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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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09TOKYO608 | JAPANESE OFFICIAL'S PERSPECTIVES ON IRAQ TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A 16-member delegation of senior officials from 12 Japanese companies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani and several other high-level Iraq [...] | 2009-03-19 02:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL JA IR IZ |
09TOKYO610 | JMSDF DEPARTS ON ANTI-PIRACY MISSION - WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) destroyers departed Japan on March 14 bound for the Horn of Africa (HOA) region on an anti-piracy mission. The vessels will operate independently from CTF-151 and other multi-national efforts in the region, but will interact close [...] | 2009-03-19 03:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER |
09TOKYO615 | VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ MAY VISIT JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Japan is planning for a "possible" visit to Japan by Venezuelan President Chavez during the first part of April. Additionally, Tokyo will sign a memorandum on energy cooperation with Caracas during a March 19-21 Tokyo visit by Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ram [...] | 2009-03-19 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD JA VE |
09TOKYO616 | INSURANCE: JAPAN POST MAKES MOVE TOWARD NEW CANCER [...] (C) By formally requesting a change to administrative ordinances, Japan Post Insurance took a step March 19 toward the issuance of a new cancer product that would directly compete with U.S. firms' core offerings. The application process, as defined by the law, could be quite long. However, re [...] | 2009-03-19 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO617 | INSURANCE: MOFA, PM'S OFFICE ON JAPAN POST NEW [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Policy Director General Suzuki, in a March 18 meeting with EMIN, provided a readout of a briefing he and representatives from the Financial Services Agency (FSA),Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC),and the Postal Services Priv [...] | 2009-03-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO620 | DEMARCHE TO JAPAN ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Japan is grateful for U.S. efforts to assure the success of the Pakistan Donors Conference which will be held in Tokyo April 17, according to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya [...] | 2009-03-19 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRB IMF PK JA |
09TOKYO622 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan at The Hague by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone, confirms MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto. Nakasone will be accompanied by Special Representative for Assistance [...] | 2009-03-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF JA |
09TOKYO623 | ADB SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Satoshi Suzuki, Director of the Environmental and Social Considerations Review Division (Southeast Asia and Pacific) at JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). Suzuki responded that JICA is at present working with the Japa [...] | 2009-03-19 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PAS MDO RAS FIN DOE DCM AMB DAO AID CON |
09TOKYO631 | READOUT OF MEETING WITH OPPOSITION ACTING [...] SUMMARY: Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Acting President Naoto Kan discussed a broad range of issues with Embassy Tokyo Political Minister Counselor and Political Section members on March 13. Kan described the Japanese domestic political situation, U.S. troop realignment, and No [...] | 2009-03-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
09TOKYO640 | JAPAN ON PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PK JA |
09TOKYO641 | JAPAN AND SOMALIA: NO RECOGNITION FOR THE TFG [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Second Africa Division Deputy Director Mitsuhiro Kobayashi who said that the Government of Japan does not officially recognize the TFG (Transitional Federal Government) for the technical reason that it does not control all o [...] | 2009-03-23 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR PGOV PREL PREF PTER JA |
09TOKYO656 | JAPAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGION REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Toshimune Saigusa of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Saigusa said, "Japan is carefully considering this resolution. We will either vote no or abstain." But, added Saigusa, Japan has not y [...] | 2009-03-24 04:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL UNGA JA |
09TOKYO662 | OPPOSITION LEADER ICHIRO OZAWA WEIGHING OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Ichiro Ozawa is weighing his options following the indictment March 24 of his secretary, Takanori Okubo, for violating the Political Funds Control Law. Ozawa skipped his regular executive meeting to consult with his lawyer and [...] | 2009-03-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
09TOKYO663 | (C-AL8-02662) JAPANESE OFFICIALS' VIEWS ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOJ officials do not perceive a major change in Japan's policy on energy engagement with Russia, which they continue to describe as part of a broader diversification strategy to reduce Japan's dependence on oil and gas from the Middle East while avoiding over-reliance on Russian e [...] | 2009-03-24 23:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL SENV EFIS ECPS RS JA |
09TOKYO667 | STATUS OF JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zantaro Naganuma March 23 to discuss Japan's negotiations with Russia and the UAE to sign Peaceful Use Agreements for Nuclear Energy. Naganuma said t [...] | 2009-03-25 03:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE RS AE JA |
09TOKYO67 | DPJ DIET MEMBER MEETS WITH DPRK OFFICIAL IN BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: A DPRK official recently told opposition DPJ Diet Member Yoshihiro Kawakami that disablement activities at Yongbyon will cease if Japan does not provide its share of heavy fuel oil. The official also said that the DPRK is prepared to launch its abductions reinvestigation committee [...] | 2009-01-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KN JA |
09TOKYO675 | JAPANESE OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER ICHIRO OZAWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa said during his much-anticipated press conference on March 24 that he would stay on as party president despite the indictment of his secretary in a fund raising scandal that has clouded his party's prospects [...] | 2009-03-26 01:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
09TOKYO700 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON TRIPARTITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-29 22:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM BM JA |
09TOKYO701 | JAPAN REQUESTING U.S. PARTICIPATION IN TRILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) are planning to hold a trilateral Japan-U.S.-Australia counterterrorism one-day workshop some time from May 11-22 and are soliciting U.S. comme [...] | 2009-03-29 22:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER JA AS |
09TOKYO708 | LDP WINS CHIBA ELECTION IN LATEST BLOW TO DPJ; [...] (C) Summary: The DPJ, on the defensive and sliding downward in the polls after the arrest of party leader Ozawa's aide for illegal fund raising, suffered a fresh blow on March 29, with the landslide win by independent Kensaku Morita. Morita, an ex-LDP Diet member and telegenic actor had info [...] | 2009-03-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
09TOKYO72 | JAPAN FACES NO LEGAL CONSTRAINTS TO ANTI-PIRACY [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Legal Affairs Bureau Director General Koji Tsuruoka told the DCM 8 January that Japan is working rapidly to determine how best to contribute in the near term to Horn of Africa (HOA) multi-lateral anti-piracy efforts. Tsuruoka also [...] | 2009-01-14 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER |
09TOKYO720 | TAC: JAPAN EXPERIENCED SMOOTH PROCESS IN JOINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan enjoyed a relatively smooth accession process to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia in 2004, officials from MOFA told Embassy Tokyo March 25. For Japan, TAC compliance required neither new laws nor reconciling TAC provisions with existing laws. MOF [...] | 2009-03-31 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN JA |
09TOKYO744 | JAPAN LEANING TOWARD SUBMITTING KOSOVO ICJ [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on engaging states on an ICJ opinion regarding Kosovo's independence to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Principal Deputy Director Yuichi Oba on April  [...] | 2009-04-02 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ JA KV |
09TOKYO745 | BURMA WATCHERS STRESSING PRAGMATISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Tokyo interlocutors are looking for a pragmatic way forward on Burma, particularly as Rangoon plans for next year's national elections. MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Director Keichi Ono offered Embassy Tokyo general impressions on the political climate in Burma, Japa [...] | 2009-04-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM JA BM |
09TOKYO76 | JAPAN: AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL MEETING WITH VFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 9 farewell meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka thanked the Ambassador for his service and efforts to manage and strengthen bilateral ties during his tenure in Tokyo. Yabunaka told the Ambassador that, per his advice, he is talking [...] | 2009-01-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
09TOKYO775 | JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. RETURN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the reftel demarche to Deputy Director Seitoku Kawakami of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Kawakami welcomed the U.S. decision to return to the council and saw "no problem in Japan supporting the nomination" especially since New Zealand's wit [...] | 2009-04-06 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UNGA JA |
09TOKYO777 | DPRK LAUNCH: JAPAN MOVES TO TIGHTEN RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In response to the April 5 DPRK missile launch, MOFA recommended to PM Aso on April 6 that the reporting requirement on remittances to the DPRK be lowered from approximately $300,000 to $100,000, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo. The Japanese government will not completely ban exports to [...] | 2009-04-06 07:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KNNP PTER KN JA |
09TOKYO778 | TOKYO: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo shared with MOFA reftel points and advised that Embassies in addressee capitals would be seeking to coordinate delivery with Japanese counterparts. With regard to the amount Japan is preparing to commit at the conference, negotiations between MOFA and the Ministry of Finance [...] | 2009-04-06 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IBRD IMF PK JA |
09TOKYO779 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO AF-PAK STRATEGIC REVIEW [...] (U) Japan welcomes the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Foreign Minister Nakasone told the press on March 31. Similarly, during his public remarks at The Hague on March 31 at the International Conference on Afghanistan, Nakasone stated: "I welcome the new policy laid out by the [...] | 2009-04-06 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK JA |
09TOKYO822 | FOREIGN MINISTER NAKASONE ASKS CODEL MCCAIN FOR [...] (C) At the conclusion of an April 9 meeting between Foreign Minister Nakasone and Senators John McCain (R-AZ),Lindsey Graham (R-SC),and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),Nakasone briefly raised the issue of the recent IAEA election. He reminded the CODEL that despite U.S. support, Ambassador Amano ha [...] | 2009-04-10 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PREL IAEA JA |
09TOKYO828 | JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Japanese politicians and bureaucrats recognize that Japan must engage in a meaningful way in Afghanistan and Pakistan, even while most Japanese see these countries as being a long way from Japan. While the public might question why it is in Japan's national interest to become [...] | 2009-04-10 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN ECON MOPS AF JA |
09TOKYO846 | DEMARCHE TO JAPAN ON SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) Japan has taken note of requests made by the United States for specific contributions to Afghanistan and is still conducting its own review of how it can best be of assistance to the Afghan people and government, Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Toshiro Suzuki told Ch [...] | 2009-04-14 02:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID AF JA |
09TOKYO850 | CABINET APPROVES SUBSTANTIAL NEW FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso announced April 10 a new $568 billion headline figure Japanese government fiscal stimulus package entitled "Countermeasures Against Economic Crisis". The package will be implemented in the form of a fiscal year 2009 supplemental budget submitted to the Diet in [...] | 2009-04-14 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO852 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER ASO [...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (R-AZ),Lindsay Graham (R-SC),and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) met with Prime Minister Aso April 9 and exchanged views on China's defense spending and its economy, North Korea, and the London G20 Summit and nuclear energy. Senator McCain thanked PM Aso for Japan's c [...] | 2009-04-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PMIL JA |
09TOKYO859 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senators John McCain (R-AZ),Lindsey Graham (R-SC),and Amy Kolbuchar (D-MN) met April 9 with Foreign Minister Hirofume Nakasone, who told them the United Nations Security Council must take firm, resolute action against North Korea following that country's launch of a missile tha [...] | 2009-04-15 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KNNP EAID MARR AF PK KN JA |
09TOKYO861 | JAPAN'S WHALING FLEET RETURNS FROM ANTARCTIC [...] (C) Japan's whaling fleet returned from its 2008/9 research whaling expedition in the Antarctic April 13 and 14. The fleet caught 679 minke whales and one fin whale, well below the projected catch of 850(plus/minus 10 percent) minke whales and 50 fin whales, according to a Fisheries Agency of [...] | 2009-04-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS PREL IWC JA |
09TOKYO885 | DIET GROUP CALLS FOR SIX-PARTY RESUMPTION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of Diet members that supports Japan-DPRK normalization has called for an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks and, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo Political Minister-Counselor, urged the United States to pursue bilateral discussions with the DPRK. The leader of th [...] | 2009-04-17 06:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KN JA |
09TOKYO895 | JAPAN PREPS FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS SUMMIT; FIJI [...] (C) Japan will host the fifth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 5) in Hokkaido May 22-23. The focus of this tri-annual summit meeting between Japan and the members of the Pacific Islands Forum will be climate change, human security and expanding people-to-people exchanges. The Japanese [...] | 2009-04-19 22:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
09TOKYO907 | ANTI-SEMITISM IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Japanese anti-Semitism may be the ultimate oxymoron since Japan is a Shintoist/Buddhist society with virtually no Jewish minority and no history of discrimination against Jews as an ethnic or religious group. However, anti-Semitic attitudes and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories are [...] | 2009-04-20 23:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO JA |
09TOKYO908 | SENATOR MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH CCS KAWAMURA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA CH KN |
09TOKYO916 | MOFA OFFICIALS TO VISIT AFGHANISTAN IN LATE APRIL, [...] (C) Six representatives from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)'s National Security and Middle East Divisions and the Japanese Embassy in Kabul plan to travel to the Lithuanian PRT in Chaghcharan to make preparations for the initial dispatch of Japanese government officials and de [...] | 2009-04-21 06:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AID PINR PREL AF JA |
09TOKYO926 | JAPAN: POSITIVE REACTIONS TO U.S. MILITARY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Government has responded favorably to the Defense Department's recently released Military Report on the People's Republic of China. Japanese diplomats and defense officials share U.S. concerns about China's military modernization and lack of transparency on defense [...] | 2009-04-22 05:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA |
09TOKYO938 | FM NAKASONE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MAY 2 IRAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Japan understands U.S. concerns over plans for FM Nakasone to travel to Iran on May 2, but is committed to going ahead with the visit, Middle East DG Suzuki informed the Charge on April 22. Suzuki assured the Charge that Nakasone will do nothing to undermine the current internat [...] | 2009-04-22 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA IR |
09TOKYO939 | SENIOR JAPANESE DEFENSE OFFICIAL ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan MOD Defense Policy Director-General Takamizawa indicated to State's EAP/CM Director David Shear during an April 17 meeting that it is time to build on Secretary Clinton's February 2009 visit to Japan and define specific action items for international bilateral cooperation. [...] | 2009-04-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR JA CH TW |
09TOKYO951 | JAPAN-VENEZUELAN ENERGY MOU'S UNLIKELY TO LEAD TO [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's April 5-7 visit to Japan focused on energy trade issues, as officials from both sides signed a series of MOU's designed to facilitate oil and gas exports, according to Foreign Ministry and Tokyo-based Venezuelan Embassy diplomats. A gregarious [...] | 2009-04-24 02:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EINV EPET JA VE |
09TOKYO958 | PM ASO'S YASUKUNI OFFERING DRAWS STATEMENTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's offering to Yasukuni Shrine on April 21 has drawn reactions that are more muted than expected from China and South Korea ahead of the PM's trip to China April 29. Some observers speculate that Aso's decision to send an offering but not visit the [...] | 2009-04-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA |
09TOKYO977 | COMMUNIST PARTY CHAIR DELIVERS LETTER IN SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii called on the Charge April 28 to deliver a letter to President Obama in which he welcomes the President's April 6 Prague speech, urges the United States to join with other nuclear-weapon states to start negotiations for the elimination [...] | 2009-04-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP OPDC JA |
09TOKYO984 | JAPAN-CHINA: BROADENING ENGAGEMENT ON EVE OF PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's scheduled April 29 trip to Beijing represents the culmination of engagement efforts during the past year aimed at promoting confidence in bilateral ties, addressing mutual concerns, and exploring areas of potential cooperation. Aso's meeting with [...] | 2009-04-29 00:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA CH |
09TOKYO994 | JAPANESE FM NAKASONE'S PENDING TRIP TO TEHRAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Nakasone plans to meet with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Motaki when he visits Tehran May 2, reaffirmed a MOFA contact. The Foreign Ministry realizes the sensitivity of this trip, particularly coming as it does closely on the heels [...] | 2009-04-29 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PINS IR JA |
09TOKYO995 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH DFM SASAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae April 27 to discuss North Korea, Iran, China, and the recently concluded U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue. Sasae stressed the importance of taking a balanced approach to North Korea. On I [...] | 2009-04-29 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA IR ID KN RS |
09TOKYO998 | TSD PACIFIC WORKING GROUP MEETING AND SASAKAWA [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S., Japanese and Australian government officials met April 23 at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to conduct a regular session of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Working Group. The representatives provided updates on a range of policy and operational [...] | 2009-04-29 22:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA AS XV |
09TORONTO186 | OPG SETS PREREQUISITES FOR DISCUSSIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 15:36:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC ASEC KNNP CA |
09TRIPOLI100 | UN SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE FOR LIBYAN DE-MINING PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: UN experts, based on consultations with GOL officials and preliminary review of Libyan minefield maps, estimate that there are 16 million landmines in the Ouzou Strip along the Chadian border and along the Libyan-Egyptian border to the east. In addition, unexploded ordinance from Wo [...] | 2009-02-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KHDP LY CD EG |
09TRIPOLI1035 | LIBYAN PRIVATE SECTOR LOOKS TO SAIF AL-ISLAM FOR STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Several leading Libyan businessmen view Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi's new role as "General Coordinator" of Libya as a positive development. They believe his appointment will ensure stability and continuity, ending the infighting of recent years. They believe Saif al-Islam is a log [...] | 2009-12-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON LY EFIN EPET EINV |
09TRIPOLI109 | TRIPOLI-BASED DARFUR REBELS BELIEVE GOL'S ATTENTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Sudan Liberation Army/Unity (SLA/U) faction resident in Tripoli find their days largely unoccupied despite renewed fighting in Darfur as Libyan officials have shifted their attention to crises in Gaza and Somalia. The late-2008 lull in fighting weakened thei [...] | 2009-02-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY SU AU |
09TRIPOLI110 | SENIOR MFA ADVISER OBEIDI ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 courtesy call on MFA Secretary for European Affairs Abdelati al-Obeidi, the Ambassador stressed that the U.S. remained committed to expanding the U.S.-Libya relationship and encouraged the GOL to make concrete progress on the bilateral agenda in the early months of the [...] | 2009-02-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ABLD LY |
09TRIPOLI117 | GOL PRESSING FOR BROAD AGREEMENTS ON SECURITY AND NUCLEAR [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting, MFA Secretary for the Americas Dr. Ahmed Fituri told the Ambassador that National Security Adviser Muatassim al-Qadhafi is looking forward to his planned trip to Washington in April and expects to sign a broad security cooperation agreement with the United States du [...] | 2009-02-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KNNP LY |
09TRIPOLI133 | THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY: GOL REACHES OUT TO THE NEW [...] (C) Summary: The GOL, anxious that the new U.S. administration could adopt markedly different policies towards Libya, has in the past several weeks taken a number of steps - a direct video conference (DVC) by Muammar al-Qadhafi with Georgetown University students, a New York Times editorial and a l [...] | 2009-02-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EPET KPAO LY |
09TRIPOLI134 | AL-QADHAFI'S AFRICAN UNION: OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS, [...] (C) Summary: Muammar al-Qadhafi's election as Chairman of the African Union represents the culmination of a decade's worth of work by the regime and a significant personal victory for the Leader. After moving on from his dream of pan-Arab leadership, al-Qadhafi funneled billions of dollars into c [...] | 2009-02-11 10:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP AU SU LI LY |
09TRIPOLI148 | A BRIGHT SPOT: CANADA'S VERENEX STRIKES OIL IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET LY PGOV PREL |
09TRIPOLI155 | THE FROGMAN WHO COULDN'T SWIM: A COOPERATION CAUTIONARY [...] (C) Summary: At a recent meeting in Tripoli, the Italian ambassador said his government was alarmed by the sharp increase in the number of illegal migrants transiting Libya to Italy, and expressed frustration with difficulties Italy had encountered in trying to cooperate with the GOL on combatting [...] | 2009-02-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PTER KCOR PREL PGOV PREF LY IT |
09TRIPOLI157 | TOTAL BAN ON CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT RE-IMPOSED IN LIBYA. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 10:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD PREL KCOR LY |
09TRIPOLI17 | AL-QADHAFI SUGGESTS LIBYAN ELECTIONS MAY BE IN THE OFFING [...] (C) At the end of a televised meeting on December 28 to discuss Libya's reaction to the commencement of Israeli military strikes against Gaza, Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi instructed that television and recording equipment be switched off and announced to the assembled group of political, military and [...] | 2009-01-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
09TRIPOLI19 | "CRISIS" ON CHAD-LIBYA BORDER OVER WAYWARD UN CONVOY [...] (C) UN Resident Representative Brian Gleeson told the Ambassador on January 12 that a three-day "crisis" on the Chad-Libyan border had just been resolved. Five World Food Program (WFP) workers, accompanied by a group of 23 Chadian soldiers, got lost while en route to rendezvous at the border [...] | 2009-01-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCIA LY CD |
09TRIPOLI191 | EASTERN LIBYANS FAVOR WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND ABOLISHING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG LY |
09TRIPOLI192 | FOR ORDINARY LIBYANS, IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID REF: A) TRIPOLI 133, B) TRIPOLI 0001, C) TRIPOLI 0068, D) 08 TRIPOLI 699, E) TRIPOLI 186 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI KCOR KDEM ELAB PGOV PHUM LY |
09TRIPOLI196 | TWEAKING THE TIGERS' TAIL: SAIF AL-ISLAM OPENS NEW HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN LIBYA REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 960, B) TRIPOLI 0022 TRIPOLI 00000196 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM LY |
09TRIPOLI198 | BLACK SHEEP MADE GOOD? SAADI AL-QADHAFI'S EXPORT FREE ZONE IN WESTERN LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: Saadi al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, has recently turned his attention to transforming an area near the western Libyan town of Zuwara into an Export Free Trade Zone. The project would include an airport, immigration and customs operations, a high tech industrial park, banks, me [...] | 2009-03-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EIND EINV ETRD EAIR LY |
09TRIPOLI2 | ORTEGA GETS NEITHER DINARS NOR PESOS FROM AL-QADHAFI [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega visited Tripoli December 19-22, ostensibly to promote south-south cooperation and compare notes on the "anti-imperialist" movement; however, senior contacts at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA- [...] | 2009-01-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA NU BO VZ LY |
09TRIPOLI208 | LIBYA'S SUCCESSION MUDDLED AS THE AL-QADHAFI CHILDREN CONDUCT INTERNECINE WARFARE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON MARR MASS PHUM PINR LY |
09TRIPOLI21 | LIBYA ON ARAB LEAGUE EMERGENCY MINISTERIAL ON GAZA AND ARAB [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed reftel points to MFA Secretary for Arab Affairs (A/S-equivalent) Muhammad Taher Siala on January 13, underscoring the importance of supporting the Egyptian-Israeli dialogue, avoiding any diplomatic activity that undermines Egypt's efforts and calling for a responsibl [...] | 2009-01-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL LY TS |
09TRIPOLI22 | REGIME-ORCHESTRATED ATTACKS AGAINST BERBERS IN YEFREN [...] (C) Summary. On December 24, individuals from the Revolutionary Committees (RevComm) and Libya al-Ghad (Libya of Tomorrow) descended on the predominately Amazigh (Berber) town of Yefren, attacking the homes of Berber leaders. The attacks - parts of which were filmed and posted on YouTube and oppos [...] | 2009-01-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PROP LY |
09TRIPOLI222 | WILL SMALL BUSINESSES HATCH IN LIBYA? PM AL-MAHMOUDI OPENS FIRST SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN LY ELAB EPET PGOV BBSR PTER |
09TRIPOLI223 | WILL SMALL BUSINESSES HATCH IN LIBYA? PM AL-MAHMOUDI OPENS FIRST SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN LY ELAB EPET PGOV BBSR PTER |
09TRIPOLI227 | LIBYA RELEASES POLITICAL AND ISLAMIST PRISONERS BUT STILL [...] (C) The head of the Human Rights Society of Libya (HRSL),Muhammed Tarnesh, confirmed to the UK Embassy on March 13 that Jamal al-Haji and Faraj Humaid have been released from detention and are with their families. He did not provide information on the terms of their release or whether legal p [...] | 2009-03-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER KIRF LY |
09TRIPOLI242 | MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME: HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE BOARD CHAIRMAN WELCOMES U.S. COMPANIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 06:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD EPET ASEC CVIS LY |
09TRIPOLI243 | JEM REPRESENTATIVE DISOUNTS TRIPOLI REBEL UNITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LY SU |
09TRIPOLI248 | LIBYA WANTS TO SIGN AVIATION AGREEMENT, COMMENCE FLIGHTS TO U.S. 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) On March 20, the Libyan General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) delivered a diplomatic note proposing the United States and Libya sign a bilateral aviation agreement and that state-own [...] | 2009-03-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | LY ECON EAIR EPET PGOV |
09TRIPOLI250 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LIBYA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CAR REBELS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU CT LY |
09TRIPOLI251 | EL-JAHMI'S HEALTH DETERIORATING, POSSIBLE TRANSFER ABROAD [...] (C) Summary: Detained regime critic Fathi el-Jahmi remains in Tripoli Medical Center, where his health has deteriorated. The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) is coordinating with el-Jahmi's family on his transfer to Switzerland for medical treatment as soon as he is stable enough to travel [...] | 2009-03-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LY |
09TRIPOLI258 | NEW LIBYAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY VOWS TO STAMP OUT CORRUPTION; WELCOMES U.S. FIRMS TO INVEST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | LY ECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD |
09TRIPOLI260 | UPDATE ON FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LY |
09TRIPOLI267 | LIBYA SEES MAURITANIA CRISIS OVER, SANCTIONS UNWELCOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 11:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU UNSC MR LY |
09TRIPOLI273 | NEARLY 400 RESCUED BUT 200 MISSING AT SEA IN MIGRANT SMUGGLING TRAGEDY REF: A. ROME 205 B. TRIPOLI 212 C. VALLETTA 143 TRIPOLI 00000273 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SMIG KTIP EWWT LY |
09TRIPOLI274 | LIBYA'S STOCK MARKET: STILL SMALL BUT GROWING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV LY EFIN |
09TRIPOLI289 | CATERPILLAR EDGING CLOSER TO LIFTING OF BAN? REF: A) TRIPOLI 258; B) TRIPOLI 157 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) On April 6, the recently-appointed Secretary of the General People's Committee for Industry, Economy and Trade, Mohammad Ali al-Hweij (minister-equivalent) met with Andrew Sheridan, Caterpillar Distribution Manager for Africa and Middle East Region to discuss the specifics of Libya's total ban [...] | 2009-04-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | LY ECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD |
09TRIPOLI298 | LIBYA PLANS AU MINISTERIAL APRIL 15-16 TO DISCUSS AU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 15:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD SU AU LY |
09TRIPOLI30 | LIBYAN RESPONSE TO ONGOING EVENTS IN GAZA REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 988, B) 08 TRIPOLI 984, C) TRIPOLI 005 TRIPOLI 00000030 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting of senior regime figures, Muammar al-Qadhafi dismissed UNSCR 1860 as ineffectual, argued that further action on Gaza through UN channels would be "meaningless", minimized the chance that the upcoming Arab League ministerial on Gaza would be helpful and said Libya must incr [...] | 2009-01-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL UN KPAO ASEC IS LY EG |
09TRIPOLI309 | AL-QADHAFI CALLS FOR SUPRANATIONAL AU TO INCLUDE COMMON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU MARR ETRD LY |
09TRIPOLI31 | SENIOR REGIME FIGURES AMBIVALENT ABOUT U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for the Americas Ahmed Fituri recently expressed concern that Libya would miss a key window of opportunity for expanded cooperation and engagement with the U.S. because of limited human capacity and decision-making ability within the government and regime elites' lin [...] | 2009-01-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR LY |
09TRIPOLI32 | LIBYAN ATOMIC ENERGY ESTABLISHMENT CONFIRMS DESIRE TO SELL URANIUM YELLOWCAKE [...] (C) Following up on our demarche to the MFA's International Organizations Department on December 18 (ref A),P/E Chief met with Dr. Ali Gashut, Secretary of Libya's Atomic Energy Establishment, on January 15 to discuss Libya's efforts to sell its stockpile of uranium yellowcake. (Note: The GOL took [...] | 2009-01-15 14:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL PGOV IR |
09TRIPOLI34 | UN ORGANIZES HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACT GROUP WITH KEY LIBYAN [...] (C) Summary: UN officials have quietly begun a human rights contact group that consists of quasi-governmental organizations with strong ties to the al-Qadhafi regime (two of groups are chaired by children of al-Qadhafi). The goals are to build awareness of basic human/civil rights and expand the c [...] | 2009-01-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI LY |
09TRIPOLI359 | STATE MEDIA PULLS THE PLUG ON SAIF AL-ISLAM'S SATELLITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KMDR SOCI LY |
09TRIPOLI362 | MUSA KUSA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFRICA, AL-QAEDA -- AND POTUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-03 06:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER LY SU CD |
09TRIPOLI363 | SLA/U CAN NEGOTIATE ONLY WITH ASSURANCES THAT JEM AND KHARTOUM WILL ALSO LAY DOWN ARMS REF: A. TRIPOLI 249 B. KHARTOUM 583 C. DOHA 283 D. TRIPOLI 362 TRIPOLI 00000363 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU CD LY |
09TRIPOLI37 | UGANDA: QADHAFI'S CROWN TARNISHED IN COUNCIL OF KINGS [...] (C) Muammar al-Qadhafi's campaign to create a "United States of Africa" under his leadership was dealt another blow last week by Uganda's decision to cancel a meeting between al-Qadhafi and an estimated 200 African tribal leaders that was to have taken place in Kampala. Press reports indicate that [...] | 2009-01-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU LY UG |
09TRIPOLI371 | ENCOURAGING CEN-SAD TO COOPERATE WITH TSCTP AND AFRICOM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER AU LY |
09TRIPOLI386 | HEAD OF LIBYAN "THINK TANK" OUTLINES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV LY EFIN |
09TRIPOLI391 | LIBYA TAKES BACK 500 ITALY-BOUND MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 16:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PHUM PREL MARR PREF KTIP IT LY |
09TRIPOLI40 | LIBYA POSTPONES GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WALKS BACK FROM WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND PRIVATIZATION PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SESSION OF THE GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (GPC),LIBYA'S SUPREME LEGISLATIVE BODY, THAT WAS TO HAVE CONVENED IN EARLY JANUARY TO REVEAL PLANS FOR PRIVATIZATION AND GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING, HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY/MARCH, OSTENSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND [...] | 2009-01-22 12:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SCUL EPET PHUM KDEM LY |
09TRIPOLI409 | AL-QADHAFI'S AFRICA HAND ON SOMALIA, MAURITANIA, MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AU SO MA MR AFU LY |
09TRIPOLI410 | CHAD AMBASSADOR: LIBYA CAN DO NOTHING IF SUDAN UNWILLING TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD LY AU |
09TRIPOLI413 | LIPSTICK ON A PIG: LIBYA RENAMES CLAIMS COMPENSATION FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 08:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EPET EINV KCOR LY QA |
09TRIPOLI436 | LIBYA'S HEALTH MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. COOPERATION TRIPOLI 00000436 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Secretary of the General People's Committee for Health and Environment (Minister of Health-equivalent) asked for help in sending Libyan doctors to the U.S. for training in hospital administration and family practice, acknowledged that Libya [...] | 2009-06-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHIV LY ECON WHO |
09TRIPOLI437 | LIBYA'S FORMER NUCLEAR CENTER DIRECTOR RESURFACES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 12:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA PGOV LY |
09TRIPOLI47 | FATHI EL-JAHMI AND FAMILY DECIDE HE SHOULD TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary: Detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi and his family have decided that they would like him to travel to Switzerland for medical treatment. The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) would pay for el-Jahmi's travel and medical expenses. The family needs to orchestrate several de [...] | 2009-01-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV LY |
09TRIPOLI476 | PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI TRIPOLI 00000476 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: During the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine to Libya, the two countries signed agreements on military-technical cooperation, sharing sensitive information, civilian nuclear cooperation, sharing sensitive information and higher education. The Ukrainian delegation presented [...] | 2009-06-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV EAGR LY |
09TRIPOLI477 | UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: During the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine to Libya, the two countries signed agreements on military-technical cooperation, sharing sensitive information, civilian nuclear cooperation, sharing sensitive information and higher education. The Ukrainian delegation presented [...] | 2009-06-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV EAGR LY |
09TRIPOLI48 | LATEST ROUND OF TALKS WITH IMPRISONED LIFG MEMBERS CONCLUDES, NEXT ROUND SCHEDULED FOR LATE FEBRUARY [...] (C) Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Human Rights Committee Director of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF),told P/E Chief on January 22 that the latest round of talks with imprisoned members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG),which began in late December (ref A),had conc [...] | 2009-01-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL PINR PHUM LY |
09TRIPOLI482 | RUSSIAN NSC DELEGATION TO VISIT LIBYA JUNE 22-24 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS TRGY KNNP MCAP ETTC RU LY |
09TRIPOLI485 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE: LIBYAN JUDGES RESPOND POSITIVELY TO AMERICAN JUDGE'S WORKSHOP ON ARBITRATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV MEPI PREL EAID LY |
09TRIPOLI487 | THE KNIVES COME OUT? NATIONALIZATION OF SAIF AL-ISLAM'S MEDIA GROUP A BLOW TO WOULD-BE REFORMERS REF: A) TRIPOLI 359, B) 08 TRIPOLI 494, C) TRIPOLI 374, D) TRIPOLI 414 (NOTAL) CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 06:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM LY |
09TRIPOLI49 | GOL PROTESTS AMBASSADOR'S PUBLIC MENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: A senior official with the MFA Americas Department demarched us to protest the Ambassador's remarks on human rights in a recently published interview in which he addressed the state of U.S.-Libya relations and the issues on which he intends to focus. The Ambassador's mention of the ca [...] | 2009-01-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
09TRIPOLI5 | LIBYAN REACTIONS TO GAZA: PUBLIC OUTRAGE, PRIVATE PRAGMATISM REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 988, B) TRIPOLI 984 [...] (C) Public and press reaction in Libya to events in Gaza has largely tracked wider Arab responses, with growing coverage in local media decrying "Zionist aggression". Authorities have authorized several demonstrations in the past week, including protests in front of the Palestinian, Jordanian, and [...] | 2009-01-05 07:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN ASEC KPAO KPAL LY |
09TRIPOLI517 | BUSINESS IS POLITICS IN LIBYA: CANADIAN OIL FIRM VERENEX STILL TRYING TO SELL COMPANY TO THE CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 16:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV LY CA EFIN PGOV ECON |
09TRIPOLI554 | AU SUMMIT: ERITREA DEFENDS SOMALIA POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-12 15:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER SO AU LY |
09TRIPOLI555 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER ET SO AU LY |
09TRIPOLI558 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR GOMPERTZ TRIPOLI 00000558 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV FR SO ML NG MA GV IV AU LY |
09TRIPOLI559 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER YOUSSOUF TRIPOLI 00000559 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf met July 1 on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya. Their discussion focused on the conflict in Somalia, the potential spread of extremism throughout the [...] | 2009-07-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DJ AU LY |
09TRIPOLI560 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit agreed with Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson's assessment that Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was the victim of an ongoing proxy war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. In a July 2 meeting on the margins of the African Union [...] | 2009-07-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER SO EG AU LY |
09TRIPOLI561 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRESIDENT SHEIKH SHARIF TRIPOLI 00000561 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and Somali President Sheikh Sharif met July 1 on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya. Their exchange included an assessment of the Somali Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) capacity to repel al-Shabaab [...] | 2009-07-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SO ER ET KE AU LY |
09TRIPOLI562 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH AU COMMISSION LEADERSHIP TRIPOLI 00000562 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping met July 2 on the margins of the AU Summit in Sirte, Libya. They reviewed successful efforts by the AU and its international partners to reject military coup perpetrators, ple [...] | 2009-07-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SO LY |
09TRIPOLI563 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPANISH MINISTER OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SP AU LY |
09TRIPOLI564 | SE GRATION URGES LIBYA'S TREIKI TO ORGANIZE CONTACT GROUP IN KHARTOUM BY END OF JULY TRIPOLI 00000564 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU CD LY |
09TRIPOLI566 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S AND SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration that he would press member states to financi [...] | 2009-07-14 08:28:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER SO SU KSUM AU LY |
09TRIPOLI567 | AU SUMMIT: MUGABE REMAINS DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with AF A/S Carson, President Robert Mugabe emotionally defended his stewardship of Zimbabwe over the last 26 years, heatedly denouncing "outside interference," claiming he would implement the Global Political Agreement (GPA) "in my own way," and insisting Zimba [...] | 2009-07-14 09:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI AU LY |
09TRIPOLI57 | LIBYA REITERATES REQUEST FOR RETURN OF LIBYAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO BAY REF: A) TRIPOLI 47, B) STATE 6516 [...] (C) This message contains a guidance request - please see para 3. In a meeting on January 22 to discuss the case of detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi (ref A),Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Director of the Qadhafi Development Foundation's (QDF) Human Rights Committee passed P/E Chief a copy o [...] | 2009-01-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
09TRIPOLI570 | LIBYA'S AU SUMMIT SCORECARD: VICTORY (OF SORTS) FROM JAWS OF DEFEAT TRIPOLI 00000570 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU LY |
09TRIPOLI588 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH BOTSWANA'S VICE PRESIDENT MOMPATI MERAFHE TRIPOLI 00000588 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Joan Polaschik, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU BC ZI MA EAGR ENRG LY KSUM |
09TRIPOLI589 | QADHAFI'S CAUSE DU JOUR - UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PINR AU UNGA LY |
09TRIPOLI602 | UN WRAPS UP HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACT GROUP WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT GAINS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 09:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL LY |
09TRIPOLI620 | TWO STEPS BACKWARD? GOL ENFORCES 2004 LAW ON FOREIGN DISTRIBUTORS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 14:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD LY |
09TRIPOLI63 | RISKY BUSINESS? AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION FIRM ENTERS JOINT VENTURE WITH GOL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD EPET ASEC CVIS LY |
09TRIPOLI632 | INVITATION FOR THE SECRETARY TO ATTEND 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (U) In an August 4 meeting, MFA Americas Division Director Mohamed Al Matari gave the DCM a formal invitation from Foreign Minister-equivalent Musa Kusa for the Secretary to attend the Libyan Government's 40th anniversary celebration of Qadhafi's Al [...] | 2009-08-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OPDC LY |
09TRIPOLI64 | AL-QADHAFI: THE PHILOSOPHER-KING KEEPS HIS HAND IN [...] (C) Summary: Despite a carefully cultivated image as a philosopher-king with no formal title and persistent rumors that he is passing day-to-day decisionmaking as part of an orchestrated succession by one of his sons, Muammar al-Qadhafi remains intimately involved in the regime's most sensitive and [...] | 2009-01-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR LY |
09TRIPOLI643 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH THE EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 2, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson met with the European Commission's (EC) Director General for Development, Stefano Manservisi, on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya. Manservisi requested the meeting to discuss current U.S. priorities in Afric [...] | 2009-08-09 14:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU EUN SO LY |
09TRIPOLI657 | MFA REACTION TO PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV LY |
09TRIPOLI658 | WHERE HAVE ALL THE SIGNS GONE? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EPET LY |
09TRIPOLI660 | LIBYAN MEDIA SUBDUED ON MEGRAHI MEDIA BUZZ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LY UK KMDR KPAO |
09TRIPOLI661 | CODEL MCCAIN RAISES MEGRAHI WITH LIBYAN LEADER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UK LY |
09TRIPOLI662 | CORRECTED COPY: CODEL MCCAIN RAISES MEGRAHI WITH LIBYAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UK LY |
09TRIPOLI663 | CONFLICTING MESSAGES ON PENDING RELEASE OF ABDEL BASSETT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK LY |
09TRIPOLI677 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS MUAMMAR AND MUATASSIM AL-QADHAFI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PTER MASS MCAP LY |
09TRIPOLI68 | AL-QADHAFI: THE PHILOSOPHER-KING KEEPS HIS HAND IN [...] (C) Summary: Despite a carefully cultivated image as a philosopher-king with no formal title and persistent rumors that he is relinquishing day-to-day decisionmaking as part of an orchestrated succession by one of his sons, Muammar al-Qadhafi remains intimately involved in the regime's most sen [...] | 2009-01-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR LY |
09TRIPOLI684 | MEDIA REACTION: RELEASE OF PAN AM 103 BOMBER MEGRAHI REF: A. Tripoli 662; B. Tripoli 660 CLASSIFIED BY: Joan Polaschik, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 14:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMDR KPAO UK LY |
09TRIPOLI685 | MEGRAHI RETURNS TO LIBYA ACCOMPANIED BY SAIF AL-ISLAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 11:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC UK LY |
09TRIPOLI689 | LIBYAN OFFICIALS "DISAPPOINTED" WITH MEGRAHI RECEPTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK LY |
09TRIPOLI692 | LIBYAN PROTOCOL CHIEF ON PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1, NEW YORK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 11:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC OVIP PINR UK LY |
09TRIPOLI694 | BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE HAS DIFFICULT START [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | LY PGOV PHUM PREL |
09TRIPOLI696 | LIBYA MOVING FORWARD ON NUCLEAR SPENT FUEL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Libya is moving toward completion of its commitment to return its highly-enriched uranium to Russia under the rubric of the tri-lateral agreement (TSCC) and, at this point, appears likely to meet the September 30 deadline for fuel transfer. The MFA informed the Charge August 27 t [...] | 2009-08-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA PINR TSPL TPHY TNGD |
09TRIPOLI699 | FRENZIED PREPARATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 1 ANNIVERSARY REVEAL FEW HINTS OF MEGRAHI'S POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION REF: A) Tripoli 692; B) Tripoli 689 TRIPOLI 00000699 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 16:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KSUM AU LY |
09TRIPOLI70 | LIBYA EXPECTS TO WIN CHAIRMANSHIP OF AU ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Libya appears to have secured North African support for its bid to take over chairmanship of the African Union in 2009. In a January 26 consultative meeting of Cen-Sad ministers held in Tripoli, Libya gained the "unanimous support" of all present, according to Egyptian PolCouns Ahmed Abdul Hali [...] | 2009-01-29 15:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY EG AU |
09TRIPOLI705 | RATS BE GONE: UK PEST ERADICATION FIRM RENTOKIL EXPANDING IN LIBYA REF: 08 TRIPOLI 635 TRIPOLI 00000705 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-30 17:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND EINV SENV TPHY LY |
09TRIPOLI706 | CHEVROLET SURVIVES LIBYA'S REGULATORY GAUNTLET [...] (C) Summary: Marwan Muntasser, the Chairman of the Libyan company with exclusive rights to import Chevrolet and General Motors vehicles into the country described to Econoff August 12 the process by which he was able to avoid a forced closure of his dealership by the Government of Libya (GOL). [...] | 2009-08-31 07:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD LY |
09TRIPOLI71 | AL-QADHAFI'S FEINT: LIBYAN OIL NATIONALIZATION UNLIKELY REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 474, B) 08 TRIPOLI 498, C) 08 TRIPOLI 563, D) 08 TRIPOLI 597, E) TRIPOLI 40 TRIPOLI 00000071 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. During a recent video conference with Georgetown University students, Muammar al-Qadhafi suggested that Libya and other oil exporting states could nationalize their oil production in view of sharply plummeting petroleum prices. Several days later, however, a sensior MFA official assu [...] | 2009-01-30 17:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL EFIN PGOV LY |
09TRIPOLI715 | AU SUMMIT SERVES AS OPENING ACT FOR QADHAFI'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION REF: TRIPOLI 570 TRIPOLI 00000715 001.2 OF 003 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 14:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU KSUM UG CG SU CD SO LY |
09TRIPOLI72 | AL-QADHAFI'S FEINT: LIBYAN OIL NATIONALIZATION UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary. During a recent video conference with Georgetown University students, Muammar al-Qadhafi suggested that Libya and other oil exporting states could nationalize their oil production in view of sharply plummeting petroleum prices. Several days later, however, a sensior MFA official [...] | 2009-01-30 17:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL EFIN PGOV LY |
09TRIPOLI73 | A KING IN AL-QADHAFI'S COURT: SPAIN'S JUAN CARLOS VISITS [...] (C) Summary: King Juan Carlos of Spain's visit to Libya served as a platform for the GOL to walk back Muammar al-Qadhafi's announcement that oil production might be nationalized. In the first visit of a Spanish head of state since Libya's independence in 1951, Juan Carlos' delegation managed to se [...] | 2009-02-01 10:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EPET LY SP |
09TRIPOLI741 | VISA WOES AND LIBYAN BUREAUCRACY: CHINESE COMPANIES FACE SIMILAR ISSUES AS U.S. FIRMS IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 15:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELTN LY ETRD ECPS EPET CH |
09TRIPOLI748 | HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE REBOUNDS AFTER DIFFICULT START REF: TRIPOLI 677 TRIPOLI 00000748 001.2 OF 005 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 10:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LY |
09TRIPOLI762 | "WE ARE HERE": DOMESTIC REACTION TO QADHAFI AT UNGA TRIPOLI 00000762 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAO LY |
09TRIPOLI764 | LIBYA'S AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC REFORM RENEWS REQUESTS FOR AMERICAN EXPERTISE REF: A) Tripoli 386; B) 08 Tripoli 937; C) Tripoli 223 TRIPOLI 00000764 001.2 OF 003 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ELAB EPET EMIN KIPR PGOV BBSR LY |
09TRIPOLI778 | LIBYAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND AGREES TO BUY CANADIAN OIL FIRM VERENEX REF: A) TRIPOLI 148; B) TRIPOLI 517 TRIPOLI 00000778 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 16:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV LY CA EFIN PGOV ECON |
09TRIPOLI812 | LIBYAN AIR FORCE JET CRASHES AT AIRSHOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 16:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LY ECON EINV EPET PREL MCAP |
09TRIPOLI816 | FM KUSA DEFENDS LIBYAN ACTIONS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT AS "OPENING THE DOOR" FOR DEBATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-12 16:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LY |
09TRIPOLI825 | LIBYAN NATIONAL OIL COMPANY CHAIR CONFIRMS ACTING STATUS, PLEDGES CONTINUITY REF: A) TRIPOLI 779; B) TRIPOLI 765; C) TRIPOLI 775; D) TRIPOLI 778 TRIPOLI 00000825 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: Ali Sugheir, the current head of Libya's National Oil Company, clarified that he was still the Acting Chairman of the NOC; a recent Libyan Government decree simply formalized his acting status. Sugheir plans to follow the policies of his predecessor, Shokri Ghanem, continuing with the [...] | 2009-10-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV LY EFIN PREL |
09TRIPOLI832 | SWISS PONDERING TOUGH NEW MEASURES IN LIGHT OF LIBYAN INTRANSIGENCE REF: TRIPOLI 763 TRIPOLI 00000832 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambuhl, in Tripoli for talks on the detained Swiss citizens, met the Ambassador October 19 to brief him on current state-of-play and seek U.S. views on the way forward. Ambuhl, clearly frustrated by the Libyans' unwillingness or inability to articulate a s [...] | 2009-10-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
09TRIPOLI867 | PETROCANADA CAUGHT IN QADHAFI'S CROSS-HAIRS REF: A) TRIPOLI 775; B) TRIPOLI 770; C) TRIPOLI 825 TRIPOLI 00000867 001.2 OF 003 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET EMIN ENRG LY CA |
09TRIPOLI869 | PRIVATIZATION LIBYAN STYLE: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The head of the Benghazi Tannery Company, one of Libya's state-owned firms set to be privatized, alleged that the Libyan authorities in charge of privatizing his firm (and others) are using the process to sell off state-owned assets at below market rates, earning kick-backs in th [...] | 2009-10-28 14:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN LY EPET |
09TRIPOLI873 | SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA SANUSSI ON REBEL UNIFICATION EFFORTS TRIPOLI 00000873 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD SU LY |
09TRIPOLI874 | SE GRATION AND LIBYAN FM DISCUSS DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD SU LY |
09TRIPOLI875 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN STRATEGY ROLLOUT REF: STATE 109669 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU LY |
09TRIPOLI887 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO. K-2651, ABDUROUF I.T. BAKIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC LY |
09TRIPOLI893 | THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING A POL-MIL DIALOGUE WITH LIBYA REF: A) State 112900; B) State 43049 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY |
09TRIPOLI898 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LIBYA WILL FOLLOW ARAB GROUP ON GOLDSTONE REPORT RESOLUTION REF: STATE 112828 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL LY UNGA |
09TRIPOLI900 | GOL RELEASES SWISS - BUT ONLY AS FAR AS THE SWISS EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 16:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CASC LY SZ |
09TRIPOLI925 | 110 LIBYAN COMPANIES PRIVATIZED: HEAD OF LIBYAN PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY REPORTS ON CONTINUED PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN EPET LY |
09TRIPOLI933 | LIBYA RESPONSE: FOLLOW UP ON TRANSPARENCY MEASURES FOR THE ANNUAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONFERENCE REF: A) State 115619; B) Tripoli 795 TRIPOLI 00000933 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW LY |
09TRIPOLI939 | DEADLY DRIVING HABITS: ACCIDENTS THIRD CAUSE OF DEATH IN LIBYA TRIPOLI 00000939 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELTN EAID SOCI LY EINV |
09TRIPOLI946 | LIBYAN RESPONSE TO POTUS AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN STRATEGY REF: State 122731 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 08:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK LY |
09TRIPOLI961 | LIBYAN CHANGE OF EID AL ADHA HOLIDAY PROMPTS RARE PUBLIC GRUMBLING TRIPOLI 00000961 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI LY |
09TUNIS10 | TUNISIA: DEMONSTRATIONS SPREAD AS ANGER GROWS [...] (C) Popular anger over the Israeli military operations in Gaza continues to increase, especially as civilian casualties mount. This sentiment is both fueled by, and reflected in, local media coverage. Impromptu demonstrations have proliferated. Most have been quickly dispersed by the police [...] | 2009-01-07 17:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS104 | TUNISIA ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING BAHRAIN'S [...] (U) After statements by Ali Akbar Natiq Nuri, advisor to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, regarding Bahrain's sovereignty, an authorized source in the GOT issued a statement in support of Bahrain. 2. (U) The text of the Tunisian statement (as translated by the official Agence Tunis Afriqu [...] | 2009-02-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO IR TS |
09TUNIS126 | MOHAMED ABBOU PREVENTED FROM TRAVELING FOR THE 6TH [...] (C) On March 3, security forces prevented human rights activist Mohamed Abbou from traveling to the United Kingdom (UK) and Holland. This marks the sixth time since Abbou's release from prison in 2007 that authorities have prevented him from leaving the country. Abbou was to have met offi [...] | 2009-03-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS14 | TUNISIAN "STREET" VENTS ANGER OVER GAZA [...] (C) Anger in the Tunisian "street" continues to increase over civilian casualties in Gaza, and the GOT is taking measures to show that it is not out of step. President Ben Ali again expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza, and was credited with identifying with their plight in a key Frid [...] | 2009-01-09 18:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL TS |
09TUNIS140 | TUNISIAN MFA, OPPOSITION GROUPS CONDEMN ICC [...] (C) Following the International Criminal Court's (ICC's)decision to issue an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan for war crimes, the GOT, opposition parties, and the press have mostly denounced the ICC's decision. The reactions incorporate some anti-American rhetoric and call for simi [...] | 2009-03-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
09TUNIS154 | GOT ENGAGES IRAN, BUT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (SBU) From March 3-9, the Iran-Tunisia Joint Economic Commission held its 10th meeting to discuss potential joint economic and commercial initiatives. The Tunisian Trade and Handicrafts Minister Ridha Touiti attended the meeting in Tehran. The meeting resulted in signed memoranda of unders [...] | 2009-03-17 17:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TS |
09TUNIS160 | THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: IMPACT ON TUNISIA [...] (C) The global economic crisis is affecting Tunisia, but, so far, to a lesser degree than some other emerging market countries. Tunisia's financial sector, by virtue of its limited development and insulation from international credit markets, remains largely unscathed. However, exports, esp [...] | 2009-03-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS |
09TUNIS167 | PRESIDENT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (C) In a speech commemorating the 53rd anniversary of Tunisia's independence, President Ben Ali dwelt on the economic progress it has made and the challenges it faces. Despite the speech's emphasis on reducing unemployment, it included few concrete proposals other than to repeat a call for t [...] | 2009-03-23 17:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS174 | TUNISIA ANGRY OVER FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) An interview of French Foreign Minister Kouchner in the French-language magazine Jeune Afrique has provoked an angry response from the GOT, which took offense at his assessment of Tunisia's record on democracy and human rights. Kouchner critiqued the human rights situation before praisi [...] | 2009-03-26 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS179 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEFMIN FOR GREATER INFORMATION [...] (C) Meeting with Defense Minister Morjane in preparation for the mid-May Joint Military Commission (JMC),the Ambassador underscored the importance of a robust information exchange and closer cooperation. In addition to helping avoid the problems that led to the recent cancellation of the Atl [...] | 2009-03-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PMIL MASS TS |
09TUNIS182 | AMERICAN SCHOOL TAX CRISIS DEEPENS: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) tax dispute has reached a critical point and the school faces possible closure. The Ministry of Finance has issued its final tax decree, which requires ACST to pay $6.8 million in 60 days, money it does not have and probably cannot borrow. T [...] | 2009-03-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH PREL AFDB PGOV TS |
09TUNIS184 | AMERICAN CEMETERY PROJECT HELD HOSTAGE BY GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Tunisia is holding a major improvement project at the North Africa Cemetery and Memorial financially hostage by denying a value added tax (VAT) exoneration request valued at 220,000 Tunisian Dinars (about $160,000) until the US Mission begins to deduct and re [...] | 2009-03-30 17:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ABMC OFDP ODIP TS |
09TUNIS188 | INTERNAL DISSENT COULD IMPEDE OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) The efforts of the independent opposition Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) to prepare for presidential and legislative elections in fall 2009 may be derailed by internal dissent. FDTL political bureau member and Editor-in-Chief of FDTL's Arabic weekly Mouatinoun Jelal Lahbi [...] | 2009-03-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS191 | NEW FINANCIAL PRESSURES THREATEN AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: The American Cooperative School of Tunis' (ACST) US bank has frozen $2 million of its funds to ensure that ACST does not default on its construction loan. The freeze could bring about the school's bankruptcy before the end of the academic year. The Ministry of Public Property a [...] | 2009-03-31 16:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH PREL AFDB AMGT PGOV TS |
09TUNIS196 | GOT CONDITIONS CEMETERY VAT EXEMPTION ON LES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On March 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed us that the Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption for the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial had been granted. When the Mission actually received a copy of the letter [...] | 2009-04-01 17:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OFDP ODIP ABMC TS |
09TUNIS2 | GAZA: TUNISIAN REACTIONS INTENSIFYING [...] (C) The Tunisian reaction against the continued Israeli air strikes in Gaza is becoming stronger. In separate statements, Ben Ali called for an immediate end to the aggression against the Palestinian people in his New Year's speech, and the Chamber of Advisors condemned the raids as "crimes [...] | 2009-01-02 17:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TS |
09TUNIS203 | AMERICAN SCHOOL IN TUNIS: UPDATE AND REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and action request: The Ambassador continues to press senior GOT officials to change course on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST),but still awaits an appointment with Minister of State Ben Dhia. AFDB President Kaberuka confirmed he will seek an appointment with Pre [...] | 2009-04-02 18:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP ODIP PREL PGOV TS |
09TUNIS205 | ACTIVISTS FACE MOUNTING PRESSURE AS ELECTIONS DRAW [...] (C) With presidential and legislative elections a little more than six months away, a number of opposition parties say they are under increasing pressure from the GOT. The opposition at-Tajdid (Renewal) party says the latest issue of its Arabic-monthly Attariq al-Jadd was seized by the gove [...] | 2009-04-03 10:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS214 | STUDENT UNION UNDER PRESSURE AS STUDENTS ENTER [...] (C) Since February 9, several students have engaged in a prolonged hunger strike in front of the national headquarters of the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) in Tunis. They are protesting their expulsion from their universities claiming the expulsions were politically motivated becau [...] | 2009-04-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB TS |
09TUNIS217 | THE GOT STICKS TO ITS STORY: THE AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri provided the Ambassador today with a Ministry of Finance Paper that attempts to justify its tax assessment on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). Khemiri repeated many of the points GOT officials have made in previo [...] | 2009-04-07 18:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
09TUNIS226 | SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] (C) Senator Mitchell, my team and I look forward to working with you during your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are pleased that you have included Tunisia on your itinerary and look forward to hearing first-hand your assessment of prospects for Israeli-Palesti [...] | 2009-04-10 11:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL KPAL ASCH OFDP TS |
09TUNIS236 | HUNGER STRIKE ENDS AND STUDENT UNION IS FORCED TO [...] (SBU) Doctors convinced the five university students on a hunger strike in front of the national student union (UGET) headquarters since February 11 to end their strike April 9. The press reported the students' health had deteriorated to the point that they could no longer stand or see. In th [...] | 2009-04-16 17:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV TS |
09TUNIS237 | AMERICAN SCHOOL CRISIS ABATES, TIME FOR [...] (C) Under mounting US and international pressure, the Tunisian authorities have offered public and private assurances of their commitment to keep the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) open and their willingness to negotiate a settlement to the current tax crisis. These gestures inc [...] | 2009-04-17 14:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH AFDB PGOV PREL TS |
09TUNIS24 | SCREWS TIGHTEN ON PRIVATE TUNISIAN TV STATION [...] (C) Summary: At a December 17 dinner with the Ambassador and again at at January 9 private meeting, the director general of Tunisia's first and only private broadcast and satellite TV station detailed ongoing government interference and a surprise tax judgement against the station of almost U [...] | 2009-01-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | TS KPAO ECPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF |
09TUNIS243 | GOT TO SENATOR MITCHELL ON AMERICAN SCHOOL: WE'RE [...] (SBU) Toward the end of his hour-long meeting with Prime Minister Ghannouchi and Foreign Minister Abdallah on April 15 (septel),Special Envoy George Mitchell raised the Ministry of Finance's final tax decree assessing the American Cooperative School in Tunis (ACST) for 9.1 million Tunisian D [...] | 2009-04-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
09TUNIS249 | PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW BUYS CONTROLLING SHARE OF [...] (C) Press reports confirm the recent rumor that President Ben Ali's son-in-law Sakhr El Matri is in the process of buying the Dar As-Sabah media group. Dar As-Sabah is the parent company of the French-daily Le Temps and the Arabic-daily As-Sabah, two of Tunisia,s largest daily newspapers. [...] | 2009-04-22 17:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS256 | CZECH PRESIDENT VISITS TUNISIA [...] (C/NF) During his April 15-17 visit to Tunis, Czech President Klaus met with the President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Minister of Culture and Heritage, Minister of Tourism, and members of parliament among others. The visit was used to finalize a commercial agreement and sign contr [...] | 2009-04-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EZ TS |
09TUNIS259 | OPPOSITION CANDIDATE EXPECTS NO DAMAGES IN LIBEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TS |
09TUNIS268 | THEN AND NOW: HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) The GOT frequently tells US Government representatives that it plans to expand freedom and human rights, but that progress must be made "step by step." The question is: just how many steps has the GOT taken over the last decade? In an effort to evaluate the situation then and now, this [...] | 2009-04-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS27 | TUNISIA WILL NOT ATTEND DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Tunisia will not attend the January 16 extraordinary Arab League Summit in Doha. The Foreign Ministry released a statement to this effect on January 13 and Foreign Minister Abdallah confirmed it to the Ambassador. According to Abdallah's calculations, the pro-summit faction within the Ar [...] | 2009-01-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TS |
09TUNIS271 | EMBASSY TUNIS NOMINATION FOR 2009 DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) Embassy Tunis is pleased to nominate Senior Political Specialist Jamil Halfaoui (JA-MEAL HAL-FOW-WEE, FSN 11/12, PSA) as its candidate for FSN of the Year. During 31 years of government service, Jamil's hard work and dedication have directly supported the USG's policy initiatives in Tun [...] | 2009-05-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | APER AMGT AFSN TS |
09TUNIS276 | TFFLU01: TUNISIA'S READINESS FOR AN H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) H1N1 influenza has not yet arrived in Tunisia. According to the WHO, Tunisia is reasonably prepared for a pandemic, with 100,000 doses of Tamiflu already stockpiled and heightened screening measures in place at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport. Although the GOT's testing capabi [...] | 2009-05-06 16:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF PREL AMGT TF |
09TUNIS278 | TUNISIANS POSITIVE ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST [...] (C) During meetings with a cross-section of society, Tunisians said they had high hopes for the Obama Administration, but were still waiting for concrete steps implementing President Obama's vision. Government officials, opposition parties and activists alike reacted favorably to Obama's sp [...] | 2009-05-07 16:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS284 | TUNISIA: KEY AMBASSADORS AGREE TO A COMMON MESSAGE [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Ambassador Godec at the US Embassy, the French, British, Canadian, and Italian Ambassadors, along with the German DCM, agreed to coordinate their message to the GOT on the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. The group also discussed the difficulties [...] | 2009-05-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS286 | TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL NEGOTIATIONS FRUITFUL, BUT [...] (C) On May 6-8, US and Tunisian delegations made substantial progress toward resolving the status and financial obligations of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT offered formal status for the school and reduced its demand for back taxes from 9.1 to 4.2 million Tunisian [...] | 2009-05-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
09TUNIS287 | JOURNALIST UNION LEADER COMES UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) The leadership of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT),the only legal journalists union, came under GOT pressure shortly after releasing the union's annual report on press freedom in Tunisia. SNJT President Neji Bghouri reportedly tried for over an hour to present the [...] | 2009-05-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS289 | TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE RECEPTION BANNED [...] (C) On May 15, security forces prevented the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) from holding its annual reception commemorating its anniversary. Several Embassies, including the US, French, Belgian, and Italian Embassies received phone calls from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noting that [...] | 2009-05-13 17:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS291 | REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ: THE VIEW [...] (C) This cable is in response to reftel request for information on the viability of creating new regional networks as part of the new US policy on diplomatic engagement with Iraq. Answers below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (C) Tunisia's most significant regional affiliation is with [...] | 2009-05-14 17:28:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TS |
09TUNIS297 | FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM IN TUNISIA UNDER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 29, Embassy PAO and ECA Branch Chief Donna Ives met with Abderahman Boukricha, Director of International Cooperation for the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training (MOHE) to discuss the future of the program in Tunisia. After the abrupt denial of [...] | 2009-05-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS305 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SCHOOL NON-PAPER TO MINISTER [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered a non-paper to the Minister of Finance conveying USG agreement in principle on the tax aspects of a bilateral accord for the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT has yet to signal its intentions on the question of the lease of the land occupied by [...] | 2009-05-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
09TUNIS306 | AMBASSADOR VISITS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN DJERBA [...] (C) Leaders of the Jewish community on the southern island of Djerba were effusive about the support they received from the GOT when giving the Ambassador a tour of El Griba Synagogue, a local Jewish school, and a community center on May 13. The leadership of a school for disabled children [...] | 2009-05-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KIRF TS |
09TUNIS309 | FROM ELECTIONS TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: THE GOT [...] (C) On May 19, Foreign Minister Abdallah hosted a briefing by GOT officials for Ambassadors on the impact of the economic crisis on Tunisia, the upcoming elections, H1N1 flu, and other issues. On the economic crisis, Central Bank Governor Baccar said the government's key concern is the drop i [...] | 2009-05-20 16:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TS |
09TUNIS339 | TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL UPDATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, the Minister of State Properties and Real Estate emphasized that it should be easy to reach a solution at the working level to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) lease issue. There has been no other explicit reaction from the GOT in the two w [...] | 2009-06-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
09TUNIS343 | TUNISIANS SAY "BRAVO" TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, [...] (SBU) At a small gathering with opinion leaders and a reception for young people, as well as in exchanges with diplomatic officials, Ambassador and EmbOffs heard an overwhelmingly positive response to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. While some contacts would have liked to see the P [...] | 2009-06-04 22:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS361 | TUNISIA: CONTINUED POSITIVE REACTIONS TO OBAMA [...] (C) One week after President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech, Tunisians continue to be generally positive. Much skepticism remains, with some commentators raising questions about actions versus words. The speech also remains a topic of conversation and discourse in the media. In fact, the cover [...] | 2009-06-11 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO KPAL TS |
09TUNIS388 | OPPOSITION PARTY GRANTED PUBLIC SPACE TO HOLD [...] (C) In an unprecedented political move, President Ben Ali granted access to a public hall for the Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) opposition party to hold its first official national congress on May 28-30. FDTL founding member Dr. Mustapha Ben Jaafar was elected party Secretary [...] | 2009-06-17 12:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS408 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: TUNISIA SUPPORTS PEACE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised he Arab League Ministerial with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah late June 18, asking Tunisia to demonstrate leadership and help create the context for the prompt resumption and early conclusion of peace negotiations. 2. (C) Abdallah spoke effusively about Pres [...] | 2009-06-19 18:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID |
09TUNIS41 | TUNISIANS ANGRY BUT ORDERLY OVER GAZA [...] (C) Tunisian protests about the situation in Gaza continue daily, including one in front of the US Embassy on January 16. The protests, which have varied in size and scale, have not generally been anti-American in focus. One opposition party has met with the Ambassador to discuss its conce [...] | 2009-01-16 17:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS42 | RULING PARTY DEFENDS GRADUAL DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador the new Secretary General of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) Mohamed Ghariani emphasized the RCD's historical role in Tunisia and defended the party's policy that gradual democratic reform is best for the stability of the country. H [...] | 2009-01-17 17:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR TS |
09TUNIS44 | TUNISIA'S PILLARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOWING WEAR [...] (C) The GOT is struggling to manage the growing impact of the international economic crisis. The GOT recently ratcheted down 2009 GDP growth projections from five to four percent. Exporters, suffering from the downturn in Europe, are directing their focus to managing fixed costs in an effort [...] | 2009-01-20 10:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS |
09TUNIS450 | GOT LAYS OUT INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN 11TH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) The 11th Annual Carthage Investment Forum, held in Hammamet June 24-25, was the GOT's chance to showcase Tunisia as an investment destination. The Forum, which brought out high-level GOT representation, highlighted some non-traditional sectors of the economy, such as aviation, tech offsh [...] | 2009-07-08 17:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EFIN ETRD FAO TS |
09TUNIS456 | AMBASSADOR RAISES THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (C) On the margins of his July 9 meeting with Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia (septel, not all addressees) the Ambassador took the opportunity to raise the issue of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He informed Ben Dhia that the Embassy had delivered to the MFA that mornin [...] | 2009-07-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PGOV PREL TS |
09TUNIS457 | CABINET RESHUFFLE - PROMOTION FOR WORK IN GAFSA? [...] (SBU) The GOT announced two cabinet changes recently. Ridha Ben Mosbah was promoted to Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts from CEO of the state-owned Tunisia Chemical Group and the Gafsa Phosphate Company (GPC). Ridha Touiti was moved from Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts to serve dire [...] | 2009-07-10 08:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL TS |
09TUNIS46 | IRANIAN VP RAMIMI'S VISIT TO TUNISIA "NOTHING [...] (C) During a January 12-13 visit to Tunisia, Iranian Vice President and "Special Envoy of Iranian President Ahmadinejad" Mohamed Reza Rahimi met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to discuss the situation in Gaza, as well as bilateral relations. A [...] | 2009-01-21 11:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TS |
09TUNIS464 | ARMED GROUP ATTACKS HIGH-RANKING PDP DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: A Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) delegation led by Secretary General Maya Jribi attending a celebration of the release of a PDP member in Sidi Bouzid July 6 was attacked by a group armed with sticks, stones and knives. Two PDP members sustained minor injuries and the windows [...] | 2009-07-13 17:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS469 | MOD MORJANE: NO SECURITY THREAT TO US MILITARY, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane stressed the excellent bilateral military relations in the Ambassador's farewell call July 10 and said there was no threat to the US military from the reported plot involving two arrested Air Force officers (Reftels A and B). Specifically he: [...] | 2009-07-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS |
09TUNIS473 | COURT ISSUES JUDGMENT AGAINST AMERICAN SCHOOL; [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: A Tunisian court ruled July 14 in favor of the Ministry of Finance stating that the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) owes 9.1 million Tunisian dinars in taxes, ignoring the negotiated settlement [...] | 2009-07-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH AMGT PREL TS |
09TUNIS49 | TUNISIAN PROTESTS CONTINUE DESPITE CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Even after Israel declared a ceasefire on January 17, independent opposition groups and the labor federation staged three separate protests on January 17 and 19 with GOT permission. The demonstrations were characterized by a heavy police presence, and security forces did not allow obser [...] | 2009-01-21 16:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS494 | TUNISIAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR GETS JAIL TIME FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a case that attracted international media attention, university professor Khedija Arfaoui was sentenced to eight months in prison for posting a message about child abduction on her Facebook page. Subsequent to the sentencing, through a family member, the Tunisian Minister of J [...] | 2009-07-17 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
09TUNIS498 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON THE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a July 17 farewell call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Ambassador --reviewed accomplishments between the two countries in recent years; --discussed President Obama's letter of the previous week to President Ben Ali about Middle East peace and encouraged a positiv [...] | 2009-07-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASCH PGOV TS US |
09TUNIS506 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETINGS WITH THE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) CODEL Schiff used its July 2 meeting with the Minister of Defense to ask the Minister about the level of cooperation between the two militaries and to, to press for more cooperation on intelligence sharing, and to learn his views on regional issues and on Tunisia's role in the region. The [...] | 2009-07-22 16:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS |
09TUNIS507 | FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tunisia, President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo opened a window for reflection and optimism regarding US/Middle East dialogue. However, despite an enthusiastic response from Tunisian contacts and praise from senior officials, in practice we expect to see a cautious "wait-an [...] | 2009-07-22 17:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS51 | TUNISIANS WELCOME INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (C) Over 200 people attended a reception hosted by the Ambassador to view the inauguration of Barack Obama. Reactions to President Obama's inauguration and speech have been overwhelmingly positive, including in most local media. One Tunisian characterized the President's speech as "genuine" an [...] | 2009-01-21 16:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TS |
09TUNIS517 | THE POLITICS OF SOCCER IN TUNISIA [...] (C) In a country where freedom of expression and association are limited, the stands of a soccer field are one of the few places Tunisians can voice criticism publicly. Tunisians follow the sport obsessively and political careers are born out of club notoriety. In this context, the president [...] | 2009-07-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON TS |
09TUNIS523 | AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT BEN ALI [...] (C) Ambassador paid a brief farewell call on President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday, July 28. Ben Ali's focus was to resolve the issues around the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He did so by reinstating the May deal on taxes, agreeing to the school's proposed rent for the [...] | 2009-07-28 15:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASCH PGOV TS |
09TUNIS525 | CANADA DELIVERS AIDE-MEMOIRE ON 2009 TUNISIAN [...] (C) In a conversation with the DCM July 24, Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard said that the Government of Canada (GOC) presented Tunisian Ambassador to Canada Mouldi Sakri July 23 with an Aide-Memoire detailing GOC concerns about "acts of violence, intimidation, harassment of people identified [...] | 2009-07-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
09TUNIS547 | FOREIGN MINISTER REPRIMANDS CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard told the Charge late July 30 that he was recently convoked by Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to be reprimanded for the aide-memoire that Ottawa delivered on the upcoming Tunisian elections the previous week (reftel). Picard said that the conversation [...] | 2009-08-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM TS CA |
09TUNIS557 | TUNISIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THREE MONTH COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Tunisian Presidential and Legislative elections (Chamber of Deputies) are scheduled for October 25. The outcome of the Presidential election is a foregone conclusion, and issimply a question of how large a win the GOT will declare for President Ben Ali. The President was been collecting [...] | 2009-08-07 18:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TS |
09TUNIS562 | TUNISIAN PERSPECTIVES ON MAGHREB INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Tunisian opinions are plentiful and varied on the future of Maghreb integration. During a recent round table organized by Post and in the course of speaking with private sector individuals, it was apparent that Tunisians recognize the benefits of integration, but are cynical about its r [...] | 2009-08-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
09TUNIS569 | PDP TO BOYCOTT CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) In an internal meeting August 2, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) decided to boycott the presentation of its candidate for the October presidential elections to the Constitutional Council as required by the electoral calendar. The PDP still intends to have party president Nejib Cheb [...] | 2009-08-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
09TUNIS608 | NEW FRANCHISE LAW CREATES A POTENTIAL OPENING IN [...] (SBU) President Ben Ali signed a law August 12 regulating commercial distribution, which included a much-anticipated provision on franchising. Until now, Tunisia has not provided adequate protection for international franchises, which discouraged significant potential investment. The Tunis [...] | 2009-08-20 16:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS |
09TUNIS61 | GOT IMPEDES TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) On January 23, the GOT prevented Abdelhamid Amine, Secretary General of the newly formed Organization for Coordination between Human Rights Leagues in the Maghreb from entering Tunisia. The following day, security forces blocked the meeting Amine had been invited to attend with the Tuni [...] | 2009-01-27 16:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS626 | TUNISIA: RULING PARTY HIJACKS PRESS SYNDICATE [...] (C) A pro-government faction within the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) held an alternate special congress and elected a "new leadership" August 15 which immediately issued a statement supporting President Ben Ali's candidacy in the upcoming October elections. Independent un [...] | 2009-08-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL TS |
09TUNIS64 | TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS FACE CHOICE BETWEEN [...] (C) Since the beginning of the year, several journalists have reported that they are under increased pressure to toe the party line because 2009 is a presidential election year in Tunisia. Despite being faced with threats of physical violence, incarceration or unemployment many journalists h [...] | 2009-01-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS640 | BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO TUNISIA: OLD FRIENDS, NEW [...] (C) Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi deepened their ties of friendship August 18 with a day-long personal visit. Berlusconi arrived mid-morning and stayed until late in the afternoon. The visit was so private in nature that neither the It [...] | 2009-09-01 08:19:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TS IT |
09TUNIS643 | PDP WITHDRAWS FROM OCTOBER 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) At an August 25 press conference, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced its withdrawal from the October 25 Presidential elections. PDP president Nejib Chebbi stated that he will not run for president in the October elections, nor will the party field any other candidate for pre [...] | 2009-09-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
09TUNIS644 | CODEL MEEKS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) During their August 27-30 visit to Tunisia, CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)) discussed Tunisia's record on human rights and democracy with senior Tun [...] | 2009-09-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL PHUM TS |
09TUNIS645 | FM ABDALLAH ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, IRAN, SUDAN, AND [...] (C) Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdallah told CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)),during an August 29 meeting that Tunisia strongly supported President Obama [...] | 2009-09-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS |
09TUNIS657 | CODEL MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND [...] (SBU) A congressional delegation, led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)),visited Tunisia August 27-30. Senior Tunisian officials including the Prime Minister, the Foreig [...] | 2009-09-03 08:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS |
09TUNIS667 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPT 9 AL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) On the morning of September 8, Charge spoke with Mahmoud Khemiri, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah. Passing him a diplomatic note and a non paper drawn from points conveyed reftel, the charge urged Tunisia to press for constructive action by the Arab League on the Ara [...] | 2009-09-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TS IZ SO |
09TUNIS671 | STAFFDEL HOGREFE DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (C) A Congressional staff delegation (Staffdel) led by Hans Hogrefe of the House International Relations Committee met with leaders of several prominent Tunisian human rights advocacy groups during an August 31-September 1 visit. The Tunisian civil society groups asserted that torture remains [...] | 2009-09-09 16:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OREP TS |
09TUNIS677 | PRESS SYNDICATE LEADER BEATEN BY POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: Tunisian Police beat Neji B'ghouri, President of the National Journalists' Syndicate (SNTJ),as he attempted to access the union's headquarters on September 8. That same day, a court ruled in favor of a pro-government faction claiming leadership of the union, and ordered the evict [...] | 2009-09-11 09:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV TS |
09TUNIS688 | AMBASSADOR RAISES MIDDLE EAST PEACE WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Abdallah September 17 of a likely telephone call from the Secretary either that day or soon thereafter. The United States is seeking concrete steps from Tunisia in support of reviving the Middle East peace process, including possible re [...] | 2009-09-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TS US IS |
09TUNIS689 | AMBASSADOR RAISES KOSOVO WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During his introductory call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah September 17 (ref a),the Ambassador noted that recognition of Kosovo remains important to the United States and that 62 countries have extended such recognition. Abdallah replied that Tunisia has not yet formulated a de [...] | 2009-09-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KV TS |
09TUNIS691 | AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During his September 17 call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Ambasador raised the lack of sufficient Iranian cooperation with the IAEA. He encouraged the Minister to express Tunisian concerns on the issue publicly when the Minister speaks at the UN General Assembly. The Amba [...] | 2009-09-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR TS |
09TUNIS694 | BEN ALI'S DOWNHILL BATTLE FOR REELECTION [...] (C) As the October 25 elections approach, posters lauding President (and candidate) Ben Ali are becoming increasingly ubiquitous across Tunisia. Ben Ali's key election themes are security, stability, and economic prosperity. Ben Ali technically faces three opponents, and a fourth might still [...] | 2009-09-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB TS |
09TUNIS707 | TUNISIA: NATURAL DISASTER HITS POLITICAL HOTSPOT [...] (C) Summary: Disastrous flooding on September 23 caused at least 17 deaths, many other injuries, and an uncalculated amount of property damage in the south central region of Tunisia. The worst flooding damage appears to have been in and around Redeyef, an impoverished mining town that was the [...] | 2009-09-28 06:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV EAID CASC TS |
09TUNIS709 | TUNISIA: PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP (AND TAKE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Abdallah's encounters in New York with senior USG officials last week, and even his very brief exchange and handshake with President Obama at the UNSYG's lunch, have been prominently featured in the Tunisian pro-government media. On September 25, several pro-government [...] | 2009-09-29 06:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO TS |
09TUNIS71 | PRESIDENT'S AL-ARABIYA INTERVIEW: FACTUAL PRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's January 26 interview on al-Arabiya has garnered limited specific reaction, probably a result of al-Arabiya's lean market penetration in Tunisia. That said, those contacts who did watch the interview or read the transcript have responded favorably, especially to t [...] | 2009-02-03 16:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS722 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TUNISIAN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's 29 September introductory call with Tunisian Defense Minister Kamel Morjane, the Minister assured the Ambassador that the close cooperation between the U.S. and Tunisian militaries, and broader cooperation between the two governments, would make the Ambassador's j [...] | 2009-10-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS TS |
09TUNIS725 | TUNISIA ELECTIONS UPDATE: REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE [...] (C) The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) continued to solidify its political lock on elected offices with just over three weeks left before the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. The ruling party's list of legislative candidates released September 26 revealed a str [...] | 2009-10-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
09TUNIS732 | TUNISIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Tunisia has an historically strong track record of constructive contributions to the Middle East peace process. Unfortunately, like other Arab states, Tunisia's engagement has been largely dormant since the eruption of the second Intifada in 2000. Like other Arab governments, T [...] | 2009-10-02 16:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MEPP TS XF |
09TUNIS74 | GAFSA APPEALS COURT REDUCES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (C) On February 4, the Court of Appeals in Gafsa reduced the sentences of most of the 38 people involved in the Redeyef unemployment protests who were convicted on December 11 on charges ranging from destroying public property to leading an armed rebellion. Witness testimony yielded several [...] | 2009-02-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS |
09TUNIS741 | TUNISIA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SFAX AND SOUSSE [...] (C) Meetings with opposition leaders and ordinary Tunisians in Sfax and Sousse, Tunisia's second and third largest cities, indicate a high degree of apathy with respect to the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. Opposition figures from the Tajdid ("Renewal") party complained of [...] | 2009-10-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
09TUNIS743 | TUNISIA AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 17:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TS IZ |
09TUNIS744 | TUNISIA AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Ambassador to Tunisia, Ghazi Zibari, told the Ambassador on October 1 that Tunisia does not meddle in Iraqi affairs, and saw no constructive role that Tunisia might play in Iraq's January elections. Zibari appeared ill-informed on the question of Tunisian foreign fighters, [...] | 2009-10-06 08:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD TS IZ |
09TUNIS746 | PREELECTION APATHY, ALIENATION, AND TALES OF [...] (C) On a visit to Tunisia's southeast, Poloff found citizens generally apathetic about the upcoming elections. Most expressed resignation and said they would vote for Ben Ali - "he has been there forever and will stay until we have all gone." Most Tunisian voters we encountered could name nei [...] | 2009-10-06 17:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ELAB TS |
09TUNIS751 | SENIOR TUNISIANS ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the latest diplomatic developments on Iran with Tunisian Prime Minister Ghannouchi on October 7 and with Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, a special advisor to President Ben Ali, on October 8. With each, the Ambassador reviewed the outcome of the October 1 tal [...] | 2009-10-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TS IR |
09TUNIS754 | CITING H1N1 CONCERNS, TUNISIA "POSTPONES" THE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: The Tunisian government has announced it is "postponing" the country's participation in the annual Hajj pilgrimage, citing fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus. While the government is not actually prohibiting participation in a legal sense, the suspension of the GOT's normal [...] | 2009-10-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KIRF TBIO TS |
09TUNIS755 | TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS INCREASED [...] (C) Tunisian Justice Minister Bechir Tekkari expressed interest in strengthening bilateral cooperation on judicial and law enforcement issues during the Ambassador's October 5 introductory call. A cordial tone prevailed in the meeting, even when it covered the contentious matter of assurances [...] | 2009-10-09 16:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS TS |
09TUNIS756 | PRIME MINISTER GHANNOUCHI ON BILATERAL TRADE, [...] (C) Tunisian Prime Minister Ghannouchi told the Ambassador on October 7 that he hoped to find ways to increase bilateral trade and particularly to boost Tunisian exports to the U.S. The Prime Minister wished the exemptions on certain Tunisian export products under the Generalized System of Pref [...] | 2009-10-09 16:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON TS |
09TUNIS760 | SENIOR BEN ALI ADVISOR DEFENDS TUNISIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Tunisia may have a tendency to move slow on democratic change, but there has been tangible progress since the Bourguiba era, senior Ben Ali advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia told the Ambassador. Two prominent political rivals lacked credibility and were more skilled at complaining than [...] | 2009-10-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TS |
09TUNIS761 | TUNISIA: SENIOR BEN ALI ADVISOR ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) During an October 8 introductory call, the Ambassador pressed Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, a senior advisor and gatekeeper to President Ben Ali, for a more active Tunisian role in advancing the Middle East peace process. Ben Dhia stressed the Tunisian Government's committment to [...] | 2009-10-13 17:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MEPP TS |
09TUNIS769 | TUNISIA ELECTIONS UPDATE: CANDIDATE BASHES GOT ON [...] (C) One of the few dramatic moments in this pre-cooked election season came on the evening of October 12, when presidential contender Ahmed Brahim, used his half hour of "equal time" on state TV to launch an unprecedented excoriation of Ben Ali's government. Brahim cited the hegemony of a sin [...] | 2009-10-16 17:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TS |
09TUNIS775 | TUNISIAN MFA PIQUED AT SOURCING OF TIP REPORT, BUT [...] (C) During an otherwise cordial courtesy call on October 13, Saida Chtoui, Secretary of State for Asia and the Americas (one of two deputies to Foreign Minister Abdallah ) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, complained to the Ambassador about Tunisia's placement on the Trafficking in Persons R [...] | 2009-10-19 17:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIP KWMN AORC TS |
09TUNIS780 | ELECTIONS 2009: DOWN AND OUT IN CENTRAL TUNISIA [...] (C) As in recent pre-election visits to Tunisia's second and third largest cities, and a trip to Tunisia's south, poloff's mid-October visit to the central Tunisian interior revealed overall public indifference and resignation toward the presidential and legislative elections set for October [...] | 2009-10-20 17:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
09TUNIS784 | HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS: BEN ALI HEADED FOR A SLAM [...] (C) Summary: In what may be this election season's strangest event, on October 17 the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) held an invitation-only rally for President Ben Ali featuring a 90-minute match between the Harlem Globetrotters and their long-time rivals, the Washington General [...] | 2009-10-22 07:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TS |
09TUNIS789 | REACTING TO THE OCTOBER 25 TUNISIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tunisia will hold presidential and legislative elections on October 25. In this carefully engineered, non-competitive process, President Ben Ali and the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally will win by large margins. No credible independent observers, foreign or domestic, have been in [...] | 2009-10-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS |
09TUNIS790 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON SAKHER EL-MATERI [...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Sakher El-Materi (President Ben Ali's son-in-law, businessman, and emerging politician) received the Ambassador at the headquarters of his Princess Holding Group company October 22. El-Materi started reaching out to the Embassy earlier this year and appears to want to c [...] | 2009-10-23 17:35:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS EFIN TS |
09TUNIS791 | TUNISIAN ELECTIONS: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1900 [...] (C) On October 25, during Tunisia's first national elections in five years, polling stations opened at 0800 and closed at 1800 local time. Ten (unaccredited) Embassy observation teams dispatched to various parts of the country reported a generally orderly process and an apparently light turn [...] | 2009-10-25 17:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
09TUNIS792 | BEN ALI, RULING PARTY CLAIM CRUSHING [...] (C) Official election results were announced in the early morning of October 26. As widely expected, President Ben Ali crushed his opponents, with 89 percent of the vote, and the ruling party received the maximum number of seats allowed by this year's voting rules (75 percent). Elections offi [...] | 2009-10-26 11:35:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
09TUNIS796 | TUNISIA ELECTIONS: FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked the Ambassador on October 28 to express Tunisia's surprise and disappointment at the Department spokesman's October 26 remarks on Tunisia's elections. Abdallah specifically rejected as "false" the notion that international observers had not been [...] | 2009-10-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
09TUNIS803 | TUNISIAN GOV'T STEPPING UP ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of assaults at Tunis Airport in early October (reftel),the last two weeks have seen, according to civil society sources, further government action against independent journalists. A journalist related to poloff how he was briefly abducted, bound, and beaten [...] | 2009-11-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TS |
09TUNIS812 | WHAT NEXT AFTER TUNISIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 08:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
09TUNIS813 | WHAT NEXT AFTER TUNISIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] (C) The crushing victory of President Ben Ali and the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) on October 25 was the carefully engineered result of a non-competitive elections process. Although the GOT has attempted to portray the latest elections as an incremental step toward democracy, [...] | 2009-11-05 08:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
09TUNIS822 | U.S. - TUNISIA SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) U.S.-Tunisia bilateral security ties are governed by two regularly scheduled annual meetings. The Joint Military Commission (JMC),which took place most recently in Tunis in May of 2009 and the Annual Planning Conference (APC),which last took place in Tunis in August of 2009. Please s [...] | 2009-11-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS TS |
09TUNIS83 | TUNISIA: NO DECISION YET ON KOVOSO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche at a February 10 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri. Khemiri, who was joined by Special Assistant to the Minister Mehrez Ben Rouma, was visibly uncomfortable in discussing the topic. He offered no substantive reply, other than to confirm tha [...] | 2009-02-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV TS |
09TUNIS830 | TUNISIA AND UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) The Ambassador explained U.S. opposition to no-vote actions, and requested Tunisian support (or at least abstention) on pending human rights resolutions concerning Iran, Burma, and North Korea in a November 12 meeting with Mokhtar Chaouachi, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Internatio [...] | 2009-11-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TS UN |
09TUNIS831 | TUNISIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) During the year, no reports of instances of trafficking have come to the attention of the Embassy, UNHCR, or the IOM. As of mid-November, the Tunisian Government has not taken any action this year on modifying its laws covering prostitution or child labor to specifically criminalize t [...] | 2009-11-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM TS |
09TUNIS834 | TUNISIA: BEN ALI, SWORN IN, HOLDING GRUDGES AND [...] (C) President Ben Ali was sworn in for a fifth five year term on November 12. In a speech following the ceremony, Ben Ali pledged to redouble efforts to generate employment, economic opportunity, and development, and insisted his government welcomed constructive criticism. His upbeat message [...] | 2009-11-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS |
09TUNIS844 | TUNISIA URGED TO VOTE AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Embassy requested the Government of Tunisia vote against or abstain from voting on anti-Israel resolutions in the UNGA and cease lending support to the three resolutions extending the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable rights of the Palestinian People, the Division for Palesti [...] | 2009-11-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL TS |
09TUNIS851 | PRESSING FOR TUNISIAN VOTES AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Following up on our November 18 demarche (ref a),in three separate one-on-one discussions on November 19 the Ambassador urged Tunisia to abstain from voting for anti-Israel resolutions currently circulating in the UNGA Third Committee. The Ambassador spoke with Elyes Kasri, MFA Director- [...] | 2009-11-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TS |
09TUNIS855 | TUNISIA: JOURNALIST TRIED, INDEPENDENT PAPERS PUT [...] (C) The trial of Tunisian independent journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, charged with assaulting a woman in a late October incident his supporters insist was manufactured by a government seeking revenge for writings scathingly critical of Ben Ali and his government (ref C),was held in Tunis on Nove [...] | 2009-11-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TS |
09TUNIS859 | BEN ALI ILLNESS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF SPANISH [...] (C) TAP, Tunisia's official press agency, announced on the morning of November 23 that President Ben Ali was suffering from a throat infection and that his doctors had ordered five days of rest. The Spanish Embassy confirmed to us later on November 23 that the visit of King Juan Carlos, who wa [...] | 2009-11-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TS |
09TUNIS864 | TUNISIA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) In a November 25 conversation, Pol-Econ Counselor stressed to Hatim Landaloussi, Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the USG's continuing strong concerns about Iran's incomplete and unsatisfactory cooperation with the IAEA. Drawing from points conveyed ref [...] | 2009-11-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR TS |
09TUNIS868 | TUNISIA: THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) is focused on implementing President Ben Ali's 24 point governance plan, party Secretary-General Ghariani told the Ambassador on November 24. Drawing heavily from official rhetoric, the RCD leader asserted that Tunisia is a "harmo [...] | 2009-11-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
09TUNIS881 | DEMARCHE TO TUNISIA ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Charge delivered the points conveyed reftel to Mahmoud Khemiri, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Abdallah, during a November 30 meeting. The Charge underlined the U.S. view that Israel's settlement moratorium represented a positive development. 2. (C) Khemiri offered little in the wa [...] | 2009-11-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS TS |
09TUNIS901 | EUROPEAN ENVOYS VENT FRUSTRATION WITH TUNISIAN [...] (C) During a December 9 lunch, 18 European ambassadors expressed frustration with the Tunisian government's tendency to view cooperation as a one-way street. "When we send them a check, they cash it right away, but when we request something via note verbale, it languishes for months," one Amb [...] | 2009-12-11 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID EU TS |
09TUNIS904 | TUNIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE HOLIDAY SECURITY [...] (C) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 10 to address the Embassy's security posture and holiday security planning. The Core EAC was in attendance, including the DCM, P/E, MGT, ORA, DATT/OSC, MSG, MEPI, CONS, PAO, and RSO. All agreed that [...] | 2009-12-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC TS |
09TUNIS924 | REPRESENTATIVE CONAWAY STRESSES SECURITY [...] (C) In his December 19 meeting with Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane, visiting Rep. Michael Conaway (R-TX) said that U.S.-Tunisian bilateral relations were good but stressed the need for increased cooperation on defense planning and intelligence sharing. He noted that current U.S. budget con [...] | 2009-12-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP TS |
09TUNIS928 | TUNISIAN HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Minister of Public Health Mondher Zenaidi discussed on December 17 Tunisia's health achievements, its efforts to reform the health insurance system and prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, and the opportunities for enhanced cooperation on health. The minister highlig [...] | 2009-12-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED PINR PREL SOCI TS |
09TUNIS930 | TUNISIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: THE "LOYALS" AND THE [...] (C) In recent calls on leaders of most of Tunisia's "opposition" parties, the Ambassador heard widely varying views and assessments of national political life. Several leaders of parties loyal to the government heaped slavish praise on President Ben Ali for his purported wisdom, prudence, and [...] | 2009-12-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TS |
09ULAANBAATAR128 | DEFENSE MINISTER BOLD REPLIES TO SECRETARY GATES' [...] (C) Minister of Defense Lu. Bold called in the Ambassador and the Defense Attache on May 11 to present a letter from the Minister to Secretary Gates expressing the Government of Mongolia,s decision to deploy to Afghanistan. The letter came in response to Secretary Gates, letter dated February [...] | 2009-05-11 10:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR141 | MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INTENSIFIES IN ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 08:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR160 | BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY FOR MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) Summary. Born to herders in western Mongolia, Harvard-educated President-elect Elbegdorj worked in a factory, studied journalism in Russia, and wrote for Mongolia's army newspaper before becoming a leader in the country's democratic movement in the late 1980s. Since the country's democra [...] | 2009-06-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR161 | MONGOLIA'S MANAGEMENT OF A RESURGENT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Landlocked Mongolia is compelled by geography and motivated by history to seek pragmatic and workable relations with its two giant neighbors. For 15 years following Mongolia's democratic revolution in 1990, Russia maintained a low profile as it underwent its own political change [...] | 2009-06-04 10:29:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON EINV EMIN MG |
09ULAANBAATAR162 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 9 MEETING [...] (C) Madame Secretary: The briefing materials I have seen for your meeting do an excellent job of setting forth the specific issues that Foreign Minister Batbold will wish to discuss with you. I would just like to add some larger strategic considerations to provide background and context for t [...] | 2009-06-05 08:48:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EMIN OVIP MG |
09ULAANBAATAR19 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MCC, IMF, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Bayar invited the Ambassador to a meeting to discuss major issues at the changeover of U.S. Administrations. Concerning the rail project of Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC),Bayar cited objections raised by the Russians, who own half of Ulaanbaatar Ra [...] | 2009-01-21 09:24:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EMIN MARR RS MG |
09ULAANBAATAR20 | MONGOLIA ON A RISING CHINA: HEDGING PREFERRED BUT [...] (C) Summary: Mongolia faces the challenge of being a large, sparsely populated, landlocked country sandwiched between China and Russia. Mongolia,s Third Neighbor Policy of building economic, political, social and military relations with outside countries ) the United States foremost among th [...] | 2009-01-22 09:10:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MOPS MG CH RS |
09ULAANBAATAR201 | PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, AND SPEAKER OF MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29 and 30, Members of the Congressional Delegation headed by Rep. David Price of North Carolina met with Speaker Demberel, Prime Minister Bayar, and President Elbegdorj during the course of a day and a half of meetings with Mongolian parliamentarians. In addition to dis [...] | 2009-07-16 05:26:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EMIN EINV MG |
09ULAANBAATAR213 | MCC, DEFENSE ISSUES TOP MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 10:00:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON ETRD MARR PGOV PREL MG CD KS |
09ULAANBAATAR240 | MP TEMUUJIN DISCUSSES LEGAL REFORM IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Democratic Party (DP) MP Temuujin on August 14 to discuss the recent amnesty law and legal reform efforts in Mongolia. Temuujin was frank in his assessment of the legal reform environment, noting that reform efforts originating in Parliament rarely get out of comm [...] | 2009-08-20 00:26:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR257 | AMBASSADORSHIPS AND POLITICS IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) Summary: Mongolia has 33 diplomatic missions worldwide, and many key ambassadorships are coming vacant at the start of the Elbegdorj presidency. The handling of these appointments provides significant insight into political maneuvering in Mongolia. Financial, ethnic, religious, social, a [...] | 2009-09-04 08:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MG |
09ULAANBAATAR258 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AGENDA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of pre-departure encounters over the past week, Ambassador Minton discussed a wide range of U.S.-Mongolia bilateral issues with President Elbegdorj and Foreign Minister Batbold. Ambassador Minton and DCM Hill spent nearly all of Saturday, August 30, with Elbegdorj and [...] | 2009-09-04 09:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ENRG MG |
09ULAANBAATAR283 | MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT TALKS EDUCATION, URANIUM, AND [...] (C) Summary: We met with Director Ganbold of the Asia Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on September 22 to discuss President Elbegdorj's recently completed travel to India. This was Elbegdorj's first trip abroad as president. Ganbold stated the primary focus of t [...] | 2009-09-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL ENRG ECON MG |
09ULAANBAATAR308 | PRIME MINISTER BAYAR STEPS DOWN, CITING HEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Prime Minister Bayar announced his resignation for health reasons. Because Bayar is resigning for health reasons, he may be able to return to his position once he has recovered, as long as his party leadership and the government agree. Some observers are terming t [...] | 2009-10-26 09:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR322 | DEMOCRACY, TRANSPARENCY AND MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) lacks the capacity to combat money laundering effectively. The staff of four must assemble, analyze, and maintain the FIU database of transaction reports as well as ensure compliance among financial institutions. Interagency cooperatio [...] | 2009-11-06 08:59:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN SNAR MG |
09ULAANBAATAR329 | SELECTION OF NEW MONGOLIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, Parliament approved the nomination of G. Zandanshatar as foreign minister. The new foreign minister represents an assertive young wing of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) intent on having its turn at the helm. The leading candidates over which Za [...] | 2009-11-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR331 | MONGOLIA ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 16, we delivered the demarche points per reftel to Gerelmaa of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa thanked us for our consideration of Mongolia's actions on similar votes at last year's UNGA and stated that her gover [...] | 2009-11-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA MG |
09ULAANBAATAR332 | MONGOLIA PROPOSES SUPPLEMENTAL AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 16-18 visit to Ulaanbaatar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations, James Schear, accompanied by the Charge and DATT, met key offials at the Ministries of Defense and of Foreign Affairs, including Defense Ministe [...] | 2009-11-18 08:23:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MG |
09ULAANBAATAR349 | DOMESTIC AND DIPLOMATIC CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acutely aware of its vulnerability to a changing climate, Mongolia is pursuing initiatives both domestically and regionally to foster clean energy and conservation. Diplomatically, the GOM has assembled delegates from China, Japan, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea at three c [...] | 2009-12-01 03:43:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV ENRG TRGY MG |
09ULAANBAATAR374 | GOM: INNER MONGOLIAN "VOLUNTARILY" RETURNED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with PolOff, Chief of Mongolia's Immigration Agency Murun defended his government's conduct against allegations they had deported an Inner Mongolian with an appeal pending before the UNHCR. Murun explained that the Chinese citizen, Batuzhangga, and his family returned [...] | 2009-12-29 04:49:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR375 | MONGOLIA-DPRK ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE; GOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. UNDRAA Agvaanluvsan, professor of nuclear energy issues and policy at Stanford University and newly appointed Deputy Director of the in-house think tank of Mongolia's National Security Council, informed Embassy officers on December 26 that the DPRK and Mongolia continue to dis [...] | 2009-12-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL SCUL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR46 | AMBASSADOR AND FM BATBOLD DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Minton discussed a range of key bilateral issues with Foreign Minister Batbold over lunch February 16. Topics included future Mongolian contributions in Afghanistan, Mongolia,s financial situation, the status of MCC implementation, post's wheat-based Food for Progress [...] | 2009-02-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ECON EAID EFIN MG |
09ULAANBAATAR61 | ENGAGING MONGOLIA ON AFGHANISTAN AND INCREASE OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points requested in reftels to Deputy Director of the Department for the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, R. Mounkhou, on February 24. Specifically, we outlined the key points of the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review. 2. (C) Mongolia continues to be receptiv [...] | 2009-02-24 08:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR MG AF |
09ULAANBAATAR64 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS MONGOLIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) On March 2, the first day of GOM operation after the Mongolian Lunar New Year holiday, the Ambassador presented Secretary Gates' letter on Mongolia's prospective redeployment in Afghanistan to Defense Minister Bold (see reftel). The text of the letter is reproduced below in para 7. 2 [...] | 2009-03-02 09:01:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MG |
09ULAANBAATAR73 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BAYAR [...] (C) A range of issues came up during a two-hour lunch meeting between Prime Minister Bayar and the Ambassador March 10, including plans for a Mongolian deployment in Afghanistan, the recently concluded deal Mongolia worked out with the IMF, and also the political machinations involved in reach [...] | 2009-03-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EMIN MARR RS MG |
09ULAANBAATAR87 | MONGOLIAN MINING DEBATE SUGGESTS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late into the night on March 2, the Mongolian National Security Council reportedly voted 2 to 1 to approve the long-delayed investment agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia's South Gobi desert region. According to several sources, Prime Minister S. Bayar and [...] | 2009-03-30 08:27:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR94 | DAS NORRIS DISCUSSES IMF, MCC, TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary. On April 2, the DAS for China and Mongolia, John Norris, met in Ulaanbaatar with Mongolian Foreign Minister Batbold on the eve of our annual Consultation on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI). Batbold expressed satisfaction with the recent IMF Stand-By Agreement (SBA [...] | 2009-04-09 06:12:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EMIN MARR MG |
09ULAANBAATAR96 | MONGOLIA RESPONSE: REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) In response to ref A, Mongolia has been informed of the conclusions of the U.S. strategic review and the U.S. requested support, which was forwarded to Mongolia in Secretary of Defense Gates' letter to Mongolian Minister of Defense Bold in late February. Recent meetings by State EAP DAS N [...] | 2009-04-10 08:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO MG |
09ULAANBAATAR97 | 45 DAYS AND COUNTING: MONGOLIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Both the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and Democratic Party (DP) have officially selected their candidates for the May 24 presidential election. Incumbent President N. Enkhbayar is the MPRP nominee and Ts. Elbegdorj is the DP candidate. The Green Party and the Ci [...] | 2009-04-10 08:48:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MG |
09UNVIEVIENNA10 | IAEA/DG: AMANO DOES NOT THE WEOG [...] (C) Japanese Governor and IAEA DG candidate Yukiya Amano gave a proficient but uninspiring performance in his campaign pitch to a friendly Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) audience on January 8. Amano provided short and informed responses on an array of policy and management issues, but [...] | 2009-01-13 11:52:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM MNUC TRGY IAEA JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA100 | ISRAEL STILL CONSIDERING UNODC MAJOR DONOR STATUS, [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting on March 11, DCM and MsnOff met with Israeli Anti-Drug Authority Deputy Director Eitan Gorni and Israeli MFA Director of the International Organizations Department Tibor Shalev-Shlosser to discuss Israeli participation in the CND and UNODC as well as consultative g [...] | 2009-03-12 13:56:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM |
09UNVIEVIENNA105 | UNODC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COSTA REITERATED CRIME [...] (u) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 13. 2. (c) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary (A/S) David Johnson, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Acting Director (AD) Ed Jurith, and Ambassador Schulte met with Executive Director (ED) Antonio Costa March 13 on the m [...] | 2009-03-16 11:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNAUS KCRM SNAR AF UNODC |
09UNVIEVIENNA107 | IAEA/ISRAEL/GAZA: ARAB STATES SILENT ON GAZA [...] (C) We expected that Arab states/NAM might use the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 2 as a platform for expressing outrage over the recent war in Gaza. Our expectations were wrong. The Arab group had positioned itself to link Gaza to nuclear safety by claiming a possible h [...] | 2009-03-16 14:50:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA117 | UNODC OFFICIALS DISCUSS PROGRESS IN AF-PAK AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 18, INL/PA Director of the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Program Tom Williams met with UNODC officials to discuss counternarcotics issues in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, and to gain insight into UNODC's program plans and needs in the coming year. UNODC offici [...] | 2009-03-20 15:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM EAID IR PK AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA122 | LIBYA/NUCLEAR MEDICINE CENTER: PRESSING ALI [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the March IAEA Board of Governors meeting, MsnOff and ISN/RA (Jody Daniel) discussed the status of the U.S.-Libyan nuclear medicine center project with Ali Gashut (who was representing Libya at the Board meeting) and Libyan MsnOff Salah El-Mesallati. MsnOff and [...] | 2009-03-25 07:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNNP AORC LY |
09UNVIEVIENNA123 | ISRAEL CONSIDERING PALESTINE OBSERVERSHIP AT THE [...] (C) Summary: Following up discussions with incoming Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Prepcom Chair Australia, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli met March 19 with DCM to review the long-standing issue of Palestinian observership and to float the idea of "package deal" in which Israel might acquie [...] | 2009-03-25 09:20:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTBT PARM CTBT KPAL IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA126 | IAEA/TECHNICAL COOPERATION: SECRETARIAT SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) DCM and Canadian colleague Terry Wood met with the IAEA,s new Director for Technical Cooperation (TC) in Asia, Mr. Dazhu Yang, March 20 to probe the status of the controversial Syria TC project "Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power [...] | 2009-03-25 13:12:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BEXP SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA132 | IAEA/DG: AMANO LOSES BY ONE VOTE, SLATE WIPED CLEAN [...] (C) Despite an intensive and successful overnight lobbying campaign, Japanese Governor Amano fell one vote short of the required two-thirds majority to be appointed IAEA Director General. In this second day of balloting, March 27, the Board of Governors held three votes in succession: first, a [...] | 2009-03-27 14:49:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA138 | CONTACTS NOTE POSITIVE IRANIAN REACTION TO OBAMA [...] (C) Summary. Vienna contacts at local newspapers and UNODC on March 24 and 25 reported a positive Iranian response to the President's Nowruz message and argued that it provides a good basis for engagement with Iran. The journalists noted that the message was a break from the last administra [...] | 2009-04-01 16:10:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA141 | IAEA/DG RACE: CANDIDATES NEED APPLY [...] (C) Summary: Former Board Chairs Chilean Ambassador Milenko Skoknic and former Slovenian Ambassador Ernesto Petric separately informed Ambassador Schulte April 1-2 that their respective governments are considering nominating them for IAEA Director General. Chile is consulting with other Latin [...] | 2009-04-06 12:02:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF SI CI MY |
09UNVIEVIENNA152 | UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY [...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...] | 2009-04-08 12:18:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA159 | UN VIENNA CHIEF SEEKS EXTENSION OF TERM? [...] (C) Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director General of UNOV, may seek to extend his current and second term, which expires in May 2010, to December 31, 2011, to coincide with the term of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Given USG advocacy [...] | 2009-04-09 15:17:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT KCRM SNAR IT UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA162 | IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTORS ASKED TO LEAVE NORTH KOREA [...] (C) DDG for Safeguards Olli Heinonen informed the Mission on April 14 that IAEA inspectors at Yongbyon were asked to leave North Korea "as early as possible." North Korea asked the inspectors to remove Agency seals from Yongbyon facilities (approximately 100 seals at the reprocessing facilit [...] | 2009-04-14 14:59:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA170 | AFGHANISTAN: PAKISTAN NOT A FRIEND, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to our Afghan embassy contact, Afghanistan does not want to invite Pakistan to the next Friends of Afghanistan meeting in Vienna,to be hosted by UK on April 28. The GOA is apparently concerned that inclusion of Pakistan could politicize the Group,and could be a precu [...] | 2009-04-17 10:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF CA IR IPK UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA172 | UNODC SUGGESTS COUNTERNARCOTICS VENUE FOR [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On March 25, Ambassador and Msnoff met with UNODC Technical Cooperation Section Chief Roberto Arbitrio to discuss UNODC perspectives on cooperation with Iran and general Iran issues gained from Arbitrio's four and [...] | 2009-04-17 12:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KNNP AF PA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA173 | UNODC HIGHLIGHTS URGENT FUNDING NEEDS FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Presenting on the status of their programs in Iran on drug demand reduction, drug supply reduction, and rule of law efforts, UNODC officials on April 15 argued that most of their programs with Iran have been successful, but the overall program remains seriously underfunded, pu [...] | 2009-04-17 12:55:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KNNP PA SNAR AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA176 | IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...] | 2009-04-21 16:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI |
09UNVIEVIENNA177 | IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...] | 2009-04-22 07:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI |
09UNVIEVIENNA182 | IAEA BUDGET: G-77 OPENS DOOR TO SAFEGUARDS, CLOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States have refined their positions in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). There is growing support for a real increase, but Member States await a U.S. position to galvanize the discussion. Individual European hardliner [...] | 2009-04-24 13:31:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA196 | IAEA/TC: TECHNICAL COOPERATION REFORM PRIORITIES [...] (C) As the Mission continues to monitor TC projects, participate in Future of the Agency discussions, and attend regional TC planning meetings, several management shortcomings have come to light: a lack of transparency, lack of sustainable project planning, a lack of measurable performance ind [...] | 2009-04-30 12:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA198 | IAEA/RANF: RUSSIA SEES PROGRESS; BEIJING [...] (SBU) Sumamry: Ambassador's recent bilateral exchanges in Vienna and Beijing on multilateral nuclear fuel arrangements included encouraging signs for pragmatic discussion in the June IAEA Board of Governors meeting, paving the way to positive Board action in September. Advancing the dialogue [...] | 2009-04-30 15:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA2 | IAEA/DG: NOMINATIONS DEADLINE CLOSES WITH ONLY [...] (C) At the close of the December 31 deadline, only Japan and South Africa had submitted nominations for IAEA Director General, Japanese Governor Yukiya Amano and South African Governor Abdul Minty. This ends all speculation about other candidates emerging in the first round of voting. The Boa [...] | 2009-01-05 15:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IAEA KNNP JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA201 | U.S. STIRS UP IAEA BUDGET TALKS, LEAVES THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paragraphs 15 - 17.) The U.S. delegation achieved its primary goal during budget negotiations at the IAEA this week to leave the door open to a "meaningful, real increase." While the U.S. was alone in its strong appeal for a budget incr [...] | 2009-05-04 15:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA214 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: (PART I OF II) EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) completed a very successful round of negotiations March 30 - April 9, reviewing 53 national proposals, 4 "counter-proposals", 11 non-papers and addressing 2 Plenary mandates. Setting a record for a spring meeting, the EG reache [...] | 2009-05-08 13:33:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA215 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: (PART II OF II) EXPERTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 13:37:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA219 | IAEA BOARD CHAIR TAKES THE BUDGET IN HAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has developed a new budget proposal for 2010-2011 that takes the previous proposal of a 23 percent increase over two years and "stretches" it over four years. The effort is likely a face-saving measure that recognizes the reality of the global economic dow [...] | 2009-05-11 12:39:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA226 | UNODC/IRAN: SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. UNODC Head of the Europe and Central/West Asia Office Roberto Arbitrio on May 13 briefed Msnoffs on his trip the prior week to Afghanistan and Iran. Although the trip did not yield much substantive progress, it appears that joint counternarcotics cooperation under the Triangul [...] | 2009-05-13 15:39:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR IR PAK AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA227 | DEEPENING IMPASSE IN IAEA BUDGET TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States met on May 13 to "get down to business" on the budget. European hardliners have not relinquished their calls for a "revised" budget proposal based on zero growth. Nor has the G-77 progressed beyond general support for increases in technical cooperation and [...] | 2009-05-13 15:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA24 | IAEA/RANF: PROGRESS WITH RUSSIA ON ASSURED FUEL [...] (SBU) The IAEA reports privately it is progressing toward concluding an agreement with Russia on the supply of LEU and on arranging the mechanics of an IAEA-administered fuel bank. IAEA Reserve at Angarsk Enrichment Center ----------------------------------------- 2. (C) The IAEA's he [...] | 2009-01-22 16:24:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY PREL IAEA RS |
09UNVIEVIENNA241 | IAEA/BOARD/GC:TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM had a generally positive exchange of views May 19 with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on priority issues for the June Board of Governors meeting and in anticipation of Egypt becoming the NAM Chair in July. The President's upcoming visit to Cairo and the perception that U.S.- [...] | 2009-05-27 11:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EG IAEA IR IS KNNP PARM PREL TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA242 | ITALIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Msnoff met with an Italian counterpart, Marco Prencipe, who recently left a four-year post in Tehran to discuss the effectiveness of Iranian cooperation with the Italians on counternarcotics efforts. For the most part, cooperation has been successful, and Italy and [...] | 2009-05-27 12:52:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR AF PAK IR IT |
09UNVIEVIENNA243 | NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCES: TOP-LEVEL APPROACHES TO [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of his meeting with U.S. House oF Representatives leaders Waxman and Lowey on May 26 (septel to follow),IAEA Director General (DG) ElBaradei engaged for several minutes separately with Ambassador and Msnoff on tactics for Board of Governors consideration of nuclear fue [...] | 2009-05-27 16:25:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG KNNP EG SA |
09UNVIEVIENNA244 | IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES [...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...] | 2009-05-27 16:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA247 | CTBT: VIENNA P5 MEETING AT WORKING LEVEL -GUIDANCE [...] (U) The French Mission to international organizations in Vienna convened an initial meeting of P5 representatives to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on April 30. Participants in the meeting spent most of their time delineating what might or might not profitably be done [...] | 2009-05-28 15:01:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KTBT AORC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA264 | IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...] | 2009-06-08 15:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA265 | IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) The IAEA Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran, which confirms a lack of continuing cooperation that seems to have become the "status quo," again identifies Tehran's failures to abide by UN Security Council and Board requirements. Conveying a "matter of fact" tone, the report [...] | 2009-06-08 15:38:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA266 | IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...] | 2009-06-09 10:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA267 | LATEST IAEA PROPOSAL FRUSTRATES BUDGET HAWKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget hawks (UK, Germany, France, et. al.) are frustrated and annoyed that the IAEA Secretariat has not submitted a revised budget based on Zero Real Growth (ZRG). To their dismay, Board Vice Chair Feruta circulated a third budget proposal June 5 featuring a 12.7 percent [...] | 2009-06-09 12:33:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA272 | UNVIE IRAN INVITES FOR JULY 4 [...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission invited four Iranians to UNVIE,s July 4 celebration. Mission invited Iranian Permanent Representative to the UN Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Deputy PermRep Alireza Esmaeili, First Counselor Reza Pourmand Tehrani, and Third Secretary Rahim Saki, who works the counternarcotic [...] | 2009-06-12 09:22:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA275 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: BORROWING TO FUND IAEA [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary: Member States recognize the IAEA's infrastructure needs, but many are under instructions to reject the budgetary increases that would resolve them. As budget negotiations intensify, Canada, France, Germany, the [...] | 2009-06-15 12:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA280 | AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN FINDS IRAN POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. On June 10, Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on the current state of play in Iran on engagement, the nuclear issue, and the economy. Postl argued that the Iranian leadership is favorable on engagement with the U.S., but that it is [...] | 2009-06-17 16:52:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR AU EU |
09UNVIEVIENNA292 | IAEA/DPRK/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: BROAD CONDEMNATION [...] (SBU) The IAEA June Board of Governors registered universal condemnation and deep concern regarding the DPRK's nuclear test. Fourteen statements (representing 22 of 35 Board members) were delivered under the Agenda item on the Application of Safeguards in the DPRK: Six party partners, the EU, [...] | 2009-06-22 12:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA293 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) The June 17 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran, although overshadowed by Director General(DG) ElBaradei's concluding intervention scolding Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh for Tehran's lack of engagement with the IAEA (reftel),highlighted the need for Iran to begin full cooperati [...] | 2009-06-22 15:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA306 | SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY EXPECTATIONS FOR IAEA, CTBT [...] (C) In anticipation of the Swedish EU Presidency, UNVIE held bilateral consultations June 24 with Swedish Mission counterparts to preview upcoming issues at the IAEA, UNODC and CTBTO; the Swedes also made a pitch for U.S. reentry into UNIDO. Sweden expects a difficult Presidency focused on ec [...] | 2009-06-26 15:03:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PTER SNAR EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA308 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MAY 25-27 GENERAL WORKING [...] (C) Summary: Acting DAS Ganzer led an inter-agency delegation to the May 25-27 Wassenaar Arrangement General Working Group (GWG). Russia again presented a paper on arms exports to Georgia, expressing its frustration that Wassenaar did not report Russia,s concerns appropriately in reports of m [...] | 2009-06-29 13:04:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA311 | IAEA PROVIDES CLARIFICATIONS TO ITS REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary. Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen Steinmaus, Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit (SIAU),noting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the IAEA with its request for worldwide mapping products, subject to certain pa [...] | 2009-06-30 11:33:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA318 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO WINS NARROW VICTORY DUE TO ONE [...] (C) Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano narrowly won the required two-thirds majority in a final "confidence" vote July 2. One abstention in the final tally (23 "Yes" 11 "No" and 1 abstention) lowered the margin for victory to 23 votes. This completes the "Selection Stage" of the DG election [...] | 2009-07-02 15:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA319 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...] | 2009-07-06 12:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA320 | ACTION REQUEST: IAEA BUDGET TALKS HIT WALL, [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission is concerned that a months-long effort to achieve an increase in the IAEA budget is increasingly likely to end in failure. Hewing to a policy of zero growth, France and Germany have blocked Mission's effor [...] | 2009-07-06 16:12:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA321 | IMPACT OF AMANO "DOWRY" ON IAEA BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Now that Yukiya Amano has been elected to the post of IAEA Director General, many IAEA Member States expect Japan to flood the Agency with cash. There is some truth to this perception, thought the actual amounts may not amount to a "flood." Japan privately supports a budget inc [...] | 2009-07-07 15:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA322 | IAEA LEADERSHIP TEAM TRANSITION AND U.S. INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA transition that will come as DG ElBaradei's term ends November 30 provides a once-a-decade opportunity to overcome bureaucratic inertia, modernize Agency operations, and position the new director general for strong leadership from the DG's office. Yukiya Amano's arrival [...] | 2009-07-07 15:59:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA325 | ASSURANCE OF NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY: RUSSIAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy and Russian Counselor Karasev on June 30, Charge suggested that it would be productive to convene soon the supporters of nuclear fuel assurances to discuss potential next steps, given the outcome of the June Board meeting (reftel). Zmeyevs [...] | 2009-07-08 15:31:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA326 | IAEA/GC: BREAKING THE MIDDLE EAST LOGJAM - REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) New Zealand Ambassador Jennifer Macmillan, designated to be the 2009 IAEA General Conference (GC) President, sounded despondent July 1 about the prospects of breaking the logjam in the GC on Middle East issues. She warned Charge of a "poiso [...] | 2009-07-08 16:08:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA331 | IAEA/DG: AMANO SKETCHES AMBITIOUS TRANSITION AGENDA [...] (C) IAEA Director General-designate Yukiya Amano expressed gratitude for U.S. support during a July 9 congratulatory lunch and engaged Charge in a wide-ranging discussion of senior personnel, budget and compliance issues. Amano attributed his election to support from the U.S., Australia and F [...] | 2009-07-10 15:41:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA TRGY JA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA333 | IAEA GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Having just returned from Tel Aviv consultations on IAEA General Conference (GC) Middle East issues, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli provided an assessment to Charge July 10 of this year's versions of the "Egyptian" Middle East Safeguards (MES) and the Israel Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolut [...] | 2009-07-13 15:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA337 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: EXPERTS GROUP TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) At the intersessional meetings June 15 - 25, the U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) made considerable progress in advancing a number of U.S. proposals and in shaping the proposals of others. Thirteen participating states attended some part of the interse [...] | 2009-07-16 09:00:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA343 | IAEA/GC: ARAB GROUP APPEALS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) A coterie of Vienna Arab Group Ambassadors (Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and the Palestinian Authority) and the local Arab League (AL) representative appealed directly to Charge July 16 for U.S. support, or at least "understanding," of their draft IAEA General Conference resolution on "Israeli [...] | 2009-07-17 14:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA345 | IAEA/DPRK: NORTH KOREAN INTEREST IN RADIATION [...] (C) During a meeting on July 16, Canadian Msnoffs reported that a North Korean official had approached a Canadian uranium mining company at the International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, an IAEA-sponsored event held in Vienna June 22-26, 2009. A South Korean M [...] | 2009-07-20 11:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA348 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: U.S. CONSULTANT DEVELOPS [...] (C) Joyce (Ceil) van Berkel, a Sandia National Laboratories retiree and former U.S. cost-free expert to IAEA, carried out a two-week consultancy at the IAEA to help develop an analytic methodology for assessing a State,s industrial infrastructure that could be applicable to the nuclear fuel cy [...] | 2009-07-22 15:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA353 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL AND EGYPT TALK ABOUT [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli briefed Charge July 22 on his consultations that morning with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on Middle East GC issues. Michaeli was encouraged that Fawzi agreed to receive Michaeli, who delivered a conciliatory message from capital on reengaging in negotiations. The [...] | 2009-07-23 15:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA357 | IAEA: CHARGE TALKS FUEL ASSURANCES AND BUDGET WITH [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires and MsnOff met with Director General-Elect Amano and two officers from the Japanese mission on July 24 to update Amano on U.S. positions on Fuel Assurances and the ongoing negotiations regarding the IAEA budget. The atmosphere of the meeting was warm throughout, with [...] | 2009-07-24 15:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA36 | UPDATE ON UNGASS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador deployed Ref A guidance verbatim with Namibian Ambasssador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. 2. (C) She asked if the pause involved the whole negotiations or just "harm reduction." Per guidance, Ambassador said that we were requesting a pause in negotiations. She said that she unde [...] | 2009-01-30 13:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KCRM PGOV SNAR UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA364 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - CAPITALIZING ON THE JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat remains under instruction from DG ElBaradei to work on arrangements for assuring last-resort access to nuclear fuel supply for countries facing a politically motivated cut-off. Specifically, the Secretariat is assembling technical responses to issues raised [...] | 2009-07-30 16:13:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC ENRG TRGY IAEA RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA370 | IAEA FLIRTS WITH TECHNICAL COOPERATION ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) As a result of a prior conversation with American and Cuban colleagues, Warren Stern, the head of the IAEA Incident and Emergency Center, believes the opportunity exists for U.S./Cuba collaboration on research in cytogenetic biodosimetry, a technique used to determine radiation exposure. [...] | 2009-08-04 13:28:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY CU BEXP |
09UNVIEVIENNA371 | ABDUL MINTY SKETCHES AGENDA FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 conversation with Charge, South African IAEA Governor Abdul Minty commented on U.S. priority issues for the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors and General Conference meetings, arguing that an objective for both sides should be healing the rift between developed and de [...] | 2009-08-04 14:08:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG IR SA |
09UNVIEVIENNA384 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ONGOING EFFORTS AT CONSENSUS [...] (C) Mission consultations with Israel, Egypt, France, the GC Presidency and others continue to reflect Arab League confidence that it can defeat a "no action motion" this year on its "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INC) resolution. For example, the Arabs claim to have prompted consensus within th [...] | 2009-08-12 13:58:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA400 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: SUPPORTING THE GC PRESIDENT,S [...] (C) Like-minded Missions (Canada, U.S., Australia, Sweden, UK, France) meeting August 19 were generally supportive of GC President Macmillan's (New Zealand) effort to broker a single GC resolution on the Middle East. Sweden (EU Presidency) is cautiously optimistic that Egypt is open to the ide [...] | 2009-08-24 15:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA402 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ARAB GROUP REJECTS GC PRESIDENT'S GOOD OFFICES [...] (C) The Arab Group (Lebanon and Syria) flatly rejected General Conference President Macmillan's efforts toward a consensus single resolution on the Middle East, standing by the Arab League Ministerial directive for a separate resolution naming Israel. Although both Egypt and Israel were more [...] | 2009-08-26 15:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PARM PREL XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA413 | IAEA/EGYPT/GC: TIME RUNNING OUT ON GC PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) During an introductory call on Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on August 31, Fawzi told Ambassador Davies that Egypt will circulate the text of its annual Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution "when Cairo is ready," and indicated he thought that could be as early as "this time next week." T [...] | 2009-09-01 06:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA414 | IAEA/SYRIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR NONCOMPLIANCE? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Director General's report levies strong criticism of Syria "severely impeding" the safeguards investigation, and underlines Syria's legal obligations in this regard; this lays helpful groundwork for next steps by the Secretariat and/or the Board of Governors. Howe [...] | 2009-09-02 15:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA417 | IAEA/IRAN: JOINT P5+1 STATEMENT FOR IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) At a German-convened P5 1 meeting on September 4, Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy refused to discuss the German-proposed text for a joint P5 1 statement on the Iran issue at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting opening Monday, September 7. Over the course of nearly two hours, and seconded b [...] | 2009-09-04 15:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA418 | IAEA/GC: MIDDLE EAST MORASS [...] (C) The state of play on Middle East GC issues leading into the week of the September Board just before the IAEA General Conference is grim. GC President Macmillan's effort toward a consensus approach based on elements of a single resolution is on temporary life support, though she is not pre [...] | 2009-09-04 16:16:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA419 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - FEW VOICES LIKELY TO RISE IN [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat will not release a discussion paper on assurance of nuclear fuel supply in time for the September meeting of the BoG, and few Member States other than the U.S. appear troubled over this inaction. The Board Chair wishes to avoid a re-heated version of the Jun [...] | 2009-09-04 16:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY IAEA NAM |
09UNVIEVIENNA424 | GAINING IAEA BOARD MAJORITY FOR RUSSIAN LEU [...] (U) In their introductory meeting September 8, 2009, Ambassador Davies asked Russia's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Grigory Berdennikov, how he saw the state of play on the issue of assurance of nuclear fuel supply. Berdennikov said he was pleased Director General ElBaradei had referred encouragi [...] | 2009-09-11 15:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP IAEA RS IN PK |
09UNVIEVIENNA433 | PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...] | 2009-09-22 12:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTBT PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA436 | PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...] | 2009-09-22 16:05:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTBT PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA437 | ASSESSING EGYPT'S ROLE AT THE IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) Recognizing that avoiding deadlock would require a changed approach to the Middle East issues that have hijacked multiple IAEA General Conferences, I sought to make Egypt the linchpin of our diplomacy at last week's 150-nation gathering. I began the process the previous week by making a p [...] | 2009-09-23 08:31:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP IS EG |
09UNVIEVIENNA438 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST OUTCOMES: THE GOOD, THE BAD [...] (C) Arab Group and Iranian triumphalism over the narrow passage (49-45-16) of the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolution should not eclipse two major positive outcomes on Middle East issues at the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference: U.S.-EU brokered agreement between Israel and Egy [...] | 2009-09-23 11:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA EG IS IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA44 | MOVING FORWARD ON THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY [...] (C) Summary. With the United States one of nine countries whose ratification is necessary for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to enter into force, the new Administration's promise of a change in US policy has drawn great attention in Vienna. Although good progress has been made in r [...] | 2009-02-03 12:26:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTBT PARM MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA441 | IAEA/SYRIA: DG RECEIVES MIXED SUPPORT AMONG BOARD [...] (C) Summary. Despite a highly critical report by the Director General, Board members remained divided on the Syria agenda item at the September Board of Governors meeting. Like-minded countries' criticism of Syria for "severely impeding" the investigation and repeated calls for Syria to provi [...] | 2009-09-23 15:13:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA447 | IAEA/IRAN: INITIAL JUSCANZ REACTION TO QOM [...] (C) Ambassador Davies briefed JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) counterparts, joined by Board-member ROK, September 28 on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility and solicited views on next steps at the IAEA. He stressed the imperative for immediate access by the IAEA, and [...] | 2009-09-28 16:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA457 | IAEA/IRAN: CONSULTING BOARD MEMBERS ON QOM [...] (C) Following outreach to JUSCANZ (ref a) and EU Ambassadors earlier in the week, P-3 Ambassadors/Charges continued consultations on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility September 30-Ocotober 1 with the majority of Board members, the Egyptian NAM Chair and Malaysian Board Chair Arshad [...] | 2009-10-02 15:20:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA462 | UNODC OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN IRAN TOUGHER AFTER [...] (C) UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Tehran Program Head Antonino de Leo emphasized recently that it is more difficult for him to carry out his job in Iran following the presidential elections. In addition to the challenges posed by international wariness regarding continued funding for [...] | 2009-10-08 07:38:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF PAK SNAR |
09UNVIEVIENNA47 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANK ASSURANCES: THORNY ISSUE IN [...] (C) Summary: The President and Secretary have publicly endorsed the establishment of an international nuclear fuel bank under the auspices of the IAEA, and advancing that goal is one of UNVIE's top priorities. A fuel bank would give the Agency the means in "last resort" circumstances to effe [...] | 2009-02-03 16:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA478 | IAEA: AMANO READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (SBU) In several meetings with USG officials before he departed Vienna at the end of the IAEA General Conference, DG-designate Amano displayed remarkable congruence of views with us on conducting the Agency's missions in safeguards verification, nuclear security, and promoting peaceful uses of [...] | 2009-10-16 16:12:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA482 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: SUCCESSFUL 2009 FALL [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Fall Experts Group (EG) successfully negotiated agreement on 20 of the 23 proposals tabled by the U.S. this year and withdrew the other three. Overall, the EG agreed to 26 national proposals at the Fall meeting, bringing t [...] | 2009-10-21 14:22:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA487 | IRAN/TRR: INITIAL REACTION FROM JUSCANZ AND OTHER [...] (C) Ambassador Davies reviewed the outcome of the pentagonal (Iran, Russia, France, U.S.) IAEA-led talks on refueling the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) and next steps in separate briefings with JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand plus ROK) October 22 and a subset of influential IAEA [...] | 2009-10-23 17:04:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IAEA KNNP IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA492 | CONTRARY TO PRESS CLAIM, IAEA IS NOT AWARE OF ANY [...] (C) Safeguards Operations B Section Head Max Aparo and senior inspector Mohammed Lamari told MsnOff that the IAEA was unaware of any plans by Iraq to rebuild nuclear facilities. Haaretz internet news service had published an article October 28 indicating that Iraq had approached the IAEA for [...] | 2009-10-29 15:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP IZ |
09UNVIEVIENNA5 | IAEA/RANF: DG CAUTIOUS ON NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo's ref (a) provides useful information on Japan's preparation of a full-day Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply, which will take place in the IAEA Board Room Monday, January 26. Mission provided the invitation and first notional program to DOS and DOE offices in mid-December [...] | 2009-01-09 15:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA511 | IAEA/TC: G-77 LAUNCHES OFFENSIVE AGAINST RESULTS [...] (C) On November 3 the G-77 transmitted a letter to the Chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors requesting the Secretariat to rescind a Secretariat proposed project to implement results-based management (RBM) for Technical Cooperation (TC) project development. The aim of the project is to he [...] | 2009-11-10 15:17:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA518 | HCOC: TWO REMINDERS TO PROVIDE REVIEW OF POSITION [...] (C) Summary. At two different meetings, diplomatic interlocutors recently inquired when the USG would complete the interagency review of its position on Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) reporting commitments (reftel, para 26). On both occasions, we replied that the review was still ongoing. Cont [...] | 2009-11-13 09:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA |
09UNVIEVIENNA521 | IAEA/SYRIA: TOUGH DG BOARD REPORT POINTS TO [...] (SBU) The Director General's Syria report (GOV/2009/75) notes that "essentially, no progress has been made since the last report to clarify any of the outstanding issues relevant to the implementation of safeguards." The most significant development is that Syria has provided new explanations [...] | 2009-11-16 16:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA522 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary: The October 13-15 General Working Group (GWG) meeting was notable for a lack of progress as a result of Russian intransigence. Russia continued to press its issues, primarily re-export control including language on destabilizing accumulations of conventional arms and its desire [...] | 2009-11-17 08:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA526 | IAEA/BOARD: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 08:53:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KNNP TRGY TU IR SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA527 | IAEA: URGENT RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Mission recommends Washington immediately instruct posts in selected IAEA Board capitals, consistent with Russian request, to try to secure co-sponsorship commitments for a resolution to approve the LEU reserve proposal to be considered by the IAEA Board of Gove [...] | 2009-11-20 15:48:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA531 | IAEA/NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE: RUSSIAN-U.S. JOINT [...] (SBU) Russian IAEA Governor Berdennikov and resident Ambassador Zmeyevskiy hosted Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, group meetings to discuss the IAEA Board agenda item "Establishment of a physical reserve of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) in Russia." Beside U.S. Ambassador Davies (both d [...] | 2009-11-23 13:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA536 | IAEA:REPLACEMENT NEEDED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (C) UNVIE requests development of a U.S. position on a candidate to replace Deputy Director General Taniguchi as the head of the Department of Safety and Security at IAEA. The current DDG,s contract ends August 2010, but will leave office sooner. IAEA Director General-elect Amano could make [...] | 2009-12-01 14:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA537 | IRAN TO PRESIDE AS PRESIDENT OF UNIDO GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nominated by Asia Group without objection, Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh is poised to be elected by acclamation at the upcoming December 7-11 UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference. Along with Iran's upcoming chairmanship of the Commission o [...] | 2009-12-01 15:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA545 | IO A/S BRIMMER,S FIRST CALL ON DG AMANO AND [...] (C) IO A/S Esther Brimmer, accompanied by IO DAS Nerissa Cook, was among the first to welcome newly instated IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on his first day in office December 1. She assured Amano of full U.S. support to make his tenure a success, for which Amano was grateful. Amano outl [...] | 2009-12-04 08:00:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA553 | AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAN DESCRIBES ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) Summary. On December 3, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on his final calls on Iranian officials as he left post. He noted that former Presidents Khatami and Rafsanjani both had extracted themselves from the normal political scene and [...] | 2009-12-09 13:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AU AORC KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA559 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) Request for guidance from the December 2-3, 2009 Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary decision on the Head of Secretariat. A detailed reporting cable on the Plenary will follow. Guidance request para 7. 2. (SBU) The 2009 WA Plenary ended with a consensus decision extending the term of cur [...] | 2009-12-14 14:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA564 | GUIDANCE REQUEST ON MONGOLIAN NWFZ [...] (C) Following the November Board session in which Mongolia supported both the Board resolution censuring Iran and the Russian LEU bank resolution, Mongolian Ambassador Enkhsaikhan approached Ambassador Davies December 11 on the longstanding issue of the establishment of a Mongolian Nuclear Weap [...] | 2009-12-15 14:16:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA MG |
09UNVIEVIENNA57 | IAEA TO PROPOSE LARGE BUDGET INCREASE FEBRUARY 13 [...] (U) This a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Top officials at the IAEA have informed Mission they will propose a 20 percent increase in the IAEA budget when the 2010-2011 draft budget document is released on Friday, February 13 (strictly protect). Mission reques [...] | 2009-02-09 12:49:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA573 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: PLENARY REPORT DECEMBER 2-3 [...] (C) Summary: Changes to the controls lists continues to be the strong success story of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary meetings. Russian intransigence on policy issues remains the stumbling block to progress on Best Practices. The Russian head of delegation (Grigory Mashkov) refused to [...] | 2009-12-17 12:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA577 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: REQUEST TO SUPPORT ROBUST OPEN [...] (C) In November 12 meeting, Michael Barletta (AmCit),Senior Safeguards Information Analyst in the Division of Information Management, described assistance he would like from the United States to support the IAEA in undertaking the open source information collection and analysis necessary to u [...] | 2009-12-18 10:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA578 | INL A/S JOHNSON MEETINGS ON AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) During a brief stopover in Vienna, INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson met on December 9 with UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa and with UNODC officials involved in regional and bilateral counternarcotics (CN) work with Iran. Ambassador Davies a [...] | 2009-12-18 11:44:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN KCRM UNODC IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA60 | IAEA/IRAN: EU3 REACT TO DRAFT BOARD STATEMENT [...] (C) Charge shared a draft P5 1 Board statement with EU3 counterparts, who reacted cautiously. Although supportive in principle, the EU3 see no prospect of success in Vienna absent strong confirmation of PolDir agreement to pursue such a statement. Already the Russian PermRep has told German A [...] | 2009-02-11 16:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA61 | IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY PUSHING FOR JUNE VOTE [...] (C) Summary: With the date for an election of the next IAEA Director General still undecided, South African candidate Abdul Minty has told us that in line with his campaign plan he will push to defer any vote until June -- which would be too late to develop a new slate of candidates in the eve [...] | 2009-02-12 11:22:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA63 | IAEA: TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR EU REGIONAL [...] (SBU) As many governments have observed, member states funding the IAEA's Technical Cooperation program should have more control and oversight over project design and implementation. The program's opacity and confounding organization were illustrated most recently in a review of Board-approve [...] | 2009-02-12 12:36:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA64 | ADVOCATING NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, Charge approached CND chair Ambassador Ashipala on Friday, Feb 6 to explain change in the USG position regarding the ongoing UNGASS review negotiations (Ref B). On the same day Missionoffs shared with Russia and Japan highlights of the new USG position: support fo [...] | 2009-02-13 15:49:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA73 | IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS TEHRAN,S CONTINUED LACK OF [...] (SBU) The IAEA Director General's (DG) February 19 report on Iran describes the dichotomy between Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA -- the stalled investigation on possible military dimensions (PMD) issues and the refusal to allow IAEA access to some declared nuclear facilities -- an [...] | 2009-02-20 14:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA82 | IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING IS SOUNDING BOARD [...] (SBU) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) report on Iran that largely repeated the same points covered in the report, but also offered a more detailed explanation about how the "error" on the additional l [...] | 2009-02-25 17:18:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA84 | IAEA/SYRIA TECHNICAL BRIEFING: SYRIA REJECTS IAEA [...] (SBU) The IAEA's technical briefing on Syria, ahead of the March 2-6 Board of Governors meeting, reviewed the Agency's case for concerns of a nuclear reactor under construction at the Al-Kibar site. In a refreshingly unambiguous briefing, the IAEA presented new uranium findings, doubling the [...] | 2009-02-26 07:26:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA86 | VIENNA PERMREPS URGE U.S. ACTION ON CTBT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent lunches, eighteen Vienna PermReps provided Ambassador their advice to the new Administration on advancing the multilateral agenda here, especially in the IAEA. Common themes and thought-provoking perspectives, especially from NAM/G-77 counterparts, include [...] | 2009-02-27 10:50:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC TRGY MNUC KNNP XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA87 | IAEA/INDIA - INDIA'S ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL: A [...] (C) The IAEA has added to the Board agenda for next week an Additional Protocol (AP) for India. The document was circulated for Member State consideration mid-day Thursday, 26 February. The draft text basically contains an obligation to provide limited reporting on exports to non nuclear we [...] | 2009-02-27 11:25:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA9 | IAEA; WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR [...] (C) Ambassador Schulte presented IAEA Director General ElBaradei with the U.S. instrument of ratification for the Additional Protocol on January 6, 2009. Ambassador used the occasion to query the DG on priorities for the remainder of ElBaradei's tenure (November 30, 2009),in particular how he m [...] | 2009-01-13 07:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM MNUC KNPP IR SY TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA90 | NEW RUSSIAN MOOD MUSIC AT IAEA BOARD MEETING [...] (C) The just-concluded March 2 - 5 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors saw a striking improvement in the tone and content of US-Russian cooperation on our nonproliferation agenda. The most important result of this was the joint statement of the P5 1 delegations on Iran -- the first such st [...] | 2009-03-05 13:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA SY IR RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA97 | CND: MORALES TO REQUEST DELISTING OF COCA LEAF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 14:30:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PREL UN BL |
09USEUBRUSSELS12 | EU TO ATTEND SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) On December 23, PolOff delivered REF A invitation to the first meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Didier Lenoir of the EU Council Secretariat. Lenoir confirmed on January 5 that he and Heli Pekka Heinonen, from the EU Military Staff, would attend the meeting in New Y [...] | 2009-01-06 17:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1234 | SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...] | 2009-09-11 15:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE |
09USEUBRUSSELS1338 | JOSCHKA FISCHER DISCUSS NABUCCO WITH AMB. [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On September 17, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar, DoE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind, and Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Murray met with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, now a special advisor to [...] | 2009-10-02 09:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1343 | EURO-BURMA NETWORK ENCOURAGES PRESSURE ON EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives from the Euro-Burma Network during a September 29 meeting with the Charge, lauded the recent Burma policy review and encouraged the U.S. to continue to lead coordination with the EU. The delegation was concerned that the EU will now attempt to lift sanctions an [...] | 2009-10-02 14:23:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC BU EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1382 | EU INVITES U.S. TO DISCUSS CURRENT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) The Swedish EU Presidency has convoked an October 16 meeting between EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors and representatives of non-EU NATO Allies and EU accession candidates to discuss: -- EU counter-piracy operations; -- The EU police [...] | 2009-10-14 15:51:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1411 | UKRAINE: EU SEEKS MORE EFFORT ON GAS REFORM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: RELEX Acting Ukraine Director David Geer briefed econoff on the Commission,s efforts to promote gas and public finance sector reform in Ukraine. Geer said that while Ukraine has made some progress, it has far to go. Commission officials believe the IMF bailout [...] | 2009-10-21 16:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG UP |
09USEUBRUSSELS1516 | ENERGY CHAPTER IS BOTTOM LINE FOR TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU stressed in a November 5 meeting that the opening of the Energy Chapter is a crucial step in Turkey-EU relations, and could pave the way for an agreement on the Southern Corridor. However, the inability of the EU to advance the a [...] | 2009-11-10 17:40:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL TU EUN XS |
09USEUBRUSSELS1569 | EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...] | 2009-11-23 14:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS |
09USEUBRUSSELS1643 | ERDOGAN ASKED NABUCCO REPS ABOUT IRANIAN GAS [...] (C) Neil McMillan, RWE's Nabucco representative in Brussels, reported that the December 3 meeting between Prime Minister Erdogan and RWE's Joschka Fischer and Stefan Judisch went well but "did not produce any breakthroughs." McMillan said Erdogan seemed "more positive than negative" ) about t [...] | 2009-12-07 16:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET AJ TU EU |
09USEUBRUSSELS414 | EU/CHINA: FERRERO-WALDNER WILLING TO RAISE GAO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner plans to visit China during the week of March 30, and may be willing to raise the case of political prisoner Gao Zhisheng if asked by the United States to do so, acc [...] | 2009-03-23 18:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS457 | DIMAS SEEKS CONTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (C) Econoff met with Andreas Papaconstantinou, a member of Environment Commissioner Dimas' staff, on 27 March. Papaconstantinou confirmed what we recently reported (reftel) that Commission President Barroso is seeking to play a major role in the climate discussions. He confirmed that Matthew [...] | 2009-03-30 15:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ENRG |
09USEUBRUSSELS466 | AFPAK: WHITE PAPER AND SUMMIT DELIVERABLES [...] (U) As instructed (REF A),Charge d'Affaires, Political Minister-Counselor, and Pol Off relayed points for the April 5 U.S.-EU Summit to Robert Cooper, Council Secretariat Director for Politico-Military Affairs; Marek Grela, Council Secretariat Director for Transatlantic Relations; Ivo Sramek, [...] | 2009-03-31 15:10:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS590 | FERRERO-WALDNER RAISED GAO ZHISHENG WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 12:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV |
09USEUBRUSSELS628 | EU ON SRI LANKA IMF LOAN [...] (C) On April 29, Poloff shared reftel points with EU presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission officials responsible for relations with Sri Lanka. While IMF representation is a member state competency, the EU Council Secretariat has asked member states to communicate their position on S [...] | 2009-04-30 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS642 | EU ANTI-PIRACY FORCE GROWING STRONGER, MAY EXPAND [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy force off the coast of Somalia has grown to 12 ships and four maritime patrol aircraft, with Member States still pledging new forces and in some cases keeping their ships in the operation longer than originally planned. As p art of the operation's mid- [...] | 2009-05-06 08:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS733 | EU RULE OF LAW MISSION IN IRAQ TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: USEU political officers were briefed May 27 by Stephen White, who heads the EU's Rule of Law mission for Iraq (EU JUSTLEX). White described the training undertaken in Europe since 2005 and the decision to undertake several pilot training programs in Iraq as a [...] | 2009-05-27 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IZ KJUS MARR MOPS PINS PREL |
09USEUBRUSSELS839 | EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE [...] (C) On June 15, EU foreign ministers approved an extension of the EU counter-piracy Operation ATALANTA's mandate until December 13, 2010. According to the EU,s official public statement announcing the extension, the decision was taken with a view to facilitating future force generation for [...] | 2009-06-19 05:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS88 | DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S SEPARATIST REGIONS: EU [...] (C) Mission delegation, led by Charg, delivered Ref A points January 21 to Helga Schmid, Director of the EU Council Secretariat's Policy Unit. She responded that the EU was very much on board with respect to using "carrots" with Georgia to lure especially Abkhazia away from a Russian embrac [...] | 2009-01-23 18:35:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS894 | EU-U.S. LATIN AMERICA POLICIES CONVERGING [...] (C) Summary: During biannual consultations on Latin American issues June 24, U.S. and EU officials agreed to seek opportunities to work together with select countries or regions, including, potentially, on counternarcotics and biofuels development in Bolivia and citizen security and renewable [...] | 2009-06-30 08:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XM EUN |
09USNATO105 | NATO'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE INFORMED OF U.S. PLANS [...] (C/REL NATO) In response to a direct question about Manas from the French representative, Deputy Political Advisor Baez deployed reftel points to brief colleagues at the March 16 meeting of NATO's Political Committee. Allies expressed their appreciation for this information, indicating their [...] | 2009-03-17 17:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09USNATO106 | MARCH 6 VCC AND EXPERTS: EXPERTS SEARCH FOR 2009 [...] (C) Summary. During the March 6 VCC and meeting of experts, Allies echoed opinions expressed in Vienna -- that the 2009 AIAM was livelier than the previous year but still short on substance. Experts agreed that it was too soon to propose an agenda for work in 2009 based on the results of the [...] | 2009-03-18 15:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO115 | MARCH 12 HLTF: NATO ALLIES PRESS U.S. TO LEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the March 12 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, three main themes emerged from Allies' comments on next steps regarding CFE: 1) Allied support for U.S. leadership in engaging Russia on CFE; 2) support for the Parallel Actions Package as the basis for engagement; and 3) [...] | 2009-03-23 17:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO121 | USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Brigadier General Errico and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on March [...] | 2009-03-25 13:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK |
09USNATO15 | NATO/IRAQ: NTM-I CORE COUNTRIES SHARE CONCERNS OF [...] (C) The backbone countries in the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) share similar concerns about the legal status of the NTM-I as Denmark and Portugal (Ref A),both of which are withdrawing from the mission (Denmark until the legal status can be clarified, but Portugal permanently.). Polan [...] | 2009-01-16 13:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
09USNATO156 | NATO EXERCISES IN GEORGIA - THE FACTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 16:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU |
09USNATO161 | LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: While Mission continues to support the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) counter-narcotics (CN) project, technical and logistical problems have prevented us from carrying out all required Leahy vetting. Already twice this year, UNODC [...] | 2009-04-23 13:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
09USNATO173 | SUBJECT: APRIL 28 HLTF: NATO ALLIES KEEN TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the April 28 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and on the margins Allies welcomed the U.S. read out of Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller's April 24 luncheon discussion of CFE in Rome with Russian Security and Disarmament Director Antonov, including indications that Russia is [...] | 2009-05-05 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
09USNATO174 | CFE/VCC: APRIL 23 VCC AND EXPERTS--STATUS OF [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. non-paper on Status of VCC Experts (Ref A) was discussed in both the group of experts meeting and VCC. No one rejected the principle that experts receive their tasking from the VCC. Although they had only a brief opportunity to review the paper, preliminary comments from [...] | 2009-05-05 17:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO176 | RUSSIAN DCM: NRC MINISTERIAL POSTPONED, NOT [...] (C/REL NATO) During the May 7 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council's (NRC's) Preparatory Committee, Russian DCM Soltanovskiy said that Moscow had decided to postpone until a more appropriate time--not cancel--the planned NRC Foreign Ministerial. At the same time, he sharply criticized the Allia [...] | 2009-05-08 08:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS |
09USNATO180 | RUSSIA MOVES TO CLOSE DOWN THE NRC RESETTLEMENT [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Russian DCM Soltanovskiy confirmed on May 7 that Russia is terminating the Memorandum of Agreement for the NATO-Russia Resettlement Center, effectively ending the program. We should ask Luxembourg whether it would be willing to reprogram money it had pledged for the Cent [...] | 2009-05-08 16:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV MCAP RS |
09USNATO19 | JANUARY 8 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Experts deconflicted the CFE inspection schedule for the upcoming Treaty year (RY 14) and refined the deconflicted Vienna Document 1999 (VD 99) verification activities for 2009. Experts are close to agreement on the International Staff (IS) working paper outlining VD 99 coordin [...] | 2009-01-22 16:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO223 | LAVROV ON ALBANIA AND CROATIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On May 27 NATO Secretary General received the following letter from Russian FM Lavrov in response to his letter informing the FM of the accession of Albania and Croatia into NATO. BEGIN TEXT: Unoffcial translation from Russian Moscow, "25" May 2009 Dear Mr. Secretary General, [...] | 2009-06-02 16:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS |
09USNATO230 | ACTION REQUEST: EAPC MEETING INVITATION TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) As instructed, USNATO delivered Ref A guidance in the June 4 meeting of NATO's Political Committee, explaining that it would be premature to move forward with the NATO-Belarus information security agreement, and that NATO should [...] | 2009-06-04 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BO |
09USNATO235 | VCC MEETING JUNE 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. At the June 4, 2009 meeting of AC 319, the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC),Allies agreed that VCC experts should base their work on taskings from the VCC. Allies also agreed that the work of groups established to deal with continuing technical issues, such as the Da [...] | 2009-06-05 16:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO236 | RFG: USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL MEMBERSHIP OF SAUDI [...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, the Ambassador informed the SYG that a recent high-level Saudi delegation which visited NAT [...] | 2009-06-05 16:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL SA |
09USNATO237 | NATO ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador Daalder briefed NATO PermReps on the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE's informal Corfu Ministerial to launch a constructive dialogue on ways to enhance European security (reftel). While noting they were speaking on an uninstructed basis, Allies expressed strong initia [...] | 2009-06-05 18:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL XG RS |
09USNATO242 | RFG: INVITING MAURITANIA TO NAC-PLUS-7 MEETING [...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) NATO has announced its intention to schedule on June 16 a North Atlantic Council (NAC)-plus-7 meeting to include the nations of the Mediterranean Cooperation Group (MCG) - Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Moroc [...] | 2009-06-08 15:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MR |
09USNATO249 | RFG: NATO I.S. REFORM GUIDANCE NEEDED BY JUNE 11 [...] (SBU) Action Request: Please see para 5 for guidance request; response needed by noon Brussels time on Thursday, June 11. 2. (C/NF) NATO's Secretary General told PermReps at today's informal lunch that he intended to press Defense Ministers to approve changes in the allocation of senior I [...] | 2009-06-09 20:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL |
09USNATO254 | NATO-KOSOVO: EUSR FEITH STRESSES NEED FOR U.S. AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Special Representative Feith told NATO Permanent Representatives on June 9 that, while he thought conditions were appropriate for a KFOR drawdown, a continued U.S. and NATO presence in Kosovo and the region would remain critical. He advised that KFOR should retain the ability t [...] | 2009-06-12 14:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK KV |
09USNATO256 | NATO COMES TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Political Committee met June 10 to discuss the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE Ministerial in Corfu to launch a positive, wide-ranging dialogue on European security. France and Germany used the meeting to present and solicit Allied input on previously existing n [...] | 2009-06-12 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AORC XG RS |
09USNATO262 | ACTION REQUEST: MISSILE DEFENSE, NATO AND RUSSIA [...] (C) This is an action request - see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: As Washington considers missile defense options, discussions are underway within NATO on the form Alliance missile defense will assume. We believe it politically vital to involve Allies in the process of thinking through MD opt [...] | 2009-06-17 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL RS |
09USNATO287 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL ASSESSES MACEDONIA'S MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1 Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski told the North Atlantic Council (NAC) that Macedonia was committed to finding a mutually-acceptable solution to the name dispute and taking its place as as a NATO Ally. They also announ [...] | 2009-07-02 15:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR |
09USNATO289 | ASD NACHT-LED TEAM CONSULTS WITH NATO ALLIES ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: An interagency delegation led by ASD Michael Nacht met with NATO Allies on June 29 to discuss and consult regarding the ongoing USG Ballistic Missile Defense Review (BMDR),potential MD cooperation with Russia, and the synergy of NATO and U.S. plans for MD in Europe. Allies [...] | 2009-07-03 11:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR NATO RS |
09USNATO303 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES DIFFER ON RE-ENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies are united that PermReps should use the July 22 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC)to indicate to Russia that NATO is willing to engage across the entire spectrum of issues, but that Russia must also specify in what areas it would like to cooperate. Regardless of [...] | 2009-07-15 17:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS GG UP |
09USNATO304 | U.S. DEBRIEFS ALLIES ON THE MOSCOW SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon and Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller briefed the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the outcomes of the recent U.S.-Russia summit in M [...] | 2009-07-15 17:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT MNUC NATO PREL RS EL EZ ZB |
09USNATO309 | JULY 9 MEETING REAFFIRMS NATO CONSENSUS ON CFE [...] (C) Summary: Keying off of U.S. briefings on CFE discussion at the U.S.-Russia Summit in Moscow and shared experiences at the June 9 Berlin CFE meeting and the Corfu Ministerials, Allies used a brief HLTF meeting to reaffirm a general consensus on next steps with regard to CFE. Allies reaff [...] | 2009-07-17 13:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO310 | AZERBAIJAN: MEMBER OF THE NATO COMMUNITY, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan's progress on its path to reform, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reported to PermReps at the July 15 North Atlantic Council that its relationship with NATO was "close and improving." Mammadyarov proudly reported that Azerbaijan had [...] | 2009-07-17 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PINR PREL AJ |
09USNATO314 | SCENESETTER FOR POTUS'S MEETING WITH OUTGOING NATO [...] (U) The following text is being transmitted for the President in memo format. 2. (C) Begin text: MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: Ambassador Ivo Daalder, US Mission to NATO SUBJECT: Scenesetter for Your Meeting with NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Mr President: This w [...] | 2009-07-20 17:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PINR PREL |
09USNATO315 | NATO AWACS IN THE UAE TO SUPPORT ISAF - LEGAL [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Lawrence Rossin on July 20 briefed Allies in the Political Committee about difficulties and potential opportunities in his negotiations with the UAE regarding the potential of basing NATO AWACS at al-Ain airbase in support of the ISAF opera [...] | 2009-07-20 18:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS AE AF |
09USNATO316 | CFE/VCC: JULY 8 -- ALLIES ANTICIPATE IS DRAFT ON [...] (C) Summary: During the July 8 VCC, Allies engaged in debate over the future role of experts. With the discussion revolving around a handful of Allies espousing familiar positions, the IS announced it would draft new terms of reference for the VCC ad hoc group of experts to discuss at the ne [...] | 2009-07-23 06:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO317 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MEETING SHOWS COOPERATION WILL [...] (C) Summary: The first NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the June 27 Corfu Foreign Ministerial descended into a bitter exchange on issues across the board including Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, Georgia and Kosovo. The three-hour meeting began constructively, with Russia answering th [...] | 2009-07-23 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS GG UP |
09USNATO323 | USNATO: SWEDISH FM BILDT STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt briefed the NAC on Sweden's goals for its EU Presidency. FM Bildt, with U.S. backing, emphasized the need for a true NATO-EU strategic partnership to confront common challenges. Ambassador Daalder called on the EU to do more in Afghanist [...] | 2009-07-28 15:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS BK KV EUN |
09USNATO330 | SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS MILITARY [...] (C) In a letter addressed to NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer, Serbian Minister of Defense Sutanovac requested a modification to the implementation of the Military Technical Agreement (MTA),arguing that modification was necessary in light of recent "terrorist attacks" in the south of S [...] | 2009-07-30 13:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO336 | NEW SECRETARY GENERAL'S PRIORITIES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: New NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the August 4 North Atlantic Council meeting--his first as the Secretary General--to set out the priorities for his term, including: Afghanistan, NATO-Russia, the Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative par [...] | 2009-08-05 06:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO338 | ITALY PLANS COORDINATED REDUCTION IN KFOR [...] (C) In a letter addressed to new NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Italian PermRep Stefanini on August 4 said that Rome intends to decrease its participation in KFOR in line with KFOR's overall scale of reductions as it moves through the first gate on the path to a deterrent presenc [...] | 2009-08-05 16:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO342 | AFGHANISTAN: THE FOCUS OF THE AUGUST 4 NAC [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: In his first North Atlantic Council meeting as the Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen chaired a discussion of the situation in Afghanistan. Supreme Allied Commander Europe Admiral Stavridis termed the situation "hard, but not hopeless" and outlined four priorities [...] | 2009-08-07 20:37:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO346 | AUGUST 12 MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary of the August meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: NATO will release its media coordination plan for Afghan elections on August 12. PermReps requested information about ad-hoc community guards to be hired by the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior for ad [...] | 2009-08-13 17:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO348 | NATO SYG MEETS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: On August 11, 2009, new NATO Secretary General Rasmussen held his first meeting with Russia's Ambassador Rogozin, following Rasmussen's announcement that improving NATO-Russia relations is one of his three priorities as Se [...] | 2009-08-14 16:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PINR PREF |
09USNATO349 | NATO SECGEN RASMUSSEN MAKES STATEMENT ON [...] (U) On August 16, Secretary General Rasmussen released a statement on casualties in Afghanistan. In the statement--which was posted on the NATO website--Rasmussen expressed sadness in the face of casualties, but argued that the "biggest tribute we can make to those who have lost their lives" [...] | 2009-08-16 14:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK UK XG |
09USNATO350 | COUNTER-PIRACY: WORKING WITH SOMALI OFFICIALS; [...] (C/REL NATO) As reported reftel, NATO has approved the Operational Plan for a long-term counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, to include supporting and contributing to regional capacity building with regional authorities connected with the deterrence and prevention of piracy. While [...] | 2009-08-18 05:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA |
09USNATO351 | COUNTER-PIRACY: WORKING WITH SOMALI OFFICIALS [...] (C/REL NATO) As reported reftel, NATO has approved the Operational Plan for a long-term counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, to include supporting and contributing to regional capacity building with regional authorities connected with the deterrence and prevention of piracy. While [...] | 2009-08-18 05:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA |
09USNATO355 | NATO ASSISTED RUSSIA IN ITS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING [...] (C) Following comments by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the August 19 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that he had been asked by Russia to assist in the strange case of the missing Russian ship "Arctic Sea," Poloffs met with NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Rober [...] | 2009-08-19 15:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EWWT PHSA MOPS MCAP RS |
09USNATO359 | SECGEN WRITES KARZAI ABOUT SHIA LAW CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NATO MOPS MCAP AF |
09USNATO364 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL'S FIRST ASSESSMENT OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21 the Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) General Stanley McChrystal and NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Fernando Gentilini provided a post-election report to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in a special session via vi [...] | 2009-08-24 15:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO PTER PINR AF PK IN |
09USNATO373 | AUGUST 26 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: ALL [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: This is a summary of the August 19 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC). -- AFGHANISTAN: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) urged continued Allied restraint against public reactions to preliminary Afghan elections' results. He announced the flags to post confe [...] | 2009-08-28 19:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK XG |
09USNATO379 | NATO PARTICIPATION IN BALTIC EXERCISES - REQUEST [...] (C/NF) The September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will coincide with the commencement of "Zapad 09," a large scale Russian and Belarusian military exercise which will take place in close proximity to Baltic NATO Allies' territory. We predict that this event will prompt a NAC [...] | 2009-09-04 16:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO |
09USNATO383 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL READY TO REACH OUT TO CSTO? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 16:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO386 | NATO SHOULD CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN EXERCISE BALTIC HOST 10 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Estonia, addressing the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, requested that NATO follow with interest the ongoing Zapad 09 Russian-Belarussian exercise with a view to providing a report to Allies. While Estonia co [...] | 2009-09-11 16:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO |
09USNATO388 | SEPTEMBER 8 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary from the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: Afghanistan: At the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Secretary General Rasmussen told Allies that he expected to get the Commander of ISAF's strategic assessment of the situation in Afgh [...] | 2009-09-11 18:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK UK XG RS |
09USNATO395 | ALLIES WELCOME INTER-AGENCY BRIEFING ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies received a September 17 briefing on the President's decision on the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Review positively, especially its linkage with NATO's missile defense plans. A number of Allies asked questions regarding possible missile defense cooperation with Rus [...] | 2009-09-17 21:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO397 | THE 2009 AFGHANISTAN OPIUM SURVEY: UNODC COSTA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 16:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
09USNATO4 | DECEMBER 17-18 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: During meetings of Experts on 17 and 18 December, Allies de-conflicted the 2009 Vienna Document 99 Verification Schedule. In addition, the U.S. secured CFE quota inspections to Armenia and Ukraine, a Flank inspection to Ukraine and two Additional Paid inspections to Ukr [...] | 2009-01-06 15:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
09USNATO405 | U/S TAUSCHER'S NATO VISIT SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (C) Summary: U/S Tauscher met with Acting Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero and WMD Center head Jacek Bylica September 1 to discuss arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation issues. She reassured both NATO officials that the U.S. would continue to consult extensively with Allies -- [...] | 2009-09-24 11:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL NATO |
09USNATO406 | NATO CHIEFS OF DEFENSE ON THE STRATEGIC CONCEPT [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: At the September 23 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee reported that NATO Chiefs of Defense expressed concern at their September 18-19 Lisbon meeting that a military voice was not represented in the Group of Experts appointe [...] | 2009-09-24 14:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MCAP MOPS |
09USNATO409 | NAC STRESSES THAT KFOR DRAWDOWN MUST REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 23 Council meeting in KFOR contributing nations format, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Di Paola highlighted the lack of national pledges to fill key intelligence and reserve requirements during the KFOR Force Shaping Conference on September 8. He [...] | 2009-09-25 14:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO411 | SEPTEMBER 17 HLTF REAFFIRMS NATO SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: During the September 17 HLTF meeting and related consultations the previous day, Allies welcomed the U.S.'s detailed readout of A/S Rose Gottemoeller's September 3 discussion of CFE with Russian Disarmament Director Antonov and expressed interest in the new ideas that were inform [...] | 2009-09-25 16:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO413 | RFG: RESPONDING TO NATO SECRETARY GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR NATO RUSSIA COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RS |
09USNATO414 | NAC DISCUSSES COUNTER-PIRACY COORDINATION ROLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: At the September 23 NAC, PermReps discussed counter-piracy, specifically a September 22 letter from SACEUR to the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC - see para 8). Allies discussed what NATO's best value-adding role might be off the Horn of Africa. Several Allies who [...] | 2009-09-28 17:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KCRM NATO |
09USNATO421 | ALLIES RECEIVE FURTHER DETAILS ON BALLISTIC [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency team consulted with Allies at a special October 1 NAC on the evolving nature of the ballistic missile threat, and on additional details of the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European missile defense (MD) first briefed to them September 17 (reftel). Allies wer [...] | 2009-10-01 16:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO424 | NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...] | 2009-10-02 16:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS |
09USNATO425 | NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...] | 2009-10-02 16:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS |
09USNATO432 | RUSSIAN CANDOR IN THE NATO-RUSSIA PREPCOM [...] (C) A mid-level member of the Russian Mission to NATO struck a notable tone of candor by admitting that significant daylight existed between Moscow and the Russian Mission to NATO on improving the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) and focusing the organization on meaningful areas of cooperation. In r [...] | 2009-10-07 05:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO433 | KFOR DRAWDOWN: CONDITIONS MUST BE RIGHT TO MOVE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO International Military Staff Assistant Director for Operations Major General Li Gobbi and KFOR Military Civil Advisory Division Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Polimeno on October 2 briefed the KFOR Policy Coordina [...] | 2009-10-07 08:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO442 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES FOCUS ON SUBSTANCE WHILE [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies and Russia displayed dramatically different views on how to take the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) forward during a recent Ambassadorial meeting. Allies focused on immediate, practical goals for the organization, while the Russian Ambassador to NATO presented an unrealist [...] | 2009-10-08 13:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF RS |
09USNATO450 | RFG: ISAF RESOURCE DISCUSSION ON COMMANDER'S [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by OOB October 19 (Brussels time). See para 3. 2. (C/REL ISAF) The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Admiral James Stavridis submitted ISAF Commander General Stanley McChrystal's resource documentation supplementing his 60-day assessment to the 4 [...] | 2009-10-14 11:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS MARR NATO AF PK |
09USNATO453 | FRENCH BLOCK ISAF-RELATED AWACS FUNDING; DEFENSE [...] (C/REL NATO) At the October 14 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the Deputy Secretary General noted that the Senior Resource Board (SRB) had been unable to reach agreement on common funding to underwrite the short-term use of British AWACS planes based out of Oman to support NATO's ISAF m [...] | 2009-10-15 14:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PGOV AF MU |
09USNATO457 | NAC UPDATED ON THE NATO TRAINING MISSION-IRAQ [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard briefed Allies at the October 14 meeting of the North Atlantic Council on the results of his October 10-11 visit to Baghdad. He said that he was struck by how positively NATO was viewed by Iraqi officials. He repor [...] | 2009-10-19 09:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS NATO IZ |
09USNATO47 | THE ROAD TO THE NATO SUMMIT AND BEYOND: ISSUES TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During its first 70 days in office, the Administration will face a NATO-heavy calendar. Success will require the Administration to address quickly several key issues, among them: the war in Afghanistan, NATO's relationship with Russia and Europe,s East, and the search for a new [...] | 2009-02-02 18:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RS |
09USNATO484 | RFG: NATO SYG DROPS BOMBSHELL IN ABU DHABI RELATING TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AND ALLIANCE POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 09:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KPAL IS AE |
09USNATO491 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA OFFERS LITTLE AT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) held an October 21 discussion on Afghanistan and Pakistan that saw the U.S. and Allies ask Russia to provide additional assistance to Afghanistan, while Moscow offered nothing concrete and reiterated its call for the Alliance to work with the Collect [...] | 2009-10-30 13:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK RS |
09USNATO492 | RUSSIA SAYS IT FACES FINANCIAL CONTRAINTS [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Second Asia Department Deputy Director Ali Mustafabeli told Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (D/SRAP) Paul Jones on October 21 that Moscow was considering additional aid to Afghanistan, but was limited by the difficult financial situat [...] | 2009-10-30 13:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK RS |
09USNATO494 | SECRETARY GENERAL'S THOUGHTS ON REFORM [...] (NC) At the October 20 PermReps' lunch, Secretary General Rasmussen drew from the following speaking notes on NATO reform: BEGIN TEXT NATO REFORM NATO cannot stand still. We must adapt to make sure we are in the best possible shape to meet the challenges this Alliance faces. We shou [...] | 2009-11-03 14:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | ABUD AFIN APER NATO PGOV PREL |
09USNATO496 | NEW GERMAN COALITION AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: On 29 October 2009 the German Representative to the Nuclear Planning Group Staff Group (NPG-SG) came with formal instructions from the German Ministry of Defense to emphasize that, while the new German coalition agreement calls for the active support of new disarmament and arms co [...] | 2009-11-03 16:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC NATO KNNP KACT |
09USNATO497 | NATO SYG PROPOSES REGULAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. NATO Secretary General Rasmussen hosted Ambassador Daalder for breakfast November 3 to discuss Alliance issues and improving coordination with the PermReps. Rasmussen was particularly interested in coordinating closely with the US and suggested regular one-on-one meetings with t [...] | 2009-11-03 17:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS MARR PREL PARM RU AF |
09USNATO501 | DUTCH SAY U.S. AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE MUST BE A [...] (C) Summary. In a November 3 meeting, Dutch PM Cabinet Director Richard van Zwol told USNATO Ambassador Daalder the Dutch were in a political deadlock over their Afghanistan contributions and the Prime Minister was attempting to unlock it. He urged the US to deliver a strong message privately [...] | 2009-11-05 09:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL AF |
09USNATO506 | RFG: JOINT REVIEW OF NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 4. 2. (C) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen released on November 9 a draft Ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats facing NATO and Russia, an initiative first laid out by the SecGen in his September 18 speech on NAT [...] | 2009-11-09 15:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO51 | NATO/IRAQ: ONE-TWO PUNCH MAY KO THE NATO TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal status and force protection challenges could strike severe -- if not fatal blows -- to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) at a time when the political will exists with our European Allies to expand their support for Iraqi Security Forces. First and most dangerous, [...] | 2009-02-04 17:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
09USNATO510 | SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO DEPLOY PRT TO PARWAN; SEEKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 10, South Korean Minister Counselor Kim Hong-Kyun demarched USNATO personnel, informing them of Seoul's strong preference to deploy its recently announced Provincial Reconstruction Team to Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Kim requested U.S. support in this matter, citin [...] | 2009-11-10 15:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF PK KS |
09USNATO512 | UN REQUESTS NATO ASSISTANCE FOR CONGO MISSION [...] (SBU) On November 6, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard distributed to Allies a United Nations request for NATO assistance in the form of equipment and training aids for a unit of 200 Tanzanian trainers that will train the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of th [...] | 2009-11-10 17:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP MOPS MARR PINS PGOV UN NATO |
09USNATO514 | NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN SAYS MOSCOW REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin explained to NATO PermReps on November 9 his difficulty in dealing with Moscow's skepticism regarding cooperation with NATO, and how he intended to overcome this situation by inviting high-level Russian officials and experts to take part [...] | 2009-11-11 15:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO518 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA DELAYING NRC PROGRESS [...] (C) NATO International Staff on November 11 canceled the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee meeting scheduled for November 12 after the Chair determined that the meeting would have been "a waste of time" because the Russian Mission indicated that, once again, they would fail to hav [...] | 2009-11-12 11:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO52 | JANUARY 29 HLTF: ALLIES WILLING TO WAIT FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the January 29 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, two clear messages - pointedly directed at the U.S. - emerged. First, Allies continue to place high importance on a unified NATO strategy for retaining the CFE regime and getting it back on track. Many specifically not [...] | 2009-02-04 17:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO520 | HIGHREP INZKO PRESSES NATO ON MAP FOR BIH [...] (C) Summary: High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Inzko briefed the NAC on November 11. Inzko, supported by Ambassador Daalder and many other PermReps, provided a negative assessment of the situation in BiH and stressed the need to support the U.S.-EU "Butmir process." Inzko [...] | 2009-11-13 17:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS BK |
09USNATO521 | NATO-RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES AGREE NRC MUST FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 06:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PTER SENV NATO RS |
09USNATO522 | NOVEMBER 5 HLTF MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the November 5 HLTF, Allies welcomed the U.S. proposal to revise NATO's NAC Communique message on CFE to reflect the Alliance's growing concern about Russia's continuing suspension of implementation of CFE. Most Allies also agreed in principle to the U.S.'s specific suggestion [...] | 2009-11-16 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO523 | NATO-RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES AGREE NRC MUST FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 informal NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting on a Ministerial tasking to launch a Joint Review of 21st Century Security Challenges, NATO Allies argued that this initiative should proceed only if agreement was also reached on the "Taking the NRC Forward" paper and t [...] | 2009-11-16 16:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PTER SENV NATO RS |
09USNATO525 | COUNTER-PIRACY WORKING GROUP CHAIR CALLS FOR NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 9, the Chairman of Working Group One (WG1) of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Chris Holtby (UK),briefed the NATO Policy Coordination Group (PCG) on regional capacity-building and urged NATO to play a role in training. NATO Deputy As [...] | 2009-11-17 09:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR MCAP EWWT PBTS PHSA |
09USNATO526 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA PULLS THE PLUG ON NRC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Russia told the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee on November 17 that it was no longer interested in continuing six months of work on the reform document "Taking the NRC Forward," and urged the NRC to instead focus on the proposed Joint Review of common security cha [...] | 2009-11-17 17:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO528 | NATO MISSILE DEFENSE: NEED TO PUSH SOME ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: Allies have welcomed the President's Phased, Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European missile defense, but some key Allies require additional USG attention on this issue before we can garner unanimous support in the December Ministerial communique. Some Allies question our push for [...] | 2009-11-18 16:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO529 | NATO-RUSSIA: NO RESPONSE FROM ROGOZIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 16:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO530 | NATO ALLIES TELL BOSNIAN FM THAT REFORMS ARE [...] (C) Summary: Bosnia-Herzegovina's Foreign Minister failed in a November 17 informal meeting with NATO PermReps to push Allies towards consensus that Ministers should grant Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in December. Most PermReps rejected the FM's assertion that pro [...] | 2009-11-18 17:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO BK TU IT NO |
09USNATO539 | RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 16:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS GG UP AF |
09USNATO540 | NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN UNCLEAR ON WHY MOSCOW PULLED [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Mission to NATO has painted a picture of disarray within the Moscow interagency to explain Russia's decision to pull the plug on NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reform. The Mission proposed that at their December meeting, NRC Foreign Ministers issue a new tasking for refor [...] | 2009-11-20 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO541 | RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Attached is the initial draft of the statement for the NATO Foreign Ministerial to be held in Brussels December 3 and 4, 2009. Reflecting the Secretary General's desire to have much shorter, "punchier" document that only raises is [...] | 2009-11-20 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS GG UP AF |
09USNATO542 | SHAPE BRIEFS NAC ON NATO TRAINING MISSION - [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: At a November 18 NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan (NTM-A) briefing, Brigadier Simon Porter, Allied Command Operations Chief of Plans, told Allies and non-NATO ISAF troop contributors "real progress" has been made in standing up the mission. LTG William B. Caldwell wil [...] | 2009-11-20 18:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF |
09USNATO549 | SERBIA WANTS MTA CHANGE; CONSIDERING IPAP FOR 2011 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Serbian MFA Director General for NATO and Defense Affairs Vujic told USNATO DCM Heffern on November 24 that Defense Minister Sutanovac would present Belgrade's ideas for changes to the Military Technical Agreement (MTA) to Secretary of Defense Gates when they meet on November 30. [...] | 2009-11-25 13:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO554 | TURKEY INVITING FOREIGN MINISTERS TO HAVE A [...] (C) Summary: Turkey intends to invite NATO Foreign Ministers to a separate meeting to discuss granting MAP to Bosnia. Unless directed otherwise USNATO will work to oppose this move. End summary. 2. (C) Turkey announced in a November 27 communique negotiation for the December 3-4 NATO Fore [...] | 2009-11-27 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO BK TU NO |
09USNATO555 | RFG: ISAF DECISION MAKING - INVOLVING NON-NATO [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Several non-NATO troop contributing nations to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, particularly Australia and New Zealand, have pressed for a larger role in the ISAF-related decision process at NATO [...] | 2009-11-27 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO AS NZ AF |
09USNATO556 | DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN AT THE NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 09:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO557 | NATO-RUSSIA: DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ambassadorial meeting, NATO Allies and the Secretary General expressed their frustration with the Russian decision to end work on the reform document "Taking the NRC Forward," and reminded Russian Ambassador Rogozin that this was part [...] | 2009-11-30 11:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO559 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES WANT RUSSIA TO SHOW ITS CARDS [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General appealed to Russia during a December 1 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) to approve a plan for NRC reform, and reminded Russia that failure to do so put at risk the entire package of deliverables for the upcoming NRC Ministerial. The Russian Ambassador to NATO said [...] | 2009-12-01 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO CA RS |
09USNATO562 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES AGREE TO RUSSIAN PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to force Russia into a position where it must agree to cooperate with NATO or be exposed as unwilling, Allies agreed on December 2 to accept all of Russia's proposed changes to three key NATO-Russia Council (NRC) documents that are potential deliverables for the NRC Minis [...] | 2009-12-03 11:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO57 | NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) held a Plenary meeting at NATO HQ on 14 Jan 09. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Joe Benkert of the U.S. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs) and Mr. John Laugerud of the Norwegian MOD. Major items dis [...] | 2009-02-06 16:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO571 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009 [...] (U) December 3, 2009; 1500; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Amb. Ivo Daalder EUR A/S Phil Gordon EUR Deputy A/S Robert Wood Special Assistant Amy Scanlon USNATO PolAd Kelly Degnan (notetaker) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen [...] | 2009-12-04 18:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO MARR MOPS BK |
09USNATO579 | NATO-RUSSIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S LATEST DRAFT TREATY LIMITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS ABROAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-09 08:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO RS |
09USNATO580 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 3, 2009; 8:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special As [...] | 2009-12-10 09:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO PGOV MOPS |
09USNATO581 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA "BRIEFS" NRC ON MILITARY EXERCISES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 10:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS NATO RS |
09USNATO585 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary: Allies agreed during a December 14 NAC that the Russian proposal for a new treaty with NATO was a non-starter and affirmed that the Russian initiative would not create divisions within the Alliance. There were differences over tactics: German, the SecGen and some other Allies w [...] | 2009-12-14 17:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO593 | NATO-RUSSIA: NUCLEAR EXPERTS CAUTIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) On December 17, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Nuclear Experts considered a proposed table top exercise (TTX) involving a response to an improvised nuclear device (IND) in 2010. The Chair proposed that the TTX could be a stand alone event or serve as an initial planning conference for a f [...] | 2009-12-18 13:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC MOPS NATO RS |
09USNATO596 | WAY FORWARD ON SUPPORTING EUPOL EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We believe there may be an opportunity to enhance ISAF support for the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL). Turkey and EU officials have indicated privately that they might be open to engaging on such an initiative. Unless instructed otherwise, USNATO intends to work inform [...] | 2009-12-22 15:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV EUN MARR AF PINS |
09USNATO62 | 5 FEB 2009 VVC AND EXPERTS: TURKEY NEARLY SCUTTLES 2009 VD 99 VERIFICATION COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO73 | ALLIES RECEPTIVE TO FRANK PRESENTATION BY PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary: General Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, held a well-received consultation with NATO Permanent Representatives on February 12. Allies were surprised by and receptive to his frankness. Petraeus reassured Allies that the U.S. will complete its Afghanistan strategic r [...] | 2009-02-20 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF |
09USNATO90 | NATO SECRETARIAT AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON [...] (C) The NATO Secretariat agrees with the United States that Slovenia must continue to do everything in its power to complete its ratification process in order to allow Croatia to join NATO in advance of the April 2-4 NATO Summit. NATO will continue to encourage Slovenia to find ways to complete [...] | 2009-03-06 17:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KTIA HR SI AL |
09USOSCE1 | NEXT STEPS ON AN OSCE FIELD MISSION MANDATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Whether it was their full intention, Russian obstructionism at the OSCE in Vienna over the last few weeks has resulted in a planned closure of the OSCE Mission to Georgia starting o January 1. Despite a series of creative approahes by the outgoing Finnish Chairmanship to reset he [...] | 2009-01-01 10:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE GG PREL |
09USOSCE112 | FSC APRIL 29: GEORGIA TAKES THE CHAIR, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia got off to a good start with its Forum for Security Cooperation chairmanship, which will run to late July. The Georgian deputy defense minister, Giorgi Muchaidze, delivered uncontroversial opening remarks, mentioning problems related to the August 2008 war without provo [...] | 2009-04-30 14:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE122 | CFE/JCG: MAY 12 PLENARY - RUSSIA ADVOCATES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia cited chapter and verse of Article XVI of the CFE Treaty to support its contention that the JCG should fulfill its mandate by contributing more proactively to efforts to save the CFE Treaty. The Russian Chief Arms Control Delegate (Ulyanov) argued that the JCG historical [...] | 2009-05-14 11:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE146 | SCENESETTER FOR CORFU OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Your decision to attend this first-of-its-kind informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu is a strong signal of your commitment to reinvigorate the OSCE. It marks a return to high-level American engagement at the OSCE after a four-year absence by the U.S. Secretary of State from ministerial-level [...] | 2009-06-19 14:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OSCE XG XH |
09USOSCE164 | OSCE MINISTERIAL LAUNCHES "CORFU PROCESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever "informal" OSCE Ministerial debated European security issues on June 27-28, revealing a broad convergence among most delegations in support of the U.S. approach that current European security institutions remain sound (but could be improved),and that discussions on [...] | 2009-07-16 07:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RU OSCE |
09USOSCE169 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: CONTACT GROUP SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) met July 8 with the OSCE Personal Representative for Dayton Article IV (PR),Italian Brigadier General Costanzo Periotto and his staff, to discuss the PR's proposal for the ownership plan. This envisions a multi-year gradual transfer of t [...] | 2009-07-20 13:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE171 | CFE/JCG: JANUARY-JULY 2009, END OF ROUND: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 winter/spring round of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, juxtaposed with Russia's counter allegations of "gross NATO violations" and, after the Spring recess, a new focus on pres [...] | 2009-07-23 13:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE182 | OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] | 2009-08-05 15:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE183 | OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] | 2009-08-06 07:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE184 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27 - 31, 2009 [...] (U) A team of election experts from the OSCE/ODIHR Mission arrived in Kabul July 26 to support conduct of the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. The 20 experts from the mission will assist election stakeholders in Afghanistan, including election administra [...] | 2009-08-06 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RU KZ GG KG MK BK |
09USOSCE187 | CHARGE FULLER MEETS KAZAKHSTAN DFM ZHIGALOV [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Fuller, Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov reiterated his country's priorities in anticipation of its 2010 role as OSCE Chair-in-Office (CIO),including focusing on frozen conflicts, the Corfu process, energy, transportati [...] | 2009-08-20 15:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ OSCE PHUM PREL |
09USOSCE188 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: U.S. CHANGES TO LETTER FOR [...] (C) The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) countries of Russia, Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. have confirmed full support for the U.S.-recommended changes (ref a) to the Contact Group letter to be sent to the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV. Inter ali [...] | 2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR OSCE PARM PREL SR |
09USOSCE199 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...] | 2009-09-10 13:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE200 | CORFU PROCESS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: At the first informal meeting of the OSCE's Corfu Process on European security, PermReps reiterated their vision of the process and touched on the role of international law in the OSCE area. Most agreed that the process needed to remain firmly rooted in the OSCE, encompass the [...] | 2009-09-11 10:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE |
09USOSCE205 | FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE MOVES FORWARD UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: After two years, the 1540 best practice guide appears to be moving forward in the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). It is now under a silence procedure and should move to the FSC plenary for adoption as early as September 30. Meanwhile, on 16 September Deputy SACEU [...] | 2009-09-22 06:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE206 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] | 2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE207 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] | 2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE210 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 2009 [...] (U) In her video greeting to the September 14 opening session of the 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, Secretary Clinton spoke of the personal, societal, and economic harm caused by human trafficking. She emphasized the "three Ps" of the anti-trafficking fight - prosecu [...] | 2009-09-28 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU KZ |
09USOSCE211 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 22, Greek PermRep Marinaki said High Commissioner for National Minorities Vollebaek intended to visit South Ossetia in the near future, and had agreed to travel from Vladikavkaz, reversing his long-standing demand for access from the south. Vol [...] | 2009-09-28 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE223 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION IV: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (SBU) On October 13 the Corfu Process tackled new, globalized threats and met with a high degree of consensus on OSCE strengths and direction. Topics covered included terrorism, cybersecurity, border security and Afghanistan, WMD nonproliferation, and arms reduction. Besides a minor verbal [...] | 2009-10-15 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE225 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 9,2009 [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge Fuller at NATO HQ October 2, NATO international staff led by Deputy A/SYG Bob Simmons advised that NATO allies have agreed to postpone discussion of the Medvedev proposal of European Security Architecture until the conclusion of initial OSCE Corfu Process (CP) dis [...] | 2009-10-19 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE231 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION V: IT'S THE CONFLICTS, STUPID [...] (SBU) The fifth session of the Corfu Process dialogue made clear that the OSCE,s ability to provide early warning and prevent, manage and resolve conflict is a key overarching theme in the Corfu process. Most delegations noted that the key stumbling block to the resolution of the protracted [...] | 2009-10-21 16:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE234 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 13 - 16, 2009 [...] (SBU) During the October 9-12, 2009, Fall Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA),more than 200 parliamentarians from the OSCE participating States (pS) met in Athens to examine challenges to achieving energy security in the region. The United States was represented by Helsinki Commi [...] | 2009-10-22 06:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE235 | OSCE/FSC: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO REVIEW VIENNA [...] (SBU) In an informal meeting with a small group of delegations on the margins of the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russian Head of Arms Control Delegation Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov shared a draft proposal that would task the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) to conduct a revi [...] | 2009-10-22 14:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE242 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 19 - 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) In an October 20 meeting, the Russian delegation reportedly told the senior policy officer on the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center's Caucasus Desk that Moscow wanted a written proposal for the Chairmanship's "support team" and preferred a modified chain of command. The delegation sugges [...] | 2009-10-29 12:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE244 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 27: RUSSIA MOCKS ALLIED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 27 JCG plenary, Romania supported by 13 other delegations including the U.S., criticized the Russian Federation for refusing a recent CFE inspection request. Delegations discussed a draft JCG political contribution to the Ministerial declaration proposed by De [...] | 2009-10-29 15:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE245 | FSC: TRYING TO MOVE RUSSIA ON VD99; GEARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a "sidebar" with the Russians ) and in a subsequent follow-up discussion ) Ulyanov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to "explore ways to strengthen current arms control and CSBM instruments, but not in exchange for specific language "to conduct a review of the [...] | 2009-10-30 13:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE247 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 26 - 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) A draft Ministerial Council decision on "Women,s Participation in Political and Public Life" was tabled at the October 28 Human Dimension Committee meeting. While Russia, Belarus, and a handful of other participating States said they lacked formal guidance, all expressed general support [...] | 2009-11-02 17:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE251 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 4: U.S. APPEARS ISOLATED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to Russia's draft decision for Ministers to task a review of Vienna Document 1999 dominated the FSC plenary discussion. Most comments were favorable "in principle." Inter alia, Russia proposed presenting the results from a VD99 review to the next OSCE Ministerial m [...] | 2009-11-10 16:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE255 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 43RD SRCC: PARTIES AGREE TO [...] (U) Summary: The 43rd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia),met November 3-4, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Five SRCC Decisions [...] | 2009-11-16 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE256 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] | 2009-11-16 16:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE257 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] | 2009-11-17 07:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE259 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 2 - 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) At our weekly meeting with the CiO Nov 3, Greek Ambassador Marinaki told us the CiO's Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Christopoulus, would meet with his Kazakh-proposed successor, Nurgaliev, in Vienna on Nov 5 and they would participate in the informal "Five plus Two" m [...] | 2009-11-20 08:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE262 | SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) The November 24 Reinforced Permanent Council provided participating States a final opportunity to outline their expectations for the December 1-2 OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens and sum up accomplishments under the 2009 Greek Chairmanship. Although the comments by Delegations were ge [...] | 2009-11-25 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
09USOSCE263 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG: OSCE [...] (C) We look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Athens. Your participation will help signal U.S. support for a revitalized OSCE and allow us to call for greater emphasis on democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. Your participation will also help cemen [...] | 2009-11-25 15:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
09USOSCE264 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 16 - 20, 2009 [...] (C) At the weekly CiO meeting November 17, which included for the first time Kazakh Ambassador and future PC Chair Abdrakhmanov, Greek Ambassador Marinaki emphasized the Chair's desire to adopt a Political Declaration at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial. She acknowledged the Kazakh inter [...] | 2009-11-26 11:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE272 | OSCE AND INCOMING CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Kazakhstanis reiterate on every occasion their commitment to the principles of the OSCE "acquis" and swear to protect the third dimension during their 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE, their negotiating style at the OSCE Ministerial Conference in Athens December 1-2 [...] | 2009-12-08 11:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ OSCE PREL |
09USOSCE276 | DAS KROL MEETS WITH TAJIK AND KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) In a series of meetings on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens on December 1, SCA DAS George Krol met with the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Political Director from the Lithuanian MFA ahead of Lithuania's 2011 Chairmanship of the OSCE. Taj [...] | 2009-12-14 07:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KG KZ TI LH |
09USOSCE280 | SCA DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH OSCE INSTITUTION [...] (C) In a December 1 meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Janez Lenarcic expressed concern to SCA DAS Krol that incoming Chair in Office of the OSCE, Kazakhstan, aimed to solve the "problem" o [...] | 2009-12-15 13:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ |
09USOSCE281 | UZBEK CHARGE AT OSCE MEETS WITH USOSCE CHARGE [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Ravshanbek Duschanov of the Uzbek Mission to the OSCE, said the small size of his delegation meant Uzbek diplomats could not always engage on some OSCE matters. He defended Uzbekistan's role as spoiler of the Media Freedom decision at the [...] | 2009-12-16 07:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UZ |
09USOSCE283 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) Cleared by Deputy Secretary Steinberg 2. (U) December 1, 2009; 5:30 pm; Athens, Greece. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon Jeff Hovenier, NSC Jim Kuykendall (Notetaker) OTHER COUNTRY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu [...] | 2009-12-18 07:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH ZL NATO TU BK YI HR MW AM AJ IR |
09USOSCE285 | CFE/JCG: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 fall session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, Russia's continued focus on presenting and defending its May 2009 Aide Memoire, and preparations for the OSCE Ministerial Counci [...] | 2009-12-18 15:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE286 | OSCE/FSC: STRUCTURING WORK ON CSBMS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary and Guidance Request: As Washington reviews policy options and ways forward on many issues in the U.S.-Russia relationship at the end of 2009, USOSCE would recommend additional attention be focused on the "Vienna Document 1999" (VD99),the OSCE's landmark CSBM vehicle. In the ten [...] | 2009-12-18 15:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE291 | LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NEXT YEAR'S CORFU [...] (SBU) Summary. At the final session of the Corfu Process under the Greek Chairmanship participating States sought to identify ways in which the European security dialogue could advance next year under Kazakshstan's leadership. Most comments welcomed the constructive tone of the discussions [...] | 2009-12-22 14:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU OSCE |
09USOSCE292 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...] | 2009-12-24 11:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ |
09USOSCE293 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG MEETS KAZAKHSTANI [...] Summary: (C) In a December 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev repeatedly pressed for the U.S. to drop its opposition to Kazakhstani desires for an OSCE Summit in 2010. The Deputy Secretary ex [...] | 2009-12-30 07:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
09USOSCE30 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 PLENARY (CONF) [...] (SBU) Summary. Allies isolated Russia again with a series of interventions contrasting its rejection of inspection notices from Germany and Turkey with the continued implementation of the inspection regime by the 29 other States Parties. Russia in turn blamed the lack of progress in resolvin [...] | 2009-02-11 15:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE35 | EURO SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: ALLIES AT OSCE STAND [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary. The NATO Caucus of the OSCCE on February 10 agreed that Allies attending Russian Chief of Arms Control Mikhail Ulyanov's meeting would attend in listening mode only, maintain a united front, and report back to all Allies. Allies also agreed to consolidate questions refle [...] | 2009-02-12 18:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE51 | CFE/JCG: DELEGATIONS SUPPORT U.S. WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 10 JCG plenary, eight delegations supported the U.S. statement, which cited two recent examples of continued implementation of the CFE Treaty in contrast to Russia's continued refusal of inspection requests. Heavy Vienna morning traffic kept the Russian reps fro [...] | 2009-03-10 13:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE61 | CFE/JCG: MARCH 24: RUSSIA CRITICIZES, BUT U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 24 JCG plenary, Russia apologized for its having missed the March 10 JCG meeting due to heavy traffic. Russia also attempted, to no avail, to ensnare the U.S. delegation in a debate over who really was ready to resume negotiations on the parallel actions package. [...] | 2009-03-24 14:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE66 | U.S.- RF CYBERSECURITY BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on March 16 before the start of the OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity (March 17-18, Vienna),U.S. and Russian Federation dels met to discuss their differing approaches to cybersecurity and to identify common ground if [...] | 2009-03-25 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE73 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 42ND SRCC: PARTIES WANT OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 42nd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four Parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia),met March 16-19 in Split, Croatia. The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, res [...] | 2009-03-27 09:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE BK HR MW SR |
09USOSCE85 | CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL IN VIENNA, A SPRING [...] (C) Summary: The OSCE spring recess provides a useful occasion to take stock of conventional arms control work in Vienna. The crisis in CFE continues to overshadow all else. Most states continue to faithfully implement the Treaty, but the impasse over Russia's suspension of CFE implementation [...] | 2009-04-07 14:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE95 | THE OSCE'S ROLE IN ADVANCING U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As efforts to press the reset button in our relations with Russia proceed, the OSCE can be a valuable forum to channel Russia's desire for a larger role in discussion of broad European security themes. With the London summit commitment to start a dialogue on security and stabilit [...] | 2009-04-14 10:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PHUM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE98 | CFE IMPASSE: HOW DID WE GET WHERE WE ARE? [...] (C) Summary: At the London Summit, Presidents Obama and Medvedev pledged to explore a comprehensive dialogue on strengthening Euro-Atlantic and European security. The CFE agreement has long been considered a "cornerstone" of Euro-Atlantic security, and at Strasbourg-Kehl, NATO reaffirmed the [...] | 2009-04-15 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USUNNEWYORK1007 | SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Secretary-General Ban provided a second briefing to Security Council members following the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN Staff. Ban had recently returned from Kabul where he met with staff and initiated a comprehensive security re [...] | 2009-11-09 19:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP |
09USUNNEWYORK1011 | USUN DISCUSSION WITH SPANISH MOD OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff met on November 9 with a delegation from the Spanish Ministry of Defense who were in New York to meet with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to discuss Spain's candidate for the UNIFIL Force Commander position. Luis Cuesta, Secretary General of Defens [...] | 2009-11-11 21:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UN IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1012 | GEORGIA: U/SYG LEROY TELLS QUAD RUSSIA AND UN [...] (C) A high level Quad delegation underlined with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy the need to preserve a strong and effective high-level UN envoy to replace Johan Verbeke when he steps down from the position of UN Representative to the Geneva Talks and the [...] | 2009-11-12 01:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GG RU |
09USUNNEWYORK1017 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...] | 2009-11-12 16:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IR |
09USUNNEWYORK1018 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...] | 2009-11-12 16:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IR |
09USUNNEWYORK1023 | SYG BAN AND AMB RICE DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 meeting with Ambassador Rice, UN SYG Ban said his recent trip to Afghanistan had been a good one and that President Karzai appears concerned about his own future, in particular his relations with the U.S. and other Western power; supports an increase in the in [...] | 2009-11-12 20:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1026 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams told Ambassador Wolff on November 10 that he favorably views the January 2010 transition in UNIFIL Force Commanders. Williams said he thought Spain would do a good job and its holding of the EU Presidency from January to June 2010 could [...] | 2009-11-13 00:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK103 | IRAN/CYPRUS: NEXT STEPS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: USUN seeks to continue to shape the UN response to the discovery of Iranian arms-related material on the M/V Monchegorsk in violation of UN sanctions on Iran. Such a response should motivate Cyprus to responsibly dispose of the proscribed cargo and ensure the UN Security Counci [...] | 2009-02-10 10:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP CY |
09USUNNEWYORK1032 | UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 20:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP |
09USUNNEWYORK1033 | AMB RICE MEETS SPECIAL ENVOY TO PAKISTAN RIPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Maurice Ripert met with Ambassador Rice after returning from his initial trip to Pakistan in his new capacity as UN Special Envoy for Assistance. His opening words to Ambassador Rice: "It doesn't go well." He met with a weaker government and more dire security situation th [...] | 2009-11-13 22:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09USUNNEWYORK1035 | OBASANJO ON THE DRC, NIGERIA, AND AFRICAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-14 00:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC CG RW NI XA |
09USUNNEWYORK1041 | UN FERNANDEZ-TARANCO BRIEFS USUN REGARDING RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Ambassador DiCarlo met with UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, following his recent return from Baghdad. Fernandez-Taranco reported that Iraqi officials have accepted that Taranco's mission was not an investigation; howeve [...] | 2009-11-16 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY |
09USUNNEWYORK105 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN CHARGE [...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting Ambassador Rice and Libyan Charge d'Affairs Ibrahim Dabbashi discussed Libya's goals as the head of the African Union, Muammar Qadhafi's desire to establish a "United States of Africa," and the Security Council's role in addressing the situations in S [...] | 2009-02-10 13:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF UNSC LY SO AU |
09USUNNEWYORK1051 | SRSG MELKERT BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNAMI [...] (U) Summary: On November 16 Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ad Melkert briefed the Security Council regarding UNAMI activities during the last quarter, emphasizing the recent successful passage of an election law while highlighting the work remaining to hold credible el [...] | 2009-11-18 15:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV UNSC IZ SY TY |
09USUNNEWYORK1056 | UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: TRENDS AND ANALYSIS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Changes in the U.S. voting pattern on key resolutions on nuclear disarmament and conventional arms control highlighted the 2009 session of the UNGA First (Disarmament) Committee. In place of the ten negative votes it cast in isolation in 2008, this year the United States did no [...] | 2009-11-19 21:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1058 | GEORGIA: RUSSIA READY TO ACCEPT CONTINUING UN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Following Ref A discussion with Undersecretary-General (U/SYG) LeRoy and Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Mulet, Quad Ambassadors have sounded out Russian views on a replacement for UN Representative to the Geneva Talks an [...] | 2009-11-19 23:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK1060 | SINGAPORE ON MODERATE NAM MEMBERS AND NPT/NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-21 00:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CI CO GT JM MG PARM PREL SN |
09USUNNEWYORK1066 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF AND INDIAN DEPUTY PERMREP PURI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff and a team from USUN met on November 18 with Indian Mission counterparts as a follow-up from the August 26 meeting to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. Topics covered included Security Council reform, the Comprehensive Conve [...] | 2009-11-23 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER |
09USUNNEWYORK1068 | SOMALIA: FRIENDS GROUP TOLD CREDIBILITY OF UNSC AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah met with the Friends of Somalia on November 20 at the Norwegian Mission. (NOTE: The Friends group includes Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Germany, Iceland, I [...] | 2009-11-24 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR UNSC SO ER ET AU XA XW |
09USUNNEWYORK1097 | UN U/SYG PASCOE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 3 meeting with Under-Secretary-General Pascoe, DAS Marciel conveyed reftel points, stressing the opportunity for the UN to leverage the Burmese Generals' desire for having the elections recognized as "legitimate" and speak out publicly on the need for dialogue ( [...] | 2009-12-04 23:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM |
09USUNNEWYORK110 | REPORTING TO SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: French and UK Mission legal officers, together with Legoff, met with Under Secretary-General Patricia O,Brien, Assistant Secretary-General Peter Taksoe-Jensen and other staff of the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) on February 4 to discuss whether the Secretary-General will con [...] | 2009-02-10 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER UNSC PREL SY LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1102 | DPKO-UNIFIL JOINT TECHNICAL REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) hosted a meeting with Security Council Lebanon experts to share initial findings concerning the ongoing joint technical review of UNIFIL. DPKO's initial findings recommend the creation of a southern sector in UNIF [...] | 2009-12-08 01:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1105 | ISRAELI MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL BRIEFS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met on December 7 with Israeli Military Advocate General Major General Mandelblit to discuss the Israeli government's investigation of allegations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations, as set forth in the Goldstone report and other sources [...] | 2009-12-08 22:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
09USUNNEWYORK1107 | UN BELIEVES GOS BEHIND ATTACK ON UNAMID [...] (C) Under Secretary General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Alain Le Roy told Ambassador Rice that the UN is convinced that the Government of Sudan orchestrated the December 4-5 two separate attacks on Rwandan peacekeepers in the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Le Roy [...] | 2009-12-09 01:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK111 | DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR RICE'S PHONE [...] (C) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay told Ambassador Rice Feb. 9 that Iran and Syria inserted anti-Israeli language in the draft outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, but the rest of the OIC (including Egypt and Palestine) wants to "knock it out" and the Afri [...] | 2009-02-10 16:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
09USUNNEWYORK1124 | SINGAPORE ASSESSES NAM DYNAMICS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. A delegate with the Singapore Mission to the UN on December 14 provided USUN with a summary of a meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),which was chaired by Egypt and meant to provide the Iranian delegation an opportunity to present its case before NA [...] | 2009-12-16 20:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SN EG |
09USUNNEWYORK1129 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (U) EAP countries in general welcomed the new era of U.S. engagement and partnership this 64th General Assemb [...] | 2009-12-18 01:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
09USUNNEWYORK1131 | UNGA; REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH [...] (U) Gerald Scott has returned to advise the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly on African affairs for the ninth year in succession. Following are his views of this 64th General Assembly and the performance of Delegations representing Africa Bureau states. Introduction and Summary --- [...] | 2009-12-18 16:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL UNGA XY ZF ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK1133 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's speech was the high point of the UNGA's opening session. WHA and other delegations warmly welcomed his call for a "new era of engagement." One of the most striking expressions of this sentiment came later in the session when the Third Committee erupted into appl [...] | 2009-12-18 17:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
09USUNNEWYORK1137 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on December 17, the UN Controller briefed on the recent International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) meeting, highlighting the Government of Iraq's (GOI) progress in developing a time-bound action plan to implement a comprehensive oil met [...] | 2009-12-19 00:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK1141 | UNGA64: EU AND EFTA MEMBER STATES WELCOME AND [...] (U) The EU-27 responded to new U.S. flexibility at UNGA64 by collaborating pragmatically on our top priorities, and by providing essential voting support. Ably led by Sweden's EU presidency, EU member states shared the burden on lobbying the G-77 regarding human rights resolutions. They stood firm [...] | 2009-12-21 11:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XT |
09USUNNEWYORK1147 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH UK PERM [...] (U) Action request for Department in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador Rice met on December 16 with UK Perm Rep Mark Lyall-Grant, at his request, to discuss Middle East peace efforts. Lyall-Grant asked about current U.S. thinking on the Middle East. He said that Foreign Secretary Miliband [...] | 2009-12-22 16:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
09USUNNEWYORK115 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH VIETNAMESE PERMREP LE [...] (C) During an initial meeting with Vietnamese PermRep Le on February 5, Ambassador Rice reviewed U.S. priorities and said we wished to try to amplify bilateral cooperation, especially on development and climate change. Le agreed, adding that the positive relationship between the U.S. and Viet [...] | 2009-02-11 01:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC VM |
09USUNNEWYORK1151 | PARAGUAY PR DOS SANTOS COURTESY CALL WITH RICE [...] (C) During a December 9 courtesy call with Ambassador Rice, Paraguayan PermRep Jose Antonio dos Santos said that Paraguay's priorities at the UN include peacekeeping and human rights issues. He commented that multilateralism is the "only way a small country like Paraguay can be heard." Within [...] | 2009-12-23 19:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA XM |
09USUNNEWYORK1156 | NORWAY PREVIEWS PM,S TOPICS FOR POTUS MEETING; [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Larsen previewed the topics that Prime Minister Stoltenberg will raise with President Obama during his upcoming visit to Oslo - an action plan for UN Millennium Development Goals Four and [...] | 2009-12-23 21:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UN AF CG SU |
09USUNNEWYORK1169 | EU: AMBASSADOR RICE PRESSES PERMREPS TO PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice urged Permreps from the European Union on December 15 to consider moving to the endgame in their effort to reach a consensus with the G-77 over scales of assessment and the regular budget. (See Reftel for details on negotiations.) Rice said that the U.S. had so fa [...] | 2009-12-30 22:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UNGA EU |
09USUNNEWYORK1170 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: FM ALKALAJ SEEKS EARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj told Ambassador Rice on December 16 that early bilateral consultations on key Security Council matters would ensure that the Foreign Ministry has sufficient time to gain consensus among BiH's tri-presidency for Council acti [...] | 2009-12-30 22:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK118 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Ambassador Rice met with Bangladesh PermRep Ismat Jahan to discuss shared priorities in development, climate change, security and governance. Ambassadors Rice and Jahan agreed that these priorities were linked and that all countries, from least developed to most de [...] | 2009-02-11 02:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM BG |
09USUNNEWYORK119 | IRAN: CYPRIOT NEXT MOVES ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The UN Perm Rep of Cyprus told Amb. Wolff that Cyprus had finished examining the cargo on the M/V Monchegorsk and would likely soon report to the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee the results of this inspection and Cyprus' final plan for disposing of the cargo. C [...] | 2009-02-11 10:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
09USUNNEWYORK122 | U/SYG MALCORRA ON STAFFING, SUDAN, SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice paid a courtesy call on UN Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra on Wednesday, February 11. U/SYG Malcorra, who heads the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS),told the Ambassador that Amcit Tony Banbury was on a "one man shortlist" for the position of Assista [...] | 2009-02-11 23:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SU SO AF |
09USUNNEWYORK124 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT [...] (C) During an introductory call on General Assembly President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann on February 11, Ambassador Rice underscored U.S. priorities for renewed engagement with the United Nations, but cautioned the PGA against divisive actions. D'Escoto expressed his strong enthusiasm fo [...] | 2009-02-12 14:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG EFIN UNGA KGHG KPAL PINR |
09USUNNEWYORK125 | AMBASSADOR RICE COURTESY MEETING WITH GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. German PermRep Matussek told Ambassador Rice in their first meeting on February 3 that Berlin and the international community have high expectations about a U.S. policy of engagement with the Iranian leadership without precondition. Rice asked Matussek to help ensure that German [...] | 2009-02-12 17:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF IR GM |
09USUNNEWYORK126 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PERMREP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 19:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PARM AU XI |
09USUNNEWYORK127 | GEORGIA: AMBASSADORS RICE AND DICARLO URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian PermRep Alexander Lomaia expressed appreciation for the extension of UNOMIG, but warned that Georgia might not view another UNOMIG extension as worthwhile in June 2009. He complained that Russia had already begun to spin the draft resolution as a victory. Ambassadors Ric [...] | 2009-02-12 19:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK128 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met February 11 with Pakistan PR Abdullah Hussain Haroon. The Pakistani PR gave a lengthy presentation on Pakistan,s fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida, and insisted repeatedly that the only solution to defeating terrorism in the region was for the U.S. to equi [...] | 2009-02-12 19:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09USUNNEWYORK129 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PR [...] (C) Summary. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, Egyptian PR Abdelaziz discussed Egypt's efforts to improve the atmosphere of the Durban conference; urged that the Security Council defer the imminent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir; agreed that UN peacekeeping operat [...] | 2009-02-12 19:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM EG SU |
09USUNNEWYORK130 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM - INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph ten. 2. (C) Summary: The President of the General Assembly will launch intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion in an informal plenary of the General Assembly on February 19, 2009. He will introduce a work plan with a schedule of meet [...] | 2009-02-12 21:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK133 | AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSSES G-77 AND ICC WITH SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Sudanese Perm Rep Mohamad to discuss G-77 issues. Mohamad argued that more UN resources should be devoted to development and less to peacekeeping. Rice replied that both are essential. Mohamad raised the impending International Criminal Court (ICC) d [...] | 2009-02-13 00:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK135 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNICEF ZI EAID ECON CH |
09USUNNEWYORK137 | GENERAL SUPPORT FROM UNSC MEMBERS FOR 1540 WORKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-14 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK142 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 introductory meeting with Afghanistan PermRep Zahir Tanin, Ambassador Rice emphasized U.S. commitment to Afghanistan and its desire to work in the mutual interests of both countries. She noted that the Administration,s top-to-bottom review of its Afghanistan poli [...] | 2009-02-17 14:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
09USUNNEWYORK144 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NIGERIAN PERMANENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 initial call on Nigerian Permanent Representative to the UN Uche Joy Ogwu, Ambassador Rice pressed Ogwu on the need for Nigeria to expeditiously complete its preparations for deployment of a battalion to AMISOM in Somalia. Ogwu referred to difficulties in lo [...] | 2009-02-17 15:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA NI |
09USUNNEWYORK146 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH TRI-PARTITE DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Ambassador Rice met with the tri-partite delegation consisting of representatives from the African Union, Arab League and Qatar to discuss Sudan, Mauritania and Somalia. AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra headed the delegation, which included Amba [...] | 2009-02-17 17:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK148 | (C) RWANDAN MISSION UNCOOPERATIVE ON FDLR NAME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 23:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC POLS |
09USUNNEWYORK150 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH ROK PR PARK [...] (C) In Ambassador Rice's initial call with Republic of Korea PermRep Park on February 17, the latter discussed shared priorities and possibilities for further coordination on issues such as DPRK, G-20 coordination, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),disarmament, the environmental summit and [...] | 2009-02-18 19:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN |
09USUNNEWYORK151 | UNAMID CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO ICC DECISION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy emphasized that adequately equipping troops already on the ground in Darfur should become a priority. Le Roy also briefed the Council on the agr [...] | 2009-02-18 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK153 | JAPANESE-HOSTED BREAKFAST CONSIDERS MANDATE OF [...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph 3. 2. (C) On February 18 the Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu in his capacity as President of the UN Security Council for February hosted a breakfast to discuss Afghanistan, including the status of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). [...] | 2009-02-18 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF UNSC MARR |
09USUNNEWYORK155 | BAN KI MOON URGES POTUS PARTICIPATION IN CLIMATE [...] (C) During a small dinner at the UN Secretary General's residence the Secretary General pulled Ambassador Rice aside to again reiterate the importance he places on President Obama attending the proposed "mini summit" on climate change in March. Ban said he was concerned that as yet there had [...] | 2009-02-18 23:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV |
09USUNNEWYORK156 | UN: IRAQ ELECTIONS "WENT VERY WELL" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, DPA officials briefed USUN and UKUN on the UN's assessment of elections in Iraq, as well as on UNAMI-related issues. In general, the UN believes the elections went very well, despite initial concerns regarding the lower turnout. DPA is finalizing the UNAMI report [...] | 2009-02-19 00:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
09USUNNEWYORK158 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting on February 17, Ambassador Rice and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata discussed Security Council Reform, Italy's 2009 G-8 chairmanship, climate change and human rights. On Security Council Reform, Ambassador Terzi hoped that the upcoming inf [...] | 2009-02-19 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IT |
09USUNNEWYORK160 | AMB. WOLFF MEETS WITH UNSCO SERRY ON GAZA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry met with Ambassador Wolff on February 18 to discuss Gaza. Serry was pessimistic on the chances for a durable cease-fire in Gaza given Israel's linking of the cease-fire to Israeli CPL Shalit's release and news [...] | 2009-02-19 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EG |
09USUNNEWYORK161 | A/SYG MULET DISCUSSES ICC CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador DiCarlo met with Assistant Secretary General for the Department of Peace Keeping Operations Edmond Mulet on February 18 to discuss the UN's contingency plans after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues a decision on the request for an arrest warrant against Su [...] | 2009-02-19 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK162 | UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MOVING ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus has submitted a report to the Iran Sanctions Committee detailing the results of a more complete inspection of the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged vessel found transferring Iranian arms-related materiel in violation of Security Council sanctions on Iran. The letter says [...] | 2009-02-19 23:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
09USUNNEWYORK163 | GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON BURMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Special Advisor Gambari outlined the main challenges to progress in Burma, including a fundamental division of the international community on the issue. He reviewed his goals for his recent visit and added that for different reas [...] | 2009-02-20 01:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK167 | BIH ACTION REQUEST: PERMREP SEEKS U.S. HELP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In a brief introductory call with Ambassador Rice, incoming Bosnia and Herzegovina PermRep Ivan Barbalic said his immediate focus is on preparing his mission to take on the extra workload that will come with Bosnia's likely Security Council membership in 2010-20 [...] | 2009-02-22 18:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK168 | MADAGASCAR PERMREP'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy of Madagascar paid an introductory call on Ambassador Rice on February 19. He offered no details on the ongoing political crisis in Madagascar but expressed a general hope that parties to the dispute could reach a compromise solution that "respected le [...] | 2009-02-23 15:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MA |
09USUNNEWYORK170 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Rice, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay said of the Durban Review Conference, that although she was disappointed with the addition of unhelpful text in the draft outcome document and the politicized language used by some [...] | 2009-02-24 19:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK18 | GEORGIA/RUSSIA: GERMANS PROMOTE REVISED UNOMIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German Mission to the UN is advocating a beefed-up mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when the current mandate expires on February 15, 2009. Germany hopes Security Council members will corner Russia into agreeing to extend authorization for a military ob [...] | 2009-01-12 23:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK180 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: At its February 20 meeting, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Management Committee discussed the future STL Prosecutor's request for a change in the terms of his employment, to the equivalent compensation of a judge, to compensate for a decrease in his net earnings when he mo [...] | 2009-02-27 01:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PTER LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK182 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...] | 2009-02-27 02:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO |
09USUNNEWYORK183 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CANADIAN PERMREP MCNEE [...] (C) Summary. During an introductory meeting on February 18, Canadian PermRep McNee reviewed Canada's priorities with Ambassador Rice, including strengthening the UN mission in Afghanistan, ensuring UN responsiveness to peacekeeping operations' needs, and Security Council reform. He noted tha [...] | 2009-02-27 02:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CA |
09USUNNEWYORK185 | 1267 COMMITTEE LAUNCHES WORK ON MAJOR NEW TASKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council's 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions) has recently begun two workload-intensive tasks mandated in resolution 1822 (2008) to address deficiencies in the fairness and clarity of the Committee's procedures. The first task directed the Committee to compl [...] | 2009-02-27 10:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK186 | IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE WRITES TO CYPRUS, LOOKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee (Japanese UN Perm Rep Takasu) has delivered to the Cypriot Perm Rep a letter from the Iran Sanctions Committee about the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged vessel that was transferring Iranian arms-related materiel i [...] | 2009-02-27 10:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
09USUNNEWYORK189 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...] | 2009-02-27 16:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI UN |
09USUNNEWYORK192 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SRI LANKA PR PALIHAKKARA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 26 meeting with Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara, Ambassador Rice urged his government to grant NGOs and USAID complete and full access to civilians in IDP camps. Palihakkara acknowledged that "there had been a problem," and said the visit of UN U/SYG for Humanitarian [...] | 2009-02-27 18:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNHCR |
09USUNNEWYORK196 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...] | 2009-02-27 23:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO |
09USUNNEWYORK197 | DPRK: RUSSIA AND JAPAN CONSIDER MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Wolff, Russian Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov and Japanese Perm Rep Takasu offered different approaches to responding to a possible Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch. Dolgov said that Moscow had sought to discourage the DPRK from this [...] | 2009-02-27 23:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK201 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...] | 2009-03-02 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI EU UN |
09USUNNEWYORK202 | AMBASSADOR RICE AND UN DPKO USG LE ROY DISCUSS [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping USG Le Roy told Ambassador Rice on February 26 that India planned to withdraw its troops from MONUC. He asked for U.S. assistance in encouraging DRC President Kabila to support Indian troops, to help ave [...] | 2009-03-03 01:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN SU XA AF |
09USUNNEWYORK206 | GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] SUMMARY. (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told Ambassador Rice and Ambassador Wolff on February 26, that her current priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE were to find a consensus approach for engaging on Russia's proposals for a new European security architecture and to get [...] | 2009-03-04 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UNSC RS GG TU CY GR |
09USUNNEWYORK207 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (C) During a March 4 introductory meeting, Iraqi PR Hamid al-Bayati told Ambassador Rice that Iraq was eager for a "long-term strategic relationship with the U.S." He expressed his willingness to serve as an intermediary with the UN,s group of Arab Ambassadors, and also offered to help assist [...] | 2009-03-04 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK208 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...] | 2009-03-04 22:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV |
09USUNNEWYORK211 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Sha Zukang reviewed his department's development priorities during a March 2 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, focusing on a nine-page customized report reviewing DESA's cooperation with USG agencies and proposing areas for [...] | 2009-03-04 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KGHG SENV UN CH |
09USUNNEWYORK219 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SAUDI ARABIAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: During their introductory meeting on March 3, Ambassador Rice and Saudi PermRep Khalid Al-Nafisee discussed Saudi Arabia's progress on the Interfaith Dialogue, the Lebanon Tribunal and Gaza, recognition of Kosovo, and relations with Iraq and Iran. Al-Nafisee was keen to emphasiz [...] | 2009-03-05 22:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XF ZP |
09USUNNEWYORK222 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS MOROCCAN PERMREP LOULICHKI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and Moroccan PermRep Mohammed Loulichki on March 5 held their introductory meeting and discussed the Western Sahara, Human Rights Council, and Durban Review Conference. Loulichki spoke at length about human rights, insisting that the inclusion of human rights lan [...] | 2009-03-09 15:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XI XF KPAL WI MARR |
09USUNNEWYORK224 | ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BASHIR AND AID TO [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani began his March 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice by raising the International Criminal Court's (ICC) March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir. He reiterated the AL's position that the indictment is not a positive st [...] | 2009-03-09 18:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SU |
09USUNNEWYORK228 | P-5 MEET WITH UN SYG BAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, UK Perm Rep Sawers hosted a P-5 lunch with Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to discuss Sudan, the DPRK, DRC, Somalia and the Middle East. Prior to the arrival of SYG Ban and U/SYG Pascoe, P-5 ambassadors and [...] | 2009-03-10 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK236 | 1267: INDIA EAGER TO MOVE ON PAKISTAN-RELATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Mission of India shared with USUN a list of individuals whom India intends to propose for designation to the 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban sanctions). These individuals are reportedly linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group and the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. [...] | 2009-03-10 23:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK243 | IRAN COMMITTEE LETTERS DELIVERED (WITH DIFFICULTY) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee has approved letters to Iran and Syria regarding the transfer of arms-related materiel on the Cypriot-flagged ship Monchegorsk. The letters state clearly that this transfer was in violation of Security Council resolution 1747 an [...] | 2009-03-11 09:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
09USUNNEWYORK247 | PACIFIC ISLAND PERMREPS LAY OUT CONCERNS ON STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Rice's March 5 hosted lunch for her counterparts from 11 UN member states representing Pacific island nations, the islanders expressed optimism for the new U.S. Administration after feeling drift in recent years. They called for enhanced partnership with the U.S. w [...] | 2009-03-11 18:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SENV KGHG AORC UNGA EAID XV |
09USUNNEWYORK248 | UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Director for Asia and the Middle East Division Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber briefed the Security Council in consultations on the Secretary-General's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Both emphasized that the most [...] | 2009-03-11 21:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK254 | DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE HEARS CONCERNS OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, the newly-appointed Group of Experts (GOE) briefed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee on its plan for monitoring implementation of the DRC sanctions measures. The GOE highlighted its concern over regional non-cooperation with the sancti [...] | 2009-03-13 13:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO |
09USUNNEWYORK257 | GEORGIA: PERMREP SEEKS US VIEWS ON FUTURE OF UNOMIG [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Permrep Alexander Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on March 12 that Georgia would like to see the UN presence in Georgia/Abkhazia continue. It should include a peacekeeping force to patrol a demilitarized zone, an executive policing component, and a concrete mechanism for [...] | 2009-03-13 18:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK26 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS:AUSTRIANS PLAN CAUTIOUS START TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts responsible for managing Austria's chairmanship of the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee plan to focus the committee on outstanding tasks leftover from 2008 and not immediately introduce any new initiatives. Noting Austria's role as a "defender of human rights," the [...] | 2009-01-15 23:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK262 | P-3 MEET TO DISCUSS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, French Perm Rep Ripert hosted a P-3 meeting with UK Ambassador Pierce and U.S. Ambassador DiCarlo to discuss future Council action regarding the humanitarian situation in Sudan. The P-3 agreed to request an additional briefing from the UN Office for the Coordinatio [...] | 2009-03-16 19:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK269 | AMBASSADOR RICE URGES UGANDAN PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) Summary: On March 16, Ambassador Rice spoke by phone with Ugandan President Museveni to urge him to speak with Sudanese President Bashir concerning the recent expulsion of 13 NGOs from Darfur. Rice said that, even if Uganda's position on the ICC indictment of Bashir differed from the U. [...] | 2009-03-17 14:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK272 | P-3 PERM REPS DISCUSS UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 17 meeting called by Ambassador Rice, UK Perm Rep Sawers and French Deputy Perm Rep LaCroix discussed the humanitarian situation in Sudan created by the Sudanese decision to expel humanitarian NGOs. The group agreed to seek a second briefing from the UN Office of the [...] | 2009-03-18 00:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK280 | AMBASSADOR RICE PRESSES BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 17, Ambassador Rice spoke by phone with Burkina Faso President Compaore to urge him to speak with Sudanese President Bashir concerning the recent expulsion of 13 NGOs from Darfur. Rice also discussed seeking a Security Council resolution in the event Bashir did not rev [...] | 2009-03-18 23:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK282 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL MEETING WITH LIBYAN PR [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met March 18 with Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of March. Shalgham informed Ambassador Rice that Colonel Qadafi plans to visit New York the week [...] | 2009-03-19 11:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU LY PREF UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK286 | SOMALIA/1267: UN OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nick Pyle, Special Adviser to Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, discussed a sanctions delisting request and political developments in Somalia with USUN on March 17. He described President Sharif as tolerating, but not embra [...] | 2009-03-19 19:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO SO MARR ETTC |
09USUNNEWYORK291 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SRSG KAI EIDE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Rice, SRSG and head of UNAMA Kai Eide emphasized the importance of building the capacity of the government and people of Afghanistan. Eide said few countries with active programs in Afghanistan have a national perspective. Instead, they are [...] | 2009-03-20 19:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK303 | SOMALIA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL: "BACK FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council Members largely sidestepped the much-discussed issue of a UNPKO and instead pledged support for Somalia's new unity government in a March 20 Council debate on Somalia. Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ould-Abdallah and Somali Transitional Fe [...] | 2009-03-24 19:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC ER SO |
09USUNNEWYORK305 | MONCHEGORSK: IRAN/SYRIA REBUFF SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran and Syria effectively rebuffed a request from the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee for information regarding a vessel found carrying Iranian arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions. Syria answered with an anti-Israel screed that implicitly acknowledged its [...] | 2009-03-24 21:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
09USUNNEWYORK306 | (C) ICC’S OCAMPO ON SUDAN: GO AFTER BASHIR’S MONEY [...] (C) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Ambassadors Rice and Wolff on March 20 that Sudanese President Bashir needed to be isolated. Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at possibly $9 billion),it would change Sudanese public opi [...] | 2009-03-24 22:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SU XW |
09USUNNEWYORK321 | SOMALIA: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the UN Security Council's Somalia Sanctions Committee discussed with the new Monitoring Group (MG) recent changes to the MG's mandate to monitor sanctions in Somalia, including tasks assigned to implement a new targeted sanctions regime authorized by UNSCR 1844. The [...] | 2009-03-27 14:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC MARR KPKO ETTC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK323 | MEETING WITH UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS ON KHMER [...] (SBU) On March 26, Legoffs met with U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and U.N. Senior Officer Huw Llewellyn and delivered the points contained in Reftel. 2. (C) Taksoe-Jensen reported on the status of the negotiations on the anti-corruption mechanism fo [...] | 2009-03-27 18:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB |
09USUNNEWYORK325 | UNSC REFORM: CHINA NOT READY FOR P-5 MINISTERIAL [...] (C) UK Deputy Perm Rep Pierce hosted a P-5 meeting to discuss whether a statement could be released following the planned P-5 Foreign Ministers' discussion in London on Security Council expansion. She asked if other P-5 members could agree with the idea of issuing a statement on the subject [...] | 2009-03-27 21:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC CH FR UK RS IT |
09USUNNEWYORK327 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND EXPERTS GROUP DISCUSSES SHORT [...] (C) Summary: The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Secretariat offered Advisory Board members an overview of the "short list" of third round project applications during a March 25 meeting of the Board's experts group, explaining that the sole project in Venezuela was not included in the short list bec [...] | 2009-03-27 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK33 | UN REPORT TO TACKLE EARLY RECOVERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With a June deadline set by the Security Council approaching a report on strengthening the UN's response to immediate post-conflict situations, the UN Secretariat is now soliciting views from member states and within the UN on the following themes: 1) how to better incorporate [...] | 2009-01-20 23:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UN KPKO |
09USUNNEWYORK339 | UN ON DEFENDING AUTHORITIES OF THE TRIPARTITE CORE [...] (C) On March 30 PolCouns met with Tamrat Samuel, head of the UN's Asia and Pacific Division, and made reftel points about the Burmese government imposing restrictions on the authorities of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG). Samuel was grateful for our update of the situation and appreciative of [...] | 2009-03-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD BM |
09USUNNEWYORK340 | UN/OCHA DEMARCHE REQUEST - NEXT STEPS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) On March 31, Ambassador DiCarlo raised reftel points with U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, after speaking over the weekend with A/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg. Regarding the proposed Secretary-General,s statement on Sri Lanka, Holmes said the UN is working on a [...] | 2009-03-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
09USUNNEWYORK344 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice on March 31 met with Akio Shirota, Japan's Ambassador to Iran, to hear Japan's assessment of U.S. outreach to Iran and Shirota's analysis of Iran's internal political situation. Shirota said President Obama's Nowruz message to the Iranians on March 19 gave Irania [...] | 2009-04-02 00:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR JA UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK347 | USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 19:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK349 | USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS [...] (C) On April 1, Ambassador Rice met with Foreign Minister Deng Alor and a delegation from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and discussed CPA implementation, the Darfur peace process, the International Criminal Court indictment of President Bashir, expulsions of NGOs from Darfur, a [...] | 2009-04-03 12:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK354 | AMB. RICE MEETS WITH BOTSWANA PERM. REP. TO THE UN [...] (C) Summary - In an April 02 meeting between Ambassador Rice and Botswana's Ambassador to the UN Charles T. Ntwaagae, Ambassador Rice expressed her appreciation for Botswana's friendship and leadership in Southern Africa, and inquired about recent political developments in both South Africa and [...] | 2009-04-06 15:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK355 | DPRK: SECURITY COUNCIL, KEY PLAYERS RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 5 bilateral meeting, Amb. Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that in response to the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch the United States will seek a Security Council resolution that includes real consequences for the DPRK's actions. She [...] | 2009-04-06 17:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK36 | GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR DICARLO ON BURMA [...] (C) In a 20 January meeting, Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador DiCarlo that Secretary-General Ban is considering travel to Burma after the ASEAN Summit. Gambari said he is being sent to Burma 31 January - 3 February to "get everybody's bottom line and to see what, if anything, is [...] | 2009-01-22 00:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK361 | BOLIVIAN CHARGE PLEDGES DIALOGUE, PUSHES "MOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently arrived Bolivian Charge d'Affaires Pablo Solon Romero paid a courtesy call April 6 on Ambassador Wolff, agreeing to pursue an open and constructive dialogue with USUN on issues of concern and avoiding the temptation to use the UN as a propaganda pulpit. Ambassador Wolff [...] | 2009-04-07 20:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV SNAR UN BL |
09USUNNEWYORK362 | RUSSIANS PROPOSE MINISTERIAL-LEVEL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (U) This contains an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Russian PermRep Churkin told Ambassador Rice on April 6 that Russia would like to hold a ministerial-level Security Council meeting on the Middle East during its Council presidency in May. Churkin said Russian FM Lavrov will be in [...] | 2009-04-07 23:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC RU |
09USUNNEWYORK363 | ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING IRAQ-RELATED ISSUES AT [...] (C) On April 6, Iraqi PR Bayati met with Ambassador DiCarlo to ask for U.S. assistance to lift Iraq,s remaining Security Council obligations. Noting the scheduled April 16 Security Council briefing by Gennady Tarasov (the UN,s high-level envoy for Kuwaiti missing persons and the missing Kuwai [...] | 2009-04-07 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK364 | UN PREVIEWS SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING REPORT [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Raisedon Zenenga, head of the Africa Division of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),told USUN on March 31 that DPKO, the Department of Political Affairs (DPA),and the Department of Field Support (DFS) had agre [...] | 2009-04-07 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR MOPS UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK366 | UGANDA MAY TAKE LEAD ON COUP PRST [...] (C) Summary. USUN delivered reftel demarche to the missions of Libya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and the African Union (AU). Uganda expressed interest in taking the lead in drafting a Council statement on recent coups in Africa, and is currently reaching out to the Libyans and the Burkinabe to ga [...] | 2009-04-08 10:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC XA UV LY UG |
09USUNNEWYORK369 | ERITREA IN THE UNSC: NO CONSENSUS FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a brief Security Council session on April 7, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe described developments in the ongoing border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti. Council members voiced unanimous support for the Secretary-General's good offices efforts bu [...] | 2009-04-08 21:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC ER DJ |
09USUNNEWYORK373 | THAI PERMREP DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Thai PermRep Pramudwinai urged intensified engagement with the Burmese regime and said the regime is awaiting the outcome of the U.S. policy review of Burma. He said Burma would be more comfortable with the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) [...] | 2009-04-08 22:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BU |
09USUNNEWYORK379 | AMB. RICE MEETS NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store discussed U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and his hope to work closely with the U.S. on the Human Rights Council. He also pushed for greater strategic coordination of development assistance and offered [...] | 2009-04-10 01:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC NATO AF NO |
09USUNNEWYORK380 | AMB. RICE MEETS AU PERM REP [...] (C) In an April 9 courtesy call, Amb. Rice discussed a range of security and political issues with Amb. Lila Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN. Amb. Rice advised against the planned May visit of a high-level AU delegation to Washington and New York to disc [...] | 2009-04-10 01:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SO SU |
09USUNNEWYORK382 | DPRK: RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE STATE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Ito Shintaro, the Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Yukio Takasu, Japan's Permanent Representative to the UN, April 9 to discuss the status of the Security Council's reaction to the DPRK's missile launch. Ito shared the Japanese government's view [...] | 2009-04-10 01:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREF PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK384 | GEORGIA: USUN DELIVERS USG PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Ref A instructions, Deputy PolCouns and Poloff shared the USG preliminary response to the UN Non-Paper on the future UN presence in Georgia (Ref B) with DPKO Director for Europe and Latin America, David Harland. Harland acknowledged U.S. views on the dimensions of the propose [...] | 2009-04-10 12:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK385 | GEORGIA: EUSR PIERRE MOREL BRIEFS USUN ON GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUSR for Georgia Pierre Morel told Ambassador DiCarlo on April 3 he thought the UN needed a "substantial" mandate in Abkhazia, with symmetrical security zones on both sides of the administrative boundary of Abkhazia. Morel thought Georgia SRSG Verbeke would complete his report by [...] | 2009-04-10 13:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK393 | AMBASSADOR RICE SPEAKS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via telephone on April 10 to urge the appointment of a special envoy for Sri Lanka given the growing risks to civilians caught between the government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LT [...] | 2009-04-13 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID PHUM PREF PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK396 | AMB RICE MEETS WITH HAITIAN PM PIERRE LOUIS [...] (C) Summary. Haitian Prime Minister Pierre Louis said prospects for the upcoming donor conference "look good," during her April 13 meeting with Ambassador Rice. Pierre Louis pressed for U.S. support in Haiti's fight against illicit drugs and said that she expects a low turnout but no trouble [...] | 2009-04-14 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV HA |
09USUNNEWYORK401 | DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REVIEWS DESIGNATION PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the DPRK Sanctions Committee considered the Security Council's request that the Committee "adjust" sanctions measures through the designation of goods and entities in response to the DPRK's recent missile launch. Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin noted that the Council requested [...] | 2009-04-16 14:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK407 | DPRK: U.S. EXPERTS MAKE CASE FOR SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, visiting U.S. experts briefed the DPRK Sanctions Committee on the U.S. proposal to designate new entities and goods for sanctions. The experts made a detailed and compelling case for why the U.S.-proposed items met the designation criteria in UNSCR 1718 and were an a [...] | 2009-04-21 15:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK408 | UN/DPA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON FIJI SITUATION [...] (C) UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council on April 20 on the deteriorating democratic situation in Fiji. He began by reminding members that the Security Council had issued a press statement in December 2006 after the coup in Fiji, urging a restoration [...] | 2009-04-21 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM UNSC FJ |
09USUNNEWYORK409 | UNSC REFORM: P-3 DISCUSS FRENCH-UK INTERMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The UK and France formally raised with the United States their "intermediate option" initiative for Security Council expansion in an April 16 meeting of P-3 Perm Reps and IO Assistant Secretary-equivalents. Ambassador Rice emphasized the Administration's preference to articulate [...] | 2009-04-21 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK411 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EU HIGH REP JAVIER [...] (C) SUMMARY. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana told Ambassador Rice on April 16 he thought Tehran would respond publicly to the April 8 P5 1 offer on engagement before entering into a discussion with the P5 1 about the possibility and modalities of a m [...] | 2009-04-22 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC EUN |
09USUNNEWYORK412 | DPRK: RUSSIA/CHINA LACK FULL INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee was largely unable to discuss proposals for new designations because some key delegations (namely, Russia and China) lacked complete instructions from their capitals. The Russian delegate supported one element of the [...] | 2009-04-22 20:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KN PHUM ETTC MCAP |
09USUNNEWYORK413 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH JOHN HOLMES [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew met with Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes in New York. Lew and Holmes discussed a wide range of humanitarian concerns including Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The meeting als [...] | 2009-04-22 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM UNAUS AF IZ PK SU CE |
09USUNNEWYORK414 | HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF DONORS ON THE HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary - Meeting in New York April 16 to address the increasingly complex operating environment for aid agencies in Sudan, 17 donors from North America, Europe and Asia gave their general support to the UN Track III approach outlined in the document "Towards a more predictable, accountable [...] | 2009-04-22 22:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM PREL UN SU |
09USUNNEWYORK416 | DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MAKES MINIMAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee made some minimal progress in considering new sanctions designations, as was requested by the Security Council on April 13 after the DPRK missile launch. The Committee is nearing consensus on updating the Missile Tec [...] | 2009-04-23 13:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KN PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP |
09USUNNEWYORK417 | UN/CYPRUS: TURKISH PERMREP OFFERS TO ADVANCE DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Baki Ilkin has proposed advancing the date of the adoption of a rollover of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to the end of May in order to avoid having the adoption fall during Turkey's June Security Council presidency. Ilkin told Ambassa [...] | 2009-04-23 14:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY TU |
09USUNNEWYORK421 | UNSC: RUSSIANS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR [...] (C) Ambassadors Rice and Wolff met bilaterally with Russian Perm Rep Churkin and Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov on April 23. Ambassador Churkin confirmed that his government plans to send out invitations April 24 to its proposed May 11 Council ministerial meeting on the Middle East. He said only U [...] | 2009-04-23 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS RS |
09USUNNEWYORK422 | DPRK: CHINA YIELDS ON U.S. SANCTIONS PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Perm Rep Zhang told Amb. Rice on April 23 that China could support U.S. proposals in the DPRK Sanctions Committee to update a technical annex of banned goods and to designate three high-value entities. He said this decision, which he portrayed a major concession from Chin [...] | 2009-04-23 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK423 | GEORGIA: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze outlined for Ambassadors Rice and DiCarlo the elements Georgia would like to see in a new UN mandate. He acknowledged that the eventual mandate would be something less robust that the Georgian proposed elements, but suggested that it was import [...] | 2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK425 | AMB. RICE TALKS AFRICA WITH FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice discussed a range of African issues with Bruno Joubert, French President Sarkozy's chief diplomatic advisor on Africa, in a meeting on April 16. Joubert said that the international community should continue to support Qatar-brokered peace talks on Darfur for a few [...] | 2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UNSC KPKO SO SU ER DJ |
09USUNNEWYORK426 | DPRK: RUSSIA/CHINA PRESSED ON DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate phone calls on April 21, Amb. Rice told her Chinese and Russian counterparts that the United States expected the DPRK Sanctions Committee to approve a "serious, credible" package of new designations by the April 24 deadline requested by the Security Council. Russian Pe [...] | 2009-04-24 00:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK429 | VIEWS FROM SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador to Iran, Livia Leu, shared with Ambassador Wolff her views on the fate of two U.S. citizens in Iran, Iran's position in the UN, its upcoming elections in June, and her assessment on how best to approach the issue of rapprochement. Leu judged that Iran's position [...] | 2009-04-24 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR UNSC SZ |
09USUNNEWYORK43 | U/SYG LE ROY DISCUSSES ICC INDICTMENT WITH P-3 [...] (C) Summary: U/SYG Le Roy met with UK-France-U.S. (P-3) ambassadors on January 21 to discuss the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pending decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir. The P-3 ambassadors confirmed that their countries' positions on Article 16 ha [...] | 2009-01-23 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK |
09USUNNEWYORK430 | A/S BRIMMER MEETS WITH USYG FOR FIELD SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Brimmer paid a courtesy call on UN Undersecretary-General Susana Malcorra, head of the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS) on April 16. Malcorra briefed on difficulties faced by UN operations, ongoing efforts on reform, and the importance of U.S. support. [...] | 2009-04-24 15:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MARR MASS SO |
09USUNNEWYORK433 | UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK [...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...] | 2009-04-24 22:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR |
09USUNNEWYORK434 | UNSC DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA AND RENEWAL OF [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 22 held closed consultations on the question of Western Sahara and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeepin [...] | 2009-04-24 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL WI MO UNSC XI |
09USUNNEWYORK435 | GEORGIA: QUAD AMBASSADORS DELIVER NON-PAPER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps of the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (Quad) delivered Ref A non-paper to U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and SRSG for Georgia Johan Verbeke on April 24. The Ambassadors argued for robust and ambitious recommendation [...] | 2009-04-27 14:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC GG |
09USUNNEWYORK436 | CYPRUS: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cyprus Permrep Minas Hadjimichael urged Ambassador Rice to use U.S. leverage with Turkey to get Ankara to give Turkish Cypriot leader Talat negotiating room to reach a Cyprus settlement. Hadjimichael said he also hoped Turkey as UNSC President would agree to move the adoption of [...] | 2009-04-27 22:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK441 | DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DESIGNATES GOODS, ENTITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") agreed on April 24 to designate explicitly three high-value entities to be subject to targeted sanctions and to update a technical list of items to be banned from transfer to/from the DPRK. By completing this task, the Committee suc [...] | 2009-04-29 21:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK442 | RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN [...] (C) Adama Dieng, registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Mandiaye Niang met with Ambassador DiCarlo on April 27 to provide their views on the status of the ICTR's completion strategy. After referring to Security Council 1503 (2003) that cal [...] | 2009-04-30 13:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PARM PREF PREL RW |
09USUNNEWYORK447 | SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MEETS UNAMID HEAD [...] SUMMARY: Roldophe Adada, Joint AU/UN Special Representative for Darfur, told the Sudan Sanctions Committee that UNAMID considers the Committee's work to be important in light of the widespread availability of arms in Darfur. He said UNAMID would offer full support to visits by the Sudan Pane [...] | 2009-05-01 15:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
09USUNNEWYORK458 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH UK MINISTER FOR [...] SUMMARY: In an April 27 meeting with Ambassador Rice, the UK Minister for Development Douglas Alexander and UK PR John Sawers expressed concern over the potential for the UN June 1-2 financial crisis conference to disrupt the G-20 international financial architecture reform discussions. Alex [...] | 2009-05-05 19:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PGOV KGHG EFIN ECON EAID |
09USUNNEWYORK460 | AMBASSADOR RICE’S MAY 4 TELCONS WITH UN [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon three times on May 4 to discuss concerns over the Board of Inquiry's report on incidents at UN sites in December 2008 and January 2009. Rice called the Secretary-General to register concern about the scope of the report. She cited in part [...] | 2009-05-05 22:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK466 | UNMIS MANDATE RENEWED [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1870 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) until April 30, 2010. Unanimity on the U.S.-drafted text was achieved after intensive negotiations to arrive at compromise language that implicitly addres [...] | 2009-05-07 00:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK468 | GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon transmitted to the Security Council on May 5 his letter and summary of the Board of Inquiry's conclusions and recommendations into nine incidents involving the UN in Gaza between December 2008 and January 2009. The Security Council will discuss in inf [...] | 2009-05-07 15:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK470 | SUBJECT: A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 5 MAY BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 5 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: South Africa,s Ambassador Abdul [...] | 2009-05-07 15:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM NPT |
09USUNNEWYORK472 | AMB. RICE MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOTSWANA [...] (C) Summary - In a May 4 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the former President of Botswana Festus Mogae, Ambassador Rice and President Mogae discussed a range of issues including climate change, recent elections in South Africa, succession plans in Zimbabwe, and the strain of the financial [...] | 2009-05-07 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EAID KGHG KDEM US BC ZU UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK474 | 1267: ITALY REQUESTS U.S. INFO ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Italian UN mission has requested updated information from the United States about five individuals whom Italy proposed for designation in the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee. The 1267 Committee recently sol [...] | 2009-05-08 17:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK482 | UNSC: UN ENVOY SAYS GREAT PROGRESS ON 1559, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council on May 7 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559, particularly on the full opening of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria. Despite great strides in solidifying internal stability and [...] | 2009-05-12 01:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS |
09USUNNEWYORK486 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH DANISH CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Danish Climate Minister Hedegaard sought the Ambassador's views on the likelihood of Congressional adoption of climate change legislation by December, and encouraged USG engagement with China. She also hoped that U.S. leadership would draw out clearer positions from Japan and Ca [...] | 2009-05-12 09:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGHG SENV UN DA |
09USUNNEWYORK489 | SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: LIBYA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Libyan delegation circulated to Council members, after the May 11 Ministerial meeting on the Middle East, a draft resolution pursuing the findings of the Gaza Board of Inquiry and scheduled an experts meeting to discu [...] | 2009-05-12 16:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK490 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH MAURITIUS PR SOMDUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 6, Mauritius Permanent Representative Somduth Soborun told Ambassador Rice that he hoped the US could provide "friendly support" in the Mauritius/UK negotiations over the disposition of the British Indian Ocean Territories (Diego Garcia). Ambassador Rice noted that the O [...] | 2009-05-12 16:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PGOV MARR MP |
09USUNNEWYORK491 | GEORGIA: USUN PRESSES SECRETARIAT ON UNOMIG REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Ambassador DiCarlo reinforced with U/SYG for Political Affairs Pascoe on May 8 and May 11, and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy on May 11, that the U.S. strongly opposes any change to the name of the SYG's Report on the Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia a [...] | 2009-05-12 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK492 | UK: MILIBAND DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Ambassador Rice discussed the Middle East, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on the margins of a May 11 Security Council Ministerial on the Middle East. Miliband was pleased with U.S. support for the Middle East peace process a [...] | 2009-05-13 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UK |
09USUNNEWYORK494 | SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS SRI LANKA WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the UK and French Foreign Ministers hosted a meeting with like-minded Security Council members to discuss the situation in Sri Lanka. OCHA and four NGOs (Caritas, Save the Children, Oxfam and Human Rights Watch) also participated. The Austrian and Costa Rican Foreig [...] | 2009-05-13 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK495 | SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: [...] (C) According to the Russian Council Presidency, the Libyan delegation on May 12 continued to insist that consultations on the Gaza Board of Inquiry report be scheduled by May 13 or they would call for a formal Council meeting under Rule 2 of the Council's rules of procedure. Ambassador Rice [...] | 2009-05-13 01:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK497 | A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 5 AND 7 MAY BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 5 and 7 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: Brazil's Head of Delegation Lui [...] | 2009-05-13 15:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP NPT |
09USUNNEWYORK498 | A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 8 MAY BILATERAL MEETINGS ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 8 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: Austria,s Ambassador Alexander [...] | 2009-05-13 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM NPT |
09USUNNEWYORK500 | SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: [...] (C) The Security Council held short consultations on May 13 on the Secretary-General's transmittal to the Council of his letter and summary of the Gaza Board of Inquiry report and Libya's draft resolution on the matter. The Council agreed to take no further action and asked the Presidency to [...] | 2009-05-13 23:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK502 | SOMALI FM MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR AID TO AMB. RICE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a May 13 meeting, Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Omaar briefed Amb. Rice on the situation in Mogadishu following fighting between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Islamist opposition forces of a [...] | 2009-05-14 17:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO |
09USUNNEWYORK504 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MAY 13 BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Lebanese Perm Rep Nawaf Salam on May 13 for their first bilateral meeting. Ambassador Salam reviewed the electoral playing field in Lebanon ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections. He expressed appreciation for Ambassador Rice's statements in the Council on L [...] | 2009-05-14 20:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KPAL KWBG LE IS |
09USUNNEWYORK505 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NY STATE GOVERNOR PATERSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of the UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon, Ambassador Rice arranged a meeting between the SYG and NY State Governor David Paterson to solicit cooperation from the State on security issues pertaining to the UN's Capital Master Plan (CMP). Both the SYG and Governor [...] | 2009-05-14 20:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ASEC AMGT UN |
09USUNNEWYORK507 | TURKISH PR ILKIN RAISES IRAQ, CYPRUS WITH [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Turkish PR Ilkin met with Ambassador Rice on May 13 to discuss Turkey,s Presidency of the Security Council in June. Ilkin said his Foreign Minister would like to chair the quarterly debate on Iraq/UNAMI, tentatively scheduled for June 18. Ambassador Rice said [...] | 2009-05-14 21:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK51 | GEORGIA: UN DPKO SHARES DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As reported Reftel, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) favors a revised interim monitoring mission in Georgia to replace the existing UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). DPKO shared with USUN a draft of the Secretary-General's (SYG) "observations" to be incl [...] | 2009-01-27 01:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK514 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE VFM HE YAFEI [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial meeting on May 14, Ambassador Rice and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei agreed to work together to maximize commonalties and minimize disagreements on UN issues. The two also agreed to increase cooperation on African issues. He Yafei said the North Korean [...] | 2009-05-18 18:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH |
09USUNNEWYORK518 | EU INITIATIVE TO ENLIST US SUPPORT REGARDING [...] (U) As a follow up to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 Members (US, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada),the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting on May 1 [...] | 2009-05-19 13:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK519 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo met on Monday, May 18 with International Criminal Court (ICC) President Sang-Hyun Song. They discussed African countries' views of the ICC in light of the indictment of Sudan President Bashir as well as President Song's strong interest in e [...] | 2009-05-19 21:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KAWC PREL SU XA XW |
09USUNNEWYORK520 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHILEAN PR MUNOZ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNGA EFIN CI |
09USUNNEWYORK521 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BOTSWANA FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, Botswana FM Mompati Merafhe told Ambassador Rice that Botswana would balance support for Zimbabwean social ministries controlled by the MDC and revitalization of the economy with the necessity of continuing to deny access to foreign credit to ZANU-PF leaders. To this [...] | 2009-05-19 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA SOCI KHIV ETRD ELAB BC ZI MA |
09USUNNEWYORK522 | NPT, CTBT, FMCT DISCUSSED AT P-5 LUNCH IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Anatoly Antonov, Director for Arms Control, Russian MFA, hosted Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller (also U.S. Head of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) delegation meeting in New York) and other P-5 NPT PrepCom Delegati [...] | 2009-05-20 14:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK528 | PAKISTAN MISSION COMPLAINS ABOUT UN ROLE IN [...] (C) The Pakistani Mission to the UN has demarched the UK, French and U.S. Missions regarding Pakistan,s concern over a potential UN role in the Bangladesh war crimes process. Pakistan requests that all three countries jointly demarche Bangladesh asking for the government to refrain from "press [...] | 2009-05-22 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BG |
09USUNNEWYORK53 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ZHANG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 19:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC CH |
09USUNNEWYORK530 | UNSC CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST; BEGINS WORK ON [...] (C) Begin Summary. The Security Council roundly condemned North Korea's nuclear test in brief consultations following a P5 plus South Korea and Japan discussion, in which all delegations but China were prepared to agree to a formal Council press statement. The P5 2 ultimately agreed to eleme [...] | 2009-05-26 00:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP UNSC KN |
09USUNNEWYORK534 | AMBASSADOR RICE PUSHES UN TO IMPROVE HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice contacted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark to register major concerns over the UN's insufficient capacity to manage humanitarian coordination re [...] | 2009-05-27 15:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM UN PTER PREF PK |
09USUNNEWYORK54 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, just back from a brief visit to Gaza, told Ambassador Rice Jan. 26 it will take a lot of time and money to repair the war's damage, but lamented there is no political basis on which to build and said he fears donors w [...] | 2009-01-27 19:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS |
09USUNNEWYORK545 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on May 28 met with UN Secretary-General Ban ki Moon to discuss a range of subjects, including the humanitarian situation in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, particularly regarding how the UN can and should deal with the destabilizing effects of large numbers of internally d [...] | 2009-06-01 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE KN PK CF UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK546 | U.S. INAUGURATES WORKING GROUP OF THE UNSC 1540 [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation on May 27 chaired the first meeting of the 1540 Committee working group on transparency and media outreach. The meeting represented the implementation of the working-group structure promoted by the USG as part of the Committee's eighth Program of Work to stre [...] | 2009-06-01 19:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK554 | GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MISSION REFUSES TO ENGAGE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. At a meeting of French, German, U.K., U.S., Russian and Croatian PRs/DPRs on June 2, Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin refused to engage on a German draft resolution to extend the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Churkin said he had received emphatic i [...] | 2009-06-02 22:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK56 | SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke by phone on January 28 with the Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, who departs today for a trip to Burma. During the brief, friendly call, Gambari told Ambassador Rice that he is hopeful but not certain he will have meetings with senior mi [...] | 2009-01-29 02:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK560 | CROATIA: PRIME MINISTER SANADER DISCUSSES EU, ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader told Ambassador Rice on June 1 he is hoping for a positive assessment of Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, when Brammertz reports to the Secu [...] | 2009-06-04 01:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC HR |
09USUNNEWYORK562 | FOLLOW UP ON G-7 INITIATIVE ON REGULAR AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2009, the Canadian Mission hosted a follow up meeting of the G7 at the level of Fifth Committee experts to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 [...] | 2009-06-04 14:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK564 | A/S BRIMMER'S MEETINGS AT THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer traveled to New York on May 27 for a series of meetings with United Nations officials. Department of Management Under Secretary General Angela Kane told A/S Brimmer that the United Nations is enthusias [...] | 2009-06-04 19:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UNAUS UNDP |
09USUNNEWYORK57 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH FRENCH PREMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice paid an initial call on French PermRep Ripert on January 26. Ambassador Rice reviewed her priorities and sought Ripert's views. Ripert offered his views on the state of the UN, the importance of progress on Security Council reform, engaging the Secretary General [...] | 2009-01-29 02:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV FR |
09USUNNEWYORK570 | GEORGIA: RUSSIA INSISTS ON NEW 'POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Permrep Churkin continued to resist substantive negotiations, on June 5, on a draft resolution to extend UNOMIG beyond June 15. Churkin insisted that Western partners needed to present a draft resolution within Moscow's preferred "political framework" before he would engag [...] | 2009-06-06 01:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK574 | MUSLIM AMBASSADORS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on June 4 hosted 28 Ambassadors from Muslim-majority countries at her residence to view President Obama's speech in Cairo a few hours earlier and discuss it. There was uniform praise for the President's sincerity and honesty, and most judged the speech a watershed [...] | 2009-06-08 23:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS UN EG |
09USUNNEWYORK58 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S CALL ON RUSSIAN PERMREP VITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging and warm introductory meeting, Ambassador Rice and Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin discussed U.S. and Russian priorities for the UN, including Georgia, Zimbabwe, Burma, climate change, and the crisis in the Middle East. On Georgia, Rice conveyed the U.S. prefer [...] | 2009-01-29 02:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA RS |
09USUNNEWYORK580 | GEORGIA: MARGINAL PROGRESS ON UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin acknowledged to France, Germany, U.K., U.S., and Croatia Permreps on June 9 that Russian forces would be subject to any security regime that would serve as the basis for a revised UNOMIG mandate. Churkin also said Russia would n [...] | 2009-06-10 14:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK583 | GEORGIA: RUSSIA AND WESTERN FRIENDS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref A and B instructions, USUN has maintained close unity with the Quad in negotiations over extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). At a June 10 negotiating session among Croatia, France, Germany, Russia, U.K., and U.S. Per [...] | 2009-06-11 02:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK589 | AMBASSADORS DENNIS ROSS AND SUSAN RICE DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Rice and Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia Ambassador Dennis Ross on June 9 met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to explain key elements of U.S. diplomatic outreach to Iran and to hear Ban's assessment. Ambassador Ross explained that President Obama in various fora [...] | 2009-06-13 00:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZP IR IS UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK59 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UNRWA [...] (C) Summary: Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),met Ambassador Rice prior to AbuZayd's Jan. 27 appearance before the Security Council and described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as very bad. She stated th [...] | 2009-01-29 14:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS |
09USUNNEWYORK590 | UNSC: IGAD DELEGATION SHOWS CRACKS IN PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) met with Amb. Rice on June 10 to press for UNSC implementation of sanctions against Eritrea as called for by recent communiques of IGAD and the African Union (AU). The delegation, led by Ethiopian State Minis [...] | 2009-06-13 00:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC XA ER SO |
09USUNNEWYORK592 | DPRK: COUNCIL VOTES TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 12, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the May 25 nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and impose new sanctions. All Council members delivered statements that were generally supportive of the text and condemned t [...] | 2009-06-13 02:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK594 | P3 MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON BURMA [...] (C) UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the P3 on June 12 that the Secretary-General is "very conflicted" regarding a potential visit to Burma. The Secretary-General continues to believe that an eventual visit would be useful, although the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi has obviously [...] | 2009-06-13 02:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK595 | GEORGIA: RUSSIAN VETO FORCES EXPIRATION OF UNOMIG [...] (C) The Russian Federation vetoed a two-week technical rollover of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on June 15, 2009, after several attempts by the Quad to reach compromise with Russia on the terms of a substantive resolution. Per Reftel instructions, USUN had consulted [...] | 2009-06-16 02:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK602 | DPRK: U.S./JAPAN SHARE THOUGHTS ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that the United States is now focused on implementing the new sanctions imposed on the DPRK in resolution 1874. She explained that in the highly-likely event of a future DPRK provocation, Washington would prefer not to engage in a tit [...] | 2009-06-18 11:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK61 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY CZECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice discussed ways to strengthen EU - U.S. cooperation in the UN context with Czech Permrep Ambassador Martin Palous January 28, including institutionalizing both high-level and working level contacts, in order to promote agreement on issues of common concern. Amba [...] | 2009-01-29 14:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM ECON PARM UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK618 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S JUNE 22 MEETING WITH TERJE [...] (C) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen told Ambassador Rice on June 22 that the June 7 Lebanese Parliamentary elections had been "good news" and described three possible regional scenarios going forward in order of probability: (1) business as usual, (2) a regional war started by Hizballah involving [...] | 2009-06-25 02:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LE SY IR SA VT |
09USUNNEWYORK620 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE FM YANG [...] (C) Summary. During a June 24 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Yang commented on the excellent U.S.-China working relationship including at the UN and praised the smooth transition of the Obama administration. Yang agreed on the need to build positive, cooperative, comprehensive relations for t [...] | 2009-06-25 11:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC IZ KN SU |
09USUNNEWYORK622 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH UNHCHR PILLAY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 18:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KUNR KWBG SU CE SF QA IN XF |
09USUNNEWYORK625 | DPRK: POSSIBLE BURMA-SINGAPORE CONVERSATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese mission may have recently asked the Singaporean mission whether Singapore intends to inspect the Kang Nam, a DPRK vessel suspected of carrying contraband cargo. The Burmese reportedly said they would prefer that a state other than Burma inspect the cargo. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-06-26 00:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK630 | UGANDA SHOPPING FOR HELP ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ugandan Defense Minister Kiyonga told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 24 that Uganda still strongly favors a UNPKO for Somalia and that, in the meantime, AMISOM needs to push the envelope on services provided by a U.S. contractor in Mogadishu to allow more troops, better communication [...] | 2009-06-26 22:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO |
09USUNNEWYORK631 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH NEW HEAD OF CAR MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Ambassador Rice met with the new Secretary-General Special Representative for the Central African Republic Sahle-Work Zewde. Zewde noted that CAR President Bozizie recently told visiting Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe that his primary concern was de [...] | 2009-06-26 22:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CT ZF |
09USUNNEWYORK632 | UNSC CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST; BEGINS WORK ON [...] (C) Begin Summary. The Security Council roundly condemned North Korea's nuclear test in brief consultations following a P5 plus South Korea and Japan discussion, in which all delegations but China were prepared to agree to a formal Council press statement. The P5 2 ultimately agreed to eleme [...] | 2009-06-27 00:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK640 | AMB RICE'S JUNE 29 MEETING WITH CHAIR OF NPT [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Zimbabwean PermRep Chidyausiku on June 29 to discuss his work as chair of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom). Chidyausiku said the U.S. had been very helpful during last month's PrepCom meeting. In response to the Ambassador's question as to what more the U. [...] | 2009-06-30 20:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA |
09USUNNEWYORK641 | ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS: AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (SBU) Turkish PermRep Ilkin and Spanish PermRep Yanez-Barnuevo requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge U.S. backing for the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC). They explained that the initiative for the AOC came from their governme [...] | 2009-06-30 20:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU |
09USUNNEWYORK642 | SRSG EIDE MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) SRSG Kai Eide met briefly with Ambassador Rice on June 29, in advance of his June 30 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMA/Afghanistan. Eide previewed his intervention. First, he will focus on planning for elections while also rejecting the accusation of "foreign interference." (In [...] | 2009-07-01 00:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
09USUNNEWYORK646 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH IDF BG [...] (C) Summary: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Brigadier General Yossi Heymann, who leads the IDF delegation to the UNIFIL monthly tripartite meetings, told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 30 that Iran and Hizballah are the major Israeli concerns when discussing the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Israeli [...] | 2009-07-02 00:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UN IS LE SY IR |
09USUNNEWYORK648 | UN CONVEYS INTENTION TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR SOMALI [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph eight below. 2. (U) Summary: Ambassador DiCarlo and USUN legal advisers met with the UN Legal Counsel, Patricia O'Brien on June 26. O'Brien presented a UN initiative that is intended to boost the capacity of states near Somalia to prosecute an [...] | 2009-07-02 19:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK653 | INDIAN PR PURI'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) India,s newly appointed Permanent Representative to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, met on June 29 with Ambassador Rice. Puri said the U.S.-India bilateral reQtionship had benefited from a ""paradigm shift,"" and he said his clear instructions from New Delhi regarding his posting in New York were [...] | 2009-07-07 02:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE AF |
09USUNNEWYORK655 | G7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN REGULAR BUDGET SCALES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 17:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK657 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Observer Ambassador Mansour raised with Ambassador Rice on July 6 the possibility of cooperating on the various Israeli-Palestinian-related UNGA resolutions. Ambassador Rice pressed Mansour to set a tone during the upcoming UNGA that is constructive, responsible, and [...] | 2009-07-07 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
09USUNNEWYORK658 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: P5 MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: P5 Ambassadors met on July 2 to discuss intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. The U.S. and Russia encouraged the P5 to coordinate on positions, but the U.S. advocated against a uniform P5 position at this time since the broader membership and not the P5 shou [...] | 2009-07-08 01:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK663 | G-7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN PEACEKEEPING BUDGET [...] (C) On 2 July 2009, the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the U.S.) to exchange views regarding negotiation of the peacekeeping scale of assessment during the upcoming fall session of the [...] | 2009-07-09 15:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK666 | BAN PROVIDES READOUT ON JULY BURMA TRIP [...] (C) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke by telephone with Ambassador Rice on July 6 to report on his July 3-4 trip to Burma. Ban said he delivered a very strong message to Senior General Than Shwe on human rights and release of political prisoners. He said he met with representatives from [...] | 2009-07-09 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK668 | AMB RICE MEETS WITH AUSTRALIAN PERMREP QUINLAN [...] (C) During a courtesy call on July 6, recently arrived Australian PR Quinlan told Ambassador Rice that Australia looked forward to continued close cooperation at the UN. He noted that Australia's priorities align closely with those of the U.S., including disarmament and nonproliferation, peac [...] | 2009-07-09 23:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ENRG PARM PGOV PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK671 | DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") considered on July 9 moving forward with new sanctions designations in light of the fact that key delegations -- particularly, Russia and China -- were still without instructions to respond to the U.S./Japan/France/UK designation pro [...] | 2009-07-10 00:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK675 | GEORGIA: PERMREP LOMAIA SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON GUAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Permrep Lomaia sought U.S. views on the prospects for Georgia to achieve passage of a General Assembly (GA) Resolution that would keep the Georgia conflict in the minds of Member States. Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on July 9 that all four GUAM states (Georgia, Ukraine [...] | 2009-07-11 00:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC GG |
09USUNNEWYORK681 | U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: On July 7, Under Secretary General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and Under Secretary General for the Department of Field Services Susana Malcorra met with Ambassador Rice to brief her on Le Roy's upcoming trip to Sudan. Head of the Darfur Inter-opera [...] | 2009-07-13 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK684 | GEORGIA: WESTERN FRIENDS DISCUSS FUTURE OF UN WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps from the expanded Western Friends group (U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Croatia, Austria, Turkey and EU Council Secretariat) informally discussed the future of UN involvement in Georgia post-UNOMIG in a July 9 meeting with A/SYG Mulet (DPKO),A/SYG Fernan [...] | 2009-07-13 22:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK685 | ACTION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5 below. 2. (SBU) Following the Security Council's debate on Somalia July 9, Council members are now considering whether to move forward on the question of sanctioning Eritrea for undermining the Djibouti Peace Process. The Council [...] | 2009-07-14 11:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER |
09USUNNEWYORK691 | FM ZEBARI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR WOLFF; DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo met with Iraqi FM Zebari to discuss the upcoming UNSCR 1859 report and Zebari,s visit to New York. The Foreign Minister noted the "clear commitment" of the U.S., as enshrined in the SOFA, to work towards removing Iraq as a pending issue be [...] | 2009-07-15 01:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK695 | SUDAN/SANCTIONS: EXPERTS BRIEF ON VIOLATIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts (POE),a monitoring group charged with monitoring implementation of UN sanctions on Sudan, shared with USUN their thoughts on the changing dynamics of violence in Darfur. The POE also briefed USUN on their ongoing problems due to the lack of cooperatio [...] | 2009-07-16 10:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK7 | CALLS IN NEW YORK FOR SECURITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 15:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG |
09USUNNEWYORK70 | GEORGIA: GROUP OF FRIENDS INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. At an informal meeting of Ambassadors of the Georgia Group of Friends on January 29, Russian PermRep Churkin linked Russian cooperation on an extension of the UN Mission in Georgia to an invitation from the Security Council for Abkhaz de facto authorities to par [...] | 2009-01-30 18:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC GG RS |
09USUNNEWYORK700 | GREECE: NEW PERMREP DISCUSSES MACEDONIA, CYPRUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis told Ambassador Wolff during a July 14 introductory call, that he thought Greece would be prepared to settle the name dispute with Macedonia with a geographical qualifier such as "North Macedonia", but that Greece would want a Secu [...] | 2009-07-17 23:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR |
09USUNNEWYORK703 | SYG BAN'S CONVERSATION WITH RAUL CASTRO AT NAM [...] (C) Summary. At the request of Secretary-General Ban, Department of Political Affairs Under Secretary-General Pascoe provided Ambassador Wolff with a readout of Ban's conversation with Cuban President Raul Castro on July 17 on the margins of Non-aligned Movement Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. Th [...] | 2009-07-20 15:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CU |
09USUNNEWYORK704 | SYG BAN TALKS TO DPRK KIM YONG-NAM AT NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) On July 17, UN Secretary-General Ban's Chef de Cabinet Kim Won-soo provided Ambassador Wolff a readout of Ban's brief conversation with President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly in North Korea Kim Yong-nam, on the margins of the Non-aligned Movement Summit in Sharm el-She [...] | 2009-07-20 15:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL KN |
09USUNNEWYORK708 | LRA ENVOY CHISSANO'S FAREWELL AT UN: OPEN [...] (SBU) During his final briefing to the UN Security Council on July 15, Special Envoy for the LRA-affected region of the Great Lakes Joaquim Chissano suggested the international community create a line of communication for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony. Chissano said Kony mig [...] | 2009-07-21 11:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC CG UG ZF SU CT |
09USUNNEWYORK71 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: During a productive and cordial initial meeting with Japanese Permanent Representative Takasu, Ambassador Rice outlined U.S. priorities and conveyed the Administration's desire to deepen the bilateral relationship. Takasu said Japan shares U.S. objectives and lends its "fullest [...] | 2009-01-30 19:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC JA |
09USUNNEWYORK710 | P3 MEETS WITH DJIBOUTIAN PERMREP ON DJIBOUTI [...] SUMMARY: (C) In a July 20 meeting, the P3 met with Djiboutian Permanent Representative Olhaye to discuss Djibouti's draft resolution calling for sanctioning those who led the drive to invade and occupy Djiboutian territory. Olhaye dismissed the P3's proposal to use the existing Somalia Sanct [...] | 2009-07-21 21:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC ER DJ |
09USUNNEWYORK716 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1540 COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on July 21 delivered demarche points (reftel) to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Deputy Permanent Representative. Dolgov said the position of the Russian mission in New York remained unchanged, i.e. Russia could not accept the addition of the G8 Global Partnership, Austral [...] | 2009-07-23 14:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU |
09USUNNEWYORK718 | DPRK: EXPERT PANEL DELAYED BY SQUABBLE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A squabble over geographical representation has delayed the establishment of a seven-member UN Panel of Experts (POE) to help monitor and improve the implementation of sanctions imposed on the DPRK. Costa Rica and Mexico appear likely to block the POE's approval in the DPRK Sanct [...] | 2009-07-24 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK72 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev on January 28 welcomed Ambassador Rice to her new post during their initial meeting. During the hour-long meeting, Shalev stressed Israel's commitment to the peace process while isolating Hamas and ending smug [...] | 2009-01-30 19:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IR IS KPAL KWBG LE PAL SY UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK721 | CLOSED COUNCIL SESSION LEAVES LITTLE DOUBT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 23 Alain LeRoy, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, briefed Security Council members in consultations on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movements and initial investigation. LeRoy said the cache rep [...] | 2009-07-24 16:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KPKO UN IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK722 | SOMALIA: INCHING CLOSER TO SANCTIONS DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, the Somalia Sanctions Monitoring Group (MG),a UN team mandated to monitor and report on compliance with the Somalia arms embargo and resolution 1844, briefed the Somalia Sanctions Committee ("751 Committee") on a proposed list of nine individuals, including three rank [...] | 2009-07-24 16:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK723 | SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER OMAAR POSITIVE ON THE TFG, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 16:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER |
09USUNNEWYORK737 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 00:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS SC SL |
09USUNNEWYORK74 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Head of the Palestinian Observer Mission Riyad Mansour used his January 28 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge renewed USG engagement with the UN. He said the Palestinian Mission is interested in building consensus for UN actions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and enco [...] | 2009-01-30 20:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PGOV UN IS |
09USUNNEWYORK740 | IRAQ/KUWAIT INITIATIVE MEETINGS IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: In meetings at the UN on July 29, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented the initiative on Iraq/Kuwait (reftel) to the Kuwaiti FM. Separately, ex-SRSG Staffan de Mistura and other UN officials presented the same initiative to Iraqi PR Bayati, and the P3 presented the initiative [...] | 2009-08-01 00:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK746 | G-7 PLUS EU MEETING ON THE UN BUDGET SCALES OF [...] On 30 July 2009, the UK mission hosted a meeting of the G-7 working group on the scales of assessment, which consists of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 and, for the first time, Sweden, the incumbent EU president. Attendees included Chris Plunkett for Canada, Gregory Cazalet for Fra [...] | 2009-08-04 22:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK748 | AMBASSADOR RICE PREPS P5 ON U.S. PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on August 4 briefed the P5 delegations on U.S. plans to convene a Security Council summit on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament during the U.S. Presidency of the Council in September. Ambassador Rice listed a number of possible topics that could be [...] | 2009-08-06 02:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL NPT UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK750 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S AUGUST 5 MEETING WITH UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano on August 5 to discuss UNIFIL's needs, its mandate renewal before the Security Council, and the July 14-18 incidents in Khirbat Silim. General Graziano underscored that the real problem facing UNIFIL is the lack of [...] | 2009-08-06 02:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO KBIO UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK759 | DPRK: COMMITTEE BLESSES PANEL OF EXPERTS SLATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") blessed a seven-person slate for the Panel of Experts (POE),a newly-established body under UNSCR 1874 charged with helping the Committee monitor and improve the implementation of sanctions on the DPRK. The Secretary-Ge [...] | 2009-08-10 23:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK76 | GEORGIA PERMREP DISCUSSES UNOMIG WITH AMBASSADORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice told newly arrived Georgian PermRep Lomaia that Russia was tying extension of UNOMIG's mandate to Abkhaz formal participation in a UNSC meeting under Rule 39. Participation in an Arria-format meeting might be a compromise option to preclude their formal attendance [...] | 2009-02-02 19:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK762 | STATE OF PLAY ON UN BURMA STATEMENT [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In Security Council consultations on August 11, most Council members broadly condemned the conviction and sentencing of Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). A clear majority supported the P-3 drafted statement introduced by the U.S., with the [...] | 2009-08-12 23:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK769 | AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Summary. During a substantive introductory meeting on August 12, Ambassador Rice and Sergio Duarte, UN Undersecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, discussed active U.S. engagement on disarmament, especially the planned summit-level UNSC meeting during September, the UN 1540 Committee, [...] | 2009-08-14 22:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KACT UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK770 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 11, Ambassador Rice met with European Union representatives to discuss issues including climate change, non-proliferation and disarmament, UN peacekeeping, the Middle East peace process, and the upcoming 64th UN General Assembly -- including budget and human rights i [...] | 2009-08-14 22:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO KNNP KGHG PHUM UN IS KPAL KWBG EUN |
09USUNNEWYORK771 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS PAKISTAN'S US AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, met with Ambassador Rice. Haqqani discussed the positive transition of the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship and emphasized his desire to lessen US-Pakistan tensions in the UN General Assembly by seeking to [...] | 2009-08-14 22:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON UNGA PK |
09USUNNEWYORK772 | ETHIOPIAN CHARGE EAGER TO SANCTION ERITREA; AGREES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 09:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK773 | ISRAELI MISSION VOICES CONCERN OVER [...] (U) This contains an action request (see paragraph 6). 2. (C) Daniel Carmon, the Deputy PermRep of the Israeli Mission in New York, on August 11 informed Ambassador Wolff that the representative office of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had rej [...] | 2009-08-17 18:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF UNSC KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK775 | DPRK: UAE REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION TO 1718 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a possible violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The UAE reports having stopped a vessel loaded with containers of arms being shipped from North Korea to [...] | 2009-08-17 21:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK777 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF MEETS WITH HONDURAN PR REINA [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, August 17, Honduran PermRep Reina Idiaquez said the OAS must set a firm, September 1 deadline to reinstate Zelaya and ensure a legitimate election process, otherwise the GOH would request UN Security Council involvement. Reina said the U.S. sen [...] | 2009-08-18 20:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA HO |
09USUNNEWYORK778 | DPRK: AUSTRALIA "EXCITED" ABOUT OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian mission approached USUN to discuss Australia's role in an apparent violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea involving an Australian-based shipping firm. The Australians noted that Canberra authorities were aware that the UAE had discovered arms apparently [...] | 2009-08-19 22:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK779 | AMBASSADOR CHURKIN SAYS RUSSIA BACKS U.S. NUCLEAR [...] (C) During a series of calls to Ambassador Rice on August 13, Russian Perm Rep Vitaly Churkin said that Moscow, "after some hesitation" wants to work closely and cooperatively with the United States to prepare for the U.S. planned summit on nuclear disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation in S [...] | 2009-08-20 12:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK78 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH MEXICAN PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary: In an initial January 29 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Mexican PermRep Heller said that modest Security Council reform is the most feasible option. He commented that Mexico supported Security Council resolution 1860 on the ceasefire in Gaza and highlighted the importance of the [...] | 2009-02-03 02:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MX |
09USUNNEWYORK780 | DPRK: USUN BRIEFS SOUTH KOREA ON UAE-REPORTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN briefed the South Korea UN mission on an apparent violation of UN sanctions on North Korea uncovered by the United Arab Emirates. USUN explained the details of the case -- namely, the UAE's discovery of arms being shipped from North Korea to Iran aboard a Bahamas-flagged v [...] | 2009-08-20 19:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK781 | DPRK: USUN BRIEFS SOUTH KOREA ON UAE-REPORTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN briefed the South Korea UN mission on an apparent violation of UN sanctions on North Korea uncovered by the United Arab Emirates. USUN explained the details of the case -- namely, the UAE's discovery of arms being shipped from North Korea to Iran aboard a Bahamas-flagged vess [...] | 2009-08-20 19:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK79 | IRAN: P3 URGES CYPRUS TO PREVENT ARMS TRANSFER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., UK, and French representatives explained to the UN Perm Rep of Cyprus that the presence of Iranian arms-related materiel on the Cypriot-flagged vessel Monchegorsk was an apparent violation of UN sanctions on Iran (Security Council resolution 1747) and that this cargo should [...] | 2009-02-03 11:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
09USUNNEWYORK796 | AMBASSADOR RICE AND SYG BAN DISCUSS GADDAFI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of a meeting to discuss the Security Council program of work for September, Ambassador Rice asked SYG Ban to help ensure Gaddafi's participation in the Security Council was productive. She also told Ban that the U.S. wanted to see continued UN leadership on donor co [...] | 2009-08-27 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UN UNGA XD XA |
09USUNNEWYORK798 | ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN UNRWA AT 60 EVENT - USUN [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Observer Mission to the UN has taken a very hard-line position against the Israeli request for a speaking role at the high level segment of the UNRWA 60th anniversary commemorative event. The Arab members of the steering committee are likely to follow the Palestin [...] | 2009-08-28 13:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF UNGA IS KPAL |
09USUNNEWYORK803 | HONDURAN PERM REP INQUIRES IF USG CAN HOST [...] This is an action request. See paras 3 and 6. ZELAYA MAY TRAVEL TO NEW YORK AFTER WASHINGTON --------------------------------------------- - 2. (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, August 28, Honduran PermRep Reina Idiaquez reported that President Zelaya would be coming to Washington [...] | 2009-08-31 12:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA HO |
09USUNNEWYORK810 | AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH INCOMING FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (C) During a brief August 27 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Uruguayan PermRep Jose Luis Cancela, incoming Chair of the First Committee (on disarmament),explained his strong desire to move things forward in the First Committee rather than repeating what has been done in previous years, and to wo [...] | 2009-09-02 14:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK811 | GREEK PERMREP FORSEES NO NEAR-TERM PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an introductory call, newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis sought Ambassador Rice's concurrence to schedule a Security Council briefing by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis as Chairwoman-in-Office of the OSCE during the UNGA Ministerial Week. Mitsialis exp [...] | 2009-09-02 14:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MK TU CY GR |
09USUNNEWYORK812 | DPRK: PANEL OF EXPERTS ALMOST UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-created UN Panel of Experts (POE) for North Korea is on track to be operational by mid- to late-September, somewhat later than planned. As a result of various delays -- namely political wrangling and logistics snags -- none of the seven experts has yet arrived in New Yo [...] | 2009-09-02 16:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK813 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN PR VIOTTI [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Brazilian PermRep Viotti listed peacekeeping and peacebuilding as priorities for Brazil, in particular the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and peacebuilding activities in Guinea-Bissau. Viotti noted the importance of [...] | 2009-09-02 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHUM PREL BM |
09USUNNEWYORK817 | AMBASSADOR RICE AND INDIAN PR PURI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and a team from USUN met on August 26 with Indian Mission counterparts as the first step to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. The new Indian ambassador arrived with instructions to strengthen the U.S.-India relationship at th [...] | 2009-09-04 12:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER |
09USUNNEWYORK818 | 1267: SAVING THE AL-QAEDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bold action is needed to salvage the UN's 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban targeted sanctions regime. This effective multilateral tool has been seriously undermined by criticisms -- and adverse European court rulings -- asserting that procedures for listing and delisting names are not adequ [...] | 2009-09-04 13:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK82 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 2 introductory call on Australian PermRep Hill, Ambassador Rice reviewed her top priorities and solicited close partnership with the Australian Mission. Ambassador Hill shared views on candidates to replace the UNDP Administrator, worried that the ultimate decision [...] | 2009-02-03 15:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNDP KGHG PARM PHUM KDEM AS XV |
09USUNNEWYORK83 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary. On January 30, the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met to discuss the run-up to the STL's March 1 commencement date, including how the opening ceremony should be conducted. Afterwards, France pulled aside the UK, US and Lebanon to discuss future re [...] | 2009-02-03 15:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK840 | MOVING FORWARD AT UNGA 64 ON THE COMPREHENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee will address the CCIT on October 6, 7 and 23. Negotiations on the CCIT have foundered for nine years on two issues: (1) the scope of an exemption for military activities and (2) exemption of national lib [...] | 2009-09-16 14:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK85 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory call by Ambassador Rice, New Zealand PermRep Rosemary Banks lobbied for U.S. support for former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark's candidacy to become Administrator of the UN Development Program. Banks also urged the U.S. to join the UN Human Rights Counc [...] | 2009-02-03 15:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KGHG KUNR PHUM PREL NZ |
09USUNNEWYORK850 | THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SEPTEMBER 16 LUNCH WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion during the monthly Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, hosted by Ambassador Rice in her capacity as Security Council President, Ban updated Permreps on UN activities in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and [...] | 2009-09-21 20:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM |
09USUNNEWYORK853 | GEORGIA: RUSSIA SEEKS U.S. VISAS FOR ABKHAZ, S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Russian Mission to the UN has informed USUN that it plans to seek U.S. visas for Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto authorities to visit the United Nations in October 2009 to discuss the "humanitarian situation" in the separatist entities. The Russian Missio [...] | 2009-09-23 19:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA CVIS RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK856 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PGA TREKI WHO RAISES [...] (C) On September 21, in a hastily scheduled meeting at the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) request, PGA Ali Abdussalam Treki asked Ambassador Rice, in her capacity as Security Council President for the month of September, for her views on what kind of cooperation and consultation the [...] | 2009-09-24 15:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK857 | (U) AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] Classified by Ambassador Susan Rice. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 21, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; New York, NY. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Charge d,Affairs Negash Kebret Bortora 4 [...] | 2009-09-28 09:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNP PGOV PTER KPKO ET SO |
09USUNNEWYORK859 | CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS TELLS P-5 HE IS NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. At an annual lunch with P-5 missions to the UN, Cyprus President Demitris Christofias said he was not optimistic about the possible outcome of Cyprus reunification talks. He cited Turkish PM Erdogan as being responsible for Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's hard position o [...] | 2009-09-28 16:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNFICYP CU CY |
09USUNNEWYORK861 | UGANDA TO CONSIDER ERITREA SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: During a September 20 bilateral meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, USUN Ambassador Rice underlined that the U.S. supports a sanctions resolution on Eritrea that includes a condemnation and action in response to Eritrea,s destabilizing activities in both Somalia and D [...] | 2009-09-29 15:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AU ER ETRD MARR PNAT PREL PTER SO SU UG |
09USUNNEWYORK863 | SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON SITUATION IN BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) The Security Council met in consultations on September 25 in response to a September 22 letter from the Brazilian PermRep expressing concern about threats to the inviolability of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduran President Zelaya has taken refuge. During consultati [...] | 2009-09-30 14:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BR HO |
09USUNNEWYORK868 | IRAQI FM ZEBARI MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Rice's September 28 meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, he reiterated the Iraqi government request for U.S. support for a UN investigation into the August 19 Baghdad bombings and to move out of Chapter VII obligations. Zebari confirmed that Ir [...] | 2009-10-01 17:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP IZ SY |
09USUNNEWYORK869 | HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Wolff on September 28 met with Honduran Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas in which she provided an update on the status of Honduran President Zelaya and recent events in Tegucigalpa. Rodas said additional pressure from the international community, including the UN Securi [...] | 2009-10-01 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XK HO OAS |
09USUNNEWYORK872 | S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN DISCUSSES [...] (U) Summary: S/CT Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with representatives from Algeria, Burundi, India, Pakistan, and Uganda on the margins of the opening session of the UN General Assembly in New York September 24 and 25 to discuss counterterrorism issues. In general, Benjamin conveyed his inte [...] | 2009-10-05 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PARM PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK873 | MADAGASCAR DELEGATION EXCLUDED FROM GENERAL DEBATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar's unconstitutional president, Andry Rojoelina, was scheduled to speak in the General Debate in the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 25th. He was blocked by a vote, following a point of order raised by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, acting in their role of president of [...] | 2009-10-05 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA AORC AF |
09USUNNEWYORK874 | ERITREA SANCTIONS: UGANDA PUSHES P3 FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (SBU) Guidance request - see para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The P-3 and Uganda met to discuss possible sanctions on Eritrea. France agreed Council action is necessary; UK also agreed on the need to act, but starting with existing mechanisms, such as the Somalia sanctions regime (UNSCR 1844) [...] | 2009-10-06 14:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNP PTER PNAT ETRD MARR USUN AU SU ER SO |
09USUNNEWYORK875 | LIBYA REQUESTS URGENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) On October 6, Libyan PermRep Shalgham sent a letter to the UN Security Council President (Vietnam) requesting, under Rule 2 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, an urgent meeting of the Security Council "to discuss the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the G [...] | 2009-10-06 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK880 | UNSC DECIDES TO HANDLE LIBYAN REQUEST FOR MEETING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Security Council met on October 7 in closed consultations to discuss the Libyan mission's request for an urgent Council meeting on the Goldstone report. Prior to consultations, USUN had surveyed the Council and knew that there was little support for a stand alon [...] | 2009-10-08 01:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK882 | GOLDSTONE REPORT POST-PARTUM: IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN [...] (C) Repercussions from successful efforts in Geneva to postpone the HRC's discussion of the Goldstone report have resulted in the movement of the report to New York. While the Security Council did not accede to Libya's October 6 request for a stand-alone Council meeting on the Goldstone repo [...] | 2009-10-08 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS |
09USUNNEWYORK895 | ERITREA PRESSES FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS, FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 28 meeting with Ambassador Rice and AF DAS Fitzgerald, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab underscored their desire to improve relations with the United States, while denying that Eritrea is fueling the insurgency in So [...] | 2009-10-13 20:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNP PGOV PTER KPKO ET SO |
09USUNNEWYORK90 | GEORGIA/RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S RICE MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Vitaly Churkin met with Ambassador Rice and Ambassador DiCarlo on February 3 to sound out the U.S. position on an extension of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia. Churkin said Russia wanted to see a new resolution emphasize the terms of the "Medvedev-Sarkozy" agr [...] | 2009-02-04 01:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC GG RS |
09USUNNEWYORK908 | BILATERAL WITH COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe at his request during his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 24. Uribe, who praised U.S. government support for Colombia and the region in his recent U.N. General Assembly spee [...] | 2009-10-14 11:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XM XR CO HO VE |
09USUNNEWYORK91 | UN SEEKS COORDINATION WITH USG AND PAKISTAN ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 21:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OFDP PTER UNHCR PK |
09USUNNEWYORK917 | G77 OPPOSES CHANGES TO THE REGULAR BUDGET SCALES [...] This is an action request. See para 16. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Beginning with the last meeting of the G7 plus EU Group (G7 Group) on scales at the margins of the Fall meeting of the Geneva Group CLM (GG),the subject of scales has begun in earnest in the 64th General Assembly (GA). At the GG [...] | 2009-10-15 21:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK92 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON BURKINA [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice shared U.S. priorities with Burkinabe PermRep Kafando in an initial call and asked for his views on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Cote d'Ivoire. Rice pressed for support against deferring Sudanese President Ba [...] | 2009-02-04 21:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UV XV XA |
09USUNNEWYORK93 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH COSTA RICAN PERMREP [...] (C) Summary: During an initial meeting with Costa Rican PermRep Urbina, Ambassador Rice outlined U.S. priorities and agreed to work with Costa Rica on important issues such as human rights. Urbina emphasized the need to increase the Council's legitimacy by updating its working methods and pr [...] | 2009-02-04 22:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC CS |
09USUNNEWYORK94 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH INDIAN PR NIRUPAM [...] (C) Summary: The United States is eager to ""sustain and accelerate"" recent progress in the U.S.-India bilateral relationship and wishes to enhance our cooperation in multilateral fora, especially the UN, Ambassador Rice told Indian PermRep Nirupam Sen in an initial call on February 3. Sen said In [...] | 2009-02-04 22:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM KDEM PARM IN PTER PK |
09USUNNEWYORK940 | UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NEW [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian PR Sergeyev told Ambassador Wolff on 21 October of Ukraine's concern about an impending change in Russian policy on preemptive nuclear strikes contained in a review of Russia's nuclear doctrine. According to Sergeyev, the draft text states that Russia reserves the right [...] | 2009-10-23 15:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PNUC PGOV UP RS |
09USUNNEWYORK942 | IRAQ-KUWAIT TARASOV REPORT SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: In Security Council consultations on October 22, the UN high-level coordinator Gennady Tarasov briefed on the recently released report regarding activities and progress made on missing persons and archives issues during the last six-month "confidence and cooperation building peri [...] | 2009-10-23 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK944 | ARABS REQUEST U.S. SUPPORT FOR SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff met Friday October 23 with the representatives of Arab states and organizations that have joined together as a follow-up group to lobby for action on the Goldstone Report in New York. The Palestinian Permanent Observer suggested the establishment of a "monitoring [...] | 2009-10-24 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK946 | RICE MEETS WITH INDIAN MINISTER OF STATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Rice on October 16, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor raised India's hope that the U.S. would continue working with India on the convention on counterterrorism. The two also discussed the Goldstone Report, Security Council refo [...] | 2009-10-26 20:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHUM UNSC IN |
09USUNNEWYORK957 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH IRAQI UN PERM REP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 26, immediately following her return from Iraq and the day after two major suicide bombs in Baghdad, Ambassador Rice met with Iraqi UN Permanent Representative Bayati. The discussion focused on the UN response to and U.S. support for Iraq's request for a UN envoy to b [...] | 2009-10-28 09:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP IZ SY TU |
09USUNNEWYORK962 | GOLDSTONE REPORT: MEETING BETWEEN USUN DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPR Alex Wolff met October 28, 2009, with Israeli Legal Adviser Ehud Keinan, at the latter's request. Keinan provided information on the investigations the GOI has undertaken in response to complaints arising out of Operation Cast Lead. He noted the internal GOI debate on how t [...] | 2009-10-29 21:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL UN IS |
09USUNNEWYORK964 | THE 1540 COMMITTEE DEBATES IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The 1540 Committee met on October 20 and 23 to begin consultations on how to prepare a final document based on the 1540 Comprehensive Review, which took place on September 30 and October 1-2, and how to present the conclusions of substantive papers prepared by the 1540 Committe [...] | 2009-10-29 23:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK97 | IRAN/CYPRUS: NEXT STEPS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 18:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP CY |
09USUNNEWYORK976 | SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During emergency consultations with Security Council members, Secretary-General Ban addressed the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN staff, and discussed the broader implications of the incident on the near-term safety and security of UN staff in Afg [...] | 2009-11-02 21:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OPVIP |
09USUNNEWYORK98 | UNMIS CONSULTATIONS AND THE ICC [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 5, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). SRSG Qazi stressed that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) [...] | 2009-02-10 01:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK985 | SYG BAN BRIEFS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OCTOBER 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a briefing to the UN General Assembly on October 30, Secretary-General Ban addressed the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN staff, and discussed the broader implications of the incident on the near-term safety and security of UN staff in Afgha [...] | 2009-11-03 21:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP |
09USUNNEWYORK99 | PALESTINIANS PRESSING SYG TO BROADEN SCOPE OF [...] (C) Palestinian Permanent Observer Ambassador Mansour told Ambassador Wolff February 6 that he was exploring ways for the UN to investigate the conduct of the Gaza conflict. He cited as precedent UNSCR 1405 (2002) which "welcomed the initiative of the Secretary-General to develop accurate inf [...] | 2009-02-10 01:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPAL KWBG IS |
09USUNNEWYORK990 | DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE PLEDGES SUPPORT TO PANEL OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") met on October 30 with the newly-established Panel of Experts (POE),a team of UN contractors mandated with helping monitor and improve UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. POE members introduced themselves and [...] | 2009-11-03 23:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09VALLETTA113 | MALTA PROPOSES TO HOST EU ASYLUM AGENCY [...] (U) Malta has formally offered to host the European Union,s Asylum Agency, which will be established within the next year to coordinate the EU asylum policy, increase cooperation between member states, lend assistance to states facing the greatest pressure and harmonize national practices. Ma [...] | 2009-03-06 13:29:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MT |
09VALLETTA160 | MALTA'S ASSISTED VOLUNTARY RETURNS PROGRAM SENDS [...] (U) On April 2 Charge' met Ives De Barro, a former Maltese Ambassador to Cairo who is now heading Malta's Assited Voluntary Returns (AVR) program for irregular migrants. Under the AVR program, immigrants who willingly leave Malta are flow at GoM expense back to their home countries and given 5 [...] | 2009-04-08 07:06:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MT |
09VALLETTA169 | MALTA: IMMIGRATION DEBATE ROILS POLITICAL SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: With 2008 and early 2009 bringing a record influx of African migrants to Malta from Libya, the issue of migration has risen to the top of the political agenda locally. The GOM has been criticized by NGOs, UNHCR, and even the Catholic Church for its detention policy, and Medecin [...] | 2009-04-09 19:10:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MT |
09VALLETTA251 | MALTESE OFFICIAL SAYS TWO INFORMAL MOSQUES CLOSED [...] (C) In a May 20 meeting with Charge' and acting DCM, Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) Chairman Austin Walker gave his perspective on the closure last month of two informal mosques in the seaside towns of Sliema and Bugibba. Walker explained that in both instances, Maltese citizen [...] | 2009-06-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PREF PREL MT |
09VALLETTA256 | MALTA: FOREIGN MINISTER HOPEFUL THAT COOPERATION [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting, Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg told Charge he was leaving later in the day to meet with his Libyan and Italian counterparts in Rome, with "illegal immigration" on the agenda. Borg said he was feeling cautiously optimistic, particularly because of the sharp reducti [...] | 2009-06-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MT |
09VALLETTA367 | MALTA: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS MT |
09VALLETTA449 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for External Relations and Mediterranean Affairs Helga Mizzi on October 9. Mizzi expressed appreciation for the information and for U.S. willingness to share its view of the discussion outcomes. 2. (SBU) Mizzi advised that the GOM view [...] | 2009-10-09 16:15:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR MT |
09VALLETTA487 | MALTA'S RESPONSE RE THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on November 3 to MFA Americas Desk officer, Second Secretary Maria Depasqualie, and spoke on November 4 to MFA Asia (NEA) Director Patrick Mifsud. 2. (C) Mifsud advised that Malta expected to follow a collective EU position on the Goldstone Report and [...] | 2009-11-04 17:18:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PRESL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MT |
09VALLETTA496 | QUESTION RE NATURE OF M/V HANSA INDIA CARGO [...] (SBU) PolEcon chief delivered reftel talking points on November 10 to acting DEFMIN and NSC Director Vannessa Frazier, MFA Sanctions Committee legal advisor Dr. Sharon Scicluna and MFA Director for European Affairs Joseph Cole. All expressed understanding of the issue involved and appreciatio [...] | 2009-11-13 17:47:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC IR MT LY GM |
09VALLETTA511 | MALTA WILL VOTE FOR UNGA RESOLUTIONS EXTENDING [...] (C) Following deliver of reftel a demarche November 19, DCM and PolOff met November 20 with MFA Acting Director for Global Issues, Mariella Grech. Grech thanked DCM and PolOff for providing U.S. views and expressed an understanding of the unhelpful nature of one-sided resolutions in eroding c [...] | 2009-11-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE MT |
09VALLETTA525 | MALTA'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed MFA Permanent Secretary Cecelia Attard-Pirotta on December 1 concerning the substance of the President's Afghan policy speech to be delivered later that day. She expressed the GOM's interest in the new strategy but had no comment concerning GOM commitments for [...] | 2009-12-04 16:22:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PMIL IS MT AF |
09VALLETTA537 | SECURITY COOPERATION DILEMMA: WITH LABOR PARTY IT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec, Labor Party leader Joseph Muscat and former Labor government FM George Vella declared that the country's reactivated membership in PfP was invalid, as it failed to comply with Malta's Treaties Act. Though exp [...] | 2009-12-15 16:31:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP PARM MT |
09VANCOUVER196 | PRO-MEK DEMONSTRATOR ATTEMPTS SELF-IMMOLATION IN FRONT OF [...] (C) An illegal but otherwise peaceful demonstration by supporters of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) in front of Consulate General Vancouver turned critical on July 31 as one of the demonstrators poured oil over her body and threatened to light herself on fire. The local guard force (LGF) and Ro [...] | 2009-08-01 00:08:00 | Consulate Vancouver | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM IZ IR CA ASEC |
09VANCOUVER244 | CANADIANS DETAIN SHIPLOAD OF TAMILS [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Navy and Customs and Border Service Agency (CBSA) officials stopped and detained an aging freighter attempting to transport 76 men, mostly Tamils, into Canada. The action took place on October 17, although the vessel had been tracked from earlier in the week thanks to [...] | 2009-10-22 03:22:00 | Consulate Vancouver | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV PHUM PREF CE PTER |
09VANCOUVER31 | VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPICS FEELING THE ECONOMIC PINCH IN [...] (U) Summary: The global economic crisis and modern demands of post 9/11 security are proving to be huge challenges for the organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The competition and special events venues are complete and already hosting test events, but the financial crisis surro [...] | 2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Consulate Vancouver | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV KOLY ASEC ECON |
09VATICAN100 | SMALL STEPS, NOT GIANT LEAPS, IN CATHOLIC-RUSSIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary: The visit of a high-ranking Russian Orthodox leader to Rome last week signaled some improvement in Catholic-Orthodox relations, and more progress is likely at a conference between leaders of both faiths in Cyprus in October. Nevertheless, Cardinal Kasper predicts that a meeting b [...] | 2009-09-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF RS VT |
09VATICAN101 | PATRIARCH DELLY AND TEHRAN ARCHBISHOP COMMENT ON CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Summary: The Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Cardinal Emmanuel Delly, and the Archbishop of Tehran, Ramzi Garmo, briefed polchief on September 25 about problems their communities face in Iraq and Iran. Delly said that there is no organized persecution of Christians in Iraq, ho [...] | 2009-10-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF IZ IR VT |
09VATICAN106 | (C) VATICAN BACKS AWAY FROM DEAL WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL VT IS |
09VATICAN112 | (C) CATHOLIC INTERMEDIARY REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR HOSTAGE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8 for action. S/A Wolpe and AF staff contributed to and cleared this cable. End Comment. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Region Howard Wolpe met with officials from Sant'Egidio, a lay Catholic organization with experience [...] | 2009-11-05 17:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC ZF CG VT |
09VATICAN113 | THE VATICAN AND THE ANGLICANS: OPPORTUNITY OR OPPORTUNISM? [...] (C) The upcoming visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to Rome November 21 will take place with the background of the Vatican's far-reaching decision to facilitate the conversion of disaffected Anglicans to Catholicism. Embassy contacts approving the measure interpret it as a bold and appropriate r [...] | 2009-11-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF UK VT |
09VATICAN119 | POPE TURNS UP THE HEAT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Pope Benedict addressed the opening of the World Food Summit urging leaders to care for the world's hungry and protect the environment. Similarly, at the UN General Assembly, the Vatican nuncio stressed the need for a comprehensive international energy policy that protects the enviro [...] | 2009-11-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC BEXP EAGR ENRG FAO PGOV PREL SENV UN DA SF |
09VATICAN126 | RUSSIA AND THE VATICAN ESTABLISH FORMAL RELATIONS, FOR [...] (C) On December 3, Russian President Medvedev and Pope Benedict XVI upgraded Russian-Holy See ties to "full" diplomatic relations. The announcement coincides with a period of warmer relations between the Vatican and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (reftel) and the Holy See hopes the move wi [...] | 2009-12-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KIRF RS VT |
09VATICAN134 | AN INVENTORY OF THE VATICAN'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican is a leader or partner in many inter-religious dialogues, primarily with the "Abrahamic" religions - Islam, Judaism, and of course, other Christians. Vatican leaders are also beginning to reach out to Asian faiths. This cable describes the Vatican's primary, organized dia [...] | 2009-12-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT |
09VATICAN23 | VATICAN DISAPPOINTED WITH NICARAGUA'S SANDINISTAS [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican is disturbed by the Frente Sandinista use of religious symbols for political purposes (reftel) and supports the Nicaraguan bishops' position on the issue. Vatican officials are also concerned about deteriorating political and economic conditions in Nicaragua, and hop [...] | 2009-02-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF NI VT |
09VATICAN27 | POPE MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI [...] (U) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, held a brief private meeting with the Pope on February 18. Speaker Pelosi was in Rome leading a Congressional Delegation visiting Italy and Vatican City State. Only the Speaker and Mr. Pelosi participated in the meeting, while t [...] | 2009-02-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF OREP VT |
09VATICAN28 | THE HOLY SEE: A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE [...] (C) Summary: Together with other flaps, the recent global controversy over the lifted excommunication of a Holocaust denying bishop (reftel) exposed a major disconnect between Pope Benedict XVI's stated intentions and the way in which his message is received by the wider world. There are many cause [...] | 2009-02-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECPS PHUM PGOV KPAO KIRF VT |
09VATICAN29 | CORRECTED COPY: POPE MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI [...] (U) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, held a brief private meeting with the Pope on February 18. Speaker Pelosi was in Rome leading a Congressional Delegation visiting Italy and Vatican City State. Only the Speaker and Mr. Pelosi participated in the meeting, while t [...] | 2009-02-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF OREP VT |
09VATICAN31 | PAPAL STATEMENTS AND NORTHERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and poloff met on February 27 with the Vatican's point person on Sri Lanka, Monsignor Joseph Murphy, to discuss the situation in that country and ongoing efforts to press the LTTE to allow the departure of civilians from conflict zones. Murphy strongly supports the efforts [...] | 2009-02-27 18:29:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PTER KIRF CE VT |
09VATICAN38 | HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR POPE'S FIRST AFRICA TRIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican hopes that the Pope's March 17-23 visit to Cameroon and Angola will solidify the foundations of the Church in a continent where Catholicism is growing rapidly. The trip also comes as an opportunity for the Pope to change the subject, following weeks of controversies [...] | 2009-03-13 17:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF KECF AID XA AO CM VT |
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