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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07HOCHIMINHCITY461DISTORTIONS IN ABUSE CASE OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHNIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: A number of U.S. groups, including the Montagnard Foundation, published reports on the Internet claiming that an ethnic minority woman in the province of Dak Lak named H'Hlung Nie was badly beaten by police during interrogation, following the flight of a sister to Cambodia. Th [...]
2007-04-23 08:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY471VIETNAM ECONOMIC FORUM 2007: VIETNAM?S NEIGHBORS TAKE THE
[...] (U) A recent investment forum hosted by the GVN in Ho Chi Minh City highlighted the importance Vietnam places on regional investors. The Vietnam Economic Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI),in conjunction with the Vietnam News Agency and Asia News Network, was held [...]
2007-04-27 02:20:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD BTIO EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY483NEW DISSIDENT SHOW TRIALS PLANNED IN HCMC
[...] (SBU) HCMC print and broadcast media prominently reported May 4 that the GVN plans to conduct two new trials of political activists in HCMC in May. Three members of the People's Democratic Party of Vietnam, Le Nguyen Sang, Huynh Nguyen Dao and Nguyen Bac Truyen, will be brought to trial in HCM [...]
2007-05-04 10:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ELAB PINR SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY510FOUR MORE HOA HAO DISSIDENTS IMPRISONED
[...] (SBU) On May 4, a contact in the Hoa Hao community told us that the provincial court in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap sentenced four Hoa Hao dissidents to prison terms ranging from four to six years on charges of "creating public disorder," under Article 245 of the 1999 Criminal Code. [...]
2007-05-09 09:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY514NO SURPRISES: HCMC DISSIDENT SHOW TRIAL RESULTS IN TOUGH
[...] (SBU) A May 10 show trial for three members of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization of Vietnam resulted in sentences of five, four and three years for the defendants Le Nguyen Sang, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Huynh Nguyen Dao. All three were accused o [...]
2007-05-10 09:00:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR ELAB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY520FIVE ETHNIC KHMER MONKS IMPRISONED IN THE MEKONG DELTA
[...] (SBU) Five ethnic Khmer monks from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang were sentenced by the local provincial court on May 10 to between two and four years imprisonment for "disturbing public order." The five allegedly were organizers of protests in Soc Trang on February 8. The incident r [...]
2007-05-11 10:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY523GVN STEPS UP DIVIDE AND CONQUER ATTACKS ON UBCV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security-affiliated newspaper covered prominently its Vice Minister's April 30 meeting with Thich Huyen Quang, the ailing 90-year old Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),as a gesture of GVN goodwill and reconciliation. The a [...]
2007-05-14 09:13:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY528ANOTHER DISSIDENT TRIAL, ANOTHER TOUGH SENTENCE
[...] (SBU) The May 15 show trial for another member of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization (UWFO) of Vietnam resulted in a sentence of seven years imprisonment (two suspended) and two years of house arrest for UFWO spokesperson Tran Quoc Hien. The tri [...]
2007-05-15 08:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY542HCMC ERO OBJECTS TO WEB SITE POSTING OF CONGRESSMEN'S OP-ED
[...] (SBU) PolOff was called in by HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) May 16, to discuss ConGen's request to observe voting during the May 20 National Assembly elections. However, the Deputy Head of the ERO Consular Section also used the meeting to give an oral protest regarding posting on the Co [...]
2007-05-18 09:43:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY547CORRUPTION IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE: WILL THE BEACH BEAT BAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the central coast of Vietnam, Khanh Hoa province is well placed for growth with a strong base in tourism, aquaculture, and industry. Government and business leaders are concentrating on attracting foreign investment to large scale investment projects and economic zones. On [...]
2007-05-22 09:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV SOCI PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY548BIG BROTHER PACKS THE VOTE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN
[...] (SBU) HCMC went to the polls on May 20 to select among 52 candidates to fill its 26 National Assembly seats in a tightly controlled and scripted process. Despite the pre-election media push in HCMC for "independent" candidates, of the 137 self-nominees that registered as independent candidates [...]
2007-05-22 10:03:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY59LOST OPPORTUNITIES IN BINH PHUOC PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Binh Phuoc Province, located north of Ho Chi Minh City, is a backwater that could do more to take advantage of its proximity to HCMC. Provincial leaders used a recent investor conference to wine, dine and sing martial karaoke with their cronies. In many respects, a visit to th [...]
2007-01-18 07:18:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY609THE GVN, UBCV AND BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY
[...] (SBU) The GVN went to great lengths to highlight its support for the GVN-recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) commemoration of the annual Buddha's Birthday ("Vesak") celebrations on May 31. The VBS events were well covered by HCMC media, which reported extensively on President Nguyen Minh [...]
2007-06-08 09:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM SOCI
07HOCHIMINHCITY622ETHNIC CHINESE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic Chinese community is Vietnam's most influential and affluent minority group. Accounting for no more than two percent of Vietnam's population, the ethnic Chinese -- concentrated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta -- are responsible for generating roughly 10 percent of the n [...]
2007-06-13 06:51:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY623ALLEGATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATION IN ARREST OF
[...] (SBU) On March 4, the South Carolina-based Montagnard Foundation (MF) issued a press release asserting that on February 17, Vietnamese troops in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak arrested Y-Ja Nie and T-Tuc Buonya "because they are Christians who refused to join the government-recognize [...]
2007-06-13 10:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREF KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY625DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH TO BE RELEASED SOON?
[...] (SBU) On June 13 and 14, we spoke separately by phone with two relatives of Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who has been involuntarily confined to a mental institution since November 2006. Her relatives said that, during a visit to the hospital in early June, Thanh reported that t [...]
2007-06-14 04:55:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY643EXPERIENCES OF A HARDLINE HOUSE CHURCH IN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Inter-Evangelical Church of Vietnam, a large Protestant house church organization based in HCMC, told us that, with the exception of a recent incident in Binh Phuoc province, their operations in Southern and Central Vietnam are stable. Conditions for the IEM in t [...]
2007-06-19 09:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY66VIETNAM'S MUSIC INDUSTRY: PARTY CONTROL AND IPR ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three leading pop musicians told us that Vietnam's music industry remains constrained by rampant violations of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and direct and indirect government controls over content and presentation. The singers were optimistic that Vietnam's global integr [...]
2007-01-18 09:13:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI ECON EINV KIPR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY665HCMC CONTINUES TO DELAY LEGALIZING CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE
[...] (SBU) On June 16, Pol and CDC met with a representative of Father John Dinh Toai, Director of the HCMC Archdiocese "Pastoral Care" program for people living with HIV/AIDS . He said that the biggest obstacle facing the church continues to be the unwillingness of local authorities to grant legal [...]
2007-06-26 05:21:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KHIV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY684CG PUSHES PARTY FOR RELEASE OF DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH
[...] (SBU) On June 26, we spoke with the Director of the Bien Hoa Mental Institution, Nguyen Van Tho, to continue to follow up on the case of land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh. (Thanh was involuntarily admitted to the mental institution in November 2006.) The Director confirmed reftel reporting t [...]
2007-06-27 12:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY689AMBASSADOR TACKLES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES IN THE FOOTHILLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a June 6-8 trip to Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh provinces, leaders from the GVN-recognized and house church communities told the Ambassador that church members were free to worship and practice their faith. However, the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Viet [...]
2007-06-28 10:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PREF PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY706POLICE, PROTESTORS CLASH IN NEW LAND PROTEST
[...] (SBU) Press and HCMC government contacts confirmed on July 3 Internet reporting of a clash between land rights protestors and police in HCMC on July 1. The bulk of the protestors were from the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. They sought to overturn a GVN decision to expropriate their lan [...]
2007-07-03 10:02:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY732STATUS OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHINIC MINORITIES: DEBRIEFING
[...] (SBU) In late May and June, we interviewed five VISAS-93 (family reunification) ethnic minority beneficiaries and their families from the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Dak Lak. The meetings were conducted in private, in the offices of post's Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) [...]
2007-07-09 08:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY733EXPULSION OF ETHNIC KHMER MONK FROM CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Post has been seeking to confirm Ref A reporting that an ethnic Khmer monk, Tim Sakhorn, was allegedly forcibly deported from Cambodia to Vietnam. ConGen contacts in An Giang and Soc Trang provinces confirmed that Sakhorn is from Tinh Bien district in An Giang province. Chief Monk Chau [...]
2007-07-09 08:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL KIRF SOCI CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY738LAND RIGHTS PROTEST IN FRONT OF CONGEN
[...] (SBU) On July 10 at 0845, 30 elderly men and women carrying placards protesting various land rights issues marched past the Consulate. Local police officials quickly but peacefully dispersed the group. In accordance with standard post security procedures, a Consulate local guard photographed [...]
2007-07-10 08:24:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY739AMBASSADOR VISITS PEPFAR SITES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 6-8 visit to the Cambodian border provinces of Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh, the Ambassador reviewed local efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and the impact of projects funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Officials at the Vietnam Youth Corps Dru [...]
2007-07-10 09:50:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PINR KREF KHIV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY746RELEASE OF ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh was released from a Dong Nai mental hospital on July 11 after receiving a clean bill of mental health. Thanh had been held for ten months for her involvement in the land rights movement and for her links with the dissident Democratic Party of V [...]
2007-07-12 10:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY766POLICE BREAK UP LAND RIGHTS PROTESTS EVEN AS GVN PROMISES TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Twenty six days of continuous protests by land rights activists came to an end at 10 PM (Vietnam time) on July 18 when police forcibly removed remaining land rights protesters from their position in front of the HCMC Assembly building. Despite allegations of excessive police vi [...]
2007-07-19 11:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY80CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:38:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY801TRAFFICKERS POSING AS MARRIAGE BROKERS CONVICTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 08:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KTIP SMIG KWMN PREL PHUM MY VN
07HOCHIMINHCITY805GVN PROMISES AND DETAINEE RELEASES IN WAKE OF LAND RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since land rights protests in Ho Chi Minh City were broken up by police on July 18, the GVN has continued publicizing the measures it is taking to address land rights protesters' concerns, including the establishment of fourteen interagency inspection teams to look into unresolve [...]
2007-07-30 11:09:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY81CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY811ONE YEAR AFTER NATIONAL REGISTRATION, UNITED WORLD MISSION
[...] Summary: On July 24, 2007, the Consul General met with Pastor Nguyen Toi, Chairman of the United World Mission Church of Vietnam (UWMC),one of Vietnam's larger Protestant denominations with approximately 22,000 adherents, largely from ethnic minority areas. Toi was generally upbeat about his [...]
2007-08-01 01:35:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY817AMBASSADOR AND USS PELELIU BID FAREWELL TO CENTRAL VIETNAM
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Marine traveled to Danang on July 24-25 to attend closing activities related to the USS Peleliu's ten-day Pacific Partnership humanitarian mission to Vietnam. On the same visit, the Ambassador paid farewell calls on Tran Van Minh, Chairman of the Danang City People's C [...]
2007-08-03 06:58:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY836KHMER KROM MONK TIM SAKHORN RESURFACES IN VIETNAM COURTS
[...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien reported that Tim Sakhorn, the Khmer Krom monk believed to have been defrocked and deported by Cambodian officials (Refs A and B),is now being held in the southern Vietnam province of An Giang for "sabotaging the solidarity policy." In the re [...]
2007-08-10 07:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY841AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VISIT TO HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] (U) Summary: On August 5-8, Ambassador Marine paid farewell calls on Ho Chi Minh City's political, economic and religious leaders, noting significant progress in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship and highlighting possible areas for improvement. During his visit, the Ambassador met with HCMC Peopl [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY844RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOTE POSITIVE TRENDS, ONGOING ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary. During his farewell trip to Ho Chi Minh City August 5-8, Ambassador Marine had a series of meetings with religious leaders, including Catholic Cardinal Pham Minh Man, the leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),and leaders of several house church groups, to [...]
2007-08-14 21:11:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY846AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH POLITICAL ACTIVIST NGUYEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 7, Ambassador Marine met with Dr. Nguyen Dan Que in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the state of the democracy and human rights movement in Vietnam as well as to inquire after his health and treatment by the GVN since publication in mid-June 2007 of his critical op-ed in t [...]
2007-08-14 21:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY872FROM IDEOLOGY CZAR TO REFORM ADVOCATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 16, People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao and CG discussed issues ranging from the city's plans for attracting private investment to meet much of the city's massive infrastructure requirements to the social and political challenges posed by the widening economic [...]
2007-08-21 09:48:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI ECON PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY874CONSULATES REPORT SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the most recent law enforcement and security coordinating meeting among Consulates General in Ho Chi Minh City, law enforcement personnel from participating Consulates described the atmosphere for active cooperation with GVN authorities as difficult but considerably bette [...]
2007-08-24 04:53:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SOCI CVIS VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY879STAFFDEL GUDES TALKS BUDGETING IN HCMC
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 14-15 visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC),Senate Budget Committee Minority Staff Director Scott Gudes and Committee Chief Economist Daniel Brandt discussed bilateral relations (touching on U.S. assistance) with the HCMC External Relations Office, U.S. trade and in [...]
2007-08-27 01:11:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY880TIGHT LIPPED DEPORTEES IN GIA LAI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 03:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY90POLICE BUST MALAYSIA-LINKED TIP GANGS IN HCMC AND MEKONG
[...] (SBU) On January 17, we called the senior HCMC Ministry of Public Security official in charge of trafficking in persons to discuss HCMC press reports that police broke up two criminal rings trafficking Vietnamese women to Malaysia for prostitution. According to the official, on January 10, po [...]
2007-01-25 03:57:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY906SENTENCES REDUCED AT DISSIDENT LE NGUYEN SANG'S APPEALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 17, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court reduced jail sentences for three People's Democratic Party (PDP) dissidents, although it continued to find them guilty of violation of Article 88 of the GVN criminal code, "propagandizing against the State." The decision, which i [...]
2007-08-31 08:25:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY921EWEC CONFERENCE PROVIDES VENUE FOR PRESS TO QUESTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of the most interesting developments at a recent Vietnamese-hosted conference to promote the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma was not so much the keynote address from Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem to the 500 inter [...]
2007-09-05 08:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ELNT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY936PROFILES OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS IN SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's Union officials in Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, and Can Tho provinces report that GVN anti-TIP efforts under the GVN National Program of Action are generally uniformly implemented, but the resources made available to the different provinces are not. Meanwhile, NGOs AFESIP [...]
2007-09-11 08:52:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KTIP ELAB KWMN VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY951CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite considerable progress in religious freedom in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai and genuinely supportive provincial-level authorities, implementation of Vietnam's legal framework on religion remains quite uneven at the community and village level. While the pro [...]
2007-09-14 06:10:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY955AMCHAM HCMC SAYS PACE OF REFORM SLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) AmCham Board of Governors (BOG) are united in their sense that Vietnam's forward progress on economic reform has slowed in recent months as the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is in "digestion mode" trying to come to grips with the scope of its [...]
2007-09-17 10:25:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY960CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHNIC MINORITY PASTOR FREE BUT RATTLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Y Ja Nie, a Central Highlands ethnic minority Protestant pastor arrested on February 12, 2007 (reftel),was released on August 31. ConGenOffs met privately with Nie and separately with local officials in M'Drak district, Dak Lak province, on September 6. According to local gov [...]
2007-09-18 09:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY965"A PERFECT SPY" PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE VIETNAMESE
[...] (SBU) The story behind the upcoming Vietnamese publication of U.S. author Larry Berman's biography of North Vietnam's highest-level intelligence agent, Pham Xuan An, provides an informative lesson on the contradictions and complexity inherent in Vietnam's evolving political scene. The original [...]
2007-09-19 02:06:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI PROP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY995APPAREL IMPORT MONITORING LEADS TO SHIFTING TARGETS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Domestic and foreign invested garment manufacturers lined up to share tales of market "re-balancing" with USDOC Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner. Garment exports remain far and away the largest component of our bilateral trade and producers say the ove [...]
2007-09-26 10:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX VM
07HONGKONG12U/S LAVIN AND CITB SECRETARY WONG DISCUSS TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, met with Joseph Wong, Hong Kong Commerce, Industry, and Technology Secretary on December 8 to discuss the Doha Round, the Secure Freight Initiative, anti-dumping, intellectual property rights (IPR),aviatio [...]
2007-01-03 09:45:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EINV KIPR WTO HK
07HONGKONG1286WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HONG
[...] (SBU) On May 9, ESTH Officer delivered reftel message to Ms. Bonnie Yao, Assistant Secretary, Health, Welfare and Food Bureau. Yao requested the information in letter format to enable the Hong Kong Government to carefully review USG concerns. On May 10, Economic/Political Section Chief sent a [...]
2007-05-11 07:18:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AORC PREL WHO EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG13U/S LAVIN DISCUSSES MACAU DEVELOPMENT WITH ACTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Franklin L. Lavin met with Macau's Acting Chief Executive Florinda Chan on December 9. Chief Executive Edmund Ho was reportedly attending an economic conference in Guangzhou. Lavin and Chan discussed the liberaliza [...]
2007-01-03 09:49:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD MC
07HONGKONG1600HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRY: STARTING TO FEEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alan Fong, Assistant Principal Solicitor at the Hong Kong Companies Registry, acknowledged to EconOff that Hong Kong's quick and efficient corporate registration procedures -- heretofore believed by the Registrar to be plus -- is bringing unwanted attention on the Hong Kong gove [...]
2007-06-14 11:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR
07HONGKONG1661CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE: ENGAGING HONG KONG AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmConGen Hong Kong has actively engaged the governments and the general public of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions on U.S. climate change, renewable energy and other environmental programs. Post developed and actively promoted the Pollution Prevention and [...]
2007-06-21 06:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENGR SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1692U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: AMCHAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives discussed IPR issues in Hong Kong and mainland China with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on April 30. One AmCham representative observed that there was "very little le [...]
2007-06-25 07:13:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KIPR SENV CH HK
07HONGKONG1773MACAU HEALTH CARE: RESPONDING TO NEW REALITIES
[...] (SBU) Macau's health care system is coping wth the territory's quick economic expansion, rapd population growth, and large influx of tourist. A system that was created to care for 400,000residents now provides health care services to oer 500,000 people and approximaely 21 million tourists (a [...]
2007-07-03 07:07:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG1779SENIOR IPR ATTACHE MARK COHEN DISCUSSES PRC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Legislative Councilor Sin Chung Kai told visiting Beijing Intellectual Property Senior Attache Mark Cohen and ConGen Hong Kong staff that Hong Kong's amended copyright law should generally please copyright owners, including U.S. companies, although he noted that a statutory "fa [...]
2007-07-05 03:44:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR KJUST PINR PGOV
07HONGKONG1800HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes to your visit next week. U.S. trade, investment, and business with Hong Kong flourish in a largely open environment. Hong Kong is our 15th largest export market, and the United States enjoyed a USD 9.8 billion trade surplus [...]
2007-07-09 00:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH SENV MC
07HONGKONG1801MACAU SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes your visit to Macau next week. U.S. interests in Macau have increased tremendously since 2002, when Macau liberalized its gaming market. The U.S. is now one of the largest investors, behind only Hong Kong and mainland China [...]
2007-07-09 00:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH MC SENV
07HONGKONG2022PRIORITIES OF HONG KONG'S NEW ENVIRONMENT BUREAU:
[...] (SBU) During a July 19 meeting with local legislators, Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau detailed the environmental agenda for Chief Executive Donald Tsang's second administration. Yau said that Hong Kong SIPDIS Government (HKG) will strive to better regulate emission [...]
2007-08-03 00:47:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ENRG HK SENV PGOV
07HONGKONG21HONG KONG HEALTH OFFICIALS PROBE DEATH OF PIG
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating the June and December 2006 deaths of two Hong Kong pig farmers from a pneumonia-type illness. The Hong Kong government (HKG) reported that both men had traveled to mainland China's Guangdong province a few weeks [...]
2007-01-04 08:59:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG2158HKMA: HONG KONG'S SHARE MARKET SLIDE NOT
[...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong shares dropped for the third straight day on August 17, falling through the 20,000 barrier before recovering on strong buying pressure just before the market closed. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is monitoring the market closely, but sees no evidence of struc [...]
2007-08-17 11:04:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HK PGOV
07HONGKONG2217HONG KONG TOY MANUFACTURERS RESPOND TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Hong Kong Toys Council and The Toy Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong told Econoffs that the U.S. recalls of China- produced toys in August served as a wake-up call for Hong Kong toy companies to immediately review their entire supply and production systems. [...]
2007-08-24 09:27:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL CH HK
07HONGKONG2313HONG KONG AIR POLLUTION DETERRING EXPATS, SAYS
[...] (U) Air pollution increasingly is harming Hong Kong's attractiveness as a posting for expat executives, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong's second annual environment survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents claimed difficulty in recruiting professionals to work in the [...]
2007-09-06 07:56:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV HK
07HONGKONG2414STAFFDEL NELSON PURSUES FOOD/TOY SAFETY AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: House Energy and Commerce Committee Staff Delegation Nelson visited Hong Kong and Macau at the end of August to investigate import food and product safety, intellectual property rights and unfair trade practices. Meetings with Hong Kong and Macau government officials and private [...]
2007-09-17 01:29:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG2443HONG KONG RESTRICTS POULTRY IMPORTS FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) suspended all imports of live poultry and birds, chicks, eggs, and meat originating from the Panyu District, Guangdong Province, Southern China following the confirmation of an H5N1 virus outbreak in Panyu duck fa [...]
2007-09-19 09:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH HK
07HONGKONG2466HONG KONG IS WORKING TO IMPROVE CHINA PRODUCT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of recalls of potentially dangerous "Made in China" toys and defective consumer goods has resulted in intense international scrutiny of Hong Kong-invested China industries. Hong Kong companies operate some 80,000 production facilities in mainland China, employing app [...]
2007-09-21 10:16:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG2533CONSUL GENERAL AND CALIFORNIA AIR EXPERT URGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General James Cunningham and former California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Dr. Alan Lloyd urged Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau to take action on Hong Kong's growing air pollution problems, in a meeting on September 20. The Consul G [...]
2007-10-03 08:12:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ENRG PREL HK
07HONGKONG2598INFLATION, OVER-INVESTMENT KEY CHINESE RISKS HK
[...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong-based China analysts warned U.S. Treasury representatives that unproductive investment was a disturbing trend that threatened to derail Chinese economic growth and stability, but that the risk to the Chinese economy from a U.S. slowdown was minimal. Analysts differed i [...]
2007-10-11 10:41:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2790CONSUL GENERAL AND TRANSPORT SECRETARY CHENG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Transport and Housing Secretary Eva Cheng told CG Cunningham that the Transport Bureau is focused on six-large scale infrastructure projects that will strategically shape Hong Kong's future competitiveness, while expanding land, sea and air links to mainland China. She stated t [...]
2007-11-08 09:28:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EWWT ELTN CH HK
07HONGKONG2827HKMA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO
[...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, in his annual policy speech October 10, announced that one of his priorities during his current term would be to review the government's role in the management of its share assets with an eye toward achieving higher returns and improving g [...]
2007-11-15 05:16:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HK
07HONGKONG45BIRD TESTS POSITIVE FOR H5 VIRUS IN HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) Hong Kong government (HKG) officials announced that a fast test reveals a dead bird tested positive for the H5 virus in Hong Kong on January 4. The bird, a Scaly-breasted Munia, was one of six dead birds found on the street near an urban shopping area on December 31. Additional tests wi [...]
2007-01-05 11:03:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG5832007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in par [...]
2007-03-01 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG5842007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) Per the ref, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those [...]
2007-03-01 10:07:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG647HONG KONG ECONOMISTS HIGHLIGHT CHINA'S ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Comments from Hong Kong-based economists made in a series of meetings with visiting Beijing Finance Attache and Econoff suggest the following: Chinese economic policy makers understand the negative byproducts of the current macroeconomic policy mix: including overcapacity in some industr [...]
2007-03-07 06:12:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV HK CH
07IRANRPODUBAI56PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD ATTEMPTS TO TONE DOWN TENSIONS BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 18:50:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PREL PGOV KNNP IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI69PRESS TV - IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]
2007-11-26 11:19:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP SCUL IR
07ISLAMABAD133STATUS OF FRONTIER CORPS
[...] (SBU) On December 29, 2006, PolCouns raised with the MFA's America's Desk post's request for information regarding the legal status of the Frontier Corps. (Reftel) Post had twice earlier requested the MFA's assistance in parsing the legal underpinnings of the Frontier Corps, as the issue ha [...]
2007-01-09 13:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1466CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: MINOR PROTESTS THROUGHOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 14:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1687AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S ISLAMABAD VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met with a wide spectrum of government officials, civil society, and media -- and garnered significant media coverage -- during her March 14-19 visit to Islamabad. Her interlocutors p [...]
2007-04-16 12:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD189RIFT IN PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIST PARTY ALLIANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Qazi Hussain Ahmed, announced January 4 that he will quit as chairman of Pakistan's six-party Islamist political alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA). JI and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) -- its main MMA partner -- are at odds over [...]
2007-01-11 11:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD2083DARFUR MISSION DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN WOULD NEED TO
[...] (SBU) On May 7, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, urging Pakistan to make a public commitment of troops and police for the future UN/AU hybrid operation. In response, Khan referred to Pakistan's clear, longstanding policy regarding its peacekeeping op [...]
2007-05-10 03:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO PK SU
07ISLAMABAD2133PAKISTAN WILL PUSH FOR SUPPORT OF KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) On May 11, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General in charge of OIC affairs. Chaudhry said that he was aware of Albania's efforts to obtain OIC endorsement for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal during the upcoming OIC Sum [...]
2007-05-11 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PK YI
07ISLAMABAD2495DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel points urging Pakistan to weigh in with the UN and the AU on the need for UN command and control of the proposed hybrid operation to MFA Director (UN-I) Haider Shah. Shah said that the substance of our message made sense, as Pakistan has in the past al [...]
2007-06-05 13:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PK SU
07ISLAMABAD250POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan is a key ally in the War on Terror and an essential partner in our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. President Musharraf and Prime Minister Aziz, both western-oriented modern [...]
2007-01-17 03:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPK PREL PTER PGOV KDEM OVIP OTRA
07ISLAMABAD2547PAKISTAN MEDIA SITUATION: JUNE 7 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) MEDIA PROTESTS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Evening of June 6, the Pakistani press corps that regularly covers the National Assembly began a "walk-out" from the Assembly to protest the new PEMRA ordinance regulating the electronic media (see para 2). According to a media contact, while Parlia [...]
2007-06-07 13:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD2817OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]
2007-06-26 05:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2818OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]
2007-06-26 05:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2934RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]
2007-07-05 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2960RED MOSQUE -- SITREP JULY 7, NOON LOCAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The strict curfew in the area around the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) remains in effect as of noon on Saturday, July 7. Gunfire and explosions continued intermittently overnight. After a several-hour lull Saturday morning, sporadic exchange of fire resumed. The rest of Islamabad c [...]
2007-07-07 08:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2979BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM HELPS STRENGTHEN S&T
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Biosecurity Engagement Program team's second visit to Pakistan June 12-23 further strengthened the collaboration on the Science and Technology Agreement, part of the Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and the U.S. The team met with high-level GOP officials and various membe [...]
2007-07-09 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
07ISLAMABAD2980PAKISTAN RAISES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED ROZ LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, EconCouns met with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary and Raheela Tajwar, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss Pakistan's concerns over proposed ROZ legislation. Some concerns were resolved by discussing the wording in the do [...]
2007-07-10 01:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PK
07ISLAMABAD2990RED MOSQUE SITREP AND EAC -- JULY 10, 11:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Overnight on July 9, the Pakistani government escalated its operation against the Red Mosque. A high-level delegation tried to negotiate with militant leader Maulana Ghazi on July 9. The negotiations failed and the military operation resumed at 04:00 July 10. As of 11:00 local, [...]
2007-07-10 05:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3030STRENGTHENING SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's general elections are expected to take place in late 2007 or early 2008, and Post has been working with stakeholders, donors and the Pakistan Election Commission since 2005 to strengthen the process. This cable outlines current US and international donor projects unde [...]
2007-07-12 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3199PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 1: POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's multi-party parliamentary system includes large personality-based secular parties, regional nationalist/ethnic parties with limited appeal and surprisingly democratic religious parties. Party/personal loyalty and a spoils system count for more with voters than ofte [...]
2007-07-24 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3217DEMARCHE ON AML BILL DELIVERED TO GOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Muhammad Javed Malik, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Nuzhrat Bashir, Joint Secretary for Banking, Ministry of Finance. EconCouns pointed out the extensive amount of time Pakistan has been working on passing Anti-M [...]
2007-07-25 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3247SUPREME COURT TELLS ELECTION COMMISSION TO BEEF UP VOTER
[...] (U) On July 26, a full Supreme Court bench -- including recently restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry -- directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to develop by August 10 a plan to increase the number of names on the draft voter rolls. 2. (U) The Supreme Court's direction was in respo [...]
2007-07-27 02:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3269RED MOSQUE FLARES UP AGAIN, SUICIDE BLAST AT
[...] (U) Security forcces have re-taken the Red Mosque after July 27 demonstrations. Hundreds of unarmed religious students and local attendees of Friday prayers protested the re-opening of the Red Mosque. Refusing to pray behind the government-appointed prayer leader Maulana Ashfaq, protesters rem [...]
2007-07-27 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3397 NEED TO GET IMET PROGRAM BACK ON TRACK
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy needs help urgently in getting our IMET program back on track. Nothing is more important to our long-term relationship in Pakistan than contact with mid-grade Pakistani military officers. We have lost 39 stu [...]
2007-08-04 09:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3477MUSHARRAF REAFFIRMS INTENT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN
[...] (U) In public remarks August, 6, President Musharraf retierated his intention to run for re-election, in uniform, and before the current assembles. He indicated he did not believe the Connstitution would bar him from contesting the presidential election for a second term. He again asserted th [...]
2007-08-08 12:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3694Will Pakistan's growth continue
[...] (SBU) Pakistan is in its fifth year of seven percent economic growth, but a number of international and private sector observers in Islamabad and Karachi question whether this growth is sustainable without additional reforms and a clear path through the election season. This cable is based on [...]
2007-08-23 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3714 IPR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING A SUCCESS
[...] SUMMARY: August 13-18, ECON presented the "Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Investigative Techniques & Resources" law enforcement training program in Islamabad for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers, provincial police, Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, and academics on tool [...]
2007-08-25 05:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3738KARACHI STOCK MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWARD SLIDE
[...] (U) The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took another dive on August 23 on rumors of the Supreme Court's imminent decision to clear the Sharif brothers return to Pakistan. The market lost 319 points or 2.6 percent to close at 12,001 points, slightly less than its biggest one day loss on August 8 [...]
2007-08-27 11:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3761 USG SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has been working with political parties, NGOs, donors and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure Pakistan's upcoming elections are free, fair and credible. We are pleased that the Pakistan Supreme Court decided to act upon a petition filed by the Pakistan Pe [...]
2007-08-28 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3762 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE ON BIT, ROZS AND DATA EXCLUSIVITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met August 27 with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce at his request to discuss next steps SIPDIS on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),GOP concerns regarding t [...]
2007-08-28 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD389 ECONOMIC SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. Your visit coincides with a period of expanding and deepening engagement between the U.S. and Pakistan on a range of key economic and trade issues. Reforms pioneered in 1999 by Prime Minister Shaukat Az [...]
2007-01-22 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4064PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission announced that the presidential election will be held on October 6. This cable outlines the process through which President Musharraf plans to be re-elected. WHEN WILL THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OCCUR? -- On October 6. WHO CAN N [...]
2007-09-20 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4106UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY ISLAMABAD
[...] (U) Per reftel request, updated contact information provided below. 2. (SBU) Embassy Islamabad leadership: Ambassador Anne W. Patterson O: +92-51-208-2500 H: +92-51-208-2505 C: +92-300-856-2140 Deputy Chief of Mission Peter W. Bodde O: +92-51-208-2502 H: +92-51-208-2507 C: +92-300- [...]
2007-09-24 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4208 PAKISTAN'S TEXTILE EXPORTS DROP; COMPETITIVENESS AN ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Textiles and apparel account for 38 percent of Pakistan's total industrial production but almost 2/3 of exports. Despite $6 billion in investment in the textile sector in the last six years, textile exports growth slowed down in FY07 to just 5.2 percent versus last year's 16.8 percent. [...]
2007-09-29 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4254 PAKISTAN'S WHEAT SHORTAGE AND FOOD INFLATION ADD TO
[...] SUMMARY: During this year's holy month of Ramadan, the average Pakistani is more concerned about finding a bag of flour than who will win the upcoming elections. A combination of overly optimistic production estimates, increased domestic consumption, a temporary lifting of the export ban, an [...]
2007-10-02 08:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4290PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON OPPOSITION RESIGNATIONS
[...] (U) Eighty-six members of the opposition alliance All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) resigned October 2 from the National Assembly, according to Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain. The speaker's office has not yet formally accepted the resignations, but Hussain announced that he would consult [...]
2007-10-03 14:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4363FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 8, 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Implementation of the Mission's strategy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is moving ahead despite challenges. We received our fiscal year 2007 (FY07) funding for the FATA by September 30. With our prodding, the donor community is taking ste [...]
2007-10-09 12:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4421PAKISTAN SERIOUS ABOUT POLIO ERADICATION
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor and Economic Specialist met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Director General Lieutenant General (retired) Shahida Malik to deliver reftel demarche October 11. MOH Polio Country Coordinating officer Dr. Rehan Hafiz also attended the meeting. The Minister of Health is [...]
2007-10-12 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KSCA PK
07ISLAMABAD4422MOORE MEETINGS FOCUS ON ROZS, IPR, TRANSIT TRADE
[...] (SBU) On the margins of the October 12-13 Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad, Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Chris Moore met with senior Ministry of Commerce, Finance SIPDIS and Industries to share details of the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) legislat [...]
2007-10-12 14:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4439AMCITS SHOULD AVOID KARACHI OCTOBER 18
[...] (SBU) Expecting up to a half million people to turn out for the October 18 arrival in Karachi of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, the U.S. Consulate in Karachi has issued the below Demonstration Notice (para 2). Bhutto's arrival party alone will be in the hundreds, includin [...]
2007-10-17 11:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4574PAKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS PARTIES: AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Differences have surfaced again between Jamiat Ulema Islam's Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) and Jamaat Islami (JI) -- the two largest parties within the religious Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) coalition. The row this time is over MMA's failure to dissolve the Northwest Frontier Province [...]
2007-10-25 14:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4601FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 26 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Per Ref A, Post requests urgent action on two pending requests: 1) Funding for a temporary FATA Coordinator; and, 2) Renewal of funding for a critical Pashto-language radio program. (See Paras 3 and 4 for action requests.) Post appreciates the swift respon [...]
2007-10-27 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT EAID PGOV KPAO PK PTER PREL
07ISLAMABAD4751PAKISTANI BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAREFULLY WATCHING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Section spoke with a wide range of contacts to gauge local business reactions to the November 3 imposition of a state of emergency. While the overall consensus is that it is too early to determine any long-term effects of the current crisis on Pakistan's economy, mo [...]
2007-11-06 11:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4790PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE ADVISOR PROPOSES ENHANCED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Caird Rexroad, USDA Agricultural Research Service Associate Administrator, met with Pakistan government officials and the scientific community October 31, as part of the ongoing Science and Technology Dialogue, a sub-group of the of the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Mini [...]
2007-11-08 11:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EAID ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4831PAKISTAN EXPECTS TO MEET AMBITIOUS TAX COLLECTION TARGET
[...] (SBU) The Federal Board of Revenue expects to meet its annual tax collection target of Rs.1.025 trillion ($16.8 billion ). The first quarter tax (July - September 2007) collection is up by 21.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year, but falls short of the FBR's self-imposed target [...]
2007-11-13 15:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4832 PAKISTAN ELECTIONS OBSERVERS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. President Musharraf announced November 11 that Pakistan's parliamentary elections will be held by January 9. With imposition of a state of emergency, post believes it is more important than ever to increase the number [...]
2007-11-14 01:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4888SIALKOT ENTREPRENEURS DISCUSS SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to the eastern Pakistani export center of Sialkot, Economic and USAID officers discussed the status of child labor monitoring and human resource development with private sector leaders. Our contacts were generally upbeat in their assessment of business conditio [...]
2007-11-16 12:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ELAB EINV ETRD SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD4889FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post still awaits publication of the Central Command Planning Order that will formalize the security development plan (SDP). Post appreciates funding for Pashto radio programming and the temporary FATA Coordinator, and will continue to urge Pakistani leadership to appoint a FA [...]
2007-11-16 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
07ISLAMABAD4926TERRORIST FINANCE: PAKISTAN FOLLOW-UP TO ACTION REQUEST ON
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Islamabad's response to reftel request for additional information on illicit cash couriers. 2. (SBU) Pakistan places statutory limits on the international transportation of currency. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) legally allows individuals to carry up to USD [...]
2007-11-20 01:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4947PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JANUARY 8
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq announced November 20 that Pakistan will hold general elections for the National and Provincial Assemblies on January 8, 2008. Opposition parties were quick to question the credibility of elections under the current [...]
2007-11-20 13:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4962EXPANDED USAID PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow-up to reftel. In reftel, Post recommended that the $200 million cash transfer could be projectized. We believe funds currently used for the cash transfer could be more productively used for other USG programs that directly benefit the Pakistani people [...]
2007-11-21 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5019FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (11/26/07)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Construction crews broke ground for the Border Coordination Center (BCC) at Torkham November 17. Design teams working on the Frontier Corps Training Center (FCTC) at Warsak will return within the week to refine construction timelines. The UK may proceed (ahead of the US) with ef [...]
2007-11-26 13:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD5022PAKISTAN CENTRAL BANK PROJECTS STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
[...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its annual report on the state of Pakistan's economy in October 2007 prior to the imposition of the November 3 state of emergency. The State Bank was pleased with the seven percent GDP growth rate in FY2007, particularly given the increase in inte [...]
2007-11-27 04:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD505DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR PAKISTAN TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is using several channels -- in coordination with Italian officials -- to invite and encourage Pakistan to participate in March classes at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The Pakistanis seem to want the COESPU training and are on board with the c [...]
2007-01-30 07:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV KPKO PK IT
07ISLAMABAD5054PAKISTAN: PLANNING FOR JANUARY 8 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy is emailing to SCA, USAID, and DRL the first cut of the Mission Pakistan election monitoring plan. We will focus on constituencies which historically have been closely contested and/or stolen. We are planning, particularly if the Europeans do not participate in elec [...]
2007-11-28 07:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5091PAKISTAN TO MISS DEADLINE FOR 2008 AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Due to the upcoming elections in Pakistan and current caretaker government, Government of Pakistan (GOP) approval for the proposed USGS and NRL geophysical survey is not possible in advance of the December 1 deadline. Post will continue to advocate for project approval so that t [...]
2007-11-30 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN ETRD EAID PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5103PAKISTAN OCR REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad recommends that Pakistan remain on the Watch List (WL) at the conclusion of the current Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review. While Pakistan has yet to live up to its commitment to enact TRIPS-consistent data protection legislation, we believe that it should remai [...]
2007-12-01 10:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5139PAKISTANI ECONOMY WEATHERS STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) The imposition of a state of emergency and political uncertainty has markedly affected Pakistan's ability to attract and retain portfolio investment, its exchange rate and the wholesale and retail business. There have been large outflows from the stock exchange; foreign investors have wit [...]
2007-12-05 01:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5140FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (12/02/07)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We will be advising the Pakistanis on mechanisms to improve civil-military coordination in the FATA. Outcomes in Swat could be a case study for future FATA operations; effective civil affairs follow-up will be needed to consolidate short term security gains by Pak forces and rev [...]
2007-12-05 01:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD5160USG SUPPORT FOR CREDIBLE PAKISTANI ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Pakistanis will go to the polls on January 8 to choose new National and Provincial Assemblies. It appears that none of the three major parties will receive enough votes to independently form a government, so political vote swapping and coalition building is in full swing. Pakista [...]
2007-12-05 14:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5199ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani authorities reported an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) affecting 18,000 birds on a commercial poultry farm 50 kilometers north of Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has confirmed four poultry outbreaks so far this season, with 81,000 birds dead or culled. Th [...]
2007-12-10 06:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5256PAKISTAN IMPOSES 35 PERCENT DUTY ON FLOUR EXPORTS
[...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with Consulates Lahore and Peshawar. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has imposed a 35 percent duty on the export of wheat products in an attempt to discourage exports, bolster domestic supplies and reduce the domestic price of flour. F [...]
2007-12-13 06:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELTN ETRD PK
07ISLAMABAD5302PAKISTAN CONFIRMS FIRST CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HUMANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed on December 15 that six individuals have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). One of the confirmed AI patients died in hospital. This marks the first reported cases of AI in humans in Pakistan. World Health Or [...]
2007-12-18 02:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5305PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: PREPARATION AND MONITORING
[...] (SBU) Summary. December 15 was the last day for candidates to withdraw or change political parties in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections. All the major parties will contest the election and are now heavily engaged in campaigning. USG- and international donor-sponso [...]
2007-12-18 10:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5328PAKISTAN FACES FISCAL PROBLEMS DUE TO SWELLING DEFICIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: High international oil and food prices and political unwillingness to decrease or eliminate subsidies in an election year are contributing to a projected increase in Pakistan's fiscal deficit from 4 to 4.9 percent for FY2008. GOP expenditures on energy and food subsidies have [...]
2007-12-20 07:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5336DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) On December 10, Econ Off informed officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Section of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on Iran. Officials at both ministries pledged that the USG points will be conveyed to relevant agencies of [...]
2007-12-20 12:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC EFIN KTFN PK
07ISLAMABAD625GOVERNMENT ORDERS ILLEGAL MOSQUES DEMOLISHED,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pakistani government is pitted against Muslim hard-liners over the fate of illegally constructed mosques in Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority has demolished three mosques in the recent weeks and has its sights on dozens more. This is the centerpiece of a broader [...]
2007-02-07 11:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SCUL PK
07ISTANBUL1014 Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Energy Minister
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler in Istanbul. They reaffirmed the U.S.-Turkey strategic energy vision for the development of Caspian resources and delivery systems to bring them to market, including the Trans-Caspian p [...]
2007-11-26 14:18:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET AJ IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ISTANBUL1028CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES KURDISH ISSUES,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 26, CODEL Rohrabacher met ARI Movement founder Kemal Koprulu to discuss Kurdish issues in Turkey and Iraq. The Congressman was joined by Congressman Louie Gohmert and former Chairman of the California Republican Party Shawn Steel. Koprulu was accompanied by Rifat [...]
2007-12-03 10:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL TU
07ISTANBUL1029 Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Prime Minister
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 18, Energy Secretary Bodman met with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on the margins of the Turkish Greek Interconnector (TGI) Ceremony. Also present was Turkish Energy Minister Guler, as well as representation from the Turkish MFA. The Secretary and the Prime Minist [...]
2007-12-03 12:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ISTANBUL1049THE AKP BRINGS WATER TO ISTANBUL
[...] (U) Prime Minister Erdogan presided over the official opening of the Melen Project, a massive endeavor to provide residents of Istanbul with sufficient water. This project diverts water from the Melen River and pipes it about 150 km westward to Istanbul. The ceremony celebrated the complet [...]
2007-12-11 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD SENV PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1051GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA
[...] (SBU) The International Conference on Islamophobia accused "the West" of an irrational fear of Islam. Most speakers provided anecdotal evidence of hostile actions towards Muslims, including Turkey,s ban against headscarves in public institutions. A small minority of speakers raised the need [...]
2007-12-11 14:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AORC TU
07ISTANBUL164SECURITY SURVEY: ISTANBUL BASED ECUMENICAL
[...] (SBU) Subsequent to reported threats (reftel) against the Ecumenical and Armenian Patriarchates in Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarchate administrative staffer Paul Gikas contacted us on February 15 to accept Consulate's previous offers to provide security improvement recommendations. In response [...]
2007-03-01 15:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL167FROM THE VISA LINE: WINTER'S TALES
[...] (SBU) Summary: From the Visa Line is a reporting vehicle encompassing vignettes, anecdotes and observations from Istanbul Consular officers' daily interactions with applicants. In recent months, some applicants have cited the increasingly nationalist climate in Turkey as a factor motivating th [...]
2007-03-02 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS SOCI CASC KFRD KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL183BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH EU,
[...] (SBU) Summary: BSEC Senior Officials met February 26-27 in Istanbul to discuss establishing an institution-to-institution relationship with the European Union, review the status of ongoing projects including a labor/employment study to be performed the OECD, and discuss preparations for the 1 [...]
2007-03-07 10:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV EU
07ISTANBUL209SCA'S FEIGENBAUM AND DEUTSCH IN ISTANBUL:
[...] (SBU) Summary. SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch held meetings in Istanbul February 27 with business and NGO interlocutors regarding Central Asia (reftels),with a heavy focus on Turkmenistan. Businessman Ahmet Calik counseled a step-by-step approach to working with [...]
2007-03-15 12:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TX
07ISTANBUL245ISTANBUL TO HOST WORLD WATER FORUM 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary. Even as the country enjoyed sunshine instead of rain (reftel),Istanbul hosted a preparatory meeting for the World Water Forum 2009, an international, tri-annual meeting organized to highlight water needs and resources worldwide since 1997. Istanbul was chosen as venue for th [...]
2007-03-23 12:03:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG SENV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL252TURKISH OPINION MAKERS ON PM ERDOGAN AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what was meant to be an hour and a half tour d'horizon with three of Turkey's most prominent opinion makers, Ambassador was only able to get one question in: Will PM Erdogan be a candidate for President? The heated debate that ensued was a sharp contrast to the backdrop of [...]
2007-03-26 13:38:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL258BANKERS' TAKE ON POSSIBLE ELECTION OUTCOMES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul bankers and key business leaders are evenly divided on Prime Minister Erdogan's presidential aspirations with some claiming he would be a fool to take the highly respected but largely ceremonial position while others claim Erdogan's ego will not allow him to forego the [...]
2007-03-28 10:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN TU
07ISTANBUL363ISTANBUL MAY DAY 2007
[...] (SBU) Following Sunday's "largest ever" demonstration in Turkey (reftel),a union-inspired crowd today took to the streets to hold traditional May Day demonstrations. Depending on where one started the day, the morning commute was either easier than normal or nearly impossible as police tried [...]
2007-05-01 12:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL42SITREP 2. DINK ASSAILANT ARRESTED; HIGH LEVEL
[...] (U) In the aftermath of the January 19 murder in Istanbul of Agos weekly editor and founder Hrant Dink, his suspected assailant, 17-year old Ogun Samast, was arrested by Turkish National Police Saturday evening as he stepped off a bus in Samsun en route to his home in Trabzon after his father [...]
2007-01-22 12:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL437THE D-8 SECRETARIAT: AN INSTITUTION IN SEARCH OF A
[...] (SBU) Summary: We met recently with Dipo Alam, the newly arrived Secretary General of the Developing Eight (D-8) organization. According to Alam the D-8's primary focus is fostering economic development through closer trade ties among the member states as well as cooperation with the United [...]
2007-05-24 09:33:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PREL TU IR
07ISTANBUL449ENERGY REGULATORS DISCUSS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) met in Istanbul May 21-22 to discuss regional energy market development, energy security, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. The conference was partially funded by USAID. Yusuf Gunay, President of the Energy Market Regul [...]
2007-05-29 11:38:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TU
07ISTANBUL50TURKISH LEGAL SOURCES REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION
[...] (SBU) The following information is a summary of the relevant legal sources and points associated with the administration and closing of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Seminary. Most of the information is taken from a Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) publication ent [...]
2007-01-24 16:09:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL538ARTICLE 301 CONTINUES TO HAUNT DINK FAMILY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hrant Dink's son Arat, a managing editor at the Armenian-language weekly newspaper his father founded, and another "Agos" colleague were acquitted on June 14 of charges associated with "attempting to influence the judiciary." The same court postponed the hearing of a more cont [...]
2007-06-22 14:01:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL550ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE WINS PYRRIC VICTORY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On June 26 the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals (Yargitay) upheld a local Istanbul court decision to acquit 12 members of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the charge of "illegal obstruction of religious service." In rendering this decision the court [...]
2007-06-27 11:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM TU
07ISTANBUL553AMBASSADOR WILSON MEETS WITH CARGILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Van Yeutter, Director of International Business Development for Cargill, Inc., and Mustafa Sayintac, CEO of Cargill-Turkey, told Ambassador and CG officers on June 7 in Istanbul that Cargill-Turkey's largest factory, which was ordered to close down last year, remains open pendin [...]
2007-06-27 12:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAGR BEXP TU
07ISTANBUL556AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SUES LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Amnesty International's (AI) Turkey branch filed civil cases against two local government authorities, the Beyoglu District Governor's office and the Istanbul Governor's office, for failing to respond to queries related to the January seizure of 75,000 YTL (approx 57,000 dollar [...]
2007-06-28 15:22:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL565BSEC 15TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMIT: A PROTOCOL TRIUMPH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The BSEC 15th anniversary summit held in Istanbul on June 25 proved that Turkey could deliver a high level protocol event, including participation by eleven of the twelve BSEC member heads of state or government. Armenia, the only hold out, was represented by Foreign Minister O [...]
2007-07-02 08:15:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN ENRG TU RU EU
07ISTANBUL577OPENING SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The much anticipated trial of 18 suspects in the January 19 murder of Turkish Armenian human rights activist Hrant Dink (ref A) began on July 2 in a closed-court session because the murder suspect is a minor. Following accusations of police complicity in the murder and questio [...]
2007-07-03 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL607CHALLENGE TO NON-TURKISH SYNOD MEMBERS OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ultra-nationalist attorney Kemal Kerincsiz, citing the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) June 26 rejection of the ecumenical nature of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, requested the Governor of Istanbul intervene to block the Holy Synod's July 7-10 meetin [...]
2007-07-09 11:56:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL631NORTHWEST TURKEY'S TEKIRDAG IN CAMPAIGN MOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Tekirdag located just up the Marmara seacoast northwest of Istanbul a few days after the press splashed claims of U.S. support to the PKK by three masked persons said to be PKK defectors across newspapers and television sets. The pleasant town, known for excellent k [...]
2007-07-16 13:55:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL653BURSA: RESERVED FORMER OTTOMAN CAPITAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Istanbul's final pre-election campaign visit was to Bursa, traveling aboard a new 75-minute car ferry from Istanbul to a dock just 25 miles from the town center, cutting the four-hour car trip to under two hours. Businessmen in their Mercedes joined vacationers to fil [...]
2007-07-20 11:41:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL663ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Democratic Society Party'S (DTP)-affiliated independent candidate Sebahat Tuncel was elected with nearly 90,000 votes in Istanbul,s 3rd district. Tuncel was arrested during a police operation in the DTP office in Bagcilar district of Istanbul in November 2006. She has been kept in Geb [...]
2007-07-23 15:35:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER TU
07ISTANBUL675TURKEY: SMALL PARTY ALLEGES RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The minuscule Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) intends to file a complaint of "gross violations" of rights against Turkey's Supreme Election Board (SEB) with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The SEB's decisions are final and may not be appealed to any body inside Turkey, [...]
2007-07-26 13:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL722TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),which scored a significant victory in recent elections, was given the mandate to form another single-party government. AKP is expected to continue to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey contin [...]
2007-08-09 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07ISTANBUL773NOT NEW, JUST REHEATED: AN UPDATE ON CHARGES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following recent Greek and Turkish press reports that an Istanbul prosecutor subpoenaed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemeos, the Patriarch,s attorney Kezban Hatemi told us that new prosecutorial staff had mistakenly issued the subpoena when they overlooked the Patriarch,s prior [...]
2007-08-24 13:56:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL779CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler stressed the importance of US cooperation in combating PKK terrorism during a cordial introductory meeting with the incoming Consul General. Guler offered his continued full support to the Consulate General, including and especially with respec [...]
2007-08-29 10:57:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL791CODEL COSTELLO: GOT URGES HOUSE NOT TO PASS AGR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish MFA Undersecretary (D Equivalent) Apakan and a group of parliamentarians, separately, urged Codel Costello to prevent passage of an Armenian Genocide Resolution, noting it would cause serious damage to US-Turkish relations. Turkish officials also pressed the delegatio [...]
2007-09-05 07:06:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU AM IZ
07ISTANBUL8643G AUCTION CANCELED; VODAFONE DECRIES UNFAIR
[...] Summary: Atilla Vidai, Vodafone Turkey CEO, argued the September 19 decision by the Turkish Telecommunications Board to cancel the 3G auction in which only one of the three wireless providers (Turkcell) currently operating in the Turkish market chose to bid was proof that the Turkish mobile [...]
2007-09-25 06:31:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECPS TU
07ISTANBUL872ISTANBUL BUSINESS TO U/S BURNS: NOW IS THE TIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a broad-ranging dinner conversation with two recently-elected AKP members of parliament and four senior business leaders Undersecretary Burns discussed constitutional reform, prospects for resolving conflict with Armenia, the treatment of minorities in Turkey, Turkish press [...]
2007-09-26 12:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL873U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I conveyed his appreciation for continued USG support and reiterated the concerns of the Patriarchate in a meeting with U/S Burns on September 18 in Istanbul. The Patriarch shared his optimism concerning the results of recent Turkish parliamen [...]
2007-09-26 12:52:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL896TESEV TO U/S BURNS: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS THE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Leaders of Turkey's most progressive civil society think tank, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, stressed to U/S Burns that while reform of Article 301 was important, the government must c [...]
2007-10-02 13:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ISTANBUL929REPORTS OF AGR-LINKED ILLEGAL MIGRANT DEPORTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Turkish-Armenian contacts representing business, religious and intellectual communities dispelled reports on a pan-Armenian web site suggesting that the Turkish government had detained approximately 100 illegal Armenian migrants in retaliation for the U.S. House For [...]
2007-10-16 15:49:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU AM
07ISTANBUL996ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY ADDS TO ECUMENICAL
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Ecumenical Patriarchate staff confirmed November 15 press reports concerning Ministry of Forestry (MOF) attempts, earlier in the week, to intervene with the renovation of a church property on Heybeli Isla [...]
2007-11-15 12:39:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07JAKARTA1008INDONESIA: AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR PAPUA SPACE LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials confirmed to us during a March 13 meeting that plans for a joint Indonesian-Russian satellite launch facility in Papua are well underway. The Governments of Indonesia and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in December 2006, [...]
2007-04-10 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS PARM PREL EINV ID RS
07JAKARTA1038EAST JAVA: Lapindo Mud Volcano Floods Roads and Rail While
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March 30 dam wall collapse at the source of the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano flooded East Java's remaining north-south road and railways, causing major transportation disruptions. Local mudflow victims delayed damage control response by preventing heavy equipment [...]
2007-04-12 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1050POSO CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM
[...] (U) Trials opened in Jakarta the week of April 2 in the cases of 17 Christians from Poso, Central Sulawesi. The men are charged with terrorism and pre-meditated murder in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The killings were reportedly a reaction to the execution just days earlier [...]
2007-04-13 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1051CDA'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) As part of post's ongoing engagement with Indonesia's Muslim community, CDA made courtesy calls on the chairmen of the world's two largest mass Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)'s Hasyim Muzadi and Muhammadiyah's Din Syamsuddin. By way of introducing their organizations, the c [...]
2007-04-13 08:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KISL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1053INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Health Minister Fadilah Supari's March 28 pledge to immediately begin sharing avian influenza (AI) samples, and similar pledges following World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan's April 4 Jakarta visit, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has not yet [...]
2007-04-13 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA107INDONESIA - JANUARY 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission's Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) confirmed three new human AI cases, two of whom have died. These are the first new human AI cases in Indonesia since November 12 2006. USAID/Jakarta took delivery of 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1000 [...]
2007-01-12 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA108JAN 12 UPDATE RE ADAM AIR; PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND; SEARCH CONTINUES
[...] (U) Summary: Villagers and Government of Indonesia (GOI) search and rescue personnel found small pieces of wreckage from Adam Air flight KI-574 on various beaches in South Sulewesi on January 11th. Small wreckage debris continues to wash on shore. U.S. Military personnel continue to assist with [...]
2007-01-12 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAIR ID
07JAKARTA11INDONESIA - JANUARY 2007 IPR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unannounced "training visits" by the Ministry of Industry's (MOI) Optical Disc Factory Monitoring Team (MT) in late November to 25 of 27 registered optical disc factories show that the enforcement of Indonesia's Optical Disc Regulations (ODR) is still in its infancy. Evidence t [...]
2007-01-03 08:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1128BANK INDONESIA CONSIDERS SWITCH TO OVERNIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bank Indonesia (BI) seems likely to move to targeting the overnight interest rate rather than its one-month Bank Indonesia Certificate (SBI) rate as its policy rate for targeting inflation. This duration shift will have the benefit of addressing anomalies (some self-induced) i [...]
2007-04-23 06:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1148NEWMONT POLLUTION CASE: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen Richard Ness and U.S. mining firm Newmont were declared not guilty on all counts of environmental pollution by a five judge panel in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 24. In dismissing all counts, the chief judge Ridwan Damanik said both Ness and Newmont had "th [...]
2007-04-24 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1171INDONESIA - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) continues to make progress on developing an Indonesia Tsunami Warning System (ITWS). The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) test launched an early warning buoy (tsunameter) on April 10, and the Ministry of Research an [...]
2007-04-26 07:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPSL AEMR TPHY KSCA ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA1191INDONESIA- APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of April 24, a World Health Organization (WHO) team assessed qualifications of the National Institute for Health Research Development (NIHRD) and the Eijkman Institute as potential WHO collaborating centers. During the NIHRD assessment, Dr. Triono Soendoro, NIHRD [...]
2007-04-29 22:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1211INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1212INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW - GOOD NEWS AND GREY AREAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a two year delay, Parliament passed a new Capital Investment Law on March 29 that provides a range of protections for investors including equal treatment for foreign and domestic investors, protection against nationalization, international arbitration for foreign investors [...]
2007-04-30 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1252INDONESIA - COP 13 PLANNING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 04:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ID
07JAKARTA1296DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON "ASIA DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) We met with Ms. Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of North and Central American Affairs, to outline our ideas for creation of an Asia Democracy Partnership (reftel). We pointed out that Indonesia's experience in transitioning to democracy meant t [...]
2007-05-08 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM XB ID
07JAKARTA13East Java: Grim Mudflow Impact Forecast Prompts SBY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a special cabinet meeting held December 28, President Yudhoyono announced several decisions concerning the Lapindo mudflow including Lapindo will pay $422 million in damages, East Java gas supplies will be reallocated from electricity production to fertilizer production an [...]
2007-01-03 09:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1326Indonesia - East Java/China Trade Growing, Investment
[...] SUMMARY: China's legal exports to East Java were close to $1 billion in 2006; illegal imports may have been double that amount. East Java shoe and garment industries have taken a beating from illegal imports, with over 500 small and medium sized firms closing in the past two years. So far, fou [...]
2007-05-11 05:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON KIPR KCOR ID CH
07JAKARTA1331INDONESIA - WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Summary: We delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on May 9 and the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) on May 10. Siuaji Raja, Deputy Director for Socio Cultural Affairs and International Organizations at DEPLU, told us that the [...]
2007-05-11 08:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO
07JAKARTA1388USTR FINDS IPR PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting USTR officials Barbara Weisel and David Katz reviewed efforts related to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in Indonesia during their May 3-4 visit to Jakarta. Members of the National IPR Task Force noted that difficult and ongoing challenges [...]
2007-05-16 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EINV ECON EMIN KCOR ID
07JAKARTA14INDONESIA - ILLEGAL LOGGING MOU PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta's Illegal Logging Task Force recommends Washington agencies divide the $1 million in proposed State Department ESF funds under the U.S.-Indonesia illegal logging MOU between the following three activities: --$550,000 for the enhancement of an existing DOJ-ICITA [...]
2007-01-03 09:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1492INDONESIA-MAY 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Permanent and TDY staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived the week of May 14 and met with numerous Ministry of Health officials. Indonesia media closely followed World Health Assembly (WHA) events and reported the outcomes as a resounding Indonesi [...]
2007-05-25 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA152Central Sulawesi: Police, Laskar Mujahiddin Clash After
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided two safe houses in Poso, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 11, 2006 killing two and capturing 4 members of Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) on their "most wanted" list of 29 terrorists operating in the province. A Poso police offic [...]
2007-01-18 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL CACS ID
07JAKARTA1561USG SUPPORTED EMBEDDED PERSONNEL IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In keeping with Secretary RiceQs Transformational Diplomacy objectives, US Embassy Jakarta really took stock of our successes in placing USG personnel directly into Indonesian government offices. We are pleased to report that we currently have 27 positions embedded within key G [...]
2007-06-06 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER EAID PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1593INDONESIA - JUNE 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari reportedly announced on June 6 that Indonesia and Australia plan to jointly develop an AI vaccine, but privately, the Australian Embassy and National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) both expressed surprise at th [...]
2007-06-08 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1655GOI AGREES WITH MAIN POINTS OF 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, we delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's narrative for Indonesia to Sumarni Dawam Raharjo, the specially appointed TIP law implementation task force leader from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment. We also relayed the talking points on Indonesia' [...]
2007-06-14 09:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO ID
07JAKARTA166INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-19 10:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1660ORANGUTAN CONSERVATION INDONESIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 01:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO TPHY ID
07JAKARTA1672WEST KALIMANTAN - DWINDLING FORESTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: West Kalimantan's abundant forest and fresh water resources are under threat from logging and plantation companies, though the government has recently cracked down on some illegal loggers. The majority of tribal peoples in the province rely on forest resources for a livelihood [...]
2007-06-15 10:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1693INDONESIA - AUDIT FIRM ROTATION RULE HURTS BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is one the few countries in the world requiring companies to appoint a new auditor every five years, a practice known as Audit Firm Rotation. The practice of rotating individuals, or Audit Partner Rotation, is widespread across the globe. Accounting firms and their c [...]
2007-06-19 10:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1729INDONESIA - JUNE 22 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1735THE AWARD OF THE PRIME CONTRACT FOR THE USG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1744INDONESIA - ENVIRONMENTAL MEETING WITH EMIL SALIM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting on June 21 with Charge, Dr. Emil Salim, environmental advisor to Indonesian President Yudhoyono, welcomed President Bush's attention to climate change, but criticized its "overemphasis on the clean energy sector and failure to provide incentives for safeg [...]
2007-06-25 09:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1768East Java: Lapindo Mudflow Devastation Continues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya and Embassy Jakarta officers accompanied EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill to the Lapindo mudflow disaster (reftel A) and surrounding areas on May 28, the day before the one year mark of the disaster. The mudflow continues at approximately 150,000 cubic me [...]
2007-06-27 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1771INDONESIA - REACTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy hosted eleven Indonesian NGOs for a roundtable discussion of President Bush's new international framework initiative, and reaction was generally positive. The NGOs stressed that combating deforestation needs to be part of the initiative, along with increased [...]
2007-06-27 11:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1772East Java: Mud Managers Informally Request USG Assistance
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on A/S Christopher Hill's recent inspection of the mudflow disaster, ConGen Surabaya met with Sidoarjo Mud Disaster Management Board (BPLS) leadership, who described their inability to formulate and implement a work [...]
2007-06-28 00:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA182INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-23 01:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1832INDONESIA - FORESTRY MINISTER WELCOMES ORANGUTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Minister of Forestry, Mr. Kaban, stressed to DCM in a July 3 meeting that conservation of orangutans and their forest habitat remains an urgent need. The Minister welcomed the $8 million USAID Orangutan Conservation Services Program and emphasized the importance of communit [...]
2007-07-06 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ID
07JAKARTA1855Sumbawa Mine Showcases World Best Practices
[...] Summary: (SBU) The PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) copper and gold open pit mine at Batu Hijau on the island of Sumbawa is a showcase for state of the art mining technology, environmental best practices, and responsible community development policies. During a June 22 to 24 site visit, the C [...]
2007-07-09 07:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1878INDONESIA - NEW PACKAGES ON INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) issued a new Presidential Instruction with four components: investment climate improvement; infrastructure development; empowerment of micro, small, and medium enterprises; and financial sector reform. These are updates to packages th [...]
2007-07-11 06:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EAIR EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1909East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]
2007-07-13 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1920PROSECUTORS FILE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General has reopened the legal battle to recover former Indonesian president Suharto's allegedly ill-gotten wealth with a civil lawsuit against the Suharto-linked Supersemar Foundation. The case, which seeks the recovery of $1.66 billion plus property, d [...]
2007-07-13 07:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1921REQUEST FOR BLANKET RETRANSFER END-USE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) We delivered Department's offer and rationale (ref a) to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Relations, on June 12. We noted we had encouraged the government of Indonesia to consider a blanket agreement when completing t [...]
2007-07-13 07:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1928Opening of GAM office Generates Controversy, Reveals Splits
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, a small group of GAM leaders led by Muzakkir Manaf provoked controversy by announcing their intention to use the free Aceh flag as the party symbol and "GAM" - the acronym for the Free Aceh Movement - as the party name. GAM's spokesman defended the move by appealing to [...]
2007-07-16 00:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1931ASEAN SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR HUME
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call on ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong on July 12 to discuss cooperation between ASEAN and the United States. Both Ambassador Hume and Secretary General Ong expressed regret at the postponement of the ASEAN-US Summit, bu [...]
2007-07-16 04:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL ID
07JAKARTA1933SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We encourage you to make a strong pitch for OPIC to facilitate U.S. investment, for exploratory discussion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT [...]
2007-07-16 11:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1957GOI PROMISES SWIFT RESPONSE TO NIKE TRADE DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 18, Ambassador Hume met with Muhammad Lufti, Chairman of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) Investment Coordinating Board (BMPK)at Lufti's request to discuss the escalating trade dispute between U.S.-based Nike Corporation and their local business partner, Central Cipta M [...]
2007-07-19 06:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EINV ECON KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1994PROPOSED ARF ISM ON NONPROLIFERATION: INDONESIAN
[...] (SBU) We discussed reftel concerns on July 24 with Mariyani (single name only) in the Directorate of Asia-Pacific Intra-Regional Cooperation in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and provided a copy of the revised draft proposal for an Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproli [...]
2007-07-24 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ARF ID
07JAKARTA202INDONESIAN PARTICIPATION IN NPT PREPCOM
[...] (U) We discussed reftel issues o July 25 with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director frr WMD Issues in the Directorate for Internationa Security and disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto stated that, barring any unforeseen developments, Desra Percaya, Director fo [...]
2007-07-26 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPAMQ KNNP MNUC ENRG PREL NPT ID
07JAKARTA2026PRESSING INDONESIA ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) We discussed reftel issues on July 25 with Andy Rachmiato, Deputy Director for WMD Issues in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto thanked us for the report on the U.S. ratification process and noted the Uni [...]
2007-07-26 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA2034Eastern Indonesia - Optical Disk Factory Closures Reducing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ConGen Surabaya informally surveyed pirated optical disk vendors in Bali and Surabaya to assess the impact on supplies after two Jakarta pirated disk factories were raided July 2 (Ref A). Initially we noticed minimal changes in Bali pirated disk supplies. However, a Balinese pi [...]
2007-07-27 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EFIN EINV ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2063D-FM WIRAJUDA BILAT IN MANILA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Mission provides the following suggested background for inclusion in the briefing materials for Deputy Secretary Negroponte. They are for reference for his planned bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign [...]
2007-07-31 08:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO MARR ID XF IZ
07JAKARTA2064INDONESIA'S 2007 SUBMISSION FOR 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Below please find Post's 2007 submission pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA). 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of United States citizens against the Government of Indonesia (GOI). This c [...]
2007-07-31 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE ECON OPIC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2065PAPUAN CIVIL SOCIETY DISCUSSES SPECIAL AUTONOMY
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent USAID-supported study of Papuan civil society demonstrates that opinion remains divided on the Special Autonomy Law. Papuan interlocutors agree that the GOI has not done an effective job [...]
2007-07-31 10:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA2085JAKARTA ELECTION LOOMS: DO VOTERS CARE?
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. Summary ======= 2. (SBU) Political flags and banners have covered Jakarta in recent days as the capital prepares for its August 8 gubernatorial election. The activities of the two candidates--Deputy Governor F [...]
2007-08-03 02:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2139VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO INDONESIA, CLIMATE CHANGE AND
[...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray and several Indonesian officials discussed climate change policy and the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 13th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP-13) meeting in Bali December 3-14. Dr. Emil Salim, P [...]
2007-08-07 23:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2140FORESTRY ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO
[...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray discussed deforestation and climate change with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials from the Ministries of Forestry and Environment, non-governmental organizations, and a policy advisor to President Yudhoyono. The GO [...]
2007-08-08 00:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2168AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HEALTH AND RESEARCH ISSUES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari told the Ambassador on August 9 that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to cooperation with USG. Describing Indonesia's pressing health concerns including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and avian influenza (AI),she said the Gov [...]
2007-08-09 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2182INDONESIA - AUGUST 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. An Avian Influenza Action Group (AIAG) funded Avian Influenza (AI) documentary aired on Indonesian television on July 14. The CDC acquired draft quarterly reports from NIHRD covering the past three fiscal quarters. A new CDC senior medical epidemiologist arrived at post on Augus [...]
2007-08-10 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2185THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I want to thank you personally for sending the superb Peace Corps Assessment Team here to Indonesia last February. The Team was able to travel through six provinces over two weeks and meet a wide variety of local leaders, international volunteers, and government [...]
2007-08-10 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ID
07JAKARTA2189ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WITOELAR WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Rachmat Witoelar told the Ambassador on August 9 that he welcomed President Bush's climate change initiative and the upcoming conference on climate change in Washington, DC. He welcomed opportunities for dialogue, such as the upcoming visit of White House Cou [...]
2007-08-10 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2194SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. You are coming to Indonesia at a time when the country is under increasing criticism for its rapid rates of deforestation, something to which the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is increasingly sensitive with the approach of the 13th Uni [...]
2007-08-11 12:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2230AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE WITH BAXTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The President of Baxter Bioscience's Vaccine Business, Kim Bush, told the Ambassador on August 14 that he believes the Indonesians would welcome a solution to the AI virus sample sharing impasse. Negotiations among a smaller group of key stakeholders could best resolve the issue [...]
2007-08-15 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2234CAPITAL FLOW VOLATILITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE, FEW PREDICT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a two-day seminar in Singapore sponsored by Standard and Poor's and the Malaysian Rating Agency, regional financial analysts and economists predicted that capital flows in to the region would continue to be large, but may become more volatile as investors' risk appetites shift [...]
2007-08-16 06:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2241FACING ISLAMIST PROTESTERS, MISS UNIVERSE AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) The reigning Miss Universe, Japanese national Riyo Mori, recently visited Indonesia on a promotional tour. After visiting Jakarta and making several planned stops at venues in Bandung, West Java, she and her [...]
2007-08-16 08:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2248PRESIDENT,S NATIONAL DAY SPEECH UPBEAT, BUT NO
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono's annual National Day speech offered a generally upbeat assessment mixed with a sober recognition of the challenges facing the country. The speech covered democracy, terrori [...]
2007-08-16 10:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PTER ID IR
07JAKARTA2297APEC ASEAN-7 LUNCHEON INVITATION PASSED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL APEC ID
07JAKARTA2301Indonesian National Police IPR Raids Create Stir
[...] (SBU) Summary: The impact from the largest recorded counterfeit pharmaceutical raid in the world that took place in Jakarta on July 23 is still reverberating within the Government of Indonesia (GOI). The pharmaceutical industry is reacting positively and proactively with pledged assistance, a [...]
2007-08-22 11:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON SNAR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2322PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ON INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE,
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Hume spoke with President Yudhoyono after SBY's address commemorating 50 years of American Field Service (AFS) activity in Indonesia. Yudhoyono stressed the need for cultu [...]
2007-08-24 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SENV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2330THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I would like to thank you for your swift and positive response regarding a Peace Corps program in Indonesia. Indonesia's burgeoning democracy, majority-Muslim demographics, and genuine developmental need are indeed worth a second look. 2. (SBU) We would be delig [...]
2007-08-24 09:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ID
07JAKARTA2333AVIAN INFLUENZA - BALI OUTBREAKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The confirmation of two human AI infections and a group of suspected cases have drawn international attention to Bali. The Indonesian National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) determined H5N1 in two women from Bali and agreed to send the samples to the World [...]
2007-08-24 10:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2334INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...]
2007-08-24 10:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2335SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]
2007-08-24 10:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2336INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...]
2007-08-24 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2350ASEAN MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION
[...] (U) Summary. During a series of recent meetings and events at the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN officials expressed cautious optimism about economic integration and the draft ASEAN Charter despite continued challenges. Senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and business leaders called for fa [...]
2007-08-27 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2375EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel's visit to the Sidoarjo muflow site, the site manager expressed confidence that current efforts were mitigating the risk to surrounding areas, but warned about possible seismic activity. Local economic experts were univerisally [...]
2007-08-29 08:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2396AVIAN INFLUENZA - DAS MARCIEL MEETS WITH KOMNAS SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 02:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2397BEP-US MOU NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 21, Desra Percaya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for International Security and Disarmament told us that Indonesia is ready to conclude a bilateral Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Percaya provided us with written c [...]
2007-08-31 02:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP ENRG KTIA ID
07JAKARTA24INDONESIA - KOREAN INVESTMENT DISPUTE HIGHLIGHTS LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: An early October decision by apparel and shoe retailer Adidas to terminate supply contracts with three local shoe manufacturers has led to the layoff of 17,000 workers and sparked labor demonstrations. The three firms owe a combined $140 million to Indonesian banks, but have not [...]
2007-01-04 23:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2407US-INDONESIA ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton and U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator Harlan Watson discussed energy security and climate change strategy with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials, NGOs and donors during a series of meetings on [...]
2007-08-31 07:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2409GOI OBJECTS TO U.S. TOBACCO LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter details GOI objections to draft tobacco control legislation under conside [...]
2007-08-31 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2411CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION SELECTING NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Selection Committee is evaluating new commissioners for a four-year term beginning late December 2007. The new commissioners will lead the KPK at a critical time, determining the future direction of the KPK and the larger anti-corrup [...]
2007-08-31 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2423 Disputed election sparks violence in Aceh
[...] (U) This is a joint Medan - Jakarta message. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out at the inauguration of the new regent for Southeast Aceh District on September 1. A dozen demonstrators were arrested, 16 peo [...]
2007-09-04 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PINR KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2432AI - PRESS CONFERENCE DISPUTING HUMAN-TO-HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 10:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2436ASEAN CHARTER ON TRACK, INCREASED DIALOGUE WITH U.S. URGED
[...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Marciel emphasized U.S. interest in engaging ASEAN during meetings August 27-28 with ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Dammen and Indonesian Foreign Ministry Director General for ASEAN Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani. The officials underscored that ASEAN is entering a qualit [...]
2007-09-05 01:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2438INDONESIA - CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT
[...] (U) Summary. The new limited liability company law has created great confusion in the business community by mandating that "natural resources" companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The law is very vague and domestic business leaders have already raised objectio [...]
2007-09-05 02:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2449GOI INVITES U.S. TO PRE-COP 13 MINISTERIAL, 24-25 OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) On September 5, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar addressed to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. The letter invites U/S Dobriansky to informal ministerial consulta [...]
2007-09-06 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2457 SULAWESI SEA MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AND MORE: INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission submits for Department's review a package of $41.5 in military assistance to Indonesia for FY2008 under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to conduct counterte [...]
2007-09-06 05:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ID
07JAKARTA2459DONOR ROUNDABLE MEETING ON CLMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) Summary. During a September 5 Donor Roundtable Meeting on Climate Change, Agus Purnomo, Executive Director, National Steering Committee for the Conference of Parties 13 (COP 13) updated donor partners and embassy officials on COP 13 preparations. Joe Leitmann, Environment Coordinator, Worl [...]
2007-09-06 08:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2470DAS MARCIEL MEETINGS ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, during his August 27-28 visit to Jakarta, heard complaints that Indonesia is not attracting as much investment as neighbor Vietnam. Reasons include the Indonesian government and Parliament's ambivalence towards foreign companies and [...]
2007-09-06 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV KGHG ID
07JAKARTA2503 AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE AND
[...] Summary: On August 28-29, Ambassador Hume visited Yogyakarta, touring schools and meeting local leaders. The Ambassador visited public and private schools that receive USAID assistance under President BushQs $157 million Education Initiative for Indonesia. The Ambassador met with Sri Sultan [...]
2007-09-10 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON ID
07JAKARTA251GOI PRIORITIZES RECOVERY OF ADAM AIR BLACK BOXES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa thanked the Ambassador and members of the USS Mary Sears search team for U.S. assistance in locating the wreckage of Adam Air Flight KI-574 on the floor of the Suluwesi Straits. Hatta said that the GOI's priority in terms of next steps is [...]
2007-01-31 04:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2545 AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE AND MEETS
[...] Summary: On August 28-29, Ambassador Hume visited Yogyakarta, touring schools and meeting local leaders. The Ambassador visited public and private schools that receive USAID assistance under President Bush's $157 million Education Initiative for Indonesia. The Ambassador met with Sri Sultan Ha [...]
2007-09-13 02:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON ID
07JAKARTA255YUDHOYONO CANS THE CGI
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise announcement, President Yudhoyono told the media on January 24 that Indonesia would end the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) donor forum. While many observers believed the CGI format had outlived its usefulness, the timing and abruptness of the announcement - [...]
2007-01-31 09:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2550PROPOSED REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Mark Linscott held a series of meetings on September 6 and 7 related to illegal logging. Officials at the ASEAN Secretariat welcomed the proposal of an informal regional dialogue on illegal logging. Government of Indonesia (GOI) offic [...]
2007-09-13 06:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2560INDONESIA - KEY DONORS MEETING ON AI CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a key donors meeting in Bali on September 11-12, Chief Executive of the Indonesian National Committee for Avian Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) Bayu Krisnamurthi stated that Indonesia needs around $300 million per year to fight avian influenza (AI). Donors pl [...]
2007-09-13 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2562MISSION HOSTS TRILATERAL COUNTER-TERRORISM MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission hosted a trilateral counter-terrorism (CT) meeting September 13 with Australian and Japanese counterparts. Discussion focused mainly on current and future CT initiatives with the Indonesian government. [...]
2007-09-13 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ASEC PTER PGOV ID AS JA
07JAKARTA2564Request for DOD Counter-Drug Support
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (U) THIS IS A REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 DOD COUNTER-DRUG SUPPORT IN INDONESIA, TO BE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 1004 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 (AS AMENDED). 3. (SBU) INDONESIA IS VULNERAB [...]
2007-09-14 01:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA2584FACILITATING TRI-BORDER MARITIME SECURITY
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Delegations from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines and observers from Brunei, Australia and the United States participated in a multilateral maritime security conference August 27-29 in Ceb [...]
2007-09-14 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL PTER ID RP MY
07JAKARTA2606COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: INDONESIAN RESPONSE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Pol/C met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to convey U.S. priorities regarding the Community of Democracies (CD). Po [...]
2007-09-17 09:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2609BANK INDONESIA BRIEFS UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY ON ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governors briefed visiting Under Secretary Jeffery on Indonesia's macroeconomic success in recent years; BI's effort to improve the formal arrangement for managing economic and financial crises; and the central bank's work to prevent large-scale c [...]
2007-09-18 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2610U/S JEFFERY BRIEFED ON ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM SUCCESSES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders told visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III September 10 that they have "caught some big fish" (e.g. former governors),but anti-corruption reform will take decades. [...]
2007-09-18 00:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2611U/S DISCUSSES INDONESIA'S ROLE IN COP 13, CLEAN ENERGY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Indonesia September 10-12, U/S Jeffery held a roundtable lunch on September 10 with GOI officials, donor representatives ad private sector representatives. The head of Indonesia's COP 13 steering committee said that the GOI would await the outcomes of the U.N [...]
2007-09-18 01:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2616U/S Jeffery Meeting with Vice President Kalla
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery discussed U.S.-Indonesia cooperation in anti-corruption, energy security, and climate change during a forty-minute meeting on September 11. Kalla returned to his customary theme of the importance of stability and econ [...]
2007-09-18 06:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV SENV ID
07JAKARTA2617U/S Jeffery - Corporate Social Responsibility Discussions
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two prominent U.S.-headquartered companies briefed Under Secretary Jeffery on their integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their overall business plans for Indonesia. GE and Citi both said CSR activities in Indonesia are tightly integrated with their corporate [...]
2007-09-18 06:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2623ACEH TRANSITION ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 17, the Ambassador and Chiefs of other donor missions assessed Aceh's transition from the reconstruction period to economic growth. The mandate of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) expires in April 2009. Donors work closely with [...]
2007-09-18 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PGOV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2625RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) Minister of Research and Technology Kadiman told the Ambassador during a September 17 courtesy call that he welcomed continued U.S. involvement on Indonesia's efforts to build a national tsunami warning system. He expressed particular appreciation for Embassy efforts towards developing [...]
2007-09-18 09:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY EAID KSCA PINR PREL ID
07JAKARTA264INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Amba [...]
2007-02-01 01:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2643ASEAN FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASING
[...] (SBU) ASEAN activity and programs on environmental issues, including climate change and illegal logging, is on the rise. ASEAN is focusing more on the environment during its 40-year anniversary and in the run-up to the 13th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 13) in Bali this December [...]
2007-09-19 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2644TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation, is a crucial test for transformational diplomacy. Just ten years ago it was an authoritarian, military dominated state weakening under the pressures of [...]
2007-09-19 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SOCI TBIO ID
07JAKARTA2649U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH ECONOMISTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. U/S Jeffery discussed Indonesia's economy and investment climate with economists and business leaders September 10-11 in Jakarta. Outlying regions such as Aceh and Papua face infrastructure and development challenges. Large established western companies with good local partners [...]
2007-09-20 00:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV EINV ID
07JAKARTA265INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Ambas [...]
2007-02-01 01:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2683INDONESIA AT THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Indonesia wants the Major Economies Meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 13) in Bali in December. The GOI will be sensitive to any negative portrayal of Indonesia, whether as a destroyer of forests or as [...]
2007-09-21 09:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2694FINANCE MINISTER MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on September 24 that Indonesia's growth is strong but more infrastructure development is needed. Indonesia needs to do more to get its good news story out, as the media paints a very negative picture. The count [...]
2007-09-24 08:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ABLD EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2695Invitation to COP-13 Trade Ministerial
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter is an invitation to attend a trade ministerial on the margins of the C [...]
2007-09-24 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2712NOAA ASST. ADMINISTRATOR SPINRAD'S VISIT TO INDONESIA
[...] (U) Summary. Assistant Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR),Richard Spinrad, participated in a series of meetings on tsunami monitoring, climate change, and future collaboration on September 17-21 in [...]
2007-09-26 02:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID TPHY ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2715INDONESIA PREPARES TO HOST UN CORRUPTION CONFERENCE - ASSET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asset recovery will be the GOI's top priority as host of the second Conference of State Parties (COSP) for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),to be held in Bali on January 28-February 1 2008. A ministerial-level inter-agency national team led by the Ministry of Foreig [...]
2007-09-26 06:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2717 Indonesian National Police - An Historical Overview
[...] (U) This information is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Founded in 1945, the Indonesian National Police (INP) separated from the Armed Forces in 2000 and began a period of reform, reinventing itself as a modern, civic-minded force that responds to t [...]
2007-09-26 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2739U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES BURMA, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, AT ASEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Tandi Dammen provided Under Secretary Jeffery with a brief overview of ASEAN's draft blueprint for economic integration and expressed appreciation for the United States' robust cooperation with ASEAN on trade and economic issues, particula [...]
2007-09-28 00:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2740U/S Jeffery Visits Sumatra
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 12 visit to Sumatra, U/S Jeffery visited the Palm Oil Research Center and toured its model biofuel production facility. He also met with the Governor of North Sumatra Rudolf Pardede and his economic team. He took an aerial survey of plantations and the Leuse [...]
2007-09-28 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV SENV ID
07JAKARTA2743INDONESIA - TRILATERAL STRATEGIC ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The missions of Australia, the U.S. and Japan in Indonesia, at a September 20 meeting, agreed to pursue several issues in close coordination, including avian influenza sample sharing, encouraging better Government of Indonesia (GOI) compliance with UN 1267 Al-Qaeda-related asset [...]
2007-09-28 02:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTFN KFLU PREL PTER PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2756INDONESIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Diana Emilla, Deputy Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),underscoring that Indonesia--as East Asia's larges [...]
2007-09-28 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN UNGA ID
07JAKARTA2771USGS Scientist says Manage Mudflow, Don't Throw Money Down
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 10:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2777INDONESIA - 2008 DRAFT BUDGET, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
[...] (U) Summary. On August 16, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) presented to the Parliament his FY 2008 draft budget, which focused heavily on boosting infrastructure spending. The draft budget targets 6.8% economic growth for 2008, up from 6.3% expected in 2007, with 6% inflation. In or [...]
2007-10-02 07:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KMCA ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2780USG COULD LEVERAGE $100 MILLION AUSSIE FORESTRY INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In the run up to COP 13, Australia has announced an AUS$100 Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. Post could increase the long-term impact of our current projects in forestry and wildlife conservation by leveraging this new initiative. Any additional fu [...]
2007-10-02 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2795INDONESIA - OCTOBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its October 2007, GlobeAsia (a respected Indonesian business magazine) ranked Minister of Health Fadilah Supari as number 16 of the top 99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia. On October 1, the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) confirmed H5N1 in a dece [...]
2007-10-03 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2796INDONESIA - OCTOBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its October 2007, GlobeAsia (a respected Indonesian business magazine) ranked Minister of Health Fadilah Supari as number 16 of the top 99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia. On October 1, the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) confirmed H5N1 in a dece [...]
2007-10-03 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2815BANKING SECTOR UPDATE 2007 - NEW REGULATION ON
[...] (U) Summary. Since announcing its 2005 Indonesian Banking Architecture plan, Bank Indonesia has launched several policy packages and regulations to promote banking consolidation via merger. On September 21, Bank Indonesia issued a new regulation setting out additional incentives for bank conso [...]
2007-10-04 07:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2816INDONESIA 2008 MINI COUNTRY OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) On behalf of the Mission Team on HIV/AIDS, I am pleased to present the Indonesia 2008 Mini Country Operational Plan (COP) in support of the PresidentQs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This submission represents the combined efforts of the United States Department of State, the [...]
2007-10-04 08:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID OGAC
07JAKARTA2817ASEAN FAVORS ENGAGEMENT WITH BURMA, MAY DELAY BURMA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Secretariat staff express hope that momentum for stronger ASEAN condemnation of Burmese repression will continue to build, but also maintain that an increase in economic engagement is the best way to affect political change in Burma. ASEAN may delay Burma's signing of the [...]
2007-10-04 09:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA2833BALIKPAPAN - DECENTRALIZATION CHAMPION, MODEL FOR EAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Balikpapan, the commercial hub of East Kalimantan, represents the opportunities - and challenges - of decentralization in Indonesia. A twelve-fold increase in central government budget transfers has led to new public service initiatives and economic opportunitie [...]
2007-10-05 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV KCOR ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2864SUPREME AUDIT BOARD SETTING VISION, LACKING CAPACITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Audit Board (BPK) presented its semiannual audit report to Parliament on October 10, documenting 1,543 cases that caused $854 million in losses to the state. The BPK performs key government oversight functions, yet lacks the resources, capacity, and cooper [...]
2007-10-11 03:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2866Chinese Investors Win Power Project Guarantees
[...] (SBU) Chinese investors, reportedly with high level backing from Vice President Jusuf Kalla, won full guarantees for power projects under the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Fast Track electricity building program. Previously, the GOI was only willing to concede vague offers of partial support [...]
2007-10-11 05:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PREL EFIN ID
07JAKARTA2871INDONESIA - SAMPLE SHARING POSITION HARDENS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following participation in a Third World Network-organized meeting in Geneva, Indonesia's views on sample sharing seem to be hardening. Dr. Widjaja Lukito, Government of Indonesia lead on sample sharing, told us on October 11 that Indonesia intends to seek support within the Glo [...]
2007-10-11 07:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2872Chinese Investors Win Power Project Guarantees
[...] (SBU) Chinese investors, reportedly with high level backing from Vice President Jusuf Kalla, won full guarantees for power projects under the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Fast Track electricity building program. Previously, the GOI was only willing to concede vague offers of partial support [...]
2007-10-11 07:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PREL EFIN ID
07JAKARTA2874YOGYAKARTA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Yogyakarta's decentralization framework is robust, yet its implementation and results incomplete. Following major earthquake damage and economic decline in 2006, the Special Province of Yogyakarta is working to attract investment and improve the investment climat [...]
2007-10-11 09:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2875YOGYAKARTA - PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yogyakarta provincial leadership has instituted several initiatives to promote greater accountability and more responsive local government. The Governor established public and private ombudsman offices and a regional oversight body to promote better governance. Despite some [...]
2007-10-11 09:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2898BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE
[...] (U) Summary: The Indonesian firm PT. Sarigema Dinamika (Sarigema) confirmed on October 2 its order of circuit cards for F-5 aircraft radio communication detailed in Ref A. Sarigema supplies the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) with aviation, communication, navigation and radar equipment, products a [...]
2007-10-15 07:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
07JAKARTA291AMBASSADOR STRESSES AID, INVESTMENT IN PAPUA
[...] (U) Introduction and Summary. On a January 21 - 24 visit to Papua Province, Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe stressed the importance to Papua's development of both foreign aid and foreign investment. He said that the U.S. was examining ways to increase assistance to Papua, especially in the form of [...]
2007-02-02 06:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EINV EAID EMIN SOCI CASC ID
07JAKARTA2945PRE-COP BOGOR SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY: INDONESIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia to participate in the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Bogor, October 23-25. Indonesia wants the pre-COP ministerial meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Par [...]
2007-10-19 10:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2969TIME MAGAZINE FIGHTING TO OVERTURN DEFAMATION RULING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine will soon file for judicial review - its last available legal option - in the Suharto defamation case. The Supreme Court ruled on August 30 that TIME must pay $111 million to former President Suharto due to defamation of character caused by a May 1999 TIME cover sto [...]
2007-10-23 12:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2973NATIONAL INVESTMENT TEAM VS NEGATIVE LIST
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) reestablished its National Team for the Enhancement of Export and Investment (PEPI) to coordinate investment policy formulation and implementation in addition to investment promotion. The institution was reinvigorated in response to complaints [...]
2007-10-24 06:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA300TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Aceh is undergoing a remarkable transformation and recovery since the devastating December 2004 tsunami. All displaced persons are out of tents and in houses or temporary shelters. New or renovated houses are everywhere and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)' [...]
2007-02-05 08:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV KCOR EINV ID
07JAKARTA3000LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR HUME TO USTR SCHWAB
[...] (SBU) I wanted to thank you for agreeing to attend the Trade Ministers dialogue attached to the 13th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework of Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali, Indonesia on December 8th and 9th. I want you to know we will do everything we can to mak [...]
2007-10-26 08:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ETRD SENV EAID ID
07JAKARTA3010SBY LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES TO US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. President SBY identified climate change, investment and democracy as key priorities in public remarks delivered at a gala dinner hosted by the US-ASEAN Business Council on October 25th. SBY highlighted the COP-13 conference in Bali as a "top priority" that he hoped would result [...]
2007-10-29 04:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PREL ID
07JAKARTA302TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency of Aceh and Nias (BRR) has made significant progress on the immense task of rebuilding Aceh and Nias in its 20 months of operation. However, in contrast to a year ago, BRR is receiving increased criticism for spending too slowly (or t [...]
2007-02-05 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3025AVIAN INFLUENZA - U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETS WITH KOMNAS CHIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 04:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3039CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 10:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3040COUNTERNARCOTICS -- INTELLIGENCE CENTER PROVES ITS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified )- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM visited the GOI's counternarcotics intelligence center, October 25. The center is located in Jakarta and was created with USG funds to assist the Indonesian government track and roll up [...]
2007-10-31 10:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA3043INDONESIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a highly anticipated October 30 ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment under Indonesian law. The ruling came in a case involving two [...]
2007-10-31 11:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3059INDONESIA SENDING OUT CLIMATE ENVOYS BEFORE BALI COP-13
[...] (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) will be sending four senior climate change envoys to a number of key countries, including the U.S., in order to sound out other governments' positions and gather input for December's conference in Bali. All four are advisors to Minister of Environment Rach [...]
2007-11-02 09:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA3075INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3086INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia will go into effect on or about November 24, 2007. In an October 22, 2007 meeting with Embassy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials, Directorate General of Sea Transportation (DGST) officials told the Embassy they would not attempt [...]
2007-11-06 09:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EWWT PBTS ID
07JAKARTA3088Greenpeace "Forest Defender Camp"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace has established a "Forest Defenders Camp" in Sumatra's Riau Province to protect the forest and climate ahead of the COP-13 climate change conference in Bali. The 60-odd camp members, including one American and 11 other foreigners, are ostensibly investigating forest [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA309INDONESIA RIDES THE COMMODITIES BOOM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's exports soared for the first time to over $100 billion in 2006, underpinning respectable gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.5% for the year. A 19% rise in non-oil and gas exports, particularly commodities, over the first 11 months of 2006 drove the country's st [...]
2007-02-06 07:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3098Indonesia National Trade Estimate 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Below please find the full text of the 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Indonesia. (A copy in Microsoft Word has been e-mailed to USTR as requested.) End Summary. 2. (U) Begin text: --TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Indonesia was $10.3 bill [...]
2007-11-07 10:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA3099RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASE OF BANK INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a modest retreat in the June-August period, gross capital inflows to Indonesia remain high and have accelerated in recent months. Concern about a sudden reversal of portfolio inflows prompted public comments from two Bank Indonesia (BI) officials as well as an internal [...]
2007-11-07 10:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA31INDONESIA - POVERTY RISES DESPITE SOUND MACROECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an embarrassment for the Yudhoyono Administration, the incidence of poverty in Indonesia has risen over the past year from 16 to almost 18 percent despite the return of macroeconomic stability and GDP growth rates above five percent. Most analysts attribute the increase in po [...]
2007-01-05 07:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA310AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission continues working to reverse the January 11 verbal directive from the Indonesian National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until NAMRU- [...]
2007-02-06 07:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3100PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY SITES IN TURBULENT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. Not for distribution outside of USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume discussed economic development, health, human rights and other concerns with key government and civil society interlocutors on a Novem [...]
2007-11-07 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID
07JAKARTA312Indonesian Police Capture Key Militants
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Poso, Central Sulawesi nabbed three key militants on February 1 in on-going operations there. Shortly afterward, two other militants sought by the INP surrendered to authorities. The lead suspect, Basri, one of the most violent figures [...]
2007-02-06 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3130 INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's strong performance on its FY08 MCC indicator scorecard is a testimony to the country's stunning progress of transforming into a modern, free-market, secular and democratic nation that plays a positive and active role in the international community. Recognizing these [...]
2007-11-09 10:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3134ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION LEADING INDONESIAN REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leads the anti-corruption movement in Indonesia through its high-level investigations, vigorous prosecutions, and highly respected reform-minded leadership. Our legal, law enforcement, and NGO contacts broadly agree that the KPK's leade [...]
2007-11-13 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3146TIP -- COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH AGAINST
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) Indonesia collaborated recently with the French Embassy on a regional seminar entitled "Fi [...]
2007-11-13 10:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN ID FR XC
07JAKARTA3175INDONESIA - STOLEN ASSET RECOVERY INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN-World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative will make recommendations for a technical assistance program in Indonesia. Indonesia has limited technical capacity and uneven political will to recover assets internationally. Managing expectations of StAR is critical a [...]
2007-11-15 10:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3181COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART II:
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia--the fourth largest country in population in the world--has historically has not been considered a major drug producing, consuming or transit country. However, in recent years Indones [...]
2007-11-16 07:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR AFIN PREL ID
07JAKARTA3182RULE OF LAW -- PROSECUTORS GET CLOSE LOOK AT U.S.
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Accompanied by poloff and DOJ/OPDAT, 11 Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force participated in a November study visit to the U.S. The USG-funded program gave the participants both a broad [...]
2007-11-16 08:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS PGOV PTER ID
07JAKARTA3198OUTREACH AT KEY PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 15 visit to the Habibie Institute--a public policy think-tank--POL, PAS and USAID officers held a lengthy dialogue with Institute officials about public opinion polling. Em [...]
2007-11-19 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3247INDONESIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES, BENEFITS SLOW TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's GDP expanded a stronger than expected 6.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) during the third quarter of 2007 on robust domestic demand and a higher investment rate. Growth in the agriculture and service sectors outperformed the expansion of manufacturing activity. Despite more [...]
2007-11-26 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3255INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY DELAY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Visiting regional Coast Guard liaison officer informed Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and representatives from U.S. companies with private port facilities that the Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia would not be issued November 24 as originally [...]
2007-11-27 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EWWT ID PBTS
07JAKARTA3258INDONESIA'S TOP COP-13 PLAYERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the 13th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-13) meeting this December, the Government of Indonesia will push for carbon-market funding mechanisms for avoided deforestation; support of the Coral Triangle Initiative; and multilateral as well as bilateral funding arrangements [...]
2007-11-27 10:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON PREL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3264ASEAN SECRETARIAT'S POST-SUMMIT READOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an ASEAN Summit debrief, Secretariat officials stated that the member countries were frustrated that the press focused too much on ASEAN's handling of Burma, taking attention away from the historic importance of the Charter signing. Dhannan Sunoto, Director of the Secretaria [...]
2007-11-28 06:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA3267INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING -- LEBANON, DARFUR AND THE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia is sending a fresh battalion of peacekeeping troops to the United Nations Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The 850-member battalion from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) replaces the initial [...]
2007-11-28 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3278"Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's
[...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...]
2007-11-30 02:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3294INDONESIA - OIL PRICE CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati restored some credibility to Indonesia's budget estimates on November 28 by incorporating higher global petroleum prices and continued declining domestic production into Government of Indonesia (GOI) analyses. Although she downplayed the [...]
2007-12-03 03:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EPET ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3296INDONESIA - OBSTACLES AND PROGRESS IN CAPITAL MARKET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tax, legal and accounting issues are impeding the development of securities markets and products in Indonesia. Market participants and some regulators argue that the lack of hedging instruments and financing techniques is the key obstacle to securities market development. On th [...]
2007-12-03 07:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3298PAPUA -- U.S. REPRESENTATIVE'S VISIT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Faleomavaega--accompanied by the Ambassador--visited Papua, November 26-28. He met a wide range of government officials and civil society figures in Biak and Manokwari, and toured [...]
2007-12-03 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID
07JAKARTA33INDONESIA - DECEMBER 28 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia has reported no new human AI cases since November 12, leading to confident statements by Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials of success in containing AI in humans. Dr. Rodney Hoff of the Singapore-based Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention Center (REDI) paid his [...]
2007-01-05 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3302SITC REQUEST FOR BIOFUELS INFORMATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable respnds to a request for information (ref A) from th U.S. International Trade Commission regarding bofuels adoption and researrch in Indonesia. The Goernment of Indonesia (GOI) is continuing its ambtious 5-year, multi-billion dollar investment pla to boost biofuel prod [...]
2007-12-03 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV OTRA ID
07JAKARTA3308COP-13 TRADE MINISTERS' SIDE MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu hosted a November 30 briefing to discuss the program and objectives for the Informal Trade Ministers Dialogue on Climate Change (ITMD - CC) in Bali on December 7-8, 2007. The dialogue's purpose is to discuss how trade and investment policies can [...]
2007-12-04 07:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA3323Coal Update-Blue Skies for Black Coal in Indonesia
[...] Summary. Indonesian coal producers are enjoying boom times thanks to high global prices driven mainly China's new net importer status. Production is tipped to rise a modest three percent, however. With bench mark prices up 64 percent this year and global supplies tight, international coal buy [...]
2007-12-05 10:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA3338INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER'S DRAMATIC TAX REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani's reform efforts are achieving dramatic, substantive improvements at the Directorate General for Tax (DG Tax),formerly one of the most corrupt government agencies in Indonesia. Reforms of business process, codes of conduct, internal controls and data pr [...]
2007-12-07 03:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3347INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER REFORMS DEBT MANAGEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani has achieved notable progress in 2007 in debt management and capital markets supervision. She is also leading a pilot project on civil service reform, by tripling salaries for her Ministry and introducing performance standards. Efforts at the Directorat [...]
2007-12-07 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3349INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament selected five new commissioners for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for the 2007-2011 term. Civil society leaders have expressed disappointment with the choices, but remain cautiously optimistic that two or three commissioners will be able to quietly lead K [...]
2007-12-07 10:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3365INDONESIA -- NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE 2008 PROPOSED
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Mission welcomes the proposed visit (reftel) of NWC seminar students to Indonesia in May 2008. We request precise dates for the visit so that more definite plans can be made. Control officer will be CWO [...]
2007-12-11 08:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS ID
07JAKARTA3397INDONESIA -- DRAFT 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The draft text of Mission's 2007 Country Report on Terrorism for Indonesia follows in para 3. This text will be posted on Intellipedia, the USG classified website, as part of its review by Washington agen [...]
2007-12-14 07:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ID
07JAKARTA3420BURMA -- ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. It also contains an Action Request in Para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of approximately 40 Indonesian civil society, labor, and media representatives gathered at Pol/C's residence on December 17 to discuss way [...]
2007-12-18 07:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBM ID PGOV PREL EAID
07JAKARTA3435ENGAGING THE HILL ON INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretaries: As you are well aware, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks recently concluded in Bali, Indonesia on December 15 with the "Bali Roadmap." While [...]
2007-12-19 06:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP ID
07JAKARTA3452AVIAN INFLUENZA - MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROHIBITS SAMPLE
[...] (SBU) Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari has reportedly issued instructions regulating the shipment of any biological samples outside of the country or the sharing of samples with foreign institutions without governmental permission and a signed Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA) [...]
2007-12-21 09:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA347Indonesian Municipal Bonds Limited as Infrastructure
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. East Java leaders are considering issuing municipal bonds to finance development of desperately needed infrastructure in the province. Guntur Pasaribu, managing director of the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX),predicts strong local demand for the bonds, once issued. An immature [...]
2007-02-09 00:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3471DIPLOMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY FOR INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Indonesia have real opportunities within the bilateral relationship to move their respective environmental agendas forward. The Government of Indonesia used the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to highlight its environmental resources [...]
2007-12-27 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON EAID KPAO PREL ID
07JAKARTA3480MGPK02 -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian President Yudhoyono has expressed shock at the news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, strongly condemning the attack. Other members of the GOI--as well as legislators--have also co [...]
2007-12-28 07:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ID PK
07JAKARTA353FIRST ROUND OF U.S.-INDONESIA MLAT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] Summary. (U) On January 23-25, delegations from the U.S. and Indonesia met in Jakarta for a first round of negotiations aimed at conclusion of a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) between the two countries. The discussions were friendly and productive. All participants agreed that an MLA [...]
2007-02-09 02:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA ID
07JAKARTA369The Two Faces of Irwandi, Governor and GAM Leader
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, February 7, Irwandi Yusuf was sworn in as the Governor of Aceh by the Minister of Home Affairs, becoming the first directly elected Governor in Aceh's history and marking an important milestone in the Aceh peace process. Several hours later GAM staged a second, highl [...]
2007-02-09 08:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA415SUICIDE OF PAPUAN PRISONER IN ABEPURA CASE
[...] (U) On February 2, 24-year old Yasya Echo Merano Berotabui ("Echo") died in Abepura Hospital after taking an overdose of malaria pills in a Papuan prison. He had been sentenced last July to four years for failing to obey police orders during the March 16 riots in Abepura, Papua (reftel). [...]
2007-02-15 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ID
07JAKARTA431INDONESIA - FEB 16 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced four new AI cases since Ref A, including two fatalities, but NAMRU-2 tested samples from two of these cases as negative for H5N1 infection. The discrepancy has forced local WHO authorities to wrestle with the classification of official [...]
2007-02-16 08:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA475INDONESIA IPR - ANNUAL SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since Indonesia's upgrade to the Special 301 Watch List in November 2006, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has continued to make steady progress towards improving its enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). A National Intellectual Property (IP) Task F [...]
2007-02-22 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR ID
07JAKARTA504INDONESIA - FEB 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the February 16 joint media statement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and World Health Organization (WHO),Indonesia has not yet resumed the sharing of AI samples. Various Indonesian media outlets have quoted Minister of Health Fadillah Supari as saying Indonesia will no [...]
2007-02-23 08:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA508Lapindo Mudflow Victim Demonstrations End Peacefully
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of residents displaced by the Lapindo mudflow disaster (Reftel) demonstrated February 22 bringing Surabaya rush hour traffic to a standstill. Protestors rejected local political leaders' and the head of the National Mudflow Disaster Management Team's (Timnas) relocatio [...]
2007-02-23 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ASEC CACS ID
07JAKARTA510CRIMINAL PROCEDURE REFORM PROCESS TAKES A NEW DIRECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY On February 21, Minister of Law and Human Rights Hamid Awaludin met with the DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) to discuss a more fundamental approach to revising the criminal procedure code. Awaludin expressed his belief that the current drafting efforts have been too cons [...]
2007-02-26 05:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM ID
07JAKARTA567AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Jakarta World Health Organization Representative (WHO) Georg Peterson told us on February 28 that Minister of Health Fadillah Supari and WHO Director Margaret Chan had agreed during a telephone call the previous evening that the Ministry of Health (MOH) would immediately resume [...]
2007-02-28 08:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA568Bangka Elections: Age, Guile, (and Money Politics) Propel
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bangka Belitung Province very narrowly elected Eko Maulana governor on February 22. The election was plagued by flawed voter lists and other problems, but logistically ran smoothly and peacefully. Eko, an old school politician, aggressively used race and religion to attack his [...]
2007-02-28 08:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA588Peace Concert Shows that the Acehnese are Putting the Past
[...] (U) Summary: In Central Aceh, a remote district which was formerly the scene of some of the Aceh conflict's worst violence and which is still sees relatively little NGO activity, the people have put the past behind them and are looking to agriculture for prosperity. Syariah Islam and the relig [...]
2007-03-01 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS SOCI KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA590 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-01 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA597Newmont Trial Update; Visit to Buyat Bay
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Newmont trial continues to inch towards a conclusion within the next two months. The prosecution's February 23 response to the defense's final arguments yielded no significant new twists or surprises. After the court proceedings, we visited and dived on Buyat Bay and found [...]
2007-03-02 04:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA640INDONESIA: MALUKU/AMBON REBUILDING EFFORTS CONTINUE TO MAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a two-day trip to Ambon, capitol of Maluku province and an area once characterized by sectarian conflict, Feb. 22-23, Consulate General Surabaya Public Affairs Officer (PAO) met with a variety of local contacts to discuss the current situation in the area and ideas for future [...]
2007-03-06 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID PINS PREF ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA653INDONESIA MACROECONOMY - STRONG 2006 BUT CHALLENGES LOOM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) successfully restored macroeconomic stability in 2006, implementing prudent monetary and fiscal policies and paving the way for a rebound in gross domestic product (GDP) growth. These policies contributed to stable prices, a strong currency, low [...]
2007-03-07 08:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA672 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative t Indonesian victims. Th [...]
2007-03-08 10:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA688Yogyakarta Earthquake: Economic Recovery Rapid,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The May 2006 earthquake that shook Yogyakarta and surrounding areas caused $2-3 billion of damage and destroyed over 33,000 businesses, mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ConGen Surabaya visited the affected areas on February 12-13, 2007 and met regional economic and bu [...]
2007-03-09 08:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA698 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA699 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA700 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA701 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA721INDONESIA TAKES FINAL STEP TO ROLL BACK BLANKET BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Most analysts expect little short-term reaction from bank depositors when the Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) takes the final step of reducing its deposit insurance coverage on March 22 to Rp 100 million ($11,050) per depositor per bank. While some large deposito [...]
2007-03-13 08:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA805DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) We raised the situation in Zimbabwe in a March 21 meeting with Heru Santoso and Dicky Yunus of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Directorate, per reftels. We urged the GOI to publicly condemn the Zimbabwe regime's violence against the opposition and to support urg [...]
2007-03-21 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNHRC PHUM PGOV ZI ID
07JAKARTA853THE PEACE CORPS AND INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Mr. Director, I wanted to thank your personally for sending an excellent Peace Corps Assessment team to Indonesia on short notice. The Embassy staff, a number of whom are former Peace Corps volunteers, set up an outstanding program for the team, with visits to a range of potential Peace [...]
2007-03-23 09:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID
07JAKARTA854ENGAGING INDONESIA ON BIOFUELS POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 17. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is continuing its ambitious 5 year, multi-billion dollar investment plan to boost biofuel production to 200,000 barrels per day by 2010. At a high-profile media event on January 9 the GOI signed [...]
2007-03-23 10:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA897JAKARTA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS VERDICTS IN TIMIKA CASE
[...] (SBU) On March 7, the Jakarta High Court announced that it had upheld the Central Jakarta District Court's guilty verdicts (reftel) of Anthonius Wamang and his co-conspirators Agustinus Anggaibak (AKA Johnny Kasomol),Yulianus Deikme, Ishak Onawatme, Esau Onawatme, and Yairus Kiwak in connectio [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA933MARCH 28 HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE
[...] (SBU) Indonesian Health Minister Dr. Fadilah Supari repeatedly pledged to resume sharing avian influenza (AI) samples with the international community during the March 29 "High Level Meeting on Responsible Practices for Sharing Avian Influenza Viruses and Resulting Benefit" in Jakarta. Supari [...]
2007-04-01 22:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
07JAKARTA947INDONESIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PLANS WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (SBU) On April 2, we received the following letter dated March 28, 2007 from Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono: The Honorable John Heffern Charge d'Affaires/Deputy Ambassador Embassy of the United States of America Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-4 Jakarta 10110 Dear Deputy Ambassador: I am [...]
2007-04-02 07:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA978INDONESIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR STILL STRUGGLING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A decade after the financial crisis, Indonesia's small insurance sector continues to suffer from weak regulation and poor enforcement, inadequate training, low professional standards, and insufficient capital. A few players dominate the sector, and some small, non-transparent f [...]
2007-04-05 01:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA990INDONESIA - NOTIFICATION OF FAA DOWNGRADE
[...] This is an action request - see para 9 2. (SBU) Summary. On April 4, The Charge informed Minister of Transportation M. Hatta Rajasa of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision to downgrade Indonesia's safety oversight category to Category Two (reftel). Rajasa made few comments [...]
2007-04-05 08:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JERUSALEM1000SHOOTINGS ON JERUSALEM-WEST BANK SEAM: 2
[...] (SBU) According to Israeli police and Arabic-language press, two al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants (both East Jerusalem residents) shot at Israeli Border Police and contract security guards near the Shaykh Sa'ad checkpoint in Jerusalem o/a 2020 May 26. Nearby Border Police guards returned f [...]
2007-05-29 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PREL KPAL IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM1006GAZA: 4 HAMAS DEAD IN IDF STRIKES; ROCKETS HITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST 29 QASSAM ROCKETS STRUCK ISRAEL FROM MAY 27 THROUGH 1600 LOCAL MAY 30, KILLING AN ISRAELI MAN, LIGHTLY INJURING TWO OTHERS, DAMAGING THREE BUILDINGS AND AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES, AND SETTING A WHEAT FIELD ON FIRE. AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED TWO HAMAS MILITARY-WING MEMBE [...]
2007-05-30 14:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM1093FATAH-HAMAS GUNBATTLES BREAK OUT IN RAFAH; ONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN THE MOST SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF FACTIONAL VIOLENCE SINCE MAY 21, ONE FATAH FIGHTER WAS KILLED AND NINE OTHER PALESTINIANS WERE INJURED IN RAFAH CLASHES EARLY JUNE 7. A BRIEF GUNBATTLE BETWEEN PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF) AND HAMAS GUNMEN BROKE OUT IN GAZA CITY JUNE 6 AF [...]
2007-06-07 13:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER
07JERUSALEM1107AMBIGUOUS STANDARDS CONTINUE TO FRUSTRATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian importers of U.S. products continue to complain of obstacles to trade. Among the obstacles cited are: (1) an arbitrary GOI standards-compliance process for imported products, including baby formula; (2) extended delays in the release of products from Ashdod port; [...]
2007-06-08 12:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM1155GAZA: FACTIONAL TENSION HIGH DESPITE EFFORTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah and Hamas-aligned gunmen traded kidnappings and drive-by shootings in Gaza City June 7-8. Gunmen allegedly associated with the Presidential Guard (PG) kidnapped two Hamas members, and the "Executive Force" kidnapped a PG soldier. Drive-by shootings and preparations of r [...]
2007-06-08 13:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER
07JERUSALEM1178CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH PLC MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 29-31 visit, Codel Price--Reps. David Price (D-NC, Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission),Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE),Nick Rahall (D-WV),and Gwen Moore (D-WI)--met with three current and former PLC members and civil society representatives. PLC memb [...]
2007-06-12 15:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM1186EIGHT MORE KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACKS IN GAZA CITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Heavy factional fighting continues in Gaza City and central Gaza as of mid-day local. Approximately 8 Palestinians have been killed so far today (since midnight): 3 "Executive Force" fighters in a &work accident8, 2 Fatah militia in Gaza City, and 3 National Security Forces (N [...]
2007-06-13 11:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1191GAZA UPDATE: 1800 LOCAL JUNE 13: HAMAS PRESSURES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence continued in Gaza June 13, with at least 16 Palestinians killed since 1200 local. Most fighting involved Hamas military-wing/8Executive Force8 attacks against Palestinian security forces (PASF) installations and homes/offices of senior Fatah leaders an [...]
2007-06-13 15:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC PINS
07JERUSALEM1232NABIL AMR AND AZZAM AL-AHMAD ON SELECTION OF NEW
[...] (SBU) Nabil Amr told the ConGen POL specialist on June 15 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and his close advisors are nearing consensus on names for cabinet ministers under PM Salam Fayyad and will meet at 1800 local June 15 at the Muqata' in Ramallah to finish consultations. He said [...]
2007-06-15 16:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER KPAL
07JERUSALEM1253GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL AVAILABLE FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Basic food commodities and fuel remain available in Gaza, but prices are increasing and food stocks are declining rapidly, according to Gaza residents, UN agencies and NGOs. UNRWA and WFP have resumed operations, but UNRWA says it has only 10 days of flour in its warehouses. [...]
2007-06-18 14:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1265HANIYAH "APPOINTS" NEW PASF COMMANDERS, CO-OPTS
[...] (SBU) According to PASF contacts and Arabic-language press, former Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah (Hamas) has issued orders dismissing several Palestinian security forces (PASF) commanders (most of whom are no longer in Gaza),including Director-General for Internal Security Rashid Abu Shbak [...]
2007-06-19 14:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER PGOV
07JERUSALEM1274FOOD SUPPLIES ENTER GAZA; LIMITED PASSENGER
[...] (SBU) Summary: WFP delivered wheat-flour and oil to Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing June 20, with the concurrence of nearby Hamas forces. Limited movement of foreigners and injured Palestinians occurred at Erez. Israeli incursions into Gaza took place June 20, resulting in the death of [...]
2007-06-20 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1285HAMAS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO LEGITIMACY, SEEKING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: HAMAS leaders in the Gaza Strip - including Former Prime Minister Haniyah and several HAMAS PLC members - have publicly questioned President Abbas's authority to dismiss the government and claim to represent the legitimate Palestinian Authority government. Abbas's office says HA [...]
2007-06-21 14:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1292CONSUL GENERAL AND UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL
[...] (U) In a June 21 meeting with UNRWA Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd, the Consul General confirmed the USG contribution of $40 million to UNRWA's 2007 Emergency Appeal and reaffirmed the USG commitment to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. AbuZayd expressed appreciation for continuing [...]
2007-06-22 09:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PREF IS
07JERUSALEM1296GAZA HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO SERVE PUBLIC; JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Critical health care assistance is being supplied to Gaza hospitals, including a truck load of dialysis equipment funded by USAID. ICRC and other international organizations have resumed their work in Gaza. Twenty-one truck loads of food aid were shipped into Gaza June 21. [...]
2007-06-22 11:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1304HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO TRICKLE INTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Imports into Gaza remain mostly limited to humanitarian shipments. After Kerem Shalom crossing closed early June 25 due to mortar fire, WFP shipments of sugar, flour, and oil were diverted and passed through Sufa crossing. Gaza hospitals are all operational despite run-down f [...]
2007-06-25 14:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1317PRICES STABILIZE AS FOOD REMAINS AVAILABLE IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices for most items in Gaza have returned to just above normal following the panic-buying and price increases that occurred immediately following the Hamas takeover of Gaza. Gaza is not experiencing shortages of basic commodities. Hamas threatened to confiscate goods f [...]
2007-06-26 14:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1329HANIYAH'S SPEECH SEEKS TO BOLSTER HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech on June 24, former HAMAS PM Ismail Haniyah blamed Israel and the U.S. for problems between HAMAS and Fatah and criticized the planned Sharm al-Sheikh summit. Haniyah reassured Gazans that they are safe. He blamed a "trend" in Fatah for undermining the political p [...]
2007-06-27 12:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1349LIMITED HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Sufa crossings were open to select humanitarian and commercial shipments June 28, as operations at the crossings remains ad hoc given the fluid security situation. ICRC transferred 17 sick and injured patients out of Gaza June 28. End summar [...]
2007-06-28 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM144WORLD BANK STUDY TIES GAZA'S ECONOMIC REVIVAL TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A WORLD BANK STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES FOR PALESTINIAN TRADE HAS CONCLUDED THAT OPENING THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR FOR EXPORTS FROM THE GAZA STRIP THROUGH EGYPT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST THE FLAGGING PALESTINIAN ECONOMY. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR PROVIDES COMPE [...]
2007-01-24 15:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL KWBG IS EG
07JERUSALEM1455GAZA ECONOMIC LOSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to data compiled by the Palestinian private sector, the closure of the Karni/al-Mintar crossing following the Hamas take-over of Gaza is causing catastrophic damage to Gaza's economy. Since the June 12 closure of the crossing, 80 percent of Gaza factories have closed [...]
2007-07-13 13:56:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1458SNAPSHOT: NABLUS AREA ECONOMY LIMITED BY
[...] (SBU) ConGenOffs traveled on July 12 and 13 throughout the areas surrounding the West Bank cities of Tubas, Nablus, Salfit, and Qalqiliya for a snap-shot view of the movement and access issues facing Palestinians. Several truck loads of freshly-picked Jordan Valley vegetables waited in a fou [...]
2007-07-16 06:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
07JERUSALEM1463PM FAYYAD AND HIS GOVERNMENT CONTINUE AFTER END OF
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Following expiration of the 30-day state of emergency declared on June 14, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) accepted PM Salam Fayyad's resignation and then directed him to form a new government. Until a new government receives a vote of confidence by the PLC -- whi [...]
2007-07-16 13:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1482LIMITED MOVEMENT AT GAZA CROSSINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sufa crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on July 17, the Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Rafah crossings were closed. WFP plans to deliver eight truck loads of wheat flour per day to Gaza July 17-22 through Sufa, while ICRC transferred 25 patients from Ga [...]
2007-07-18 11:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1496USAID MEETS WITH PA MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND
[...] (SBU) USAID Mission Director met with Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli and Minister of Planning Samir Abdallah July 16 to discuss USAID programs in West Bank/Gaza. Abu Moghli stated that he intends to (1) develop a strategic plan for the health sector and (2) work with USAID on its ongoing [...]
2007-07-19 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1535MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE REQUESTS MORE US ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: PA Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud al-Habbash told USAID Mission Director on July 23 that his ministry's efforts are focused on (1) land reclamation; (2) constructing roads for small farmers; and (3) developing water projects. Abu Hassan requested additional funds for Ministr [...]
2007-07-24 13:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON KWBG KPAL PHUM PGOV
07JERUSALEM1569IDF BLOCKS HOMESH ENTRANCES, BUT ALLOWS SETTLERS
[...] (SBU) Israeli settlers continue to gather at the site of the former Northern West Bank settlement of Homesh, dismantled as part of the Disengagement plan in August 2005. Several thousand settlers have visited the site or stayed overnight since the July 24-25 Tisha B'Av holiday, commemorating [...]
2007-07-27 15:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PBTS
07JERUSALEM1575OPIC-BACKED LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM LAUNCHED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),the Aspen Institute, and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) signed a loan guarantee agreement on July 25 that will leverage up to USD 228 million in loans to small and medium-size Palestinian enterprises (SMEs). The agreeme [...]
2007-07-30 07:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD KWBG
07JERUSALEM1576LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CONVENES; SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Local Development Forum (LDF) met July 24 for the first time since December 2005. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the urgent need for donor assistance and called for an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September, followed by a donors' conference before the [...]
2007-07-30 07:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL PROV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1584PA BUDGET: 100 MILLION IN THE RED, BUT ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials and local IMF representatives say that the PA is running a monthly operating deficit of approximately USD 100 million. The gap is exacerbated by the loss of Gaza revenues (both domestic taxation and VAT/customs for goods not moving [...]
2007-07-30 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM159WEST BANK/GAZA MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS SERVING PALESTINIANS ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THE STEEP DOWNTURN IN THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY. THE NUMBER OF LOANS ISSUED MONTHLY BY UNRWA, THE LARGEST MICROFINANCE LENDER IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, HAS DROPPED 77 PERCENT SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE CU [...]
2007-01-26 13:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EAID KWBG
07JERUSALEM1676FAYYAD TELLS CODEL BAIRD THAT ADDITIONAL USG
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 9 meeting with the Consul General and CODEL Baird, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad expressed his hope that additional U.S. assistance arrives quickly to improve the lives of Palestinians. Fayyad said that the future of the West Bank/Gaz [...]
2007-08-14 05:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID IS KPAL KWBG OVIP
07JERUSALEM1687GAZA PRIVATE SECTOR STRUGGLES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While food and other basic essentials continue to flow into Gaza, the Gaza private sector is being significantly impacted by the continued closure of the Karni/al-Mintar commercial crossing. Contacts report that 85 percent of industrial establishments have shut-down operation [...]
2007-08-14 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1764GAZA ELECTRICITY FLOWS; HAMAS INTIMIDATION GROWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza power plant received EU-funded fuel shipments on August 22 and returned to its normal 65 MW of electricity output. According to Gaza contacts, most homes now have 18-22 hours of electricity each day. The electricity shortage from August 19-21 resulted in spoiled food [...]
2007-08-24 14:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG KPAL KWBG PHUM
07JERUSALEM1818GAZA HEALTH CARE BECOMES PAWN IN HAMAS-FATAH POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In reaction to Hamas' replacement of Fatah-affiliated hospital administrators in Gaza (reftel),the Fatah-affiliated labor unions of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Gaza have been conducting work-stoppages as of August 23. An estimated 95 percent of MOH hospital employees hav [...]
2007-08-29 04:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1921POST ADVOCATES FOR MOTOROLA IN ADVANCE OF SPECTRUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and FCS specialist called on Allan Richardson, CEO of Wataniya Palestine, on September 5 in Ramallah to advocate on behalf of Motorola's tender for Wataniya's mobile network construction. Richardson said that Wataniya has chosen Ericsson to construct its West Bank netw [...]
2007-09-12 10:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS BEXP EINV KWGB IS
07JERUSALEM1963HAMAS MAKES CHARITY AND SALARY PAYMENTS FOR RAMADAN
[...] (SBU) Former Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah of Hamas told worshippers at a Gaza mosque on September 14 that his Gaza administration would pay USD 100 each to 40,000 unemployed Palestinians during Ramadan. Haniyah also pledged to cover USD 12 million in salaries for [...]
2007-09-19 16:11:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER
07JERUSALEM2113GAZA CHRISTIAN MURDERED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The body of Rami Ayyad, an employee of the Baptist-affiliated Holy Bible Association, was found in Gaza City on October 8, with indications that he was murdered. According to Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa, initial indications point to a hate crime, noting that Ayyad had rec [...]
2007-10-10 17:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KWBG IS PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2174FAYYAD TELLS LOCAL DONORS: PA MUST "OWN" REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told local donor representatives on October 18 that it is critical to his government's success that it be seen to own the reform and development plan to be presented at the December donors' conference in Paris. Fayyad said [...]
2007-10-22 09:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2198UN AGENCIES SEE CONTINUED TIGHTENING IN GAZA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN agencies reported to donors in Jerusalem on October 18 that the humanitarian and access and movement situation in the West Bank and Gaza continues to deteriorate. UNSCO said that GOI officials had confirmed reports that Gaza's Sufa crossing would soon close indefinitely, fu [...]
2007-10-24 15:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ECON EAID PREL IS KWBG PHUM
07JERUSALEM2239FUEL SHIPMENTS TO GAZA CUT; SUFA CROSSING CLOSED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza-based Director of the Palestinian General Petroleum Corporation Mujahad Salama confirmed cuts in fuel deliveries to Gaza on October 29. The Gaza Power Plant received all 300,000 liters of fuel oil it had requested for the day, but there were no gasoline imports, accordin [...]
2007-10-29 15:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2258FRENCH BEGIN PLANNING FOR PALESTINIAN DONORS'
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pierre Duquesne, a former French representative to the IMF, is leading French efforts to coordinate planning for the December donors' conference in Paris. Duquesne told the Consul General in Jerusalem on October 25 that the Palestinian Authority has agreed to hold the conferen [...]
2007-10-31 17:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN FR KWBG
07JERUSALEM2334PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY NOT ATTENDING ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (SBU) Ziad Krableh, Director General of the Ministry of National Economy's International Department, told EconOff on November 6 that no Palestinian Authority officials will attend the Arab League Central Boycott Office meeting in Damascus. Krableh said it is the Palestinian Authority's polic [...]
2007-11-08 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KBCT PREL IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM2336NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 8: CITY GENERALLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts report Nablus is generally quiet as of 1500 local November 8, and the NSF continues to operate checkpoints and mobile patrols throughout the city. A workman accidentally triggered a boobytrap in Nablus' old city (Qasbah) at 1230, killin [...]
2007-11-08 16:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2364GAZA: NINE KILLED IN FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES; ABBAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nine Fatah members were killed and at least 60 were injured on November 12 after Hamas police opened fire on a Gaza City commemoration of Yasser Arafat's death that drew 200,000 Palestinians. Fatah leaders report that Hamas police stationed on rooftops opened fire on the crow [...]
2007-11-13 15:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWBG PTER IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2380REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL GUARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance for the following members of the Presidential Guard to attend a USG-funded training course. First name, last name Anwar Ma Zen Aldeen POB: Nablus DOB: 17 September 1982 [...]
2007-11-16 11:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2393GAZA: FUEL IMPORTS CUT; FARMERS HOPE TO EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fuel imports have been reduced by roughly one-third since October 27. Gaza-based WHO contacts report that Gazans are receiving an "all time low" level of medical care. Humanitarian and commercial shipments have continued to enter Gaza in reduced quantities. Gaza farmers [...]
2007-11-19 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2399IMF OUTLINES PA'S FISCAL GAP AHEAD OF PARIS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF reports that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will need international assistance totaling more than $5.8 billion over the next three years to pay salaries, meet recurrent operational expenditures and make basic investments in health, education, security and infrastructure [...]
2007-11-20 12:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KWBG EINV
07JERUSALEM2401WITH ORDER SLOWLY RETURNING, NABLUS BUSINESS LOOKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Improving security in Nablus is beginning to pay off for local businesses, according to business contacts in the city. They report that residents feel much more comfortable walking the streets following the PA's deployment of security forces this month. This increased sense o [...]
2007-11-20 13:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM2411HOSPITALS IN NABLUS MORE SECURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: PA Ministry of Health (MOH) officials told Econoff on November 19 that recently-arrived PA security forces in Nablus have (1) removed armed militias from the hospitals; (2) allowed hospital administrators to implement visitor hour programs for first time since 2000 and to clear [...]
2007-11-21 12:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2457LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan. This is the first of 3 cables containing batches of approximately 250 tra [...]
2007-11-29 17:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2501LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700-MAN BATTALION
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, Last name Mohammad Fathi Hussein Rahal POB: Kufur Dan [...]
2007-12-05 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWBG IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM2528LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700 MAN BATTALION (3 OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, last name Mahmoud Jalal Mahmoud Khaleel POB: Nablus D [...]
2007-12-11 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM253CONSUL GENERAL PRAISES CANCER CARE AT EAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL VISITED AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL (AVH) IN EAST JERUSALEM JANUARY 31 TO COMMEMORATE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM (MECC). AVH IS THE ONLY PALESTINIAN HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH A RADIOTHERAPY MACHINE, AND MECC IS [...]
2007-02-07 16:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID EFIN PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2560PA MAKES ITS CASE TO DONORS ONE LAST TIME BEFORE
[...] (SBU) Summary. PA Prime Minister Fayyad and Planning Minister Abdallah used meetings of the Local Development Forum (LDF) and Paris Steering Committee on December 12 to push donors to make the upcoming Paris Conference a success. Fayyad was direct about the urgent need for budget support: "Do [...]
2007-12-13 14:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM2567GAZA: STRAWBERRY EXPORTS LIMITED, CARNATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Strawberries exported from Gaza this harvest have been of lower quality that previous years, reportedly as a result of the lack of fertilizer and poor handling procedures at the Kerem Shalom crossing. Gaza farmers continue to export cut carnation flowers, but have not been ab [...]
2007-12-14 13:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM30FACTIONAL VIOLENCE AGAIN FLARES IN GAZA AS ABBAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. After nearly a week of relative calm, Fatah-Hamas violence surged January 1-4. Hamas military wing gunmen killed two Preventive Security Organization (PSO) officers (including the PSO's Inspector General for Gaza),a Fatah official and two bodyguards on January 4, while one H [...]
2007-01-05 14:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM411PA DRAFT BUDGET REJECTED; PA SPENDING CHALLENGED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Budget and Financial Affairs Committee of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) rejected the PA government's draft general budget law for fiscal year 2007. In a January 31 report, the Budget Committee cited unrealistic expectations -- such as assumptions on levels of [...]
2007-02-27 15:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM459WFP/FAO REPORTS ON PALESTINIAN FOOD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The latest WFP/FAO food security report states that one-third of Palestinian households are highly dependent on food assistance, as financial hardship greatly reduced Palestinian access to food in 2006. Forty-six percent of Palestinians fell below the USD 2.20 per capita per [...]
2007-03-08 13:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID ECON EAGR KWBG
07JERUSALEM509NEW LAGOON TO IMPROVE NORTH GAZA SEWAGE SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of the donor-financed Northern Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant (NGWTP) began in February. The plant's new storage lagoon began receiving wastewater from the nearby Beit Lahiya sewage lake in early March in order to provide relief to the area's overflowing sewage [...]
2007-03-16 12:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM511PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPS RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian private sector institutions who are members of the Private Sector Development Working Group, one of the donor coordination working groups chaired by the World Bank, have drafted a Resilience and Recovery Plan, designed to aid the Palestinian private sector duri [...]
2007-03-16 16:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM532CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION PROCEEDS WITH VOTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AT A MARCH 20 MEETING OF THE ELECTION REFORMS SUPPORT GROUP (ERSG),CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION (CEC) CHAIRMAN HANNA NASIR TOLD DONORS THAT THE CEC WILL UPDATE ITS VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS IN ALL DISTRICTS MARCH 28-APRIL 1 AND HOPES TO REGISTER SOME 300,000 NEW VOTERS. HE SAI [...]
2007-03-21 15:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM574WAVE OF SEWAGE SUDDENLY ENGULFS GAZA VILLAGE
[...] (SBU) An earth embankment around a recently-built sewage pond near Beit Lahiya collapsed at 9:30 a.m. on March 27, spilling a large volume of sewage and sand onto the nearby Bedouin village of Um Nasser. The sewage pond was built by the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) in October 2006 in or [...]
2007-03-28 10:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM585STRIKING GAZANS AGAIN CLOSE KARNI/AL-MINTAR
[...] (SBU) Palestinian truckers and merchants closed the Gaza side of Karni/al-Mintar crossing for several hours March 26 to protest continued restrictions on throughput at the crossing, particularly for exports. The strikers displayed banners calling on Secretary Rice to reactivate the AMA agree [...]
2007-03-28 16:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM735QASSAM ATTACKS SPIKE; CONFLICTING HAMAS STATEMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility for a number of Qassam rockets and mortars on April 23-24. These were the first rocket attacks claimed by Hamas since the November 2006 "tahdiya" (calm) was put in place. On a Hamas military-wing website, spokesman Abu Ubaydah s [...]
2007-04-25 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS KPAL PTER KISL
07JERUSALEM744FATAH: INTERNAL DIVISIONS THREATEN REFORM EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. 25 senior West Bank Fatah leaders met in Ramallah April 25 to discuss a reform process that would be separate from the West Bank Field Committee's program. Led by Ramallah-based Field Committee and Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) member Muhammad Lufti (Abu Lufti),the group [...]
2007-04-27 07:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL
07JERUSALEM76PA EMPLOYEE STRIKE ENDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) AND THE PA UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARRIVED AT AN AGREEMENT ON JANUARY 13 TO END THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES STRIKE, WHICH BEGAN SEPTEMBER 2, 2006. THE PA PROMISED TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO PAY ALL SALARY ARREARS AND CURRENT PAYMENTS, WITH DECEMBER SALAR [...]
2007-01-17 13:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM838TULKARM BUSINESSES TURN TO ISRAELI SETTLERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian businessmen in Tulkarm complain that delays, road conditions, and the Israeli requirement to palletize all cargo processed through the Tulkarm/Sha'ar Efraim crossing have limited exports at the crossing to only 40 trucks daily. Some businesses have turned to Israe [...]
2007-05-10 07:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM854FATAH: ALTERNATE GAZA CITY INTERNAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF FRC MEMBER AHMAD HILLIS, 320 GAZA FATAH ACTIVISTS HELD AN ELECTIONS CONFERENCE AND BRANCH ELECTIONS IN TWO GAZA CITY NEIGHBORHOODS ON MAY 8, ACCORDING TO PARTICIPANTS. THESE ELECTIONS WERE NOT COORDINATED WITH THE GAZA FIELD COMMITTEE. PARTICIPANTS ELEC [...]
2007-05-10 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL KDEM
07JERUSALEM868WORLD BANK ESSP STILL STRUGGLING TO DELIVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK'S EMERGENCY SERVICES SUPPORT PROGRAM (ESSP) TEAM MET WITH DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 26 TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM'S CURRENT STATUS, INCLUDING ITS IMPACT AND IMPLEMENTATION. WORLD BANK OFFICIALS SAID THAT PRESIDENT ABBAS HAS DESIGNATED PLO ECONOMIC AFFAIRS [...]
2007-05-11 12:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID KWBG ECON PHUM
07JERUSALEM869JENIN AND JORDAN VALLEY FARMERS FACE LOSSES DUE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FARMERS FROM JENIN AND THE NORTHERN JORDAN VALLEY COMPLAIN THAT CHECKPOINT DELAYS, MISHANDLING OF PRODUCE, LIMITED CROSSING HOURS, AND LACK OF TRAVEL PRIVILEGES TO ISRAEL ADVERSELY AFFECT LOCAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE. JENIN FARMERS ALSO COMPLAIN THAT ISRAELI AUTHORITIES ARBITRARI [...]
2007-05-11 12:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM890PA WORK STOPPAGES CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) THE UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (UPE) HAS CALLED FOR A WORK STOPPAGE TO TAKE PLACE MAY 16 AND 18, IN PROTEST OF THE LACK OF FULL SALARY PAYMENTS, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS. THE MA'AN NEWS AGENCY REPORTED MAY 11 THAT THE PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' UNION HAD CALLED FOR PA TEACHERS TO STR [...]
2007-05-15 13:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM894GAZA FISHERMEN REPORT RECORD SARDINE CATCH
[...] (SBU) Gaza fishermen have caught record numbers of sardines over the last two weeks, bringing down Gaza's market price for sardines from 25 NIS to 13 NIS per kilo. Gaza-based Assistant Project Director of USAID's Palestinian Agribusiness Partnership Activity (PAPA) project Sa'lem al-Rais told [...]
2007-05-16 09:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS EAID IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM900GAZA ECONOMY AT A STANDSTILL AS VIOLENCE RAGES
[...] (SBU) HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA CITY HAS LED TO AN "UNDECLARED CURFEW" ON GAZA STREETS, ACCORDING TO MOHAMMED AL-KHOZENDAR, OWNER OF SEVERAL GAS STATIONS IN GAZA. WHILE KHOZENDAR HAS KEPT SOME OF HIS GAS STATIONS OPEN, HE SAID THERE ARE NO CUSTOMERS. USAID GAZA-BASED STAFF REPORTED THAT THE ST [...]
2007-05-16 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EFIN PHUM KWBG
07JERUSALEM928MAJOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OPEN
[...] (SBU) The American Director of the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) reported to Econoff that ANERA's Gaza office was damaged May 17 by an IAF missile strike on a Gaza City "Executive Force" headquarters (ref B),which took place an estimated 50 meters away. He said that none of ANERA's [...]
2007-05-18 14:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM ENRG ETRD EAID KWBG
07JERUSALEM929GAZA: FRIDAY MORE CALM, BUT SOME FIGHTING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite multi-faction agreement to enforce a ceasefire, violence continued (albeit at a reduced level) late May 17 through 1600 on May 18, with two Palestinians killed and at least 18 injured in factional clashes. 21 Qassam rockets landed in Israel since the last update (Ref [...]
2007-05-18 14:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM933FOEME CALLS FOR WORLD BANK TO CONSIDER JORDAN
[...] (SBU) On May 10, regional NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) held a conference in Jerusalem on the proposed Red Sea - Dead Sea Conduit (RDC) and the organization's recently-completed socioeconomic and environmental impact study, which was fully-funded by USAID's Middle East Regional [...]
2007-05-21 12:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KWBG IS JO
07JERUSALEM940GAZA: INTERNAL CONFLICT SHIFTS TO HAMAS-GOI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following a new, Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreed to at 1500 local on May 19, internal Palestinian fighting has subsided to sporadic levels. One Palestinian was killed in Fatah-Hamas clashes May 18 (prior to the ceasefire). 25 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes [...]
2007-05-21 15:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM955GAZA: HAMAS-FATAH TENSION SIMMERS, AS QASSAMS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence remained at a low level May 21-22, but Hamas-Fatah shootings left three injured, and deaths from injuries in previous fighting raised the toll from factional clashes to 56. 20 Qassam rockets struck Israel from 1400 (local) May 21 to 1600 May 22, killin [...]
2007-05-22 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM964GAZA TENSE BUT QUIETER AS IDF SHIFTS OPERATIONS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. There was sporadic factional and clan violence in Gaza late May 22 to mid-day (local) May 24. Hamas and Fatah both submitted lists of the other's ceasefire violations to the Follow-up Committee. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Gaza and met with PM Ismayil Haniyah M [...]
2007-05-24 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM980MINOR FACTIONAL CLASHES; CONTINUED QASSAM ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. HAMAS GUNMEN RAIDED A FATAH "SPECIAL FORCE" TRAINING AREA IN CENTRAL GAZA MAY 24, BUT NO INJURIES RESULTED. SENIOR FATAH CONTACTS SAY A HIGH-LEVEL FATAH DELEGATION WILL GO TO CAIRO MAY 26 TO MEET WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AND SENIOR HAMAS FIGURES TO SOLIDIFY THE FACTIONAL CEASE [...]
2007-05-25 13:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JOHANNESBURG3732South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-10-24 07:16:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07JOHANNESBURG3738South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-10-24 09:51:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07KABUL1007ELECTION WORKING GROUP FOCUSES ON CALENDAR REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Election Working Group called for by the JCMB met for the first time on March 15 to energize work on elections. The group discussed options for electoral calendar reform, but agreed that the international community should not take a position on the outcome. The Civil Voter [...]
2007-03-27 09:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1018PRT LASHKAR GAH: FOURTH SUICIDE BOMBING IN HELMAND
[...] (SBU) On March 27 at approximately 1150 local time, a suicide bomber blew himself up in downtown Lashkar Gah, provincial center of Helmand Province. The incident occurred at the headquarters of the Afghan National Police (ANP). (NOTE: The headquarters is across from the entrance to Lashkar G [...]
2007-03-27 14:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1033KABUL POWER SUPPLY - LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 03:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID ECON EPET ETRD KPWR PGOV AF
07KABUL1036PRT MEHTARLAM: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Laghman province is positioned to take advantage of new attention to governing capacity and increases in developmental funding after heightened anti-government activity in 2006. The security situation worsened somewhat in the second half of 2006 due to limited Coalition prese [...]
2007-03-29 09:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1051PRT/SHARANA: PAKTIKA GOVERNOR ON SPRING OFFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paktika's Governor Khpalwak has launched his own political spring offensive designed to preempt a widely expected Taliban offensive in southeastern Afghanistan. Starting on March 18, the Governor has been in near constant motion around the province. The Governor's agenda inclu [...]
2007-03-31 13:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1057ATTACK ON PRT MEHTARLAM KILLS CHILDREN AND ANA
[...] (SBU) At approximately 1445 local time on April 1, PRT Mehtarlam sustained a vehicle borne suicide attack on the front gate of the ANA side of the compound. The lone driver attacked an ANA convoy entering the gate with his white Toyota Camry or Corolla. Governor Mangal reported that three ch [...]
2007-04-02 09:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1090ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINE FINANCIAL CRISIS DEEPENS
[...] (SBU) Boeing recently notified the GoA that, absent immediate payment, it intends to terminate its lease contracts with Ariana for two B-757s on April 16; Ariana owes Boeing $1.8 million in arrears on the contracts. Minister of Finance Ahady is reviewing his options for resolving the financial [...]
2007-04-03 13:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV EAIR ECON AF
07KABUL1095PRT SHARANA: PAKTIKA ASSESSMENT 2006
[...] (SBU) In the past twelve months, measurable progress in Paktika has been limited, although 2006 witnessed greater Afghan involvment in the province's security. The most positive changes were driven by the U.S. military and the PRT in Sharana. Paktika is a province that has never experienced [...]
2007-04-04 03:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON MARR AF EAID
07KABUL1118PRT PANJSHIR: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH, AT
[...] (SBU) According to former Foreign Minister Abdullah, who maintains a home and strong connections in Panjshir, the province is changing rapidly thanks above all to the new road that connects it with Kabul. He cited education as a key sector for Panjshir,s future and bemoaned the lack of strong [...]
2007-04-05 10:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR AF
07KABUL1165PRT/MAZAR: SNAPSHOT OF FARYAB PROVINCE: ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faryab, the gateway to the north, has an agricultural economy crippled by severe drought. Many families cannot afford to buy enough food. Development has been slow to reach the region, which has fewer than 20 miles of paved roads. Half of all children start school, but most [...]
2007-04-09 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID ECON AF
07KABUL117LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REPLACEMENT GENERAL ABDUL RAHMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of ANP Brigadier General Abdul Rahman Sarjang. BG Sarjang has been proposed by the Ministry of Interior to fill the position of Chief of Police of Gardez Provin [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1172SUBJECT: Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: A Test Case for
[...] (SBU) The large Aynak copper deposit has the potential to generate the first significant, long-term international investment in Afghanistan. Nine companies, including the American firm Phelps Dodge, are in the fray in a competitive bidding process. The bids are due on May 15 and will be foll [...]
2007-04-10 07:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1173Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: Request For World Bank
[...] (U) This is an action request message - see para 5. 2. (SBU) Septel reported on the status of the competitive bidding process for the Aynak copper deposit. It also highlighted how important it is that the GOA gets this right. If the process stalls, there is any hint of non-transparent [...]
2007-04-10 07:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL118LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION: ABDUL GHAFAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 7. 2. (U) In reftel b, Department instructed that ANP Brigadier General Abdul Ghafar was not cleared for U.S. funded assistance due to ref a's reference to the likelihood of Ghafar a violator of human rights as well as ref' b's reference to his "conne [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1186WORLD WATCHING DEBATES ON THE AFGHAN MEDIA LAW
[...] (U) The Media Law is slated to go for parliamentary debate on April 11 amid rumors over which of five drafts - ranging from reasonably moderate to very restrictive of media content and oversight - will actually be presented and voted on. When it happens, the final debate and vote will attrac [...]
2007-04-10 13:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1206 Afghanistan Energy: Letter From Ministers of Finance and
[...] (U) On April 4, Embassy received para 4 letter from Minister of Finance Dr. Anwar Ul-Haq Ahady and Minister of Economy Dr. Mohammad Jalil Shams regarding energy sector commitments the GOA is prepared to make. The Ahady/Shams letter is in response to the Ambassador's March 29 letter offering US [...]
2007-04-11 11:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EAID ECON ETRD KPWR PGOV AF
07KABUL1213LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PSD FOR
[...] (U) This is a time-sensitive action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Background: In order to comply with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, this cable forwards (in para 5) the names and biodata of eight candidates for INL-funded training as members of a personal security detail (PS [...]
2007-04-11 12:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR PGOV PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1226EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period the Border Management Task Force (BMTF) was briefed by the European Commission and UNDP regarding the planned construction upgrades in Badakhshan Province on the Tajikistan and Afghanistan border for three Border Crossing Points (BCPs): Nusay; Segna [...]
2007-04-12 14:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM ETRD PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL1229Afghan Media Honor Partial Ban on Taliban Reporting
[...] (U) In response to the April 8, 2007, execution of an Afghan journalist by the Taliban, many Afghan media outlets are fully or partially boycotting Taliban-related news for one week. While most government media already limit their reporting on the Taliban, this development is especially notew [...]
2007-04-12 14:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL125DUBAI MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN JUSTICE COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 4-6 Justice Sector Coordination meeting in Dubai re-invigorated justice reform efforts in Afghanistan. The meeting resulted in a new initiative to organize international efforts over the next few months and to develop a consolidated framework for justice reform at t [...]
2007-01-13 09:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PREL PGOV PTER KCRM SNAR SOCI AF
07KABUL1305PRT KUNDUZ: TALIBAN LAUNCHES SUCCESSFUL ATTACK IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Taliban have claimed responsibility for what may be the first successful suicide bombing in Afghanistan's northeastern provinces on April 16. A suicide bomber blew himself up among some 60 provincial police officers who were doing morning exercises in downtown Kunduz City at abou [...]
2007-04-16 14:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1311PRT LASHKAR GAH: POPPY HARVEST AND LABOR PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) The poppy harvest is in full swing in Helmand Province, which has brought an influx of young males into the provincial center of Lashkar Gah. Oddly, in recent days there has been no movement by laborers out of the town and into the poppy fields. The reasons for this are likely twofold [...]
2007-04-17 12:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF MOPS
07KABUL1315PRT LASHKAR GAH: ENSURING STABILITY IN BABAJI
[...] (SBU) On March 22, Afghan National Security Forces, with ISAF support, initiated an operation that cleared a Taliban enclave close to the provincial center of Lashkar Gah (the "Babaji region"). Following the operation, local Afghans expressed what the Helmand Task Force and PRT generally take [...]
2007-04-17 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1321PRT JALALABAD: KARZAI SKIPS OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (U) President Hamid Karzai visited Jalalabad in Nangarhar province April 14 to inaugurate the Baacha Khan Complex honoring the leader of the non-violent independence movement in British India's Northwest Frontier. The event was noteworthy for the fact that Karzai attended but did not take th [...]
2007-04-18 06:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1332OUTCRY OVER AG SABIT'S REACTION TO NEGATIVE MEDIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Angered by an April 17 news broadcast which he maintains took his comments out of context, Attorney General Sabit ordered the immediate summons of two Tolo TV news staff for questioning that evening. When Tolo TV legal advisor Mohammad Abdullah, general manager Siddiq Ahmadzada [...]
2007-04-18 15:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1344PRT LASHKAR GAH: GOVERNOR HOSTS JIRGA IN SANGIN
[...] (SBU) Following the recent military operation to clear the Taliban from Sangin district, on April 12 a Government of Afghanistan (GOA) and ISAF delegation traveled from Lashkar Gah to Sangin to meet with a group of elders. Governor Wafa's delegation included the Police Chief, head of the Ule [...]
2007-04-19 15:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1350TIP PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. --------------------------------------------- -------- GAPS IN AFGHANISTAN'S CAPAPCITY TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING --------------------------------------------- -------- 2. (U) In both 2006 and 2007, the State Department's Global Office on Trafficking [...]
2007-04-21 11:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1356PRT JALALABAD: WHAT NEXT FOR POPPY ERADICATION
[...] (SBU) Nangahar Governor Sherzai shared his plans for the future with officials from the PRT at a lunch on April 18, including what to do with so much poppy in the province. Sharzai indicated he will fire officials who do not support his eradication campaign and complained that even members of [...]
2007-04-22 08:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF SNAR KCRM
07KABUL1397UPDATE ON FALLOUT BETWEEN TOLO TV AND AG
[...] (U) In the week since the fallout between Tolo TV and Attorney General Sabit, multiple protests have been organized in support of both Tolo TV officials and the Attorney General. Reactions in the local press appear to be more balanced than those in the international media, and while the issu [...]
2007-04-25 04:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1468Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit -- Phelps Dodge Considers
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. The competitive bidding process for the Aynak copper deposit is moving forward. Over the last two weeks, the GOA hosted all nine short-listed prospective bidders, including the US natural resources company Phelps Dodge, to do rounds of GOA Ministries, review [...]
2007-05-01 06:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1525AFGHANISTAN: OPIC VISIT BOOSTS INVESTMENT AND SECURES
[...] (SBU) OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher came to Kabul on 21 April to accompany Dole CEO David Murdock and to examine potential investments in Afghanistan. The visit coincided with the first, US-assisted Afghan AgFair for agricultural buyers. When Mosbacher left on 23 April, he had not on [...]
2007-05-05 11:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ENRG ETRD BEXP AF
07KABUL1542AFGHANISTAN - TRUCKER STRIKE DISRUPTS COMMERCE AND DELIVERY
[...] (SBU) A truckers' strike called by a Peshawar-based transport association has stopped containerized traffic from entering Afghanistan at the Torkham border crossing since April 27. The truckers are protesting taxes, bribes and illegal collections they have to pay on the highway between Torkha [...]
2007-05-07 11:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD MOPS PREL KCRM ELAB ASUP AMGT AF
07KABUL1557AFGHANISTAN FOLLOW-UP REGIONAL TELECOM POLICY FORUM
[...] (U) The GoA has confirmed its interest in participating in a follow-up conference in late summer to define a regional fiber optic network project as proposed reftel. The Ministry of Communications has informed us that it will send a delegation of at least three persons - one from the ministry, [...]
2007-05-08 13:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AF
07KABUL1559EMBASSY SUPPORT FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
[...] (U) While freedom of the press is currently a highly sensitive issue in Afghanistan, World Press Freedom Day provided the opportunity for Embassy Kabul to go on the record supporting media freedoms in Afghanistan. The Ambassador released a press statement on the issue, and the DCM attended a [...]
2007-05-08 13:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1573PRT NURISTAN: HEAD OF EASTERN DISTRICTS SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Fazel Ahad, head of the Eastern Districts Security Council, was murdered on April 30 in the vicinity of Kamdesh, in eastern Nuristan. The unknown culprits fled. Governor Tamim had appointed Fazel Ahad last November to head a 45-member council which formed the centerpiece of the Governor' [...]
2007-05-09 17:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER MARR AF
07KABUL1574MESHRANO JIRGA "DRAFT RESOLUTION" ON RECONCILIATION
[...] (SBU) Meetings with a member of the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) and a senior Parliamentary staffer provided some clarity on the intent of the reconciliation resolution passed on May 8. According to these contacts, the intent of the resolution passed by the Meshrano Jirga was to [...]
2007-05-09 19:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM PREL AF
07KABUL1581PLANNING FOR A FEASIBLE, AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE
[...] (SBU) The high cost and short-lived institutional benefit of Afghanistan's milestone post-Taliban elections underscores the importance of developing a feasible, affordable, and sustainable plan for future elections. The May 1 JCMB endorsed recommendations (drafted by the Embassy Governance Po [...]
2007-05-11 09:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1583Afghanistan: GOA Confirms Request for Japanese
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to Ref B, Econ Counselor raised the issue of securing Japanese assistance to the Afghan energy sector in separate meetings with Senior Adviser to the President Nadiri and Minister of Economy Shams. In the April 22 meeting with Shams, who chairs the Inter- ministerial Commissio [...]
2007-05-13 03:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL1630Supporting USGS Activities in Afghanistan
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The Embassy has received two letters from President Karzai's senior staff requesting that a specific USGS official be appointed Senior Advisor to the Office of the President. Due to conflict of interest, perceived transparency, and Chief of Mission authority [...]
2007-05-15 11:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG PGOV AMGT AF
07KABUL1648AFGHANISTAN - AICC'S SECURITY AND CORRUPTION ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) Recent criminal activity directed at the business community has made many business leaders here nervous. At a roundtable discussion hosted by the Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC),Deputy Minister of Interior Khalid joined other senior government and private sector sta [...]
2007-05-16 14:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV BEXP ECON ASFC AF
07KABUL1678HELMAND: UK REPORT ON WAFA'S JIRGA IN GERESHK
[...] This report was drafted by the British POLOFF at PRT Lashkah Gar. It is noteworthy in reporting that no Helmand Governor has visited the town of Gereshk in almost 30 years, highlighting the scale of the challenge in securing local support in Helmand. Begin text: 2. SUMMARY: Governor Waf [...]
2007-05-17 13:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1684AFGHAN-PAK JIRGA PREPARATIONS BUILDING UP: NEED
[...] This cable contains an action request. See para 9. 2. On May 16, Afghan Regional Peace Jirga Preparation Commission Director of Secretariat Farooq Wardak briefed the international community on latest plans for the cross-border jirga with Pakistan, now scheduled for the first week of Aug [...]
2007-05-20 02:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL1712SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE: AMENDED PROVINCIAL
[...] (SBU) President Karzai signed an amended Provincial Council (PC) law in late March. The law,s key elements give parliament and the president shared authority over PCs and give PCs a significantly expanded role overseeing appointed elements of the provincial governments, including the Provinci [...]
2007-05-22 13:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL173AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator met January 15 with Italian Ambassador Sequi and a delegation from Rome led by Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Vernetti. The meeting produced an agreement that the upcoming Rome ROL Conference would be held in April with a [...]
2007-01-18 10:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS PTER KCRM AF
07KABUL1731EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Border Management Task Force (BMTF) Director, and the Finance and Metrics Coordinator, and the Customs Systems Coordinators are expected to arrive between mid-May and early June. These positions are located at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. In addition, six mentors who wil [...]
2007-05-24 12:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM ETRD EFIN PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL1744UPDATE ON AFGHAN REFUGEES, DEPORTEES, AND SQUATTERS
[...] Recent developments relating to three distinct segments of the wave of Afghan "returnees" - refugees from Pakistan, deported irregular migrants from Iran, and Kuchi squatters near Pol-i-Charki - have renewed focus on refugee/displaced persons issues. Over 200,000 refugees have returned from P [...]
2007-05-24 14:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1746AFGHANISTAN - COCA COLA PLANS LARGE EXPANSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 14:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN BEXP ECON AF
07KABUL178BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN
[...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]
2007-01-20 05:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1785REGULATING PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES: NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Following the recent DIAG meeting at which President Karzai highlighted perceived problems with unlicensed Private Security Companies (reftel),the Policy Action Group on May 17 further reviewed the situation with the international community. Deputy Minister of Interior Khalid and head [...]
2007-05-29 14:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MARR EFIN NATO AF
07KABUL1845INFORMAL GROUP POSTPONES ROME JCMB MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 03:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL AF
07KABUL1903MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS OUTLINES CURRENT PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) During a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Women's Affairs Hussn Ghazanfar highlighted her main priorities as fostering women's and girl's education, bolstering Afghanistan's fledgling women's handicrafts industry, and establishing mental health centers for women. She anno [...]
2007-06-10 04:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1931MORE HAWALA CLOSINGS; LICENSE APPLICATIONS UP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 09:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PTER SNAR KCRM ECON AF
07KABUL1934AFGHANISTAN - AHADY CONSIDERS A/S SULLIVAN LETTER ON AFGHAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 12:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCOR KPRV EINV EAID ECON PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL1935AFGHANISTAN: PULL THE PLUG ON ARIANA AIRLINES
[...] (SBU) The IMF's recent mission report urging the GoA not to rescue Ariana Afghan Airlines has kept the ongoing discussion about what to do with Ariana before the GOA and the international community. While the top level of the GoA agrees with the JCMB V decision to seek Ariana's privatization, [...]
2007-06-11 12:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EFIN ECON EAID AF
07KABUL195PRT/KUNDUZ: FRENCH COMPANY TRIES TO REVIVE COTTON
[...] (SBU) The New Afghan Project for Cotton and Oil Development (NAPCOD),a joint venture between the Afghan Government and a French company, continues to struggle to re-establish the successful cotton processing industry of the pre-war North. It currently produces cotton lint, cottonseed oil, ca [...]
2007-01-21 10:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07KABUL1970GUNMEN SHOOT SCHOOLGIRLS IN LOGAR
[...] (SBU) Two schoolgirls were killed and five wounded on June 12 when two assailants fired at students leaving a school in Logar Province south of Kabul. Police report they have made three arrests, including one of the shooters. Afghan authorities believe that the gunmen were Taliban members; ho [...]
2007-06-19 02:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAID PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1982Afghan Gas Fields -- Agreement in Principle
[...] (SBU) On June 11, the Afghan Minister of Mines convened a meeting attended by Embassy, USAID, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB),at which the ADB and the GoA agreed in principle to a USG proposal to combine USAID and ADB efforts to develop the natural gas reserves in the Amu Darya basin. T [...]
2007-06-20 08:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2068PRT BAMYAN: AMBASSADOR ASSESSES DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his introductory visit to Bamyan Province, Ambassador Wood and Governor Habiba Sarabi discussed development priorities and security risks in what has generally been Afghanistan's most secure province. The Ambassador also met the Provincial Council, a women's shura, and [...]
2007-06-27 11:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PHUM PTER EAID AF
07KABUL2070Afghanistan Energy: Revisiting NEPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The North East Power System (NEPS) is at the center of the GOA strategy to provide affordable and reliable electricity to the Afghan people, a high economic and political priority for the GOA and the donor community. NEPS transmission lines were designed to import 300MW of powe [...]
2007-06-27 12:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2071RECONSTRUCTING AFGHANISTAN - USG PROCUREMENT AS DEMAND
[...] (SBU) Beginning with Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's (CFC-A) landmark Afghan First initiative, local procurement of goods and services by the U.S. and NATO military establishments and the international community is growing. It needs to grow more. An April 2007 study estimates that of th [...]
2007-06-27 12:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EIND ETRD EINV EAID MOPS AF
07KABUL2149PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL GHOR REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghor enjoys a stable security situation overall; most current issues stem from local land and tribal disputes. Pasaband and Taywara Districts remain vulnerable to Taliban elements based in Helmand, evidenced by several incursions this spring. A shortage of ANA and ANP contrib [...]
2007-07-09 06:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL216PRT FARAH: ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT -- POPPY AND IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being dry and barren, Farah depends heavily on agriculture. Although poppy production has decreased recently, Farah remains a major poppy producing province. Governor-led eradication has begun, but it has a long way to go. The Alternative Livelihoods Program is not [...]
2007-01-22 11:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EAID AF IR
07KABUL220USING THE BERLIN JCMB MEETINGS TO FLAG NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next presidential election is scheduled to take place in 2009, followed by national assembly elections in 2010. Given the significant steps that must be taken before the next elections, it is imperative that preparation begin immediately and have the support of the interna [...]
2007-01-22 15:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM EAID AF
07KABUL2244PRT GHAZNI: SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghazni province is split between the "have's" (Hazara districts in the north/west) and the "have-not's" (Pashtun districts in the south/east). In April 2007 a serious insurgent threat in the Pashtun districts brought reconstruction to a standstill in both areas, heightening anx [...]
2007-07-12 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL229AFGHAN TELECOM CHIEF FIRED FOR CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Afghan Telecom (AfTel),Afghanistan's state-owned telecommunications company, has now been operating for two months without a formally designated president/CEO. The Minister of Communications, Amirzai Sangin, is currently acting as president/CEO of the company. Sangin fired Aftel's Pres [...]
2007-01-23 11:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS KCOR PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL2299PAG DISCUSSES SCHOOL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 12 the Policy Action Group (PAG) chaired by NSA Rassoul discussed school security. Education Minister Atmar reported that there had been 20 attacks against schools in the previous week. Education Minister Atmar assessed that the Taliban have shifted their focus from d [...]
2007-07-17 13:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER EAID NATO AF
07KABUL2339Afghanistan Energy: TURKMEN POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 17, citing President Karzai's July 5 and 6 visit to Ashgabat, the Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) clarified comments that the Minister for Economics (MOE) had earlier made to the Ambassador concerning Government of Afghanistan (GoA) efforts to import electric power [...]
2007-07-21 04:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2355PRT CHAGHCHARAN: PASABAND AND DOLINA DISTRICT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Chaghcharan conducted a patrol of Pasaband and Dolina Districts from July 4-7, meeting with district officials, police, and elders. Residents of both districts praised the work of the ANP. Development issues were the main concern for residents who thanked the PRT for its w [...]
2007-07-23 07:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS MASS PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL236PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND GOVERNOR UNVEILS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Wafa has commenced his outreach to tribal leaders through a series of meetings with district shuras. In each meeting, Wafa has presented his "protocols," which are conditions the shura must accept before the Governor will give his approval and support. The c [...]
2007-01-24 07:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2361DEATH OF MOHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH - FORMER AFGHAN KING
[...] (U) Summary: The Presidential Palace announced on Monday, July 23, that Mohammad Zahir Shah, the former King of Afghanistan has died. The funeral and burial ceremonies have been scheduled for Tuesday, July 24 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Ambassador Wood will represent the USG at the funeral an [...]
2007-07-23 14:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
07KABUL2384MOI MAKES PROGRESS ON FINAL PHASES OF ANP RANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA is making progress towards completion of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) Rank Reform Process to reduce the currently over-manned Afghan National Police (ANP) officer corps to an efficient level by selecting the best qualified officers through an extensive testing, selecti [...]
2007-07-26 05:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PGOV AF PREL
07KABUL255PAG APPROVES EXPANDING ANAP TO EAST AND
[...] (SBU) The January 11 Policy Action Group (PAG) approved two Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) proposals. The first will expand the authorization of ANAP for Kandahar from 1300 to 2000. The additional 700 police will be recruited from and deployed to Panjwayi and Zharey districts to ba [...]
2007-01-25 09:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PGOV SNAR PTER AF
07KABUL261UNAMA OPENS PROVINCIAL OFFICE IN KHOST
[...] (U) UNSRSG for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs opened the UNAMA Khost Office, one of nine new UNAMA provincial offices, on January 21. In his remarks, Koenigs highlighted the provincial center's importance to the region, noting its university (being developed),economic activity, and strategic locat [...]
2007-01-25 12:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID AF
07KABUL2684PRESIDENT KARZAI MOVES SUB-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
[...] (SBU) President Karzai has decided to move the Ministry of Interior's civil administration division -- responsible for governors, district administrators, mayors, and civil registry functions -- to a new Independent Office for Sub-National Governance under the Office of the President. This wel [...]
2007-08-13 04:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2735PARLIAMENT PASSES UN CONVENTION AGAINST
[...] (SBU) The lower house of the Afghan National Assembly (Wolesi Jirga) passed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) on August 15. Its passage by the upper house and ratification will complete an Afghanistan Compact benchmark. 2. (SBU) The Government of Afghanistan signed t [...]
2007-08-16 06:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR EAID AF
07KABUL274Afghanistan Energy: New Inter-Ministerial Commission Offers
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: A principal USG goal in Afghanistan's energy sector is ensuring an adequate and affordable supply of electricity to Kabul and other key population centers by end-2008 through rehabilitation and construction of power plants, dams and transmission lines. Despite [...]
2007-01-27 06:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2743POLAND TO CONSIDER A PRT IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Government will soon consider whether to stand up a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. Internal discussions will begin in Warsaw on August 17. Polish diplomats in Kabul have met with Embassy PRT director to sound out initial USG thoughts. Based on [...]
2007-08-16 09:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF PL
07KABUL281PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING AT ALTERNATIVE
[...] (U) At approximately 11:50 a.m. on January 26, a suicide body-borne improvised explosive device detonated outside of USAID's Alternative Livelihoods Program (ALP/S) compound in the center of Lashkar Gah. According to Global Security, who handle security for ALP/S, the bomber approached the en [...]
2007-01-27 12:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2852AF: Sheberghan project on schedule despite ADB pull out.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pulled out of a proposed project for the comprehensive development of northwest Afghanistan's most promising gas fields in the Amu Darya basin, near the site of the proposed Sheberghan power plant (reftel),despite an agreement to combine fund [...]
2007-08-24 09:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL291 JCMB SUCCESS - "TEA CLUB" APPROVES EMBASSY ENERGY WHITE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-28 10:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2910DAI KUNDI GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN INFLUENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Bamyan PRT officer, Dai Kundi Governor Sultan Ali Oruzgani appealed, on behalf of the people of Dai Kundi, for the U.S. to place a PRT in his province. Governor Oruzgani also expressed concern over increasing Iranian religious influence in mosques in Dai Kundi [...]
2007-09-03 05:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
07KABUL299MISLEADING PRESS REPORTS ON KARZAI'S ASHURA MESSAGE
[...] (SBU) As is the usual custom on religious holidays, President Karzai offered a message during the Ashura ceremony at the Takyakhana-e-Hussenia (Shiite Mosque) on January 29. It follows successful efforts by government and religious leaders and security forces to plan for a peaceful Ashura cele [...]
2007-01-30 09:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL PTER AF
07KABUL3054PRESIDENT KARZAI'S NEW GOVERNANCE CZAR OUTLINES
[...] (SBU) President Karzai established the new Office of Local Administration on August 30 and appointed as its director general Ghulam Jelani Popal, a respected former deputy minister of finance. Popal outlined his vision for making the Afghan government "a reality in the lives of the people," p [...]
2007-09-12 11:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF
07KABUL3087AF: Anyak mine tender: WB comfortable with current state of
[...] (SBU) In a September 13 meeting, World Bank staff informed Embassy Treasury Attach and EconOff that based on the information available to them, the initial evaluation of the Anyak copper mine bids appears to have proceeded according to the process spelled out in tender documents, and in accorda [...]
2007-09-15 13:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL313POLICE RANK REFORM: MOI DECIDES TO MOVE AHEAD WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior has decided to move forward immediately with assignments of police company grade officers (captains and lieutenants) to rank reform positions. At a January 30 meeting of the International Police Board Coordinating Action Group (IPCAG, a monthly meet [...]
2007-01-31 12:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR SNAR PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL3135HELMAND PROVINCE - POPPY ERADICATION FORCE'S PRE-PLANTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Poppy Eradication Force (PEF) conducted a pre-planting outreach campaign in Helmand Province from August 29 through September 5, 2007. The PEF organized two well-attended Shuras with area elders and met with numerous farmers in the Lashkargah area. No security incidents o [...]
2007-09-18 12:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AF
07KABUL314POLICE RANK REFORM: MOI DECIDES TO MOVE AHEAD WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior has decided to move forward immediately with assignments of police company grade officers (captains and lieutenants) to rank reform positions. At a January 30 meeting of the International Police Board Coordinating Action Group (IPCAG, a monthly meeting [...]
2007-01-31 13:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR SNAR PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL3180AF: Update: 100 MW Power Plant Project for Kabul
[...] (SBU) On August 26, 2007 the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) sent a letter to USAID officially allocating a suitable site for the 100 MW Power Plant for Kabul. The site, designated landsite number #1130, (previously internally referenced as the "8/20" site as it was identified on Aug [...]
2007-09-20 07:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3198AF: Fuel price spikes stabilizing, Iran blamed.
[...] (U) Reporting from Embassy PRT's as well as Kabul-based Embassy FSN's confirmed that July and August 2007 saw an increase in fuel prices across Afghanistan that quickly caused an up-tick in other prices, as well as increased grumbling against the government in Afghanistan's coffee house convers [...]
2007-09-22 04:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3267Security in Nuristan -- The Enemy Within?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nuristan Province has seen an increase in security incidents since the establishment of a Coalition presence last fall. The situation became particularly acute this summer, with 21 separate attacks on Coalition or Afghan targets. While the frequency has declined since July, t [...]
2007-09-27 11:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON PHUM AF
07KABUL3310CSTC-A POLICE CENSUS: A FIRST-EVER HEAD COUNT
[...] (SBU) From August 20 to September 5, Task Force Phoenix conducted a survey to verify the existence of Uniform, Border and Civil Order police on the ground in Afghanistan, comparing Ministry of Interior (MOI) payroll records with those present for duty. The survey reviewed payroll lists in 81 [...]
2007-09-30 11:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL336BAGHLAN GETS NEW GOVERNOR
[...] (U) Dr Mohammed Alam Ishaqzai, who until recently served as Nangarhar Deputy Governor and Director of Finance, has been selected as the new Governor for Baghlan Province. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai of Nangarhar confirmed Ishaqzai's appointment to PRT officials at a meeting at Jalalabad Airfie [...]
2007-02-04 03:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL3363AF: Update on Key USAID Power Projects
[...] (SBU) The following is a summary of the current state of key ongoing USAID projects in the Afghan Energy Sector. In-depth reporting on the various projects mentioned will be forthcoming in the near future. 2. (SBU) 100 MW POWER PLANT FOR KABUL - (Reftel A) On September 23, 2007, project co [...]
2007-10-02 12:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL343PRT GARDEZ: REGIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the southeastern provinces of Paktia, Khost, Paktika, and Ghazni gathered in Gardez January 25 to meet with representatives from Kabul to discuss and build support for the cross-border Jirgas initiative. The event demonstrated the Government,s efforts to secure supp [...]
2007-02-04 11:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PK AF
07KABUL3676AF: Current Status of 100MW Power Plant for Kabul
[...] (SBU) After some delay in finding an appropriate site for the project, the 100 MW Kabul Power Plant project is underway. What follows is a short overview of the several project components and where they currently stand. Overall, the project is on schedule to deliver 67 MW of power to the Kabu [...]
2007-10-28 11:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL371PRTSHARANA: PAKTIKA GOVERNOR SEEKS AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paktika Governor Khpalwak used his January 20 meeting with the Ambassador to seek U.S. support for projects in his province. The Governor requested help in funding new projects in the border districts. The Ambassador highlighted the importance of the newly-authorized Afghan N [...]
2007-02-06 10:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR AF
07KABUL372PRT NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Nuristan Province has traditionally been neglected and remains underdeveloped, but recent initiatives by Governor Tamin are energizing district administrations and encouraging communities to take responsibility for their own security. Despite these efforts, security remains problematic [...]
2007-02-06 10:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON EAID MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL3727AFGHAN GOVERNMENT FOCUSES ON ELECTION PLANNING
[...] (SBU) The October 3 JCMB has helped the Afghan government focus on the need to make several key decisions which will enable the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to move forward with plans for the 2009/10 Presidential, Parliamentary, and Provincial Council elections. Parliament is committ [...]
2007-11-01 06:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3772DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY KEY THEMES IN AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (SBU) Development and security were the key themes brought up in conversations with local officials during the Ambassador's October 29 visit to Khost Province. In meetings with the Provincial Governor, Provincial Council and university students, Ambassador underscored the U.S. respect for Is [...]
2007-11-07 09:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MOPS PREL PTER EAID AF
07KABUL3775AF: Afghan-Pakistani Bilateral Trade and Security Talks
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: US Embassy Kabul representatives attended the Afghanistan-Pakistan Cooperation Workshop, sponsored by the Canadian Government in Dubai, October 30 - November 1. Senior Afghan and Pakistani officials responsible for customs, immigration and border security spent thre [...]
2007-11-08 01:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EPET EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3786AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO URUZGAN; OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited Uruzgan Province on October 22 and met with the Governor and Provincial Council. Newly-installed Governor Hamdam said he already recognized the importance of development projects as a means to gain the loyalty and support of the local population. He complained t [...]
2007-11-08 10:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON EAID AF
07KABUL3787Afghan Commerce Official Wary of Iran's Assistance, Wary of
[...] (SBU) Econ-Commoff and Deputy PolCouns met with Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry, Azeem Wardak, to discuss bilateral trade issues with Iran and Pakistan. Wardak emphasized the desire for good relations with both neighbors. But he also vented frustration at Pakistan's continued relucta [...]
2007-11-08 11:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON AF PK IR
07KABUL3788AFGHANISTAN: NEW OIL AND GAS FIELD TENDER EXPECTED IN THREE
[...] (SBU) The Afghan Ministry of Mines intends to issue a tender for exploration of several blocks of the Amudarya Oil and Gas basin in north-western Afghanistan in February or March 2008 Post learned at the recent Oil and Gas Working Group meeting November 8. Note: The Amudarya basin is also where [...]
2007-11-09 02:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3803NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) The NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Daan Everts of the Netherlands, has circulated a letter to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic community announcing that he will be concluding his duties and vacating his posting in Afghanistan by th [...]
2007-11-10 11:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL3842POLLS SHOW AFGHANS OPTIMISTIC, CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Three polls released this fall suggest, contrary to many international press reports, that Afghans continue to feel that their country is headed in the right direction, with little change in attitudes from a year ago. The most pronounced difference over last year is a rise in perceptions [...]
2007-11-15 01:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3856NEW AFGHAN MINISTER OF REFUGEES AND REPATRIATION
[...] (SBU) On November 17, the Afghan Parliament confirmed Sheer Mohammmad Etebari as the new Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, replacing the ineffectual Akbar Akbar. UNHCR and the Kabul Refugee Section both see Etebari as a less than perfect but acceptable alternative to Akbar and have worked [...]
2007-11-17 12:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3876 Overall Success and Room for Improvement in Refugee
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Kunduz, Baghlan, and Takhar provinces from November 11-14, the Refugee Section found most FY06 projects well-done and FY07 projects underway. The programs are vital to refugee reintegration and fill a critical need. In some cases, they represent the only visi [...]
2007-11-21 01:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3887PRIVATIZATION OF AFGHAN TELECOM IMMINENT INCLUDING FIBER
[...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor, Robert Deutsch, met with Afghan Minister of Communications, Amir Zia Sangin, on November 17 and received Afghan support for a conference fostering regional telecommunications interconnectivity. Minister Sangin also shared that plans for the privatization [...]
2007-11-21 09:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEICN PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD AF
07KABUL3914AMB VISIT: DEVELOPMENT, POLICING AND
[...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's November 12 visit to Paktia province in the east, locals stressed the key themes of security and development in the province. In meetings with the Governor, Provincial Council, and Provincial Development Council, the Ambassador underscored the U.S. dedication to [...]
2007-11-26 09:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER EAID AF
07KABUL3932AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiating a detailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximat [...]
2007-11-27 08:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL3933AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiatinQdetailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximately [...]
2007-11-27 08:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL395PRT QALAT: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES--ONE STEP AT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: By their actions and through a series of meetings with the PRT, local women have expressed their desire for employment, education, and security in southern Zabul province. Key players for women's activities in Zabul are the Directorate of Women's Affairs (DOWA),two women Provinc [...]
2007-02-06 12:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
07KABUL3993Progress On Afghan Electricity from Uzbekistan?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Discussion with Afghans and donors on the North East Power System (NEPS) connection to Uzbekistan, yielded signs of increased Uzbek commitment to provide 150 MW of electricity to Afghanistan by the end of 2008 (including completing 43 KM of transmission lines to the Afghan border [...]
2007-12-04 13:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3998AF: Afghans to fund Uzbek power line connection to NEPS.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Afghanistan's mission to Uzbekistan to reinvigorate negotiations for energy imports through the North East Power System (NEPS) project appears to have produced positive results. Delegation head Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Mir Sediq expects to lead a follow-on mission to [...]
2007-12-05 12:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL4006 2007 AFGHAN REFUGEE RETURNS AND LIKELY 2008 REPATRIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Iran's deportations of undocumented Afghans in the spring of 2007 and Pakistan's push to repatriate its Afghan population by the end of 2009 have resulted in increased returns that put a squeeze on the fragile support system in place in Afghanistan. So far this year, UNHCR has [...]
2007-12-07 04:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4139 CHARG'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF REFUGEES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Charg Dell met with the new Minister of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR),Sheer Mohammad Etebari, and heard the Minister's ambitious plans to resettle returning Afghan refugees and bring stability to Afghanistan. The Charg stressed the USG commitment to Afghan refugees and urge [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4140 STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4141 STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4142Afghans and Tajiks agree to Double Opening Hours of Bridge
[...] (U) Summary: At a USG hosted meeting on December 17, Afghan and Tajik officials discussed current operations of, and ways forward for, the US-built and financed Afghan-Tajik bridge. Participants agreed to extend opening hours, consider pedestrian traffic and identify a common frequency for r [...]
2007-12-18 07:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD AF
07KABUL4143PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA STABILIZATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Task Force Helmand (TFH) is fully engaged in stabilization operations in Musa Qala and their Military Stabilization Team (MST) has identified health, education and road projects for immediate reconstruction. PRT officers and GoA officials visited Musa Qala on Dec 16, and were [...]
2007-12-18 09:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4152WOMEN GATHER PUBLICLY TO PRAY FOR PEACE
[...] (U) On December 12, mostly unidentified organizers coordinated separate public gatherings of Afghan women in six cities across the provinces of Balkh, Ghazni, Helmand, Herat, Kabul and Kandahar to pray for "an end to war and destruction." According to media and eyewitness reports, the women g [...]
2007-12-18 12:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MOPS AF
07KABUL4153BAGHLAN BOMBING AGGRAVATES KARZAI-QANOONI SPLIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 6 Baghlan bombing, did not unite Afghans of all ethnicities in their revulsion for the insurgency and its methods. Instead it provided the latest proxy for the ongoing political contest between President Karzai and Lower House Speaker and United Front leader Moham [...]
2007-12-18 13:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF PTER
07KABUL4157PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALEH POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The political reconstruction of Musa Qaleh is proving to be an extremely complicated process. However, the sustained presence of Minister Popal, of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),has kept officials focused on governance creation for Musa Qaleh. Popal' [...]
2007-12-20 09:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4170Kunduz, Afghanistan: A Regional Hub for Security and
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2007, Kunduz province has made demonstrable progress along all lines of operations (security, development and governance) and served as a regional catalyst for Northeast Afghanistan. There is both visible reconstruction activity and private sector development, symbolized by t [...]
2007-12-22 05:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4171Takhar, Afghanistan: Secure and Stable, but Development
[...] (SBU) Summary: Takhar province has remained relatively secure and stable throughout 2007. While there have been rocket and IED attacks directed against Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),the disruption of an insurgent cell in September 2007 has resulted in a significant decrease in insurg [...]
2007-12-22 06:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4183ANTI-TRAFFICKING: POLITICAL WILL, BUT LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan government has mustered the political will to combat trafficking in persons, but a lack of police enforcement and prosecutorial capacity slows progress towards meeting accepted international standards. The counter-insurgency campaign continues to draw police away fro [...]
2007-12-23 12:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV AF
07KABUL424NOMINATIONS FOR WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Kabul submits the following two candidates for the Women of Courage Award. Per email instructions from G/IWI, both women speak English. 2. (SBU) Mary Akrami is Director of a non-governmental organization called the Afghan Women Skills Development Center. Un [...]
2007-02-08 04:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AF
07KABUL435AFGHAN NATIONAL CIVIL ORDER POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) (formerly the Civil Order Maintenance and Constabulary Police) is currently being recruited and trained by the MOI in close coordination with CSTC-A and civilian police trainers at the Regional Training Centers. This element of t [...]
2007-02-08 12:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL440HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN - GOING
[...] (U) Contains Action Request; please see para 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Afghanistan remains seriously affected by landmines and unexploded ordinance (UXO) that cause nearly 100 casualties each month. Landmines and UXO are found in 2,368 communities as well as agricultural fields and around major [...]
2007-02-09 05:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS AF
07KABUL459SECURITY NEEDS AND GOVERNORS' DISCRETIONARY FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Governors in a number of provinces slated to receive payments out of the Governors, Discretionary Fund have recently begun complaining that suspension of the Fund for the fourth quarter of the Afghan fiscal year has negatively impacted their ability to counter the security thre [...]
2007-02-10 11:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KFIN SNAR PTER AF
07KABUL483PRT JALALABAD: NEW OFFICIALS REINVIGORATE DIAG
[...] (U) Summary: New DIAG Regional Director visited the PRT to describe plans for new initiatives to reinvigorate the DIAG process. Two weeks later, DIAG hosted an event in Jalalabad for former Mujahideen. While the meetings were encouraging, getting new momentum for DIAG will require hard work [...]
2007-02-13 06:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
07KABUL515CABLE/PRT JALALABAD: 6 MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (U) Summary: Nangarhar province is an important urban and agricultural center along Afghanistan's eastern border. During the past six months, the security climate has witnessed increased enemy activity, including IED attacks and ambushes of PRT convoys. The paving of roads and a dramatic r [...]
2007-02-14 19:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL536PRT/KUNDUZ: NEW GOVERNOR DETERMINED TO IMPROVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Governor of Baghlan Province Mohammed Alam Ishaqzai arrived from his position as Deputy Governor in Nangarhar with an excellent reputation. He is determined to bring more development and greater security to his new province. Ishaqzai is planning to engage the Pul-e Khu [...]
2007-02-17 12:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AF
07KABUL564ANA RETENTION RATES SHOW IMPROVEMENT; MORE WORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the Afghan National Army to grow rapidly to the target strength of 70,000 personnel by December 2008, traditionally high AWOL and attrition rates need to be reduced. The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) are work [...]
2007-02-20 12:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR ASEC NATO PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL661STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SECURITY WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 15 Strategic Partnership Working Group meeting ranged broadly over issues related to building Afghan National Security Force capacity and increasing security sector links. The discussion covered the growth, equipping, and capacity building of both the army and poli [...]
2007-02-28 14:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL680PRT/GARDEZ: GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO DEAL WITH TALIBAN
[...] (SBU) Paktia governor Rahmatullah Rahmat announced on Jan. 30 that he intends to move energetically and methodically to bring Zormat District, currently plagued by insurgency, under government control. He outlined a plan, developed with UNAMA, to reform the district administrative and securit [...]
2007-03-02 04:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL684IDA 15 NEGOTIATIONS GOAL - SUSTAIN MULTILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-03 05:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL AF
07KABUL685STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) On February 22, senior USG officials responsible for Afghanistan and GoA counterparts participated in a Working Group on Governance in preparation for the Strategic Partnership plenary to be co-led on the U.S. side by U/S Burns and U/S Edelman on March 13-14. Participants agreed on a li [...]
2007-03-03 07:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL723PRT FARAH: A NEW GOVERNOR TAKES OFFICE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Farah Province welcomed its third governor in six months as Mawlawi Mohideen Baluch took up office January 31. In a public speech, Baluch outlined his priorities to build a madrassa and university, improve the economy, maintain existing Iran-Afghan relations, reach out to anti-g [...]
2007-03-04 14:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR IR AF
07KABUL752GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) Polmil Deputy Counselor delivered reftel A message on March 5 to Ayoob Erfani, Director General of the MFA's UN Affairs Department. Mr. Erfani had not previously heard of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (CICNT),but said that the GOA would review the matter mindful of i [...]
2007-03-05 12:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP PARM IAEA AF
07KABUL755 TERRORIST FINANCE - USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AF
07KABUL775U.S.-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) In the second meeting of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership Prosperity Working Group, Afghan and USG dels reaffirmed their commitment to a long-term economic partnership and advanced preparations for the March 13-14 Strategic Partnership plenary in Kabul to be co-led by Under Secretar [...]
2007-03-06 09:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL AF
07KABUL790PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ghor Province should be one of Afghanistan?s success stories, but because it remains unable to attract the resources needed to overcome its developmental deficit, the province continues to lack the wherewithal for economic and political "take-off". Marginal progress was made [...]
2007-03-07 13:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MARR NATO SOCI AF
07KABUL793AFGHANISTAN'S 2007 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's b [...]
2007-03-07 14:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
07KABUL878PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND: TWO SUICIDE BOMBINGS,
[...] (SBU) At about 1115hrs on March 13, approximately one mile south of the PRT, two DynCorp vehicles (attached to the Poppy Elimination Program (PEP) coming from Bost airfield and driving to the Lashkar Gah PRT in Helmand were the targets of an IED attack. It has not been confirmed whether it wa [...]
2007-03-15 12:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL882EXBS AFGHANISTAN ADVISOR AND BORDER MANAGEMENT MONTHLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period, the BMTF position for Border Police and Immigrations Systems Coordinator was filled. The Afghan Customs Department (ACD) drafted a proposal for transferring the Customs Police unit to MoF. The GoA accepted the Iranian proposal to fund and construc [...]
2007-03-15 13:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL883AFGHAN AIRLINE IN DEFAULT WITH BOEING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boeing has asked for assistance with a $1.8 million default by Ariana, Afghanistan's state airline, for lease payments on two Boeing 757s. Subsequent meetings with senior GoA and Ariana officials have revealed that the airline has no money to pay, but the GoA is putting together [...]
2007-03-15 13:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV EAIR ECON AF
07KABUL926AFTEL'S PUZZLING EXPANSION PLANS
[...] (SBU) State-owned Afghan Telecom plans to quadruple the number of lines the company has by an aggressive build-out of wireless and copper networks, funded by the GoA and donors. The wireless plans will put AfTel into competition with mobile service providers, which could bring charges of anti- [...]
2007-03-20 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EFIN EINV ECON KPRV PGOV AF
07KABUL933AFGHANISTAN'S PROGRESS ON THE 1386 BUDGET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 09:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PREL AF
07KABUL935 LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER
[...] Post has received the following letter from Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan requesting USG assistance with purchase of 100 MW of electrical generating equipment for Kabul. 2. BEGIN TEXT Date: 13 March 2007 From: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water [...]
2007-03-21 09:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL944PRT GHAZNI: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security and governance in Ghazni have improved over the last six months due to an increase in troops and a change in governor. Reconstruction and development appear to be moving forward, but there is still no prioritized provincial development plan. Ghazni's citizens are expe [...]
2007-03-22 12:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON AF EAID
07KABUL946UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN DEBT FORGIVENESS AND DEBT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-24 10:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON AF
07KABUL951PRT/PANSHJIR: FUTURE PLANS OF THE PROVINCE I
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir Province has progressed in formulating plans for its future. The current Provincial Development Plan (PDP),a synthesis of three processes, represents a prioritization of projects, mostly infrastructure. It does not, however, match these priorities against availabl [...]
2007-03-24 12:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
07KABUL953PRT ASADABAD: CORRUPT TIMBER DEAL CANCELLED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An unpopular and corrupt arrangement to sell timber to three designated contractors at below-market prices in Kunar has been cancelled by President Karzai in favor of a free market approach, but the order has yet to be implemented. The privileged contractor arrangement represen [...]
2007-03-24 13:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL973PRT ASADABAD: EDUCATION FAILING IN KUNAR
[...] (SBU) Education is a priority in Kunar and provides an opportunity to engage and influence communities throughout the province. Elders from every district consistently rate education -- including girls' education -- as one of their top priorities, and school buildings among their most pressin [...]
2007-03-25 13:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL975PRT BAMYAN: GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL FOES INITIATE NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bamyan provincial governor Harabi Sarabi publicly disclosed that she is being investigated by the Attorney General,s office. Sarabi does not appear concerned about this investigation, which may have been initiated by her political opponents. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) At a Marc [...]
2007-03-26 04:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL979PRT/MAZAR: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Northwest Afghanistan enjoys a better security situation than much of the rest of the country but drought and crime hamper development. The Afghan National Police (ANP) and the judicial system need much work but progress has begun with the ANP. The balance of power between T [...]
2007-03-26 05:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL99 IDPS, URBANIZATION AND THE CHANGING FACE OF AFGHAN
[...] SUMMARY: Ebbing and flowing tides of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been a constant feature of the Afghan landscape for, at least, the past thirty years. Events in recent years seem only to mirror, in many ways, similar displacements following the Soviet invasion, the civil strife [...]
2007-01-10 09:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL996PRT/PANSHJIR: FUTURE PLANS OF THE PROVINCE II
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir Province is changing. Its transformation will continue thanks to agents of change: a new road, radio broadcasts, cell phones, a maturing administration and an active PRT. Provincial officials have formulated specific plans to lay the foundation (ref A). Panjshir's f [...]
2007-03-26 16:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAGR AF
07KABUL997PRT HERAT: SIX MONTH REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Herat Province is a region of significant but still unrealized economic potential. During the past six months, the security situation has deteriorated, as has confidence in GOA institutions and leaders. Key sectors, such as the judiciary, require reform, and additional police [...]
2007-03-27 02:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON MARR AF IR
07KABUL998COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OFFICE OF WEAPONS REMOVAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Kabul welcomes and grants country clearance for Stuart Harris, Marcus Carpenter and Lauren Frese to travel to Afghanistan April 3-5 2007, per reftel. All travelers who possess U.S. Department of State badges should bring their ID for identification purposes and to obtain an Emba [...]
2007-03-27 02:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC AFIN AF
07KAMPALA1011NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 4-16, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-15 07:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1050UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]
2007-06-26 12:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1079NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 17-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-02 03:13:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1160NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 1-14, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-13 08:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1171SLM-Abdelshafi's Faith in UN/AU Roadmap Undermined
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Abdelshafi faction were disappointed in the failure of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue meeting to take place. After being informed by UN/AU officials that the CHD meeting was off, faction members concluded that the UN/AU may h [...]
2007-07-17 03:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UG SU
07KAMPALA1172UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON STAFFDEL SMITH AND KUIKEN VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Professional staff members Shannon Smith and Michael Kuiken visited Uganda from July 4-7, 2007 to gain further understanding on both bilateral and military relations. The team examined the ongoing peace proce [...]
2007-07-17 05:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS UG
07KAMPALA1194UGANDA/SOMALIA: AMISOM SECURITY FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Political/Economic Chief and Defense Attache personnel have raised the issue of security arrangements for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) with Ugandan Peoples' Defense Forces Joint Chief of Staff BG Robert Rusoke and UPDF Spokesman Major Felix Kulayigye on July 18 [...]
2007-07-23 10:40:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR SO UG
07KAMPALA1209UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY (August 18-23)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]
2007-07-26 04:19:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1224NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1251NORTHERN UGANDA: PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT TO KEEP MOMENTUM
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) U.N. Special Envoy Chissano, the international observer team, and post concur that we consider making another public statement to keep up the momentum of the process in the wake of agreement on the general principles of accountabili [...]
2007-08-03 08:19:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1270UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK
[...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democ 2. (SBU) On August 3, the GOU protested to the Government of DRC of a m 3. (SBU) This incident comes at a time when Ugandan exploration efforts 4. (SBU) Uganda is increasingly optimistic about exploratory offshore d [...]
2007-08-07 10:28:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG
07KAMPALA1272UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK
[...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accusing DRC troops of attacking Heritage Oil installations on Lake Albert on August 3rd. Security sources affirm that a British geologist was killed. In a separate incident on July 28, four Ugan [...]
2007-08-07 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG
07KAMPALA1291NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 29 - AUG 10, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-13 05:04:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1310UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 26-30,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive partner for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. Uganda is vigorously supporting a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives on HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) and malaria (PM [...]
2007-08-15 10:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID UG
07KAMPALA1346UGANDA: COURTS SET TOUGH BAIL TERMS FOR PRA SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) The High Court in Mbarara granted bail and released two suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels charged with murder on August 16. The court imposed a new condition, requiring each suspect to have three individuals deposit land titles as a guarantee for bail. The suspects are part [...]
2007-08-24 06:24:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1351NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUG 11 - AUG 24, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-24 09:39:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1370UGANDA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Uganda breaks ground on USD 800 hydroelectric dam which when completed will represent the largest U.S. direct investment in the country. The GOU is reporting a recent uranium discovery by a Canadian firm. The Ministry of Finance is promising tax breaks for foreign investors which is rai [...]
2007-08-29 07:48:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1419SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES NORTHERN UGANDAN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with a wide range of government officials, local and religious leaders, military officers, internally-displaced persons, UN officials and international donors to discuss the current situation in northern Uganda during his visit from August 26 to 30. [...]
2007-09-07 09:48:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1429Ugandan Perspective on Museveni-Kabila Summit
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila met in Arusha, Tanzania for a two-day summit on September 7 and 8 to discuss border issues, the Lord's Resistance Army and other negative forces, and sharing of common resources. The two heads of state agre [...]
2007-09-11 13:17:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS UG CG
07KAMPALA1435NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-12 12:16:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1467NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tim Shortley, Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, traveled to Kampala with AF A/S Secretary Jendayi Frazer and remained in the region to meet with key officials in Uganda, Southern Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo from September 5-17. The GOU's lead negotiator at [...]
2007-09-20 13:24:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1485NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-25 13:37:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1486TRIPARTITE PLUS MEETING READ-OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala from September 15-17 followed several significant bilateral meetings between member states. Progess on action against the negative forces remained slow, but the Democratic Republic of Congo and MONUC presented the outlines of their plan [...]
2007-09-25 13:44:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1491UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALITY REMAINS ILLEGAL AND CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (SBU) Public resentment against homosexuality has sparked demonstrations and significant public debate over the past few months. The GOU continues to take a strong position against the practice of homosexuality in Uganda, which is illegal. A local NGO, Sexual Minorities in Uganda Group (SMUG [...]
2007-09-27 09:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC UG
07KAMPALA1594NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 5, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-10-16 12:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1595UGANDA: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT OF PRESIDENT MUSEVENI'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: A look inside Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's in-box reveals a range of international and regional issues, many where the U.S. also has interests. Museveni's immediate "to-do" list includes repairing relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo, to gain its cooperation [...]
2007-10-16 12:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1689NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (OCTOBER 6 - 19, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...]
2007-10-31 07:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1691UGANDA: PARLIAMENT INVESTIGATES AGOA ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development met October 18 to begin an inquiry into the status of companies exporting under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the implications of renewing production at Tri-Star Apparels. The inquiry comes [...]
2007-10-31 08:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1720 NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA DEFECTOR AND NEGOTIATORS WELCOMED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Operations Chief Opio Makasi, who fled the group's camp on October 2, and the LRA's Juba Delegation arrived in Kampala on October 31 and November 1 respectively to warm welcomes and heavy press coverage. The Government continues to debrief Makasi a [...]
2007-11-05 11:46:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1752NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION IN
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via a walk-in. Information concerning the report was relayed to PM [...]
2007-11-13 15:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER UG
07KAMPALA1756UGANDAN MILITARY CLASHES WITH CONGOLESE REBELS
[...] (SBU) A Congolese rebel associated with General Laurent Nkunda was killed during a gunfight with the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) in the southwestern district of Kisoro on November 11. In response, the GOU increased border security in the troubled area, and vowed to push forward with [...]
2007-11-15 03:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL CG UG
07KAMPALA1772UGANDA: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON LICENSE
[...] Acting Permanent Secretary of Defense Rosetta Byengoma and Joint Chief of Staff Brigadier General Robert Rusoke confirmed to PolOff on November 15 that the reftel firearms would be used by the Ugandan military for security during the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in Kampala [...]
2007-11-15 15:45:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KMOC PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1774UGANDA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Uganda is not a regional financial center or a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing. Money laundering takes place in Uganda, but the GOU has no systematic research on its scope and magnitude. Recent efforts by GOU officials to address the smuggling of counterfeit [...]
2007-11-16 09:32:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR ASEC UG
07KAMPALA1785 HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CRIES FOUL; ACCUSES INGOS OF MISTREATING
[...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Focus (HRF),a widely respected local human rights organization, reported the dissatisfaction of some Ugandans working for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in northern Uganda. In the report released in September 2007, workers reportedly complaine [...]
2007-11-20 13:14:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA1853 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (November 3-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-12-07 08:30:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
07KAMPALA247 UGANDA REQUESTS ACOTA SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA BOUND
[...] (U) Summary: Senior Ugandan military leaders and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials met in Kampala 9-10 February 2007, to discuss the possibility of ACOTA peace support operations (PSO) training and equipping support for Uganda. The Ugandans stres [...]
2007-02-12 12:06:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS KPKO PREL UG
07KAMPALA297 UGANDA: Parliamentarians Concerned about Immigrants
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, 2007, RefCoord met with parliamentarians Stephen Mukitale and Beatrice Mpairwe of Bulisa district, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). RefCoord asked for the meeting to determine how IDP and refugee settlements impacted the local economy. H [...]
2007-02-20 11:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PINS UG
07KAMPALA312UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...]
2007-02-23 03:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA341NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 10-26, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the fourteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-02-28 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA345UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR AND NSC DEPUTY ADVISOR DAVID
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of US initiatives including Presidential initiatives o [...]
2007-03-01 03:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA367UGANDA: GOVERNMENT RE-ARRESTS PRA SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government re-arrested the remaining Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects, after they were released on bail on March 1, during a confrontation that turned violent on the premises of the High Court. Over the past year, the Executive and President Museveni have defied two [...]
2007-03-02 06:36:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM PINS UG
07KAMPALA377 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007
[...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...]
2007-03-05 10:58:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
07KAMPALA457UGANDA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uganda's Foreign Minister visited Iran and encouraged closer economic ties between the two countries. The European Union's effort to sign a new Economic Partnership Agreement faced resistance from the government of Uganda. Ugandan cargo flights to the European Union resume aft [...]
2007-03-14 11:06:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA463UGANDA: GOVERNMENT CLOSURE OF NATIONTV
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's closure of NationTV and concurrent demands on its sister organization, Monitor Publications, highlight the Ugandan Government's questionable commitment to an independent media. In exchange for allowing the station to broadcast, President Museveni has reportedly [...]
2007-03-15 10:43:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO UG
07KAMPALA526NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...]
2007-03-27 08:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA561UGANDA: SAVE THE CHILDREN UGANDA ALLEGES ATTACK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Save the Children Uganda, an auxiliary non-governmental organization (NGO) to Save the Children USA, released a report on an alleged Ugandan military attack in Karamoja that killed 66 children and 20 adults. At Save the Children USA's request, Save the Children Uganda shared t [...]
2007-03-30 07:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN MOPS SOCI UG
07KAMPALA577GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent infiltrations of Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels into western Uganda from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Ugandan Government formally protested to the DRC and the U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC). The Ugandan military killed over 46 ADF r [...]
2007-04-03 01:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PGOV PTER UG ASEC PHUM
07KAMPALA581 UGANDA MOVES FORWARD WITH ACOTA PROGRAM FOR SOMALIA-BOUND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Ugandan military leaders and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials met in Kampala from March 29-30 2007, to plan peace support operations (PSO) training for Uganda's Somalia-bound peacekeepers. The ACOTA team also began laying the [...]
2007-04-04 08:45:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS KPKO PREL UG
07KAMPALA589NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 23-April 6, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the seventeenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-06 03:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA637UGANDA: ADF CLASH WITH UPDF NEAR TOURIST LODGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) and the rebel Allied Democratic Front (ADF) continue to clash in western Uganda. American citizens in the region have been warned to avoid traveling in the Bundidugyo District and the popular Semliki Safari Lodge has closed for two weeks [...]
2007-04-17 06:28:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC MOPS PINR UG
07KAMPALA647UGANDA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The government of Uganda (GOU) continues its efforts to attract foreign investment and exports to the United States, and protect American goods against counterfeiters. On a less positive note, a protest to protect a forest from being sold to investors turned violent as proteste [...]
2007-04-18 07:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UG
07KAMPALA727NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (April 7-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the eighteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-30 09:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA778UGANDA: ACOTA TRAINING STRATEGY CONFERENCE SHAPES PEACE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan military leaders and planners and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials and training specialists joined a four-day Training Strategy Conference (TSC) in Jinja, Uganda, to develop a strategy for near and mid-term Peace Support Op [...]
2007-05-10 05:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR KPKO UG
07KAMPALA842NORTHERN POLITICIANS SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan discussed the prospects for peace, the commitment of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Government of Uganda to a negotiated settlement, justice and accountability mechanisms, and potential pressure on the LRA would be usefu [...]
2007-05-16 05:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA871NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 1-18, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-05-22 07:35:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA883SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT: KAMPALA-BASED DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction tied to Ahmed Abdelshafi, based in Kampala, wants a reconciliation conference among the various SLM factions. Abdelshafi is expected back in Kampala in the next week. His faction claims to have assumed Abdelwahid El-Nur's leadership [...]
2007-05-23 10:11:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA917SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT-ABDELSHAFI RETURNS TO
[...] (SBU) Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Ahmed Abdelshafi Toba returned to Uganda on May 26. On May 27, P/E Chief met with Abdelshafi on May 27, who proudly showed off photographs of the Sudanese helicopter and pilot that his faction downed, and of meetings with U.S. and United N [...]
2007-05-30 00:54:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA964NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting MissionQs objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to socia [...]
2007-06-05 12:02:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA968NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-06 03:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAPALA518UGANDA: QUESTIONABLE WORLD BANK TENER DECISION AFFECTS US
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Uganda GOU) conducted a tender for 50 megawatts of theral generators to help alleviate the current gap n power brought on by diminished hydroelectric powr. and moved to consider the bid ranked second. After reviewing tender bids, including additionalsupporting [...]
2007-03-26 09:00:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV UG
07KATHMANDU1376BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT STILL FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Nepal (GON) has agreed to third-country resettlement as an option for the Bhutanese refugees, bureaucratic and security obstacles continue to delay the start of resettlement processing: IOM still needs to conclude an MOU with the GON; the GON is resis [...]
2007-07-18 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL BT NP
07KATHMANDU1389GON OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT ON CAMP SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Nepal (GON) officials advised refcoord July 19 and 20 that the MOU between the GON and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) should be signed within two weeks; that the GON is fully committed to establishing security in the Bhutanese refugee camps and [...]
2007-07-20 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL NP BT
07KATHMANDU1531NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN REFUGEE TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 Tibetan refugee Tsering Wangchen was deported from Nepal to China in an apparent violation of the so-called &gentlemen,s agreement8 between the Government of Nepal (GON) and UNHCR whereby new Tibetan refugee arrivals are permitted to transit Nepal to India and are not [...]
2007-08-10 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL NP CH
07KATHMANDU154NEPAL: FIVE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, please find below the list of the five most influential women in Nepal: - Chitra Lekha Yadav, The Honorable Member of Interim Parliament and Deputy Speaker, Phone: 977-1-554-8085 or 977-1-552-0278, email: yadavchitralekha@yahoo.com - Urmila Aryal, The Honorable Member of [...]
2007-01-22 09:12:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KWMN NP
07KATHMANDU155TERRORISM FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 09:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1631BHUTANESE REFUGEE DONOR GROUP REVIEWS RESETTLEMENT
[...] Summary: UNHCR Nepal Representative Abraham Abraham convened a Donor Group meeting on August 24 to review developments in establishing security in the Bhutanese refugee camps and preparing for large-scale resettlement processing. According to Abraham, police would be deployed 24/7 to all seve [...]
2007-08-29 10:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL NP
07KATHMANDU2022NEPAL FAVORS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 08:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU2023NEPAL NONCOMMITTAL ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNGA IS NP
07KATHMANDU2060NEPAL STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 02:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU2101AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 2007 HOLIDAY SECURITY
[...] (U) On December 20, 2007, Post convened an Extended Country Team meeting during which a review of Post's security posture in advance of the holidays was held. 2. (SBU) Post is not aware of any threat information that is aimed at American interests in Nepal. Post employees were reminded to [...]
2007-12-20 05:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC NP PTER
07KATHMANDU2110NEPAL: NO ELECTION IN TERAI ABSENT PROGRESS
[...] (U) Local political leaders and officials in Danusha District, in the central Terai, opined to Emboffs December 4-5 that without first addressing Madhesi issues of inclusiveness and federalism, holding the Constituent Assembly election would not be possible in the Terai. Despite reinstating [...]
2007-12-21 12:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2137NEPAL: FOREIGN SECRETARY COMMENTS ON BHUTTO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 10:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PK NP
07KATHMANDU228NEPAL: TERRORISM FINANCE: DOCKRATS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 07:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN NP
07KATHMANDU561NEPAL REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR KUL GAUTAM AS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Nepal's Finance Minister Ram Saran Mahat informed the Ambassador March 14 that Prime Minister G.P. Koirala had sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to nominate UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Executive Director Kul G [...]
2007-03-16 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI ECON UN NP
07KATHMANDU620UPDATE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES; MEETING WITH EU
[...] (SBU) At the Kathmandu-based Core Group meeting March 22, the Ambassador detailed his earlier discussions with Prime Minister Koirala, Home Minister Sitaula and Foreign Minister Oli on resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham expressed concern about the activit [...]
2007-03-23 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV BT EU SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU676REACTION ON FORMATION OF INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Political leaders offered mixed reactions to the formation of the 22-member interim government headed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (reftel). Although the leaders were largely supportive of the formation of an interim government, they were not pleased with the reappointment o [...]
2007-04-02 13:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR NP
07KATHMANDU914FAR-LEFT LEADER APPOINTED MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND
[...] (SBU) On April 29, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala appointed People's Front Nepal (PFN) leader Giriraj Mani Pokharel as Minister for Health and Population. Although the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed that the far-left party would have two representatives in the Interim C [...]
2007-05-08 11:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR EAID NP
07KATHMANDU919SOLIDIFYING NEPAL'S SUPPORT FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE
[...] (SBU) During their visit to Nepal April 23 - 28, Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East Larry Bartlett and PRM Deputy Director for Admissions Jan Belz met with key Government of Nepal (GON) officials to solidify GON support for the Bhutanese refugee [...]
2007-05-09 11:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KHARTOUM1 Sudan/Uganda/DRC: Special Envoy for LRA Issues Returning
[...] (SBU) The UNSYG's special envoy for areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, is tentatively planning return to the region January 11-22 for extensive consultations. Government of Southern Sudan-brokered peace talks, now in recess, are expecte [...]
2007-01-03 04:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SU CG UG PREL
07KHARTOUM1006DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: UN/AU UPDATE ON THE EVE OF
[...] (SBU) On the eve of the June 25 ministerial summit in Paris, United Nations and African Union representatives in Khartoum provided detailed updates on the Darfur political process. They said that the immediate focus should be on repairing the rift between the Darfur rebels' political and mili [...]
2007-06-25 08:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM1040PRESIDENT BASHIR ON HYBRID FORCE, CHAPTER SEVEN UN COMMAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 at a press forum conducted by the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA),President Al-Bashir was reported to have "renewed Sudan's rejection to international forces in Darfur," while at the same time stating that Sudan had accepted the hybrid force. Al-Bashir remained vagu [...]
2007-07-01 13:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1049OUT WITH THE DINAR, IN WITH THE POUND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 30, the Central Bank of Sudan came one step closer to converting its currency, announcing that the dinar is now invalid in commercial transactions. Although the general public can still trade in dinars at banks until September 1 of this year, vendors are no longer oblig [...]
2007-07-03 09:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1057JEM REPOSITIONS ITS FORCES, BUT IS READY FOR PEACE
[...] (SBU) According to African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and Sudanese Government sources, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces are moving southward from Um Kedada to reclaim land held by the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. Cease-fire Commission JEM representative General Mohamed [...]
2007-07-03 15:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM1063SPLM, SLM TO COOPERATE ON LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DPA
[...] (SBU) During a July 3 meeting in Khartoum, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development Michael Makuei Lueth and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) legal counsel Abdulaziz Sam discussed the importance of developing a plan to integrate the Darfur Peac [...]
2007-07-05 12:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1066UN ENVOY ELIASSON BRIEFING ON AU/UN ROADMAP
[...] (SBU) In a July 6 briefing for chiefs of mission in advance of the upcoming Tripoli meetings (July 15-16),UN Secretary -General Special Envoy for Darfur Mr. Jan Eliasson discussed recent efforts made in support of the three-phased AU/UN roadmap. He described the "convergence" phase of the road [...]
2007-07-08 11:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1083FACILITATING SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE: GAME PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Confusion over the UN/AU roadmap and SPLM initiative persists despite face-to-face meetings between SPLM and UN/AU officials. Both the UN/AU and the SPLM have not communicated their plans clearly enough to each other to eliminate misunderstandings. As a result, the SPLM plans t [...]
2007-07-11 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1091S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]
2007-07-13 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUSAU ET
07KHARTOUM1094S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR (CORRECTED COPY OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]
2007-07-13 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU AU
07KHARTOUM1102DARFUR: S/E NATSIOS DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROCESS
[...] (SBU) In a July 13 meeting in Khartoum with ambassadors representing the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Special Envoy Natsios provided a concise analysis of the challenges facing the Darfur political process and exchanged views on the role of the African Union (AU),civil s [...]
2007-07-15 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU UK FR CH
07KHARTOUM1112Ceasefire Commission, July 4-11
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General Rurangwa continued to chair the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) from July 4 to 11. Several meetings focused on concerns about appropriate representation on the CFC at both the headquarters and the military group site (MGS) level. The new force commander of the Afri [...]
2007-07-16 13:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM1130SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE CONTINUES, DIALOGUE NEEDED WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) intends to continue its regional consultations over the next few weeks with the Darfurians with the goal of still holding a conference in Southern Sudan in early August, as originally outlined by its Darfur Task Force (Task Force). [...]
2007-07-22 06:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM1132ARAB TRIBAL RESETTLEMENT IN DARFUR ISSUE MORE
[...] (SBU) The much-anticipated report by the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) on the influx of Arabs from Chad into Darfur will determine their legal status rather than assess whether the Sudanese Government has launched a program to resettle Chadian Arabs in the region, according to UNHCR D [...]
2007-07-22 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM EAID SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1136DELAYS RAISE CONCERNS AT AEC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 16 Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) meeting at the National Assembly, the chairman, Mr. Tom Vraalsen, and international observers expressed their concerns and questions about delays in the formation of the Political Parties Commission and National Civil Service [...]
2007-07-23 08:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI AID SU
07KHARTOUM1138OIL AND ABYEI - AEC PLENARY RAISES CONTENTIOUS ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 17 Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) plenary session, representatives from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) addressed several unresolved and contentious issues including: the relationship between the National [...]
2007-07-23 08:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI AID SU
07KHARTOUM1143SUDAN DENOUNCES UNMIS SPOKESWOMAN
[...] (SBU) Sudan denounced United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) spokeswoman Radhia Achouri for stating that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had not completed the withdrawal of its troops from Southern Sudan, in violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In a July 21 statement, SAF spokes [...]
2007-07-23 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO KPAO MARR MOPS UN SU
07KHARTOUM1172DARFUR - ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PEACE PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Between July 12 and 19, USAID staff met with key civil society representatives in South and West Darfur to follow up on issues raised during the U.S. Special Envoy's visit to Nyala, gauge the views of civil society representatives in El Geneina, and assess possible areas of USG [...]
2007-07-29 07:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1174MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE MINISTER CLAIMS 24 JEWISH GROUPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26 the Arabic pro-government "Al-Rai' Al-Aam" reprinted an interview with Sudanese Minister of Defense Abdelrahim Hussein in which he claims that 24 Jewish organizations are provoking the conflict in Darfur. In the article, reprinted from an earlier interview from the i [...]
2007-07-29 11:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1177PRIVATE OIL FIELD SECURITY TIED TO NISS, SAYS AL-JAZ AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A July 28 Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) special session on the oil sector revealed new information on the sensitive subject of oil field security. The session featured a presentation by and dialogue with the Minister of Energy and Mining, Mr. Awad Al- [...]
2007-07-29 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PGOV MARR MOPS SU
07KHARTOUM1197MEDIA REACTION: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Most papers prominently featured news of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769, but focused mainly on its details, and the reaction of the Sudanese Ambassador to the UN who stated that the resolution has "many positive aspects." On August 1, there were a limited numbe [...]
2007-08-01 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1203MEDIA REACTION CONTINUED: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 2, Sudanese media focused on Foreign Minister Lam Akol's press conference "welcoming" UN Security Council Resolution 1769. Meanwhile, on Al-Jazeera broadcasts and in the Sudanese morning newspapers, the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) spokesperson called the res [...]
2007-08-02 11:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1213DARFUR - EL GENEINA'S NORTHERN CORRIDOR AT RISK
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent USAID visit to El Geneina, West Darfur, U.N. staff alerted USAID to serious security problems and human rights abuses in the northern corridor of West Darfur. Arab nomadic groups and armed militia are terrorizing the residents of Abu Sorug, Sirba, Silea, and Bir [...]
2007-08-05 14:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1222MEDIA REACTION: CDA PRAISED FOR EFFORTS BY PRO-REGIME
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 2, the managing editor-in-chief of the pro-government "Akhbar Al-Youm," praised the U.S. Charge d'Affaires, the U.S. embassy's press release upon his arrival, and the anticipated return of the American scholarship program in 2008. In particular, the editor-in-chief, A [...]
2007-08-06 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1261EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 9-10 visit to the northern town of Shendi in River Nile State, and also birthplace of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, CDA Fernandez met with the newly-appointed commissioner, presented books to the vice chancellor of Shendi University, and toured area farms and te [...]
2007-08-13 06:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1262MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FLOOD RELIEF PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8, the AmEmbassy held a press conference highlighting the U.S. contribution to Sudanese flood relief. The USG airlifted 1300 rolls of plastic sheeting valued at over one-half million U.S. dollars that will help provide shelter to 78,000 individuals in flood-affected a [...]
2007-08-13 07:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1288 EMBASSY RECEIVES 1ST FORMAL REQUEST TO LIFT COMPANY FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, Embassy Khartoum received its first formal request from a company asking to be removed from the specially designated nationals (SDN) sanctions list issued on May 29, 2007. Osman El-Hadi of the Shiekan Insurance and Reinsurance Company contends that although the compa [...]
2007-08-16 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1289 INAUSPICIOUS RESUMPTION OF AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) After a nearly three week hiatus of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings, proceedings in the First Chamber were dominated by continued SLA-Minawi protests regarding cuts in Monthly Subsistence Allowance (MSA). The rebel reps walked out of the CFC before its conclusion. There was no discu [...]
2007-08-17 10:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1337DARFUR: USG CAN SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESSFUL UN/AU
[...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union have developed a timetable for the Darfur political process that culminates in negotiations between the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories and the Sudanese Government in early October. However, unrealistic expectations of the outcome of thes [...]
2007-08-23 13:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU LY ER CD CH
07KHARTOUM1338RAISED VOICES AND HOSTILITY REVEALED AT AEC PLENARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 23rd session of the Assessment and Evaluation's (AEC) plenary session led to many tense moments on peripheral issues such as: the approval of prior minutes; the AEC chairman's independence; and the status of the working groups' reports on 'the implementation of [...]
2007-08-23 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM1341 USAID/SUDAN DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
[...] USAID/Sudan requests AID/Washington approval to provide Delegation of Authority to the Acting Mission Director Charles Knight. Mr. Knight will serve as Acting Mission Director until the arrival of the Mission Director Patrick Fleuret o/a September 9, 2007. Mr. Knight will have all authoritie [...]
2007-08-26 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC AMGT EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1368 AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION STILL HAMPERED BY SLA/MM
[...] (SBU) Although the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi representatives attended the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings at the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) headquarters in El Fasher, the majority of their representatives in the sectors stayed off the job, despite instructions to return [...]
2007-08-30 14:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1372CODEL JACKSON-LEE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28 courtesy call, Codel Jackson-Lee briefed Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on their visit to Darfur. The delegation also urged the expeditious implementation of UNSCR 1769, full implementation of the CPA, unfettered access for humanitarian NGOs, expedited [...]
2007-08-30 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1389JEM/SLA-UNITY LAUNCH BRAZEN ATTACK AHEAD OF PEACE
[...] (SBU) An estimated 250 rebel fighters allied with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity struck a police installation in North Kordofan on August 29, resulting in the death of nearly 50 policemen, according to a variety of credible Embassy sources. I [...]
2007-09-04 13:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1402CHARGE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE BUSINESSMAN OSAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese entrepreneur Osama Daoud asserted to the Charge that U.S. economic sanctions are having an effect on Sudan,s economy, but contended that the burden is being borne by private sector and its employees, rather than by the regime. He contended that his sanctioned company [...]
2007-09-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1403IMF RESREP BRIEFS SUDAN DONOR COMMUNITY ON CURRENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep described 2006 as a &challenging8 year for Sudan, as the government, with only limited success, wrestled with a combination of growing expenditure commitments and disappointing revenues. As a whole the economy grew by a robust 12%. A one-time, 300% jump in inflati [...]
2007-09-05 15:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL IMF IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM1417 NO CFC FORMAL MEETINGS, BUT FOUR STOLEN LABADO VEHICLES
[...] (SBU) Formal CFC meetings were cancelled this week due to a meeting with a Sudanese Government delegation to discuss the Janjaweed Disarmament Plan (septel) and the visit of the UN Secretary General. However, some progress was made on a key CFC SIPDIS case when some of the vehicles stolen f [...]
2007-09-09 16:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM142 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Advance Team for
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for the advance team for former President and Mrs. Carter and delegation to Khartoum and Juba on February 3 to 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. Th [...]
2007-01-30 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1427AU, UN, PARTNERS PLAN ACTION ON SECURITY
[...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) called a long-awaited working group meeting in Khartoum on September 4 to invigorate discussion of the ailing security provisions of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). With the arrival of Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada and Force Comma [...]
2007-09-11 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1442CDA DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, DARFUR WITH KEY NCP
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with National Congress Party (NCP) Chair for Mobilization Ibrahim Ghandour on September 12, CDA Fernandez underscored the importance of a transition to democracy in Sudan under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),including free and fair elections in 2009. Despite the d [...]
2007-09-12 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1453 HAROUN SPEAKS OUT ON THE ICC AND DARFUR
[...] (SBU) In a interview which appeared in the September 15 edition of independent Sudanese daily Al-Rai Al-Aam's special political supplement, war crimes suspect and State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Ahmad Haroun lashed out at the International Criminal Court, calling his indictment a cynica [...]
2007-09-16 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREC KPKO AU PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM1461UN/AU UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS IN LEAD-UP TO
[...] (SBU) One week before the September 21 meeting on Darfur in New York, the UN/AU provided an update on the peace process for representatives in Khartoum. With the exception of a proposed meeting of Darfur rebel leaders in N'djamena from September 16-17, the UN/AU provided few details on its pl [...]
2007-09-17 12:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU CD LY SU
07KHARTOUM1462MINISTER KOSTI: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS IMPROVING
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In a September 15 courtesy call with CDA Fernandez, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Kosti Manibe reported that humanitarian access inside Sudan was improving, and that no travel permits for NGO workers were required outside of Darfur. The case of the CARE country director was s [...]
2007-09-17 13:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM US SU
07KHARTOUM1464KHARTOUM: EUSR BRYLLE DISCUSSES CPA, DARFUR
[...] (SBU) In a September 17 meeting in Khartoum, EU Special Representative for Sudan Thorben Brylle and CDA Fernandez agreed that the Darfur crisis should not detract from international attention on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Brylle noted that his current trip to S [...]
2007-09-18 06:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN SU ER
07KHARTOUM1469 DEVELOPING PEACE DIVIDENDS IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, the Darfur Donors Coordination Group convened for the first time in several months to discuss criteria for resuming the DJAM and possible activities taking place in Darfur outside the DJAM framework. In addition to core donor representatives, non-traditional dono [...]
2007-09-18 11:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREC PHUM EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM1470 FORCE COMMANDER CHAIRS HIS FIRST CFC MEETINGS, MAKES
[...] (SBU) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai took over Cease-fire Commission (CFC) meetings and is making positive changes (including some that we recommended). However, the inability to investigate the Haskanita violence highlights how weak the CFC will remain, despite internal reforms. [...]
2007-09-18 11:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1473SOUTHERN SUDAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE ON THE
[...] (U) Summary: A letter from Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Mawien to Secretary Rice outlines objectives for the impending GoSS visit to Washington to explore ways to mitigate the impact of U.S. economic sanctions on Southern Sudan. End Summary. 2. (U) On the eve of [...]
2007-09-18 15:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1492UNAMID DEPLOYMENT STEADY BUT BIGGER TESTS STILL TO COME
[...] (SBU) While obstacles to the deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) exist--primarily at the local level--deployment of the force has been steady, and there are no indications that Sudan is blocking UNAMID as a matter of official policy. However, as CDA Fernandez explaine [...]
2007-09-23 13:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1497U/S SIDDIQ: TRIPOLI IS THE LAST CHANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and the Sudanese government's UNSCR 1769 implementation coordinator Dr. Mutrif Siddiq called Sudanese support for the resolution "unanimous." Any delays or question regarding UNAMID deployment were [...]
2007-09-24 08:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1509SPLM TO PROCEED WITH DARFUR INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Despite the failure of recent overtures to Darfur rebel leader Abdulwahid al Nur, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) intends to proceed with an initiative in the next 10 days to prepare Darfur's rebel groups for negotiations scheduled to begin in Libya at the end of October, a [...]
2007-09-26 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1510 CEASE-FIRE COMMISSION: FRUSTRATION WITH HASKANITA WHILE
[...] (SBU) Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai chaired meetings of both chambers and pushed to reduce each chamber to one formal meeting per week. No report on the Kalma IDP incursion has yet been received from the sector, nor have any AMIS officials been able to investigate the Haskanita fighting. [...]
2007-09-26 13:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1511HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES WATCH SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (SBU) On September 20, a convoy of two humanitarian vehicles were ambushed by unknown assailants in South Darfur on the main road between Nyala and Kass. Eight members of the NGO World Vision International (WVI),a USAID funded NGO, were in the convoy. The vehicles, clearly marked as humani [...]
2007-09-26 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1526 AMIS CAMP IN HASKANITA ATTACKED
[...] (SBU) On the evening of September 29 the AMIS Military Group Site (MGS) in Haskanita came under brazen attack by an unidentified force using small arms fire, machine gun fire, and rocket-propelled grenades, but the attack was repulsed. In the early hours of September 30, the MGS was attacked [...]
2007-09-30 14:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1532 HAC: MORE DEVELOPMENT, LESS FOOD AID
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a lengthy September 26 meeting with CDA Fernandez, deputy head of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Hassabo Abdelrahman praised the U.S. role in humanitarian relief operations in Sudan, but maintained that the focus should shift to early recovery and development. There was [...]
2007-10-01 13:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1539S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Meeting with S/E Natsios in Nyala on September 30, South Darfur Governor Ali Mahmoud explained that the current conflict had exacerbated tribal divisions. He criticized the peace process for re-inforcing these divisions and warned that if the parties to the conflict participated in nego [...]
2007-10-03 06:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1541 CFC WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24: NO MEETINGS BUT WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Neither the First nor Second Chamber of the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) met the week of September 24 because Force Commander Agwai had left for Nigeria and Deputy Force Commander Karake was traveling the area of operation. The working group, however, addressed the two general topics of i [...]
2007-10-03 10:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1548S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFUR'S WARRING ARAB
[...] (SBU) In a visit to South Darfur, S/E Natsios met with representatives of two warring Arab tribes, the Turjum and the Rizeigat, to explore the antecedents to their internal-tribal conflict, discuss the prospects of reconciliation, and encourage a cessation of hostilities and support for the de [...]
2007-10-04 13:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1554SPLM TELLS S/E NATSIOS NCP IMMUNE TO PRESSURE, IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-06 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1556FUR SHURA COUNCIL TO S/E NATSIOS: WE NEED GUARANTEES BEFORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, members of the Fur Shura Council in Khartoum claimed that Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid Nur would attend negotiations in Libya if he had 'guarantees' that Fur rights, such as compensation, security and return, would be satisfa [...]
2007-10-08 06:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM156 Pres. Advisor Claims U.S. Seeks to Undermine Sudan from
[...] (U) The United States seeks to dismantle Sudan, said Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, according to a January 31 account in the Sudan News Agency, a state-operated media outlet. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs also is quoted as stating that the U.S. strategy towards Sudan had s [...]
2007-02-02 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV US SU
07KHARTOUM1563S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH UN ENVOY ON EVE OF STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) On the eve of a UN and AU retreat in Addis Ababa to strategize on the Darfur political process, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson told S/E Natsios that the first order of business for the Darfur peace negotiations will be achieving a cessation of hostilities. It is important to "stay the course" de [...]
2007-10-08 10:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1564SLM SEEKS TO BE PART OF SOLUTION TO DARFUR, MINAWI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-08 10:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1565 DARFUR - BRAZEN CARJACKINGS BRING NGOS TO TIPPING POINT
[...] (U) Recent attacks on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working throughout Darfur, including USAID partners CARE and World Vision, have impacted the delivery of humanitarian services. Brazen daytime carjackings in Nyala town, the capital of South Darfur, have prompted the UN to impose a 14 [...]
2007-10-08 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1567RIZEIGAT: WE CAN EITHER BE WITH YOU...OR AGAINST YOU
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abd al-Raheem Hamdan Dagalo, a son of the notorious and influential Rizeigat umda Juma Dagalo, described the marginalization of the Arab tribes in Darfur as worse than that of those in IDP camps. The Arab tribes were an integral part of [...]
2007-10-08 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1570SUDAN: ALLEGED SANCTIONS VIOLATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy has received an apparently bogus email (text in para. 6),purporting to be from the Legal Department of the Bank of Sudan, originally addressed to Diebold, Inc., charging that ATM machines manufactured by Diebold in the United States have been shipped to Sudanese commercial banks [...]
2007-10-09 06:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL SU
07KHARTOUM158 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: UPDATE ON UN SUPPORT FOR AMIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: 37 out of 105 military staff, 29 out of 33 civilian police, and four out of 48 civilian staff have deployed to El Fasher and Khartoum as part of the UN light assistance package to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). UN officers hope to have the entire contingent in place [...]
2007-02-05 03:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1581UNMIS HEAD TO S/E NATSIOS: SPLM MUST EMPOWER ITSELF
[...] (SBU) The SPLM must develop strategies that empower the party within the Government of National Unity over the next three years or risk irrelevance, UNMIS head Taye Brooke-Zerihoun told S/E Natsios. Support for the SPLM is "wide and deep" in Northern Sudan and the movement must "flex its musc [...]
2007-10-09 09:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM1585 DEMARCHE REQUEST: ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Note: This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. End note. The Arab League, the government of Sudan and other regional entities are planning an Arab donors conference on Darfur to be held October 30-31 in Khartoum. Foreign Minister Lam Akol and presidential advisor Mustafa [...]
2007-10-09 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM159 Darfur: AMIS CivPol Killed in Feb. 1 Hijacking in Kutum
[...] (U) On February 1, unidentified assailants shot and killed an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) civilian police (CivPol) officer during a hijacking of an AMIS vehicle in Kassab internally displaced persons camp in Kutum, North Darfur, on the morning of February 1. 2. (U) AMIS condemned [...]
2007-02-05 03:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PREF PHUM AU SU
07KHARTOUM1593Turabi to S/E Natsios: NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT ON ROCKY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 6 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, Dr. Hassan al-Turabi of Sudan's Popular Congress Party talked about North/South relations and Darfur possible developments. End of summary. 2. (SBU) Al-Turabi claimed that people expected improvements in their lives after th [...]
2007-10-10 10:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1608HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]
2007-10-15 05:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1609HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]
2007-10-15 05:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1610UN ENVOY, AU BRIEF ON DARFUR VIOLENCE, POLITICAL PROCESS
[...] (U) Please see action request para. 13. 2. (SBU) Briefing the "Tripoli Format" on October 12, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU officials called for "maximum restraint" among the belligerents and international condemnation as violence escalates in Darfur in advance of peace talks, with one diplom [...]
2007-10-15 05:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN KPKO SU
07KHARTOUM1612 GOS MINISTERS URGE SPLM TO RETURN TO DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13, the MFA convoked the diplomatic community in Sudan to a briefing at the MFA focusing on the Government's reaction to the Communique issued on October 4 by the SPLM Interim Political Bureau (IPB). The briefing was chaired by State Minister Ali Karti with the parti [...]
2007-10-15 05:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1619U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ: GOS RECEPTIVE TO C-17; WANTS
[...] (SBU) On October 16, CDA Powers and DLO representative met Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq to inquire about GoS flight clearances for USAF C-17s that the U.S. proposed to airlift the scheduled deployment of Rwanda troops to Darfur. CDA Powers noted that since CDA Fernandez ha [...]
2007-10-16 14:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1620SPLM RESOLUTIONS AND COMMUNIQUE
[...] (SBU) This cable conveys the text of the SPLM Interim Political Bureau (IPB) resolutions and communiqu from the IPB's October 4 to 11 Meeting. SPLM Interim Political Bureau Resolutions: ----------------------------------------- BEGIN TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS Â [...]
2007-10-16 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1639AFTER CONVINCING CFC REPS, AGWAI PRESENTS MSA PLAN TO
[...] (SBU) AMIS Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai and Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada have requested donor assistance to pay CFC representatives four months of arrears of the monthly subsistence allowance (MSA) and then suspend the CFC. While the CFC representatives expressed no oppos [...]
2007-10-22 15:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1646SLM ADOPTS LEGALISTIC APPROACH TO LIBYA TALKS,
[...] (SBU) Despite UN and African Union efforts to invite the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi to the upcoming Darfur peace negotiations in Libya as a member of the Government of National Unity (GNU),the SLM characterizes this formulation as "political suicide," three senior SLM leaders told [...]
2007-10-22 16:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1649SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CONSTRUCT A
[...] (SBU) Budgetary planning by the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) is hampered by excessive personnel costs and dependence on unreliable revenue sources. The GoSS is working to correct these deficiencies, but faces an uphill struggle given a lack of institutional capacity and likely resistance [...]
2007-10-23 12:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1652SPLM MINISTERIAL SUSPENSION OF PARTICIPATION ESCALATES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 11 Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Ministerial level suspension of participation in the Government of National Unity (GoNU) continues, with each side resorting to a war of words, through press statements and in public fora. The SPLM remained firm in their r [...]
2007-10-24 04:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1653 SPLM TO DIPLOMATS: NCP MUST ACT ON OUR DEMANDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM leaders, principally Deputy Chairman Malik Agar, told members of the diplomatic community that the SPLM believed that they had no choice but to suspend ministerial level participation in the GoNU in order to pressure the NCP to act on SPLM core issues. The SPLM blamed NCP [...]
2007-10-24 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM166 Fiscal Federalism Comes to Sudan
[...] (U) Summary: The Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC),created under the CPA, has the responsibility to establish an entirely new, decentralized, federal, financial system. The first transfers to the 25 state governments under this new fiscal federalism are to tak [...]
2007-02-05 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1670JEM CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFRA ATTACK AND CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) On October 28, Abdulaziz Nur Ushar, who claimed to be the Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM,) told EconOff that his movement is responsible for the October 24 attack on the Defra oil facility where JEM fighters allegedly captured five hosta [...]
2007-10-29 10:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM168 AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REACHES OUT TO DPA NON-SIGNATORIES IN
[...] (SBU) African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Luke Aprezi, accompanied by United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Regional Head of Office, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) participants, S/CRS Poloffs, and other members of the international community, met February 4 in West Darfur with r [...]
2007-02-05 13:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1680 UNREST AND TURMOIL IN CAMPS CREATE SUSPICIONS OF GOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1684AMIS INVESTIGATION REPORT ON HASKANITA ATTACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: An informal Ceasefire Commission (CFC) report on the Haskanita attack blames SLA/Unity and JEM for the unprovoked assault. Rebel superior firepower and AMIS poor readiness and communications capability contributed to the worst battlefield loss since the deployment of AMIS. End s [...]
2007-10-31 07:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PMIL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1692AEC PLENARY MEETING - October 27, 2007
[...] SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen convened a special session of the AEC plenary on October 27 to discuss how the AEC can best move forward. The AEC Coordinators proposed this meeting to address the changed playing field after the SPLM suspended its participation in the Government in mid Oct [...]
2007-10-31 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1696CPA Fiscal Oversight Chairman shows independence
[...] Summary: As Coordinator of the Wealth Sharing Working Group, Embassy organized a special AEC plenary October 24 featuring Dr. Mohammed Osman Ibrahim, Chairman of the GOS's Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC). The presentation was organized to seek additional ins [...]
2007-11-01 05:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1719SUDAN: SEPARATE ABYEI'S OIL AND LAND NEGOTIATIONS AND PLAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan Anders Hannevik reported that he has urged Sudanese leaders to separate Abyei's oil and land negotiations. He also shared his calculations of northern and southern percentages of [...]
2007-11-04 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG SU
07KHARTOUM1735UNAMID: CHINESE ENGINEERING COMPANY BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Chinese Embassy Defense Attache Colonel Dong Jian Dong told poloff November 6 that, starting November 7, the first of eleven flights using IL-76 aircraft will begin to arrive in Nyala. Over a period of ten days, the flights will transport equipment and supplies for the construction of th [...]
2007-11-07 06:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1738UNAMID PLANNING CHIEF PESSIMISTIC ABOUT OPERATION'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 introductory meeting with recently arrived Chief of the Planning Unit for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Muldo Urquhart, Urquhart saw a narrow and potentially diminishing window of opportunity to turn around the African Union Mission i [...]
2007-11-07 07:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1742UNAMID: PERSONNEL WILL BE KEY TO SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting with FieldOff, a senior United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) officer corroborated assessments from other UNAMID officers (septel) that the main shortcoming threatening deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is not the Sudanese [...]
2007-11-07 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1744SUDAN: NORTH-SOUTH TRANSPORT STOPPAGE REFLECTS
[...] (U) The Governors of White Nile State (in Sudan's "North") and Upper Nile State (part of South Sudan)were to confer November 7 on reopening North-South river and road traffic along the Nile. National Congress Party (NCP) White Nile Governor Mohamed Nurallah had halted North-South transport o [...]
2007-11-08 05:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SU
07KHARTOUM1752JEM CFC REP WARNS OF LOOMING CONFLICTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a sobering November 6 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement representative to the Second Chamber of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) at AMIS Headquarters warned that the current widespread deployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) throughout the three Darf [...]
2007-11-08 15:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1763SWEDISH PLAN TO SUPPORT SIRTRE TALKS FOCUSES ON JOB
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended a working-level meeting November 8 at the Swedish Embassy on a Swedish plan to provide non-lethal support to armed groups in order to stabilize the situation on the ground in Darfur to promote the success of the Sirte peace talks. To receive support, in the form [...]
2007-11-12 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1764ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TO PRESS SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet SIPDIS briefed Ambassadors in Khartoum on UNAMID deployment issues. While in Sudan, Mulet will seek Sudanese commitment on outstanding issues including approved compositio [...]
2007-11-13 05:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV DPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1765FUR ELDER BRIEFS CDA AFTER MEETINGS WITH REBEL LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Recently returned to Northern Sudan from visits to Paris, Juba, Kampala, and Nairobi to meet with Darfur rebel leaders, the legitimate Maqdoum (literally, "viceroy," one of the traditional Darfur tribal titles) of the Fur, Ahmed Abdelrahman Rijal, told CDA Fernandez on November 12 that he [...]
2007-11-13 08:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1767 VERDICT REACHED IN TRIAL OF MURDERED SUDANESE JOURNALIST
[...] (SBU) On November 10 a Khartoum criminal court convicted ten individuals in the 2006 murder of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, including a U.S. Embassy local guard. While most press reports indicated that the convicted men were all from the troubled Darfur region, an E [...]
2007-11-13 12:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1782NOTHING NEW AT DEMONSTRATION IN EL FASHER
[...] (SBU) On November 14 El Fasher local broadcasting stations announced that there would be a November 15 student demonstration to condemn the attempt of the French organization Zoe's Ark to "abduct" Sudanese children from Chad. UN agencies operating in El Fasher announced through their daily rad [...]
2007-11-15 15:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1787 MINISTER AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID, BILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani on November 15, CDA Fernandez strongly cautioned the minister that while his visit to Washington in September and Foreign Minister Lam Akol's UNGA visit later that month had produced some positive results, the bi [...]
2007-11-18 04:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1796PRESIDENT BASHIR ESCALATES WAR OF WORDS WITH SPLM
[...] (U) President Al Bashir delivered his most bellicose speech in recent memory yesterday, warning the South that the North is ready for war, and branding western countries as greedy tyrants. He insisted the north would not compromise over oil-rich Abyei. The President was speaking at an annual [...]
2007-11-18 17:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC UN SU
07KHARTOUM1804UNAMID PLANNERS RECOMMEND DELAYING DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate conversations with FieldOff on November 15 and November 18 in El Fasher, two UN senior military transition planners shared the joint recommendation they had made to UNAMID Force Commander GEN Agwai that deployment of UNAMID police elements be put on hold until the inf [...]
2007-11-19 12:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM181 Darfur: Pres. Bashir Reiterates Rejection of UN
[...] (U) During a February 5 address at the National Records Authority in Khartoum, President Bashir clearly reiterated Sudan's opposition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur, stating that the Sudanese were the children and grandchildren of those revolutionaries who killed Major General Charles [...]
2007-02-06 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO US SU
07KHARTOUM1814JSR CALLS MSA "BIGGEST THREAT TO UNAMID"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On his first official day in the new El Fasher Headquarters, Joint Special Representative (JSR) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Rodolphe Adada told Charge Fernandez in a November 14 meeting that the single biggest threat to UNAMID's success was the [...]
2007-11-20 10:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1816FIRST MEETING OF THE CIVIC AND VOTER EDUCATION GROUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Election Donor Group (EDG) held the first meeting of its sub-group for civic and voter education on November 18, at the European Commission headquarters in Khartoum. The meeting was a brainstorming session to discuss the objectives and terms of reference (TOR) for the group, [...]
2007-11-20 14:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1817SUDANESE CENSUS MAY BE DELAYED FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH
[...] USAID and emboffs spoke November 19 with Herbert B. Kandeh, Chief Technical Advisor with the UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) office in Khartoum. Kandeh confirmed that the UNFPA, which is advising both the national government's and the GOSS's census bureaus on the upcomin [...]
2007-11-20 16:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1834ELECTIONS TIMELINE URGENT; DONOR GROUP TO EXPRESS CONCERN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Elections donor group Ambassadors met November 22 in Khartoum to discuss strategies to keep the elections timetable outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on track. All agreed there is an increasingly narrow window and the NCP and SPLM must resolve their differences [...]
2007-11-25 05:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1838IMF RESIDENT DISMISSES EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with PolChief and EconOff, the resident representative of the International Monetary Fund in Sudan, Wabel Abdallah labeled the Central Bank of Sudan's decision to convert its reserves to the euro as unrealistic, dismissed the effect of U.S. sanctions on [...]
2007-11-25 09:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1842BASHIR DENIES SUDAN IS DELAYING UNAMID DEPLOYMENT; BLAMES
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Bashir denied that Sudan was delaying UNAMID troop deployment and blamed any delays on the UN. He stated that Nordic troops are not acceptable and questioned the necessity of deploying Thai and Nepalese troops. End summary. 2. (SBU) According to local media reports [...]
2007-11-25 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1844UNAMID DEPLOYMENT ROUNDUP
[...] Summary: The Jordanian Embassy in Khartoum reports that the GOS has not approved its offer of a Multi-Role Logistics Company, while the Chinese Embassy confirms the arrival of Chinese UN blue-helmeted peacekeepers. End Summary. TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES LAST TO KNOW -------------------- [...]
2007-11-26 04:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1845TWO MAJOR DARFUR FACTIONS STEP TOWARD UNION WHILE
[...] (SBU) JEM/Collective Leadership and SLA/Unity, two of the strongest rebel movements in Darfur, have taken steps toward a tentative alliance, and JEM/CL plans to conduct consultations with SLA/Unity leaders Abdullah Yehia, Suleiman Jamous, and Sharif Harir in Darfur over the next week to solidi [...]
2007-11-26 05:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1853 DARFUR - ADMINISTRATOR FORE SITE VISIT TO EL FASHER
[...] (U) On November 22, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the Mission Director for USAID/Sudan traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur, to re [...]
2007-11-27 06:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1854UN UPDATE: HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL PROCESSES IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Briefing the donor community on November 25, UN DSRSG Ameera Haq introduced an agenda that included an update on the Darfur political process and humanitarian access situation, as well a preview of the launch of the UN's 2008 workplan (donors will be invited to a formal presentat [...]
2007-11-27 08:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1859SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES AMONG SLA AND JANJAWEED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Some rebel and political leaders on the ground in Darfur are signaling a shift in the current political climate where by some support for Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) faction leader Abdelwahid al-Nur is shifting to Ahmed Abdelshafie and whereby some Arab militias (encouraged by t [...]
2007-11-27 12:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1862ADDRESSING ABYEI
[...] (SBU) The complex issue of Abyei has haunted implementation of the CPA since the beginning. It is the only part of the agreement that seen zero progress towards implementation since the signing of the peace accord in 2005. A warning should be sounded to any in the international community who se [...]
2007-11-28 07:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1866CHINESE ENGINEERS ARRIVE AMIDST REBEL THREATS
[...] (SBU) Soon after the arrival of 135 Chinese engineer peacekeepers on November 24 in Nyala, media reported the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group threatened to attack the Chinese engineers. According to the media, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhhamed said, "They are not welcome...the [...]
2007-11-28 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1871FEAR OF LOSS OF INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY MAY KEEP JEM ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 27 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) representative in El Fasher admitted that despite the movement's unhappiness with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),JEM would not carry out the threats its leadership has [...]
2007-11-29 09:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1873BASHIR MEETS WITH UMMA PARTY CHIEF SADIQ AL-MAHDI
[...] (SBU) President Bashir met with opposition Umma party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on November 27 to discuss "national reconciliation," according to the media. Presidential advisor and National Congress Party (NCP) Vice President Nafie Ali Nafie in press statements characterized the meeting as fruitfu [...]
2007-11-29 12:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1874ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT REFUGEES IN
[...] (U) In a meeting with EconOff November 29, the chairman of the Eritrean Nahda Party, Noor M. Idris, claimed that hundreds of Eritrean refugees arrive in Sudan every day from Eritrea and Ethiopia, and estimated that there are over 200,000 Eritreans living in Sudan. Idris expressed concern for [...]
2007-11-29 13:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR PREF SU
07KHARTOUM1883ISLAMIC AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY SEEKS RECONSIDERATION AS
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) called on embassy November 27 to discuss their organization's designation as a sponsor of terrorism. The delegation consisted of Dr. El Jizouli Dafaal, former Prime Sudanese Minister (in the early 1980s) and Chairman of the IA [...]
2007-11-30 10:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1884USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO SOUTHERN SUDAN: LUNCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM Crisis Committee members told Administrator Fore that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is providing an opportunity to advance democracy and development throughout Sudan. They identified the "three areas," independent media, and rural development as priorities. Deput [...]
2007-11-30 10:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1886NYALA MAQDUM DENIES JANJAWEED TURNCOAT TREND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 29 meeting with FieldOff, the Maqdum (traditional viceroy of the Fur) of Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, denied reports that members of the janjaweed in Darfur were deserting their traditional benefactor, the Government of Sudan (GoS),in favor of rebel movements, as reported [...]
2007-11-30 11:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1889JEM/CL CLAIMS ZAGHAWA UNIFYING, WARNS UN/AU LOSING
[...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on November 29, cadres of the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) were optimistic that it will finalize its consolidation with the other major Zaghawa military elements in Darfur after upcoming field consultations and will be ready to resume ne [...]
2007-11-30 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1890NCP BLAMES SPLM FOR LATE CENSUS AND DEFENDS BELLICOSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with poloffs November 27, Center for Strategic Studies Director Sayed Al-Khatib predicted that the GOS would attend the Addis talks (he was later contradicted by the MFA, though it's not out of the question that the NCP will send someone). Khatib said Abyei should not s [...]
2007-11-30 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1891AEC TWO-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT UPBEAT ON ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen presented the AEC's two-year progress report to Sudanese President Al-Bashir on November 3. There has not been any public reaction by the Government as yet, no doubt because the report notes the major areas of deficiency in implementation, chief among t [...]
2007-12-02 05:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1892DARFUR: TENSION, MISTRUST CONTINUE TO AFFLICT AMIS-SLM
[...] (SBU) AMIS Force Commander Agwai's proposal to restructure payment of the MSA and the rebel movements' representation in the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) has set off a wave of mutual recriminations between AMIS and the SLM. The incident is just the latest in an unfortunate history of tension an [...]
2007-12-02 07:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1893 ALEX DE WAAL ON SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan expert Alex de Waal told poloff on November 28 his thoughts on the current situation in Sudan. De Waal cautioned that the international community should not expect an immediate success with the UNAMID deployment, and that the situation in Darfur has turned from genocide int [...]
2007-12-02 07:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1903USG HOLMES: GOVERNMENT WILL EXTEND HUMANITARIAN MORATORIUM
[...] (SBU) On November 29, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes briefed the donor community on his conversations with Sudanese government officials and previewed his upcoming trip to Darfur. He thanked the international community for its support, saying that the UN's h [...]
2007-12-03 10:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN PHUM KPKO SU
07KHARTOUM1907FUR LEADERS EVASIVE ABOUT JANJAWEED TIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nyala Fur leaders were tight-lipped in a December 2 meeting with FieldOff about rumors of a growing alliance between the Fur and some janjaweed formerly loyal to the Government of Sudan (GoS). They spoke instead about growing insecurity throughout Darfur as a result of heighten [...]
2007-12-04 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
07KHARTOUM1908BEJA CONGRESS: WE NEED INVESTMENT IN THE EAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory call with CDA on December 3, Beja Congress president and Presidential Advisor Dr. Amna Dirar stressed the need for investment in the eastern states of Kassala, Gedarif and Red Sea to promote development in the impoverished region ("Now, it's just us and the sun [...]
2007-12-04 08:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1911ALMOST FIVE MONTHS LATER, OPPOSITION LEADER RELEASED FROM
[...] (SBU) After more than four months in Khartoum's Khober Prison, accused of plotting a coup against the government but never formally charged, Umma Party Reform and Renewal leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi has been released. On December 2, family members told poloff that his release seemed immine [...]
2007-12-04 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1913SOUTHERN SUDANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS CDA WITH
[...] A multi-party parliamentary delegation from the Southern Sudan (GOSS) Legislative Assembly called on CDA Fernandez December 3 as part of their visit to Khartoum. The Delegation is in town appealing to GNU officials for an end to the current SPLM-NCP stalemate over implementation of the CPA wi [...]
2007-12-04 14:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1914SOUTHERN SUDANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS CDA WITH
[...] A multi-party parliamentary delegation from the Southern Sudan (GOSS) Legislative Assembly called on CDA Fernandez December 3 as part of their visit to Khartoum. The Delegation is in town appealing to GNU officials for an end to the current SPLM-NCP stalemate over implementation of the CPA wi [...]
2007-12-04 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1916DEPUTY SRSG ON PROSPECTS FOR CPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Deputy SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun December 2 to discuss the prospects for CPA implementation. A shrewd observer of Sudan and the region for many years, Zerihoun is not overly concerned by the current crisis and believes war is unlikely. The parties are comf [...]
2007-12-04 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1917CDA MEETS WITH FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER FADLALLA BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former Defense Minister and Umma party adherent Fadlalla Burma Nasir told CDA Fernandez on December 4 that the NCP-Umma party dialogue initiated on November 27 might be beneficial to both sides "if the dialogue is genuine." He said the NCP recognized that Sudan's international r [...]
2007-12-04 15:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1918FREE FROM KHALIL IBRAHIM, JEM/CL OPTIMISTIC ON PACT WITH
[...] (SBU) Characterizing Khalil Ibrahim as a "dictator" unable and unwilling to lead his movement to productive peace negotiations, the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) claims that its strength increases daily as Ibrahim's supporters realize his course is a dead-end. Si [...]
2007-12-05 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1919JUBA/DARFUR: CONVERGANCE CONTINUES, NOW WITH THE JANJAWEED
[...] (SBU) SPLM Darfur Taskforce Member (DTF) Edward Lino informed ConGen PolOff that Musa Hilal will be arriving in Juba on December 5. Expected to spend at least two days in the South's capital, the Janjaweed leader will be meeting with a cross-section of newly-consolidated Darfur rebel movemen [...]
2007-12-05 07:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1924"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]
2007-12-05 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1925MEDIA REACTION: NCP REFUSAL TO ATTEND ADDIS MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum daily newspapers reported December 5 the refusal of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to accept the Secretary's invitation to meet in Addis Ababa, adding that the NCP "does not object" to the American effort. All reports noted that the SPLM had accepted the U.S [...]
2007-12-05 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1926KOSTI'S NEW IDLE PORT INDICATIVE OF CPA DELAYS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 visit to the city of Kosti, the "the river gateway to the south," emboffs visited the city's new port that remains unutilized due to Sudanese bureaucratic in-fighting. Motivated by the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Sudan Sea Ports Corporation (SP [...]
2007-12-05 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1928SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF OYAI DENG ON MILITARY STATE OF PLAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA Chief of Staff Lt. General Oyai Deng Ajak told CDA that he was pessimistic about any great progress in deploying SAF-SPLA Joint Integrated Units (JIUs),and downplayed the significance of remaining southern troops on the border areas such as Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. He [...]
2007-12-06 06:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS PREL AU SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM1929AEC CHAIRMAN VRAALSEN ARGUES FOR MORE INDEPENDENCE AT FINAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen, wrapping up a contentious two year stint in Khartoum, held a final press conference December 3. He used his statement to warn of the dangers of the current NCP-SPLM stalemate and to argue for a more pro-active AEC led by a chairman with increased indepe [...]
2007-12-06 08:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1933UNMIS SAYS GUEHENNO "NOT LYING" IN NOV 27 BRIEFING TO UNSC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 5 meeting with FieldOff, Head of Office in El Fasher for the United Nation Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) asserted that Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guhenno "was not lying" in his November 27 briefing to the UN Secur [...]
2007-12-06 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1934WHITE NILE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE, ELECTIONS, AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting with emboffs, the Governor of White Nile State, Dr. Mohammed Nur Al-Tigani, highlighted the importance of agriculture for Sudan, expressed confidence that mid-term elections would be conducted in a free, fair, and timely manner, and dismissed the existence o [...]
2007-12-06 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1935GEN AGWAI UPDATES ON UNAMID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 5 meeting with PolOff and FieldOff, AMIS Force Commander GEN Agwai described himself as the target of Government of Sudan (GoS) displeasure for his current stance on the Ceasefire Commission and articulated his plans to seek a sit-down with the GoS in the near futu [...]
2007-12-06 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1936SWEDISH SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ON SUPPORTING CPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Michael Fruhling, Swedish Ambassador and Special Envoy for Sudan, called on CDA Fernandez December 6 to discuss issues relating to Southern Sudan. He said his Government is looking for ways to be more active, "as a smaller country," on helping to advance the CPA process. He pr [...]
2007-12-07 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1937DARFUR TASK FORCE MEMBER ON JUBA TALKS AND THE FUTURE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6, SPLM Darfur Task Force member Edward Lino asserted that the National Congress Party (NCP) is alarmed by the success of the Juba Darfur initiative and is seeking to thwart its success. He said that the Darfur rebel groups have continued to talk in Juba and make p [...]
2007-12-07 11:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1939SLA/UNITY: CHALLENGING KHARTOUM REQUIRES BOTH
[...] (SBU) The lesson of the DPA is that the Sudanese Government will only compromise when challenged by a movement with both political and military strength, and SLA/Unity is the only group among Darfur's numerous rebel factions that combines these two elements, SLA/Unity operatives told Poloff in [...]
2007-12-07 11:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL US AU SU
07KHARTOUM1940PREVIEW OF UNAMID'S 2008-2009 BUDGET FRAMEWORK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN HQ's budget team presented its initial framework for UNAMID's 2008-2009 budget to JSR Adada December 5. This strategic document lays out goals and outputs for achieving UNAMID's mandate but does not yet include funding requirements. Although a first step in the budget process, [...]
2007-12-07 12:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1943UNAMID CISS: DEPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES REMAIN DESPITE SLIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) addressed the Government of Sudan's December 5 rebuttal of charges leveled against it by UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guhenno on November 27 of imposing obsta [...]
2007-12-09 08:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM195 SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMY WENDT AND FRUZSINA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Amy Wendt and Fruzsina Csaczar, for the purpose of conducting monitoring and evaluation of PRM-funded projects in Southern Sudan from February 17-24. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for [...]
2007-02-11 04:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA APER PREF ET SU
07KHARTOUM1950RIZEIGAT LEADER: PLANNING FOR A BAGGARA ALLIANCE
[...] (SBU) On December 6 CDA met with Waleed Madibbo, head of a local governance NGO and nephew of Rizeigat Nazir Said Madibbo. Speaking of his uncle, who has struggled to keep his tribe relatively neutral and above the fray encapsulating Darfur, Madibbo said that he was "honest, influential, but wi [...]
2007-12-09 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1955U.S. SANCTIONS HURT SUDAN'S ECONOMY SAY CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007 in a conference entitled "Sudan in a Global Economy," almost all speakers stated that U.S. sanctions have hurt the Sudanese economy. Presenters claimed that U.S. sanctions have resulted in a shortage of medical supplies, prevented the economy from fully libe [...]
2007-12-11 07:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1956AMIS TAKES STOCK
[...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) held a combined review session, awards ceremony, and tribute to fallen AMIS soldiers on December 9. Speakers included Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team (DPAIT) Head Sam Ibok, Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada, and AMIS Military [...]
2007-12-11 08:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1957MSA ISSUE MOVES TO RESOLUTION BUT PROBLEMS LINGER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Payment of overdue Mission Subsistence Allowance (MSA) to CFC party representatives began in El Fasher December 6 and continues this week. Donors appear willing to cover the entire US$4.6 million MSA estimated cost under certain conditions. Although the MSA arrears issue may be [...]
2007-12-11 08:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM196 SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KENT (SAM) HEALY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sam Healy, for February 17 to 27, 2007 for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating PRM-funded projects in Tambura, Yei, Kajo, Keji, Twic East/Duk (Panyagor/Bor) and Juba. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas [...]
2007-02-11 04:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREF AMGT SU
07KHARTOUM1961EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 3 site visit to Kenana Sugar Corporation, the managing director of one of the world's largest integrated sugar farms told emboffs that U.S. sanctions have affected his business, forced it to use inferior non-U.S. products, and hurt the overall efficiency of his com [...]
2007-12-11 09:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1964JEM DENIES RADICALISM, EXPLAINS UNAMID CONTROVERSY
[...] (SBU) The NCP has falsely painted Khalil Ibrahim's JEM as an Islamist movement, two of the group's representatives told Poloff in a recent El Fasher meeting. Rather than pursuing a radical agenda, they asserted, JEM seeks to transform the country through "revolution," end the marginalization o [...]
2007-12-11 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1965SLA/UNITY STRIVES FOR "GRAND ALLIANCE"
[...] (SBU) SLA/Unity is striving to form a "grand alliance" with Khalil Ibrahim and Abdulwahid al Nur through mobilization of Fur and Zaghawa IDPs, according to several of its representatives in North Darfur. Frustrated with the inertia of the UN/AU-led political process and doubtful that the NCP w [...]
2007-12-11 11:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1970AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE"
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 10:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1979REAL PROGRESS SEEN BUT SUDAN PREPARES ADADA FOR PROTRACTED
[...] (SBU) During a December 11 meeting with Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada, mid-ranking Sudanese officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense agreed to negotiate the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)'s Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) based on the UN/AU dr [...]
2007-12-12 13:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1986AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 11 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires and USAID Mission Director, Nyala AMIS Deputy Sector Commander and Deputy Chief Police Supervisor called the disarmament of Kalma IDP camp the "greatest challenge" facing the Mission. The Deputy Sector Commander mentioned the p [...]
2007-12-13 05:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1987DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME CDA IN SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 05:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1994CORRECTED COPY - DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires (CDA) and USAID Mission Director, South Darfur Deputy Wali (Governor) Farah and South Darfur Police Commander Mohamed encouraged the CDA and Mission Director to see the "reality" in South Darfur as the first step in solving Darf [...]
2007-12-13 09:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM2001South Sudan: Finance Minister Delivers a Sober 2008 Budget
[...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Finance Minister Mawein delivered a sober assessment of the governance challenges facing South Sudan on December 10, when delivering the draft 2008 budget to the Legislative Assembly (SSLA). Mawein identified a bloated workforce, almost total dependence on oil revenues, an [...]
2007-12-14 07:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM2003SAF AND SPLA FORCE REDEPLOYMENT FACES TOUGH DEADLINES,
[...] (SBU) Media reported on December 12 that Joint Defense Board (JDB) spokesman Lt. General Abdalrahman Mohammed Zain said that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) forces will begin redeployment consistent with the 1/1/56 border the weekend of December 14. [...]
2007-12-14 07:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2005NORTHERN SUDAN - USAID-FUNDED NATIONAL NGO CPA ADVOCATES
[...] (SBU) The recall of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials from the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the political crisis that followed has derailed implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and CPA-related activities throughout Sudan. Since mid-October, hara [...]
2007-12-14 11:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2006SPLM THINKING ON OIL AND SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) During the course of their meetings in Juba December 9 to discuss the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),future GNU Foreign Minister and SPLM member Deng Alor spoke with Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley about SPLM oil interests after 2011 and the effect of sanctions on Su [...]
2007-12-16 04:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2007TURABI DECRIES LACK OF REAL POLITICAL FREEDOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudanese government is afraid of political freedom and the opposition parties don't know what political freedom means, Hassan al Turabi told CDA Fernandez during a meeting December 12. The former leader of the National Islamic Front, former Justice Minister, and current lea [...]
2007-12-16 07:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2008FUR MAQDUM REASSURES ABOUT UNAMID AND HINTS AT TRIBAL
[...] (SBU) In a December 12 meeting, the Maqdum (traditional "viceroy") of the Fur in Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, discussed with FieldOff the latest sentiment among the South Darfur Fur community with regard to deployment of the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Maqdum inquired about the Decem [...]
2007-12-16 07:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM2009AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, KALMA CAMP
[...] (SBU) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila told CDA Fernandez December 12 that Sudan has resolved all issues related to UNAMID deployment and will prepare a letter this week regarding troop contributions. Al-Samani said Sudan would like to see the Egyptian and Ethiopian troop [...]
2007-12-16 07:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2011SUDANESE ELECTIONS FACE A TIGHT TIMEINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiation on the national election law is ongoing in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC). It is unlikely that the draft law will be agreed upon and ratified this month, pushing passage of the law until at least April 2008 when the next parliamentary session be [...]
2007-12-16 09:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2016NCP STOOGE BONA MALWAL: SPLM IS UNDERMINING THE CASE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Southern turncoat and longtime supporter of an independent southern state, GNU Presidential advisor and National Congress Party (NCP) member Bona Malwal organized a rally of the Southern Sudan Democratic Forum to criticize the recent actions of the SPLM. He alleged SPLM financia [...]
2007-12-16 15:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2017NORTH DARFUR INSECURITY ON THE RISE
[...] (QBU) The week of December 10 saw a sharp rise in carjackings, banditry and insecurity in North Darfur, culminating on December 14 with a violent car-jacking attack on the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS),whose El Fasher Force Headquarters are located in close proximity to USG residen [...]
2007-12-17 06:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2020AEC COORDINATORS TO PUSH UK CANDIDATE WITH WARY SPLM
[...] (SBU) Summary: UK and Norwegian Ambassadors briefed other Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) coordinators December 16 on their presentation of the UK candidate for the now vacant AEC chairmanship. While the NCP has been non-committal, SPLM representatives have expressed concerns about [...]
2007-12-17 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2027BLASPHEMY AT THE KHARTOUM INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
[...] (SBU) In a twist on the recent "teddy bear scandal" that saw a British schoolteacher sentenced to prison, pardoned by the President and ultimately expelled from Sudan, two Egyptian booksellers were convicted of insulting Islam by distributing a book allegedly critical of the prophet Mohammad's [...]
2007-12-18 12:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SU EG
07KHARTOUM2028CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DARFUR'S "GREATEST WARLORD"
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UN DSS) told FieldOff in late November that the threat it feared most in Darfur comes from a Mahariya Arab called Mohamed Hamdan, aka "Hamety." He is at the helm of a Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory group which includes disaffect [...]
2007-12-18 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
07KHARTOUM2030KHARTOUM CENTRAL BANK GRANTS THE SOUTH AUTHORITY TO
[...] (U) On December 15 the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) Board of Directors approved the "Central Bank of Sudan Policies for the Year 2008." Inter alia, the "2008 Policies" document grants the Bank of Southern Sudan (BoSS) the authority needed to promulgate long-delayed independent financial regul [...]
2007-12-21 11:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM2031MORE TO COME WITH JEM-GOS IN WEST DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 20 conversation with FieldOff, a commander of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in El Fasher assessed that Government of Sudan (GoS) frustration with JEM for a December 16 attack on a GoS convoy in West Darfur was to blame for the GoS' continued detention of a [...]
2007-12-21 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM2038MFA CLAIMS IT HAS "NEGATIVE REPORTS" ABOUT DYNCORPS
[...] On December 23, the MFA delivered a Note Verbal to CDA Powers in response to the Embassy's dipnotes 750 and 803 concerning delays currently faced by DnyCorps International in obtaining visas and travel permits to enable it to fulfill its maintenance and support roles for AMIS operations. CDA [...]
2007-12-23 13:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2041SRSG PLEDGES TO PUSH SUDANESE TOWARD ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 23 December 2007, members of the Electoral Donor Group (EDG) met with UN SRSG Ashraf Qazi to share concerns regarding Sudan's preparation for the 2009 elections. The EDG is worried that because the GNU has not passed the electoral law nor established a National Electoral Comm [...]
2007-12-26 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2044JEM THREATENS TO SHOOT DOWN GOS PLANES IN WEST DARFUR
[...] (SBU) On December 24 a Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representative in El Fasher told fieldoff that JEM would shoot down any aircraft flying into its West Darfur territory - specifically El Geneina, Kulbus, Tine, and Saraf Omra - as a way of pre-empting aerial attacks by the Government of [...]
2007-12-26 10:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD
07KHARTOUM2045CEASEFIRE COMMISSION UNDER UNAMID - LONGTERM PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ceasefire Commission (CFC) needs reform and the impending transfer of authority from AMIS to UNAMID provides the opportunity for needed change. However, significant improvement in CFC operations, which should result in better monitoring and implementation of the ceasefire, i [...]
2007-12-26 12:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2046 GOSS EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR MAJOR WORKFORCE REDUCTION
[...] (SBU) The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has engaged an international consulting firm to explore options for downsizing its bloated and unproductive workforce. The GoSS payroll is estimated to be overstaffed by over 30% (67,000 individuals) and salaries consume over half of the GoSS budget. [...]
2007-12-26 13:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB EAID PGOV SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM2048HSP DELAYS REQUIRE LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) officials must rapidly address key issues required for ensuring that the Chinese and Bangladeshi HSP units become operational. While there will always be some excuse for delay, the units have the equipment necessary to do their jobs in [...]
2007-12-27 11:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC
07KHARTOUM2053SPLM MINISTERS SWORN IN, PAGAN AMUM IS MINISTER OF CABINET
[...] (SBU) The GNU announced a cabinet reshuffle December 26 as part of a deal that ends the two-month long crisis provoked when the SPLM walked out of the government in mid-October 2007. The new ministers were sworn in December 27 at 11:30 a.m. local time, and were expected to take part in their [...]
2007-12-27 12:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2058CHINESE HAVE YET TO BEGIN NYALA SUPERCAMP CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Defense Attache told poloff December 24 that Chinese engineers have not started construction on the Nyala supercamp and are still waiting for AMIS escort of heavy construction equipment (Ref A) which arrived in Sudan November 10. Dong said he was comfortable with the prog [...]
2007-12-27 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2059SUDANESE LABOR UNIONS: THEATRICS OR REAL PROGRESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) and an independent Sudanese labor and human rights lawyer paint two different pictures of the Sudanese labor environment. On the one hand, the SWTUF claims that unions operate freely at the state and national levels [...]
2007-12-27 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI AU UNSC ECON ELAB SU
07KHARTOUM2060REPORTS OF SPLA CLASHES WITH MISSERIYA ARABS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese news media reported December 24 that Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) forces clashed with nomadic Misseriya Arab tribesmen on December 22 and December 23 along the Kordofan-Bahr al Ghazal border. Newspapers quoted Misseriya sources claiming 30 SPLA soldiers and nin [...]
2007-12-28 10:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2062SECTION 565 WAIVER
[...] (SBU) Khartoum requests waiver of the requirements of Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorizations Act for the reasons contained in paragraph two. 2. (SBU) Both the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),which ended the 21-year civil war in 2005, and the Interim Nati [...]
2007-12-28 10:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT PREL SU
07KHARTOUM2072RIEK MACHAR CLAIMS PDF IS BEHIND MISSERIYA ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum is trying to destabilize the Abyei region by organizing the Misseriya Arab Popular Defense Forces (PDF) to attack SPLA positions, claimed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. Machar claimed the Misseriya forces have been using vehicles with 12 [...]
2007-12-31 14:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2073PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR CALLS FOR GREATER NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On 31 December, Sudanese President Al-Bashir delivered a speech to the nation to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Sudanese independence. In the speech, the President stressed the importance of national unity and consensus. He affirmed his commitment to the CPA and alleged peace [...]
2007-12-31 15:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM209RESPONSE TO PLAN B - SUDAN MOVING TO REPLACE THE
[...] (U) The Central Bank of Sudan is taking steps to use currencies other than the U.S. Dollar for commercial transactions. On February 12, the Bank announced it has approved the use of some Asian currencies in settlement of commercial transactions. Sudan's most important source of foreign exchan [...]
2007-02-12 14:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EPET ETRD ECON US SU
07KHARTOUM216 Darfur Security Update, February 8
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNDSS characterizes the security situation in Darfur over the past week as "calm but unpredictable." The threat of carjackings persists, especially in areas with increased Arab militia activity, and there remains the possibility of military confrontation between Sudanese Armed [...]
2007-02-14 03:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM218 Presidency Appoints Chair of Commission on Rights of
[...] (U) On February 8, President al-Bashir issued a presidential decree, with the approval of First Vice President Salva Kiir, appointing Joshua Dao as Chair of the Commission on the Rights of Non-Muslims in the National Capital. The membership of the Commission will be announced later by the Pres [...]
2007-02-14 03:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL KIRF SU
07KHARTOUM248GOSS BUDGET SHOWS NEED FOR DONOR ACTION
[...] Summary: The GOSS 2007 Budget highlights the need for donor action to assist Southern Sudan with budgeting, civil service administration, and cash management in order to assure success of the CPA. The budget also exposes the problem of weak legislative oversight of the military. The GOSS needs [...]
2007-02-19 09:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM250DARFUR - VISIT OF THE USAID/DCHA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
[...] (U) From January 20 to 25, USAID Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Assistant Administrator Michael E. Hess visited Sudan. Hess and six USAID/Sudan staff members traveled to North and South Darfur to gain a better understanding of the current humanitarian, political [...]
2007-02-19 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM274FEBRUARY AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission's Wealth Sharing Working Group, chaired by the USG, convened two sessions in advance of the February 15 AEC plenary to bolster implementation of critical components of the CPA's wealth sharing provisions. The meetings focused on the curre [...]
2007-02-22 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM303Darfur CFC: Stolen Vehicles Returned
[...] Summary: The key issue in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) the week of February 19 was funding for faction representatives' Mission Support Allowance (MSA),which is several months in arrears. Force Commander Luke Aprezi asked the representatives to consider six options for realigning the CFC, i [...]
2007-02-28 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM304DARFUR: CFC SECOND CHAMBER COLLAPSES
[...] (SBU) In the February 12 Ceasefire Commission First (CFC) Chamber, African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander (FC) Aprezi expressed his dissatisfaction with the CFC Secretariat's presentation of cases for the February 7 Joint Commission (JC) meeting. He reviewed his efforts to persu [...]
2007-02-28 12:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREC KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM319INFLATION RATE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
[...] (SBU) An IMF team visiting Sudan the week of February 26 concluded that the inflation rate is likely to increase, perhaps to as high as 20 percent. In a meeting with Econ officer, members of the IMF team stated that, while inflation one year ago was running at about 7 percent, it is now estim [...]
2007-03-01 10:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN EAID EFIN PREL SU
07KHARTOUM331 ELUSIVE SLA COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) commanders conference in North Darfur remains indefinitely postponed as the various factions attempt to resolve internal differences and persuade additional key military leaders, such as former G-19 leader Adam Bakhit, to participate in the process [...]
2007-03-02 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM34POLICE RAID KHARTOUM EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
[...] (U) Police raided All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum early on the morning of January 1, injuring six worshippers, one of them seriously. Some 500 people had gathered in the cathedral -- seat of the Episcopal Church of Sudan Diocese of Khartoum -- late on New Year's Eve for an annual prayer servi [...]
2007-01-09 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM373 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for SPG Desk Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for SPG Desk Officer Rebecca Jovin to travel to Khartoum and Darfur for consultations from March 10 to 17, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudane [...]
2007-03-11 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM394 DPA SIGNATORIES CLAIM HELP NEEDED NOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ongoing frustration at the lack of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation boiled over in El Fasher as signatory factions forcibly entered the USG-funded Peace Secretariat to demand that their concerns be addressed. The factions claim that their soldiers are "starving" and [...]
2007-03-13 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM395CFC HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR SUPPORT FOR SLM/MINAWI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cease-fire Commission (CFC) activities the week of February 26 highlighted the continued need for non-military logistical support to the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. This support would divert his men away from the extortion and banditry that is an all too common line i [...]
2007-03-13 16:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM396 SHOW ME THE MONEY: MAKING THE CEASEFIRE COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) held a March 11 meeting to inform and seek input from the international community on the functioning of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) and efforts to re-energize the Second Chamber for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories. There was conse [...]
2007-03-14 08:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM407CFC Week of March 5 -- Fireworks Follow the Killing of Two
[...] (SBU) Summary: The killing of two Nigerian soldiers by Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi soldiers in Graida dominated the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) this week, with tensions rising between the faction and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in both the CFC and in the sectors. The CFC i [...]
2007-03-16 13:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM437 STATEMENT OF THE ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Following is the text of remarks given by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan Mr. Taye Brooke-Zerihoun to the Sudan Consortium on March 20, 2007. Further consortium reporting will follow septel. (Begin Text) Mr. Chairman, Honourable Ministers and Delegate [...]
2007-03-20 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU EAID PINS MARR PHUM
07KHARTOUM438 CFC VISIT TO ABECHE: MGS CONSTRAINTS AND JEM INTRANSIGENCE
[...] (SBU) Members of the AMIS Ceasefire Commission traveled to Abeche, Chad to receive an operations update from the local Military Observer Group Site (MGS) Commander and to engage the JEM leadership. The MGS faces severe logistical constraints, including transportation and communications, which [...]
2007-03-20 14:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM445CFC Week of March 12 - SLA/Minawi Takes Responsibility for
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Force Commander announced that the next Joint Commission would not be held in El Fasher because of insecurity but did not suggest a date or an alternate venue. He discussed the new arrangements in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) with a drop in MSA payments and a reduction in [...]
2007-03-22 05:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM459 AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 19: SECOND CHAMBER
[...] (SBU) SLA-Minawi raised objections to the African Union Mission in Sudan's (AMIS) potential restructuring of the CFC Second Chamber, contending that the proposals may violate the DPA. Carjackings remain a persistent threat, and AMIS is seeking input from all key stakeholders on means to mitiga [...]
2007-03-22 15:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM48Gov. Richardson Visits Darfur, Presses for Cease-Fire,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a day-long visit to Darfur January 9, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson met with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory rebels, representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/MM) faction of Minni Minawi, and the African Union (AU) Force Commander. Richardson [...]
2007-01-11 16:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM510DARFUR: BREAKTHROUGH ON HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Six weeks of sustained negotiation between the international community and the Sudanese government culminated in a Joint Communique to alleviate the bureaucratic restrictions on humanitarian operations in Darfur, said the UNSYG's Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs, Ma [...]
2007-03-29 15:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM515AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 26: DYSFUNCTION
[...] (SBU) With no specific cases to examine, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) discussions continued to revolve around AMIS' proposed restructuring of the body. SLA/Minawi, this week joined by the Sudanese government and other DPA signatories, railed against the proposed reduction in salary payments and [...]
2007-04-01 04:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM523FUTURE PROCESSING OF NEC CONTAINERS
[...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol, on April 2 in order to discuss the New Embassy Compound (NEC). Ambassador Ali Yusuf explained that, while those shipping containers holding building materials currently in customs are fully [...]
2007-04-02 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT ASEC PREL US SU
07KHARTOUM529 DARFUR - HAC RANKS LOCAL NGOS, USAID PARTNERS "DISMISSED"
[...] (SBU) On March 20, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Office in Nyala, South Darfur, publicly posted the results of an evaluation report ranking local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the Nyala HAC office. According to U.N. Civil Affairs, a total o [...]
2007-04-04 09:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM54UN ENVOY ELIASSON VISITS SUDAN
[...] (SBU) In his first trip to Sudan as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG) Special Envoy for Darfur, Jan Eliasson underscored the UN's commitment to advancing the political process in Darfur. He called for a visible reduction in violence between the Sudanese Government and Darfur rebel groups, whi [...]
2007-01-13 11:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM544SUDAN: AN ECONOMIST SHARES HIS PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK
[...] (SBU) The economic advisor to the Khartoum stock exchange expressed pessimism on the outlook for the Sudanese economy for the near term. He predicts "turmoil" because of the pressures on the budget. He described how the ruling NCP is skimming off money in preparation for elections, and alleg [...]
2007-04-05 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM55 Southern Sudan: Four Die in Jan. 2 Ambush Southeast of
[...] (U) Summary: On January 2, at 12:30 p.m., assailants ambushed a truck carrying approximately 35 passengers about 100 kilometers southeast of Juba, killing at least four and wounding six individuals. A survivor, a local PA&E employee, stated that the assailants were LRA rebels; she provided Co [...]
2007-01-14 08:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM567LRA PEACE TALKS SET TO RESUME AMID RENEWED ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 11:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM MARR MOPS SU UG
07KHARTOUM57KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG PARTICIPATION IN OPENING OF
[...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]
2007-01-14 16:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM59 Sudan: U.S. Business Facilitation and Commercial
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (SBU) Stringent U.S. economic sanctions against Sudan have drastically limited opportunities for U.S. firms to supply goods and services in this nation of more than 40 million consumers. Only U.S. firms licensed by OFAC are able to compete in t [...]
2007-01-15 03:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO BMGT ETTC US SU
07KHARTOUM60RETRANSMISSION: KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG
[...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]
2007-01-15 07:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM65 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for TDY Econ Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF WAE Econ Officer Curtis Stewart to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 17 to mid-May, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese [...]
2007-01-16 08:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM67 Darfur: Update on UN Assistance to AMIS
[...] (SBU) UN Director of Political Affairs Abiodun Bashua confirmed to Pol/Econ Counselor January 16 that an additional ten UN military staff officers had arrived in El Fasher, Darfur, to join the 17 military staff officers and 15 UN police advisors already there. He added that five additional UN [...]
2007-01-16 16:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM676DARFUR - MOVING FORWARD FROM TRIPOLI
[...] (SBU) Following the conclusion of the April 28-29 Tripoli talks on Darfur, Poloff met with Khartoum-based representatives of the UN, AU, EU, Norway, and the Netherlands, as well as the Arab League Secretary General's point person on Africa, to discuss ways to SIPDIS sustain momentum on the D [...]
2007-04-30 12:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM68DARFUR: MOMENTUM ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The long-proposed conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward. Following a January 15 Sudanese government guarantee of security assurances, the AU may begin to transport rebel commanders to a conference site in North Darfur [...]
2007-01-16 16:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU SU UN EUN
07KHARTOUM693Governance, Capacity and Infrastructure Challenges in
[...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Juba staff visits to key Southern Sudan cities reveal weak but emerging local governments trying to fill the void of undelivered services from the central government. Capacity is limited, with most decision-making concentrated in a few people trained in the Diaspora. In [...]
2007-05-02 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM697RESPONSE: SUDAN - SUPPORTING THE TDRA
[...] (SBU) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is traveling in Darfur to inaugurate the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA). His earliest expected return date to Khartoum is May 6. Per Ref. A, Post will contact Minawi upon his return [...]
2007-05-03 12:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID SU AU
07KHARTOUM70Darfur: Inauguration of Second Chamber of CFC, Clearing
[...] (SBU) Summary: The AMIS Cease Fire Commission met January 8 and 10 to clear out a backlog of cease fire violations, receive briefings on the Force Commander's outreach to non-signatory rebel factions (septel),and inaugurate the Second Chamber for non-signatories. The First Chamber meeting on [...]
2007-01-17 15:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM711SUDAN - NUBIAN VIEWS ON NILE DAM PROJECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Poloffs met with two representatives of the Nubian Popular Committee, Dr. Sabbar and Mr. Faisal Barry, on May 1. Discussions confirmed that the Nubian community in Northern Sudan continues to oppose Government of Sudan intentions to construct two additional dams al [...]
2007-05-08 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PHUM KPAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM717UNDP Conference for Sudanese Women in Politics in Juba
[...] (U) Summary: The first annual National Conference on Sudanese Women in Politics, held May 7 - 11, was convened at Juba University under the sponsorship of the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MPA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). GOSS [...]
2007-05-09 11:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM720GOSS Governor's Forum Focuses Tackles State Budgets and
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Fourth Governors' Forum (the Forum) has brought into sharp focus the budget crises in the ten southern states. GOSS President Salva Kiir admonished the governors to put in place good governance practices, downsize their civil services, p [...]
2007-05-09 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM737ACTING GOSS MINISTER OF FINANCE OULINES PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Acting Minister of Finance (MOF) for the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Gabrielle Changson Chang outlined his immediate objectives for establishing a fully-functioning GOSS financial structure. The gap between GOSS capacity in this area and the imperative nature of est [...]
2007-05-12 08:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM757COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...]
2007-05-15 03:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ
07KHARTOUM76 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Jason Small and Herb
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sudan Programs Group Deputy Director Jason Small and Worldwide Humanitarian Program Manager Herb Bentz to travel to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan, from January 19 - 25, 2007. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review [...]
2007-01-18 16:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM768AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007
[...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]
2007-05-16 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM772AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007 (Corrected Copy For
[...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]
2007-05-16 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM78 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for AF/SPG Josh Drake and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Josh Drake of AF/SPG and Ann Truitt and Kelly Bracey from A/LM/AQM to travel to Sudan from January 20 - 29. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review specific travel requests upon his return; permission to travel [...]
2007-01-18 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM793Darfur: UN/AU, SPLM Initiatives Lack Specifics
[...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union released their joint roadmap on the Darfur political process to Western donors in Khartoum, who expressed concern over the framework's lack of specificity. Though cleared by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and AU Chairman Alpha Omer Konare, the docum [...]
2007-05-22 13:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM81DARFUR: GOV DIVIDED ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Two Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) fighter planes overflew El Fasher on January 15. Several Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory commanders, who were planning to attend a commanders conference in North Darfur in the coming days, have characterized the flyover as an attempt by the Sudanese g [...]
2007-01-19 13:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM822 Summary of the CFC Meetings, Week of May 14
[...] (SBU) The Cease-fire Commission (CFC) did not meet on May 14. During the May 16 meeting of the Second Chamber, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) sparred with the Deputy Force Commander over access to helicopters and the restructuring of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into three [...]
2007-05-28 03:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM837DEATH OF UN DARFUR PEACEKEEPER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The death of Lieutenant Colonel Ehab Nazih marks the first death in Darfur of a United Nations peacekeeper. There is no indication that the death was politically motivated, but the incident underscores the increasing banditry and lawlessness on the ground. Sudanese government, [...]
2007-05-29 13:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM840Darfur: Briefing for AU PSC Delegation
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 22, Western representatives briefed a fact-finding mission of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) on the situation in Darfur. They highlighted the importance of an effective peace-keeping force and cease-fire mechanism, a specific UN/AU strategy for the [...]
2007-05-29 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM854 Ceasefire Commission: Week of May 21
[...] (SBU) Allegations of ceasefire violations appear to be on the up-swing in both Chambers of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC). The CFC Chairman formed a sub-committee to review the objectivity of the report on the April 1 killing of AMIS soldiers in Umm Barru. JEM described the Sudanese Governmen [...]
2007-05-31 08:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM88 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for S/CRS Eythan Sontag
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 27 to April, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese Government has i [...]
2007-01-22 09:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM882SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]
2007-06-05 11:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM883SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]
2007-06-05 11:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM884AMIS AND SLA CLASH IN SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) A fatal road traffic accident on May 30 between an AMIS APC and an SLA/Minawi truck in South Darfur left one SLA dead and nine injured. The accident sparked a reprisal from SLA fighters, who later shot three AMIS soldiers and commandeered 13 AMIS vehicles. The incident illustrates SLA le [...]
2007-06-05 11:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM889 Ceasefire Commission Week of May 28
[...] (SBU) With the killing of a UN peacekeeper on May 25, security issues and ceasefire violations remained at the center of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) discussions this week. Additionally, a new rebel movement, the SLA United Front, announced itself at AMIS' expense. End summary. -------------- [...]
2007-06-05 14:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM89Termination of Land Rover Operations Creating
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Land Rover has been ordered by Ford Motor Company to close down all commercial operations in Sudan. Representatives of Land Rover here believe this action was taken as a result of pressure from the U.S. Government. The shut down [...]
2007-01-22 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO ETTC ECON EAID PREL SU
07KHARTOUM897 SUDAN - DEMARCHE ON UNHCR CLUSTER ROLE IN DARFUR DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) In response to the points of the demarche, the Officer in Charge of UNHCR noted that the cluster approach has not yet been formally launched in Sudan, and that UNHCR and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are still collaborating on camp coordination and prot [...]
2007-06-07 06:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM900UN/AU PROCESS FLAILING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of a specific UN/AU plan for the Darfur political process has led to an increase in competing international initiatives. The UN and AU appear unable to exert the necessary leadership to shape these initiatives into a coherent strategy. They have wavered in their sup [...]
2007-06-07 16:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM901CFC TEAM VISITS MUHAJERIA AND HEARS SLA DEMANDS
[...] (SBU) Members of the Force Headquarters Ceasefire Commission (CFC) flew to Muhajeria Military Group Site (MGS) June 5 to interview witnesses to the May 30 vehicle collision between the African Union Mission to Sudan (AMIS) and the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi (reftel). The team hoped [...]
2007-06-07 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM902REACTING TO THE SANCTIONS - SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SELLS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree decrying the latest U.S. sanctions, newspaper reports, government announcements, and interviews with businessmen have revealed that the GNU has already taken a number of defensive economic measures. Within a wee [...]
2007-06-07 16:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP SU
07KHARTOUM903 Ceasefire Commission Week of June 4, 2007
[...] (SBU) As the incident between AMIS and SLA Minawi near Labado on May 30 (reftel) occupied the majority of the CFC's time this week, the First Chamber meeting on June 4 and Second Chamber meeting on June 6 were cancelled. The tone of the meetings held was subdued. An investigation team for the [...]
2007-06-08 07:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM904SPLM Appeals for Funds, Outlines Efforts for Darfur
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) initiative to organize a conference of various Darfur factions faces significant logistical and financial obstacles but is moving forward. In several meetings in Juba, members of the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) provided a detai [...]
2007-06-08 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM906DARFUR - A CARJACKING A DAY KEEPS NGOS AWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-10 05:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM922DARFUR - GEREIDA CALM BUT UNPREDICTABLE
[...] (U) On May 22, a USAID assessment team traveled to the SLA/Minawi-held town of Gereida, South Darfur, in the first USG visit since a violent attack on humanitarian agencies led to their withdrawal in December 2006. In the absence of other relief organizations since the attack, the Internationa [...]
2007-06-11 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM929DARFUR: SPLM OUTLINES CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with donor governments, regional representatives, and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Taskforce on Darfur, Secretary General Pagan Amum emphasized that the SPLM would play a facilitation not a mediation role in the Darfur political process and outlined three-pha [...]
2007-06-12 14:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM930 APREZI RETURNS, SLM REP MELTS DOWN
[...] (SBU) African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Lt. Gen. Luke Aprezi returned to AMIS Force Headquarters on June 11. He expressed doubts that Gen. Martin Luther Agwai was a good selection to replace him as AMIS force commander, though admitted Agwai would be well-positioned to lead [...]
2007-06-12 16:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM935SPLM/DARFUR: AMUM REITERATES FOCUS ON REBELS, SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Meeting with Acting CG Juba and Poloff on June 13, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Secretary General Pagan Amum said that he shared U.S. concerns about the first phase of the SPLM's conference on Darfur. As outlined by the SPLM, phase one would bring together civil society grou [...]
2007-06-13 12:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM938 DARFUR - STILL WATERS RUN DEEP IN MUKJAR
[...] (U) Mukjar and the surrounding area in southern West Darfur is populated predominantly by the Fur ethnic group. The current population is approximately 15,000 people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs),300 refugees from Chad, and an estimated 400 of the original 5,000 residents. Mo [...]
2007-06-14 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM945NAVIGATING SUDAN'S MINEFIELDS
[...] (U) A May 22-31 visit to Sudan by Col. Stu Harris, Deputy Director for Programs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs helped address the growing tension among Sudanese officials, local mine action groups and international non-governmen [...]
2007-06-14 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP DMINE SU
07KHARTOUM947EMBASSY'S PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN
[...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. On June 12 the Embassy's Regional Affairs Officer and Regional Security Officer met with the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in order to seek clarification concerning the Sudanese Government's intention to reopen the stre [...]
2007-06-14 15:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC AMGMT SU
07KHARTOUM95 Sudan: Pres. Bashir Seeks Continued Role in Somali Talks,
[...] (U) President Bashir stated that Sudan continues to support Somalia, seeks to continue hosting talks among Somali parties, and offers training for Somali army and police units. His remarks, made during the January 20-22 visit to Khartoum of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, also pledged [...]
2007-01-22 15:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MASS SO SU
07KHARTOUM952Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas
[...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]
2007-06-15 13:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM960SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED
[...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he h [...]
2007-06-19 09:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM965CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY"
[...] (x) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you d [...]
2007-06-19 13:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM966SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED
[...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he ha [...]
2007-06-19 13:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM970Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas
[...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]
2007-06-20 04:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM972CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY" (CORRECTED COPY
[...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you [...]
2007-06-20 08:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM975 Confusion and Criticism Follow Further Changes to Foreign
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 29, in an action widely understood as a measure designed to prevent capital flight following tightened U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Exchange Administration of the Central Bank of Sudan announced an amendment to its foreign exchange regulations (reftel). After widespread cr [...]
2007-06-20 14:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
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