'S SATOSHI ARAI SUGGESTS MAJOR U.S. - JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Satoshi Arai suggested that to counteract perceptions of bilateral tension from Futenma and Toyota issues, the U.S. and Japan should collaborate on major clean-technology projects perhaps in Asia. The [...] | 2010-02-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG JA PINR PREL SENV |
10TOKYO386 | FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS NO NEW OFFER MADE TO LARIJANI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR JA |
10TOKYO387 | JAPANESE COMMENTS ON SYRIAN ISSUE AT MARCH IAEA [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division official responsible for Syrian issues Yosuko Nagata on February 25. Nagata agreed about the importance of the latest International Atomic En [...] | 2010-02-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA SY JA |
10TOKYO388 | Telecommunications Policy Officer - Japan [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON JA |
10TOKYO389 | AUSTR CUTLER SHARES JAPAN POST CONCERNS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) Wendy Cutler raised USG concerns with the GOJ's draft outline on postal reform legislation with Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister for Financial Services and Postal Reform Kouhei Ohtsuka, a key architect beh [...] | 2010-02-26 02:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
10TOKYO39 | HATOYAMA CABINET APPROVES FY2010 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hatoyama Cabinet approved the central government's initial budget for FY2010 (April 2010 - March 2011) on December 25, clearing the way for its submission to the Diet. This is the first full budget formulated by the Hatoyama Administration since it came to power in September [...] | 2010-01-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN JA |
10TOKYO390 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 02:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO391 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SUDAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Friday morning included the repercussions of Toyota President Toyoda's congressional testimony and moves among the U.S., Japan, and other industrialized nations to establish a new international organ tasked with cracking down on tax havens. 2. "Momentum [...] | 2010-02-26 02:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO393 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo grants country clearance for the U.S. Delegation to attend the APEC SOM 1, and Related Meetings in Hiroshima, from February 21 to March 7, 2010. The following individuals will take part in the meetings on behalf of the United States. SOM I Meetings February 21 to February 2 [...] | 2010-02-26 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON APEC OTRA JA |
10TOKYO395 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO397 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: REPORTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to concerns raised in ref in meetings on February 26, senior Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officials confirmed the Japan Drilling Company (JDC) renewed contracts to supply two rigs in Iran's South Pars gas field in 2008 and 2009. They str [...] | 2010-02-28 23:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL JA |
10TOKYO40 | CHILD LABOR JAPAN: 2010 [...] (U) In interviews with government officials (Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare, Ministry of Justice, MOFA),International Organizations (ILO Office in Japan, IOM Japan),worker organizations (RENGO),and academics and NGOs involved in Child Labor issues (JNATIP, ECPAT),Embassy Tokyo has di [...] | 2010-01-07 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KTIP JA |
10TOKYO41 | ENGAGING JAPAN IN 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL JA |
10TOKYO42 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO43 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO44 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - YEMEN AND U.S. POLICY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included Thursday's press remarks by the new Finance Minister Kan, who said that efforts will be made in coordination with the Bank of Japan to bring the yen to a lower level. 2. "Look at Realities of Terrorism" The conservative Sankei editoriali [...] | 2010-01-08 02:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO5 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS AND NUCLEAR [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave front-page play to a GOJ decision on Sunday to double the credit line to be provided by the state-owned Development Bank of Japan to struggling Japan Airlines. 2. "Rebuild U.S.-Japan Alliance" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized [...] | 2010-01-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO51 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO52 | ADVISOR TO PM HATOYAMA SAYS U.S. SHOULD "STAY THE [...] (C) Summary: While the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders do not have the same level of understanding of the U.S.-Japan Alliance as previous Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administrations, they are learning quickly of its importance, former MOFA official and prominent security analyst Y [...] | 2010-01-10 23:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR JA |
10TOKYO54 | VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER YABUNAKA BRIEFS PRIME [...] (C) Summary. VFM Yabunaka told Ambassador Roos January 8 he had briefed PM Hatoyama and CCS Hirano on the results of his Washington trip, telling the PM he had his work cut out for him in ""reconstructing"" confidence with President Obama. The PM is considering trying to reach a decision on th [...] | 2010-01-11 07:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MARR JA |
10TOKYO55 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO56 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the state-backed turnaround body's reconstruction plans for ailing Japan Airlines. 2. "Host Nation Support Is Necessary Spending" The moderate Yomiuri stated in an editorial (1/11): "It makes sense to review Japan's host nation support fo [...] | 2010-01-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO60 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the state-backed turnaround body's reconstruction plans for ailing Japan Airlines. 2. "Host Nation Support Is Necessary Spending" The moderate Yomiuri stated in an editorial (1/11): "It makes sense to review Japan's host nation support fo [...] | 2010-01-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO61 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO64 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 856 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 00:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
10TOKYO65 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/12/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 03:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO66 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 03:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER JA |
10TOKYO68 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - YEMEN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Tuesday morning included a meeting on Monday among senior officials from the GOJ and the ruling DPJ, during which the participants agreed to double the number of advisers to the prime minister. 2. "Yemen Must Not Become Safe Haven for Terrorists" The lib [...] | 2010-01-12 04:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO70 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/12/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO74 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/13/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO76 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND WAR ON [...] LEAD STORIES: Several broadcasters on Wednesday morning gave top coverage to the meeting in Honolulu between Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Okada on Tuesday, during which they reportedly affirmed the start of a bilateral process to deepen the alliance. 2. "'Reckless Intent [...] | 2010-01-13 02:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO77 | GOJ ADOPTS LONG-TERM GROWTH STRATEGY BLUEPRINT [...] (SBU) Summary: Stung by the common critique that it has focused excessively on income redistribution without a broader vision for economic growth, the Hatoyama Cabinet adopted the blueprint of a long-term growth strategy on December 30. Entitled "Toward a Shining Japan," the strategy criticiz [...] | 2010-01-13 02:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA |
10TOKYO78 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/13/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO79 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/14/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 01:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO82 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN FOREIGN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent top coverage to yesterday's search by prosecutors of the offices of DPJ Secretary General Ozawa over alleged accounting irregularities in connection with a questionable land purchase made in 2004 by Ozawa's fund management organization. [...] | 2010-01-14 03:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO84 | ENCOURAGING SENIOR-LEVEL PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF JA |
10TOKYO86 | JAPAN: NOT CONSIDERING DOMESTIC INITIATIVES TIED [...] (C) As part of its preparations for the April Nuclear Security Summit to be held in Washington, the GOJ is considering a package of activities related to international cooperation on nuclear security, but is not considering any domestic security initiatives, according to Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2010-01-14 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PGOV ENRG PARM JA |
10TOKYO88 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/14/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO9 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO91 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO93 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN'S REFUELING [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the aftermath of the powerful earthquake in Haiti. 2. "Japan Should Consider Alternative Personnel Contributions" The moderate Yomiuri argued in an editorial (1/15): "It will be necessary for the global community to co [...] | 2010-01-15 02:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
10TOKYO94 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/15/10 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
10TOKYO95 | DEFMIN KITAZAWA: GOJ UNABLE TO MAKE PROMISES ON REALIGNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 09:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
10TOKYO96 | JAPANESE MEDIA REACTION TO TALKS BETWEEN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-18 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL PINR JA |
10TOKYO97 | DPJ'S YAMAOKA - FUTENMA PLANS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Yamaoka Kenji stressed repeatedly during a January 14 meeting with visiting Senators Daniel Inouye and Thad Cochran that the plans for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) had not been implemented in the past 13 year [...] | 2010-01-18 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR JA |
10TOKYO98 | DPJ'S YAMAOKA - FUTENMA PLANS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Yamaoka Kenji stressed repeatedly during a January 14 meeting with visiting Senators Daniel Inouye and Thad Cochran that the plans for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) had not been implemented in the past 13 year [...] | 2010-01-18 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR JA |
10TOKYO99 | DPJ'S YAMAOKA - FUTENMA PLANS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Kenji Yamaoka stressed repeatedly during a January 14 meeting with visiting Senators Daniel Inouye and Thad Cochran that the plans for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) had not been implemented in the past 13 year [...] | 2010-01-18 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR JA |
10TORONTO18 | Ontario Moves Ahead With DRIC Construction Projects [...] (SBU) Following the December 3, 2009 approval of the federal environmental assessment by the GOC, Ontario moved ahead with the province's portion of the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) that will expand the busiest trade corridor between the United States and Canada. On December 29, [...] | 2010-01-11 18:29:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KHLS PGOV CA |
10TORONTO38 | "LIFE SENTENCE" FOR "TORONTO 18" RINGLEADER PERMITS PAROLE [...] (U) Summary. Canadian courts have sentenced one key participant in the "Toronto 18" terror plot to life imprisonment and another to twelve years, but they will be eligible for parole in 2016 and 2011, respectively, partly due to Canadian sentencing policies that give double credit for pretrial [...] | 2010-01-19 16:42:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PGOV CA |
10TORONTO5 | Ambassador Jacobson on Trade, Border, Security, IPR, in [...] (U) Illinois Trade Rep for Canada Jeffrey Johnson briefed the Ambassador January 18 on his state's business promotion plans for 2010, following a strong decline in trade in 2009. The Ambassador raised the idea of featuring Illinois at this year's Independence Day celebration and Johnson react [...] | 2010-02-01 19:29:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ASEC PGOV CA |
10TORONTO54 | ANOTHER LIGHT SENTENCE TO SET FREE "TORONTO 18" CONSPIRATOR [...] (U) Twenty-three-year-old Amin Mohamed Durrani pled guilty to participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots and was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on January 20, two days after the group's ringleader was sentenced to life in prison. However, with double credit for time served in pretrial de [...] | 2010-01-20 20:33:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR CA |
10TORONTO58 | Korean Consortium Hits Green Energy Gold [...] (U) On January 21, Ontario announced a landmark C$7 billion deal to develop 2,500 megawatts (MW) of wind (2,000 MW) and solar (500 MW) power projects at highly-subsidized rates. The winner of the award is a Korean consortium led by Samsung Corporation and the Korean Electric Power Corporation. [...] | 2010-01-21 19:39:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EINV SENV CA |
10TORONTO62 | SEVENTH CONVICTION IN "TORONTO 18" PLOT [...] (U) Thirty-four-year-old Shareef Abdelhaleem was found guilty on January 21 of participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots. Abdelhaleem was found guilty of knowingly participating in a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion that was likely to cause serious bodily harm or death. [...] | 2010-01-22 16:14:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR CA |
10TORONTO7 | Ignatieff's COS Donolo on Elections, U.S., IPR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff's Chief of Staff Peter Donolo told CG January 22 that PM Harper would likely push for Fall elections now that his "heavy-handed" prorogue of Parliament had backfired with the public and made Spring elections less attractive. He said tim [...] | 2010-02-02 21:07:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CA |
10TORONTO74 | Ontario Still Clarifying Domestic Content Rules for Feed-in [...] (SBU) A senior Ontario official told Post on January 29 that the Province's trade and cooperation agreement with Quebec, signed in September 2009, falls short of granting Quebec domestic status in Ontario. Contrary to speculation, Quebec-based companies applying for Ontario's FIT program are r [...] | 2010-02-01 19:15:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG SENV CA |
10TORONTO90 | Ontario's Deadline to Eliminate Trash Shipments to Michigan [...] (SBU) Summary: It is unclear whether Ontario will meet its 2006 commitment to phase out shipments of municipal trash to Michigan by the end of 2010 (reftel). The Province has yet to release up-to-date figures for the last two years, despite assurances that the effort is on track. As part of [...] | 2010-02-08 21:36:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN SENV PGOV PREL CA US |
10TRIPOLI10 | LIBYA: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Libya is not considered to be an important financial sector in the Middle East and northern Africa. The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil and gas sector, which constitute practically all export earnings and over 70 percent of GDP. The combination of oil revenues and a [...] | 2010-01-10 11:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR LY |
10TRIPOLI100 | HEAD OF LIBYAN IMMIGRATION: U.S. BUSINESSMEN ARE WELCOME CLASSIFIED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CACS PBTS LY |
10TRIPOLI106 | TRIPOLI VISAS VIPER REPORT: JANUARY 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 08:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LY |
10TRIPOLI109 | TRIPOLI'S CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY [...] Summary: Post's Consular Section spent February 4 in observance of Embassy Tripoli's first-ever Consular Leadership Day, with the theme of "Practicing 360 Degree Diplomacy." Taking the time out from our usual schedule to focus on improving our outreach to the Libyan public and American ci [...] | 2010-02-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL LY CMGT |
10TRIPOLI110 | MUBARAK AND QADHAFI CONFER ON AL SUMMIT PLANNING, VISAS FOR EGYPTIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL KPAL KSUM EG LY |
10TRIPOLI112 | PROGRESS IN LIBYA-SWISS CASE: ONE BUSINESSMAN CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS LY SZ |
10TRIPOLI113 | SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI'S PALESTINIAN ADVENTURISM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a nod to his father's dream to serve as grand regional mediator, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi appears to be increasingly interested in helping to broker reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, possibly in hopes of achieving a compromise prior to the Libyan-hosted Arab League Sum [...] | 2010-02-10 08:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KISL KWBG KPAL IS LY |
10TRIPOLI114 | GOL FUNDING INCREASING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS IN U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CVIS LY OEXC |
10TRIPOLI115 | LIBYA INSISTS BALL IN U.S. COURT ON SCUD B ALTERNATIVE [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (S) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of Libya's Scud B destruction program, General Ahmed Azwai, insisted that the USG was mostly responsible for Libya's delayed fulfillment of Scud B destruction commitments. Azwai blamed [...] | 2010-02-11 15:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA LY |
10TRIPOLI116 | SHOKRI GHANEM OUTLINES PLANS FOR LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION REF: 09 TRIPOLI 862 TRIPOLI 00000116 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC),Shokri Ghanem, expressed support for improved Libya-U.S. relations, welcomed the upcoming U.S. Trade Mission, and explained his near-term goals for the NOC, which include plans for increasi [...] | 2010-02-11 16:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ECON LY EFIN |
10TRIPOLI133 | LIBYA SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION ON ASTRONOMY, SEISMOLOGY AND SATELLITES TRIPOLI 00000133 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 09:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA ETTC PINR LY |
10TRIPOLI134 | LIBYA MAKES GOOD ON THREAT TO DECLARE SCHENGEN VISA WAR REF: TRIPOLI 112 TRIPOLI 00000134 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 16:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY |
10TRIPOLI135 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref demarche to MFA Director of the International Organizations Department, Mehdi al-Mjribi, on February 10. Mjribi reiterated Libya's support of nuclear non-proliferation initiatives and said that all nations should commit to the principles expressed within the [...] | 2010-02-16 16:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IR UNSC LY |
10TRIPOLI136 | NEW HEAD OF LIBYAN PRIVATIZATION BOARD WELCOMES U.S. FIRMS REF: A) 09 TRIPOLI 925; B) 09 TRIPOLI 198; C) 09 TRIPOLI 437 TRIPOLI 00000136 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, the Ambassador briefed Jamal al-Lamushie, Secretary of the Privatization and Investment Board (PIB),on the upcoming U.S. Trade Mission and discussed the status of Libya's privatization efforts thus far. Al-Lamushie and his staff reiterated an interest in technical assi [...] | 2010-02-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR LY EINV ENRG |
10TRIPOLI137 | MEETING OF LIBYAN, ITALIAN AND MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTERS LIKELY TO LEAD TO RESOLUTION OF SCHENGEN VISA CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY SZ IT MT |
10TRIPOLI164 | EMBASSY TRIPOLI NOMINATIONS: MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM [...] (U) Embassy Tripoli's Public Affairs Section submits seven nominations for the summer 2010 MEPI Student Leaders Program. The candidates are, in rank order by Embassy preference: 1) Mr. Ahmed A A Albibas, 2) Ms. Aram A M Ellafi, 3) Mr. Ataher A Naas, 4) Ms. Mawada M B Elkilani, 5) Mr. Abdalla S [...] | 2010-02-23 11:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | XF LY PREL KPAO |
10TRIPOLI166 | HALF OF LIBYA'S HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET STILL UP FOR GRABS TRIPOLI 00000166 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 16:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ECIN EINV TNGD LY |
10TRIPOLI167 | LIBYA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR FULL MTCR MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On February 15, 2010, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the International Organizations Office at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs equivalen [...] | 2010-02-23 16:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM LY |
10TRIPOLI174 | TRIPOLI - CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] Embassy Tripoli completed our certification of consular management controls on February 28, 2010. Yael Lempert, A/DCM and Consular Chief (FS-01) has certified the successful completion of this management review. 2. The results of the review follow: A. Inventory Count and R [...] | 2010-02-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD LY |
10TRIPOLI18 | VISAS VIPER REPORT: NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Visas Viper committee met on January 4, 2010. DCM, POL/ECON, RAO, PAO, DAO, RSO, and CONS attended. 2. (S/NF) The following names were submitted. All are Libyan citizens. Derogatory information on the below individuals was submitted to us by the Libyan External Security Organization: [...] | 2010-01-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LY |
10TRIPOLI39 | LIBYA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Indicators: Transparency International: Libya is ranked 130 on the Corruption Perceptions Index. Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Ranking: 171 World Bank Doing Business: Libya is not ranked Millennium Challenge Corporation: Libya is not ranked OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. In [...] | 2010-01-14 17:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB LY EPET OPIC PREL USTR ECIN |
10TRIPOLI46 | AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES LIBYANS ON PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL NPT LY RF UK |
10TRIPOLI53 | NEW VISA RULES FOR BORDERING COUNTRIES LEAD TO EMPTY [...] (C) This week, Libya reportedly began enforcing legislation from 2009 requiring nationals from bordering states -- Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, and Tunisia -- to have valid work contracts with a Libyan employer or tourist visas issued at a Libyan diplomatic mission before entering the co [...] | 2010-01-20 05:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG LY |
10TRIPOLI56 | LIBYA SENDS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Waddat Sarrah of the Libyan MFA's Americas Department January 19, expressing appreciation for Libya's generous contribution of medical equipment and supplies, blankets, foodstuffs, and other relief materials, particularly since Libya does not ma [...] | 2010-01-20 11:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA LY |
10TRIPOLI57 | LIBYAN HEAD OF FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WELCOMES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the Libyan equivalent to a Ministry of Infrastructure reiterated Libya's past complaints that it had not been properly compensated for giving up Weapons of Mass Destruction and indicated that the "current environment" in the U [...] | 2010-01-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD LY |
10TRIPOLI58 | EUROPEAN DCM'S ON LIBYA ISSUES CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PINR PGOV CVIS XG SZ LY |
10TRIPOLI6 | LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING [...] (U) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the Arab League (AL) boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or crimi [...] | 2010-01-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN LY |
10TRIPOLI60 | LIBYA AGREES "IN PRINCIPLE" TO POLITICAL-MILITARY DIALOGUE REF: STATE 284 CLASSIFIED BY: Yael Lempert, A/DCM, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV LY |
10TRIPOLI62 | DARFUR REBEL GROUP MERGER IN KUFRA: MORE FANFARE THAN Derived from: DSCG 05-1, B,D [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD SU LY |
10TRIPOLI71 | WATCHING THE SECRETARY'S INTERNET FREEDOM SPEECH FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Tripoli assembled 40 prominent Libyan guests on January 21 to watch the Secretary's speech on Internet Freedom live over the Internet. Despite limited bandwidth, participants took part in a lively discussion covering a range of topics, such as government control of th [...] | 2010-01-25 15:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL LY |
10TRIPOLI72 | LIBYA REQUESTS FLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR RELIEF SUPPLIES TO [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) During a January 25 meeting with Pol/Econ chief, a representative of the Qadhafi International Charity and Development Foundation (QDF) requested immediate assistance to obtain flight clearances for a Libyan Boeing 747 plane, carryin [...] | 2010-01-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA LY |
10TRIPOLI73 | SWISS-LIBYAN WOES CONTINUE, NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 19 meeting, the Swiss Charge reported no progress in Switzerland's continued efforts -- via German mediation -- to resolve the situation of the two Swiss businessmen trapped in Libya, now residing in the Swiss Embassy. He believed the recent addition of a French l [...] | 2010-01-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
10TRIPOLI74 | STAFFDEL GROVE EXPLORES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 14:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM LY |
10TRIPOLI75 | LONG-TIME QADHAFI CONFIDANTE ELECTED HEAD OF GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV LY |
10TRIPOLI77 | EXPLORING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HEAD OF LIBYA'S PREMIER THINK TANK [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OEXC ECON ETTC SCUL TSPL PINR LY |
10TRIPOLI78 | SENIOR LIBYAN JUSTICE OFFICIAL: LESS TALK, MORE ACTION IS BEST TRIPOLI 00000078 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: Libya's Justice Minister-equivalent, Mustafa Mohammad Abduljalil, told the Ambassador on January 25 that as Libya opens its economy to other countries, it needs international assistance in developing its private sector and strengthening the commercial legal environment. The Ambassador [...] | 2010-01-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON CVIS PINR LY |
10TRIPOLI79 | TECHNOLOGY TO TOURISM: HEAD OF INVESTMENT AUTHORITY DISCUSSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. BUSINESS IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL ECON EFIN ECIN EINV EIND ETRD ETTC LY |
10TRIPOLI8 | KOREA SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH LIBYA CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Libya, Dong Hee Chang recently told the Ambassador that his country was interested in advancing its civil nuclear cooperation with Libya and wanted to know if the U.S. had any objections. He said [...] | 2010-01-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG |
10TRIPOLI82 | LIBYA'S DELEGATION TO THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) informed Post on January 27 that its delegation to the African Union summit to be held beginning January 30 in Addis Ababa would consist of: - Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi, Leader of the Revo [...] | 2010-01-31 10:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AU KSUM XA LY |
10TRIPOLI90 | LIBYA/NPT: FOLLOW-UP TRILATERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: A) STATE 7931; B) TRIPOLI 46; C) STATE 5942; D) STATE 4457 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL NPT LY RFE UK |
10TRIPOLI91 | SWISS SCORE IN LIBYA: HAMDANI CLEARED OF IMMIGRATION CHARGES REF: A) TRIPOLI 73; B) TRIPOLI 58 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
10TRIPOLI95 | QADHAFI CHILDREN SCANDALS SPILLING OVER INTO POLITICS [...] (S/NF) Summary. According to a local political observer XXXXXXXXXXXX the family has been in a tailspin lately, trying to put a stop to one rumor or another, in the name of defending the family's honor. From Mutassim al-Qadhafi's headline-grabbing St. Bart's New Year's Eve bash to Hannibal's lates [...] | 2010-02-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM LY |
10TRIPOLI96 | LIBYAN ATOMIC ENERGY HEAD ELABORATES ON FUNDING REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE CENTER REF: 09 TRIPOLI 886 TRIPOLI 00000096 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA PGOV LY |
10TRIPOLI99 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE TRIES, AND FAILS, TO RESIGN REF: A) 09 TRIPOLI 1021; B) 09 TRIPOLI 862 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
10TUNIS101 | TUNISIAN DEFENSE MINISTER GRIRA LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (C) In the course of a February 8 courtesy call on newly-appointed Defense Minister Grira, the Ambassador reviewed the historically close cooperation between the U.S. and Tunisian militaries; stressed the need to expand military engagement and cooperation in light of the threat posed by terror [...] | 2010-02-09 12:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL TS |
10TUNIS103 | TUNISIA: MINISTER OF TOURISM SETS A DATE FOR OPEN [...] (SBU) In a February 4 courtesy call, the Ambassador discussed Tunisia's tourism sector with Minister of Tourism Slim Tlatli. Tlatli reported that the Government of Tunisia (GOT) intends to sign an Open Skies agreement with the United States by November 2011. The Ambassador and the Minister a [...] | 2010-02-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EAIR PREL TS |
10TUNIS104 | TUNISIA: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES MINISTER [...] (SBU) In a February 5 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Communication Technologies Mohamed Naceur Ammar explained the central role of information and communications technology (ICT) in Tunisia's development strategy. The Minister made a pitch for greater U.S. investment in Tunisia' [...] | 2010-02-09 16:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PREL PINR TS |
10TUNIS105 | BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR TUNISIAN DEFENSE [...] (U) Tunisian Minister of Defense Ridha Grira was appointed to his post by President Ben Ali during the cabinet shuffle announced on January 14 (ref B). Grira has served in the cabinet since 1999, when he was appointed Minister of State Properties and Real Estate. Grira has been a senior GOT [...] | 2010-02-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MARR TS |
10TUNIS110 | PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF ADVISORS DEFENDS THE [...] (C) Abdallah Kallel, the President of the Council of Advisors, gave the Ambassador a practiced defense of the GOT's goals and development strategy. He argued for continued USG support for Tunisia based on shared political values and the shared goal of eliminating terrorism. He underlined the [...] | 2010-02-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TS |
10TUNIS113 | SENIOR GOT OFFICIAL CALLS FOR "NEW PAGE" IN U.S.-TUNISIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Saida Chtoui, one of two de facto deputy ministers in Tunisia´s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told visiting DAS Sanderson on January 26 that the U.S. and Tunisia "have a lot of work to do together," that Tunisia´s new Foreign Minister is "open minded," and that Tunisia wants to "b [...] | 2010-02-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP TS |
10TUNIS114 | TUNISIA: MINISTERS DISCUSS TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: During (separate) January 26 meetings with Commerce Minister Ridha Ben Mosbah and Development and International Cooperation Minister Mohamed Jouini, DAS Sanderson flagged the mid-February visit of a U.S. trade delegation and welcomed Tunisian interest in resuming TIFA discussion [...] | 2010-02-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL TS |
10TUNIS116 | TUNISIA: UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs four and five. ------------------- Science Envoy Visit ------------------- 2. (SBU) The Embassy continues to plan for the March 8-9 visit to Tunisia of U.S. Science Envoy Elias Zerhouni. Senior GOT officials have told the Ambassador [...] | 2010-02-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL TS |
10TUNIS122 | TUNISIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN'S BUSINESS [...] Summary: The Chambre Nationale des Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises (CNFCE) proposes to launch an innovative program that aims to accelerate women's socio-economic progress in Tunisia by improving opportunities for business development, promoting sustainable job creation, and expanding economic opp [...] | 2010-02-18 11:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO TRSY TS |
10TUNIS123 | TUNISIA: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Neither the Tunis offices of the IOM, UNHCR, or UNICEF, nor any local or international NGOs working in Tunisia, identified any specific instances of trafficking during the reporitng period. End summary. 2. (SBU) This cable responds to questions posed by the Department in re [...] | 2010-02-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN KMCA PHUM PREF SMIG |
10TUNIS134 | TUNISIA: U.S. TRADE DELEGATION'S SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) A U.S. business delegation of eight companies visited Tunisia February 14-16 before the Department of Commerce-led Executive Trade Mission to Algeria and Libya. Prominent U.S. firms, including Raytheon, Boeing, and Motorola, were among those in the group. The delegates met with minister [...] | 2010-02-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRN EINV TS |
10TUNIS135 | THE TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT'S CRACKDOWN ON STUDENTS [...] (C) A series of recent arrests and prosecutions of university student activists, some of whom are members of the independent student union, puts a spotlight on the GOT's attitude toward Tunisian youth. GOT officials justify their tight control of student activities as a defense against Islam [...] | 2010-02-22 13:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TS |
10TUNIS137 | TUNISIA INCREASES FINES FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (SBU) On February 19, Tunisian media reported that the Ministry of Interior had increased auto traffic fines for moving violations, including for speeding, driving without a safety belt, and using cell phones while driving. The fine for using a phone while driving increased from TD 20 (USD 14 [...] | 2010-02-22 17:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI TS |
10TUNIS144 | DEMARCHE TO TUNISIA ON LAKE UNICEF CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 16:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID UNICEF TS |
10TUNIS145 | TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, ARAB [...] (C) Foreign Minister Morjane told the Ambassador on February 23 that Tunisia remained committed to playing a constructive and moderating role in Middle East peace efforts. Morjane also discussed preparations for the Arab League summit set to be hosted by Libya in late March, noting the Libyan [...] | 2010-02-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PARM KPAL CASC IR IZ SY TS |
10TUNIS146 | TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) During a meeting largely devoted to regional issues (ref A),Foreign Minister Morjane told the Ambassador on February 23 he welcomed in principle the concept of a candid, detailed bilateral dialogue on human rights. Morjane acknowledged that some western governments appeared unimpressed b [...] | 2010-02-23 17:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM TS |
10TUNIS15 | TUNISIAN PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (C) Fouad M'Bazaa, President of the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies, told the Ambassador January 8 that the Chamber will establish a new Tunisia-U.S. Caucus, probably in February. They discussed the evolution of the Parliament from a one party to a multi-party body over M'Bazaa's 12 year tenure an [...] | 2010-01-11 17:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TS |
10TUNIS152 | TUNISIA-CHINA RELATIONS MODEST, BUT TRADE TIES [...] (C) Chinese engagement in Tunisia is broad but not deep. Chinese assistance to Tunisia includes infrastructure projects and some training grants. The commercial relationship is growing but is not yet large. The last high level meeting we know of took place in November, 2009 when Zhai Jun, C [...] | 2010-02-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD MASS TS CN |
10TUNIS18 | FY 2010 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS: TUNISIA PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Tunisia is at a crossroads on biotechnology policy. Tunisian policymakers are aware of the potential for biotechnology to address chronic problems such as crop disease, weeds, and irregularity of rainfall. A draft law currently under consideration would establish a legal framework for th [...] | 2010-01-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO TS |
10TUNIS20 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BIZERTE: ECONOMIC RESILIENCE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on an American auto components manufacturing plant, the president of a government-run business park, and business leaders in Bizerte on January 12. The discussions centered on the effects of the economic crisis, the state of foreign investment, and pe [...] | 2010-01-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
10TUNIS22 | NOBEL LAUREATE JOSEPH STIGLITZ OFFERS GRIM [...] (SBU) During a visit hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB),2001 Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz gave a speech and met with Tunisian policymakers. He offered a pessimistic view of the prospects for global economic recovery in 2010 and suggested that the global recession may last throug [...] | 2010-01-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN XA TS |
10TUNIS23 | ONE U.S. COMPANY'S INVESTMENT SHEDS LIGHT ON [...] (SBU) Vistaprint, an American graphic design and printing company, inaugurated its offices in Tunis on January 13. Its investment is a textbook example of the kind of investment the GOT is seeking to target: a value-added, job-creating enterprise which can transfer technology and know-how to [...] | 2010-01-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
10TUNIS25 | TFHA01: GOT CONCERNED BY MISSING SRSG ANNABI, BEN [...] (SBU) During a January 14 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officers Mourad Belhassan and Hatem Landoulsi advised pol-econoffs that the GOT was deeply concerned for the welfare of Hedi Annabi, the distinguished Tunisian Diplomat serving as the Special Representative of the Sec [...] | 2010-01-14 16:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO TU |
10TUNIS26 | APPOINTMENT OF NEW TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAY [...] (C) Summary: On the afternoon of January 14, TAP, the official Tunisian press agency, announced the long-awaited shuffle of President Ben Ali's cabinet. The most significant appointment is that of Kamel Morjane, previously the Defense Minister, to the post of Foreign Minister. Oussama Romdha [...] | 2010-01-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
10TUNIS33 | TUNISIA: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV TS |
10TUNIS34 | BEN ALI'S JANUARY 14 CABINET SHUFFLE IS A NOD TO [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph four. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The main feature of President Ben Ali's January 14 shuffle of his cabinet is continuity, combined with an apparent intent to recalibrate (to what extent remains unclear) Tunisia's relationship with [...] | 2010-01-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR TU |
10TUNIS35 | CAIRO SPEECH IMPLEMENTATION: EMBASSY TUNIS UPDATE [...] (C) Tunisia is on track to send five participants to the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, and Embassy Tunis will participate in additional entrepreneurship-related events in the lead-up to the Summit. Embassy Tunis looks forward to the planned March visit of Science Envoy Dr. Elias Ze [...] | 2010-01-15 16:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON KPAO PREL SOCI TSPL TS |
10TUNIS36 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR NEW TUNISIAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) This cable contains biographic highlights for the Ministers named in President Ben Ali's January 14 Cabinet shuffle. Out of 27 total cabinet ministers, there are six new names and six have been rotated from one cabinet position to another. Eight ministers were dismissed from the Cabinet. [...] | 2010-01-15 17:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR TS |
10TUNIS37 | TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS |
10TUNIS40 | MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION ON OPEN SKIES, MARITIME [...] (SBU) In a January 19 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Abderrahim Zouari confirmed Tunisia's willingness to negotiate an Open Skies Agreement, proposed signing a bilateral maritime cooperation agreement, and agreed in principle to host a port visit by the U.S. Coast [...] | 2010-01-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
10TUNIS43 | TUNISIA: AMBASSADOR PUSHES CARTHAGE ON SCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPL TS |
10TUNIS44 | TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU HA |
10TUNIS45 | TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU HA |
10TUNIS46 | TFHA01: TUNISIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tunisian coverage of the Haitian earthquake and ensuing humanitarian crisis has been limited and essentially moderate in tone, with some coverage of international criticism of the U.S. government's response to the ongoing situation in Haiti. The Ambassador paid a call on the wel [...] | 2010-01-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA TU |
10TUNIS51 | REVISED TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 13:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS |
10TUNIS53 | SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON INTERNET FREEDOMS PROVOKES LIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's January 22 speech on Internet freedom was well-regarded by Tunisian contacts, though it did not receive any coverage in the official press, given government oversight and censorship of Tunisian media. Discussions following Embassy-sponsored speech viewing pa [...] | 2010-01-22 17:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP TS |
10TUNIS54 | TUNISIAN OFFICIALS APPARENTLY FLEXIBLE ON FULBRIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-appointed Minister of Higher Education and the Secretary of State for the Americas told NEA DAS Wittes (in separate meetings on January 21) that the GOT views the Fulbright program as being extremely important to Tunisia's development. We noted an apparent new willin [...] | 2010-01-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL TS |
10TUNIS55 | SENIOR TUNISIANS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In January 21 meetings with the Minister of Communications, the Minister of Higher Education, and a senior MFA official, NEA DAS Wittes underlined the USG's interest in stepping up bilateral collaboration on science and technology, previewing the prospective March visit of Scie [...] | 2010-01-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TSPL TS |
10TUNIS57 | TUNISIA PROPOSAL FOR BFIF FUNDS [...] (U) Tunisia's economy is largely focused on trade with Europe, with U.S. exports at only $502 million in 2008 (8th after France, Italy, and Libya). Tunisian businesspeople, trade organizations, and chambers of commerce often cite lack of information about how to invest and trade with the Unite [...] | 2010-01-25 13:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO |
10TUNIS58 | FOREIGN MINISTER MORJANE TO HEAD TUNISIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC XA TS |
10TUNIS60 | AFRICOM DEPUTY MEETS NEW TUNISIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Africa Command,s Deputy to the Commander for Civil Military Activities (DCMA),Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, met new Tunisian Minister of National Defense Ridha Grira on January 21, one week after the latter,s appointment. The new minister was friendly and emphasized the [...] | 2010-01-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TS |
10TUNIS61 | DAS WITTES RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: In (separate) January 21 meetings with Communications Minister Romdhani and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Saida Chtoui, visiting NEA DAS Tamara Wittes cautioned that Washington remained focused on Tunisia's human rights record, and particularly the GOT's recent c [...] | 2010-01-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TS |
10TUNIS64 | TFHA01: TUNISIA ANNOUNCES ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TS HA |
10TUNIS66 | SENIOR TUNISIAN OFFICIALS ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, [...] (C) In a January 26 courtesy call on Abdelhafidh El Herguem, Secretary of State for Arab and African Affairs at the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador highlighted the USG's sustained efforts to revive Middle East peace talks. El Herguem said that Tunisia was closely followin [...] | 2010-01-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ TS |
10TUNIS69 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, visited Tunisia January 22-26, the first such visit since 1999. At the conclusion of his visit, he told the Ambassador and other foreign diplomats that he had r [...] | 2010-01-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL TS |
10TUNIS71 | TUNISIA: LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN RULING PARTY, [...] (C) Summary: On January 26, the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) announced a new line-up for its politburo, switching out its female member and expanding its membership from nine to ten to make room for Kamel Morjane, recently appointed Foreign Minister. Meanwhile, a senior Inter [...] | 2010-01-29 12:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TS |
10TUNIS74 | TUNISIA WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (C) On January 29, the Ambassador raised the Copenhagen Accord with Minister of Environment Nadhir Hamada, reiterating the request made on January 15 (ref A) for Tunisia to associate itself with the Accord. Hamada replied that due to Tunisia's desire to coordinate its response with other coun [...] | 2010-01-29 17:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV PREL TS |
10TUNIS8 | TUNISIA'S ACTING MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS SUGGESTS "FRANK AND UNINHIBITED DISCUSSIONS" TO IMPROVE THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Acting Minister of Communications Oussama Romdhani told the Ambassador on January 5 that although the U.S. and Tunisia have had a strong bilateral relationship for a long time, it had become "more uneven over the last decade." Romdhani, who served for nearly fifteen years at the Tunisian E [...] | 2010-01-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUMHUPPS KDEM TSPL TS PHUM |
10TUNIS81 | TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29 [...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...] | 2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL TS |
10TUNIS82 | TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29 [...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...] | 2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL TS |
10TUNIS83 | TUNISIAN MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY ON [...] (SBU) On January 28, the Ambassador called on Minister of Industry and Technology Mohamed Afif Chelbi, the minister also in charge of energy and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Chelbi was enthusiastic about the forthcoming memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Small Business [...] | 2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
10TUNIS84 | CODEL LYNCH ENGAGES TUNISIAN MFA ON INTERNET [...] (C) A congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and including Representatives Joe Donnelly (D-IN),Betty Sutton (D-OH),Bob Inglis (R-SC),and Todd Platts (D-PA) visited Tunisia January 31 - February 2. In a February 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretar [...] | 2010-02-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PTER MASS KTFN TS |
10TUNIS85 | POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM THE GOT REPRESENT [...] (C) In the past six weeks, the Tunisian government has been signalling, with some consistency, that it would like to warm and energize its relationship with the U.S. A series of USG visitors, including, most recently, NEA DASes Sanderson and Wittes, Deputy AFRICOM Commander Holmes, and CODEL L [...] | 2010-02-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SENV KWMN TS |
10TUNIS87 | TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) The GOT has displaced a critic from his position as head of Tunisia's leading private university, a move perceived as retaliation for his recent book accusing the Ben Ali government and the First Lady's family of corruption and abuse of power. On January 30, a court rejected the appeal o [...] | 2010-02-03 17:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TS |
10TUNIS9 | BULGARIAN INTEREST IN THE SITUATION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Bulgarian Ambassador to Tunisia Doykov called on the U.S. Ambassador on January 6 to discuss the situation in Yemen. Drawing on the helpful points provided by NEA, Ambassador Gray briefed his Bulgarian counterpart on our assessment of the situation there and on possible next steps. The B [...] | 2010-01-07 16:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YE BU TS |
10TUNIS93 | CLIMATE CHANGE: TUNISIA AND THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV PREL TS |
10TUNIS97 | TUNISIA: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR REPORT [...] (SBU) In 2009, there were no significant changes in the Government of Tunisia's efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor. The information on Tunisia in the Department of Labor's 2008 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor remains accurate, to the best of Post's knowledge. UNICEF's [...] | 2010-02-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI TS |
10TUNIS98 | TUNISIA: MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT OPEN TO [...] (C) In a January 29 courtesy call, the Ambassador and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Nadhir Hamada discussed science and technology (S&T) cooperation, the United Nations Climate Change Conference and the Copenhagen Accord, as well as the upcoming visit of Science Envoy Dr. [...] | 2010-02-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL KGHG TS |
10ULAANBAATAR15 | 2010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR |
10ULAANBAATAR16 | 2010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR |
10ULAANBAATAR17 | 2010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR |
10ULAANBAATAR27 | 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 1 of 3 [...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 1, contains sections A.1 through A.3. See septels for sections A.5-A.16. A.1 OPENNESS OF GOVERNMENT TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT In its specific policies, laws, and general attitude, the Government of [...] | 2010-01-27 07:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG |
10ULAANBAATAR28 | 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 2 of 3 [...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 2, contains sections A.5 through A.9. See septels for sections A.1-A.4 and A.10-A.16. A.5 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES Mongolia imposes few performance requirements on, and offers few [...] | 2010-01-27 08:10:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG |
10ULAANBAATAR29 | 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 3 of 3 [...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 3, contains sections A.10 through A.16. See septels for sections A.1-A.9 A.10 Competition from State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Mongolia passed and implemented a competition law applying to forei [...] | 2010-01-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG |
10ULAANBAATAR36 | Consular Outreach Initiative in Mongolia Pays Off, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A close review of consular statistics from Mongolia for the last three years suggests that post's Consular outreach efforts have achieved good results. The program, launched in 2008, helped shape a higher quality applicant pool, increased awareness about legal avenues for immig [...] | 2010-02-05 08:01:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT KFRD OPRC XE MG |
10ULAANBAATAR38 | Mongolia's Failed Uranium Mining Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, 2010, Canadian uranium exploration company Khan Resources (KR) announced its intent to accept an offer from the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to buy controlling interest in KR through the purchase of shares. If consummated, CNNC's buyout would give [...] | 2010-02-09 04:30:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
10ULAANBAATAR48 | PRESIDENT ELBEGDORJ DISCUSSES PRIORITIES FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: On February 19, President Elbegdorj met with the Ambassador to discuss his anticipated travel to the United States in May and to cover key bilateral issues prior to our annual bilateral talks, which will take place in Washington on February 26. Elbegdorj seeks to have a Transpare [...] | 2010-02-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EMIN EINV MARR ENRG MG |
10ULAANBAATAR51 | ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANSF TRAINERS [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with PM Batbold and President Elbegdorj, the Ambassador expressed appreciation for the role Mongolian forces have continued to play in Afghanistan and covered reftel demarche points on the need for additional trainers. The PM expressed interest in the idea a [...] | 2010-02-22 08:30:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NATO |
10ULAANBAATAR53 | PARTISAN FUNDRAISING NETWORKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The General Election Commission's (GEC) documentation of political contributions for the 2008 parliamentary election offers insight into the commercial sector and the types of individuals who support each political party. The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) appears [...] | 2010-02-23 08:10:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SOCI MG |
10ULAANBAATAR54 | AERO MONGOLIA: UNION BUSTING, STATE COMPLICITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A labor strike at domestic carrier Aero Mongolia raises new concerns about the deficiencies of law enforcement and the political influence of corporations. Exercising their legal right, all 70 employees of Aero Mongolia organized a trade union in the fall of 2008 and registered it [...] | 2010-02-23 08:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM SMIG EAIR PGOV PREL MG |
10ULAANBAATAR55 | IRGC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post deliverd reftel demarche with non-paper on February 24 to A. Ariun, Attache of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She offered no substantive response but promised to read the document. HILL [...] | 2010-02-25 03:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN MG |
10ULAANBAATAR61 | Competition for MPRP Chairmanship Intensifies; Coalition at [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Various members of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) Steering Council are pushing to set a date for a party conference where a new leader would be chosen to succeed the ailing S. Bayar. Bayar's prolonged illness and ongoing treatment in Seattle has put party work [...] | 2010-02-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MG |
10UNESCOPARISFR148 | SERBIAN AMBASSADOR COURTESY CALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbia's new ambassador to UNESCO, Dr. Zorica TOMIC, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Killion today, 8 February, at the US Mission offices. Tomic wasted no time in hitting her number one issue, World Heritage sites in Kosovo, and asked that the United States support Serbian e [...] | 2010-02-08 14:56:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO YI |
10UNESCOPARISFR165 | UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S INFORMATION SESSION [...] Summary: At UNESCO Director-General Bokova's first information session for member states on February 4, the Director-General reiterated her intention to protect cultural property in Haiti and help rebuild that country's educational system. Bokova also reaffirmed her intention to work on girl [...] | 2010-02-11 14:47:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNESCO SCUL SENV AORC HA |
10UNESCOPARISFR187 | HAITI EARTHQUAKE: UNESCO MEETING ON SAVING HAITI'S [...] Summary. UNESCO, February 16, convened a meeting to bring together Haitian government officials, representatives of museums and cultural experts and representatives of other UNESCO member states to discuss the impact of the January 12 earthquake on Haiti's cultural heritage. The Haitian Minist [...] | 2010-02-17 17:19:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO |
10UNESCOPARISFR197 | HAITI EARTHQUAKE: DISCUSSION WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] Ambassador met UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova February 19 to review issues stemming from the Haiti earthquake. Bokova began by discussing her plans to visit Haiti March 9-10. She said she planned to visit cultural sites on March 9 (accompanied by the Canadian Governor),spend the night [...] | 2010-02-19 16:36:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO |
10UNESCOPARISFR226 | FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Covering a wide range of subjects, Israel's new ambassador to UNESCO and the OECD, Nimrod BARKAN, said that his main goal at UNESCO is to integrate Israel into the organization by sharing its technical expertise, and keep it from being seen as a one issue country in connection [...] | 2010-02-24 16:54:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO IS |
10UNESCOPARISFR231 | ELECTORAL GROUP ONE MEETING RAISES THORNY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The first Electoral Group I meeting of the year raised several issues that have the potential to complicate Director-General Bokova's agenda at UNESCO. Another unexpected problem for the U.S. also popped up with Turkey announcing its intention to run for the Executive Board. T [...] | 2010-02-25 12:58:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO IS |
10UNESCOPARISFR51 | TFHA01 UNESCO STAFF IN HAITI [...] (U) UNESCO has set up a task force to deal with the crisis in Haiti and to determine the well being of its 14 person staff in Port au Prince. As of last evening, all four members of UNESCO's international staff in Haiti were accounted for - safe and sound: one Italian, one French, one from Ivo [...] | 2010-01-14 15:33:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AORC EAID UNESCO HA |
10UNESCOPARISFR87 | UNESCO ASKS US TO PROTECT HAITI'S MUSEUMS [...] Summary. UNESCO contacted U.S. Mission UNESCO and the Department, January 25, seeking help to protect and preserve Haiti's cultural artifacts. Citing the large U.S. military presence in Haiti, the UNESCO Culture Section asked whether some U.S. troops could be deployed to protect cultural sit [...] | 2010-01-27 07:41:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO SCUL HA PREL UNESCO |
10UNROME1 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SOMALIA REFUGEE OUTFLOWS PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, between January 7 and 8, USUN-Rome contacted World Food Program (WFP) Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla to obtain the latest pipeline information on WFP Protracted Relief [...] | 2010-01-08 17:40:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP SO EAID EFIN UNHCR PREF |
10UNROME10 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On January 29, WFP reported to the Mission that: -- There were no security incidents reported against WFP staff or implementing partners during the January 25-29 period. -- WFP has no intention to res [...] | 2010-01-29 16:59:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
10UNROME11 | NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF OPERATIONS AT FAO DESCRIBES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During an introductory meeting on January 29, FAO's new Deputy Director General (DDG) of Operations, He Changchui, described to the Ambassador his work priorities [...] | 2010-02-01 17:26:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR ECON EAID FAO UN KBIO |
10UNROME12 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 2, WFP reported that artillery/mortar exchanges between militants and the TFG over the weekend in Mogadishu did not impact WFP operations as there was no shelling in the vicinity of the port w [...] | 2010-02-02 18:21:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
10UNROME14 | INVESTING IN FOOD SECURITY: EXPERTS ADDRESS RESPONSIBLE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 24, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),and the International Fund for Agricultural Investment ( [...] | 2010-02-04 22:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EINV ECON ETRD PREL UN FAO |
10UNROME15 | 131ST SESSION OF THE FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE - WFP MATTERS [...] On February 1, the 131st session of the FAO Finance Committee, of which the U.S. is a member, discussed a number of budgetary and financial matters of the World Food Program which will be presented to the First Session of the WFP Executive Board February 8 through 11. The Committee discussed [...] | 2010-02-05 18:36:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP FAO PREL UN EAID EAGR |
10UNROME17 | MISSION STRATEGY TO INCREASE U.S. EMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTE [...] In our ongoing effort to increase U.S. employment and promote gender parity at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Mission requested a meeting with the FAO Human Resource (HR) Director, Tony Alonzi. Alonzi briefed Mission officers on efforts to increase U.S. geographic representat [...] | 2010-02-12 08:39:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER FAO |
10UNROME18 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) WFP continues to express concerns over intensified fighting and shelling in Mogadishu. Although not targeted, WFP fears spillover into the port area where WFP is currently operating its feeding operation [...] | 2010-02-16 17:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
10UNROME19 | USUN ROME CO-HOSTS HIGH LEVEL FOOD SECURITY EVENT ON HAITI [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, joined by the Haitian and Brazilian Missions, co-hosted a high-level meeting `Supporting a Haitian-Led Food Security P [...] | 2010-02-17 11:25:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR PREL HA |
10UNROME20 | COUNSELOR MILLS DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS IN GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On February 12, Cheryl Mills, Secretary Clinton's Chief of Staff and Counselor, discussed next steps on food security issues with key interlocutors on the margin [...] | 2010-02-17 11:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR PREL HA |
10UNROME23 | HAITI: FEEDING HAITIANS: SEEDS FOR SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the first days after the earthquake in Haiti, there has been concern - and considerable confusion - regarding the need for internationally sourced seed to meet the needs of the upcoming planting season. Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Development [...] | 2010-02-19 17:52:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR HA BTIO |
10UNROME25 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010 FIRST REGULAR [...] The 2010 First Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board was held in Rome from February 8-11. Highlights from the session included: the election of a new Executive Board Bureau, an update on Haiti, guest speakers OCHA Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes and economist Jeffrey Sachs, and a [...] | 2010-02-23 15:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
10UNROME26 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 23, WFP disseminated its latest situation report. The text is pasted in its entirety below: BEGIN REPORT "WFP Somalia Operations Situation As of February 22, 2010 Summary Update -- W [...] | 2010-02-23 17:52:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF |
10UNROME28 | CHINA'S GROWING ROLE AT ROME-BASED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request for information on China's emerging role in Africa, USUN Rome notes that in recent years China has increased its contribution to, and infl [...] | 2010-02-26 12:48:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID UN CH |
10UNROME3 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SOUTHERN SOMLIA OPERATIONS UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On January 12 the UN World Food Program presented an update on the current situation in southern Somalia to the Executive Board following WFP's partial suspen [...] | 2010-01-13 19:35:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP SO AORC EAID PREF EFIN UNHCR |
10UNROME4 | FAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON PRIORITY AREAS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Deputy Director General (DDG) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Jim Butler, told the DCM on January 13 that U.S. leadership on global food sec [...] | 2010-01-19 16:42:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO UN EAGR EAID PREL PTER |
10UNROME5 | REFORMING THE FAO: THE ROLE FOR THE ROME CHAPTER OF THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside U.S. Government channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 14, the Mission co-hosted with UK counterparts a well-attended meeting of the Rome Chapter of the Geneva Group, and discussed ways to st [...] | 2010-01-19 18:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO UN EAID EAGR PREL |
10UNROME6 | EGYPTIAN AMBASSASDOR MISREPRESENTS SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) USUN Rome Ambassador Cousin sought clarification from Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Rashed during a January 14 meeting regarding his misrepresentation of GOE intentions to support the official USG candidate, Thomas McInerney, in the election for Director General of the International Developm [...] | 2010-01-21 12:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON |
10UNROME7 | RESPONSE TO FY 2010 ANTI-PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] In response to reftel, Mission received anti-pedophilia certification from all three Rome-based UN agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),World Food Program (WFP),and the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD). We also requested similar certification from th [...] | 2010-01-22 17:09:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI FAO WFP IFAD ICCROM |
10UNROME8 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: UPDATE ON CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR SOMALIA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) USUN Rome contacted WFP to obtain an update on WFP's current operational plans and status of contingency planning efforts. (Separately, WFP disseminated to the WFP Executive Board its latest situation re [...] | 2010-01-25 13:36:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SO |
10UNROME9 | ROME AGENCIES WORKING ON VOLUNTARY "CODE OF CONDUCT" FOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. ----------- Summary and Action Request ----------- 2. (SBU) FAO senior staff are leading an effort, in close coordination with UNCTAD, the World Bank, IFAD, and others, to address issues r [...] | 2010-01-28 10:32:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EINV PREL FAO |
10UNVIEVIENNA11 | IAEA SAFEGUARDS: IAEA Request for Continued AFTAC Support [...] (SBU) Mission received the letter below requesting continued AFTAC support at current contractual levels of 450 samples per year. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Mission strongly recommends continued support for this critical safeguards mission and requests guidance for responding to IAEA. B [...] | 2010-01-20 07:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY AORC KNNP MNUC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA12 | FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2009 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...] | 2010-01-20 15:14:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN |
10UNVIEVIENNA15 | IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 3 [...] (SBU) On January 8, Mission staff consulted with IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Safety and Security (DDG/NS) Taniguchi on his plans. Taniguchi was very forthcoming and stated that he planned to stay as DDG until his contract runs out in August 2010. He said he did not think he was [...] | 2010-01-22 10:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC KNNP PINR IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA16 | NPT REVCON: EGYPT UNMOVED BY ISRAELI OVERTURE ON [...] (S) Summary: According to a January 21 readout from Israeli Ambassador Azoulay, an Israeli-Egyptian bilat on NPT Revcon and related IAEA General Conference Middle East issues registered no substantive progress. Azoulay said he repeated Israeli National Security Advisor Arad's late December app [...] | 2010-01-22 16:27:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM IAEA KTBT IS EG SY |
10UNVIEVIENNA17 | IAEA/PACT: Assessment of PACT's Function [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 16:34:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA2 | IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 2: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the second report in UNVIE's new series on IAEA personnel changes. Further complicating DG Amano's pending decision on appointing a DDG for Nuclear Safety and Security are the organizational issue of whether to elevate Nuclear Security as a department under its own DDG, [...] | 2010-01-04 14:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP PINR IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA21 | US-EU CONSULTS: POST- LISBON EU FINDING ITS [...] (SBU) The Spanish and EU Missions (Ambassadors Jose Luis Rosello Serra and Lars-Erik Lundin, respectively) co-hosted semiannual US-EU consultations on issues related to Vienna-based international organizations January 22; these were the first bilateral consultations held by the amalgamated EU/ [...] | 2010-01-28 10:18:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM SNAR IAEA KNNP KTNBT UNCND EUN |
10UNVIEVIENNA24 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR INDICATES IRAN STAGNANT ON [...] (C) In a January 12 conversation with DCM and poloff, Turkish Ambassador Bayer gave a readout of the Iran discussion at the recent Turkish Ambassador's conference in Ankara and his take on the Iranian issue more generally. Bayer noted that he took part in a four-hour working group on Iran at [...] | 2010-02-01 10:10:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TU PARM |
10UNVIEVIENNA26 | IAEA's Budget Working Group Fulfills a Promise - But Little [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Budget Working Group (BWG) January 13-15 allowed a refreshingly non-polemical discussion on IAEA programs, but fell short of Geneva Group hopes to identify programs for emphasis or de-emphasis in the IAEA's 2011 budget. In contrast to Geneva Group readiness, the G-77 did no [...] | 2010-02-01 14:45:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN |
10UNVIEVIENNA30 | INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK -- AMANO ADVANCING [...] (C) SUMMARY: IAEA Secretariat released its Note on Assurance of Supply January 28 and will offer a technical briefing February 12 to elaborate on that document. Fuel bank point man Tariq Rauf received from us the same day the proposed elements for a Recommended Action that USG favors DG Amano [...] | 2010-02-02 15:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA KZ |
10UNVIEVIENNA31 | PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT -- DG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear Security Sous-Sherpa Holgate briefed IAEA DG Amano on the schedule and format of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit, including Amano's role as "animator" of the leaders' lunchtime discussion on the IAEA's role. Amano affirmed his brief intervention would aim for cl [...] | 2010-02-02 16:00:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC MNUC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA32 | IAEA: ARSHAD LIMBO SHADOWS IAEA BOARD [...] (C) His status in Vienna uncertain and his reputation in Kuala Lumpur in tatters, Malaysian Ambassador Arshad continues to implore the IAEA and sympathetic diplomatic colleagues to pressure the U.S. to "quietly" seek his reinstatement by the GOM as Chairman of the Board of Governors. In the r [...] | 2010-02-02 16:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA MY |
10UNVIEVIENNA34 | PROGRESS DELAYED TOWARD A REVIEW MECHANISM FOR ORGANIZED [...] SUMMARY: INL DAS Elizabeth Verville chaired a two day expert meeting, hosted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from January 25-26, in order to resume discussions of possible mechanisms to review implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). The ma [...] | 2010-02-04 13:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UN BE CH CO AR PK PE RS MX |
10UNVIEVIENNA35 | NEW CONSTELLATION POSES CHALLENGES FOR ADVANCING ANTI-CRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Our partial success in negotiating a U.S.- backed review mechanism for an anticorruption convention last year has inspired a group of countries -- Russia, Iran, Algeria, China and Pakistan -- to coordinate more closely in Vienna at UN-related meetings on anti-crime and anti-drug [...] | 2010-02-04 13:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR RS CH PK EG AG SZ |
10UNVIEVIENNA38 | JONATHON LUCAS APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL [...] International Narcotics Control Board President Sevil Atasoy announced the appointment of Jonathan Lucas (Seychelles) as Secretary of the INCB and Chief of the INCB Secretariat on February 3. Lucas succeeds Koli Kouame (Ctte d'Ivoire) who retired from the organization on January 31. Prior to h [...] | 2010-02-05 14:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR APER UN XA |
10UNVIEVIENNA4 | IAEA MEMBER STATES REV UP FOR 2011 BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Member States preparing to tackle the open question of the IAEA's 2011 regular budget during the first meeting of the open Working Groug January 13-18, the U.S. will need to clarify soon our goals for the 2011 budget. The Budget Working Group (BWG),open to all Member Stat [...] | 2010-01-04 15:39:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
10UNVIEVIENNA40 | AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT SHARES IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S CLAIM [...] (C) On February 5, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed Tri-Mission officers on a meeting he had earlier in the week with Iranian President Ahmadinejad's chief of cabinet, Mashaie, at Mashaie's request. On the nuclear issue, Mashaie told Postl that [...] | 2010-02-08 12:32:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IR AU |
10UNVIEVIENNA42 | COSTA ANGST RISES IN VIENNA-TIME FOR PLAN B? [...] (U) Action Request for IO/GS. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Costa (Italy) is scheduled to complete his second-and last- term in May 2010. Given conflicting reports as to whether UN Secretary General Ban ki Mo [...] | 2010-02-08 14:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK |
10UNVIEVIENNA43 | IRAN UPS ITS NUCLEAR ANTE TO 20 PERCENT [...] (S/NF) Iran officially notified the IAEA February 8 of its intention to enrich up to 20 percent, specifying a "pilot plant of a single IR-1 centrifuge cascade." The IAEA is expected to circulate Iran's note to the Board of Governors. Likeminded DCMs/experts (E3, Spain, JUSCANZ) met simultaneou [...] | 2010-02-08 16:11:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA44 | IAEA/BOG: AMANO DEFUSES BOARD CHAIR CRISIS [...] (C) The IAEA Board of Governors will meet in a pro forma session February 12 to elect a new Chairman, bringing an end to a drawn out saga prompted by the recall of former Malaysian Governor Dato' Arshad. The Southeast Asia/Pacific (SEAP) group has advised the Director General, in a letter sub [...] | 2010-02-09 16:30:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA MY |
10UNVIEVIENNA48 | IAEA/IRAN: IAEA SAFETY PEER REVIEW MISSION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA continues its nuclear safety-related activities with Iran in anticipation of the start-up of the Bushehr nuclear power reactor. The Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) requested a safety peer review mission from the IAEA in mid 2008 (ref A). INRA prepared a s [...] | 2010-02-11 08:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA IR ENGR |
10UNVIEVIENNA49 | IAEA/BOG: March Board Preview and Analysis [...] (SBU) Although the March IAEA Board of Governors meeting is traditionally focused on nuclear safety and technology, Iran's nuclear brinksmanship and potential Syrian safeguards failures will likely dominate the debate. This is particularly true as the Board meeting, expected to run March 1-4, [...] | 2010-02-12 07:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
10UNVIEVIENNA5 | IRAN/TRR: IRAN DELIVERS FORMAL REPLY TO IAEA [...] (C) IAEA External Relations (EXPO) Director Vilmos Cserveny reported to Charge January 6 and in a follow-up discussion January 7 that Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh had on January 5-6 delivered to Director General Amano an official "reply" to the IAEA proposal for refueling the Tehran Research R [...] | 2010-01-07 16:26:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNNP IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA50 | UNODC: Afghan Opium Stabilizing: What is International [...] Summary. Fresh off his trip to the January 28 London Conference, and with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) "Winter Afghanistan Opium Assessment Survey" in hand, Executive Director Costa predicted that after two years of significant decline (36 percent overall),opium cultivation in Afgh [...] | 2010-02-12 07:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AF UN JP |
10UNVIEVIENNA54 | UNIDO to Host April 2010 UN Chief Executive Board Meeting [...] Summary. Secretary General Ban ki Moon (UNSYG) has chosen UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to host the upcoming UN Chief Executives Board (CEB) meeting, scheduled for April 9-10, 2010. While the agenda is still being formulated, it is likely discussion will focus on Copenhagen [...] | 2010-02-17 12:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG |
10UNVIEVIENNA55 | Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program [...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...] | 2010-02-17 12:05:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP |
10UNVIEVIENNA58 | G-77 OVERREACH KEEPS NUCLEAR FUEL BANK IN SPOTLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vienna advocates of assurance of nuclear fuel supply are vexed over the Director General's acquiescence to a G-77 request to postpone a technical briefing on the issue. We understand Egypt and Algeria, in part fronting for Iran, failed to get G-77 consensus to adopt a confronta [...] | 2010-02-19 08:02:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA59 | IAEA/SYRIA: TOUGH BOARD REPORT CALLS INTO QUESTION [...] (S) Director General Amano's first report on Syria, released February 18 in tandem with his report on Iran, provides a convincing, comprehensive account of the Agency's investigation of both Dair Alzour (Al-Kibar) and of the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR),highlighting continued non- [...] | 2010-02-19 10:26:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
10UNVIEVIENNA6 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - AMANO MOVES THE ISSUE BUT MAY [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA's point man on developing the International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) expects DG Amano to release a response to the G-77 and NAM's technical questions by the end of January, authorize a briefing in February, issue a detailed Secretariat proposal for discussion at the June [...] | 2010-01-08 14:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA60 | IAEA/PACT: WILL 2010 BE THE BREAKOUT YEAR FOR CANCER [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Cancer Day on February 4, the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapies (PACT),held a presentation highlighting its achievements and future plans. As a guest speaker, Ambassador Davies reiterated U.S. support for PACT, noting a recent decision to fund a heal [...] | 2010-02-19 11:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA61 | Anti-Human Trafficking Recommendations Reached, Russia, [...] (U) The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Working Group (WG) engaged in three days of often fruitful discussion and emerged with nearly fifty recommendations that will be forwarded to the Organized Crime Convention (UNTOC) Conference of the Parties (COP) in October 2010. The U.S. delegation (USDEL) [...] | 2010-02-19 13:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN RS CH PK MX AG IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA62 | Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program [...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...] | 2010-02-19 13:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP |
10UNVIEVIENNA64 | IAEA/IRAN: DG AMANO GIVES FAILING GRADE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 14:58:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA66 | IAEA/IRAN: DG AMANO GIVES FAILING GRADE TO [...] (SBU) On 18 February, Director General (DG) Amano released the IAEA's latest reports on its investigations in Iran in preparation for the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 1. The report was the toughest seen in years and concluded Iran's cooperation has been insufficient to [...] | 2010-02-19 15:56:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA69 | IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL [...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...] | 2010-02-24 09:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID |
10UNVIEVIENNA70 | IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL [...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...] | 2010-02-24 09:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID |
10UNVIEVIENNA75 | IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING SIGNALS TOUGHER [...] (C//NF) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) February 18 report on Iran. The briefing reprised the points covered in the report, but also offered more details about the IAEA's proposals for adjusted Safeg [...] | 2010-02-26 15:26:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA76 | IAEA/BOARD/IRAN: RUSSIA,S TOUGHENING STANCE; PRC [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 17:14:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA77 | IAEA TECHNICAL BRIEF ON SYRIA LAYS IT ON THE LINE [...] (C) At the February 24 technical briefing on the DG's Syria report, the IAEA underscored the need for Syrian cooperation on an increasing number of issues, some involving Syria's failure to report nuclear material under its Safeguards Agreement. In particular, Director of Safeguards Operatio [...] | 2010-02-26 17:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA SY |
10UNVIEVIENNA9 | PREVIEWING THE MARCH 2010 COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 2010 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to highlight the Obama Administration's forthcoming National Drug Control Strategy and its top priorities in the international drug policy arena. As this March is the Admi [...] | 2010-01-15 14:45:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AF SNAR UNCND IR |
10USEUBRUSSELS13 | EU RAISES INITIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT UNSCR 1540 [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with U.S. UNSCR 1540 Coordinator Tom Wuchte, EU non-proliferation envoy Annalisa Giannella agreed to consult the 1540 Committee before the EU decides on its 2010 program of 1540 outreach activities. She and European Commission non-proliferation desk off [...] | 2010-01-06 13:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EUN |
10USEUBRUSSELS212 | COMMISSION TERRORISM SANCTIONS LEGAL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) This message contains an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 14. This message also contains a list of 26 pending court challenges to EU sanctions designations, as received from the European Commission. Please see Paragraph 13. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY. U.S. interagency sanctions off [...] | 2010-02-24 10:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC EUN KTFN PINR PTER UNSC |
10USNATO10 | MONTENEGRO TO BEGIN FIRST MAP CYCLE IN FALL 2010 [...] (C) Summary: Allies agreed unanimously at a meeting of the Senior Political Committee on January 7, 2010 that Montenegro should begin its first Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle in the fall of 2010, after the full completion of its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). This course of [...] | 2010-01-11 17:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL |
10USNATO11 | POLISH NON-PAPER ON BALTIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On January 11, Polish Permanent Representative Winid delivered a non-paper reflecting Warsaw's views on the U.S./German proposal to revise the NATO contingency plan for the defense/reinforcement of Poland to also include the d [...] | 2010-01-11 17:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MCAP MARR NATO PL EN LH LG GM |
10USNATO12 | STRENGTHENING AFGHANISTAN CIVILIAN COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary. Post concurs with reftel that appointment of a NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) with expanded mandate and staff will contribute significantly to improving coordination of the civilian effort in Afghanistan. Many Allies agree, as reported separately. A more robust SCR wi [...] | 2010-01-11 18:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF PK |
10USNATO17 | JANUARY 11 NAC DISCUSSION ON NATO REPONSE FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 11 North Atlantic Council discussion on the implementation of the new NATO Response Force (NRF) structure authorized by Defense Ministers in June 2009, the following points were underscored: the need for remaining nations to come forward with their national volunt [...] | 2010-01-13 16:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PINS NATO |
10USNATO18 | ALLIES WANT STRONG SRSG AND LONDON PUSHES HARD ON [...] (C/NF) Summary. On January 12, Regional Command - South (RC-S) troop contributing nations discussed the key deliverables for the January 28 London conference on Afghanistan, focusing on civilian coordination and transition. The UK said London would push hard for the Council to expeditiously a [...] | 2010-01-13 17:33:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO |
10USNATO29 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL KICKS OFF JOINT REVIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) began its Joint Review of Common Security Challenges with a January 15 discussion on Afghanistan. NRC members agreed to include in the review efforts to stem the insurgency and narcotic trafficking, and support Afghan National Security Forces. Alli [...] | 2010-01-20 13:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF RS |
10USNATO32 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE BRINGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 19 Kazakhstan Deputy Minister of Defense (D/MOD) Bulat Sembinov thanked Ambassador Daalder for U.S. support in both multilateral and bilateral assistance to Kazakhstan's military and informed him of Kazakhstan's intention to contribute staff officers to NATO's operat [...] | 2010-01-21 15:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL KZ AF OSCE MARR |
10USNATO35 | NATO AGREES TO DO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR THE [...] (S/REL NATO) On January 22, NATO's Military Committee agreed to expand EAGLE GUARDIAN, the Alliance's contingency plan for the reinforcement and defense of Poland, to also include the defense and reinforcement of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 2. (S/REL NATO) The Supreme Allied Commander Europe [...] | 2010-01-22 15:17:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MCAP MARR PREL NATO PINS EN LG LH PL RS |
10USNATO4 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON SYG,S MOSCOW TRIP ALLEGE PUTIN SPARRED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 10:43:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
10USNATO40 | NATO'S SCR RANKS REINTEGRATION, DELIVERING [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary. NATO's Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) in Afghanistan, Fernando Gentilini, told ISAF representatives January 27 that reintegration, enhancing NATO's civilian effect on the ground, and the 2010 Afghan Parliamentary elections were the three most important issues facing [...] | 2010-01-28 17:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO |
10USNATO41 | CFE/VCC: VCC EXPERTS AND CFE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE [...] (S) At the 17 December Verification Coordination Committee Experts Meeting the U.S. secured the following CFE inspections for the 15th year of the residual period beginning 16 March: Non- Russian Inspections: - 1 Quota Inspection in Azerbaijan - 1 Quota Inspection in Ukraine - 1 Fl [...] | 2010-01-29 11:55:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK |
10USNATO42 | RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT: "TRANSPARENCY IS A TOOL OF THE WEAK" [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 16:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
10USNATO45 | NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN REPRIMANDED [...] (C) Dean of the NATO diplomatic corps Danish PermRep Poulsen-Hansen reprimanded Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin on January 22 for recent remarks considered undiplomatic. Acting in his capacity as dean, Poulsen-Hansen raised with Rogozin his recent remarks to the press criticizing NA [...] | 2010-02-01 15:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR NATO RS |
10USNATO48 | NATO SHOULD FACTOR NORTHERN STRATEGY INTO KFOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and non-NATO KFOR contributors discussed with EU representatives the situation in Kosovo and NATO's way ahead on the KFOR drawdown after reaching Gate 1 (10,000 troops) of deterrent presence. Stressing the importance of integrating [...] | 2010-02-02 16:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI AFDB |
10USNATO49 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIED VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S NRC TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Allies remain united in rejecting Russia's proposed binding treaty with NATO, although differences exist over whether NATO should discuss with Russia certain elements of the draft text presented by Foreign Minister Lavrov during the December NATO-Russia Council Ministerial. Russi [...] | 2010-02-03 12:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
10USNATO51 | CFE/VCC: RFG - EXPERTS RECONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 6 below. 2. (C) Summary. Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) Experts initiated a discussion on a draft review of implementation coordination procedures during their January 22 meeting. Proposals to improve Allied coordination includ [...] | 2010-02-03 15:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR |
10USNATO52 | RFG: GERMAN DEMARCHE ON DISBURSEMENT OF [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On February 3, German PermRep Brandenburg demarched Ambassador Daalder regarding concerns Berlin has over the disbursement of 50 million Euros it donated in October 2009 to the Afghan National Army Trust Fund. He said that m [...] | 2010-02-03 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NATO AF GM |
10USNATO53 | NATO: AMBASSADORIAL REVOLT LIKELY TO KILL SECGEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 3, many NATO Ambassadors protested against the Secretary General's establishment of an informal group (ref a) on NATO-EU relations. As a result, we anticipate that this group will end, at least in its current form. The group did not make concrete progress but did all [...] | 2010-02-03 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS PGOV MARR EUN |
10USNATO54 | ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE AUTUMN 2010 NATO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On February 2, Secretary General Rasmussen identified four tentative dates for possible foreign and/or defense ministerials this fall to be held in Brussels: -- Thursday, September 16; -- Thursday, September 23; -- Thursday, O [...] | 2010-02-03 17:05:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP AORC PREL NATO |
10USNATO59 | SERBIA REQUESTS NATO GO SLOW ON KFOR DRAWDOWN [...] (C) Serbian Ambassador to NATO Milinkovic approached USNATO Deputy Chief of Mission Heffern on February 8 to express Belgrade's concern that NATO intended to draw down KFOR too quickly. Amb. Milinkovic said he had heard from the Defense Ministerial meeting in Istanbul that NATO was considerin [...] | 2010-02-09 07:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
10USNATO60 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON NATO, EUROPEAN SECURITY, AND [...] Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin presented his views on NATO's Strategic Concept, the European Security Treaty, and the status of Georgia's borders during a January 29 discussion hosted by the EastWest Institute. Rogozin pondered NATO's past and future, arguing that enlarge [...] | 2010-02-09 09:16:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NATO GG RS |
10USNATO63 | USNATO REINFORCES MESSAGE ON ALBANIAN DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Albanian Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Artur Kuko on February 8, Ambassador Daalder expressed the U.S.'s deep concern that implementation of the draft Albanian intelligence law would undermine democracy in Albania. Amb. Kuko said he would pass [...] | 2010-02-10 12:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
10USNATO64 | JAN 28, 2010 HLTF: ALLIES CONSIDER BROAD EURO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies used the January 28 HLTF and related meetings to touch base on CFE in the wake of the December 2009 NATO and OSCE Ministerials, as well as SYG Rasmussen's mid-December trip to Moscow. Allies welcomed and evinced considerable interest in the information that senior U.S. o [...] | 2010-02-10 13:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
10USNATO65 | SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY AND TURKEY TRADE DUELING [...] (SBU) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) Summary: A letter from Sweden's Permanent Representative to the EU to the Turkish Ambassador to the EU proposing an updated framework for NATO-EU relations and effective arrangements for cooperation in Afghanistan elicited a negative respons [...] | 2010-02-11 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS PGOV MARR EUN |
10USNATO66 | NATO NUCLEAR POLICY: FIVE NATIONS WANT IT ON APRIL [...] (S) On February 11, German Permanent Representative to NATO Brandenburg informed Ambassador Daalder that the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Norway would send a letter to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen suggesting that Rasmussen include a discussion of [...] | 2010-02-11 17:30:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL MARR MCAP NATO GM BE LU NL NO |
10USNATO67 | FRENCH MISTRAL SALE TO RUSSIA RAISED AT NATO [...] (C) Lithuania's NATO PermRep Linkevicius raised France's potential sale to Russia of a Mistral class ship during a February 9 PermReps' lunch, noting that the sale was not simply a national issue but a subject for discussion within the Alliance. French PermRep Andreani did not respond. However, th [...] | 2010-02-12 10:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO FR RS |
10USNATO69 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCASKILL [...] (U) Welcome to Brussels, and to NATO! 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at an exciting time for NATO as Allies redouble our efforts to succeed operationally while working together to redefine NATO to meet the security challenges of the future. America is playing a key role, as we have in the past, [...] | 2010-02-12 17:39:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
10USNATO7 | ALLIES STRESS CAUTION AND SOLIDARITY ON KFOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6,the North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreed on the need to ensure KFOR maintains adequate troop levels and force mobility during the drawdown. The U.S. and a large number of Allies stressed that the KFOR move to deterrent presence must be a conditions-based process with [...] | 2010-01-08 14:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI AFDB |
10USNATO70 | MOLDOVAN FM AND DM VISIT NATO [...] (C) Summary: Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Leancu and Defense Minister Marinuta visited the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on February 10, 2010 and reported on the reforms of their new Western-leaning government, on their desire for deeper Euro-Atlantic integration, and t [...] | 2010-02-17 11:37:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL MD |
10USNATO75 | NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN BRIEFS ON HELMAND OPERATION; [...] (C) Summary: New NATO Senior Civilian Representative, Ambassador Mark Sedwill, briefed the North Atlantic Council for the first time February 17 by video conference. ISAF Commander General McChrystal participated alongside Sedwill, presenting a clear picture of civilian-military peer counter [...] | 2010-02-17 17:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL NATO AF PK |
10USNATO77 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL DISCUSSES TERRORISM, RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) continued its Joint Review of security challenges with a February 12 discussion on terrorism. NRC members proposed examining a wide range of topics, leading some to caution against casting too wide a net for this initiative. The U.S. proposed focus [...] | 2010-02-19 09:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
10USNATO8 | ALLIED RESPONSE TO STRENGTHENING CIVILIAN [...] (U) In response to reftel request for Allied positions on strengthening civilian coordination in Afghanistan, the following reflects recent feedback from Allies. Post will provide updates, if needed, after Afghanistan-related NATO meetings in advance of the January 28 London conference on Afg [...] | 2010-01-11 06:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO |
10USNATO81 | PDAS MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Europe and Eurasia Nancy McEldowney told Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin on February 17 that the U.S. was sincerely interested in enhanced practical cooperation in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC),which would help build confidence bet [...] | 2010-02-23 11:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
10USNATO84 | USD(P) FLOURNOY'S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH NATO [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) Michele Flournoy discussed NATO reform, nuclear posture, NATO's Strategic Concept, Missile Defense, Afghanistan and export controls with NATO Secretary General Rasmussen in a February 17 meeting that followed USD(P) Flournoy's briefing to the N [...] | 2010-02-24 17:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP NATO PARM PREL |
10USNATO86 | NATO SYG CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN KABUL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 11:31:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS PREL MARR AF |
10USNATO87 | RFG: FIVE NATIONS ASK SYG TO PUT "NATO'S NUCLEAR [...] (S) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) In a letter delivered on February 26 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen and subsequently delivered to Allies, the Foreign Ministers of Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, and Luxembourg requested that NATO put the topic [...] | 2010-02-26 13:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL MARR MCAP NATO GM BE LU NL NO |
10USNATO88 | RFG - NATO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH BOSNIA AND [...] (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE and SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 3, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will conduct an exchange of views with the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in the run-up to the NAC's March 23 Sarajevo visit and NATO's Foreign Ministerial meeting in April. The NAC me [...] | 2010-02-26 15:55:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL BK |
10USNATO9 | ALLIED RESPONSE TO STRENGTHENING CIVILIAN [...] (U) In response to reftel request for Allied positions on strengthening civilian coordination in Afghanistan, the following reflects recent feedback from Allies. Post will provide updates, if needed, after Afghanistan-related NATO meetings in advance of the January 28 London conference on Afg [...] | 2010-01-11 06:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO |
10USOSCE10 | OSCE,S MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP LOOKS AHEAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE,s annual Mediterranean Conference was held December 14-15 in Cairo, Egypt. All six Med Partners (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) attended and took an active part in discussions that focused on conflict prevention and resolution, trafficking in pers [...] | 2010-01-15 15:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE AG EG IS JO MO TS KMPI PREL KZ |
10USOSCE11 | IS RUSSIA CRACKING OPEN THE DOOR ON OSCE TRAINING [...] Summary: We could have an opportunity to advance cooperation with Russia through the OSCE in Central Asia and potentially open a crack in Russian opposition to OSCE training inside Afghanistan. In an unusually warm and persistent manner, Russian ambassador Anvar Azimov has requested a U.S. [...] | 2010-01-19 18:10:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE RS AF |
10USOSCE14 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 22, 2009 - [...] (C) Kazakhstani DCM Suleimenov told A/DCM December 22 that Kazakhstan had received preliminary inquiries from Iran regarding the possibility of becoming an OSCE Asian Partner for Cooperation. We note that Suleimenov was previously posted to Iran, speaks the language, maintains ties there, and [...] | 2010-01-21 07:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG KZ RU AF IR MD TI |
10USOSCE15 | OSCE CENTRAL ASIAN MISSION HEADS STRIVING TO [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on January 12 and 13 with OSCE Heads of Mission from four Central Asian States (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan),all four struck similar themes on Afghanistan, radicalization, border security, and Kazakhstan's proposal for a summit. On Afghan [...] | 2010-01-21 09:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PTER PREL ZK AF KZ KG TI TX UZ |
10USOSCE16 | CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 - [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 11:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE17 | CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 - [...] (U) Summary. The opening of round plenary for the winter session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was brief. The United States underscored the importance of the CFE Treaty, called on Russia to resume compliance, and looked to 2010 with renewed hope, a sentiment echoed by several Allies an [...] | 2010-01-21 12:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE18 | FSC: JAN 20 OPENING WINTER SESSION--RUSSIA IS READY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Winter Session of the FSC Plenary garnered general support for beginning the implementation of the main themes from the Issues Decision agreed at the Athens Ministerial: CSBMs including Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW),Code of Conduct, and s [...] | 2010-01-22 15:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
10USOSCE19 | OPEN SKIES: 2010 OPENING PLENARY - AN EFFICIENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 06:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE20 | PROMOTING GREATER NATO/OSCE COORDINATION [...] (U) Summary: Recent IPCs and discussions during the COM conference in Washington during January emphasized the need to promote greater coordination between NATO and the OSCE, especially in view of the Russian proposals for a European Security Treaty and for a treaty in the NRC. As NATO prep [...] | 2010-01-28 10:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR OSCE NATO RS |
10USOSCE22 | PERSPECTIVES ON KAZAKHSTAN,S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IS [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Embassy Astana DCM Pamela Spratlen to Vienna January 20-22 helped promote useful exchanges of views on Kazakhstan's Chairmanship, facilitated discussion of OSCE engagement in Afghanistan, and provided an opportunity to promote further interaction among Central Asian P [...] | 2010-01-29 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF |
10USOSCE25 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...] | 2010-01-29 07:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF |
10USOSCE26 | CFE/JCG: JAN 26 - JCG IS CONCLUDED IN RECORD SPEED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 07:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE27 | OSCE - THE HUMAN DIMENSION UNDER THE KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary. The Kazakhstan Chairmanship-in-Office (CiO) has narrowly defined its priorities within the Human Dimension (HD) of the OSCE for 2010 as Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equality, and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, bypassing more contentious and fundamental issues [...] | 2010-01-29 17:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM |
10USOSCE28 | OSCE: 1/27 FSC RESPONSES TO RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Russia's insistence for clarification on why its proposed European Security Treaty (EST) cannot be discussed separately ("sectorally") from the Corfu Process or the human and economic dimensions, all interventions by participating States (pS) supported comprehens [...] | 2010-01-29 18:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE31 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 25 - 29, 2010 [...] (SBU) Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov formally presented the Chairmanship's Human Dimension (HD) calendar at the well-attended HD Committee's inaugural meeting January 22. True to the Chairmanship's stated priorities, the proposal was heavy on tolerance, gender, and trafficking events at the [...] | 2010-02-03 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ RS GM AJ |
10USOSCE32 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 2 - CONCERN OVER SLOW RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group met briefly on February 2. In discussions with Allies, Italy noted with concern the delayed Russian response to a recent Italy CFE inspection request. Several States Parties noted that they looked forward to working with recently-appointed Special [...] | 2010-02-05 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE33 | OSCE: 2/3 FSC HOLDS ROBUST DISCUSSION ON VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) received a presentation on one potential way ahead for the Vienna Document from alumnus Col Wolfgang Richter, currently with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Richter's presentation supported the currently tab [...] | 2010-02-05 16:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE35 | MEDIA FREEDOM AT THE OSCE: EAST V. WEST CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The state of Media Freedom in the OSCE region continues to be a hotly debated topic, particularly between the Russian Federation and the Central Asian States on one side and the U.S., EU and several like-minded delegations on the other. As the process to select the OSCE's next represent [...] | 2010-02-09 14:04:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE PHUM PREL KHLS RS |
10USOSCE36 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 5, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting with CDA Fuller, Albanian Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi sounded hopeful the SP would return to parliament before March and said the GoA was waiting to see what SP Leader Rama's next move would be upon his return from a trip to the United States. On the Balk [...] | 2010-02-10 14:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KV RS GG AL |
10USOSCE38 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 9 - A FRUSTRATED RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. At the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) meeting on February 9, Italy and the UK notified two new Russian CFE inspection rejections followed by statements of support by 13 Allies. A piqued Russia reiterated its stance. Allies held their ground against Russia's claims, rejected R [...] | 2010-02-12 10:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE39 | SUBJECT: OSCE: FEB. 10 FSC FOCUS ON SALW AND [...] (SBU) Summary: This and next week's Forum on Security Cooperation focus on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in accordance with Ministerial Decision 15/09, which tasks the FSC to develop a Plan of Action by May 2010. Working Group "A" reviewed the Danish and UK proposals on improving the V [...] | 2010-02-12 16:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE40 | IMPLICATIONS FOR OSCE'S HUMAN DIMENSION WITH A [...] This is an action request (please see para 11). 2. Summary and action request. During a briefing by the USOSCE Charge to the Vienna NATO Caucus February 10 on Kazakhstani FM Saudabayev,s meetings in Washington, allies expressed appreciation for the strong USG messages given. Reactio [...] | 2010-02-16 17:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OSCE |
10USOSCE41 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 8 - 12, 2010 [...] (SBU) In our February 9 meeting with the Chairmanship, Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov requested additional information on U.S. expectations for the review conference the Chairmanship has been encouraged to hold in the run-up to a summit. Abdrakhmanov said the subject had come up in Kazakhst [...] | 2010-02-17 07:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KV KZ AF |
10USOSCE51 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 16: GROUND HOG DAY AS A DOZEN [...] (SBU) During the 16 February JCG, we saw our shadow, again. i.e., Statements were made regarding the refusal of CFE inspections by the Russian Federation, and multiple countries supported the complaints. In this case, the United States (Neighbour) and Turkey (Begec) made statements reporting [...] | 2010-02-18 10:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RO |
10USOSCE53 | RFG: OPEN SKIES--SUPPORT CANADA ON ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: The Treaty on Open Skies is open for accession by any state worldwide. Broadening the Treaty membership will be discussed in the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) prior to and during the June 7-9 Review Conference. The Treaty remains Euro-Atlantic centric with 34 States [...] | 2010-02-18 17:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
10USOSCE54 | RUSSIA BLOCKING NEW REP ON MEDIA FREEDOM AT OSCE [...] (C) The process to replace the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) has reached a deadlock with the overwhelming preponderance of the OSCE participating States (pS) on one side and Russia on the other. (Ref A). Kazakhstani Permanent Representative Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov [...] | 2010-02-19 06:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL |
10USOSCE55 | KAZAKHSTAN AT THE REINS OF THE OSCE [...] (C) Representing the Chair in Office (CiO) at the OSCE, Kazakhstan's Vienna representatives have begun to show their mettle in dealing with conflict and their intentions for the coming year. Led by seasoned diplomat Kairat Abdrakhmanov, the Kazakhstani delegation is off to a shaky start in Vie [...] | 2010-02-19 06:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE PINR KZ |
10USOSCE57 | OSCE: FEBRUARY 17--FSC SALW AND VIENNA DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The FSC received presentations on Montenegro's demilitarization program from Deputy Defense Minister Rifet Kovacs and on the Wassenaar Arrangement from Chief of Secretariat Sune Danielsson. Kovacs received a mild rebuke from Denmark for Montenegro's lapses in keeping donors cu [...] | 2010-02-22 06:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE60 | OPEN SKIES FEB 22: U.S.-DRAFTED RULES/PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Summary: The 22 February Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary approved the U.S.-drafted Decision on Rules of Procedure and Working Methods of the OSCC and its Informal Working Groups (OSCC.DD/3/10). The plenary was followed by a short Informal Working Group on Rules and Pr [...] | 2010-02-23 13:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE61 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 16 - 19, 2010 [...] (SBU) During the weekly EU coordination meeting February 17, Spanish Ambassador Betanzos Roig (representing the EU Presidency) said she understood Kazakhstan's consultations on the appointment of a new representative on freedom of the media (RFoM) would continue with Russian FM Lavrov's visit t [...] | 2010-02-24 14:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KG |
10USOSCE66 | KAZAKHSTAN BREAKS THE DEADLOCK TO APPOINT A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian Federation (RF) officially withdrew its candidate for the position of OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media (RFoM) February 25, opening the door for the appointment of the Bosnian candidate - the overwhelming favorite of the participating States. Although the R [...] | 2010-02-26 14:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OSCE BK KZ RS |
10USOSCE68 | OSCE/FSC ON 2/24: DIFFERENCES OVER CODE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 24 Forum for Security Cooperation focused on the Code of Conduct, which drew out differences between U.S. and Russian approaches to dealing with conflict prevention and crisis management. It also underscored ambiguities within the Code and the tension between cons [...] | 2010-02-26 15:52:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE9 | KAZAKHSTAN INAUGURATES OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: At its inaugural Permanent Council meeting January 14, the Kazakhstani Chairmanship reiterated its call for an OSCE summit - stressing the importance of building on ongoing discussions of European security - and highlighted its priorities for the year. Kazakhstan urged efforts t [...] | 2010-01-15 07:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KZ RU OSCE |
10USTRGENEVA12 | 7th Working Party meeting on Yemen's Accession to the WTO [...] The WTO Working Party on Yemen's accession met for its 7th session on January 26, 2010, chaired by Mr. Hartmut Roeben. Yemen's Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr. Yahya Y. Al-Mutwakel provided an opening statement on Yemen's efforts to accede to the WTO. He urged negotiating partners to show [...] | 2010-02-05 16:39:00 | USMISSION USTR GENEVA | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO YM |
10USUNNEWYORK1 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH ICTY'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),met with Ambassador DiCarlo December 1 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. Brammertz focused his discussion on recent developments with respect [...] | 2010-01-05 18:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PREL UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK10 | USUN MEETS WITH SPECIAL ENVOY TO PAKISTAN RIPERT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jean-Maurice Ripert, UN Special Envoy for Assistance, met with Ambassador DiCarlo on January 6 to discuss organization and next steps for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) group, the UN's capacity and security constraints, and donor coordination. Ripert outlined his re [...] | 2010-01-11 21:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
10USUNNEWYORK101 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 14:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10USUNNEWYORK102 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for the individuals listed below to attend and participate as the U.S. Delegation in the meeting of the Ninth Round of Informal Consultations of States Parties to the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United National Convention on the La [...] | 2010-02-24 17:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA OTRA EFIS SENV |
10USUNNEWYORK103 | PREPARING FOR THE 12 - 16 APRIL MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (C) Summary. Negotiations on the CCIT will resume April 12 through 16 in New York. Discussions within the UN General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee on the CCIT last October resulted in no movement towards consensus on a [...] | 2010-02-24 21:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN KJUS |
10USUNNEWYORK104 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on February 22 met with Filipino Ambassador Libran Cabactulan, President-elect of the Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to be held in May, 2010. Cabactulan said he is gauging expectations of the States Part [...] | 2010-02-24 23:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC UNSC IR RP |
10USUNNEWYORK105 | U.S.MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR REQUEST TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 00:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ |
10USUNNEWYORK106 | DPRK: IMPROVING THE UN'S RESPONSE TO DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., UK, French and Japanese missions have urged the UN Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") to streamline and improve its response to reported sanctions violations. Missions have urged the chair (Turkey) to encourage vigorous Committee investiga [...] | 2010-02-25 00:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK107 | DPRK: SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa has confidentially reported to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a sanctions violation involving the transfer of North Korea-origin conventional arms to the Republic of Congo via China and Malaysia. According to this report, i [...] | 2010-02-25 00:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK109 | RICE TELLS GOSS OFFICIALS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, Ambassador Rice met with Ezekiel Gatkuoth and David Choate from the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) mission to the United States at their request. Gatkuoth said his purpose in coming to New York was to communicate with the UN and key countries that they mus [...] | 2010-02-25 01:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
10USUNNEWYORK11 | SRSG KAI EIDE BRIEFING AND UNAMA OPEN DEBATE [...] (U) Summary: On January 6, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA). SYG Ban, SRSG Eide and Afghan PermRep Tanin addressed the Council. Ban called Afghanistan an on-going "main priority" for the UN in 2010, and focused on the need to [...] | 2010-01-12 13:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO AF PK |
10USUNNEWYORK111 | READOUT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary-General met with Israeli Defense Minister Barak in New York on February 24. According to a UN staff readout, UN colleagues were disappointed that Barak did not come with anything new on Gaza for the Secretary-General, who had hoped to get GOI concurrence to move ma [...] | 2010-02-26 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE IR |
10USUNNEWYORK115 | URUGUAYAN FINANCE MINISTER SAYS UN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance Alvaro Garcia requested a meeting with Ambassador Wolff to express Uruguay's concern about the UN's late disbursements to Uruguayan peacekeepers. Garcia said Uruguay has been contributing to UN peacekeeping operations for years, regardless of th [...] | 2010-02-26 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR UNSC UY |
10USUNNEWYORK12 | U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR U/S WILLIAM J. [...] U.S. Mission grants clearance for the following individuals to attend the P5 1 meeting in New York January 15-16, 2010: William J. Burns (Under Secretary for Political Affairs) Robert Waller (Special Assistant (P) ) Ambassador Steven Mull (Special Advisor (P) ) 2. U.S. Mission POC is USU [...] | 2010-01-13 15:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL |
10USUNNEWYORK14 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT SENIOR ADVISOR [...] (U) Mission clearance granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement. Mr. Rosand will participate in the first informal meeting of the Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) under the new CTC Chair (Turkey). Mr. Rosand will outline USG views on the CTC going forward. Mr [...] | 2010-01-13 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PTER KTFN AORC |
10USUNNEWYORK16 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2010 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note from the Secretary-General, dated 24 December 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2010 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note also refers to [...] | 2010-01-14 15:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN CMP |
10USUNNEWYORK17 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2010 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note from the Secretary-General, dated 31 December 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations regular budget for 2010 in the amount of $517,133,507.00. The note also refers [...] | 2010-01-14 15:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
10USUNNEWYORK19 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR GTIP DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAN KENNELLY [...] Mission clearance is granted to Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director of the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) for a series of bilateral meetings regarding the Global Plan of Action on Trafficking in Persons on January 14-16 in New York. 2. Brian Young, ECOS [...] | 2010-01-15 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KTIP OTRA PHUM PREL |
10USUNNEWYORK22 | MEETING WITH NEW TURKISH COUNTER TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: Turkey, the new chairman of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) hosted an informal meeting at its mission on January 14, 2010, to outline its main objectives for its 2010 chairmanship and to exchange views with other committee members on the way forward. These p [...] | 2010-01-19 14:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ETTC KTFN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK24 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY. The Security Council held a debate on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organizations on January 13, following a two day retreat hosted by the Secretary-General for the heads of some regional organizations. Participants offered their support for greater cooperat [...] | 2010-01-19 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK25 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH OUTGOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met on January 12 with outgoing UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano to thank him for his leadership and seek his candid assessment of the current situation. General Graziano emphasized that an opportunity exists to press for a permanent cease-fire given that [...] | 2010-01-19 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
10USUNNEWYORK26 | SOMALIA: TERRORISM THREAT OF UNSTABLE SOMALIA; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 14, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. He focused on the terrorism threat posed by Somalia and urged the international community to boost financial support to both AMISOM and the TFG's securit [...] | 2010-01-20 00:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO |
10USUNNEWYORK27 | UN SRSG FOR SOMALIA PLEADS FOR FUNDING TO THWART [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 12 meeting with Ambassador Rice, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah underscored Somalia's potential as a terrorist incubator, citing the presence of foreign fighters and the TFG's inability to provide security. He said that two things are needed to def [...] | 2010-01-20 10:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO |
10USUNNEWYORK28 | DPRK: EXPERTS INVESTIGATE SANCTIONS VIOLATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Panel of Experts (POE),a team mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea, has launched investigations into the four sanctions violations reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 [...] | 2010-01-20 19:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK3 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR S/SRAP HUMANITARIAN ADVISER MAUREEN [...] Mission clearance is granted to S/SRAP Humanitarian Adviser Maureen White and PRM/Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas, Director Eleanor Nagy for January 6-7, 2010 to attend briefings with high-level USUN/UN officials in New York. 2. Doug Mercado, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN [...] | 2010-01-05 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN |
10USUNNEWYORK32 | UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL - JANUARY [...] SUMMARY: The Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, Karin Lundgren, briefed the Security Council on the activities of UNMIN and the latest developments in Nepal on January 15. Lundgren highlighted a number of new, positive developments which have recently occurre [...] | 2010-01-21 14:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP |
10USUNNEWYORK33 | FIFTH COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE 2010-2011 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: The main session of the 64th General Assembly (GA) concluded early on the morning of December 24, 2009 with the adoption of a $5.16 billion 2010-2011 biennium budget. The Secretary-General initially proposed a 2010-2011 budget of $4.88 billion. However, at the time of his initial [...] | 2010-01-21 14:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT AORC UN KUNR |
10USUNNEWYORK35 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR [...] Mission clearance granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement. Mr. Rosand, together with USUN officials, will discuss CTC revitalization with representatives of China, Russia and Turkey. Mr. Rosand and USUN officials will meet with UN Department of Political Affa [...] | 2010-01-22 10:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OTRA PTER KTFN |
10USUNNEWYORK36 | DPRK: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE PRESSES ON 1874 [...] (C) The UNSC's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") met on January 20 to push forward on a number of items related to implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. China opened the meeting with a lengthy statement reaffirming its support for sanctions implementation, but insis [...] | 2010-01-22 12:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK37 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS NPT PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador DiCarlo on January 18 met Libran Cabactulan, the Filipino President-elect of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, to convey USG priorities on strengthening the NPT and to elicit his views on managing the Review Conference (RevCon) process. Ambassador DiCarlo said the USG se [...] | 2010-01-22 17:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM RP |
10USUNNEWYORK38 | U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR U/S THOMAS A. [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission grants clearance for Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, to meet with USUN/POL and to assist visitors from the George Washington University Law School in facilitating GWU's offer of pro bono legal assistance for 1540 implementation. An additional meeting with the UN Offi [...] | 2010-01-22 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL ETTC PARM PGOV PTER UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK39 | COUNCIL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (SBU) UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council in an open briefing on January 21 that challenges in implementing the "Ouagadougou IV" reunification plan could hamper the electoral process. Choi also said that the creation of a second electoral list by the Independ [...] | 2010-01-22 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI UV |
10USUNNEWYORK4 | MISSION CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR UNDC [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted to the following UNDC Representatives: Susan Burk, Scott Davis and Giovanni Snidle to visit New York January 6-7, 2010, to conduct meetings at the United Nations in preparation for the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May 2010. [...] | 2010-01-06 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM UNDC ASEC OTRA |
10USUNNEWYORK43 | UN ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10USUNNEWYORK44 | SWITCHING USG CONTRIBUTION FROM CTITF TO UNICRI [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph three below. 2. (U) In September, 2007, the United States pledged $403k to the United Nations Implementation Task Force (CTITF): $226k towards the working group titled "Addressing Radicalization and Extremism That Lead to Terrorism", and $1 [...] | 2010-01-25 18:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK45 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ATTEND MEETING OF THE [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for the individuals listed below to attend and participate in the meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (BB [...] | 2010-01-25 19:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHSA |
10USUNNEWYORK46 | U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR IO/UNP [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission grants clearance for Andrew L. Morrison IO/UNP Multilateral Affairs Officer for consultations. These consultations will take place in New York on January 27, 2010. 2. (U) U.S. Mission POC is Political Adviser, Amy Schedlbauer, Tel: 212-415-4226, room 619, BB: 646-510-003 [...] | 2010-01-26 16:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA |
10USUNNEWYORK47 | UNMIK: TADIC AND HYSENI SPAR ON KOSOVO DURING [...] SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council during a January 22 quarterly debate that the security situation remained stable, but fragile, in northern Kosovo due to politicization of issues such as municipalelections and energy delivery. Serbian President Boris Tadic calle [...] | 2010-01-26 17:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNMIK SR KV |
10USUNNEWYORK48 | EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 64TH GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 20:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA AL AM AJ BO BK BU HR CY EN |
10USUNNEWYORK49 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR [...] Mission clearance is granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement for visit on January 28 - 29. Mr. Rosand plans to attend a G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG)/UN Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) joint meeting. He will also meet with representat [...] | 2010-01-28 18:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PTER AORC KTFN |
10USUNNEWYORK5 | UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: US ACHIEVES OBJECTIVES IN [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before midnight on 23 December 2009, Permanent Representatives from approximately two dozen UN Member States concluded nine hours of negotiations to resolve the impasse over the scales of assessments in the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee. The meeting, which [...] | 2010-01-07 15:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UN UNGA KUNR |
10USUNNEWYORK51 | TURKEY CHAIRS ITS FIRST UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkish Permrep Ertugrul Apakan chaired his first UN Security Council CTC meeting January 21. The agenda included the CTC's work program for the next six months and a thematic discussion on implementation and assessment of Security Council resolution 1624 (2005). As there ar [...] | 2010-01-29 00:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK52 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson to participate in meetings on February 1-2 with Security Council experts from the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals concerning the USG proposal to p [...] | 2010-01-29 13:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OTRA KJUS PHUM UN |
10USUNNEWYORK53 | MINURCAT MANDATE RENEWAL -- CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the French mission held an informal meeting with Security Council experts and a Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) team prior to its January 26 trip to Chad to discuss the Government of Chad's (GoC) ob [...] | 2010-01-29 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF UNSC CD CT SU |
10USUNNEWYORK54 | UNMIS ENTERS CRITICAL PHASE; COUNCIL URGES [...] Summary: On January 26, U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). Le Roy acknowledged that difficult issues still must be resolved and noted that the upcoming African Union Summit in Addis would provide an opportunity to harmonize strategies. Council mem [...] | 2010-01-29 19:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
10USUNNEWYORK55 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...] | 2010-01-29 23:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE |
10USUNNEWYORK56 | 1267 COMMITTEE FALLS BEHIND ON 1822 REVIEW OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 15:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK57 | FOLLOW-UP TRILATERAL DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Per reftel, U.S., Russian and U.K. Deputy PermReps on February 1 delivered the second trilateral demarche to the Deputy PermRep of Libya, Ibrahim Dabbashi, requesting that Libya withdraw its proposed amendments to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Ambassador Wol [...] | 2010-02-02 10:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UK RS LY |
10USUNNEWYORK58 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR PRM DAS REUBEN BRIGETY [...] Mission clearance is granted to PRM DAS Reuben Brigety, to attend consultations in New York on February 4, 2010. 2. Doug Mercado, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN. Mr. Mercado's office phone # is 212-415-4398, cell # is 571-332-5794. Rice [...] | 2010-02-02 23:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OTRA PHUM PREF |
10USUNNEWYORK59 | UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session [...] (U) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the flagship UN development agency with a billion-dollar annual operating budget, to which the United States contributes around $100 million yearly. UNDP works in over 130 countries, focusing on poverty, governance, environment/energy, cris [...] | 2010-02-03 15:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNDP UNFPA EAID ECON |
10USUNNEWYORK60 | UNICEF Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session [...] (U) Summary: The UNICEF January 12-14 first regular session dealt with a light menu of routine items (budgeting and final approval of a few country programs),but took place against the backdrop of the Haiti earthquake disaster and Executive Director Ann Veneman's announcement that she would no [...] | 2010-02-03 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNICEF EAID ECON TZ |
10USUNNEWYORK61 | UNGA: SC REFORM: FOURTH ROUND ENDS; CHAIR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on January 19 and 20 for its second and final meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations to discuss "areas of convergence." While the 52 delegations and one observer who spoke covered the subject of the meetin [...] | 2010-02-03 15:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
10USUNNEWYORK63 | 1267: UK SOUNDS ALARM ON TARDY REVIEW OF AL QAEDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Deputy Perm Rep Parham expressed concern to Amb. Wolff about the 1267 Committee's disappointingly slow progress on its one-time review of all names on the Al Qaeda / Taliban sanctions list. Parham expressed frustration that the 1267 Committee still had 400 out of 488 names lef [...] | 2010-02-05 16:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK65 | GOLDSTONE: ANTICIPATED NEXT STEPS IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: On February 4 the Secretary General released his report on Goldstone as requested by the November 5 General Assembly resolution. The Secretary General's report is brief, but attaches the submissions of the Israelis, Palestinians, and the Swiss (as depository of the Geneva Convent [...] | 2010-02-05 23:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL PHUM IS KPAL |
10USUNNEWYORK66 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE [...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 4. 2. USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 20, 2010 concerning the financing of the international Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory [...] | 2010-02-08 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
10USUNNEWYORK67 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 13 [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 26, 2010 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] | 2010-02-08 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10USUNNEWYORK68 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $37.9 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $37,925,192.67 pledged by the U.S. Government to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, of the [...] | 2010-02-08 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
10USUNNEWYORK69 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $855,655 TO THE TRUST FUND [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $855,655 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of January 21, 2010 payments owed are [...] | 2010-02-08 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
10USUNNEWYORK7 | UN - GA FUNDS SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS FOR 2010 [...] (U) Summary: On December 24, 2009, the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the GA completed its consideration of the proposed 2010 budgets for 27 Special Political Missions (SPMs) by approving funding under the regular budget of $569.5 million, a reduction of $30 million (5%) i [...] | 2010-01-07 21:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
10USUNNEWYORK70 | UN AND UNEP ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN UNEP |
10USUNNEWYORK71 | SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON RECENT TRAVELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary-General (SYG) Ban briefed the Council in closed consultations on February 3, reviewing his travel to the January 28 conference on Afghanistan in London, to Cyprus, and to the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, and an update on Haiti. Ban's overview of the London Conference on A [...] | 2010-02-09 14:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AF HA CY SU YM |
10USUNNEWYORK72 | NIGERIAN PERM REP OFFERS TO HELP ON SUDAN, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice hosted a lunch for Nigerian PermRep Ogwu and the Nigerian Security Council team on February 1 to enlist support for U.S. priorities. PR Ogwu expressed reservations over a possible Council trip to Khartoum but committed to considering whether it could make the visi [...] | 2010-02-09 20:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO XY XA NI IR SU PARM |
10USUNNEWYORK73 | FY2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Per the request in reftel, USUN has undertaken a thorough review and certifies that ECOSOC, UNICEF and UNDPI have not granted any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes or condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia. Mission est [...] | 2010-02-09 23:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI |
10USUNNEWYORK75 | AMB. RICE'S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY 3, [...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...] | 2010-02-11 15:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PHUM PREF SU |
10USUNNEWYORK76 | UNSC: DPKO BRIEFS ON RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UNIFIL's Strategic Military Cell (SMC) briefed Security Council members at an informal meeting on February 5 on the key conclusions and recommendations of the Joint UNIFIL-DPKO Technical Review. The review envisions no radic [...] | 2010-02-11 19:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
10USUNNEWYORK77 | AMBASSADOR RAPP (S/SWCI) HOLDS MEETINGS IN NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Stephen Rapp (S/WCI),held meetings in New York February 1, 2 and 5 to take the pulse of the P5, Austria, and Rwanda on the possibility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) transferring cases to Rwanda's national judicial system where an internat [...] | 2010-02-11 22:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ICTY PARM PREF PREL UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK8 | DRC UN MISSION: PARTIAL PAYMENT OF RENTAL ARREARS [...] On January 6, Vornado Realty Trust provided USUN/HC with a copy of a check it received from the DRC Mission to the UN (DRCMUN) for $100,000. The check, dated January 5, was partial payment for outstanding arrears owed by the DRCMUN for its office space at 866 UN Plaza, Suite 511, New York, N [...] | 2010-01-07 22:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CG OFDP PREL |
10USUNNEWYORK80 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR S/SRAP HUMANITARIAN ADVISER MAUREEN [...] Mission clearance is granted to S/SRAP Humanitarian Adviser Maureen White and PRM/Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas, Director Eleanor Nagy for January 6-7, 2010 to attend briefings with high-level USUN/UN officials in New York. 2. Doug Mercado, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN [...] | 2010-02-12 11:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM |
10USUNNEWYORK81 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR GTIP DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAN KENNELLY [...] Mission clearance is granted to Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director of the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) for a series of bilateral meetings regarding the Global Plan of Action on Trafficking in Persons on January 14-16 in New York. 2. Brian Young, ECOS [...] | 2010-02-12 11:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KTIP OTRA PHUM PREL |
10USUNNEWYORK85 | AMB. RICE,S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY [...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...] | 2010-02-16 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU |
10USUNNEWYORK86 | NEWLY APPOINTED SRSG ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE WALLSTROM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 15:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG |
10USUNNEWYORK88 | AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN PERMREP [...] Summary: During a February 8 lunch hosted by Ambassador Rice for Brazilian PermRep Viotti, the U.S. and Brazil were in agreement on priorities for and approaches to dealing with Haiti. On Sudan, Viotti said she believes there is "a measure of convergence" in the SC on what needs to be done t [...] | 2010-02-16 21:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IAEA BR IR HA SU |
10USUNNEWYORK89 | SECURITY COUNCIL LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: MINURCAT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a lunch hosted by the French Mission for Security Council members on February 12, Secretary General Ban discussed the future status of the UN Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT),Cote D'Ivoire and Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe's recent trip to [...] | 2010-02-17 23:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD LY SU CT KN IV |
10USUNNEWYORK9 | THE 2010 SECURITY COUNCIL: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The votes and actions of incoming Security Council members Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will be more challenging than their predecessors and will require close management on some issues. On the key priority of non-proliferation, Brazil's efforts to d [...] | 2010-01-08 17:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK92 | THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHARTER COMMITTEE WILL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph five below. 2. (U) Summary. Last December the Sixth (legal) Committee of the General Assembly (GA) adopted resolution A/RES/64/115 titled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the R [...] | 2010-02-18 17:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK94 | PEACEKEEPING: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra told the Security Council in an informal briefing on February 17, that the need for strong Council unanimity of political support, the lack of adequate resources from TCCs/PCCs to match Council mandates, and the increasing complexity of modern peacekee [...] | 2010-02-20 00:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK95 | USUN AND TURKISH MISSIONS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 27. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Apakan and DPR Corman and Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo engaged in a wide ranging discussion of issues before the Security Council at lunch on February 5. They covered Cyprus, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, the [...] | 2010-02-20 02:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK96 | DPRK: THAILAND PERM REP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai Perm Rep Sinhaseni briefed Amb. Wolff on Thailand's actions following its December seizure of arms being shipped from North Korea in violation of UNSCR 1874. Sinhaseni explained that Thailand had reported the incident to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee [...] | 2010-02-22 18:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
10USUNNEWYORK97 | UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSION - MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on February 18. He emphasized that the two parties were seriously considering Special Envoy Mitchell's proposal to move to proximity talks and sai [...] | 2010-02-22 19:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY |
10USUNNEWYORK98 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has e-mailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated February 18, 2010 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as f [...] | 2010-02-22 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10VALLETTA27 | MALTA'S ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SUMMARY) Maltese women are under-represented at the decision making level of most of Malta's government and business organizations. From a total of 69 representatives in Parliament, only six are female. Out of nine Ministers, only one is female. Malta's female workforce has increased over th [...] | 2010-01-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM XG MT |
10VALLETTA54 | MALTA: GOM WILL STUDY PFP SOFA, OFFERS TRAINING [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with the personal assistant (Chief of Staff)to Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, the Government of Malta (GOM) indicated possible willingness to sign the "Agreement among the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participa [...] | 2010-01-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MT NATO PGOV PREL |
10VALLETTA67 | MALTA: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] In response to reftel, the following information is provided. 2. BACKGROUND A. EUM Program Coordinator: Pol-Econ-Commercial Chief Thomas A. Yeager, 356-2561-4167, yeagerta@state.gov, as an additional duty. B. Inventory System: No automated inventory system exists at post. C. Staff [...] | 2010-02-01 17:23:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN MT |
10VALLETTA68 | MALTA SUPPORTIVE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, DATA SHARING, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | AF ECON ECPS EUN IR KCRM KHLS KPAO KTIA MT |
10VALLETTA69 | MALTA SUPPORTIVE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, DATA SHARING, [...] (C) Summary: On February 1 Ambassador Kmiec met with Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tonio Borg to discuss a wide range of curently pending issues and U.S. Government requests. Results of the meeting include (1) a Maltese commitment to train Afghan civil servants; (2) Malt [...] | 2010-02-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ECON ECPS EUN IR KCRM KHLS KPAO KTIA MT |
10VALLETTA72 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-EU SECOND STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA MT |
10VALLETTA95 | MALTA: RESPONSE TO FEBRUARY FAC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU MT |
10VALLETTA97 | MALTA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to numbered/lettered reporting questions paragraphs of reftel: 25. (SBU) 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 [...] | 2010-02-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP |
10VANCOUVER100 | CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY FEBRUARY 2010 [...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry acros [...] | 2010-02-23 01:32:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS CMGT CA |
10VANCOUVER102 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #13 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 23, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The intera [...] | 2010-02-23 21:13:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER104 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #14 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 24, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The intera [...] | 2010-02-24 22:52:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER106 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #15 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 25, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The intera [...] | 2010-02-25 23:32:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER108 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #16 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 26, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The inte [...] | 2010-02-26 22:39:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER114 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #17 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 27, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...] | 2010-02-27 22:18:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER116 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #18 [...] (SBU) This is the final report providing security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 28, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010 [...] | 2010-02-28 22:11:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER42 | AS BC POSITIONS TO BECOME A CLEAN ENERGY LEADER, CRITICAL [...] Summary: Stakeholders in British Columbia's electricity sector are finally beginning to see some clarity in the BC government's approach to the procurement and possible export of electricity in the province. The independent regulator, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC),sent sho [...] | 2010-01-26 22:31:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON CA |
10VANCOUVER62 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #2 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 12, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...] | 2010-02-12 22:48:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER64 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #3 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 13, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...] | 2010-02-13 22:02:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER66 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #4 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 14, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...] | 2010-02-14 21:41:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER70 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #5 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 15, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...] | 2010-02-15 22:33:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER76 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #6 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 16, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...] | 2010-02-16 21:50:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER78 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #7 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 17, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...] | 2010-02-17 22:28:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER80 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #8 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 18, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...] | 2010-02-18 23:15:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER86 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #9 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 19, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...] | 2010-02-19 22:42:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER88 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #10 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 20, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgibin/nctcHome. cgi?event=Vancouver_20 10. The [...] | 2010-02-20 21:38:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER90 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #11 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 21, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...] | 2010-02-21 21:33:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VANCOUVER96 | Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #12 [...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 22, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...] | 2010-02-22 22:07:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP |
10VATICAN10 | CATHOLIC CHARITIES ESTABLISH AID PLAN FOR HAITI; REPORTS ON [...] (U) Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based federation of Caritas humanitarian assistance national chapters, is supporting Catholic Relief Services (Caritas USA) and Caritas Haiti response to the earthquake in Haiti. A Caritas Internationalis team is on the ground in PAP. Caritas is f [...] | 2010-01-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL PREF HA VT |
10VATICAN11 | VATICAN ON HAITI: CHURCH LOSSES AND RESPONSES [...] (S) Summary: While devastating, the Church suffered fewer losses in the Haiti earthquake than initially reported in the media. The death of the Archbishop and many seminarians were especially painful but the Vatican is already reviewing how to regroup: Bishop Pierre Dumas, President of Carit [...] | 2010-01-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | EAID PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VT HA |
10VATICAN12 | (C) VATICAN ON HONDURAS: MICHELETTI SHOULD RESIGN. [...] (C) The Vatican's Secretariat of State point person for Central America, Monsignor Francisco Frojan, confirmed to polchief on January 19 that the Vatican supports the implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, including the formation of a unity government and the establishment of a trut [...] | 2010-01-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF HO VT |
10VATICAN13 | “GREEN†POPE SUPPORTS US PATH FORWARD FROM COPENHAGEN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG PGOV PREL CU VE VT |
10VATICAN14 | VATICAN OFFICIAL ON CUBA RELATIONS WITH EU AND U.S. [...] (C) The Vatican's point person on Cuba, Monsignor Accattino, supports EU dialogue with Cuba and said the U.S. should refrain from unilateral actions against Cuba that play into the hands of the Castros - or Hugo Chavez. This is particularly true, he said, of decisions like identifying Cubans as nat [...] | 2010-01-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF CU VT |
10VATICAN15 | CARDINAL SAYS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD PERMIT CHURCHES, DECRIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican's interfaith Czar, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, renewed his call for all societies to recognize freedom of religion in a recent press interview. Tauran also asked for concrete measures that move interfaith relations from mere tolerance to harmonious coexistence of p [...] | 2010-01-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT |
10VATICAN18 | VATICAN OFFICIAL ON IRAQ AND PLANNED MEETING OF MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican's Secretariat of State point person for the Middle East, Monsignor Alberto Ortega, said the bishops of Iraq had urged the Vatican to convene a special Middle East "synod" (meeting of bishops) this Fall. Although violence is down, the Vatican is concerned about the fut [...] | 2010-02-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF IZ VT |
10VATICAN19 | (C) VATICAN AGREES IRAN IS NOT COOPERATING WITH IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PARM PREL UNSC VT |
10VATICAN21 | CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEKS INVITATION TO HAITI DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite one bishop's mild criticism of the U.S. military's role in Haiti at a press conference in Rome -- later virtually retracted in a Caritas press release -- the Holy See and Catholic relief agencies greatly appreciate U.S. assistance to Haiti and urge the USG to remain eng [...] | 2010-02-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EAGR PGOV HA VT |
10VATICAN23 | (C) VATICAN: IRAN IS NOT RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 16:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV IR VT |
10VATICAN26 | (C) IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE CRITICAL OF USG IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See, Albert Yelda, told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that he supports the exclusion of former Baathists candidates from the March 2010 parliamentary elections in Iraq (ref. A). Yelda said USG efforts to include former Baathists are an inter [...] | 2010-02-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF IZ VT |
10VATICAN29 | 2010 TIP REPORT INPUT FOR VATICAN CITY STATE/HOLY SEE [...] (U) Following are responses to reftel questions, keyed to reftel paragraphs: 25 A. Reliable sources (MFA officials) report that there is no trafficking-related activity in Vatican City State. 25 B. There is no documentation of trafficking in persons in Vatican City State. Vatican [...] | 2010-02-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MCA |
10VATICAN31 | VATICAN-AFFILIATED CONFERENCE REVIEWS CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...] (SBU) Summary: Political, academic and religious leaders from the Middle East presented their views on Christian-Muslim coexistence in the region at a conference organized by the Vatican-affiliated Community of Sant'Egidio on February 22 in Rome. The conference addressed, among other topics, [...] | 2010-02-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL KIRF IZ IS VT |
10VATICAN32 | POPE APPEALS TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS [...] (U) In a letter made public on February 25 in the semi-official Vatican daily, L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI asked Iraqi PM al-Maliki to do "everything possible" to increase security around Christian places of worship during the Eastern-rite Christian Christmas season. The original [...] | 2010-02-26 15:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL KIRF IZ VT |
10VATICAN33 | SEX ABUSE SCANDAL STRAINS IRISH-VATICAN RELATIONS, SHAKES UP [...] (C) Summary: The November 2009 report of cover-up by local bishops of revelations of physical and sexual abuse of children by Irish clergy appalled Catholics and others worldwide. Vatican and Irish officials' first concern was for the victims, but that reality was sometimes obscured in the events t [...] | 2010-02-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT EI |
10VATICAN9 | CATHOLIC CHARITIES ESTABLISH AID PLAN FOR HAITI; REPORTS ON [...] (U) Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based federation of Caritas humanitarian assistance national chapters, is supporting Catholic Relief Services (Caritas USA) and Caritas Haiti response to the earthquake in Haiti. A Caritas Internationalis team is on the ground in PAP. Caritas is f [...] | 2010-01-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL PREF HA VT |
10VIENNA100 | AUSTRIA: OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] Polchief raised reftel A points January 26 with Bruno Bilek, MFA Deputy Director for East Asia. Bilek said MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle will represent the GOA at the London Conference. He said Kyrle will be prepared to announce Austria's contributions to the Afghanistan mission if an [...] | 2010-01-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF AU |
10VIENNA106 | New Science Minister Faces Student Unrest [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 25, the GoA appointed Beatrix Karl as its new science minister. Like her predecessor Johannes Hahn -- who left to become European Commissioner for Regional Policy (reftel) -- Karl is a university law professor and a member of the conservative People's Party (OeVP). [...] | 2010-01-28 12:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TNGD PINR KSCA TBIO TPHY AU EUN |
10VIENNA107 | Update on Austrian Aid to Haiti [...] Austria's total (public and private) assistance to Haiti has risen to about EUR 10 million, making Austria one of the more generous countries in the EU on a per capita basis(after Norway, Sweden and Denmark). 2. Government Aid: This week Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the Go [...] | 2010-01-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU |
10VIENNA108 | Copenhagen Accord: Austria to Inscribe via EU [...] (SBU) On January 22, Ambassador Eacho delivered reftel demarche to EnvirMin Nikolaus Berlakovich (GoA Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management). Berlakovich assured the Ambassador that Austria, along with the other EU countries, would associate itself with the Copen [...] | 2010-01-29 08:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG AU END |
10VIENNA113 | Nabucco Pipeline Investment Decision by end-2010; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In informal discussions, OMV and Nabucco Company contacts have reiterated their expectation that the consortium will launch the project ("final investment decision") by the 4th quarter of this year, with initial gas deliveries by the end of 2014. The consortium continues to expe [...] | 2010-01-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV AU |
10VIENNA117 | AUSTRIA TO PRESS IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW [...] Econpoloff discussed reftel points January 29 with Gerlinde Paschinger, MFA Human Rights Unit Chief of Minority Rights, Thomas Unger, from the Human Rights division of the MFA Office of the Legal Advisor, and Gerrit Ach, MFA Human Rights Desk Officer. Paschinger said the MFA had called in th [...] | 2010-02-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IR AU |
10VIENNA119 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES AUSTRIA ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On Feb. 1, Amb. Eacho delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle, maintaining that Austria was in the European mainstream, was supportive of efforts to win enhanced sanctions in the UN Security Council (UNSC),where he said China would ultimately be [...] | 2010-02-02 06:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IR AU |
10VIENNA122 | PRESIDENT FISCHER'S CHINA VISIT FOCUSED ON TRADE [...] Summary: Austrian President Fischer's January 19-22 China visit was focused on business and trade, though he also raised human rights and North Korea with Chinese President Hu Jintao, according to an Austrian MFA contact. Hu said the Government of China was pleased with President Obama's visit [...] | 2010-02-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD ECIN CH TW AU |
10VIENNA126 | CITES COP15: AUSTRIA AGAINST BOBCAT PROPOSAL [...] (U) On February 1, Post met with Max Abensperg-Traun, the Austrian expert for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment who will be the Austrian representative at COP15 in March. We made sure to h [...] | 2010-02-03 07:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP AU |
10VIENNA130 | AUSTRIA: INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY [...] (U) Embassy Vienna welcomes the interagency decision to intensify diplomatic and public diplomacy efforts to address European misunderstandings and concerns about U.S. proposals for enhanced data sharing. Specific responses to reftel requests follow below. In general, this Embassy has had a [...] | 2010-02-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM KTFN KHLS ECPS ECON PREL CVIS KPAO |
10VIENNA137 | EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRAT LEADER SUGGESTS WAY [...] (C) Summary. Hannes Swoboda (protect),a VP in the Social Democratic caucus of the European Parliament (EP),believes that a clear commitment by the European Commission (EC) and Council to address EP concerns about the interim TFTP/FMDA agreement can sway a majority in the EP to vote in favor [...] | 2010-02-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KTFN ECPS ECON PREL EUN AU |
10VIENNA138 | AHMADINEJAD ADVISOR TELLS AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT AMCIT [...] (S) Summary: Michael Postl, former Austrian Ambassador to Iran, gave Embassy Vienna and UNVIE Poloffs a readout February 5 of his meeting in Geneva with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, chief of staff to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, on February 1. Postl said Mashaie told him the three Amcit hikers [...] | 2010-02-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | CASC PREL IR AF AU |
10VIENNA151 | AUSTRIA: RECORD DECLINE IN CATHOLIC CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN [...] Summary: A record number of Austrian Catholics chose to leave the Church formally in 2009, cancelling their annual contributions. The departures are widely attributed to a number of controversies that wracked the Church during the year, especially the abortive Vatican appointment of an ultraco [...] | 2010-02-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF VN AU |
10VIENNA160 | AUSTRIA SEES GROWING RESOLVE ON IRAN [...] (C) DCM discussed ref A demarche with Stefan Lehne, MFA Political Director, on Feb. 8. DCM told Lehne that the USG had serious concerns about the human rights situation in Iran and would continue communicating on high levels of the need for other countries to speak out. 2. (C) Lehne, who h [...] | 2010-02-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR AU |
10VIENNA164 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UN 1267 DESIGNATION OF MUTHANNA HARITH AL-DARI [...] (S) Econpoloff delivered reftel to Johann Brieger, MFA Head of International Cooperation in Justice and Home Afairs, on February 2, and on February 10 received the following written response, listed below. 2. (S) Vienna, 9 February 2010 Your request of 2 February 2010 concerning an US-int [...] | 2010-02-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | KTFN PTER SY JO IZ AU EFIN UN |
10VIENNA167 | Austrian Reaction to US-EU 2nd Stage Air Transport [...] (U) Embassy representatives delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings with MFA transportation office director Andreas Schmidinger and MinTransport DG for Aviation Affairs Manfred Bialonczyk. 2. (U) Both MFA and MinTransport representatives expressed strong support for continuing the US- [...] | 2010-02-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AU |
10VIENNA169 | SENIOR CONSERVATIVE MEP ON TFTP/FMDA OUTCOME, NEXT [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Austrian conservative group in the EP (a former Austrian Interior Minister) reported Feb. 12 that he believes there are good prospects for reaching agreement on a permanent TFTP/FMDA by July, provided however that the agreements incorporate the conditions the EP [...] | 2010-02-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN PREL EUN AU |
10VIENNA176 | AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the tenth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A. The available information on trafficking in persons comes from a wide range of [...] | 2010-02-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA |
10VIENNA177 | SERBS TELL AUSTRIAN FM THEY SEEK "FACE SAVING" [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbia is not seeking a UN showdown over Kosovo, but might pursue one if it finds no other means to reach a "face saving" resolution of Kosovo's status, Serbian FM Jeremic told Austrian FM Spindelegger during his February 10 visit to Belgrade. Spindelegger warned that a conflict [...] | 2010-02-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV SR AU |
10VIENNA180 | Profile of Top Aeronautics Producers in Austria [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable profiles four leading-edge aeronautics companies in Austria -- FACC, Diamond, Schiebel and Frequentis -- to illustrate how this export-driven industry has adapted to the dramatic aviation slowdown. Austrian firms have increasingly turned to foreign partnerships and inve [...] | 2010-02-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND ETTC TSPL AU |
10VIENNA182 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAC [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 06:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL AU |
10VIENNA194 | CD SESSION: AUSTRIA ON FMCT [...] (C) Austrian MFA Arms Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik reported Feb. 22 that Austria entirely shares the U.S. assessment of the difficulty of reaching agreement on a POW in the CD and the USG frustration with the impasse. Austria is, accordingly, fully prepared to work, as prop [...] | 2010-02-22 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL AU |
10VIENNA195 | AUSTRIA NOT PREPARED TO EXPAND ISAF PRESENCE [...] (SBU) With the Ambassador traveling in Austria outside of Vienna, the DCM raised reftel A points February 19 with Gerhard Jandl, MFA Security Policy Director. Jandl noted that the GOA was preparing to send five police trainers to the EUPOL mission in Afghanistan (reftel B),and said Austria w [...] | 2010-02-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NATO AU |
10VIENNA196 | IRANIAN CONTACTS TELL AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT THERE MAY [...] (C) Michael Postl, former Austrian Ambassador to Iran, informed Vienna Tri-Mission Poloff February 22 by email that contacts in Tehran (NFI) had complained to him the previous week about recent publicity concerning the three Amcit hikers detained in Iran. The Iranian contacts noted that Esfand [...] | 2010-02-22 15:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL IR AU |
10VIENNA198 | Distracted Driving: Situation in Austria [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel, this cable describes Austrian measures to combat "distracted driving" caused by operating electronic devices. The GoA Transport Ministry referred us to the Austrian Road Safety Board (RSB - www.kfv.at/english/),a public/private organization to which the GoA has essential [...] | 2010-02-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU AU |
10VIENNA203 | AUSTRIAN ON IRAN NUCLEAR ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In a previously scheduled meeting Feb. 22, Austrian MFA Arms Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik emphasized Austria's growing frustration with Iranian nuclear intransigence and reported that Austria was becoming increasingly direct in its public statements and private messages [...] | 2010-02-25 06:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR AU |
10VIENNA205 | AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TOURS ISRAEL, WEST BANK, [...] (C) Though cast as a renewal of Austrian engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Foreign Minster Spindelegger's trip to the Israel, the West Bank, Syria and Lebanon the week of March 15 served primarily as a stock- taking, with no specific new roles or missions for Austria in the [...] | 2010-02-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS SY LE AU |
10VIENNA206 | AUSTRIA ON GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA IO AU |
10VIENNA207 | AUSTRIA ON SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOG [...] (C) In a previously scheduled meeting Feb. 22, Embassy and UNVIE officers conveyed to Austrian MFA Arms Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik continued USG interest in pressing Syria for full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA on the Al Kibar reactor site. Marschik welcomed [...] | 2010-02-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL IAEA SY AU |
10VIENNA210 | Consolidation Looming at Raiffeisen Group [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As markets await final 2009 results, consolidation rumors surround Raiffeisen International (RI) -- the second largest lender in eastern Europe and a listed subsidiary of RZB/Raiffeisen Zentralbank (Austria's third largest banking group). RI will likely report an 80% drop in pro [...] | 2010-02-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU |
10VIENNA27 | SPO-OVP CLASH OVER PLANNED ASYLUM CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Interior Minister Fekter (conservative People's Party - OVP) has come under heavy criticism since her late December announcement of a plan to build an asylum center in Burgenland Province. Burgenland Governor Hans Niessl (Social Democrat Party - SPO),who faces provincial electi [...] | 2010-01-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
10VIENNA46 | AUSTRIA ON AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 10:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL AU |
10VIENNA48 | EMBASSY VIENNA ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] The following is Embassy Vienna's response to reftel request for information on engagement on women's issues. 2. The Embassy engages on a diverse range of women's issues in Austria, including trafficking in persons, the empowerment of Muslim women, and women's access to the labor market. S [...] | 2010-01-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM XG AU |
10VIENNA52 | Austrian Government to Nationalize Central Bank Minority [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Josef Proell plans to purchase the 30% of shares in Austria's central bank (Nationalbank/OeNB) which are currently owned by private Austrian banks/insurers and Austria's Economic Chamber. Proell argues that central bank ownership by private banks and insurance c [...] | 2010-01-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU |
10VIENNA53 | AUSTRIA: RIGHTWING LEADER BASHES OPPONENTS, ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (U) Heinz-Christian Strache, head of Austria's rightwing Freedom Party (FPO),blasted the ruling Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP) while calling for the deportation of lawbreaking asylum seekers during a January 10 rally launching the party's campaign for the citywide elections in [...] | 2010-01-13 11:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
10VIENNA54 | Austrian Rail Industry Targets U.S. High-Speed Rail [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's railway industry is exploring potential investment and sales in the United States connected to the U.S. stimulus funding for high-speed rail. Austrian companies (some of which are already major investors in the U.S. rail sector) recognize the political imperative to cr [...] | 2010-01-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EIND BTIO TSPL AU |
10VIENNA55 | AUSTRIA: ADDENDUM TO 2009 TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per reftel A, Post is submitting an addendum to the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria (reftel B). Addendum -------- 2. (SBU) Austrian authorities on December 28 arrested Peter Walaschek, a German citizen who pled guilty in a U.S. court in 1988 to shipping 115 tons of thiodigly [...] | 2010-01-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AU |
10VIENNA58 | Austria's Electronic Identity Card (eID) System [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post researched Austria's electronic identity card (eID) system, the so-called "Citizen Card" (CC) introduced starting in 2002 as part of a broader e-government plan to give citizens secure online access to public services. For most applications, the CC is a chip-based sma [...] | 2010-01-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON AU |
10VIENNA60 | AUSTRIA ON NPT REVCON, OTHER NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL ENRG IAEA NPT KTBT AU |
10VIENNA63 | Hypo Alpe Adria Group's Future Unclear Amid Allegations of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Investigations into the nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria banking group (HAA) are likely to have significant legal and political implications in Austria and beyond. Following the December 14 GoA takeover of HAA (Austria's sixth largest banking group with pre-crisis assets of about EU [...] | 2010-01-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN GM AU |
10VIENNA65 | AUSTRIA PREPARING TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN MISSION [...] (C) Bernhard Zimburg, MFA East Asia Director, told Polchief January 13 that the GOA is preparing to send five active duty police officers and, most likely, two retired judges to the EUPOL mission in Afghanistan. The Interior Ministry has issued a request for volunteers for the police position [...] | 2010-01-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF AU |
10VIENNA69 | Austria's Aid to Haiti [...] Austria's total (public and private) aid to Haiti is currently about 2.5 million Euros and is likely to increase. All aid is being channeled through the UN, EU and ICRC; so far no response has been requested from USG. 2. Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the GoA is contributin [...] | 2010-01-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU |
10VIENNA70 | CZECH-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS: NEIGHBORLY DIFFERENCES [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Vienna/Embassy Prague report. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, commercial relations are strong but environmental and other concerns have caused friction in the somewhat-testy Czech-Austrian relationship. Czech PM Fischer's visi [...] | 2010-01-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL CZ AU |
10VIENNA76 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAC [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PGOV PREL AU |
10VIENNA8 | Austria's Economic Recovery Sure but Slow [...] SUMMARY: After the deepest recession in more than 50 years, Austria's economy has started to recover but the upward trajectory will be slow, with set-backs likely. GDP will grow only around 1.5% in 2010 and 2011, insufficient to prevent unemployment rising to 5.2-5.7%: Economists say growth [...] | 2010-01-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
10VIENNA82 | AUSTRIA: INTEGRATION PLAN SETS NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Cabinet on January 19 adopted an "action plan" on integration that requires many immigrants to learn German before entering the country and enhances language requirements for legal residents already living in Austria. The plan also aims to combat discrimination and he [...] | 2010-01-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
10VIENNA87 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...] | 2010-01-26 07:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU |
10VIENNA99 | AUSTRIA: MERGER OF RIGHTWING PARTIES MARRED BY CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Alliance for the Future of Austria's (BZO) Carinthia branch voted overwhelmingly January 17 to join the Freedom Party (FPO) in a national alliance, despite recent charges of corruption and mismanagement against the leading proponent of the accord. Some BZO leaders o [...] | 2010-01-27 11:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
10VIENTIANE91 | BURMA CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE WA LINKS TO LAO [...] (C) On the margins of a February 19 law enforcement and coordination meeting, a Burmese diplomat volunteered to DCM that the Burmese Minister of Public Security will visit Laos the week of February 22-26. Primary focus of the Minister's visit will be a 1-2 day trip to a large casino in Bokeo [...] | 2010-02-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR BM LA |
10VIENTIANE97 | UN SYG ENGAGEMENT ON PROTECTION OF HMONG POCS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The US, along with like-minded countries, has sought the cooperation of the Lao government to allow third-country resettlement of 158 ethnic-Hmong Lao citizens identified as POCs by the UNHCR prior to their forced repatriation from Thailand on December 28, 20 [...] | 2010-02-25 10:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL UN LA |
10VILNIUS108 | FAC: LITHUANIA WILL PUSH FOR UKRAINE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) New MFA Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Asta Radikaite told Embassy February 19 that Lithuanian Foreign Minister Azubalis will speak at the EU Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) on the importance of EU engagement with Ukraine, post-election of Viktor Yanukovych. She said the GOL f [...] | 2010-02-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU LH |
10VILNIUS115 | LITHUANIA'S HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DEPUTY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Minister of Health resigned effective February 22 in the aftermath of a corruption scandal in which a vice minister pled guilty to soliciting a bribe. Raimondas Sukys, the first deputy speaker of the parliament and a former Minister of Interior, was nominated to be [...] | 2010-02-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR LH |
10VILNIUS118 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN UTENA [...] Summary: A cross section of municipal, business, and civil society leaders in Visaginas and Utena told the Ambassador on February 10-11 that the recession continues to hit the region hard, with negative impacts on families and communities and prompting increased immigration. The closure of the [...] | 2010-02-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN XH LH BE |
10VILNIUS120 | LITHUANIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA IO LH |
10VILNIUS121 | USG DONATES RADIATION DETECTION MONITORS TO GOL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL LH |
10VILNIUS123 | LITHUANIA FOLLOWING SYRIA ISSUE FOR MARCH IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IAEA LH |
10VILNIUS124 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION RELATED [...] (C) We met with the MFA's Laima Jureviciene, Head of the Middle East and Africa Division as well as Donatas Vainalavicius and Gediminas Kliukas from the Arms Control and Terrorism Prevention Division to discuss the addition of four entities and one individual related to the Iranian Revolutiona [...] | 2010-02-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN LH |
10VILNIUS125 | GOL VIEWS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY [...] (C) Summary. We spoke with Dovydas Spokauskas from the MFA's Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department as well as Robertas Sapronas from MOD's International Relations and Operations Department to collect information about the GOL's views on Open Skies (OS). The GOL considers t [...] | 2010-02-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL LH |
10VILNIUS13 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS QUANRUD [...] (U) Embassy Vilnius warmly welcomes you to Lithuania. Your upcoming visit is an excellent opportunity to reinforce our close bilateral relations with this small but committed ally in a sensitive and strategic region. The Embassy has organized a schedule that will address key areas of joint i [...] | 2010-01-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON LH |
10VILNIUS3 | DOES ILL WILL BETWEEN PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Growing public disagreement between President Dalia Grybauskaite and Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas has prompted speculation by government officials, political analysts and the media that Usackas may lose his job in a Cabinet reshuffle that is expected early in 2010. End sum [...] | 2010-01-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PGOV LH |
10VILNIUS35 | PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE: MFA AND MOD [...] ACTION REQUEST - Please see paragraph 3. 2. We delivered reftel talking points to MFA's Chief Counselor and lead on Afghanistan issues Valdamaras Sarapinas on January 21. Sarapinas confirmed that Tomas Sikorskis, First Secretary in the MFA's International Missions and Conflict Prevention [...] | 2010-01-21 14:10:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL NATO LH |
10VILNIUS36 | WHY SO MANY LEBANESE AT KAUNAS MEDICAL SCHOOL? [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers traveled to Kaunas January 12 to meet with Kaunas University of Medicine officials and discuss their international student program, specifically its large number of Lebanese students. This fact finding trip was done after eight Lebanese medical students from this [...] | 2010-01-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KFRD LH |
10VILNIUS4 | LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT GRYBAUSKAITE'S FIRST SIX [...] (C) After six months as president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite has put a strong personal stamp on the office and has charted a new direction from that set by her predecessor, Valdas Adamkus. She retains high approval ratings, and is seen as honest and hard working. She has sought to orient [...] | 2010-01-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG LH |
10VILNIUS42 | LITHUANIA IS ON MESSAGE RE TRANSITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 14:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL LH |
10VILNIUS47 | OUTREACH TO LITHUANIA ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 10:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF PREL PGOV ECON EFIN LH |
10VILNIUS48 | DEFENSE MINISTER ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Defense Minister Jukneviciene on January 20 asked the Ambassador for USG assistance to provide air transport for President Grybauskaite,s planned visit to Afghanistan this spring. The DefMin hopes to meet with Secretary Gates during [...] | 2010-01-26 11:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF LH |
10VILNIUS49 | LITHUANIA PUSHES FOR SPECIAL OPS TRAINING CENTER [...] (C) Summary. Commander of U.S. Special Forces in Europe (SOCEUR) MajGen Frank Kisner met with the Lithuanian National Security Advisor-equivalent Jonas Markevicius and the Vice Minister of National Defense Vytautas Umbrasas in separate meetings December 16 in Vilnius. Both Lithuanians express [...] | 2010-01-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PTER LH |
10VILNIUS5 | LATEST MEDIA REPORTING ON ALLEGED CIA PRISON IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Media coverage of the parliamentary investigation into alleged CIA prisons in Lithuania has been marked by inaccuracies in the foreign media and criticism of the government in local media. Lithuanian commentators have been critical of the government for damaging the U.S.-Lithu [...] | 2010-01-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LH |
10VILNIUS50 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO DESTROY OLD AND OBSOLETE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL LH |
10VILNIUS52 | LITHUANIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] (SBU) We spoke with MFA's Head of Human Rights Division Julius Rakitskis on January 27 to deliver reftel talking points on the upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran. We shared our concerns about the violence that occurred after the June 12 electi [...] | 2010-01-27 11:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL LH |
10VILNIUS54 | LITHUANIA PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] We delivered reftel talking points and a copy of the joint communique by President Preval and Secretary Clinton to Edita Razmenaite who is coordinating Haiti assistance for the MFA's Development Cooperation and Planning Division. Razmenaite confirmed that the GOL has pledged 50,000 litas (USD [...] | 2010-01-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA LH |
10VILNIUS59 | LITHUANIA SKEPTICAL ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Jonas Grinevicius, discussed current Lithuanian policy toward both Belarus and Russia with Embassy officers January 25. He stressed that President Grybauskaite and the GOL are "very much on the same page." They [...] | 2010-01-29 11:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH RU BO LH |
10VILNIUS63 | KAUNAS: OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] Summary: Ambassador traveled to Kaunas January 27 and met with the Mayor, local business leaders from Kraft and UPS-operator Elinta, and representatives from women's issue NGOs (septel). Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania and is billing itself as a pro-growth, high tech region in [...] | 2010-02-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON XS LH |
10VILNIUS64 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NGO REPS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN [...] Summary: Representatives of NGOs working on women's issues in Lithuania stressed to the Ambassador on January 27 in Kaunas their view that, "women's rights are human rights." These groups are mainly funded on a project to project basis, and promote women's equality, social support, and networki [...] | 2010-02-01 08:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN XH LH BE |
10VILNIUS7 | LITHUANIA NUCLEAR PLANT SHUTS DOWN UNEVENTFULLY, [...] SUMMARY: Lithuania shut down its Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) without incident at 11 p.m. local time on December 31, fulfilling a pledge it had made to the European Union. Before it closed, INPP was producing about 70 percent of Lithuania's electricity. The country's non-nuclear ener [...] | 2010-01-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON LH |
10VILNIUS77 | LITHUANIA WANTS TO KEEP MOLDOVA ON EU TRACK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zikevicius told Embassy February 1 that the goal of Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in visiting Chisinau January 26-27 and signing a Joint Declaration on Cooperation in the Field of European Integration, was to show suppo [...] | 2010-02-03 08:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE XH MD UP LH |
10VILNIUS78 | LITHUANIA'S 2011 OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Ambassador met with MFA Ambassador-at-Large Rytis Paulauskas on January 20 to discuss the GOL's plans for its OSCE chairmanship in 2011. Paulauskas said the GOL will focus on human dimension issues of media freedom and election observations. [...] | 2010-02-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE MOPS PREL AF LH |
10VILNIUS79 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on January 29 to MFA's Acting Foreign Minister (AFM) Rasa Jukneviciene, Vice Minister Asta Skaisgiryte, Political Director Eitvydas Bajarunas and Second Secretary Donatas Vainalavicius. The AFM expres [...] | 2010-02-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC LH |
10VILNIUS8 | AFTER H1N1 EPIDEMIC ENDS, VACCINE ARRIVES IN [...] SUMMARY: The Lithuanian government received about 27,000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine on December 30, just over a week after it had declared that flu was no longer at epidemic levels throughout the country. The vaccine is being offered first to medical personnel and to those in high-risk categ [...] | 2010-01-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO PREL LH |
10VILNIUS86 | LITHUANIA AND UKRAINE WILL REMAIN STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zickevicius emphasized to Embassy February 2 two points regarding Lithuanian policy toward Ukraine: first, the GOL considers it a victory in and of itself that the first round of the Presidential election corresponded to internation [...] | 2010-02-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF XH UP LH PHUM |
10VILNIUS94 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. REGARDING PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) We spoke with MFA's Head of Human Rights Division, Julius Rakitskis, and Laima Jureviciene, Head of Middle East and Africa Division on February 9th to deliver talking points (REF A). We expressed concern about the potential for demons [...] | 2010-02-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC IR LH |
10VLADIVOSTOK11 | RUSSKIY ISLAND -- THEY WILL BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, THEN [...] Summary: Many were surprised when in 2007, then President Vladimir Putin announced that the 2012 APEC summit would be held on Russkiy Island, an empty, undeveloped island just South of Vladivostok. On February 5, 2010, Consular Officer and USAID Representative visited the island, taking the f [...] | 2010-02-16 07:24:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV RS |
10VLADIVOSTOK12 | PRISON VISIT TO AMCIT HYO SOON PARK [...] On February 15, 2010, Consular Officer and Consular Agent-Sakhalin visited Park in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Prison. We spoke with Park for 30 minutes, uninterrupted, in the presence of detention officials and the local MFA representative. 2. Park has serious, ongoing problems with his heart. [...] | 2010-02-18 01:15:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC RS |
10VLADIVOSTOK9 | BEARS FIND A HOME THAT'S JUST RIGHT IN THE FAR EAST [...] Bears and pensioners, both prisoners of the Russian bureaucracy, are trying to survive together. Mr. Ivan Leschenko and his wife, Lyubov, have "inherited" a wildlife refuge for eight Himalayan bears. The regional government considers the Himalayan bear to be property of the state, but it doe [...] | 2010-02-09 04:49:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SCUL PGOV RS |
10WARSAW100 | NO DECISION ON POLISH PEACEKEEPERS IN HAITI [...] (C) Poland has not yet decided to deploy peacekeeping or law enforcement personnel to Haiti. A GOP decision will probably not occur earlier than next week and will likely be made within the broader context of EU initiatives related to Haiti assistance efforts. Iwona Krzeszewska and Katarzyna [...] | 2010-02-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR EFIN EAID HA PL |
10WARSAW109 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GENERAL STAFF CHIEF GAGOR [...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff Franciszek Gagor emphasized the importance to Poland that the first Patriot missile battery rotation take place in April in a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador. Gagor said it was his judgment that after the first rotation in Morag, it made militar [...] | 2010-02-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PL |
10WARSAW110 | AMBASSADOR MEETS DEFENSE MINISTER KLICH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Bogdan Klich told the Ambassador on February 18 that Poland is eager to see the fruits of bilateral defense cooperation, which he described as based on a solid political foundation. He emphasized the importance to Poland of an April arrival of the first Patriot battery [...] | 2010-02-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PL |
10WARSAW111 | POLISH EXPECTATIONS ON BELARUS "TORPEDOED" [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA officials say that Polish expectations for improved relations with Minsk were "torpedoed" by Belarus's recent seizure of a Polish cultural center in Iwieniec and the detention of several dozen Polish activists. One official characterized FM Sikorski's February 12 tete-a-tete [...] | 2010-02-22 17:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | BO PGOV PHUM PL PREL |
10WARSAW112 | POLAND - CIVIC PLATFORM PRIMARY GIVES SIKORSKI A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Civic Platform's (PO) decision to break with longstanding Polish tradition and hold primary elections to decide the party's nominee for president has created an opening for FM Radoslaw Sikorski, one of two declared candidates for the nomination. While the majority of party membe [...] | 2010-02-22 18:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
10WARSAW113 | POLAND TO CONSIDER NEGATIVE VOTE ON GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 18:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IO PL |
10WARSAW116 | POLAND LIKELY TO INCREASE CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN [...] (C) Warsaw plans to step up its contribution for training Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) but has not cleared with the interagency an announcement for the February 23 extraordinary force generation conference at SHAPE. Ambassador Jerzy Wieclaw of the MFA Asia-Pacific Department said a [...] | 2010-02-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP NATO PREL AF PL |
10WARSAW117 | POLES BELIEVE EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA WILL [...] (C) The GoP believes that the EU's arms embargo against China will remain intact despite recent comments suggesting that the Spanish EU Presidency might be interested in changing it (reftel). Pawel Milewski of the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department discounted reports that the EU position would ch [...] | 2010-02-23 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EU CH PL |
10WARSAW121 | POLES AGREE WITH US APPROACH ON TEHRAN RESEARCH [...] (C) Poland supports the U.S. approach on the Tehran Research Reactor (reftel),but questions how long the international community must continue to wait for Iranian authorities to respond more positively to Western engagement on the nuclear issue. Grzegorz Olszak, Chief of the MFA's Arab Stat [...] | 2010-02-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PINR IR PL |
10WARSAW15 | SENATE SPEAKER BORUSEWICZ: U.S. CAN COUNT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz (Civic Platform, PO),Ambassador Feinstein heard that the Speaker believes that U.S.-Polish relations had entered a new phase and stressed that the United States could "count on Poland" in Afghanistan. "It is immensely i [...] | 2010-01-07 12:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
10WARSAW17 | POLAND - WILL PM TUSK RUN FOR PRESIDENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Donald Tusk has said his Civic Platform (PO) party will not decide until March on its candidate for the fall 2010 presidential elections. Although he is the overwhelming favorite, Tusk is seen to be buying time to help assure victory, having lost the presidential election in [...] | 2010-01-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PL |
10WARSAW28 | REPLY TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST ACT 200904008 [...] In response to the FOIA Request for copies of documents from September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2008, relating to the extradition of a Polish citizen, Mariusz David Malyszczycki, Embassy Warsaw and Consulate General Krakow searched their respective files and found no such documents. The search too [...] | 2010-01-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF PL |
10WARSAW38 | POLES INSIST CONDITIONALITY KEY TO SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Polish officials firmly believe that Afghan military and law enforcement personnel must be fully capable of assuming responsibility for security during upcoming transitions before ISAF forces depart. Tomasz Lekarski, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, said he would [...] | 2010-01-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PL |
10WARSAW43 | PM-ADVISOR BARTOSZEWSKI DISCUSSES PLANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with Ambassador Feinstein, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, PM Tusk's Plenipotentiary for Polish-Jewish Dialogue and chair of the International Auschwitz Council, confirmed that Polish President Kaczynski, Polish PM Tusk, European Parliament President Buzek, and Is [...] | 2010-01-19 18:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PL |
10WARSAW48 | FORMER PM BIELECKI ON U.S.-POLAND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Former PM Jan Bielecki met with Ambassador Feinstein to discuss Poland's economy, its progression through the financial crisis, and its transition over the past twenty years. At the Ambassador's urging, Bielecki also assessed the U.S. role in Poland's economic transformation, and the p [...] | 2010-01-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EFIN PL |
10WARSAW51 | POLAND'S ASSOCIATION WITH THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 17:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PL KGHG SENV |
10WARSAW52 | POLAND: REQUEST FOR THE TEMPORARY TRANSFER OF [...] On January 20, 2010, Post delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Consular Affairs at the Polish Ministry of the Foreign Affairs, in the form of a Diplomatic Note No. C-00420, together with the supporting documents received via FedEX. A scanned copy of the dipnote was sent by email to [...] | 2010-01-22 08:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS SNAR KCRM |
10WARSAW54 | INVITATION TO PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE PASSED TO [...] Poland does not officially have a counterpart to the Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan/Pakistan, but Ambassador Jerzy Wieclaw of the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department would be a rough equivalent. Ambassador Wieclaw would very much like to take part in the Deputy SRAP meeting, and aske [...] | 2010-01-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MCAP NATO AF PL |
10WARSAW55 | POLES SUPPORT US GOALS FOR LONDON CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) The Polish Government fully supports U.S. objectives for the London Conference on Afghanistan, according to Ambassador Jerzy Wieclaw, of the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department. Wieclaw told PolCouns that international media may indeed distort the transition planning process to suggest that I [...] | 2010-01-22 17:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PL |
10WARSAW58 | POLISH VIEWS ON JANUARY 25-26 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland's EU Correspondent predicted the January 25-26 Foreign Affairs Council would focus mainly on EU assistance to Haiti, an area where new HighRep Ashton seems to have carved out a leading role. Poland supports Spanish Presidency plans to enhance EU engagement with Afghanista [...] | 2010-01-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN PL |
10WARSAW62 | POLAND'S PM TUSK - NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a hastily arranged press conference this morning, Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Civic Platform, PO) announced he will not run for president. Pundits and party insiders had speculated for some time that Tusk was reconsidering a second run for the presidency (reftel),after his defeat to i [...] | 2010-01-28 17:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PL |
10WARSAW65 | POLISH MFA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION: MIXED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official assessed the first round of Ukraine's presidential election as a "stunning success," but emphasized that Tymoshenko and Yanukovych must still be pressed to "respect the democratic process" in the second round. She also criticized Ukrainian President Yushchenk [...] | 2010-02-01 07:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PL PREL UP |
10WARSAW67 | POLAND SUPPORTS INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) Poland is prepared to increase pressure on Tehran in a bid to thwart Iran's efforts to build an indigenous nuclear weapons capability. Stanislaw Gulinski, filling in for regular MFA Iran desk officer Piotr Kozlowski, agreed with points in reftel demarche that it was time to step up the pr [...] | 2010-02-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC PL IR |
10WARSAW7 | POLAND: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 meeting with the Vice President, a diverse group of Polish civil society representatives, including organizations active in promoting democratic transformation and empowerment of women and minorities, emphasized Poland's efforts to share its successful transform [...] | 2010-01-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM PL |
10WARSAW72 | POLAND: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IRAN UNIVERSAL [...] (C) In advance of Iran's February 15 Universal Periodic Review (UPR),Poland submitted a list of four written questions to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The questions, copied below, cover the violence surrounding the June 12 elections, detainees' access to legal representation, an [...] | 2010-02-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN IR PL |
10WARSAW90 | POLAND/ISRAEL - PM NETANYAHU VISIT REINFORCES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli Embassy officials were impressed with the strong personal chemistry between Tusk and Netanyahu during the latter's January 26-27 visit to Poland. The Israeli PM reportedly left with a much deeper understanding of extensive Polish-Israeli security cooperation. Netanyah [...] | 2010-02-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KNNP EFIN PGOV IR IS PL |
10WARSAW94 | U/S TAUSCHER MEETS FM SIKORSKI, MOD KLICH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During February 8 meetings with Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Ambassador Lee Feinstein, Foreign Minister Sikorski and Defense Minister Klich said they were pleased with the successful completion of the protocol amending the Ball [...] | 2010-02-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AF CH IR IZ MARR NATO PARM PL PREL RS |
10WARSAW96 | 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polish government officials addressed Jewish and Polish suffering in ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. FCC Chairman Julius M. Genachowski, who led the U.S. Presidential Delegation, participated in a Holocaust education conference [...] | 2010-02-12 17:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV IS PL |
10WARSAW97 | POLISH RESPONSE TO DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE [...] On February 4, Econ Officer spoke with Andrzej Grzegorczyk, Director of the National Council of Traffic Safety within the Ministry of Infrastructure to deliver reftel demarche. Mr. Grzegorczyk offered general information regarding road safety in Poland and recognized that distracted driving [...] | 2010-02-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EUN SOCI UNDP UNGA PL |
10WARSAW98 | OSCE/ODIHR TO S.E. ROSENTHAL: USE ASTANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from OSCE's Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw told visiting Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal that high-level U.S. participation in the OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in June 2010 in Astana would help to r [...] | 2010-02-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OSCE PREL PL |
10WARSAW99 | ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND: GRADUAL PROGRESS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A range of interlocutors told U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal during her January 28-29 visit that anti-Semitism in Poland is on the decline, though not as quickly as they hoped. They cited a low incidence of anti-Semitic violence and [...] | 2010-02-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE IS PL |
10WASHDC113 | AU MOVES TOWARD SANCTIONS, FOLLOWING ICG-M CONDEMNATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) decided on targeted sanctions against Madagascar's coup leaders, giving them a final deadline of March 16 to implement the 2009 Maputo/Addis accords in good faith. Although France and China blocked such precise [...] | 2010-02-26 04:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MA AU |
10WELLINGTON3 | CORRECTED COPY -- SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S NEW [...] (SBU) Secretary Clinton, Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland extend a warm welcome to you for your January 15-17 visit to New Zealand. We have worked closely on preparations with your "Kiwi" hosts and share their excitement about your trip. Your visit to New Zealand, a small Pac [...] | 2010-01-06 21:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD OVIP AMGT SENV MARR NZ |
10WELLINGTON49 | New Zealand: PM Key and Diplomatic Corps hear grievances at [...] ( SBU) Summary: On February 5--the day before New Zealand's official national "Waitangi Day"--the Ambassador and DCM joined a large Diplomatic Corps contingent in Waitangi for a program commemorating the 170th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitengi in 1840. The Diplomatic Corps' [...] | 2010-02-10 06:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON NZ |
10WELLINGTON5 | Japanese Whaling Vessel Collision With Sea Sheperd Boat -- [...] (SBU) On January 7, Econoff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Environmental Division Deputy Director Carol Schwalger, who is the chief point of contact on the January 6 collision between a Japanese whaling vessel and the Ady Gil, a boat owned by the Sea Sheperd Conservatio [...] | 2010-01-07 12:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS SENV EWWT NZ JA AS |
10WELLINGTON57 | EAP/ANP Deputy Director Gets Read-Out on New Zealand [...] (SBU) Summary. During February 7-9 visit, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) Deputy Director Stephen Schwartz met with a number of academics and Government of New Zealand officials on a range of subjects, including New Zealand's economic situation, the Trans-Pacific [...] | 2010-02-12 07:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU |
10WELLINGTON65 | DAS Reed Engages on TPP, U.N. Reform, Environmental [...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on February 19, EAP Deputy Assistant (DAS) Secretary Frankie Reed engaged on a wide range of topics including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),the United Nations, environmental cooperation, [...] | 2010-02-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ETRD PGOV SENV EAGR FJ NZ APECO MARR UN PREL |
10WELLINGTON69 | UN GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION: NEW ZEALAND IS WATCHING EUROPE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Michael McBryde, the Foreign Ministry's UN Division Deputy Director, urging GNZ to vote no or abstain (as NZ did in November 2009) on the February 26 UN Goldstone Report draft resolution recently circulated by the Palestinian Observer Mission. [...] | 2010-02-25 02:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA PREL PGOV NZ |
10WELLINGTON77 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOUR ENTITIES AND ONE INDIVIDUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 04:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC IR PREL PARM EFIN NZ |
10WELLINGTON79 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP NZ |
10WELLINGTON81 | PM Key on Media Strategy after Military Review Briefing; His [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the Ambassador accompanied a Washington visitor to a " courtesy call" on Prime Minister (PM) John Key which turned into an hour plus discussion. PM Key noted that he (in contrast to MFAT) was not concerned about immediately devising a "media strategy" after the r [...] | 2010-02-25 05:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NZ |
10WINDHOEK114 | Namibia: Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor in 2009 [...] No single agency is responsible for the enforcement of laws relating to hazardous child labor. However, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare's Labor Inspectorate coordinated enforcement of the laws. The inspectorate's work was supported by the Namibian Police's Woman and Child Protection U [...] | 2010-02-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI WA |
10WINDHOEK116 | Demarche Delivered: U.S. Proposals for CITES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Emboff met with representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR),who will be delegates to the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP-15) for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...] | 2010-02-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV FWS WA KSCA AORC UNEP |
10WINDHOEK118 | Namibia Associates with Copenhagen [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 11:23:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV WA |
10WINDHOEK126 | Namibia's Rainbow Project Protests Anti-Homosexual [...] (U) On February 3, the civil society organization The Rainbow Project (TRP) organized a demonstration to protest anti-homosexual legislation in Uganda and Malawi. The group represents and provides support to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) persons living in Namibia. TRP [...] | 2010-02-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV WA MI UG |
10WINDHOEK128 | Visas Viper: January 2010 Monthly Report [...] During this month, post's Visas Viper Committee met as follows: DATE: January 29, 2010 PRESENT: A/DCM, CONS, DAO, RSO 2. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is Consular Officer Charles Jarrett. The committee is chaired by DCM Matthew Harrington. As of February 1, 2010, only [...] | 2010-02-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
10WINDHOEK132 | Namibia: Chinese Engagement and Potential Areas for [...] (SBU)Summary. Namibia and China enjoy excellent relations based on historical ties and current bilateral trade and development assistance. Those ties have only strengthened since 2007, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Namibia and the two governments signed an agreement for a concessio [...] | 2010-02-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID CH WA |
10WINDHOEK156 | 2010 Annual Trafficking Report on Namibia [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post submits input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report for Namibia. ----------------------------------- Namibia's TIP Situation ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Response to 25 A: The Government of Namibia (GRN) is in the early stages of d [...] | 2010-02-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF MCA ELAB KTIP KCRM SMIG KWMN KFRD WA |
10WINDHOEK164 | Embassy Windhoek Contact for ICT Issues [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON WA |
10WINDHOEK166 | SWAPO CRUSHES OPPOSITION AGAIN IN OKAHANDJA BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Three months after Namibia's contested National Assembly and presidential elections, residents of the Okahandja constituency returned to the polls on February 24 to vote for a regional councilor. In another year, this by-election for a small constituency would have passed witho [...] | 2010-02-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV WA |
10WINDHOEK168 | Demarche Delivered: Goldstone Follow-up Action [...] (U) On February 25, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Michael Ndivaele, director of multilateral affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ndivaele had no substantive comments on Namibia's position, but took considerable interest in the subject, including requesting follow-up informat [...] | 2010-02-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA WA |
10WINDHOEK174 | CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS - NAMIBIA [...] Post completed its review on February 26, 2010. 2. DCM Matthew Harrington, FE-OC, along with ACO/Consular Chief Charles Jarrett, certifies successful completion of the review and that Post is in full compliance. 3. Certification comments follow for specific areas cited i [...] | 2010-02-26 11:46:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT CASC KFRD WA |
10WINDHOEK21 | Namibia: Still Bullish on Fishing [...] (SBU) Fishing is one of Namibia's top industries, contributing between three and seven percent of GDP since 1990, and about 20 percent of export earnings. The fishing industry is trying to diversify both its markets and its products. The Namibian government (GRN) has been largely successful i [...] | 2010-02-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON FWS NMFS WA |
10WINDHOEK25 | Namibian Foreign Minister Discusses MINURCAT, SADC [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17, Ambassador paid a New Year courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Hausiku. Hausiku offered his views on Namibia's contribution to the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) in light of Chad's President Deby's call to end [...] | 2010-02-18 15:51:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU KPKO KMCA WA CD |
10WINDHOEK3 | Namibians Skeptical That Zimbabwe Will Cut Off Power [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite recent news reports that Zimbabwe's Energy Minister had ordered his country's utility ZESA to stop exports of electricity to Namibia except from Hwange, ZESA continues "business as usual" in providing Namibia power. Namibia's national power utility NamPower and ZESA signe [...] | 2010-01-14 16:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG DOE ZI WA |
10WINDHOEK4 | VISAS VIPER: December 2009 Monthly Activity Report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
10WINDHOEK42 | Namibia: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] (U) The Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) is committed to stimulating economic growth and employment through attracting foreign investment. The Foreign Investment Act of 1990 is the primary legislation that governs foreign direct investment in Namibia. The Ministry of Trade and In [...] | 2010-01-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC WA |
10WINDHOEK60 | RECALL 10 WINDHOEK 60 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO WA |
10WINDHOEK64 | Namibia: 2010 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) [...] (U) Embassy Windhoek is pleased to submit its 2010 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) request. Post has identified two priorities for 2010 BFIF funding: (1) $6494 - Local Trade Fair Participation (2) $3500 - Training for Locally Engaged Staff (LES) Both items w [...] | 2010-01-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO WA |
10WINDHOEK7 | Namibia's Rossing Uranium -- A USG Evaluation [...] (SBU) A combined National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and State Department team visited Rio Tinto's Rossing Uranium Mine and received a detailed briefing on the September 2009 theft of uranium oxide (reftel A),reviewed the company's mitigation measures to prevent future thefts, and disc [...] | 2010-01-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IR WA |
10WINDHOEK78 | Namibia Pledges to Assist Haiti Via Cuban Government [...] Poloff delivered Ref A and B to Alan Hattle, Director of Bilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on January 19. Ambassador underscored the message to Prime Minister Nahas Angula on January 25, following press reports that Namibia planned to donate USD one million in humani [...] | 2010-01-25 15:28:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV HA CU WA |
10WINDHOEK80 | Namibia Wary of Copenhagen [...] (SBU) On January 25, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Prime Minister Nahas Angula, urging the Government of Namibia to associate with the Copenhagen Accord without delay. Angula indicated his government was disappointed with the outcome of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the [...] | 2010-01-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV WA |
10WINDHOEK90 | Namibia Wary, But Aligning with Copenhagen [...] (U) Following up on the demarche delivered by Ambassador to Prime Minsiter Nahas Angula on January 25 (REF A),Emboff met on January 27 with the Teofilus Nghitila, Director of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism. 2. (SBU) Nghitila expressed disappointment wit [...] | 2010-01-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV WA |
10WINDHOEK94 | VISAS VIPER: ADISI, Muhammed Salim [...] (U) Embassy Windhoek's Visas Viper Committee met on January 29, 2010. The following were present at the meeting: A/DCM, DAO, RSO and CONS. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is Consular Officer Charles Jarrett. The committee is usually chaired by DCM Matthew Harrington; as he is currently [...] | 2010-01-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
10YAOUNDE105 | Cameroon: Minister of Territorial Administration [...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD) Marafa Hamidou Yaya was very discouraged about the ability of the Electoral Commission (ELECAM) to run a good election. Recently named ELECAM officials were incompe [...] | 2010-02-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CM KCOR PTER PINR |
10YAOUNDE118 | Cameroon Distracted Driving Demarche [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CM SOCI UNDP UNGA |
10YAOUNDE150 | CAMEROON: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] Summary: Child Labor in Cameroon is found primarily in the production of agricultural goods, including palm oil, rubber, coffee, banana, cocoa and tea in four regions of Cameroon. Statistics on child labor (as with most other issues) are limited or non-existent. The most reliable sources of in [...] | 2010-02-26 10:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI CM |
10YAOUNDE48 | CAMEROONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI [...] (SBU) In a January 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Ambassador discussed the humanitarian relief effort in Haiti. She shared information about channels for possible Cameroonian assistance per reftel. She thanked the Minister for the two Cameroonian Navy personnel on boa [...] | 2010-01-22 09:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAID PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
10YAOUNDE49 | HAITI LOW PRIORITY TO CAMEROONIAN MEDIA [...] Cameroonian media coverage of the situation in Haiti has been meager, though factual and unbiased. Most of the limited written press accounts have been from sources such as RFI, AFP, and Le Monde, while television stations have utilized footage from international news organizations. Radio c [...] | 2010-01-22 09:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL HA CM |
10YAOUNDE5 | CAMEROON AND NIGERIA BEGIN HISTORIC BORDER [...] (U) Summary: On December 14, Cameroon and Nigeria laid the first pillar to demarcate their land border, in compliance with a 2002 International Court of Justice ruling. In remarks at the event, Cameroonian Minister of Justice Amadou Ali called the border a "bridge" rather than a "separatio [...] | 2010-01-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CM MARR NI PGOV PREL |
10YAOUNDE52 | CAMEROON AND THE AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) In a January 21 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi confirmed that he will attend the January 30-February 2 African Union summit in Addis Ababa. Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development Louis Paul Motaze received a special invitation and is also p [...] | 2010-01-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CM OVIP PREL XA |
10YAOUNDE55 | Cameroon and Fiscal Transparency [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Cameroon (GRC) annually publishes its budget as passed by the National Assembly and approved by the President. The published budget allows the public to review some information regarding projected revenues and expenditures, but the GRC's actual income and expe [...] | 2010-01-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID EINV ECON CM |
10YAOUNDE63 | Cameroon's BFIF Proposals [...] (U) Post seeks BFIF support to fund programs that will help build upon recent positive events in Cameroon to advance U.S. commercial outreach here and in the sub-region. The U.S. is the largest source of foreign direct investment in Cameroon and several dozen American companies have a presenc [...] | 2010-01-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON EINV CM |
10YAOUNDE65 | CAMEROON GIVES $1 MILLION TO HAITI [...] On January 28, the Government of Cameroon announced it was making an official contribution of 500 million FCFA (about $1.1 million) to assist Haiti, according to an official press release. On January 27, DCM discussed the Haiti situation with Secretary General of the Ministry of External Rel [...] | 2010-01-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAID HA PREL |
10YAOUNDE67 | CAMEROON ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD AND NEXT STEPS [...] (U) Summary: On January 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the Copenhagen Accord to Cameroon's Foreign Minister. On January 29, DCM met with Minister of Environment and Nature Protection Pierre Hele to discuss the Copenhagen climate change summit and deliver reftel demarche. The [...] | 2010-01-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ENRG KGHG PREL SENV |
10YAOUNDE78 | CAMEROON: BIYA OFF TO A BUSY NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Biya set the tone for a busy year with an uncharacteristically active January. In his annual New Year's address, Biya focused on the economy and the need to forge greater national unity as Cameroon enters its fiftieth anniversary of independence. He praised the Ob [...] | 2010-02-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL |
10YAOUNDE8 | CAMEROON'S RELATIONS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 16 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, the Foreign Ministry's Director for African Affairs said recent visits to Cameroon by the Presidents of Chad and Cental African Republic focused on security and regional integration (especially the corruption scandal in the Central [...] | 2010-01-06 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON EFIN PGOV PREF PREL |
10YAOUNDE83 | Cameroonian President Biya Gives Ambassador [...] (C) Summary: On February 4, Ambassador met with President Paul Biya for a two-hour tour d´horizon of domestic and international issues. Biya was concerned about the threat of Islamic extremism. He praised growing Central African regional cooperation and improved relations with Nigeria. He was po [...] | 2010-02-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR EFIN CM PTER SENV PHUM BEXP PINR |
10YAOUNDE87 | Cameroon: Forestry and Wildlife Minister Discusses CITES, [...] (U) Summary: On February 3, Ambassador met with Minister of Forests and Wildlife Elvis Ngolle Ngolle for a wide-ranging discussion of developments in his ministry, CITES and the Copenhagen Accord. The Minister was pleased with the outcome of Copenhagen and noted that COMIFAC has yet t [...] | 2010-02-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EFIN KSCA AORC UNEP CM |
10YAOUNDE91 | China's Growing Presence in Cameroon [...] (SBU) Summary: China has a long bilateral friendship with Cameroon, reflected in the 2007 visit to Cameroon by President Hu Jintao. The Chinese government has provided grants or concessional loans to fund a number infrastructure projects (hospitals, schools, roads, and stadiums). China prov [...] | 2010-02-16 11:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CM ECON EFIS EINV CH ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR |
10YAOUNDE95 | China's Growing Presence in Cameroon [...] (SBU) Summary: China has a long bilateral friendship with Cameroon, reflected in the 2007 visit to Cameroon by President Hu Jintao. The Chinese government has provided grants or concessional loans to fund a number infrastructure projects (hospitals, schools, roads, and stadiums). China prov [...] | 2010-02-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CM ECON EFIS EINV CH ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR |
10YEREVAN1 | FINAL DEATH THROES FOR LTP'S OPPOSITION ANC? [...] (C) Since its creation in May 2008 in the wake of the disputed 2008 presidential election, the 17-party opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has been unable to accomplish its stated goal of dislodging the ruling authorities from power. Led by the overbearing Levon Ter-Petrossian (Armeni [...] | 2010-01-04 07:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TU AJ AM |
10YEREVAN102 | ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CHURCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Catholicos Karekin II, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC),told the Ambassador that the AAC is willing to participate in a joint commission with the Georgian Orthodox Church and others to discuss the historical ownership of a number of disputed churches in Georgia, as [...] | 2010-02-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF SCUL GG AM |
10YEREVAN103 | GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA GIVES HIS VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Georgian Ambassador to Armenia believes the Government of Armenia (GOAM) is ratcheting up demands on the Government of Georgia (GOG) on the issues of border demarcation and the disputed churches to take advantage of Georgia's perceived weakness and delicate psychological st [...] | 2010-02-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PBTS KIRF SOCI GG AM |
10YEREVAN105 | ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
10YEREVAN106 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESSES PROCEDURAL ISSUES ON [...] (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly (NA) overwhelmingly approved on February 25 an amendment to the Law on International Treaties articulating mechanisms for withdrawal from agreements for which instruments of ratification have not been exchanged. This week the body also received from the ex [...] | 2010-02-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AZ AM |
10YEREVAN13 | COVER ME, COVER YOU? PM SARGSIAN JOINS RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) The recent decision by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian, two of his ministers, and a cohort of their reformist colleagues to join the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has the political rumor mill in Yerevan churning. Some pundits view the unexpected development as a move taken by P [...] | 2010-01-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS TU AJ AM |
10YEREVAN19 | ARMENIA MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE [...] (C) In the January 10 by-election, Embassy observers noted widespread intimidation, low-scale violence, and cases where individuals outside the electoral commissions directed the vote process. Although we did not directly observe ballot stuffing, Embassy personnel were present at a polling stat [...] | 2010-01-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
10YEREVAN22 | ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT APPROVES TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (SBU) On January 12 Armenia's Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Armenian-Turkish protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and developing bilateral relations are in compliance with the Armenian constitution. Addressing criticisms from opponents of the protocols, the Co [...] | 2010-01-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM |
10YEREVAN29 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates who have been nominated by the Government of Armenia to attend the USG-sponsored Export Controls Best Practices Workshop in Bucharest, Romania from February 2 [...] | 2010-01-21 06:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM MASS ASEC AM |
10YEREVAN30 | ARMENIA CORRECTS IMBALANCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) On January 14, Armenia's Constitutional (Supreme) Court struck down as unconstitutional a controversial criminal code statute that allowed defense attorneys, victims, or witnesses -- but not prosecutors -- to be charged with contempt of court for acting contemptuously to a judge. The sta [...] | 2010-01-21 06:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
10YEREVAN33 | OPPOSITION LEADER HANDED 7 YEAR SENTENCE [...] (SBU) On January 19, a Yerevan court controversially convicted and sentenced to seven years' jail time Nikol Pashinian, one of the most prominent opposition leaders who challenged the results of the disputed 2008 presidential election. Pashinian, who went into hiding in March 2008 after the au [...] | 2010-01-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
10YEREVAN38 | ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 [...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per ref A request for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While the Armenian government (GOAM) officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some gl [...] | 2010-01-26 06:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM |
10YEREVAN41 | POGROM COMMEMORATIONS TO COUNTER BAKU'S [...] (C) During the past several weeks, extensive commemorations of the January 1990 pogroms of Armenians in Baku have taken place in Yerevan. The GOAM's sponsorship and support of the commemorations appears to be qualitatively and quantitatively higher than in recent years. Post learned that the [...] | 2010-01-26 11:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS TU AJ AM |
10YEREVAN45 | YEREVAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: OUTREACH ON LONDON [...] (SBU) On 24 January 2010, POLOFF delivered ref talking points to Lilit Davtyan, Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas desk officer. On 25 January 2010, Davtyan contacted POLOFF and noted that the message had been passed to the appropriate MFA offices. YOVANOVITCH [...] | 2010-01-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF |
10YEREVAN51 | 2010 BUDGET HEAVILY RELIES ON INTERNATIONAL AID [...] (SBU) On December 10, 2009 Armenia's National Assembly approved the 2010 state budget. Yielding to the impact of the global financial crisis on revenue collections, the GOAM adopted a budget that is one percent lower than that of 2009, with significant cuts to priority areas like social servi [...] | 2010-02-02 10:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AM |
10YEREVAN52 | COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT EAID AM |
10YEREVAN53 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE [...] (C) On February 1, Ambassador Yovanovitch delivered ref demarche to Armenian Minster of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian. This was Ambassador Yovanovich's second meeting in a week with Nalbandian on Iran,s nuclear program.. At the earlier January 26 meeting in anticipation of Iranian Foreig [...] | 2010-02-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IR AM |
10YEREVAN60 | UPDATES IN YOUTH ACTIVIST WHISTLEBLOWER CASE [...] (SBU) In an apparent reversal in a controversial whistleblower case (reftels),the prosecutor general's office on January 11 launched a criminal investigation against a former instructor at a special needs school for allegedly sexually abusing his students. Previous investigations into the sexu [...] | 2010-02-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS SOCI AM |
10YEREVAN63 | ARMAVIA OWNER OUTLINES PLANS FOR U.S. FLIGHTS [...] (C) During their meeting on January 21, Armavia Airlines owner Mikhail Baghdassarov told Ambassador that the company has reached agreement to purchase a Boeing 767 as a first step toward establishing its long-awaited service to the U.S. Despite the toll the economic crisis has taken on the wo [...] | 2010-02-05 13:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD AM |
10YEREVAN64 | 2009 INFORMATION ON ARMENIA'S CHILD LABOR PRACTICES [...] (U) This message represents Embassy Yerevan's response to DOL's information request on child labor practices and forced child labor in Armenia in 2009 (ref A). The cable includes information on both tasks: Task 1 (1/TVPRA) - information request on the use of forced labor and/or exploitive chil [...] | 2010-02-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM |
10YEREVAN71 | ARMENIA-GEORGIA RELATIONSHIP POSITIVE DESPITE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS SOCI PHUM GG AM |
10YEREVAN73 | NEW TELECOM ENTRANT IN ARMENIA BRINGS FIBER TO THE [...] (C) The development of Armenia's information, communications and technology (ICT) sector promises another advancement with the introduction of "triple play" service and fiber to the home. U-Com, a new entrant in the Armenian ICT sector, plans to launch this convergent service. Customer trials [...] | 2010-02-11 07:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT EINV AM TU |
10YEREVAN78 | SARGSIAN CONFIDANTE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ambassador and DCM, Armenian oligarch and Sargsian confidante Mikhail Baghdassarov expressed optimism that the Turkish parliament would ratify the normalization protocols, but insisted that Armenia could not be expected to ratify first. He said A [...] | 2010-02-17 05:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | POGV ECON PREL AJ TU AM |
10YEREVAN82 | DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE [...] Poloff delivered points contained in reftel to Lilit Avetisyan, the Armenian Ministry of Health officer responsible for road safety issues. In order to compile some of below statistics, Poloff also accessed government statistics available to the public at www.armstat.am. 2. According to Av [...] | 2010-02-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA IC |
10YEREVAN84 | UPDATE ON ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS AND DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO [...] (SBU) On February 12 the Turkey-Armenia protocols were submitted to the National Assembly and subsequently sent to the Committee on Foreign Relations for discussion. It is unclear when the Committee will discuss the protocols and when (or if) the Parliament will vote on them. The draft amendm [...] | 2010-02-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
10YEREVAN85 | TURKISH THINK TANK VISIT TO YEREVAN HIGHLIGHTS [...] A visit to Yerevan by members of a Turkish economic think tank revealed strong interest among the Armenian business community, civil society and government for increased engagement -- both economic and political -- with Turkey. While some interlocutors lamented the hostile attitudes of some Tu [...] | 2010-02-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD GA TU AM |
10YEREVAN87 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on February 11 Areg Barseghian, the head of the Asian Development Bank's Armenia office, outlined for the Ambassador the ADB's current projects in Armenia. The GOAM plans to manage the largest road project -- the North-South Corridor -- through a paral [...] | 2010-02-19 08:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON GA AM |
10YEREVAN98 | EX-ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's foreign minister from 1998-2008, expressed skepticism to the Ambassador about the fate of the Turkey-Armenia protocols, and accused President Sargsian of mishandling the entire process. He suggested that Turkey, as the senior partner, make a unilateral move to g [...] | 2010-02-25 07:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
10ZAGREB100 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 16, 2010 [...] (U) Senators Voinovich and Shaheen Meet with PM and President: Senators Voinovich and Shaheen visited Zagreb February 15-16 as part of a multi-country tour of the region. They met with PM Kosor, President Mesic, President Elect Josipovic, Defense Minister Vukelic, and FM Jandrokovic. The Sen [...] | 2010-02-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB102 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 18, 2010 [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Lew Arrives for Presidential Inauguration: Deputy Secretary Lew arrived in Zagreb on February 17 to attend the inauguration of Croatia's third president, Ivo Josipovich. Prior to the February 18 ceremony, the Deputy Secretary met privately with President-elect Josipovic [...] | 2010-02-18 12:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR ECON |
10ZAGREB109 | CROATIAN RESPONSE REGARDING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR HR |
10ZAGREB110 | ZAGREB AIRPORT DIRECTOR DESCRIBES GRIM FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Zagreb Airport Director Tonci Peovic sat down with Ambassador and Econoff on February 12 to discuss the current state of air transport, the performance of the national airline, and problems within the Transport Ministry. According to Peovic, Croatia Airlines is in a dire finan [...] | 2010-02-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ETA EINV HR |
10ZAGREB113 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 24, 2010 [...] (U) Serbian Parliamentary Delegation Continues Visit; President Josipovic Sees Better Relations Ahead: On February 23, the Serbian Parliament's Croatia Friendship Group continued its visit to Zagreb, holding meetings with Sabor Speaker Luka Bebic, Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic and Preside [...] | 2010-02-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB115 | SENATORS VOINOVICH AND SHAHEEN DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. On February 15 Senators Voinovich and Shaheen met with PM Kosor, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, Defense Minister Vukelic, then-President Mesic and President-Elect Josipovic. Prime Minister Kosor described the GoC's key goals as completing EU accession negotiations, strengthening [...] | 2010-02-25 09:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR OVIP |
10ZAGREB116 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 25, 2010 [...] (U) Economy Ministry Releases Reports on Public Procurement: The Economy Ministry's department for the public procurement system and the State Commission supervising public procurement sent their reports on public procurements for 2009 to the National Council monitoring corruption this week. T [...] | 2010-02-25 12:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB117 | CROATIA TO ABSTAIN IN GOLDSTONE VOTE ON FEBRUARY 26 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | IO PHUM UNGA HR |
10ZAGREB118 | DS LEW MEETING WITH ALBANIAN PRESIDENT ON SIDELINES OF [...] (SBU) In a meeting on February 18, prior to the inauguration of Croatia's new president, Ivo Josipovic, Deputy Secretary Lew met with President Topi from Albania. The talks covered Kosovo and regional relations, Albania's domestic situation, and Afghanistan. President Topi thanked the Deputy S [...] | 2010-02-26 07:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ZL AL |
10ZAGREB119 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW - U.S./SLOVENIA BILAT: AREAS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Lew met Slovenian President Danilo Turk in the margins of the February 18 inauguration of new Croatian President Ivo Josipovic. Lew was accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Croatia James Foley and Chief of Staff Piper Campbell. Turk was joined by Dusan Snoj, of [...] | 2010-02-26 07:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR SI |
10ZAGREB12 | ZAGREB DAILY REPORT: JANUARY 7, 2010 [...] (U) RULING COALITION SUPPORTS PM KOSOR: Following its decision to expel former PM Ivo Sanader from party membership, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leadership headed by Prime Minister and party president Jadranka Kosor met January 5 with its coalition partners, the Croatian Peasant Party [...] | 2010-01-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB121 | DS LEW IN ZAGREB: NATO PARTNERSHIP, EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew traveled to Zagreb February 17-18 as head of the presidential delegation to the inauguration of Croatia's third president, Ivo Josipovic. Croatia's ISAF contributions, EU accession and role in the region emerged as key themes of the visit. In addition [...] | 2010-02-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PVOV HR |
10ZAGREB122 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: FEBRUARY 26, 2010 [...] (U) Political relations between Croatia and Serbia are stagnating, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said in a February 25 television interview; although he stressed that the countries had good cooperation on economic, police, judicial and cultural issues. Jandrokovic was respondin [...] | 2010-02-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON HR |
10ZAGREB14 | PRESIDENTIAL RACE TIGHTENS; CANDIDATES PRESENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ivo Josipovic, candidate of the main opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP),and independent candidate Milan Bandic, who is the mayor of Zagreb, are competing in the January 10 presidential run-off election. They share similar positions on key foreign policy issues, such as th [...] | 2010-01-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB16 | IVO JOSIPOVIC ELECTED CROATIA'S THIRD PRESIDENT [...] (U) Ivo Josipovic, candidate of the main opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP),won the run-off election on January 10 garnering 60 percent of the vote to become Croatia's third president. Just after midnight, the Croatian Electoral Commission announced preliminary results (with 99 percent [...] | 2010-01-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB19 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] (U) IVO JOSIPOVIC WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: Ivo Josipovic, candidate of the main opposition Social Democratic Party, won the run-off election on January 10, garnering 60 percent of the vote to defeat Milan Bandic and become Croatia's third president. Josipovic won an outright majority in 1 [...] | 2010-01-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB20 | EMBASSY ZAGREB RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANTS FOR OSCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 16:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE HR |
10ZAGREB26 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KOSOR [...] SUMMARY: I saw Prime Minister Kosor for 75 minutes January 11 to discuss the fallout from the Sanader "political coup" attempt (reftels) and a range of issues, including Croatia's EU accession negotiations, ICTY cooperation, energy relationship with Russia and prospects for improving ties wi [...] | 2010-01-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB27 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 12, 2010 [...] (U) AMBASSADOR FOLEY MEETS WITH PM KOSOR: Kosor said strengthening the economy, completing EU accession negotiations, establishing Croatia as a "model" NATO member, and tackling corruption will be the GoC's top priority this year. Ambassador Foley reaffirmed support for Kosor's objectives and [...] | 2010-01-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON HR |
10ZAGREB30 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 13, 2010 [...] (U) PM KOSOR MEETING WITH SLOVENE PM PAHOR TODAY: Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor is traveling to Kranjska Gora in Slovenia today for a working lunch with Slovenian PM Borut Pahor. Topics for discussion will include the status of the Slovenia-Croatia Arbitration Agreement for the border dispute [...] | 2010-01-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON HR |
10ZAGREB31 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 14, 2010 [...] (U) SLOVENIA POISED TO LIFT RESERVATIONS ON TWO CHAPTERS: Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor and his Croatian counterpart Jadranka Kosor said January 14 they were ready to clear the way for Zagreb's EU membership talks next month. "My wish is that, by the next EU-Croatia accession conference [...] | 2010-01-14 11:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON HR |
10ZAGREB32 | CROATIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President-elect Josipovic's first foreign policy priority will be supporting Croatia's EU accession, where his clear views on some key issues -- including corruption and cooperation with the ICTY -- should give a boost to Croatia's prospects for expeditious completion. Josipovi [...] | 2010-01-14 11:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB34 | CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...] | 2010-01-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
10ZAGREB35 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] (U) INAUGURATION FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSIPOVIC TO BE HELD FEB 18: President-Elect of Croatia Dr. Ivo Josipovic's inauguration will be held February 18 in Zagreb. According to Dr. Mirando Mrsic, Josipovic's campaign director, Josipovic is inviting the heads of state or government from all Euro [...] | 2010-01-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON HR |
10ZAGREB36 | CROATIAN RESPONSE ON CLARIFYING THE TRANSITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF HR |
10ZAGREB43 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 20, 2010 [...] (SBU) PRESIDENT MESIC'S COMMENTS ON OPPOSING RS SECESSION WITH MILITARY ACTION: According to local media, in an informal chat with reporters on January 18, President Mesic said that, if Republika Srpska (RS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) voted in a referendum to secede from BiH, then the RS "wo [...] | 2010-01-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB44 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 19, 2010 [...] (U) HUNGARIAN PM HIGHLIGHTS RELATIONS ON ENERGY DURING VISIT TO CROATIA: Hungarian PM Bajnai visited Croatia on January 18, the first prime minister to visit Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor since she took office. The main topic of their meeting was energy, and both expressed hope that [...] | 2010-01-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG HR |
10ZAGREB45 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 21, 2010 [...] (U) PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ISSUE STATEMENT CLARIFYING MESIC'S RECENT COMMENTS ON BiH: Mesic's office released a statement on January 21 responding to "certain nervous and unfounded reactions" to this week's comments by Mesic that Croatia would be ready to respond militarily if Republika Srpska mo [...] | 2010-01-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB46 | EU AMBASSADOR ON KEY ACCESSION ISSUES FOR CROATIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Foley on January 21, the EU Ambassador to Croatia, Paul Vandoren, and his Deputy, David Hudson, reviewed the current status of Croatian accession negotiations. Noting the "strong desire on the part of EU member states to bring (Croatia's) accession p [...] | 2010-01-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ECON SR HR |
10ZAGREB48 | Zagreb Daily Report - January 22, 2010 [...] (U) Prosecutors Open Formal Corruption Investigation of Former Deputy Prime Minister: Media reported on January 21 that the Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) has opened a formal investigation of Damir Polancec, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Eco [...] | 2010-01-22 11:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR ECON |
10ZAGREB49 | PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSIPOVIC REVIEWS FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting with Ambassador Foley, Croatian president-elect Ivo Josipovic reviewed the foreign policy priorities for his mandate. Beginning with an affirmation of Croatia's excellent relationship with the US as a NATO ally, Josipovic went on to express his appreciati [...] | 2010-01-22 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB5 | ZAGREB DAILY REPORT: JANUARY 4, 2009 [...] (U) FORMER PM SANADER ANNOUNCES RETURN TO ACTIVE POLITICS: Former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader held a special press conference at the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) headquarters on January 3 in which he indicated that his withdrawal from politics last year had been a mistake and announced his retu [...] | 2010-01-04 13:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB50 | Zagreb Daily Report - January 25, 2010 [...] (U) Chief State Prosecutor to be reappointed: Media are reporting that Croatian Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic is almost assured reappointment after the heads of all parties in the governing coalition expressed their support over the weekend. That should ensure Bajic a majority of votes de [...] | 2010-01-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB51 | CROATIAN RESPONSE REGARDING OUTREACH ON LONDON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF HR |
10ZAGREB52 | Zagreb Daily Report - January 26, 2010 [...] (U) SDP Announces Six Months of Cooperation on Economic Reforms: Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) Finance Minister, Slavko Linic, a close confidant to SDP chief, Zoran Milanovic, announced on Monday that Croatia's main opposition party is prepared to cooperate with the government to find bi [...] | 2010-01-26 12:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB53 | CROATIAN PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING FORMER PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic has outlined to us several ongoing corruption cases targeting former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and other top government officials. Prosecutors are developing at least one case against the former PM which could result in his indictment, and they are [...] | 2010-01-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR HR |
10ZAGREB54 | CROATIAN MFA ON TRILATERAL TALKS ON BOSNIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Croatian MFA readout of the January 14 trilateral meeting between Croatia, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH),the GoC sought to improve political protection for the Bosnian Croats in the Federation. The GoC believes that relaxing tensions between the Croat and Bo [...] | 2010-01-26 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK TU |
10ZAGREB55 | NEW DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL OPEN TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting on January 20, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic discussed with the Ambassador the recently opened channel with Serbian President Boris Tadic to improve bilateral relations. Bozinovic believed there was good will on both sides to try and tackle the complicated open i [...] | 2010-01-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF SR HR |
10ZAGREB56 | ICTY TASK FORCE TO CONTINUE ONCE CHAPTER 23 OPENS, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Foley briefed Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic on his trip to London to discuss Croatia's investigation into missing war crimes documents and the UK's block on Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) in Croatia's EU accession negotiations. Although some in the B [...] | 2010-01-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
10ZAGREB57 | HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VISIT OF PRIME [...] (C) Summary. Hungary's ambassador to Croatia, Peter Gyorkos, sat down with Pol/Econ Counselor and Econ Officer on January 22 to discuss the recent visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister to Croatia, and to explain Hungary's increasing nervousness regarding Croatia's energy relations with Russia [...] | 2010-01-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL HU HR |
10ZAGREB59 | Zagreb Daily Report - January 27, 2010 [...] (U) Chief ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz Comments on Missing Artillery Logs: Addressing the European Parliament on January 26, the Hague Tribunal's Chief Prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, said that so far the desired results have still not been achieved from Croatia's efforts to cooperate in the matter o [...] | 2010-01-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB6 | FORMER PM'S SURPRISE RETURN TO POLITICS MAY LEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an extraordinary meeting of the presidency of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),the party leaked to the press that the HDZ presidency decided to expel former premier Ivo Sanader from the party. While the HDZ will not release an official statement stripping Sanader of his [...] | 2010-01-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB60 | CROATIA TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB61 | Zagreb Daily Report - January 28, 2010 [...] (U) President Mesic Welcomes Reported UK, Belgian and Finnish Decision to Lift Blockade on Judiciary Chapter in EU Negotiations: Responding to reports that at an EU enlargement working group in Brussels earlier this week, the UK, Belgian and Finnish (although not the Dutch) representatives had [...] | 2010-01-28 11:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB65 | Zagreb Daily Report - January 29, 2010 [...] (U) Croatian Coverage of London Conference on Afghanistan: The MFA and press reported that FM Jandrokovic attended the international conference on Afghanistan in London on January 28. The FM confirmed Croatia's commitment to ISAF and highlighted the efforts underway to help Afghans assume resp [...] | 2010-01-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB66 | CROATIA ANNOUNCES BAILOUT FUND PLAN FOR STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kosor announced a much-anticipated crisis financing initiative for struggling enterprises on January 28. This "bailout" plan is the first major initiative of an economic strategy to fight the recession, and has already received the support of the opposition SDP. [...] | 2010-01-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB69 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 1, 2010 [...] (U) Former Defense Minister's Trial on Military Truck Procurement Case Begins at the Zagreb County Court: On Friday, January 29, the trial of former Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic, and former MoD State Secretary Ivo Bacic began in Zagreb. Roncevic and Bacic, who are charged with the illegal [...] | 2010-02-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB70 | CROATIAN RESPONSE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI HR |
10ZAGREB71 | PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CROATIA'S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Kosor will visit Moscow on February 22. Croatia's main aim will be to secure a new gas supply contract with Russia, as the current one expires in late 2010. GoC is also interested in talking about Croatia's possible inclusion in South Stream, but only on a 50/50 basis. [...] | 2010-02-02 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG HR RU |
10ZAGREB72 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 2, 2010 [...] (U) Croatia's Exports Decline By 20.3 Percent, Imports by 25.7 Percent: Croatia's exports of $11 billion for 2009 represent a 20.3 percent decline from 2008, while 2009 imports declined 25.7 percent to $22.3 billion, according to statistics from the Croatian National Bank. The sharper drop in [...] | 2010-02-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB76 | CROATIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CITIES COP-15 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES HR AORC UNEP |
10ZAGREB77 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 3, 2010 [...] (U) Economy Minister Meets with Shipyard Unions; Announces Tender Dates: Economy Minister Popijac met on February 2 with representatives of the principal shipyard workers' unions to explain the terms of the upcoming shipyard privatization tender. Unions expressed cautious optimism to the media [...] | 2010-02-03 12:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR ECON |
10ZAGREB8 | ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 5, 2010 [...] (U) FORMER PM SANADER'S PARTY MEMBERSHIP REVOKED: In response to former Prime Minister Sanader's January 4 decision to return to active politics and in view of his criticism of the leadership of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),PM Kosor announced on January 5 that the party had revoked his [...] | 2010-01-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB81 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 4, 2010 [...] (U) Kosor Meets Merkel in Berlin: Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on February 3, in Berlin. Speaking at a press conference, Merkel thanked Kosor for her "... brave policies amidst an economic crisis." Merkel added that she was pleased that Croatia [...] | 2010-02-04 13:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB82 | NEW ECONOMY MINISTER GIVES DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently appointed Minister of Economy Duro Popijac sat down with Ambassador on February 2 to discuss Croatia's upcoming shipyard privatization effort, new economic stimulus measures, and potential reforms to improve Croatia's anemic business and investment climate. The Minist [...] | 2010-02-04 15:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL HR |
10ZAGREB83 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 5, 2010 [...] (U) Finnish and Spanish FMs Express Optimism over Croatia's EU Bid: Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said in Brussels on Thursday that, during its six-month presidency of the European Union, Spain would dedicate the greatest possible attention to Croatia so that the country coul [...] | 2010-02-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB84 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH [...] (SBU) Your visit to Zagreb on February 15 comes in the final week of President Stipe Mesic's second and final term in office, and just three days before the inauguration of Ivo Josipovic, an opposition Social Democrat and legal scholar, who will become Croatia's third president since independen [...] | 2010-02-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB85 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 8, 2010 [...] (U) British Ambassador Says UK Ready to Discuss Opening Positions for Chapter 23: British Ambassador David Blunt told Croatian media on February 6 that full cooperation with the ICTY is "an absolute precondition for EU accession. But he added that, "Since September 2009, we have seen far mor [...] | 2010-02-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB86 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER SUKER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Ivan Suker is relatively upbeat about Croatia's economic prospects, feeling that the government has managed its fiscal situation fairly well. While acknowledging that some further reforms, such as improving labor participation rates, are needed, he appears unwil [...] | 2010-02-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV HR |
10ZAGREB87 | Zagreb Daily Report - February 9, 2010 [...] (U) Chief of Training and Exercises of U.S. Army Europe in Zagreb: The Chief of Training and Exercises of the U.S. Army Europe was in Zagreb on February 3-5 to propose the concept of Exercise IMMEDIATE RESPONSE '11 for which Croatia would be the host nation. The exercise envisages a bilateral [...] | 2010-02-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
10ZAGREB88 | SERBIAN AMBASSADOR OUTLINES PLANS ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: The Serbian Ambassador to Croatia says Belgrade is looking to improve relations with Zagreb. Planned parliamentary visits could help improve the dialogue. GoS is proposing March 25 for regional ministerial on refugees, but projects that agreement on better data regarding refugee [...] | 2010-02-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL UNHCR HR SR |