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08BRIDGETOWN636	ST. LUCIA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Sister Anthonia David, St. Lucia, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and administrator of the Holly Family Children's Home, she has become a leading advocate for deve [...]	2008-10-24 15:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL

08BRIDGETOWN637	DOMINICA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Angelica Pierre-Louis, of Dominica, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). The president of the Dominica National Council of Women, she has become a leading advocate for developing infrastructure in Dominica [...]	2008-10-24 15:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN638	BARBADOS NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Mary Thompson, RN, of Barbados, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, Mary Thompson has become a leading adv [...]	2008-10-24 15:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN641	ST. VINCENT NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Nicole O.M. Sylvester, lawyer and human rights activist from St. Vincent, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Nicole is an accomplished lawyer and president of the St. Vincent Human Rights Association. I [...]	2008-10-24 16:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN643	GRENADA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Dr. Beverly Theresa Nelson-La Qua, of Grenada, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Dr. Nelson is unique in Grenada for recognizing an unfilled need and then volunteering her time to find a solution. She [...]	2008-10-27 18:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN665	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Saint Christopher and Nevis's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 777/2008),which included a letter from the Premier of the Nevis Island Administration containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the lette [...]	2008-11-12 13:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN666	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Antigua and Barbuda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 328/2008),which included a letter from the Prime Minister containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. Post will [...]	2008-11-12 13:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN667	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 13:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN704	ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]	2008-12-02 20:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN72	POST CANNOT CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR WIREC DELEGATION [...] In response to the Department's request (Reftel) for post funding for delegates to attend WIREC, post has determined that no discretionary funds are available for this purpose. Post has no reason to believe that funding presents an obstacle to Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevi [...]	2008-02-05 15:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL
08BRIDGETOWN727	ST. KITTS AND NEVIS BANKS ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) is making a considerable commitment to tourism development on its southeastern peninsula. The increased development, along with added flights from the U.S. and Europe, could position St. Kitts and Nevis as a tourism leader in the Eastern Car [...]	2008-12-15 14:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN728	DOMINICA'S ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE DESPITE [...] (SBU) Despite recent turmoil in world markets, Dominica is showing some signs of improved economic vitality, with new infrastructure projects coming on line and economic growth projected to reach a respectable three percent. Economic contacts remain cautiously optimistic that Dominica will be [...]	2008-12-15 16:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN79	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OSBOURNE FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Victoria B. Osbourne, FMS Program Manager, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 08, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy poin [...]	2008-02-06 20:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN80	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARBURY FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Brenda Marbury, CG TECOM SCETC for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to brief and participate in the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embass [...]	2008-02-06 20:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN88	WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letters under Ambassador Oursiman's signature were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Dominica #0120 and St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0121) on February 12, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this d [...]	2008-02-13 19:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY DO VC XL
08BRIDGETOWN95	Commercial Outreach Efforts in Eastern Caribbean [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a lunch on February 11 for the newly formed American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) for Barbados. The board, drawn from ten of the larger American companies in Barbados, will hold an organizational meeting in the last week of February and will begin operations short [...]	2008-02-14 16:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD EINV ASEC BB XL AMCHAMS
08BRUSSELS1001	BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: JULY 1, 2008 [...] Summary: This issue of the Brussels Bilat Brew covers a review of cost-of-living adjustment and social benefits in Belgium as well as the desire for increased competition in the food, power distribution and telecom sectors in order to counter Belgium's rising inflation rates. Farmers, taxi [...]	2008-07-01 14:50:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB BE
08BRUSSELS1007	BELGIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1822 [...] Summary: Below is a press statement circulated by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supporting the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Belgium chairs the committee overseeing UNSCR 1267. End Summary. BEGIN PRESS STATEMENT Foreign Mi [...]	2008-07-02 14:30:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE
08BRUSSELS1016	EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 6.8 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE STABLE [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 increased slightly to 6.8 percent in May 2008, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on July 1. Unemployment in the euro zone (the fifteen EU countries participating in the euro) was stable at 7 [...]	2008-07-07 06:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS1044	INFORMATION FOR UN AND EU SANCTIONS ON ZIMBABWE - [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 11:53:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI BE
08BRUSSELS1095	ARF: EU SUPPORTS INCLUSION OF POINTS INTO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 16:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM EUN EAID
08BRUSSELS11	BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: JANUARY 4, 2008 [...] (U) Charles Michel, newly named Minister of Development Cooperation, laid out his priorities for revitalizing and reestablishing Belgian development assistance after a six-month hiatus in federal leadership. While much development aid comes from the regions of Belgium, the federal government [...]	2008-01-03 16:51:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN BE CH
08BRUSSELS1127	THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BORDER CONTROL INITIATIVES [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the border of the European Union continues to expand, concern about illegal immigration continues to increase, and the threat of terrorism remains, the EU is considering a number of measures to manage and reinforce their border and its security. Most measures being considered [...]	2008-07-24 10:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EU PTEL
08BRUSSELS1128	STATUS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION'S SCHENGEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the EU contends with enlargement, one of the major issues continues to be monitoring who is leaving and entering Europe in a changing border context. To contend with this, the Schengen Information System (SIS) is undergoing a number of changes to expand from its initial iterat [...]	2008-07-24 10:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PTEL EU
08BRUSSELS1165	EU SAYS PROTECTION OF IRAQI REFUGEES SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN [...] EU Ministers in the July 24 JHA Council adopted conclusions on Iraqi refugees that underlined the priority of creating the conditions for refugees to go back home and included no call to take in more Iraqi refugees in the EU Member States. The French Presidency reported on the drafting of a E [...]	2008-07-29 11:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS139	Jalili's Press Appearances in Belgium Countered by former [...] (U) Summary: Iranian NSA Said Jalili's stop in Brussels included several press sessions and an appearance at the MFA-affiliated Egmont Institute of International Relations. The Iranian unsurprisingly used both occasions to peddle the standard "not a delinquent/just misunderstood" line. The l [...]	2008-01-25 16:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM BE IR
08BRUSSELS14	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS SAME GOALS AS USG ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL PTER BE
08BRUSSELS1431	GAERC OUTLINES EU OBSERVER MISSION AND AID TO [...] (U) Summary: Meeting in Brussels September 15, EU Foreign Ministers formally established an independent civilian monitoring mission of at least 200 in Georgia, to be deployed by October 1. They designated Pierre Morel as EU Special Representative for the crisis in Georgia. Welcoming the the [...]	2008-09-15 18:10:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN RU GG SO ZI YI BO
08BRUSSELS1437	SOLANA AND FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TRANSATLANTIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU
08BRUSSELS1444	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAREL DE GUCHT TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 15:35:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU BE
08BRUSSELS1466	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 17:59:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA HA CU
08BRUSSELS1538	EU-27 AGREE ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM PACT; DEAL NEAR ON [...] EU ministers in the September 25 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council agreed on a European Pact on Immigration and Asylum to be endorsed by EU leaders at their mid-October European Council meeting. The Pact sets out principles to manage legal migration based on labor market needs of the ind [...]	2008-10-01 15:33:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS158	BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER EXPECTED TO HEAD [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREF SMIG BE
08BRUSSELS1587	EU MIGRATION PACT: WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S OUT [...] Summary: EU heads of state are expected to approve the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum at the Oct. 15-16 European Council summit. Not a legally-binding document, the Pact gives overarching policy direction. Member states will then pass national legislation to operationalize the goals [...]	2008-10-14 15:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG EUN
08BRUSSELS1588	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS, MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG, [...] Begin Introduction and Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg October 13, the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the 27 EU Foreign Ministers reviewed draft Presidency conclusions for the European Council meeting of EU-27 heads of state/government to take place in Brussels on Oc [...]	2008-10-14 15:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU BO UZ CG IR ZI MX MO
08BRUSSELS1591	BELGIUM: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 08:40:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG BE
08BRUSSELS1602	EU-MAURITANIA TALKS SCHEDULED ON POLITICAL WAY [...] The European Union has scheduled talks with the Mauritanian junta for October 20 in Paris to discuss a mutually acceptable way forward politically in the African state. Commission contacts say they are not optimistic the Mauritanian delegation, led by PM Laghdaf, will come prepared to give im [...]	2008-10-17 15:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS1638	EU WELCOMES US 1540 IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points and non-paper on the planned U.S. in-kind contribution for the 1540 Committee to EU Council Secretariat and European Commission counterparts on October 21 and 22. EU officials welcomed the news and said they look forward to ensuring EU and U.S. approaches a [...]	2008-10-23 05:13:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUE EUN KPAO PREL PTER UNSC
08BRUSSELS164	EU UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN TO 6.8 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 was down to 6.8 percent in December 2007, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on January 31. Unemployment in the euro zone (the thirteen EU countries participating in the euro - based on membe [...]	2008-02-01 13:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS1651	EULEX KOSOVO U.S.-EU PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) On October 22, the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) Kosovo U.S.-EU Participation Agreement entered into force. On behalf of the U.S. delegation, EUR A/S Dan Fried added his signature, in Brussels,to that of EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier [...]	2008-10-27 06:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN SR KK
08BRUSSELS1657	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR REVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY. On October 1, 2008, the European Commission unveiled its proposal to amend the Capital Requirement Directives (2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC) through a combination of co-decision and comitology proposals. The Co-decision proposal contains the more fundamental changes that must receive [...]	2008-10-27 15:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ECON EUN
08BRUSSELS1659	EU COUNTRIES TO SHARE INFORMATION ON CYBER CRIME [...] EU Interior Ministers at their October 24 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting in Luxembourg set up a European alert platform for reporting offences on the Internet. The platform, hosted by EUROPOL with 300,000 EUR funding from the EU budget, will help cyber crime investigators in t [...]	2008-10-28 06:43:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS1662	U.S.-EU COMPETITION CONSULTATIONS EMPHASIZE AREAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In October 20 annual consultations on competition policy, U.S. and EU officials emphasized areas of convergence on anti-trust policy and opportunities for cooperation and information sharing. A joint FTC-DoJ delegation represented the U.S. at the Brussels talks, while the EU [...]	2008-10-28 15:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EUN
08BRUSSELS1677	EUROPEAN UNION VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 15 G20 SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Below please find post responses to reftel questions on expected priorities and objectives for the European Union (particularly European Commission) at the November 15 G20 Summit. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in his role as President of the Council of the European Union, [...]	2008-10-30 15:21:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
08BRUSSELS1687	EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.0 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE STABLE [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 reached 7.0 percent in September 2008 (up from 6.9 percent in August 2008),according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on October 31. Unemployment in the euro zone (EU-15 participating in the euro) w [...]	2008-11-04 13:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS1698	EUROPEAN COMMISSION RELEASES "GLOBAL EUROPE: [...] (U) Summary. On October 27, 2008, the European Commission published a report assessing the competitiveness of the European Union (EU) in the global economy. The report, entitled "Global Europe: competing in the world" concludes that since the mid-1990s, the EU has been able to broadly mainta [...]	2008-11-05 16:58:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ECIN EINV ETRD EUN
08BRUSSELS170	BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: FEBRUARY 1 [...] (U) Persistent rumors that Fortis faces additional write-offs on its subprime exposure has caused its share price to fall by as much as 10 percent during one day of trading (January 22),alarming the Belgian financial watchdog CBFA to the extent that it forced Fortis to issue a statement alle [...]	2008-02-01 16:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SENV BE
08BRUSSELS1704	PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA INVITED TO ADDRESS EUROPEAN [...] (U) Hans-Gert Pottering, President of the European Parliament, asked us to transmit the following letter to President-elect Obama. Pottering sent the original to Obama's Senate office via the European Commission delegation in Washington. 2. (U) Begin text. 5 November 2008 Senator B [...]	2008-11-06 10:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP OBAMA BARACK EUN
08BRUSSELS1771	LINES DRAWN WITHIN EU OVER CCS [...] One component of the EU's Climate and Energy Package of legislative proposals is to promote the development and deployment of clean coal technologies through the principle of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The proposal calls for the construction of 10-12 pilot projects by 2015, to facilita [...]	2008-11-21 17:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY
08BRUSSELS1787	FLEMISH INTERIOR MINISTER'S REFUSAL TO CONFIRM [...] Summary: The Flemish Interior Minister's second refusal to confirm in office three francophone mayors who had violated Belgian language laws has put the just-relaunched institutional talks on structure of the Belgian state into question. Dismayed francophone politicians have asked the Flemi [...]	2008-11-25 18:00:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BE
08BRUSSELS1788	CONVICTED TERRORIST TO APPEAL EXTRADITION FROM [...] Belgian Federal Prosecutors Office Spokesperson Lieve Pellens announced November 25 that the United States had filed a request to extradite Nizar Trabelsi for membership in Al Qeada. A court in Nivelles ruled in favor of the U.S. request on November 19, and the extradition will now be heard b [...]	2008-11-25 18:09:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM PTER BE
08BRUSSELS1789	BELGIUM: NO FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTION TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 10:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO TPHY US BE
08BRUSSELS1795	A TALE OF TWO PARTIES: THE FIGHT FOR THE FLEMISH [...] Summary: Though the June 2009 elections are months away, they lurk in backs of the minds of most Flemish politicians. The center-right Flemish Liberal Party (Open VLD) is worried about recent controversies besetting its ministers, while the upstart center-right party Lijst Dedecker (LDD) antic [...]	2008-11-26 17:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1802	EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.1 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO [...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data collected by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) confirm the deterioration of the labor market situation in Europe. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 reached 7.1 percent in October 2008 (up from 7.0 percent in September 2008) [...]	2008-11-28 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS185	CONDEMNING ARREST AND ARRAIGNMENT OF SYRIAN [...] The following statement was issued by the EU Presidency on February 4, the same day as reftel. 2. Begin text: Recalling the Presidency Statement of 27 September 2007 and the Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union of 31 December 2007, the European Union condemns th [...]	2008-02-05 17:16:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KMPI XF SY EUN
08BRUSSELS1853	EU COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO TAKE IN SOME 10,000 IRAQI REFUGEES [...] EU ministers in the November 27 JHA Council pledged to take in, "as a signal of solidarity, up to around" 10,000 Iraqi refugees in particularly vulnerable situations. Reception will take place on a voluntary basis, taking account of the capacities of the individual Member States and of "the o [...]	2008-12-05 16:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS1854	GROWING OPTIMISM ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE [...] The horse-trading is moving at a furious pace in Brussels as efforts to finalize the EU,s Climate and Energy package appear to be yielding fruit. The French, in their capacity as Council President, have been holding meetings of representatives from member states (COREPER) and between Commissi [...]	2008-12-05 16:25:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY
08BRUSSELS1868	BELGIUM:DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA BE
08BRUSSELS1870	BELGIUM ARRESTS FOURTEEN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (U) Belgian police arrested December 11 fourteen terrorist suspects, according to press reporting. A total of 242 police officers conducted a series of sixteen raids in Brussels and one in the Francophone city of Liege. According to the Belgian prosecutors office, the suspects were linked to [...]	2008-12-11 16:00:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV AF PA BE
08BRUSSELS1889	BELGIUM: LOOKING FOR USG FLEXIBILITY ON IEA [...] Econoff shared reftel demarche points on the International Energy Agency (IEA) 2009-10 budget on December 11 with Ambassador Philippe Nieuwenhuys, head of the Energy Department at Belgium's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (MFA). 2. Nieuwenhuys knew t [...]	2008-12-15 10:24:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IEA BE
08BRUSSELS1892	EU LEADERS SET PATH FOR NEW IRISH VOTE ON LISBON TREATY [...] SUMMARY: Irish PM Brian Cowen at the December 11-12 European Council committed to put the Treaty of Lisbon to another referendum before the end of October 2009 in exchange for assurances on Irish concerns which motivated the "No" in June 2008. The leaders concurred that the Commission would c [...]	2008-12-15 15:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN EI
08BRUSSELS1950	BELGIUM: INTERIM AGREEMENT BY CIVAIR AUTHORITY [...] Belgium's Civil Air Authority (CAA) informed the Brussels-based Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representative on December 22 that Brussel's Zaventem Airport will begin TSA-required additional security measures starting December 23, for a period of 90 days, while TSA and the Euro [...]	2008-12-23 16:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BE
08BRUSSELS1951	BELGIUM: PROVISIONAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] Belgium has no immediate plans to expand its nuclear power program. Under existing law passed in the late 1990's, Belgium will be required to shutter its two existing nuclear power plants (that are comprised of seven reactors: three at Tihange in Wallonia, and four at Doel, in Flanders) by 20 [...]	2008-12-24 09:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BE
08BRUSSELS1957	BELGIUM:2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy point of contact is Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov 2. Begin text of report. Belgium Belgium continued to strengthen its response to the threat of terrorism, with the new institutions it developed over the past several years working to coordinate the Belgian governmen [...]	2008-12-24 11:09:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC BE
08BRUSSELS1961	BELGIUM: IT'S A GOVERNMENT: VAN ROMPUY NEXT TO [...] (U) Herman Van Rompuy will be the next Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, heading a coalition of the same five political parties who comprised the previous administration of outgoing Prime Minister Yves Leterme (CD&V). Leterme had resigned on December 19 following allegations of polit [...]	2008-12-30 15:08:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR BE
08BRUSSELS1965	BELGIUM: COMPOSITION OF NEW GOVERNMENT HEADED BY [...] (U) Herman Van Rompuy became Belgium's Prime Minister on December 30, and will lead a government mostly composed of the same Ministers who served outgoing PM Yves Leterme. The few ministerial changes are Stefaan de Clercq at Justice (replacing Jo Vandeurzen),Guido de Padt at Interior, repl [...]	2008-12-31 11:34:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR BE
08BRUSSELS206	FUTURE PRIME MINISTER LETERME SEES HIS PARTY AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Yves Leterme, the man who "won" the June federal elections in Belgium, and who now serves as Vice Prime Minister, is not sure arrangements will be complete on constitutional reform before March 23, the day by he is expected to become Prime Minister. Given the electoral strengt [...]	2008-02-07 14:03:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON BE
08BRUSSELS26	EU UNEMPLOYMENT STABLE AT 7.0 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE DOWN [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 stood at 7.0 percent in October 2007, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on December 3. Unemployment in the euro zone (the thirteen EU countries participating in the euro) decreased slightly [...]	2008-01-08 06:55:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS271	BELGIUM TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, FORMAL ACTION [...] (SBU) Per ref A request, Ambassador spoke with Belgian FM De Gucht regarding developments at the Security Council. De Gucht made clear that he already had issued instructions to support the USG position on continued discussion of Kosovo. 2. (SBU) The Minister made clear to EU colleagues [...]	2008-02-19 16:48:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV
08BRUSSELS295	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 08:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS297	BELGIUM: KING SIGNS ROYAL DECREE RECOGNIZING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 12:51:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS303	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 17:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS321	EU UNEMPLOYMENT STABLE AT 6.8 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE ALSO [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 was stable at 6.8 percent in January 2008, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on February 29. Unemployment in the euro zone (the fifteen EU countries participating in the euro - membership en [...]	2008-02-29 15:37:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS325	LIECHTENSTEIN SET TO JOIN SCHENGEN AREA [...] In addition to discussions of the Visa Waiver Program and the question of the MOU with the Czech Republic (SEPTEL),EU Interior ministers in the February 28 JHA Council gave their backing to Liechtenstein's entry into the Schengen area in spite of the tax fraud scandal now affecting the princi [...]	2008-03-04 09:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS34	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (KOSOVO) [...] SUMMARY: Kosovo generated the most interest at an all day donor coordination meeting hosted by the European Commission (EC) on December 13 to solicit bilateral input in advance of a new EC strategy for the Balkans. The meeting was attended by representatives from individual European Union ( [...]	2008-01-09 16:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS357	BELGIAN SENATE APPROVES LISBON TREATY [...] (U) On March 6th the Belgian Senate voted to approve the Treaty of Lisbon, 48 to 9 in favor with 1 abstention. Although many senators expressed reservations about certain aspects of the treaty, only members of the right-wing, Flemish nationalist party, Vlaams Belang (VB),voted against th [...]	2008-03-07 14:44:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS392	EU LEADERS BLESS "UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN" AS "UPGRADE" [...] SUMMARY. EU leaders in the March 13-14 European Council gave their blessing to the "Union for the Mediterranean" initiative presented by French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel. The plan, described by Slovene PM-European Council chair Jansa as "an upgrade" of the existing Eurome [...]	2008-03-14 18:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS397	EU TREATY OF LISBON: CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS [...] With the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for entry into force in 2009) the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights -- first proclaimed in 2000 as a political declaration Q- will become binding and acquire the same legal value as the Treaties without altering the Union's powers. The UK and Poland secured [...]	2008-03-17 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN ELAB PHUM
08BRUSSELS43	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (SERBIA) [...] SUMMARY: At a recent donor coordination meeting in Brussels, European Commission (EC) representatives hoped for a "smooth" Kosovo settlement while affirming that the relationship between Europe and Serbia is now at a "crossroads". Against this backdrop, the main EC development objective in [...]	2008-01-10 16:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS430	LETERME GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT: THE ECONOMICS [...] The Leterme government agreement concluded this eek contains many good intentions (e.g. a 2009 budget surplus),but very few specific policies on how to achieve these goals. On several issues, the coalition partners agree to disagree and kick the issue down the road by ordering yet another stu [...]	2008-03-20 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFI PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS447	DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH EU COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 14, 2008, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker met in Brussels with European Union Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security (JLS) Jonathan Faull for a detailed discussion of the implementation along twin tracks of the U [...]	2008-03-26 10:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CA CMGT CVIS EUN
08BRUSSELS449	BELGIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KSTC PARM PREL BE
08BRUSSELS45	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (BOSNIA) [...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina figured quite prominently in a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The main EC goal in the country is clearly "nation building" and EC sponsored development programs are expected [...]	2008-01-10 16:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS463	EU-JAPAN SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Mission of Japan to the European Union recently joined with the European Commission, European Policy Center and the Berlin-based Japan-Germany Center to host a day-long symposium focused on development in Africa. Senior officials from both Europe and Japan affirmed important [...]	2008-03-28 15:21:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS482	EU UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN TO 6.7 PERCENT; EURO [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 stood at 6.7 percent in February 2008, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on April 1. Unemployment in the euro zone (the fifteen EU countries participating in the euro) was stable at 7.1 per [...]	2008-04-01 14:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS575	BELGIANS RECEIVE UNMEE TERMINATION TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 05:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO ET ER BE
08BRUSSELS596	EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 14:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE
08BRUSSELS598	EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...] Your upcoming visit to Brussels will include calls on European Commission officials in the Labor and Social Affairs Directorate and participation in the High-level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF). This cable provides a summary update of EU labor and social policy and a description of th [...]	2008-04-21 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE
08BRUSSELS608	EU AMENDS ITS LEGISLATION ON COMBATING [...] EU Home Affairs ministers in the April 18 JHA Council agreed to amend the 2002 EU Framework Decision on combating terrorism by making public provocation to commit a terrorist offense, and recruitment and training for terrorism punishable acts throughout the EU, including when committed thro [...]	2008-04-22 15:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CVIS PREL KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS630	BELGIAN MFA ON BELGIAN AID ALONG RWANDAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the course of a meeting on April 18, Paul Jansen, the Belgian MFA desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, explained Belgium,s role in helping reassimilate Rwandan returnees and the status of Rwandan immigrants in Belgium. END SUMMARY Belgium,s Role in Reassimilation [...]	2008-04-24 14:54:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	BE PGOV PREL RWANDA CONGO
08BRUSSELS637	FOLLOW UP ON EU BORDER SECURITY SYSTEMS [...] In response to reftel, Post has prepared the following information on the status of the European Union's proposed Electronic Travel Authorization System (ETSA),planned updates to the Schengen Information System, and planned Visa Information System. Each component is described below. 2. St [...]	2008-04-25 11:15:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CA CMGT CVIS EUN PINR PREL PTER
08BRUSSELS644	BELGIUM'S DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS RUNNING HARD TO BE [...] SUMMARY: Belgium's Director General of Customs, Noel Colpin, is running hard to be elected as the new Secretary General of the World Custom Organization. He has the full support of his government. He has worked very closely with the Embassy for many years and was Belgium's chief negotiator [...]	2008-04-28 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BE
08BRUSSELS666	EU UNEMPLOYMENT STABLED AT 6.7 PERCENT; [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 was unchanged at 6.7 percent in March 2008, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on April 30. Unemployment in the euro zone (the fifteen EU countries participating in the euro) was also stabl [...]	2008-04-30 14:11:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS701	EU MIGRATION POLICY ELUSIVE [...] France, which will assume the rotating EU presidency on July 1, has made migration one of its top presidency priorities, with President Sarkozy saying the EU should speak with one voice on migration policy. But moves toward a common migration policy reveal tensions over Commission versus memb [...]	2008-05-09 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS770	TRANSATLANTIC REGULATORY DIALOGUE ADDRESSES [...] Summary: At the 25 April High Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF),senior U.S. and EU regulators discussed strengthening EU-US cooperation on import product safety, enhancing information sharing, collaborating on risk analysis, and the final joint OMB/Secretariat General report on the [...]	2008-05-22 14:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND SENV SOCI EUN
08BRUSSELS795	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] ECOUNS delivered reftel points to Filip De Clerq, nonproliferation desk officer at the Belgian MFA on May 21. De Clerq said that the EU would be sending a delegation to the annual meeting in Madrid in June. However, De Clerq was not sure that Belgium was ready to contribute to management of [...]	2008-05-28 12:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER KGIC PREL BE
08BRUSSELS813	IAEA: THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION [...] ECOUNS passed points in reftel to MFA Non-Proliferation Office on May 23. On May 30, the desk officer in the office relayed a response thanking the U.S. for the invitation to the meeting on the global initiative information portal. However, as the MFA has no specific input to make on the man [...]	2008-05-30 08:38:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BE
08BRUSSELS814	BELGIUM TO FORGIVE 80% OF IRAQI DEBT [...] At the Stockholm Conference on Iraq, Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Olivier Chastel stated that Belgium is willing to forgive 80% of Iraq's bilateral debt by the end of 2008. Belgium would forgive 260 million euros ($403 million) out of a total debt of 323 million euros ($500 mi [...]	2008-05-30 09:14:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID IZ BE
08BRUSSELS825	EU UNEMPLOYMENT STABLED AT 6.7 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 was unchanged at 6.7 percent in April 2008, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on May 30. Unemployment in the euro zone (the fifteen EU countries participating in the euro) was also stable at [...]	2008-06-02 09:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN

08BRUSSELS828	BELGIUM: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] Article 22b of the Belgian Constitution states that "each child has the right to the respect of its moral, physical, mental and sexual integrity." In 1992, the Belgian Parliament adopted legislation imposing a total ban on child labor. The legislation was put into effect through the Royal D [...]	2008-06-02 12:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BE
08BRUSSELS847	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREF PREL SMIG BE
08BRUSSELS865	EU WILL NOT ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 15:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS OTRA IZ
08BRUSSELS868	EU MINISTERS AGREE ON "RETURN DIRECTIVE" [...] EU Interior Ministers in the June 5 JHA Council recorded their agreement on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying non-EU nationals (the "Return Directive"). The Council encouraged Member States to "voluntarily" take on refugees from Iraq, focusing on [...]	2008-06-09 12:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS892	EU TREATY OF LISBON - JHA [...] Under the Treaty of Lisbon (entry in force targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters -- the so-called "third pillar" -- will become subject to the "Community" method under the renamed Treaty on [...]	2008-06-12 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUM PGOV KCRM ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS910	BELGIUM EXTENDS ITS UNIFIL MISSION UNTIL THE END [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 13:49:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR LE BE
08BRUSSELS963	BLACK SEA SYNERGY INITIATIVE MARKS FIRST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the European Commission's Black Sea Synergy Initiative provides a useful opportunity to highlight regional cooperation. As the initiative moves from "launch" to "implementation," funding will be available to support local civil society groups committed [...]	2008-06-25 13:01:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EUN ZJ XH
08BRUSSELS98	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (ALBANIA) [...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Albania were among several discussed during a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. EC assistance programs in Albania, estimated at around 55 million euros in 2007, are expected to increase by 15 per [...]	2008-01-18 10:34:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS99	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (OTHER [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing development programs in several Balkan countries including Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro were discussed during a December 13 donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The EC anticipates making more than 450 million euros available [...]	2008-01-18 10:34:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BUCHAREST1005	ROMANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message contains Post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Begin text. Romania provided throughout 2008 a full range of public and diplomatic support to counterterrorism efforts. Approximately 500 Romanian troops were serving in Iraq and 820 in Afghanistan as par [...]	2008-12-22 14:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR RO
08BUCHAREST143	ROMANIA/ENERGY: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS [...] The following is Embassy Bucharest's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on aspects of the Department's work on energy-related matters. Responses to questions A, B, C and D of reftel follow: 2. QUESTION A: The Economic Section is responsible for energy [...]	2008-02-25 07:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD RO
08BUCHAREST155	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This message is in response to reftel request for post-shipment check on license 050056831 concerning the export of helicopter spare parts to Romania. Mission directed the PM/DTCC inquiry to MOD Director General Dragos Ghercioiu who confirmed in writing that Elbit Systems did receive the n [...]	2008-02-27 14:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RO
08BUCHAREST226	INTERIOR MINISTRY CANDIDATES FOR SECOND LINE OF [...] (U) Mission received on March 18, a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (MIRA),Inspector General of the Border Police, addressed to the Department of Energy,s National Nuclear Security Administration. The note conveys the names of those nominees for the HAMM [...]	2008-03-20 14:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OPDC PARM PINS PREL RO
08BUCHAREST261	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 12:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR
08BUCHAREST263	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR G/TIP VISIT OF [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eleanor Gaetan, Senior Coordinator for Public Affairs for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP). The purpose of Mrs. Gaetan,s visit is to speak at a conference on human trafficking, hosted by the Ratiu foundation Romania. 2. [...]	2008-04-08 10:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL RO
08BUCHAREST313	ROMANIA'S NEW UNINOMINAL ELECTION LAW CHANGES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania formally adopted new electoral rules intended to increase accountability to local electoral districts and to encourage political parties to choose candidates on the basis of attractiveness to voters rather than loyalty to party kingmakers. The new rules create a first- [...]	2008-04-21 15:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST385	TERRORISM FINANCE: RESPONSE TO 1267 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 08:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL
08BUCHAREST404	AFTER ACTION: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) The prominent news daily "Romania Libera" (circulation 316,000) May 21 carried op-ed under the Ambassador's by-line expressing solidarity with the people of Cuba. The commentary recalled similar regimes in the former communist states of Eastern Europe that were now defunct, and highlighte [...]	2008-05-23 09:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU RO
08BUCHAREST430	ROMANIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 09:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS ETRD ENRG PHSA PINS
08BUCHAREST447	ROMANIA TO SPEAK AT THE FOURTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RO
08BUCHAREST504	ROMANIA: SMALL FIRST QUARTER BUDGET SURPLUS MASKS LIKELY [...] (SBU) Recently released data shows the Government of Romania (GOR) posted a small consolidated budget surplus of USD $32.3 million in the first quarter of 2008, or the equivalent of 0.02 percent of expected GDP. For this year, the GOR has already cut its deficit target by 0.4 percent to 2.3 p [...]	2008-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST507	ROMANIAN STOCK MARKET SEARCHES FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE [...] (U) Summary: Battered by the same negative forces affecting stock markets worldwide, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (Bursa de Valori Bucuresti, or BVB) is struggling to capitalize on Romania's strong economic growth in order to maintain a competitive position. To boost investor confidence, BVB m [...]	2008-06-20 14:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EIND RO
08BUCHAREST579	ROMANIA: EMBASSY-SPONSORED FORUM PROMOTES RENEWABLES AND [...] (U) Seeking to build in a local setting on the success of the spring 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),post co-sponsored a Renewable Energy Conference with the NGO the "Romanian Association for Energy Policies" (APER) on July 9, 2008. Expert speakers outlined [...]	2008-07-22 12:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EAID SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO RO
08BUCHAREST631	ROMANIA: DISASTER RELIEF PROVIDED TO AID FLOOD VICTIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 13:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI
08BUCHAREST725	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST726	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08BUCHAREST752	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: CAPA FINANCE ROMANIA [...] In response to reftel request for comments on a proposed USD 25 million OPIC loan to CAPA Finance, post has no derogatory information with regard to the intended loan recipient. Post is similarly unaware of any information linking the shareholders of CAPA Finance to terrorism or corruption. [...]	2008-09-23 14:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID ECON RO
08BUCHAREST790	ROMANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 12:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC RO
08BUCHAREST865	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] AmEmbassy Bucharest received, on 10 November 08, from the Democratic Union of Ukrainian People from Romania, the following letter: "November 7, 2008 To his Excellency Barack Obama, elected President of the United States of America, Dear President, We the Democratic Union of [...]	2008-11-10 12:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OPDC RO
08BUCHAREST889	ROMANIA: UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - POZNAN, POLAND, [...] On November 12, EconOff transmitted reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director for UN and Specialized Institutions Gabriela Tanjala and to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development's (MESD) Chief of Department in the Climate Change Directorate, Vla [...]	2008-11-17 15:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG SENV ENRG RO
08BUCHAREST997	ROMANIA: NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR ON THE RISE [...] Nuclear power accounts for an increasing share of Romania's electricity production. The country's two operating reactors at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant currently provide 18 percent of Romania's domestic electricity production, with this number scheduled to double after two additional re [...]	2008-12-19 16:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP BTIO SENV EPET KSEI RO
08BUDAPEST1009	HUNGARY WILL NOT PARTICPATE IN THE NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 10:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KGIC PINR PTER HU
08BUDAPEST1010	HUNGARIAN, CZECH AND POLISH TENTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 11:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO HU PL EZ
08BUDAPEST1015	HUNGARY TO ATTEND OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 07:34:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRS EAID GG HU
08BUDAPEST1018	BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...]	2008-10-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU
08BUDAPEST1032	POST RESPONSE TO FOIA REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] A search of all files in the front office, the POL/ECON and RSO sections revealed no responsive material in any media. There is no record of responsive material being retired to the department. 2. Jeff Levine, DCM, can attest to the adequacy of the search conducted by post. LEVINE [...]	2008-10-31 09:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF HU
08BUDAPEST1033	HUNGARY WILL CONSIDER HOSTING A FUTURE EXERCISE [...] In a follow-up discussion to ref A demarche delivered October 27, MFA Section for Arms Control and Non-proliferation Head Mark Horvath told PolOff October 30 that the MFA will take under consideration hosting a future Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event. Horvath noted that the MFA is facing a [...]	2008-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MCAP PINR PINS HU
08BUDAPEST1047	Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff's visit to [...] Summary: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Budapest October 28-29, in connection with Hungary's accession to membership in the Visa Waiver Program and to discuss security issues with Hungarian counterparts. The official program took place on October 28, 2008, with the S [...]	2008-11-04 13:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1075	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Gabor Fodor, Chairman, Alliance of Free Democrats, the Hungarian Liberal Party, received November 6, 2008. 2. Begin Text Dear Senator Obama, Allow me to congratulate you for your own great victory, and f [...]	2008-11-10 10:06:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1076	Budapest's Public Outreach on Visa Waiver Program and ESTA [...] Summary: Embassy Budapest has engaged in active public and media outreach related to the Visa Waiver Program dating back to the commencement of the Roadmap process for Hungary, and redoubled efforts following the passage of the legislation last summer. Post seized upon the October 17 White H [...]	2008-11-10 11:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1080	HUNGARY OFFERS TO HOST FUTURE EXERCISE PLANNING [...] In a follow-up to reftels, MFA Arms Control and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath told PolOff on November 7 that his leadership has "agreed in principle" to organize a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event, preferably in November 2009. H [...]	2008-11-10 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KGIC PREL MCAP HU
08BUDAPEST1083	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Viktor Orban, Chairman of Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union, received November 10, 2008. 2. Begin text Dear Senator Obama, I wish to congratulate you whole-heartedly on your spectacular victory at the 2008 pr [...]	2008-11-12 08:44:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1104	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Tibor Sztankovanszki, President, and Sandor Bacskai, Secretary General of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, received November 7, 2008. 2. Begin text Please convey the best wishes of the Historic Hungari [...]	2008-11-19 10:55:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1105	EMBASSY BUDAPEST ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONTROLS [...] Post completed the Annual Review and Certification of Consular Controls on November 19, 2008. Post certifies that it is in compliance with all sub-paragraphs in reftel. The certifying officer is Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffery D. Levine. Narrative responses to all subparagraphs in reftel fo [...]	2008-11-20 16:09:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD HU
08BUDAPEST1119	HUNGARY CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1122	HUNGARY ABSTAINING AGAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1136	HUNGARIAN QUID PRO QUO OFFER OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] On November 21, Post received a note verbale in English dated November 21 announcing the candidacy of Professor Attila Harmathy for re-election to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) for the 2009-2013 period and proposing Hungaria [...]	2008-11-26 14:10:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNIDROIT HU
08BUDAPEST1176	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 14:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1179	OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED [...] On December 8, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Katalin Rodics, Head of the Ministry of Environment and Water's Department for European Community Law and Coordination. Rodics welcomed the implementation of the amended Lacey Act, indicating that the EU is working [...]	2008-12-10 11:41:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO HU
08BUDAPEST1209	MAGYAR GARDA - THE LONG-AWAITED COURT RULING [...] Summary. The Budapest Municipal Court ruled December 16 to disband the Magyar Garda Association. The Association will appeal the ruling. However, the Magyar Garda Movement, not a legal entity under the law, remains in place with potential anti-Roma demonstrations likely down the road. End [...]	2008-12-18 13:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST1210	HUNGARY WOULD CONSIDER ATTENDING POTENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1211	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1218	2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 10:09:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST211	HUNGARIAN BLUE LANTERN - LICENSE 05-050085871 [...] Although surprised when contacted about reftel, Magnum Vadasz es Hajos Company Director Akos Szucs willingly discussed the company's operations with PolOff and EmbOff on February 25. Opening the discussion, he commented that the company has been importing Remington and Hornady brand, U.S.-ma [...]	2008-02-28 10:50:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC HU
08BUDAPEST258	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON EU'S MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftel agenda items with PolOff on March 7. Dekany provided the following comments by agenda item: Western Balkans: - Kosovo: Good news that the government in Pristina has shown "sufficient maturity" in [...]	2008-03-10 13:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST269	HUNGARY UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 07:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PARM HU
08BUDAPEST342	GROWING HUNGARIAN HORDE FROM THE RIGHT - MAGYAR [...] Repeating their late October 2007 public ceremony (ref A),the far-right, para-military Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard) initiated 600 new members at Budapest's Heroes' Square on March 29. As the colonnaded statues of the most important historical Hungarian figures over the past 1000 years gaze [...]	2008-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST419	EBRD: HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 11:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU HU
08BUDAPEST430	HUNGARY COMMITTED TO TAX TREATY [...] Ministry of Finance State Secretary Almos Kovacs stressed in a cordial April 23 meeting in response to reftel demarche that GOH has no currently known substantive disagreement on specific elements of the U.S.-Hungary tax treaty, and that it has no desire to delay resumption of negotiations or [...]	2008-04-28 10:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST504	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 09:57:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST514	HUNGARY IN LISTENING MODE AT BURMA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 14:56:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST517	HUNGARY CURRENTLY SUPPORTING MCKINLEY FOR IOM [...] PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA International Organizations and Human Rights Department Head, Attila Zimanyi on May 23. He confirmed that Hungary currently supports the present Director General (DG),Brunson McKinley, for a third term. Zimanyi commented that Hungary has been g [...]	2008-05-28 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC HU
08BUDAPEST56	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CROATIA [...] The December 18-19 visit to Zagreb of the Regional ESTH Hub Office's OES/STC TDYer provided a timely opportunity to discuss Croatian S&T governmental infrastructure. Croatian officials expressed a strong desire to continue and expand cooperation with the United States on S&T issues. Croatian [...]	2008-01-15 14:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL HR HU
08BUDAPEST604	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON U.S. DECISION CONCERNING THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST648	HUNGARY COMMENTS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE [...] The MFA Asia and Pacific Ocean Department Head, Gyula Petho, discussed reftel with PolOff on June 27. Petho noted that the eight-member joint Hungarian Reformed Church Charity Organization-Debrecen University Doctors Rescue Group arrived back in Budapest on June 26 after ten days providing p [...]	2008-06-27 15:02:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID HU BU EUN
08BUDAPEST663	COCKTAILS FOR THE ROMA - MOLOTOV STYLE [...] Summary: Recent Molotov cocktail attacks on Roma houses in the village of Patka highlight a growing trend of open confrontation between Roma and non-Roma Hungarian citizens in various locales. Village officials and the local "Civil Guard" group face racism claims in their effort to maintain la [...]	2008-07-02 05:04:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST673	MAGYAR GARDA - TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS? [...] Summary: The Budapest Municipal Court held the third round of hearings concerning the Budapest Prosecutor's civil suit against the far-right Jobbik Party's Magyar Garda on June 30. The hearing attracted numerous onlookers, both for and against declaring the organization unlawful. Conducted [...]	2008-07-07 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST680	COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE AT GAY [...] Anti-gay protesters violently disrupted Budapest's annual Gay Pride Day Parade on Saturday, July 5, resulting in thirteen damaged police vehicles, the hospitalization of fourteen unidentified persons and the detention of 58 protesters. The clashes were a disappointment but not a surprise give [...]	2008-07-08 07:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HU ASEC
08BUDAPEST766	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 13:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC KNNP PARM PREL PTER HU
08BUDAPEST800	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION FOR CO-CHAIR [...] On August 7, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN presented talking points in reftel to Tibor Farago, Head of the Ministry of Environment,s Strategy Department, who will represent Hungary at the 29th plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva in early September. [...]	2008-08-08 09:01:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG KSCA SENV AORC HU
08BUDAPEST812	UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF OUTER SPACE [...] On July 28, Post received a note verbal in English dated July 17 announcing the candidacy of Mr. Elod Both for the chairmanship of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Mr. Elod is a well-respected academic who is committed to making space science accessible to the g [...]	2008-08-12 14:48:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNPUOS UNGA PARM KSCA HU
08BUDAPEST816	NSG MEETING, AUGUST 21-22: HUNGARY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (U) On August 12, ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Dr. Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),and Mark Horvath, Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation at the MFA. Kristof Horvath and Hungarian Perm [...]	2008-08-13 12:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AORC HU
08BUDAPEST843	BUDAPEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LUGAR [...] Embassy Budapest welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Richard Lugar and staff to visit Budapest August 29-30, 2008, for consultations with Hungarian government officials and private sector representatives. 2. Reservations have been made for the CODEL at the Marriott Hotel for th [...]	2008-08-26 08:13:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN HU
08BUDAPEST917	HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU HU
08BUDAPEST925	HUNGARIAN STATE SECRETARY TO ATTEND THE SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 12:27:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HU
08BUDAPEST933	BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS - LESS VIOLENCE, BUT [...] Summary. In a day of Budapest demonstrations September 20, approximately 4,000 supporters of the government's newly-organized Magyar Charta (Hungarian Charter) and 1,000 Roma peacefully carried their message of tolerance and inclusion through the streets of the Capital, culminating in a ral [...]	2008-09-23 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST974	HUNGARIAN CHIEFS OF PROTOCOL CONTACT INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 15:17:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KCOM OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST980	HUNGARY MAKES WORLD'S FIRST CO2 EMISSIONS SALE UNDER KYOTO [...] Summary: On September 29, Hungary announced it had sold its quota of 2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions to Belgium, in what it calls the world's first international emissions sale under the Kyoto Protocol. Reportedly Hungary plans to use the revenues from this sale to fund its Green I [...]	2008-10-06 05:57:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PREL EU HU
08BUENOSAIRES1069	ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEACHAM, AUG 5-8, 2008 [...] The Ambassador warmly welcomes Mr. Carl Meacham, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to meet with leading Argentine government officials, legislators, and representatives of civil society organizations. 2. Control Officer will be Picker [...]	2008-08-04 09:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1157	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR VISITS PRAXAIR AND GREIF IN TIGRE [...] SUMMARY: On July 31, Ambassador toured the facilities of two U.S. firms, Praxair and Greif, located in Tigre, in the Province of Buenos Aires. Both companies are thriving in Argentina. Praxair is a leading worldwide producer of industrial gases with nine plants in Argentina. Company prioritie [...]	2008-08-15 19:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1158	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR HOSTS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR MACRI AND [...] Summary: On August 8, Ambassador hosted a roundtable for Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri to present his plans for developing a technological park in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires. Present at the roundtable were country representatives of major U.S. IT companies IBM, Cognizant, EDS, [...]	2008-08-15 20:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP BEXP EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1203	ARGENTINA: GOA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP [...] Senior advisor on trafficking in persons issues at the Argentine Ministry of Justice, Dr. Azul Romero, confirmed the GOA's interest in participating in the "Senior Officials Awareness Workshop" on trafficking in persons issues to be conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) [...]	2008-08-28 13:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN SNAR PREL ASEC SMIG ELAB EAID
08BUENOSAIRES1223	ARGENTINA: EVALUATION OF US SPEAKER TOM WOLFE, TRACKER [...] SUMMARY AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Tom Wolfe, one of our country's greatest living writers, put the U.S. Embassy at the center of Argentina's leading cultural and popular event of the year- the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, an event that attracts more than 1.2 million people. With an [...]	2008-09-02 20:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1234	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 19:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1236	ARGENTINA'S PARIS CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT PROMPTS [...] (SBU) The local reaction to the Argentine President's surprise September 2 announcement to pay Paris Club debt has been mildly positive. The GoA is promoting the action as part of a larger "debt reduction, development, and growth" initiative. GoA officials expressed satisfaction with the pos [...]	2008-09-04 21:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1262	CONVERSION OF ARGENTINA'S RA-6 RESEARCH REACTOR TO [...] On September 8, ESTCouns met with Lic. Norma Boero, President of Argentina's National Energy Commission (CNEA by its Spanish acronym) to follow up on reftel demarche. EST Couns delivered another copy of DOE Assistant Deputy Administrator Bieniawski's letter and discussed the invitation to th [...]	2008-09-10 18:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG PARM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1330	ABOUT-FACE: ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MAKES SURPRISE [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) made a surprise announcement yesterday that the GoA is considering a proposal by three banks to re-open the 2005 debt exchange to holdout bondholders. Barclays, Citi, and Deutsche Bank have developed the proposal, which will cover [...]	2008-09-23 22:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1335	ARGENTINA ADVANCES ITS OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] ESTCouns met on September 24 with Sebastian Sayus, Couselor for the MFA's Directorate of International Security, Nuclear and Outer Stace Issues (DIGAN) to deliver talking points in reftel and bio of US candidate for President of the Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint [...]	2008-09-25 12:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1350	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 16:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1355	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 21:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1370	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 16:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1403	ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 19:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES141	INL-FUNDED ASSISTANCE IN ARGENTINA: 2007 END-USE [...] Embassy Buenos Aires' CY-2007 End-Use Monitoring Report follows below: 2. PROCEDURES Post's Narcotics Coordinator does not have PD&S funding and as such is unable to fund on-site inspections or periodic spot checks to perform End Use Monitoring. The Coordinator has relied on DEA officer [...]	2008-02-06 14:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1421	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 12:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES144	BOLIVARIAN VISION FOR ARGENTINE CATARACT PATIENTS [...] Argentines needing cataract surgery are traveling to Bolivia for treatment by Cuban doctors. A leading Buenos Aires newspaper reported that approximately 17,000 Argentine citizens crossed the border for that reason over the past two years, although that figure is likely inflated. The GOA wil [...]	2008-02-07 13:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI EAID PREF PROP TBIO AR CU VZ
08BUENOSAIRES1440	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 16:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1476	ARGENTINA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Summary. Argentina has a long history of courageous women leaders who have worked tirelessly to protect fundamental human rights, educate a new generation of citizens growing up in an era of democracy, and combat drug and human trafficking. This year's nominee, Nelida Borquez, is cast fr [...]	2008-10-27 20:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1480	ARGENTINA SUPPORTS U.S. BID FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (U) Poloff raised Ref A points with Counselor Fabiana Laguzzo, Director of Women's Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 27. Laguzzo indicated that she did not foresee any difficulties in supporting the U.S. bid for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of W [...]	2008-10-28 14:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL XK XL XM XS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1481	ARGENTINA: VIDEOCONFERENCE ON HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS [...] (U) WHA/EPSC and Embassy Buenos Aires organized a successful videoconference (DVC) on October 24, between U.S. and Argentine experts and policymakers on the subject of hydrogen fuel cells. The DVC was a follow-up to the agreement on alternative and renewable energy signed by A/S Shannon last [...]	2008-10-28 15:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1485	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 11:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR

08BUENOSAIRES1486	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 12:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES15	MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON LATIN AMERICA; DOHA ROUND; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international opinion pieces are related to the US policy on Latin America; and expectations over the Doha Round. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "US policy on Latin America" Business-financial "Buenos Aires Economico" (01/04) front-pages an opinion piece [...]	2008-01-04 12:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES1523	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 10:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1524	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 11:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1529	ARGENTINE MARKETS RECOVER, BUT WITH RISING [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After two weeks of financial marke [...]	2008-11-05 15:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1531	DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES [...] At 6:30 PM [local time] on Monday, 3 November 2008, two pro-Islamic groups converged on the U.S. Embassy and held a non-violent demonstration near the main entrance. 2. A group of about 60 - 70 individuals from the Argentine Arab Federation and the At-Tauhid mosque protested against the U.S. [...]	2008-11-05 17:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL KISL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1539	ARGENTINA: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 14:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1544	Embassy Election Night Event in Buenos Aires Reaches Over [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy's election night party attracted the widest and most positive media coverage of any Embassy event held in Argentina in recent memory. Hosted by the Embassy at the American Club of Buenos Aires on the evening of November 4 and morning of November 5, the celebration o [...]	2008-11-08 00:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL AR KPAO KSUM
08BUENOSAIRES1547	Thousands of Argentines Learn about U.S. Electoral [...] Intense Argentine interest in the U.S. election provided post with an opportunity to enhance relations with important contacts, numerous schools, and the media. Post reached over 10 million Argentines through media coverage of our election events -- the widest and most positive media coverage [...]	2008-11-12 14:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL AR KPAO
08BUENOSAIRES1553	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1558	ARGENTINA: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Per reftel, the following is Post's submission to USTR's 2009 National Trade Estimate. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with Argentina was $1.4 billion in 2007, an increase of $563 million from $797 million in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $5.9 billion, up 22.6 perce [...]	2008-11-14 20:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1576	Argentina: Opportunity Seized to Advocate Again for ATSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Buenos Aires leveraged a recent visit to Argentina of Robert Graves, President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC),to arrange visits with senior media and GOA officials, furthering advocacy for the ATSC DTV standard. An updated and enhanced ATSC offer w [...]	2008-11-19 15:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT AR
08BUENOSAIRES1588	Public Diplomacy Best Practices: Countering [...] SUMMARY. The level of anti-Americanism in Argentina is the highest in the Western Hemisphere. For the last two years, we have been working hard to reverse our negative image, making this the Mission's highest priority. We believe we have found a formula for success through substantially incre [...]	2008-11-21 17:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO AR PGOV
08BUENOSAIRES1592	ARGENTINA: 2008 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Per Reftel instructions, below is post,s interim assessment of Argentina,s progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Our response is keyed to points found in reftel. A) IMPLEMENTING THE RECENTLY ENACTED FEDERAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, INCLUDING ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS OR [...]	2008-11-23 17:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AR
08BUENOSAIRES1636	Public Diplomacy Best Practices: Focusing on Social Issues [...] SUMMARY. The United States is often criticized in Latin America for its lack of attention to social issues. To fight this perception during the last two years, the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires has led efforts to spotlight the major social issues in the city and country, bringing media attenti [...]	2008-12-02 13:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO AR PGOV
08BUENOSAIRES1669	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 16:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1692	Ambassador visits Rosario - praises roles of BNC, U.S. [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wayne visited the city of Rosario to attend the 65th anniversary of the binational center ARICANA and the opening of the 28th Annual Meeting of Argentine-American Binational Centers in Rosario in late October. He also visited the John Deere tractor factory and met with a yo [...]	2008-12-15 13:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES171	EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Among Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include strengthening law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. The Argentine government, in conjunction with the [...]	2008-02-13 15:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1718	ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 13:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
08BUENOSAIRES1726	Argentina: Presidential Declaration of Argentina, Brazil [...] Argentine Ambassador to the United States Hector Timerman gave the Ambassador December 17 an unsigned copy of a joint declaration that he said was signed by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez i [...]	2008-12-19 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL BR VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES174	ARGENTINA: CODEL ENGEL, FEBRUARY 20-23, 2008 [...] THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY WELCOMES REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL AND THE DELEGATION HE WILL LEAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS TO MEET WITH LEADING ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LEGISLATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 2. CONTROL OFFICER WILL BE POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID ALAR [...]	2008-02-14 12:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC AR EC BL
08BUENOSAIRES1753	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1754	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1755	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1756	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES179	SATELLITE USA 193: ARGENTINA'S REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 18:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL PREL PARM AR
08BUENOSAIRES198	ARGENTINE OPPOSITION THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR [...] Per Department guidance (ref A),the Ambassador sent the leaders of Argentina's opposition Civic Coalition a letter on February 8 regarding the separation of powers in the U.S. constitution and the independence of the U.S. judiciary. The recipients must have released the Ambassador's letter, [...]	2008-02-20 17:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN KJUS KPAO SNAR ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES232	EVO MORALES, VISITING ARGENTINA, WARNS OF U.S. [...] Bolivian President Evo Morales, on the margins of a February 22 summit meeting in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva, told largest-circulation daily newspaper "Clarin" that he wanted "the whole world to know that this con [...]	2008-02-26 10:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS BL KV AR
08BUENOSAIRES24	ARGENTINA "FAVORABLY INCLINED" TO VOTE FOR US CERD [...] (U) Per reftel, post sent the Argentine MFA a diplomatic note requesting for GOA support for Pierre-Richard Prosper's candidacy for the UN Committee to Eliminate Racial Discrimination (CERD). Poloff followed up with Martin Romero, MFA Secretary in the International Organizations Directorate [...]	2008-01-04 18:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES266	ARGENTINA: USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH 10-14 MEETING [...] On February 29, Poloff, per Reftel, discussed USG priorities for the March 10-14 CND meetings in Vienna with the Argentine MFA's Director for International Drug Affairs, Minister Ricardo Roselli. Roselli stated that technical offices were studying the proposed U.S. resolutions on Screening an [...]	2008-03-03 15:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AORC UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES279	POST NOMINATES HEIDI GOMEZ FOR TRAINING ON FORCED [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Buenos Aires nominates Heidi Gomez for training on forced labor and child labor in Washington April 9-11. She is an economic-coned officer currently serving in post's Political section. Her current areas of responsibility cover labor, human rights, trafficking [...]	2008-03-04 17:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES282	MEDIA REACTION; LATIN AMERICAN CRISIS; 03/04/08 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major local papers extensively report on and carry opinion pieces and editorials related to the three-nation crisis that threatens Latin America's stability after Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and ordered troops to their borders. 2. OPINION PIEC [...]	2008-03-05 07:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES283	MEDIA REACTION; LATIN AMERICAN TENSION; 03/05/08 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers today carry opinion pieces and editorials that delve into the implications of the conflict between Colombia and Ecuador/Venezuela and its impact on the region. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" highlights that "the Kirchner administration seeks to coordinate a co [...]	2008-03-05 12:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES29	MEDIA REACTION; THWARTED COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international opinion pieces are related to the thwarted Colombian hostage rescue operation; and the Argentine foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Emmanuel and diplomatic caution" Leading "Clarin" editorializes (01/08) "The fiasco rep [...]	2008-01-08 15:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES291	MEDIA REACTION; LATIN AMERICAN CRISIS; SECRETARY RICE TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers carry opinion pieces and editorials related to the latest developments in the confrontation between Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela; the role played by Argentine President Cristina Kirchner in the crisis; and Secretary Rice's upcoming trip to the region [...]	2008-03-07 12:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES332	Kudos to INR officer Andrew Stein [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR APER AR
08BUENOSAIRES343	ARGENTINA: MORE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESOURCES NEEDED [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST: SEE PARAGRAPH 11. 2. SUMMARY: THE LEVEL OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN ARGENTINA IS THE HIGHEST IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO REVERSE OUR NEGATIVE IMAGE. WE HAVE MADE THIS THE MISSION'S HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND A FORMUL [...]	2008-03-18 15:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES352	EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SUPPORTS U.S. NGO PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Post is pleased to recommend three proposals for G/TIP's "International Collaborative Partnerships to Combat Trafficking" from U.S. NGOs interested in working with local partners to fight trafficking in persons in Argentina. Embassy-Buenos Aires's top priorities i [...]	2008-03-18 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES373	MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ AND THE US FINANCIAL CRISIS; THE IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces and editorials linked to the relationship between the Iraq war and the current US financial crisis; press freedom in Cuba; and the FARC, negotiations for hostage release and drug trafficking. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Iraq [...]	2008-03-25 18:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES395	MEDIA REACTION; WAR IN IRAQ; CUBA; LATIN AMERICA; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The main international topics during last weekend were the role played by the US in the war in Iraq; the Cuban Government authorizing the sale of cell phones; Latin American handling of the crisis between Ecuador and Colombia; and China's contribution to world economic grow [...]	2008-03-31 15:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES4	MEDIA REACTION; COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE RELEASE OPERATION; THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international opinion pieces cover implications of the failed Colombian hostage release operation; and expectations over the new Argentine administration's handling of long-term strategies as well as its "dispute" with the US. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...]	2008-01-02 15:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES426	ARGENTINA - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM LOBBIES GOA OFFICIALS FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting Ambassador William Swing met with Argentine Minister of Interior Florencio Anibal Randazzo and then followed up with the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs Raul Ricardes on March 31 to discuss his candidacy for Director General of the International Organi [...]	2008-04-04 19:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL PREF SMIG KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES466	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes the U.S. delegation to the Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC),hosted this year by the G [...]	2008-04-10 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES476	ARGENTINA: MAGDALENA FAILLACE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY OF [...] Embassy received from the Argentine MFA a diplomatic note soliciting USG support for Ambassador Magdalena Faillace as a candidate for President of the Inter-American Commission for Women (CIM). Elections will take place during the CIM's Ordinary Assembly of Delegates this November. 2. Si [...]	2008-04-14 19:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI KWMN PHUM IACW OAS AR
08BUENOSAIRES48	ARGENTINA 2007-2008 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] The following is Embassy Buenos Aires' input for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) part II -- Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Marked-up text sent separately via email. Post POC is EconOff Chris Landberg (LandbergCA@State.Gov). Begin Text: Argent [...]	2008-01-14 14:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES517	ARGENTINA: A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH [...] Innovation and cooperation were the major themes of A/S Shannon,s meeting with Minister of Science and Technology Lino Baranao on April 11. Baranao and A/S Shannon agreed that partnership on S&T issues is mutually beneficial and should be included in the framework for bilateral cooperation a [...]	2008-04-21 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TSPA SCUL PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES526	ARGENTINA WILLING TO HELP RENEW AND STRENGTHEN THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboff made reftel points April 18 to Minister Carlos Hernandez of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affairs. Hernandez replied April 22, saying that Argentina's UN Miss [...]	2008-04-23 11:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES533	NGO FAIR AT AMBASSADOR WAYNE4S RESIDENCE [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR WAYNE HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL NGO FAIR AT HIS RESIDENCE ON APRIL 8. MORE THAN 60 NGOS FROM ACROSS ARGENTINA GATHERED AT THE AMBASSADOR'S HOME IN BUENOS AIRES, WHERE THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM EMBASSIES, INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC COMPANIES, F [...]	2008-04-23 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KSUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES577	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Argentina (GOA) has responded to rising international prices by increasing efforts to divorce domestic food prices from international prices. The general policy of the government is to maintain low domestic prices and increase tax revenues by taxing agricult [...]	2008-05-02 20:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES58	Argentina: 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] Argentina remains open to foreign investment. Five consecutive years of real GDP growth over 8 percent have attracted considerable U.S. and other international investor interest in exploring opportunities in the Argentine market. The government of Argentina, in turn, has signaled its desire [...]	2008-01-16 11:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES608	MEDIA REACTION; US ELECTION CAMPAIGN; ARGENTINA'S VOTE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local international stories are focused on new developments in the Democratic primaries; Argentina's vote against IMF initiatives; and Lula da Silva's "meddling" in the confrontation between Hugo Chavez and the US. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - Obama and [...]	2008-05-07 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES632	MEDIA REACTION; US ELECTION CAMPAIGN; UN ANTITERRORIST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers carry international editorials on presidential candidate Barack Obama's chances of winning US presidential elections; the progress made under the UN's antiterrorist strategy; the chaotic situation in Lebanon; and the referendum in Bolivia. 2. OPINION P [...]	2008-05-12 19:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES647	ARGENTINA: MISSION AND U.S. COMPANIES COLLABORATE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Wayne hosted Argentine Science and Technology Minister Lino Baranao and CEOs from U.S. innovation-based companies May 9 in the latest of a number of sector or [...]	2008-05-15 18:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TSPA SCUL PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES661	MEDIA REACTION; WALL STREET ON ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; BARACK [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories are related to Wall Street forecasts for Argentina's growth rate; latest developments in Bolivia; and Barack Obama's rebuff to US President Bush. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Wall Street forecasts a sudden brake on Argentine [...]	2008-05-16 21:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES714	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador met with Laura Alonso, Executive Director for Argentine NGO "Citizen Power" (Poder Ciudadano-PC) and discussed its ongoing efforts to promote government accountability and transparency at the federal and local levels. Alonso explained PC's on-going efforts to inv [...]	2008-05-23 21:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES73	MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE TIES; COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to the implications of the US-Argentine incident; the current status of the rebellion method in the aftermath of the Colombian hostage release operation; and the impact of the US sub prime crisis on Argentina's economy. 2. OPINIO [...]	2008-01-22 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES732	ARGENTINA: UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 20:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES736	ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK P. LAGON [...] POST WARMLY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR MARK P. LAGON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),AND BARBARA FLECK, G/TIP REPORTS AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER, WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ARGENTINA FROM JUNE 18-21, 2008. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO OBTAIN AN UPDATE ON TIP I [...]	2008-05-29 13:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM SMIG UY AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES793	OAS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, [...] A regional workshop on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540, which concerns non-proliferation and export control obligations, was co-hosted by the U.S. and Argentina and held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 13-14, 2008. All members of the Organization of American Sta [...]	2008-06-10 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES812	ARGENTINA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 12:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08BUENOSAIRES837	ARGENTINA PROPOSES HUMAN RIGHTS COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see para 8 for request. 2. Summary. Ambassador Wayne recently met with National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism (INADI) President Maria Jose Lubertino to explore opportunities for cooperation in the realm of advancing civil right [...]	2008-06-18 22:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES878	Argentina: San Juan Welcomes Ambassador [...] During Ambassador's June 12 - 13 visit to San Juan, provincial authorities emphasized their desire to work with U.S. interests to explore mutually beneficial relationships. Ambassador had extensive meetings with San Juan Governor Jose Luis Gioja, San Juan Vice-Governor Dr. Jose Ruben U$ac, and [...]	2008-06-25 17:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP EINV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES879	More than Malbec: Ambassador Donates Scholarships and [...] Ambassador visited the Binational Center in Mendoza and presented certificates to 21 Mendoza high school students who have received scholarships to study English as part of the Embassy's Sarmiento-Mann scholarship program. Ambassador then met with influential Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque and r [...]	2008-06-25 17:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP EINV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES920	ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne and visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon called on Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to discuss Argentina's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Drawing from the T [...]	2008-07-02 17:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES973	ARGENTINA: FARMERS AND GOA LAUNCH MASSIVE RALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine farmers and pro-government forces staged massive rallies in Buenos Aires on July 15 seeking to influence the Senate vote on the controversial export tax regime (reftel) scheduled for the following day, July 16. The farmers' protest drew a crowd of 225,000 to 250,000 [...]	2008-07-16 23:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUJUMBURA295	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS - BURUNDI [...] (U) In a meeting June 3 with EmbOff, Chief of the Burundian Maritime Police Colonel Leonce Musavyi said that he appreciated the potential benefits of Global Maritime Partnerships (reftel) and was eager to explore cooperation in this area. Colonel Musavyi noted that the Marine Police have no b [...]	2008-06-03 15:43:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08BUJUMBURA421	GOB AND REBEL LEADERSHIP COMMIT TO RESOLVING [...] In an August 18 briefing, South African facilitator Charles Nqakula told the diplomatic corps that Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and rebel group PALIPEHUTU-FNL Chairman Agathon Rwasa will meet August 19,21,26 and 28 in closed sessions to remove current stumbling blocks to the stalled [...]	2008-08-20 09:11:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA570	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM JEREMIE NGENDAKUMANA, PRESIDENT [...] Embassy Bujumbura received a congratulatory letter for President-Elect Barak Obama dated November 7, 2008, from Mr. Jremie Ngendakumana, Chairman of the ruling political party Conseil National pour la Dfense de la Dmocratie-Forces pour la Dfense de la Dmocratie (CNDD-FDD). The original letter [...]	2008-11-10 15:27:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP BY
08BUJUMBURA571	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM LEONARD NYANGOMA, PRESIDENT OF [...] Embassy Bujumbura received a congratulatory letter for President-Elect Barak Obama dated November 5, 2008, from the Honorable Lonard Nyangoma, President of the political party Conseil National pour la Defense de la Democratie (CNDD). The original letter is being forwarded to the Department for [...]	2008-11-10 15:27:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP BY
08BUJUMBURA572	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM LEONCE NGENDAKUMANA, PRESIDENT [...] Embassy Bujumbura received a congratulatory letter for President-Elect Barak Obama dated November 6, 2008, from the Honorable Lonce Ngendakumana, President of the Sahwnaya FRODEBU Party (Front for Democracy in Burundi). The original letter is being forwarded to the Department for transmission [...]	2008-11-10 15:28:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP BY
08BUJUMBURA603	BURUNDI MAINTAINS PLEDGE FOR AMISOM THIRD BATTALION [...] (U) Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Germain Niyoyankana assured the Ambassador November 28 that Burundi will indeed honor its pledge to provide a third battalion of Burundian troops for the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),and that Burundi stands ready to promise further batt [...]	2008-12-02 09:44:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO SO AU BY KE NI RW SU UG ET
08BUJUMBURA647	BURUNDI TO SUPPORT HARMONIZED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE [...] (SBU) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, said that he would encourage Burundi's U.N. Ambassador to support the U.S. proposal considering harmonized conditions of service and stre [...]	2008-12-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA BY
08BUJUMBURA678	BURUNDI SUPPORTS A UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 09:16:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET BY
08CAIRO100	EGYPTIAN STOCK MARKET PLUNGES [...] (U) Following a decline of 2.1% on January 20, Egyptian stocks had their weakest day in 18 months on January 21, when they plunged 4.2%, the largest one-day decline since July 2006. The sell-off continued January 22, with the CASE falling another 3.29% toward the end of trading. The three da [...]	2008-01-22 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EG
08CAIRO1029	TIMELINE FOR SUPPLYING COUNTER-TUNNELING EQUIPMENT [...] Summary: In order to improve Egyptian efforts on the Gaza border to interdict smuggling through underground tunnels, the USG is supplying the GOE with counter-tunneling equipment out of military aid funds. The program is divided into three phases to provide a command and control underground s [...]	2008-05-21 10:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS EG
08CAIRO1109	EGYPT RECEIVES FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 07:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL EG
08CAIRO1119	GOE LETTER OF ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR MATERIALS [...] We received para 2 letter June 2 from the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority in response to reftel message. ISN/NESS received a copy of letter June 2 by e-mail. 2. Begin letter: Ms. Catherine Hill-Herndon Economic-Political Counselor American Embassy in Cairo Dear Ms. Hill-Herndon, [...]	2008-06-03 07:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC AR EG
08CAIRO112	SECRETARY BODMAN WHEELS UP [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP ENRG
08CAIRO1146	AMBASSADOR, ELECTRICITY MINISTER DISCUSS NUCLEAR [...] Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on Electricity and Energy Minister Hassan Younes June 3, Younes expressed interest in renewing bilateral cooperation on civilian nuclear power, and specifically requested technical assistance training on regulatory matters. Younes said that [...]	2008-06-05 13:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EWWT SENV IAEA EG
08CAIRO1191	APACHE NOMINEE FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE [...] We would like to nominate Apache Corporation, the largest U.S. investor in Egypt and Egypt's third largest oil and gas producer, for the State Department's Corporate Excellence award. In addition to achieving business excellence, Apache deserves recognition for its girls school program, suppor [...]	2008-06-10 12:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP AMGT ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV EAID KPAO EG
08CAIRO1197	FM ABOUL GHEIT PLANNING TO ATTEND BERLIN [...] DCM delivered points in reftel demarche June 11 to MFA Senior Cabinet Advisor Hossam Zaki. Zaki took the points, and said that FM Aboul Gheit is planning to lead the Egyptian delegation to the Berlin Conference on June 24. 2. We are following up with Arab League regarding its delegation an [...]	2008-06-11 13:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM
08CAIRO1201	DR. BOUTROS-GHALI'S CANDIDACY FOR CHAIRMAN OF IMFC [...] (U) Below are the texts of two letters received June 8, 2008 and June 9, 2008 respectively, regarding Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali's candidacy for Chairman of the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC). Post is forwarding hard copies directly to Secretary Paulson via fax. [...]	2008-06-11 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID EG
08CAIRO1203	EGYPTIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) We delivered points in reftel June 9 to Ayman Zeineldeen, Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs. Zeineldeen confirmed that Egypt would attend the June 23rd conference in Vienna on reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr al-Barid refugee camp. In a June 11 meeting, MFA Senior Advisor Hossa [...]	2008-06-11 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA EG
08CAIRO121	EGYPT: POST SUBMISSION FOR SECTION 1377 TELECOM [...] We provide the below responses from the Government of Egypt to reftel concerns for the Section 1377 Telecom Trade Agreements 2008 Review. Satellite Services ------------------ 2. For all questions on licenses for satellite services, National Telecommunications and Regulatory Authority ( [...]	2008-01-24 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD USTR EG
08CAIRO1211	EGYPT SUPPORTS SECRETARIAT ON UN SYSTEM OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 12:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC APER UNGA EG
08CAIRO1226	EGYPT TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-15 09:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL EG
08CAIRO123	GAZA BORDER UPDATE [...] A security contact confirmed to us that the Ministry of Defense would be trying to prevent additional Palestinians from entering Egypt today, January 25. Egyptian Border Guard Forces are now deployed to create a form of barrier along the border at Rafah, but an opening exists to allow Palesti [...]	2008-01-25 11:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EG IS
08CAIRO1240	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA TO ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 07:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EG
08CAIRO126	GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 26 [...] Egyptian riot police and armored vehicles continue to block Gaza cars from entering Egypt. The local press reports dozens of Egyptian riot police are forming a human barrier to block two openings through the breached border wall. Egyptian armored vehicles are also reportedly blocking roads i [...]	2008-01-26 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EG IS
08CAIRO1268	EGYPT MEPI UPDATE: SMALL GRANTS, RURAL OUTREACH, AND [...] Summary: Highlights of MEPI activities in Egypt during the first half of 2008 include six new small grants for projects with aims including democracy promotion in schools and strengthening workers' associations; a USDA regional Food Defense workshop; outreach to Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta [...]	2008-06-19 04:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON KMPI KDEM EG
08CAIRO1275	AMBASSADOR SCOBEY PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL APER EG
08CAIRO1290	EGYPTIAN ATTENDANCE UPDATE - JUNE 23 VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-22 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM
08CAIRO1478	IAEA: EGYPT NOTIFIED OF U.S. RATIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 12:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IAEA ENRG PARM EG
08CAIRO148	GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 29 [...] Econoff and FSN traveled to North Sinai governorate January 28. In El Arish, the capital of North Sinai governorate, they saw a group of about 50 Palestinians camping outside the Ministry of Interior office. One Palestinian said he was waiting for permission to travel outside Sinai for medical [...]	2008-01-29 06:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EG IS
08CAIRO1513	R/V OCEANUS RESEARCH VOYAGE REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 13:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KVRC EG
08CAIRO1526	DR. BOUTROS-GHALI'S THOUGHTS ON WHAT LAYS AHEAD FOR IMFC [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson received July 13, 2008 regarding Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali thoughts on the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC). Post is forwarding hard copies directly to Secretary Paulson via fax. 2. (U) Begin [...]	2008-07-17 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID EG
08CAIRO1535	EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] (U) We delivered reftel paragraph 12 points to Engineer Alaa Fahmy, Chairman of the Egyptian Postal Authority, on July 9. He had no substantive response on the points on the UPU Massion Statement or Zero Nominal Growth policies. On supporting U.S. candidacy, he asked for names and details on [...]	2008-07-20 09:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO EG
08CAIRO155	GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 29, PT. II [...] On January 29, econoff and FSN traveled from El Arish to the border crossing at Rafah, encountering little traffic all the way to the commercial customs terminal. There were thirty central security trucks on the highway between El Arish and Rafah, and state security officers blocked side road [...]	2008-01-29 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL CASC PTER EG IS
08CAIRO162	GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 30 [...] An Egyptian businessman in El Arish told us January 30 that he was not optimistic that the GOE will successfully round up all the Palestinians in North Sinai. Some of them, he surmised, will go to ground with friends and relatives. An academic contact, by contrast, said that Egyptians in Nor [...]	2008-01-30 16:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL CASC PTER EG IS
08CAIRO163	GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 30 [...] An Egyptian businessman in El Arish told us January 30 that he was not optimistic that the GOE will successfully round up all the Palestinians in North Sinai. Some of them, he surmised, will go to ground with friends and relatives. An academic contact, by contrast, said that Egyptians in Nor [...]	2008-01-31 05:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL CASC PTER EG IS

08CAIRO203	EGYPTIAN DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG EG
08CAIRO2043	EGYPT NAMES PROBABLE COEPSU PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] The Italian Embassy informed us August 26 that they received a dipnote from the Egyptian MFA confirming that the Egyptian Ministry of Interior "agrees in principle" to send 10 officers to the COEPSU course beginning September 22, and listing the officers' names. Italian Emboff told us August [...]	2008-09-16 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS IT EG
08CAIRO2075	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON BMENA FORUM FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KMPI ECON EG
08CAIRO2099	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC EG
08CAIRO2160	FINANCIAL TURMOIL REACHES THE NILE: EGYPT'S STOCK [...] (U) Summary: Egypt's benchmark stock index has fallen 22% in the last two days to reach multi-year lows. Traders and analysts have at long last begun to worry that global economic turmoil will hurt the Egyptian economy more than originally thought. Despite having well-capitalized banks and lim [...]	2008-10-08 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO2205	INVITATION TO MRS. BUSH FROM EGYPTIAN MFA AND THE [...] This is an action request; please see para 2. 2. Post received para 3 letter October 9th via dipnote. We respectfully request that the Department pass the invitation to the Office of the First Lady. 3. The text of the invitation reads as follows (informal Embassy translation). Original [...]	2008-10-16 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI
08CAIRO2279	EGYPT TRIES TO GET SMARTER IN DELIVERING FOOD [...] (U) Summary: The Egyptian government has expanded its smart card pilot for the delivery of subsidized food products. According to the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS),which is responsible for the delivery of subsidies, it has expanded its pilot smart card program, which was first piloted [...]	2008-10-30 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG PGOV
08CAIRO2291	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (U) Summary. In a meeting on the margins of the 6th International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly reviewed for U/S Paula Dobriansky his support for an international agreement to coordinate efforts for influenza [...]	2008-11-02 12:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EG KFLU PREL TBIO WHO
08CAIRO2293	SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON PANDEMIC THREAT, [...] SUMMARY: The October 25-26 Sixth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in cooperation with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),succeeded in maintaining global focus on the spread of avian influenza and t [...]	2008-11-02 12:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR EG
08CAIRO2301	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (U) Summary. On October 25, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met with U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky, to discuss the strategic relationship between Egypt and the United States, the significance of Africa in the spread of avian influenza (AI),and the way forward for [...]	2008-11-03 13:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EG KFLU TBIO WHO
08CAIRO2340	ELECTORAL EUPHORIA IN EGYPT [...] (U) Summary and comment: Both publicly and privately, Egyptians are over the moon with the results of the U.S. presidential election. From the front pages of daily newspapers to popular TV shows to smiling people in the street, the excitement is palpable. The peaceful transfer of power was [...]	2008-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO2450	OPEC EMERGENCY MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 11:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG
08CAIRO2541	EGYPT: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2008 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...]	2008-12-21 11:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EG
08CAIRO2545	FOUR EGYPTIAN COMPANIES LOSE QIZ ELIGIBILITY [...] (U) The Government of Egypt has publicly announced that four Egyptian companies have had their eligibility to export under the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) protocol suspended. The companies suspended are The Misr Company for Industrial and Textile Investments, The International Textile Hou [...]	2008-12-22 09:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG IS
08CAIRO2557	EGYPT DELAYS SALE OF SECOND TRANCHE OF TELECOM EGYPT [...] (U) Summary: The Government of EgyptQs planned sale of 20% of Telecom Egypt, the countryQs sole fixed-line provider, has been put off indefinitely. Citing unfavorable market conditions and worries over the global economic crisis, the Ministry announced that it was scuttling the offering orig [...]	2008-12-23 12:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO2589	Four Egyptian Companies suspended for Violating QIZ [...] Four Egyptian companies were suspended earlier this month by the Joint Egyptian Q Israeli committee for a period of thee months for violating Qualifying Industrial Zones regulations. Ali Awni, QIZ unit chief, stated that three companies, Misr Company for Industrial and Textile Investments, I [...]	2008-12-31 10:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON IS EG
08CAIRO270	CAIRO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 2008 TIP SOLICITATION [...] We have reviewed three anti trafficking-in-persons project proposals in response to reftel request for our recommendations for FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Summary evaluations are below. We have forwarded full proposals to G/TIP and NEA POCs per reftel instructions. 2. We endor [...]	2008-02-12 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG EG
08CAIRO282	INFLATION RISES AGAIN [...] (U) Inflation increased to 10.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in January, up from 6.9% y-o-y in December. The Central Bank responded by raising interest rates 25 basis points (bp) on February 7, defying expectations that rates would remain unchanged in order not to slow economic growth. The Central [...]	2008-02-13 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO330	Subsidy bill squeezes national budget [...] On January 31 Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) approved a bill adding LE 4.7 billion ($840 million) to the FY 2007/2008 budget to cover the rising cost of subsidies on imported food commodities. High international prices are driving Egypt's 10% inflation rate, and high wheat prices in particular [...]	2008-02-21 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EG
08CAIRO448	MASS ARRESTS OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS IN [...] (SBU) In the lead-up to Egypt's April 8 local council elections (reftel),dozens of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) activists are being arrested daily. An estimated 420-500 MB members have been detained in the past four weeks alone, mainly from cities across Egypt's Nile Delta, where popular support [...]	2008-03-06 10:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO465	EGYPT'S DELEGATION TO THE OIC SUMMIT IN DAKAR, [...] (U) Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Egypt will participate in the Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Summit in Dakar from March 13-14. The Egyptian delegation's point of contact for meeting requests is Mohamed Hilal, Office of the Cabinet of the Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-03-09 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SG OIC KISL EG
08CAIRO530	INFLATION REACHES 12.1% IN FEBRUARY [...] (U) Inflation surged to 12.1% year-on-year (y-on-y) in February, up from 10.5% y-o-y in January. Food prices led the rise, reflecting rising global food prices. Local analysts believe the Central Bank will raise interest rates again this month, but predict that greater exchange rate flexibil [...]	2008-03-17 12:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO667	MFA RESPONSE TO EXTENSION OF MFO DG LAROCCO [...] (U) On April 1 we received a fax signed by Ambassador Mohamed Mustafa Kamal, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Legal, Treaty and Counterterrorism Affairs, confirming the GOE's agreement to the extension of MFO Director-General James LaRocco's term until June 30, 2009. [...]	2008-04-01 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMFO IS IT EG
08CAIRO72	Updating Information for Terrorism Finance Coordination [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 05:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN EG
08CAIRO760	BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050073373 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC EG
08CAIRO779	INFLATION REACHES 14.4% IN MARCH [...] (U) Egypt's inflation rate continued to climb in March, reaching 14.4% year-on-year (yoy) in March, a three-year high, up from 12.1% in February (ref A). Food inflation led the way, rising 20.5% yoy in March, up from 16.8% in February. Bread and grain prices increased 48.1% yoy and food oil [...]	2008-04-15 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO839	EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 13:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ
08CAIRO858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 15:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA EG
08CAIRO866	BLUE LANTERN DDTC CASE NUMBER 05-050091422 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-27 04:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KS EG
08CAIRO87	EGYPT: PARLIAMENT APPROVES HARMONIZATION OF [...] Egypt's upper parliamentary chamber, the Shura Council, has ratified the government's decision to join the "International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures" (Kyoto Convention) to reduce barriers to Egypt's international trade. Under the convention, Egyp [...]	2008-01-21 09:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EG
08CAIRO91	EGYPT: IOM CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Hany Dimitri of the MFA International Organizations office on January 21, emphasizing Ambassador Swing's qualifications for the IOM Director General position and explaining the U.S. position against the incumbent. Dimitri said that the GOE would study the IOM c [...]	2008-01-21 13:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG EG
08CAIRO921	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI OUTREACH WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 09:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EG
08CAIRO982	CHANGE IN EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 12:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ
08CANBERRA1053	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] Poloff passed reftel data on ISN/WMDT and DTRA plans to launch a second generation GI Information Portal (GIIP),along with a request to update contact information, to Mohan Mathews, Australia's principal Global Initiative Point of Contact, on October 15. Mr. Mathews, who is the Executive Of [...]	2008-10-20 00:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PARM PREL MCAP PINR AS
08CANBERRA1064	GOA UPDATES SANCTIONS LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced October 22 that Australia had added new members of the Burmese regime who are subject to government of Australia (GOA) financial sanctions, bringing the total to 463. (Note. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) signaled to post in Jul [...]	2008-10-23 06:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM AS
08CANBERRA1081	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. Poloff presented the fact sheet (inadvertently marked as a "White Paper" in reftel) on the November 13 Workshop on Excercise Design and Planning and the November 14 Exercise Planning Group Meeting to Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism [...]	2008-10-27 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PTER PREL AORC MCAP PINR AS
08CANBERRA1102	AUSTRALIA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 06:31:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AS
08CANBERRA1106	NSG: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES AT [...] (SBU) During an October 31 meeting with Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, poloff delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of rea [...]	2008-10-31 07:29:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY ENRG ETTC AS
08CANBERRA1107	AUSTRALIA 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] Embassy Canberra is pleased to nominate June Oscar for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In response to hard-hitting reports of abuse in Aboriginal communities in Australia, Ms. Oscar successfully campaigned for a controversial six-month ban on take-away alcohol [...]	2008-10-31 07:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO AS
08CANBERRA1112	AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR GRANTS LIMITED ACCESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian regulators on October 31 announced new procedures to grant limited access for investors to their frozen mortgage funds. Funds faced problems before GOA announced bank guarantees, but the guarantees made their situation more uncertain. Financial industry response to [...]	2008-11-03 04:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1131	INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL LEVEL [...] Greg Wilcock of the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of Australia's invitation to the National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09). Wilcock told PolOff November 10 that the Minister's office will contact post with information regarding attendees to NLE 09 as soon as there [...]	2008-11-10 06:16:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL OPDC
08CANBERRA1136	STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) POC CANBERRA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Staffdel Johnson to Australia and confirms that our Administrative Points of Contact are: James Cole, Political Counselor, at (W) 612-6214-5884, (H) 612-6290-2454, colejf@state.gov, AND Carol Hanlon, Political Officer, at (W) 612-6214-5718, (H) 612-6251-9 [...]	2008-11-12 05:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS
08CANBERRA1138	DEMARCHE - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES, NOVEMBER 19 [...] (U) Jon Merrill, Director of the Afghanistan section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told PolOff November 12 that Australia stands shoulder to shoulder with USG on the International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees. He said that Australia is [...]	2008-11-12 05:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF
08CANBERRA1140	TRIAL COMMENCES FOR FIVE MEN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING [...] (U) The trial of five Sydney men accused of conspiring to commit a terrorist act or acts began November 11 in Parramatta, a New South Wales suburb of Sydney. The men, Khaled Cheikho, 35, Moustafa Cheikho, 31, Mohamed Ali Elomar, 43, Abdul Rakib Hasan, 39 and Mohammed Omar Jamal, 24 were foun [...]	2008-11-12 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV AS
08CANBERRA1141	INTERVENTION REVIEW FUELS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary: Sixteen months after the Australian government mounted a controversial intervention in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to combat reported widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children, a review panel has concluded that the emergency remains acute and has endors [...]	2008-11-13 05:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AS PGOV PHUM SOCI
08CANBERRA1151	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT US EMBASSY CANBERRA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 04:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
08CANBERRA1155	STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) INFORMATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for details. 2. (SBU) To facilitate logistical and security arrangements, Embassy Canberra would appreciate receiving the following information for all members of the StaffDel: -- Security clearance level and SCI confirma [...]	2008-11-14 06:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA ID AS
08CANBERRA1269	THE TSD HA/DR OFFICIAL MEETING IN CANBERRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japanese delegation, the American delegation and Australian hosts agreed upon a set of Australian written guidelines for the Trilateral Security Dialog's work in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR),but the task of the coming year will be the editing and [...]	2008-12-12 05:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF JA AS
08CANBERRA1298	NO ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DECISION UNTIL 2009 [...] (SBU) On December 19, Lee Kerr, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),United Nations and Commonwealth Section, told poloff that the GOA will not make a decision on either participation in a Contact Group or on any request for resources to combat Somali piracy until early 2009. DFAT [...]	2008-12-19 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1308	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE - CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI [...] (U) We delivered the USG invitation to the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) meeting in January to Lee Kerr, Director, UN and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She will forward the invitation, CGSP objectives, and meeting details to senior DFAT officials [...]	2008-12-22 06:17:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1336	MAY 2009 PSI OEG MEETING: NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRALIA [...] On December 29, we delivered the notice of the May 12-14, 2009, Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) and Outreach meetings to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and [...]	2008-12-31 05:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA234	AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] Embassy delivered Acting Under Secretary Rood's invitation to attend the PSI Fifth Anniversary events, along with the logistical information and proposed agendas, to Mr. David J. Ritchie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on March 11, 2008. 2. Mr. Michael Ko [...]	2008-03-11 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL KSTC AS
08CANBERRA237	AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR UNSYG SPECIAL [...] Coincident with the receipt of the demarche request contained in reftel, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media statement on March 12 welcoming the appointment of Ambassador Kai Eide as the UNSYG's Special Representative for Afghanistan, calling it an important step forward in strength [...]	2008-03-12 02:58:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OFDP AS
08CANBERRA265	AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 06:38:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA266	AUSTRALIA RECEIVES MOROCCAN TRANSSHIPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 06:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO AS
08CANBERRA277	URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY KEY ASIAN STATES: [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 05:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP AS
08CANBERRA299	AUSTRALIA COMMITTED TO RESULTS ORIENTED PIF [...] (SBU) A representative from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific Regional Section confirmed Australia is hopeful of a results-oriented outcome to the March 26 Pacific Island Forum Ministerial on Fiji. A meeting of Australian and New Zealand Foreign Ministers preceded the FFAM [...]	2008-03-27 05:16:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL FJ UN AS
08CANBERRA322	POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] Per ref. B, DFAT has provided a formal response to our approach regarding assistance to Kosovo. DFAT Europe Division Acting First Assistant Secretary John Griffin wrote to Polcouns on 28 March that Australia is best placed to assist Kosovo through support and advocacy in multilateral organiz [...]	2008-04-02 04:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EU EUN KV AS
08CANBERRA332	AUSTRALIA FOLLOW-UP ON PIF MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Stephen Henningham, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Fiji Task Force confirmed the responses given by DFAT Pacific Regional Section (reftel Canberra 299) immediately following the 26 March FFAM in an April 2 meeting with Poloff. Australia fully supports the PIF [...]	2008-04-03 06:25:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL XV AS
08CANBERRA357	AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PARIS CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Mil Officer met with Erika Thompson, Executive Officer for Afghanistan, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on April 8 to obtain information on Australia's participation in the Paris Conference on Afghanistan. Ms. Thompson confirmed that Australia will be represented at [...]	2008-04-08 22:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AS
08CANBERRA400	AUSTRALIA AGREES ZIMBABWE NOT APPROPRIATE AS [...] United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed on April 18 that Australia had reached the same conclusions as the U.S. regarding the inappropriateness of Zimbabwe's chairmanship of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16). They [...]	2008-04-18 07:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC PREL EAGR EAID ECON
08CANBERRA443	AUSTRALIA ASSAILS BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (U) In a May 1 media statement, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith charged that Burma,s "deeply flawed" constitution was only intended to entrench the military,s grip on power. He criticized the constitution as having b [...]	2008-05-01 07:54:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AS BM
08CANBERRA518	LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF [...] (U) On May 15, Embassy received a letter from Ms. Therese Rein, spouse of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to First Lady Laura Bush, dated May 5, under cover of a transmittal letter from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Post is pouching both letters to the State Department to pass to the [...]	2008-05-20 07:00:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP BUSH LAURA REIN THERESE OPDC OPRC AS
08CANBERRA532	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Summary: The rise of food and agricultural commodity prices has had very limited impact in Australia. A major agricultural exporter, Australia even stands to benefit. Rising food prices have caused no significant economic, political, or environmental problems in Australia. Post has no reco [...]	2008-05-22 07:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AS
08CANBERRA544	AUSTRALIA CRITICAL OF US FARM BILL [...] Summary: (U) The Australian Government has been openly critical of the just-passed US Farm Bill. Following the final passage of the Farm Bill, Trade Minister Simon Crean and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke issued a joint press statement on May 23 which criticized the action by Congress for c [...]	2008-05-27 07:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AS
08CANBERRA545	2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE [...] Mission Australia would be pleased to present AMVER awards on behalf of the US Coast Guard to Australian recipients. We will decide on the best arrangements for presenting the award(s) based on where the recipient is located - likely through one of our Consulates-General in Melbourne, Perth, [...]	2008-05-28 03:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL AS
08CANBERRA555	AUSTRALIAN MEDIA STATEMENT ON PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] On May 28, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media release marking the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GOA statement, which reaffirmed Australia's commitment to cooperating through PSI to halt the trade in illicit weapons of mass destruction, followed ref [...]	2008-05-29 08:33:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KSTC OPRC PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA558	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS US ICAO PROPOSAL ON ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 05:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AFIN AORC ICAO AS
08CANBERRA565	IAEA/IRAN: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA [...] Poloff delivered demarche non-paper, received late on Friday, May 30, to Damien Hickey, Desk Officer in the Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, urging that Australia make a strong statement at the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting supporting the IAEA's investigation, highl [...]	2008-06-02 08:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM IAEA KNNP AS
08CANBERRA573	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 05:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL AS
08CANBERRA590	AUSTRALIA PROPOSES PEACEKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) The Prime Minister's office announced on June 8 that Australia will join the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has proposed sending nine officers to join the international force working to restore stability in Sudan. They would work [...]	2008-06-10 07:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL PGOV MOPS AS
08CANBERRA591	AUSTRALIA DISAPPOINTED US WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia (GOA) expressed its disappointment that the USG will no longer participate in Human Rights Council (HRC) sessions or activities. Poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) Director of Human Rights Section Colin Milner who said Australia shares the [...]	2008-06-11 03:48:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AS
08CANBERRA61	AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: OLIGONUCLEOTIDE [...] We presented reftel points to Gerry McGuire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 23. McGuire conveyed GOA appreciation for the U.S. response, including support for the name change, draft "awareness raising" [...]	2008-01-23 06:29:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC AS
08CANBERRA648	AUSTRALIAN WELCOMES DPRK DECLARATION [...] Emboffs furnished reftel points announcing actions on Six-Party Talks Second Phase commitments to Hugh Borrowman, First Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Thomas Conner, Assistant Secretary for North East Asia, Department of Foreign Affair [...]	2008-06-27 12:58:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA682	AUSTRALIA INFORMED OF PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 05:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AS
08CANBERRA687	UPU CONGRESS DEMARCHE: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ intern met with Richard Desmond, acting Assistant Secretary for Consumer Protection and Australia Post for the Department of Broadband, Communication, and Digital Economy (DBCDE) to review U.S. concerns for the UPU (Universal Postal Union) Congress in Geneva, S [...]	2008-07-07 23:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO AS
08CANBERRA708	GOA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARF CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 04:33:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM EAID KNNP AS
08CANBERRA720	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 05:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM AS
08CANBERRA726	AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL [...] Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced July 18 that Australia had ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. The instrument of ratification was lodged with the IAEA on July 17. 2. Australia becomes only the 17th state of the 136 that are pa [...]	2008-07-20 22:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PTER MNUC AS
08CANBERRA737	NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO UN: [...] (U) Andrew Goledzinowski (go-LED-zin-OV-ski),who was most recently Assistant Secretary of the International Organisations Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will take up his new post as Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York beginning June 28. A brief [...]	2008-07-22 07:00:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL OFDP AS
08CANBERRA767	ISN LETTERS OF THANKS TO AUSTRALIAN PSI PRESENTERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 06:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08CANBERRA790	FORMER ALP PM KEATING WHACKS RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former ALP Prime Minister Paul Keating has criticized the Rudd government for lacking an "overall narrative"; warned Rudd about the pitfalls of "micro-managing and "running at the behest of little press secretaries"; and suggested the Rudd government is taking the wrong approach [...]	2008-08-07 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AS PGOV
08CANBERRA845	AUSTRALIA RECEIVES NONPAPER ON PREVENTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 02:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA846	AUSTRALIA ADVISED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 02:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS
08CANBERRA873	AUSTRALIA REVIEWS PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 06:37:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AS
08CANBERRA927	AUSTRALIA EXPLORING ADDITIONAL STEPS IN RESPONSE [...] (U) In remarks to the Australian Parliament September 17 that were picked up by local media, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia was considering additional measures it might take within the international community to respond to Iran's failure to halt its uranium enrichment program. S [...]	2008-09-17 07:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IAEA PREL IR AS
08CANBERRA946	FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 07:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AS ECON PGOV PK PREL
08CANBERRA948	63RD UNFC: AUSTRALIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF RESOLUTION [...] Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),contacted poloff September 19 to advise that the text of the U.S. draft resolution, "Compliance with Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament Agreements" appeared acceptable to Australia and th [...]	2008-09-19 08:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA AS
08CAPETOWN223	CAPE TOWN'S PREPARATIONS FOR 2010: EFFORTS [...] Summary: The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Provincial Government showcased their plans and preparations for the FIFA 2010 World Cup at separate events during the last two weeks. The first event, hosted by the City of Cape Town and the German Konrad-Stiftung NGO, included a lively p [...]	2008-11-07 13:31:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND SOCI SA
08CAPETOWN224	ANC PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA ADDRESSES PRESS CLUB [...] (U) African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma addressed the Cape Town Press Club at a breakfast meeting on Friday November 7, 2008. Mr. Zuma opened his address by referring to the U.S. elections and reflecting on his recent visit to the United States. He highlighted the importance of [...]	2008-11-10 14:46:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN233	METHAMPHETAMINE-A GROWING PROBLEM IN CAPE TOWN [...] (U) An article in the November 17 2008 edition of the Cape Times reported that, according to the Medical Research Council (MRC),Cape Town has become the methamphetamine capital of South Africa, with 98 percent of patients seen across the provinces coming from this city. 2. (U) Methampheta [...]	2008-11-25 07:26:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV SF
08CAPETOWN235	CAPE TOWN TO LAUNCH ITS CARNIVAL IN 2010 [...] (U) While some are asking the question will South Africa be ready to host the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup; the Best Mayor in the World is displaying a "bring 'em on" attitude. On a windy, chilly evening, Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille, leader of the newly re-launched Democratic Alliance, hosted a [...]	2008-11-25 07:28:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SF
08CAPETOWN236	OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA-WILL IT STAY OR WILL IT GO? [...] (U) Summary. An article appearing in the November 14 edition of the Cape Times asserts that the end may be near for South Africa's 12-year experiment with Outcomes-Based Education (OBE),a controversial pedagogical model adopted by the ANC Government in the mid-90s in the wake of the demise o [...]	2008-11-25 07:34:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG
08CAPETOWN243	WESTERN CAPE BY-ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The ordeals of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape do not appear to be abating. As rumors of defections from within the ANC abound and deadlines to contest the local by-elections are missed, the party is now plagued by calls to disband its Western Cape Executi [...]	2008-12-11 15:39:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN248	ALLAN BOESAK JOINS COPE [...] (U) On December 16, former anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak joined the Congress of the People (COPE) at its founding conference in Bloemfontein. Boesak, who was at the forefront of peaceful resistance to apartheid, has had a colorful career. He first rose to prominence in the 1980's as a cle [...]	2008-12-19 15:02:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN255	A TRIP TO THE EASTERN CAPE: POSITIVE STEPS [...] Summary: The Eastern Cape has the dubious reputation of being the most poorly managed province in South Africa. Nevertheless, Cape Town Consul General and Econoff found a variety of organizations and individuals in business, civil society and the government who are developing or implementing [...]	2008-12-23 08:00:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI SA
08CAPETOWN36	SOUTH AFRICA'S 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. South Africa Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel delivered his annual Budget Speech before Parliament on February 20, 2008. According to Manuel, South Africa continues to have a positive fiscal outlook despite global economic turmoil. GDP growth was projected at 4 percent with [...]	2008-02-21 14:27:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN ENRG BEXP KTDB SF
08CARACAS1081	VENEZUELAN MARKET INTERFERENCE LEADS TO BOTH FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although local headlines on July 31 reporting 60 tons of rotten chicken in a city dump proved to be exaggerated, the incident drew attention to continuing distortions in the Venezuelan food supply. While the dairy and poultry industries have successfully lobbied for a temporary [...]	2008-08-01 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV VE ECON ETRD
08CARACAS1152	VENEZUELA INCREASES REGULATED FOOD PRICES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 11, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) freed prices for a number of price-controlled food products and raised maximum prices for several others. Press reports indicate the BRV has increased regulated food prices over thirty times since October 2007. Although t [...]	2008-08-15 20:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV VE ECON ETRD
08CARACAS1209	VENEZUELA'S HOUSING CRISIS - SOCIALISM THE ANSWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An estimated 2 million unit housing shortage is complicating Chavez' chances for success in the November state and local elections. In an effort to improve one of the worst housing construction records of any recent administration, Chavez has nationalized companies providing c [...]	2008-08-28 14:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE SOCI

08CARACAS1228	VENEZUELAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR IN CRISIS AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A power blackout that affected half of the country on September 1 illustrates the fragility of Venezuela's electrical power sector. The consequences of the government's failure to invest in the sector are now clear from insufficient generation to dilapidated distributions infr [...]	2008-09-02 22:01:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE
08CARACAS1304	VENEZUELA'S PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE RESUMES ITS RISE [...] (U) After remaining largely stable since March, Venezuela's parallel exchange rate has jumped by more than 40 percent over the past month, from 3.4 bolivars (Bs) to the dollar on August 14, to 4.8 Bs/USD as of September 15. The BRV has been regularly intervening in the parallel market since [...]	2008-09-18 14:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1364	VENEZUELA REFUSES USG REQUEST FOR AVIATION [...] (U) On September 16 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) both acknowledged receipt of the Embassy's diplomatic note requesting consultations under the authority of the 1953 bilateral aviation agreement with Venezuela. That note cit [...]	2008-09-26 22:55:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1444	VENEZUELA: BRV SHUTS MACDONALD'S FOR TWO DAYS [...] (SBU) The 115 MacDonald's restaurants in Venezuela were closed for 48 hours on October 9 following an inspection by the tax authority, Seniat. According to a Seniat press release, Seniat fined as many as 16 of the MacDonald's restaurants 1,150 BsF ($535 at the official exchange rate) because [...]	2008-10-10 22:14:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1463	TAX AUTHORITY RAMPS UP TAX ENFORCEMENT AND MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through its tax agency, has ramped up enforcement of Plan Zero Evasion (Evasion Cero) first announced in 2005. The Plan involves audits of company accounting procedures and violations include fines, closures and "voluntary payments" of ta [...]	2008-10-17 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1573	VENEZUELAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF FOURTH FLEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thanks to the combined efforts of the USS Kearsarge, SouthCom, and the U.S. Embassies in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, Venezuelans received a thorough and accurate look into the humanitarian work of the Navy's newly-reactivated Fourth Fleet. Reporters from two major Venez [...]	2008-11-13 16:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1580	VENEZUELA RESPONDS TO USG REQUEST FOR PORT VISITS [...] (SBU) Post has received a Diplomatic Note dated November 13 responding to the Embassy's October 6 Diplomatic Note, which stated that the GBRV must set a port visit date within 30 days of the Diplomatic Note's receipt, or the Coast Guard would impose "conditions of entry". An unofficial transl [...]	2008-11-14 18:55:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER
08CARACAS1584	VENEZUELA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS1627	IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The USDEL to the tenth session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission's Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and adjacent regions (IOCARIBE, 22-26 October in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela) met its primary objectives: the US was reelected as Vice Chairman for IOCARIBE; NOAA's [...]	2008-11-26 15:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MARR PGOV EWWT AORC ICES KRVC SENV TPHY
08CARACAS1628	VENEZUELA: POINTS DELIVERED ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on the proposed Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food to the Ministries of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs, Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry and Commerce. Post will report a response if received, however, based on past experience, no reply is anti [...]	2008-11-26 19:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAGR PREL ETRD VE
08CARACAS1629	VENEZUELA OFFERS MEETING ON PORT SECURITY VISIT [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor was contacted November 26 by Nelson Dominguez of Venezuela's National Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA). Dominguez identified himself as the head of INEA's maritime security unit and said he had been tasked by the President of INEA to meet with the Embassy to discuss [...]	2008-11-26 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER VE
08CARACAS174	CHAVEZ REPEATS THREATS TO PRIVATE SECTOR IN EFFORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, the BRV published a decree reforming the "Law Against Speculation and Hoarding," a 2007 decree that criminalized the hoarding and speculation of regulated goods, reduced the legal barriers for expropriations, and established harsh fines and jail time for violators [...]	2008-02-13 16:39:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS1748	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN VE
08CARACAS1758	CADIVI AUTHORIZATIONS SHARPLY DOWN [...] According to statistics published December 22, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV) foreign exchange authority, known by its Spanish acronym CADIVI, sharply reduced its foreign currency authorizations over the first three weeks of December. While in past years Dece [...]	2008-12-22 18:37:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VE
08CARACAS1760	VENEZUELA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 19:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER VE
08CARACAS197	VENEZUELAN KEY RESOURCES AND CRITICAL [...] In response to reftel A, Venezuela has little or no critical infrastructure (as defined in reftel A) and few key resources that are vital to the United States. Venezuela's most significant resource that is supplied to the US is petroleum and petroleum products. Venezuela produces approximat [...]	2008-02-19 17:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ECON ETTC PGOV PTER PERL EAGER EFIN
08CARACAS457	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO MERCOSUR [...] On April 2, local media reported that Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez expressed Paraguay's support for Venezuela's full membership into the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR),during his recent trip to Caracas. According to ABN, the official BRV news agency, during the signing of [...]	2008-04-03 13:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PA VE
08CARACAS535	VENEZUELAN AUTO INDUSTRY STALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: After doubling over the last few years, US auto exports to and production in Venezuela are sharply declining. Venezuelan auto imports, which doubled over the past two years, have consumed a significant portion of Venezuela's dollar holdings. In response, the BRV decided to sha [...]	2008-04-17 18:25:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS598	BLACK-OUT HITS FIFTY PERCENT OF VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29, a black-out caused chaos for several hours in thirteen Venezuelan states. The BRV described it as a failure in the national grid system due to a forest fire near key, high tension lines. The incident drew attention to the lack of investment in Venezuela's largely [...]	2008-04-30 19:43:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS600	US AUTOMAKERS' DIFFICULTIES CONTINUE IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) On April 29 labor negoiations between General Motors (GM) and its union reached a breaking point. GM Venezuela's legal counsel confirmed media reports that GM stopped production as a result of the impasse. In response to the halt in production, GM workers rioted, damaged 28 cars, and b [...]	2008-04-30 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS69	BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Per request in reftel, this cable transmits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Begin text ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Given economic and political uncertainties, a recent history o [...]	2008-01-17 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC VE
08CARACAS781	VENEZUELA'S NON-RESPONSE ON ENDING EXPORT [...] (SBU) Post delivered the points in the referenced cables via diplomatic note to the Ministry of International Relations, the Ministry of Food, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land, and the Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce (refs A, B, C). There has been no response to date and Post does [...]	2008-06-04 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS865	VENEZUELA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] SUMMARY. This cable responds to reftel request for information on forced labor and child labor in the production of goods in Venezuela. Venezuela, a high volume, oil producing nation, is largely dependent on imports, and as a result does not have a tradition of child labor in the production [...]	2008-06-18 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI VE
08CASABLANCA103	VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (FOLLOW-UP) [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested who had been harboring a [...]	2008-05-23 09:53:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA113	VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on a recently uncovered terror network accused of plo [...]	2008-06-03 12:16:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA115	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND [...] This cable responds to a request for information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Morocco. While Morocco does not have a record of forced child labor, child labor does exist and is used in the production of some goods, mainly in the handicr [...]	2008-06-03 18:04:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM ECON SOCI MO
08CASABLANCA142	VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 7, 2008. The meeting was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that [...]	2008-07-09 14:52:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA146	MOROCCO CELEBRATES WORLD REFUGEE DAY: AN OVERVIEW [...] Summary: Although Morocco struggles with large populations of migrants and refugees, organizations such as UNHCR and the Friendship and Solidarity Organization (FSO) are moving towards further solidarity between Moroccan nationals and those who have adopted Morocco as their home. To this end, [...]	2008-07-15 11:34:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO
08CASABLANCA158	VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the July reporting period but RAO is working with [...]	2008-08-05 16:58:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA172	VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. An additional six names were provided for the network that recruits [...]	2008-09-09 11:00:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA193	VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by CG, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. Regional Consular Officer from Cairo also attended the meeting. 2. There are [...]	2008-10-08 16:47:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA206	VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the October 2008 reporting period. [...]	2008-11-03 16:02:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA209	OFFSHORING - MOROCCO,S COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) Building on its natural advantage of both geographic and linguistic proximity to Europe, the "offshoring plank" of Morocco,s "Emergence" strategy has succeeded in making the country a premier destination for European firms seeking to shift their operations offshore. Beyond language, geo [...]	2008-11-05 13:26:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND PGOV PREL AMCHAMS MO
08CASABLANCA222	THE MARRIAGE OF MINORS, POLYGAMY AND DIVORCE: THE [...] SUMMARY: (U) Women,s groups and the media roundly criticized the government,s failure to implement some aspects of the Mudawana or family code nearly four years after the ground-breaking reforms were passed. The criticism was prompted by a recent report by the Democratic League for the Rights [...]	2008-11-21 17:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN KTIP KISL MO
08CASABLANCA224	SCANDAL AT THE CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morocco Council for the Code of Ethics in Securities Markets, (CDVM) moved decisively the week of 17 November to address a simmering scandal at the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE),recommending to the Minister of Finance that the Exchange,s entire leadership be dismissed for [...]	2008-11-26 17:06:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV
08CASABLANCA227	VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...]	2008-12-02 16:38:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA228	VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...]	2008-12-02 16:38:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA232	MOROCCO CONSIDERS A VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite substantial advances to women's rights contained in the 2004 reform of the family code known as the Mudawana, the government of Morocco still lags behind its international commitments on the issue of violence against women. Reports by women's shelters provide only a limite [...]	2008-12-12 17:05:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN MO
08CASABLANCA235	DIFFICULTIES IN MOROCCO'S MICROCREDIT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Morocco and the National Federation of Microcredit Associations (FNAM) moved decisively the week of 8 December to address difficulties in Morocco's microcredit industry, recommending that a national credit bureau be established. The Central Bank reported tha [...]	2008-12-15 17:13:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV
08CASABLANCA268	VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, POL, and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on the sentencing of members of the Ansar Al Mahdi cell on [...]	2008-01-09 09:49:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA29	VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, CG and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on procedures for reviewing information gained from press so [...]	2008-02-06 10:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA45	VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...]	2008-03-10 16:01:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA59	VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...]	2008-04-02 15:07:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA72	RESPONSE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] (SBU) Post has made the requested searched to retrieve all records responsive to requests outlined in reftel. Post was unable to locate any materials relevant to request. GREENE [...]	2008-04-10 15:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF
08CASABLANCA73	VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 7, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, RSO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested on terrorism related charges in th [...]	2008-04-11 15:24:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA92	VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested along with one of the esc [...]	2008-05-07 12:53:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CHENGDU263	VETERANS: CHENGDU BURMA-INDIA OLD SOLDIERS REMEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 07:21:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI MARR PGOV
08CHENGDU286	MCC ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] On December 12, the Ambassador briefed Finance Minister Pires, Foreign Minister da Costa, Vice Prime Minister Guterres, Acting Speaker of Parliament Guterres, the head of Timor's MCC team, and President Jose Ramos Horta on the MCC Board's decision to not reselect Timor-Leste as Compact eligibl [...]	2008-12-15 09:10:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
08CHENNAI114	SOUTH INDIA'S TIGERS ARE HANGING ON, BUT STILL IN DANGER [...] Summary: The number of tigers in South India dropped by about 30 percent in the last four years and the animals disappeared from 17 percent of the districts they previously inhabited, according to the Tiger Census Report (TCR) released in February by the central government's Ministry of Enviro [...]	2008-03-31 10:05:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL IN
08CHENNAI133	RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: FROM CATTLE HERDING TO DATA [...] SUMMARY: Local government and non-governmental organizations have established innovative rural development initiatives in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. An entrepreneurial district administrator has used pre-existing development funds to establish India's first-ever rural business pro [...]	2008-04-11 07:37:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINT EIND PGOV PHUM PTER IN
08CHENNAI167	AN ELECTION PRIMER FOR INDIA'S NEXT BIG VOTE: SHOWTIME IN [...] Summary: Voters in the South Indian state of Karnataka head to the polls in May to select 224 members of the state's legislative assembly. More than 10,000 candidates are vying for these seats in elections that will take place in three stages, from May 10 to May 22. The main contest will ta [...]	2008-05-07 08:41:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
08CHENNAI214	ANDHRA PRADESH: AN ANTI-TRAFFICKING MODEL FOR INDIA [...] Summary: The South Indian state Andhra Pradesh has made great strides in combating trafficking in persons. In what anti-trafficking NGOs describe as a "paradigm shift," the police, prosecutors, and the judiciary have all actively participated in training programs sponsored by the United Nati [...]	2008-06-25 11:01:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN
08CHENNAI251	EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN BANGALORE; NO REPORTS OF AMERICAN [...] (U) A series of explosions (media reports indicate from three to nine) rocked Bangalore at approximately 1330 on July 25. Initial reports indicate that at least one person was killed and 15 injured by the blasts, which occurred within 12 minutes of each other. Media also reports that the blast [...]	2008-07-25 09:39:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CACS IN
08CHENNAI289	FILM STAR SHAKES UP ANDHRA PRADESH POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of speculation about his intentions, Telugu film superstar Chiranjeevi finally formed a political party, which he dubbed the "Praja Rajayam" (People's Party). Chiranjeevi, who aspires to be the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, unveiled the party's name at a mammot [...]	2008-08-29 09:29:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN
08CHENNAI356	INDIA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES LUNAR ORBITER [...] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched the Chandrayaan-1 (C-1) lunar orbiter on October 22 at 0622 hours local from its facility on Sriharikota Island in southern Andhra Pradesh, some 90 kilometers north of Chennai. All stages of the launch vehicle appeared to func [...]	2008-10-22 06:57:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA PREL EIND SENV KSCA IN
08CHENNAI364	DMK CALLS OFF THREAT TO PULL SUPPORT FROM UPA OVER SRI [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Minister Karunanidhi backed down from his threat to have Tamil Nadu's Members of Parliament resign if India did not force a ceasefire in Sri Lanka before October 28. The resignation drama has helped distract attention from the DMK party's woes in advance of next years P [...]	2008-11-03 05:11:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER IN CE
08CHENNAI389	POLLING OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE DATES FOR KARNATAKA'S [...] (U) Karnataka state election officials announced on November 23 that by-elections for seven seats in the state's legislative assembly will take place on December 27. Six of these seats were held by assembly members who have left their original party (either Congress or the Janata Dal Secular P [...]	2008-11-25 03:23:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN
08CHENNAI395	SOUTH INDIA PLANS TO BOOST SECURITY FORCES IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The attacks in Mumbai have concentrated minds in South India. Karnataka state officials in Bangalore are apparently close to finalizing plans to create two new security forces. One will be a 700-member S.W.A.T.-style commando squad; the other will be a 4500-member unit designe [...]	2008-12-05 08:19:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC ETTC IN
08CHIANGMAI11	BFIF REQUEST FOR CHIANG MAI, VIENTIANE, AND PHNOM PENH [...] The Greater Mekong Subregion's North-South and East-West corridors form a "golden gateway" linking southern China and all the countries of mainland Southeast Asia. This vast market provides significant opportunities for U.S. businesses. At the heart of the Greater Mekong Subregion are three U [...]	2008-01-22 14:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO TH LA CB CH
08CHIANGMAI114	THAI MARKET TURNS TO AFRICAN RUBIES AS SMUGGLING OF BURMESE [...] (SBU) The long and porous border of the Mae Sot area with Burma, and proximity to the Burmese gem mines, have made this region historically a center for the smuggling of Burmese gems. However, imported African rubies now dominate local markets in Mae Sot. Retailers say Burmese rubies are too e [...]	2008-07-22 09:50:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ETRD PGOV EINV TH BM CH
08CHIANGMAI127	CITIZENSHIP HARDSHIPS GREATER FOR HIGHLAND WOMEN THAN MEN [...] (SBU) Though the Thai government has increased its efforts to streamline the naturalization process for members of hill tribes, corruption at the tribal and local government level and inherent ethnic biases have delayed progress, especially for women. Because most hill tribes are located in re [...]	2008-08-25 10:14:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI TH
08CHIANGMAI128	NORTHERN THAILAND CREATES A SPACE FOR U.S. INVESTMENT [...] Northern Thailand boasts many attributes that are attractive to foreign investors, including low labor and land costs, making the region an inviting alternative to the growing costs of operating in Bangkok. Moreover, favorable tax incentives in the north, combined with sophisticated transporta [...]	2008-08-26 09:51:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ECIN ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN CH
08CHIANGMAI149	CONSULATE PROMOTES ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Post promoted entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprise (SME) development in northern Thailand through a one-day seminar entitled "Encourage Entrepreneurship: Promoting SMEs in Northern Thailand." Business leaders, CG, and econoff addressed an audience of 80 students and faculty and 30 [...]	2008-10-08 03:57:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD TH
08CHIANGMAI150	CONSULATE PROMOTES ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Post promoted entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprise (SME) development in northern Thailand through a one-day seminar entitled "Encourage Entrepreneurship: Promoting SMEs in Northern Thailand." Business leaders, CG, and econoff addressed an audience of 80 students and faculty and 30 [...]	2008-10-08 03:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD TH
08CHIANGMAI151	CONSULATE PROMOTES ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Post promoted entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprise (SME) development in northern Thailand through a one-day seminar entitled "Encourage Entrepreneurship: Promoting SMEs in Northern Thailand." Business leaders, CG, and econoff addressed an audience of 80 students and faculty and 30 [...]	2008-10-08 03:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD TH
08CHIANGMAI160	HIGH-TECH LAMPHUN SHOWS COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL AND INVESTMENT [...] As host to many foreign high-tech manufacturing firms, the Northern Regional Industrial Estate (NRIE) of Lamphun province is both a model for the potential of northern Thailand as a producer of sophisticated electronics products as well as a reality check of the challenges foreign investors fac [...]	2008-10-17 06:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EIND CH TH
08CHIANGMAI163	TOURISM SECTOR TRIES TO WEATHER POLITICAL STORM AT HOME, [...] The Chiang Mai tourism sector, thought of as one of the cornerstones of the local economy, is preparing to struggle through the upcoming tourist season expected to be affected by both the on-going political instability in Bangkok and the financial troubles abroad. Local hotels and tour compani [...]	2008-10-24 14:01:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TH
08CHIANGMAI166	NEW CONSULATE OPENS IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Consul General and five staff engaged in "soft diplomacy" while operating as "ConGen Chiang Rai" during a two-day road show to the city October 29-30. Based at the brand new Le Meridien Hotel - which is managed by the U.S. firm Starwood - CG hosted a reception and U.S. wine promotion for 80 l [...]	2008-11-04 02:17:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL PREL BEXP OEXC
08CHIANGMAI169	CROSS-BORDER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE EXPANDS WITH GREATER MEKONG [...] (U) With the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) highway infrastructure project nearing completion, movement of persons and trade in services - not only trade in goods - across the northern Thai border is increasing. While the number of persons entering Thailand at Chiang Khong, the border point fo [...]	2008-11-07 07:51:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINV ELAB ELTN ETRD PREL EWWT BM CH
08CHIANGMAI186	2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTING OUTREACH SUMMARY REPORT [...] Post assisted an estimated 200 voters to register as absentee voters and several hundred more with other voting inquiries during the 2008 election cycle. Through voter registration open houses, cooperation with political party groups, and an advertising campaign throughout northern Thailand, p [...]	2008-12-08 04:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	TH
08CHIANGMAI192	MINORITY HILL TRIBES STILL PLAGUED BY STATELESSNESS, THOUGH [...] Roughly half of Thailand's estimated 900,000 hill tribe minorities lack citizenship. This statelessness contributes significantly to their disadvantaged status. In recent years the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has made strides to improve citizenship eligibility for highlanders, including pass [...]	2008-12-19 09:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR KCRM KWMN TH
08CHIANGMAI35	SMALL U.S. FIRM FINDS HIGH-END GARMENT NICHE IN RURAL [...] RICO International is a small, U.S.-owned garment-maker in a remote corner of northern Thailand. It produces expensive hand-knit sweaters for sale in the U.S. to high-end clothiers. By staying in this high-end niche and keeping production volume low, RICO turns a profit despite competing with [...]	2008-03-05 04:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV BTIO TH CH
08CHIANGMAI50	HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY ON THE RISE IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] With poor air quality levels surpassing the safety threshold, Chiang Mai and the northern provinces of Thailand are facing another hazy March. Small dust particle (PM10) measurements have peaked at hazardous levels sparking a concerned response from the Royal household. Post staff and familie [...]	2008-03-28 00:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR AMED TH BM
08CHIANGMAI51	SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE, HIGH TRANSPORT COSTS HINDER [...] In meetings with the Ambassador March 18, business leaders highlighted a shortage of highly skilled labor and unusually high transportation costs as key obstacles to expanding development and American investment in northern Thailand. Local Thai business leaders echoed the calls of American fir [...]	2008-03-28 09:27:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELTN ETRD ETTC SOCI TH
08CHIANGMAI52	REGIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON LOGISTICS BRINGS TOGETHER [...] In an effort to promote development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) logistics and transportation sectors and to underscore U.S. interest in deepening investment in the region, post hosted a conference on March 18-19 bringing together public and private sector representatives from across t [...]	2008-03-28 09:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN ECIN ETRD EWWT PREL TH BM CH LA CB
08CHIANGMAI53	CORRECTED COPY: SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE, HIGH TRANSPORT COSTS [...] In meetings with the Ambassador March 18, business leaders highlighted a shortage of highly skilled labor and unusually high transportation costs as key obstacles to expanding development and American investment in northern Thailand. Local Thai business leaders echoed the calls of American fir [...]	2008-03-28 09:47:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELTN ETRD ETTC SOCI TH
08CHIANGMAI72	AS PRICES RISE, THE NORTHERN RICE BOWL EXPANDS [...] Northern Thai farmers expressed joy to us about rising rice prices during a recent trip by ECON staff to the lower northern provinces of Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, and Phichit, collectively known as the "Rice Bowl of the North." Farmers and rice mill managers cited an over 50% increase in rice pr [...]	2008-05-08 08:13:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TH
08CHIANGMAI73	CHINESE LANGUAGE STUDY RISING IN NORTHERN THAILAND, BUT NOT [...] Though not at the cost of English language students, Chinese language learning is growing more popular across northern Thailand, from high school students to Royal Thai Government (RTG) officials. Despite this trend, English study continues to be the students' preference as it comes with the h [...]	2008-05-12 10:31:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD PREL TH CH
08CHIANGMAI86	PIRATED GOODS DOMINATE NORTHERN THAI MARKETS [...] With sales of licensed intellectual property dropping 50 percent so far this year, pirated goods are deepening their stronghold in the Chiang Mai and upper northern Thai markets. Risks remain low for merchants to engage in the piracy business; thus, the legal market for DVDs, CDs, and software [...]	2008-06-04 11:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV TH BM
08CHIANGMAI91	REDUCED BURNING LESSENED AIR POLLUTION DURING DRY SEASON [...] Chiang Mai's notoriously polluted dry season showed markedly improved air quality conditions from last year. Although the causes of March and April pollution remain the same (crop burning, forest fires, and vehicle emissions),government efforts to make the public more aware of the dangers of [...]	2008-06-09 10:13:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAGR ECIN TH BM CH LA
08CHIANGMAI97	REMITTANCES FROM THAILAND LIFT INCOMES IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Remittances transferred from the one-to-two million Burmese migrant workers in Thailand are an important source of income for their families in Burma. With migrant workers transferring about half of their incomes to their relatives in Burma, anywhere from $375 million to $1 billion could [...]	2008-06-23 09:59:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PHUM EAID EIND ELAB ETRD TH BM
08CHISINAU1108	MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Summary: Moldova continues to grow as a drug- transit country and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. In 2008, Moldovan law enforcement seized unprecedented quantities of heroin and cocaine. Moldova does not produce a significant amount of narcotics or precursor chemicals. Despi [...]	2008-11-13 07:26:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MD
08CHISINAU1126	MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 14:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN ASEC MD
08CHISINAU1127	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) Embassy has received the following congratulatory message for President-elect Obama. Original copies, with both English and Romanian versions included, will be sent via diplomatic pouch under Registry No. 4460364. 2. (U) Begin text: Your Excellency Mr. President Barack Obama We w [...]	2008-11-20 10:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP MO
08CHISINAU1128	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT- [...] (U) Embassy has received the following congratulatory message for President-elect Obama. Original copies will be sent via diplomatic pouch under Registry No. 4460364. 2. (U) Begin text: To: Mr. Asif J. Chaudhry Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova You [...]	2008-11-20 10:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP MO
08CHISINAU1129	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR [...] (U) Embassy has received the following congratulatory message for President-elect Obama addressed to Ambassador Chaudhry. Original copies will be sent via diplomatic pouch under Registry No. 4460364. 2. (U) Begin text: Excellency, On behalf of the Moldovan scientific community and [...]	2008-11-20 10:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP MO
08CHISINAU1130	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT- [...] (U) Embassy has received the following press release from the Office of President Vladimir Voronin to President-elect Barack Obama. 2. (U) Begin text: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Moldova Press release The President of the Republic of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, c [...]	2008-11-20 10:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	OPCD PREL OVIP MO
08CHISINAU1246	MOLDOVA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. The Moldovan government continued to manage its counterterrorism strategy based on M [...]	2008-12-22 06:49:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MD
08CHISINAU1273	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MOLDOVA [...] Summary: Moldova's underdeveloped banking sector and stock market and the absence of speculative capital have enabled the country to avoid any initial shock from the global economic crisis. Quite the opposite, the country is set to finish 2008 with seven percent GDP growth and record high l [...]	2008-12-30 08:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD
08CHISINAU39	MOLDOVA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corruption a [...]	2008-01-15 12:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
08CHISINAU469	UPDATE ON FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN MOLDOVAN GOODS [...] According to figures from the Moldovan Labor Inspection Unit (LIU),collected by ILO in Chisinau, no cases of forced labor, including forced child labor, were discovered in Moldova in 2006 or 2007. However, of 371 cases of child labor investigated in 2007, 73 involved no violations, and 298 [...]	2008-05-02 14:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MD
08CHISINAU539	CUBA OP-ED PLACED IN MOLDOVAN PRESS [...] (U) Embassy Chisinau supported the U.S. effort to promote peaceful democratic change in Cuba by placing the Op-Ed "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People" in the local press. 2. (U) Ambassador Kirby's signed Op-Ed "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People" was featured in "Flux" newspape [...]	2008-05-22 05:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU MD
08CIUDADJUAREZ1100	RAIL TRAFFIC DOWN, AND LINES OF POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR BYPASS [...] Summary: In recent days, President Felipe Calderon surprised local officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border by throwing his political weight behind a plan to build a series of underpasses to facilitate the flow of rail traffic through the center of Ciudad Juarez. Mayors John Cook an [...]	2008-12-09 23:17:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ELTN PGOV MX
08CIUDADJUAREZ980	EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: COOPERATION BETWEEN CHIHUAHUA, NEW [...] Summary: The state of Chihuahua has been working closely with Texas and New Mexico health departments for three years to coordinate preparations for a potential outbreak of a highly contagious influenza or similar illness. However, New Mexico and Texas state officials report that their work h [...]	2008-10-01 21:19:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU PGOV MX
08CIUDADJUAREZ989	SECRETARY TELLEZ CALLS FOR FAST ACTION ON BORDER CROSSING [...] Summary: During a September 30 meeting organized by Governor Bill Richardson to discuss a proposed international railroad crossing at Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tellez Kuenzler said he hoped a "conditional" presidential permit for the [...]	2008-10-04 00:11:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ELTN PGOV MX
08COLOMBO1034	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SRI LANKA [...] Post assesses that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has taken many positive steps to address Sri Lanka's trafficking problem. These efforts have mainly focused on the foreign employment of Sri Lankans, building awareness of trafficking, and increasing interagency coordination to counter traffi [...]	2008-11-17 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG CE
08COLOMBO1075	MALDIVES 2009 BUDGET PRESENTED; 2008 DEFICIT INCREASES [...] (SBU) On November 25, Ali Hashim, Maldives Minister of Finance and Treasury, presented the GORM budget for 2009, proposing a total expenditure of Rf 13.6 billion (approx. USD 1.1 billion). Revenue is estimated at Rf 7.9 billion (USD 0.6 billion),resulting in a deficit of about Rf 5.8 billion [...]	2008-11-28 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID MV
08COLOMBO108	FY08 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND DEPARTMENT [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for biotechnology outreach programs in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is at a turning point with respect to biotechnology. The country has regulations to label, regulate and control the import of Genetically Modified (GM) foods, as well as to regulat [...]	2008-01-29 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
08COLOMBO1082	Sri Lanka Northern Districts Floods Disaster [...] The week of November 24, 2008, heavy rains pelted northern and eastern districts of Sri Lanka affecting more than 240,000 people. These heavy rains, caused by a cyclonic weather system, further aggravated the already challenging humanitarian situation in these same districts into a crisis aff [...]	2008-12-01 03:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF CE
08COLOMBO1093	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ARF DISASTER [...] (U) MFA Director General for Asia Pamela Deen confirmed to Poloff that Sri Lanka would participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief in May 2009. Deen also reported that Minister of Human Rights and Disaster Management Mahinda Samarasinghe would [...]	2008-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ARF EAID MARR MOPS PREL CE RP

08COLOMBO1118	SRI LANKA LIKELY SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED GLOBAL [...] Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Additional Secretary for Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services AAR Ratnayake on December 8. Although Ratnayake could not pledge full GSL support for the Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF),she stated Sri Lanka would be in favor of [...]	2008-12-09 01:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV TBIO CE
08COLOMBO1145	USAID TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN SRI LANKA [...] USAID /Sri Lanka has completed all projects related to the tsunami disaster of 2004, and funds of $134.6 million have been fully expended. The initial response to the tsunami during the first few months immediately following the disaster focused on emergency relief, providing basic necessitie [...]	2008-12-18 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF EAID CE
08COLOMBO1153	2008 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (U) Here is the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Sri Lanka. The point of contact for this cable is Ben Barry. His e-mail address is BarryBG@state.gov. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: More than 7,000 people were killed and many thousands more displaced in 2008 as the Sri Lankan government continue [...]	2008-12-23 08:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CE
08COLOMBO120	SRI LANKA: TOURISM DOWN 12% IN 2007; COULD HAVE BEEN [...] Summary: The escalating ethnic conflict continues to hurt the Sri Lankan tourism industry, which experienced a 12% decrease in visitors in 2007 compared to 2006. Industry representatives have mixed assessments of the possible impact of the recent escalation of violence and the consequent bad [...]	2008-01-31 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PTER CE
08COLOMBO133	MALDIVES ECONOMY GREW BY 6.6% IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2007, Maldives economy grew by 6.6%, marking a return to its pre-tsunami growth path. Tourism drove the growth, with visitors up 12% to over 675,000. Tourism-related activities, such as transport and communications, and construction of new resorts, also contributed to growt [...]	2008-02-05 10:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID MV
08COLOMBO152	SRI LANKA: PARLIAMENTARIANS TO ATTEND THE UN.GIFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 10:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CE
08COLOMBO153	SRI LANKA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR [...] Post, following G/TIP instructions in reftel, solicited anti-trafficking project proposals from local and regional organizations and received three proposals. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) proposal includes improving the GSL's capacity to prosecute trafficking crimes and to [...]	2008-02-11 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM CE
08COLOMBO180	INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 04:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD CE
08COLOMBO193	SRI LANKA: EXPORTS TO U.S. DECLINE BUT STILL NINE TIMES [...] (U) Summary: The United States merchandise trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2007 was $1.84 billion. Sri Lanka's exports to the United States were $2.1 billion, while U.S. exports to Sri Lanka were $227 million -- a ratio of about nine-to-one. The EU replaced the United States as Sri Lanka's l [...]	2008-02-25 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID CE
08COLOMBO216	EXPLOSION IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (U) An alleged LTTE member detonated a bomb around 0615 hr. local on 02/29/2008 in a northern Colombo neighborhood. Police stated that the SUBJECT initiated the bomb as police officers, acting on a tip, attempted to search his room in a lodge on Aluth Mawatha in Modara, located in Colombo 15. A [...]	2008-03-01 01:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
08COLOMBO237	MALDIVES: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) The following is the text of Embassy Colombo's fiscal transparency report for Maldives. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Government of Maldives practices generally good economic management. It has not achieved a high degree of budgetary transparency, but this is due to capacity limitations, [...]	2008-03-10 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL MV
08COLOMBO238	SRI LANKA: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) The following is the text of Embassy Colombo's fiscal transparency report for Sri Lanka. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Sri Lanka has achieved a substantial degree of fiscal transparency in areas such as legal and administrative framework, compilation and reporting of fiscal accounts for the ce [...]	2008-03-10 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL CE
08COLOMBO26	MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT SURVIVES ATTACK [...] (U) The Maldivian Deputy High Commissioner in Sri Lanka telephoned Ambassador on January 8 to inform us that President Gayoum had been attacked earlier in the day by an unknown Maldivian assailant with a knife during a visit by Gayoum to the island of Huvarafushi in the northern atoll of Haa- [...]	2008-01-08 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ML
08COLOMBO297	SRI LANKAN NAVY CRAFT SUNK IN NORTHEAST; CONTINUED [...] (U) On March 22, a Sri Lankan Navy "Dvora" fast attack craft was sunk around 2:00 am while on patrol near Nayaru, south of Mullaitivu, the Defense Ministry said. Ten of 16 crew members were missing. Pro-Tamil Tiger sources claimed that suicide Sea Tiger crafts destroyed the Navy boat after a [...]	2008-03-24 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM CE
08COLOMBO36	SRI LANKA: SMALL BLAST IN COLOMBO, NO INJURIES [...] On January 8, around 7:30 pm, a small bomb exploded in the Colombo Fort area, opposite the government owned publishing house Lake House. No injuries or casualties were reported. The bomb, approximately 75 grams of C-4, according to police contacts, was placed inside a phone booth on the gro [...]	2008-01-09 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO368	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR OPENS USAID PROJECTS IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador visited Galle on April 4 to open two USAID projects and meet local officials. Party leaders expressed concern about Southern Province's disproportionate share of the war burden, a growing drug problem, a shortage of labor for traditional industries. A representative of t [...]	2008-04-09 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ELAB KCRM CE
08COLOMBO39	BFIF FY08 PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES [...] Post expresses its appreciation for continued BFIF support of commercial activities in Sri Lanka and Maldives. Post has witnessed considerable success from BFIF support for the "American Pavilion" at the annual Maldives trade show (ref B); the Ambassador and post's Econ/Commercial Section str [...]	2008-01-10 05:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD KIPR CE MV
08COLOMBO423	SRI LANKA: POLICE ARREST CHILD TRAFFICKING [...] On April 28, the National Child Protection Authority disclosed the arrest of four suspects involved in trafficking more than 20 children to Singapore over an extended period of time. NCPA Chairman Jagath Wellawatta said that in January, three Sri Lankan children, ages 11,13, and 14, were foun [...]	2008-04-29 13:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CE
08COLOMBO424	G/TIP FY06 PROGRAMS: MONITORING REPORT (SRI LANKA) [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 06:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CE
08COLOMBO428	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES - SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The impact of rising food prices is affecting all households in Sri Lanka. Recent jumps in prices of rice and other food commodities have come on top of 20% domestic inflation rates. In the past year, food commodity prices are up 50-100%, and the trend is continuing. On averag [...]	2008-04-30 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAGR KMCA PGOV CE
08COLOMBO429	SRI LANKA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] Post delivered ref A and B demarches to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN and Multilateral Affairs Division on April 25 and 30, respectively. Deputy DG Samantha Pathirana told Econoff April 30 that he was familiar with the NPT PrepCom II process and asked which countries we expect [...]	2008-04-30 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA CE
08COLOMBO475	SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS AT LEAST EIGHT IN CENTRAL [...] A suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated himself next to a police bus in downtown Colombo on May 16 at 12:00 noon. According to Defense Ministry spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella, six policemen and two civilians were killed and 75 to 80 persons were injured. Subsequent media reports put the fi [...]	2008-05-16 09:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO479	MALDIVES: EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY FOR U.S. TORNADO [...] Post received a fax of the following message dated May 12, 2008, addressed to His Excellency Mr. George W. Bush, President of the United States, via Diplomatic Note (D2)EA-US/B-2008/17 dated May 13, 2008. The original text will be forwarded to S/ES-CR when received. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Your [...]	2008-05-16 12:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MV
08COLOMBO504	ICAO'S NINETEENTH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING - SRI [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER CE
08COLOMBO517	SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 05:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC PREF SMIG CE
08COLOMBO568	SRI LANKA: TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 09:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN CEA
08COLOMBO58	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - MALDIVES [...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for Maldives for 2008. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT-MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2008 Investment Climate --Introduction Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 95 are exclusive resort islands. The popu [...]	2008-01-14 02:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MV
08COLOMBO585	SRI LANKA: NO DELEGATE TO MADRID GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 07:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP CE
08COLOMBO6	BOMB BLAST IN COLOMBO TARGETS ARMY BUS [...] A bomb exploded in the "Slave Island" area of Colombo 2 around 9:30 am on January 2. The apparent target was a bus carrying Sri Lanka Army troops. The director of the Colombo National Hospital has confirmed five deaths, at least two of which were SLA personnel, and over 25 injuries. A nearb [...]	2008-01-02 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO61	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
08COLOMBO632	MALDIVES: INTERNATIONAL DONORS MEET TO PLAN [...] (U) Summary. Representatives from interested donor countries met in Colombo on June 20 to review the status of preparation for Maldives' presidential election in Fall 2008, discuss the assistance plans of the UN, Commonwealth Secretariat (CS) and European Union, and identify individual dono [...]	2008-06-30 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
08COLOMBO638	SRI LANKA: POWER SECTOR BADLY NEEDS REFORM, [...] Summary: The state owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is the primary provider of electricity to Sri Lanka. The company is plagued with inefficiencies and a spiraling debt. Sri Lanka is dependent on petroleum products to produce 60 percent of its electricity. The price of production is sky [...]	2008-07-02 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV KCOR KMCA PGOV CE
08COLOMBO65	SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR CERD ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA CE
08COLOMBO660	SRI LANKA: GSL FLOATS IDEA THAT PEACE TALKS MUST [...] (U) On July 8, English language newspaper The Daily Mirror quoted Government Peace Secretariat chief Rajiva Wijesingha saying the "Government has conveyed to the LTTE it must leave aside its weaponry for future peace talks." The article also stated that the Government was insisting that all T [...]	2008-07-09 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS CE
08COLOMBO666	SRI LANKA: GENERAL STRIKE BRINGS INCONVENIENCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Public sector unions, led by the JVP, had only modest impact with a planned general strike July 10, with most public and private service functioning nearly normally. The unions sought higher wage increases than what the government was willing to give. While high inflation is the [...]	2008-07-10 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON CE
08COLOMBO682	SRI LANKA: ARF DISASTER RELIEF PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) On July 16 PolOff delivered non-paper on improving ARF disaster relief preparedness (ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Pacific Dissanayake and urged Sri Lanka to support language in the Chairman's Statement at the ARF ministerial on July 24. Dissana [...]	2008-07-16 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM CE
08COLOMBO735	Pakistan-Sri Lanka FTA Presents Opportunities for U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Trade between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has increased significantly following signing of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement in June 2005. Total trade in 2004 was valued at USD 147.4 million; by 2007 it grew to USD 233.4 million, an increase of 58 percent. As tariffs are re [...]	2008-08-04 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID CE PK
08COLOMBO744	MALDIVES: PRESIDENT GAYOOM RATIFIES NEW [...] (U) As expected, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ratified Maldives' new constitution on August 7, providing a legal foundation for the first multi-party presidential elections in Maldives' history. The new constitution sets up a framework for several politically independent bodies, most signi [...]	2008-08-07 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MV
08COLOMBO746	MALDIVES: SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN PAVILION AT MAJOR HOTEL AND [...] This is an action request for EEB/CBA. Please see para six. 2. Summary: Post is pleased to report the successful conclusion of the embassy-organized American Pavilion at an international trade fair in Maldives July 15-17, 2008. The American Pavilion once again helped to increase U.S. ex [...]	2008-08-07 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ENIV ABUD ECON MV
08COLOMBO763	ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST NEAR AMEMBASSY COLOMBO [...] At approximately 1630 hr. local time, August 14, 2008, an anti-government demonstration took place near the U.S. Embassy in Colombo. A group of approximately 3000 protesters reached the Colpetty Junction, approximately 150 meters south of the Embassy's main gate. The protesters from two student [...]	2008-08-14 14:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
08COLOMBO850	SRI LANKA VENTURES INTO NANOTECHNOLOGY [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan business community and the government will establish Sri Lanka's first-ever attempt at public-private partnership in research and development with the establishment of a nanotechnology research and development institute and a nanotechnology park. The venture, which aim [...]	2008-09-09 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE
08COLOMBO990	MALDIVES: INVITATION TO INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF [...] U.S. Embassy Colombo received the following diplomatic note from the Maldives Foreign Ministry. 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives presents its compliments to all Diplomatic/Consular Missions, Offices of the United Nations System and other Represe [...]	2008-10-31 09:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP KDEM MV
08CONAKRY10	CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN GUINEA'S CAPITAL - UNIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A number of demonstrations and civil disturbances flared across Conakry between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on January 4, following the president's January 3 dismissal of the Minister of Communication. The PM convened an extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting while political part [...]	2008-01-04 15:20:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY113	WHO'S INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Pursuant to REFTEL, on April 16, Econoff met with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Momo Camara, regarding the status of Guinea's implementation of the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations (IHR). 2. Econoff inquired about the status of implementat [...]	2008-04-17 15:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AORC PREL TBIO WHO GV
08CONAKRY126	ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SEURITY ACT INFORMATION [...] (U) Pursuant to REFTEL, Embassy Conakry provides the following requested information. 2. (U) QUESTION: Which sections of Embassy Conakry handle energy matter? RESPONSE: Energy matters are handled by the Ambassador, the Pol/Econ section, and by the DCM. 3. (U) QUESTION: What is the to [...]	2008-02-15 12:35:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV APER ABUD GV
08CONAKRY133	UPDATE TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT INFORMATION [...] (U) Post sends additional information to supplement the report we sent (reftel B) in response to reftel A request. 2. (U) QUESTION: Please provide the amounts of State Department funds, spent by Post in FY 2007 on energy-related activities in two categories: Personnel and Programs. RESPO [...]	2008-02-26 07:00:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV APER ABUD GV
08CONAKRY134	END OF GAS SUBSIDY NOT NIRVANA FOR GUINEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The termination of the gasoline subsidy on April 1 has not led to the projected increase in revenue to the government. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) ) On April 23, Econoff met with Elhadj Alpha Yaya Diallo, the Chef de Bureau for the gasoline depot in Conakry. Diallo stated that [...]	2008-04-24 13:42:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV GV
08CONAKRY14	POLITICAL SITUATION TENSE, BUT GENERALLY CALM [...] (U) While political tensions remain high, business continued much as usual over the weekend. There were isolated demonstrations in a few neighborhoods, but things were generally quiet. Residents were seen in the markets stocking up on basic goods in anticipation of the nationwide strike, sc [...]	2008-01-08 05:47:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB ECON KDEM GV
08CONAKRY154	RESPONSE - CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN GUINEA [...] The below information is in response to reftel request regarding China's engagement in Guinea. ------------- CHINESE FOCUS ------------- 2. China's interest in Guinea is primarily economic with significant investment in the following sectors: energy, mining, agriculture, infrastructu [...]	2008-05-02 11:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA
08CONAKRY176	REGIONAL PRICE SURVEY - INSIGHTS INTO REGIONAL TRADE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An inter-Embassy regional price survey of select necessities in Guinea and its neighboring countries shows that while there is a rough parity in prices, significant differences remain. With respect to Guinea, the data illustrates why the GOG's newly imposed export ban is bad econo [...]	2008-05-08 12:51:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV GV
08CONAKRY179	MASS TRANSIT BUSES FINALLY ARRIVE [...] (U) On May 9, local internet media reported that on May 8 the 100 long-awaited mass transit buses arrived in Conakry (REFTELS). Econoff witnessed the parade of at least 50 empty, freshly painted buses as they were being driven on a tour of Conakry. (NOTE: The tour of the buses also contribute [...]	2008-05-09 10:18:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV GV
08CONAKRY194	GUINEA - FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] Pursuant to REFTEL, Embassy Conakry provides the following requested information: 2. The Government of Guinea publishes budget and financial data, and systems are in place to record and report budget expenditures. The 2008 budget is published in book form, and is not/not available on the [...]	2008-03-10 09:22:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL GV
08CONAKRY195	AGOA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Pursuant to REFTEL, on April 13, Econoff met with the Secretary General at the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Falilou Barry, regarding the upcoming AGOA Forum to be held July 14-16 in Washington, D.C. 2. The Secretary General expressed his gratitude for the information and stated that he would c [...]	2008-05-14 13:42:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID GV
08CONAKRY199	BUREAU VERITAS - RUMORS AND REALITY [...] SUMMARY. Guinea signed a contract with an international firm for the provision of transactional customs valuation services, which should increase customs collections and reduce fraudulent import practices. Meanwhile, a local business association is protesting the new service, because they sa [...]	2008-05-16 11:36:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EFIN ECON PTER EWWT GV
08CONAKRY2	LIVING ON LESS THAN $1 PER DAY - WHY ENDS DON'T MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From shoe shiners to accountants, an informal Embassy survey demonstrates just why Guinea is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. This snapshot of average salaries in both the private and public sectors illustrates all too clearly the substantial economic hards [...]	2008-01-02 09:02:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN GV
08CONAKRY203	FULANI VILLAGERS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY. A recent road trip into villages throughout Middle Guinea reveals that villagers just thirty minutes off the main road are unaware that the Guinean Government is organizing legislative elections in six months. Villagers were generally preoccupied with basic cost of living issues an [...]	2008-05-19 14:34:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY208	GUINEA EAC - PRIME MINISTER KOUYATE DISMISSED [...] The Deputy Chief of Mission convened Post's Emergency Action Committee Wedneday, May 21 to discuss the announced dismissal of PM Kouyate last night and potential public reaction to this event. Representatives from MGT, CA, RO, DAO, USAID, PC, PAO, POL and RSO were present 2. The dismissal o [...]	2008-05-21 06:58:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY21	GUINEA CUTS FUEL DELIVERIES BY 40% [...] On March 14, Economic LES spoke with Elhadj Alpha Yaya Diallo, the chef de bureau for the gasoline depot in Conakry. Yaya Diallo stated that the Minister of Commerce issued a written instruction to Customs authorizing the delivery of only 600,000 liters of gas per day from the gas depot to c [...]	2008-03-21 13:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV GV
08CONAKRY22	HOW CAN THE PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO WORK UNDER THESE [...] Summary. On January 8, Ambassador Carter met with the President of the National Assembly and several senior officials to discuss the political standoff between President Lansana Conte and Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate and the threat of a general strike January 10. The Assembly leaders displ [...]	2008-01-09 07:42:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ELAB GV
08CONAKRY223	GUINEA EAC MEETING, MAY 27, 2008 [...] Embassy Conakry convened an EAC meeting May 27 to review the security environment following further reports of mutinous military activity at Camp Alpha Yaya. The mutineers' first demand is that the president remove the minister of defense. They have threatened to march on Camp Samory Toure, Co [...]	2008-05-27 08:54:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY257	GUINEA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP STATUS [...] (U) Reftel requests that post solicit host country support for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Guinea is fully engaged in the partnership and Embassy's Defense Attache Office is coordinating implementation of the GMP with the Guinean Government. Post will continue to work with the Govern [...]	2008-06-02 11:18:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG
08CONAKRY260	GUINEA - AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL TO [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Ambassador Carter met with Guinea's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kabele Camara, on May 23 and provided him with a translated version of the note memoire on agricultural biotechnology. The Minister said that the GoG generally supports the USG on this issue and expres [...]	2008-06-02 11:39:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON TBIO GV
08CONAKRY263	GUINEA: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reftel requests that post report on forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods for a mandatory Congressional reporting request - the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA). Embassy met with government, labor organizations, and N [...]	2008-06-02 13:49:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY267	EAC DISCUSSES SECURITY POSTURE FOR JULY 4TH EVENT [...] As per reftel, on June 2, 2008, the Conakry Emergency Action Committee convened to review Post's security posture in preparation for July 4th events. Currently there is no plan to hold an official Independence Day event in Conakry. The Embassy hosted an official National Day in February since [...]	2008-06-04 13:02:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC GV
08CONAKRY27	GUINEA CALM, BUT ANXIOUS AS STRIKE DEADLINE LOOMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy LES conversations with contacts throughout Guinea suggest that there is a general air of calm in most urban centers, layered over anxiety and worry as citizens wait to see whether the unions will resume a nationwide strike January 10 as planned (reftel A). The capital h [...]	2008-01-10 05:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY299	EAC MEETING - JUNE 17, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Conakry convened the core EAC at 11:00 on June 17, 2008 to review the present security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included the Ambassador, A/DCM (POL),RAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, and CLO. 2. (U) Per reftel, there have been reports of casualties resulting from an exc [...]	2008-06-17 11:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY3	CENI GEARS UP FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the Ambassador's first formal meeting with Guinea's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),CENI President Ben Sekou Syllah said the commission is gearing up for a USG funded strategic planning session on January 9. Heading into the session, Syllah highlighted t [...]	2008-01-02 11:15:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
08CONAKRY303	EAC MEETING - JUNE 19, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Conakry convened the Core EAC at 0900 on June 19, 2008 to review the present security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included A/DCM (POL),RSO, RAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, PAO and DAO. 2. (U) As of June 19, Guinea's teachers' unions reportedly began a nationwide labor stri [...]	2008-06-19 09:20:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY315	CHILD TRAFFICKING IN WESTERN MARITIME GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Authorities express their concern about child trafficking, but also stress the importance of focusing on the prevalence of child exploitation in the region regardless of where the children came from or how they got there. This cable is the third in a series of reports on child traf [...]	2008-06-25 09:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY317	KOUNDARA - ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND COMMENTS ON THE EXPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a visit to the northern town of Koundara the week of June 2, LES Asst Econoff met with local authorities, civil society organizations, and customs agents to discuss general economic activity and Guinea's agricultural export ban. Koundara is a major agricultural producer as well [...]	2008-06-25 10:03:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAGR ETRD PREL GV
08CONAKRY34	FSN NOMINATION FOR ECONOMIC TRAINING [...] Pursuant to REFTEL Embassy Conakry Embassy Conakry nominates the following Foreign Service National (FSN) for the Spring 2008 FSN Economic Training class to be held April 7- 18, 2008 at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia. 2. Name of FSN: [...]	2008-01-14 13:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI ECON AMGT AFSN ETRD GV
08CONAKRY380	GUINEA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST STEPS ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a meeting with international donors, the Senior Elections Steering Committee outlined the next steps for upcoming legislative elections in late 2008. MinFin Dore said that budget outlays have been authorized for July, August, and September, but that a sizeable funding shortfall [...]	2008-07-18 14:32:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY384	AMBASSADOR CARTER URGES GREATER ECOWAS INVOLVEMENT [...] Ambassador Carter on July 17 urged the Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Edward Aina to raise his organization's profile and play a leading role in promoting elections and good governance in Guinea. Citing the successes ECOWAS recently enjoyed in Togo and [...]	2008-07-20 09:01:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY485	VOTER REGISTRATION UP AND RUNNING - SORT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the GoG finally launched its national voter registration campaign on August 28 as the Prime Minister symbolically registered to vote on national television, there are still a number of issues to be resolved before the campaign can truly get underway. The GoG's failur [...]	2008-09-02 15:05:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY486	RPG OPPOSITION REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The RPG opposition political party remains optimistic about legislative elections despite continued delays and the presidency's seemingly successful efforts to gradually restore controversial personalities to positions of power. Planning to fully participate in the elections, [...]	2008-09-02 15:07:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY5	UNION LEADERS DEMAND CONSULTATIONS WITH PM OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a December 28 open letter to the PM, union leaders called for public-private consultations in order to discuss the government,s plans to reduce fuel subsidies. While not against the idea in principle, the unions want to be part of the consultative process and work with the g [...]	2008-01-02 14:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB PREL GV
08CONAKRY569	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 29, 2008. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MED, MGT, POL/ECON, RAO and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to the recent civil disturbances (refte [...]	2008-09-30 07:08:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY59	GUINEA POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) Pursuant to REFTEL, Embassy Conakry identifies its Point of Contact (POC) for reviewing Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) proposals. 2. (U) Name: Kim Jordan Position: Economic Officer U.S. Embassy Conakry, Guinea Cellphone: Country code (224) 64 30 40 76 Emba [...]	2008-01-22 12:19:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL GV
08CONAKRY62	PRICE OF FLOUR EXPLODES IN GUINEA [...] Post has independently confirmed the press report of a significant increase in the price of flour this week. The local press reported that the price of the 50 kg sack of flour went from 34.80 USD (150,000 GnF) to 48.83 USD (210,000 GnF) in just one week. This represents a 40% increase in the [...]	2008-01-22 15:53:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EFIN ECON GV
08CONAKRY64	GOG REDUCES FUEL SUBSIDY, PRICES RISE BY 62% [...] (U) Late in the evening on March 31, the Guinean Government announced that the country's fuel prices would increase from 4,300 GnF per liter to 7,000 GnF per liter ($.97/liter to $1.59/liter),effective midnight. So far, the population's reaction has been relatively quiet. There have been a [...]	2008-04-01 14:08:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ASEC PREL GV
08CONAKRY646	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 29, 2008 [...] Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 29, 2008. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAT, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to the upcoming 50th an [...]	2008-10-29 15:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY65	GUINEAN PM TO ATTEND AU JAN 08 SUMMIT [...] During a meeting with DCM on January 22, Sangban Diarra, the Director of the Africa-Asia Division at the Guinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate will attend the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The PM does not yet have firm travel dates, but he i [...]	2008-01-23 08:32:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM PREL GV
08CONAKRY663	DEMONSTRATORS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN CONAKRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a spontaneous demonstration that started around 12:30 AM last night, there have been several similar demonstrations throughout the capital city this morning. Demonstrators are reportedly protesting the GoG's failure to lower the price of fuel as expected (see septel [...]	2008-11-03 12:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY669	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 3, 2008 [...] Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 3, 2008 at 1530. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, and RAO. 2. The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil disturbances in Conakry. These [...]	2008-11-03 17:07:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY671	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 4, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 4, 2008 at 0830. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil dis [...]	2008-11-04 14:03:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY679	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 5, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 5, 2008 at 1530. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil disturbances in Cona [...]	2008-11-05 17:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY680	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 6, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 6, 2008 at 0830. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil dis [...]	2008-11-06 13:36:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY685	OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MEESAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) Embassy received the following official congratulatory letter to President-Elect Barack Obama from the President of the Guinean National Assembly Elhadj Boubacar Sompare on November 7. Post will forward the hard copy via diplomatic pouch. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. The Honorable Barack Obam [...]	2008-11-07 13:32:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP GV
08CONAKRY693	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 10, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 10, 2008 at 1500. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to renewed civil disturbances [...]	2008-11-10 16:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY698	YOUTHS PROTEST IN SIGUIRI, NEAR GUINEA-MALI BORDER [...] (U) On November 12, youths in Siguiri organized a mass demonstration against the local gold mining company, SAG (South African AngloGold Ashanti Ltd). Civil society leaders had written a letter to SAG last week requesting that the company improve its provision of electricity to Siguiri and s [...]	2008-11-13 16:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ASEC PGOV ECON GV
08CONAKRY70	MASS TRANSIT FOR GUINEA ON THE HORIZON [...] SUMMARY. According to a government contact at the Ministry of Transport, mass transit for Conakry is reportedly coming within two months. END SUMMARY. 2. On March 26, Econoff met with the Director General at the Ministry of Transport, Mamoudou Diallo, to discuss the long awaited arrival [...]	2008-04-02 15:13:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV GV
08CONAKRY710	CELLOU DIALLO ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) In a press conference on November 17, former Prime Minister Cellou Diallo formally announced that he intends to run for president in 2010. Previously a member of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP),Diallo assumed leadership of the Union Force Democratic Guinean (UFDG) oppositio [...]	2008-11-19 13:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY725	GUINEA STILL HAS NO 2009 BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY. With just one month left in the 2008 fiscal year and the National Assembly budgetary session only days away from expiring, the GoG has yet to finalize even a draft 2009 budget. Given the lengthy budgetary process, it is unlikely that a budget will be in place by the end of the fi [...]	2008-12-01 14:28:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV GV
08CONAKRY735	BANK WORKER STRIKE PROMPTS 30% INCREASE IN SALARIES [...] (U) Following its November 14 pre-notification of intent (reftel),Guinean's union of private bank employees launched a nationwide labor strike on December first. By the following day, the union had reached an agreement with bank managers, which included a commitment to increase salaries by [...]	2008-12-05 10:00:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON PGOV ASEC
08CONAKRY769	TAKING ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN GUINEA [...] SUMMARY. In response to reftel A request, Embassy submits the following report on specific activities undertaken to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and activities undertaken during the UN 16 Days of Activism Campaign Agains Gender-Based Violence. [...]	2008-12-17 16:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM GV
08CONAKRY792	CONAKRY 1500 EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 23, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened a second Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 23, 2008 at 1500 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, and RAO. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed post's securit [...]	2008-12-23 16:45:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY795	CONAKRY 1500 EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 24, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 24, 2008 at 0830 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, AID, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed po [...]	2008-12-24 14:10:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY804	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 29, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 29, 2008 at 0900 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed post's securi [...]	2008-12-29 16:47:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY87	GOVERNMENT RELEASES MINISTERIAL AUDITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 7, the Guinean Government finally released the audits requested by Prime Minister Kouyate last year to address alleged corruption. While the overall total amount lost, 45 million USD, has been known for some time (REFTEL),the release allows a closer inspection of eac [...]	2008-04-14 05:32:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV GV
08CONAKRY90	Guinea Celebrates World Health Day [...] (U) Reftel requests that post report on World Health Day activities in country. The Embassy posted on their website information on World Health Day 2008 along with links to USG climate change policy and USG activities to protect health from climate change. 2. (U) The Government of Guinea h [...]	2008-04-14 14:16:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV UNGA WHO KGHG TBIO KPAO GV

08COPENHAGEN290	DENMARK: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...] Reinforcing DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer's May 13 call to Danish Deputy Foreign Minister Federspiel, Embassy Copenhagen demarched the Danish Foriegn Ministry's Asia and Latin America Department to encourage official Danish participation in the May 21 Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. [...]	2008-05-16 07:25:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU DA
08COPENHAGEN385	DENMARK TO PARTICIPATE IN UN PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 13:04:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL KDUM DA
08COPENHAGEN459	DANES WILL NOT ATTEND MONROVIA DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 14:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL LI DA
08COPENHAGEN553	OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 09:35:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL GG DA
08COPENHAGEN575	DENMARK - FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the records of the below named military personnel and found no derogatory information. -Brigadier General Soeren Falk-Portved, Royal Danish Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attache, Danish Embassy, Washington, D.C., DOB: March 18,1954. -Lieutenant Colonel Pe [...]	2008-10-28 15:39:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PM PREL DA
08COPENHAGEN593	DENMARK TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 15:24:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL AF DA
08COPENHAGEN668	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: DENMARK [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS09). ICS09 will form part of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide for Denmark. 2. INVESTMENT CLIMATE - Denmark Introduction Denmark is characterized by political, economic and regulatory stability. The macroeconomic environment is [...]	2008-12-16 15:46:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC DA
08COTONOU10	GOB'S MORATORIUM ON ENFORCING JUDICIAL DECISIONS ENDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 07:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN KCMA PGOV
08COTONOU105	COTTON HARVEST NUMBERS RELEASED AND ENDOSULFAN BANNED [...] SUMMARY: Benin's Cotton Stakeholders Association (AIC) estimates the mid-season 2007-2008 cotton harvest at 182,567 metric tons, accounting for about 65 percent of the estimated total production (Reftel). In other cotton news the GOB, citing environmental and health concerns, banned the import [...]	2008-02-14 11:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV BN
08COTONOU116	GOB SIGNS WJEI LOA [...] Summary: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moussa Okanla, and the Ambassador signed the Letter of Agreement (LOA),for Benin's Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) program at a ceremony on February 14, 2008. During the ceremony, the Ambassador reiterated the USG's commitment to assi [...]	2008-02-22 03:31:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KWMN BN
08COTONOU118	BENIN'S INPUT ON ENERGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 02:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG BN
08COTONOU151	BENIN: COSTAL PROTECTION WORKS TO START - SEA POLLUTION [...] On February 26, 2008, President Boni Yayi officially launched construction of jetties which will fight coastal erosion along a 7.5 km stretch of eroding coastline located to the east of the Port of Cotonou (reftel). Francois Noudegbessi, the Minister of Urban Development, Land Reform and Coasta [...]	2008-03-07 08:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EPET KMCA BN
08COTONOU161	HIGH DEMAND FOR CEMENT CHALLENGES LOCAL CEMENT PRODUCTION [...] SUMMARY: Benin's cement plants are struggling to meet unprecedented high demands for cement from estate developers, road construction firms, and individuals. This situation exacerbated by the smuggling of cement to Nigeria has triggered a cement shortage in Benin. The GOB's tax exemption measur [...]	2008-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU188	BENIN - IMF FOURTH REVIEW, 4TH QUARTER 2007 [...] SUMMARY: An IMF team visited Benin, March 3-18, 2008 for the to review the country's economic performance in the last quarter of 2007. The team shared its generally favorable conclusions with international donors on March 18. However, the IMF team urged the GOB to continue to improve economic [...]	2008-04-01 09:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU261	POST PLAN FOR "DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE" [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 08:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN CU KDEM PHUM PREL
08COTONOU289	OUTREACH IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Benin is widely regarded as a free country and was classified as such in Freedom House's 2008 Freedom in the World Report. There are no known third-country dissidents in Benin. The Ambassador and the entire country team pursue an active strategy to advance the respect of human rights and enco [...]	2008-05-16 05:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN PHUM PREL
08COTONOU294	BENIN FEEDBACK ON UNICEF PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Post welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on UNICEF, a valued partner in development. The UNICEF program in Benin is effective and coordinates closely with the USG, the Government of Benin (GOB),and international donors. 2. UNICEF Program in Benin: Overall, the UNICEF [...]	2008-05-20 04:33:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID UNICEF UN BN
08COTONOU298	BENIN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FAO WORLD FOOD SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 05:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN EAGR
08COTONOU3	H5N1 UPDATE 3: GOB RESUMES CULLING [...] The GOB resumed culling operations on December 30 after culling stopped on December 23 due to lack of funds. The GOB plans to implement its communications plan, starting before January 5, with UNICEF funding. Post anticipates the GOB will make a formal request for additional equipment necess [...]	2008-01-02 11:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
08COTONOU308	BENIN'S CANDIDATE FOR UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN [...] On May 21, 2008, President Yayi sent President Bush a letter to seek his support for the candidacy of Conceptia L. D. Ouinsou for the position of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2. Ms. Ouinsou is currently the President of Benin's Constitutional Court. Her mandate [...]	2008-05-28 03:24:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BN
08COTONOU309	BENIN'S FY 2008 PROPOSAL FOR THE TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] SUMMARY: Based upon consultation with UNHCR/Benin, Embassy Cotonou requests FY08 funding in the amount of 8.2 million FCFA (approximately $19,700) from the Taft Fund for Refugees to fund micro-credit projects intended for urban-based refugees and Togolese refugees at the Agame refugee camp. [...]	2008-05-28 06:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID BN TO
08COTONOU311	YAYI TO ATTEND FAO FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT [...] On May 25 the GOB announced that President Yayi will lead Benin's delegation to the FAO's High Level Conference on World Food Security (June 3-5, 2008). This changes Embassy reporting in Ref A that the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fishing, Roger Dovonou would lead the delega [...]	2008-05-28 07:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR BN
08COTONOU314	BENIN: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF [...] This cable responds to reftel requests for information on Forced Labor and Child Labor in the production of goods. ----------------------- Rocks and Mineral Goods ----------------------- 2. According to Norbert Fanou Ako, Director of the the NGO ESAM, "Enfants Solidaires d'Afrique et du [...]	2008-05-29 18:31:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BN
08COTONOU321	YAYI ANNOUNCES 2008-2009 COTTON PRICES [...] SUMMARY: On May 25 2008, President Yayi personally announced the prices of raw cotton and inputs for the 2008-2009 campaign. To alleviate the negative impact of the surge in the price of oil on the cost of fertilizers, the GOB decided to subsidize fertilizers for the same period. This year, ra [...]	2008-06-03 17:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV BN
08COTONOU327	BENIN'S NOMINEES FOR CYBERCRIME WORSHOP [...] Per reftel, the following individuals are Benin's nominees to participate in the West Africa Regional Cybercrime Workshop to be held from July 9-11, 2008 in Cotonou Benin: A. Olivier Ghezo, Director of Legislation, Codification, and Seals, Ministry of Justice; Email: golflu@yahoo.fr, Cell: 0 [...]	2008-06-05 16:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	LEGAT INL NAS DEA FBI DHS DOJ RLA PGOV BN
08COTONOU332	BENIN SUPPORTS HOGARTH'S IWC PRIORITIES [...] EconOff delivered Reftel demarche to Joseph Ouake, Benin's International Whaling Commission (IWC) commissioner and Catherine Hounkpe, Benin's Director of Fisheries and Benin's alternate IWC commissioner, on June 9, 2008. Ouake and Hounkpe support Dr. Hogarth's plan of action, the establishment [...]	2008-06-10 17:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS IWC PREL SENV
08COTONOU337	BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 31 - JUNE 13, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 13:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN CVIS EAID ENRG EWWT MASS OPRC PGOV
08COTONOU342	POST DELIVERED AGOA INVITAION LETTER [...] On June 13, 2008, the Embassy delivered the AGOA forum invitation (Reftel) to the following members of the GOB: - Mr. Pascal I. Koupaki, Minister of State, for Economic Forecasting, Development and the Evaluation Public Action; - Mr. Moussa Okanla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integra [...]	2008-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC ETRD EINV EAID PGOV BN
08COTONOU343	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PRESS STATEMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 17:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN EUN PHUM PREL
08COTONOU344	GMP WELL RECEIVED IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 17:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN EWWT MARR MASS PGOV PREL
08COTONOU362	BENIN DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT [...] Post delivered the referenced demarche by Diplomatic Note on June 24, 2008. The Special Adviser on Diplomatic Affairs to the Benin Head of State, Mariam Alhaji Boni Diallo advised Post that President Boni Yayi would lead the Benin delegation to the African Union Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, June [...]	2008-06-28 21:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM OVIP XA PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU363	HAITI SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT TO BE MEMBER OF PAN-AMERIAN HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-28 21:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	HT PREL BN
08COTONOU369	CENSAD SUMMIT ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE [...] On June 20, 2008, a communiqu from the June 17-18 CEN-SAD summit proposed the creation of an authority to coordinate agricultural policies and an agricultural development fund. 2. The Libyan Leader, Muammar Khadafi, praised CEN-SAD's progress, growing international credibility, and "noble [...]	2008-06-30 11:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PROL PGOV BN
08COTONOU381	BENIN Democracy and Human Rights Financial Status [...] Summary: This cable serves to meet the requirement that all posts submit a DHRF financial status report covering a detailed listing by fiscal year of all open unliquidated obligations and the amount still unliquidated for each activity. 2. Part A - Prior Fiscal Year Funds FY 2006 DHRF [...]	2008-07-02 16:11:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BN
08COTONOU39	BENIN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Please find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in Reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. President Yayi, in office since April 2006, aims to establish double [...]	2008-01-16 10:41:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN
08COTONOU406	BENIN DELEGATION TO AGOA FORUM [...] Benin's official delegation to the AGOA forum in Washington, D.C. will be led by Ernestine Attanasso, the Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The Embassy was informed on July 11 that Benin's Minister of Industry and Commerce, Gregoire Akofodji, would no [...]	2008-07-11 12:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID BN
08COTONOU432	BENIN: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF JULY 4, [...] The embassy received a letter dated June 26, 2008 from President Yayi to President Bush expressing congratulations on the occasion of the 4th of July. The original letter will be sent to AF/W by pouch. 2. Begin informal translation of letter: Dear Mr. President and Dear Friend: [...]	2008-07-21 12:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV BN
08COTONOU451	BENIN: CHILD LABOR PERSISTS IN STONE QUARRIES [...] SUMMARY: Child labor continues to be used in stone crushing quarries in central Benin. On June 24, 2008 a mission team visited the quarries to gage the magnitude of the use of child labor in them. The team observed that children continue, in significant numbers, to engage with their parents in [...]	2008-07-29 17:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND SOCI BN
08COTONOU456	BENIN: AGOA POINTS OF CONTACT [...] Per reftel request, post hereby provides the following AGOA points of contact in Benin: Until the arrival in Benin of a new Political and Economic Officer, the backup AGOA point of contact is Marius C. Lotsu, LES Economic/Commercial Assistant. Tel. (+229) 21 300650; LotsuMC@state.gov BROW [...]	2008-07-30 16:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ML BN
08COTONOU478	BENIN'S FY 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES OBLIGATION REPORT [...] On July 31, 2008, Ambassador Gayleatha B. Brown approved and signed the Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) grant documents for the Association for the Promotion of Development Initiative (ALiDe). 2. The project awarded is from the Taft Fund for Refugees to fund micro-credit projects [...]	2008-08-08 11:21:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID BN TO
08COTONOU497	BENIN: Delivery of Non-Paper on Iran Entities and [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 11:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM BN
08COTONOU54	BENIN PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT [...] Dr. Moussa Okanla, Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President Boni Yayi will both attend the AU Summit meeting in Addis Ababa. Dr. Okanla will arrive in Addis Abba on or about January 26, 2008 and remain until the summit concludes. President Yayi will arrive on or about January 30 and [...]	2008-01-24 10:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN KSUM PREL XA
08COTONOU562	BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Further to Ref (A),the list of Beninese attendees at the 63rd UNGA follows: -- Head of Delegation, H.E. President Boni Yayi; -- President's Wife, Chantal de Souza Yayi; -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and the Beninese Diaspora, Moussa Okanla (AF); -- Min [...]	2008-09-09 16:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
08COTONOU630	USITC STUDY ON BENIN: EFFECTS OF INSTRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following: -- AmEmbassy Cotonou's contact for this subject study (pending the arrival of a Pol/EconOff) is Mr. Marius C. Lotsu, the Economic/Commercial Assistant. His contact details follow: U.S. Embassy; 01B.P. 2012 Cotonou, Benin Rue Caporal Bernard Anani; E-ma [...]	2008-10-03 09:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA BN
08COTONOU655	BENIN: GOVERNMENT DIVESTS COTTON GINNING COMPANY [...] On September 18, the GOB announced the successful divestiture of the cotton ginning activities of the agricultural parastatal, SONAPRA. The SCP, ("Societe Commune de Participation") was provisionally declared successful bidder. They will create a public-private joint venture called SDC ("Soci [...]	2008-10-20 06:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV BN
08COTONOU656	BENIN: GOVERNMENT DIVESTS COTTON GINNING COMPANY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 06:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV BN
08COTONOU657	BENIN: DRAFT DESIGNATION OF NEW PROVINCIAL CAPITALS SPARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Decentralization and Local Communities, Issa Demole Moko,publicized a government plan to designate capital cities for six provinces that were formerly administered out of neighboring provincial capitals. The proposed arrangement reflected proposals put forward by a [...]	2008-10-20 06:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU658	BENIN: IMF FIFTH REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: From September 10-24, an IMF team conducted the fifth annual review of Benin's economic performance up until June 2008. On September 24, the team shared its generally favorable conclusions and some concerns which continue to threaten the GOB's efforts at sustained growth with internati [...]	2008-10-20 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU659	BENIN: IMF FIFTH REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU688	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S SECOND CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: After months of suspense following the April 2008 legislative elections, President Yayi announced a second cabinet reshuffle on October 22. The cabinet increased from 26 to 30 ministers, nineteen (19) of whom are new to the government. Of the remaining eleven (11),three (3) mini [...]	2008-10-31 12:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU69	IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 05:00:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC BN EUN PREF PREL SMIG
08COTONOU72	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] Post received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to President Bush from President Yayi. The letter was dated January 2, 2008. An identical letter, which will follow septel, was addressed to Secretary Rice. Post also has sent a copy via e-mail to AF/W [...]	2008-02-01 11:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN OPDC PGOV
08COTONOU754	BENIN: GPRA REPORT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 10:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML
08COTONOU76	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO SECRETARY RICE [...] Post received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to Secretary Rice from President Yayi. The letter was dated January 2, 2008. An identical letter was sent to President Bush (reftel). Post sent a copy via e-mail to AF/W and a hard copy via pouch to AF/ [...]	2008-02-01 11:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN OPDC PGOV
08COTONOU779	BENIN'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Please find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2009 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. President Yayi, in office since April 2006, aims to establish double [...]	2008-12-15 08:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN
08COTONOU796	BENIN GPRA REPORT: EDWARD R. MURROW PROGRAM FOR JOURNALISTS [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participant in the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, Fernand Nouwligbeto, journalist at "Agence Proximites," returned to Benin and debriefed the Acting Public Affairs Officer and the Cultural Affairs Assistant about his visit. He was very satisfied with [...]	2008-12-22 06:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML
08COTONOU797	BENIN GPRA REPORT: HIV/AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participant in the HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Program, Dr. Rene Keke, Chief of the Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases at the Ministry of Health, returned to Benin and debriefed the Acting Public Affairs Officer and the Cultural Affairs Assistant a [...]	2008-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML BN
08COTONOU810	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 05:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML
08COTONOU96	BENIN'S G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Post has the pleasure to submit four project proposals for G/TIP ESF and INCLE funding for FY 2008. While Benin is a Tier 2 country with a government firmly committed to the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),Beninese children continue to be victimized by traffickers. The proposals s [...]	2008-02-12 07:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG
08CURACAO14	ANSWER TO NSDD-38 - REDUCTION IN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY [...] Chief of Mission disapproves Ref. A proposal to abolish the Defense Liaison Officer (DLO) position in Curacao. His decision is based on three important reasons: A) A previous COM identified several policy and administrative factors justifying the approval of this DLO position as recently [...]	2008-01-29 18:25:00	Consulate Curacao	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP AMGT AODE ABLD ASEC NA NL
08CURACAO66	CONGEN CURACAO PLANS FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 04:37:00	Consulate Curacao	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM CU NA AA
08CURACAO91	UNCHARACTERISTIC VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT AFTER CURACAO ISLAND [...] Limited violent incidents erupted in Curacao after the Island Parliament narrowly approved on June 26 a motion providing for temporary financial supervision from the Netherlands in exchange for debt relief. Island MP and Sovereign People (PS) party leader Helmin Wiels called for civil disobedi [...]	2008-07-01 12:39:00	Consulate Curacao	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NA NL
08DAKAR114	2007 Country Reports on Terrorism: Senegal [...] The following narrative is Posts submission for the 2007 Country Terrorism Report (CTR): Senegal The Government of Senegal cooperated with the Untied States in identifying terrorist groups operating in Senegal. More work remained to be done, however, to develop first responder services, [...]	2008-01-29 11:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KHLS AEMR SG KDMR
08DAKAR119	PRESIDENT WADE CHAIRS NEPAD ROUND TABLE ON AFRICAN [...] SUMMARY: A donor round table was held in Saly-Portugal, Senegal on January 23-24, 2008 to discuss the priorities of the Infrastructure Component of NEPAD. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal is the chairman on this component along with those of energy, environment, and information technology [...]	2008-01-29 16:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV SG
08DAKAR1190	WESTERN DONORS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge accompanied a delegation of Ambassadors and international organization representatives to the Prime Minister,s office on October 10 to seek an update and clarification of the GOS,s payment arrears, off-budget expenditures and plans for the Government to bring accounts in [...]	2008-10-17 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SG
08DAKAR1318	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACT ON SENEGAL [...] Summary: As the White House prepares to host the G-20 Summit to address current risks to the global economy, the likely impact on Senegal of the financial crisis is mixed. Neither Senegal nor the central bank of the Franc CFA monetary zone are holding the sophisticated mortgage and debt inst [...]	2008-11-13 17:15:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID EMIN SG
08DAKAR1348	President elect Obama calls President Wade [...] On November 19, the Spokesperson of the President's office announced that President Abdoulaye Wade received a telephone call from US President elect Obama. The following unofficial translation of the press release that was issued and read on the evening news broadcast of the Senegalese state [...]	2008-11-20 16:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR1442	SENEGAL: Gadio Visits Mauritania [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 15:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SG MR
08DAKAR153	SENEGAL'S ACCELERATED GROWTH STRATEGY - MOVING FORWARD OR [...] SUMMARY: On December 31, 2007, Senegal's National Assembly passed a law to speed up the implementation of one of President Wade's cornerstone economic policies, the Accelerated Growth Strategy (AGS). The legislation also combines the AGS' goals into Senegal's 2006-2010 Poverty Reduction Stra [...]	2008-02-07 11:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EINV SG
08DAKAR164	GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] Post proposes one project to combat trafficking of children for forced begging from Guinea-Bissau to other countries in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is a significant source country for children trafficked for forced begging. Thanks to foreign financing and support, local efforts and involvement [...]	2008-02-08 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PU
08DAKAR175	GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] Post proposes one project to combat trafficking of children for forced begging from Guinea-Bissau to other countries in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is a significant source country for children trafficked for forced begging. Thanks to foreign financing and support, local efforts and involvement [...]	2008-02-14 16:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PU
08DAKAR196	GUINEA BISSAU: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for begging primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers or their intermediaries convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Those children are routinely beaten and subjected to harsh treatment; often their [...]	2008-02-21 21:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PU
08DAKAR217	PRESIDENT WADE CHAIRS NEPAD DONOR ROUND TABLE ON THE GREAT [...] SUMMARY: A donor round table was held in Saly Portugal, Senegal on February 12 - 13, 2008 to discuss the implementation of a $10.5 billion "Great Green Wall" that aims to develop a green belt from Dakar to Djibouti. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, as chairman of NEPAD's environmental co [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV SG
08DAKAR236	SENEGAL FOOD SECURITY THREATENED BY CEREAL AND FORAGE [...] SUMMARY: Senegal's food security for the remainder of the dry season in 2008 is threatened by the effects of late and erratic rains that ended early in many areas throughout Senegal in 2007. The net effect has been a reduced cereal crop (sorghum, millet and rice) and an acute shortage of fora [...]	2008-02-28 15:40:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV SG
08DAKAR320	GUINEA-BISSAU AGOA - INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT [...] Embassy input on Guinea-Bissau follows for the 2008 President's report on AGOA keyed to the template outlined in reftel and last year's report as published by USTR. This text will also be provided to AF/W and AF/EPS via e-mail. 2. Begin Post's input: AGOA Trade and Investment: Guinea- [...]	2008-03-14 11:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PU
08DAKAR424	PRICE HIKES CHALLENGE SENEGAL'S SOCIAL STABILITY [...] SUMMARY: Senegalese, especially urban dwellers, are somewhat bewildered by the recurrence and scope of price hikes in local markets, supermarkets, and from specialty vendors. Price increases in gasoline, cooking fuel, vegetable oil, rice, sugar, cement, and transportation services have creat [...]	2008-04-10 11:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SG
08DAKAR471	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau is a net importer of basic foodstuffs, most significantly rice. Rising world market prices and reduced local production due to poor rainfall are impacting availability and price. So far, there have not been demonstrations or unrest to protest the rising cost of living [...]	2008-04-24 14:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV PU
08DAKAR52	2008 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL CRIME AND MONEY [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2007-2008 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-11). Para 12 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2008-01-14 10:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
08DAKAR566	CAMEROON REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER [...] Summary: Dakar-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) traveled to Cameroon from March 31 to April 11, 2008 to assess progress of the humanitarian programs and the living conditions of Central African Republic (CAR) and Chadian refugees in the country. Visits to various refugee sites [...]	2008-05-15 16:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL WFP SOCI NG EAGR MR ECON
08DAKAR601	ASECNA EVICTED FROM SENEGAL'S AIRPORTS - NEW POLICY FOR [...] This is an action request for PM/ISO and AF/W; see paras 10-11. 2. Summary: On May 10, following the previous day's announcement by Minister of Civil Aviation, Farba Senghor, the government of Senegal (GOS) took over operations of Senegal's airports, essentially kicking out the regional a [...]	2008-05-23 12:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN SG
08DAKAR778	SUDATEL SHOULD BRING A NEW DYNAMIC TO SENEGAL'S ICT [...] SUMMARY: According to sources from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Telecommunications, Sudanese telecommunications company Sudatel should begin its business operations and ICT infrastructure investment in Senegal in October 2008. Though Sudatel claims to be an independent, private firm, j [...]	2008-07-02 10:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV EFIN ECON PGOV SG
08DAKAR813	SENEGAL'S JUNE BOND ISSUANCE FALLS SHORT [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, Senegal's Ministry of Finance launched two treasury debt products through the regional central bank. The result was disappointing for the government, with only USD 155 million purchased out of the total issuance of USD 238 million. The GOS is planning to use this revenu [...]	2008-07-10 17:28:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV SG
08DAKAR821	SENEGAL'S PREPARATION FOR THE 2008 AGOA FORUM [...] SUMMARY: On July 9, Senegal's Ministry of Trade Mamadou Diop Decroix convened a stakeholder meeting to evaluate the preparations for the GOS' participation in the July 14-16 AGOA Forum. He also spurred a debate as to why AGOA has been a failure in Senegal. Representatives from the private se [...]	2008-07-14 10:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SENV EAGR EINV EFIN EAID SG
08DAKAR857	SENEGALESE MEDIA BLACKS OUT [...] SUMMARY: On 21 July, private Senegalese media sources observed a news blackout as a show of solidarity in support of two Senegalese sports journalists beaten by police on 22 June (retel). Journalists are demanding the Government of Senegal (GOS) take punitive action against the officers invo [...]	2008-07-23 16:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PGOV KPAO SG
08DAMASCUS132	BUDGET DEFICIT THREATENS SYRIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] The 2008 Syrian budget typifies the lack of SARG transparency by significantly underreporting petroleum revenues, defense expenditures, and the cost of subsidies. Even though the official numbers are suspect, local economists agree that the SARG's acknowledgement of a 128-percent increase in t [...]	2008-02-24 15:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS165	SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...]	2008-03-10 07:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS175	PROJECT SUMMARY FOR PROPOSAL RESPONSE TO RFP [...] (U) As requested by G/TIP (reftel),Post submits summary information for the proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in response to RFP GTIP-07-AW-003-112307. The proposal was the only one submitted and Post recommends it for funding. The entire proposal w [...]	2008-03-13 15:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS250	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 11:56:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EG IZ LE PHUM PREF PREL SY JO
08DAMASCUS380	DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 4 [...] (SBU) This is the forth in a series of Embassy Damascus's updates on refugee processing in Syria 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR reports rising concern among the resident Iraqi community about their ability to extend their visas once Syrian schools let out in June but we have no evidence SARG has [...]	2008-05-29 15:13:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS387	FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF [...] Summary: The sectors of the Syrian economy that are involved in the production of goods are agriculture, petroleum, textiles, pharmaceuticals and refined food products. In 2007, fuel oil accounted for roughly 70 percent of Syria's USD 110 million in exports to the U.S., with the remaining 30 [...]	2008-06-01 14:15:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS432	ERICKA OVETTE AND PAUL PIEPER DAZZLE SYRIANS WITH AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY: Against a backdrop of bilateral tension and violence in Lebanon, Ericka Ovette and Paul Pieper's visit to Syria brought American music back to Damascus and proved that we can promote American culture even as the SARG sabotages other Embassy events. Ovette and Pieper reached an impres [...]	2008-06-17 14:42:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SY XF OEXC SCUL
08DAMASCUS442	SCENE SETTER FOR AMB FOLEY: EBBS AND FLOWS OF REFUGEE ASSISTANCE/RESETTLEMENT IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Since your October 2007 visit to Damascus, there have been significant changes, both positive and negative, with respect to how international organizations and the SARG are coping with the Iraqi refugee population. Assistance continues to flow in and the UN country team, in coor [...]	2008-06-19 14:20:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS455	HEALTHCARE IN SYRIA GIVEN A SHOT IN THE ARM BY [...] SUMMARY: In less than a year, Syrian program alumni from two successful International Visitor Leadership Programs (IVLPs) have generated positive change in healthcare in Syria since their return. A FY07 single country program on nursing education (ref A) inspired the seven participants to lob [...]	2008-06-26 08:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PGOV PREL SY XF KWMN
08DAMASCUS46	SYRIA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963-11) 3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Syria was designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. Since then it has continued political support to Palestinia [...]	2008-01-22 12:33:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS461	SYRIA: AMBASSADOR,S FUND FOR REFUGEES NOMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has received a $20,000 proposal from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the entire East (GOPA) for two projects we would like to submit for funding through the Taft program: (1) a $20,000 program to provide vocational training and education to 80 vulnerable Ira [...]	2008-06-30 13:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SY
08DAMASCUS470	DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 5 [...] (SBU) This is the fifth in a series of Embassy Damascus's updates on refugee processing in Syria. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: IOM reported its medical case load and out-processing projections for June through September 2008 and announced that all cases in WRAPS are now up to date. UNHCR met its FY200 [...]	2008-07-02 15:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS510	IIP SPEAKER DEREK SHEARER ENGAGES SYRIAN AUDIENCES ON U.S. [...] (U)SUMMARY. IIP speaker and former U.S. Ambassador Derek Shearer engaged diverse sectors of Syrians including university students, human rights, business, and media audiences during his May 26-29 visit. Shearer shared an political insider's view of how the U.S. elections process works and pro [...]	2008-07-16 04:40:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SY XF OEXC SCUL
08DAMASCUS656	DAMASCUS REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN THE RHYTHM ROAD AMERICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Damascus requests participation in the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad Program during February-May 2009. A program of "urban music" will help Post reach out to youth in a country where over 50 percent of the population is under 20 and Western hip hop receives wide play. [...]	2008-09-17 14:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SY XF OEXC SCUL
08DAMASCUS761	SYRIAN ARTISTS DEMAND RETURN OF ARTWORK ON DISPLAY AT U.S. [...] On October 29, a letter was delivered in person to the American Cultural Center by Syrian artist AbdulJabbar Weis, with whom the mission has previously had a cordial relationship. The letter was written on behalf of five artists who have works on display at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in [...]	2008-10-30 15:09:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SY
08DAMASCUS762	DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 30, 2008 [...] The media storm surrounding the October 26 attack in Abu Kamal and subsequent Syrian accusations against the United States and Syrian actions against U.S. Embassy operations in Damascus continued unabated. Print media were dominated by reports of a large protest march in the town of Abu Kamal [...]	2008-10-30 15:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY

08DAMASCUS765	DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 31, 2008 [...] Only government-owned daily al-Thawrah was published on Friday October 31. al-Thawrah gave pride of place to strident coverage of the alleged U.S. raid in Abu al-Kamal. The top half of its front page reported on the protest march organized by the Syrian government on October 30 in downtown Dama [...]	2008-10-31 14:13:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY
08DAMASCUS766	DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 31, 2008 [...] Only government-owned daily al-Thawrah was published on Friday October 31. al-Thawrah gave pride of place to strident coverage of the alleged U.S. raid in Abu al-Kamal. The top half of its front page reported on the protest march organized by the Syrian government on October 30 in downtown Dama [...]	2008-10-31 14:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY
08DAMASCUS779	DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 7 [...] (SBU) CIRCUIT RIDE WRAP-UP: IOM reports that for the circuit ride 9 August - 25 September, DHS/USCIS approved 480 cases (1359 individuals) and denied 43 cases (152 individuals). No decision was made in 89 cases (312 individuals). DHS team leader Frank Minnick said that this approval rate o [...]	2008-11-04 15:11:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS790	DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 9, 2008: CONFESSORS OF [...] Syrian papers reported on the broadcast confessions by the alleged perpetrators of the explosion in the al-Qazza area of Damascus on September 27. Syrian state TV on Thursday, November 7, showed 12 individuals (mostly Syrians) claiming membership in Fateh al-Islam and confessing to planning t [...]	2008-11-09 12:53:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY
08DAMASCUS791	DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 10, 2008: PRESIDENT [...] Syrian papers dedicated their front-page headlines and editorials to President al-Asad's November 9 speech at the opening session of the Arab Transitional Parliament. He called on the United States to pull its troops out of Iraq claiming, "The presence in Iraq of American occupation forces is [...]	2008-11-10 13:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY
08DAMASCUS886	Special Media Reaction Report: Jimmy Carter's Visit to [...] Summary: The December 13-15 visit to Damascus by former President Jimmy Carter consumed headlines in all four Syrian dailies during the course of the visit. The tone of reporting was decidedly optimistic, particularly on the prospects for U.S.-Syrian relations and the return of a U.S. Ambassa [...]	2008-12-16 05:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
08DAMASCUS890	Syrian Coverage of Ambassador Schulte's Pan-Arab Media [...] Summary: On Friday, December 12, U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Greg Schulte conducted a series of interviews on the nascent Syrian nuclear program and related International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) actions with the pan-Arab media based in London. As part of this, Ambassador Schulte appeared [...]	2008-12-17 06:51:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO OPRC SY
08DAMASCUS906	SYRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2008 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist gro [...]	2008-12-23 12:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC
08DAMASCUS909	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION REPORT: EVENTS IN GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 11:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
08DAMASCUS920	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION REPORT: EVENTS IN GAZA [...] Summary: Syrian papers feature photos of Palestinian casualties and large impassioned demonstrations in cities throughout Syria. Papers on December 31 also carried photos of President Asad's meeting with Senator Arlen Specter. A Syrian editorialist laments the closure of Rafah crossing and urg [...]	2008-12-31 10:05:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
08DARESSALAAM139	TANZANIA'S RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON ENERGY [...] Post offers the following input for the Department's use in preparing the reports requested in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA): A. The Political/Economic Section handles energy matters. The total number of staff in the section when fully staffed consists of 5 FSOs [...]	2008-02-28 03:14:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD TZ
08DARESSALAAM14	TANZANIA DECEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: EU TRADE [...] In this issue: - Concerns on EU Trade Agreement - Government Heavy Borrowing - GDP on the Rise, Standard of Living Stagnant - Counterfeit Mobile Phones Flood Shops ------------------------------- Concerns on EU Trade Agreement ------------------------------- 2. Following the si [...]	2008-01-07 09:15:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TZ
08DARESSALAAM154	TANZANIA: RESPONSE TO UNMEE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, assured Ambassador Green February 27 that President Kikwete is fully briefed on the refusal of the Eritrean government (GSE) to provide fuel to United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). As [...]	2008-03-04 09:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AU PGOV PREL ER ET TZ
08DARESSALAAM199	TANZANIA: REACTION TO OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND [...] Post welcomes the opportunity to comment on a new OPIC $150 million private equity fund: GEF Africa Consumer Fund to invest in companies targeting essential supply chain products and services throughout the consumer goods and services sector, including logistics support, distribution and trans [...]	2008-03-31 13:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN TZ
08DARESSALAAM233	TANZANIA MARCH 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: TOURISM, PRIVATE [...] In this issue: -- Tourism Overtakes Agriculture in Economy -- More Credit Extended to the Private Sector -- GOT Hires Consultants to Study Minimum Wage -- CTI Bemoans Barriers to EAC Trading -- President Kikwete to Attend Arusha Tourism Forum in May 2008 -- Sullivan Summit June 2 - [...]	2008-04-10 12:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ECIN EIND EINV ELAB ETRD TZ
08DARESSALAAM275	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES-TANZANIA [...] Tanzania's annual inflation rose from 8.6 percent in January to 8.9 percent in February 2008, due mainly to higher food prices, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). NBS and the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) attribute the increasing inflation to higher average prices of cereals and c [...]	2008-04-29 13:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR TZ
08DARESSALAAM284	CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA [...] Per ref A, Post submits the following response. Focus areas of Chinese engagement in Tanzania include infrastructure investments and bilateral Tanzania-China business engagements, primarily in the tourism sector (see ref B). Some of the highlights of Chinese investment in Tanzania include: [...]	2008-05-05 08:31:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA XE TZ
08DARESSALAAM312	PREPARATIONS AND FUNDING REQUEST FOR SULLIVAN SUMMIT IN [...] For the last 18 months, we have worked collaboratively with AF/EPS, with the organizers of the Leon Sullivan Summit, and with the Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) to prepare for the Eighth Sullivan Summit - "The Summit of a Lifetime" - in Arusha, Tanzan [...]	2008-05-21 10:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KPAO TZ
08DARESSALAAM313	[ C O R R E C T E D C O P Y ] PREPARATIONS AND FUNDING [...] For the last 18 months, we have worked collaboratively with AF/EPS, with the organizers of the Leon Sullivan Summit, and with the Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) to prepare for the Eighth Sullivan Summit - "The Summit of a Lifetime" - in Arusha, Tanzan [...]	2008-05-21 15:00:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KPAO TZ
08DARESSALAAM315	TANZANIA: WAR OF WORDS ESCALATES BETWEEN CCM AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 03:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM32	TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 12:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TZ
08DARESSALAAM320	TANZANIA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] Foreign Service Of2R V^Q@f Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) told PolOff that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) appreciated receiving details on T9wUYQQuprisoners of conscience proposed during the 60th anniversary year of the Universal Dec [...]	2008-05-23 17:48:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM380	TANZANIA: FOLLOW-UP FUNDING REQUEST TO FY-08 BUSINESS [...] Post appreciates the funding from the Business Facilitation and Investment Fund (BFIF) to support the U.S. Embassy pavilion at the 2008 Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF)(Ref B). This year the Embassy has recruited numerous companies to participate in an expanded "Buy USA" pavilion [...]	2008-06-19 15:22:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV TZ
08DARESSALAAM381	TANZANIA: INVITATION LETTER TO JUNE 19 ROUNDTABLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 04:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA ZI TZ
08DARESSALAAM411	TANZANIA: TEXT OF CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT [...] Post received Diplomatic Note KA 709/710/01 on July 2 with a congratulatory message for Independence Day from President Kikwete be transmitted to President. 2. Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania presents its compl [...]	2008-07-03 17:40:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TZ
08DARESSALAAM412	STRONG USG REPRESENTATION AT TANZANIA'S SULLIVAN SUMMIT [...] The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation greatly appreciated The strong U.S. Government (USG) representation at the Eighth Annual Sullivan Summit held in Arusha, Tanzania from June 2 to 6. Led by a White House Delegation headed by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, almost all USG departments [...]	2008-07-04 04:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EINV TZ
08DARESSALAAM419	Leahy vetting to attend: Combined Strategic Intelligence [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the United Republic of Tanzania for training funded by the U.S. Department of Defense pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name, rank, date, and p [...]	2008-07-09 12:50:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM422	Leahy vetting to attend: George Marshall Center for [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the United Republic of Tanzania for training funded by the U.S. Department of Defense pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name, rank, date, and p [...]	2008-07-09 15:22:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM439	Leahy vetting to attend: Field Artillery Captains Career [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the United Republic of Tanzania for training funded by the U.S. Department of Defense pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name, rank, date, and p [...]	2008-07-17 12:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM447	TANZANIA OPPOSES ICC INDICTMENT OF PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Membe, spoke out at France's national day reception on July 14 against the request for the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict Sudan's President Omar Bashir for genocide. Membe said that such a move could lead t [...]	2008-07-19 09:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL EGAD SU TZ
08DARESSALAAM472	TANZANIA: FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON MAJOR ISSUES AT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Post received the following Diplomatic Note CMB 291/466/01 from the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania (GOT) on July 21 in response to Ref B demarche requesting GOT support for the United States candidates for seats on the Universal [...]	2008-07-29 16:40:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO TZ
08DARESSALAAM484	TANZANIA: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT [...] (U) The Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) attended the "Mini-Dublin Group," an informal gathering of like-minded countries initiated by the President of Ireland focused on counter narcotics issues. Embassy representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Finland, the [...]	2008-08-02 16:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR TZ
08DARESSALAAM492	TANZANIA: JUNE - JULY 2008 POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) The June-July 2008 Political Roundup includes: -- Donors drag feet on direct budget support -- Former Regional Crime Officer on trial for murder -- CHADEMA party deputy killed in road accident -- Handicraft traders disappointed by Sullivan Summit -- Budget session in full [...]	2008-08-08 08:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ECON TZ
08DARESSALAAM536	SCENESETTER FOR TANZANIAN PRESIDENT KIKWETE'S OFFICIAL U.S. [...] (SBU) Over the past three years, the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship has witnessed a sea change. With the election of a charismatic, pro-Western President, and increasing levels of U.S. assistance, cooperation has expanded in areas ranging from health, education, and natural resource man [...]	2008-08-22 12:14:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
08DARESSALAAM565	ZANZIBAR: BIG TURNOUT FOR EMBASSY ZANZIBAR AFFAIRS [...] The August 28 Embassy reception to announce the creation of the new Zanzibar Affairs Office and to introduce the new incumbent saw the largest turnout of any official USG Zanzibar representation event in institutional memory. Almost 200 people attended, including several Ministers and &A-liste [...]	2008-09-03 15:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TZ
08DARESSALAAM567	ZANZIBAR: HOME GROWN "U.S. ELECTION RALLY" A [...] On August 31, Muloud Salim, a young, self-appointed Zanzibari "U.S. Election Organizer" held an "Obama for President" Rally in the old fort at the epicenter of the capital of Stonetown. Despite never having been outside of Tanzania, for the last several months Salim has taken it upon himself [...]	2008-09-04 09:38:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SCUL PGOV KDEM TZ
08DARESSALAAM582	MEDIA REACTION: Corruption in Tanzania [...] The September 10, 2008, edition of two English language Tanzanian dailies "This Day" and "The Citizen" carried editorial commentaries positive of U.S. policy of denying safe haven to corrupt public officials and those private sector members who corrupt them. This follows a September 8 U.S. Mi [...]	2008-09-10 14:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR KCRM KCOR TZ
08DARESSALAAM650	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - TANZANIA [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. Country: Tanzania Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Tanzania's population increased to approximately 40.3 million in 2007. 2007 Gross National Income (GNI) was $16.2 billion and GNI per capita was $400. Over the past tw [...]	2008-10-09 06:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ELAB PTER TZ
08DARESSALAAM745	EMBASSY SUPPORT FOR AFRICOM FY09 1206 TRAIN AND [...] Embassy has reviewed and supports two AFRICOM proposals requesting FY09 1206 funds to conduct train and equip programs in Tanzania, in support of larger proposed Eastern Africa efforts to counter terrorism. The first proposal consists of training junior/mid level military officers in basic i [...]	2008-10-30 11:30:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TZ
08DARESSALAAM869	Tanzania 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 11:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM TZ
08DHAKA1006	GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH EASES BAN ON TRADE UNION [...] (U) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) recently announced a partial relaxation of the ban on trade union activities in place under the State of Emergency since January 2007. The new measures allow union activities, but limit the size of gatherings and require advance permission in certain cas [...]	2008-09-23 10:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD SOCI PGOV KWMN BG
08DHAKA103	BANGLADESH DELEGATES TO WIREC 2008 [...] Post submits two names of representatives from Bangladesh for participation in the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008. USAID will be funding the travel expenses for these two delegates. The two proposed participants are: Mr. Kaisar Ahmed, Director, Renewable Ener [...]	2008-01-22 07:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA BG
08DHAKA1061	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK Q BANGLADESH [...] 1. A new outbreak of Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry occurred in Bangladesh September 24. HPAI was first officially reported in Bangladesh in March 2007. Since that time, outbreaks of HPAI (H5) in poultry have been reported or confirmed on 288 farms. One human HPAI case [...]	2008-10-08 13:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD IN WTO CASC BG
08DHAKA1066	LEAHY VETTING FOR SIGNAL CAPTAIN CAREER COURSE, NOVEMBER 12 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Signal Captain Career Course in Fort Gordon, Georgia, which will begin on November 12, 2008. Post vetting was completed on October 13, 2008. Post requests that vetting be comp [...]	2008-10-14 08:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1068	LEAHY VETTING FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference in Tampa, Florida, which will begin on 17 - 20 November 2008. Post vetting was completed on 14 Oct 2008. Post requests that vetting be [...]	2008-10-14 09:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1077	LEAHY VETTING FOR THE CHIEFS OF DEFENSE CONFERENCE, 11 - 13 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Chiefs of Defense Conference in Bali, Indonesia, which will begin on 11 - 13 November 2008. Post vetting was completed on 15 Oct 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]	2008-10-16 06:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA108	PROPOSAL FOR USE OF INCLE MONEY TO CONSTRUCT A FEMALE DRUG [...] (U) Embassy Dhaka requests that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) approve a US$50,000 grant for construction of a female drug rehabilitation facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The funding would come from INCLE money obligated to Post in FY2002 for counter-narco [...]	2008-01-23 09:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BG
08DHAKA1091	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on November 9, 2008. Post ve [...]	2008-10-20 11:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1092	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on November 11, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-10-20 11:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1093	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on November 24, 2008. Post [...]	2008-10-20 11:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1094	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on November 26, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-10-20 11:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1095	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 21, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-10-20 11:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1096	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 23, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-10-20 11:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1097	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 14, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-10-20 11:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1098	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 17, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-10-20 11:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1107	LEAHY VETTING FOR. [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in upcoming HIV Training of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Courses in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on October 23, 20 [...]	2008-10-23 10:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1128	LEAHY VETTING FOR MPAT MULTINATIONAL FORCE STANDARD [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the MPAT Multinational Force Standard Operation Procedure (MNF SOP) in Hawaii, which will begin on November 16, 2008. Post vetting was completed on October 27, 2008. Post requests [...]	2008-10-29 07:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1129	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Crisis Management Course in USA, which will begin on November 17, 2008.Post vetting was completed on October 27, 2 [...]	2008-10-29 07:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1130	LEAHY VETTING FOR ARMY COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE COURSE - [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Army Command and General Staff College Course in USA, which will begin on January 02, 2009. Post vetting was completed on October 29, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complet [...]	2008-10-29 07:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1131	LEAHY VETTING FOR ADVANCE AEROSPACE MEDICINE COURSE IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Advance Aerospace Medicine Course in USA, which will begin on January 02, 2009. Post vetting was completed on October 29, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by Novembe [...]	2008-10-29 07:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1132	LEAHY VETTING FOR PATROL CRAFT OPERATION IN RIVERINE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Patrol Craft Operation in Riverine Environment and Instructor Development Course in USA, which will begin on January 08, 2009. Post vetting was completed on October 29, 2008. Pos [...]	2008-10-29 07:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1135	LEAHY VETTING FOR HIV/AIDS STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Hiv/Aids Strategic Planning and Policy Development Course in USA, which will begin on December 05, 2008. Post vetting was completed on October 30, 2008. Post requests that vetti [...]	2008-10-30 05:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1140	DRAFT BANGLADESH PART I FOR 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh of the first part (drugs and chemical control) for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: 2. (U) I. Summary: There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of [...]	2008-11-03 03:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BG
08DHAKA1151	ADDRESSING THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE [...] (U) Previous international assistance for Burmese Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has focused largely on those who have been formally registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While this approach has improved the well being of the registered refugees, i [...]	2008-11-04 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BG BM
08DHAKA1161	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAE EAST SOUTH ASIA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Combating Terrorism Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on December 02, 2008. Post vetting was completed on November 10, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2008-11-10 06:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1168	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAE EAST SOUTH ASIA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Combating Terrorism Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on December 02, 2008. Post vetting was completed on November 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2008-11-12 05:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1185	LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - Explosive Incident Countermeasures [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Explosive Incident Countermeasures (EIC) COURSE, which will begin on January 11-February 26, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by December, 18 2008 to provide [...]	2008-11-18 10:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1186	LEAHY VETTING FOR FLIGHT SAFETY OFFICER COURSE IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Flight Safety Officer Course in USA, which will begin on February 18, 2009. Post vetting was completed on November 18, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by Decembe [...]	2008-11-18 10:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1187	LEAHY VETTING FOR SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL COURSE IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Squadron Officer School Course in USA, which will begin on February 16, 2009. Post vetting was completed on November 18, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by December [...]	2008-11-18 10:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA12	LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL-MILITARY RESPONSE TO [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Civil-Military Response to Terrorism Training to be held in Monterey, California, from April 19 to May 2, 2008. Post vetting was completed on January 5, 2007. Post requests that [...]	2008-01-06 05:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1219	BANGLADESH SYMPATHETIC BUT NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (U) On Sunday November 23, PolOff met with Sakib Sadakat, Assistant Secretary UN and Human Rights Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to convey reftel points. We conveyed our support for a two state solution in the Middle East and our view that these resolutions are repetitive and unbalan [...]	2008-11-24 11:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG IS PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA1220	BANGLADESH NON COMMITTAL ON UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA1238	LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, JANURARY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on January 13, 2009. Post vetting was completed on December 01, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by December 15, 20 [...]	2008-12-01 05:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1241	MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROIST ATTACKS [...] Summary and Comment: Mainstream English and Bangla-language newspapers across the political and religious spectrum condemned the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Editorials generally focused on two issues. First, most editorials called on India to refrain from blaming neighboring countries before c [...]	2008-12-01 10:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG
08DHAKA1242	US-PHILLIPINES ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE: [...] (U) On Sunday November 23, PolOff met with Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americas Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) participation in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Exercise scheduled for May 4-8. Rahman expressed intere [...]	2008-12-02 11:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR ARF KCRS BG
08DHAKA1246	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Advance Security Cooperation (ASC) Course in USA, which will begin on January 22; 2009.Post vetting was completed on December 3, [...]	2008-12-03 07:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1248	LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, JANURARY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on January 13, 2009. Post vetting was completed on December 03, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by December 22, 20 [...]	2008-12-03 08:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1250	LEAHY VETTING FOR THE BALANCE BUFFALO 09-2 BILATERAL [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following units have been selected for participation in the Balance Buffalo 09-2 bilateral military training exercise held in Sylhet, Bangladesh, which will begin on or about 16 April - 30 May 2009. Post vetting was completed on 7 Dec 2008. [...]	2008-12-04 05:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1253	LEAHY VETTING FOR THE BALANCE BUFFALO 09-2 BILATERAL [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following unit have been selected for participation in the Balance Buffalo 09-2 bilateral military training exercise held in Sylhet, Bangladesh, which will begin on or about 16 April - 30 May 2009. Post vetting was completed on 7 Dec 2008. [...]	2008-12-07 03:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1261	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 24, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-12-08 08:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1262	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 29, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-12-08 08:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1266	LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 29, 2008. Post v [...]	2008-12-08 08:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1267	LEAHY VETTING FOR COMPLAINT REPORTING WORKING GROUP, 14-15 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the in complaint reporting working group, Bagladesh, which will begin on 14 December 2008. Post vetting was completed on 8 December, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]	2008-12-08 08:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1274	MEDIA REACTION: CODEL MCCAIN VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] Summary and Comment: Mainstream English and Bangla-language newspapers across the political spectrum extensively covered the visit of Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham to Bangladesh. (See Ref A for more details about the Codel.) At a press conference attended by more than 60 journalists, [...]	2008-12-10 09:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OREP KPAO PGOV PREL OVIP BG
08DHAKA1276	PROMPT RESPONSE TO LATEST AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...] An avian influenza outbreak at a poultry farm occurred in Rangpur District in northwestern Bangladesh November 28. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) authorities responded quickly, ordering birds culled within hours of the report and completing containment efforts within three days. The GOB repo [...]	2008-12-10 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD CASC BG
08DHAKA1291	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM BANGLADESH [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Dr. Mohammad M. Billah, Bangladesh Progressive Party (BPP). We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: Mr. Barack Obama President-elect United States of America Nov. 8, 2008 Dear Mr. [...]	2008-12-14 05:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1292	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM JATIYA [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Jatiya Party, former President of Bangladesh. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: His Excellency Mr. Barack Obama President-Elect of the United States of A [...]	2008-12-14 05:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1293	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO [...] (U) Below is the text of a diplomatic note of congratulations to President-elect Obama from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Dhaka. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: No 504/PRO/08 The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Dhaka presents its compliments [...]	2008-12-14 05:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1294	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM AWAMI [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Sheikh Hasina, President of Bangladesh Awami League and Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: H.E. Mr. Barack Obama President-elect of the United [...]	2008-12-14 05:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1295	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM FORMER MP [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from A S M Abdur Rob, Former MP Leader of the Opposition & Minister of Bangladesh in 1988. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: H.E. Mr. Barack Obama President-elect United States of Ame [...]	2008-12-14 05:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1296	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM BANGLADESH [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: A message to Senator Barack H Obama President-elect of the United [...]	2008-12-14 05:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1297	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: H.E. Mr. Barack Obama President Elect The United States of America Excelle [...]	2008-12-14 05:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1302	DEMARCHE TO BANGLADESH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) On December 15, PolOff met with the Senior Assistant Secretary from the Americas, Pacific and Counterterrorism wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) recognition of Kosovo. PolOff urged the GOB to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible, noti [...]	2008-12-15 10:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PGOV PHUM PREL KV
08DHAKA1303	DEMARCHE TO BANGLADESH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) On December 15, PolOff met with the Senior Assistant Secretary from the Americas, Pacific and Counterterrorism wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage support for the U.S. proposal regarding harmonized conditions of service and streamlined contractual agreements at the United [...]	2008-12-15 10:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER BG PGOV PREL UNGA
08DHAKA1330	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following delegates have been selected for participation in the APICC Conference to be held in Singapore; which will begin on or about 16 - 20 February 2009. Post vetting was completed on 22 December 2008. Post requests that vetting be comp [...]	2008-12-22 08:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1331	LEAHY VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operations Instructor Course (PSOIC) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 11, 2009.Post vetting was completed on December 22, 2008. Post requests that vettin [...]	2008-12-22 10:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1340	BANGLADESH NOTIFIED OF AMENDED LACEY ACT [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche December 4 to Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americas Wing at the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who said he would alert the appropriate Bangladesh authorities. MORIARTY [...]	2008-12-23 11:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO BG
08DHAKA1355	DRAFT COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM 2008 FROM BANGLADESH [...] (U) The following is the draft text of the draft country report on terrorism for 2008 from Bangladesh: 2. (SBU) Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB),the banned domestic Islamic extremist group responsible for a wave of bombings and suicide attacks in late 2005, continued to be a threat in 2008 [...]	2008-12-29 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV BG
08DHAKA1357	BANGLADESH ELECTION SITREP FOR DECEMBER 29 [...] (SBU) Tens of millions of Bangladeshis streamed to the polls on 12/29 for Parliamentary elections; the day was largely free of the violence that plagued previous votes. Embassy and other election observers reported only relatively minor glitches at polling centers before they closed at 1600 lo [...]	2008-12-29 11:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM EAID BG
08DHAKA163	LEAHY VETTING FOR COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY RESPONSE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Security Response to Terrorism course to be held from March 5-27, 2008. Post vetting was completed on February 3 [...]	2008-02-06 10:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG

08DHAKA164	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA (NESA) [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East/South Asia (NESA) Senior Executive Course to be held from March 3-14, 2008. Post vetting was completed on February 4, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by [...]	2008-02-06 10:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA189	SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND [...] This message responds to the REFTEL action request. 2. Embassy Dhaka received three proposals in response to the solicitation for projects addressing the problem of trafficking-in-persons, for funding under G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. 3. After an interagency review of subm [...]	2008-02-11 11:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG IN BG
08DHAKA193	BIRD FLU IN MORRELGANJ - OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An interagency assessment team (IAT) from State, DOD, and USAID has been in southern Bangladesh's Khulna and Barisal Divisions conducting an assessment of the Cyclone Sidr affected area in support of USG rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. The IAT has been tasked to repor [...]	2008-02-12 08:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTO TBIO CASC AMED IN
08DHAKA266	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY BANGLADESH INPUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) does not effectively enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) protections. Piracy of optical disks, software and books is rampant in Bangladesh. The GOB is currently focused on higher prioritized projects, including ensuring a transition to a [...]	2008-02-28 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD BG
08DHAKA270	LEAHY VETTING FOR AIRBORNE AND PATHFINDER COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Airborne and Pathfinder Course from April 7 to May 23, 2008 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Post vetting was completed on February 26, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by [...]	2008-03-02 03:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA271	LEAHY VETTING FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING AND [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Specialized English Language and Disaster Preparation Operation courses from April 23 to August 1, 2008, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and Fort Leonardwood, Missouri. Post [...]	2008-03-02 03:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA287	EMBASSY DHAKA DEMARCHE ON MALDIVES DRAFT [...] (U) Post communicated key REFTEL points on March 2 to the Government of Bangladesh,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Americas Desk. Desk officials informed us they will share the points with relevant MOFA officials, but did not provide any substantive response. Post will follow up in an [...]	2008-03-04 03:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA290	EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2007 to March 2008. Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, IVG post-code: 583, fax [...]	2008-03-04 11:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
08DHAKA297	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) executive course to be held from April 3 to May 20, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Post vetting was completed on March 6, 2008. Post [...]	2008-03-06 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA308	ADDITIONAL LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) executive course to be held from April 3 to May 20, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Post vetting was completed on March 6, 2008. Post [...]	2008-03-11 07:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA309	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-03-11 07:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA315	BANGLADESH CONTRIBUTION TO REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN [...] The following is draft text on Bangladesh for the Congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance. 2. While the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) demonstrates a commitment to financial transparency and accountability, its public accounting system [...]	2008-03-12 06:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PGOV KCOR BG
08DHAKA328	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-03-13 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA347	LEAHY VETTING FOR INTL. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Special Operations Forces (ISOF) Week in Tampa, Florida, from May 19-23, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 19, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2008-03-19 09:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA350	BANGLADESH CONTRIBUTION TO 2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh for reporting under the International Anticorruption and good Governance Act. 2. (U) Following the declaration of a state of emergency in January 2007, the Caretaker Government took several significant steps to address government corruption. [...]	2008-03-20 09:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR BG
08DHAKA361	LEAHY VETTING FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN COMBATING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Special Operations in Combating Terrorism Course to be held at Hurlburt Field, FL, from May 3 to 16, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 24, 2008. Post requests that vetti [...]	2008-03-24 08:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA362	ADDITIONAL LEAHY VETTING FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Special Operations in Combating Terrorism Course to be held at Hurlburt Field, FL, from May 3 to 16, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 24, 2008. Post requests that vetti [...]	2008-03-24 08:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA363	LEAHY VETTING FOR GROUND SUPPLY OFFICER COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Ground Supply Officer Course to be held at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from June 18 to September 19, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 24, 2008. Post requests that vet [...]	2008-03-24 08:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA364	LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Crisis Management Course to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from May 29 to June 27, 2008. Post vetting was completed on [...]	2008-03-24 08:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA365	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) executive course to be held from July 15 to August 29, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Post vetting was completed on March 24, 2008. [...]	2008-03-24 08:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA366	LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Security Course to be held from July 8 to 30, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Post vetting was completed on March 24, [...]	2008-03-24 08:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA371	LEAHY VETTING FOR AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Air COmmand and Staff College Course to be held at Maxwell Air Force Base from June 9, 2008 to June 8, 2009. Post vetting was completed on March 25, 2008. Post requests that vet [...]	2008-03-25 05:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA372	LEAHY VETTING FOR FLASH BUFFALO EXERCISE, JUNE 2008 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following units (with the names of their unit commanders) have been selected for participation in Operation Flash Buffalo to be held from June 2 to 13, 2008 . Post vetting was completed on March 25, 2008. Post requests that vetting be compl [...]	2008-03-25 05:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA375	2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff visited the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) laboratory in Dhaka on March 23 to verify the use of INL-funded equipment. 2. (U) The USG has contributed several pieces of equipment to the DNC lab. In 2000, INL provided an analytical balance, a top-loading balance a [...]	2008-03-25 09:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN BG
08DHAKA401	LEAHY VETTING FOR MARINE CORPS COMMAND & STAFF [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following officer has been selected for participation in the Marine Corps Command & Staff College Course Residence and Non residence) to be held from June 9, 2008 to June 4, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 3, 2008. Post requests [...]	2008-04-03 10:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA402	LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following officer has been selected for participation in the International Counter Terrorism Fellows Program to be held from July 17, 2008 to June 11, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 3, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2008-04-03 10:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA410	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA EXECUTIVE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Executive Seminar to be held from June 4-26, 2008. Post vetting was completed on April 7, 2008. Post requests vetting be returned by April 22 to provide su [...]	2008-04-08 06:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA411	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA COMBATING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Combating Terrorism Course to be held from April 24 to May 15, 2008. Post vetting was completed on April 7, 2008. Post requests vetting be returned by Apri [...]	2008-04-08 06:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA426	LEAHY VETTING FOR FLIGHT SAFETY COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Jet Engine Mishap Investigation and Flight Safety Officer Course from June 20 to September 19, 2008. Post vetting was completed on April 10, 2008. Post requests vetting be ret [...]	2008-04-11 04:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA427	LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA TRAINING, MAY 2008 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates has been selected for participation in the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) course to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from May 5-16,2008. Post requests vetting be returned by April 30 to provide sufficient time for process [...]	2008-04-13 05:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA443	LEAHY VETTING FOR VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates has been selected for participation in USG-funded trainings. Post requests vetting be returned by May 11 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following [...]	2008-04-17 12:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA459	EMBASSY DHAKA UPDATED INFORMATION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] This cable provides updated information provided by the Government of Bangladesh regarding its efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, I [...]	2008-04-23 11:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
08DHAKA474	BOEING AND BIMAN SIGN SINGLE LARGEST CAPITAL GOODS [...] SUMMARY: Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Biman) April 22 signed a Definitive Agreement on a purchase by Biman of eight new widebody aircraft, with purchase rights on eight additional aircraft of the same models. The value of the sale including purchase rights is $2.1 billion, making th [...]	2008-04-27 00:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAIR ETRD BG
08DHAKA49	LEAHY VETTING FOR PARA-MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Para-military training exercise to be held from April 27 to June 3, 2008. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 7, [...]	2008-01-13 01:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA50	LEAHY VETTING FOR MARITIME COMPONENT COMMANDER [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Maritime Component Commander FlagCourse to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from February 17-22, 2008. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2007. Post requests that vetting be co [...]	2008-01-13 01:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA513	MGBM01: OFFER TO ASSIST WITH CYCLONE NARGIS [...] (U) All of us at Embassy Dhaka have been following events in Burma related to Cyclone Nargis' devastation closely, and we wish to express our solidarity with our colleagues at Embassy Rangoon. Among the lessons we learned during the response to Cyclone Sidr in November - December 2007 was t [...]	2008-05-07 11:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT BM EAID PREL
08DHAKA527	BANGLADESH STUDYING REQUEST FOR UNAMID AVIATION [...] (U) POL/ECON Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry May 12, and the DCM followed up at a senior level May 13. The Government of Bangladesh informed us they were studying the request and would respond in the coming days. The Ambassador will meet with the Foreig [...]	2008-05-13 12:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR KPKO BG
08DHAKA533	TRANSFORMING BANGLADESH'S DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Madam Secretary, when Bangladesh,s 80 million eligible voters go to the polls in December, they will be participating in a democratic exercise that will have a huge impact on U.S. interests. I can not think of another election over the next year (outside of North America) that will prove [...]	2008-05-15 08:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL
08DHAKA550	SUPPORT FOR BANGLADESH'S DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...] (U) As noted reftel, we need additional resources to help Bangladesh pull off successful elections that lead to more stable democracy. For free, fair, and credible elections to take place, an enabling environment with certain conditions must be created in the next few months. Our assistance [...]	2008-05-22 10:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA553	BANGLADESH INFORMED REGARDING USG PRIORITIES FOR [...] (U) POL/ECON Counselor delivered REF A demarche regarding the May 25 Burma Conference to Foreign Ministry Director Americas and Pacific and Director UN Affairs on May 24. In delivering the points, we stressed the importance of a coordinated response by the international community. We asked [...]	2008-05-24 06:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM
08DHAKA618	BANGLADESH SHRIMP SECTOR - CHILD LABOR PRESENT BUT NOT [...] (SBU) Recent Embassy visits to shrimp processing factories in southwestern and southeastern Bangladesh revealed cases of child labor in a handful of factories. Econoff and Econ Specialist visited nine shrimp processing factories in Bangladesh's Khulna region, four in Cox's Bazaar, and five in [...]	2008-06-09 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR ETRD SOCI PGOV KWMN BG
08DHAKA62	LEAHY VETTING FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CAPTAIN [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Military Intelligence Captain Career Course to be held at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, from February 18 to August 13, 2008. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2008. Post reque [...]	2008-01-13 10:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA63	LEAHY VETTING FOR SECURITY, STABILITY, TRANSITION [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Security, Stability, Transition and Reconstruction Course to be held in Garmisch, Germany, from March 12 to August 2, 2008. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2008. Post [...]	2008-01-13 10:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA655	LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA CYBER EXECUTIVE COURSE, JULY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following 10 candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA Cyber Executive Course to be held in in July 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 17, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 30, 2008, to provide suf [...]	2008-06-17 12:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA686	LEAHY VETTING FOR SOUTH ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL APPROACHES TO [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the South Asia Pacific Regional Approaches to Combatting Terrorism Course to be held in in August 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 24, 2008. Post requests that vetting be co [...]	2008-06-24 11:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA687	LEAHY VETTING FOR SECURITY FORCES OFFICER COURSE, AUG [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Security Forces Officer Course to be held in August 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 23, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 2, 2008, to provide suffici [...]	2008-06-25 00:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA705	LEAHY VETTING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Judge Advocate Staff Officer course in July 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 30, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 2, 2008, to provide sufficient tim [...]	2008-07-01 00:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA706	LEAHY VETTING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the ATA ACRT Course from Oct 5 through November 13, 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 30, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 1, 2008, to provide sufficien [...]	2008-07-01 00:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA728	LEAHY VETTING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Armour Captain Career course in July 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 8, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 14, 2008, to provide sufficient time for pr [...]	2008-07-08 10:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA732	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies Executive Course to be held in August 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 10, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by July [...]	2008-07-10 08:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA733	LEAHY VETTINGS FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION INSTRUCTOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operation Instructor Course to be held in August 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 10, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 17, 2008, to pr [...]	2008-07-10 08:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA745	BANGLADESH: CHILD/FORCED LABOR IN GOODS PRODUCTION - TVPRA [...] (U) As a result of poverty and population density in Bangladesh, child labor exists throughout the country. Economic necessity requires millions of children to work for their survival and that of their families. The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) has limited capacity to enforce its labor laws [...]	2008-07-14 03:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR ETRD SOCI PGOV BG
08DHAKA766	LEAHY VETTING FOR ICITAP, TIP training, August 3. [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ICITAP, TIP training to be held in in August 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 20, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed before July 27, 2008, to provide suffi [...]	2008-07-20 07:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA776	LEAHY VETTING FOR ORIENTATION TRAINING FOR INSPECTOR LEVEL [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Orientation training for Inspector Level Officials on Human Trafficking. Post vetting was completed on July 21, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed before July 28, [...]	2008-07-21 12:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA777	LEAHY VETTING ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies Executive Course August 5 to September 19, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 22, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-07-22 09:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA778	LEAHY VETTING. [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in various courses. Post vetting was completed on July 22, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed before July 30, 2008 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post reques [...]	2008-07-22 10:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA786	LEAHY VETTING FOR ORIENTATION TRAINING FOR INSPECTOR LEVEL [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following remaining candidates have been selected for participation under the Project "Counter-Trafficking Interventions in Prevention, Protection and Persecution for Victims of Trafficking in Persons in Bangladesh". Name of training co [...]	2008-07-28 02:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA797	GSP PETITION: BANGLADESH CONCERNED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 12:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA800	LEAHY VETTING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Course which will begin on October 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 26, 20 [...]	2008-07-29 10:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA801	LEAHY VETTING FOR PACIFIC REGIONAL APPROACHES TO COMBATING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pacific Regional Approaches to Combating Terrorism (PACRAT-CT) seminar in Kathmandu, Nepal August 4-8, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vettin [...]	2008-07-29 11:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA802	LEAHY VETTING FOR SUBJECT MATTER SURGICAL SKILL EXCHANGE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Subject Matter Surgical Skill Exchange (Plastic & Reconstruction surgery) training course located in Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii from September 15-26, 2008. Post [...]	2008-07-29 11:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA803	LEAHY VETTING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Course which will begin on October 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 26, 20 [...]	2008-07-29 11:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA805	LEAHY VETTING FOR LEGAL ASPECTS IN COMBATING TERRORISM [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Legal Aspects in Combating Terrorism Course in Pnom Penh, Cambodia on August 18-22, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-07-30 05:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA813	SREEPUR, BANGLADESH: READY TO VOTE [...] (U) Preparations for the upcoming municipal elections in the Sreepur sub district of Bangladesh are on track. NGOs and local election officials report few hitches in the run up to the August 4 poll for mayor and councilors. Political parties are also confident that the process will proceed s [...]	2008-07-31 09:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL BG
08DHAKA827	LEAHY VETTING FOR PARA MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Para Military Training Exercise which will begin on September 1, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 4, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 18, 200 [...]	2008-08-04 09:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA829	LEAHY VETTING FOR SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Squadron Officer School Course which will begin on September 8, 2008 in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Post vetting was completed on August 5, 2008. Post requests that vetting [...]	2008-08-05 06:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA833	THE BANGLADESH PARADOX AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: SOME GOOD [...] The USG is contributing to the development of Bangladesh and finds many outstanding, willing partners. On a recent trip to CoxQs Bazaar and Teknaf in south eastern Bangladesh, the Ambassador and other Embassy officers observed several USAID projects which are helping to modernize energy use, p [...]	2008-08-05 09:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB EAGR ETRD SOCI PGOV BG
08DHAKA849	LEAHY VETTING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Course which will begin on October 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 10, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 15, [...]	2008-08-10 06:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA865	LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA SR. CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE, OCTOBER [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA Sr. Crisis Management Course which will begin on October 20, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 12, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 30, [...]	2008-08-12 11:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA866	LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Defense Management Course in Monterey, California which will begin on September 20 to December 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 12, 2008. Post requests [...]	2008-08-12 11:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA867	LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA SR. CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE, OCTOBER [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA Sr. Crisis Management Course which will begin on October 20, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 12, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 30, [...]	2008-08-12 11:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA868	LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Defense Management Course in Monterey, California which will begin on September 20 to December 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 12, 2008. Post requests [...]	2008-08-12 11:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA877	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL YEO BANGLADESH VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at an important juncture in the Caretaker Government's (CTG) term. The CTG is working to set the stage for national elections by the end of 2008. It is negotiating with political parties about the transition to a democratically-elected government, as well [...]	2008-08-14 09:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON OTRA PTER BG
08DHAKA885	LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the International Defense Management Course in Monterey, California, which will begin on September 20 - December 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 19, 2008. Post requ [...]	2008-08-19 05:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA896	LEAHY VETTING FOR TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE, AUGUST 18-28 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Train The Trainer Course in Rajendrapur, Bangladesh which will begin on August 18-28, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 13, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complet [...]	2008-08-24 05:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA903	US-THAILAND ARF WORKSHOP: BANGLADESH INTERESTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR ARF KCRS BG
08DHAKA904	BANGLADESH: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (U) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief August 25 delivered reftel demarche to the Director of the Americas wing at the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Masudur Rahman. Rahman thanked us for the information, but could not comment on the prospects of similar action on the part of the Government of Ban [...]	2008-08-26 10:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR BG
08DHAKA910	ECUADOR'S WAIVER OF TOURIST VISA REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americans Wing at Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rahman pledged to pass the information to relevant agencies in the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). Consular and RSO will also share the details [...]	2008-08-27 07:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC BG
08DHAKA927	LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA SR. CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE, OCTOBER [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA Sr. Crisis Management Course in Washington, DC, which will occur October 20-24, 2008. Post vetting was completed on September 3, 2008. Post requests that vetting be comple [...]	2008-09-03 10:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA931	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) CENTER SENIOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center Senior Executive Alumni Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic, which will begin on October 11-14. Post vetting was completed on September 04. [...]	2008-09-04 05:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA938	LEAHY VETTING FOR PARA MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE 09-1 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Para Military Training Exercise 09-1 in Jessore and Khulna, Bangladesh, which will begin on October 12 - November 13, 2008. Post vetting was completed on September 7, 2008. Post [...]	2008-09-07 03:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA940	63RD UNGA: BANGLADESH HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION LED BY CHIEF [...] Name & Designation: H.E. Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed Title: Honorable Chief Adviser Date of Birth: 01-05-1940 Passport No.: D 0009955 2. Name & Designation: H.E. Mrs. Neena Ahmed Title: Spouse of the Honorable Chief Adviser Date of Birth: 14-01-1951 Passport No.: W 0526493 3 [...]	2008-09-07 04:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP OVIP PREL UNGA ITRA BG
08DHAKA962	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Senior Alumni Seminar in Honolulu, Hawaii, which will begin on October 26-31. Post vetting was completed on September 11. Post [...]	2008-09-11 05:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA963	BANGLADESH PARTICIPATION AT EGYPT AI CONFERENCE [...] Econoff September 5 delivered reftel demarche to Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americas Wing at Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Rahman said the MFA would respond through the Egyptian Embassy in Dhaka. NOTE: USAID reports the relevent ministries, including the Ministry of He [...]	2008-09-11 08:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL BG EG
08DHAKA971	63RD UNGA: BANGLADESH HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION [...] H.E. Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Honorable Adviser for Foreign Affairs - Alternate Leader 2. H.E. Ms. Rasheda K. Chowdhury, Honorable Adviser for Primary and Mass Education - Alternate Leader 3. H.E. Mr. Md. Touhid Hossain, Foreign Secretary - Alternate Leader 4. H.E. Ms. Ismat Jah [...]	2008-09-14 11:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL UNGA OTRA BG
08DHAKA981	LEAHY VETTING FOR PRICIPLE OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Principle of Defense Acquisition Management Course in Monterey, California, which will begin on October 18, 2008. Post vetting was completed on September 16, 2008. Post reques [...]	2008-09-16 10:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA99	LEAHY VETTING FOR TEAK BUFFALO EXERCISE 08, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following unit has been selected for participation in the Teak Buffalo Exercise 08 to be held in April 26 to May 9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on January 21, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 18, 2008, to prov [...]	2008-01-21 10:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA993	LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - Sr. Crisis Mgt. Seminar COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Sr. Crisis Seminar Course in Washington, USA, which will begin on 10/20/2008-10/24/2008. Post vetting was completed on 09/21/08. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]	2008-09-21 07:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DILI122	TIMOR-LESTE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT APDP [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 03:26:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL TT
08DILI128	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES ON TIMOR-LESTE [...] Summary. While an estimated two-thirds of Timor-Leste's population is food insecure or vulnerable to food insecurity, the worldwide increase in food and commodity prices has not yet led to social or political unrest in Timor-Leste. The increase in the price of food in the first quarter of 20 [...]	2008-05-02 09:35:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON TT
08DILI133	BURMA: DEMARCHES TO TIMOR LESTE ON REFERENDUM, CYCLONE [...] CYCLONE NARGIS RESPONSE: Per reftels, DCM met May 9 with Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Vicky Tchong and Acting Director for Bilateral Affairs Magdalena Alves to discuss Burma. On Cyclone Nargis, we outlined our efforts to provide humanitarian relief and urged that [...]	2008-05-09 08:36:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM TT
08DILI134	DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN SANCTIONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 01:24:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR TT
08DILI159	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ASSESSMENT OF TIMOR-LESTE [...] Summary: A senior team from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Timor-Leste from 18 to 22 May 2008. The team met with a wide range of stakeholders during its visit, outlining the steps necessary for Timor-Leste to obtain compact assistance. Because Timor-Leste is currently under- [...]	2008-06-04 08:58:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV TT
08DILI188	TIMOR-LESTE CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR JULY 24, 2008 PRISONER OF [...] (SBU) Poloff met July 18 with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),to seek support for a prisoners of conscience event to be held at the United Nations (UN) in New York during the final week of the UN Economic and Social Council. Ms. Tchong said [...]	2008-07-18 09:11:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	TT
08DILI208	TIMOR-LESTE: BORDER CHALLENGES REMAIN IN OECUSSI [...] From August 11 - 13, Poloff traveled to the enclave district of Oecussi, located within the boundaries of Indonesia's West Timor province, to attend a cultural festival and to assess border conditions in Timor-Leste's westernmost district. Travel to Oecussi is hampered by requirements for Indo [...]	2008-08-20 12:30:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC UN ID TT
08DILI216	MISSION DILI COMMENTS ON UNFPA CPD FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] In response to reftel, US Mission Dili offers the following comments on UNFPA's Country Program Document for Timor-Leste for 2009-13. 2. General: In general, the proposed Country Program Document (CPD) is analytical, well written and reality/evidence based. The document aptly incorporate [...]	2008-08-28 09:24:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SOCI TT
08DILI225	VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - AUGUST 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 06:06:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
08DILI252	URGENT REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY CONSULAR COMMISSION FOR TDY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 03:47:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER CASC TT
08DILI256	TIMOR-LESTE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] Per reftel, DCM met with Roberto Soares, Director for External Affairs at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to explain our position on the upcoming UNGA vote on referring the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice. 2. Soares thanked us, saying tha [...]	2008-10-08 03:57:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UN TT KV
08DILI275	EMBASSY DILI NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili is proud to nominate Sister Guilhermina Marcal as an International Woman of Courage. Sister Guilhermina is the manager of Canossa Balide camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). When Timor-Leste erupted in crisis May 2006, hundreds of residents of the Balide neighborhood [...]	2008-10-28 03:00:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PHUM TT

08DILI279	REQUEST FOR UASID MISSION DIRECTOR REPRESENTATIVE MARK A. [...] USAID Mission Representative Mark Anthony White requests permission to depart post on November 4, 2008, for Annual Leave. 2. Mr. White will return to post on November 13, 2008. 3. During his absence, Executive Officer Mr. Peter Cloutier will assume charge. 4. Please advise approva [...]	2008-11-03 05:22:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID TT
08DILI280	THANK YOU FOR TDY OF RSO JESSICA MOORE [...] Embassy Dili extends its warm thanks to ConGen Chiang Mai for the September 30 - October 28 TDY of RSO Jessica Moore. Jessica served very ably as lone RSO for almost a month at this small, 35 percent hardship post. During this time, she ably dispatched the full range of security duties, inclu [...]	2008-11-04 01:34:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC TH TT
08DILI281	MCC ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] Timor-Leste is Asia's poorest country and ranks among the most impoverished nations of the world in terms of illiteracy, maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, low income and other indices of human development. Its infrastructure is shockingly poor, from roads to schools, to telecommunic [...]	2008-11-04 07:31:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
08DILI283	VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI, TIMOR-LESTE -- OCTOBER 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 11:03:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
08DILI285	CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM PRESIDENT OF [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations to the President-elect from Fernando La Sama de Araujo, President of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste. Original will be pouched to EAP/MTS. 2. Begin text of English translation: Senator Barack Obama, On your election as President of [...]	2008-11-07 08:57:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL TT
08DILI287	CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM TIMOR-LESTE PRIME [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations to the President-elect from Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Original has been pouched to EAP/MTS. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. President-elect, Allow me, on behalf of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to exten [...]	2008-11-07 09:30:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP TT
08DILI288	TIMOR-LESTE: IDP REINTEGRATION ON TRACK DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Since April 2008, the Government of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has closed 33 of 54 internally displaced persons (IDP) camps erected after over 100,000 people fled their homes during the 2006 political-military crisis. The GOTL and NGOs estimate that over 50,000 I [...]	2008-11-07 12:21:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI TT
08DILI289	STATEMENT BY TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA ON U.S. [...] On November 4, the Office of Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta released the following statement on the U.S. Presidential elections. 2. Begin text: President of the Republic and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Josi Ramos-Horta, congratulated today the president-elect of the United States, B [...]	2008-11-09 04:56:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TT
08DILI298	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 10:32:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TT
08DILI300	VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 04:29:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
08DILI308	TIMOR-LESTE LEADERS REACT TO MCC DECISION [...] On December 12, the Ambassador briefed Finance Minister Pires, Foreign Minister da Costa, Vice Prime Minister Guterres, Acting Speaker of Parliament Guterres, the head of Timor's MCC team, and President Jose Ramos Horta on the MCC Board's decision to not reselect Timor-Leste as Compact eligibl [...]	2008-12-15 23:38:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
08DILI311	THANK YOU FOR TDY OF ARSO PHIL SIMS [...] Embassy Dili extends its sincere thanks to Embassy Manila for the November 4 - December 13 TDY of ASRO Phil Sims. He ably managed the heavy routine workload of our one-man RSO shop, which includes managing our 74-man local guard force and extensive coordination and information-sharing with the [...]	2008-12-16 04:58:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT TT
08DILI316	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 04:58:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	TT
08DILI320	CORRECTED COPY: SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS IN BAUCAU [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the district of Baucau from December 3-4 to deliver sports equipment to residents in the Suco of Fatulia, sub-district of Venilale, and to meet with Catholic Church and National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) officials in the district. In contrast to previous visits, economi [...]	2008-12-24 01:14:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON TT
08DILI41	TIMOR-LESTE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary. Child labor in Timor-Leste is pervasive but difficult to quantify. Hard data is largely unavailable. All stakeholders agree that it is a problem, but the GOTL, preoccupied with the fundamental tasks of preserving public order, has not yet had sufficient means, capacity, or stabilit [...]	2008-02-12 04:33:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TT
08DILI42	EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 12 FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (U) In response to yesterday's attacks on Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Ambassador convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 16:00 on February 12. Participants included DCM, RSO, Management Officer, MilRep (ODC),Acting USAID Mission Director, [...]	2008-02-12 09:55:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC TT
08DILI46	EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 12 FEBUARY 2008 [...] (U) In response to yesterday's attacks on Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Ambassador convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 16:00 on February 12. Participants included DCM, RSO, Management Officer, MilRep (ODC),Acting USAID Mission Director, [...]	2008-02-13 01:27:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC TT
08DILI59	TIMOR-LESTE -- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 10:00:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL SMIG ID
08DILI65	SECURITY MISSTEPS DAMAGE DILI' S RECENT PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Serious missteps by the Timorese security forces, both the national police and the military, have dented the government's performance in recent days. UNMIT has reported several credible reports of human rights violations of varying severity by the police since February 11, including th [...]	2008-02-28 09:52:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TT
08DILI67	TIMOR-LESTE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Dili's submission in preparation for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Timor-Leste is a destination country for trafficking victims. Nearly a [...]	2008-03-01 03:31:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL SMIG ID
08DILI72	TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an update on fiscal transparency and accountability of countries receiving USG assistance. Transparency of National Budget ------------------------------- 2. (U) Once approved by the National Parliament and promulgated by the President, the G [...]	2008-03-04 23:49:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV ID
08DILI79	TIMOR-LESTE: LEVERAGING USG EFFORTS IN AGRICULTURE [...] Classifying Timor-Leste as a Priority Country under USDA's Food for Progress (FFP) program would directly and strongly support U.S. foreign policy objectives to support Timor-Leste's efforts to build a stable, secure, prosperous, and democratic future for its citizens. The country meets the q [...]	2008-03-11 05:11:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PREL TT
08DILI82	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES - TIMOR LESTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 09:15:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER TT
08DILI89	TIMOR-LESTE LAUNCHES ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING [...] On March 13 - 14, two major NGOS in Timor-Leste held an anti-trafficking workshop, "Halt Exploitation, Learn to Prosecute (HELP)", for over 68 members of government agencies and NGOs. The GOTL signaled its strong support by having Foreign Minister Da Costa serve as the keynote speaker in the [...]	2008-03-20 03:12:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM PGOV KJUS TT
08DILI95	JAPAN'S PLANS FOR MARITIME SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting Japan ministry of foreign affairs official briefed us on Japan's plans for providing maritime security assistance to Timor-Leste, possibly in partnership with Australia and the United States. A full government of Japan interagency assessment team will visit Dili i [...]	2008-03-27 09:48:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
08DJIBOUTI1035	DJIBOUTI -- SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 12/28/08 [...] Djibouti-United States: Barring the Route to the Traffic of Nuclear Materials (La Nation) 2. University of Djibouti: English Books Donation (La Nation) 3. Senator Feingold in Djibouti (La Nation) 4. Diplomatic Ballet in Djibouti (La Nation) Â [...]	2008-12-28 05:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI1036	DJIBOUTI PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW [...] Djibouti is slated to take part in the United Nations Human Rights Council's new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism on February 2, 2009. 2. The GODJ has already undertaken preparations for the February session. In October, the GODJ and the UN co-hosted a workshop on the submission o [...]	2008-12-28 06:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV UNHRC DJ
08DJIBOUTI1039	DJIBOUTI: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: Child labor in Djibouti is largely limited to informal sector activities, including street vending, work in family-owned businesses, and begging. In rural areas, children are often involved in caring for their families' livestock. Agriculture in Djibouti is largely limited to nomadic [...]	2008-12-28 12:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DJ
08DJIBOUTI223	DJIBOUTI FACES CONTINUED INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES DESPITE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports a continued influx of refugees from south and central Somalia to Djibouti. Meanwhile, UNHCR completed the repatriation of 1,853 Somali refugees to Somaliland. END SUMMARY. REFUGEES FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL SOMALIA --- [...]	2008-03-10 18:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG SO ET DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI239	DJIBOUTI'S INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti's market-based, open economy continues to move in the right direction, with an estimated 5 percent growth rate for 2007. Djibouti offers substantial incentives to private sector investors, and has benefited from increasing foreign direct investment. The government of Djibou [...]	2008-03-13 13:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV DJ
08DJIBOUTI394	DJIBOUTI SEEKS DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO BORDER CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: On April 23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in local state-run media informing the public of a growing border dispute with Eritrea near Doumeira (reftel). President Ismail Omar Geullah visited the border April 22 and urged the Djiboutian military not to "give in to [...]	2008-04-24 04:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PBTS MOPS DJ ER
08DJIBOUTI428	DJIBOUTI PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES ERITREAN BORDER INCURSION [...] Embassy received via diplomatic note April 30 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a statement and chronology of events regarding the Djibouti/Eritrean border dispute (reftels). 2. BEGIN EMBASSY TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents its compl [...]	2008-04-30 15:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO MOPS PBTS PHSA ET ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI442	DJIBOUTI - INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES STRAINS RESOURCES AND [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (REFCOORD) and Washington-based Refugee Officer Matthew Austin recently visited Djibouti on separate occasions to survey the refugee situation and assess the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) activities. During these visi [...]	2008-05-07 15:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID SMIG SO ET DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI473	DJIBOUTI DISASTER DECLARATION [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. SUMMARY. Several years of continuous drought and the lack of social safety nets have eroded the livelihood and humanitarian conditions for pastoralists in rural Djibouti. On April 17, Djibouti's Deputy Minister for International Coop [...]	2008-05-21 13:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV DJ
08DJIBOUTI550	DJIBOUTI - SOMALI REFUGEE INFLUX EXACERBATES FOOD [...] SUMMARY: The unforeseen influx of refugees since November 2007 from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea has strained the capacity of the Government of Djibouti (GoDJ) and the two primary international organizations supporting refugees in Djibouti. World Food Program (WFP) struggles to meet the dema [...]	2008-06-25 09:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID EAGR SMIG SO ET DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI554	DJIBOUTI: EFFORTS TO FIGHT TERRORIST FINANCE [...] SUMMARY: During a May 28 seminar co-sponsored by Post and the Central Bank of Djibouti, over thirty participants from the Central Bank, local commercial banks, money transfer operations, and the GODJ Technical Counterterrorism Committee discussed Djibouti's progress in combating terrorist finan [...]	2008-06-26 12:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KPAO PGOV PTER ECON EFIN ETTC DJ
08DJIBOUTI577	MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GUELLEH OF DJIBOUTI [...] Following is the translation of the text of a message from President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Djibouti to President Bush: "As your country celebrates its 232nd anniversary of Independence, I join in your joy, Mr. President, and that of all your fellow countrymen, to commemorate [...]	2008-07-07 12:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC AMGT DJ
08DJIBOUTI649	IPCC WORKING GROUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Charge d'Affaires and A/Pol delivered reftel demarche August 7 to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Hassan requested a formal note verbale, which the Embassy will deliver August 11. 2. COMMENT: The Embassy b [...]	2008-08-10 14:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG KSCA SENV AORC DJ
08DJIBOUTI684	DJIBOUTI MCC ROUNDUP: SUBSTANTIAL FY2008 PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: In FY2008, Djibouti made significant strides in several areas measured by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) indicators. Some of Djibouti's achievements--such as holding free and fair legislative elections that brought two more women into parliament, organizing a national semi [...]	2008-08-26 11:22:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI SENV KCOR KMCA KWMN
08DJIBOUTI687	FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two- thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 reside [...]	2008-08-27 09:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI782	USAID AND FEWSNET DISCUSS DJIBOUTI'S FOOD INSECURITY WITH [...] SUMMARY. During a September 12-14 visit to Djibouti by Assistant Administrator Hess, Djibouti's foreign minister requested more information on how FEWSNET collected its data. USAID/Djibouti followed up with a meeting held on September 21, between Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youss [...]	2008-09-29 15:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL DJ
08DJIBOUTI840	Somalia - TFG and ARS Agree to Unity Government [...] Summary: On October 26, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) signed a joint declaration to establish a Somalia Unity Government (text in para 8) and modalities to implement a cessation of armed confrontation (text in para 9). Alth [...]	2008-10-26 17:09:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SO ET
08DJIBOUTI841	DJIBOUTI'S NOMINATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF [...] Embassy Djibouti nominates Ms. Zahra Moussa Bouh for the International Woman of Courage (IWOC) Award. For nearly two decades, Ms. Bouh has played an instrumental role and has been an important leader in the promotion of women's health in Djibouti. Since 1992, she has served as a midwife, nurse [...]	2008-10-26 17:10:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PINR DJ
08DJIBOUTI842	DJIBOUTI - UNHCR RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM DONORS [...] SUMMARY: Post awarded a USD 20,000 grant to American-led NGO LIFE International to assist refugees in Djibouti with skills training. The UNHCR mission in Djibouti received donations from donor countries and NGOs during the holy month of Ramadan, and also received non-food items originally inten [...]	2008-10-27 08:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI853	DJIBOUTI - CABINET DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] On October 13, the USAID Representative and the USAID FSN Program Development Specialist met with the Director of the Presidential Cabinet, Mr. Abdi Achkir, and his staff to discuss USAID food aid donations to Djibouti. The USAID Representative explained that 2,300 metric tons of vegetable oil [...]	2008-10-30 06:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV DJ
08DJIBOUTI854	DISASTER DECLARATION DJIBOUTI 2009 [...] SUMMARY. Several years of continuous drought, lack of social protection, and high food prices have eroded the livelihood and food security situation of pastoralist and urban poor households in Djibouti, as evidenced by high malnutrition rates country-wide (reaching 25-34 percent in some areas) [...]	2008-10-30 06:50:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF DJ
08DJIBOUTI859	DJIBOUTI'S QUEST FOR NEW ENERGY SOURCES [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti is completely dependent on expensive diesel-generated power, and its nascent service economy is fast outstripping modest domestic production capacity. Faced with trying to maintain and expand electricity access for a populace already strapped by high food prices, while answer [...]	2008-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV PREL ET DJ
08DJIBOUTI880	PRESIDENT GUELLEH CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] The Embassy received via fax November 5 a congratulatory letter from President Guelleh to President-elect Barack Obama. Scan of original French-language text has been forwarded to AF/E. 2. BEGIN EMBASSY TRANSLATION. Presidency of the Republic Republic of Djibouti November 5, 2008 B [...]	2008-11-06 15:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL DJ
08DJIBOUTI882	DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador presented his credentials to President Guelleh on November 10. In their formal remarks and informal post-ceremony conversation, both President Guelleh and the Ambassador evoked the strong U.S.-Djibouti partnership, especially noting USAID's successful programs in health [...]	2008-11-10 15:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOM SO ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI89	DJIBOUTI: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Foreign direct investment in Djibouti in 2007 is five times as large as it was in 2003. Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Arabian Gulf, or [...]	2008-01-31 06:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV
08DJIBOUTI919	ESTA OUTREACH EFFORTS [...] SUMMARY. Djibouti has conducted two ESTA outreach efforts. The first effort, in July 2008, was through diplomatic notes to consuls and honorary consuls for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) eligible countries. The second effort was an information session open to consuls, honorary consuls, travel age [...]	2008-11-17 14:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KPAO DJ
08DJIBOUTI925	DJIBOUTI READY TO SIGN MEGAPORTS MOU [...] The GODJ has confirmed that Djibouti is ready to be the first African port to participate in the Department of Energy's Megaports Initiative. In early November, Post reached an agreement with the MFA on the text of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow for the installation of specialize [...]	2008-11-20 14:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG EWWT MNUC PINS DJ
08DJIBOUTI953	DJIBOUTI -- DAILY SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 11/30/08 [...] Djibouti delegation holds talks with President Rayaale, cabinet ministers (Turkish Weekly) 2. Urban farmers exporting fruit, vegetable to Djibouti (Walta Information Center, Ethiopia) 3. Yemen, Djibouti discuss coordinating efforts to combat piracy (Yemen News Agency) 4. Yemeni-Dji [...]	2008-11-30 13:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI992	DJIBOUTI -- SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 12/04/08 [...] General Ward of Africom in Djibouti (La Nation) 2. A Donation at the Right Moment (La Nation) ARTICLES: Â [...]	2008-12-10 05:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA
08DOHA235	CDA CRITICIZES ARAB MEDIA CHARTER, STRIKES BACK AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 13:16:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL EG QA ALJAZEERA
08DOHA253	Media Reaction: A/S Welch Visit to Qatar, April 1 [...] Summary: All the Qatari local dailies provided prominent coverage for the visit of NEA A/S David Welch to Qatar on April 1, 2008. The official Qatari News Agency (QNA) published that A/S Welch met with Qatar Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and discussed "bilateral relations and subjects o [...]	2008-04-02 14:17:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC QA
08DOHA349	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Prices of all food/agricultural commodities are dramatically rising in Qatar. Analysts and businessmen attribute the price increases to a variety of factors, including higher prices in the countries of origin, higher transportation costs, salary and wage increases, and inflation. At the same [...]	2008-05-01 06:50:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON QA
08DOHA375	QATAR ANNOUNCES RECORD BUDGET OF USD 28 BILLION [...] The government of Qatar approved last month the largest budget in the country's history. Government officials touted the 2008-09 budget as proof that the country remains committed to its sustainable development plans. Private sector leaders believe the 2008-09 budget creates more favorable c [...]	2008-05-12 06:10:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ECON QA
08DOHA385	QATAR BOOSTS DIVERSIFICATION AND ESTABLISHES USD [...] Boosting diversification in its hydrocarbon extraction-dependent economy, Qatar last month began construction on three fertilizer plants valued at USD 3.2 billion. Upon completion of the projects in Mesaieed Industrial City (approximately 40 kilometers south of Doha),Qatar Fertilizer Company [...]	2008-05-15 13:43:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG ECON QA
08DOHA400	QATAR-CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] In response to reftel request, Post provides the following information on Qatar's relations with Cuba. ------------------------------ Investment and Bilateral Trade ------------------------------ 2. In April, state-owned real estate company Qatari Diar signed a USD 70 million deal with [...]	2008-05-22 13:38:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL CU QA
08DOHA482	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES PROMOTES U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles emphasized the importance of USG human rights reporting at an event on June 12 organized by the Brookings Doha Center. After her remarks, Barks-Ruggles answered a number of questions from audie [...]	2008-07-06 08:27:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO QA
08DOHA526	QATAR ACCEPTS OIE GUIDELINES FOR U.S. BEEF, [...] Qatar's National Food Safety Committee decided on April 14, 2008 to harmonize its regulations on the import of beef with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) standards. Due to internal GOQ discussions, Post had been unable to confirm the formal adoption of these guidelines by the GOQ bef [...]	2008-07-27 13:17:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD QA
08DOHA538	SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS PINCH QATAR'S BOOMING [...] (SBU) Doha's fast-growing construction industry continues to suffer from supply constraints as the availability of raw materials remains inadequate to meet surging demand. While construction only accounts for 6 percent of GDP, the sector registered a 22 percent growth rate last year, and the [...]	2008-07-30 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND QA
08DOHA545	AMBASSADOR'S SWEARING IN AND ARRIVAL GARNER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador's swearing-in ceremony in Portland, Oregon and immediate engagement in Arabic with the Qatari press, were well covered by the Qatari media and should present a solid basis for using the long-awaited arrival of a U.S ambassador to expand the Mission's engagement with t [...]	2008-07-31 13:32:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO QA
08DOHA591	INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS ENERGY [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Qatar President and CEO Alex Dodds told the Ambassador during an August 14 introductory call that his company is undertaking a number of initiatives to minimize the environmental effect of its massive LNG projects in Qatar. Dodds explained that the Amir and his consort, Sheik [...]	2008-08-19 06:28:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET TRGY QA
08DOHA611	STUNNING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN QATAR; LITTLE TRICKLES DOWN [...] The Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) recently released data on Qatar's economic performance in 2007: -- The Oil and Gas Sector contributed 56% of GDP at USD 40.1 billion, a 23.7 percent increase from 2006. -- The 44 percent of the economy classified as non-oil and gas contributed USD 32. 1 [...]	2008-08-26 05:27:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD QA
08DOHA625	DOHA PRESS CONVEYS U/S GLASSMAN'S MESSAGE POSITIVELY [...] Al Raya: The "War of Ideas" Man in the U.S. Administration in a Press Conference: -- Glassman Praises Qatar's Dialogue Initiatives -- We Need a Unified Position Between the United States and the Countries in the Region Against Extremism -- Washington is Not Appreciated Enough for its Assi [...]	2008-09-01 13:56:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO QA
08DOHA650	NEW TRADE MINISTER WELCOMES BILATERAL INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) During an introductory office call with Ambassador September 10, the new Minister of Business and Trade Sheikh Fahad Bin Jassim Al Thani (see reftel on the July 1 Ministry/Minister changes) said he is excited about the opportunity to lead the new Ministry and take a fresh look at Qatar's [...]	2008-09-10 13:07:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECIN ETRD INRB QA
08DOHA837	EMBASSY DOHA WARMLY WELCOMES CODEL BAIRD (DECEMBER [...] Embassy Doha warmly welcomes the December 2-3 and 5-6 visits to Qatar of United States Representative Brian Baird; United States Representative Lincoln Davis; Dr. Nichloas Palarino, Senior Investigator and Policy Advisor, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Brooke Bennett, Profession [...]	2008-12-01 10:48:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW AF PK QA IZ
08DOHA852	Fraud Report - Doha [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Qatar's population consists of a large majority of third country nationals (TCNs). NIV applicants from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen account for a large portion of post's visa [...]	2008-12-07 12:14:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC QA
08DOHA853	QATAR ASSESSMENT OF MEPI WOMEN'S SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE [...] Qatari women own and operate 346 firms with a total capital of USD 6 billion, according to a recent study by the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The study shows that women represent 13.4 per cent of business owners in the country. Recent conversations with several local businesswomen [...]	2008-12-09 07:03:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ECON QA
08DOHA869	QATAR'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] The GOQ is currently considering development of a nuclear power generation capacity. Meanwhile, the quasi-governmental Qatar Foundation wants to build on its existing partnership with Texas A&M University to create an educational base for training Qataris in nuclear fields. Qatar signaled its [...]	2008-12-17 07:19:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO QA
08DUBAI1	DIFC SIGNS MOU WITH FDIC, FEDERAL RESERVE AND OTHER US [...] (U) On October 23 the Dubai Financial Services Authority (the DFSA is the regulating authority for the Dubai's self-governing financial "free zone" the Dubai International Financial Center, DIFC) entered into a comprehensive Statement of Cooperation with key U.S. federal banking supervision aut [...]	2008-01-02 08:18:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV TC AE
08DUBAI100	DUBAI ESTH UPDATE: COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Amman ESTH Hub officer and PolEconoff held January 30-31 ESTH related meetings in Dubai. Meetings with Nakheel, the developer of high profile Palms and World island projects, highlighted their pioneering aspects as they reclaim additional coastal land. While Nakheel is planning [...]	2008-03-17 12:44:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE
08DUBAI108	DUBAI'S PORT RASHID CLOSING TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a move aimed at maximizing financial returns on prime central Dubai real estate, Dubai government-controlled port operator DPWorld announced that Dubai's historic Port Rashid will be closed to cargo, commercial and military sea traffic in stages over the next few months, with [...]	2008-03-23 07:52:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SENV PGOV AE
08DUBAI229	CONTINUING POWER PROBLEMS IN RAK [...] (SBU) Summary. The power problems plaguing the ambitious northern emirate of Ras al Khaimah (previously reported ref A) continue to escalate. According to local press reports, the newly completed up-scale Safeer Mall and "dozens of recently finished buildings" have been unable to open due to [...]	2008-06-15 11:03:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BTIO PGOV ENRG AE
08DUBAI236	G8-BMENA SUBMINISTERIAL READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer led the U.S. delegation to the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) subministerial meeting in Dubai on June 9, 2008. NEA DAS Kent Patton and DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles were part of the de [...]	2008-06-22 12:09:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM PGOV PREL AE
08DUBAI240	BIG-NAME AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES SET TO ESTABLISH CAMPUSES IN [...] (U) Summary: Michigan State University (MSU) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have formally announced plans to establish permanent campuses in Dubai. MSU currently aims to enroll 800-1000 students, while RIT plans a full-scale residential campus of up to 3000-4000 students. Bot [...]	2008-06-25 13:14:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL PGOV AE
08DUBAI249	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSES REGIONAL TRENDS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Transportation delegation led by Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters visited Dubai May 29 - June 1 to learn about the emirate's rapidly-expanding transportation infrastructure, as well as how this infrastructure will be integrated into the plans for regional [...]	2008-06-30 12:09:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ELTN BTIO PGOV SENV AE
08DUBAI262	INDIAN CONSUL GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS LABOR ISSUES IN THE UAE [...] (U) Summary: Dubai-based Indian Consul General Venu Rajamony presented an overview of the Indian labor force in the UAE at a June 18 construction conference in Dubai. Rajamony highlighted the expanding influence of Indian nationals in the UAE economy and noted that the trend is expected to co [...]	2008-07-09 14:33:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB PHUM AE IN
08DUBAI278	PHILIPPINE CONGEN LABOR ATTACHE DISCUSSES UAE LABOR ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting covering a broad range of labor topics, Dubai-based Philippine Labor Attache Virginia Calvez discussed with Pol/Econ Officer updates to the UAE-Philippine pilot project (ref A),including how this pilot would complement existing labor-related regulations implemented by [...]	2008-07-16 09:21:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB PHUM AE RP
08DUBAI363	IRAN EARTHQUAKE ROCKS DUBAI [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 10 September 2008, an earthquake centered between Iran's southern port city Bandar Khamar and Qesham Island, which reportedly measured 6.1 on the Richter scale, could be felt across Dubai, UAE. The 35 story Dubai World Trade Center, home of US Consulate General Dubai, swayed [...]	2008-09-14 12:23:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT AE
08DUBAI441	AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]	2008-11-25 15:25:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBAI443	AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]	2008-11-25 15:27:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBAI444	AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]	2008-11-25 15:28:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBAI445	AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]	2008-11-25 15:29:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBLIN105	IRELAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] Irish Political Director Rory Montgomery called the Ambassador the evening of February 28 to give him a heads-up that the Government of Ireland had decided to recognize Kosovo. A press release from Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern followed on February 29. 2. In his press release, Ah [...]	2008-02-29 15:00:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN110	IRISH RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL [...] According to David Brennan, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who deals with the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill, the Bill is scheduled for the Report Stage (the third of four stages) in the Dail (lower House of Parliament) on March 12. If this schedule holds, the Bil [...]	2008-03-05 11:32:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS KTIA CJAN PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN17	IRELAND WILL SUPPORT PROSPER FOR COMMITTEE FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 14:32:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA EI
08DUBLIN20	2007 ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT. [...] (U) Although official Police reports for 2007 will not be available until later in the year, RSO police contacts have reported that crime overall in Ireland has risen over the last twelve months. There has been an increase in activities by organized criminal groups in Ireland. Preliminary rep [...]	2008-01-14 08:54:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC APER AMGT EI
08DUBLIN219	Irish Farmers Protest Government's WTO Stance [...] Irish farmers took part in a peaceful demonstration in Dublin in protest against the current EU stance at WTO negotiations on April 17. The protest took place as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso addressed a forum discussing the future of the EU. Reportedly 10,000 farmers fro [...]	2008-04-28 06:34:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EU EI
08DUBLIN23	IRISH PRESIDENT MCALEESE TACKLES GLOBAL ISSUES IN NEW [...] Summary: President of Ireland Mary McAleese addressed diplomats on January 14, delivering a wide-ranging speech focusing on Irish Government policy in regards to conflict resolution, climate change, human rights, overseas development aid, humanitarian crises, nuclear weapons proliferation, po [...]	2008-01-16 08:20:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EI
08DUBLIN236	IRELAND ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Ireland endorses the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, according to a diplomatic note received at post on May 1. Begin text of note ------------------ 2. (U) Note No. 157/08. The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to th [...]	2008-05-01 13:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EI
08DUBLIN237	LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN BEGINS TO WARM UP IN [...] The pace of campaigning for the June 12 Lisbon Treaty referendum has begun to warm up, as the Irish Referendum Commission announced the launch of its public awareness campaign. A poll released on April 27 has the referendum vote too close to call. However, Prime Minister-elect Brian Cowen de [...]	2008-05-01 14:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EI EUN
08DUBLIN240	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - IRELAND [...] Summary: Despite being a surplus producer of meat and livestock products, Irish consumers have in recent months seen a sharp and sudden increase in food prices especially in two commodities - milk and bread. While there has been media attention given to the rise in prices, consumers seem to [...]	2008-05-02 13:15:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EU EI
08DUBLIN267	DEMARCHE REQUEST: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 12:53:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EI
08DUBLIN271	IRELAND: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] (U) There is no record of forced labor used in the production of goods in Ireland. One non-governmental organization (NGO) reported several cases of forced labor in the service industry and in agricultural production. However, discussions with Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Emp [...]	2008-05-16 10:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EI
08DUBLIN273	TAOISEACH BRIAN COWEN NAMES JUNIOR MINISTERS [...] Following his reshuffle of the Cabinet on May 7 (reftel),Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen received Cabinet approval on May 13 to appoint 16 Ministers of State (commonly referred to as Junior Ministers). Five new Ministers of State were appointed in a shake-up of the junior minist [...]	2008-05-16 16:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EI
08DUBLIN274	IRELAND'S AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Ireland pledged 5 million euro ($7.75 million) in aid to Afghanistan at the 2006 London Conference, all of which has been fully discharged, according to Director Emma Leonard, Emergency and Recovery Section, Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom POLOFF delivered reftel demarche [...]	2008-05-16 16:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN324	LISBON TREATY 'YES' CAMPAIGN RECEIVES TIMELY BOOSTS [...] Summary: With just a week to go before the June 12 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, the 'Yes' campaign has received a number of timely boosts. Virtually all important political, employer, labor, and farmer organizations in Ireland have now recommended a 'Yes' vote. While there will continue [...]	2008-06-05 15:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EI

08DUBLIN337	IRELAND TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING, 16-18 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 15:38:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PTER EI

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