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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08VIENNA741CODEX ALIMENTARIUS: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. CANDIDATE, BUT WILL
[...] Post discussed reftel demarche on May 29 with Erhard Hoebaus, Head of the Department for Nutrition and Quality Assurance in the Ministry of Agriculture. Hoebaus, who is the Austrian POC for Codex Alimentarius, will represent the GoA at the 31st session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. D [...]
2008-05-30 15:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO AU
08VIENNA746AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 30, 2008
[...] The coalition partners SPOe and OeVP on Thursday agreed on changes to the state pension system following weeks of negotiations. A regulation will be extended until 2013 allowing persons to retire early, who have contributed to the pension scheme for long years, but have not yet reached the offi [...]
2008-06-02 10:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA76Bomb Incident at Embassy: Trial on February 21
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 11:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA871 AUSTRIAN AIRLINES LOOKING FOR STRATEGIC PARTNER
[...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) is now officially considering a strategic partnership in an effort to shore up its worsening financial position. This turnaround stems from the decision by Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber to back out of his planned investment in AUA. Lufthansa and Aerof [...]
2008-06-20 10:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA879AUSTRIA SEEKS U.S. SPEAKER FOR CONFERENCE ON
[...] Summary: The Austrian Red Cross (OeRK) and the Austrian MFA (BMeiA) are presenting a conference about human rights issues called "A legal black hole? The War on Terror, human rights, and international humanitarian law." This one-day conference will take place on Sept. 15th, 2008, and includes [...]
2008-06-20 16:08:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AU
08VIENNA926Austria: Interior Minister-Designate Maria Fekter
[...] The conservative OVP Executive Board decided June 27 to replace outgoing Interior Minister Guenter Platter with Federal Ombudswoman Maria Fekter. Platter will become governor of Tyrol province. Fekter will be sworn in July 8. Fekter Bio ---------- 2. Maria Fekter was born in February 1956 [...]
2008-06-27 15:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM AU
08VIENNA940LEADERS USE AUSTRIAN ECONOMIC REPORT TO REVIEW
[...] Summary: At the June 30th presentation of the annual Austrian Economic Report, Minister of Economics and Labor Bartenstein and Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Molterer, both members of the Austrian People,s Party (OeVP),presented an optimistic view of the Austrian economy, highlighting [...]
2008-07-01 15:46:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV
08VIENNA954 INFLATION AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DAMPEN
[...] Austria's economy is starting to feel the impact of the international financial crisis and the high inflation resulting from continued raw materials and energy price hikes. Due to a still strong first quarter performance, Austria's two leading economic institutes recently upgraded GDP growth [...]
2008-07-03 15:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA956HUGE INVESTMENT BY AUSTRIAN ENERGY FIRM "VERBUND" IN
[...] On July 1st, Verbund, the largest Austrian electricity provider, working in a 50/50 consortium with the Turkish company Sabanci, won the bidding in tenders to privatize the state-owned Turkish electricity provider "Baskent EDAS," paying $1.2 billion for the company. One day later, Verbund los [...]
2008-07-03 15:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU
08VIENNA965Government Collapses; Austria to Vote in September
[...] The Social Democrat Party (SPO) and the Conservative People's Party (OVP) decided July 7 to terminate their coalition and schedule early elections in September. 2. OVP chairman Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer announced at a press conference at 10:00 the morning of July 7 that the OVP could [...]
2008-07-07 14:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA969 FOOD PRICES - BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR AUSTRIAN CONSUMER
[...] Food prices are a continued concern in Austria and will remain high on the agenda of Austria's new government, to be elected in September 2008. The May 2008 inflation rate of 3.7% was the highest monthly rate in fifteen years, food price inflation was 7.2%. Food prices (excluding VAT) in Aus [...]
2008-07-07 16:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AU
08VIENTIANE10WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
[...] (U) Summary: The USG estimate of poppy cultivation in Laos for 2007 is 1100 hectares, down from 43,150 hectares in 1989. Laos, at one time the world's third largest producer of illicit opium, stands poised to end its tenure as a part of the golden triangle. After an investment of more than [...]
2008-01-03 09:58:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID LA SNAR
08VIENTIANE116DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION
[...] The DCM called on MFA's Acting Director General for International Organizations Saleumxay Kommasith on February 14 regarding the Hague Adoption Convention. She informed Mr. Saleumxay that the U.S. has become a party to the convention and is encouraging the government of Laos (GOL) to consider [...]
2008-02-19 00:29:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI CASC PREL LA
08VIENTIANE149INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 01:30:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
08VIENTIANE159LAOS INPUT FOR EISA REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 06:46:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV ABER ABUD LA
08VIENTIANE1642008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR LAOS
[...] Following is the 2008 fiscal transparency report for Laos, as instructed in reftel. The Lao Government (GOL) budget, a summary of revenue and expenditure for the current fiscal year, and a projection for the following fiscal year are generally published by the Ministry of Finance (MOF [...]
2008-03-13 10:33:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE168ATTENDANCE AT TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 06:16:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ELAB LA OTRA PHUM
08VIENTIANE180FRAUD SUMMARY-(VIENTIANE): Q1 FY 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 10:22:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE184APPLICATION FOR 2008 DENVER RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE
[...] Per reftel, the following is Joshua Archibald's application for the 2008 Denver Resource Economics Course, PE-142, scheduled for July 7-11. Current Assignment: Economic/Commercial/ESTH/AID/UXO/ODC officer in Vientiane Laos until summer 2009. Phone: (856)-21-26-7156 (office) Mobile: (85 [...]
2008-03-24 03:21:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI APER ENGR EMIN ECON LA
08VIENTIANE240FOOD PRICES IN LAOS: STICKY RICE PRICES REMAIN
[...] Summary: Despite rising world prices for white rice, sticky (glutinous) rice, the primary rice variety eaten in Laos, has seen only moderate price rises this year. One notable aspect of Lao sticky rice prices has been their stability over the past several years despite inflation averaging 7 [...]
2008-04-24 04:53:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EPET LA
08VIENTIANE244NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 09:05:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VIENTIANE246 Education in Laos, Part I: The Primary Years
[...] Summary. This cable is the first in a series examining the education system in Laos, from elementary through university and technical/vocational schools. Future cables will examine the problems faced by secondary schools, the limits of tertiary education, and the growing role of private scho [...]
2008-04-25 09:34:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI LA
08VIENTIANE255U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 09:27:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VIENTIANE267ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 09:05:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EFIN ETRD KNNP LA TRGY
08VIENTIANE3382008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 07:47:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA
08VIENTIANE3392008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2007 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact or biographical information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant A assert [...]
2008-06-13 04:33:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA
08VIENTIANE365LAOS: REVIEW FINDS NO GOODS PRODUCED WITH FORCED
[...] SUMMARY: According to Lao government and industry as well as international organization and NGO sources, there is no evidence of forced or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Laos. END SUMMARY 2. In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Government of Laos (GOL) off [...]
2008-06-27 09:50:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI LA
08VIENTIANE4Avian Influenza Update
[...] Summary: There have been no new cases of avian influenza in humans or birds since the February-March 2007 outbreak. Progress in enhancing the GOL's laboratory diagnostic capacity continues. The GOL has reiterated its commitment to sharing viral isolates. A PACOM-supported training exercise [...]
2008-01-02 09:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KPAO SOCI ECON SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC
08VIENTIANE435MONITORING REPORT FOR G/TIP FY06 PROGRAM: WORLD VISION'S
[...] SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP's request (ref A) post conducted a review of the G/TIP-funded World Vision "Voices of Victims: Youth-to-Youth Advisory System on Safe Migration" grant project. The project period is currently September 2007 to September 2009, though the project draws on FY06 funds [...]
2008-08-06 09:21:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM LA
08VIENTIANE458DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN LAOS
[...] This is an action request. In view of the mounting reports of damage caused by flooding in Vientiane and various provinces in Laos and in response to the August 18, 2008, appeal of the Government of Laos to the international community for assistance, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a [...]
2008-08-19 10:16:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV EWWT EAID CASC ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE519Rear Admiral Burkhard Explores Initiating PACOM HIV/AIDS
[...] SUMMARY: Rear Admiral (RADM) Thomas Burkhard, the Pacific Command (PACOM) Surgeon, visited Laos August 26-28 to discuss initiating U.S.-Laos military-to- military HIV/AIDS cooperation via PACOM endorsed PEPFAR (US Presidential Emergency Program for AIDS Relief) funding. Admiral Burkhard's visi [...]
2008-09-22 06:02:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL TBIO KHIV LA
08VIENTIANE569RADIOACTIVE SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT VIENTIANE, LAOS
[...] Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to the Embassy's attention via a phone call from the Australian owner of a lo [...]
2008-10-20 05:10:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER PREL ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE593OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] Embassy Vientiane has received a congratulatory letter to President-Elect Obama from Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. We will pouch the original to S/ES-CR. Text of the letter with original capitalization follows. Begin text. His Excellency Barack Ob [...]
2008-11-07 05:38:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OVIP PREL LA
08VIENTIANE632 BABY STEPS: U.S. SPEAKER BLONG XIONG OPENS SOME DOORS IN LAOS
[...] SUMMARY. Blong Xiong, President of the Fresno City Council, participated in a U.S. Speaker program in Laos from November 17-21 that Post had planned to focus on local governance and constituent services in the United States for roundtables of smaller audiences from academic and administrative [...]
2008-12-04 10:34:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDLA KPAO PREL
08VIENTIANE671LAOS: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] General Assessment Since 2002, the Government of Laos has consistently denounced international terrorism and expressed a willingness to cooperate with the international community on counterterrorism. While there are domestic opposition elements that have in the past employed terrorist tacti [...]
2008-12-29 10:07:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC LA
08VILNIUS1014AMBASSADOR VISITS MOLETAI -- A REGION IN TRANSITION
[...] Ambassador Cloud traveled November 13 to the Moletai district, a region transforming from a relatively poor, agrarian-based economy to one based mainly on domestic tourism to the vast woodlands and lakes in the area. In the first meeting of the day, he sat down with the long time Mayor of Mol [...]
2008-12-03 07:43:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON OTRA KGLB EAGR EAID LH
08VILNIUS1018LITHUANIA WILL REMAIN IN CONSENSUS ON SUGGESTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 15:16:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM LH
08VILNIUS1020LITHUANIA WILL REMAIN IN CONSENSUS ON SUGGESTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 15:16:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM LH
08VILNIUS1028LITHUANIA CONCERNED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 14:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO LH
08VILNIUS1030BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 5, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Youth Leader Denied Readmission (para. 2) - United Civic Party Members Briefly Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Rallies Banned (para. 4) - Brest Opposition Activists Fi [...]
2008-12-08 05:26:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS1054CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE INITIATIVE -- RESPONSES TO
[...] Below please find Post responses to reftel questions. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. Lithuania plans to build a replacement nuclear power plant (NPP),known as Visaginas, for the currently operating Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) [...]
2008-12-23 07:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO LH
08VILNIUS173LITHUANIA HAS SAME CONCERNS AS USG ON REFERENDUM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 08:43:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM LH BM
08VILNIUS18YOUTH AND POLITICS IN LITHUANIA: READY AND ABLE,
[...] Summary. We discussed politics with 140 university and college students in groups of 15 to 25. Students support more liberal economic policies and their views of politics are similar to those in many countries: disappointment with politics, politicians, and political parties; concern about [...]
2008-01-08 15:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LH
08VILNIUS194LITHUANIA WITH EU ON AVIATION, CONCERNS ABOUT ETS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 11:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD SENV LH
08VILNIUS198EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 04, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Vandals Attack Opposition Party Headquarters (para. 3) - Milinkevich Holds Meetings in Gomel Region (para. 4) [...]
2008-04-05 08:50:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS202RUSSIA NOT BUDGING ON BELARUS GAS PRICES
[...] Russia's Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andrey Belousov told a news conference in Minsk on March 21 that the price of natural gas to be supplied to Belarus in the second quarter of 2008 will be USD 128 per thousand cubic meters. The price was calculated in compliance with t [...]
2008-04-07 14:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ENRG BO
08VILNIUS226EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 11, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Official: Opposition Recommendations Constructive (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned From Traveling to Poland (para. 3) - Former Prisoner to Found Radiation Safety Cen [...]
2008-04-11 10:38:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON MCAP ENRG BO
08VILNIUS229LITHUANIA FOR STRICT UNSC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 14:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC UNSC IR LH
08VILNIUS261EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 18, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined and Detained (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Jailed (para. 3) - Internet Child Porn Ring Members Arrested (para. 4) - Activists P [...]
2008-04-21 07:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO
08VILNIUS262LITHUANIA WELCOMES BAHRAIN AS NEW MEMBER OF GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 14:56:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PTER BA LH
08VILNIUS290LITHUANIA INTERESTED IN FUTURE OF TURKEY'S ROLE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 11:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL TU LH
08VILNIUS293EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 25, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Gomel Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Ag Minister, Chief Ideology Officer Appointed (para. 3) - Civil Society Leader Jailed for Ceremony (para. 4) - [...]
2008-04-25 13:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON ENRG EAGR PINR BO
08VILNIUS298HOLIDAY CLOSURE - MINSK
[...] (U) Embassy Minsk will be closed Monday, April 28, 2008 in observance of Orthodox Easter Monday. 2. (U) Embassy Minsk is currently on SUSTEL. In case of an emergency, please call the Duty Officer at +(375-29) 676-0134 or Post One at +(375-17) 226-1601. Moore Cloud [...]
2008-04-25 14:44:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ACOA KRIM BO
08VILNIUS318EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 02, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prominent Protestant Pastor Fined (para. 2) - Police Confiscate Independent Newspaper Print Run (para. 3) - BKGB Drops Case against Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Opposi [...]
2008-05-05 04:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS322EARTH DAY 2008 EFFORTS OF EMBASSY VILNIUS
[...] SUMMARY. For Earth Day 2008, Post organized a park clean up, the Ambassador participated in a tree planting, and several sections began plans to "green" the Embassy. End Summary. 2. Post's CLO office co-organized a park clean up on April 22 with the American International School in Viln [...]
2008-05-05 12:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDADM KPAO SENV
08VILNIUS325EMBASSY VILNIUS ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 14:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM LH BO CU
08VILNIUS327HIGHER FOOD PRICES HAVE NO EFFECT ON LITHUANIAN
[...] Neither the Director of the Economics Department of the Bank of Lithuania, Raimondas Kuodis, nor the PM's Advisor on Agricultural Issues, Mindaugas Bastys or the Head of the Ministry of Environment's Genetically Modified Organisms Division, Danius Lygis, feel that recent price rises in food a [...]
2008-05-06 06:09:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON LH
08VILNIUS330LITHUANIA: STRONG SUPPORTER OF EU SANCTIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 14:04:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM LH BM
08VILNIUS339LITHUANIA: NO REPORTS OF FORCED LABOR AND CHILD
[...] There are no reports of child labor or forced labor for the production of goods in Lithuania, according to NGOs and the relevant GOL agency that post consulted. There were reports of violations of the labor law that affected children in service industries, but most violations were not severe. [...]
2008-05-08 14:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI LH
08VILNIUS345LITHUANIA: CONCERNED ABOUT CRISIS IN BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 14:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL LH BM
08VILNIUS373EMBASSY MINSK BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 16, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Helsinki Committee Elects New Chairman (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 3) - Outlawed Small Business Association Registered i [...]
2008-05-16 16:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS376LITHUANIA AWARE AND PARTICIPATING IN GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 13:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP LH
08VILNIUS401BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 23, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activists Fined And Sentenced To Jail Terms (para. 2) - Minsk Authorities Ban Three Russian Channels (para. 3) - Police Disperse Opposition Rally (para. [...]
2008-05-23 08:45:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS418BELARUS: WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 30, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Grodno Opposition Leader Warned Over A Concert (para. 2) - Radio Racyja Journalist Denied Accreditation (para. 3) - Human Rights Activist Fined and Jailed (para. 4) - [...]
2008-05-30 11:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS428LITHUANIA ON IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION
[...] Irena Skardziuviene, head of the MFA's UN and Global Policy division, told us on June 2 that the GOL has not decided which candidate to support for IOM Director General. She noted that the GOL supports the idea of a two term limit and therefore does not support the incumbent. 2. Skardziuv [...]
2008-06-03 08:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF SMIG AORC
08VILNIUS435LITHUANIA STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CYCLONE NARGIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 13:30:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM BM LH
08VILNIUS4382008 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS
[...] Darius Staniulis, head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGO division, was pleased to learn that Lithuania remained in Tier 1 when we shared the 2008 TIP report with him on June 4. He noted that both police and NGOs noticed a considerable decrease in identified victims over the last two years and [...]
2008-06-06 05:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO OSCE LH
08VILNIUS444BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 6, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Gomel Opposition Activist Obliged to Pay Income Tax (para. 2) - Prominent Opposition Activist Jailed (para. 3) - Opposition Leader Denied Travel Ban Appeal (para. 4) - [...]
2008-06-06 13:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS459LITHUANIA WILL NOT PLEDGE AT LEBANON CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 11:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM XG LE LH
08VILNIUS469BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 13, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Union Of Poles' Leader Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Concerned by Low Nuclear Energy Awareness (para. 3) - Nesvizh Malady Front Leader Fined (para. 4) - Five Malady Fro [...]
2008-06-13 14:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS472EMBASSY VILNIUS: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION
[...] Summary: Anti-Semitism and general intolerance are areas of concern in Lithuania. There are three specific issues that could warrant an expression of concern at the HDIM meetings: (1) lack of consistent condemnation by GOL officials of intolerant acts; (2) lack of protection of an old Jewi [...]
2008-06-16 14:04:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OSCE PREL KDEM LH
08VILNIUS476LITHUANIA PLEASED WITH U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 13:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LH
08VILNIUS486BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 20, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Slonim Civil Society Activist Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Leader Warned Over Inquiry (para. 3) - Police Raid Opposition Activist's Residence (para. 4) - Autocephalous [...]
2008-06-20 11:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS502BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 27, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democratic Activist Expelled (para. 2) - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration (para. 3) - National Bolshevist Party Activist Fined (para. 4) - BKGB [...]
2008-06-27 11:18:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS522LITHUANIA AGREES SITUATION IN BURMA REMAINS SERIOUS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 12:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID BM LH
08VILNIUS533LITHUANIA UNDECIDED ABOUT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 12:25:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC
08VILNIUS536CONVICTED NAZI COLLABORATOR DAILIDE ESCAPES PRISON
[...] On July 4, the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the Vilnius District Court ruling of March 2006 that convicted but did not punish Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. Dailide had been found guilty of unlawful treatment of civilians during wartime but the judge ruled that he did not have to serve ti [...]
2008-07-10 11:04:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KAWC LH
08VILNIUS556BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 11, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled from Schools (para. 2) - Minsk Authorities Ban Opposition Demonstrations (para. 3) - Independent Newspaper Evicted (para. 4) - Parliamentary [...]
2008-07-16 11:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS564BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 18, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled (para. 2) - Demonstration Dispersed and Opposition Leader Beaten (para. 3) - United Civic Party Youths Jailed (para. 4) - Human Rights Adv [...]
2008-07-18 07:25:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS586LITHUANIA: ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 12:09:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP LH
08VILNIUS594LITHUANIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN NAM MEETINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 11:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER NATO LH
08VILNIUS595ACTION REQUEST: LITHUANIA OFFERS RECIPROCAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 11:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC LH
08VILNIUS603BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 25, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Denied Appeal (para. 2) - United Civic Party Members Detained and Warned (para. 3) - Prisoners' Rights Advocates Detained, Searched (para. 4) - Christian De [...]
2008-07-28 03:53:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS610LITHUANIA OK ON NEW GI MEMBERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 13:08:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP LH
08VILNIUS622BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 1, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Militia Disbands Youth Tent Camp (para. 2) - Nomination of Representatives to Precinct Election Commissions Continues (para. 3) - Opposition Parliamentary Hopeful Take [...]
2008-08-01 05:26:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS634BELARUS: REGIME STRENGTHENS RUBLE AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR
[...] At various times over the past few years, rumors have circulated about the possibility that the Belarusian ruble (BYR) would be devalued. However, recent international economic trends and domestic conditions are pushing things in the opposite direction. 2. According to official statistics [...]
2008-08-06 05:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV AFIN BO
08VILNIUS654LITHUANIA FOR STRONG BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 13:58:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD LH BM
08VILNIUS655PRESIDENT AND PM CONDEMN VANDALISM AT JEWISH
[...] In the early morning of August 10, the Jewish Community Center in Vilnius and the Jewish Community Center in the city of Panevezys were vandalized with spray painted anti-Semitic symbols and other crude graffiti. The President and Prime Minister condemned the vandalism with strong statements [...]
2008-08-11 15:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OSCE KDEM LH
08VILNIUS667LITHUANIA WILL NOT OPPOSE INDIA EXCEPTION AT NSG
[...] Robertas Rosinas, head of the MFA's Arms Control and Terrorism Prevention Division, told us on August 12 that the GOL will not oppose the exception for India at the NSG meetings August 21-22. He noted GOL concerns that India is not part of the Non-Proliferation Treaty -- concern shared by mo [...]
2008-08-12 15:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC AORC LH IN
08VILNIUS696BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 22, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Fewer Parliamentary Hopefuls Apply For Registration (para. 2) - Opposition Hopefuls Banned From Registration (para. 3) - Solidarity Demonstration Participants Detained [...]
2008-08-22 15:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS697LITHUANIAN CITIES REJECT EC'S TOLERANCE TRUCK
[...] Summary. The mayors of Lithuania's two largest cities, Vilnius and Kaunas, denied permission for the European Commission's "For Diversity, Against Discrimination" truck to set up its event in public squares. Instead, the pro-diversity campaign was relegated to a supermarket parking lot in V [...]
2008-08-22 15:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI LH
08VILNIUS727LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SEND HEALTH MINISTER TO API
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 11:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TBIO EAGR PREL KFLU AORC
08VILNIUS728LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNFC RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 11:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL LH
08VILNIUS731LITHUANIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S ICJ RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 13:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN LH
08VILNIUS732LITHUANIA SUPPORTS STRONG U.S. ACTIONS ON HUMAN
[...] Rita Kazragiene, head of the MFA's UN Division, told us on September 4 that the GOL was glad to see the USG take an active role on human rights at UNGA, particularly since the USG limited its involvement with the HRC. She said that the GOL is likely to support all the USG's human rights init [...]
2008-09-05 13:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN LH
08VILNIUS756LITHUANIA: KEEN ON KEEPING IRAN FREE OF NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 14:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP MNUC LH
08VILNIUS760BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 12, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled From University (para. 2) - Central Election Commission Challenges Eight Registration Denials (para. 3) - Supreme Court Overturns Two Registr [...]
2008-09-12 12:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS777FM VAITIEKUNAS WILL ADDRESS RUSSIAN THREATS IN
[...] Post discussed reftel points with Deputy Director of the MFA Global Policy Department Arvydas Daurnoravicius who will be the point person for the Community of Democracies when the Lithuanians assume the chairmanship next year. Daurnoravicius confirmed Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas will give the [...]
2008-09-18 15:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PGOV UNGA LH
08VILNIUS784BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 19, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Brest Opposition Activists Arrested (para. 2) - Police Violently Disperse Solidarity Demonstration (para. 3) - Soligorsk Malady Front Activist Detained (para. 4) - Cen [...]
2008-09-19 14:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS796GOL UNDERSTANDS AND SUPPORTS EU BIOFUELS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 14:51:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ENRG TRGY LH
08VILNIUS807BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 26, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Christian Democrat Detained at Border (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Banned from Foreign Travel (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful Assaulted (para. 4) - Malady [...]
2008-09-29 05:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS828BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 3, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activist Dismissed from Workplace (para. 2) - Embattled Protestant Community Offered Land (para. 3) - Opposition Protests Election Results (para. 4) - No Op [...]
2008-10-07 05:51:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS853GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG: NO PROBLEM ON AGENDA BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 13:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PARM PREL PINS PINR PTER KGIC LH
08VILNIUS854BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 10, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Convictions for Assault against Opposition Activist (para. 2) - Foreign Students Protest Racist Attacks (para. 3) - Malady Front Splits (para. 4) - Independent Weekly [...]
2008-10-10 15:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS858THE BANKS OF LITHUANIA ARE PRIMARILY THE BANKS OF
[...] Begin Summary. Lithuania's banking sector is composed of 15 banks, with the majority of assets held by Scandinavian institutions. Entities besides the top 15 hold only 1 percent of all bank assets. So far the Scandinavian and locally owned banks appear stable. Nonetheless, in response to [...]
2008-10-15 08:32:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN LH
08VILNIUS865LITHUANIA WILL PLEDGE ONE MILLION EUROS AT GEORGIA
[...] MFA's Director of Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Renatas Juska told Post October 15 that the GOL plans to make a pledge of one million euros, to be spread over two years, at the Georgia Donors Conference October 22. Juska said that the Lithuanians intend their pledge to go tow [...]
2008-10-17 05:58:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EFIN GG LH
08VILNIUS880BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 17, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Central Election Commission Dismisses Appeals (para. 2) - Lukashenka Places Restrictions on Respite Programs for Children (para. 3) - EU Suspends Travel Ban for Six Mo [...]
2008-10-21 05:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS898SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Secretary Chertoff, welcome to Lithuania! We and the Government of Lithuania are very much looking forward to your visit on October 30. The announcement by President Bush of Lithuania's entry into the Visa Waiver Program October 17 was the fulfillment of a long standing (and much discus [...]
2008-10-22 15:08:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL DHS KHLS KCSY EUN LH
08VILNIUS905BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 24, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Popular Front Celebrates 20th Anniversary (para. 2) - Democratic Seniors Denied Registration (para. 3) - Independent Election Observer Fined (para. 4) - Opposition You [...]
2008-10-24 09:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS925LITHUANIA FAVORABLE ON SUGGESTED CRITERIA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 14:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC IAEA LH
08VILNIUS931BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...]
2008-11-04 06:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS932BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...]
2008-11-04 06:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS944LITHUANIA AWARE OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 14:04:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN LH
08VILNIUS950LITHUANIA IMPLEMENTING LATEST FATF REGULATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 10:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL EFIN LH
08VILNIUS953LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 13:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP
08VILNIUS960BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 7, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Travel Ban (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Fined (para. 3) - Opposition Commemorates Ancestors, Stalin Terror Victims (para. 4) - Kurapaty Vandals [...]
2008-11-07 10:51:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS968BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 14, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Kurapaty Vandals Face Criminal Charges (para. 2) - Malady Front Members Sentenced to Jail (para. 3) - Catholics Continue Fasting to Return Former Monastery (para. 4) - [...]
2008-11-14 15:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS974LITHUANIA TAKES PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 06:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EFIN KNNP LH
08VILNIUS981BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 21, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - MFA Says Lukashenka's Comment on Iskander Missiles Misinterpreted (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Lawyer Unable to See Hunger-Striking [...]
2008-11-21 15:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS984LITHUANIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 14:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY LH
08VILNIUS986LITHUANIA SUPPORTS COMPLIANCE ON NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 14:54:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL UNGA LH
08VILNIUS993LITHUANIA'S ECONOMY SLOWING BUT NO DIRE SITUATION
[...] Summary. Economic growth is slowing and unemployment is rising, with mixed news for retailers. Banks continue to lend but are stingy with some sectors and charge more for everyone. What happens with Lithuania's neighbors matters, not just as export markets, but for international and domest [...]
2008-11-26 09:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN LH
08VILNIUS997BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 28, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Lukashenka Notes Positive Changes in EU-Belarus Relations (para. 2) - Lukashenko Signed Two Edicts in Support of Cooperation with the European Comm [...]
2008-11-28 12:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VLADIVOSTOK102ADDICTION, SMUGGLING, AND CRIME IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
[...] Summary. Speakers at a drug prevention conference discussed the challenges involved in fighting drug use and trafficking in the Russian Far East, an area with higher-than-average drug use and drug-related crime, and that is rife with smuggling. A predominant theme throughout the conference w [...]
2008-09-18 10:20:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM RS
08VLADIVOSTOK103WHAT'S RUINING FISHING AND WHY LEGAL CATCH DOESN'T PAY
[...] Summary. Industry experts gathered in Vladivostok for the 2008 Fishery Congress to discuss problems facing Russia's fishing industry. Participants outlined several problems which include an obsolete fleet, confusing regulations, lack of processing facilities, and dwindling fisheries. An ev [...]
2008-09-18 10:20:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK106AIRLINES IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST SKIDDING TO A STOP
[...] Summary. The airline industry in the Far East continues its downward trajectory. Dalavia has become the latest in a series of bankruptcies in the industry. Vladivostok Avia remains relatively strong, but may become a tempting takeover target. Ticket prices will remain prohibitively expensiv [...]
2008-09-26 06:59:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK109SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH NORTH KOREA
[...] Gazprom and Korean Gas Corporation signed a letter of understanding outlining a thirty-year, USD 90 billion deal to bring Russian natural gas to the Republic of Korea via a pipeline through North Korea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in 2011 for completion in 2015. North [...]
2008-10-08 06:56:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EPET KS KN RS
08VLADIVOSTOK110SAKHALIN-KHABAROVSK-VLADIVOSTOK PIPELINE PLANNED FOR 2011
[...] Gazprom has announced plans for a pipeline from Sakhalin to Vladivostok that will begin pumping natural gas from the island to the Asia-Pacific region in 2011. The pipeline will also provide gas to the Khabarovskiy and Primorye regions, and may connect with the proposed trans-Korean gas pipel [...]
2008-10-09 06:53:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK111ECONOMIC FORUM: RFE'S PROBLEM? DEMOGRAPHICS, TRANSPORTATION,
[...] Summary. Participants gathered at the third annual Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk to discuss economic development in the Russian Far East. The most widely discussed topics were the region's ever-decreasing population and the high cost and inefficiency of transportatio [...]
2008-10-09 07:57:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK116FAR EAST ELECTIONS: RESULTS AS PREDICTED
[...] Elections completed in five Far East jurisdictions on October 12 yielded no surprises, with Yedinaya Rossiya and incumbents prevailing (reftel A). Roman Abramovich and his team handily won three seats in the Chukotka Duma, Yedinaya Rossiya won 12 of 14 Sakhalin seats, and incumbent mayors Pec [...]
2008-10-14 06:57:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK120THE PROBLEM WITH THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST'S MORIBUND AGRICULTURE
[...] Primorye is no longer the prosperous and productive agricultural region it was during Soviet times. In hopes of improving the region's stagnant rural economy, Moscow announced a new regional agriculture promotion plan last March. The new plan replaces the largely unsuccessful national plan t [...]
2008-10-22 04:48:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK122GUBERNATORIAL MACHINATIONS AND BANK PANIC IN KHABAROVSK
[...] Thousands of customers in Khabarovsk began a run on the Dalkombank, withdrawing almost 2.4 billion rubles in cash -- four times the usual monthly amount. The withdrawals between October 8 and 12 were fueled by rumors of the bank's impending collapse. The rumors appear to have been started by [...]
2008-10-23 04:20:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK123'AMBITIOUS WORKAHOLIC' KOZHEMYAKO TAKES OVER IN AMURSKAYA
[...] The Amurskaya Oblast Duma approved Oleg Kozhemyako as new governor of the region on October 20. He replaces unpopular Governor Nikolay Kolesov, whom the Kremlin forced to resign after allegations of corruption and mismanagement. Kozhemyako is a popular figure known for his crisis-management [...]
2008-10-27 08:15:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK124POLITICIAN USING TRAFFIC INCIDENT AS POLITICAL STEPPING
[...] About a dozen demonstrators from Molodaya Gvardia -- the youth wing of Yedinaya Rossiya (YR) -- picketed in front of Congen Vladivostok October 27 to mark the tenth anniversary of the traffic incident that left Vladivostok resident Aleksandr Kashin paralyzed from the chest down (reftel A). Tr [...]
2008-10-28 07:44:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK125CAN A NEW MAYOR WITH FEW ALLIES AT LEAST FIX THE ROADS?
[...] Igor Pushkaryov took over as Vladivostok mayor on May 20. The new mayor seems to have few allies -- he avoids media attention and the public, has set up an administration of outsiders, and appears headed for a major conflict with Primorye Kray Governor Darkin. With campaign promises unfulfill [...]
2008-10-30 02:27:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK127TIGHTER CREDIT, CURRENCY SHORTFALL MAY SLOW ECONOMY IN
[...] Although Russian politicians generally refuse to acknowledge the possibility of financial crisis in here, signs of financial distress have emerged in the Russian Far East. Banks have significantly tightened credit terms, many areas are experiencing a shortage of hard currencies, and companies [...]
2008-11-10 06:49:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK130PRO-RIGHT HAND DRIVE RALLIES TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT EASTERN
[...] On November 22, demonstrators throughout the Russian Far East (RFE) staged rallies to protest the National Duma's proposal to ban the import and limit the use of right-hand drive vehicles from Japan. The largest demonstration -- which took place in Vladivostok -- attracted seven thousand part [...]
2008-11-26 08:53:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK134NEW "OPPOSITION" PARTY ANNOUNCES KHABAROVSK LEADER
[...] On November 25 the government-approved "opposition" party Pravoye Delo announced its appointment of Georgiy Podkolodniy to a four-year term as its Khabarovsk regional leader. Podkolodniy, who was the former head of the defunct Democratic Party in Khabarovskiy kray, edged out his main rival for [...]
2008-12-09 08:25:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK135LARGER PROTESTS IN FAR EAST AGAINST INCREASED AUTO TARIFFS
[...] Ten thousand demonstrators took to the streets in Primorye on December 14 to protest the upcoming increase in used car import tariffs, blocking main roads in Vladivostok and smaller cities for up to eight hours. Several thousand cars from Vladivostok, Ussuriisk and Nakhodka also organized a b [...]
2008-12-15 06:38:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK136TAIGA NATIVE VILLAGE KRASNIY YAR: EVERY DAY IS A CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary. In the 1930's Stalin relocated many indigenous minorities of Primorye and Khabarovskiy Krai to remote northern areas. One such town is Krasniy Yar. The remote town is an eleven hour drive from Vladivostok, the last four hours over a rough snow road (zimniki) cut through the woo [...]
2008-12-15 07:16:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PHUM RS
08VLADIVOSTOK139VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT LATEST VLADIVOSTOK DEMONSTRATION
[...] Vladivostok citizens' third protest against proposed tariff increases on imported used cars turned violent and resulted in large-scale detentions. Though past demonstrations were peaceful and ended without incident, it was clear from the beginning of this December 21 rally that the Kremlin wo [...]
2008-12-23 06:37:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK3RUSSKIY ISLAND: FROM ICE FISHING PARADISE TO APEC HOST?
[...] (U) Summary. Consulate staff chose the coldest day of the season at minus 21 centigrade to visit Russkiy Island, the purported site of the 2012 APEC summit. It is immediately apparent that the island has a long way to go before it is ready to accept many international visitors, let alone ho [...]
2008-01-15 03:24:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL SENV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK31SUPERJET READYING FOR TAKEOFF IN KOMSOMOLSK
[...] (U) Komsomol'sk-na-Amure is the third largest city in the Russian Far East and home to the Sukhoi Superjet, a multinational project that involves Boeing and a half a dozen other U.S. firms, as well as German and French aviation companies. At the Sukhoi assembly plant, CG saw one Superjet th [...]
2008-03-26 06:36:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK64RUSSIAN FAR EAST: LOCAL FIRM WINS TENDER TO BUILD LANDMARK
[...] Summary. A local company has won a tender to build a landmark bridge across Vladivostok's picturesque Zolotoy Rog Bay. Tikhookeanskaya Mostostroitelnaya Kompaniya (TMK),based in the southern Primorye town of Ussuriysk, won under suspicious circumstances, however: all of the other firms drop [...]
2008-06-20 08:26:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDELTN PGOV KCOR ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK67DIRECT FLIGHTS RESUME BETWEEN RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND ALASKA
[...] Despite high prices, uncertain schedules and a good deal of behind-the-scenes wrangling between U.S. and Russian officials, direct flights between the U.S. West Coast and Pacific Russia have resumed, courtesy of the Russian carrier Vladivostok Avia (VladAvia). On July 7, the first flight from [...]
2008-07-08 05:32:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN ECIN ECON RU
08VLADIVOSTOK68RUSSIAN FAR EAST: CHUKOTKANS WORRY AS THEIR "HERO,"
[...] Summary. On July 3, President Dmitriy Medvedev agreed to accept the voluntary resignation of longtime Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich and appointed Vice Governor Roman Kopin as acting Governor until a permanent replacement is named. Under billionaire Abramovich, Chukotka has gone from bei [...]
2008-07-09 07:21:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR RS
08VLADIVOSTOK7FIRST VICE GOVERNOR OF PRIMORYE SHOT IN VLADIVOSTOK
[...] (U) On January 28, Primorye's First Vice Governor Sergey Sopchuk was shot as he was leaving home for work. The apparent assassination attempt failed and Sopchuk is reportedly recuperating in a Vladivostok hospital in satisfactory condition with wounds to his shoulder and hands. Police have [...]
2008-01-28 06:01:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK8GOLD, GULAG AND GEOGRAPHY DEFINE MAGADAN
[...] (U) Summary: With a region half the size of Alaska and a population of only 170,000, the Magadan region has big challenges. First is finding enough skilled labor to exploit the gold, silver and other mining riches of its vast territory. The mines operate year round, even when temperatures hi [...]
2008-01-28 06:20:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL RS
08VLADIVOSTOK82RUSSIAN FAR EAST FISHING: THE NORTH KOREAN CONNECTION
[...] (U) Summary. Fishing is often said to be the most criminalized industry in the Russian Far East. After several months of planning, one small fishing company in Zarubino agreed to allow the CG and one FSN to accompany the trawler MPC 254 on a fishing trip in Peter the Great Bay. While the Aug [...]
2008-08-06 00:15:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SENV
08VLADIVOSTOK83HIGHWAY THREATENS ENDANGERED LEOPARD HABITAT
[...] Last weekend, CG paid a visit to the World Wildlife Fund's "Leopard House," a visitors' center dedicated to educating residents and tourists about the plight of the Amur leopard, the world's rarest big cat and one of the most endangered animals overall (reftels). The center, located in the ha [...]
2008-08-06 11:09:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK89A HIKE THROUGH LEOPARD TERRITORY
[...] (U) Consulate staff hiked through World Wildlife Foundation's (WWF) leased forest in Barabash on August 17. The trail takes about two hours and includes information on the leopard habitat and how the forests of the Far East have changed. The forests are much more diverse than in northern Ru [...]
2008-08-18 02:52:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PGOV RS
08WARSAW101UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON GAZA
[...] POLOFF delivered reftel talking points on the proposed Human Rights Council draft resolution on Gaza to Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski at the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division on January 24. He had no immediate reaction. ASHE [...]
2008-01-24 16:10:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PL
08WARSAW1075UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 15:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID PL
08WARSAW1098MISSILE DEFENSE: WHAT THE LOCALS WANT
[...] Paragraph 3 contains the text of a petition presented to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk by the inhabitants of Redzikowo, the small town near Slupsk where a U.S. missile interceptor site (part of the "anti-missile shield) is to be located. Tusk received the petition during his visit to Slups [...]
2008-09-19 14:42:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW113BAD AROLSEN ARCHIVES AND SECOND PROTOCOL PROCEDURE
[...] In a January 23, 2008 meeting with EUR/OHI's Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, the MFA Legal Department's Krzystof Kocel said that all partner countries involved in the International Tracing Service (ITS) had completed their internal requirements for passage, and that the Second Protocol gove [...]
2008-01-28 16:02:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKJRE PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW1142ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Georgia donors conference in Brussels to Tomasz Orlowski, Georgia desk officer at the Polish MFA, as well as Barbara Gronowska and Joanna Poplawska in the MFA's Development Cooperation Department on September 22. The MFA is working [...]
2008-09-29 15:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KCRS EUMEM PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1144POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 13:28:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1171OPIC SUPPORT FOR GREEN EMERGY MARKETS FUND - DUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 11:51:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PL
08WARSAW1218POLISH MFA WORKING WITH FINANCE MINISTRY ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 15:30:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS PL
08WARSAW1225MISSION POLAND'S NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S WOMEN
[...] U.S. Embassy Warsaw nominates Stana Buchowska, the Co-Founder and National Coordinator for La Strada Poland (Foundation Against Trafficking in Human Beings and Slavery) for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Stana Buchowska was notified by U.S. Embassy Warsaw of he [...]
2008-10-20 12:52:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM POL
08WARSAW1264UNESCO MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 13:46:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECON TBIO UNESCO PL
08WARSAW1271POLAND INTENSIFIES EMISSIONS DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) Summary: Recent robust Polish diplomacy on climate change issues has raised the country's profile in the EU's internal energy and climate debate and spotlighted its role as host of the 14th Annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-14) in December. In visits to Madrid, Paris, Be [...]
2008-11-03 16:56:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EMIN ENRG SENV PL
08WARSAW1278BLUE LANTERN SITE VISIT TO WB ELECTRONICS POST
[...] SUMMARY: Staff from Embassy Warsaw, including Political Officer Duncan Walker, DHS/ICE official Glenn Spindel, and ODC representative Lt. Marek Strosin, accompanied Blue Lantern team on site visit to WB Electronics (WBE). Team met with WBE representative Justyna Dytrych who verified order, pr [...]
2008-11-06 11:44:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PL
08WARSAW1289LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM PRIME MINISTER TUSK
[...] Post has been informed that the following letter of congratulations from Polish Prime Minister Tusk has been delivered by the Polish Embassy in Washington to President-elect Obama. A scanned copy of the letter is posted on the Prime Minister's website (www.premier.gov.pl). 2. Begin English [...]
2008-11-10 06:25:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP PL
08WARSAW1386USDA TRAINS VETS IN PULAWY WITH EMERGING MARKETS FUNDS
[...] SUMMARY: USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service provided training to 22 veterinarians and scientists of the Ukrainian Veterinary Service at Poland's Pulawy National Institute for Veterinary Science December 1-5, 2008. Poland's vets invited USDA to take part in an EU-sponsored event alr [...]
2008-12-08 11:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD PL
08WARSAW1393OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT FOR POLAND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 07:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PL
08WARSAW160POLAND TO ATTEND UN.GIFT CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 14:37:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL
08WARSAW393CODEL BOUCHER'S MEETINGS WITH POLISH MINISTRIES OF
[...] (U) Summary: On March 20, a visiting delegation of six U.S. Members of Congress met with Rafal Baniak, Under Secretary in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and with SIPDIS Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki. Given Poland's heavy dependence on coal, the Polish government is scrambling t [...]
2008-03-28 12:58:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ENRG SENV EU PL
08WARSAW457SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY
[...] Welcome to Poland. You are coming to Poland at a time when the Polish government is eagerly looking forward to hosting the 14th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 14). More than 10,000 participants from over 190 countries are expected to [...]
2008-04-10 14:46:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL
08WARSAW519ACTION REQUEST: APPROVAL OF WITNESS PROTECTION
[...] This is an action request for INL/AE. Please see para 3-5. ----------- Background ----------- 2. In November 2002, the U.S. signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the GOP on "Financing the Activities Aimed at Preventing and Combating Crime in Poland." There were five projects outlined p [...]
2008-04-24 09:22:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN ABUD PL
08WARSAW603MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY
[...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...]
2008-05-16 12:13:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL CU PL
08WARSAW604MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY
[...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...]
2008-05-16 12:16:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL CU PL
08WARSAW746POLAND: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:01:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
08WARSAW75POLAND BIO: BARBARA KUDRYCKA, MINISTER OF SCIENCE
[...] Barbara Kudrycka was appointed Minister of Science and Higher Education on November 16, 2007. Prior to her appointment, Kudrycka served since 2004 as a deputy to the European Parliament in Brussels. She also served as rector of the Bialystok School of Public Administration from 1998-2007. [...]
2008-01-17 15:11:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PL SCUL TSPL
08WARSAW794DEMARCHE DELIVERED:POLAND AND THE UPU CONGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 12:28:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO PL
08WARSAW910INVESTMENT IN POLAND
[...] Summary: Inflows into Poland from foreign direct investment continue at sustained, high levels. In 2007, FDI was estimated at USD 18.5 billion. EU funds accounted for another USD 10.1 billion, and remittances for USD 4.3 billion. Poland continues to be attractive to investors, although some [...]
2008-07-30 05:48:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL PGOV PL
08WELLINGTON125NEW ZEALAND REQUEST FOR SSI U.S. SPEAKER ON U.S.
[...] MSP Theme: MSP Goal 08-01 Mutual Understanding. Description/Purpose: There are close ties between the countries in this region; at the same time there is also a high level of interest in U.S. politics, which is reflected daily in the New Zealand media. New Zealand requests support for a second [...]
2008-04-09 19:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON126DVC Request for "Climate Change and Security Planning for
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Marc Levy, CIESIBN, Columbia University. 2. Preferred Activity Date, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: FY09 program, November 13; 1st quarter; Washington time, November 13 at 5.00pm. This is November 14, 9.00am NZ time. 3. PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Rece [...]
2008-04-09 19:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON130Request for Two Management DVCs in June
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two Management/Business DVCs in June with experts suggested in paragraph 6 below. 2. Preferred Activity Dates, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: FY08 programs, Monday, 9 and 16 June; 3rd quarter; Washington time, at 5:00pm. This is 10 and 17 June at 9:00am NZ time [...]
2008-04-13 23:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON142NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 06:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON145NZ DEFENSE MINISTER COMMENTS ON MILITARY REBUILDING AND THE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On April 27 New Zealand's Defense Minister Phil Goff was interviewed on the Sunday morning current affairs program "Agenda TV". Minister Goff emphasized that New Zealand is pouring billions of dollars into rebuilding its defense capacity and he focused on the cooperative dynam [...]
2008-04-28 20:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IO NZ
08WELLINGTON151IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES IN NEW
[...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. Responses are keyed to Ref A questions regarding the impact of rising food and agricultural prices in New Zealand. End note. 2. SUMMARY. As a developed country and a net agricultural exporter, the recent rise in commo [...]
2008-05-02 03:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAIG ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON160NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-11 22:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON198NEW ZEALAND ATTENDING CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 04:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PREL PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON20NEW ZEALAND REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO U.S. ECONOMIC
[...] Summary: New Zealand politicians along with its Reserve Bank reacted cautiously last week to the news of a possible downturn in the U.S economy and its potential impact on the New Zealand's economy. Attempting to soothe the concerns of the equity and export markets, the Prime Minister and the [...]
2008-01-28 02:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON201BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 23:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON202BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 01:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON203BLUE LANTERN TEST TEST TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON204NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO MAJOR ISSUES AT UPU
[...] In response to reftel, Econoff delivered talking points to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). MFAT's initial response was favorable to both the candidacy of the United States to the Council of Administration (CA) and Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Post [...]
2008-07-01 06:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO NZ
08WELLINGTON207NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES AID BUDGET FOR THE PACIFIC
[...] (U) On June 24, NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters announced NZ's Pacific development strategy for 2007-2015. The strategy included a budget of 1.5 billion USD for aid to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) over the eight-year period, which included 183.7 million USD for FY 2008/2009. [...]
2008-07-02 03:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON225NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY FACING RECESSION WHILE BATTLING
[...] Summary. The recent slowdown in New Zealand's economy is the result of weaker private consumption growth, owing to higher fuel, food, utilities and housing costs, which are cutting into Kiwis' disposable income. Both business and consumer confidence remains weak amid higher prices and rising [...]
2008-07-21 21:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON226NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY FACING RECESSION WHILE BATTLING
[...] Summary. The recent slowdown in New Zealand's economy is the result of weaker private consumption growth, owing to higher fuel, food, utilities and housing costs, which are cutting into Kiwis' disposable income. Both business and consumer confidence remains weak amid higher prices and rising [...]
2008-07-21 21:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON236Request for a DVC with Thomas Mann and David Gergen to
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with highly respected congressional scholar Thomas Mann and political analyst David Gergen to discuss the state of the 2008 elections, the candidates, their policies, and their potential impact on Congress and the Presidency. 2. PREFERRED ACTIVITY [...]
2008-07-31 22:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL
08WELLINGTON237NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER'S REACTION TO DOHA
[...] Action Request - see paragraph 5. 2. In a press release issued Wednesday (7-30),NZ Trade Minister Goff said, "Despite substantial progress made across a range of issues taking us closer to agreement than the (DOHA) Round has ever been...differences of opinion between the U.S. and India ov [...]
2008-08-01 04:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD OPRC PREL WTRO NZ
08WELLINGTON268BLUE LANTERN POST SHIPMENT END-USE ON LICENSE
[...] In response to reftel request, Econoff conducted a site visit of Custom Aeronautical Support (CAS) located in Christchurch on August 26 and met with company director Greg Gaba and sales manager Emma Niu. CAS is physically located in a relatively small but modern and secure building in an ind [...]
2008-08-28 04:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ TW
08WELLINGTON325BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Econoff conducted a phone interview with Dr. David Park who is the CEO of Geospatial Research Centre (GRS). The Embassy's RSO local investigator also conducted an on-site visit and met with Dr. Park. Our site visit confirmed that GRC's offices are located at 20 Kirk [...]
2008-10-03 03:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON379NEW ZEALAND - 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the 2009 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. We understand that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. Begin text of NTE submission: IMPORT POLICIES Tariff rates in New Z [...]
2008-11-07 05:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON404NEW ZEALAND SLASHES KEY INTEREST RATE
[...] (U) Summary: On December 4, New Zealand's Reserve Bank (RBNZ) lowered the official interest rate from 6.5 percent to 5 percent, paralleling a move by Australia earlier in the week. The 1.5 percent reduction brings the rate to its lowest level for the past five years marking a 3.25 percent cum [...]
2008-12-04 04:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON92008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND
[...] Following is Post's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2008 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Foreign direct inve [...]
2008-01-14 05:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NZ
08WINDHOEK122NAMIBIA-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] China's focus in Namibia is mainly economic and commercial, with an underlying political objective of maintaining Namibian support for Chinese positions on certain issues (One China policy, Taiwan, UN, etc.). Chinese firms dominate the Namibian construction industry and have faced numerous al [...]
2008-05-06 06:37:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR SENV TRGY WA
08WINDHOEK126HCOC AND NAMIBIA
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, encouraging Namibia to join the Hague Code of Conduct, to MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger had no substantive reply, but promised to forward the information to the relevant MFA legal officials who review all possible Namib [...]
2008-05-08 14:38:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA
08WINDHOEK235NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION FEARS ZIMBABWE-STYLE POLITICAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) senior officials and Council of Democrats (COD) President Ben Ulenga, in recent meetings with Embassy officials, voiced their concern that the Namibian government is sliding toward autocracy under the continued influence of Founding President [...]
2008-07-31 17:20:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL WA
08WINDHOEK304NAMIBIA: AFRICA GROUP HAS DECIDED ON CONSENSUS
[...] (U) In a call on Ministry of Health deputy Permanent Secretary Norbert Forster on September 30, Charge followed up on earlier discussions with the MFA (ref A) regarding the appointment of a successor to UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot. Conveying ref B talking points, Charge explained th [...]
2008-09-30 13:40:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV UNGA EAID WA
08WINDHOEK370NAMIBIA ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON
[...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko said he would convey the USG position to the MFA's senior leadership, but he had no substantive comments on the dem [...]
2008-11-24 15:37:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL UNGA WA
08WINDHOEK371DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko had no substantive comments and did not indicate whether the GRN would support the USG position. Poloff urged the G [...]
2008-11-24 15:49:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY WA
08WINDHOEK97NAMIBIA TO REVIEW U.S. SOFA PROPOSAL
[...] (U) During a March 7 meeting, the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku that the USG would be pleased to enter into negotiations to discuss the draft Status of Forces Agreement that the Embassy provided to MFA officials in November 2007 (ref A) and the Ambassador again delivered on Ap [...]
2008-04-08 16:01:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MASS MARR WA
08YAOUNDE1056CAMEROON OPEN(ING) FOR BUSINESS; COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS
[...] (U) Summary: Post has been heavily engaged in commercial and economic policy outreach, reflecting the priority given to enhancing bilateral trade and fostering economic development, a key Mission Strategic Plan objective. Working under the aegis of a mission-wide Economic Working Group tha [...]
2008-10-27 15:49:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD BEXP KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE1057 UNCOMMON COURAGE: CAMEROON'S MADELEINE AFITE
[...] (SBU) I am proud to nominate Madeline Afite, the President of Cameroon's Maison de Droits de l'Homme and a extraordinary champion of democracy and human rights, for the Secretary's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage. Madeline is a fearless champion of human rights and democracy. [...]
2008-10-27 16:34:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PHUM PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE1102CAMEROON: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: Cameroon, with a GDP of about $20.6 billion, is the largest economy in the six-nation Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC). It is enjoying its thirteenth consecutive year of GDP growth, currently projected at 4.6 percent. It has a population of 18.5 million, a [...]
2008-11-10 10:08:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PGOV PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE126 Cameroon-based UN Assessment of the Refugee Situation in
[...] (U) Summary: On February 8, Poloff attended a UNDP-organized meeting of UN agencies, the ICRC, and diplomats to discuss ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts to refugees from Chad currently in Kousseri. According to those at the meeting, the 30,000 refugees in the area lack adequate sh [...]
2008-02-08 15:11:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPREF CM CD
08YAOUNDE187EMBASSY YAOUNDE TRIPWIRES
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde informs the Department of specific tripwires Post is monitoring in light of the recent civil unrest and widespread rioting in Cameroon. Today, February 27th, various neighborhoods in Yaounde have reported gunfire, tire burning, destruction of small shops, stores, and ston [...]
2008-02-27 13:58:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE190CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE,
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]
2008-02-27 16:49:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE191 CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]
2008-02-27 19:18:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE192 CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]
2008-02-28 09:03:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE194Cameroon: Update on security situation
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]
2008-02-28 16:42:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE195 Cameroon: Update on security situation
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]
2008-02-28 17:07:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE197 Cameroon: Update on security situation
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]
2008-02-28 17:19:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE199CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE,
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]
2008-02-29 06:46:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE215CAMEROON: EAC MEETING AND UPDATE ON SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (U) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 0930 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and in attendance were the DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, Embassy Branch Office, GSO, and MGMT. 2. (U) The situation [...]
2008-03-05 14:15:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE259YAOUNDE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES
[...] (SBU) Embassy Yaounde expanded Emergency Action Committee met on March 17 to discuss the security situation and reverse tripwires following recent violent civil unrest in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the DCM and in attendance were RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, CONS, PA, HU, MGMT, GSO, CLO and Peace C [...]
2008-03-17 12:29:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE266CAMEROON PRESS FREEDOM AT RISK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 10:02:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EAID KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI OPRC CM
08YAOUNDE368YAOUNDE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE LESSONS LEARNED: IT
[...] (U) Summary: During the last week of February 2008, Cameroon's renowned stability and tranquility of Cameroon were shattered by a spasm of rioting and violence that led Embassy Yaounde to request the authorized departure of eligible family members. Mission Cameroon's lessons learned from this [...]
2008-04-15 15:43:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AF AFIN AMGT ASEC CA CASC CM CMGT KFLO
08YAOUNDE591CAMEROON LANDS MINISTER ON CORRUPTION, SOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic growth is hampered by pervasive problems in the system that governs land use and ownership, according to Lands Minister Pascal Anong Adibime. During a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Adibime said he was shocked by the level of corruption within his own [...]
2008-06-11 13:40:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KCOR PREL PGOV EINV ECON CM
08YAOUNDE706ATTACK ON U.S. OIL SHIPPING VESSEL NEAR THE
[...] (U) Summary: On July 08, 2008, RSO received information from Douala-based Captain Richard Manchester (who is in charge of security for Tidewater Marine International, Inc. West Africa and Schlumberger Area UIC Dock Wouri River) about the attack on their vessel MV Gulf Fleet No. 103 by armed [...]
2008-07-09 15:27:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM
08YAOUNDE707HIGH-POWERED CAMEROONIAN DELEGATION TO AGOA: A
[...] Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni will lead a high-powered, 26-member delegation to the upcoming AGOA Forum, which will include Finance Minister Essimi Menye, Minister of External Relations Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Minister of Economy and Planning Louis Paul Motaze, Minister of Trade Luc Ma [...]
2008-07-09 16:07:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCM ECON EFIN ETRD OVIP PGOV
08YAOUNDE754BAKASSI: 12 DEAD IN LATEST ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) In the early hours of July 24, an unidentified armed group attacked a Cameroonian naval detachment at Kombo a Junea in the Bakassi Peninsula, killing two Cameroonian soldiers and wounding four. Later that same day, Cameroonian Minister of Defense Remy Ze Meka released statement claiming [...]
2008-07-25 12:32:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08YAOUNDE770CAMEROON ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA
[...] (SBU) On July 31, Joe Nzume, the Director of North American Affairs at the GRC Ministry of External Relations, provided the following information concerning the Cameroonian delegation to UNGA. Nzume emphasized he is still in the planning stages for UNGA. Typically, the GRC does not decide [...]
2008-08-01 11:59:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCM PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08YAOUNDE822 CAMEROON: G/TIP FY06 MONITORING REPORT
[...] Below are Embassy Yaounde's responses keyed to reftel request. A. Poloff spoke with Yolande Fouda, resident staff member of the G/TIP sponsored American Bar Association (ABA),Rule of Law Initiative. Additional information is based on observation. B. An ABA staff member from Washington ha [...]
2008-08-20 16:26:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE885Cameroon Requests Support for ICJ Candidate
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Cameroon has requested USG support for its candidate to the International Court of Justice, Professor Maurice Kamto. Kamto is an outstanding legal figure in Cameroon, whose experience in settling the Bakassi dispute and in unifying Anglophone and Francophone cr [...]
2008-09-15 10:31:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL CM
08YEKATERINBURG64INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN PREVAILS OVER UNITED RUSSIA MACHINE IN
[...] (SBU) The October 12 Municipal elections in Nizhny Tagil resulted in a rare defeat in United Russia's (UR) scorebook, but one which party publicists have sought to characterize as a victory. The campaign demonstrated that UR's overwhelming "administrative" resources do not always guarantee vi [...]
2008-10-24 10:14:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
08YEKATERINBURG71SNOWY UFA WARMLY WELCOMES CONSULATE TRAVELERS
[...] (SBU) Consul General and Public Affairs Officer traveled to Ufa November 6-8. The delegation had official meetings with the president of the Bashkortostan Republic Murtaza Rakhimov, Bashkortostan Minister of Foreign Relations and Trade Boris Kolbin, Ufa mayor Pavel Kachkayev and Supreme M [...]
2008-11-13 10:10:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD PGOV RS SCUL
08YEKATERINBURG72URAL REGION BRACES FOR ECONOMIC HARD TIMES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Not long ago, Consulate interlocutors believed that the regional economy would not feel the full effects of the world crisis due to Russia's oil and gold reserves and relatively low levels of international investment in the region. They have been proved wrong, however, as a cris [...]
2008-11-18 23:27:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EFIN PGOV RS
08YEKATERINBURG82URALS AUDIENCE WANTS MORE ON IPR
[...] The December 22, 2008 PAS Yekaterinburg DV conference on copyright protection in education, science, and academic research proved to be wildly successful, leaving the audience clamoring for more. Professor Doris Estelle Long of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago was our U.S. expert. The [...]
2008-12-31 08:09:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR ECON RS
08YEKATERINBURG83HOW TO WEATHER THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: A TALE OF TWO FORA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate officers attended a Sverdlovsk oblast Advisory Council meeting on November 28, and the Eighth Urals Investment Forum in Chelyabinsk on December 4. Both meetings were dedicated to discussing ways to weather the economic crisis. Politicians were enthusiastic promoters [...]
2008-12-31 09:52:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV RS
08YEREVAN100ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]
2008-02-08 03:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN1022PRESIDENT SARGSIAN THANKS PRESIDENT BUSH FOR
[...] At the December 17 annual MFA holiday reception, featured guest President Sargsian handed the Ambassador a letter addressed to President Bush thanking the United States for its assistance to Armenia in the aftermath of the 1988 Gyumri-Spitak earthquake. What follows is the unofficial transla [...]
2008-12-19 11:10:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC AM
08YEREVAN1028TURKISH PERFORMERS WOW ARMENIAN AUDIENCE
[...] The Turkish folk group Kardes Turkuler and the Armenian Sayat Nova Choir, both from Istanbul, gave a moving performance at the Yerevan opera house as part of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation "Music Bridge" project funded by USAID. Playing to a full hall, the groups sang to traditional instr [...]
2008-12-22 12:37:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN1049ARMENIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 09:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08YEREVAN187ARMENIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 1, Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in the city of Yerevan. The state of emergency is to last until March 20, unless extended. It prohibits or limits any opposition political activity, independent news reporting, and ce [...]
2008-03-03 14:46:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN229ARMENIA - MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW FOR 2007
[...] Armenia's economy continued its double-digit growth trend of the past five years, again driven primarily by the construction and service sectors. The gap between import and export of goods and services continued to increase, and year-end inflation was 6.6 percent. The Armenian Dram appreciated [...]
2008-03-17 02:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID AM
08YEREVAN258ARMENIA: PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] Poloff delivered reftel invitation regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Fifth Anniversary Events to Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Department for Arms Control and International Security on March 20. Yedigarian stated that the Armenian MFA would try to participate at the Dep [...]
2008-03-25 13:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP KSTC AM
08YEREVAN313 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MARCH 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) training begins; FY09 SA Planning Coordination meeting conducted by ODC; SASWG conducted by EUCOM in Ramstein. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. On 24 Mar 08, ten Kansas National Guard instructors and two representatives from EUCOM's Humani [...]
2008-04-10 12:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN329EMBASSY YEREVAN REPORTING ON INTELLIPEDIA PORTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 12:08:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR AM
08YEREVAN390 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-APRIL 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: EMEDS equipment deliveries; Humanitarian Demining training; OSD Policy and Strategy Conference in Washington DC. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. ODC Armenia is currently working closely with the office of the Secretary of the Air Force-International Affairs (SAF/IA),o [...]
2008-05-13 08:33:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN401RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION
[...] On May 12 Econoff visited MSHAK JSC, 3 Hakop Hakopian Street, Yerevan, to conduct reftel post-shipment verification. We met with MSHAK's owner, Levon Poghosyan. 2. Poghosyan had expressed surprise by our request for a visit, telling us he had been purchasing various components from Parker-H [...]
2008-05-15 08:04:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AM GE
08YEREVAN439ARMENIA'S PARTICIPATION IN FRIENDS OF IRAQ
[...] Embassy Yerevan is pleased to report that the following two representatives of the Ministry of Defense will attend the June 17-19 Friends of Iraq Conference in Abu Dhabi. We are in contact with the MOD to ensure their registration for the conference. -- General Major Arshalyus Paytyan Deput [...]
2008-05-30 06:49:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ AM
08YEREVAN451 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MAY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) conducted Final Planning Meeting; FMF equipment for Peacekeeping Brigade arrives; Orphanage in Gyumri provided with furniture from EUCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program; FMF updates; Humanitarian Assistance updates. 2. SIGNI [...]
2008-06-03 10:09:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN458ARMENIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DG
[...] (U) As a follow up to Ref B demarche, post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 4 stating GOAM's assurance of support for the candidacy of Ambassador Swing. Text of the diplomatic note is below. 2. (U) Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Rep [...]
2008-06-05 03:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF SMIG AORC AM
08YEREVAN514ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN HOLDS HIS OWN AT PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (SBU) In late May Armenia's Prosecutor General and Minister of Justice finally responded to the critical April 25 report issued by Armenian Human Rights (Ombudsman) Armen Harutiunian that assailed the authorities for the violent March 1-2 post-election crackdown that left ten citizens dead (re [...]
2008-06-23 14:42:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN515UNSANTIONED LTP RALLY PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY, DRAWS
[...] (SBU) In defiance of the authorities who rejected his applications to hold a large opposition rally, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian (LTP) nonetheless drew approximately 20,000 supporters on June 20 in his first rally appearance since the fatal March 1-2 clampdown. The rally, which proce [...]
2008-06-23 15:21:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN533SECOND OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST ATTACKED IN
[...] (SBU) On June 25, two unknown men assaulted 20- year-old Armenian citizen Narek Hovakimian, an active member of the pro-opposition HIMA (Now) youth movement that emerged in response to Armenia's disputed February presidential election. Hovakimian, who was hospitalized with head and stomach in [...]
2008-06-27 14:12:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN562YEREVAN CELEBRATES ANNUAL JAZZ IN ARMENIA PROGRAM, JUNE
[...] SUMMARY: This June, Embassy Yerevan sponsored its 7th annual American Jazz in Armenia celebration in conjunction with the Armenian Jazz Commission's commemoration of 70 years of jazz in Armenia. The Jerry Bergonzi quintet conducted two master classes, and gave public performances at the Aram [...]
2008-07-11 06:11:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN602 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-JULY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Defense Language Instructor month-long assistance and assessment; Crisis Response Table Top ExerciQwith Armenian Rescue Service; Strategic DeQse Review Workshop with CCMR; JCTP and SPP events conducted 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. An instrQor from the Defense Langua [...]
2008-07-30 03:19:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN645REFUGEES FROM GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT WELL
[...] Post has assidiuously followed the situation of refugees who fled Georgia into Armenia as a result of the Russian-Georgian conflict. UNHCR reports that about 5,000 non-Armenian citizens crossed into Armenia as a result of the conflict. UNHCR estimates that about 60 percent of those individu [...]
2008-08-13 13:29:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PBTS CASC PGOV PREL UNHCR GG RU AM
08YEREVAN674ARMENIAN MEDIA REACTION TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA
[...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's August 26 decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. While first reports were strictly factual, by August 27 Armenian media offered lengthy editorials. Most Armenian press focused on how thi [...]
2008-08-27 13:06:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KPAO KMDR AM
08YEREVAN704ARMENIA: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 14:07:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN AM
08YEREVAN747ARRIVAL OF AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH AND TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch arrived at post Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 2100 local time. 2. (U) Ambassador Yovanovitch and Charge d'Affaires ad interm Joseph Pennington executed the Certification of Transfer pursuant to 2 FAM 164.1-1 on September 17, 2008. 3. (U) Ambassa [...]
2008-09-18 06:10:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EXEC OTRA AM
08YEREVAN749ARRIVAL OF AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH AND TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch arrived at post Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 2100 local time. 2. (U) Ambassador Yovanovitch and Charge d'Affaires ad interm Joseph Pennington executed the Certification of Transfer pursuant to 2 FAM 164.1-1 on September 17, 2008. 3. (U) Ambassa [...]
2008-09-18 16:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EXEC OTRA AM
08YEREVAN789ARMENIA MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2008
[...] Despite political turmoil during much of the period, Armenia continued to experience strong economic growth during the first half of 2008, though slightly below 2007 levels. Tax revenues increased considerably due to higher VAT collections. The trade deficit has widened, however, with strong gr [...]
2008-10-01 02:53:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID ETRD KTDB AM
08YEREVAN880AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF EDUCATION DISCUSS PRIORITIES
[...] On October 27, the Ambassador and the Minister of Education and Science discussed priority areas of access and quality for all and concurred on the necessity of cooperation to promote development of Armenian society through educational reforms. The Minister stressed the role of education as a [...]
2008-11-05 06:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO AM
08YEREVAN928REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO COMMEMORATE
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. On December 7, 1988, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Armenia, collapsing hundreds of poorly constructed buildings and killing an estimated 25,000 people, and leaving tens of thousands homeless just as a bitter . Among the victims w [...]
2008-11-18 10:14:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC OPRC KPAO AM
08YEREVAN97 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-JANUARY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Demining familiarization event and assessment conducted; Postponement of Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) training; Planning meeting for Crisis Response table-top exercise (TTX) conducted. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. From 22-24 Jan 08 Kansas National Guard Eng [...]
2008-02-07 12:49:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08ZAGREB10ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 9, 2008
[...] (U) PM TO PRESENT NEW GOVERNMENT ON JANUARY 12: PM Sanader has now signed coalition agreements with the Peasants Party (HSS),the Social Liberals (HSLS) and five minority representatives, giving him a 79-seat majority in the Sabor. He expects to conclude another agreement with the leading Ser [...]
2008-01-09 15:02:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB100ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 13, 2008
[...] (U) ODC COORDINATES CROATIA'S 11TH ROTATION TO AFGHANISTAN: On February 12, the 11th contingent of Croatian soldiers departed for Afghanistan. These soldiers will replace Croatian soldiers returning home after a 6 month rotation in Afghanistan. The Office of Defense Cooperation coordinates t [...]
2008-02-13 13:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB12ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND
[...] (U) The following is the 2008 OSAC Annual Crime and Safety Report for Croatia. The report responses are keyed to REFTEL format, paragraph 3. 2. (U) I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: A. Croatia enjoys a relatively low crime rate by US and European standards. It is generally safe to [...]
2008-01-11 09:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT APER
08ZAGREB125CROATIA INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Zagreb provides the following information on its work on energy matters in Croatia. --A. The Economic Section of the Embassy handles energy matters. The total number of staff in this section is 3 American officers and one Locally Engaged Staff. --B. One Econ [...]
2008-02-26 10:37:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD HR
08ZAGREB128CODEL TANNER VISIT TO CROATIA (FEB 21-24)
[...] SUMMARY: CODEL Tanner, with six House members from the US delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, had a successful visit to Croatia from Feb. 21 to 24. The CODEL met with both Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and President Stjepan Mesic on Feb. 21. Key topics were Croatia's NATO membership, [...]
2008-02-26 12:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB157ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 27, 2008
[...] (U) GoC's MESSAGE TO CODEL TANNER: CROATIA FIRMLY COMMITTED TO SEEKING NATO MEMBERSHIP: Representative John Tanner and five other House members from the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly had a successful visit to Croatia from Feb. 21 to 24. The CODEL met with both Prime Min [...]
2008-02-28 11:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB169CROATIA'S EFFORTS AT FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS
[...] SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel. According to 2005 data, Croatia is a middle incidence country for tuberculosis, with about 23 new cases per 100,000 people per year. About one to two percent of new cases are multidrug resistant (MDR). GoC efforts to implement the Berlin Declaration on T [...]
2008-02-29 08:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO HR
08ZAGREB18NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES, NEW GOVERNMENT TOMORROW
[...] SUMMARY: The newly-elected Croatian parliament (Sabor) convened on January 11, selecting Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) representative Luka Bebic as their new Speaker. Bebic, formerly the Sabor,s principal vice president, replaces his close associate and fellow HDZ-er Vladimir Seks, who will [...]
2008-01-11 15:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HR
08ZAGREB22NEW GOC AND NATO: REFERENDUM OUT, ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] During approval of his new cabinet January 12 (septel),PM Sanader stressed his government's commitment to achieving NATO membership during this mandate. In the agreement between his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Peasant Party (HSS) and the Social Liberals (HSLS),the new ruling coa [...]
2008-01-14 15:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB231NO RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY, POSSIBLE
[...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...]
2008-03-07 13:49:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO
08ZAGREB232NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING MALDIVES DRAFT
[...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 29 February 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...]
2008-03-07 13:49:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08ZAGREB233NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR A
[...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...]
2008-03-07 13:49:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC
08ZAGREB234NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA
[...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...]
2008-03-07 13:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
08ZAGREB25CROATIA TO SUPPORT CERD CANDIDACY OF PIERRE PROSPER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 15:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA HR
08ZAGREB254Open Skies Agreement Reached With Croatia
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD ECON HR
08ZAGREB265CROATIA RECOGNIZES CROATIA, ISSUES JOINT STATEMENT WITH
[...] As forecast in reftel, the Government of Croatia, in its afternoon press briefing, announced that it has taken the decision today, March 19, to recognize Kosovo. Government spokesman Zlatko Mehun said that the formal text of the decision to recognize was being prepared and would be released sh [...]
2008-03-19 13:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR KO
08ZAGREB271ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 20, 2008
[...] (U) A/S SILVERBERG VISITS CROATIA The U.S. Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg visited Croatia 17-18 March to discuss United Nations Security Council issues. The A/S met with senior officials from the MFA and the Offices of the President and Prime Minister, [...]
2008-03-21 10:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB296ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 10, 2008
[...] (U) POTUS VISIT: "NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR FREEDOM AWAY" GARNERS STRONGEST RESPONSE: News articles and public reaction pieces in the media after the April 4-5 visit of President Bush to Zagreb were generally positive, as poll numbers seem to bear out (see next item). Most people inter [...]
2008-04-11 05:17:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OVIP HR
08ZAGREB299AUSTRALIA GROUP: GOC RESPONSE TO DUAL-USE
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche April 9 to Sanja Bujas Juraga, head of the Department for International Security at the Croatian MFA. Juraga said she saw no immediate reason Croatia could not support the U.S.-UK proposal. Bradtke [...]
2008-04-11 11:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM HR
08ZAGREB300AUSTRALIA GROUP: GOC RESPONSE TO ANIMAL PATHOGEN
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche April 9 to Sanja Bujas Juraga, head of the Department for International Security at the Croatian MFA. Juraga said she saw no immediate reason Croatia would oppose the proposed revision to the definition of highly pathogenic avian influenza, but that Croatia would [...]
2008-04-11 11:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM HR
08ZAGREB301UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE
[...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...]
2008-04-11 11:20:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR
08ZAGREB302UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE
[...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...]
2008-04-11 11:21:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR
08ZAGREB310UNION PROTEST SEEKS HIGHER PAY, GENERAL ECONOMIC
[...] On April 12, labor unions staged one of Croatia's largest ever worker demonstrations on Zagreb's main square, under the slogan "Together for Higher Pay." Police and media estimated the turnout at 35,000-40,000 people, while the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (UATUC),the largest [...]
2008-04-16 06:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB HR
08ZAGREB316NATO REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES
[...] SUMMARY: The "Committee for a Referendum on Entry into NATO," an NGO consortium, ended its petition campaign April 12 with less than one-third of the required 450,000 signatures needed to force a referendum. In an April 11 meeting with Pol Counselor, committee spokesperson Aleksandar Hatzivel [...]
2008-04-17 12:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MARR PHUM NATO HR
08ZAGREB317ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 16, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA FORMALLY ACCEPTS NATO MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS: Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic on April 14 forwarded a letter to NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer informing him that Croatia has accepted the invitation to launch negotiations on NATO membership. Jandrokovic [...]
2008-04-17 12:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB319CROATIA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] The invitation to participate in the EPG was delivered to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of the International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2008. Bujas-Juraga reported that Croatia would like to participate in the EPG and would try to send appropriate rep [...]
2008-04-18 07:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR
08ZAGREB322DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPOINTMENT OF U.S. SPECIAL
[...] PolMil Officer notified Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9, 2008, of the appointment of Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. as Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction. Bujas-Juraga welcomed this appointment and offered t [...]
2008-04-18 07:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM
08ZAGREB323Croatia Requests for Embassy Science Fellows 2008
[...] In response to reftel, post supports a request from the Government of Croatia to host Embassy Science Fellows. Post has received thirteen proposals. The Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport will provide housing and in-country transportation for any Embassy Science Fellow. Requestin [...]
2008-04-18 11:43:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER HR
08ZAGREB332CROATIA ON TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 09:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL TU HR
08ZAGREB346CROATIA ON FAA REQUEST FOR FINAL DISCUSSION
[...] Econ Officer delivered reftel letter and report to Mr. Damir Vince, Director General of the Croatian Civil Aviation Authority on April 25, 2008. A copy of the report was also shared on the same date with Betty Pavelic-Sirois, Head of the North America Department at the Croatian Ministry of For [...]
2008-04-29 13:13:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PREL HR
08ZAGREB348RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - CROATIA
[...] This cable responds to reftel A. 2. The most important food and agricultural commodities consumed in Croatia are wheat, corn (as animal feed),sunflower seeds (as edible oil),poultry, beef/veal, pork, and dairy products. Croatia produces enough wheat and poultry for its own needs. Corn is p [...]
2008-04-30 10:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD PGOV HR
08ZAGREB35PRICE RISES CONFRONT NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] Summary: Although Croatia's average annual inflation rate for 2007 was 2.9%, slightly below the 2006 rate, the year-on-year rates in October, November and December were the highest since 2000 and 2001 at 4.3-5.8%. The Croatian National Bank expects inflation for 2008 to be as high as 4.5%. Th [...]
2008-01-18 14:50:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV
08ZAGREB350ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 30, 2008
[...] (U) HDZ LEADERSHIP REMAINS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED: The April 26 General Convention of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) confirmed the hold of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader over his party. Sanader, Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, and the leadership slate of ten candidates all ran uno [...]
2008-05-02 13:13:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB352FY 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES - CROATIA PROJECTS
[...] Per refs, Post is pleased to propose its submission for project funding through the Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees FY 2008. Our two-part project is targeted at providing immediate assistance to aid in the reintegration of primarily ethnic Serb returnees in disadvantaged and isolated regions o [...]
2008-05-06 06:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PGOV HR REFUGEES
08ZAGREB353DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan of the Department for the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. The GOC provided no substantive response, but acknowledged its relevant experts were aware of the U.S. position regarding Burma. Bradtke [...]
2008-05-06 11:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM HR
08ZAGREB361SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE TO
[...] I am delighted that you will be coming to Zagreb to mark the closing of our AID Mission here after nearly 16 years. During that period, with our assistance and the help of the international community, Croatia has made remarkable progress. Croatia has resisted the temptation of nationalist an [...]
2008-05-09 11:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL HR
08ZAGREB363CROATIAN ECONOMY MINISTER POSITIVE ABOUT VIENNA
[...] Ambassador met with Croatian Deputy PM and Minister of Economy Damir Polancec on May 8 to discuss the Vienna Trade and Investment Conference and other follow up to the President's April commitment to Croatian PM Sanader to seek ways to bolster trade and investment between the U.S. and Croatia. [...]
2008-05-12 13:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP CVIA EAID EINV HR
08ZAGREB382ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 21, 2008
[...] (U)USAID/CROATIA CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP: More than 450 people from all over Croatia attended a closing ceremony celebrating Croatia's graduation from SEED assistance held in Zagreb on May 15. Many of the attendees traveled from cities throughout Croatia where USAID has worked, an [...]
2008-05-21 14:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB383CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN FRIENDS OF IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 14:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ HR
08ZAGREB384CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ
[...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Pjer Simunovic, assistant minister, Directorate for International Organizations and Security. Simunovic was joined by Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, head of Section for Peace Support Operations, and Ivana Zivkovic Mikec, counsellor in the Directorate for Intern [...]
2008-05-21 14:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ HR
08ZAGREB401CROATIA INFORMED OF US CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO CODEX
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 10:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HR
08ZAGREB404ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 29, 2008
[...] (U) REGIONAL COOPERATION EFFORTS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT BRING RESULTS...: Croatia hosted a pair of meetings aimed at promoting greater cross-border cooperation during May. On May 5, in Dubrovnik, under the framework of the Mount Igman Initiative, officials from the Dubrovnik region in Croatia [...]
2008-05-30 12:18:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB420ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 5, 2008
[...] (U) RIJEKA SYNAGOGUE OFFICIALLY OPENED: Last week, the Jewish community of Rijeka formally re-opened its synagogue after 15 years of reconstruction work. Vlado Kon, President of the Rijeka Jewish Community noted that this is the only synagogue in Croatia that has kept its original function [...]
2008-06-05 15:14:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAGR ETRD KCRM EUC HR
08ZAGREB421GOC RECEIVES TIER ONE TIP SCORE ENTHUSIASTICALLY
[...] On July 3rd, per REFTEL, POLOFF delivered news of Croatia's upgraded TIER 1 rating to TIP National Coordinator Luka Maderic, who also serves as the Head of the Government Office of Human Rights. The GoC enthusiastically received the news of Croatia's full compliance with the minimum standards [...]
2008-06-05 15:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN PREL HR TRAFFICKING
08ZAGREB462UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 09:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
08ZAGREB463US PRIORITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD
08ZAGREB464FM JANDROKOVIC'S EXPECTATIONS FOR JULY 1 MEETING
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said he was looking forward to his first to Washington as Foreign Minister as an opportunity to discuss both bilateral and regional issues. Jandrokovic discussed efforts to strengthen the bilateral economic [...]
2008-06-20 15:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS MARR EFIN HR
08ZAGREB466IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: RAISING NEW INA INVESTMENT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 15:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR
08ZAGREB47Croatia's 2007 End Use Monitoring Report
[...] As per reftel, Post is pleased to provide INL with its End Use Monitoring Report. INL programs in-country during the year include the ICITAP program and Post's War Crimes Project. A. PROCEDURES For provision of equipment ICITAP and the GOC's Ministry of Interior jointly sign a donation le [...]
2008-01-24 08:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM AFIN SNAR HR
08ZAGREB472US PRIORITIES FOR INT'L WHALING COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 10:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD HR
08ZAGREB476REGIONAL SEMINAR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 IN EUROPE
[...] SUMMARY. The first UNSCR 1540 seminar held in Europe since UNSCR 1810,s adoption in April 2008 took place on June 5-6, 2008, in Rakitje, Croatia. Croatia and Romania hosted the workshop, entitled "United Nations Security Resolution 1540: A Path for Further Implementation," in cooperation with [...]
2008-06-26 10:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR NATO PREL UNGA
08ZAGREB48ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2008
[...] (U) EMBASSY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO ROMA REFUGEES: On January 18, the DCM visited the village of Petrinjci near Sisak to deliver a donation from the U.S. Ambassador's Refugee Fund to seven Roma families. The donation, worth 50,000 Kuna ($10,000),provides legal assistance plus sma [...]
2008-01-24 09:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON HR
08ZAGREB481ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 26, 2008
[...] (U) FIVE OF CROATIA'S TOP TEN JUDGES ARE USG-TRAINED: Croatia's biggest newsweekly "Globus" highlighted in this week's issue the country's ten most respected judges -- individuals who have advanced the rule of law in Croatia by making groundbreaking rulings against war criminals, organized cr [...]
2008-06-27 11:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB485IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: INA CEO COMMENTS ON
[...] Following up his meeting with Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic (reftel),Ambassador spoke with INA CEO Dragicevic on June 24 regarding INA's activities in Iran. Citing a June 23 Xinhua wire service report of the announcement of INA exploration in Iran, the Ambassador stressed that while [...]
2008-06-27 12:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR
08ZAGREB49CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB492ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 2, 2008
[...] (U) INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE DEMONSTRATES CROATIA'S READINESS FOR NATO: On June 26 approximately 1800 troops from Croatia, the US, Macedonia and Albania took part in a complex military exercise, "Adriatic Aurora," at the Croatian military's Gasinci base in eastern Slavonia. The troops, [...]
2008-07-03 11:14:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PHUM KPAO PGOV HR
08ZAGREB50CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART I)
[...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]
2008-01-24 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB506NO RESPONSE FROM CROATIA ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 15:26:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL TBIO WHO HR
08ZAGREB548DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-21 14:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR HR
08ZAGREB555NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 13:07:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER HR
08ZAGREB5682008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] In response to reftel, paragraphs 2 and 3 provide Post's proposed language for Croatia for the 2008 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. There are no new investment disputes for inclusion in the report this year. 2. More than two hundred United States persons of Croatian d [...]
2008-07-30 14:28:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE HR
08ZAGREB573DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 08:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR
08ZAGREB575DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 10:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP HR
08ZAGREB590ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 8
[...] TRADING BARBS OVER OPERATION STORM: Croatia celebrated Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day on August 5, the 13th anniversary of Operation Storm, which liberated Serb-held territories of Croatia. Criticism of the holiday from Serbian and Bosnian-Serb leaders received extensive media attenti [...]
2008-08-08 12:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID HR
08ZAGREB615ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 22, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA COMPLETES PROCEDURES FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE OF SOFA: In a Diplomatic Note dated August 20, the Croatian Government has informed the Department that all internal Croatian procedures for entry into force of the bilateral US-Croatia Status of Forces Agreement have been completed. This [...]
2008-08-25 09:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB624ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2008
[...] (U) IT'S THE ECONOMY....BACK FROM THE BEACH, THE GOC SETS PRIORITIES FOR REST OF 2008: On August 26, in his first press conference after the government's summer recess, PM Sanader spoke on the GOC's plans to curb inflation, privatize shipyards, and gain momentum in EU accession negotiations. [...]
2008-08-29 09:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ENRG ECON KCRM HR
08ZAGREB631EMBASSY ZAGREB WARMLY WELCOMES DAS JONES
[...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary Stu Jones on September 10, 2008, for consultations with embassy and host government. --CONTROL OFFICER -- 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Chris Zimmer. Embassy telephone number is (385) (1) 661-2200; Mr. Zimmer's [...]
2008-09-05 12:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB641GOC REQUESTS DELAY OF OR CAVEAT TO IASA CAT 2 LISTING
[...] Croatian Minister of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure Bozidar Kalmeta requested a meeting with the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss the upcoming release of the FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating for Croatia. The Minister asked the Ambassador if the expected announ [...]
2008-09-10 10:33:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB646ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
[...] (U) WITH A SLOWED PACE OF REFORMS, CROATIA DROPS IN "DOING BUSINESS 2009" RANKINGS: In its "Doing Business 2008" report a year ago, the World Bank ranked Croatia 2nd among top reformers worldwide and 97th for overall ease of doing business. In "Doing Business 2009," however, Croatia does not [...]
2008-09-11 10:28:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON HR
08ZAGREB647 GOC OFFERS VISIT TO U.S. TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON CIVIL
[...] Senior Croatian government officials contacted the Ambassador on 11 September to again express concern about the upcoming FAA release of Croatia's International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Category 2 rating. They said that Transport Minister Kalmeta was ready to travel to Washington imme [...]
2008-09-12 08:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB660CROATIAN MINISTER OF AG TO ATTEND EGYPT'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 08:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU HR
08ZAGREB662CROATIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[...] (U) On September 17, Poloff delivered reftel requesting support for UNAIDS Executive Director candidate Michel Sidibe to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. Vukovic thanked us for the information on the candidate, indicated the MFA would take note of the US position, and said that his [...]
2008-09-18 13:22:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA EAID KHIV HR
08ZAGREB67Croatia's 2007 End Use Monitoring Report
[...] In November, 2007 ICITAP donated a Volkswagen Passat to the Office for the Suppression of Organized Crime and Corruption in the State Prosecutor's Office. The vehicle has 90,000 km and is in very good condition. The vehicle, the only one owned by the office, is being used for prosecutors to t [...]
2008-01-30 14:07:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM AFIN SNAR HR
08ZAGREB676CROATIA CIVAIR: FAA LETTER DELIVERED TO GOC WITH RESULTS
[...] Per reftel, Pol/Econ Counselor and Econ Officer delivered the letter from the Director of FAA Flight Standards Service to State Secretary Drazen Breglec on September 24, and informed him of the imminent release of Croatia's IASA Category 2 rating. Emboffs urged him to keep the embassy appraise [...]
2008-09-24 13:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON HR
08ZAGREB680ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA'S ACCESSION TO NATO APPROVED BY US SENATE: News of the U.S. Senate's vote late in the evening of September 25 to provide advice and consent to the NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania arrived too late to make it into most of the Croatian media. It should be a lead stor [...]
2008-09-26 12:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAIR HR
08ZAGREB689NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 11:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CDG UNGA HR
08ZAGREB690ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 2, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL DoD VISITORS: Croatia hosted two senior-level visits from the Department of Defense over the past week. First, on September 25-27, Croatian Chief of Defense General Josip Lucic hosted a gathering of CHODs from the Adriatic Charter and several other European and NA [...]
2008-10-02 13:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB713ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 10, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA: AMERICAN EXPERT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES IS AN ASSET TO CROATIAN PROSECTORS: As part of IIP's Strategic Speaker Initiative, Judith Kozlowski, Chief Counsel at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA),spent three days meeting with Croatian prosecutors, police, judges, the me [...]
2008-10-10 11:22:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB727CROATIAN BANKS ARE STABLE, FOR THE MOMENT
[...] Summary: Croatia's economy and banking system remain reasonably stable, although not entirely immune to the effects of the world financial crisis. The central bank has temporarily removed a restrictive reserve requirement on Croatian banks that draw credit from abroad. The government also [...]
2008-10-17 09:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN HR
08ZAGREB739ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) FIFTH, SIXTH (AND SEVENTH?) NATO ALLIES APPROVE ACCESSION PROTOCOL: The parliaments in Poland and Romania approved NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania on October 21. The votes made them the fifth and sixth NATO member states to approve the Protocols. Croatian Parliament Pres [...]
2008-10-23 13:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM KPAO HR
08ZAGREB75FRAUD SUMMARY - ZAGREB
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 06:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR
08ZAGREB756VISIT OF HOLOCAUST ISSUES ENVOY AMBASSADOR KENNEDY TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Christian Kennedy, visited Zagreb from October 17-20 and met with the Minister of Culture, a State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and representatives from the local Jewish communities. Ambassador Kennedy reminded the government of its oblig [...]
2008-10-30 13:33:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM CASC HR
08ZAGREB761BLUE LANTERN - VERIFIED END USE CHECK ON APPROVED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 14:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDETTC HR KOMC PREL
08ZAGREB770CROATIA EMERGING AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN
[...] In late October 2008, Croatia hosted the "9th International Export Control Conference" in Cavtat (reftel). This event, co-sponsored by the U.S. Export Control and Related Border Security Program, served to further demonstrate the GoC's commitment to the mission of counterproliferation. In wel [...]
2008-11-03 10:20:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP HR
08ZAGREB771HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE -
[...] (U)This cable responds to request in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed names and has found no evidence of "gross violations of human rights" as per Leahy Amendment vetting requirements that would disqualify the candidates from attending the 4th Annual Sovereign Challeng [...]
2008-11-03 12:38:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PREL
08ZAGREB775VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE -
[...] (U) This cable is an additional response to request in reftel. Embassy Zagreb was asked to vet an additional individual from Croatia, Zeljko Cepanec, for the Sovereign Challenge Conference. 2. Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed name and has found no evidence of "gross violations of h [...]
2008-11-04 12:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PREL HR
08ZAGREB779OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER SANADER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 10:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP
08ZAGREB782ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 7, 2008
[...] (U) ELECTION BREAKFAST FOR KEY CONTACTS GENERATES WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE: Ambassador Bradtke hosted a post-election breakfast early on November 5 for over 300 key embassy contacts from the Croatian government, the media, academia, and the business and diplomatic communities. Despite the early st [...]
2008-11-07 11:14:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB794MODERNIZING CROATIA'S CIVIL SERVICE AND PUBLIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As Croatia approaches membership in the EU, considerable money and legislative effort are being expended on increasing the professionalization of Croatia's civil service and reforming its functioning to allow for more transparency, accountability, and efficiency. The implementat [...]
2008-11-18 13:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON HR
08ZAGREB799POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR REGIONAL AIR
[...] (U) The Ambassador supports EUCOM's 1206 proposal to include Croatia in the South East Europe Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center (RASCC). The center will provide important opportunities for our mil-mil engagement with the Croatian armed forces, as well as promoting regional mil-mil [...]
2008-11-21 12:43:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS HR
08ZAGREB804DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 14:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EUN IMO HR
08ZAGREB805DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 12:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV HR
08ZAGREB806DEMARCHE REGARDING OPPOSITION TO UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 12:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS HR
08ZAGREB807ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 26, 2008
[...] (U) MIT PROFESSOR SPEAKS ON NANOSTRUCTURES, HYDROGEN, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY: As part of an Embassy-organized IIP Speaker program, Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at the 17th Annual Energy Day Forum in Zagreb on November 21. In her prese [...]
2008-11-26 15:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG HR PGOV PREL KGHG
08ZAGREB810POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR INCREASED MARITIME
[...] The Ambassador supports ODC Croatia's 1206 proposal to improve Maritime Domain Awareness on the Croatian Coast. The night vision equipment the proposal will provide would dramatically increase Croatia's ability to monitor nocturnal movements, thereby decreasing arms, human and other illicit tr [...]
2008-12-01 10:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS HR
08ZAGREB811DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S.
[...] Econ officer delivered reftel points to Visnja Grgasovic, head of the Department for Atmosphere Protection, and Jasenka Necak, head of the Section for Atmosphere, Sea, and Soil, at the Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. Ms. Grgasovic and Ms. Necak [...]
2008-12-01 11:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG HR
08ZAGREB826GOC STRUGGLES TO COMPLETE 2009 BUDGET AS UNIONS REFUSE TO
[...] SUMMARY: The Croatian government's efforts to control expenditures by reaching an agreement on a reduced 2009 pay increase for approximately 240,000 state employees reached a standstill during the latest round of negotiations with employee unions on December 2. The unions rejected the governme [...]
2008-12-04 15:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN HR
08ZAGREB827ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2008
[...] (U) FACEBOOK ARRESTS SPARK OUTRAGE AND APOLOGIES FROM POLICE: The police on Wednesday, December 3, apologized for detaining an organizer of a group on Facebook, the on-line social networking site, calling for antigovernment rallies across the country against the government's latest austerity [...]
2008-12-04 15:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB838POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR REGIONAL AIR
[...] (U) The Ambassador supports EUCOM's 1206 proposal to include Croatia in the South East Europe Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center (RASCC) for FY 09. The center will provide important opportunities for our mil-mil engagement with the Croatian armed forces, as well as promoting regiona [...]
2008-12-08 15:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS HR
08ZAGREB842DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 16:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO HR
08ZAGREB843POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR INCREASED MARITIME
[...] The Ambassador supports ODC Croatia's 1206 proposal to improve Maritime Domain Awareness on the Croatian Coast for FY 09. The night vision equipment the proposal will provide would dramatically increase Croatia's ability to monitor nocturnal movements, thereby decreasing arms, human and other [...]
2008-12-10 08:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS HR
08ZAGREB850DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE HARMONIZATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 14:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA HR
08ZAGREB851CROATIA TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 14:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN HR
08ZAGREB852SOMALI PIRACY: CROATIA STILL REVIEWING PROPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 14:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PHSA UNSC MARR EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08ZAGREB856DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 10:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC HR
08ZAGREB873AMERICAN CITIZEN ACQUITTED OF WAR CRIMES
[...] (U) Mr. Zeljko Vrljanovic, an American citizen, was arrested in Germany in 2007 on the basis of an INTERPOL red notice and extradited to Croatia to stand trial for war crimes as a member of Serbian rebel unit responsible for the murder of a Croatian military officer, his wife and two small chil [...]
2008-12-19 15:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN HR KAWC PGOV PREL
08ZAGREB874GOC MISSES GOAL OF BALANCED BUDGET WITH PROJECTED
[...] SUMMARY: The 2009 budget approved by the Croatian parliament includes an approximate 4 percent increase in spending to 127 billion HRK ($24 billion) and an approximate 5 percent increase in revenues to 124.6 billion HRK ($23.5 billion). The resulting deficit is projected to equal 0.88 percent [...]
2008-12-19 15:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV HR
08ZAGREB883CROATIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Croatia has no indigenous terrorist threat and there have been no recorded terrorist threats to the US Embassy or US personnel. Croatia has a small Muslim community that is very secular in their orientation and, in comparison with their overall numbers, are well represented within the professi [...]
2008-12-22 14:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL HR
08ZAGREB886ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) MINISTRY OF DEFENSE STATE SECRETARY DIES IN SKI ACCIDENT: Major General Gordan Cacic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense for Policy and International Affairs, died in a ski accident in Italy on Saturday, 20 December 2008. MG Cacic previously served for seven years as the Director [...]
2008-12-23 14:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB892DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 14:21:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO SO ET HR
08ZAGREB893CROATIA WILL ATTEND INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 10:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER HR
08ZAGREB9FAA REQUEST TO ASSESS CROATIAN CIVIL AVIATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 14:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON HR
08ZAGREB93SUMMARY INFORMATION (CROATIA) FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Embassy Zagreb has received one proposal for funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Per instruction in REFTEL the full proposal will be forwarded via separate email. Post believes the submitted proposal will help Croatia move towards Tier One status by addressing one of the three ke [...]
2008-02-08 11:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG HR TRAFFICKING
08ZAGREB94FIRE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL ON SHIP OFF CROATIAN
[...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure told emboff today that the fire on the Und Adrijatic, a Turkish cargo ship, is under control. Five tugboats (3 Croatian and 2 Italian) continue to work to cool the ship's hull. When temperatures are lowered sufficiently, a Dutch team [...]
2008-02-08 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA EWWT HR
08ZAGREB95CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER
[...] You are coming to Croatia just six weeks after the formation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's second government, as he and other leaders look ahead to NATO's Bucharest Summit. After encouraging feedback from NATO allies during the January review of Croatia's progress under the Membership Action [...]
2008-02-08 15:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC PREL PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB97CROATIA AGREES TO CO-HOST EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE
[...] The GoC has accepted the USG invitation to co-host the ninth International Export Control Conference (reftels). MFA officials plan to propose dates in September 2008 for this event. Full text of GoC diplomatic note No. 586/08 dated 04 February 2008 follows in para 3. 2. The GoC POC for con [...]
2008-02-12 06:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC KSTC PARM HR
09ABIDJAN114COTE D'IVOIRE: UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, post surveyed the primary human rights organizations in Cote d'Ivoire to inquire about their participation in the United Nation's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights process. Cote d'Ivoire will undergo review in December 2009. In order to prepare for the [...]
2009-02-13 14:48:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNHRC IV
09ABIDJAN115DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER THE
[...] On February 12, econoff delivered reftel demarche to two representatives of the Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Forests: Patrick Pedia, national point of contact for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB),and Augustin Kone, national point of contact for the Biosafety Clearing-House [...]
2009-02-13 14:50:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO KPAO IV
09ABIDJAN125ABIDJAN: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED
[...] (U) In response to reftel A, Embassy submits the following assessment of Cote d'Ivoire's need for increased law enforcement and judicial training. Point of contact for this report is ARSO Marc Trahan (phone: 225.2249.4448 IVG 783). 2. (U) Cote d'Ivoire's non-military security forces face bo [...]
2009-02-18 10:40:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV SOCI KCRM IV
09ABIDJAN129CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO
[...] Embassy received by fax a condolence message from President Laurent Gbagbo to President Obama regarding the airline crash that occurred near Buffalo, New York. Please find Embassy translation of the original French text in paragraph 2. 2. Begin translation of text. To His Excellency Mr [...]
2009-02-19 13:16:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP IV
09ABIDJAN14NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO
[...] Embassy received by fax a message from President Laurent Gbagbo to President Bush on the occasion of the New Year. Please find Embassy translation of the original French text in paragraph 2. 2. Begin translation of text. To His Excellency George Walker Bush President of the United State [...]
2009-01-06 16:26:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP IV
09ABIDJAN186MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE UNDERSCORES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of a functioning government in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and ongoing insecurity in the west are having increasingly negative effects on the resident populations. A SMART survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate in northern [...]
2009-03-20 15:43:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PGOV PREL EAGR SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN194BETTING ON DUST: A VISIT TO AN ARTISANAL GOLD MINE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rural villages carry out artisanal gold mining in northwestern Cote d'Ivoire. Yields are minuscule, and mining operations are done by hand. Mines in the north are still primarily under the control of the Forces Nouvelles. Poloff visited the artisanal mining village of Zievas [...]
2009-03-24 07:32:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ECON IV
09ABIDJAN223TEACHERS' STRIKE IN COTE D'IVOIRE REFLECTS FRAYING SOCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 16:27:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI ECON KPAO IV
09ABIDJAN227DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL-WESTERN
[...] Summary. During a March 16-19 visit to the central-western region of Cote d'Ivoire, DCM and econoff found residents and local leaders to be greatly concerned about economic conditions, despite improved security in the area. The national political crisis has hampered the area's economic progr [...]
2009-04-07 09:27:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EMIN SENV EAGR EFIN EAID IV
09ABIDJAN229CREDIT HARD TO OBTAIN IN COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] Summary. The Ivoirian banking sector is made up of 18 banks, approximately half of which are undercapitalized. Banks here play a relatively small role in the economy, even when compared with banks in other low-income countries. The lack of credit is an element that impedes the expansion of th [...]
2009-04-08 10:06:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON IV
09ABIDJAN239AUTOMATIC FUEL-PRICING REGIME HAS ITS FIRST IMPACT
[...] Summary. On April 14, 2009, fuel prices at the pump in Abidjan decreased approximately 4 to 7 percent in response to a GOCI mandate. The decrease was the first change in prices made in accordance with a fuel-pricing mechanism the GOCI agreed to as part of its IMF program. End summary. 2. [...]
2009-04-15 16:03:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EFIN ECON PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN250MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ON COTE D'IVOIRE'S
[...] Summary: Local press reported positively on the State Department's March 30, 2009, press statement urging Cote d'Ivoire to maintain its economic and political reform commitments under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Most of the dailies, including pro-government a [...]
2009-04-20 11:10:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL KPAO IV
09ABIDJAN267GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009
[...] (U) PolEcon Chief delivered demarche in reftel jointly with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexander Kravchenko on April 22 to Konan Kouadio, Cote d'Ivoire's focal point for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Netherlands does not have a diplomatic mission in Cote d'Iv [...]
2009-04-23 07:38:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL IV
09ABIDJAN295DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF NEW PORT STATES AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Emboff delivered demarche in reftel on April 30 to Dr. Jeanson Djobo, Director of Fisheries at the Ministry of Animal Production and Fisheries. Djobo, who said he attended the second session of the FAO Technical Consultation in January 2009 in Rome, was not aware of the next round of the [...]
2009-05-05 10:18:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV AORC ETRD FAO IV
09ABIDJAN299HIKE IN ELECTRICITY RATES UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE
[...] Summary. In an effort to decrease government subsidies to the electricity sector, and in line with recommendations from international financial institutions, the GOCI raised most household electricity rates by 10 percent effective April 30. Previous increases in electricity rates have not g [...]
2009-05-08 15:26:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EFIN PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN309MODEL ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN SOUTHEASTERN COTE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GoCI)has implemented a robust and comprehensive program to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the southeastern part of the country, with technical and financial assistance from the German development agency GTZ. The southeast is a major tra [...]
2009-05-13 08:22:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM SOCI PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN35FINANCE MINISTER DOCUMENTS PROGRESS MADE TO MEET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 14:01:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID PGOV PREL ECON IV
09ABIDJAN350COTE D'IVOIRE: UN CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary. SRSG Choi held a press conference on May 27 to counter misinformation about the UN certification of Cote d'Ivoire's election. There has been confusion among both Ivoirians and the international community about how the certification will be conducted. Choi clarified the certific [...]
2009-06-03 12:27:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UN IV
09ABIDJAN37REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND
[...] The information in this cable is in response to the questions under points A through E in paragraph 9 of reftel. 2. A. Cote d'Ivoire has ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 regarding the minimum age for employment and ILO Convention 182 regarding the worst forms o [...]
2009-01-15 16:09:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV
09ABIDJAN382GBAGBO INTERVENES TO STOP PORT STRIKE
[...] (U) Summary. A three-week-long strike at the Port of Abidjan ended June 17 after President Gbagbo promised to resolve all of the striking dock workers' grievances and ordered the release of workers who had been jailed. The strike resulted in some violence and a major disruption of port opera [...]
2009-06-19 14:31:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EWWT ECON PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN391IVOIRIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy has informed the Ministry of Family that Cote d'Ivoire will face sanctions in 2011 if the country continues to remain on Tier 2 Watch List status. Representatives of both the Ministry of Family and the National Committee to Fight Trafficking told Poloff that they are ham [...]
2009-06-26 13:02:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN410IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 AND INFORMATION ON
[...] DCM delivered demarches in reftels and nonpaper in reftel B to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of the Americas division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bayo thanked DCM for the demarche and pledged the Government of Cote d'Ivoire's support in implementing UNSCR 1874. Ambassador B [...]
2009-07-06 12:24:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ECON EFIN MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL KN IV
09ABIDJAN449DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF US-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssouf Bakayoko on July 20. The Minister had recently returned from attending the Non-Aligned Movement leaders summit in Sharm el-Sheikh and said it was very reassuring to see the U.S. and Russia making an effort to res [...]
2009-07-21 15:39:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL RS IV
09ABIDJAN457GOCI LAUNCHES REMEDIATION PROGRAM TO COMBAT CHILD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 06:31:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PREL IV
09ABIDJAN475REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a widespread problem in Cote d'Ivoire, particularly in regions where the conflict displaced large numbers of people. The Ivoirian government is currently implementing anti-GBV projects in 18 departments in the north, west, and center of Cote d'Ivoi [...]
2009-08-04 13:15:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL IV
09ABIDJAN49GOVERNMENT CUTS GAS PRICES
[...] The Government of Cote d'Ivoire announced on January 14 a 4 to 8 percent reduction in the price of gasoline and lamp oil. This measure, which went into effect at midnight on January 16, reflects the decrease in the price of oil on the international market (USD 36.43 a barrel on January 14). [...]
2009-01-22 08:35:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN550Ambassador Addresses Association of International
[...] Description of activity: On September 12, 2009, U.S. Ambassador to the Cote d'Ivoire Wanda L. Nesbitt offered remarks at a conference on development and corruption organized by the Association of International Visitors of Cote d'Ivoire (Association Ivoirienne des Visiteurs Internationaux aux U [...]
2009-09-21 13:28:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL IV
09ABIDJAN571RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN AFRICA (C-CI9-01825)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 06:48:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPINR BBSR ECON EINV CV
09ABIDJAN581COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR GUINEAN REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) On October 6, Poloff spoke to representatives from the Ivoirian government agency for refugees (SAARA),the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) about possible repercussions of the crisis in Guinea. All three o [...]
2009-10-06 12:42:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL PGOV GV IV
09ABIDJAN59MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] Embassy Abidjan received a message by fax to President Obama from President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire. 2. Embassy translation of the French language message follows: Begin Text. Mister President: Your inauguration as 44th President of the United States of America offers me the [...]
2009-01-26 12:58:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP IV
09ABIDJAN647FRAUD SUMMARY (REVISED) Q ABIDJAN, COTE DQIVOIRE
[...] Following is AbidjanQs fraud summary for April 2009 through August, 2009. 2. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cote dQIvoire has been a divided country since a 2002 failed coup attempt evolved into an armed rebellion that split the country in two. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces leader G [...]
2009-11-02 13:44:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IV
09ABIDJAN650DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FDA REPORTABLE FOOD REGISTRY
[...] On October 26, 2009 Ambassador Nesbitt delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Agriculture Amadou Gon coulibaly. On November 3, post delivered a follow up demarche to the Director of American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Idrissa Bayo. NESBITT [...]
2009-11-05 07:01:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON IV
09ABIDJAN652DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
[...] During the week of October 19 Ambassador Nesbitt met with Ivorian Ambassador to the UN Alcide Djedje to solicit GoCI for support for resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK as outlined in reftel. In addition, on November 3, 2009 post delivered all elements of reftel demarche to Ambassador [...]
2009-11-05 07:22:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN IV
09ABIDJAN653DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER
[...] On November 3, 2009 post delivered the letter from Secretary Clinton and reftel details concerning the need to partner for global hunger and food security to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of American Affairs at the Cote d,Ivoire Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Bayo was very inter [...]
2009-11-05 07:23:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD IV
09ABIDJAN688COTE D'IVOIRE: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 14:13:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA IV
09ABIDJAN70UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As requested in reftel, Poloff met with members of the National Human Rights Commission, civil society actors, and political party human rights representatives to assess the work of the Human Rights (HR) Division of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). In gene [...]
2009-02-02 15:17:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IV
09ABIDJAN722ELECTION DATE PASSES WITH MINOR, PEACEFUL PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) November 29, the date scheduled for presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire, came and went with little fanfare. The GOCI made no official announcement on the postponed elections, leaving the November 11 statement (ref a) by Robert Mambe, the President of the Independent Electoral Comm [...]
2009-12-01 09:20:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN732IVOIRIAN COTTON SECTOR HANGING BY A THREAD
[...] Summary. Poor management and world market factors, along with the seven-year military-political crisis, have resulted in a 63 percent reduction in Ivoirian cotton production since the late 1990s. Cotton is grown almost entirely in the Forces Nouvelles (FN)-controlled north, but the sector is s [...]
2009-12-04 13:07:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD IV
09ABIDJAN733IVOIRIAN COTTON SECTOR HANGING BY A THREAD
[...] Summary. Poor management and world market factors, along with the seven-year military-political crisis, have resulted in a 63 percent reduction in Ivoirian cotton production since the late 1990s. Cotton is grown almost entirely in the Forces Nouvelles (FN)-controlled north, but the sector is s [...]
2009-12-04 13:07:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD IV
09ABIDJAN734IVOIRIAN COTTON SECTOR HANGING BY A THREAD
[...] Summary. Poor management and world market factors, along with the seven-year military-political crisis, have resulted in a 63 percent reduction in Ivoirian cotton production since the late 1990s. Cotton is grown almost entirely in the Forces Nouvelles (FN)-controlled north, but the sector is s [...]
2009-12-04 13:07:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD IV
09ABIDJAN83UPDATE ON THE IVOIRIAN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) On January 22, Poloff met with President Victorine Wodie and Executive Secretary Dr. Gervais Boga of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDHCI) to discuss the commission's activities since it officially began work in July 2008. Wodie explained that the real work of the commission wil [...]
2009-02-04 07:14:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV IV
09ABUDHABI102EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ACCESS
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Access Communications Systems (ACS),Dubai Internet City, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of Test Equipment (Ionizing Radiation Detectors) exported as No License Required by IXIA, Calabasa, CA. On Jan 22, 2009, Export Control Office [...]
2009-01-26 06:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1065GOLSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE
[...] On November 4 we conveyed reftel Goldstone Report demarche points to UAE Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Haidan, and separately to Ambassador Abdul Hamid, Director of American Affairs. Both will review the points, but neither MFA official offered a substantive reaction. OLSON [...]
2009-11-12 06:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA IS AE KPAL PHUM
09ABUDHABI1077UAE SUPPORTS U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
[...] (SBU) On November 15, PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to the Director General of the National Transport Authority Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansoori, who said the UAE would "definitely" support the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A, as it [...]
2009-11-15 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI10862009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR UAE
[...] (SBU) Post presents the following update in response to reftel request for a summary of UAEG progress on selected anti-trafficking issues. 2. (SBU) In October, the Dubai Attorney General announced the creation of a permanent task force to handle human trafficking cases. The task force is a [...]
2009-11-17 08:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
09ABUDHABI1090UAE - UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) On November 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi said he would be in contact with the UAE's UN delegation but offered no substantive response on Iran, Burma, or DPRK. OL [...]
2009-11-19 09:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA AE
09ABUDHABI1092UAE - UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) On November 19, DCM and French Deputy Head of Mission Vincent Floreani delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi asked several questions about the current assessment scale and associate [...]
2009-11-19 10:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA AORC FR AE
09ABUDHABI1096G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S VISIT TO UAE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his November 9-11 visit to the United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with senior federal and emirate-level officials, and toured government and foreign shelters. UAE officials said they [...]
2009-11-22 04:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
09ABUDHABI1116LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW FOR DOD-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] POST REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN VETTING THE FOLLOWING UNITS AND UNIT COMMANDERS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A CENTCOM-SPONSORED JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING (JCET)EXERCISE ENTITLED ECHO DANCER/EASTERN EAGLE, [...]
2009-12-01 11:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AE
09ABUDHABI1131UAE SUPPORT FOR WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 09:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM AF AE
09ABUDHABI1136EXTRANCHECK: CONTENT OCEAN GENERAL TRADING, DEIRA DUBAI, UAE
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct five separate post-shipment verifications for numerous Laptop computers exported as No License Required by Laptop Plaza, Kenilworth, NJ. 2. On November 30 and Dec 1, 2009 Export Control Officer attempted to physically locate Content Ocean General Tra [...]
2009-12-09 04:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1144EXTRANCHECK: RAPID DUBAI, SHARJAH AIRPORT, UAE.
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for Automatic Pilot systems exported as No License Required by Rapid LLC, Wichita, KS. 2. On November 30 and Dec 1, 2009 Export Control Officer attempted to physically locate Rapid Dubai at both the Sharjah Airport and t [...]
2009-12-09 09:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1146EXTRANCHECK: SEACOR OFFSHORE LLC, DUBAI, UAE
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for a CNAV2050 GPS Instrument and related equipment exported as No License Required by C & C Technologies Inc., Lafayette, LA. 2. On December 1, 2009 Export Control Officer met with a Mr. Yarub Faisal, Technical Manager, [...]
2009-12-09 09:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1148EXTRANCHECK: COMPUTERLINKS FZC, DUBAI, UAE
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for Aircraft Radio Navigational equipment exported as No License Required by Blue Coat Systems, Fremont, CA. 2. On November 30, 2009 Export Control Officer met with a Mr. Tim Martin, Managing Director and Mr. Tabrez Surve [...]
2009-12-09 09:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1150EXTRANCHECK: TOPCON CORPORATION, DUBAI AIRPORT FREEZONE,
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for Radio Navigational equipment exported as No License Required by Topcon Corporation, Livermore, CA. 2. On November 30, 2009 Export Control Officer met with a Mr. Talal Hanna, Sales and Marketing Executive, Positioning [...]
2009-12-09 09:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI116EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TECHNOWORLD/BAX
[...] Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at TechnoWorld and BAX Global, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of Computers and related equipment exported as No License Required by Alienware Corporation, Miami, FLA. 2. On Jan 28, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Mr. V [...]
2009-02-02 08:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1168EXTRANCHECK: EXTRANCHECK: GENSLER, ABU DHABI, UAE
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for an automated data processing machine exported as No License Required by Gensler, Washington, DC. 2. On December 10, 2009 Export Control Officer met with a Mr. Tareq Abu-Sukheila, General Manager of Gensler Abu Dhabi. [...]
2009-12-20 07:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1174EXTRANCHECK: DUBAI TECHNOLOGIES
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for Antennas and parts for Aircraft Radar and direction finding related equipment exported as No License Required by Trimble Navigation LTD, Sunnyvale, CA. 2. On December 8, 2009 Export Control Officer met with a Mr. M. [...]
2009-12-21 06:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI124EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISLAND GATE CO,
[...] Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at Island Gate Co., AKA: Island Gate General Trading, Dubai UAE for several shipments of Integrated Circuits (electronic devices and components) exported as No License Required by Avnet, Chandler, AZ. 2. Background: Export Contr [...]
2009-02-02 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI144EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ROYAL JET, ABU
[...] Reftels requested that Post conduct post-shipment verifications at Royal Jet, Abu Dhabi International Airport Materials Departments, Abu Dhabi, UAE for the shipment of a Digital Media Server and an Electronic Flight Display both exported as No License Required by Rockwell Collins, Wichita, KS. [...]
2009-02-09 10:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI151EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JET AVIATION,
[...] Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at Jet Aviation, Dubai International Airport for the shipment of Air Show 4000 related equipment and a multifunction processor unit both exported as No License Required by Rockwell Collins, Wichita, KS. 2. On February 10, 2009, [...]
2009-02-11 06:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI153EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MEDLINE
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at Medline International, Jebal Ali Free Zone, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of a Universal Microplate Reader and Auto Plate Washer both exported as QA34z reference for Medline. An internet search shows a Canadian based Medline (www.m [...]
2009-02-11 07:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI154EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MEDLINE
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at Medline International, Jebal Ali Free Zone, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of a Universal Microplate Reader and Auto Plate Washer both exported as No License Required by BioTek Instruments Inc., Winooski, VT. 2. Export Control O [...]
2009-02-11 12:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI155EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JET AVIATION,
[...] Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at Jet Aviation, Dubai International Airport for the shipment of Air Show 4000 related equipment and a multifunction processor unit both exported as No License Required by Rockwell Collins, Wichita, KS. 2. On February 10, 2009, [...]
2009-02-11 12:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI163EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MOHAMMED BIN GHALIB
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D411812: 2 Inch Worcester Ball Valve with Monel body which is controlled under ECCN 2B350 for Chemical and Biological Warfare reasons. The U.S. license applicant is Flowserve Corporation, Cookeville, TN. 2. On F [...]
2009-02-17 06:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI204EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: EXECUJET MIDDLE
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct 11 post-shipment verifications at ExecuJet Middle East, Dubai International Airport for numerous civil aircraft related systems and parts exported as No License Required by Rockwell Collins, Wichita, Kansas and Bombardier Aerospace, Des Plaines, Illinois. [...]
2009-03-01 09:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI206 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON UAE
[...] Summary: The Department's Report on Human Rights Practices received prominent media coverage, led by a statement from the UAE Foreign Ministry rejecting the report as failing to portray a comprehensive picture of the UAE and calling the methodology of the report into question. End Summary. [...]
2009-03-02 07:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TC
09ABUDHABI210PRENOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATURES OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 13:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PARM PREL AE
09ABUDHABI247EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AMIRAN TRADING CO,
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Amiran Trading Company, Jebal Ali Free Zone, Dubai, UAE for Instruments relating to measuring ionizing radiation and related parts and articles exported as No License Required by Bird Electronic Corporation of Solon, Ohio. 2 [...]
2009-03-15 05:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI249EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: EVEREX GLOBAL
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct 4 post-shipment verifications at Everex Global Cargo Courier, Dubai Airport FreeZone, UAE for the shipment of numerous Sony computer systems exported as No License Required by Advance Computer of Mineoloa, New York. 2. On March 11, 2009 Export Control O [...]
2009-03-15 09:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI29UAE PARTICIPATION IN CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 14:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PBTS PHSA MOPS EWWT KCRM AE
09ABUDHABI313EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PROMATECH; FABRICAST FZC,
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D412508: Turbaloy D6AC Welding Wire which is controlled for foreign policy reasons. The U.S. license applicant is United States Welding Corporation, Carson City, CA. 2. Throughout late February and March 2009, [...]
2009-03-29 07:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI314EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HAYATI AND SONS
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Hayati and Sons Trading, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of Dental Products, Toff, Matrix bands exported by J.R. Rand Corporation, Deer Park, New York. 2. On March 26, 2009 Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Mr. Hassan Hay [...]
2009-03-29 09:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI317UAE PRESIDENT'S PRESS REMARKS ON REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] Summary: In a rare press interview (this time with Qatar's Al-Watan newspaper) in advance of the Doha summit, UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan commented on the continuing strength of relations with the U.S. as Washington changes leadership, expressing optimism in the Obama Adm [...]
2009-03-29 10:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ENRG KPAL SU IS IR SY IZ AE
09ABUDHABI32Embassy Abu Dhabi Warden Message of January 8, 2009
[...] Following clearance from CA/OCS/ACS (REF),Embassy Abu Dhabi transmitted the following consular warden message on Thursday, January 8, 2009. BEGIN WARDEN MESSAGE TEXT Warden Message #01/2009: Demonstration Scheduled in Abu Dhabi on Friday, January 9 The U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi has lea [...]
2009-01-11 05:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AE
09ABUDHABI378 Fraud Summary - Abu Dhabi
[...] Country Conditions Note: Many aspects of this report should be viewed in tandem with the Fraud Summary from Consulate General Dubai. While the two posts in the UAE see somewhat different applicant pools (Notably, Dubai is the primary NIV processing post for persons in Iran, while Abu Dhabi [...]
2009-04-14 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE
09ABUDHABI390UAE TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN ETTC PTER AE
09ABUDHABI397EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JENGAN INDUSTRIAL
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a three post-shipment verifications at Jengan Industrial Establishment for the shipment of numerous centrifugal pumps exported as No License Required by American Marsh Pumps, Collierville, TN. 2. On April 9, 2009 Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Mr. [...]
2009-04-21 10:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI402EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SYSCOM, DUBAI,
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Syscom, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of computer hardware exported by Prosoft Technology Inc., Bakersfield, CA. 2. On April 8, 2009 Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Mr. Musthaque Ahmed K, Sales Engineer, Syscom. Ahmed [...]
2009-04-22 11:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI427EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MINERVA LLC, DUBAI, UAE.
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D416097: Motorola PTP 600 Series AES key which is controlled under ECCN 5D002. The U.S. license applicant is Motorola Inc., Arlington Heights, IL. 2. On April 27, 2009 Export Control Officer met with Ms. Leila [...]
2009-05-03 13:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI437UAE WOMEN PREFER NOT TO DEFINE SUCCESS BY GENDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Much has been written about the (relatively) progressive UAE attitude towards women and the great successes of Emirati women academically and professionally. Female Emirati contacts report they are pleased with the development of women in the UAE but still feel constrained by [...]
2009-05-05 12:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI AE
09ABUDHABI498UAE PLANS TO JOIN GICNT PLENARY
[...] Unable to secure an appointment for a troika demarche earlier, Post previously passed reftel agenda to MFA in coordination with the Dutch and Russian embassies, and encouraged UAE participation in the June 16-17 GICNT plenary in The Hague. When a troika meeting was arranged on May 18, MFA Ass [...]
2009-05-18 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL AE
09ABUDHABI50 GAZA AID CONFERENCE HELD IN ABU DHABI
[...] As noted Ref A, UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, who is head of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Chairman of the UAEG's Foreign Aid Coordination Committee, called an emergency meeting of donor countries and international relief organizations to discuss Gaza on January [...]
2009-01-13 13:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI501UAE SEEKS SUPPORT AS IMO COUNCIL "CATEGORY C"
[...] Post received the following diplomatic note on May 18, 2009, requesting USG support for the UAE's candidacy as a "category C" member of the IMO Council. Begin text of Note No. MM1/5/73-1036 A dated 13 May 2009: Complimentary opening The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that [...]
2009-05-18 14:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EWWT PHSA ECON AE
09ABUDHABI503 UAE TO REQUIRE VISAS FOR DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL TRAVELERS
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 5. 2. On May 18, 2009, Ambassador, accompanied by Conchief, was summoned to meet with UAE MFA Director for Consular Affairs Ambassador Sultan Mohammed Al Qortasi. Al Qortasi provided a diplomatic note announcing that, effective October 1, 2009, t [...]
2009-05-19 06:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS APER AMGT AE AF
09ABUDHABI51UAE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Following is the text of Post's submission for the 2008 UAE country report on terrorism. Begin text: United Arab Emirates The Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) repeatedly condemned terrorist acts in Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, and elsewhere in the region. In order to prevent ex [...]
2009-01-13 13:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN DCRM KHLS AEMR AE
09ABUDHABI57EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GE INTERNATIONAL INC.
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D410127: Mobile Trace handheld explosives and narcotics detection system which is controlled under ECCN 2A983 for Anti-terrorism reasons. The U.S. license applicant is GE Homeland Protection Inc., Newark, CA and the [...]
2009-01-15 06:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI626 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON
[...] Summary: Media coverage by UAE Arabic and English daily newspapers of the State Department's Trafficking in Persons report generally did not extend beyond reprinting the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) release. The release quoted Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2009-06-18 14:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL AE OIIP KMDR
09ABUDHABI633 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: H1N1 FLU CASES IN UAE
[...] Summary: UAE Arabic and English newspapers straightforwardly reported on H1N1 flu cases in the UAE involving individuals coming to the UAE from abroad, in particular students coming from the U.S. The general tone assured that the health authorities were able to contain these cases, mitigating a [...]
2009-06-22 04:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TC
09ABUDHABI634 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON
[...] Summary: UAE reaction to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons report was limited to one report and one op-ed piece by a UAE writer. The report, in the Dubai-based English-language daily "Gulf News" 6/21, cited UAE officials in the field of law and welfare describing the report as disappointing and [...]
2009-06-22 04:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL AE OIIP KMDR
09ABUDHABI66EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ALPHA DATA LLC.
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D409534: Numerous Cisco security and encryption products controlled under ECCNs 5D002, 5A002, 5A991 for National Security and Anti-terrorism reasons. The U.S. license applicant is Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA. The sy [...]
2009-01-19 08:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI665 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: IRENA HEADQUARTERS IN UAE
[...] Summary: UAE's print and electronic media devoted extensive coverage to the UAE's selection as the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). UAE Supreme Council members and senior officials sent cables of congratulations to the UAE president on this diplomatic success. [...]
2009-07-01 13:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TCSENV KGHG
09ABUDHABI67EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARAMEX EMIRATES;
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post shipment verification at Aramex Emirates, Jebal Ali, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of a Terrasat IBUC KU-Band Upconverter exported as No License Required by Terrasat Communications, Morgan Hill, CA. 2. On Jan 15, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) met [...]
2009-01-19 08:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI68EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BAKER HUGHES EHO LTD.
[...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D410461: Mazak Quick Turn Nexus 450 Horizontal Lathe which is controlled under ECCN 2B001 for National Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation reasons. The U.S. license applicant is Mazak Corporation, Florence, KY an [...]
2009-01-19 08:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI732DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOOD CRISIS ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, AND KENYA
[...] (U) Reftel demarche request for urgent food aid to Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya was delivered to the MFA without response on July 9. 2. (U) Ambassador delivered demarche points to UAE Red Crescent Chairman Mohammad al-Qamsi July 12. (Note: the UAE Red Crescent is one of several quasi-Go [...]
2009-07-20 09:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PREL EAID ER SO ET KE AE
09ABUDHABI755UAE INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
[...] (U) This message is a response to ref A request for information on initiatives taken by host countries to prevent torture and protect victims. The UAE is not a signatory to many of the international conventions to prevent torture nor does it include prevention of torture in its constitution. [...]
2009-07-23 12:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN AE
09ABUDHABI77 UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AE
09ABUDHABI784UAE PARTICIPATION IN 64th UNGA
[...] (SBU) In response to Department request for initial information regarding attendance of UAEG officials at the 64th UNGA (reftel),as of August 5 we have receive only a delegation list of middle and lower level MFA officials requiring official visas (one first secretary, three second secretaries [...]
2009-08-04 15:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA AE
09ABUDHABI892EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SEATRONICS LTD, ABU DHABI,
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D423306: Compact High Frequency Multi-Beam Echo Sounder which is controlled under ECCN 6A001. The U.S. license applicant is R2SONIC, Santa Barbara, CA. 2. On September 6, 2009 Export Control Officer met with Mr [...]
2009-09-09 04:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI897EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: STREIT MIDDLE EAST FZCO;
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct four pre-license checks to determine the disposition of numerous armored vehicles shipped by Streit USA Armoring, North Charleston, SC to its middle east subsidiary, Streit Middle East FZCO/Streit Group FZE located in the Jebal Ali Freezone, Dubai, UAE. The [...]
2009-09-10 04:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI899UAE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR A SEAT ON IMO COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UAE is seeking U.S. support for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council when the 26th Assembly meets in December. CDA, along with mission chiefs from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Venezuela attended [...]
2009-09-10 10:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV
09ABUDHABI910EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HABSHAN TRADING
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for an Electric Heater used in oil field related air compressors exported as No License Required by the FSElliott company, Export, PA. 2. On September 14, 2009 Export Control Officer met with Mr. Ali Ahmed Safan, Senior Sale [...]
2009-09-14 13:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI911 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED'S VISIT TO
[...] Summary: Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's visit to Washington received prominent coverage in all UAE print and electronic media. His meeting with President Obama made the main front-page headlines in the UAE dailies. End Summary. 2. Print: A. Abu Dhabi-based Arabic semi-official daily "Al-I [...]
2009-09-14 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR AE
09ABUDHABI926EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE AND POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATIONS:
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct two pre-license checks and one post shipment verification to determine the disposition of gas turbine parts exported or due to be exported as No License Required by Gas Turbine Parts and Service (GTPS),Clifton Park, New York. 2. On September 16, 2009, B [...]
2009-09-24 13:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI976EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: STREIT MIDDLE EAST FZCO,
[...] Ref A email requested that post conduct two additional pre-license checks (previous checks were conducted per Ref B) to determine the disposition of armored vehicles shipped by Streit USA Armoring, North Charleston, SC to Streit Middle East FZCO located in the Jebel Ali Freezone, Dubai, UAE. Th [...]
2009-10-15 07:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUJA1010NIGERIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 4 the Ambassador hosted a group of senior media editors and Muslim and Christian leaders to watch a live broadcast of President Barack Obama's speech "A New Beginning." The speech was extremely well received by the assembled clergy and journalists, as evidenced by comme [...]
2009-06-09 15:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KISL KPAO NI SO
09ABUJA1023NIGERIA: PROGRESS REPORT ON THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
[...] (U) The following is the progress report on the Global Food Security Response (GFSR) as requested by the reftel. 2. (U) FY 09 Supplemental resources provided to Nigeria totaled $25 million to implement urgent action in GFSR to increase the production of rice, sorghum, cowpea, and cassava in [...]
2009-06-10 11:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EFIN ETRD NI
09ABUJA1037Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency trained to
[...] (U) INL Abuja reports the successful completion of training for 48 officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on the operation of 4 integrated drug and explosive detection itemizers donated for use at the international airports in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt. The i [...]
2009-06-11 08:28:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI
09ABUJA1038NIGERIA: U.S. SCIENCE FELLOW PUTS HIS MARK ON EMERGENCY
[...] (U) Summary: 2009 U.S. Science Fellow and Environmental Protection Agency's Federal on Scene Coordinator, Michael Solecki, over a three-month period (January - April, 2009) helped the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),the Nigerian Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA),a [...]
2009-06-11 09:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA1052NIGERIA CUSTOMS BRIEFED PRIOR TO U.S. VISIT JUNE 15-19,
[...] (U) Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller General Mr. Bernard Nwadialo and two Assistant Comptroller Generals of Customs visited Embassy Abuja on June 4, 2009 to make a courtesy call on the Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Mission and to inform the Mission of the purpose of their upcoming [...]
2009-06-12 12:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI
09ABUJA106NIGERIA - FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH
[...] Embassy Abuja is pleased to submit the following project proposal for consideration of funding under the Department's 2009 biotechnology outreach program. . Background ---------- . 2. Nigeria is a natural leader in the African continent due to its size, population, and economic potential. [...]
2009-01-20 15:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP EAID NI
09ABUJA1098NIGERIA: PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper "An International Piracy Court -- Not the Right Direction" to Ms. Maria Laose, the Director of the First UN Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 17. Ms. Laose pledged to pass copies of the non-paper along to the [...]
2009-06-17 16:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA1103NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY (NDLEA) DETECTS
[...] (U) The Mission confirms reports in local newspapers that, since May 1, 2009, the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 5 members of a drug trafficking ring that was operating out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. NDLEA Director General [...]
2009-06-19 06:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1112 NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR HOSTS PPP AGRICULTURAL EVENT ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 9-10 in Lagos, the Ambassador hosted a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agricultural event entitled "Boosting the Nigerian Agricultural Sector through Financing, Processing, Capacity Building, Capital Equipment and Market Access". The PPP event covered the need to boost th [...]
2009-06-19 09:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1117NIGERIA: LABOR RALLY IN KANO ACHIEVES BETTER
[...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other state labor leaders conducted a rally in Kano on July 16, protesting the GON's lack of leadership and action on deregulation of the petroleum sector, minimum wage, and electoral reform issues. The Kano demonstration is the second in a [...]
2009-06-22 14:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA1134 ILEA GABORONE - Drug Unit Commander Course, August 10-14,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 08:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1135DIPNOTE: NIGERIAN CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy received the following diplomatic note number F-766/2009 dated June 2, 2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 23 regarding GON re-election into Category "C" of the International Maritime Organization. The text of the note is as follows: 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEX [...]
2009-06-24 08:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PREL EWWT IMO NI
09ABUJA1176NIGERIA 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] In response to STATE 49477, U.S. Mission reports the case of Phoenix Environmental Services Nigeria Limited, a company owned by Mr. Norton E. Jessup, an American citizen. Details of the case are included in subsequent paragraphs. --- Claimant A: Phoenix Environmental Services Nigeria Limit [...]
2009-06-29 08:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC NI
09ABUJA1191NIGERIAN ORGANIZED LABOR: THIRD STRIKE, BUT NOT OUT
[...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other state labor leaders conducted a large rally in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on June 23, protesting the GON's deregulation of the petroleum sector, and lack of action on minimum wage and electoral reform issues. The Borno demo [...]
2009-06-29 15:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA1212NIGERIA: LABOFF CONVEYS IMPORTANCE OF TRIPARTITE
[...] (U) Summary: LabOff was a "Guest of Honor" for the Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Senior Staff Association's (FOBTOB) 11th Annual National Delegates Conference in Jos, Plateau State, on May 30. As one of Nigeria's largest private sector trade unions, FOBTOB used its annual Delegates Conference a [...]
2009-06-30 15:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA1235NIGERIA: ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Econ Specialist informed Engineer Festus Daudu, Director Spectrum Management, Ministry of Information and Communication of reftel demarche on July 6. Daudu said that the Government of Nigeria will not attend the upcoming International Telecommunication Satellite Organization (ITSO) meeting [...]
2009-07-07 13:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON AORC ECPS PREL NI
09ABUJA1256NIGERIA: MISSION PLANS FOR POTUS GHANA SPEECH EVENT
[...] (U) Summary. In response to the Department's request for using the POTUS speech in Accra, Ghana, as an opportunity to highlight U.S.-Africa policy, the Mission will hold simultaneous live viewing events in Abuja and Lagos that incorporate interactive information technology (texting, SMS-servic [...]
2009-07-09 05:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI
09ABUJA1258NIGERIA LABOR MINISTER AND DELEGATION TO VISIT U.S.
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Minister of Labor and Productivity Prince Adetokunbo Kayode and a delegation of high-level Nigerian labor sector officials will travel to the United States on July 25 for the Minister's first labor orientation t [...]
2009-07-09 12:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PGOV PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA1306NIGERIA: MISSION HOSTS TWO LIVE POTUS' ACCRA
[...] (U) Summary: Mission Nigeria hosted media, civil society, and private sector interlocutors simultaneously on July 11 in Abuja and Lagos to watch a live broadcast of President Obama's speech in Accra, Ghana. Over 50 total participants attended the two events, including Ghana Consul General Syl [...]
2009-07-17 13:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1307NIGERIAN LABOR DISCONTENT BECOMING CONTAGIOUS, BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Frustration and discontent in the labor sector was at its most contagious state during the week of July 6-10, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates led demonstrations -- and inspired others to do so -- within education, health, and media institutions across the [...]
2009-07-20 08:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI
09ABUJA1333NIGERIA: POST'S FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH AND
[...] Summary: Following President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, Mission Nigeria has engaged audiences throughout Nigeria with various outreach activities, including meetings with journalists, government officials, civil society organizations, and traditional religious leaders. Post has also com [...]
2009-07-22 15:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCHUL ESENV SOCI
09ABUJA1353NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF US-RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 15:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI
09ABUJA1399NIGERIA: GTIP HOTLINE DATA
[...] (U) The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic In Persons (NAPTIP) operates eight shelters for victims, each with offices serving administrative and prosecution functions. Each location has a local tip line; calls are toll-free only to Zain subscribers. There is one telephone company [...]
2009-07-30 17:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI KTIP XA PHUM
09ABUJA1401 COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: FINANCIAL REGULATORY TRAINING
[...] The following five personnel from the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Central Bank of Nigeria and Securities and Exchange Commission are nominated for attendance at the above referenced FDIC Training. Name: ERIN, Harry Tope DOB 31 October 1974 Position Senior Analyst, NFIU [...]
2009-08-03 05:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EFIN AE
09ABUJA1407NIGERIA: DELTA AMNESTY OFFICIALS ASK FOR FOREIGN
[...] (U) Summary: On July 21, Mission Nigeria was invited to an international donor meeting hosted by Air Vice Marshall L.O. Ararile, Chief Coordinator of Nigeria's Amnesty Program, to discuss "areas of possible collaboration" for funding and implementation. Dr. Ferdinand Ikwang, consultant for th [...]
2009-08-03 10:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI
09ABUJA1455 NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA CRISES HITS EXTERNAL RESERVES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the recovery of oil prices in the international markets, the crisis in the Niger Delta has dealt a blow on Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves. Local press reports that current production has fallen to about 1.3 million barrels per day, a far cry from the 2.209 mbpd ta [...]
2009-08-06 10:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV NI
09ABUJA1458NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel request, the Nigerian Constitution expressly prohibits all acts of torture and inhuman treatment. However, the constitution does not define torture, there is no body of case law, and there have been no prosecutions or convictions to date relating to the torture of any person. [...]
2009-08-07 07:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UN NI
09ABUJA1496 ILEA GABORONE - BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT COURSE, AUGUST
[...] The following four Nigerians from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are nominated for attendance for the referenced ILEA Training. Name: HAMZAT, Mohammed DOB: 20 December 1972 Gender: Male Rank: Chief Narcotic Agent, Investigation Passport No: A3473392A [...]
2009-08-18 14:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1514NIGERIA: CONCURRENCE ON E.O. 13126 LIST
[...] (U) In response to reftel, U.S. Mission Nigeria concurs with the Department of Labor's draft update to its list of products that have been "mined, produced, or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor" pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13126, as specifically related to Nigeria. MCCUL [...]
2009-08-20 06:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI
09ABUJA16 ILEA GABORONE - Law Enforcement Executive Development
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 06:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA1673NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Staff from the Bureaus of International Organizations (IO) and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) met in Abuja on September 8 with Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss resolutions, especially on Freedom of Expression (FOE),to be presented at the upcoming 12th sess [...]
2009-09-11 12:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC
09ABUJA1696NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WIPO ISSUES: 2010-2011
[...] (U) Subject demarche along with Nonpaper was delivered to the Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 10 via Diplomatic Note 1143 and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) on September 11 in person. The NCC also asked and received electronic copies of the Diplomatic Note and Nonpape [...]
2009-09-15 05:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON
09ABUJA1703 NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] (U) The Mission delivered on September 15 the reftel-requested demarche, encouraging GON's participation in the UNGA food security event. 2. (U) The Mission also spoke with a senior contact at the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources who promised to bring the invitation to the attent [...]
2009-09-15 13:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA NI
09ABUJA1705NIGERIAN PARTICIPANT IN FY-10 MRP "COMBATING
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel Request, please find information on Nigeria's IVLP nomination of Ms. Motunrayo Odepidan to participate in subject program. Surname: Odepidan Given Names: Mutunrayo Omobolanle DOB: 04 April 1971 POB: Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria Passport number: A1046360 Date of ppt issue: 29 June [...]
2009-09-16 05:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KPAO SCUL NI
09ABUJA1722008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 10:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ
09ABUJA1742008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 11:03:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ
09ABUJA1742NIGERIA: CBN AND EFCC COLLABORATING ON BANKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 14:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCOR KRCIM EFIN
09ABUJA1758 NIGERIA: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA FOOD
[...] Mission received a verbal response on September 23 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources that the Government of Nigeria will be represented by Dr. Sayyadi Abba Ruma, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, at the UNGA food security event on September 26. Ruma will be ac [...]
2009-09-23 17:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA NI
09ABUJA1765Engaging the Nigerian Diaspora
[...] SUMMARY: An estimated 20 million people of Nigerian descent reside outside Nigeria, with about three million in the United Kingdom (and about one million in the United States. Nigerian immigration to the U.S. began in the late 1960s and accelerated in the the mid- to late-1980s due to politica [...]
2009-09-24 13:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NI
09ABUJA1802NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON JUSTICE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (SBU) PolCouns and PolOff met with Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central America Division Director Toyin Solaja September 28 to deliver the requested demarche on the Justice Goldstone report (Reftel). We arranged this meeting with Solaja in lieu of MFA colleagues responsible for UN issues, [...]
2009-09-30 06:34:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NI
09ABUJA1846FAVORABLE RAINS SHOW PROMISE FOR NIGERIA'S
[...] SUMMARY: Favorable rains show promise for a good 2009 grain harvest. Most grain crops were planted in June and farmers hope the rainy season will extend well into October. The visiting Nigeria Desk Officer and accompanying Economic and USAID MARKETS Officers visited farmers in Northern Niger [...]
2009-10-07 18:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PREL NI
09ABUJA1855BIOSECURITY WORKSHOP INVITATION DELIVERED TO
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, nonpaper and pre-invitation for the Africa Regional Workshop on Biosafety and Biosecurity to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of the First UN Division Maria Laose October 6. Laose ( 234 8059006063) is the POC at the MFA in Abuja. She was not sure w [...]
2009-10-09 12:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC NI
09ABUJA1865NIGERIA - 2010 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] Country: NIGERIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 151.3 million. 2008 GDP was $212.1 billion; 2008 GNI per capita was $1,160 (World Bank 2009 data). Nigeria continues to struggle to consolidate its fragile democracy following a civili [...]
2009-10-12 14:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA ECON NI
09ABUJA1890SRMC PANDITH ENGAGES NIGERIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: During her October 8-10 visit to Abuja and Kano, Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith met Nigerian religious leaders, civil society activists, and government officials to promote person-to-person engagement with diverse Muslim communities. Pandith obs [...]
2009-10-16 14:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL NI
09ABUJA1943JOS, NIGERIA INTERFAITH DAY OF SERVICE
[...] On October 17, DCM led a group of 30 inter-agency volunteers to Jos to refurbish sports facilities in fulfillment of the President's call for an Interfaith Day of Service (ref A). This event was one of three community service activities undertaken by the Mission, which included the renovation [...]
2009-10-23 12:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI KPAO NI
09ABUJA1992CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PUBLISHES A SECOND LIST OF BANK
[...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Nigeria published another list of bad debtors after its second round of bank audits. Some individuals have challenged their inclusion and threatened litigation. Some loans were secured with collateral, and it is not apparent why the banks failed to dispose of this c [...]
2009-10-30 14:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD NI
09ABUJA2000NIGERIA OIL POLITICS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A HUGE SUCCESS
[...] Summary: Mission Nigeria's Political and Public Affairs Sections hosted artist, playwright, and former Fulbright Scholar Dan Hoyle to perform his critically acclaimed "Tings Dey Happen" one-man play on oil politics, militancy, and corruption in the Niger Delta. Hoyle performed in five Nigeria [...]
2009-10-31 11:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EPET KDEM NI
09ABUJA20192009-2010 NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Nigeria remains attractive to drug traffickers. Heroin and cocaine transit Nigeria on their way to markets in Europe, and the heroin transiting Nigeria has a significant impact on the United States. During the past year, authorities have arrested increased numbers of drug couriers at Lagos [...]
2009-11-05 06:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR KFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA2020NIGERIA HEEDS USG SUGGESTIONS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 06:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA NI
09ABUJA2052NIGERIA: BINATIONAL COMMISSION NIGER DELTA AND REGIONAL
[...] Mission Nigeria has met several times to review current and proposed initiatives for consideration under the Niger Delta and Regional Security Cooperation Working Group (ND/RSC) of the proposed U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission (BNC). The goal of this BNC Working Group would be to provide imm [...]
2009-11-16 10:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PINS PTER KDEM NI
09ABUJA2108NIGERIA SEEKS TO REKINDLE ITS DILAPIDATED MINING SECTOR -
[...] Nigeria is a leading hydrocarbon producer and has allowed its mineral sector to decline through an overdependence on oil and the relative neglect of its non-oil sectors. The GON now seeks to restore its mineral sector and to declare itself "open for business." It implemented new policy and l [...]
2009-11-23 06:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF NI
09ABUJA2145NIGERIA: NOMINATION FOR 2010 WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] U.S. Mission nominates Veronica K. Umaru for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. Mrs. Veronica Umaru serves as National Coordinator of the Women Trafficking and Child Labor Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). Under Mrs. Umaru's leadership, WOTCLEF has undertak [...]
2009-11-25 17:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KTIP PINR NI
09ABUJA2149 COMMUNIQUE OF THE FIFTH CAADP PARTNERSHIP PLATFORM
[...] SUMMARY: This cable is the communiqu from the 5th Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program(CAADP) Partnership Platform (PP) Meeting, which took place on 9-10 November 2009 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria to review progress and share experience of CAADP implementation [...]
2009-11-30 14:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
09ABUJA2150NIGERIAN NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] The U.S. Mission to Nigeria nominates the following Nigerian entrepreneurs to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington. Representatives from the Economic, Political, and Public Affairs Sections, in both Abuja and Lagos, and the U.S. Commercial Service and U.S. Agency [...]
2009-11-30 15:48:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON KISL NI
09ABUJA2172NIGERIA: REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Embassy requests the Department's assistance under the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act in screening the following individual who has been nominated for training by OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION ABUJA. The individual is to attend the INTERNATIONAL OFFICER INTELLIGENCE/MILITARY INTEL [...]
2009-12-02 14:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV AF NI
09ABUJA2210NIGERIA - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN
[...] (U) Trade Summary: The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $34 billion in 2008, an increase of $4 billion from $30 billion in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $4.1 billion, up 47.7 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Nigeria were $38.1 billion, up 16.2 [...]
2009-12-07 16:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN NI
09ABUJA2333(U) PROMINENT KATSINA POLITICIAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR A
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 14:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA23512009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Nigeria remains a major drug trans-shipment point and a significant center for criminal financial activity. Individuals and criminal organizations have taken advantage of the country's location, porous borders, weak laws, corruption, lack of enforcement, and poor socioeconomic conditions to [...]
2009-12-30 15:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN KTFN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA238 ILEA GABORONE - Airport Interdiction Course, March 16-20,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 15:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA307 STATISTICS OF ARRESTS WITH INL DONATED BODY SCANNERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 13:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA308NIGERIA: ABUJA ECON SECTION NATIONAL DAY OUTREACH TO
[...] Summary: Led by Deputy Chief of Mission, EconStaff sponsored outreach events on February 16, 2009, as part of U.S. National Day celebration week, held in February because July is the rainy season, at the African School of Excellence (ASE) in Suleja, Niger State. DCM also delivered a lecture on [...]
2009-02-20 12:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA312 ILEA ROSWELL - Advanced Management Course, March 23-April
[...] The following 12 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Police force, Nigeria Customs Service and The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training Name DANDAURA Mustapha DOB January 15 1963 Gender Male Rank Chief Superintend [...]
2009-02-20 13:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA314NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN DECLARATION REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group of the Review Conference on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to Mr. A.A. Adepoju, Director of the Europe Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Febr [...]
2009-02-20 15:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC NI
09ABUJA325NIGERIA: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING JUDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 13:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PGOV
09ABUJA33NIGERIA:DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RATIFICATION OF
[...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Lisa Piascik delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Toyin Solaja, the incoming Director for North America and the Caribbean at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, during his courtesy call to the Embassy on January 8. CDA commended Nigeria for having an Additional [...]
2009-01-09 09:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09ABUJA342NIGERIAN CANDIDATE FOR UNDT JUDICIAL POSITION:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 17:15:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI
09ABUJA350NIGERIA'S VIEWS ON UNDT CANDIDATE IZUAKO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA
09ABUJA351NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) On February 27 Poloff delivered reftel demarche on USG participation in the UN Human Rights Council, and the USG's posture toward the Durban Review Conference, to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Second United Nations Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...]
2009-02-27 12:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA404 NIGERIA: FSN NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 ESTH COURSE
[...] U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to nominate FSN Taiwo Isijola for the 2009 Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course (PE 221) to be offered April 27 - May 8, 2009 at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Taiwo is a newly-hired member of post's State economic team whose portfoli [...]
2009-03-06 08:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AFSN TSPL ECON AFSI NI
09ABUJA435MISSION NIGERIA WELCOMES USCIRF DELEGATION TO
[...] U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioners Donald Argue, Talal Eid, Leonard Leo, and Chair Felice Gaer, Executive Director James Standish, and USCIRF staff members David Dettoni and Tiffany Lynch to Abuja, Nigeri [...]
2009-03-11 17:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PHUM PREL KIRF NI
09ABUJA475NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR USCIRF VISIT (MARCH
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Your visit comes two years into President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's four-year term. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections in April 2007, there was hope from Ni [...]
2009-03-19 07:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PHUM PREL KIRF NI
09ABUJA480NIGERIA: OIL UNIONS TO STRIKE MARCH 25-27
[...] (U) According to our recent conversations the week of March 16-20, the strike reported in reftel para 3 by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),will take place on March 25-2 [...]
2009-03-19 17:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB ENRG NI
09ABUJA494NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Adedotun Adepoju, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe Division on March 19. Adepoju had no substantive comments at this time. Any further information on GON position will be sent septel. [...]
2009-03-23 06:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PBTS GG RS NI
09ABUJA525NIGERIA: MADAGASCAR GOVT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Public Communications Department released a press statement on March 20 concerning the unconstitutional transfer of power in Madagascar from President Marc Ravalomanana to Andry Rajoelina, noting that the GON does not recognize the change in [...]
2009-03-26 15:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NI MA
09ABUJA533 NIGERIA: MARCH 2009 TRADE POLICY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the unveiling of the 2008 - 2012 Tariff Book there have not been major improvements in Nigeria's trade policy (reftel M). Nigerian government (GON) officials tell us they are working with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to harmonize tariffs with its [...]
2009-03-30 07:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA535NIGERIA: AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY WORKSHOP WITH TSA
[...] Summary. Ambassador and the new Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, opened the third workshop of the U.S. and Nigeria's Public Private Partnership (PPP on Aviation Airport Security and Safety on March 17. The purpose of the PPP is to assist the GON in achieving U.S. Federal Aviation Admi [...]
2009-03-30 07:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA592NIGERIA: Delta Abuja-New York Route, One Step Closer
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on April 3 to ensure that the Minister understood that Delta Airlines had taken steps to meet the Minister's request to upgrade their customer service and antiquated planes on the Lagos to Atlanta route as a condition fo [...]
2009-04-06 17:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA612NIGERIA: GON Approves Delta's Abuja-New York Route
[...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter on April 8, 2009 from Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba recounting the agreement reached by the Minister and Ambassador in their April 3, 2009 meeting on Delta Airlines Abuja-New York route with operations to begin on June 8, 2009 with a upgrade to a Boei [...]
2009-04-10 10:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA640NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREAN TD-2
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. response to the North Korean launch of a TD-2 missile to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs First U.N. Division on April 17. Any substantive comments will be reported septel. SANDERS [...]
2009-04-17 10:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KN NI
09ABUJA653UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] Post nominates Michael Makalou as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Patrick Ryan as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer, Deputy TFCO. 2. Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer Name: Michael Makalou Title: Transnational Crime Affairs Officer Phone Number: +234-9-46 [...]
2009-04-20 09:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER NI IZ KTFN SNAR
09ABUJA676TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTERING TERRORIST ABUSE OF THE
[...] Post, in response to reftel, submitted a Non- Paper document to the relevant offices within the host government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU),the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) and relevant National Assembly Senate and House of [...]
2009-04-21 09:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN EFIN ETTC PHUM EAID PTER NI IZ
09ABUJA821NIGERIA: LABOR LEADERS CRITICIZE GON, ANNOUNCE
[...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) jointly organized a 2009 National May Day rally on May 1 in Abuja, which included organized labor representatives from across the country, as well as a small contingent of high-level government officials. The d [...]
2009-05-08 14:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA830LABOR PROTEST MARCH CONFIRMED FOR MAY 13
[...] (U) Post confirmed on May 12 from Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress representatives that they have not canceled their planned protest march in Lagos on May 13. The protest march will begin at 1000 hours at the National Stadium and proceed to the governor's office in Ikeja. The [...]
2009-05-12 17:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA844NIGERIA: DEMARCH DELIVERED - CONTACT GROUP ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 to M. Tahir, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Director for North and Horn of Africa. Tahir had no substantive comments at the time demarche was delivered. Any further discussion of demarche points will be reported septel. SANDERS [...]
2009-05-13 14:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON MARR NI
09ABUJA88NIGERIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- 2. With an estimated population of over 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest [...]
2009-01-16 06:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR NI
09ABUJA90ABUJA RESPONSE - ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION
[...] Post's responses are keyed to reftel. Crime Mobility: Criminal elements generally roam freely at night, and are known to target EmbOff and affluent residential areas for burglary. RSO Comment - Abuja has experienced daytime robberies at popular restaurants and shopping areas in downtown Ab [...]
2009-01-16 12:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KSAC NI
09ABUJA901NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR-LED INTERAGENCY TRIP TO
[...] (U) Summary. On May 15, 2009, the Ambassador led an interagency delegation of USG officials to Katsina State for meetings with Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema and key interlocutors from Katsina State as part of the Ambassador's Pilot Engagement with States (PES) Program. This is the second stat [...]
2009-05-26 12:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI
09ABUJA917 NIGERIA: LAND USE ACT TO BE AMENDED
[...] Summary. The Land Use Act (LUA) vests all land rights with the 36 state governors requiring that all transfers or land sales be approved by the governors. The LUA makes it difficult for potential investors, homeowners, etc to secure title, which impedes the use of property as effective colla [...]
2009-05-27 14:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA925NIGERIA: MINISTER MAY DENY CONTINENTAL AIRLINE'S NEW ROUTE
[...] (SBU) During the course of a May 11 meeting arranged so that a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator could brief Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on the status of reviews into the crashes of a two Nigerian Airliners several years ago, the Deputy Chief of Mission (D [...]
2009-05-28 14:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA939NIGERIA: EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT BEING DRAWN DOWN TO CUSHION
[...] (U) During a May 26 interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance, Minister of Finance Mansur Muhtar stated that the Excess Crude Account (ECA) could be depleted by the end of 2010 if the three tiers of government continue to fall back on the ECA to a [...]
2009-06-01 10:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI
09ABUJA943NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY AGREE TO FIGHT PIRACY
[...] (U) Summary. At May 5-6 conference on the enforcement of copyrights, the Government of Nigeria (GON) was called upon, by stakeholders participating at the conference, to provide sufficient funding for Intellectual Property (IP) agencies, in addition to amending IP laws to strengthen enforcemen [...]
2009-06-01 14:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA946NIGERIA: U.S. MISSION WORKS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ON
[...] (U) Summary: On May 19 to 21, Ambassador hosted three civil society workshops in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt with PAS, IFESH, and USAID civil society (CSO) partners which were attended by representatives from 100 CSOs. The workshops entitled "Electoral Reform: Building Strong Coalitions an [...]
2009-06-01 15:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA980ATTORNEY GENERAL AGREES TO ASSIGNMENT OF TDY DEA NARCOTICS
[...] This is an action request. See paras 3 and 4 and 6. 2. Post wishes to report the receipt of Diplomatic Note number M.679/2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledging that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria approves the deploy [...]
2009-06-08 11:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ACCRA1011AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS, JUNE-JULY 2009
[...] SUMMARY: A. Difficulties faced by foreign investors in securing cocoa beans for domestic processing could compromise Ghana's investment attractiveness and the credibility of the GOG's stated goal of increased value-added processing of agricultural products. B. Food security is at the top [...]
2009-09-28 07:50:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON GH
09ACCRA1054DISASTER DECLARATION GHANA FLOOD DISASTER
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. Pursuant to section 062, volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual and USAID ADS 251, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a disaster exists in Ghana and certifies that the following conditions exist: over the past few months high lev [...]
2009-10-05 16:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF WFP GH PHUM SENV
09ACCRA1071GHANA: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS,
[...] SUMMARY: A. (U) The mining industry faces challenges caused by Ghana's current economic woes. Rising input costs, political pressures, and labor issues cause concerns despite sustained high commodity prices for gold. B. (SBU) Despite the various challenges it faces in Ghana, U.S. firm [...]
2009-10-08 16:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ECON EINV SENV EFIS GH
09ACCRA1089Ghana: Input for AGOA Eligibility Review
[...] Ghana is a country of 23 million people with a constitutional democracy dominated by a strong presidency. Opposition candidate John Atta Mills was elected president after a narrowly won victory in December 2009. Mills followed John Kufuor, who served the constitutional limit of two four-year [...]
2009-10-16 07:26:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD GH
09ACCRA1113FIRE DESTROYS GHANA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (U) At about 17:00 local time on October 23, a fire gutted the ten story Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) building in central Accra. The structure and its contents, including historical documents dating back to Ghana's independence in 1957, were completely destroyed. The only reported injury [...]
2009-10-22 15:47:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GH
09ACCRA1114COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: ACCRA NOMINATIONS FOR FDIC
[...] Per REFTEL, post nominates the Government of Ghana officials listed below at 3. The point of contact at post for administrative matters in connection with this request is Kapil Gupta, Economic Officer: guptak@state.gov, office: [233] 21-741-716. 2. (SBU) The offered Federal Deposit Insura [...]
2009-10-23 07:39:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL
09ACCRA112GHANA RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 12 to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director for International Organizations at Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD. Dr. Assan responded that the issue of Kosovo's recognition would be brought to the attention of Ghana's new Fore [...]
2009-02-13 12:58:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC ICJ KV GH
09ACCRA1122GHANA CONVICTS TRAFFICKER AND ARRESTS OTHERS IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In two recent cases, Ghanaian law enforcement used undercover operations to arrest human traffickers. A man from the Western Region was sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to sell his eight year old brother, and a woman from the Ashanti Region is being prosecuted for [...]
2009-10-23 13:12:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM PGOV XA GH
09ACCRA1153DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AD HOC COMMITTEE PROTOCOL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 30 to Beatrice Brobbey, Director, International Organizations (IO) and Multilateral Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Brobbey did not indicate how Ghana would vote on the resolution but questioned why the U.S. would oppose any reso [...]
2009-11-02 14:25:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL GH
09ACCRA1162GHANA PROMISES SUPPORT FOR USG GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: On October 30, Econoff, USAID and MCC representatives delivered REFTEL A demarche to Government of Ghana (GOG) Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) officials, including the Deputy Minister for Fisheries, and the Chief Technical Advisor to the Minister of Food and Agriculture. GOG [...]
2009-11-06 11:03:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID KMCA GH
09ACCRA1164GHANA'S CAADP COMPACT SUPPORTS U.S. FOOD SECURITY GOALS
[...] Summary and Comment: The Government of Ghana outlined its commitments to agricultural growth and poverty reduction policies in a two-day roundtable to advance NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) and the G8 L'Aquila Summit five point declaration. Commitments by [...]
2009-11-06 11:04:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID KMCA GH
09ACCRA1166GHANA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 12:29:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR GH
09ACCRA1288GHANA'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SHARES COPENHAGEN EXPECTATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 2, Ghana's Environment, Science and Technology Minister, Sherry Ayittey, shared Ghana's expectations for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the prov [...]
2009-12-03 15:58:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG EFIN EAID GH
09ACCRA1289GHANA: COKE ON THE ROCKS
[...] SUMMARY: On November 18, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning proposed a legislative change to the GOG's excise tax regime, moving from a specific tax to an ad valorem tax at an increased rate. Responding to beverage industry concerns with the proposed change, Ambassador proposed a m [...]
2009-12-03 17:57:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV BSSR GH
09ACCRA1292GHANA'S 2010 TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ghana was $386 million in 2008, an increase of $169 million from 218 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $609 million, up 46.2 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Ghana were $222 million, up 11.8 percent. Ghan [...]
2009-12-07 02:36:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN GH
09ACCRA1297 GHANA'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy Accra nominates Mrs. Janet Adama Mohammed for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Mrs. Mohammed's unwavering commitment and courage in promoting peace and inter-faith dialogue in the conflict-ridden Northern Region of Ghana has created an environment for cha [...]
2009-12-08 16:25:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPAO GH
09ACCRA132PRESIDENT MILLS SWEARS IN FIRST MINISTERS AS
[...] (U) Summary. President Mills has sworn in ten of his new ministers, in a ceremony where he asked them to give selflessly for the country and to avoid ostentatious lifestyles. An additional four ministers received parliamentary approval on February 18. Parliament continues the process of vett [...]
2009-02-19 15:50:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA1326GHANA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Ghana is a peaceful, democratic country with some localized inter-ethnic conflicts in the northern area of the country. The conflicts are based on local chieftaincy disputes with political and ethnic overtones. U.S. citizens are not a target in the conflicts. 2. (U) Ghanaians are gener [...]
2009-12-15 15:12:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR GH
09ACCRA1331ACCRA SUBMISSION FOR 2009-1010 INCSR PART II (AML,
[...] SUMMARY. Post submits Q&A replies below in response to reftel. Post also submitted same content by email. Post POC is Philip Cummings, Economic Section Chief, cummingspm@state.gov. END SUMMARY. 2. Q: Describe the anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) plans, programs [...]
2009-12-16 16:02:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN PTER SNAR GH
09ACCRA1341COCA-COLA'S ACTIVITIES IN GHANA: FOLLOW-UP ON AWARD FOR
[...] SUMMARY. This follow-up is a response to reftel request for an update to activities by Coca-Cola Equatorial Africa (Coke),a previous Accra nominee for the Department's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Coke continues to expand corporate operations and social responsibility programs in G [...]
2009-12-21 09:47:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EFIN GH
09ACCRA155CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL ZONES- REGIONAL UPDATE
[...] Climate change, coastal zone, and fisheries issues are increasingly addressed in unison as dominant variables in an equation including politics, economics, social themes, security, and biodiversity. During a recent TDY to Senegal and Cape Verde, the REO met with host nation contacts, United N [...]
2009-02-25 08:12:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KGHG PREL SG CV GH
09ACCRA264ACCRA RESPONSE TO UNHRC" DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 12:03:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF GH
09ACCRA294GHANA CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKER--AND U.S. JUSTICE
[...] (U) Summary. A Ghanaian court has convicted a Nigerian woman for her role in the trafficking of a fourteen year old Togolese female. The conviction is the second under Ghana's 2005 Human Trafficking Act, with at least one other high profile case pending. The head of the Ghana Police Service's [...]
2009-04-02 15:29:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH PHUM PREL KTIP SNAR JUS PGOV
09ACCRA312US EXCHANGE AND TRAINING PROGRAM ALUMNI INCLUDE
[...] (U) Summary. Several new members of Ghana's civilian and military leadership have benefited from USG sponsored training and exchange programs. The most senior Ghanaian to participate is President John Atta Mills, who in the early 1970s was a Fulbright scholar at Stanford University. The newl [...]
2009-04-07 16:14:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPROG PREF EAC GH KPAO OIIP SCUL OEXC
09ACCRA338CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MILLS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 15:08:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV OREP OVIP MASS OTRA GH
09ACCRA4SUGGESTED MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT JOHN EVANS
[...] (U) Embassy Accra recommends the Department send the following congratulatory message to Ghana's President-elect John Evans Atta-Mills: Please accept our nation's heartfelt congratulations on your victory in Ghana's recent presidential elections. You and your team deserve credit for a stro [...]
2009-01-05 12:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA415GHANA SEEKS UNIFIED RESPONSE TO PORT STATES AGREEMENT
[...] Regional Environmental Officer (REO),Econ Chief, and Regional Environmental Program Assistant met with officials from the Ghanaian Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Representatives of the GOG included the Director of Fisheries, Mr. Alfred Tetebo, the Deputy Director of Fisheries, Mr. George H [...]
2009-05-07 11:12:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV AORC ETRD XA GH
09ACCRA416GHANA SEEKS UNIFIED RESPONSE TO PORT STATES AGREEMENT
[...] Regional Environmental Officer (REO),Econ Chief, and Regional Environmental Program Assistant met with officials from the Ghanaian Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Representatives of the GOG included the Director of Fisheries, Mr. Alfred Tetebo, the Deputy Director of Fisheries, Mr. George H [...]
2009-05-07 14:03:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV AORC ETRD XA GH
09ACCRA462009 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana
[...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. Former President Kufuor encouraged foreign investment as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. President Mills is expected to continue this policy. The Ghana Investment Advisory Council (GIAC) [...]
2009-01-20 15:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
09ACCRA478DEMARCHE: URGENT NEED TO PROMOTE SOMALIA CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan said that he would raise the issue of a public statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Mogadishu with the Deputy Foreign Minister but t [...]
2009-05-21 16:25:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO GH
09ACCRA479DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan reacted positively to the demarche and said that he is aware of the outcome document prepared by the President of the General Assembly (PGA) be [...]
2009-05-21 16:27:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN UNGA GH
09ACCRA5SUGGESTED PRESS STATEMENT ON GHANA'S ELECTION
[...] (U) Embassy Accra recommends the Department use the following text for its press briefing on Ghana's elections: The United States congratulates the people of Ghana for their resolve and deep commitment to democratic processes as they participated in their nation's presidential and parliament [...]
2009-01-05 12:07:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA50Ghana: Special Self Help Final Obligation Report FY08, FY07
[...] Post's USD 40,000 Special Self-Help Fund (FY08) allocations have been awarded to 7 projects listed below. Grants were allocated under one element: Social Assistance Geographic distribution of projects by region is as follows:- Central (2); Northern (2); Upper West (1) Volta (1); Western (1). [...]
2009-01-23 10:14:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON GH
09ACCRA523Tackling Illegal Fishing in Ghana
[...] Summary: The Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) Department under the Fisheries Commission is charged with combating illegal, unregulated, and underreported (IUU) fishing. A site visit to the port of Tema highlighted many enforcement challenges facing MCS notably the recent expiration [...]
2009-06-04 16:48:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV XA GH
09ACCRA524DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:36:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ACCRA525GOVERNMENT OF GHANA INCREASES RHETORIC ABOUT CHILD
[...] (U) The GoG has increased its rhetoric about eliminating child prostitution, and the new Chief Executive of Accra (also called the Mayor) has pledged to demolish Soldier Bar, a brothel known to have employed children, within the next two weeks. He sees the issue as part of overall economic and [...]
2009-06-05 10:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI KTIP XA XY NI TO IV GH
09ACCRA529RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 14:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL
09ACCRA53AMBASSADOR CALLS ON VICE PRESIDENT MAHAMA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador called on newly elected Vice President John Mahama at Osu Castle on January 23. He congratulated Mahama on his election and pledged the goodwill of the US government and the continuation of bilateral programs. Mahama spoke primarily about economic programs that his new govern [...]
2009-01-26 10:01:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA553AMBASSADOR TEITELBAUM DISCUSSES US EDUCATIONAL
[...] (U) AmbassadoQTeitelbaum discussed US educational opportunities for Muslim students in an hour long session with the National Chief Imam Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu and 25 Muslim religious and community leaders at the Imam's residence. The Chief Imam, a moderate and long-time friend of the U [...]
2009-06-15 08:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM SCUL XA XY GH
09ACCRA57PRESIDENT MILLS NAMES FIRST MINISTERIAL NOMINEES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. President John Atta Mills announced 15 nominees for ministerial positions on January 22, drawing on a range of seasoned National Democratic Congress (NDC) politicians and some relative newcomers. Mills is seeking to strike a balance in his appointments, and Vice President John Ma [...]
2009-01-27 16:58:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA570DEMARCHE DELIVERY ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftel demarche delivered; Ghana intends to ratify the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) statute by August 2009 and will attend the June 28-30 meeting in Egypt. Ghana will support the Spanish candidate for Director General of IRENA. Ghana,s President will decide wh [...]
2009-06-17 15:55:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EAID PREL GH
09ACCRA574CHILDREN WORKING ON COCOA FARMS IS DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Removing children as workers on Ghanaian cocoa farms encompasses a number of social and economic issues more far ranging than simply that of child labor. While few would disagree with the premise of improving access to basic education, encouraging children to attend school rather [...]
2009-06-19 07:21:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAGR PHUM SOCI XA XY IV GH
09ACCRA583DEMARCHE DELIVERY ON INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftel demarche delivered to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ghana appeared favorably disposed to supporting an open discussion at the IAEA regarding an international nuclear fuel bank, but gave no specific assurances of what steps the [...]
2009-06-19 13:20:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY
09ACCRA584IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 09:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY XA XY GH
09ACCRA585TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 09:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP XA XY GH
09ACCRA59VICE PRESIDENT MAHAMA AT AU SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Embassy has delivered a non-paper informing Vice President John Mahama of the issues reftel that Acting A/S Carter hopes to discuss at AU summit. Mahama will be departing Accra on January 30, and is expecting to meet with the acting A/S on February 1. His advance team, headed by the Mi [...]
2009-01-28 16:08:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA592GHANA FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to deliver reftel demarche on food security, Econ Chief and Econoff were told that agricultural development remained the number one priority of the Mills Administration. The GOG supports elevating food se [...]
2009-06-24 16:38:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON GH
09ACCRA609Transboundary Parks and CREMAS: West African Natural
[...] Summary: Kyabobo National Park in the Volta Region of Ghana represents a growing trend in Ghanaian natural resource conservation. Bordering the Kue River with Togo, Kyabobo seeks to form a transboundary national park with the Togolese Fazo-Malfakassa National Park to create wildlife corridor [...]
2009-06-26 12:21:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV XA XY GH
09ACCRA631Ghana: Special Self-Help final obligation report (FY07 and
[...] Post's USD 40,000 Special Self-Help Fund (FY08) allocations have been awarded to 2 projects listed below. Grants were allocated under three elements: Water Supply and Sanitation (1 project); and Social Assistance (6 projects). Geographic distribution of projects by region is as follows: Cent [...]
2009-07-07 08:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON GH
09ACCRA676DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RES 1874
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 14:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ISN IO USUN XA XY GH
09ACCRA68TALKING TRASH-ENERGY FROM WASTE (EFW) TECHNOLOGY
[...] The Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with Mr. Samuel Anku of the Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency (GEPA) and a project consultant, Mr. Dyson Jumpah, on January 23, 2009 as follow up to previous discussions regarding solid waste management in Ghana and a recent proposal for a pub [...]
2009-01-30 08:30:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KCRM KGHG COM XY ZF GH
09ACCRA69FISHERIES AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
[...] Marine fisheries and coastal zones are topics of discussion included in exchanges on climate change, rising sea levels and increasing coastal populations. Increasing pressure on global fish stocks caused by poor management and enforcement and increasing populations in coastal urban centers con [...]
2009-01-30 08:31:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ZF KCRM GH
09ACCRA692GHANA CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
[...] (U) On June 22, the Fast Track High Court in Accra sentenced three Chinese nationals to imprisonment with hard labor for trafficking eight Chinese women to Ghana for prostitution. The court found James Xu Jin guilty of recruiting, transporting, and harboring the women who were forced to engag [...]
2009-07-21 10:12:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM XA XY GH
09ACCRA693SOLDIER BAR PARTIALLY DESTROYED
[...] (U) Part of Soldier Bar, a brothel in Accra known to have employed child prostitutes was demolished by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on July 1. The brothel was made famous over a year ago following an undercover report by an investigative journalist who shot secret video footage of gir [...]
2009-07-21 10:14:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM XA XY GH
09ACCRA700GHANA TIGHTENS DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) Ghana Parliament passed a bill to amend the definition of trafficking included in the 2005 Human Trafficking Act. The amendment added the phrase "for the purpose of exploitation" to ensure that the Ghanaian definition of human trafficking is in accord with the definition contained in the [...]
2009-07-23 15:06:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP XY XA GH
09ACCRA7022009 AGOA FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED IN ACCRA
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel invitation to Ghana's Minister of Trade and Industry, Hannah Tetteh on Tuesday July 21. Minister Tetteh said she would lead Ghana's delegation of about eight persons and will provide a list of the delegation as soon as it is finalized. Minister Tetteh has agre [...]
2009-07-23 17:01:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON GH
09ACCRA712GADDAFI CANCELS VISIT TO GHANA
[...] SUMMARY: (U) An international conference of West African traditional rulers scheduled to be held in Ghana was abruptly canceled three days before Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was scheduled to be crowned "king of kings" at the event. Reasons for the cancellation are not clear, but press specul [...]
2009-07-28 09:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAU PGOV XA XY XF LY GH
09ACCRA820GHANA RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASES
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana has recorded six confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza through August 20, 2009. Two individuals were treated in hospital with Tamiflu and have fully recovered, and four persons are currently being treated at home with Tamiflu and have not yet recovered. To date, Ghana has not recor [...]
2009-08-20 15:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAID GH
09ACCRA888ACCRA'S POC FOR THE SECRETARY'S GREENING DIPLOMACY
[...] Embassy Accra designatesLisa Franchett as the point of contact for the Secretary's Greening Diplomacy initiative. Lisa Franchett is the Deputy Mission Director for USAID West Africa. Contact details for Lisa Franchett are email: lfranchett@usaid.gov and tel: 233-021-741-096. 2. The alte [...]
2009-09-03 16:29:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT SENV GH
09ACCRA964DEMARCHE ON CHILD LABOR GOODS
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the information to the Minister of Women and Children's Affairs and the Minister of Employment [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI
09ACCRA965UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana will cooperate with USG to promote universal human rights. Dufu referred to the visit last week of a [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNAUS UNHRC
09ACCRA966DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the information to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who will attend UNGA, for his consideratio [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KV
09ACCRA967DEMARCHE ON UN FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the invitation from Secretary Clinton to the Minister of Foreign Affairs immediately to make [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09ADANA18TURKEY: DTP SCORES KEY ELECTION VICTORIES IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With over 99% of the votes tallied, official election results confirm a better-than-expected showing in the southeast for pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),which picked up eight mayoral victories as well as 50 district mayor slots. As predicted, the Justice and Dev [...]
2009-03-30 14:08:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU IZ
09ADANA2ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 09:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA20TURKEY: VIOLENT AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE IN SANLIURFA AFTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tensions continue in Kurdish-populated areas of Sanliurfa province after two protesters were fatally injured during clashes with police on April 4, the birthday of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Community leaders dispute official declarations that police did not use firea [...]
2009-04-08 15:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER TU
09ADANA21CONSULATE ADANA'S GROWTH SPURT REQUIRES BRICKS AND MORTAR
[...] (U) Consulate Adana has been a critical platform for USG operations in southeastern Turkey since 1960. The Consulate provides services for Americans affiliated with Incirlik Air Base (IAB) and for regional contingencies such as the 2006 evacuation of Americans from Lebanon. The Consulate al [...]
2009-04-15 09:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC ABLD TU
09ADANA29ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 10:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA31ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 06:01:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA4CORRECTION -REASSIGNMENT AT POSTIER, JUSTIN C., XXX-XX-7127,
[...] this is a correction to the previous cable to provide corrected fund cite for the position. All others remain unchanged. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/28/08 3. AGENCY: STATE 4. POST: adana 5. reassignment at post FROM position no. 50006001 manAgement officer to P [...]
2009-01-13 14:25:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA40ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 05:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA41TMFIVE, DEPARTURE FROM ADANA, (GREEN,ERIC F, ***-**-4928,
[...] STATE, F0-01, HLT, TA NO. 2025944151, FROM ADANA TO MOSCOW, LPO: CHARLESTON, ATD 07/15/2009, ETA 07/15/2009, AIR 2. HLMAIL: 16001 Junaluska Way, Pacific Palisades, Ca 90272, USA 3. FOR FSC CHARLESTON: Please terminate post differential and post allowance payments effective 07/15/2009. [...]
2009-07-15 06:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN
09ADANA46ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 06:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA47TM EIGHT ARRIVAL NOTICE (DARNELL, DARIA LEIGH, XXX-XX-3781,
[...] STATE, FS-01, HLT, TA NO. 2025942119, FM WASHDC TO ADANA 2. ATA: 07/30/09 3. FSC CHARLESTON; PLEASE NOTE INITIATE POST DIFFERENTIAL AND POST ALLOWANCE EFFECTIVE 07/30/09 4. FOR BF/FS: TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR PAY AND LEAVE RECORD TO FCS CHARLESTON IS REQUESTED. - POST/SUB-POST NO. OF [...]
2009-07-31 09:13:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN TU
09ADANA5CORRECTION - REASSIGNMENT AT POST (CREVIER, JUSTIN C.,
[...] THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE PREVIOUS CABLE TO PROVIDE CORRECTED FUND CITE FOR THE POSITION. ALL OTHERS REMAIN UNCHANGED. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/28/08 3. AGENCY: STATE 4. POST: ADANA 5. REASSIGNMENT AT POST FROM POSITION NO. 50006001 MANAGEME [...]
2009-01-14 15:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA52SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 04 - SEPTEMBER 10,
[...] THE FOLLOWING SECURITY INCIDENTS FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2009, WERE COMPILED BY THE SECURITY ASSISTANT AT CONSULATE ADANA FROM RSO SOURCES, TO INCLUDE TURKISH SECURITY CONTACTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MEDIA REPORTS. SIMILAR REPORTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHARED INFORMALLY BY E-MAIL. PO [...]
2009-09-15 11:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC
09ADANA53CORRECTION TO REQUEST FOR SF-52, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 10:29:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN APER
09ADANA54TURKEY: SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 11 -
[...] The following security incidents for the period September 11-18, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by e-mail. P [...]
2009-09-18 14:05:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC
09ADANA56SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 18 - SEPTEMBER 22,
[...] The following security incidents for the period September 18-22, 2009, were compiled by the Security Assistant at the Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by e [...]
2009-09-23 11:30:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA57TM EIGHT ARRIVAL NOTICE (LO,DEBRA NMN, ***-**-8720, FO-04,
[...] STATE, FS-04, TA NO. 2025945936, FM Baghdad TO ADANA. 2. ATA: 10/02/09. 3. TDY/CONSULT: N/A. 4. EFMS AT POST: NONE. 5.EMERGENCY CONTACT: Julia Chung (Friend) 312-2921-8820 17078 Pacific Coast Highway, #304 Hermosa Beach, Cal 90254 6. FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE INITIATE POST DIFFE [...]
2009-10-06 11:01:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN TU
09ADANA58CORRECTION TM EIGHT ARRIVAL NOTICE (LO,DEBRA NMN,
[...] STATE, FS-04, TA NO. 2025945936, FM Baghdad TO ADANA. 2. ATA: 10/01/09. 3. TDY/CONSULT: N/A. 4. EFMS AT POST: NONE. 5.EMERGENCY CONTACT: Julia Chung (Friend) 312-2921-8820 17078 Pacific Coast Highway, #304 Hermosa Beach, Cal 90254 6. FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE INITIATE POST DIFFE [...]
2009-10-09 11:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN TU
09ADANA59SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 4,
[...] The following security incidents for the period of September 22 - October 4, 2009 were compiled from RSO sources by the Security Assistant at Consulate Adana, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by [...]
2009-10-09 12:52:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC
09ADANA61LANGUAGE INCENTIVE PAYME, DEBRA NMN, XXX-XX-8720, FO-04,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA62SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 05 - OCTOBER 12, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 05 - October 12, 2009 were compiled from RSO sources by the Security Assistant at Consulate Adana, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by [...]
2009-10-16 07:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA63SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 12 -18, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 12-18, 2009 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. Post is n [...]
2009-10-21 11:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA64TURKEY: BIMONTHLY SOUTHEAST ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 13:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG TU SY
09ADANA65SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 12 - 18, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 19-25, 2009, were compiled by the Security Assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. Post is no [...]
2009-11-02 07:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA66SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 01,
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 26 - November 01, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. [...]
2009-11-03 11:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA67PAYROLL CORRECTION FOR CREVIER, JUSTIN C., XXX-XX-7127
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 08:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN APER
09ADANA69CORRECTION CABLE: POST DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS (ONES, LEYLA L.
[...] FOR FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE STOP POST DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS AS OF 10/30/2008 FOR ONES, LEYLA L., SSN# XXX-XX-5155. DARNELL [...]
2009-11-09 07:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN
09ADANA70SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 2-8, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 2-8, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends of v [...]
2009-11-09 13:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA71ADANA EXTRA MILE AWARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 09:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KFSC AFSN
09ADANA73SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 9-15, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 9-15, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends [...]
2009-11-16 14:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA74SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 16-22, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 16-22 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends of vio [...]
2009-11-24 11:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA75SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 23-30, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 23-30, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trend [...]
2009-12-02 07:25:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA77ADANA ANNUAL LES AND GUARD AWARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 07:59:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KFSC AFSN
09ADANA81SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: DECEMBER 21-27, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of December 21-27, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends [...]
2009-12-29 14:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADDISABABA1139AFRICAN UNION DOWNPLAYS SOMALIA DESPITE IMMINENT
[...] (SBU) During the May 13 Consultative Meeting of the African Union (AU),Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs),and International Partners, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, supported by the Ugandan and Burundian Ministers of Defense, asserted that there was no serious crisis [...]
2009-05-14 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1149PRIME MINISTER MELES AND THE UNSC DISCUSS SOMALIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on May 16 provided visiting Ambassador Susan Rice and delegates from the United Nations Security Council his analysis of ongoing issues of mutual interest regarding Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea. On Somalia, Meles assessed that the Transitional F [...]
2009-05-18 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS KPKO SO SU ET
09ADDISABABA1235PRIME MINISTER MELES ON PILLARS OF THE BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 12:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID ET SO
09ADDISABABA1242USAU: COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR AU -- UPDATE
[...] The Command, Control, and Communications Information System Project (C3IS) is progressing steadily. Since the last update (ref B),the project has been presented to the African Union Ministers of Defense and Chiefs of Defense on May 11-15 in Addis Ababa. The project was approved by the Minis [...]
2009-05-27 07:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MCAP SO AU
09ADDISABABA1317SOMALI REGION UPDATE: HUMANITARIAN
[...] USAID officials attended the Regional Humanitarian Coordination meeting on May 25 in Jijiga town (Jijiga Zone, Somali Region). Points of discussion were the poor performance of the main April to June rains, the soon-to-be released nutrition survey for five districts of the Somali Region, re [...]
2009-06-08 11:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1334AU PANEL OF THE WISE REPORTS ON ELECTION-RELATED
[...] The African Union's Panel of the Wise has completed a report examining election-related disputes and violent conflict that often characterize electoral processes in Africa. One of the report's major recommendations is to strengthen Africa's capacities at the national, regional and continental [...]
2009-06-09 07:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM EAID AU
09ADDISABABA1339ETHIOPIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The United States Government is aware of seven (7) claims by U.S. persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Ethiopia (GOE). There is one new reported claim. 2. Included in these claims are three (3) disputes involving the confiscation of property by current U.S. citizens wh [...]
2009-06-10 05:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA140TWO YEARS ON: STRUCTURING USAU TO MEET THE
[...] SUMMARY: The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) has the opportunity to play a much more influential role in the deliberations and actions of the African Union (AU) in 2009 and beyond than it has had since its establishment as an observer mission in 2006. Both the AU Commission [...]
2009-01-20 09:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER AU EAID PGOV PREL
09ADDISABABA142USAU: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ETHIOPIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 10:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA144FOOD SHORTAGES IN TIGRAY REGION DUE TO POOR 2008 RAINS
[...] Local and regional officials, relief organizations, and affected communities report deterioration of food security in southern and eastern areas of Tigray Region. Failed belg rains and uneven meher rains in 2008 resulted in poor crop production, insufficient feed and pasture for livestock, an [...]
2009-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1498 ETHIOPIA ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY SITUATION
[...] On June 17, 2009 the U.S. Ambassador convened a meeting with key members of the humanitarian community to discuss an action plan to address the worrisome food security situation exacerbated by consecutive seasons of failed rains and an impending food relief pipeline break in mid - July. 2. [...]
2009-06-26 08:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1556ETHIOPIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING
[...] The humanitarian situation in large parts of Ethiopia is deteriorating due to successive seasons of failed rains evidenced by increased food insecurity and subsequent upward spikes in admissions of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to therapeutic feeding centers. The key indicator [...]
2009-07-02 14:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1824STAFFDEL PERKINS
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Mr. Alexander Perkins, Majority Trade Counsel, and Ms. Angela Ellard, Minority Trade Counsel to Ethiopia August 6-9, 2009. For the latest travel advisories consult the Department of State website at http://travel.state.gov. The purpose of travel is to hold AGOA-r [...]
2009-07-30 11:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF OTRA ET
09ADDISABABA1861 USAID/ETHIOPIA'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR):
[...] USAID/Ethiopia inaugurates a series of background pieces profiling livestock, food security, Comprehensive Agriculture Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) status, private sector and other topics related to GFSR. We hope these information sharing cables will be useful in keeping the G [...]
2009-08-04 06:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1907PARLIAMENT PASSES 2009/10 FEDERAL BUDGET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ethiopian Parliament passed a federal budget of 64.5 billion birr (USD 5.2 billion) for the 2009/10 fiscal year, representing an 18.9 percent increase in nominal terms from last year. The recurrent budget increased by 14.9 percent, while federal subsidies to regional states i [...]
2009-08-06 09:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1955ETHIOPIA UNDECIDED ON UNESCO ELECTION
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mesfin Midekssa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Specialized International Agencies, on August 11. Mesfin stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had not yet decided which candidate to support in the UNESCO Director-General race, but that [...]
2009-08-12 06:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO ET
09ADDISABABA2117 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 11:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2118 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 11:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2120 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 12:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2121 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 13:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2122 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 13:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA214IMPACT OF REDUCED COFFEE AND SWEET POTATO
[...] Late, uneven, and generally poor 2008 seasonal rains resulted in poor coffee production and expected decreases in sweet potato cultivation, negatively affecting food security in eastern Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) Region. Humanitarian agencies expect food insecurity [...]
2009-01-29 05:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2164CHOLERA SPREADS THROUGHOUT ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) To date, seven of 10 regions of Ethiopia have been affected by cholera or acute watery diarrhea (AWD). The percentage of cholera cases is not known but it is expected to be significant. While cholera is an endemic disease in Ethiopia, it is rarely seen in Addis Ababa. However, a recent [...]
2009-09-04 09:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2245ETHIOPIAN G20 AGENDA CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Charge and DCM met with the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor, and G20 sherpa, Minister Newaye Christos Gebre-Ab September 15, at the latter,s request. Gebre-Ab had just returned from the G20 sherpa meeting in the U.S. 2. (SBU) Noting that PM Meles would be representing views from al [...]
2009-09-16 10:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2261STRENGTHENING THE AU'S COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE
[...] Summary: USAU held its second C3IS workshop on September 9-11 to continue the U.S. commitment to the African Union (AU) to assist in establishing a communications architecture for the African Standby Force (ASF). The meeting brought together civilian and military communication experts from t [...]
2009-09-18 04:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MCAP AU SO
09ADDISABABA2269ETHIOPIA: LEAHY VETTING ASSISTANCE/APPROVAL FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian citizens and units who have been identified for receipt of USG-funded equipment, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these units or individuals. 2. (SB [...]
2009-09-21 04:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPMIL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2294 AU DONOR SUPPORT GROUP PLANS NOVEMBER 2009 MEETING
[...] (U) This Message contains an action request in para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of the AUC, UNECA and donor countries met on September 17 to discuss an up-coming Donor Support Group meeting scheduled for the week of November 30. The meeting will give high-level policymakers from donor countr [...]
2009-09-23 06:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID AU
09ADDISABABA2318ETHIOPIA SEEKS ENERGY SECTOR INVESTMENT
[...] (U) Charge d'Affairs (CDA) Meece met with Ethiopia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr. Alemayehu Tegenu, for a courtesy call on September 23, 2009. Accompanied by DCM Mushingi and the Regional Environment Officer, CDA requested a briefing on the GoE's energy sector development priorities. Ale [...]
2009-09-28 10:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2346 Ethiopia Becomes Fourth African Country
[...] (U) As part of the USG's food security initiative implementation plan development, USAID Ethiopia continues to produce information sharing cables to highlight progress and plans in key areas. This Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) cable is a continuation of this seri [...]
2009-10-01 06:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL AF ET
09ADDISABABA2398RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ETHIOPIA C-C19-01825
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 05:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPINR BBSR ECON EINV ET
09ADDISABABA2402 ETHIOPIA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION
[...] In July 2009, the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) increased the projected number of people requiring emergency food assistance between June and December 2009 to 6.2 million people, from previous January to June 2009 estimates of 4.2 million people. In additi [...]
2009-10-05 13:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09ADDISABABA2536ETHIOPIA INVITES EUROPEAN UNION TO OBSERVE 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 04:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2539 LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS ON NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FROM
[...] The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on October 26. Original follows by pouch. BEGIN TEXT: Mr. President, I was very pleased to learn that you had been awarded the Nobel [...]
2009-10-27 07:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2616HIGH RISK OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR RURAL
[...] (SBU) Rural Ethiopian girls are more at risk of having their rights violated compared to the general Ethiopian population due to harmful traditional practices and cultural attitudes towards females. While there are laws in place to protect girls from some rights violations, the laws are not e [...]
2009-11-04 11:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2642USAU: SYNOPSIS OF AMISOM CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November Consultative Meeting of AMISOM stakeholders reveals a precarious security situation and danger in continuing status quo support to both AMISOM and the TFG. While all stakeholders agree that AMISOM must not fail, few donors are willing to provide sufficiently flexible [...]
2009-11-06 07:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDIO PGOV PREL SO AU
09ADDISABABA2808 USAU: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - THEME AND SCHEDULE OF
[...] The African Union (AU) has announced that the theme of the 2010 AU Summit will be "Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development." 2. The schedule of meetings is as follows: a) Permanent Representative Committee of Ambassadors (PRC): 25- [...]
2009-11-25 14:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2843OCT-NOV REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary: This Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter combines reporting from October and November 2009, with an emphasis on energy developments, the latest USG and Africa climate change positions in the run up to Copenhagen, updates on the Nile Basin Initiative, and an [...]
2009-12-03 12:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2853ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN
[...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ethiopia was $147.2 million in 2008, an increase of 89 percent over the surplus of $77.7 million in 2 [...]
2009-12-04 11:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2871ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 13:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2872 NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) wishes to nominate Sergeant Angela Nyakeyo for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Sergeant Nyakeyo is serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),a critical mission that is trying to restore peace a [...]
2009-12-07 14:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KWMN PHUM AU
09ADDISABABA2873ETHIOPIA'S NOMINATION: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD
[...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa would like to nominate Ms. Birtukan Midekssa Deme, Chairperson, Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, as our nominee for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. The remainder of this cable is tracked to nomination detail criteria outlined in reft [...]
2009-12-08 05:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA2926REPORT OF 20TH GLOBAL FUND BOARD MEETING NOV 9-11, 2009
[...] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB),and Malaria (Global Fund) held its 20th Board meeting on November 9-11, 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The U.S. government (USG) holds a permanent seat on the Global Fund Board and works through the Board to make funding decisions and provid [...]
2009-12-14 13:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO ET
09ADDISABABA2943GLOBAL HEALTH INITATIVE: PROMOTING GREATER AWARENESS AND
[...] The U.S. Mission to Ethiopia wishes to provide the following comments in response to State cable 00125761 regarding the goals and principles of the President's Global Health Initiative (GHI). The broad goals around improving overall health outcomes and increasing country capacity to improve p [...]
2009-12-16 04:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID ET KOCI KWMN
09ADDISABABA2944USAU: AFRICAN UNION CONTEMPLATING SUMMIT OF ALL
[...] The African Union is contemplating a summit in early 2010 that would assemble all of Sudan's political leadership ahead of the 2010 elections. AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra raised this possibility during a meeting of the African Union Partners Group on Peace and Secur [...]
2009-12-16 08:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SU AU
09ADDISABABA2960ETHIOPIA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Over the last three years, the East Africa extremist networks led by al-Shabaab have increased their capability, numbers and strength. The threat posed by these networks, particularly the increase of foreign fighters and jihadist recruits, is a growing concern. The Ethiopian government is co [...]
2009-12-18 08:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2963USAU: AFRICA ECONOMIC CONFERENCE REITERATES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the Africa Economic Conference (AEC) in November at UNECA headquarters in Addis Ababa. Conference participants, including African leadership, expressed unanimous support for pan-African i [...]
2009-12-18 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL AU
09ADDISABABA31ETHIOPIA PASSES RESTRICTIVE CSO LAW
[...] (SBU) On January 6, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a new Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law)(Refs A-C) to regulate the conduct of civil society organizations. As expected, the law prohibits civil society organizations that receive more than ten percent of their funding from foreign [...]
2009-01-06 13:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA454U.S. ENGAGEMENT VITAL TO NILE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) The Nile River runs through ten countries, whose populations depend on its waters for their livelihood. It is a shared, multi-state river basin characterized by water scarcity, poverty, rapid population, and a long history of dispute and instability. Sound and equitable management of the Ni [...]
2009-02-23 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW ET
09ADDISABABA495ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE-SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as wel [...]
2009-02-27 09:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
09ADDISABABA574KENYA: DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP CONDITIONS
[...] (U) Regional Refugee Coordinator (Refcoord) Inga Heemink and Refugee Program Officer Matt Austin visited Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya January 19-26 to review current conditions at the camp, discuss ongoing negotiations for additional land allocation, and monitor PRM-funded projects. Despite th [...]
2009-03-05 11:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV EAID KE ET SO
09ADDISABABA708CODEL CARNAHAN APRIL 5-8, 2009
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa warmly welcomes CODEL CARNAHAN to Ethiopia April 5-8, 2009 to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly. Travelers should check with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of travel, and consult the Department of State website at http://travel.stat [...]
2009-03-24 14:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP OTRA AF CY EG ET
09ADDISABABA754USAU: STATUS OF COMMAND AND CONTROL PROJECT FOR
[...] Summary: USAU held a C3IS workshop on Feb. 25-27 to revive the U.S. commitment to the African Union (AU) for a communications package for the African continent's African Standby Force (ASF) program. The meeting brought together civilian and military communication experts from the AU, UN, U.S. [...]
2009-04-02 06:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR SO UG BU
09ADDISABABA777REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED AMCHAM ETHIOPIA LAUNCH
[...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Ethiopia was officially launched on January 12, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in the presence of the Minister of Trade and Industry Girma Birru, Ambassador Yamamoto, representatives of international financial institutions, and diplomats as well as a ho [...]
2009-04-07 06:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA799REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TRAINING
[...] (U) AmEmbassy Addis Ababa's Commercial Specialist (CommSpec) attended the joint State-Commerce Regional Training and Strategic Planning Program in Johannesburg, South Africa in February 2009. CommSpec appreciated the opportunity to network with colleagues from across the continent. A trip high [...]
2009-04-09 13:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA84AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09ADDISABABA85AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09ADDISABABA904ETHIOPIA: REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) This cable presents post's response to reftel questions on Ethiopia's fiscal transparency and direct USG foreign assistance. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is poised to receive U.S. foreign assistance using FY 09 funds. While the overwhelming majority of U.S. [...]
2009-04-21 12:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA963POTENTIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illegal nuclear and/or radiological material. This report came to post's attention via photographic material. Information concerning this report was r [...]
2009-04-24 09:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDAF ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER
09ADDISABABA97ETHIOPIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] Per reftel, this cable provides information on the child labor and the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia and the Government of Ethiopia's (GOE's) efforts to address these problems for the period March 2008 to present. A. Laws and Regulations ----------------------- 2. Ethiopia's co [...]
2009-01-16 07:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET
09AITTAIPEI1002MEDIA REACTION: U.S.' RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS FOR TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1021MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1023MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI103MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 04:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1030MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 25 on two more confirmed deaths linked to the H1N1 virus, on the threat posed by the H1N1 epidemic to the ongoing rescue and relief efforts in the disaster zones caused by Typhoon Morakot, and on the reconstruction a [...]
2009-08-25 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1033MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1040MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 27 on the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus in Taiwan and the Taiwan government's plan to cope with the threat of the epidemic; on the possible visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to pray for the victims of Typhoon Morako [...]
2009-08-27 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1044MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. DEFENSE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 28 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's decision to allow the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan from August 30 to September 4, on the reconstruction plans in the areas hit by Typhoon Morakot, and on the H1N1 epidemic in T [...]
2009-08-28 07:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1051MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 29-31 on the visit of the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to offer blessings for the victims of Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan; and on the landslide victory of Japan's opposition Democratic Party of Japan in nationwide elec [...]
2009-08-31 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1063MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT, JAPAN'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 1 on China's reaction to the visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan; on the "surprising" results of the KMT's primary for the year-end Hualien County Magistrate election; and on the H1N1 epidemic in Taiwan. In terms o [...]
2009-09-01 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1068MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN'S ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI107MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday from January 24 to February 1, 2009. During this period, news coverage in major Taiwan Chinese-language dailies focused on the weather, traffic and New Year celebrations around the island. In terms of editorials and commentaries, several [...]
2009-02-02 08:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI111MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 08:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1110MEDIA REACTION: COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 08:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1117MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused September 15 news coverage on the captain of a Taiwan navy submarine being swept overboard during a mission; on the confrontation between Taiwan and Japan vessels over a Taiwan fishing boat's alleged intrusion into Japanese waters; on th [...]
2009-09-15 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1171MEDIA REACTION: BURMA, REBIYA KADEER AND THE UNITED STATES
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 26-28 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's decision to not allow World Uyghur Congress President Rebiya Kadeer to enter Taiwan; on the Yunlin County's legislative by-election, and on the referendum on opening casi [...]
2009-09-28 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1176MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1183MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 10:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1199MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 3-5 on Typhoon Parma, which is lingering south of Taiwan and bringing heavy rain to northern and eastern parts of the island; and on the island-wide celebrations of the Mid-autumn Festival Saturday. In terms of edi [...]
2009-10-05 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI12MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their January 7 news coverage on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case, on the dual citizenship controversy surrounding legislator Diane Lee, and on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, KMT-lean [...]
2009-01-07 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1203MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1208MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize winners, among whom one holds an honorary position at Taiwan's Academia Sinica; on the upcoming NBA preseason game in Taipei; and on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrate [...]
2009-10-07 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1210MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 10:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI122MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 5 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal cases, and on thousands of people in Taiwan paying homage to Dharma Master Sheng Yen, who passed away Tuesday. I [...]
2009-02-05 10:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1222MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1227MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1231MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1239MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, SINO-U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 17-19 on the Council of Grand Justices' constitutional interpretation regarding former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; on a seminar held jointly by Taiwan's Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace Studies (APS) and [...]
2009-10-19 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1246TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-2411
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T official and FN visited Tri-Force International, Inc., and interviewed Company President Terence Hou at address listed in reftel. 2. (SBU) Tri-Force was established in 1989, and now has eight employees. There are two vice presidents, Mr. John T.L. [...]
2009-10-20 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1247MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 20 on the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes starting in 2011; on President Ma Ying-jeou's remarks on cross-Strait relations during his interview with Reuters Monday; and on the year-end city mayors' an [...]
2009-10-20 09:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1248TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT Econ Officer and FN visited Golden Orient Ltd. in Kaohsiung City and interviewed the company's President, Mr. James Yu, and Sales Manager, Ms. Silvia Sun, at the company's new office located at 589, Zhengde Road, Tsoying District, Kaohsiung City. 2. (SBU) Ms. [...]
2009-10-20 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI125 TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF THE WAAD PROJECT
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 3, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the Waad Project in Lebanon under Executive Order 13224. 2. (U) In the [...]
2009-02-06 01:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR ECON LE TW
09AITTAIPEI1250MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 21 on the controversy revolving around the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes two years from now; on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China; and o [...]
2009-10-21 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1254MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1259MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASIA, U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 23 on Taiwan re-opening its market to U.S. bone-in beef; on the turmoil inside the ruling KMT over the alleged bribery in the party's recent Central Standing Committee elections; and on the Taiwan military's plan to [...]
2009-10-23 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1262MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 24-26 on the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. bone-in-beef and beef products; on the elections for the KMT's central standing committee; and on the Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball leagu [...]
2009-10-26 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1263MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1268MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On October 28, the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. beef continued to receive extensive coverage in Taiwan's print media. Major Chinese-language and English-language dailies reported that dozens of trade organizations and hundreds of stores and restaurants in T [...]
2009-10-28 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1272MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 29 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan professional baseball players; and on [...]
2009-10-29 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1276MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 30 on prosecutors' investigation into game-fixing scandal in Taiwan's professional baseball league; on the government's warning regarding the hike in prices in the local housing market; and on the upcoming local ele [...]
2009-10-30 07:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI128MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 05:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1284MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage from October 31 through November 2 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan pro [...]
2009-11-02 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1290MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused November 3 news coverage on Shim Nakagomi, former coach of the Brother Elephants baseball team, who was involved in the game fixing scandal in the Taiwan professional baseball league and who attempted to leave Taiwan on Monday but was de [...]
2009-11-03 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1295MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On November 4, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage to the controversy caused by the Taiwan government decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a front-page banne [...]
2009-11-04 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1306MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 5 on Premier Wu Den-yih, who was reported to have traveled abroad with a local criminal gang leader in 2008; on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and [...]
2009-11-05 08:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1315MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 6 on the earthquake that struck Nantou County on Thursday evening, on the breakout of H1N1 swine flu on a pig farm in Taitung, which was the first case of man-to-pig infection in Taiwan; and on Premier Wu Den-yih's [...]
2009-11-06 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1326MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage from November 7 through 9 on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on U.S. President Barack Obam [...]
2009-11-09 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1339MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 10 on rumors that the United States had halted all U.S. beef exports to Taiwan given the Taiwan government's tight control over the product; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the unidentified cash f [...]
2009-11-10 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1344PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 07:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI135MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 7-9 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on a Central Election Commission decision Friday to revoke the elected status of a former KMT legislator who resigned in January over her U.S. citizenship status; and on t [...]
2009-02-09 08:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1352MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 13 on the Taiwan government's probe into the toxic ducks found in Kaohsiung; on the APEC meetings currently going on in Singapore; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The KMT-leaning "China Times" ran a [...]
2009-11-13 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1356MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN TOKYO
[...] Summary: On November 15, all of Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies reported on U.S. President Barack Obama's speech delivered Saturday in Tokyo, while some put a special emphasis on Obama's remarks regarding China. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a banner he [...]
2009-11-15 23:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1360TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-1198
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T Econ officer and FN visited U&U Engineering International Inc., and interviewed Mr. Cheng Tung, who serves as company Chairman and President. End summary. 2. (SBU) U&U Engineering International Inc. was established in 1992 and now employs approxima [...]
2009-11-16 08:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1362MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 14-16 on a merger announced Saturday between two major players in Taiwan's LCD panel industry; on the APEC leaders' summit in Singapore and U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China; on a rally in Taipei Sunday [...]
2009-11-16 12:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1370MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 17 on a financial memorandum of understanding inked between Taiwan and China Tuesday evening; on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China and his town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai Tuesday afterno [...]
2009-11-17 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1376MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language papers gave significant straightforward and editorial coverage November 18 to a joint statement released by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Tuesday. News coverage also focused on developments in cr [...]
2009-11-18 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1380MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 19 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on t [...]
2009-11-19 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1390MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 21-23 on developments in cross-Strait relations; on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taipei; and on several Taiwan fishing boats, which were detained by the Burmese navy on November 19. 2. Editorials a [...]
2009-11-24 04:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1391MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage November 20 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relation [...]
2009-11-24 04:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1395MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 24 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taiwan; on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island; and on Taiwan's falling unemployment rate from September to October. The pr [...]
2009-11-24 08:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1400MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 25 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit in Taiwan; on Premier Wu Den-yih's interview with several major Taiwan papers; and on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island. The [...]
2009-11-25 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1404MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-29 23:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1409MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1411MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 10:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1416MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 2 on the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, which are scheduled to be held on December 5, and on the sudden resignation of Japan's representative to Taiwan. Several papers also repor [...]
2009-12-02 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1423MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 3 on the lead-up to the local elections scheduled for December 5; on the National Communications Commission (NCC)'s review of Next Media's applications to establish TV channels; and on the resignation Masaki Saito, [...]
2009-12-03 09:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1425MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 08:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]
2009-12-07 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI144MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies February 11 gave extensive coverage to former First Lady Wu Shu-chen, who appeared in court and pleaded guilty to forgery but denied the corruption charges against her Tuesday. News coverage also centered on the island's sagging economy, and on [...]
2009-02-11 06:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1442MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 8 on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, its impact on cross-Strait relations; and on the upcoming fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchan [...]
2009-12-08 07:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1449MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 9 on the U.S. beef issue, which was stalled at the legislative sessions Tuesday due to a boycott by DPP legislators; on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the isla [...]
2009-12-09 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1451TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK
[...] (U) Summary: Per reftel A request, AIT/Taipei Economic officer visited the subject consignee, Long Sion Corp., and talked to the chairperson Mr. Charlie Chen. An on-site check of the company and the responses from Mr. Chen appear to confirm the bona fides of this consignee. End summary. L [...]
2009-12-09 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1470MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 11 on the fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait, which will be held in Taichung from December 22-24; on possible U.S. arms [...]
2009-12-11 11:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1503MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 17 on the fourth round of cross-Strait negotiations, which is scheduled to be held in Taichung from December 22 to December 24; on cross-Strait relations; and on the new Secretary-General of the KMT and DPP, respec [...]
2009-12-17 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1504MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 10:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1513MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 07:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 07:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1525MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1529MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1532MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1540MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...]
2009-12-31 08:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1541MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...]
2009-12-31 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI159MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 06:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI160 TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF THE WAAD PROJECT
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the Waad Project in Lebanon and aliases designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13224 on January 6, 2009. YOUNG [...]
2009-02-13 08:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR ECON LE TW
09AITTAIPEI174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 14-17 news coverage on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, on the Taiwan government's efforts to fight the island's mounting unemployment ra [...]
2009-02-17 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI19 TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, designated on November 12 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a supporter of terrorism unde [...]
2009-01-07 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON
09AITTAIPEI191MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI196MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 20 news coverage on Taiwan's sagging economy, on the on-going investigation into the corruption case against former President Chen Shui-bian and his family, on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agre [...]
2009-02-20 07:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI204MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 21-23 on the "national policy conference" organized by the opposition parties; on the local economic downturn plus various government policies; and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China. [...]
2009-02-23 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI208MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI211MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI219MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI232MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI237MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, SECRETARY OF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 4 news coverage on the Taipei District Court's decision to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention; on former First Lady Wu Shu-chen's appearance in a pre-trial hearing; and on the controversy surrounding Ma Ying-jeou ad [...]
2009-03-04 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI24 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
[...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on January 5, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008 by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Tal [...]
2009-01-08 05:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW
09AITTAIPEI242MEDIA REACTION: U.S.'S MIDDLE-EAST POLICY, U.S.'S DEFENSE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 5 on former President Chen Shui-bian's appearance in the pre-trial hearing in his money laundering and corruption cases; on the Cabinet's measures to boost the local economy; and the opening of China's National People [...]
2009-03-05 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI245MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 05:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI25MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI256MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI258 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on March 5, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation under Executive Order 13224 for supporting te [...]
2009-03-09 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI269MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 11 news coverage on the unexpected resignation of Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Henry Tsai Tuesday; on Taiwan's sagging economy; and on the controversy over the assassination attempt against former President Ch [...]
2009-03-11 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI271 Taiwan's February Trade Figures Show Continued Weakness in
[...] (U) Taiwan exports again took a tumble in the first two months of 2009. Although the decline in February (28.6% y-o-y) was substantially less than the 44.1% drop in January, this is largely due to the fact that the week long Lunar New Year holiday fell in January 2009 rather than in February [...]
2009-03-12 03:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SENV ELAB EPET TW
09AITTAIPEI285MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI292MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVY SHIPS CONFRONTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI298MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 09:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI305AIT TAIPEI CONFIRMS FSN ATTENDANCE IN 2009 ESTH TRAINING
[...] AIT TAIPEI confirms ESTH Specialist Ms. Yun-ping Chang's participation in the Spring 2009 PE221 FSN Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course, April 27 -May 8, 2009. 2. The health insurance information for Ms. Chang is as follows: A. CHANG, YUN-PING B. Grade FN-10 C. [...]
2009-03-19 09:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV AFSI AFSN TSPL ECON AMGT ETRD
09AITTAIPEI306MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL SHIPS CONFRONTATION,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 19 news coverage on a meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou and AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt and a press conference hosted by the latter Wednesday; on cross-Strait relations; and on the ongoing investigation into former Presiden [...]
2009-03-19 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI31MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI328MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL CONFRONTATION, U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 21-23 news coverage on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly in May; on Taiwan's economic situation; and on the controversy caused by the alleged anti-Taiwan remarks by a Toronto [...]
2009-03-23 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI333MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI335 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation, which on March 5, 2009 was designated under Executive Order 13224 for supporting terrorism. YOUNG [...]
2009-03-25 05:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI337MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 25 news coverage on Taiwan's economic prospects; on the controversies surrounding the anti-Taiwan remarks by a former Toronto-based Government Information Office official; and on the ongoing investigation into former President Chen [...]
2009-03-25 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI359MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...]
2009-03-30 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI371PSV: INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHY
[...] ON MARCH 19, 2009, COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY AND FN CINDY CHANG VISITED THE INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHY AT THE ADDRESS CITED IN PSV REQUEST CABLE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION. DURING THE VISIT POST MET WITH ASSISTANT RESEARCH FELLOW, DR. YUH-JING HWANG. 2. THE INSTI [...]
2009-04-01 01:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETTC ETRD TW
09AITTAIPEI372PSV: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
[...] ON MARCH 20, 2009, COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY AND FN CINDY CHANG VISITED THE NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (GIEE) AT THE ADDRESS CITED IN PSV REQUEST CABLE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION. DURING THE VISIT POST MET WITH DR. SHEN-LUAN LIU, [...]
2009-04-01 01:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETTC ETRD TW
09AITTAIPEI379MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI386MEDIA REACTION: G-20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]
2009-04-03 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI4MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 1-2 news coverage on the New Year Eve's celebration in Taiwan and around the world; on Chinese President Hu Jintao's delivering of the "Six Points" of China's Taiwan policy; and on a court ruling on the embezzlement scandal invol [...]
2009-01-02 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI407MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 4-6 news coverage on North Korea, which launched a long-range rocket over Japan Sunday; on the Local Government Act passed by the Legislative Yuan Friday, which will allow cities and counties to merge and become special munic [...]
2009-04-06 08:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI413MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 7 news coverage on the fraud scandals involving several high-ranking Taiwan military officials; on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrates' elections; on a Taiwan fishing boat which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the I [...]
2009-04-07 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI423MEDIA REACTION: G-20, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 8 news coverage on the ongoing investigations into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family's legal cases; on Taiwan's economic situation; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the Pentagon's new defense budget pr [...]
2009-04-08 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI446MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 10 news coverage on a Taiwan Intellectual Property Court ruling Thursday, in which the defendant is required to compensate Hermes US$7.58 million for her sale of pirated Hermes Birkin handbags; on the corruption scandals involving [...]
2009-04-10 10:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI45TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050133912
[...] Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC),and TSMC Principal Engineer Kenneth Lin confirmed the details of the reftel business transaction. 2. Lin told AIT/T that he asked the foreign consignee, Semicaps Pte. Ltd., to provide TSMC [...]
2009-01-13 05:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI454MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 11-13 news coverage on a series of government-organized events commemorating the 100th birthday of the late President Chiang Ching-kuo; on the developments in cross-Strait relations and the controversy over Taiwan's plan to s [...]
2009-04-14 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI463TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050153101
[...] Summary: Per reftel request, AIT confirmed reftel transaction details with the end user, and visited the foreign consignee to verify its bona fides. End summary. 2. On April 3, Mr. Liao in the Chung Shan Institute of Science & Technology (CSIST) Procurement Office confirmed the details of t [...]
2009-04-15 02:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI465MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI47PSV: BURNABY INDUSTRIES CO.
[...] AIT COMMERCIAL SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF DARREL CHING AND FN FRANCES LI VISITED BURNABY INDUSTRIES CO. (BURNABY) AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN AND MET WITH THE COMPANY OWNER JOHNSON CHEN AND CONDUCTED A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON JANUARY 12, 2009. 2. BURNABY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 AND HAS 6 EMPLOYEES. [...]
2009-01-13 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC TW
09AITTAIPEI474MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMAGE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 18-20 news coverage on the third round of negotiations between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),which is slated for April 26 in Nanjing; on the [...]
2009-04-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI478MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI48PLC: MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
[...] AIT COMMERCIAL SECTION CONTACTED BIS UNIT CHIEF EDWARD HOLLAND REGARDING PLC CASE 409169 AND CONFIRMED MOVING FORWARD ON THE END USER - MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. (MIC),INSTEAD OF THE PURCHASER EVERGO MICROWAVE. 2. DEPUTY CHIEF DARREL CHING AND FN FRANCES LI VISITED MIC AND MET WITH ELECTRO [...]
2009-01-13 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC TW
09AITTAIPEI499MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 07:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI507MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 29 news coverage on the swine flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. Several papers also carried reports from the "Defense News" saying that the United State [...]
2009-04-29 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI530MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S OBSERVER STATUS AT WHA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused May 1 news coverage on the world's upgraded alert on the H1N1 flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; on Taiwan's observer status at this year's World Health Assembly (WHA); and on the surge of the Taiwan Stock Excha [...]
2009-05-01 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI534MEDIA REACTION: 100 DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI548MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 23:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI554MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI57 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008, by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions C [...]
2009-01-14 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW
09AITTAIPEI574MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND TAIWAN'S STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI58MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 14 news coverage on an AIT statement issued Tuesday confirming that it has discussed with Taiwan the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and that the U.S. Navy has a responsibility to render assistance to any vessel in distress [...]
2009-01-14 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI585MEDIA REACTION: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI598MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TORTURE OF DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 05:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI612008 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC)
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to reftel A. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: The overall crime threat in Taiwan is LOW, with the majority of crime, like many large cities, occurring in downtown Taipei and other metropolitan areas. The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is not aware of any [...]
2009-01-15 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC TW
09AITTAIPEI613MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS; U.S.'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 20 on President Ma Ying-jeou's one-year anniversary in office; on Taiwan's first participation in the World Health Assembly in 38 years; and on a Taiwan expedition team's attempt to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. [...]
2009-05-20 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI628MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 23-26 news coverage on the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Taiwan; on former South KoreaN President Roh Moo-hyun's suicide; on the junior high school students' exams for entering senior high schools; and on developments in cross-Str [...]
2009-05-26 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI63MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 15 news coverage on the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office's search of the Presidential Office Wednesday and the arrest of two Presidential Office staffers for allegedly spying on behalf of China; and on the Control Yuan's decis [...]
2009-01-15 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI630TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050169368
[...] Summary: Based on information obtained from the Ministry of National Defense and site visit to the consignee, EZO Corporation (EZO),it appears that EZO is a reliable recipient of USML items. End summary. Ministry of National Defense ---------------------------- 2. Lieutenant Colonel Wang [...]
2009-05-27 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI631MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 27 news coverage on the meeting between KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung and Chinese Communist Party Secretary-General Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday and the developments in cross-Strait relations; on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip to C [...]
2009-05-27 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI634MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 04:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI642 MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2 on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to El Salvador, including his interaction with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a dinner hosted by outgoing El Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca; over the cont [...]
2009-06-02 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI648MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 3 on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Central America, including the Ma Administration's latest foreign aid policies and his interaction with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; on two local companies' alleged ins [...]
2009-06-03 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI652MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI662MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 5 news coverage on the change in the board of directors of Formosa Petrochemical Corp. founded by the late business tycoon Wang Yung-ching; on the results of senior high school entrance exams; and on the commemoration of the twentie [...]
2009-06-05 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI666MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 6-8 on the speculation over President Ma Ying-jeou possibly doubling as KMT chairman after July; on the reshuffle of board members in the Formosa Petrochemical Corp; and on several issues concerning the livelihood of p [...]
2009-06-08 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI682MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 10 on President Ma Ying-jeou's decision to run for the KMT chairmanship in July; on Ma's suggestion that people across the Taiwan Strait be able to read traditional Chinese and write simplified Chinese characters; and [...]
2009-06-10 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI692TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050169606
[...] Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) Arsenal Readiness Development Center (ARDC),to confirm the order. Because the incoming cable did not indicate the commodities' quantities, AIT/T also contacted the foreign consignee, Yang [...]
2009-06-12 05:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI694MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 05:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI7MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 08:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI709MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 13-15 on the potential hike in commodities prices; on the legislature's passage of the Act Governing the Development of Renewable Energy; and on President Ma Ying-jeou's running in the election for the KMT chairmanship [...]
2009-06-15 08:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI721MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI724TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050170334
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST),and visited the consignee, U & U International Inc. We confirmed the order with both end-user and consignee, and assess the consignee to be bona fide. END SUMMARY. CSIS [...]
2009-06-17 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI728MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 03:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI732 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to Abdul Haq designated on April 15, 2009, by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) for targeted sanctions. [...]
2009-06-18 08:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID UNSC ECON CH TW
09AITTAIPEI736 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA
[...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...]
2009-06-19 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW
09AITTAIPEI74MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...]
2009-01-20 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI745MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 20-22 news coverage on Tropical Storm Linfa's brush past Taiwan, local economic problems, and on the development of cross-Strait relations. 2. Among editorials and commentary, an editorial in the mass-circulation "Apple Daily" u [...]
2009-06-22 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI749 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA
[...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...]
2009-06-22 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW
09AITTAIPEI751MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 23 news coverage on former President Chen Shui-bian's daughter, son-in-law, and son's admission of perjury in the case of embezzlement of the state affairs fund; on Taiwan's historically high 5.82 percent jobless rate; and on the co [...]
2009-06-23 06:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI762MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI768MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI777MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI785MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their June 27-29 news coverage on the sudden death of Michael Jackson last Thursday; on the arrest of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military Sunday and its impact on President Ma Ying-jeou's upcoming trip to Central Am [...]
2009-06-29 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI792MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 30 news coverage on the Executive Yuan's approval Monday of the merger of Tainan City and Tainan County into one special municipality; on Taiwan-born New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming's first victory of the season Sunday; on [...]
2009-06-30 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI808MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused July 2 news coverage on Taiwan's university entrance exams; on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; and on the effect of opening Taiwan to Chinese investment. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the centrist, K [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI814MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their July 3-6 news coverage on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Latin America; on the developments in cross-Strait relations; on the university entrance examination for senior high school students island-wide; and on the shoulder injury [...]
2009-07-06 08:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI817TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050176409
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST),and visited the consignee, SmartStar Technology. We confirmed the order with both end-user and consignee, and assess the consignee to be bona fide. End summary. CSIST -- [...]
2009-07-06 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI826MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA AND RUSSIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their news coverage July 7 on the riots and street battles that broke out in China's Xinjiang region Sunday; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. [...]
2009-07-07 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI829MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN RELATIONS, XINJIANG
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 8 on a Tuesday Taipei County report saying that traces of arsenic were found in the frying oil of two of the county's McDonald's branches and one Domino's Pizza branch; on the escalating riots in China's Xinjiang regio [...]
2009-07-08 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI832MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF AND APPLES, HONDURAS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 9 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's efforts to fight corruption; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. Several newspapers report [...]
2009-07-09 10:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI834TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, the AIT Kaohsiung branch office (AIT/K) Deputy Principal Officer and Economic Section Assistant visited Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Co. Ltd in Pingtung City, Taiwan and interviewed the company's Manager, Jason Lee. AIT/K also conducted telephone interviews with C [...]
2009-07-09 10:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI837MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 06:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI85MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: January 21, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant news and editorial coverage to the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday. Almost all papers devoted their first few pages to Obama's taking the helm as the United States' 44th pres [...]
2009-01-21 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI8516.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF TAIWAN'S EAST
[...] (U) On July 13, a total of four earthquakes were recorded overnight off the east coast of Taiwan. The largest occurred at 2:05 AM, located 57 kilometers east of Hualian city. It registered a magnitude of 6.3. The three smaller quakes ranged in magnitude from 3.9 to 5.1 and were located betwe [...]
2009-07-14 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ECON SENV TW XE
09AITTAIPEI859MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA AND U.S. ECONOMY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 07:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI864MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI867MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI881MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 22 on a security breach in Taiwan's Presidential Office in late June; on the solar eclipse that happened on the morning of the 22nd; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials and commentarie [...]
2009-07-22 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI883MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI888MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI89MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 22 news coverage on the son, daughter-in-law and brother-in-law of former President Chen Shui-bian, who all pled guilty Wednesday to involvement in the family's money laundering operations; and on the inauguration of U.S. P [...]
2009-01-22 07:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI897MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 25-27 on the 2009 World Games, which closed successfully in Kaohsiung on Sunday; on President Ma Ying-jeou's election as KMT Chairman Sunday; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials a [...]
2009-07-27 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI908MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 29 on former President Chen Shui-bian, who attended the last hearing for his money laundering and corruption trial Tuesday; on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; and on developments in cross-Strait relatio [...]
2009-07-29 10:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI910MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 08:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI927MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI932MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI938MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 5 on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; on the Taiwan government's move to take over a financially troubled local insurance company; on the looming water shortage for Taiwan; an [...]
2009-08-05 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI942MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI961MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 7-10 to typhoon Morakot, which hit Taiwan Friday and Saturday, and the record-breaking torrential rains it brought has triggered the most devastating floods in southern Taiwan in the last fifty years. In terms of [...]
2009-08-10 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI971MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI977MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 07:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI989MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 05:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI994MEDIA REACTION: U.S-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI999TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050180288
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST),and visited consignees May Geng Duo Development Co., Ltd. and Channel Link Inc. CSIST ----- 2. (SBU) Mr. Liao Wei-yao from CSIST Procurement Office confirmed the or [...]
2009-08-18 05:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09ALGIERS1037ALGIERS-HOSTED CHEMICAL TERRORISM CONFERENCE
[...] Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director for Disarmament Hamza Khelil November 19, and left a copy of the reftel proposed agenda. Khelil welcomed the conference as an example of U.S.-Algerian cooperation in disarmament. He gave no definitive answers to reftel proposals b [...]
2009-11-21 17:37:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC AG
09ALGIERS1048ALGERIA ON IAEA - IRAN NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief on November 19 explained reftel points on the IAEA case against Iran to Hamza Khelif, head of the Sub-Directorate for Disarmament in the Algerian MFA's General Directorate for Political and International Security Affairs. 2. (SBU) Saying he would refer the points to hig [...]
2009-11-25 06:28:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IAEA IR AG
09ALGIERS1049TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: ALGERIA
[...] (U) Summary: Algeria does nothing to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, or to help Cuban civil society. Algeria's commercial relationship with Cuba is focused on health care, pharmaceutical production, and energy. End summary. Democracy, Human Rights, Civil Society ---------------- [...]
2009-11-25 13:11:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PREL CU AG
09ALGIERS1065ALGERIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] Per reftel, we provide the following summary of Algeria's progress in addressing interim assessment requirements in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as amended. 2. The Algerian parliament enacted new comprehensive anti-TIP legislation in January 2009, criminalizing [...]
2009-12-02 07:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AG
09ALGIERS10762010 NTE ON THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT - ALGERIA
[...] Algeria does not enforce the Arab League Boycott against Israel and purchases some Israeli goods via intermediaries. American firms operating in Algeria report no GOA inquiries related to the boycott. End Summary. Boycott Not Applied ------------------- 2. Algerian law contains no speci [...]
2009-12-03 16:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD KBCT AG
09ALGIERS1085ALGERIA CANDIDATES, PD STRATEGY FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Embassy submits the following candidates for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Issad Rebrab - Conglomerate Magnate ----------------------------------- Rebrab is one of Algeria's industrial titans. Born in 1944 near Tizi Ouzou, the largest city in the Berber area of Northern Alger [...]
2009-12-07 15:06:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI AG
09ALGIERS1093ALGERIA: RESPONDING TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT
[...] Summary: Since 1948, Algeria has had no diplomatic, cultural, or direct trade relations with Israel. Israeli products are banned and closely monitored by Customs and Inspectors from the Ministry of Commerce. However, some Israeli products make their way into Algeria, with different brands and [...]
2009-12-08 12:54:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ECON ETRD XF
09ALGIERS113ALGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO BREAKING SCANDAL - JANUARY 31,
[...] SUMMARY: Press reports of the CIA station chief in Algiers accused of raping two Algerian women, which broke on ABC News on the evening of January 28, were splashed across the front pages of almost every Algerian newspaper on January 31. The extensive reporting was largely a translation of the [...]
2009-02-01 06:43:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS PTER AG
09ALGIERS1148ALGERIA'S 2010 DRAFT BUDGET
[...] Algeria's 2010 draft budget, approved by the government and parliament, boosts public spending to 1 trillion Algerian dinars (about USD 14.1 billion, at the exchange rate of 71 dinars to USD 1),or to more than 12 percent of GDP. Falling oil prices have depressed revenues and will produce a la [...]
2009-12-28 13:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV AG
09ALGIERS116ALGERIA MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S Al-ARABIYA INTERVIEW:
[...] As of Thursday, January 29, President Obama's interview received no front page coverage or commentary in the 70 or so daily Algerian newspapers. Many newspapers did, however, print short, primarily factual articles about the interview on Wednesday, January 28. Most articles were hidden on the [...]
2009-02-02 06:27:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEINO OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL XF AG
09ALGIERS210ALGERIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] We delivered reftel to MFA U.S. Desk Officer Ali Drouiche on February 28, asking for Algerian support for the nomination of Judge Mark Painter to the UN Appeals Tribunal. Drouiche gave no substantive comment, but was aware of the Tribunal and ongoing efforts to systemize responses to staff gri [...]
2009-03-01 13:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ALGIERS274ISLAMOFASHION: VEILED BODY, VEILED MIND?
[...] SUMMARY: Less than a decade after a bloody civil war fought to keep Islamic extremists at bay, more Algerian women than ever are wearing the hidjab (veil or headscarf). The phenomenon is only partly due to religion, as the hidjab has become both a social trend as well as a tool Algerian women [...]
2009-03-22 12:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KISL PGOV AG
09ALGIERS309AQIM MEMBER ABOU RIHANA ARRESTED IN ALGIERS
[...] (U) The Algerian government has reported the arrest of senior AQIM leader Abou Rihana aka Z. Kamel. Rihana was described as being responsible for preparing the December 2007 suicide vehicle attacks in the capital city of Algiers. He allegedly planned both the United Nations and the Algerian C [...]
2009-03-31 09:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER KISL AG
09ALGIERS326ALGERIA ON USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-05 15:38:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AG
09ALGIERS327ATTACK ON CONVOY CARRYING CHINESE WORKERS
[...] On March 29 at approximately 20:00 a group of men presumed to be associated with Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacked a convoy carrying Chinese workers employed by STIC CARC, a contracting company engaged in the construction of a highway linking the municipalities of El Ajiba and [...]
2009-04-06 08:05:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PGOV AG
09ALGIERS3492009 COUNTRY REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: The absence of reliable statistics makes it difficult to assess the extent of child labor in Algeria, especially the worst forms of child labor. The Algerian government did not update existing legislation concerning child labor during the past year. In January 2009, however, the Alg [...]
2009-04-08 09:40:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AG
09ALGIERS396ALGERIA: SITUATION IN MADAGASCAR FROZEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 11:16:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID MA AG
09ALGIERS397ALGERIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON MAURITANIA
[...] According to acting Director of African Multilateral Affairs Zineddine Birouk, Algeria sees the April 15 resignation of Mauritanian General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as a "positive sign" towards the expected June 6 elections. Birouk told us on April 21 that the Algerian position on Mauritania w [...]
2009-04-21 11:33:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL USAU MR AG
09ALGIERS444GARDENS IN THE SAHARA: PROPOSAL FOR JULIA TAFT
[...] For PRM consideration under the Julia Taft Refugee Fund, Embassy Algiers proposes to fund the development of a demonstration farm and ongoing training program, and to provide 60 Western Sahara refugee families in the Auserd refugee camp with the skills, tools, and supplies needed to grow susta [...]
2009-05-04 17:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AG
09ALGIERS449ALGERIA ACCEPTABLE AS ELS FOR STS 125
[...] In response to reftel, the Government of Algeria (GOA) has no objection to the use of Tamanrasset Airport as an emergency landing site (ELS) for Space Shuttle launch STS-125. Post likewise has no objection. 2. Contact information for the air traffic control tower (ACTC) at Tamanrasset is [...]
2009-05-06 16:08:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA PREL AG
09ALGIERS543ALGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 17:12:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL SOCI AG
09ALGIERS564DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 08:03:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AG
09ALGIERS670ALGERIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC 1874
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 17:53:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP AG
09ALGIERS718ALGERIA CHANGES WEEKEND TO FRIDAY-SATURDAY
[...] Effective August 14, 2009, the weekend in Algeria will change to Friday and Saturday instead of Thursday and Friday. 2. The Algerian Council of Ministers endorsed on July 21, 2009, a draft law to this effect put forth by the Minister of Labor. The law dictates the weekend change in all econo [...]
2009-07-29 16:31:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA AG
09ALGIERS749ALGERIA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy POC on NPT-related issues will be Michael Bosshart, Political and Economic Section Chief, as of September 1, 2009. 2. (U) We believe that much of Algeria's NPT-related policy is coordinated through Algeria's ambassador to the IAEA in Vienna, although some authority m [...]
2009-08-12 17:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09ALGIERS818DEMARCHE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-13 15:48:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AG
09ALGIERS819WIPO ISSUES DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-13 15:49:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR ETRD WIPO AG
09ALGIERS845ALGERIA: AFRICAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points September 24 to Hamza Khelif, in the Security and Disarmament Division of the General Directorate of Political Affairs and International Security. Khelif said he would refer this matter to his superiors, but was fairly certain Algeria would participat [...]
2009-09-27 08:43:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE AG
09ALGIERS969ALGERIA'S ATTENDANCE AT THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 18:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM AG
09ALGIERS980ALGERIA EXBS PROGRAM PLAN
[...] Embassy endorses reftel EXBS programs for Algeria. Embassy agrees that the program "Parliamentary Exchange," despite the program title, should target senior interagency Algerian officials from the executive branch, not parliamentary deputies or senators. Algerian legislators exercise virtuall [...]
2009-11-03 17:25:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL ISTC AG
09ALGIERS982ALGERIA'S 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Algeria is primarily a transit country for drugs, but both domestic production and consumption are rising. Drug seizures increased substantially in 2008 and the first half of 2009. The Government of Algeria (GOA) is committed to addressing the problem and has begun several domestic pro [...]
2009-11-04 06:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AG
09ALGIERS998ALGERIA'S THIRD COMMITTEE RECORD UNLIKELY TO CHANGE
[...] We delivered reftel points November 4 to MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance Ahmed Saadi. Saadi said that Algeria, as a matter of principle, did not support country-specific resolutions in the Third Committee. Dialogue and engagement were more effective approache [...]
2009-11-05 17:42:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN AG
09AMMAN1055AMMAN'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 06:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT JO PINR
09AMMAN1070JORDAN'S TOURISM SECTOR LIKELY TO DECREASE IN 2009 TO 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's tourism sector revenues grew 28% in 2008 to a record $2.97 billion from $2.31 billion in 2007. While officials had hoped for similar growth in 2009, the industry now expects that revenues may return to their 2007 levels due to the slowing worldwide economy. Business tr [...]
2009-05-11 04:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EAID JO
09AMMAN112JORDAN: JANUARY 13 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Gaza news coverage by Jordanian media outlets on Tuesday described Israel's "methodical destruction" and the fierce battles between Palestinian militants and IDF units. Arab and international diplomatic efforts also received attention, specifically King Abdullah's consultations with [...]
2009-01-13 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1181Regional Leaders Urge U.S. to Push for Progress on
[...] Summary: "If you had just two minutes with President Obama, what would you ask of him and what would you offer in return?" This was the first question posed to political leaders participating in a May 17 World Economic Forum (WEF) panel on regional security held in Jordan. Participants in t [...]
2009-05-21 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PARM XF
09AMMAN1232AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN: JORDAN HAS NO MI-17
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 09:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PARM PK JO
09AMMAN125JORDAN: JANUARY 14 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Clashes between Hamas fighters and IDF units competed for attention with King Abdullah's statements in Wednesday's newspapers published in Jordan. The King reiterated again the urgency of enforcing UNSCR 1860 on Israel and subsequently reaching a two-state solution. Demonstrators nu [...]
2009-01-14 11:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...]
2009-06-04 12:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN1261JORDAN: MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTION TO PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Post held a viewing of President Obama's speech for approximately thirty students, academia, and civil society at the American Language Center. The speech was followed by a discussion. During the speech, the audience showed very little reaction, except when the Koran was quoted, which was [...]
2009-06-04 14:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1262GICNT: JORDAN WILL ATTEND AND PRESENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 14:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PGOV PINR PREL
09AMMAN1265DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 15:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS JO
09AMMAN1266DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 15:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO
09AMMAN1319DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 08:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA JO
09AMMAN1337DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN ON UNSC 1718
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 11:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PARM KNNP KN JO
09AMMAN134JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertak [...]
2009-01-15 06:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
09AMMAN136FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS JORDAN IN SPITE OF DOMESTIC FISCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although Jordan's conservative banking and mortgage practices have partially protected the country from the international financial crisis, Jordan's economy is still suffering from a credit crunch; falling real estate prices and cancelled development projects; a general business [...]
2009-01-15 10:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV EAID KTEX JO
09AMMAN1408FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund Proposal for Jordan
[...] Summary: The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Jordan has requested Taft Fund assistance to purchase medication and equipment. The grant would support the operations of an existing health care clinic in Amman, which serves Iraqi refugees and Jordanians in need. The Church has been [...]
2009-06-24 10:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID IZ JO SY LE
09AMMAN1419 JORDAN SUPPORTS GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 10:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL JO
09AMMAN1425JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the June 27-30 visit to Jordan of Codel Schiff. The Codel's visit comes at a time of heightened expectations of Middle East peace. The President's Cairo speech and PM Netanyahu's response are foremost on the minds of your interlocutors. Domestically, [...]
2009-06-25 15:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1426JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the June 27-30 visit to Jordan of Codel Schiff. The Codel's visit comes at a time of heightened expectations of Middle East peace. The President's Cairo speech and PM Netanyahu's response are foremost on the minds of your interlocutors. Domestically, [...]
2009-06-25 15:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1428 JORDAN WELCOMES U.S. MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (U) EconCouns delivered ref A demarche on possible U.S. membership in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Director for Renewable Energy Engineer Eng. Ziad Jibril on June 24 and to Minister of Environment Khaled Irani on June 25. ESTH [...]
2009-06-28 03:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENG KGHG AORC PREL JO
09AMMAN145JORDAN: JANUARY 15 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Beneath sorrowful images from Gaza, banner headlines in today's Jordan-based newspapers focused on the apparent disagreement among Arab League member states. King Abdullah's meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon topped local coverage. Public protests were few as the Islamist [...]
2009-01-15 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1561JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 14:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO
09AMMAN1611Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
[...] The Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (ANECE) was established during a regional meeting held June 18-19 in Jordan. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),ANECE aims to increase the [...]
2009-07-19 04:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL ECON AORC KMPI XF JO
09AMMAN1618JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS
[...] (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the first case, the woman had previously been placed in protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after he pro [...]
2009-07-20 05:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO
09AMMAN1633Jordan Increases Fuel Prices
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) on July 16 announced new fuel price increases, effective July 17. Prices were raised between 1.6% and 10.2% compared to mid-June prices. Since August 2008, the GOJ has implemented eight price reductions followed by four consecutive price increases includi [...]
2009-07-22 08:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON JO
09AMMAN164JORDAN: JANUARY 19 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Ceasefire announcements along with rescue and recovery efforts led Jordanian media coverage of developments in and around Gaza over the long weekend. The U.S. - Israel MOU also received front-page attention. King Abdullah's participation at the Sharm El-Sheikh meeting headed local c [...]
2009-01-19 13:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN165JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON FIFTH GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 05:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PTER KGIC JO
09AMMAN1675JORDAN AND IRAQ RENEW AIR TRANSPORT MEMORANDUM
[...] (SBU) Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) President Suleiman Obeidat confirmed to Embassy DHS Attache that CARC and the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority had renewed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) on July 23, expanding air transportation cooperation between the two countries, and com [...]
2009-07-27 11:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON JO IZ
09AMMAN1782JORDAN CONTINUES TO RAID IPR VIOLATORS, AFFIRMING ITS
[...] (U) Recent anti-computer software piracy raids by Jordan's National Library (NL),the agency mandated with enforcing Jordan's copyright laws, demonstrate that Jordan is continuing to take credible steps to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) in the country. The National Library's Deputy [...]
2009-08-06 12:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09AMMAN18JORDAN: JANUARY 4 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: Over the New Year's holiday weekend, developments in Gaza continued to dominate front and inside pages as well as op-ed pages of Jordanian media outlets. Coverage gave equal treatment to Jordanian public demonstrations and to efforts by King Abdullah and government officials to stop I [...]
2009-01-04 15:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1892008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR JORDAN
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has taken some positive steps recently to combat child labor, including the development of a national strategy to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A number of existing laws seek to prevent child labor and provide punishments for those who ex [...]
2009-01-22 09:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID JO
09AMMAN193AFTER A TOUGH YEAR OF PRICE INCREASES, JORDANIAN INFLATION
[...] (U) Summary: After peaking at 19% inflation in July, Jordan's year-over-year inflation rate fell to 10% by the end of 2008, with steady decreases in October, November, and December (ref A). Although falling international commodity prices have helped ease the inflation rate in Jordan, consumers [...]
2009-01-22 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JO
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