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06MEXICO764	MEXICAN TRADE NEGOTIATOR ON NAFTA MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Mexican trade negotiator Ken Smith Ramos told us February 2 that Mexico expected the upcoming proposed March NAFTA Ministerial would cover the relationship between NAFTA and the SPP, regulatory cooperation, development of a list of panelists as set out in NAFTA Chapter 20, increased fle [...]	2006-02-10 21:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD MX

06MEXICO765	MEXICANS REACT NEGATIVELY TO EXPULSION OF CUBAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 3 the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City (next door to the U.S. Embassy) expelled a 16-member Cuban delegation that was participating in an energy conference with the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association. The expulsion came after OFAC advised the Sheraton's parent c [...]	2006-02-10 21:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MX CU
06MEXICO806	CANDIDATES PLAY TO AUDIENCES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) On the campaign trail the week of February 6, the three main presidential candidates, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon, and Roberto Madrazo, concerned about losing potential votes in a close race have avoided detailed explanations of their economic proposals and focuse [...]	2006-02-14 18:13:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO820	BANK OF MEXICO OFFICIAL WORRIES ABOUT AMLO [...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico (BOM) deputy governor Jose Sidaoui told Econoffs February 9 he is worried that leading presidential contender Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),should he win, would rule like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Sidaoui also commented more generally about Mexicans' ingrained depende [...]	2006-02-14 21:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO829	FOLLOWING THE APEC ROAD MAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ Specialist met February 9 with the Director of Multilateral and Regional Negotiations for the Mexican Secretariat of Economy Flavia Farinetti de Wiechers to discuss APEC 2006 initiatives and agenda. Farinetti said that the GOM strongly supports Vietnam's road ma [...]	2006-02-14 22:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON MX APECO ETRD
06MEXICO895	DEMONS IN EDEN - LYDIA CACHO CASE UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The case of Lydia Cacho, the independent journalist arrested in December on libel and defamation charges, exploded back into the headlines on February 14 when the media released excerpts of a tape containing alleged phone conversations in which businessman Kamel Nacif is heard plo [...]	2006-02-16 22:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MX KCRM KWMN KCOR
06MEXICO953	CANDIDATES AND THEIR OWN REFORMS [...] On the campaign trail the week of February 14, Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo spoke on their reform priorities while Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced his "new" agenda, which centers around the idea that no "so-called structural reforms" are needed. Calderon continued promotin [...]	2006-02-22 15:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MINSK1031	TIP Film Screening Prompts Discussion of GOB's Anti-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief recently hosted a film screening of a U.S.-produced investigative documentary on victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) for independent journalists and leading members of the NGO community. The participants praised the film for its poignant presentation of the gl [...]	2006-09-20 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1143	PROTESTANTS PREPARED TO "FIGHT UNTIL THE END" TO [...] (SBU) On October 21, approximately 600 people gathered in Minsk to protest the GOB's confiscation of the New Life Church's (NLC) property. Amidst heavy security presence, NLC Senior Pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko called on the people to defend their right to freedom of religion. On October 17 [...]	2006-10-24 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK1162	U.S.-EU AMBASSADORS PRESS FOR ACCESS TO OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) On October 30, Ambassador and EU Heads of Mission in Minsk continued their assertive and collaborative approach to spotlighting the Lukashenko regime's politically motivated imprisonments by coordinating their attempts to gain access to the criminal trial against Dmitriy Dashkevich, the [...]	2006-11-01 03:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK117	MFA Wants Positive WTO Answer Now [...] (U) On February 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Mikhnevich called Ambassador to the MFA to complain again about the U.S., EU and the WTO. Also present were Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Directorate of Foreign Trade, Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the MFA's Division of Forei [...]	2006-02-06 10:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
06MINSK1259	STROYENERGO PROPOSAL ON OPIC CLAIM [...] (SBU) Post has no derogatory information on Stroyenergo. However, judging by some of the contracts it has received, Stroyenergo, like many large construction firms, apparently enjoys a close relationship with the Belarusian government. Given such a relationship, it is quite likely the letter fr [...]	2006-12-08 11:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BO
06MINSK138	OPPOSITION DENIED PARTICIPATION IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: On December 30, the Central Election Committee announced the results of the territorial (regional and municipal) commission nomination process. Out of the 2,124 members, only one was a representative of the opposition, despite the dozens of nominations opposition parties submitt [...]	2006-02-10 06:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK141	Belarusian Athletes to Win, If They Know What Is Good For [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, Belarus' chief Olympic coach Aleksandr Popov announced the names of athletes who would attend the Turin Olympic Games. Athletes in the past have suffered from stress-related illnesses or left the country altogether because of government pressure to win. Aleksei A [...]	2006-02-10 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK147	Analyzing Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: Trade figures for the first nine months of 2005 show a strong increase in Belarusian imports and exports, leading to a shrinking trade deficit. Russia remained by far Belarus' largest trading partner, accounting for 48% of trade. However, trade with Russia fell in both relative [...]	2006-02-13 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK148	Suspicious Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]	2006-02-13 10:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK152	Belarus Getting Sicker [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Lukashenko's "Third Way Economic Miracle," the Belarusian population is now sicker, dies earlier and has fewer children than during the late Soviet period. Doctors at the CitiHope NGO recently passed to Econoff a report they drafted chronicling the systematic worsening o [...]	2006-02-14 08:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TBIO ENRG MNUC SENV BO
06MINSK162	GOB Ready to Cooperate to Fight TIP [...] (U) In a surprisingly cooperative gesture, GOB officials willingly shared information on the GOB's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in an informal setting on February 10. DCM invited representatives from local NGO's and international organizations as well as GOB officials from t [...]	2006-02-15 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK258	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK259	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK279	Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent [...] (SBU) Summary: The Smolensk Printing Plant annulled its contracts with independent newspapers Narodnaya Volya (NV),BDG Gazeta, and the democratic Communist Party of Belarus' Tovarishch on March 13, citing an overwhelming workload. The plant director later stated that the annulments were due [...]	2006-03-16 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK287	Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent [...] (SBU) Summary: The Smolensk Printing Plant annulled its contracts with independent newspapers Narodnaya Volya (NV),BDG Gazeta, and the democratic Communist Party of Belarus' Tovarishch on March 13, citing an overwhelming workload. The plant director later stated that the annulments were due [...]	2006-03-17 11:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK308	Crowd Size Drops On Second Day of Opposition Protests [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, opposition presidential candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin organized another protest rally on October Square in Minsk. Emboff observers estimate that between 18:30 and 20:00, 5,000 to 6,000 Belarusians participated in the rally, a significant de [...]	2006-03-21 16:05:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK309	OSCE Rebukes Belarus Elections [...] (U) Summary. At a joint press conference on March 20, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE ODIHR representatives declared that the presidential elections in Belarus did not meet international standards or OSCE commitments for free and fair elections. Preliminary conclusions from their observa [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK333	Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200 [...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]	2006-03-24 16:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK336	Sitrep 7: March 25 Protests End In Violence [...] (U) Summary: When police denied an estimated 7,000 protesters access to October Square for the March 25 "Freedom Day" rally, opposition leaders Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin led the crowd to the alternate meeting point Yanka Kupala Park. Milinkevich used this opportunity to launch [...]	2006-03-27 15:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK343	Candidates React to Regime Crackdown [...] (U) On March 26, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich issued a statement expressing solidarity with all those beaten and arrested by authorities on March 25, including his rival opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin. Expressing his desire to continue to challenge the illegiti [...]	2006-03-28 16:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK420	Economic Problems Growing, but Reform Only by Force [...] (U) Summary: On April 7, DCM hosted a discussion among a number of leading Belarusian economists. All agreed that the GOB is facing Russian pressures to sell Beltransgaz, but disagreed whether Lukashenko would allow this sale. While admitting that the Belarusian economy has had a number of su [...]	2006-04-18 12:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK445	The GOB Prepares For Bird Flu [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB on March 24 ratified a plan to prevent avian influenza (AI) from appearing in Belarus and to isolate it in case of an outbreak. Belarus has long banned poultry product imports and animal feed from nations with confirmed cases of AI but just recently issued decrees on pr [...]	2006-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU PGOV PHUM ECON CASC BO
06MINSK470	OPPOSITION,S TENUOUS PLANS FOR LABOR DAY RALLY [...] (SBU) Despite the recent imprisonment of most of the main opposition leaders (reftel),Ten Plus Coalition press secretary Pavel Mazheiko told Poloff on April 28 that the May SIPDIS 1 demonstration would not be canceled. Party of Communists of Belarus' deputy chairman Valery Uknalyev, who i [...]	2006-04-28 14:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK514	LUKASHENKO'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko has formed a new government with a more streamlined organization and new directives relating to information media, energy, housing, construction, and trade. New cabinet appointments included a new deputy prime minister and five new ministers: energy [...]	2006-05-16 06:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK538	Belarus Suffers Large Crop Loss, Still Expects [...] (SBU) Summary: Spring has finally come to Belarus and, along with it, President Aleksandr Lukashenko's mad fervor to attain an unrealistic harvest yield. Lukashenko raised the national quota of grain to 8.4 million tons, a 700,000-ton increase to Lukashenko's 2005 quota that was never achieved [...]	2006-05-22 14:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK543	LUKASHENKO PRAISES SOVIET UNION, CRITICIZES WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 9 Victory Day speech, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko lauded the Soviet Union's might and asserted Belarusians would effectively repel today's "foreign interference" just as they did in WWII. Lukashenko looked healthier than he did following his April 8 inau [...]	2006-05-23 12:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK555	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK556	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK557	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK558	BELARUS TO BAN U.S., CANADIAN OVERFLIGHTS [...] (U) Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko during his May 23 presidential address to the National Assembly ordered his government to take "adequate" measures against the U.S. and Canada for denying PM Sergey Sidorsky's plane from refueling in their territories en route to and on the return fr [...]	2006-05-26 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PBTS PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK565	Lukashenko's State of the Republic Tirade [...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 23 annual address before parliament, Lukashenko declared all is well in Belarus. He raised the trial balloon of establishing a Party of Power, but said he himself did not need it. He ordered the parliament and government to work with the four pillars of society, labo [...]	2006-06-01 12:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK572	Another Monument to a Repressor [...] (U) On May 26, authorities unveiled a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky on the grounds of Belarus' Military Academy. The 10.5-foot bronze statue is identical to the one that for years stood in front of the KGB's infamous Moscow headquarters, the Lubyanka, and was the first icon removed by demonstrat [...]	2006-06-01 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK580	Opposition Activist Convicted of Sedition [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, a Milinkevich campaign worker, Sergei Lyashkevich, was tried in Shchuchin regional court on charges of inciting mass disorder. The prosecution's evidence included seized electronic media, written testimony, and oral testimony by two dubious witnesses. Following the [...]	2006-06-02 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK588	TEN PLUS APPROVES TWO-YEAR STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary: The Ten Plus Coalition's Political Council on May 22 approved a two-year plan aimed at removing Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko and promoting democracy. The plan concentrates most of its energy in the "For Freedom" movement, which calls for pro-democratic civil society gr [...]	2006-06-05 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK599	BELARUS: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Post submits its annual contribution for the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. During the year the Belarus Government continued with its policy of fundraising through confiscation of transiting goods, although this process appears to be declining. The State Cu [...]	2006-06-09 04:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BO
06MINSK600	IMF: Belarus Faces Falling Growth [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent briefing a visiting IMF team acknowledged that the Belarusian economy has seen strong growth the past few years, driven mainly by the re-export of Russian oil, but also to a lesser extent to growing productivity. However, Belarus also faces a number of significant pr [...]	2006-06-09 07:59:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK608	REGIONAL OUTREACH TO GOMEL REGION HIGH, SUPERVISED [...] (U) Summary: On June 1-2, Ambassador traveled to the regional capital city Gomel and surrounding villages to conduct public outreach. Opposition and civil society representatives described the repressive conditions in which they exist, but the civil society representatives also criticized the [...]	2006-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK628	State Forces Competition to the Lowest Common Denominator [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, General Manager for Coca-Cola Beverages Belarus Alexander Denisov listed for Econoff a number of problems Coke faces in Belarus. In recent months the Minsk City government has been removing hundreds Coca-Cola refrigerators the company gave to street kiosks selling Cok [...]	2006-06-14 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK633	LOCAL ELECTION DATE SET AND LUKASHENKO ALREADY [...] (U) On June 9, Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko issued the order to hold elections for local district and city councils (soviets) on January 14, 2007 with the possibility of postponement to January 28. The last local elections were held in 2003, but opposition activists won few of the [...]	2006-06-15 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK637	The Belarusian Lottery: Who Is Actually [...] (SBU) Summary: Belarus' lottery industry is booming. The two largest of Belarus' 30 registered lotteries gross USD 6 million per month, with half of that amount going to the GOB to purportedly finance social and sports programs. In light of the industries' high profits, Lukashenko in May ord [...]	2006-06-15 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK638	Youth Flash Mobs on Rise Despite Repression [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Flash mobs have increasingly become one of the principal methods of protest by anti-Lukashenko activists since the March presidential elections. Consequently, Belarusian authorities have steadily intensified their already significant repression of flash-mob activists. Police [...]	2006-06-16 05:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI BO
06MINSK648	Sudan and Belarus Sign Military Pact, Minsk Stays Silent [...] (U) On June 16, on-line Sudanese newspaper the Sudan Tribune announced that Sudanese Defense Minister General Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed a military cooperation protocol with his Belarusian counterpart Leonid Maltsev on June 15 in Minsk. The article claimed Hussein was in Belarus June 13 [...]	2006-06-19 10:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETRD UNSC SU BO
06MINSK652	Lukashenko's Potash Hole Grows Deeper [...] (U) On June 13, Belarus closed all four of its potash mines. With exports falling due to Lukashenko's insistence on above-market prices, Belarus no longer had any place to store the potash it was digging up. The problem began in 2005 when Lukashenko ignored market reality and ordered the ferti [...]	2006-06-20 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EMIN ETRD EAGR USTR PHUM BO
06MINSK669	POLL OF BELARUSIAN ELITES SHOWS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, Oleg Manaev, head of the de- registered IISEPS sociological research center, presented the results of additional post-election polling to the Ambassador. Throughout May, IISEPS polled 60 respondents, described as "laders and experts" inside and outside Belarus' gvernm [...]	2006-06-23 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK683	GOB Mocks U.S. Financial Sanctions But Responds In Kind [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has threatened to freeze the assets of President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in response to the financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. on President Lukashenko and nine other members of his regime. Affected Belarusian officials have denied the exis [...]	2006-06-29 11:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK701	LUKASHENKO PRAISES ECONOMY, SEEKS BETTER RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave his Independence Day address on July 1 at the Palace of the Republic. He vowed that Belarusians would never forget the sacrifices their families made during WWII and thanked survivors for rebuilding Belarus into a strong nation. He then praised [...]	2006-07-10 06:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK738	Opposition Party Leader Arrested in Rally Near Russian [...] (SBU) On July 17, a Belarusian court sentenced United Civic Party (UCP) leader Anatoly Lebedko to 10 days in jail for "minor hooliganism" for attempting to participate in a July 16 protest near the Russian Embassy in Minsk. Authorities also charged activist Evgeny Askerko, whose trial followed [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK791	NGO Partnership Case Begins, Families and Observers [...] (SBU) On July 28, the criminal trial against four young people associated with the NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership) began in Minsk's Tsentralny district. Belarusian authorities accused Timofei SIPDIS Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira Bronitskaya of operating an illegal [...]	2006-07-28 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK819	US and European Heads of Mission Press for Access to NGO [...] (SBU) U.S. and EU embassies in Minsk have taken an assertive and coordinated approach to spotlighting the criminal trial against four young leaders of the prominent NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership). Belarusian authorities accused Timofei Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira B [...]	2006-08-02 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK820	Belarus Announces Potash Contract with China, China Claims [...] (U) Despite recent claims from the GOB that Belarus has signed a contract to supply potash to China, it remains unclear whether China and Belarus have reached an agreement. China is Belarus' largest buyer of potash, and the lack of a contract has caused Belarus' overall potash exports to drop [...]	2006-08-03 05:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD EAGR USTR BO
06MINSK831	Female Tent City Heroes Reaffirmed Commitment to [...] (U) On July 28, leader of the Women's Independent Democratic Movement (WIDM) Ludmila Petina presented the release of the organization's latest information bulletin, "We Are Women," in the Embassy's Public Affairs Section building (reftel). The bulletin included interviews and editorials from [...]	2006-08-04 06:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN BO
06MINSK911	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...]	2006-08-21 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK94	GOB Ready to Cooperate to Fight Money [...] (U) In a surprisingly cooperative meeting between Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and members of the State Control Committee (SCC),the GOB was responsive to Post's request for information on GOB practices to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. On January 5, 2005, DCM met with Direct [...]	2006-01-31 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM PGOV BO
06MINSK964	CHARGE'S PRESS CONFERENCE ELICITS INTEREST OF [...] (U) On August 31, Charge hosted a press conference with members of the Belarusian independent media and local representatives of various international media outlets. After delivering a brief opening statement, Charge and journalists engaged in a spirited hour-long question-and-answer session [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK981	LUKASHENKO RECEIVES IRANIAN FM, ANNOUNCES VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (SBU) President Aleksandr Lukashenko on September 7 urged Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to use his two-day visit to Minsk to dramatically bolster bilateral economic cooperation and accepted the Iranian president's invitation to visit Tehran. In a separate meeting with Belarusian [...]	2006-09-12 11:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD BO
06MINSK994	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 8, [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Party Forms Bloc For Independence (para. 2) - Opposition Coalition Secretariat In Operation (para. 3) - Brest Opposition Questions Council Members (pa [...]	2006-09-12 11:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MONTEVIDEO10	URUGUAY PASSES UNION PROTECTION LAW [...] (U) Summary. On December 22, Congress passed a law on the ""promotion and protection"" of unions. The heated six-month debate clearly aligned the ruling FA coalition with union interests on one side and business organizations and the opposition on the other. The law bans discrimination agai [...]	2006-01-05 16:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV UY
06MONTEVIDEO1068	LACKLUSTER XVI IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN MONTEVIDEO [...] (SBU) Summary: The XVI Ibero-American Summit took place in Montevideo on 3-5 November without major logistical or security incidents. Leaders from 22 Latin American and European countries focused on "Migration and Development," though we detected few concrete accomplishments in these areas. [...]	2006-11-06 19:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC SOCI XM SP PO UY
06MONTEVIDEO1102	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON NOVEMBER 17 SPECIAL SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 19:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS UY
06MONTEVIDEO1111	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GOODLATTE'S VISIT TO URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy welcomes Codel Goodlatte to Uruguay and greatly appreciates its contributions to US foreign policy objectives. Your November 28-29 visit comes at an auspicious time in our bilateral relationship and will coincide with the arrival of the US Ambassador to Uruguay, Frank E [...]	2006-11-22 15:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OVIP EAGR ECON UY
06MONTEVIDEO1143	UY MOVES TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: November 29, President Vazquez ordered the Uruguayan military to create a protective ring around the controversial Botnia paper mill in order to prevent possible acts of sabotage. The GOU also filed a complaint against Argentina with the International Court of Justice demanding a [...]	2006-12-01 10:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO139	URUGUAY UPDATE ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (U) This telegram responds to action request in paragraph 2 of ref A. 2. (SBU) The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted last October in Paris is not on Uruguay's legislative agenda. The National Congress ends its recess on March 1. We a [...]	2006-02-09 18:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL SOCI UNESCO UY
06MONTEVIDEO175	UNIONS SHOW THEIR MUSCLE THROUGH RASH OF PLANT [...] Summary: Ever since it took office in March 2005, the Frente Amplio administration has engineered a shift in labor relations in favor of workers, starting with the derogation of a decree enabling police to intervene in plant occupations and culminating with the recent passage of the Union Pro [...]	2006-02-22 09:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV UY
06MONTEVIDEO259	VAZQUEZ'S DEALS IN CARACAS: A GOOD FIRESALE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14-15, President Vazquez visited Venezuela as part of a six-day Latin American tour. Out of eleven bilateral agreements signed on a variety of issues, two stand out, with the remainder of a mostly cultural or technical nature. The GOU managed to dump on the GOV unprofitabl [...]	2006-03-16 20:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV VZ UY
06MONTEVIDEO4	MILL DISPUTE TROUBLES RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Summary: The dispute over Uruguay's planned construction of cellulose (wood pulp) processing mills on a shared river has led to strained relations with Argentina. After a World Bank report cleared European investors to begin construction, Argentine environmental groups attempted to bloc [...]	2006-01-03 18:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SENV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO415	SCENESETTER AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S VISIT TO URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Uruguay on May 18 comes on the heels of a very successful May 4 meeting between Uruguayan President Vazquez and President Bush in Washington. Uruguay is important to U.S. interests as an example of temperate, long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lu [...]	2006-05-10 17:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL AORC PGOV SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO419	URUGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 15:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ UY
06MONTEVIDEO46	URUGUAY'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN CRISIS [...] (U) Minister of the Economy, Daniel Astori recently stated that Uruguay must decentralize and strengthen its system of higher education or risk a faltering economy. Post analysis concurs with Astori's assessment. Statistics show that the vast majority of university-age students will never ac [...]	2006-01-13 18:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EINV ELAB UY
06MONTEVIDEO465	MERCOSUR AGREES ON STEPS FOR VENEZUELA'S ENTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 24 in Buenos Aires, the four Mercosur countries and Venezuela agreed on a draft document detailing the necessary steps for Venezuela's entry into the trading bloc. While Venezuela will have to adopt the Common External Tariff (CET) within four years, it will be allowed [...]	2006-05-25 20:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL UY
06MONTEVIDEO469	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE ON NAM/G-77 UN REFORM DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 17:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC UNGA UY
06MONTEVIDEO574	GOU DEMARCHED ON OAS MLAT AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) Embassy contacted various GOU interlocutors to discuss reftel demarche, including officials in the MFA's Office of International Treaties and International Law, and a subject material expert on MLATs at the Ministry of Education and Culture. (Note: The GOU does not have a Ministry of Justic [...]	2006-06-23 17:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KCRM UY
06MONTEVIDEO640	HAGUE RULING ON PULP MILLS FAVORABLE TO URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 16:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI KLIG EINV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO744	URGENT DEMARCHE TO URUGUAY ON UNSC LEBANON [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA offices of Vice Formin Maria Herrera and Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo. No substantive comment was received from the officials other than that Uruguay hoped for a lasting peace in the region. Embassy expects to pursue more [...]	2006-08-14 14:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE UY
06MONTEVIDEO825	MAJOR COCAINE BUST IN URUGUAY [...] (U) On September 5-6, the Uruguayan National Police's anti-drug unit DGRTID scored major success against international narco-traffickers operating here. The unit's "Operation Chimed" resulted in the largest cocaine HCl seizure (over 300 kg) in Uruguayan history. Police arrested twenty-four i [...]	2006-09-06 20:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL KCRM UY
06MONTEVIDEO977	ONCE AGAIN, THE PULP MILLS PLAGUE URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The long-running dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over the construction of pulp mills on a shared river shows no signs of letting up. For the second time this tourist season, Argentine environmental protesters will block international bridges linking the two countries. Wor [...]	2006-10-13 16:58:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI KLIG EINV EWWT AORC SENV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO980	BIOTECH CONFERENCE HITS THE MARK [...] (U) Summary: Post thanks EB and IIP for their assistance (ref A),which allowed Post to present a timely and well-targeted biotechnology seminar in Uruguay. A broad cross-section of key biotech decision makers attended the seminar October 12, and the conference achieved positive results. Sp [...]	2006-10-16 19:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO UY
06MONTREAL436	IPR in Montreal Part 2 - Music Fans and Industry [...] (U) The strength and popularity of Quebec's music and film industries have made them attractive targets for illegal file sharing and pirating. Quebec music and films are routinely pirated and sold at Montreal-area flea markets along with internationally recognized music and films. Although l [...]	2006-04-11 18:07:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR CA
06MONTREAL572	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ICAO'S TCB DEPUTY DIRECTOR ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request (para 9): The Deputy Director of ICAO's Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB) Bachar Hakim, visited the Ambassador on May 17, 2006 to inform him of TCB's recommendations to Syrian Arab Airlines on the replacement of ten aging Boeing aircraft, which are currently [...]	2006-05-18 19:18:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON PREL ICAO CA SY UNDP
06MONTREAL993	Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License End-Use Check, [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Venga Aerospace Systems, Inc. President Hirsh Kwinter on August 31 to verify the information requested (reftel). Venga Aerospace Systems has both aerospace and 3-D graphics divisions. Kwinter runs the company from his residence in Montreal. The company has no facilitie [...]	2006-09-17 11:56:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CA
06MOSCOW11002	RUSSIA: CENTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS UNDER STRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal-local relations in Russia are under increasing stress due to the implementation of the Local Self-Government Law of 2003. This law cuts the flow of tax dollars to regional and local government in order to spur the localities to become entrepreneurial in developing their [...]	2006-09-29 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW11024	INITIAL REACTION TO 2006 IRF REPORT [...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Mikhail Kaminin told reporters that the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report amounted to a repetition of groundless claims that there are restrictions on religious freedom in Russia. He said that U.S. officials had repeatedly ignored GOR explan [...]	2006-09-29 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11172	UNITED RUSSIA IGNORES THE PARTY OF LIFE IN LIPETSK [...] (SBU) Lipetsk oblast and city are tightly controlled by United Russia Governor Oleg Korolyev. Oblast regional elections will be held on October 8 and it is widely believed in Lipetsk that YR will win a decisive majority. While the Communist Party (KPRF) continues to have loyal followers, it ap [...]	2006-10-04 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11276	UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO WIN BY A WIDE MARGIN IN TUVA [...] (SBU) Embassy visited the Republic of Tuva October 1-5, in advance of the October 8 regional election. Tuva is tightly controlled by Regional Head Sherig-Ool Oorzhak, who became a member of United Russia (YR) eight months ago, and it is widely believed that YR will win a decisive majority, wit [...]	2006-10-06 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11310	MANAGED DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: ASTRAKHAN REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of October 8 regional elections, we visited Astrakhan Oblast and found: -- The Kremlin-backed United Russia party in the lead and expecting to gain a majority in the regional Duma; -- A popular United Russia governor who touts his ability to use his contacts in th [...]	2006-10-06 16:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW11413	REGIONAL ELECTION RESULTS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS AS [...] (SBU) As expected, the Kremlin's United Russia received a plurality or majority of votes cast in the elections for nine regional legislatures on October 8. Other key findings: -- the experiment with managed, two-party democracy seems to have succeeded from the perspective of the Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11631	RODINA: SATISFIED BUT SUING [...] (SBU) Rodina had a poor showing in the October 8 regional elections; it crossed the 7 percent threshold for representation in only one region: Astrakhan. Nevertheless, Deputy Chair of Rodina's Executive Committee Maksim Puchkov in an October 12 conversation found cause for optimism in the vo [...]	2006-10-17 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11890	OCTOBER 23 NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) We continue to receive positive reports on the re-registration of foreign NGOs. Of the 29 NGOs that USAID is tracking, another three have been registered by the Federal Registration Service (FRS) since October 20, bringing the total re-registered to eleven. Of the remaining eighteen, s [...]	2006-10-23 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM PREF RS
06MOSCOW11938	INVITATION ACCEPTED: THE NEW DELHI NOVEMBER 18-19 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 05:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11989	IN ANNUAL Q&A, PUTIN EXCLUDES THIRD TERM, WORRIES [...] (SBU) On October 25, President Putin hosted his annual "direct line to the President," during which he answered questions from Russia's regions and from Russian speakers abroad (Sevastopol, Ukraine). This year's "direct line" lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes, outstripping last year's by one minu [...]	2006-10-25 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW12158	RUSSIA IPR: AMBASSADOR'S 10/31 MEETING ON CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 31 meeting with Presidential Advisor Veniamin Yakovlev and Duma Legislative Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov, Ambassador outlined top USG concerns regarding draft Part IV of the Civil Code on IPR and strongly urged action now to correct serious inconsistencie [...]	2006-11-01 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO RS
06MOSCOW12161	DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY CINO'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a October 24 meeting with Deputy Secretary Cino, Russian Railroads (RZhD) Vice President Vadim SIPDIS Morozov discussed on-going RZhD restructuring efforts and competition in the rail sector. Morozov said GE's diesel engines had been found incompatible with Russia's mostl [...]	2006-11-01 11:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN OVIP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12190	11/1 DEADLINE HITS: AEROFLOT LOOSES 787 SLOTS, BUT [...] (SBU) As of today, November 1, Boeing has pushed back the potential delivery schedule for Aeroflot's proposed purchase of 22 787 Dreamliners from 2009-2011 to 2011-2013. By today, Aeroflot was to have either secured Board approval for the acquisition or have signed an intermediate lease for si [...]	2006-11-01 15:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAIR USTR RS

06MOSCOW12232	PROPOSED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BILL LIKELY TO PASS [...] (U) On October 27, United Russia Duma Deputies submitted a bill that would empower the Russian President to impose economic sanctions against any country, legal entity, or person in the event of an "emergency situation." The bill is still in its early stages. While there are differing views [...]	2006-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON RS
06MOSCOW12369	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST MARCH FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Decisive action by the Moscow city authorities and waning enthusiasm for the enterprise produced smaller-then-predicted attendance at the March 4 nationalist "Russian march." In the end, fewer then three thousand Muscovites participated on Saturday, a fraction of the number of police an [...]	2006-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12390	RUSSIA ON DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ RS
06MOSCOW12394	RUSSIA IPR: PART IV OF CIVIL CODE ADVANCES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The State Duma passed Part IV of the Civil Code in its second reading on November 8. The third and final reading of the law is likely to take place within the next ten days. [...]	2006-11-09 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO RS
06MOSCOW12448	BRYANSK: CASE STUDY OF A REGIONAL PARTY OF POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a keystone of post-Soviet Communist control, the political scene in Bryansk region is now dominated by United Russia (YR). YR has attracted the youth, business, and elite vote - votes that used to be divided between the Communist Party and liberal parties like the Union of [...]	2006-11-15 09:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12458	RUSSIAN ENERGY: UPDATE ON SAKHALIN-1 OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) In light of press reports indicating that the GOR was slowing the Sakhalin-1 consortium's operations, we contacted ExxonMobil's Sakhalin office to get an update. According to Michael Allen, ExxonMobil's government relations head on Sakhalin, as of November 16 the consortium had still not [...]	2006-11-16 05:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW12471	NGO REGISTRATION UPDATE: NOVEMBER 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has now re-registered 159 foreign NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. We understand FRS has rejected five NGOs, although none appear to be U.S. organizations. The authorities have disseminated draft guidelines [...]	2006-11-16 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12498	FURTHER ELECTORAL LAW CHANGES: MORE LEVERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A draft electoral law, which passed its third and final Duma reading on November 17, contains vague provisions which could be used to increase levers of central control over the electoral process. The draft would allow the exclusion of candidates who run negative TV ad campaign [...]	2006-11-17 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12569	PUTIN RAISES BANK SECTOR CONCERNS WITH STATE [...] (SBU) On November 14 President Putin delivered his first ever full-length address dedicated to Russia's banking system. He called for expanded lending to the real economy, especially small and medium business and regionally beyond the lucrative markets of Moscow and St. Petersburg. He presse [...]	2006-11-22 08:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD RS
06MOSCOW12591	RUSSIA: BARRIERS TO BUSINESS: CREDIT, TAXES, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. A recently-released survey of 3,000 business shows a surprising convergence of opinion between small, medium, and large enterprises about what stands in the way of commercial success in Russia. Respondents uniformly identified the high cost of credit, high tax rates, and ineff [...]	2006-11-22 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT RS
06MOSCOW12609	BELGOROD: UNITED RUSSIA, THE GOVERNOR, AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major local business owners, who are United Russia regional deputies, in conjunction with the Russian Orthodox Church, dominate all spheres of activity in Belgorod Oblast, which Embassy visited recently. Governor Savchenko is a strong leader who combines a flair for populist s [...]	2006-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12708	COMMUNIST PARTY: NOT DEAD YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Most observers describe the Communist Party (KPRF) as a party on life-support sustained by nostalgic pensioners. The cliche has it that as party stalwart's die off, so too will the KPRF. This assessment, however, ignores a relatively constant level of support, despite the dem [...]	2006-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12784	FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION NEARING ITS END [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 176 foreign NGOs as of December 1, with another 15 still under consideration, and it is nearing the end of this process. Of the 29 NGOs tracked by USAID, 21 have been re-registered, and eight are awaiting decisions from [...]	2006-12-04 16:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12856	COMMUNIST PARTY DEPUTY CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HIS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 6 meeting with EUR/RUS Director Mary Warlick, Communist Party (KPRF) Deputy Chairman Ivan Melnikov offered reactions to current domestic political events that confirmed his rumored social democratic leanings, and that suggested he was positioning himself to replace [...]	2006-12-08 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12942	RUSSIAN DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Viktor Zavarzin, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, gave his annual briefing to Moscow's military attache corps December 12. During the 90-minute presentation, Zavarzin summarized his committee's legislative activities -- weapons modernization and improvements in s [...]	2006-12-15 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL SOCI PGOV RS
06MOSCOW13002	RUSSIAN DEVELOPMENT "BANK" TAKES SHAPE [...] (SBU) At a meeting of cabinet ministers on December 14, Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref delivered a presentation on the prospective scope and functions of a new Russian Development Bank (RDB). Gref's proposal would consolidate the Foreign Economic Activity Bank of the USSR [...]	2006-12-20 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV RS
06MOSCOW13012	Novosibirsk: United Russia Stronghold With High [...] (SBU) United Russia's (YR) dominance in Russia's regions is evident in Novosibirsk, where YR holds the governorship, has an absolute majority in the regional parliament, does not view the emergence of the second Kremlin party "A Just Russia" as a threat, and dismisses the influence of "democra [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD RS
06MOSCOW13071	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: VERTICAL CONTROL INSUFFICIENT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With President Putin's appointment of Governor Valeriy Shantsev in August 2005, a United Russia political elite with strong business interests now firmly controls Nizhniy Novgorod and its region. The establishment of the regional branch of the second Kremlin-sponsored party, " [...]	2006-12-22 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW13092	NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: BACK TO WORK IN THE [...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 192 foreign NGOs as of December 22, including all of those providing aid in the North Caucasus. According to UN sources, the re-registration of International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision, along with the French NGO Acti [...]	2006-12-26 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW13123	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS CAUGHT IN YUKOS NET [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian Prosecutors at the Federal Tax Service (FTS) have brought a civil case against International accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in connection with their role as outside auditor of the Russian oil company Yukos. In addition, the firm has been defending itself i [...]	2006-12-27 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON RS
06MOSCOW13168	ALTAI KRAI: PICKETS AND PLURALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Altai Krai is one of the most economically depressed regions in Russia, it has an unusually high level of civic activity and political pluralism and is home to outspoken liberal Republican Party Head Vladimir Ryzhkov. United Russia dominates, but the Communists, Agrarians, [...]	2006-12-29 09:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1445	SPRING STATE DUMA SESSION OFF TO SLOW START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The spring semester of the Russian State Duma, which began on January 11 and will run through mid-June, got off to a slow start. Deputies are burdened with almost 600 draft laws, with 52 designated as priority bills focusing on water and forestry regulation, transportation safe [...]	2006-02-15 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW3751	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC),accompanied by Ambassador Burns, met April 10 for with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and multilateral issues. On Iran, Lavrov warned that Rus [...]	2006-04-10 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS
06MOSCOW3803	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN EXPERTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an April 10 breakfast meeting with Codel Frist and the Ambassador, Russian experts described the range of challenges facing Russia in the political, economic, and social sphere. Experts agreed that high oil profits disincline the political leadership to push new policy init [...]	2006-04-11 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EATO KHIV RS
06MOSCOW4083	UPDATE ON KHODORKOVSKIY ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovskiy suffered a deep cut to the face in an April 14 attack in a prison barrack, one of his lawyers and director of his press center confirmed to us. Our interlocutors told us his team would not seek to press charges against the attacker because [...]	2006-04-19 04:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW4353	KOMI: SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION IMPROVING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Economic progress is visible in the resource-rich Komi Republic, we found on a recent trip to that remote region. Its economy is doing well, in part because of global price gains in oil, gas, and metal, but also because of its growing paper and furniture industries and budding [...]	2006-04-24 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW4572	$4.5M U.S. Investment, Andy Warhol and American Corner [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Burns' visit to Samara April 17-18 revealed a city ripe for additional U.S. investment and eager for increased contacts and exchanges with American academic and business counterparts. The Ambassado [...]	2006-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW4951	PUTIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY BREAKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Putin's hour-long Address to the Federal Assembly on May 10 lacked the broad vision for Russia's future that some had expected. In a lengthy discussion of economic issues, he stressed national priority projects and technological development, and expressed commitment [...]	2006-05-10 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KIPR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW5454	HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MFA NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 meeting with Staffdel Finerty, Valeriy Kuzmin, who heads the MFA department responsible for interaction with Russia's regions, the Parliament, and civil society groups, said that his department also assists domestic NGOs in making contact with international counterpa [...]	2006-05-23 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5513	KALININGRAD AGRIBUSINESS FORUM: GERMAN FARMERS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kaliningrad Oblast's first international agribusiness forum intended to stimulate foreign investment drew a respectable, German-dominated audience of foreign farmers and processors. The oblast minister of agriculture conceded that openly inviting German farmers to come to the o [...]	2006-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PINR PREL GM RS
06MOSCOW5821	MFA STATEMENT ON THE SECRETARY'S MAY 31 [...] (U) Following in para 2 is the Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of a Russian MFA statement, released on June 1, on the Secretary's May 31 Iran announcement. 2. (U) Begin text of translated MFA statement: Moscow welcomes the announcement by the American side of its willingne [...]	2006-06-01 12:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR RS
06MOSCOW5870	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH FEDERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met May 26 with Federation Council Deputy Speaker Dmitriy Mezentsev to discuss interparliamentary relations and cooperation. Mezentsev extended invitations for U.S. participation in the 4th Baikal Economic Forum to be held in Irkutsk in September 2006 and the 15th C [...]	2006-06-02 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW6815	SOCIAL MOBILITY IN RUSSIA: WHICH WAY TO THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With real average incomes up 66 percent over the past five years, Russia's middle class has begun to emerge from the shadows -- after all, someone other than the mega rich has to be buying all those TV sets, cars and cell phones. Understanding that the movement is now well unde [...]	2006-06-27 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EINV ELAB EFIN PGOV RS
06MOSCOW7723	RUSSIA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HAITI INTERIM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Sergey Tarasov, Caribbean Section Chief in the MFA Latin America Department. Tarasov said he would pass the information to his superiors but could not predict whether Russia would provide any assistance to Haiti. He was aware of the High Lev [...]	2006-07-19 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN HA RS
06MOSCOW8691	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-12 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS IS LE RS
06MOSCOW9412	15TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1991 "COUP": APATHY, PROMISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fifteenth anniversary of the August 1991 "coup" passed with little fanfare. There were no official events, and the Russian population greeted the anniversary with apathy or political antipathy. Despite concern in some circles over increasing restrictions on personal freedo [...]	2006-08-28 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW9953	RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT FIVE PLUS FIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) After providing reftel talking points to the MFA earlier, we checked with MFA North America on September 8 to see whether FM Lavrov would attend a meeting of the Five Plus Five on the margins of the upcoming UN General Assembly meetings. We were told that no decision had been made abou [...]	2006-09-08 10:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM KN RS
06MUMBAI1266	FARMER SUICIDES PROMPT PM SINGH TO ANNOUNCE AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Over 1,600 farmers in eastern Maharashtra's drought-affected cotton belt in the Vidarbha region have committed suicide in the past five years. The GOI has cited crop failure, depressed cotton prices and spiraling debt as the chief reasons for the suicides. During his June 30-July 1 visit [...]	2006-07-07 06:45:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID PREL IN
06MUMBAI1286	CONDITIONS INSIDE CHHATTISGARH'S IDP CAMPS AS MONSOON SEASON [...] (SBU) Due to escalating combat between government, Naxalite-insurgent, and tribal counter-insurgent forces, southern Chhattisgarh had a growing internally displaced persons (IDP) problem in its Dantewara district before monsoon season arrived in late June. Dantewara's 27 IDP camps have appare [...]	2006-07-10 12:14:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM PHUM IN
06MUMBAI1307	MUMBAI REMAINS CALM AS POLICE DETAIN HUNDREDS IN CONNECTION [...] (U) Nearly 48 hours after bombs exploded aboard seven trains traveling Mumbai's western commuter railway line, casualty figures continue to rise, varying between 200 and 186 depending on the source. The number injured has also increased to 772. There have been no reports of Amcit deaths or in [...]	2006-07-13 12:51:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PGOV PREL ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI1602	CEQ'S CONNAUGHTON ENCOURAGES MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on August 24 in Mumbai, CEQ Chairman James L. Connaughton encouraged Government of Maharashtra (GOM) officials and Indian business leaders to support the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP). He also briefed his interlocutors on the sta [...]	2006-08-29 08:04:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PGOV SENV SEXP EPET EMIN
06MUMBAI1707	BOEING IDENTIFIES SITE FOR PLANNED MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN [...] (SBU) A senior Boeing official told the Consul General on September 15 that his company has now identified a site for its planned maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Nagpur. Seattle-based Dinesh Keskar, who briefed us on the margins of the CG's visit to Nagpur, had met with offi [...]	2006-09-18 13:40:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR PREL ETRD EFIN IN
06MUMBAI1803	WILL FRANCE, RUSSIA REAP THE INITIAL COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF [...] (SBU) GE and Westinghouse fear that French and Russian companies may be the first to benefit from the commercial opportunities created by successful passage of the U.S./India civil nuclear initiative. The Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL) confirmed to us that the GOI has approved two new si [...]	2006-10-08 08:56:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON
06MUMBAI2054	JULY RELIEF PACKAGE NOT ENOUGH, FARMER SUICIDES CONTINUE IN [...] (SBU) Farmer suicides have continued in the drought affected Vidarbha region of Eastern Maharashtra in spite of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's debt relief package announced in early July. Over 900 farmer suicides have been reported in Vidarbha this year, 300 of which occurred after the July [...]	2006-12-11 13:03:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID PREL IN
06MUMBAI2064	NPCIL OUTLINES ITS VISION OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR FUTURE AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 14. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) India hopes to import 20 to 25 foreign nuclear reactors in the coming decades, the head of the country's nuclear power utility told over 25 U.S. companies from the nuclear sector on December 1 in Mumbai. [...]	2006-12-13 14:25:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON
06MUMBAI2068	CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION MUST NOT CONSTRAIN INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Anil Kakodkar, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, told Commerce Undersecretary Frank Lavin and U.S. nuclear industry leaders on December 2 that the planned U.S.-India civil nuclear initiative must not constrain India's planned three stage program that will establish a closed nu [...]	2006-12-14 07:29:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON
06MUMBAI2075	NPCIL TELLS SEN. SPECTER THAT IT APPLAUDS NUCLEAR LAW, YET [...] (SBU) S.K. Agrawal, director of projects at the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL),told Senator Arlen Specter on December 16 that the civil nuclear law passed by Congress would not restrict the company's expansion plans. Without the agreement, the NPCIL's growth would even be slower a [...]	2006-12-20 11:10:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON
06MUMBAI2090	MAHARASHTRA'S GRAND VISION FOR THE NAGPUR AIRPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Maharashtra (GOM) has ambitious plans to convert Nagpur into a major regional transportation hub. During our recent trip to the city, located at the geographic heart of India, the Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC) explained its plans to build an integrat [...]	2006-12-28 09:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR PREL ETRD EFIN EIND EINV PINR IN
06MUNICH347	BAVARIAN TIP UPDATE: ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS; [...] (U) Bavarian police arrested two Romanians and one German May 21 for trafficking in persons (TIP) and pimping in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg. The arrests were the result of a four-month police investigation launched on the basis of evidence gathered during routine "controls" of brothels in [...]	2006-06-11 17:22:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS PGOV SMIG ELAB GM RO
06MUNICH400	BLUE LANTERN PRE-CHECK ON DDTC LICENSE 05-973079: [...] (SBU) POL/ECON Officer and an LES researched bona fides of ref German firm IBR Aeronautical Consulting, and visited Hannes Ross, IBR's owner and sole employee, at his home office on June 29. When asked, Ross explained that the confusion over a firm by the name of EEL (reftel) being listed at [...]	2006-06-30 16:10:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC GM
06MUNICH437	EADS/AIRBUS CRISIS -- THE VIEW FROM EADS' MUNICH [...] (SBU) Senior German EADS officials told the Consulate that Noel Forgeard's departure was necessary for EADS to move beyond its current mess, and the Forgeard affair was but one example of the challenges of dealing with spotlight- seeking French partners. As for BAE's divestiture of its EADS [...]	2006-07-13 12:41:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
06MUNICH558	EADS' EUROCOPTER -- WHAT AIRBUS WOULD LIKE TO BE [...] (U) Eurocopter, enjoying rising market share, is particularly exuberant over the recent decision by the U.S. Army to purchase up to 352 UH-145 helicopters, the firm's first U.S. defense contract. Eurocopter officials said this would put greater pressure on colleagues at Eurocopter parent EADS [...]	2006-08-23 16:31:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
06MUNICH715	EADS/AIRBUS CRISIS -- THE SAGA CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Amid a flood of bad news, a senior EADS official told the Consulate the A380 would, despite delays, be certified for flight. However, the A380's drain on resources was adversely impacting programs such as the A350 and the A400M, possibly resulting in a postponement of the A350 program. [...]	2006-10-13 13:57:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
06MUNICH819	POLICE RAID TURKISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DHKP/C [...] (U) In a coordinated effort led by Munich prosecutors, police from Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and North Rhine Westphalia raided the apartments and workplaces of alleged supporters of the Turkish terrorist organization "Revolutionary People's Liberation Front" (DHKP/C) on November 28. Accord [...]	2006-12-01 15:47:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN KJUS PTER PGOV ASEC GM TU
06MUNICH838	PREVIEW OF THE 43D MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) The 43d annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the "Davos" of the security policy world is set to take place February 9-11, 2007 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, parliamentary delegations an [...]	2006-12-08 11:54:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM NATO GM
06MUSCAT1004	INSIDE OMANI DEPORTATION CENTER, SEEKING [...] This is an action request for ECA, DRL, and G/TIP; please see paragraph 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) A June 19 visit to one of Oman's largest deportation centers revealed a clean and well-organized facility, and included a tour of the arrivals processing rooms, sleeping quarters [...]	2006-06-21 10:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG PHUM PBTS OEXC KPAO PGOV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1048	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ASIAN AMBASSADORS OFFER [...] (SBU) In a June 27 working lunch hosted by the Ambassador, colleagues from labor-source countries outlined problems faced by their nationals, to include salary arrears, lack of legal status, and in some cases physical or sexual assault. Their suggested improvements include additional labor pro [...]	2006-07-02 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG PBTS PREL MU
06MUSCAT1117	TFLE 01: OMAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CRISIS [...] (U) After providing initial widespread front-page coverage on the crisis and publishing critical editorials of U.S. support of Israel and its veto of an Arab-League sponsored resolution in the Security Council, several media sources have tempered their headlines by highlighting "good news" sto [...]	2006-07-17 03:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR KWBG MU
06MUSCAT1183	TFLE01: OMAN CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTIONS, CALLS FOR [...] (U) On July 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning Israel's airstrikes in Qana, characterizing the actions as a "massacre." Extending its "heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families of victims of ongoing military actions," the statement further cond [...]	2006-08-01 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR KPAO MU
06MUSCAT1223	OMAN FTA: MINISTER COMMITTED TO JAN [...] (U) Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbul bin Ali Sultan expressed to the Ambassador his commitment to ensuring that necessary regulations are in place for the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement to take effect on January 1, 2007. He also expressed his government's interest in promoting the FTA th [...]	2006-08-14 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BEXP KIPR PREL MU
06MUSCAT1248	OMAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANESE RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff spoke with Humaid al-Maani, Deputy Director of the Under Secretary's office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),regarding Omani government efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance to Lebanese government agencies. Al-Maani remarked that the Omani government had a [...]	2006-08-21 14:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID LE MU
06MUSCAT1255	MINISTRY OF MANPOWER COMBATING TIP AND ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali bin Juma highlighted for the Ambassador some of the challenges that his ministry faces in combating trafficking in persons (TIP),including a burgeoning sponsor system and registration of false companies. The Minister reiterated his commitment to comba [...]	2006-08-22 11:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV SMIG MU
06MUSCAT1282	MICROSOFT, GOVERNMENT INK CONTRACT [...] (U) The Omani government recently concluded a three-year, five million USD per year agreement with Microsoft for the use of the company's licensed products. The contract, which includes a commitment by Microsoft to invest two million USD per year in training programs for government employees a [...]	2006-08-30 05:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON KIPR TSPL ETRD MU
06MUSCAT129	OMAN UP ON IPR [...] (U) On January 23, Yahya bin Issa al-Riyami, Oman's newly appointed FTA point-person on IPR issues, reiterated the Sultanate's long-standing interest in protecting intellectual property rights. He reported that an inter-ministerial committee has been effective in combating software and media [...]	2006-01-31 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EIND KMPI MU
06MUSCAT1299	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF COMMERCE DAS HOLLY VINEYARD [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to the Sultanate of Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on September 16 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. In addition to your attendance at a reception for labor and customs officials, we are seeking meetings with the Minister of Commerce a [...]	2006-09-04 05:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU
06MUSCAT131	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/31/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 31 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed t [...]	2006-01-31 14:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU
06MUSCAT133	OMAN SWEPT BY DENMARK BOYCOTT FERVOR [...] (U) Prompted by the flap over cartoons in Denmark deemed offensive to Islam, Omani consumers are boycotting Danish products with increasing fervor, and grocers are taking note by pulling suspected goods from shelves. Some companies have taken out advertisements to remind consumers that they ar [...]	2006-02-01 13:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL MU DA
06MUSCAT1368	ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, GCC INTEGRATION HIGHLIGHT [...] (SBU) Top government officials and business representatives discussed efforts to both diversify Oman's economy and forge stronger regional integration with its GCC neighbors during an Economist-sponsored roundtable. The closed-door meeting provided the private sector a rare opportunity to en [...]	2006-09-18 11:40:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL MU
06MUSCAT1458	OFFICIALS SAY OMAN STILL ON TRACK TO PUBLISH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at the Ministry of Manpower claim they are on track to publish regulations implementing recent reforms to Oman's labor law before the target date of October 31. The International Labor Organization (ILO) has seen a draft of the regulations and provided comments. Unio [...]	2006-10-10 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1468	OMAN MOVES EARLY TO INCREASE VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Omani government has started an early media campaign to increase voter registration. In addition to placing announcements on the radio and in newspapers, the Minister of Interior held an unprecedented question-and- answer session at a gathering of the Oman Journalists Association t [...]	2006-10-11 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KMPI MU
06MUSCAT1484	OMAN'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SHRINK [...] (U) Oman's textile industry continues to whither away in terms of value and employment, as government statistics confirm a steep drop in production over the past year. While the upcoming implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) may stop further declines in this sector, it is [...]	2006-10-17 14:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX MU
06MUSCAT1487	RAMADAN IN OMAN: SPIRITS ARE HIGH, BUT SO ARE PRICES [...] (SBU) Omanis are in a generally positive mood as Ramadan draws to a close. Seasonal goodwill, however, has been blemished by complaints of price increases on basic foodstuffs and other items. As elsewhere in the region, Omanis are watching Arabic-language serial programs on television produce [...]	2006-10-21 03:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON MU
06MUSCAT1490	COMMERCE MINISTER ADDRESSES FTA CONCERNS [...] (U) On October 16, Econoff, Poleoff, and Poleassistant attended Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan's address on the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to members of the Oman Journalists' Association. Maqbool used the public engagement to highlight the FTA's expected benef [...]	2006-10-21 08:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1491	COMMERCE MINISTER ADDRESSES FTA CONCERNS [...] (U) On October 16, Econoff, Poleoff, and Poleassistant attended Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan's address on the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to members of the Oman Journalists' Association. Maqbool used the public engagement to highlight the FTA's expected benef [...]	2006-10-21 08:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1509	BIG PLANS AHEAD FOR MUSCAT'S TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (U) The Ministry of Tourism and government-owned Oman Tourism Development Company (OTDC) are moving forward on ambitious plans to develop tourism-related projects in the Muscat metropolitan area. The government envisions the construction of 16 hotels and a convention center within the next fi [...]	2006-10-22 10:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1510	SALALAH PINS ECONOMIC HOPES ON PORT, FREE ZONE, [...] (U) The city of Salalah is banking on the growth of its port, free zone, and tourism industries in ongoing efforts to develop its economy. Government and private sector officials express confidence that proposed investments in these sectors will reshape Salalah by 2010 and position the region [...]	2006-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EWWT PREL MU
06MUSCAT1511	IMPENDING REGULATIONS MAY TRIGGER INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers at one of Oman's publicly-owned power plants went on strike before arriving at a settlement on wages and job security. Contacts suggest that the publication of implementing regulations for recent labor law reforms may herald more strikes in the coming year. While conta [...]	2006-10-22 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EWWT PGOV ETRD ECON MU
06MUSCAT1541	OFFICIALS INSIST LABOR REFORMS COMPLETE [...] (SBU) Officials in the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) informed Poleoff on November 1 that regulations covering union organizing, collective bargaining and the right to strike are complete, and await only Minister of Manpower Juma bin al-Juma's signature. The regulations are contained in two minis [...]	2006-11-01 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1574	OMAN RESPONSE TO ITU NOMINATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 13:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS ITU MU
06MUSCAT1576	MUSCAT RESPONSE TO EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK; [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Econoff attempted to conduct a pre-license check on the College of Higher Technology, Ministry of Manpower. Econoff was unable to contact the Director General of Technology and Education at the Ministry of Manpower on three separate attempts (August 26, August 27, and Septemb [...]	2006-11-12 06:26:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC MU
06MUSCAT1579	HEALTH MINISTRY ADDRESSES US PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (U) In response to U.S. pharmaceutical company and PHRMA concerns (ref),Econoff met with Dr. Batool Jaffer Suleiman, Director of Rational Drug Use, Ministry of Health, on November 7 to discuss Ministerial circular 5/2006, which mandated the re-registration of pharmaceutical companies and thei [...]	2006-11-14 06:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON KIPR MU
06MUSCAT1627	OMAN: MIXED SIGNALS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (U) Two events during the past week presented a sharp contrast between rhetoric and reality in terms of public expression in Oman. On November 19, Minister of Information Hamad bin Mohammed Al Rasdhi addressed the Oman Journalists Association (OJA) and stated unequivocally that "the press in O [...]	2006-11-26 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECPS KPAO MU
06MUSCAT1646	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF AUSTR FOR EUROPE AND THE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on December 4 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. In addition to your participation as the keynote speaker and panel participant in the December 6 U.S.-Oman FTA Awareness Conference, we have confirmed me [...]	2006-12-02 14:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU
06MUSCAT1658	OMAN COMMITS TO INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER SCANNING [...] (SBU) On December 3, Brigadier General Mahmood al-Kiyumi, Director General of Customs, Royal Oman Police (ROP),gave oral approval for Oman's public participation in the International Container Scanning Network (ICSN). Contacts at the ROP assured Post that the General's statement is sufficien [...]	2006-12-04 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL EWWT ASEC KHLS ECON MU
06MUSCAT1684	DIGITAL OUTREACH TO OMAN [...] (U) In response to Ref A, Embassy Muscat is happy to provide a brief list of popular web destinations for Omani surfers, preceded by some background that we hope will be of use to IIP's new Digital Outreach Team. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------- SKITTISH USERS UNLIKELY TO ENG [...]	2006-12-13 08:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS KISL KPAO OIIP PTER MU
06MUSCAT1685	OIL AND GAS ADVISOR UPBEAT ON OMAN PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) On December 10, Econoff discussed Oman's energy outlook with Khalifa bin Mubarak al-Hinai, technical advisor to the Minister of Oil and Gas. Hinai commented that contrary to popular concerns, Oman still had significant reserves to exploit. He noted that of the approximately 50 billion [...]	2006-12-13 09:49:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET EIND ECON MU
06MUSCAT192	SECURITY CONCERNS DAMPEN OMAN-IRAQ RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Iraqi and Omani diplomats agree that security concerns are frustrating the growth of bilateral relations, but disagree over whether Iraq has requested assistance. A draft joint statement forming the basis of a new bilateral relationship has yet to be signed, and the next binational comm [...]	2006-02-13 04:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MU IZ
06MUSCAT193	UNESCO CONVENTION: OMAN [...] (SBU) The ratification of international conventions by Oman can be a time-consuming process. In light of Omani statements supporting USG interpretations of the UNESCO Convention and the pending ratification of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement, there is little reason to believe the Conventio [...]	2006-02-13 04:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL MU
06MUSCAT204	SULTAN QABOOS' TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Omani dailies gave extensive coverage on February 12 to a wide-ranging interview Sultan Qaboos granted to the influential Kuwaiti newspaper Al Siyasa ("Politics"). The Sultan shared his vision of Oman, his leadership principles, and his quest to balance the modern with the traditional in [...]	2006-02-13 13:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC PTER ETRD PINR ELAB MU
06MUSCAT207	GOVERNMENT CRITIC ALLEGES AMCIT AILING IN PRISON [...] (SBU) Recently released former parliamentarian Taybah al-Ma'wali claims that unsanitary prison conditions and poor medical care have caused a serious decline in convicted Amcit Rebecca Thompson's health. Her charges, however, are at variance with what Conoff and other independent visitors have [...]	2006-02-14 08:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI MU
06MUSCAT222	QUELLING VIOLENT REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE CARTOONS: [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref A demarche February 14 thanking the Omani government for its role in helping to calm public reactions to the offensive Danish cartoons and urging continued efforts to promote peaceful dialogue. To date, there have been no acts of violence stemming from the carto [...]	2006-02-15 15:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL KPAO PGOV XF MU
06MUSCAT232	UN COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS: STATUS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-19 12:49:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MU
06MUSCAT235	REACTIONS TO UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S REPORT, [...] (SBU) In a February 18 call on MFA Chief of International Organizations Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi, P/E Chief took the opportunity to register USG objections to the UN Special Rapporteur's Report on detainee conditions in Guantanamo Bay (ref A),as well as to use talking points (refs [...]	2006-02-19 14:02:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ASEC KPAO IZ MU
06MUSCAT256	DELIVERED: POINTS ON UNSYG, PEACEBUILDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 14:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UN MU
06MUSCAT276	2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to relevant sections of ref A paras 21-24. ----------------- PARA 21: OVERVIEW ----------------- A. There were isolated and unsubstantiated reports that persons were trafficked to, from, or within the country. B. The law does not prohibit tr [...]	2006-02-26 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MU
06MUSCAT292	IRAQ STRIFE SPARKS DENUNCIATION, REFLECTION [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bin Alawi joined his GCC colleagues on February 24 in denouncing terrorism in Iraq in the wake of the Al-Askaria shrine bombing, while Oman's leading Arabic dailies also condemned the apparent effort to stoke civil war. Perhaps provoked by an "inappropriate" local Intern [...]	2006-03-01 14:28:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PINS PGOV IZ MU
06MUSCAT293	OMANTEL TO FACE FIXED-LINE COMPETITION [...] (SBU) A Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Commissioner predicted that Oman would issue a second fixed-line license within the next year, ending Omantel's monopoly. She also predicted that Oman would open up the value-added services sector within the next three months, but would no [...]	2006-03-01 14:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV PREL MU YM
06MUSCAT296	ENVIRONMENTAL MOU SIGNED [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Under Secretary of Commerce and Industry Ahmad bin Hassan al-Dheeb signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)-related Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Cooperation (MoU) during a February 26 ceremony at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI). While other MOCI [...]	2006-03-01 15:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PREL KPAO MU ESTH
06MUSCAT297	MFA CLARIFIES RELIGION NOTE, SAYS NOT DIRECTED AT [...] (SBU) Reportedly in reaction to diplomatic missions that had rented space for unsanctioned religious worship, the Foreign Ministry issued a broadly worded circular on February 18 reiterating standing regulations governing non-Muslim places of worship. MFA clarified points of concern to the Em [...]	2006-03-01 15:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CASC KIRF MU
06MUSCAT350	GOVERNMENT REINS IN SQUATTERS [...] (SBU) The Omani government has taken action in recent weeks to remove illegal squatter farms that local tribes had built up over the past year in a remote semi-desert area in the southern Dhofar region. The steps were spurred by concerns over illicit water usage and the government's efforts t [...]	2006-03-10 19:48:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV PBTS PGOV SOCI MU

06MUSCAT384	MOTOROLA EYES RADIO TENDER [...] (SBU) Motorola expects to be one of three bidders for an upcoming tender for a $40-60 million national radio system in Oman. Motorola will be requesting USG advocacy in support of its bid. End summary. ----------- FAST TENDER ----------- 2. (SBU) On March 6, Econoff discussed Motorola [...]	2006-03-15 15:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECPS PGOV PINR MU
06MUSCAT385	TWO AIRLINES BETTER THAN ONE? [...] (SBU) Profitable Oman Air plans to expand its medium and long-haul fleet with Boeing aircraft in a bid to compete directly with Gulf Air, as the latter relocates part of its operations from Abu Dhabi to Muscat's Seeb International Airport. End Summary. ------------ PROFIT FIRST ---------- [...]	2006-03-15 15:15:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL MU
06MUSCAT387	MESSAGE TO OIC ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 15:28:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO ETRD KISL KPAO PREL PTER XF MU
06MUSCAT388	JERICHO PRISON ATTACK DRAWS IRE AT U.S., UK [...] (U) The March 14 Israeli raid on Jericho Prison and seizure of Palestinian suspects drew strong condemnation in Omani newspaper editorials the following day. The independently owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" placed its editorial on the front page, asserting that Israel's actions were clearly il [...]	2006-03-15 15:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL SOCI OIIP KMDR KPAO IS MU
06MUSCAT397	MESSAGE TO OIC ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 13:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO ETRD KISL KPAO PREL PTER XF MU
06MUSCAT442	DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, MARCH 28-29 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 10:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL XF MU
06MUSCAT449	OMAN FEEDBACK: PROLIFERATION AWARENESS TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/ECC - please see para 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) While the recent EXBS-sponsored Proliferation Awareness Technical Exchange (PAT) workshop raised awareness of proliferation materials, participants were keen on getting more practical experi [...]	2006-03-23 14:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM KNNP KSTC PREL MU
06MUSCAT484	CONDITIONS, NOT BAN, ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] (U) On March 27, POLE Chief and Econoff delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Commerce and Industry Economic Advisor Said al-Riyami, who appeared unaware that the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries had ceased issuing permits for U.S. beef imports. Al-Riyami contacted the Ministry of Agr [...]	2006-03-28 15:26:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAGR ETRD USDA USTR MU
06MUSCAT502	COMMERCE MINISTER ASSERTS NO BEEF BAN OR [...] (U) This is an action cable for USTR. See para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a March 29 meeting with EmbOffs, Minister of Commerce Maqbool Sultan responded to USG concerns over contemplated Omani conditions on U.S. beef imports by assuring that no ban or conditions were curren [...]	2006-04-02 06:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PREL MU
06MUSCAT512	PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM BOOSTS UNIONIZATION [...] (SBU) With considerable media attention, a leading Muscat businessman devoted the March 31 session of his influential discussion forum to promoting Oman's labor union movement. Union leaders addressed key CEO's on their growing pains, while one company exec suggested that Omani unions be permi [...]	2006-04-03 13:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT524	TRADE MINISTER REAFFIRMS STRONG COMMITMENT TO FTA [...] (U) Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbul Sultan reiterated Oman's strong commitment to seeing the FTA through the Congressional review process, expressing Oman's readiness to ratify the agreement once U.S. deliberations are complete. End Summary. ----------------------- ADDRESSING FTA CON [...]	2006-04-04 09:06:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MU NOTAG
06MUSCAT539	GULF AIR PLANS NON-STOP TO PARIS, RENEWAL OF AGING FLEET [...] (SBU) On April 4, the Gulf Air Area Manager for Muscat, Bennet Stephens (protect) told the DCM that on April 6, Gulf Air charter planes would be bringing 250 French tour agents to Oman for a 4 day/5 night familiarization/marketing tour of the Sultanate, paid for and sponsored by the Omani Minis [...]	2006-04-05 08:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MU NOTAG
06MUSCAT555	PRICING STRATEGY HARMS U.S. FIRM IN RADIO TENDER [...] (SBU) On April 5, Econoff discussed the upcoming nationwide radio system tender with Brigadier Hajji bin Adam al-Balushi, Director of Communications for the Internal Security Services (ISS). Al-Balushi confirmed that the ISS has invited only Motorola, Thales (France),and Rhode and Schwartz ( [...]	2006-04-06 10:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MU NOTAG
06MUSCAT601	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-16 11:09:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL PHUM KUNR MU
06MUSCAT602	URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 SUA [...] (SBU) During the course of an April 16 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib Miran al-Raisi on other matters (septel),Ambassador encouraged Oman's signing and ratifying the 2005 Protocols to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful [...]	2006-04-16 11:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PTER PARM PREL MNUC KTIA MU
06MUSCAT617	OMAN'S GRAND MUFTI SPEAKS TO SHIA, URGES UNITY [...] (U) Oman's top Ibadhi religious leader, Grand Mufti Shaykh Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili, addressed a capacity crowd of over 1300 people at Muscat's largest Shia mosque on April 15. Celebrating the recent birthday of the Prophet Muhammad but clearly having in mind the continuing sectarian violenc [...]	2006-04-17 12:48:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KIRF PGOV KISL MU
06MUSCAT66	OMAN'S 2006 BUDGET: SURPLUS FUELS INVESTMENT [...] (U) High oil prices in 2005 led to a record Omani budget surplus of $3.8 billion and a blistering GDP growth of 21.7 percent. The 2006 budget, announced on January 1, projects massive government spending on industrial and tourism projects that could produce a deficit as large as 6 percent of [...]	2006-01-18 09:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EPET MU
06MUSCAT670	OMAN DENOUNCES DAHAB TERROR BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL PTER OPRC EG MU
06MUSCAT672	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DISCUSSIONS WITH OMAN [...] (SBU) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, Omani government officials pledged cooperation on trafficking in persons queries, including arranging a visit to a deportation detention facility in May. The Inspector General of the Royal Oman Police noted that 80-100 migrant smugglers are arr [...]	2006-04-26 14:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB PREL KPAO MU
06MUSCAT687	SOMALI MIGRANTS: SMALL PROBLEM, BUT INCREASING [...] (U) Somali migrants infiltrating Oman from Yemen or by sea, often engaged in unskilled labor but sometimes accused of theft and confrontations with police, have sparked calls for government action from angry local residents and farmers in Southern Oman. Army patrols and police checkpoints have [...]	2006-05-02 05:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF PGOV PREL PINR SO MU
06MUSCAT702	OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT THE BMENA DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) In a May 3 call on MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, Ambassador shared reftel information on the BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) and urged Omani official participation. The Under Secretary confirmed Oman's participation in earlier DAD events but did not know if Oman [...]	2006-05-03 13:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI MU
06MUSCAT727	PRESIDENTIAL LETTER TO GCC LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 14:07:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL MU
06MUSCAT781	OMAN ESCHEWS DAMASCUS BOYCOTT MEET [...] (U) As reported in regional and international media, including by the Syrian Arab News Agency, Oman was not/not represented in a four-day conference of Israel Boycott Liaison Officers that began May 15 in Damascus. 2. (SBU) A senior contact in the Foreign Ministry reiterated to P/E Chief Ma [...]	2006-05-16 11:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KBCT KIRF PHUM AL IS MU
06MUSCAT859	MINISTER OF MANPOWER REPORTS RAPID LABOR REFORM [...] (SBU) In a May 31 meeting, the Minister of Manpower showed the Ambassador completed draft legislation of all labor reform commitments made to Congress by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The Minister reiterated his commitment to complete the reforms ahead of time and said that it was no [...]	2006-05-31 12:26:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV KCRM KMPI PHUM MU
06MUSCAT869	OMAN PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTS USG INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Per ref A assurance from FM Yusuf bin Alawi, the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a public statement June 1 welcoming the USG's May 31 proposal to open conditional negotiations with Iran (ref B). The statement, which follows, was reported by the government-owned Oman News Agency [...]	2006-06-01 08:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPRC MNUC IR MU
06MUSCAT871	INVESTMENT PROMOTION CHIEF DECLINES FORUM [...] (SBU) Reflecting growing Omani concern about Congressional deliberations on the Free Trade Agreement (ref A),the Executive President of Oman's Investment Promotion office declined an invitation to participate in the June U.S.-Arab Economic Forum. Further FTA ratification delays will likely h [...]	2006-06-04 07:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP PREL MU
06MUSCAT879	OMAN QUESTIONS NEVADA TEST EXPLOSION [...] (SBU) In a June 4 meeting requested by MFA Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami, Pol/Econ Chief addressed a number of Omani concerns regarding the high explosives test previously scheduled to take place in Nevada on June 6 known as "Divine Strake" (ref A). Al-Riyami specifically inqu [...]	2006-06-05 04:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KTBT KTIA PINR MU
06MUSCAT881	TELECOM INCUMBENT READIES FOR FIXED-LINE COMPETITOR [...] (SBU) Omantel is focusing on expanding its fixed-line subscriber base by promoting enhanced services and considering flexible Internet access options. The move is intended to strengthen Omantel's position before competition is introduced in the fixed-line sector. For security-related and eco [...]	2006-06-05 06:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV MU
06MUSCAT887	DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT CONCERNING IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref A points on June 3 to the Foreign Ministry expressing the USG's serious disappointment with the Non-Aligned Movement statement in support of Iran's nuclear program at the Ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur. P/E Chief previewed the USG position on June 1 with the [...]	2006-06-05 11:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR MU
06MUSCAT896	LOFTY AIRLINE PLANS REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Heady expansion plans for both Gulf Air and Oman Air remain on track. While it is still unclear if the Omani market, and Muscat's undersized airport, can support such lofty ambitions, the commitment of both airlines to Oman appears firm. End Summary. ---------------------- Gulf Air [...]	2006-06-05 13:47:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ECON PREL MU
06MUSCAT905	PORT, BORDER SECURITY A TOP OMANI PRIORITY [...] (SBU) In the wake of recent security incidents on ships that have visited the Port of Salalah, an Omani transportation official says there will soon be significant improvements in port and border security. Oman also continues to mull the creation of a new Homeland Security-type ministry. The [...]	2006-06-06 13:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC ASEC PREL KHLS EWWT MU
06MUSCAT916	OMANIS GRUMBLE OVER ALLEGED USG REMARK ON STRAIT [...] (SBU) In recent days, popular Omani on-line message board al-Sablah has featured animated and overwhelmingly negative reactions to a USG official's alleged remark about the Strait of Hormuz on the al-Jazeera television network. Allegedly responding to statements from Iran that it could close o [...]	2006-06-07 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KBCT EWWT OPRC IR MU
06MUSCAT939	HCOC: OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT VIENNA, STILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-11 11:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MU
06MUSCAT94	LONDON CONFERENCE FOR AFGHANISTAN: OMAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) The Embassy delivered demarche and background papers (reftels) to the Foreign Ministry on January 25, encouraging Oman's attendance at the London Conference and pledge for Afghanistan reconstruction. 2. (SBU) UK Deputy Head of Mission Charles Hill informed us on January 24 of his ongoin [...]	2006-01-25 14:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV AF MU
06MUSCAT945	PSI: OMAN STUDYING POLAND INVITE [...] (SBU) Foreign Ministry Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami confirmed to Pol/Econ chief June 11 that Oman has received the official Polish invitation to attend the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative High-Level Political Meeting (refs A-C),including information regarding on-li [...]	2006-06-11 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP PL MU
06MUSCAT948	OMAN COMMITTED TO PROTECTING IPR; SOME CONCERNS [...] (U) The Omani government remains committed to protecting IPR, as evidenced by the recent confiscation of pirated media and the hosting of a regional IPR seminar. Omani officials welcome further technical assistance from U.S. counterparts to help improve the Sultanate's IPR regulations and enf [...]	2006-06-12 05:24:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR ECPS MU
06MUSCAT949	RELIGIOUS VOLUNTEERS DISCUSS TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Religious leaders and charitable organization volunteers recently shared their views on trafficking in persons in Oman. Though they argue Oman's TIP problem is small in comparison to its neighbors, all are calling for prompt government action to enforce Oman's labor law, increase oversi [...]	2006-06-12 08:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ELAB MU
06MUSCAT954	OMAN REAFFIRMS NO ISRAELI BOYCOTT, DENOUNCES [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Emboffs, Omani officials denounced a Jerusalem Post article alleging the application of the Arab League boycott in Oman. The government plans to respond formally to a Congressional inquiry on the matter, but will not comment publicly. End Summary. ---------- [...]	2006-06-12 13:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KBCT OPRC PREL IS MU
06MUSCAT963	OMAN REJECTS MEPI ELECTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Acting Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi conveyed on June 12 Oman's decision to disallow MEPI-funded programming related to elections and "internal politics," including the voter education aspects of a new IRI program that was set to begin this month. MEPI programs in less sensiti [...]	2006-06-14 09:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI KWMN MU
06MUSCAT982	MINISTER OF AWQAF APPRECIATES OUTREACH, SEEKS [...] (U) Oman's Minister of Awqaf expressed his appreciation for recent U.S. military outreach efforts involving an exchange of visits. He noted that such cultural dialogue benefits both countries and advances mutual goals of promoting tolerance. In the context of Muscat as "Cultural Capital of t [...]	2006-06-18 12:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL SOCI MASS KIRF SCUL MU
06MUSCAT989	PSEG TO SELL OMAN UTILITY INVESTMENT [...] (U) Contains business proprietary information - please protect. 2. (SBU) On June 17, PSEG officials Nelson Garcia, Vice President, Generation and Technical Services, and Hal Sunar, Business Director, Development and Management, informed Econoff that the company would be divesting itself fro [...]	2006-06-19 11:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MU NOTAG
06MUSCAT990	COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS KEY TO GULF AIR PURCHASE [...] (SBU) Conversations with the Minister of Transportation and Communications and the Under Secretary for Civil Aviation Affairs indicate that Gulf Air's upcoming purchase of aircraft will be based on purely commercial grounds, with fuel efficiency being the top concern. While careful not to tip [...]	2006-06-19 12:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAIR ECON ETRD PREL BA MU
06MUSCAT993	TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION MINISTER SETS SIGHTS [...] (U) Contains business proprietary information - please protect. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador called upon the Transport and Communications Minister to review recent developments in the sectors and to advocate for Gulf Air's purchase of Boeing aircraft (ref A). The Mi [...]	2006-06-20 05:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP EAIR ECPS ELTN MU
06NAHA199	OKINAWA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BODE WELL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 12:16:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA204	ONE SMALL STEP FOR THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first tangible step towards building the Marine Corps Airs Station Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF),late the afternoon of September 15 the Okinawa Defense Facilities Administration Bureau (DFAB) and Nago City Board of Education officials entered Camp Schwab to begin a [...]	2006-09-19 09:39:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV JA
06NAHA209	GOVERNOR'S RACE: REFORMISTS UNITE BEHIND ANTI-BASE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of polarizing debate and a brief split, Okinawa's six reformist parties agreed to back a single candidate for the Okinawa prefectural governor's race, upper house national Diet member Keiko ITOKAZU. If all six parties remain united, Itokazu's chances for election ar [...]	2006-09-22 11:02:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA225	SURVEY OF PAST OKINAWAN POLLS SHOWS INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 10:55:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA56	GOJ TAKING HARD LINE WITH OKINAWAN OFFICIALS ON FUTENMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly-elected Nago City Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro said he had a disappointing dinner March 6 with Japan Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga. Shimabukuro said Nukaga refused to discuss agreed plan to relocate a Marine air station to Nago City, deflecting conversa [...]	2006-03-07 08:33:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA79	FUTENMA RELOCATION: NAGO MAYOR'S HIGH-WIRE ACT GETS SHAKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: As events appear to be building toward a "final decision" by the GOJ on the specific location and configuration of the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF),the personal negotiation track between Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshik [...]	2006-03-31 00:14:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAHA85	GOJ-NAGO AGREEMENT ON FUTENMA PLEASES CONSERVATIVES, ANGERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2006 Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro reached an agreement on a two runway, V-shaped configuration for the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF) to be constructed on the co [...]	2006-04-11 08:51:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAHA96	OKINAWA'S NEXT GOVERNOR: POSSIBLE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Introduction: In the following discussion of possible candidates for governor in this November's gubernatorial election, it is worth noting that Okinawa, unlike Japan as a whole, has had a functioning two-party system since reversion in 1972. Since that time, Okinawa has seen the fortun [...]	2006-04-20 10:16:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAIROBI1008	IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EAST AFRICA [...] (SBU) On March 5, I hosted a lunch for 15 Nairobi-based Chiefs of Mission in honor of visiting World Food Program Executive Director James T. Morris. The reason I was willing to press the other COMs to give up their Sunday afternoon was this Mission's growing concern about the unfolding huma [...]	2006-03-07 09:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI106	KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT (CORRECTED) [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...]	2006-01-10 05:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE
06NAIROBI1094	SOMALIA: DONORS PREPARE TO SUPPORT SECURITY FOR THE [...] (SBU) Donors and UN agency representatives have enthusiastically endorsed a Security Plan for the Transitional Federal Parliament's (TFP) interim seat in Baidoa. A March 7 fact-finding trip may have generated commitments of funds sufficient to finance the entire plan - - including the very se [...]	2006-03-09 10:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Ms. S. Luyali, Third Secretary, Africa Union Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Luyali welcomed the suggestion of the U.S. to begin planning for re-hatting, particularly given the U.S. commitment to press for an Af [...]	2006-01-11 09:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU KPKO KE
06NAIROBI135	KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...]	2006-01-12 06:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1393	KENYA AGREES TO TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI [...] (SBU) Juliet Gicheru, Acting Head of the Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),confirmed to poloff March 29 that Kenya consents to both the immediate transfer of Somali pirate suspects in Kenya and temporary detention of those suspects identified for repatriation to Somalia. Post [...]	2006-03-29 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MAAR PHSA SO KE
06NAIROBI1473	VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...]	2006-04-03 11:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1560	UP IN SMOKE: KENYA'S HISTORIC COCAINE HAUL FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fifteen months after its initial seizure, Kenya's record haul of cocaine was successfully destroyed under joint Kenyan and international supervision on March 31. Despite repeated and unsupported allegations that it had been tampered with, preliminary verification and testing in [...]	2006-04-10 09:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN CO
06NAIROBI1573	KENYAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN MARSABIT [...] (SBU) A Kenyan military Y-12 aircraft crashed and caught on fire in Marsabit town (Eastern Province, north-central Kenya) at approximately 10:00 a.m., April 10 due to poor weather conditions and ground obstruction near the airfield. According to Defense Minister Njenga Karume, the plane was c [...]	2006-04-10 14:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR MASS PREL ASEC KE
06NAIROBI1600	FIVE KENYAN PARLIAMENTARIANS KILLED IN CRASH [...] (U) The April 10 crash of a Kenyan Air Force Y-12 plane in Marsabit, north-central Kenya (reftel),claimed the lives of 14 of 17 passengers, including five sitting members of Parliament. Announcing the names of the deceased and injured, President Kibaki declared three days of national mourni [...]	2006-04-11 14:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR MASS PREL ASEC KE
06NAIROBI1637	KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...]	2006-04-13 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1643	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador hand-delivered Secretary Rice's letter (ref. A, requesting Kenya to pledge to support only candidates with a genuine commitment to human rights for the U.N. Human Rights Council) to Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju on April 11. The Minister did not offer a substantive reply. P [...]	2006-04-13 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KE
06NAIROBI1715	KENYA NON-COMMITTAL ON AFRICAN CANDIDATES FOR UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. While Amolo did not offer a Kenyan commitment to not support the UN Human Rights Council candidacies of serious human rights violators such as Sudan and Zimbabwe, [...]	2006-04-20 14:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PHUM UNHCR KE
06NAIROBI1953	KENYA: 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to U.S. concerns about the worsening counterfeiting problem in Kenya, the country's top trade bureaucrat acknowledged the government's weaknesses in adequately enforcing IPR, and showed interest in working with the USG and the U.S. private sector to improve the situ [...]	2006-05-05 06:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR KE
06NAIROBI2059	NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER MAY BOLSTER [...] Summary: The recent launch of a new regional search and rescue center in Mombasa could potentially serve as crucial resource in furthering maritime security in the region. However, the limited capacity of maritime forces may undermine the center's effectiveness. Incidents of piracy in the r [...]	2006-05-11 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PTER PREL IMO KE
06NAIROBI2075	KENYA STRUGGLES TO GET WIRED - THE ONGOING SAGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Regional efforts to at last bring economically vital fiber optic connectivity to Africa's East Coast are being stymied by South African efforts to impose a monopolistic model on the planned East African Submarine System (EASSy),a 5,500 mile undersea cable that would link Durba [...]	2006-05-12 06:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE
06NAIROBI2348	COTU Convention Generates Plenty of Public [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Organization of Trade Unions - Kenya (COTU) election convention was unusually calm and well-organized, partially because there was no challenger to Secretary General Francis Atwoli and his Executive Board. Presidential contender and local hero MP Raila Odinga delive [...]	2006-05-30 03:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV ECON ETRD PHUM KE
06NAIROBI2397	KENYAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Action request - para 3. 2. (SBU) Kenyan Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula requested a May 26 meeting with Ambassador Bellamy to discuss the case of two Kenyan telecommunication engineers possibly abducted in Baghdad. Wetangula presented the Ambassador with a lette [...]	2006-05-31 14:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KE
06NAIROBI2399	KENYA: RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Lazarus Amayo the evening of May 31. (Head of state and foreign minister were unavailable.) Amayo discussed at length the recent G-77 meeting in Malaysia and Iran's attempt to introduce a statement on [...]	2006-05-31 16:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2418	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI2419	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI2933	CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their July 5 meeting with CODEL Dreier in Nairobi, opposition leaders emphasized the constraints on their effectiveness imposed by insufficient resources and limited understanding of the opposition's legitimate function. KANU party members Justin Muturi, Chief Oppositio [...]	2006-07-06 11:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2951	CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Dreier and Vice President Moody Awori engaged in a comparative exchange on how business is conducted in the U.S. and Kenyan legislatures on July 5 in Nairobi. In his capacity as Leader of Government Business, Awori informed the visiting delegation of the Kenyan Parliamen [...]	2006-07-06 13:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3262	CT Finance; Kenyan Nominees for Regulatory [...] (SBU) Post's main interlocutor for CT finance issues is the GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force. Post approves of the following list of officials proposed by the AML for the September training program in Reftel B. All appear to be well-qualified and working in relevant positions [...]	2006-07-28 04:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS KTFN PTER PREL KE
06NAIROBI3270	PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: PRO-KIBAKI PARTY WINS [...] (SBU) Summary: NARC-Kenya's victory in three of five July 24 parliamentary by-elections was a much needed endorsement for the Kibaki government following several months of setbacks from November's referendum defeat and the public exposure of the massive Anglo Leasing corruption scandal. The n [...]	2006-07-28 08:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3500	KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among its East African neighbors as a stable, open democracy and as a key regional partner for the United States. The country is making a dramatic break from its past by greatly improving respect for human rights and by expanding d [...]	2006-08-11 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI3733	QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref F reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]	2006-08-25 07:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI3879	Retention of DHS/TSA Kevin Jones in Kenya [...] (SBU) I understand that TSA's Office of International Transportation Security Networking recently turned down a request from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Embassy Nairobi for TSA to rehire Kevin Jones as a retired annuitant. The decision, as SIPDIS we understand it, would have [...]	2006-09-07 05:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3973	GOVERNMENT REFORMS FALTERING, KENYAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In a series of meetings on August 28 in Nairobi, leaders of Kenyan civil society and government oversight organizations highlighted for visiting Senator Obama the Kenyan government's faltering performance on human rights, corruption, and governance, while ably demon [...]	2006-09-13 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4048	KENYA SUSPENDS EXPERIMENTAL SHRIMP TRAWLER OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has temporarily suspended experimental trawler operations pending a September 21 stakeholders' meeting, when an environmental impact statement on the effects of trawling for shrimp within three to five nautical miles is to be released. The decision to suspend, rather than [...]	2006-09-18 09:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI4070	KENYA BETTER FOCUSED ON TIP BUT MORE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP Yousey's August visit to Kenya highlighted the challenges facing government efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). While Kenya's ranking among Tier Two Watchlist countries has increased the attention of the GOK and Kenyan civil society to the problem of human tr [...]	2006-09-19 08:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB PREL KE
06NAIROBI4137	PRESIDENT KIBAKI SPEAKS TO THE AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unprecedented gesture, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki addressed the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya on September 19. Touching on familiar economic reform and market opening themes, Kibaki hit all the right notes in his speech. But the real importance lies in the gestu [...]	2006-09-22 12:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL KE
06NAIROBI416	U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES NOW IN KENYAN CUSTODY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten Somali pirates captured by the U.S. Navy for high-seas piracy of an Indian vessel have been turned over to Kenyan authorities. Absent interventions by U.S. or Indian authorities to assert jurisdiction, Kenyan police are proceeding full steam to prosecute domestically. END S [...]	2006-01-30 12:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI4299	FEEBLE CASE AGAINST JOURNALISTS FINALLY DROPPED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 29 the Government of Kenya dropped its weak case against three journalists from the Standard daily newspaper charged with publishing an alarming story in February. The three men had been arrested two days before the infamous March 2 Standard Media Raids. Although [...]	2006-10-05 06:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4313	KENYA MOYALE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER ON THE OROMO [...] (SBU) Summary: The District Commissioner of Moyale, on Kenya's border with Ethiopia, admits that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) uses his district as a sanctuary, despite his best efforts. He expresses annoyance with the "hostile" attitude of his Ethiopian counterparts and with the Ethiopia [...]	2006-10-05 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV ET KE
06NAIROBI4334	COAST PROVINCE - DIVERSITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The diversity of Kenya's Coast Province reflects an important part of the country's rich history and highlights the challenge that this fledgling democracy faces to develop a truly inclusive process focused on national issues, as opposed to the current tribally-driven system. Duri [...]	2006-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KISL PGOV ECON KE KDEM PTER SNAR
06NAIROBI4422	MONEY LAUNDERING IN KENYA: FDIC TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan participants in the FDIC's September bank supervision regulatory training class praised the course highly and said they would apply elements to Kenya's own draft anti-money laundering (AML) bill. They suggested increased case studies, practical visits to agencies, tips f [...]	2006-10-16 04:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ECON KE
06NAIROBI462	KENYA CONFIRMS INTENT TO PROSECUTE U.S.-CAPTURED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities confirm their intent to proceed to prosecute and bring to trial in coming days the 10 Somali pirates captured January 22 by U.S. forces. They seek immediate transfer to Kenyan authorities any/all items of evidentiary value still in U.S. hands. The nation's [...]	2006-02-01 12:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI4726	NO PLANK TO WALK BUT TEN GUILTY PIRATES GET SEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Mombasa court found all ten of the Somali nationals captured by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Somalia in January guilty of piracy on the high seas and sentenced each to seven years imprisonment on November 1. The defense's planned appeal of the verdict on jurisdictional gr [...]	2006-11-03 07:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI4741	Proposed Kuwaiti Investment in Kenya Looks Fishy [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's Al Bader International Development Company allegedly asked the Kenyan Government for exclusive rights to develop a port, airport, resort, and oil complex near Lamu on Kenya's north coast, but the project appears impractical. Post is concerned the proposal may instead be [...]	2006-11-05 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06NAIROBI4871	KENYA SUSPENDS SOMALIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing security concerns, the Government of Kenya (GOK) suspended all scheduled flights between Somalia and Kenya effective November 13. In so doing, the GOK will require all charter flights to apply for clearance, providing a detailed manifest of passengers, crew, travel docume [...]	2006-11-15 14:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PGOV KE SO
06NAIROBI4899	COWS VERSUS CROPS: GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent government crack down on the influx of pastoralist migrants occupying privately-owned land in Laikipia is a short term solution to a very complex problem. Scarce resources and poor management of them will continue to drive desperate pastoralists to seek much needed [...]	2006-11-17 08:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5003	KENYA: TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED MINISTERS REAPPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki filled a dozen cabinet seats on November 15, bringing back into government two ministers who had earlier this year resigned over their implication in massive corruption scandals. One, reinstated Education Minister George Saitoti, was earlier exonerated in a du [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5077	IMF MISSION VISITS KENYA, WANTS TO EXTEND PROGRAM AND STAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF wants to remain engaged in Kenya, and has therefore temporarily extended until February 2007 its three-year, $240 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which had been set to expire this month. It hopes by early 2007 to complete the program's second revie [...]	2006-11-28 14:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5196	Terrorist Lists; Kenya Has None [...] Kenya does not have its own list of terrorist organizations. It relies on a UN list, presumably the 1267 Committee designations. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) uses the OFAC list when examining banks, since Kenyan banks have to be able to deal with U.S. banks and their CT finance requirements [...]	2006-12-07 13:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER KE
06NAIROBI5231	KENYA POLL RESULTS: KIBAKI'S RATING UP, BUT NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent national opinion poll shows that more Kenyans approve of President Kibaki than earlier in the year. However, although Kibaki came out far in front of a field of six leading opposition candidates, he did not fare as well in head-to-head races, in particular against pro [...]	2006-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI526	KENYA ARRAIGNS U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES [...] (SBU) The government of Kenya formally announced its intent to prosecute the 10 Somali pirates captured by U.S. forces January 22 (reftels) via a diplomatic note dated February 1. The note stated that the government "is willing to prosecute the 10 alleged pirates." (MFA Diplomatic Note MFA. [...]	2006-02-06 11:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI5261	KENYAN MINISTRIES NAMED AND SHAMED IN PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a positive development for government accountability in Kenya, the results of a performance evaluation of public agencies were announced on December 8. Equally noteworthy, President Kibaki insisted on the presentation of the full results, including the under-performers, duri [...]	2006-12-14 12:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5265	U.S. FIRMS IN THE RACE TO BUILD A FIBER OPTIC CABLE IN EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and the rest of the East Coast of Africa are on the cusp of achieving interconnection to the worldwide web via undersea fiber optic cable. Two projects are racing to begin construction, and the leading contender, Seith East Africa, is 100% U.S.-owned. Moreover, Seith has [...]	2006-12-14 13:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE IN AE

06NAIROBI5345	KENYA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: 2. (SBU) The government of Kenya continued to cooperate with the United States in identifying terrorist groups operating within Kenya. However, more work remains to be done in domestic areas such as law enf [...]	2006-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KE
06NAIROBI5367	KENYA GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION: CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Summary: The Kenya Girl Guides Association (KGG) unveiled its new emphasis on educating girls and young women on health issues, especially reproductive health, at a six hour ceremony featuring addresses by First Lady Lucy Kibaki, Minister of Youth Dr. Mohammed Kuti, and MP Njoki Ndungu, [...]	2006-12-27 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHIV KWMN KE
06NAIROBI5376	FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU & TRADE MINISTER KITUYI [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Tuju characterized Kenya's growing relations with China as a case of "diversifying our portfolio." Trade Minister Kituyi lauded China's price and quality competitiveness in infrastructure projects. Senator Feingold spoke of the necessity of improving Africa's i [...]	2006-12-28 10:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD CH SO KE
06NAIROBI5388	Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 1, The [...] (SBU) Summary: A common Kenyan view of the colonial period holds that blatant favoritism by those in power on behalf of their own ethnic group was never more intense than in Kenya's first 68 years of its 111 year existence. Major political figures in today's Kenya were in their 30s at indepen [...]	2006-12-29 06:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5393	Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 2, Kenya's Major Ethnic [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite attempts to steer the political debate in Kenya away from ethnic considerations towards issues-based politics, ethnic identity continues to factor prominently. This message is a survey of the major ethnic groups in Kenya and how their perceptions and history manifest [...]	2006-12-29 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI592	US-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES' TRIAL CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) The trial of 10 Somali pirates (reftel) began February 8 in Mombasa, as scheduled, with lawyers for the suspects arguing that the Kenyan judicial system did not have the authority to try the men. In a February 9 ruling, however, the presiding magistrate ruled in favor of the prosecutio [...]	2006-02-09 11:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI598	A LETTER, DIALOGUE, SILENCE: UPDATE ON EXIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOK recently informed Refcoord and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that the government would soon stop issuing exit permits for refugees not recognized by UNHCR. A large percentage of refugees resettled out of Kenya fall into this category. Refcoord has [...]	2006-02-10 07:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CVIS KE
06NAIROBI635	MUSLIMS PROTEST IN NAIROBI OVER CARTOONS OF THE [...] (SBU) A group of approximately 2,000 Muslim protestors held what began as a peaceful march in Nairobi February 10 to condemn the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed initially published in a Danish newspaper. The procession began immediately after the Friday prayers at downtown's Jamia Mosque and [...]	2006-02-13 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ASEC SCUL KISL KE
06NAIROBI920	KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]	2006-03-01 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KE
06NASSAU1611	PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIE CALLS FOR DELAY IN WHTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Perry Christie called on Caribbean countries to form a united front in seeking to postpone implementation of the passport requirement until the land and sea requirement is implemented in 2009. Addressing the 29th Caribbean Tourism Conference in Freeport, Christie [...]	2006-10-23 21:41:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS PREL ECON BF
06NASSAU1814	BAHAMASAIR HEMORRHAGING CASH, NO LONGER FOR SALE [...] (U) Speaking at a signing ceremony for a contract with middle-management, Bahamasair Chairman Basil Sands admitted that the government-owned airline lost approximately $18 million during fiscal 2006, slightly less than the estimated $20 million it lost during fiscal 2005. Sands' comments come [...]	2006-12-11 21:28:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BF EAIR ECON PGOV
06NASSAU71	BAHAMAS - CRIME STATISTICS AND TRENDS [...] (SBU) Statistics from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) just released show that during 2005 there has been a 10 per cent increase in serious crime recorded in Nassau, with increasing figures reported for murder, armed robbery, attempted robbery and unlawful sexual assaults. Serious crime ha [...]	2006-01-13 16:18:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
06NDJAENA1382	CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 18:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1003	CHAD'S BESIEGED PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent publication of a "white paper" by a leading Chadian business union spells out in detail the Government of Chad's failure to sustain a minimally enabling environment conducive to national and foreign investment. Chad's besieged private sector increasingly believes do [...]	2006-07-31 13:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD CD
06NDJAMENA1013	CHAD: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian authorities have taken concrete steps to demonstrate their commitment to the July 13 agreement between the GOC and the World Bank, according to the Bank's Senior Advisor on the Chad oil project. However, the Bank will still need to come to an agreement with the GOC on [...]	2006-08-01 16:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1025	CHADIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION SURPRISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad has become accustomed to its habitual position near the bottom of most international rankings, from infrastructure to human development. However, they now find themselves at the top of the Transparency International list of most corrupt countries, tied with Bangladesh. [...]	2006-08-08 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1026	CHAD: NEW THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: A harsh new proposed law governing the press in Chad is back in the hands of its authors - high-ranking cabinet members - after being simultaneously recalled by the government and rejected by a National Assembly commission, who qualified it as "repressive." The proposed law, [...]	2006-08-08 16:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1028	CHAD: BORDER SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the onset of the rainy season has greatly reduced vehicule movements, Chadian military forces appear to be beefing up their presence along the eastern border. On the other side of the border, Chadian rebels are reported to be reorganizing their leadership structure. Eth [...]	2006-08-09 16:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1032	CHAD: DAOUSSA DEBY DENIES CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daoussa Deby, special advisor and half-brother of President Idriss Deby Itno, denied accusations by Sudanese Liberation Movement leader Minni Minawi and others that the Chadians are supporting Sudanese rebels who refused to sign the Darfur Peace Accords. He asserted that while [...]	2006-08-11 14:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1037	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUDAN, DARFUR, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-term success of the recent rapprochement between Khartoum and N'Djamena will hinge on the good will of the countries' respective leaders, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. He not only denied accusations of Chad's support for Sudanese rebel movements, but accused [...]	2006-08-14 10:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1054	TAIWAN DIPLOMATS BID ADIEU TO CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The timing of Chad's resumption of diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China was exquisitely timed to create the most humiliating situation possible for Taiwan, according to the outgoing Taiwan Ambassador. He speculated that Chad's decision was based on a desire to h [...]	2006-08-14 18:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CD TW
06NDJAMENA1068	TEXT OF JULY 26 CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT [...] On August 11, Post received a hardcopy of the July 26 agreement signed by the Government of Chad and the Government of Sudan. Below is a translation of the relevant points of the agreement: 2. (BEGIN TRANSLATION) The two parties agree to interdict the use of their respective territori [...]	2006-08-17 16:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1071	INSECURITY IN GUEREDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The town of Guereda, a hub for services to five Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad, has experienced escalating insecurity since July 2006. In the most recent incident, the U.S.-funded NGO International Medical Corps (IMC) suffered a major theft and violent assault on nation [...]	2006-08-18 10:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1073	CHAD SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad sits precariously between the Darfur conflict to its East, the chronically unstable Central African Republic to its South, and Niger, an equally impoverished neighbor to the West. Past a vast mine-pocked desert -- home to a tenacious but isolated Chadian insurgency -- li [...]	2006-08-18 11:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU
06NDJAMENA1080	CHAD: ESSO CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of Chad's renewed diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, Esso is concerned that Chad's intention to re-negotiate the conventions with the Consortium and develop a national oil company portend a desire to do business with another more accommodating oil p [...]	2006-08-22 16:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1089	CHAD DELIVERS OIL ULTIMATUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, President Deby announced that the Government of Chad is instructing Oil Consortium members Chevron and Petronas to "close operations" and leave the country immediately, for alleged failure to pay income taxes. He has also announced the creation of a national c [...]	2006-08-27 12:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1091	CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM MULLS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC has formally issued a notice to Chevron and Petronas suspending their oil activities in Chad for an alleged failure to pay income taxes. Petronas and Chevron are still determining whether and when to enter into arbitration over the tax dispute. Exxon-Mobil will seek a [...]	2006-08-28 19:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1097	UNHCR REVIEWS SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 11:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1105	GOC REFUSES CHEVRON'S RIGHT TO CHAD'S OIL, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, the GOC informed Esso that Chevron and Petronas were not permitted to produce or lift the country's crude oil for exportation and sales overseas. Chevron has alerted the Cameroon Oil Company that it intends to continue lifting its crude oil. Contrary to Chevron's [...]	2006-09-06 06:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1112	SENATOR OBAMA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby stressed to Senator Obama the negative impact that continued violence in Darfur would have on regional security, and expressed his support for a United Nations Peacekeeping operation to pave the way for the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement. Deby also [...]	2006-09-06 16:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1113	SENATOR OBAMA VISITS REFUGEE CAMPS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Following meetings with the African Union, UNHCR and partner organizations, and the Sudanese refugees, the message to Senator Obama was clear: a United Nations force was needed to bring security to the region. 2. (U) On September 2, Senator Barack Obama, accompanied by members of th [...]	2006-09-06 16:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA112	CHAD: SECOND REQUEST TO DISCUSS EVACUATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 09:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR CASC AMGT CD
06NDJAMENA1183	UNHCR'S SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR still remains concerned that it will not have the capacity to cope with a refugee influx, and new IDP movements should violence in eastern Chad escalate after the end of the rainy season. Chadian government representatives are absent from a number of areas where UNHCR op [...]	2006-10-02 16:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1213	CHAD:CHEVRON STILL SEEKING A RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chevron representatives are currently in N'Djamena, and plan to use high-profile consultant Andrew Young to meet directly with President Deby to resolve the company's tax dispute with the GOC. Chevron still asserts that the tax benefit agreement it negotiated with the GOC is a [...]	2006-10-06 06:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1215	CHAD REFUGEES CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SUDANESE [...] (SBU) Less than 24 hours after UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative informed Charge that Sudanese refugees in camps along the northern Chad border with Sudan were in imminent danger, fighting broke out in and around the camps between Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signat [...]	2006-10-08 14:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1224	CHAD ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 09:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM MNUC WMD KPAO PTER KNAR CD
06NDJAMENA1238	CHAD: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP VOTE [...] (SBU) Charge made points in reftel B to Djinna Moussa Outman, Chad Minister Delegue (Deputy Foreign Minister) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 13, 2006. Outman informed Charge that Chad shared the U.S. view that the election was an important one but made no other comment on the c [...]	2006-10-13 14:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC GT VE PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1245	CHAD STILL MUM ON SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 14:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC GE VT CD
06NDJAMENA1249	SUDANESE REBELS CALL THE SHOTS IN CHADIAN TOWN OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The northeastern Chadian town of Bahai was revealed to be a JEM-controlled stronghold following the clash between the National Redemption Front (NRF) and Sudanese Government forces October 7-8. Following that battle, numerous Sudanese soldiers remain in Chadian custody and the [...]	2006-10-19 13:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV SU CD
06NDJAMENA1255	CHADIAN REBELS AND INTER-ETHNIC CLASHES IN GOZ [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, Chadian rebels occupied the Chadian town of Goz Beida (southeastern Chad) for less than 24 hours. Able to take the town without a fight (local authorities had left the day before),the rebels reportedly departed northward. Rebels did not threaten humanitarian wo [...]	2006-10-23 14:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1272	CHAD DIMENSIONS OF UNSC 1706 [...] (SBU) Summary. There is an acute need for an international presence on the Chadian side of the border, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) N'Djamena. UNHCR reports a fledgling collaboration with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in implementin [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1281	CHAD GENERAL KILLED IN AMBUSH BY REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: A leading Chadian general died of his wounds after being ambushed by the rebel group Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD). Government of Chad reports of Sudanese bombing in Chad's north eastern border region were contradicted by humanitarian groups on the ground [...]	2006-10-30 13:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1297	CHAD:TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 17:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN CD
06NDJAMENA1301	MANAGING CHAD'S OIL REVENUES: 2005 REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad's Oil Revenue Management College 2005 Annual Report presents a vivid picture of just how difficult it is to spend money well in Chad -- despite the multitude of needs. While the College continues to strengthen its ability to verify use of oil revenues, it lacks the resourc [...]	2006-11-06 08:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD
06NDJAMENA1306	DPA DISENCHANTMENT AMONG CHADIAN OFFICIALS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of both the Chadian Government refugee agency (speaking unofficially) and a Chad-based Darfur rebel group had common interpretations of the ineffectiveness of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and of the responsibilities of the international community, namely the [...]	2006-11-06 15:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREF PREL SU KPKO
06NDJAMENA1320	BORDER TENSION BETWEEN CHADIAN AND SUDANESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite talk of reconciliation between Chad and Sudan, the Chad/Sudan border north of the Abeche corridor appears to be the scene of continued tension between Chadian and Sudanese forces. End Summary. GOS VS GOC AT THE BORDER ------------------------ 2. (SBU) The Head of [...]	2006-11-09 14:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1333	GOC PLANS TO PURGE GUEREDA? [...] (SBU) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Guereda report escalating ethnic violence between Zaghawas and Tamas, and suspect the Government of Chad (GOC) is stepping up its campaign to purge Guereda of Tamas. NGOs accuse the GOC of trying to eliminate any possibility of international scru [...]	2006-11-15 15:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1334	IDP CRISIS IN GOZ BEIDA [...] (SBU) Goz Beida has become significantly more unstable as a result of attacks on villages which have produced a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Attempts to tally numbers of individuals and families are underway, but UNHCR staff from the town of Kou Kou-Angarana estimated that [...]	2006-11-15 16:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1339	REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT REFERRAL: DAOUD IBRAHIM HARI [...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena would like to refer the following refugee resettlement case. Below is the biographic information of the candidate, a description of the persecution claim, and a justification of resettlement. 2. (SBU) NAME: Daoud Ibrahim Hari DOB: 1973 POB: Musbat, Darfur [...]	2006-11-20 06:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1348	ESSO'S CONCERNS ON CHAD SECURITY, CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Esso-led oil consortium has formally notified the GOC that it will not re-negotiate its existing convention with the Government, but will consider new agreements that would allow the GOC to have a role in the country's oil production at new sites. While the government has [...]	2006-11-22 13:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD
06NDJAMENA1350	UN AND NGO COMMUNITY ON INTERNATIONAL FORCE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two separate meetings on November 21, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Chad made clear that any eventual international force on the eastern border with Sudan should focus on protection of humanitarian corridors and not involve itself in Chadian [...]	2006-11-22 16:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06NDJAMENA1376	INTER-ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEASTERN CHAD: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent inter-ethnic violence in southeastern Chad, which has its roots in historical divisions and competition for land resources, has been amplified by deteriorating relations between Chad and Sudan, according to human rights researchers groups visiting the region. While [...]	2006-11-29 14:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1378	PRESIDENT DEBY ON INTERNATIONAL FORCE ON CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Meeting with the Ambassador, President Deby stressed that he was not against an international force in eastern Chad, but needed to know the composition, mandate and authority before taking a decision. He reminded the Ambassador that Sudan would use any excuse to place a "pro- [...]	2006-11-29 19:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1379	A MUZZLED CHADIAN PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Losing readership and unable to report on the real news in Chad, representatives of the francophone print media are demoralized and frustrated. While independent newspapers reach only a small Chadian elite, the censorship imposed during the State of Emergency has dealt a seve [...]	2006-11-30 08:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CD PGOV
06NDJAMENA1380	CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chadian government estimates that the 2006 com ================ The Election Request ================ 2. (U) In a letter dated October 5, 2006, Chadian Prime Minister Pasc 3. (U) Separate studies funded by the UNDP and the EU concluded that --a population c [...]	2006-11-30 10:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1382	CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chadian government estimates that the 2006 communal elections and the 2007 legislative elections will cost around $11.65 million; and it has requested financial assistance from the US, France, Germany, the European Union, and the United Nations Development Program. Th [...]	2006-11-30 18:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1383	DPKO STILL FORMULATING PLAN FOR EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Poloff met with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Technical Assessment Mission (TAM) on December 1 and 2, before and after a meeting between the TAM and President Deby. The TAM reported that Deby had agreed in principle to deployment [...]	2006-12-04 09:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC CD KPKO
06NDJAMENA1393	LETTER FROM CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) The Embassy received a letter dated December 5, 2006 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs for transmission to the Secretary of State. Unofficial translation follows: SIPDIS 2. (SBU) Madam Minister, I write to you after returning home to Tchad following a fruitful and friendly e [...]	2006-12-05 16:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREF PREL SU
06NDJAMENA1400	CHAD: GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND IMF AGREE ON 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and the IMF and the Government of Chad have been able to agree on what the Bank believes is a sustainable budget for 2007. A Bank mission will return in mid-December to continue work on a stabilization mechanism for unspent oil revenues and finalize a poverty re [...]	2006-12-06 15:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1404	UN DRAWDOWN IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN convoked donors and UN agencies to describe the deteriorating security situation in eastern Chad and steps the UN has taken to protect staff and ensure the delivery of essential services. Refugee camps in northern Chad are essentially being run by refugee committees with [...]	2006-12-07 20:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV SU CD
06NDJAMENA1405	CHAD: REPORT FROM BAHAI AS UN STAFF DRAW DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Typically an area of activity between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels, Bahai was eerily quiet December 5-7, as the town and nearby Oure Cassoni refugee camp prepared for the December 7 departure of United Nations essential staff. NR [...]	2006-12-07 20:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREF PHUM SU PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1414	CHAD: MINISTER DEFENDS PRESS CENSORSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The continued censorship of the Chadian press is justified as long as Chad is in a state of war with rebel movements trying to destabilize the country, according to the country's Minister of Communication, responding to concerns raised by the Ambassador about the restrictions. [...]	2006-12-13 09:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1419	CHAD GOVERNMENT SETS UP IDP FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Concerned that escalating violence in eastern Chad has reduced the capacity, if not the commitment, of the international humanitarian community to respond to the needs of newly internally displaced persons (IDPs),the Government of Chad (GOC) seeks foreign donor contributions [...]	2006-12-14 06:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
06NDJAMENA1431	CHADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER FLOATS IDEAS FOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo told Ambassador that he is floating ideas with President Deby, the French and leaders of Chad,s political and armed opposition for a dialogue that could lead to comprehensive internal and regional peace. More flexible than the pr [...]	2006-12-18 14:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06NDJAMENA1432	MEETING WITH KHALIL IBRAHIM IN ABECHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a two-hour meeting in Abeche, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim expressed JEM's desire to be included in any forthcoming negotiations on an international presence in Chad. He was evasive about JEM involvement in recent fighting between Chadian g [...]	2006-12-18 17:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1433	TENSIONS MOUNTING IN GOZ BEIDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As UNHCR prepares for the High Commissioner's visit to IDP camps near Goz Beida, there are a number of reports of Janjaweed activity in the vicinity; the Chadian military and local self-defense militia appear to be reinforcing their elements for a possible defense. UNHCR expect [...]	2006-12-18 18:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREF SU PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA400	CHAD: OPPOSITION ADAMANT ABOUT BOYCOTTING ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The opposition coalition rejects UNDP's proposal for participating in the May 3 election and intends to call for boycott and, possibly, obstruction of the election. End Summary 2. (SBU) On March 8 Poloff called on Lol Mahamat Choua, leader of the Kanembou ethnicity (nort [...]	2006-03-10 14:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA409	CHAD: VIEW OF OPPOSITION LEADER FROM EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The leading oppositionist from the East, Ibni Oumar, describes the drawdown of Chadian security forces in the border area as a net plus, despite the resulting lawlessness. He says that his public call for obstruction of the May 3 election has not yet taken specific form. En [...]	2006-03-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA421	CHAD: VOICES OF THE RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary General of the ruling party acknowledges rot in the party and an up-hill battle to stimulate popular interest in the coming election. The Governor of Kanem, a former rebel, dismisses the political opposition as ineffective and looks toward an ill-defined "polit [...]	2006-03-15 18:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA425	EASTERN CHAD: ICRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC estimates there are approximately 20,000 Chadians displaced along the border south of Adre by raids by Arabic-speaking nomads from both sides of the border. It has no evidence of direct Sudan government involvement but assumes complicity. The principal factor in ICRC's a [...]	2006-03-17 12:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA427	CHAD: UNDP CONVENES OPPOSITION AND AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNDP resrep invited hand-picked key opposition leaders for an unprecedented discussion March 16, with U.S. and French ambassadors present. CPDC members and Yorongar stated their willingness to engage in national dialogue but emphasized that the blame lay on President Deby fo [...]	2006-03-17 16:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA433	CHAD: SEBY AGUID AND THE ZAGHAWAS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby's Zaghawa clan is severely divided, a result of his insufficient support for the Darfur rebellion and fears of tribal retribution against his rule, according to the son of the Sultan of Iriba. Recent conversations with him provided insights into the Zaghawa and [...]	2006-03-20 17:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA441	CORRECTION: CHAD: ALTERCATION NEAR PALACE SPARKS RUMORS [...] (U) On March 22, at approximately 10:30 a.m. N'djamena time, a disgruntled deminer apparently threatened the Chadian coordinator of the High Commission for Demining (French acronym HCND) with a pistol. Shots were reported fired. The dispute may have been over salaries. The authorities were [...]	2006-03-23 09:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER CD
06NDJAMENA443	CHAD: GOVERNMENT TROOPS TAKE ON REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chadian armed forces, led by President Deby, moved against a Zaghawa rebel group on Chad's eastern border on March 20-21. Both sides claimed victory and it is doubtful that Government of Chad (GOC) action dealt a death blow to the rebels. Deby has bolstered his image -- but hi [...]	2006-03-23 14:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CD SU
06NDJAMENA453	CHAD: LAST-DITCH UN EFFORT ON ELECTIONS FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Midnight March 24, the deadline for candidates to announce themselves for the May 3 presidential election, passed with only five candidates being announced: President Deby and four of his allies. The significant political opposition held fast to its boycott, despite reported [...]	2006-03-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA460	CHAD: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met acting MFA Europe-America officer Kama Dounia March 28 to make delivery (orally in French, written in English) of ref demarche urging Chad not to accept Charles Taylor if he attempted to flee to Chad, to cooperate fully with the UN and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and t [...]	2006-03-28 16:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNSC CD LI NI KAWC XA XY
06NDJAMENA462	CHAD: INTERIOR MINISTER SEES DEBY AS "LEAST BAD," [...] (SBU) Summary: Close Deby advisor and fellow Zaghawan Interior Minister Mahamat Ali described Deby as the "least bad" option for Chad, in conversation with Ambassador March 28. Claiming total victory in the March 20 battle against the Chadian Zaghawa rebels, he downplayed anxieties over in [...]	2006-03-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA467	CHAD: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS ON POLITICAL WARPATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The approach of the May 3 election has prompted civil society leaders publicly to ask the international community to pressure the regime to postpone the election. Some have privately lumped the United States with France in supporting the regime. The operative thesis is that [...]	2006-03-30 08:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA487	CHAD: KEBZABO ON OPPOSITION UNITY AND OBSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim leader Kebzabo acknowledges that the regime has more to fear from the armed rebels than from the democratic opposition but the latter is relatively unified for the first time and determined to go beyond boycotting the coming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-04-03 11:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA492	CHAD/SUDAN: FIGHTING, IDPS, AND RECRUITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC does not foresee a major displacement of Chadian IDPs away from the border unless fighting is persistent; UNHCR is more worried. UNHCR has long suspected recruitment in the refugee camps and now has clear proof. UNHCR sees Chad as complicit and Darfur rebels as the recrui [...]	2006-04-03 18:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA517	CHAD/SUDAN: DADJO BITTERNESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dadjo, probably the most populous tribe in Eastern Chad, have taken the brunt of Arab cross-border attacks and are, according to one of their leaders, angry toward Arabs on both sides of the border and also at the regime for leaving them unprotected. They could align with [...]	2006-04-08 09:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA520	CHAD: ANOTHER PLEA FROM CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: A leading civil society activist, urging a national forum for reconciliation, painted a bleak picture for Chad and the region if the U.S. did not take a strong stand against the May 3 election. The Ambassador was sympathetic but doused expectation of U.S. support for her prop [...]	2006-04-08 11:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA526	CHAD: A WARY CALM IN NDJAMENA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a sequence of events which appeared to surprise both the Chadian government as well as the French forces in Chad, rebel forces under the loose umbrella group FUC, possibly in conjunction with southern rebel group led by Djibrine Dassert, penetrated Chad's eastern border with [...]	2006-04-12 09:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CD
06NDJAMENA529	CHAD: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador April 9 that he was bringing his Africa ambassadors together in Ndjamena for a strategy session on how to cope with China's ratcheted-up efforts to expand influence in Africa and squeeze Taiwan out. Taiwan's assistance programs to [...]	2006-04-12 18:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CD
06NDJAMENA530	CHAD: REBEL CONVOY BLOODIED LESS THAN 100 MILES [...] (SBU) Summary: A rebel convoy of perhaps 40 vehicles moved to within less than 100 miles southeast of Ndjamena. According to the French Ambassador, Chadian armed forces engaged the convoy and largely destroyed it. A larger military threat may be looming on the eastern border. The French ar [...]	2006-04-12 19:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA535	CHAD: GOVERNMENT SURVIVES FIGHTING IN NDJAMENA [...] (U) Rebels reached the northeastern and eastern sections of Ndjamena during the night, and fighting erupted at dawn and lasted throughout the morning April 13, with the Chadian armed forces beating them back. Ndjamena has been quiet ever since, except for sporadic gunfire to the east. Embass [...]	2006-04-13 18:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA539	CHAD: MORNING AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one hundred prisoners were displayed on the parade grounds in Ndjamena the morning after the April 13 fighting, amid government nervousness that a number of rebels had fled. The French are widely perceived to have been crucial to beating the rebels. Some senior [...]	2006-04-14 14:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AESC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA543	CHAD: A $500 MILLION DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: Possibly piqued that World Bank President Wolfowitz did not contact him after the World Bank/IMF visit, and evidently needing cash immediately, President Deby has ordered Esso to stop production Tuesday, April 18 at 1 p.m. unless it pays Chad's royalties into the Chadian Treasury [...]	2006-04-16 06:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD
06NDJAMENA545	DASH ACROSS CHAD: FRENCH VERSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The French, according to Ambassador Bercot and his Defense Attache, only became aware two days before the fight in Ndjamena on April 13 that the rebel force was aiming at the relatively undefended city. The city and government were saved, they say, because the rebels stalled [...]	2006-04-16 06:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL SU FR CD
06NDJAMENA546	CHAD: OPPOSITION QUANDARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leader Lol Mahamat Choua cast the opposition's quandary in clear focus in conversation with the Ambassador April 14: The democratic opposition could call for massive obstruction to the May 3 election, but to do so would bring brutal repression. The democratic oppos [...]	2006-04-16 16:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA547	CHAD: REFUGEES, RECRUITMENT, IDPS, PRISONERS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC accounts for 250 prisoners (of whom some are Sudanese) and 250 war-wounded from the fighting April 13. ICRC has withdrawn staff from the eastern border for the time being but affirms a continued movement of IDPs to Goz Beida. UNHCR has cut its international staff in the [...]	2006-04-16 16:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA551	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER CLARIFICATION ON REFUGEES [...] (SBU) In a meeting April 17 with the Ambassador principally addressing political blockage in Chad (septel),Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-mi provided clarification on Chad's announcement April 15 (reftel) that the international community had until the end of June to find a solution to the confl [...]	2006-04-17 18:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CD SU
06NDJAMENA555	FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES CHAD'S FRAGILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Allam-mi and Ambassador agreed to disagree April 17 on the urgency of political dialogue, Allam-mi saying the absolute priority was going forward with the May 3 election to ensure preservation of the outward form of rule of law at a time of external aggression [...]	2006-04-18 15:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA576	CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...]	2006-04-20 09:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA577	CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...]	2006-04-20 13:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA589	CHAD: SOUTHERN OPPOSITIONIST INSISTS ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Southern oppositionist Kamougue said April 21 that the political opposition would not be again deceived into taking a post in a Deby government, unless the election were delayed, a national conference convened, and Deby became a titular transitional president alongside [...]	2006-04-23 08:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA590	CHAD: REFUGEE PROTECTION AND IDP PULL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ideas for immediate refugee protection are few and far between, according to those working the issue in Ndjamena. UNHCR will explore devoting more resources to paying and equipping gendarmes. The AU could be pressed to send more AMIS missions across the border. Chadian Forei [...]	2006-04-23 08:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA591	DARFUR REBEL LEADER COMFORTABLY HOUSED IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim received the Ambassador April 22 at his temporary quarters in Ndjamena (home belonging to President Deby's half-brother) and expressed unhappiness at the negotiations in Abuja and, in particular, the close relationship between the Americans a [...]	2006-04-23 17:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CD SU
06NDJAMENA611	ESSO PLEASED WITH CHAD-WORLD BANK DECISION, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso is pleased with the interim agreement reached between the World Bank and the GOC, and received formal word from the Government that it was rescinding its request for Esso to halt production. Nevertheless, it admits that the possibility of another threat from the GOC to hal [...]	2006-04-30 13:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG EPET ECON EINV CD
06NDJAMENA612	CHAD: ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chadian presidential election campaign ends midnight on May 1, with elections scheduled for May 3. From the field of 5 original candidates it appears that only four remain. Opposition groups continue to call for a "ville morte" (dead city) on May 3 and for citizens to boycot [...]	2006-04-30 13:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV CD

06NDJAMENA646	CHAD-BASED SLM LEADERS URGED TO SUPPORT PEACE [...] (SBU) In a meeting May 5 with Chad-based SLM leaders Dr. Sharif Hariri and Adam Shogar, the Ambassador urged them to help keep the peace process on track -- and at a minimum, not undermine it. Shogar and Hariri responded that they had been sidelined by the African Union, but were not obstruct [...]	2006-05-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
06NDJAMENA672	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE [...] The Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet has sent the following written response to Ambassador Wall concerning reftel B demarche on ending support to Sudanese rebels. 2. Begin text: May 11 Excellence, Mr. Ambassador, I have the honor to bring to your attention that His Excel [...]	2006-05-12 15:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS SOCI SU CD
06NDJAMENA678	UN'S JAN EGELAND COMES TO EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to eastern Chad May 11, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland visited a makeshift camp for as many as 13,000 displaced Chadians driven from their villages on the border with Sudan by attacks by jandjaweed militias. Egeland urged local officials to assure securi [...]	2006-05-15 15:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KPAO OIIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
06NDJAMENA684	CHAD: ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing what most observers considered a formality, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) announced last night that President Idriss Deby Itno was the projected winner of the May 3 presidential election. According to the preliminary results, which must be cer [...]	2006-05-15 16:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF
06NDJAMENA702	CHAD: IMF/WORLD BANK TEAM ADMITS THAT THEY FACE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the recent agreement between the World Bank and GOC, IMF and World Bank mission officials have arrived in Chad to assist the GOC to pass and implement the 2006 Budget and push reform efforts of the country's public finance system. Mission officials also hope to expl [...]	2006-05-18 05:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA705	CHAD'S ARCHBISHOP GIVES STARK [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no hope for a dialogue on Chad's political future as long as President Deby remains in power, according to Chad's influential Archbishop. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 17, the religious expressed his view that, although President Deby had more material wit [...]	2006-05-18 14:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA706	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE: N'DJAMENA ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Minni Minnawi was warmly welcomed in N'Djamena, where he is consulting with the Chadian Government, SLM followers in Chad, non-governmental organizations, and the media. Minni described his meetings with President Idriss Deby as p [...]	2006-05-18 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA734	CHAD: UNPREPARED FOR FINANCIAL WINDFALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chad (GOC) has complied with its commitments to date under the April 26 accord between the GOC and the World Bank, according to team leaders for the World Bank and IMF. The next steps are to develop a revised 2006 budget that conforms to the accord, and final [...]	2006-05-22 09:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA737	CHAD: OPPOSITION MEMBERS HOPE U.S. WILL PLAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent meetings two opposition leaders of the CPDC coalition reiterated that the May 3 presidential election was a farce and said it was "too late" to negotiate with President Idriss Deby Itno, at least without the significant involvement of and pressure from the interna [...]	2006-05-23 06:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EPET CD
06NDJAMENA745	N'DJAMENA EAC [...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'djamena convened an EAC on May 24. The EAC discussed the currently security environment in N'djamena following the May 3 Chadian Presidential elections. The EAC agreed that the situation continued to be stable and reiterated recommendation (reftel) to lift Authorized Depar [...]	2006-05-24 15:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV CASC CD
06NDJAMENA747	EQUIVOCAL MESSAGES ON DARFUR PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. Key Darfur interlocutors in N'djamena explained their reasons for dissatisfaction with the recently signed Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in meetings with Ambassador Wall May 24 and 25. JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim poured venom on SLM leader Minni Minawi, whom he described as "dead [...]	2006-05-25 13:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU CD
06NDJAMENA748	IMPLEMENTING THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Differing reports are coming in about a clash between SLM forces near Birzamma in Sudan across the frontier from Chadian border town of Bahai. SLM leader Minni Minawi accused opponents of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of initiating the attack with some Chadian supporters [...]	2006-05-25 13:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
06NDJAMENA755	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: TOUGH SELL IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees say they will support the Darfur Peace Agreement if Sudan Liberation Movement faction leader Abdelwahid Nur signs and their need for individual compensation are adequately met. From May 23 to 27, P/E officer traveled to six of twelve refugee camps to explain [...]	2006-05-30 06:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA768	CHAD: WORLD BANK, IMF ASSERT PROGRESS MADE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion of their visit, the joint IMF-World Bank stated that Chad's rectified 2006 budget is on its way to being finalized, and steps are being taken to advance plans to assist the country's financial system. Nevertheless, questions remain over specific spending acti [...]	2006-05-31 11:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA771	CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY [...] (SBU) The Chadian Constitutional Council announced 28 May the official results of the 3 May presidential elections. The Council declared President Idriss Deby Itno the winner in the first round, with 64.67 percent of the votes cast, from a voter turnout of 53.8 percent of the estimated 5.7 mil [...]	2006-05-31 16:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA788	CHAD: UNDP ON POST-ELECTION "FRAMEWORK" [...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Coordinator Amaning sees a two-month window for the government and the opposition to agree to a framework for shared supervision of political and economic reforms. He was concerned that the government might succeed at co-opting [...]	2006-06-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNDP CD
06NDJAMENA789	CHAD: CONTINUED INDICATIONS OF INSECURITY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRM DAS Fitzgerald visited Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad June 1-2. Recruitment appears to be taking place in Oure Cassoni and Mile camps, and armed elements are in extremely close proximity to the Oure Cassoni camp. Humanitarian workers continue to face the threat of [...]	2006-06-05 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PHUM CASC PGOV
06NDJAMENA801	CHAD: BRINGING PEACE CORPS BACK [...] (SBU) Peace Corps is to my mind the single most effective U.S. Government-funded program in Chad. Now that the Department of State has authorized the lifting of Authorized Departure status (reftel),Peace Corps's suspension should be reconsidered as well. Peace Corps volunteers are already [...]	2006-06-06 13:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA821	CHAD: GOC UNDERSTANDS TIP TIER TWO AND WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Ambassador and POL/ECON Officer on June 6 informed GOC Ministers of Justice, and of Family and Social Action of the publication of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report, and of Chad's Tier Two Watch List ranking. Ambassador again raised the issue on June 7 with Minister of Foreign Affai [...]	2006-06-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG KDEM CD KCRS PHUM
06NDJAMENA828	CHAD: PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR "DIALOGUE" REJECTED [...] (SBU) The Chadian President has instructed his Council of Ministers to take the initiative for a "Chado-Chadian, internal political dialogue" to allow Chadians -- not foreigners -- to take control of the political development of the country. The political opposition publicly rejected any prop [...]	2006-06-12 10:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA862	CHAD/DARFUR: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SETS LIMITS ON [...] (SBU) France's Ambassador to Chad told UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations that there should be no illusions about using France's troops in Chad as an arm of an eventual PKO in Darfur. He stressed the need for international protection of the refugees and IDPs in Chad, made clear France [...]	2006-06-20 15:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA867	CHAD: MULTI-DONOR MISSION ON PUBLIC FINANCE AND [...] (SBU) The second Multi-Donor Mission to Chad since April opened on June 21. A week of meetings with the GOC will seek to settle on the framework of a "global agreement" on the issues of public finance and oil revenue management. This would replace the "interim agreement" the GOS and World Ban [...]	2006-06-22 15:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA880	CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM FEELING PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of Government of Chad (GOC)-instigated pressures on the Exxon/Mobil-led oil consortium in Chad has led Esso management to conclude that the GOC is once again desperate for cash. Esso feels that they will be able sort out a dispute with the government over alleged unp [...]	2006-06-27 13:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA893	CHAD: DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT THE WORLD BANK OUT [...] (SBU) Tough talk in the Multi-Donor Mission's oil revenue management working group seems to indicate a Government of Chad desire to cut the World Bank out of the oil sector all together. If the GOC shows continued inflexibility over the World Bank's status as a senior creditor, it could be an [...]	2006-06-29 08:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PREL PGOV KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA906	CHAD/DARFUR: NEW PATTERNS IN EASTERN CHAD'S [...] (SBU) Human rights groups and international NGOs point to an apparent shift toward ethnically or racially motivated attacks in eastern Chad in the area bordering Darfur. The period of September 2005 through May 2006 saw numerous such attacks; the month of June has been relatively quiet. Alleg [...]	2006-07-03 14:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA907	POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN CHAD: SEARCHING FOR THE [...] (SBU) Summary. A United Nations Development Program-hosted meeting to discuss the current state of the Chadian political dialogue provided little to chew on. The French Ambassador reiterated his concern that the opposition continued to look to the international community for direction. He s [...]	2006-07-04 10:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA908	CHAD: OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND THE PRICE OF [...] (SBU) The ten-day intensive talks between a Multi-Donor Mission and the Government of Chad (GOC) ended June 29. A good start was made on revisions to Chad's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),and on defining urgent actions needed to improve public finance management. The World Bank's m [...]	2006-07-04 11:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA929	CHAD: MARAUDING YOUTH THREATEN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS [...] (SBU) A tense day of stand-off between local youths ostensibly demonstrating for employment, and humanitarian NGOs working in the Sudanese refugee camps outside the eastern Chadian town of Bahai ended July 7 with one locally engaged staff member of the International Rescue Committee injured. [...]	2006-07-10 16:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS ASEC PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA950	CHAD/DARFUR: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS ON KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Chad's Foreign Minister says he proposed to Khartoum a kind of reciprocal withdrawal of sanctuary for armed groups. Sudan suggested joint Chad/Sudan patrols of the common border. Neither side gave formal responses to the other's proposals. Chad awaits a follow-on mission from Khartoum [...]	2006-07-13 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA981	CHAD: WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WOLFOWITZ'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lightning three hour visit to N'djamena on July 20, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed that the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the World Bank and the GOC on the country's management of its oil revenues is a positive first step in reaching an overall ag [...]	2006-07-24 13:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA994	"THE CHADIAN ILLNESS:" OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Armed opposition groups must be brought to the table if a national dialogue is to have any hope of success and the "Chadian illness" of armed rebellion is to be cured, former Chadian Prime Minister Alengue told us July 20. The respected opposition leader stressed that it is [...]	2006-07-26 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NEWDELHI1172	RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...]	2006-02-15 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN
06NEWDELHI118	EMBASSY NEW DELHI AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Post has published Avian Influenza pandemic tripwires from ref A) on the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS) per ref B). These tripwires apply to Embassy New Delhi and all three constituent posts in India: Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai. 2. (U) Personnel respons [...]	2006-01-06 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR IN
06NEWDELHI1559	NEW DELHI-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION BRIEFED ON [...] (U) Drawing from reftel, DCM briefed New Delhi-based Chiefs of Mission and senior officers from key Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) and IAEA member countries on March 3, including Israel and Pakistan, regarding the March 2 announcement that President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Singh had reac [...]	2006-03-06 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ENRG ETTC KSCA KNNP IN IAEA
06NEWDELHI1631	INDIA WILL SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise told Poloff on March 7 in response to reftel demarche that the MEA's legal division was preparing the ratification process for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. "We will sign it," he stated, but did not [...]	2006-03-08 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IN SZ
06NEWDELHI1660	RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT QUELLS HARASSMENT OF EMMANUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Local press recently reported that Hindu activists had attacked churches, hospitals and schools associated with the Emmanuel Ministries (EM) in Rajasthan, and blocked its employees from entering a hospital and orphanage. Embassy contacts in Rajasthan acknowledged that Hindu ac [...]	2006-03-09 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1818	LONG-SIMMERING PROPERTY DISPUTE AT HEART OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Emmanuel Mission (EM) case has aroused considerable controversy in the press, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha (Parliament),it is not likely to be resolved quickly. There are powerful vested property-interests on both sides of the dispute. Co [...]	2006-03-16 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1854	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND [...] (SBU) Senator Bond, your delegation's 22-23 March visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating India-US relationship on the heels of President Bush's historic summit and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After forty years of mutual indiffe [...]	2006-03-17 14:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB IN
06NEWDELHI20	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaker Hastert, your delegation's upcoming visit to India on January 10-13 provides a significant opportunity to advance the burgeoning India/US relationship. After forty years of drift during the Cold War, the US and India are making up for lost time. Thanks to the energy a [...]	2006-01-03 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PK INCB IR
06NEWDELHI2058	SENATOR BOND DISCUSSES FIGHTER PLANES WITH DEFMIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Senator Kit Bond of Missouri discussed the growing US-India defense relationship with Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee on March 23. Senator Bond encouraged the GOI to select F/A-18 fighter aircraft to help replace its aging MiG fleet, and Mukherjee sounded out the Se [...]	2006-03-24 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI2171	FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006, regarding the extradition to India of Kulbir Singh Barapind. The full text of the GOI response is included below, as well as the [...]	2006-03-30 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2172	INDIA WILL SUPPORT OUR INCB CANDIDATE IF WE [...] (SBU) After PolCouns raised reftel points regarding the nomination of Ambassador Levitsky for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on March 29, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri responded that India would be pleased to support the US candidat [...]	2006-03-30 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AORC PREL UN IN
06NEWDELHI2231	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel, your delegation's 8-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the India-US relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After fo [...]	2006-03-31 15:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB PTER
06NEWDELHI2255	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Speaker Hastert, your delegation's 9-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the US-India relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After [...]	2006-04-03 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PTER ECON
06NEWDELHI2291	RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...]	2006-04-04 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2655	A/USTR HARTWICK DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON CSLA [...] (SBU) Summary: Awsistant US Trade Representative Doug Hartwick heard Indian objections to the draft Commercial Space Launch Agreement (CSLA) and explained USG reasoning behind the draft in a meeting with MEA and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) interlocutors on April 18. Ambassador H [...]	2006-04-20 10:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD KSTC ETTC KSPA KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI2703	INDIA CONFIRMS DETAILS FOR PEACEKEEPING JWG, [...] (U) MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) Manish confirmed to Poloff on April 17 that India would participate in the next round of the bilateral Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (PKJWG) proposed for May 11-12 in Washington. MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora would lead the SIPDIS [...]	2006-04-21 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MOPS PHUM KDEM MASS IN
06NEWDELHI2786	INDIAN SUPPORT FOR STRONG UNHRC CANDIDATES, US [...] (SBU) Ambassador sent Ref B letter from the Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (in his capacity as Acting Foreign Minister) on April 12. PolCouns followed up and conveyed Ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjiv Puri on April 24. Puri informed us that In [...]	2006-04-25 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR PHUM HUNRC UN IN
06NEWDELHI2852	POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 08:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI291	LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]	2006-01-13 14:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI2911	FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES: GOI [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions regarding the 1997 extraditions of Daya Singh Sandhu and Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu, posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006 (Ref A). The full text of the GOI response is incl [...]	2006-04-28 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2919	POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy, with changes throughout. 2. (SBU) Summary: As with the pending case involving Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),Post's assessment is that the law enforcement climate in India, and specifically in Punjab, has dramaticalhy improved since Harpal Singh Cheema ("Cheem [...]	2006-04-28 13:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI292	LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]	2006-01-13 14:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI2997	INDIA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Reflecting the priority the GOI places on participating in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called together resident Chiefs of Missions on May 1 to promote the GOI candidacy. Adding to the previous GOI non-paper outlining India's qualificaitons [...]	2006-05-02 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNHRC KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3107	TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Attache (Americas) Priyanka Chauhan, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry Joint Secretary (Department of Economic Affairs) Dr. K.P. Krishnan, who a [...]	2006-05-05 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN ID
06NEWDELHI3117	EMMANUEL MINISTRIES PRESIDENT FREE ON BAIL, COURT [...] (SBU) Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) President Samuel Thomas was released from judicial custody on May 2, and his next hearing will be on May 12, EMI Hospital Administrator Jacob Matthew told us on May 5. Jacob commented that the property registration dispute with the Rajasthan Gove [...]	2006-05-05 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3272	INDIA ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR NASA [...] (U) This is an action request for OES and SCA. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) In a remarkably warm May 9 meeting at the ISRO Satellite Center in Bangalore, ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair welcomed Michael Griffin as the first NASA Administrator to visit India in 30 years and outlined a broad a [...]	2006-05-11 14:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MOPS MTCR PREL SENV TSPA IN
06NEWDELHI3300	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 09:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW IN
06NEWDELHI3582	INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT POSTAL SERVICES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Communist labor unions boast 600,000 members in the public sector postal department and the UPA government cannot remain in power without Communist support. In a demonstration of the fetters that the Communists can maintain over UPA economic policy, the Congress-dominated UPA [...]	2006-05-23 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB PGOV EINV PREL EFIN ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI396	ENERGY AND TRADE DOMINATE CODEL GILLMOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Gillmor (R-OH) held a wide-ranging discussion with Indian Members of Parliament at a meeting convened by the Indo-US Parliamentary Forum on January 13. Energy and trade dominated the session, with the Indian Parliamentarians stress [...]	2006-01-19 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP KNNP ENRG ECON ETRD IN PK
06NEWDELHI397	PM SINGH EMPHASIZES MUTUAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting US Representative Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and his delegation January 13, 2006 that the future of US-India relations was extremely promising, that India and America shared common values, that both would benefit from successful passage of l [...]	2006-01-19 15:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG PTER ETRD EINV KDEM OVIP
06NEWDELHI4255	FOLLOW-UP WITH CERT-IN: COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff on June 6 revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for the third time, with SciCouns and EconOff accompanying. CERT-In is pursuing a multi-platform outreach program to cybersecurity experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. Although last [...]	2006-06-16 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4334	BARAPIND TRANSFERRED TO PUNJAB, REPORTED IN GOOD [...] (SBU) Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind has been transferred to police custody at the Phillaur Police Station in Punjab and is in "good condition," reported Barapind's Punjab-based lawyer Darshan Singh Dyal. Initial reports on June 19 from Barapind's brother, Balwant Singh, [...]	2006-06-20 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4369	NEW KASHMIR BUS SAFELY LAUNCHED, BUT TERROR [...] (SBU) Summary: The second trans-LoC bus, connecting Poonch in J&K with Rawalkote in Pakistani Kashmir for the first time in 58 years, kicked off yesterday without a hitch or an attack. This bus may end up being more heavily used than the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route because more families are [...]	2006-06-21 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PBTS SCUL ELTN IN PK
06NEWDELHI4667	STAGED ENCOUNTERS A BLEMISH ON INDIAN CT, LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: A review of Indian media would suggest that police, military and paramilitary officers have become expert at intercepting terrorists and at killing them in self-defense. Scratch the surface, however, and what lies underneath is an "encounter killing" -- an extrajudicial execut [...]	2006-07-03 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN
06NEWDELHI5035	DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dalai Lama Representative Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter to the charge' on July 17 requesting greater USG engagement with the Government of Nepal (GON) on the Tibetan refugee issue in light of increased pressure from China. He noted that the PRC will send Vice Foreign Minis [...]	2006-07-18 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN PREF
06NEWDELHI5132	PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 06:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK
06NEWDELHI5133	WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...]	2006-07-21 06:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI6256	CUBAN AMBASSADOR CLAIMS IRAN'S NUCLEAR ISSUES WILL [...] (SBU) Cuban Ambassador to India, H.E. Juan Carretero, told a Delhi think tank discussion group that Iran's right to continue its nuclear program will not be discussed at the NAM Summit, as "NAM does not entertain individual countries' issues except for the question of Palestine and Israel's r [...]	2006-09-07 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI93	PRODUCTIVE PREP TALKS POINT TO A SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: A well-organized and highly motivated National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Information Security Specialist and head of the National Information Security Coordination Cell Commander Mukesh Saini met on December 20 with PM/PPA Deputy Coordinator for International Critical [...]	2006-01-05 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER EFIN ECPS KTFN EAIR
06NEWDELHI994	AMBASSADORIAL ASSESSMENT OF BARAPIND EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) The MEA on February 7 sent Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 with reference to the requested extradition of Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),along with the text of the relevant section of the Indian Penal Code. The Note outlines that persons extradited to India are protected by law from tort [...]	2006-02-09 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NIAMEY1055	SIGNS OF LIFE FOR NIGER'S BEST EXPORT AS NEW [...] (SBU) In a sign of heightened interest in Niger's uranium reserves, a small Canadian exploration company - Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. - has begun operations in a 4,000 square kilometer concession centered on the northern Nigerien town of Ingal. World market prices for uranium are risin [...]	2006-09-19 12:31:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EMIN NG
06NIAMEY1193	ISLAM IN NIGER: SLOW MOTION CULTURAL CHANGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables examining the changing nature of Islam in Niger and its implications for the world's least developed Muslim democracy. Emboffs' recent travel to Maradi - a key trading center on the Niger/Nigeria border in the heart of "Hausaland" - and our examinati [...]	2006-10-26 13:54:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID SOCI KDEM NG
06NIAMEY515	NIGER: THE LATEST ON PRIVATIZATION [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Econoff Gage met with representatives of the Government of Niger (GON),companies and the World Bank (IBRD) to produce the following status report on privatization in Niger. GON privatization efforts have advanced since 1996, when Niger codified in law the desire to pri [...]	2006-05-23 15:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV PGOV KPRV XA NG
06NIAMEY672	NIGER: GROWING INTEREST IN NIGER'S OIL AND [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. (SBU) Over the past six months, there has been growing interest in Niger's mining and oil sectors by foreign investors, notably from China, Canada and France. As indicated below, the GON is pushing hard to attract investment in the gold, uranium and oil sectors, and to impro [...]	2006-06-26 14:36:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PREL PINR
06NIAMEY847	OPPOSITION PUBLISHER, EDITOR JAILED FOR ALLEGING [...] (SBU) On August 4, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita - respectively the Publisher and the Editor-in-Chief of "Le Republican," Niger's oldest, best respected, and most widely circulated opposition weekly - were arrested and jailed by the Detective Branch of the Nigerien National Police. The two men [...]	2006-08-14 15:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KMCA NG
06NIAMEY866	AGOA: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (U) The following responds to reftel's request for information on Niger's textile and apparel manufacturing capabilities. Niger counts three mid-sized and one larger export oriented textile production firms: Enitex, Ste Alphadi, Herbert Toure, and Ram's Elle et Lui. Details on each follow, and [...]	2006-08-16 17:44:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX EINV ETRD NG
06NIAMEY898	MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES HIGH MARKS IN NIGER [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 12:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR KPAO PREL ASEC EAID SCUL KCOR NG
06NICOSIA1000	CYPRUS -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche June 28 to Commerce Ministry Trade Director and 133 Committee Representative Andreas Sofocleous. Sofocleous replied that the EU was signaling that it was willing to improve its agricultural market access offer but only if the U.S. was willing to both accept [...]	2006-06-29 13:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EUN CY
06NICOSIA1092	CYPRUS: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS WAVE LOOMS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Up until June 2006, the Cypriot financial landscape could be described as rather bland and predictable, although offering impressive gains over the past two years to the few foreign investors who dared venture in the island's shallow stock exchange. All of this changed mid-Jun [...]	2006-07-11 07:41:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CY
06NICOSIA1113	UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SENSITIVE TO ISSUES OF HUMAN [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to REFTEL request. 2. (U) The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has appointed a "gender focal point," Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, who is charged with educating UN civilian personnel and forces in Cyprus about sexual harassment, [...]	2006-07-14 12:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO CY
06NICOSIA1159	UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SENSITIVE TO ISSUES OF HUMAN [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to REFTEL request. 2. (U) The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has appointed a "gender focal point," Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, who is charged with educating UN civilian personnel and forces in Cyprus about sexual harassment, [...]	2006-07-17 11:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO CY
06NICOSIA116	CYPRUS: H5N1 CONFIRMED IN A CHICKEN AND A TURKEY [...] (SBU) On January 29, the EU reference laboratory at Weybridge in the UK confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in two samples of chicken and turkey found in the Turkish Cypriot administered area of Cyprus (ref A). Two European Commission veterinary experts arrived late January 29 for a thre [...]	2006-01-30 15:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED
06NICOSIA125	EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC - 30 JANUARY 2006 - AVIAN FLU [...] (SBU) On January 30, 2006, the DCM convened Embassy Nicosia's EAC to brief the Ambassador and review current conditions in response to a confirmed case of the H5N1 found in the area controlled by Turkish Cypriots. Also discussed were actions the Embassy will take as a result of the confirmed [...]	2006-01-31 13:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU ASEC AMED CY
06NICOSIA1332	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on August 7, 2006 to Nikos Panayiotou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. He noted talking points and agreed to pass them to his director as well as the Economic Affairs division. SCHLICHER [...]	2006-08-08 04:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA
06NICOSIA1362	CYPRUS: EU MEMBER STATES DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Post delivered on August 10 reftel demarche to Eleni Pitsillidou, Commercial Officer, at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, who has just taken over the EU trade issues and 133 Committee portfolio from Charalambous Roussos. Pitsillidou is part of a skeleton staff at the Min [...]	2006-08-11 10:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH CY EUN
06NICOSIA1370	CYPRUS HARMONIZES LAW WITH EU COPYRIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. In its last session before the summer holidays, on July 13, the House approved five bills aimed at harmonizing Cypriot IPR legislation with that of the EU. While these bills will help further strengthen Cypriot IPR legislation, the House deferred until fall consideration of langu [...]	2006-08-16 05:41:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD CY
06NICOSIA150	CYPRUS AI UPDATE: VISITING EU EXPERT REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a private briefing February 1, a visiting EU veterinary expert called the Turkish Cypriot response to positive H5N1 tests for a cock and hen in north Cyprus on January 29 (ref b) "adequate," and said the outbreak appears isolated and under control. Since no other AI cases h [...]	2006-02-03 14:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED CASC
06NICOSIA1600	CYPRUS: BANK OF CYPRUS CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN AFTER EMPORIKI [...] (SBU) Summary. The tumultuous summer for the Cypriot financial sector continued with the Chairmen of Cyprus's two largest banks losing their jobs, despite impressive financial results. On September 1, Vasilis Rologis stepped down in the face of mounting criticism from the Central Bank follow [...]	2006-09-20 13:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CY
06NICOSIA1690	CYPRUS: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (U) Answers below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) Q1: Description of how Post is organized to monitor (trade) agreements and respond to foreign trade barrier complaints: Embassy Nicosia does not have a Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) or Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office. [...]	2006-09-29 12:43:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CY
06NICOSIA1692	CYPRUS EXTENDS FULL DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Cyprus (GOC) and the Government of Iraq agreed on a full, mutual debt cancellation at the recent meeting of the General Assemblies of the IMF and World Bank in Singapore. As part of the agreement, Cyprus forgave Iraqi debts to the GoC and Cypriot firms of an est [...]	2006-09-29 13:14:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL IZ CY
06NICOSIA1717	EXBS: CYPRUS EXBS REPORTING CABLE: JULY - SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: In June 2006, the Department of Energy's (DOE),Second Line of Defense (SLD) visited Cyprus to make logistical preparations for the upgrade of the radiation portal monitor located at Limassol. During the reporting period, three trainings were offered: 1) A "Global Transshipment [...]	2006-10-05 13:15:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNPP CY
06NICOSIA192	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On February 10, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisaavas confirmed that Cyprus's assistance policy was in line with that of the EU and the U.S. The MFA was keenly watching events i [...]	2006-02-10 14:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CY IS KPAL PREL
06NICOSIA1920	CYPRUS: LAIKI PLANS FOR MERGER WITH GREEK MARFIN AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The triple merger between Laiki Bank in Cyprus, and Greek-based Marfin Financial Group and Egnatias Bank remains firmly on track, after winning the approval of authorities in both countries, and of Laiki shareholders on October 31. Unless there are any unexpected surprises, th [...]	2006-11-09 15:02:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CY
06NICOSIA194	GOC HAS TAKEN NO STEPS TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, we have made a number of discrete inquiries regarding the status of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. As far as we have been able to determine, the issue of the convention has not been put on the agenda [...]	2006-02-10 14:43:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO CY
06NICOSIA195	CYPRUS AI UPDATE: ISOLATED OUTRBEAK UNDER [...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 on January 29 (refs a-c). The draft trip report (faxed to EUR/SE) of the EU Veterinary experts who visited Cyprus January 29- February 1 (ref [...]	2006-02-10 14:43:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA1953	HELIOS SUCCESSOR "AJET" SUSPENDS OPERATIONS; CYPRIOT CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Over a year after one of its Boeing 737s crashed into a Greek mountainside killing all 121 people on board, Ajet (formerly Helios Airways) has suspended all operations citing unsustainable financial losses. Ajet currently has no plans to declare bankruptcy pending the outcome o [...]	2006-11-22 14:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON CY
06NICOSIA2033	CYPRUS ON TRACK TO ADOPT EURO ON JANUARY 1, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cypriot economy continues to perform well within the Maastricht criteria, and the European Union is expected in June 2007 to invite Cyprus to adopt the Euro as its currency effective January 1, 2008. The European Commission, however, has criticized the GoC's technical pre [...]	2006-12-18 10:06:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EUN CY
06NICOSIA242	CYPRUS AI UPDATE: NO NEW CASES; MOST SPECIAL [...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 in January (refs b-d). Three more EU veterinary experts and a health expert visited the island February 13-16. They reconfirmed the previous [...]	2006-02-17 14:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA263	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On February 14, Poloff delivered reftel message to Charlambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Affairs. Hadjisavvas stressed that Cyprus' policy towards Iraq was broadly in line with that of the EU and the United States. He also confirmed [...]	2006-02-24 13:38:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL OPRC

06NICOSIA293	AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS: SIXTH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2004-March 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]	2006-03-01 14:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA313	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]	2006-03-02 12:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA356	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 15:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CY
06NICOSIA369	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MDA: SIGNING THIRD [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on March 7 to Francis Lanitou, who handles EU Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lanitou stated that Cyprus strongly supported the signing of the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and assured Poloff that the paperwork for transmi [...]	2006-03-13 12:06:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL
06NICOSIA415	DEMARCHE ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 15:23:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IN PREL CY
06NICOSIA540	MESSAGE DELIVERED FROM SECRETARY RICE ON UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) On April 14, we delivered reftel letter from the Secretary regarding the UN Human Rights Council to Foreign SIPDIS Minister George Iacovou under a cover note from the Ambassador. SCHLICHER [...]	2006-04-12 08:57:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA CY
06NICOSIA541	CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU'S BURMA POLICY; EU BURMA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel messages to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs division and to Stelios Makriyiannis, who follows Asian issues in the division of bilateral affairs. Makriyiannis said that Cyprus supported EU policy on Burma and that it was very much in line w [...]	2006-04-12 13:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EU PREL PHUM PGOV PREF BM CY
06NICOSIA653	CYPRIOT FM TO ATTEND DUTCH CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou will attend the May 18 Dutch Conference on Transatlantic Energy Security co-hosted by Deputy Secretary Zoellick, according to Demetris Hadjiargyrou, Directo [...]	2006-05-03 14:38:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PREL EUN CY
06NICOSIA699	EXBS: CYPRUS EXBS REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY - APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 1, the EXBS Resident Advisor Bob Granico left post and is not being replaced. The EXBS program remains fully operational through FY 07 and is led by the EXBS Program Coordinator under the supervision of the Economic Officer. Twenty-four Cypriot officials attended an A [...]	2006-05-12 04:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNPP CY
06NICOSIA74	CYPRUS: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: Because Cyprus is only 45 miles from the Turkish shore and on the flight path for thousands of migratory birds, Cypriot officials continue to believe that it is only a matter of time before Avian Influenza is found on the island. The outbreak in Turkey has redoubled efforts (and [...]	2006-01-23 14:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED PREL CY
06NICOSIA755	CYPRUS 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION (INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Commerce Ministry Permanent Secretary Andreas Petrondas on April 28. Ambassador Schlicher followed up with Minister of Commerce Yiorgos Lillikas on May 11. Both Petrondas and Lillikas stressed the importance the GoC places on this issue and noted their comm [...]	2006-05-19 13:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR CY
06NICOSIA757	TURKISH CYPRIOT ECONOMY ENJOYING DOUBLE-DIGIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three years the service- based Turkish Cypriot economy has experienced double-digit annual economic growth -- an estimated 10.6 percent in 2005, 15.4 percent in 2004 and 11.4 percent in 2003, according to Turkish Cypriot statistics. This growth has been fuelled by [...]	2006-05-19 14:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CY
06NICOSIA76	CYPRUS: SUSPECTED CASE OF AI IN POULTRY IN NORTH [...] (SBU) The Turkish Cypriot "Chief Veterinary Officer" Ersan Korudag confirmed to us that two birds (a chicken and a turkey) had tested positive for an A type influenza late January 23. Turkish Cypriot laboratories lack the ability to test for subtypes of AI, thus Turkish Cypriot authorities ha [...]	2006-01-24 11:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED
06NICOSIA790	CYPRIOT AMBASSADOR IN WARSAW TO REPRESENT GOC AT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 12:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP PARM US PL CY
06NICOSIA795	TRANSIT CONTAINER TRAFFIC THROUGH CYPRUS SET TO [...] (U) Summary. On May 18 2006, Cyprus signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC),the world's second largest private shipping fleet. The MOU obligates the GoC to make significant infrastructure improvements at Limassol port. In exchange MSC commit [...]	2006-05-30 14:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETTC PTER MNUC PARM PREL CY
06NICOSIA930	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW ECONOMIC-RELATED [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel reported on the political implications of the June 8 government reshuffle. Among the economic-related ministers, only Communications and Works (Haris Thrassou) and Minister of Finance (Michalis Sarris) kept their jobs. This cable provides biographic information on the [...]	2006-06-19 11:45:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV CY
06NICOSIA96	CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON BELARUS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On January 26 poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain in the MFA's Bilateral Affairs Division. Chamberlain said Cyprus would support EU policy on the Belarussian presidential election, including any efforts to engage the international media. He characterized the EU positio [...]	2006-01-26 13:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO KDEM KPAO PREL
06OSAKAKOBE153	JAPANESE TARGET THE GLOBAL PLASMA DISPLAY MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (MEI) expects th --------------------------------------------- ------------ Outlook for the Global Plasma Display Panel Market: Strong Growth --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (SBU) According to an internal mark [...]	2006-03-24 07:30:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND KS JA
06OSAKAKOBE351	LIANCOURT SURVEY: ANOTHER FLASHPOINT IN THE JAPAN SEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers in western Japan are making an unfortunate public linkage between the ROKG maritime survey in the disputed EEZ of the Liancourt Rocks and the DPRK's missile launches of July 5, local time. Whether or not the DPRK deliberately timed the launches to coincide with the ROK [...]	2006-07-07 06:38:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06OSAKAKOBE366	WELCOME FOR USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, JULY 18-JULY [...] (U) CONSULATE GENERAL OSAKA-KOBE WELCOMES THE VISIT OF THE USS JOHN S. MCCAIN SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18 TO JULY 21. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO MAKE THIS VISIT SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE FOR ALL INVOLVED. --------------------------------------------- ---------- SECURI [...]	2006-07-20 07:18:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06OSAKAKOBE454	LDP KINKI BLOCK CONVENTION A NON-EVENT [...] (U) LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe's American- style political roadshow, the LDP convention, came to Osaka August 5 for its first Kinki Block performance before an audience of 1200 from the six-prefecture region centered around Osaka and Kyoto. 2. (U) Disappointingly, only Takebe atte [...]	2006-08-18 03:49:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06OSAKAKOBE470	WELCOME FOR USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, AUGUST 24th-AUGUST 28th [...] (U) Consulate General Osaka-Kobe welcomes the visit of the USS John S. McCain, scheduled for August 24 to August 28. We look forward to assisting the McCain again in any way we can to make this visit successful and enjoyable for all involved. ------------------------------- Security Backgro [...]	2006-08-23 07:33:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06OSAKAKOBE496	POLITICS SHAPE SHIP VISITS TO HIMEJI AND [...] (SBU) Recent visits to Sakaiminato and Himeji by the USS John S. McCain (JSM) in July and August demonstrate the impact of the local political climate on the success and ease of planning of U.S. Navy ship visits in our district. The July 5th launches of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japa [...]	2006-09-07 05:42:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06OSAKAKOBE526	NORTH KOREAN SUPERNOTES SEIZED IN WESTERN [...] (SBU) On September 23, Kobe Customs officials and Tottori Prefectural Police raided the DPRK-flagged Kum Gang 1 freighter, which had entered the port of Sakaiminato in Tottori on the Japan Sea coast on September 19. The Japanese authorities took this unusual measure after two counterfeit sup [...]	2006-09-25 07:47:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EFIS PREL KN JA
06OSAKAKOBE576	TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...]	2006-10-16 02:00:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06OSAKAKOBE588	BID RIGGING IN JAPAN: A FEATURE, NOT A BUG [...] (SBU) Bid rigging (dango in Japanese) is a common form of corruption in Japan, in which firms restrict open competition by coordinating their bids on procurement or public contracts. Although not unique to the Kansai area surrounding Osaka in western Japan, recently one example of bid rigging [...]	2006-10-16 10:40:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ELAB JA
06OSAKAKOBE607	TESTING ABE: LOOKING LIKE LDP WIN IN OSAKA 9TH [...] (SBU) The LDP/Komeito coalition candidate, Kenji Harada, has surged ahead of his DPJ opponent Nobumori Otani and will likely win the Osaka 9th District Lower House by-election on October 22 (see reftel for why this election matters),based on discussions with politicians and political parties [...]	2006-10-20 09:32:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06OSAKAKOBE633	WAKAYAMA GOVERNOR RESIGNS OVER BID RIGGING [...] (U) On November 6, the unfolding public works bid rigging case in Wakayama finally claimed the political career of its most prominent target: Governor Yoshiki Kimura. The final straw for Governor Kimura, who until his surprise announcement insisted he would not step down over the widening pro [...]	2006-11-07 07:38:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV JA
06OSAKAKOBE646	HYOGO PREFECTURE NUMBER ONE IN ATTRACTING NEW [...] (SBU) In the fierce competition over business promotion subsidies among Japanese prefectures, the gap between successful and unsuccessful prefectures is growing in western Japan's six prefecture Kansai district. Hyogo Prefecture got 57 new business cases, which is the largest number in the fi [...]	2006-11-09 05:34:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND JA
06OSAKAKOBE88	TAKESHIMA DAY: THE VIEW FROM SHIMANE PREFECTURE [...] (SBU) February 22 was the first time Shimane Prefecture celebrated Takeshima Day after enacting a controversial ordinance in 2005. A contact confided that the prefectural assembly made a gross miscalculation about the Takeshima Day ordinance. Meant more as a means of exerting pressure on the [...]	2006-02-23 06:21:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS PGOV PREL JA KS
06OSLO1	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA) POINTS [...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting Political/Economic Chief delivered reftel points regarding USG concerns about Norsk Hydro's oil discovery in Iran's Anaran Field and its deal for the Khorramabad block to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Energy Advisor Ambassador Janne Julsrud and to Norsk Hyd [...]	2006-01-01 11:53:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR NO
06OSLO100	NORWEGIANS INTERESTED IN FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission, Christopher Webster met with Norwegian Environment Ministry State Secretary Henriette Westhrin and DAS for International Environmental Cooperation Harald Dovland on January 27 to discuss [...]	2006-01-31 14:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL NO
06OSLO1041	TERRORISM FINANCE POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 08:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER
06OSLO1055	NORWAY'S TAKE ON THE UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 14:26:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA
06OSLO1188	NORWEGIANS DIFFUSE THREATENED RUSSIAN FISH EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian authorities will not place a ban on all Norwegian seafood following discussions between Norwegian and Russian food safety authorities. Russian veterinary officials threatened to ban all fish exports from Norway as of October 1 following their discovery of forged Norwe [...]	2006-09-26 14:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PREL SENV NO
06OSLO1189	NORWAY HAS TERRORISTS? THE RISING TIDE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-Semitism and Muslim extremism appear to be on the rise in Norway. On 22 September authorities charged four men for terrorism in the wake of an attack on the main synagogue in Oslo and related threats to the Israeli and American embassies. Two of the suspects are of Pakistani [...]	2006-09-27 10:23:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KISL PREL PGOV SOCI IS PK NO
06OSLO1319	NORWEGIAN REGIONAL AIRPORT SECURITY IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early October, Embassy RSO and Poloff traveled to three regional airports to meet Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and aviation security (AVINOR) personnel and to develop performance standards for future Embassy assessments of Norwegian airport security. The Norwegian CAA an [...]	2006-10-25 13:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KSEC PREL NO
06OSLO1350	EB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met October 20 on the margins of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Conference with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt to discuss EITI and a range of international and bilateral [...]	2006-11-02 12:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EMIN EPET ENRG ETTC EINV IZ IR RU NO
06OSLO1372	NORWAY DELIBERATES U.S. FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS [...] (SBU) On November 3 we met with Ministry of Transportation Assistant Deputy Director Signe Moe and Division Chief Pierre Chauvin to learn the status of Norway's deliberations on allowing U.S. Federal Air Marshals (FAMs) on flights to and from OSL. (In 2004, Norway and the TSA came close, but [...]	2006-11-07 12:24:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ASEC PTER NO
06OSLO1389	2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR NORWAY [...] (SBU) Per Ref B request, the draft 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report for Norway follows in paragraph 2. The report was conveyed on November 7 to USTR in Microsoft Word format (Ref A). Post understands that USTR will fill in trade statistics when available. 2. Begin text of 2007 [...]	2006-11-09 09:05:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN NO
06OSLO1406	NORWAY CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 11:35:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PREL ECON NO
06OSLO1423	NORWAY ON THE NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS NO
06OSLO1494	WINE, GMOS, AND WTO DISCUSSIONS WITH NORWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wine imports, GMOs, and WTO were the main topics of discussion during Agriculture Attache Roger Wentzel's introductory visit to Oslo on December 4. Wentzel heard Norwegian Agriculture and Food Safety officials explain their anti-GM stance, MFA officials express little hope for [...]	2006-12-11 10:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL NO
06OSLO189	PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. Petroleum Ministry Wants Closer Bilateral Dialogue --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) In the Ambassador's February 15 introductory call on Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen, Enok [...]	2006-02-21 07:38:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV NO
06OSLO2	NORWEGIAN ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2005: [...] (SBU) Summary of combined November-December monthly highlights: * The past year was an exceptionally good one for the Norwegian economy: mainland real GDP grew by 3.9 percent; offshore petroleum investments reached a record high; the value of exports soared on account of rising crude oil p [...]	2006-01-01 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EPET ETRD NO
06OSLO207	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR NORWAY: PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (SBU) Post has assessed and agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 report). Post has consulted frequently with U.S. pharmaceutical firm representatives in Oslo on the issue a [...]	2006-02-23 15:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON NO
06OSLO310	NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON ONLINE GAMING [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 15:30:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD WTRO NO
06OSLO311	PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF FOUR JI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 15:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KFTN PTER PREL ETTC NO
06OSLO312	FAA INCIDENT REPORT SENT TO NORWEGIAN CAA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 15:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR NO
06OSLO348	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CONCERNS ON IPR, JOINT STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his initial call on Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Odd Eriksen on March 17, the Ambassador raised concerns about weak "process" patent protections for pharmaceuticals and urged that Norwegian industry aggressively seek Joint Strike Fighter program contracts. Eriksen [...]	2006-03-22 09:01:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR MARR MASS EFIS PREL NO
06OSLO352	NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...]	2006-03-22 11:39:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENGR RU NO
06OSLO363	AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with leading U.S. and Norwegian petroleum firm executives during his initial visit to Stavanger, Norway's "oil capital," March 13-15. Discussions with Statoil, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon and Halliburton focused largely on the firms' operations and plans on [...]	2006-03-23 14:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV NO
06OSLO378	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 13:49:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NO
06OSLO400	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK: [...] (SBU) On March 28, Ambassador Whitney and Pol/Econ Officers visited the Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank),meeting with Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem, Deputy Governor Jarle Bergo and Knut Kjaer, Executive Director of the Pension Fund (formerly the Petroleum Fund). Discussions center [...]	2006-03-31 12:41:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN NO
06OSLO462	NORWAY LIMITS BARENTS DEVELOPMENT, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Barents Sea is home to one of Europe's most productive fisheries and some of the most significant offshore oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. With the March 31 announcement of its new Integrated Management Plan for the Barents region, the Norwegian government has settled, [...]	2006-04-10 15:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EPET ENRG NO
06OSLO496	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLINING HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:34:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SU NO
06OSLO534	NORWAY VOICES SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) On April 25 we delivered reftel points to Tore Hattrem, the Deputy Director General of the Peace and Reconciliation Section at the MFA. Hattrem reiterated Norway's deep commitment to Haiti, and noted the importance of Haiti's forthcoming elections. Given the recent promotion of Tom Tyr [...]	2006-04-27 12:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA NO KDEM
06OSLO583	RUSSIANS LIFT BAN ON NORWEGIAN SALMON [...] (U) Two Norwegian salmon producers resumed exports of fresh chilled salmon to Russia after receiving export approvals from Russian authorities on April 24. Producers began shipping in the first week of May, officially ending the four month old Russian ban on Norwegian salmon. According to th [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD WTO EFIS NO
06OSLO584	NORWAY SUPPORTS MAINTAINING SMALLPOX STOCKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TBIO WHO NO
06OSLO585	NORWAY GENEROUS WITH SUDAN AID, MAY DO MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 12:52:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM NO
06OSLO652	NORWEGIAN FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 15:20:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SOCI SU NO
06OSLO669	BERGEN CONFERENCE ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 7th International Conference on Human Rights and Refugees "North Korea New Approaches" held in Bergen, Norway May 9-11 brought together government and NGO officials to discuss ways to advance human rights in North Korea. Officials and NGOs agreed that while li [...]	2006-05-24 10:40:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CH KN KS NO
06OSLO783	NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) We delivered reftel to Norwegian MFA PDAS for Security Policy Trine Skymoen on June 14 and discussed further with Ambassador Naess our request (reftel) that Naess lead informal consultations on the IAEA Secretariat's recommendations to the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV). [...]	2006-06-15 12:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP
06OSLO835	POINTS DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 15:02:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	WTRO ETRD ECON NO
06OSLO836	CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FAA REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 04:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON NO
06OSLO86	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) "High North" issues -- energy, the environment, non-proliferation and cooperation with Russia -- dominated the Ambassador's January 25 introductory call on Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt. Stubholt stressed that the new government's High North policy was national, rather tha [...]	2006-01-26 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV NO
06OSLO974	POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY: DRAFT UNSCR - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 14:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS UN NO
06OTTAWA1209	OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) DCM and Econ Counselor made points reftel to DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Peter Boehm, Susan Fountain Smith, Director, Brazil, Southern Cone and InterAmerican Affairs, and Deputy Director Leonard Beaulne. 2. (SBU) Our contacts responded that they see a "lot of agreement" on the ag [...]	2006-04-25 16:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD UNESCO PREO OAS
06OTTAWA1323	U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...]	2006-05-03 17:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TBIO CA
06OTTAWA1369	CONGRESSMAN JAMES SENSENBRENNER SPEAKS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Republican Member of Congress from Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Ottawa April 23-25, 2006, accompanied by Judiciary Committee Chief of Staff and General Counsel Phil Kiko. The Ambassador joined the Chairman's [...]	2006-05-05 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ASEC PREL KIPR CA
06OTTAWA1522	IPR TOOLKIT: A MODIFIED APPROACH FOR CANADA [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Ottawa's IPR Working Group (IPR WG) suggests a smaller, streamlined IPR toolkit to help U.S. companies facing IPR problems in Canada. The main way the Embassy can improve the IPR climate for U.S. businesses in Canada is through encouraging the GOC to update its copyrigh [...]	2006-05-18 20:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON CA
06OTTAWA1685	THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S "MADE IN CANADA" CLIMATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) As the domestic debate intensifies on Canada's climate change policies, details are slowly emerging on the Harper government's "Made in Canada" climate programs, which will include enhanced public transportation, increased ethanol production, cle [...]	2006-06-01 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG PGOV CA
06OTTAWA1702	IPR: PROSPECTS BRIGHTER FOR CANADIAN IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Wilkins, two key ministers of the Harper government have described Canada's implementation of the WIPO Internet treaties as a joint priority of their respective departments, but their subordinate officials are still split on key issues. We hope tha [...]	2006-06-02 19:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR CA
06OTTAWA1904	Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...]	2006-06-19 21:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA
06OTTAWA2021	POTENTIAL FOR IPR PROGRESS: CANADA'S PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has proposed a two-regulation package (significantly different from its 2004 proposal) consisting of data protection for the innovative pharmaceutical industries and "Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance)" for the generic drug industries, a combination designed to [...]	2006-06-29 19:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON TBIO CA
06OTTAWA2060	CANADIAN REACTION TO THE U.S. TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY In response to June 23's U.S. press articles disclosing the existence of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program, the press reports that Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner has decided to investigate whether the USG improperly obtained the banking records of Canadians. [...]	2006-07-06 15:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PTER EFIN
06OTTAWA2158	CANADIAN VIEWS ON PRIVACY AND TRANS-BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner found in a report released June 20 that while the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has systems and procedures in place for managing and sharing personal information with other countries, it needs to improve its management of priv [...]	2006-07-17 20:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN EAIR ECPS
06OTTAWA2208	CANADIAN RESPONSE -- APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] Ginette Martin, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)'s Haiti Division, informed Embassy Ottawa on July 21 that the Government of Canada will pledge C$520 million (roughly US$460 million at today's exchange rate) over five years for development assistan [...]	2006-07-21 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA EAID ECON EFIN CA
06OTTAWA2315	CANADIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE TO 61ST UNGA [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay will attend the 61st UNGA and be present for some of the General Debate. It is also a possibility that Josee Verner, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages Minister w [...]	2006-08-01 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CA
06OTTAWA2372	CANADA DESIRES MOVE FORWARD ON 2006 DRUG THREAT [...] (U) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, Poloff discussed the USG inter-agency FY 2007 certification procedures (reftel A) and related methamphetamine production issues (reftel B) with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Crim [...]	2006-08-08 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CA
06OTTAWA2406	CANADIAN RESPONSE: SEEKING CO-COMPLAINANTS FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action message: see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) On August 9, EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Intellectual Property Director Doug George to discuss reftel and other IPR issues (septel). George said he was t [...]	2006-08-10 22:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA CH KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO USTR
06OTTAWA2439	CRUNCH TIME COMING FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In his vigorous efforts to garner industry support for the July 1 softwood lumber agreement, International Trade Minister Emerson and other senior Ministers met with top Canadian lumber officials in Toronto on August 9 to hear their concerns about several of the deal's provisio [...]	2006-08-15 17:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD CA
06OTTAWA2458	CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE JUNE 23 U.S. PRESS ARTICLES DISCLOSING THE EXISTENCE OF THE USG'S TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM AND THE COOPERATION IT RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL "SWIFT" BANK TRANSACTION MESSAGING SYSTEM HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUGUST 14 ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF SWIFT B [...]	2006-08-16 22:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECPS ECON PTER CA
06OTTAWA2550	STOCKHOLM DONORS MEETING: CANADIAN AID TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) On August 25, EMIN presented ref A demarche to Douglas Williams, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),which is Canada's counterpart to USAID. According to Williams, Canada's delegation to the August 31 Stockholm Confer [...]	2006-08-25 21:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID LE PREL SW
06OTTAWA2562	CERTAIN CANADIAN INDUSTRIES' INPUT ON POSSIBLE WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) head Graham Henderson (protect) on August 24 to discuss IP, specifically the USG's role in encouraging GOC to pass legislation implementing the WIPO Internet Treaties. Henderson also briefed us o [...]	2006-08-28 18:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA CH KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO USTR
06OTTAWA2766	CANADA "HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION" ON JOINING [...] On September 11 the Ambassador discussed the Secretary's invitation to participate in her press event on the Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) with Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, urging that Canada join CAWT and pressing MacKay to attend the September 22 event in New York. Althoug [...]	2006-09-13 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV UNGA CA
06OTTAWA2837	VISIT OF USTR AMBASSADOR SUSAN SCHWAB TO OTTAWA, [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab visited Ottawa on September 11-12 to sign the U.S.-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement, which will be voted on by the Canadian Parliament during the week of September 18. Prior to the signing ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Intern [...]	2006-09-18 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EAGR CA CH KS
06OTTAWA2945	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On September 27, Economic Minister-Counselor presented reftel demarche to Chantal de Varennes, Deputy Director, Francophonie Affairs Division, Foreign Affairs Canada (DFAIT),and Alain Tellier, Deputy Director, Criminal, Security and Treaty Law Division, DFAIT. Both were familiar with t [...]	2006-09-27 22:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM SNAR CA
06OTTAWA2977	NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS [...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...]	2006-09-29 22:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA
06OTTAWA3010	CANADA'S TAKE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On October 4, Janice Fitchett (Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Advisor at Foreign Affairs) provided POL M/C with initial Canada's comments on the GI draft documents, which she said had been widely cleared throught the Department. She confirmed that these comments were also being shared [...]	2006-10-04 20:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS CA
06OTTAWA3123	CANADA ON 2007 UN PANEL OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Missile and Export Control Policy Officer Jean-Christian Brillant on September 29, and at a follow up meeting on October 13. Brillant responded that the GOC supported the USG position, [...]	2006-10-13 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM UNGA PREL CDG CA
06OTTAWA3164	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: POLDIR TO LEAD CANADIAN DEL TO [...] (SBU) We joined our Russian counterpart to convey reftel to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation, Compliance and Export Control Shawn Caza, and Senior Adviser Janice Fitchett. Caza reaffirmed earlier word that DFA [...]	2006-10-18 21:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PREL MCAP IAEA CA
06OTTAWA3179	SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW: EMBASSY VIEWS ON [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada is starting to take important steps toward improving protection for intellectual property rights since USTR kept Canada on the "Special 301" Watch List in April 2006. The new Conservative government is more receptive than its predecessor to U.S. concerns and on October [...]	2006-10-20 20:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON ETRD KIPR
06OTTAWA3248	APEC 2006: CANADA'S PRIORITIES [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada shares many of the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, Foreign Affairs Canada APEC Deputy Director Karen Garner told EMIN on October 26. Garner stated that Canada would urge APEC members to support an "ambitious, successful conclusion" to the Doha round, and said APEC refor [...]	2006-10-27 11:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO
06OTTAWA3333	Income Trust Tax Loophole Closed [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move that sent Canada's financial markets reeling, the Canadian federal government announced on October 31 that it would start taxing income trusts as regular corporations. The GOC took the action to stem lost revenue as more Canadian companies threatened to restru [...]	2006-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON CA
06OTTAWA3373	CANADA MIGHT CONSIDER FURTHER DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN IZ
06OTTAWA3423	CANADA'S CLEAN AIR ACT FACES TOUGH SLEDDING [...] (U) Summary: Less than two weeks after its introduction in the House of Commons the Tories' highly anticipated "made-in-Canada" environmental plan, the Clean Air Act, has been derailed from the standard parliamentary pathway. The bill will likely be subject to a massive redraft in an ad hoc " [...]	2006-11-16 22:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON CA
06OTTAWA3432	CANADA UPDATE ON DONOR PLEDGE FOR SOUTH ASIA [...] (sbu) Econcouns received an update (per reftel) on Canada's disbursement of funds pledged for earthquake relief and reconstruction in Pakistan from Department of Foreign Affairs Pakistan Policy Officer Jon Bonnar and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Pakistan Analyst Stuart Lane [...]	2006-11-17 22:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID PK PREL
06OTTAWA3447	CANADA: COUNTERING ANTI-IP PROPOSALS AT WORLD [...] (sbu) Econcouns delivered reftel points on countering World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat forays into intellectual property issues to Department of Interational Trade Intellectual Property Director Doug George and Senior Trade Policy Advisor Julie Boisvert. George had little immediate [...]	2006-11-21 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO
06OTTAWA3455	Ottawa Studies Further International Aviation [...] (U) Summary: The Conservative government is set to announce a new international air policy in early 2007 that aims to open Canada's skies to more foreign competition and will focus on an "Open Skies" model. Some observers think the move promises to benefit consumers, but not necessarily the co [...]	2006-11-24 16:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV CA

06OTTAWA3561	NEW LIBERAL LEADER DION LIKELY TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary. The victory of former Environment Minister Stephane Dion in the federal Liberal leadership battle seems certain to keep the environment and especially the Kyoto Protocol squarely in the center of domestic political discourse. As Environment Minister, Dion was closely identifie [...]	2006-12-08 12:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PINR CA
06OTTAWA3566	TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KPAO CA
06OTTAWA3575	TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND INCITERS ADDED TO [...] (U) On December 8, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) notified all Canadian financial institutions that two individuals (together with a number of aliases) have been made subject to the United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations by virtue of having be [...]	2006-12-11 17:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CA
06OTTAWA3599	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING OECD [...] (U) On December 15, Economic Minister-Counselor delivered reftel demarche on the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) to Mark Moher, Senior Coordinator, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Moher promised to share its contents with L [...]	2006-12-15 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06OTTAWA3604	IPR: LETTER FROM CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER BEV [...] (U) Ambassador Wilkins has received the attached letter from Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda on copyright reform in Canada, which responds to an October 13th letter sent by USTR Ambassador Schwab to Industry Minister Maxime Bernier. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Ministry of Canadian Heritage [...]	2006-12-15 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON USTR CA
06OTTAWA3608	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNAUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD) Director Michael Rooney on December 11. At a follow up meeting on December 14, Rooney expressed appreciation for our decision to raise the matter with ECD and re [...]	2006-12-18 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC CA
06OTTAWA3613	ADDITIONAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (U) Embassy Ottawa has received an additional Canadian response to the OECD Working Group on Bribery demarche (ref A) that the Embassy Economic Minister-Counselor delivered to DFAIT official Mark Moher on December 15. The initial response was reported in ref B. 2. (SBU) Begin text. Respon [...]	2006-12-19 19:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06OTTAWA415	CANADIAN VIEWS ON APEC 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Canadian priorities for APEC in 2006 share broad common ground with U.S. objectives described in ref.A. The GOC is focusing on health security, private-sector-led development, and continuing to use APEC leaders' statements to influence WTO negotiations. End Summary. End Summary. [...]	2006-02-17 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD APECO CA
06OTTAWA45	OPERATION THUNDERING POUTINE: EMBASSY OTTAWA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to penetrate the headlines and polls, Embassy Poloff and PolFSN visited local Ontario and Quebec campaign headquarters to talk with candidates, campaign managers, and volunteers. The resultant worm's-eye view of the campaign revealed the importance of local issues [...]	2006-01-06 20:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV
06OTTAWA54	CANADA COMFORTABLE WITH AFGHANISTAN COMPACT TEXT; [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC is comfortable with the current version of the Compact, plans to continue its solid commitment to Afghanistan (C$100 million/US$85 million in FY2006) and is moving ahead with troop deployments. Canada is committed to success in Afghanistan and constantly monitors assi [...]	2006-01-09 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AF CA CIDA FAC
06OTTAWA563	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA [...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...]	2006-03-02 21:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA669	CANADA NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT MARCH 31 WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Post contacted Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency regarding reftel demarche. Canadian funding to the Balkans is declining, with the intention of winding up programs there by 2010. 2. (SBU) Though the new government's foreign policy priorities will n [...]	2006-03-10 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BK CA
06OTTAWA756	OTTAWA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: COLLECTIVE REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Post presented the demarche and talking points to Joanne Hamilton, Deputy Director of Services Trade Policy Division, International Trade Canada. Ms. Hamilton indicated that she is in touch with U.S. counterparts in DC on this issue, and she added that Canadian industry groups have als [...]	2006-03-17 14:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD WTRO
06OTTAWA902	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: COMPANIES URGE RETURN TO TABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Canadian softwood industry officials tell the Embassy that they are pushing the Harper government for a quick restart of lumber negotiations, and advising Canadian officials not to waste time trying to reach full consensus in the industry. The officials understand that [...]	2006-03-29 13:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD CA
06OTTAWA963	CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TALKS TOUGH ON DRUGS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In three speeches over two consecutive days, Canada's new Conservative-led government has underscored the "dire consequences" that underfunded law enforcement and weak sentences have had on increasing rates of drug crime and has offered potentially significant reforms to addr [...]	2006-04-04 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR CA
06PANAMA1072	PANAMA CITY MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT CANAL [...] (SBU) During a brief but intense conversation on May 22, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro told Emboffs that possibilities for the GOP to win a potential Canal referendum in 2006 are close to null. Navarro, a usually cheerful and positive character, was pessimistic when explaining why he, [...]	2006-06-05 21:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA1099	PANAMA: MFA VICE MINISTER "DOUBTFUL" ON CUBAN AND [...] (SBU) Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Ricardo Duran. Duran told Pol Counselor he was doubtful that Panama would accept migrants from Guantanamo but he would check with MFA for a final answer. Comment: Duran's answer is a diplomatic "no." In recent years, Panama h [...]	2006-06-07 20:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CU ES GT NU PA PM SMIG UY
06PANAMA1166	GOP SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON TORRES STRAIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 18:52:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PHSA SENV PREL PM
06PANAMA1187	Money Laundering Panamanian Style [...] (SBU) Acting jointly, DEA and several Latin American authorities knocked out a sophisticated multi-national drug cartel that smuggled tons of cocaine on a monthly to the U.S. Drug lord Pablo Rayo Montano was arrested on May 16 in Brazil. Authorities have seized millions of dollars in assets a [...]	2006-06-16 22:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA1289	PANAMA REQUESTS NOTE EXCHANGE FOR PANAMAX [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Panama has requested a diplomatic note exchange for the August PANAMAX exercise. The note does not suggest any change to our existing policy; it essentially puts on paper what has always taken place in practice. The GOP wants thi [...]	2006-07-03 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PM
06PANAMA1578	SAN MIGUELITO AND PANAMAQS GROWING GANG PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Gang activity in Panama is growing, but so too is the GOPQs awareness of the problem as well as GOP and civil society response to it. Gang activity is evident not only in the capital itself, but also in small communities such as San Miguelito, also part of the metropolitan area of Pana [...]	2006-08-11 20:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI
06PANAMA160	PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFRONTS PRISON ABUSE [...] (U) Panama's Attorney General made an unscheduled visit to La Joya Maximum Security Prison following newspaper reports detailing prisoner abuse by guards in the crowded facility. After her visit, the AG told reporters she had found evidence of human rights violations and that the police cus [...]	2006-01-26 20:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1793	PANAMA'S OFF SHORE CORPORATION INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama is the second most popular jurisdiction in which to form offshore corporations (sociedad anonimas or anonymous societies) after Hong Kong. The advantages to incorporating in Panama include: the ease and flexibility of forming a corporation, well-established corporation [...]	2006-09-13 16:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM
06PANAMA1798	FINCEN DIRECTOR BOOSTS USG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This message is SENSITIVE. Please protect accordingly. 2.(U) Summary: FinCEN Director Robert Werner, Deputy Director William Baity, and staff member Mauricio Pastora visited Panama on August 23 and 24. Director Werner delivered the keynote address at the 10th Hemispheric Conference on M [...]	2006-09-13 22:48:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PM
06PANAMA190	PANAMA: INCREASING URGENCY ON CANAL REFERENDUM [...] (U) A flurry of recent detailed discussions at the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to discuss the proposed Canal expansion suggest that the GOP is speeding up its internal technical process, in order to hold a constitutionally mandated referendum in 2006. Amid the hubbub at ACP headquarters, one [...]	2006-02-01 21:51:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM
06PANAMA2087	PANAMA RESPECTS U.S. POSITION BUT CAN'T COMMENT ON [...] (SBU) Panama cannot comment on Mexico's proposed OAS declaration on U.S. border security because it has not yet seen the text, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff October 24. However, Franco stated that Panama understood and respected the sovereign right of cou [...]	2006-10-24 20:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER SMIG OAS PM
06PANAMA2088	PANAMA SEEKS BALANCE ON NAM LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Panama will seek a balanced approach on Israel/Lebanon issues but cannot guarantee it will vote against the NAM resolution on Lebanese children's human rights, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff October 24. Franco said Panama could not decide its vote wi [...]	2006-10-24 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA2102	STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH MOGJ GOLCHER [...] (SBU) "The United States is Panama's strategic partner of choice on security issues, but Panama needs additional resources to strengthen its security infrastructure," Minister of Government and Justice Olga Golcher told STAFFDEL Meacham and Toon on October 18. Golcher lauded the bilateral re [...]	2006-10-26 15:07:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2103	STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH FM LEWIS [...] (SBU) Passage of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was key to deepening the bilateral relationship and facilitating cooperation in security issues, First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis told Meacham and Toon October 18. Lewis discussed strategies to shore up Congres [...]	2006-10-26 15:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD PM
06PANAMA2105	LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is post's response to Reftel A. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- ENERGY SECTOR - HYDROCARBONS ---------------------------- 2. (U) Panama's energy sector consists of the hydrocarbons industry and the electricity sector. Panama's hydrocarbons industry was 100 [...]	2006-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV PM
06PANAMA2129	USG ADVOCACY FOR AMERICAN BENEFICIARIES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests Department's guidance on the extent of advocacy services to be provided for Amcit beneficiaries and Amcit executor alleging corruption and delayed due process in the Panamanian courts, during the settlement of the estate of Wilson Charles Lucom. [...]	2006-10-30 21:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN CASC PM
06PANAMA2320	MERIT MANAGEMENT RECEIVES CASINO LICENSE [...] (SBU) U.S. investor, Merit Management, received its license to operate the Mallorca Casino in the Sol Melia Hotel in Colon on October 11, 2006. After a lengthy battle of more than 12 months involving allegations of corruption and obfuscation on behalf of GOP officials (reftels),Panama's Mini [...]	2006-12-04 21:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PANAMA2355	TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) Posts inter-agency Illicit Finance Task Force reports that the GOP does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist entities. Panama's Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) and Superintendency of Banks rely on the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist List and the OFAC website in exec [...]	2006-12-07 19:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA267	PANAMA: RULING PARTY LEGISLATORS DISGRUNTLED AT [...] (SBU) PRD legislators are angry at President Martin Torrijos for failing to consult and for ordering them around. Several ruling-party legislators told Emboff recently that they are disappointed and feel "used" by a Torrijos leadership style they see as arrogant, high-handed, presumptuous, an [...]	2006-02-10 22:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM
06PANAMA320	PANAMA: G/TIP AND WHA/PPC VISIT TO PANAMA FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy greatly appreciated the visit of GTIP Reports Officer Linda Brown and WHA/PPC Senior Advisor Mike Puccetti. Meetings with Government of Panama (GOP),EmbOffs, and visits to NGO were productive and helpful. Embassy looks forward to working with GTIP to complete the annual Traf [...]	2006-02-17 21:11:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PM
06PANAMA335	FTA - GOP TO GRANT SPS EQUIVALENCY TO U.S. [...] Summary. Panamanian officials announced February 19 that it will soon grant "equivalency" to the U.S. system for food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) protection. The GOP is finalizing a "decree law" that President Torrijos expects to issue by February 28 to create an autonomous, [...]	2006-02-21 20:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR USTR PGOV PM
06PANAMA340	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR FY 2006 [...] (U) Panama is pleased to submit an FY 2006 anti-TIP project proposal additional to that contained in reftel B. The proposal comes from the Panamanian Attorney General's Office (PGR) and asks for $125,000 to purchase computer systems, faxes, and digital cameras for the 11 Prosecuting Attorneys [...]	2006-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG
06PANAMA380	PANAMA 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During 2005 Panama continued its anti-TIP efforts and enforcement of Law 16, the anti-TIP legislation enacted in 2004. Embassy believes trafficking in Panama is overwhelmingly internal to the country and limited in scale. Panama worked closely with the International Labor Organization [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06PANAMA486	PANAMA HOSTS CENTRAL AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Seven presidents, one prime minister and one vice president met in Panama March 8-9 to sign a lengthy and wordy declaration calling for the negotiation of a Central America-Panama free trade agreement (FTA) and possibly FTAs with the European Union and CARICOM. Panamanians mostly do not [...]	2006-03-16 22:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA540	PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) "The Veeps" is Part III in a three-part series on Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) inner dynamics. Part I: The Front Runners (reftel A). Part II: The Unwanted One (reftel B). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The PRD's vice presidential candidate in 2009 is likely to be Balbina Herrera o [...]	2006-03-24 19:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA543	PANAMA BANANA WORKERS END STRIKE AT COSTA RICAN [...] (SBU) In response to mediation and a grant from Minister of Labor Reynaldo Rivera, banana workers ended a peaceful strike March 18 that closed the Panama-Costa Rica border for three days. The laborers from Cooperativa de Servicios Multiples de Puerto Armuelles (Coosemupar) blocked trucks and [...]	2006-03-24 20:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA544	PANAMA BRACES FOR NORIEGA'S RETURN [...] (SBU) On Thursday, March 16 Panamanian newspapers reported in banner headlines that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to release former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega on September 9, 2007, after 17 years in a Tampa, Florida prison, and that Noriega would return to Panama. [...]	2006-03-24 20:36:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA751	NEW PANAMA OMBUSDMAN TAKES OFFICE AMID A STORM OF [...] (SBU) Maritime lawyer Liborio "Garcia" Correa took office as Panama's third human rights Ombudsman during a short ceremony at the National Assembly on April 3, 2006, amid raucous demonstrations opposing his appointment. A group of enraged women forced their way into the National Assembly cha [...]	2006-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PM
06PANAMA824	PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS SHAKES UP CABINET [...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos announced three major changes in his cabinet during a nationwide radio and TV address this afternoon. The much anticipated changes come twenty months into the Torrijos presidency and were the subject of widespread rumors for several weeks. In the Ministry of [...]	2006-04-28 22:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PM PREL
06PANAMA951	PANAMANIAN JUDGE ORDERS DETENTION OF FORMER [...] (SBU) As first reported by Panamanian television early May 18, Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia has ruled that the money laundering case against former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and cronies (reftels) will go forward. Ruling on the evidence presented during a March 30 hearing, Mejia o [...]	2006-05-18 21:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR PM NU
06PARAMARIBO105	VENEZUELA DEFENDS IAEA VOTE ON IRAN IN THE [...] (U) Under the heading "Venezuela Justifies Its Vote Against IAEA," De West, a Surinamese daily paper published a press release on February 20 from sources at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The paper, which has the smallest circulation in Suriname, ran the article on its second pag [...]	2006-02-22 10:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL EU AORC ENRG NS
06PARAMARIBO118	COURT REJECTS BOUTERSE'S PRE-TRIAL OBJECTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 24 the military court in the high stakes 1982 December murder case formally rejected all pre- trial objections submitted by convicted drugs trafficker and former military dictator Desi Bouterse and several other suspects in the case. Defense lawyers have already indicated th [...]	2006-02-27 19:30:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM NS
06PARAMARIBO135	BOUTERSE'S NDP PARLIAMENTARY FRACTION LEADER STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 20 Jenny Geerlings-Simons stepped down as the leader of the opposition National Democrat Party (NDP) fraction in the National Assembly (DNA),causing a political stir within her party. While her reasons were vague, political observers cite an increasing rift between [...]	2006-03-03 17:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NS
06PARAMARIBO175	UPDATE ON SURINAME'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Emphatic recent public remarks of Natural Resource Minister Gregory Rusland that everything is in place for Suriname to implement its PetroCaribe agreement notwithstanding (see ref A),there remains significant opposition among important Government of Suriname (GOS) players. According t [...]	2006-03-23 18:43:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS SP
06PARAMARIBO191	ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISES DEA ASSISTANCE, CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary. In recent public statements, Attorney General Subhas Punwasi reiterated his commitment to combating narcotics, praised cooperation between the Government of Suriname (GOS) and DEA, and expressed a desire to increase law enforcement ties with Guyana to stem the increasing quantity [...]	2006-03-31 17:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO201	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON SURINAME CALL FOR [...] This cable is an action request --- see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On January 19 Suriname's Attorney General Subhas Punwasi publicly made a plea for the U.S. to expand its bilateral cooperation with Suriname by taking better advantage of the "Shiprider" Agreement, which entered into force in Aug [...]	2006-04-07 17:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM PGOV PHSA NS
06PARAMARIBO217	DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 19:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
06PARAMARIBO219	GROWING DIVIDE WITHIN PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Eight months into his second consecutive term, President Ronald Venetiaan is presiding over an increasingly fractured eight-party coalition. The all- Maroon (descendants of escaped slaves) A-Combination (AC) is in a coalition standoff with the President's New Front grouping over [...]	2006-04-20 12:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO23	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (SBU) Further to the readiness assessment of Government of Suriname (GOS) capabilities conveyed ref (b),post notes that the GOS avian flu working group, consisting of government entities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),had not as of January 9 yet completed its promised avian [...]	2006-01-12 17:40:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AMER NS
06PARAMARIBO266	HEAVY FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR DISPLACES [...] (U) Heavy flooding associated with significant rainfall over the last six days is affecting an estimated 175 villages located along Suriname's interior riverways. The government has yet to declare the floods a national disaster, but is calling the situation a "serious crisis." The government [...]	2006-05-08 20:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO270	SITUATION UPDATE 1: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S [...] (U) President Ronald Venetiaan officially declared the regions of Suriname affected by recent heavy flooding (See reftel) as disaster areas in a short evening address to the nation on May 9. The declared disaster zones include areas along the upper Suriname and upper Marowijne rivers. Accordin [...]	2006-05-09 20:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO272	PARTICULARS CONCERNING SEPTEMBER REGIONAL [...] (U) As noted in reftel, the Government of Suriname will host an international anti-narcotics conference from 7-8 September 2006 in Paramaribo. The Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi has now formally invited representatives of the U.S. Government to attend the conference vi [...]	2006-05-10 14:40:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO280	SITUATION UPDATE 3: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S [...] (U) Heavy flooding is continuing to have severe effects on Suriname's interior. (See reftels). Good news is that water levels are falling in the upper Suriname River region (which saw the greatest initial damage),however, levels are starting to rise in eastern and southern Suriname, especial [...]	2006-05-12 19:46:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO284	SITUATION UPDATE 4: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR [...] (U) USAID/OFDA's three-person disaster assessment team arrived in Suriname on May 15. Team members are currently coordinating with United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC),European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO),and the National Coordinating Commission for [...]	2006-05-15 18:48:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO285	BOUTERSE ADMITS TRAVELING TO GUYANA DESPITE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Desi Bouterse, former military dictator and current opposition party chairman, disclosed to journalists on May 13 that he recently made a trip to neighboring Guyana. The trip was made despite an outstanding Interpol warrant for his arrest issued after he was convicted in 1999 by a Dutch [...]	2006-05-16 15:25:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO286	GROWING DIVIDE WITHIN PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S [...] (U) Summary. President Ronald Venetiaan's eight-party governing coalition is becoming increasingly fractured as squabbles have escalated into testy standoffs in recent weeks. The Javanese-based Pertjaja Luhur's (PL) temporary refusal to attend National Assembly sessions (DNA) over a personnel [...]	2006-05-16 19:13:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO290	SITUATION UPDATE 5: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S [...] (U) Flooding in most affected areas of Suriname's interior has subsided and the disaster response in now focused on stabilization of the situation. Water levels are still rising, however, along the Marowijne and Tapahoni rivers in the east, although less rapidly. Overall, the number of severe [...]	2006-05-17 19:19:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO305	UPDATE: PATAMACCA PALM OIL PROJECT [...] (SBU) A late breaking solution to difficulties securing financial guarantees has breathed new life into the Chinese Patamacca palm oil project, but this event has renewed controversy over the sound business sense behind the deal. Those opposed describe it as nothing more than a thinly veiled t [...]	2006-05-24 11:13:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAGR EINV SMIG TBIO CH NS
06PARAMARIBO336	VICE PRESIDENT FACING STIFF OPPOSITION FROM OWN [...] (U) Summary. Nine months after its formation, the governing New Front Plus coalition is plagued by infighting. The newcomer to the coalition, the all-Maroon A-Combination, often finds itself at odds with its coalition partners (see Ref A) while the ambitious Javanese-based Pertjaja Luhur party [...]	2006-06-06 20:05:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO353	INDONESIA SEEKS SURINAME'S SUPPORT FOR SECURITY [...] (U) On June 7, a special envoy from the Government of Indonesia, Ambassador Ambassador Soemadi D.M. Brotodininggrat, met with President Venetiaan, according to the evening newspaper "De West." Ambassador Brotodininggrat reportedly discussed Indonesia's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on th [...]	2006-06-12 19:01:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC NS
06PARAMARIBO391	SURINAME MAKING EFFORTS TO SECURE BORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Cross-border crime between Suriname and Guyana has been on the rise over the past year. Drugs, cash, goods, gold, arms, and people are smuggled across the poorly controlled border regularly through what is called the "back-track." This term generally refers to the multiple ro [...]	2006-06-21 14:52:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO392	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The arrest of Roger Khan and the USG's request for his extradition has dominated the news since Friday. Post provides a summary of Surinamese press coverage in chronological order to explain the action-reaction of Surinamese officials as they attempt to gain consensus on the disposition of Rog [...]	2006-06-22 12:46:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO415	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname and speculation of possible U.S. involvement dominated the news on Thursday and Friday (June 29-30). (See Reftel). All electronic media and print covered the story extensively. Radio and TV broadcasts focused on a chaotic parliamentary meeting Thursd [...]	2006-06-30 19:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO416	ASSET FORFEITURE AND FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant U.S. attorney Leslie Westphal and FBI special agent Joseph Boyer conducted an intensive three-day workshop on utilizing asset forfeiture and preparing financial prosecutions with Surinamese prosecutors, investigators, and a legislative expert from May 22-24. The works [...]	2006-06-30 19:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ECON PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO417	REQUEST TO CLARIFY EXTRADITION PROCESS UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para four. 2. (SBU) Suriname remains an important transit country for drugs, with estimates of up to 2-4 metric tons per month moving through the country. Stepped up policing efforts suggest that persons of interest to the United States are likely to be [...]	2006-07-03 18:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS CJAN NS
06PARAMARIBO423	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname continues to recei polled believe that Khan is a criminal; with 53.8 percent responding 2. This division of opinion was roughly echoed on July 6 in an unsci 3. On Monday, Sky Radio broadcast a live 3-hour call-in talk show wit 4. DWT al [...]	2006-07-06 18:01:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO424	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname continues to receive both front-page and electronic media coverage this week. (See reftel A and B for earlier coverage). The Times of Suriname published the results of an opinion poll conducted on July 5 by a respected Surinamese polling organiza [...]	2006-07-06 19:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO46	ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLICLY PRESSES FOR MORE [...] (SBU) On January 19 Suriname's Attorney General Subhas Punwasi publicly made a plea for the U.S. to expand its bilateral cooperation with Suriname by taking better advantage of the "Shiprider" Agreement, which entered into force in August 1999. Punwasi's comments were unexpected as the "Shipr [...]	2006-01-25 18:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM PGOV PHSA NS
06PARAMARIBO690	USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO VISIT DEMONSTRATES USG COMMITMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Overcoming logistical challenges which significantly shortened his visit, Ambassador John Maisto was an eloquent spokesperson for USG policy in the hemisphere, focusing on democracy, development and multilateralism. In meetings with President Venetiaan, the Ministers of Home Aff [...]	2006-10-30 16:33:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN ETRD NS
06PARAMARIBO70	DUTCH HIGH COURT REJECTS BOUTERSE REQUEST TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31 the Dutch High Court rejected a request by former Surinamese military dictator and opposition party leader Desi Bouterse to reopen the case surrounding his 1999 conviction for narcotics trafficking. The decision appears to end Bouterse's long quest to have his conv [...]	2006-02-03 18:54:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL KCRM PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO788	BOUTERSE, SEEMINGLY FIT, MAKES APPEARANCE AT PARTY [...] (SBU) The National Democratic Party (NDP) re-elected former military dictator Desi Bouterse by acclamation as undisputed chairman and leader of the party at its December 9 party congress. In his keynote address, Bouterse blasted the government and ministers for corruption and mismanagement an [...]	2006-12-12 18:43:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO794	TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delivered information regarding nine individuals and two entities (reftel) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Terence Craig, acknowledged receipt of information and promised to pass information to Government of Suriname's Central Bank for distribution to all major banks [...]	2006-12-21 12:57:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR NS
06PARAMARIBO795	TERRORISM FINANCE: TALKING POINTS AND Q & AS FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delivered information regarding five individuals (reftel) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Terence Craig, acknowledged receipt of information and promised to pass information to Government of Suriname's Central Bank for distribution to all major banks in Suriname. NO [...]	2006-12-21 12:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO796	SURINAME: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 15:20:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO NS PTER
06PARAMARIBO808	IV REPORTING CABLE: RANU ABHELAKH [...] (U) SUMMA... [...]	2006-12-27 18:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP OEXC KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO81	SURINAME'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY REACTS PEACEFULLY TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 19:50:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL NS
06PARAMARIBO90	BOUTERSE'S NDP PARTY TURNS UP THE PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Surinamese politics has become increasingly rancorous. The opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) is systematically working to exploit unpopular decisions taken by the government, with the goal of undermining a fragile coalition to provoke new elections. A recent chaotic N [...]	2006-02-14 19:14:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO93	PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S GOVERNMENT FACING LOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than 100 days into his second consecutive term, approval ratings for President Venetiaan and his New Front plus coalition are down, with 64% of respondents disapproving of the government's performance, according to a recent public opinion poll. Former military dictator and c [...]	2006-02-15 20:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NS
06PARIS1007	FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TUNIS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, 2006 the UNESCO Director General (DG),Koichiro Matsuura, and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information, Khan, held an information session for UNESCO's permanent delegations to outline the implications for UNESCO of the World Information [...]	2006-02-16 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS1106	IPDC BUREAU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver spoke with the Ambassador of the Netherlands on February 17, 2006 and confirmed that the Dutch Ambassador still plans to run for the Group I seat on the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Bureau. In the meantime, the Greek Amb [...]	2006-02-23 06:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1137	FRANCE: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW YEAR 2006 [...] (SBU) In 2005, the French government stepped up its efforts to combat counterfeiting and piracy. In particular, 2005 was marked by an increase in joint activities with French companies and cooperation between the government and the private sector. The GOF has also worked closely with the pr [...]	2006-02-24 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON FR
06PARIS1187	GOF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) The GoF issued two statements, February 22 and 23, condemning the Al-Askariya Shrine bombing, and stressing the need for national reconciliation in Iraq (texts in paras 2 and 3). MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan told us the GoF statements were intended [...]	2006-02-24 18:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS1295	UNESCO: CARTOON ISSUE THREATENS TO HIJACK UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a guidance request, see para 7. On February 15 the UNESCO Ambassadors of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released a statement in response to the Danish cartoons. Among other things, the statement calls for the creation of a normativ [...]	2006-03-01 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL AORC KISL UNESCO
06PARIS1304	PARIS CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Chirac can call his "Conference on Innovative Financing for Development" a success, at least by the standards the GOF had very likely set at the outset: during the Conference, eleven countries announced their intention to follow the French example and institute a tax [...]	2006-03-02 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS1322	FRANCE: AMBASSADOR AND MOT PERBEN DISCUSS US/EU [...] (U) Ambassador Stapleton had breakfast with Minister of Transport, Equipment, Infrastructure and Tourism Dominique Perben February 28. The Minister was accompanied by his Diplomatic Advisor Jacques Beltran and his Counsellor for Aviation Olivier Berthelot. Deputy Chief of Mission Karl Hofman [...]	2006-03-02 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL
06PARIS1344	UNESCO: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) My staff and I held an off-site meeting February 14 to review the past two years of our engagement with UNESCO and to offer suggestions for the path ahead. We all agreed that we need to achieve tangible results for the USG by the October 2007 General Conference. That requires a realistic [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1368	FRANCE ON UNDEF PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points March 3 with MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian and social affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen. Le Fraper said France's position tracked well with that of the U.S., although there were a few minor differences of emphasis. He [...]	2006-03-03 19:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL FR UNGA
06PARIS1556	GOF Reacts to EU Energy Green Paper [...] (SBU) Summary: In meeting with EB Energy Office Director Gallogly and EconOff, the GOF expressed "satisfaction" with the EU Energy Green paper even though they judged it to be "too cautious on some issues." The January 2006 episode involving gas transits through Ukraine woke up many EU membe [...]	2006-03-10 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS1568	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]	2006-03-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1697	Criticism Persists at Home and Abroad over French [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of the proposed merger of Gaz de France (GDF) with water and power utility Suez continues both at home and abroad. Domestically, unions and the left protest proposed GDF privatization. Abroad, Brussels, Italy and other EU member states denounce French "economic patr [...]	2006-03-16 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1715	FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France to ease restrictions on new EU workers --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced on March 13 that France would "gradually" open up its labor [...]	2006-03-17 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL FR EUN
06PARIS1732	FRANCE ON EXPANDING UN PARTICIPATION OF DEPENDENT [...] Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points on rights of dependent territories March 16 and again March 17 with MFA IO Political Affairs DAS-equivalent Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, whose office is also responsible for decolonization issues but does not deal directly with the UN Economic Commission f [...]	2006-03-17 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR PGOV ECON XL UNO ECLAC
06PARIS1823	FRANCE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: JOB PROTECTIONISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Press reports claim that France has identified at least 20 firms, including ten blue chips, that merit GOF protection from foreign takeovers. Foreign takeovers have developed a strong political and social dimension, given the government goal of reducing unemployment before 200 [...]	2006-03-22 07:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS1847	FRANCE'S COPYRIGHT BILL PENALIZES ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A final text for France's new digital copyright law was voted by France's National Assembly on March 21, following months of fierce debate over how best to balance consumer rights against copyright in the Internet age. The complex draft bill, designed to bring France into lin [...]	2006-03-22 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS200	FRANCE TO WORK WITH GERMANS ON WTO INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. France intends to work with Germany to develop a trade proposal for the EU that would be focused on services and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) according to Trade minister-delegate Christine Lagarde's staff. Trade Minister Lagarde's advisor Eric Peters (protect) told E [...]	2006-01-11 17:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR FR WTRO

06PARIS2007	UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]	2006-03-29 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2136	DOHA : FRANCE MAINTAINS HARD-LINE [...] (SBU) Summary : Both PM De Villepin and AgMin Bussereau stated publicly their belief that other countries now need to respond to EU "Concessions" on agriculture in the Doha Development Round negotiations. FAS Paris contacts echoed these remarks and said that offered U.S. reforms were not "suf [...]	2006-03-31 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS2207	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD CONSIDERS DG'S PLANS [...] THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST, SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: AT THE MARCH 29-31 MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL AND ADMMINSTRATIVRE EXPERTS' GROUP, A MEMBER OF UNESCO'S LEGAL OFFICE SAID THAT HIS OFFICE HAD ADVISED THE SECRETARIAT THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN WHICH UNESCO IS SUB-CON [...]	2006-04-04 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC BR UNESCO
06PARIS2242	VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES FROM MARCH 1 TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales traveled to France from March 1 to 4, 2006. He met with Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, Director of the DST; Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior; French Counter-terrorism Officials; Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol; Pascal Clement, M [...]	2006-04-05 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS FR PREL PGOV KCRM PTER
06PARIS228	VISIT TO PARIS - DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL; U/S [...] (U) This message is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; protect accordingly. Message sent NIACT Precedence to the Departments of State and Energy Ops Centers to assure OOB 01/13/06 delivery to offices of Deputy Secretary Sell and U/S Joseph (ATTN Timbie). 2. (SBU) The Embassy has confirmed/con [...]	2006-01-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG KNNP UK FR RS JA OVIP AORC IAEA
06PARIS2304	FRANCE ON WMD PROLIFERATOR FINANCING [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS2362	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...]	2006-04-11 10:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS2426	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORY -- GENERAL [...] (SBU) After two and a half years of advocacy by Embassy Paris, and considerable efforts on the part of Embassy Rome, General Electric (GE) has finally signed a contract to supply propulsion systems to the Franco-Italian Multi- Mission Frigate (FREMM) program. Letters from President Bush, Sec [...]	2006-04-12 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EIND EINV FR IT ETRA
06PARIS2439	FRENCH SENATE VOTES BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, 22 and 23, the French Senate debated and approved a Biotech Bill presented by the Minister of Research, Francois Goulard. Significant outcomes from the debate included: further definition of the new French Biotech Council charged with evaluating and authorizing [...]	2006-04-13 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD FR EUN
06PARIS2578	CACOPHONY IN FRANCE'S FOREIGN TELEVISION POLICY [...] (SBU) France's foreign television policy, which plays a major role in the dissemination of French language and culture throughout the world, is going through a rocky patch. After the shaky start of France's proposed international all-news television station CII (REFTEL),to broadcast mostly [...]	2006-04-19 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR SCUL FR
06PARIS2733	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- De Ladoucette named head of French Energy Regulatory Authority (para 2) -- GOF Supports [...]	2006-04-26 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS2747	FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY: MORE MONEY FOR EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) On April 25, French President Jacques Chirac unveiled the first six industrial projects to receive public funding following their recent selection by the Agency for Industrial Innovation (AII) -- his weapon of choice for advancing his new industrial policy. Unsurprisingly, Chirac's pet [...]	2006-04-26 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ECPS TNGD TINT FR
06PARIS2791	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON EFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO adopted a decision on a Report by the Director-General on the Global Action Plan to achieve the Education For All (EFA) Goals at the 174th Executive Board. In late March, the U.K. together with Program and External Relations Commission chair Norway convened a working gro [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2824	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: EMBASSY EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to our expressions of concern, the French government says it expects the Senate to improve some flawed elements of France's digital copyright legislation, but that it will probably not stiffen the decriminalized penalties for downloading and piracy. The bill, which [...]	2006-04-28 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS2834	FRENCH NATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA EXERCISE - "THANK GOD IT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of French authorities, on April 24-25 Embassy participated in their National Avian Influenza Exercise, together with the Prime Minister's Office responsible for security coordination (SGDN),numerous ministries, international organizations (OIE, WHO, EU, FAO, and [...]	2006-04-28 15:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AMGT AEMR AMED ASEC CASC FR
06PARIS2868	CHINA AND TAIWAN AT THE OECD: HARDBALL OVER SOFT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SENV EU CH TW FR OECD
06PARIS3110	FRANCE: RESPONSES TO USG POINTS ON NO-FLY AND DATA PRIVACY [...] (SBU) Summary: We have raised the issue of the proposed submission of airlines No-Fly screening to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) (refS A and B) in meetings with officials from the General Secretariat for State Security (SGDN) April 11, April 27 and May 9, the Civil Aviation Authorit [...]	2006-05-11 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL FR
06PARIS3153	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: SENATE VOTES TO SOFTEN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 13 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The French Senate approved in the early hours of May 11 the GOF draft law on digital copyright, in a format which leaves unchanged the National Assembly's decriminalized penalty regime, the principle (if not the requirement) of [...]	2006-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS3247	PARIS CLUB - MAY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DEBT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) At the May 10-12 meeting of the Paris Club, Afghanistan's three creditors, Russia, Germany and the United States, took the first step toward fulfilling their pledges to cancel 100% of Afghanistan's debt by providing assurances of debt relief during the period of Afghanistan's new IMF progra [...]	2006-05-16 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS3255	UNESCO AND RICKY MARTIN PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ricky Martin Foundation (RMF),whose President, Puerto Rican singer and humanitarian Ricky Martin, was named a hero against trafficking in persons (TIP) by the U.S. Department of State in 2005 for his work to promote awareness and protect children from trafficking, has joined [...]	2006-05-16 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3258	CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION MOVES DOWN THE TRACKS [...] (U) Summary. The UNESCO secretariat says it intends to promote the Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (aka the cultural diversity convention) as part of a package of conventions dealing with cultural diversity broadly defined. End summary. [...]	2006-05-17 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS3283	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO FR WHO
06PARIS3322	WSIS - MULTI-LINGUALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a joint U.S. Mission to UNESCO and U.S. Mission Geneva cable. A joint ITU/UNESCO symposium on "Multi-lingualism in the Internet" was held in Geneva from May 9 to 11, 2006 followed by a UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Diversity (WSIS Action Line C8) and the Internet on May 1 [...]	2006-05-18 11:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID ECON UNESCO
06PARIS3919	FRANCE: CHARLES DE GAULLE AND WASHINGTON-DULLES AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) Post wishes to highlight an innovative proposed "sister-airport" link between Paris' Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport and Washington-Dulles airport. The idea -- for a limited information and "best practices" exchange -- was originally formulated in November 2005 by Dulles security offici [...]	2006-06-09 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER FR
06PARIS4017	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France's energy review recommends greater use of biofuels (para 2); -- .... and greater [...]	2006-06-14 08:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS4095	UNESCO-DISCUSSION OF ROTATION CAUSING CONSTERNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sharing worries about a threat to the status quo and the potential of a "rogue" proposition rising to open discussion and a possible vote, key donor nations from several electoral groups met for the first time to discuss their views on rotational representation on UNESCO bodies. [...]	2006-06-15 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU UNESCO
06PARIS4243	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-06-20 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06PARIS4253	PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, [...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...]	2006-06-21 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4390	UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND [...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]	2006-06-26 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4458	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT COMPROMISE GUARANTEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the June 22 conciliation meeting of French Parliamentarians, a compromise draft of the copyright law has emerged to be approved by vote on June 30. The compromise text legitimizes the use of DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies to protect authors' rights, but [...]	2006-06-28 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS4477	FRANCE/UN: DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION USEFUL; TIME TO [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche points at opening of business on June 27 to MFA IO PDAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix, DAS-equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, and IO desk officer Nicholas Kassianides. Lacroix offered feedback on June 28 in which he emphasized French concurrence on [...]	2006-06-28 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA FR
06PARIS4538	AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE ISSUE UNRESOVLED [...] (SBU) The Polish Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver yesterday afternoon, June 29th, to update her on the issue of the proposed name change of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, which was expected to be raised during the upcoming World Heritage Comm [...]	2006-06-30 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PO IS UNESCO
06PARIS456	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the January 18 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to raise Jordan's debt swap ceiling from 30% to 40%. The US and UK were the most vocal advocates, arguing that Jordan was an important ally facing serious economic vulnerabilities despite progress implementing key economic reforms. [...]	2006-01-24 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4666	FRENCH RESPONSE TO UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Stapleton, accompanied by Russian Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, delivered reftel demarche to French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy. The Minister gave a private preliminary statement of support in principle, noting France's own concerns about nuclear terrorism. France, Douste-B [...]	2006-07-07 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINS PTER KNNP AS CA CH FR GM IT JA
06PARIS4674	UNESCO: BRIEFING ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, briefed representatives from the Executive Board's Group I countries on his plans for reform of UNESCO's Education Sector, July 6 at UNESCO headquarters. Smith announced that he has put the plan into action as of [...]	2006-07-07 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS4765	WTO DOHA ROUND : AFTER GENEVA, FRENCH AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with Agricultural Minister-Counselor, French Ministry of Agriculture officials stressed that they still expect a positive outcome of the Doha round of trade negotiations, despite the recent meeting in Geneva. In fact, they acknowledged that they are now more optimistic [...]	2006-07-12 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS4914	COURTESY CALL BY SENEGALESE AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO, AMADOU [...] (U) Summary: Senegal new Ambassador to UNESCO, Amadou Deme, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Oliver today, June 30th. The two Ambassadors discussed the need to work closely together to advance UNESCO capabilities to provide effective programs for Africa through all of UNESCO sectors. En [...]	2006-07-19 11:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL SG
06PARIS4960	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Finance Minister pushes privatization of Gaz de France (para 2) -- France is feeling th [...]	2006-07-21 07:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS5024	PARIS CLUB - JULY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND AFGHAN DEBT [...] (SBU) At the July 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed on exceptionally generous debt relief for Afghanistan, which achieved three main objectives: (1) 92% of Afghanistan's debt stock will be canceled immediately; (2) all interest falling due between now and the end of the IMF pr [...]	2006-07-25 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS5084	EDUCATION REFORM ATMOSPHERICS AND GATHERING STORM CLOUDS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's ADG for Education Peter Smith's information briefing on reform in the Education Sector provided an insight into the first signs of a deteriorating climate of consensus and goodwill at UNESCO. The repercussions of the current political situation in the Middle East are [...]	2006-07-27 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5103	PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF UNESCO'S [...] (U) Ambassador Oliver met today, July 27, with Mr. Kishore Rao, Deputy Director of the World Heritage Center (WHC) to discuss preparations for the management audit. 2. (U) The Ambassador said that several key elements are needed to ensure the audit would provide the results we need to impr [...]	2006-07-27 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5110	THE OECD BUDGET: GETTING TO ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious budget proposals by the new OECD Secretary General for the 2007-2008 biennium exceed the guidelines SIPDIS of the United States and other major contributors, resulting in a proposed increase in member contributions of 4.35 percent for 2007 that is simply unreali [...]	2006-07-28 06:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT EFIN AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5139	WTO DOHA ROUND : GOF BLAMES U.S. FOR COLLAPSE; FARMERS WANT [...] (SBU) French Minister for Trade Christine Lagarde expressed regrets over the collapse of the Doha trade round in Geneva, stating that she does not expect further results. She explicitly blamed the United States' "hard line" stance on domestic agricultural support for the failure of the recent [...]	2006-07-28 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS5146	THE OECD BUDGET: PUSHING RUSSIA TO REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The role played by the OECD at the G8 summit is only one of many OECD activities aimed at strengthening the market economy and democratic governance in Russia. A comprehensive economic survey, scheduled for completion in September, will focus on innovation and reform of public [...]	2006-07-28 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5184	FRENCH APPROACH TO FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Economy Diplomatic Counselor Gilles Mentre told Econoff July 28 that France has taken steps to respond to criticism that its aid programs unjustly inflate aid figures with debt cancellation numbers. France has devised a scheme that ties debt cancellation more directly to po [...]	2006-08-01 09:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS5242	COURT UPHOLDS FRENCH COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) The French Constitutional Court in a July 27 decision upheld the new copyright law, throwing out four provisions as unconstitutional. Specifically, the court ruled that collaborative file-sharing, contravention of protected works online, and bypassing of technical protective measures sho [...]	2006-08-02 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS5655	POSSIBLE CHINA IPR CASE: DEMARCHE TO FRANCE [...] (U) Economic Minister-Counselor met August 22 with Philippe Pegorier, technical advisor in the cabinet of Trade Minister Lagarde, and Bertrand Walckenaer, Finance Ministry desk officer for China, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (SBU) The GOF is very focused on intellectual property (IP) en [...]	2006-08-24 06:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO CH FR
06PARIS5761	FRANCE: DONOR ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA Office Director for Humanitarian Intervention and Evaluation Christian Bernard. Points were also provided to MFA Development Office of Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction head Emmanuel Delloye. Christian confirmed that French assistan [...]	2006-08-28 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL FR LE
06PARIS5837	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...]	2006-08-30 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR
06PARIS5862	REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) On 28 August, Embassy ESTH/NP Counselor and ESTH/NP officer jointly presented arguments and papers to French MFA Deputy Director for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Hugues De Longevialle concerning French support for the India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative at the October 2006 N [...]	2006-08-31 13:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY FR
06PARIS5872	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON AVIATION SECURITY, THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftels' points August 10 to Luc Lapene, head of the International Coordination Office at the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). Lapene indicated that France would attend the Montreal ICAO AVSEC panel meeting, and would be represented by one of DGAC's technical e [...]	2006-08-31 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO FR
06PARIS5958	AIR FRANCE ON PNR, NO-FLY AND CNIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Air France is confident that it will be able to transmit PNR data to the USG on October 1 with or without a new US-EU PNR agreement. The airline at present has no plans to file with the France Data Privacy Commission (CNIL) for approval of its current No Fly procedures, cont [...]	2006-09-06 08:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER ASEC FR
06PARIS6007	MPAA CEO GLICKMAN "OK" ON FRENCH COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Movie Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO Dan Glickman informed Ambassador Stapleton September 7 that the U.S. film industry is in a better position on the French Copyright law, following the toughening up of penalties for copyright infringements by the French Constitution [...]	2006-09-07 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS601	ECOLOGY MINISTER RAISES SUITE OF ENVIRONMENT ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. On January 25, Ambassador and Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development Nelly Olin engaged on climate change-related issues, the Global Environmental Facility replenishment talks, the `World Environmental Organi [...]	2006-01-30 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL EAID PREL FR
06PARIS6040	GM RICE FOUND IN FRANCE BY GOF AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French Government is testing for the presence of GM rice in U.S. long grain products already on the French market, an action which goes beyond the EU Commission's decision to have Member States test rice imports for the presence of GM material. Tests revealed several lots th [...]	2006-09-08 14:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6044	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FR IS LE PREL
06PARIS6063	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6075	TSA & FRENCH CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON AVIATION [...] (SBU). In a detailed September 5 discussion, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Kip Hawley and France DGAC Director General Michel Wachenheim discussed aircraft security in the wake of the recent foiled plot in the UK. [...]	2006-09-11 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER ASEC FR
06PARIS6082	EMPLOYERS UNION BOSS SAYS FRANCE AT AN INFLEXION POINT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 6 off-the-record breakfast MEDEF (French employers union) President Laurence Parisot told a group of business leaders and opinion makers that France was at a turning point. In a session that ranged from the Doha trade round, to relations with labor unions, to France [...]	2006-09-11 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS6153	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, UNGA [...] (SBU) FM Douste-Blazy cabinet advisor Francois-Xavier Carrel-Billiard told us September 13 that FM Douste-Blazy at this time planned to attend the September 22 informal transatlantic lunch hosted by the Secretary, and would also attend the U.S.-EU ministerial meeting following. New Political [...]	2006-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL OPDC FR UNO UNGA
06PARIS6176	EU/GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH TAKE ON BOARD, NO [...] (U) Post shared refs A and B points September 13 with new MFA Deputy Chief for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, Lebanon points with desk officer for Lebanon Remy Bouallegue, Israel-Palestinian points with DAS-equivalent Herve Besancenot, Iraq points with desk officer for Iraq Bernard Chappedelaine, and [...]	2006-09-14 13:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR PGOV UNBRO EU YI SR BO JK SU CG IS
06PARIS621	UNESCO: UNESCO-SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS AND [...] (SBU) Progress has been slow hiring Americans at UNESCO. We do not miss an opportunity to push for more American staff but we run up against a tight budget situation, a clamor from the staff union to compete more positions internally so that long-time employees can get promoted and UNESCO's [...]	2006-01-31 12:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KUNR PREL UNESCO
06PARIS6225	BRAZIL FIELD OFFICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Efforts by Brazil's ambassador to UNESCO to convince the US to have the Executive Board abandon its inquiries into alleged irregularities at the Brasilia field office did not go as planned, and could give new momentum to push the investigation further. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-09-15 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS632	UNESCO-AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of January 23, Ambassador Oliver met with the Ambassadors of Austria (current EU president),Finland (upcoming EU president),Italy (a major player at UNESCO) and Jordan to discuss US relations with EU states, UNESCO reform and a substantive agenda, as well as [...]	2006-01-31 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU IT FI AU IS XF UNESCO
06PARIS6323	PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 13 meeting of the Paris Club, Xavier Musca, the Chairman of the Paris Club, reported that Angolan Finance Minister de Morais had told him the previous week that Angola is still considering a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF, with the understanding that th [...]	2006-09-20 15:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS6376	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 09/22/06 [...] (U) Summary. France continues robust preparations for an avian influenza (AI) pandemic: The GOF recently updated its national plan, including with procedures to minimize economic disruption. After focusing on technical matters such as stockpiling of medicine and equipment, the GOF now acknowl [...]	2006-09-22 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
06PARIS6436	FRANCE AGREES WITH U.S. ON CUBA/HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CU FR UNHRC
06PARIS6554	FRANCE - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, post has created an interagency team on trade-related issues. The team includes representatives from the Economic Section, Foreign Commercial Services/U.S. Department of Commerce, and Agriculture. It will work closely with officers posted in France's two [...]	2006-10-02 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
06PARIS6558	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- French PM calls for EU Energy Summit and EU Energy Chief (para 2) -- EU energy supplie [...]	2006-10-02 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ELAB EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6576	FRENCH FARMERS AND RESEARCHERS DEMONSTRATE IN FAVOR OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6615	USUNESCO - A/S POWELL VISIT: PD SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: I am looking forward to your October 23 and 24 visit to UNESCO, and would like to suggest that UNESCO with its education, communication and culture mandates is the ideal platform to advance the Secretary's transformational diplomacy agenda. In this regard, I would like you to co [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS6641	FRENCH PRESS REACTION TO THE WTO BIOTECH RULING [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6669	FRANCE ON NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS [...] (U) Embassy raised reftel points on the National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy with senior MFA officials, and is sharing points with Ministries of Finance and Justice. MFA DAS-equivalent for International Financial Affairs Cyrille Pierre told us the French stance on [...]	2006-10-06 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EAID EINV KCRM FR
06PARIS6678	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW ENERGY BILL [...] (SBU) On October 3, the National Assembly approved an energy bill to: 1) open up the French gas and electricity markets to full competition by the EU deadline of July 1 2007, and 2) authorize the further privatization of the national gas utility, GDF. If supported by the Senate as expected, [...]	2006-10-10 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6679	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN/DPRK NUCLEAR GAMBIT; THE WEST AND [...] (SBU) In lieu of daily media reaction reporting, Embassy Paris offers this report of the week's major international stories. Two major stories emerged in the first week in October: the nuclear gambit of North Korea and Iran and questions linked to criticisms of Islam. Media coverage of Islam [...]	2006-10-10 09:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS6752	BERNARD KOUCHNER'S CANDIDACY FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Bernard Kouchner met with the Ambassador October 12 to lobby for his candidacy as Director General of the World Health Organization. His purpose was not to seek outright U.S. support for his candidacy, but rather support for including him on the short list of final candidates. Kouchner [...]	2006-10-13 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FR PGOV WHO
06PARIS6781	ELECTION 2007 TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of France's next presidential election will take place on Sunday, April 22, 2007. Between now and then, the nomination of their candidates by the two major parties, the composition of the (long) list of participants in the first round of the election, and the [...]	2006-10-13 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS6785	MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK'S NUCLEAR TEST, UNEASE WITH RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Three major stories emerged this week: North Korea's nuclear test, fallout and international reactions to the slaying of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and western criticism of Putin's regime, and commentary on Al Gore's documentary film on climate change. French media unequivoca [...]	2006-10-13 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC SENV FR
06PARIS6811	FRENCH MOVING FORWARD ON NEW COPYRIGHT REGULATORY [...] (SBU) Embassy officers have completed a series of meetings with Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials regarding France,s Copyright law (ref A). French officials reiterated that they welcomed U.S. government and industry input regarding the implemen [...]	2006-10-16 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL WTO FR
06PARIS686	FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France's foreign trade deficit widened in 2005 --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) France's trade deficit widened last November, leading many experts to conclude that France is heading for [...]	2006-02-02 12:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
06PARIS6921	TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, EB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total International Relations Senior Vice President Hubert Loiseleur des Longchamps on Total's prospective investments in Iran. Simons explained that Congress had recently passed the Iran Freedom [...]	2006-10-20 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EINV EPET FIR IR
06PARIS6943	MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK SANCTIONS, IRAQ AND FRENCH-TURKISH [...] (SBU) This week's commentary led with items on potential sanctions following North Korea's nuclear test and the difficulty of finding a balance between a firm stance and China's concerns over the "disintegration" of North Korea (DPRK),with a number of media linking the DPRK and Iran. Iraq sta [...]	2006-10-20 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS6993	PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT [...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...]	2006-10-24 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS706	SCENESETTER FOR PARIS VISIT HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome you to Paris to meet with Health Minister Bertrand and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Alice Dautry. The Embassy works closely with the Ministry of Health on a range of matters, including avian flu, AIDS and the Global [...]	2006-02-02 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL ECON SOCI FR
06PARIS7084	THE FUSE AND THE POWDER KEG: FRANCE ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after violent unrest lit up France's underclass suburbs for three weeks, the country's poor suburban neighborhoods remain troubled. Religious identity in these largely Muslim areas was not a significant causal factor then, nor has it become one now. Instead, failure [...]	2006-10-27 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB FR PGOV
06PARIS7090	MEDIA WRAP-UP: SUBURBAN UNREST; IRAN'S REACH INTO SHIITE [...] (SBU) A number of media outlets commented on recent vandalism and violence in the Paris suburbs in conjunction with the anniversary of last year's suburban unrest and discussed the undercurrents of lingering tensions. Commentators analyzed the situation in the light of a confidential intellige [...]	2006-10-27 16:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7094	UNESCO -- EDUCATION ISSUES AT THE 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) EDUCATION SECTOR REFORMS In September, the First Lady hosted her highly successful Literacy Conference in New York City, attended by the President and UNESCO's Director General Matsuura. Despite the goodwill generated by the conference and interventions by most members of the Executive [...]	2006-10-27 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL KPAO
06PARIS7095	MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY ISSUE AT UNESCO 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (U) MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY The Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for 2008-2013 (34 C/4) was the source of hours of discussion and a major "thematic" debate on UNESCO's role in the world. (Comment: we know of no other organization that is as self-absorbed as UNESCO and wastes as much time discussing i [...]	2006-10-27 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL PO IS BR LE CU EU
06PARIS7119	FRENCH TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS FROM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: GOF Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry Information and Communications Technologies Director Emmanuel Gabla told us on October 19 that he was discussing with EU counterparts whether to regulate next generation fiber networks used for broadband and cable TV. Gabla admitted [...]	2006-10-30 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7126	MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO'S 175th EXECUTIVE BOARD (FALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY With the military conflict between Israel and Lebanon still very much on the minds of delegates, the UNESCO Executive Board was set to face the always sensitive issues of Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. This time, with the scars of war still open and emotions running hig [...]	2006-10-31 09:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL IS LE
06PARIS7127	EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION [...] (U) The question of EU ambassadorial delegation switching - which provoked strong, negative reactions at the Spring 2006 Executive Board session - was followed up with determination by the Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) States (led by India and Japan, and joined by Afghanistan, China, Indonesia) to have [...]	2006-10-31 09:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN
06PARIS7135	2007 INCSR REPORT FOR FRANCE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) FOR THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN: I. SUMMARY French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of St. Martin, and St. Barthe [...]	2006-10-31 12:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR FR
06PARIS718	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS719	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7199	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- SFR takes over Tele2 and becomes the second fully integrated operator after France Telecom (FT)(para 2) -- Neuf Cegetel acquir [...]	2006-11-03 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS720	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7201	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...]	2006-11-03 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH
06PARIS7209	CESR CHANGES OPERATIONAL TASKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has amended its charter in response to a report issued by the EU Council of Ministers earlier this year. The move is part of a broader effort to promote regulatory convergence and improve supervision of the financial markets [...]	2006-11-03 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7212	U/S LAVIN RAISES COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION CONCERNS WITH GOF [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR
06PARIS7213	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, NATO'S [...] (SBU) Speculation about the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections and the impact of the war in Iraq elicited widespread conjecture about the prospects for a new U.S. strategy for Iraq. President Talabani's visit to Paris prompted additional discussion of the need for international support for his c [...]	2006-11-03 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR

06PARIS7228	CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI AT THE OECD: RAISING THE BAR? [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: China and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) continue to spar over Taiwan's participation, as a non-member, in the work of the OECD -- work for which statehood is not a requirement. In recent developments, Chinese Taipei has applied to participate in the activities of t [...]	2006-11-06 13:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL SENV EU CH TW OECD FR
06PARIS7251	DAILY NEWSPAPERS: FIRST IN A SERIES ON THE FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for the 2006-2007 to determine the appropriate attention to keep on traditional print media while pivoting to expand our efforts with radio and TV media, as well as with the new Internet media. This analysis of French [...]	2006-11-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7278	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted the French company CEO Jean-Marc Gardin regarding export license DA1023-06, involving the export of components for flight simulators to Canadian firm CAE. According to Garden, the distribution agreement between Thales Electronics, BE [...]	2006-11-07 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR CA
06PARIS7302	FRANCE UNLIKELY TO GRANT FURTHER DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Embassy raised reftel points on Iraqi debt forgiveness with the head of France's Inter-ministerial Mission for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, on November 6. Guinhut said there would be considerable resistance to going beyond the 80% forgiveness France had committed t [...]	2006-11-08 15:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EZ FR
06PARIS7328	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, VERDICT [...] (SBU) Debate over the impact of the war in Iraq continued to fuel widespread speculation prior to November 7 about a "lame duck presidency," while most commentary on the results concluded that the vote had "punished" President Bush's Iraq policy. Journalists analyzed the verdict in the Saddam [...]	2006-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7329	FRANCE 2007 INCSR Report, Part II [...] (SBU) Below is the proposed 2006-2007 INCSR Report for France, Part II, Financial crimes and money laundering. 2. (SBU) France France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods [...]	2006-11-09 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN FR
06PARIS7341	USUNESCO - A/S POWELL MEETS DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting characterized as "highly positive" by the UNESCO Secretariat, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and raised the First Lady's Literacy conference, Powell's upcom [...]	2006-11-09 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7422	FRENCH ENERGY BILL PRIVATIZES GDF, FREEZES ELECTRICITY AND [...] (SBU) On November 14, the European Commission announced that the French energy conglomerate Suez and the 70 percent GOF-owned Gaz de France (GDF) had satisfied concerns about the proposed merger's impact on competition after the two firms promised to sell off some prime assets in Belgium. GDF [...]	2006-11-17 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7425	FRANCE: PARIS AIRPORT SECURITY UNDER INCREASING [...] (U) Airport security has come in for increasing public scrutiny with the airing by the Euronews network November 15 of a September videotape purporting to show holes in security arrangements at Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport (CDG). The footage demonstrated how cleared airport baggage handle [...]	2006-11-17 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL KHLS FR
06PARIS7439	MEDIA WRAP-UP: U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS/ MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) The U.S. mid-term election results fueled speculation about a possible shift in U.S. Middle East policy beyond Iraq. Commentators used the occasion of the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Washington and the Beit Hanoun incident to discuss Washington's support to Israel in the context of [...]	2006-11-17 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7482	FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...]	2006-11-21 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR
06PARIS7490	FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...]	2006-11-21 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR
06PARIS7491	PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...]	2006-11-21 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7504	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted Rockwell Collins France regarding export license 05-1001634 involving the delivery of helicopter parts and communication system components. The Department was concerned about the excessive number of intermediate consignees. Rockwell [...]	2006-11-22 08:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS7511	TELECOM ATTORNEY ON FRANCE'S ICT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 16, Hogan and Hartson Attorney (and long-time observer of the French telecoms sector) Winston Maxwell told us that poor consumer protection and nonpublic frequency management were the two areas detracting from France's otherwise robust implementation of EU directives [...]	2006-11-22 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7517	UNESCO'S D-G URGES MEMBER STATES TO RATIFY THE 2001 [...] (U) Action requested: see paragraph 10 below. 2. (U) Summary. At a well-attended information meeting hosted at UNESCO's Headquarters on November 21, 2006, and personally chaired by Director-General Matsuura, the D-G issued an appeal to UNESCO Member States to move with greater speed to incr [...]	2006-11-24 06:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS7533	POSSIBLE RE-TRANSFER OF USML FROM FRANCE TO FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS7534	MEDIA WRAP-UP: SYRIA AND IRAN IN MIDDLE-EAST POWER PLAY, [...] (SBU) The media speculated at great length about Syria's role in the assassination of Lebanese Pierre Gemayel and on its broader agenda in the Middle East. By November 24, right-of-center Le Figaro warned that "Washington would pay dearly for Iraq when it turned to Tehran and Damascus to help [...]	2006-11-24 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS755	MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...]	2006-02-06 14:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS7553	UNESCO - FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF INTANGIBLE [...] (U) Begin Summary. The first meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers November 18-19, 2006. The UNESCO D-G laid out a detailed timetable of proposed IGC and General Assembly meetings over the next two years t [...]	2006-11-28 06:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7568	FCC AND ARCEP COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS NEXT GENERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Tate discussed telecommunications regulatory issues with her French counterpart telecommunications regulator Autorite de Regulation des Communication Electronique et des Postes (ARCEP) Commissioner Gabrielle Gauthey on November 10. Ga [...]	2006-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7575	FRANCE: AIR TRANSPORT FOR AFGHANS TO HAJJ DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Nicole Taillefer, Head of the Energy, Transport and Infrastructure Department in the MFA's Economics Directorate. She was unaware of any Government of Afghanistan request for support in transportation of Hajjis, but said she would follow [...]	2006-11-28 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EAIR FR AF
06PARIS7584	FRENCH SERIOUS ABOUT CARBON TAX PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND SENV PGOV WTRO FR
06PARIS7604	France Energy Policy Maker on energy independence, energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Energy Director General Dominique Maillard told us that France has diversified its energy sources so that it is not dependent on any one overseas market. A large proportion of its energy comes from nuclear energy, and no more than one- [...]	2006-12-01 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET FR
06PARIS7612	UNESCO: AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION SWITCHING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Reftel reported on a recent UNESCO Executive Board (EB) decision (175th session, fall 2006) with respect to a controversial European Union-initiated practice of ambassadorial switching (or surrogate representation among ambassadors) dur [...]	2006-12-01 05:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO XG
06PARIS762	FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR AN EU ENERGY POLICY [...] (U) As part of an on-going EU debate on an integrated energy policy, France recently presented a memorandum highlighting the contribution of nuclear power to the security of supply and the fight against climate change. France also stressed the importance of energy-saving initiatives and grea [...]	2006-02-06 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7633	French Digital Copyright Law Demarche [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A, Embassy officers have reiterated USG concerns relating to the proposed decree (Ref B),which would implement France's controversial new copyright legislation. We will use the upcoming visit of DUSTR Veroneau December 8 to underscore the importance of this issue for th [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR
06PARIS7635	WEEKLY MAGAZINES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2006-2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of French weekly magazines is the second in a series of cables ana [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7636	MEDIA WRAP-UP: NATO SUMMIT AND AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY--THE [...] (SBU) The NATO Summit in Riga and President Bush's support for a Global Partnership Initiative elicited commentary highlighting divergent French and American views, while discussion on Afghanistan illustrated the "urgent need to help NATO reverse the growing impression it was losing its grip." [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7680	FRANCE'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL POSTPONES GDF [...] (SBU) On November 30, the French Constitutional Council indicated that the GOF energy bill was constitutional with two changes: 1) the Suez-Gaz de France (GDF) merger cannot legally take place before July 1, 2007, when GDF loses its monopoly to supply gas to private homes; 2) the GOF energy bi [...]	2006-12-05 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7729	MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED, CASTRO FADES; FOREIGN [...] (SBU) The Chavez re-election and Raoul Castro's "gesture" towards Washington illustrated French views on Latin America's relationship with the U.S. during the first part of the week, while a fierce domestic debate raged about Socialist presidential candidate Royal's controversial trip to the Mi [...]	2006-12-08 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7732	TERRORIST LISTS - FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER FR
06PARIS7800	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Poloff and Russian counterpart delivered reftel to Hughes de Longevialle, French deputy coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Longevialle welcomed the various papers and agreed to initiate an interagency process to develop possible French proposals for the pl [...]	2006-12-14 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP PREL AS CA CH RFE GM IT JA
06PARIS7813	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PINOCHET'S DEATH; IRAN AND THE [...] (SBU) French Media coverage of ex-Chilean President Augusto Pinochet's death was unanimous in lamenting his "escape from justice" but noted that Chile had "turned a page" with the election of Michele Bachelet. A few commentators argued that overall, Latin America was on the road to democracy. [...]	2006-12-15 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7835	PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...]	2006-12-19 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7844	GOF SUPPORTIVE OF ROBUST MONITORING OF OECD BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) with MFA DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre on December 14. Pierre said France was fully supportive of U.S. efforts to continue with a robust post-Phase II monitoring mechanism. Parties to the Conventi [...]	2006-12-19 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR FR
06PARIS7898	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: HAMAS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR; LE [...] (SBU) The threat of civil war in Gaza and Palestinian President Abbas's proposal for new elections led to speculation about the Middle East as a spawning ground for civil strife. France's National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen received widespread attention in the context of an alleged "softer [...]	2006-12-22 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7928	THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...]	2006-12-29 14:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO
06PARIS798	DEPSEC ZOELLICK REVIEWS INVESTMENT BARRIERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Zoellick reviewed French economic reforms, new GoF restrictive investment rules, and the current state of the Doha Round trade negotiations with Christine Lagarde, France's Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade. Lagarde said France was "open for business", and [...]	2006-02-08 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL OTRA ETRD EINV EFIN EUN FR
06PARIS892	U.S.-FRENCH GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: U.S. and French delegations met to discuss the U.S. proposal for a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Both sides made presentations on their R&D agendas on closing the fuel cycle. The French side expressed strong support for the direction of the U.S. GNEP proposal, and a [...]	2006-02-10 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY FR
06PARIS897	FRENCH APPRECIATE USG OVERTURE ON WTO TRADE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. French services negotiators told USG negotiators they appreciated the visit by the USG's WTO services negotiators and told them that France shared the United States' high-level of ambition. GOF officials told acting Assistant USTR Christine Bliss February 2 that they saw consi [...]	2006-02-13 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON FR WTRO
06PHNOMPENH1048	PROMISING CAMBODIAN UNION'S DECLINE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU),which was once one of the country's most respected unions, has plummeted in stature following the dismissal of former union president Chhorn Sokha. Embassy persuasion has been required on several occasions t [...]	2006-06-02 09:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1086	TONLE BASSAC LAND DISPUTE CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: A land dispute in the heart of Phnom Penh is emblematic of the increasing number of land conflicts in Cambodia. On June 6 and 7, local police evicted 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community. Another group of families with land documentation from the UNTAC days is being th [...]	2006-06-09 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1088	CAMBODIA: ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS HIGHLIGHT TOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental leaders cited land degradation and encroachment on protected areas as Cambodia's most pressing environmental concerns during a June 7 roundtable discussion. Wildlife traffickers seem to operate in small, decentralized networks with Vietnam as either a destinati [...]	2006-06-09 10:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PHUM ECON CB VN CN
06PHNOMPENH1092	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIAN DPM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Ambassador delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng noting the upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List. While praising Cambodia's progress during the previous year, he emphasized that law [...]	2006-06-09 11:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1118	Inaugural Meeting of the Friends of the ECCC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, the Japanese and French Ambassadors co-chaired the inaugural Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) meeting. Donors agreed that the Friends group would serve to disseminate information on the ECCC's progress, provide non-judicial adv [...]	2006-06-15 00:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1124	CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT DRAMATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following several months of increased garment sector strikes, the number of working days lost to strikes reached 87,000 in May--more than four times typical levels. These strikes are largely the result of two irresponsible unions, but also reflect growing union rivalry, worke [...]	2006-06-15 10:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1134	DCM DELIVERS TIP DEMARCHE TO CAMBODIAN POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 16, the DCM delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche to Cambodian National Police Commissioner Hok Lundy. While praising Cambodian actions to earn the upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List, the DCM noted that arrests and prosecutions for TIP are down thi [...]	2006-06-16 10:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1153	TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN PEDOPHILE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 20, accused pedophile Amcit Michael Pepe was charged with rape and debauchery at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Four local accomplices were also charged. Three women were charged with human trafficking for allegedly supplying underage female victims to the Amcit. Two of [...]	2006-06-21 08:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN ASEC
06PHNOMPENH1163	DRUGS IN CAMBODIA: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Donors highlighted Cambodia's porous borders, rising rates of drug use, limited rehabilitation facilities, and limited government capacity during a June 20 roundtable discussion about Cambodia's drug problem. Several donor nations provide small-scale counternarcotics assistanc [...]	2006-06-22 08:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1165	AUSTRALIAN PEDOPHILE CONVICTED DESPITE WITNESS WITHDRAWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Phnom Penh Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of an Australian pedophile despite the withdrawal of complaints against the accused by nine of ten witnesses. We are pleased that the Cambodian court relied on forensic evidence to uphold the conviction and did not let its [...]	2006-06-22 10:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1174	CAMBODIA: AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN GARMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting, the Ambassador praised the role of labor unions, but also urged eleven union leaders to exercise restraint in conducting strikes, noting that a recent spike in garment sector strikes is threatening Cambodia's economic development. While strikes are valid [...]	2006-06-26 11:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1176	CAMBODIA: GARMENT MANUFACTURERS BLAME UNIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a June 23 meeting, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) leaders acknowledged that garment factories sometimes fail to comply with the Labor Law, but blamed unions' rush to strike for much of the labor unrest in Cambodia's garment sector. This increased [...]	2006-06-27 00:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1178	NGOS APPROVE OF CAMBODIA'S TIER UPGRADE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs applauded the decision to upgrade Cambodia to Tier 2 Watch List, based on the Cambodia's performance last year. However, AFESIP and IJM believe that cooperation so far this year has not matched last year's efforts. Mission officers are stressing in thei [...]	2006-06-27 04:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1181	SCREENED-OUT MONTAGNARD DEPORTED TO VIETNAM [...] (U) Cambodian Immigration police removed a screened-out Montagnard, Y Ngoan Nie, from UNHCR's Site 2 in Phnom Penh on June 27 and escorted him to the border for deportation to Vietnam. Y Ngoan Nie was one of the 31 persons denied refugee status that the embassy referred to the Department as [...]	2006-06-27 07:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1185	CAMBODIA: PROMISING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS FALTER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Promising negotiations between the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and the Free Trade Union (FTU) over FTU demands for a minimum wage increase faltered when FTU factory-level union leaders rejected the proposed deal on June 25. During a meeting with Polec [...]	2006-06-27 12:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1201	CAMBODIA'S LABOR AND COMMERCE MINISTERS DOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During separate June 28 meetings with the Ministers of Commerce and Labor, the Ambassador relayed embassy efforts to encourage both unions and garment manufacturers to negotiate a resolution to the general strike threatened for July 3 and urged the government to do everything [...]	2006-06-29 11:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX KIPR CB
06PHNOMPENH1202	UNION LEADERS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; THANK U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. Union leader Chea Mony told the Ambassador today that he was calling off the general strike he had threatened to lead starting July 3. While his Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) have not yet reached a final agreement, they have [...]	2006-06-29 12:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1204	CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE CANCELLATION SETS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The June 29 postponement of a general strike scheduled to start just a few days later paved the way for an announcement by garment manufacturers and eleven union federations that they will begin collective negotiations in August. They have agreed to discuss wages, strikes, ar [...]	2006-06-30 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1264	CAMBODIA: FELONY CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A labor dispute threatened to erupt into violence on July 6 after striking workers illegally blockaded the main gate at the Genuine garment factory and the garment factory had three union leaders arrested on trumped-up felony charges of human confinement, the first time unionis [...]	2006-07-10 11:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1268	PHNOM PENH OFFICE OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR [...] (SBU) The Phnom Penh office of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has done a good job of monitoring and publicizing human rights abuses in Cambodia. Its staff has for the most part been responsible and professional. In a sea of NGO and inter-governmental organiza [...]	2006-07-11 07:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1362	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BUILDING MOMENTUM [...] (U) Summary. Following initial criticism of a slow start, progress of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on a variety of fronts has picked up in July, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). OSJI believes the most significant new development is the court's adoption of the ICC Code o [...]	2006-07-27 09:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1374	REACTION TO KHMER ROUGE LEADER'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ung Choeun, widely known as Ta Mok, age 82, passed away on July 21 at a military hospital where he had been hospitalized since June 29. Since his passing, government officials, the media, and civil society leaders have discussed the impact of his death on the proceedings of t [...]	2006-07-31 06:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1385	G/TIP VISIT PRESSES CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor,s July 25-26 visit to Cambodia provided an opportunity to press the Cambodian government to take additional anti-TIP measures. USG recommendations to RGC officials focused primarily on quicker action by police authorities, greater coopera [...]	2006-08-01 11:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1404	PROTESTORS DEMAND REOPENING OF CHEA VICHEA MURDER CASE -- A [...] (U) Summary: On August 1 (the first-year anniversary of the convictions),20 armed police officers dispersed protestors who had gathered in front of the Phnom Penh prison holding the two convicted killers of Chea Vichea to demand that their cases be reopened. Protesters also appealed to King [...]	2006-08-07 02:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1405	CAMBODIAN COURTS FOCUS DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the spotlight of NGOs, the media, and the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP),the Kompong Cham Provincial Court on August 2 handed down light sentences to three women accused of stealing waste rubber from the private plantation near their village. The women claimed that they were [...]	2006-08-07 08:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1406	PHNOM PENH'S CHINESE SEX TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary. Typically shrouded behind legitimate businesses, Phnom Penh's sex establishments catering to the Chinese operate relatively discretely. Generally, Chinese men come to Phnom Penh for business reasons, not for the purpose of sex tourism. Chinese clientele refrain from the low-e [...]	2006-08-07 08:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB KWMN SNAR
06PHNOMPENH1424	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 4, the Ambassador delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, stressing the recommendations outlined in reftel. The Ambassador added that he was concerned that Cambodia would become complacent an [...]	2006-08-09 07:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1426	CAMBODIA LAND DISPUTES, EVICTIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the June 6 and 7 evictions of 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community (refs),there was a large-scale eviction of 168 families from the grounds of a Phnom Penh hospital on June 29. Protests from civil society led to the postponement of another forced eviction, but [...]	2006-08-09 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1445	CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT [...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court initiated corruption proceedings against Touch Ngim, former Deputy Director of the MOI's Anti-TIP Department. Ngim confessed to taking bribe money to release brothel owners, but claimed that he was acting upon orders of his superior, [...]	2006-08-15 08:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1452	LAND DISPUTES IN KANDAL PROVINCE LEAD TO VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent land disputes involving Kandal province have resulted in low-level violence. On August 7, 60 armed police officers clashed with a group of 200 hundred villagers from Kandal province who tried to enter Phnom Penh to protest a land dispute in their community. The en [...]	2006-08-15 09:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1461	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LEADING CAMBODIAN UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. Several significant events related to the Free Trade Union (FTU),Cambodia's most important pro-opposition union, occurred during the month-long hiatus in minimum wage negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers. The FTU formed a new confederation with long-time par [...]	2006-08-17 08:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1606	TIP MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN POLICE DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 5, the Acting DCM delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Lieutenant General Neth Savoeun of the Cambodian National Police, emphasizing the recommendations in the reftel. The A/DCM asked that Cambodian police consider the recommendations as a way [...]	2006-09-06 11:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1607	POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROSTITUTION -- CAUSE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the police of Toul Kork district started a campaign against prostitution, rounding up 47 prostitutes from nine brothels and other venues in the area and referring them to NGO shelters. Twenty-seven customers and two facilitators were arrested during the operations, b [...]	2006-09-07 00:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1613	CAMBODIA'S SEASON OF POLITICAL SILLINESS: NO [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, the Cambodian public has witnessed its National Assembly attempt to outlaw adultery as well as limit its members' freedom of speech in return for pensions and other financial benefits. This was followed by the PM vetoing any future Miss Cambodia beauty contests. Th [...]	2006-09-07 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1643	DISINFORMATION/INCITEMENT LAWS: NEW TOOLS TO SUPPRESS [...] (U) Summary: The government's legal means to suppress criticism has not been eliminated despite the partial decriminalization of defamation. Three recent cases, including those of two journalists and a former professor, illustrate that disinformation and incitement laws may be the new tools [...]	2006-09-12 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH1646	CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT: THREE [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted and sentenced three police officers to five and seven years imprisonment for taking bribes, and ordering them to pay compensation of USD 9,000 to the plaintiffs - brothel owners who bribed the police to release them followin [...]	2006-09-12 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1691	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECCC CO-PROSECUTOR; FUNDING [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 15, the Ambassador and A/DCM met with ECCC international co-prosecutor Robert Petit, who discussed latest developments of the Tribunal staffing as well as funding shortfalls. Specifically, the Tribunal lacks money for public outreach, a proper detention facility, [...]	2006-09-18 10:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS EAID CB PREL
06PHNOMPENH1693	SLOW PROGRESS IN CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After two rounds of negotiations, unions and garment manufacturers have managed to reduce the gap between their proposed minimum wage increases only slightly. Unions--which entered the negotiations demanding USD 82--are now asking for USD 76, to be phased in over three years. [...]	2006-09-18 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1694	A/S HARTY DISCUSSES ADOPTIONS, IVS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. RGC officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) told visiting CA A/S Harty that they support Cambodia's ratification of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and have added the Conventi [...]	2006-09-19 01:31:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CASC PREL PREF CB VN
06PHNOMPENH1700	CAMBODIA: MONTAGNARD UPDATE, RESPONSE TO NGO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]	2006-09-19 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1723	C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PARA. 10): CAMBODIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]	2006-09-20 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1806	UNHCR PICKS UP MONTAGNARDS IN MONDOLKIRI [...] (SBU) Following interventions from the Ambassador and A/DCM (Reftel),UNHCR was able to mount a joint expedition with representatives of MFA and MOI to the northeastern province of Mondolkiri to rescue 13 Montagnard asylum seekers. The September 27-30 journey was the first UNHCR visit to Mon [...]	2006-10-04 02:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF VM CB
06PHNOMPENH1827	CAMBODIA: UNIONS THREATEN STRIKE AS GARMENT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than three hours of discussion on September 30, the third round of negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers ended with essentially no progress towards an agreement. Garment manufacturers agreed to add only 25 cents to their previously proposed minimum w [...]	2006-10-06 09:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1845	CAMBODIA'S ECCC MAKING GOOD PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 1-5 visit to Cambodia, S/WCI and INR officials met with a wide range of interlocutors concerning the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ECCC officials from the office of Administration underscored budgetary gaps and unfill [...]	2006-10-10 10:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH1860	CAMBODIAN REACTION TO NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) On October 12, then-Charge and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith to deliver reftel A demarche points as well as provide a copy of President Bush's October 9 statement. With respect to North Korean actions, Borith assured us that the RGC condemned the nuclear te [...]	2006-10-12 07:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP CB
06PHNOMPENH1871	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN EFFORT TO FORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen opened a two-day meeting in Siem Riep September 26-27 by asking NGOs to draft legislation to create a national human rights commission in one year. Members of civil society, Cambodian lawmakers, government officials and foreign observers participated in [...]	2006-10-16 06:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1891	THAI PM SURAYUD PROMISES CONTINUITY TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's one-day visit to Phnom Penh October 15 was intended to reassure the Cambodian government of Thailand's stability and that the Thai government (RTG) would continue to strengthen ties between the two countries despite the change in governmen [...]	2006-10-18 08:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM ENRG CB TH
06PHNOMPENH1893	CAMBODIA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY GROWING, BUT WILL IT [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's garment industry grew impressively since the Multifiber Agreement (MFA) ended, expanding by 13% in 2005 and 21% in the first eight months of 2006. While this increase has translated into a growing number of factories and workers, neither factory owners nor workers [...]	2006-10-18 08:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1928	GOVERNMENT PREEMPTS BILATERAL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than a month of slow progress, the government preempted the final round of negotiations between garment factories and workers by increasing the minimum wage from USD 45 to USD 50 per month. After the fourth round of negotiations on October 13 left the two sides sti [...]	2006-10-25 01:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1930	CAMBODIA ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, NAM RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel A and B demarches to MFA Director for the Department of International Organizations Sun Suon on October 11 and October 24, respectively. On the indigenous peoples demarche, there is no New Zealand Embassy in Cambodia and the Australian Embassy informed [...]	2006-10-25 06:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1934	A/S LOWENKRON MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER SAM RAINSY [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16 and 17, A/S Lowenkron met with various leaders of Cambodia's civil society, union leaders and labor experts, and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy. Human rights leaders discussed impunity, the difficulties involved in the RGC's proposal to form a human rights [...]	2006-10-25 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1940	CAMBODIA: UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR [...] (U) Donor representatives met October 25 to review recent developments in efforts to help Cambodia learn to manage its oil revenue in a transparent manner that benefits the Cambodian people. A focus of the discussion was on public outreach to increase awareness of the revenue windfall that i [...]	2006-10-27 07:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV CB
06PHNOMPENH1954	CAMBODIA: 3ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. From July through September 2006, the police arrested 24 suspects involved in human trafficking and pimping. Four foreign nationals, including an American, were arrested for sex crimes against children. Police rescued 27 victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Six othe [...]	2006-10-27 11:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1960	CAMBODIA REVIEWS DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS SINCE 1991 [...] (U) Summary. On October 21, the International Relations Institute organized a 15-year anniversary academic forum reviewing the successes and failures of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and their implementation during the subsequent UNTAC period. Cambodian government officials dominated the li [...]	2006-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1975	STAFFDEL GILLEY VISIT EVALUATES USG OBJECTIVES IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Kristen Gilley, Deputy Chief of Staff for the House Committee on International Relations and Jamie McCormick, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, visited Cambodia on October 20-22 to discuss bilateral relations, USG assistance programs, and USAID partner conce [...]	2006-11-02 07:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH1983	RECENT ECCC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings concerning the Extraordinary Chambers have highlighted funding gaps and the need for additional support from donors. The role of the judicial police is looming as an issue requiring clarification and possible donor intervention with the RGC to ensure that the [...]	2006-11-02 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2046	ECCC ISSUES DRAFT INTERNAL RULES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's (ECCC) Rules Committee released the draft internal rules for public comment on November 3, providing two weeks for civil society and others to give feedback on the proposed rules. Informal soundings from sources within the ECCC, the diplomatic comm [...]	2006-11-16 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2084	RIVAL UNIONS ORDER GENERAL STRIKE, END TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Pro-government union federation leader Chuon Mom Thol has told members of his federation to stop participating in bilateral negotiations with garment factory owners. The directive comes after several pro-government unions joined with independent and pro-opposition unions in c [...]	2006-11-27 08:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2095	CAMBODIA'S ECCC STUMBLES AND STALLS [...] (U) Summary. During the ECCC judges' plenary session from November 20-25, international and Cambodian judges were sharply divided over issues concerning the primacy of Cambodian law versus international law. News about the impasse leaked out and appeared on the Internet. Running parallel [...]	2006-11-28 11:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS CB

06PHNOMPENH2112	MFA ON USG-PROPOSED AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The MFA has told us that both the USG-proposed bilateral shipboarding and debt agreements remain under RGC consideration. The MFA has circulated among other concerned Ministries the shipboarding agreement and is awaiting comment. The bilateral debt agreement also remains un [...]	2006-11-30 10:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL KTIA CB
06PHNOMPENH2131	CAMBODIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Phnom Penh submits the following submission as an interim assessment of Cambodia's progress in fighting Trafficking in Persons in 2006. Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) During the first nine months of 2006, the Camb [...]	2006-12-04 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH2144	NRP Approved; Ranariddh Loses Assembly Seat [...] (U) Summary. The MOI formally recognized the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) on November 28. With approval for the Prince to form his own party, FUNCINPEC expelled Ranariddh from the royalist party, which means the loss of Ranariddh's National Assembly seat and parliamentary immunity. The Pr [...]	2006-12-05 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH2172	PM'S BODYGUARD LEADS MONKS IN PATH TOWARDS HARMONIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Hing Bun Heang, the Commander of the Prime Minister's Personal Bodyguard Unit, was appointed in September 2006 as Supreme Consultant to a newly formed Monk Assembly, which is designed to investigate and resolve disputes involving monks across Cambodia. The Royal Government of [...]	2006-12-11 11:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH2180	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY IN PHNOM PENH: MULTIPLE [...] (U) Summary. Post participated in three celebrations of International human Rights Day, two of which received partial funding from USAID. On December 8, the Cambodian senate organized its own celebration: focusing on the legislature's role in human rights and highlighting the needs of speci [...]	2006-12-13 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2208	CAMBODIA: LABOR UNREST TOPS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Dramatic increases in labor unrest, government interference in union affairs, labor violence, and a nearly universal disregard for the labor law topped the concerns raised at the Second National Industrial Relations Conference on December 18. The Ambassador's keynote address no [...]	2006-12-20 12:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2209	CAMBODIA: 2006 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Cambodia's ability to investigate potential terrorist activities is limited by a lack of training and resources. An absence of comprehensive domestic legislation to combat terrorism also hinders the ability to arrest and prosecute terrorists. However, Cambodia's political leadership demo [...]	2006-12-21 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2210	REACTION TO FINNISH VISA FOR CONVICTED CAMBODIAN COP [...] (SBU) Summary. While the Cambodian government has reacted angrily to the Finnish government's decision to offer a visa to convicted senior police official Heng Pov, Cambodian human rights NGOs and the political opposition are pleased with the decision. Following the announcement on December [...]	2006-12-21 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS PREF CB
06PHNOMPENH2211	CAMBODIAN UNIONS AND GARMENT FACTORIES AGREE ON [...] (SBU) A coalition of seven garment unions dropped its threat to hold a general strike after they reached a tentative deal with the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC). The agreement reached on December 19 -- which is not being disclosed publicly and is subject to agreement b [...]	2006-12-21 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2212	UPDATE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Acting DCM met with Lt. General Chau Phirun, Director General of the MOD's General Department of Material and Technique; Major General Chey Son, Chief of the Directorate of Chemical Protection, and his deputy, Lt. Colonel Yin Sothy. Acting DCM reviewed reftel B demarche [...]	2006-12-21 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CWC KTIA PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2221	HENG POV'S UNCEREMONIOUS RETURN TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Returned from Malaysia on December 21 by private charter plane, former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov is currently in Prey Sar prison outside Phnom Penh. The RGC tried to keep Heng Pov's arrival under wraps for as long as possible, but the media caught wind of the news in t [...]	2006-12-22 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH2228	CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT AND JAPANESE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings with the RGC Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF),the Japanese Embassy, and the IMF suggest that questions surrounding the relevant cut-off date for Cambodia's bilateral debt is creating misunderstandings and possibly preventing the Cambodian government from fina [...]	2006-12-27 09:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH2240	CAMBODIA: GARMENT BUYERS URGE IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Buyers of Cambodian-made garments urged the Better Factories Cambodia factory monitoring project to maintain credibility by continuing International Labor Organization (ILO) involvement and to meet financial challenges by encouraging more buyers to participate. Cambodia's good [...]	2006-12-28 05:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KTEX PHUM
06PHNOMPENH396	PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY RESTORED TO THREE [...] (U) Summary: On February 28, the National Assembly reinstated parliamentary immunity for three opposition MPs, including opposition leader Sam Rainsy and approved replacement of a former opposition MP. Two nominees from FUNCINPEC were elected to be Senators. PM Hun Sen called on political [...]	2006-03-01 10:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH413	HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CAMBODIA'S NORTHWEST [...] (U) Summary: A four-day trip to the northwestern provinces of Cambodia revealed a decline in human trafficking due to RGC-NGO cooperation and increased effort to combat the problem. However, mistrust between NGOs and the police hampers anti-trafficking efforts in certain areas. Poverty con [...]	2006-03-02 08:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH428	CAMBODIAN PM DISMISSES TWO CO-MINISTERS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the need for greater efficiency in Cambodia's bloated bureaucracy, Prime Minister Hun Sen removed two FUNCINPEC officials as co- ministers of Defense and Interior on March 2. (Since 1993, the PM's Cambodian People's Party and the Royalist FUNCNPEC party have shared co [...]	2006-03-03 11:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH460	CAMBODIA'S ROYALIST PARTY LEADER RESIGNS FROM [...] (U) Summary: FUNCINEPC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh resigned March 3 as the President of the National Assembly following Prime Minister Hun Sen's dismissal of two FUNCINPEC senior officials from the royal government (reftel). Soon after the resignation, the Prince told FUNCINPEC officia [...]	2006-03-07 10:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH501	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2005 - March 2006. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (SBU) [...]	2006-03-15 08:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD CB
06PHNOMPENH514	CAMBODIA'S PM MEETS WITH NGOS TO DISCUSS LAND, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 15, PM Hun Sen met with representatives of 10 NGOs to discuss land disputes and women's issues. NGO oncerns regarding land issues centered on illegal government concessions of large tracts of land, lack of local community involvement in land development, slowness in [...]	2006-03-17 08:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH516	CAMBODIA: SRP'S INTERNAL REFORM EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior SRP officials recently discussed the challenges of reforming the Sam Rainsy Party, touching on internal elections of party leaders at the grassroots level, intraparty strife, the former Secretary General and Sam Rainsy's lack of consultation with the SRP's steering com [...]	2006-03-17 09:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH531	CAMBODIA READY TO DECRIMINALIZE DEFAMATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen and Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana both expressed their willingness to decriminalize defamation, though actually moving defamation from the criminal code to the civil code is unexpectedly problematic. Ang Vong Vathana has proposed an acceptable if [...]	2006-03-21 08:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH534	CAMBODIA: TIP ASSESSMENT VISIT [...] Summary: Representatives from G/TIP and EAP/RSP met with Cambodian government officials and NGOs on March 17 to gauge the Cambodian government's efforts to combat TIP. Anti-trafficking NGOs unanimously agreed that the government has significantly increased its efforts and NGOs are receiving [...]	2006-03-21 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH544	Cambodia's National Assembly Approves Cabinet [...] (U) Summary: Cambodia's National Assembly on March 21 approved the Royal Government's nomination of CPP officials Sar Kheng and Tea Banh as Ministers of Interior and Defense respectively, and FUNCINPEC official Nhek Bun Chhay as a Deputy Prime Minister. The ballot also rejected the nominatio [...]	2006-03-22 08:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH598	UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP BRIEFS COMS ON MARCH 18-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Representative for Human Rights Yash Ghai met with COMs on March 24 to provide an outbrief of his meetings during his recent assessment visit. Ghai is not able to fully assess the political changes since his last visit but is willing to proceed on the assumption th [...]	2006-03-29 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH600	CAMBODIA: FOUR FUNCINPEC GOVERNORS SACKED, [...] (SBU) Citing incompetence and corruption, Prime Minister Hun Sen last week removed four FUNCINPEC provincial governors from their posts, and promised to remove any others who permitted illegal logging to continue in their provinces or who could not resolve land disputes. Additional pressure [...]	2006-03-30 08:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH602	CAMBODIA: UNIONIZATION EFFORTS STALL IN CASINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Unionization efforts at a Thai-owned casino on the Cambodian-Thai border were met with alleged management intimidation and firing of union leaders. Management objected to an arbitral award calling on them to re-instate 11 of the 20 terminated workers, has refused to implement [...]	2006-03-30 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL CB TH
06PHNOMPENH642	POSSIBLE CAMBODIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition parliamentarian Son Chhay, soon to be designated as the Chairman of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs, is prepared to promote a resolution on Burma in the National Assembly. Such a resolution would be in keeping with -- but a little more forwar [...]	2006-04-05 11:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH655	CAMBODIA: GARMENT SECTOR STRIKES RISE SHARPLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than twice as many workers (16,000) were involved in strikes in February and March of this year than in the two previous months. The dramatic increase is probably due to a number of factors: resurgence of activism after months of economic and political uncertainty, lea [...]	2006-04-07 03:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH661	CAMBODIA: SEX AND SLAVERY IN SIEM REAP [...] Summary. PolOff traveled to Siem Reap to meet with NGOs, government officials, and conduct direct observations and interviews at commercial sex establishments to better assess the trafficking in persons (TIP) problem and the action that is being taken to combat TIP in the province. NGOs una [...]	2006-04-07 09:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH662	TIP ON THE COAST OF CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. PolOff traveled to Cambodia's coastal regions to meet with anti-trafficking NGOs and government officials to assess the human trafficking problem and the efforts being made to combat TIP. NGOs in the port city of Sihanoukville report good cooperation with the government and [...]	2006-04-07 09:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH671	Cambodia's National Assembly Approves [...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly approved on April 7 internal reforms that will allow the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) to chair two of nine National Assembly commissions and to have one deputy Secretary General. The Assembly's internal rules were also modified to improve SRP partici [...]	2006-04-11 07:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH696	CHINESE PM VISITS CAMBODIA, CHINESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Cambodia April 7-8 as part of his tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The PM announced an assistance package worth approximately USD 600 million, although some projects (the hydro-electric dam project in Kampot province finance [...]	2006-04-12 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH742	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S APRIL 30-MAY 2 [...] (SBU) Your visit will come at a time when things are looking better for Cambodia than they have in a long time and at a time when Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party are feeling comfortable about their performance. The political environment has turned around dramatically, the economy is up [...]	2006-04-21 10:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH744	CAMBODIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE [...] (SBU) Cambodia is in the midst of making determinations regarding its support for candidates from all geographic blocs for the new Human Rights Council, according to Sun Suon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations. Pol/Econ Chief made demarche points in [...]	2006-04-21 11:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH814	CAMBODIA: WORKERS MARCH DESPITE POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Labor Day march with more than 1,000 workers proceeded peacefully despite the brief and detention by police of union leader Chea Mony, police checkpoints at roads leading into the capital, and unconfirmed reports of isolated clashes between police and workers elsewhere in the [...]	2006-05-01 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH818	U.K., AUSTRALIA HOST COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (U) The U.K. and Australian governments sponsored a seminar on counter-terrorism for Cambodian government (RGC) officials April 27-28. Intended to exchange information on strategies, arrangements and capabilities for meeting the terrorist threat in Cambodia, the seminar received high-level s [...]	2006-05-02 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH869	LAND DISPUTE IN THE SHADOW OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. On May 2, local authorities began the eviction of a 1,367-family community of squatters living near the Tonle Bassac River near the new National Assembly building in Phnom Penh. The community is due to be relocated to a new site that is 22 kilometers from Phnom Penh and inadequa [...]	2006-05-05 09:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH911	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT, MANUFACTURERS PLEDGE CHILD [...] (U) During a May 4 International Labor Organization-International Program to End Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) event to publicize the ILO's second report on child labor, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) president Van Sou Ieng outlined GMAC's policy on child labor. He said that a [...]	2006-05-11 06:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH912	CAMBODIA: QUARTERLY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) Summary: In the first quarter, there were ten police operations and verdicts rendered in five court cases. Fifteen women and girls were either identified as victims of trafficking or removed from brothels; and eight human traffickers arrested. Among the five court cases, 11 human traf [...]	2006-05-11 07:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH982	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During her May 13-19 visit to Cambodia, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour's agenda focused on the consolidation of democracy and rule of law, as well as the independence of the judiciary. She defended the work of UNSYG Special Representative (SRSG) Yash Gha [...]	2006-05-23 11:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH990	Land Disputes Draw More Protesters to Phnom Penh [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, over 300 farmers gathered in front of the National Assembly in protest against those authorities alleged to be responsible for usurping their land. The protesters called on Prime Minister Hun Sen, the National Assembly and civil society to help in resolving their cl [...]	2006-05-25 05:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH998	CAMBODIAN LABOR REACTION TO NEW LABOR MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Cambodia's newly appointed Minister of Labor and Vocational Training (MOLVT),Vorng Sotr (CPP),replaces Nhep Bunchin (FUNCINPEC),who was removed from office pending a corruption investigation. The few labor observers who know Vorng Sotr from his previous position as MOLVT Sec [...]	2006-05-25 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON CB
06PODGORICA12	MONTENEGRO - COLLECTION OF TERRORIST DATA OVERSEAS [...] (SBU) Montenegro has a central immigration database kept in the Ministry of Interior headquarters which is used for tracking entries and exits. The database includes the registry of Montenegrin citizens, arrest warrants, etc. Montenegro has still not established a network to connect all border [...]	2006-11-30 11:47:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS
06PODGORICA14	TERRORIST LISTS - NONE IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) No national terrorist lists, as described reftel, exist in Montenegro. The absence of such lists was confirmed by senior GoM police officials to post on December 1. FERRILL [...]	2006-12-01 10:53:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER MW
06PORTAUPRINCE1178	DEMONSTRATORS COME AND GO/WORLD CUP GOES ON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Rumored large-scale demonstrations by Fanmi Lavalas (FL) partisans, whether demanding the restoration of their government jobs or the return of Aristide, have yet to materialize, despite continued r [...]	2006-06-29 15:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1214	HAITI: LAVALAS PARTISANS SEEK RE-EMPLOYMENT [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. According to press reports, militant Lavalas partisans have threatened to recommence armed violence after July 9 if the Preval government does not reinstate them to jobs in government ministries and pub [...]	2006-07-07 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE124	HAITI ELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 7 ON TRACK, WITH BUMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH and OAS officials in a January 13 meeting with donors explained that while some significant problems need to be resolved, the February 7 first round is technically possible. Political party complaints about the number of voting centers and voting center assignments have [...]	2006-01-18 20:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1265	"REPORTS OF MY DEATH ARE GREATLY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haiti's infamous gossip network went into overdrive Tuesday and Wednesday as reports circulated widely that President Preval had died of a heart attack July 11 while working at the Presidential Palace. Pre [...]	2006-07-13 16:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1266	GOH PREPARES FOR JULY 25 DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOH is beginning to get into high gear for the July 25 Donors' Conference. Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil outlined the GOH's priorities for the Conference: closing the financing gap, [...]	2006-07-13 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1278	LAVALAS PARTISANS PLAN PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS [...] This document is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary. Lavalas parliamentarians say that they want to participate in the political process peacefully. Operation Pa Ka Tann and the demonstrations marking Aristide's birthday are meant to be peaceful demonstration [...]	2006-07-14 19:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE128	HAITI ELECTIONS: FURTHER ON ANTI-L'ESPWA ATTACK IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified-- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Further details emerging from St. Marc regarding the January 18 attack on Preval campaign preparations indicate that a dispute over the location of the event precipitated the incident. According to press reports, Pre [...]	2006-01-19 19:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1283	JULY 15 LAVALAS DEMONSTRATION IS PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The widely-publicized July 15 Lavalas demonstration (reftels) attracted 5,000-6,000 supporters to a peaceful protest at the National Palace (presidency). There were no reports of any attempts at violence by the demonstrators. MINUSTAH and Haitian National Police (HNP) units p [...]	2006-07-17 11:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV KPKO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1311	MINISTER REPORTS THREATS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, Frantz Verella, told Ambassador July 17 that his public works projects in Port-au-Prince are threatened regularly by bandits demanding [...]	2006-07-20 11:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ENRG PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1340	GOH CONSIDERS FORMING A GENDARMERIE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of his visit to Paris June 29-30, President Preval publicly floated the idea of creating a Gendarmerie in Haiti, and reuested French assistance with this project. The GOH wants to create a new force that could assume some of the security functions currently performe [...]	2006-07-24 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS MOPS MASS HA FR
06PORTAUPRINCE1377	PETROCARIBE GAS ON THE MARKET [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The PetroCaribe petroleum delivered to Haiti on May 14, the day of President Rene Preval's inauguration, has finally hit the local market. The Haitian Government (GOH) is selling the entire shipment, inc [...]	2006-07-28 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1417	IMPASSE AT MALPASSE: HAITIAN-DR BORDER STRIKE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary: A transport workers' strike has disrupted commercial traffic and general transit at the Haitian-Dominican border crossing at Malpasse since July 10. Most recently, the workers perpetrated violence on [...]	2006-08-04 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1514	PRIME MINISTER TO PARLIAMENT ON INSECURITY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis on August 10-11 appeared before the parliament with the Superior Council for the National Police (CSPN) to discuss the government's plan to combat gang violence i [...]	2006-08-16 18:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1552	BORDER CROSSING WITH DR STILL CLOSED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Presidential advisor Robert Manuel on August 19 told the Ambassador that the situation at the Malpasse border crossing, the nearest to the Dominican Republic from Port-au-Prince, had become intolerable, and t [...]	2006-08-22 16:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1598	HAITI: PETROCARIBE UPDATE: RATIFICATION IN THE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The PetroCaribe agreement is in parliament awaiting ratification. For several days, the parliamentarians have asked for more time to analyze the document before finalizing their report. By all accounts, the p [...]	2006-08-25 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1605	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ON DECEMBER 3 [...] (U) The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) through its President Mr. Max Mathurin announced that the next round of elections, comprising the remaining parliamentary elections and the municipal (mayoral) and local elections, would be held on December 3. Mathurin also announced that the United S [...]	2006-08-29 19:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1609	HAITIAN-DR BORDER CALM: BUT NO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Jeantal Clervil, head of customs for Malpasse at the Haitian-DR border (on August 24) told emboffs visiting the border town that the situation had calmed considerably since the Haitia [...]	2006-08-29 19:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1643	HAITI'S FISCAL GOAL: RAISE INTERNAL REVENUES BY 25 [...] Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil and Charge signed a preliminary agreement September 1 to modernize Haiti's tax collection and administration in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Treasury, with funding from USAID. According to Dorsainvil, it is time to "bring in the tax man," but he [...]	2006-09-05 16:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1648	GOH FY07 BUDGET: MOVING FORWARD BUT SLOWLY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff Sept 6 that finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil is discussing his FY07 budget informally with parliament, but has not yet presented i [...]	2006-09-06 17:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1668	MUNICIPAL/LOCAL ELECTIONS DELAYED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) in Haiti Edmond Mulet and President Preval on September 7 agreed to delay the date of municipal, local, and pending national elections until February 7. The CEP [...]	2006-09-08 13:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1686	PRESIDENT PREVAL CANCELS FOREIGN TRAVEL [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Presidential advisor Gabriel Verret confirmed to Polcouns on September 7 that President Preval would not travel to either the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Conference in Havana beginning September 11 or the UN General [...]	2006-09-11 10:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OVIP OTRA KSEP UNGA HA CU
06PORTAUPRINCE1789	THE ROLE OF THE MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. Summary: (SBU) Joseph Jasmin, a member of President Preval's Lespwa party and former deputy, serves as minister of parliamentary relations. The Preval administration created the position in hopes of improving the tumultuous relati [...]	2006-09-21 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE184	A/S SHANNON ATTENDS MINUSTAH/OAS MEETING IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon represented the United States. at a meeting of senior MINUSTAH, OAS, and donor countries in Port-au-Prince on January 20. The participants agreed that election of [...]	2006-01-25 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1960	U.S. OIL INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO GOH PETROCARIBE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2014	UNSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per Ref A, Polcouns delivered the demarche regarding the UNSC vote to the minister of foreign affairs' chief of staff, Anthony Dessources, on the afternoon of October 19. (Note: With the Ambassador visiting Cap Hai [...]	2006-10-20 16:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC HA GT VE
06PORTAUPRINCE2065	STUDENT PROTEST CALLS FOR THE DEPARTURE OF MINUSTAH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Approximately 75 students from the State University of Haiti School of Human Sciences protested the &occupation of MINUSTAH8 on October 24, the day commemorating the 61st anniversary of the United Nations. The stud [...]	2006-10-27 16:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2087	CITE SOLEIL RESIDENTS PROTEST MINUSTAH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: protect accordingly. 2. (U) Cite Soleil residents on October 29, conducted a peaceful march protesting the presence of MINUSTAH, chanting anti-MINUSTAH slogans as they walked by a MINUSTAH outpost in the Port-au-Prince slum. Various news reports [...]	2006-10-31 15:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2171	ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] Summary. Elections preparations are on track and the Provisionary Electoral Council (CEP) is completing its checklist of remaining tasks, according to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard. CEP has taken over the primary role of implementing the elections but remain in daily contact with MINU [...]	2006-11-13 14:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2202	MARTISSANT VIOLENT, BUT NOT "OPERATION BAGHDAD" [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Gang violence has increased in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Martissant during recent weeks, and local radio has given a forum to gang members who claim they are launching "Operation Baghdad II," [...]	2006-11-15 17:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC HA KCRM MARR
06PORTAUPRINCE2243	GOH OPEN TO RENEWED CRIMINAL TRANSFERS? [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by Santo Domingo-resident LEGATT and ALEGATT and Consul General, met with Justice Minister Rene Magloire and State Secretary Eucher-Luc Joseph on November 7 to discuss resumption of the transfer of Haitian criminal suspects to the United States for pros [...]	2006-11-21 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI SNAR CASC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2244	HAITI NON-COMMITTAL ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per ref, poloff delivered the demarche on November 17 to director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste in the ministry of foreign affairs. Jean Baptiste said that this resolution was very important [...]	2006-11-22 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2273	YOUNG WOMAN'S VIOLENT MURDER SPARKS OUTRAGE; PM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The kidnapping and murder of a young woman, Natasha Dessources, has shocked and angered the population of Port-au-Prince over the past two weeks. The story has caused a strong reaction from the p [...]	2006-11-29 14:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2320	HAITI WILL NOT ATTEND SUMMIT IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Director of political affairs Wiener Jean Baptiste told poloff December 5 that Haiti does not plan to send an envoy to the African Caribbean Pacific Group of State's Summit in Khartoum, Sudan. The GoH had considered sending their UN envoy to Khartoum, but decided that this summit was n [...]	2006-12-05 20:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2337	WYCLEF IN CONCERT: PROMOTING HAITI'S FUTURE [...] Wyclef Jean, Haiti's most prominent celebrity and public figure, held a free concert for more than 20,000 people December 1 in Jacmel, a southern coastal city about 3 hours from Port-au-Prince. The crowd, hemmed in between the beach on one side and a concrete wall on the other, extended for m [...]	2006-12-07 16:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KHIV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2359	PM ON INSECURITY AND DEPORTEES [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis on December 7 appeared before the chamber of deputies with the Superior Council for the National Police (CSPN) to discuss the government's continued efforts to combat gang violence in Port-au-Prince. The PM answered questions for several hours, justif [...]	2006-12-11 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2364	GOH NONCOMMITTAL ON SUDAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2367	MARTISSANT HOTSPOT FOR GANG VIOLENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The murder of a Haitian National Police officer during the December 3 elections sparked a new wave of gang violence in the Martissant neighborhood in the south of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH presenc [...]	2006-12-12 19:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MARR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2373	GOH TO ANNOUNCE NEW CARICOM OFFICE [...] Summary: President Rene Preval appointed a new advisory council on external relations consisting of financial specialists Marie Michelle Rey, Charles Clarmant, and Preval's financial advisor (and presumed fiancee) Elizabeth Delatour. He created the advisory council in September to review rel [...]	2006-12-14 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2396	GOH UNAWARE OF DECEMBER 19 VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 19:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2413	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) President Preval's admission that he is undergoing treatment for recurring prostrate cancer (reftel) has refocused Haitian's attention on the constitutional provisions for succession to the presidency, only three yea [...]	2006-12-20 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2448	UN STABILIZATION PROGRAM: FILLING THE GOH GAP [...] Summary: The United Nations announced on December 18 an appeal for USD 97.9 million in support of the economic and social stabilization of Haiti over the next 18 months (January 2007 -- June 2008). The plan proposes 55 separate programs run by the various UN organizations in the areas where [...]	2006-12-22 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2471	ARISTIDE'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO HAITIANS [...] (U) Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide sent his third Christmas message from South Africa to the Haitian people since his departure in February 2004. Aristide writes in "Daki," or Creole parables, to send messages to his partisans. This year, Aristide urged his followers to stay mobili [...]	2006-12-28 20:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2474	ELECTIONS UPDATE: 25 DAYS AFTER [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has published 99 percent of all election results from the December 3 round. Of the published results, candidates have contested 15 percent. Following resolution of th [...]	2006-12-29 14:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE260	CAMPAIGN ENDS PEACEFULLY IN HAITI [...] This message is sensative but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Campaigning in Haiti officially ended Saturday, February 4. Presidential Charles (Charlito) Henri Baker was the only candidate to hold a mass rally in Port-au-Prince. Front-runner Rene Preval cance [...]	2006-02-05 21:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE261	HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS #2 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Haiti remained calm on election day minus two. Election Observation Teams (EOTs) in Port-au-Prince reported that the streets were quiet and that elections authorities continued to finalize preparat [...]	2006-02-05 21:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE275	HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS #3 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: All six provincial Election Observation Teams (EOTs) unanimously report calm in their areas. Port-au-Prince EOTs and Embassy staff report light traffic but normal commercial activity. MINUSTAH pol [...]	2006-02-06 21:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE284	HAITI ELECTIONS: LATORTUE OPTIMISTIC, LOOKING TO [...] SUMMARY. In a meeting with DAS Duddy, four Congressional staffers and Charge on 6 February, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue expressed confidence about the upcoming elections but noted that the days following the election would be critical. He expected that results would be available [...]	2006-02-09 13:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE29	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS CALL FOR GENERAL [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Haitian business community told Charge that they would call a general strike for Monday, January 9 to protest MINUSTAH,s ineffectiveness in countering the recent upswing of violence and kidnappings. Represe [...]	2006-01-06 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE299	LATORTUE'S PLAN FOR HAITI'S FUTURE, THOUGHTS ON [...] SUMMARY. In a 6 February meeting with DAS Duddy, four Congressional staff and Charge, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue laid out his views on the continuing challenges in Haiti as well as the keys to breaking the cycle of failure. His frank yet optimistic assessment echoed similar messa [...]	2006-02-10 18:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE316	HAITI ELECTIONS: PROVINCES DID NOT GIVE PREVAL A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Presidential front-runner Rene Preval holds a clear majority in the West department and a very slight majority in the Southeast, he has not established a majority in the remaining eight departments. However, he is leading in all departments except the Northwest, where [...]	2006-02-14 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE366	FINAL RESULTS IN HAITI SENATE RACES [...] (SBU) MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo Lechevallier provided polcouns a copy of the final vote tally for the senate and deputy races on the evening of February 23. Lechevallier reported that the CEP had completed the tabulation on February 20, but had ordered the results embargoed, at least [...]	2006-02-24 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE37	JUSTICE MINISTER ON JEAN-JUSTE, NEPTUNE AND ARMS [...] (SBU) In a January 5 meeting with Charge, interim Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans said he had no problem with imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste receiving medical examinations from the doctor of his choice at Canape Vert hospital under MINUSTAH security. The minister also discussed releas [...]	2006-01-06 21:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE397	L'ESPWA ADVANCES 37 DEPUTY CANDIDATES TO SECOND [...] (SBU) Based on the most recent information available to post from the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and partial results provided by MINUSTAH staff last week, post provides the following summary of results. The top two candidates in each of the 99 districts advance to the second round, [...]	2006-03-03 16:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE482	NEW WORLD BANK PROGRAM FOR HAITI UNDER DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Bank Country Manager Mathurin Gbetibuou told Econ Counselor that he is currently in discussions with headquarters in Washington about the size and scope of the Bank's program that would cover the next three fiscal years. The plan currently on the table calls for a comb [...]	2006-03-13 19:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE542	HAITI: SPENDING AND FINANCE GAP GROWING CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF Resident Representative for Haiti is concerned about the level of spending in the waning days of the IGOH administration, which could derail its EPCA II program. In the longer term, the financing gap, although just reduced from USD 31 to 16 million, could delay funding [...]	2006-03-23 19:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE595	USAID-MINUSTAH PARTNERSHIP ADVANCES PEACE IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. This message summarizes the Haiti Transition Initiative (HTI),the USAID sponsored program to reduce violence and restore stability in Port au Prince's most volatile slums. USAID's Office of Transition [...]	2006-04-03 14:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PKAO MARR ASEC HA

06PORTAUPRINCE666	RESUMPTION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTATIONS REMAINS STALLED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs delivered the Resumption of Criminal Deportations non-paper to Interim Minister of Interior Paul Magloire on April 7. Magloire made no firm commitments to resume the program but asked for USG [...]	2006-04-12 13:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KHLS SMIG HA

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