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08KINSHASA54	Goma Report for January 19 - Kabila [...] (SBU) Summary: With forty-eight hours left in the Kivus Conference, President Kabila summoned diplomats present in Goma January 19 to outline the peace process that would be established by the conference. The government and all internal armed forces and ethnic communities in the Kivus would [...]	2008-01-21 09:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG

08KINSHASA544	GDRC SENDING 20 ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Theophile Mbayo, Foreign Minister Mbusa's Advisor for the Great Lakes Region, told us June 18 that the GDRC plans to send 20 election observers to Zimbabwe next week for the second round of Presidential elections. The delegation will include civil society, Congolese Independent Electora [...]	2008-06-20 06:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ZI CG
08KINSHASA548	FRENCH SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VISITS DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: French Secretary for Human Rights Rama Yade re-extended an invitation to President Kabila to visit France, announced a 300,000 euro grant to assist street children in Kinshasa and made a side trip to Bukavu during her June 8-11 visit to the DRC visit. The French hope Kabila wi [...]	2008-06-24 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI CG FR
08KINSHASA55	Goma Report for January 20 - CNDP Makes [...] (SBU) Summary: On what was meant to be the next-to-last day of the Kivus Conference (now apparently extended to January 22),the CNDP expressed dissatisfaction on multiple points. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On what was meant to be a final day of preparations before closure on January 21, the [...]	2008-01-21 09:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA555	GOMA NOTES 06/13/08: NAIROBI PROCESS - 26TH MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 26th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, held in Bukavu June 13, featured a briefing on FARDC operations against the FDLR by General Patrick Masunzu of the 10th Military Region. Masunzu reported that four newly-deployed integrated and MONUC-trained battalions [...]	2008-06-25 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA560	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-06-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA563	GOMA SITUATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent absence of the principal Congolese actors from Goma has resulted in lost time and inefficiencies in the Amani process. The Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security is now not meeting, but the International Facilitation and MONUC are mapping out a plan for rev [...]	2008-07-01 15:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA569	DEATH OF KINSHASA PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY VICE PRESIDENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The vice-president of the Kinshasa provincial legislature, a member of the main opposition party "Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo (MLC)" was killed at a roadblock early July 6 in the Ma Campagne quarter of Kinshasa. Four men have been detained by the national police in co [...]	2008-07-08 15:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA57	MONUC'S Kivus Conference sitrep report #8; [...] (U) Summary: South Kivu Communities finished their presentations. North Kivu armed groups starting with CNDP take the floor in this fifth day of plenary sessions. End summary. 2. (SBU) After the extremist speeches from yesterday, particularly directed against the Banyamulenge by the Bem [...]	2008-01-21 11:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA570	DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR reports repatriation of over 10,600 Congolese as of June 2008. There are currently over 338,000 Congolese refugees in neighboring countries and over 176,000 refugees from other countries in the DRC. Repatriation of Congolese from Tanzania has recently halted, repatriati [...]	2008-07-08 15:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG TZ UG ZA UN
08KINSHASA579	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAJOR ISSUES AT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche July 9 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo of the International Organizations Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EconOff delivered demarche July 2 to the Minister of Economy's office at the Ministry of Economy and Trade. 2. Matondo stated that the GDRC wou [...]	2008-07-10 07:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO CG
08KINSHASA58	Major breakthrough as CNDP agrees [...] (SBU) Summary: After intense discussions with leaders of the Kivus Conference late January 20 and early January 21, CNDP agreed that it would sign the final conference declaration with some additional text changes. There remain the issues of getting other armed groups on board, and approval [...]	2008-01-21 14:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA584	THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, NGO's and UN officials here have confirmed that a number of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) cases by MONUC peacekeepers are currently under investigation. The good news is that the monthly rate of SEA allegations has gone down since 2005. Also, ther [...]	2008-07-14 15:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CG
08KINSHASA586	CNDP UNHAPPY WITH GDRC AMANI PROVINCIAL STRUCTURES DECREE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Goma office and CNDP leadership met July 11 to discuss CNDP concerns about the GDRC decree establishing Amani program provincial commissions and CNDP roles in the sub-commissions. The CNDP is concerned about the absence of humanitarian structures and the level of C [...]	2008-07-14 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA593	CNDP, AT JULY 14 MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL FACILITATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation in Goma met with CNDP representatives Rene Abandi and Bertrand Bisimwa July 14 to discuss further the CNDP concerns outlined reftel. Abandi and Bisimwa reported that the CNDP has not backed off from these concerns, and also that the group may now [...]	2008-07-16 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA594	Tripartite Plus: Coordinator's Visit to Kinshsa [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Joyce Leader, Snior Coordinator of the Tripartite Plus Joint Comission, traveled to Kinshasa June 22-23 as partof a regional trip to Tripartite Plus capitals. Hr schedule included meetings with Foreign Ministr Mbusa, CHOD Kayembe, Presidential Envoy Seraphi Ngwej, an [...]	2008-07-17 14:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA596	TWO KILLED IN ATTACK ON WWF VEHICLE IN VIRUNGA PARK [...] (U) The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) confirmed through a press release July 9 that two people were killed and three injured in an attack on a WWF vehicle in Virunga National Park, around 150 km north of Goma (Note: No U.S. citizens were involved. End note) The vehicle, a Toyota pickup truck, was [...]	2008-07-21 05:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KENV CG
08KINSHASA598	NEW WAVE OF CONGOLESE EXPULSIONS FROM ANGOLA [...] (SBU) Summary: According to reliable sources, Angolan forces have expelled more than 60,000 Congolese in the first six months of 2008. A CARITAS-Germany representative and a MONUC Joint Military Analysis Center (JMAC) analyst told PolOff July 8-9 that Angola is expelling Congolese nationals [...]	2008-07-21 12:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL AO CG
08KINSHASA599	MISSION OFFICER GOMA ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY WHEN UN CAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission officer Nicholas Jenks and a small party of international functionaries assigned to Goma undertook to visit territory held by irregular armed groups in outlying areas on Friday, July 18, together with "Museveni" (nom de guerre),representing the PARECO insurgency. The [...]	2008-07-22 07:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA600	GOMA PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation met July 17 in Goma with Apollinaire Malu Malu, acting SRSG Ross Mountain, and a number of MONUC staff members to discuss a variety of issues related to the Goma process. With respect to the continued non-participation of the CNDP and its set of g [...]	2008-07-22 07:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA603	JULY 18 MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE DEALS WITH ANTI-FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary: The 31st meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force on July 18 was, overall, a cordial gathering. U.S. members of the International Facilitation in attendance were DCM Sam Brock and Program Officer Geoffrey Parker. In the absence of Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU chairmanshi [...]	2008-07-22 12:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA613	CNDP SOLDIERS TURN BACK FACILITATION CONVOY [...] (SBU) Summary: International Facilitation and MONUC officials, traveling overland to Kirolirwe for a previously scheduled meeting with Nkunda July 23, were turned back at a CNDP barrier approximately ten miles from Kimoka. CNDP soldiers on the scene provided no explanation, and an attempt to [...]	2008-07-28 08:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA614	FRF AGREES (POSSIBLY) TO REJOIN AMANI PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Apollinaire Malu Malu and members of the International Facilitation (IF) traveled to Kamombo, South Kivu July 22 to persuade the leadership of the FRF (Forces republicaines federalistes in French) to rejoin the Amani process. The FRF agreed to return to the process should the C [...]	2008-07-28 08:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA625	STORM CLOUDS GATHER AROUND AMANI PROCESS; WILL FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Defense Minister Chikez convened a meeting July 28 with ambassadors of major donor countries and MONUC to discuss security sector reform (SSR),focusing specifically on three main areas: peace processes in the east; rapid reaction force training; and overall institutional deve [...]	2008-07-31 08:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA63	ON THE ROAD TO BETTER DRC AND UGANDA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-December 2007, representatives to the 5th Session of the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) between the governments of Uganda and the DRC met in Kampala to discuss a wide array of issues in their bilateral relationship. On December 27, PolOff and EconOff met with Minister [...]	2008-01-23 06:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREL PREF PBTS CG
08KINSHASA630	GDRC receives surrender July 31 of RUD soldiers [...] (SBU) The recent surrender of 67 Rassemblement pour l'Unit et la Democratie (RUD) soldiers in a public ceremony in North Kivu on July 31 was a small but potentially significant victory for DDRRR. The ceremony took place in the vicinity of Luofu in Lubero district. In attendance were the DRC M [...]	2008-08-05 06:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN
08KINSHASA64	Day of Disappointment at Kivus Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: January 22, the day the Kivus Conference was supposed to close, started with optimism in the anticipation that it would be the day of signing of an accord to end conflict in the Kivus. The day bogged down, however, as the CNDP went back on its commitment of the previous day. [...]	2008-01-23 10:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA644	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (SBU) DCM verbally delivered demarche per reftel July 25 to Ignace Gata, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs as Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi was unavailable. Gata requested a meeting July 29 with DCM to discuss the Zimbabwe in detail. Poloff attended as notetaker. Gata advisor Jean [...]	2008-08-06 15:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI BC CG
08KINSHASA646	DRC COPPERBELT - TENKE FUNGURUME MINING MAKES NO SMALL [...] (U) This cable represents innovative collaboration in resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka. It is the fourth in a series of six cables on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)/Zambia Copperbelt (reftels). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The T [...]	2008-08-06 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08KINSHASA648	32nd MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 32nd meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force July 25 was unusually short at just over three hours. U.S. members of the International Facilitation were Nicholas Jenks and Geoffrey Parker. Jean-Michel Dumont of the EU chaired the meeting. Due to a misunderstanding, [...]	2008-08-07 11:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA65	Breakthrough with Nkunda [...] (SBU) Summary: After a discouraging day January 22, (reftel) the morning of January 23 brought a breaking of the impasse with the CNDP. Nkunda has ordered his delegation to return to Goma and sign an agreement with a few more changes in his favor. The key was direct telephonic contact betwe [...]	2008-01-23 14:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA654	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (SBU) Following is interim response regarding GDRC attendance at 63rd UN General Assembly. Post will continue to engage MFA in effort to obtain attendance information and report same as soon as available: A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Re [...]	2008-08-11 07:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP
08KINSHASA655	CNDP PARTICIPATES IN AUGUST 6-7 MEETING IN GOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Steering Committee of the Amani Process met in Goma August 6-7 with the presence of the CNDP and FRF, which had not participated in recent meetings. Interior Minister Kalume presided over the deliberations with greater assertiveness than Father Apollinaire Malu Malu, the A [...]	2008-08-11 07:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA663	DRC/ZAMBIA - COBALT MINES AND PRICES BOOM [...] (U) This cable represents the fifth in a series of reports stemming from an innovative resource-reporting and commercial advocacy collaboration between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka (reftels). The sixth report will summarize DRC copper/cobalt mines. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Internat [...]	2008-08-13 10:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08KINSHASA664	AMANI PROGRAM WORKING GROUP ON THE EXTENSION OF STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: European Union (EU) political advisor Veronique Aulagnon provided Emboff notes from the August 9 meeting of the Amani Program working group on the extension of state authority in North and South Kivu. Provincial government members suggested increasing the number and pay of mag [...]	2008-08-14 06:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA665	AD HOC FACILITATION MEETING WITH CNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation in Goma held an informal meeting August 11 with two CNDP representatives, Rene Abandi and Bertrand Bisimwa. The two representatives raised a new CNDP concern: a recent statement by RCD ("Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie" in French, a po [...]	2008-08-14 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA678	DEMARCHE TO CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Per instructions ref (A),Ambassador met August 14 with National Security Advisor Lufunda Kaumba and Deputy Interior Minister Joseph Mpango Okundo. Interior Minister Denis Kalume dropped out at the last minute and sent his deputy (Mpango Okundo) instead. Also present were DCM Brock and G [...]	2008-08-18 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PTER MOPS RW UG CG
08KINSHASA683	UNHCR EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy's Political Officer in Goma spoke with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) leadership in Goma, Coordinator for the East Karl Steinacker and Head of Sub-Office Ibrahima Coly. After years of minimal involvement in North Kivu, UNHCR is ramping up programs in the c [...]	2008-08-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA684	CONVERSATION WITH CNDP REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID Goma officer held a private meeting with CNDP representatives Rene Abandi and Bertrand Bisimwa at their request August 13. USAID officer stressed that the CNDP should take meaningful action to demonstrate that they are not completely out of the Amani process. The CNDP r [...]	2008-08-20 14:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA689	GOMA ROUND-UP AUGUST 19 [...] (SBU) EU representative Veronique Aulagnon told Goma PolOff August 19 that EU envoy Roeland van de Geer planned to attend the September 1 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group in Kinshasa. He planned to travel first to Kigali, to meet Sezibera August 27, and then to Goma on August 28. Van de [...]	2008-08-21 15:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA693	PRESS FREEDOM QUARTERLY: APRIL-JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese security personnel, often under orders from government officials, as well as illegal armed groups continue to harass, intimidate, and detain journalists. Federal immigration service agents (DGM - "Direction General de Migration" in French) detained an independent Bel [...]	2008-08-25 13:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA700	JOINT MONITORING GROUP TASK FORCE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/DDRRR reported that in July, it had transferred 97 FDLR members to Rwanda, although Rwanda classified fewer than half that number as ex-combatants. The GDRC did not object, as long as those repatriated were properly accepted in Rwanda. The Rwandan side stressed the impo [...]	2008-08-26 14:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA701	GOMA ROUND UP FOR AUGUST 24, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: A glitch with the CNDP, which would have forestalled the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, appears to have been resolved. The International Facilitation team will meet CNDP and Etumba August 25 to try to ensure the parties stick to script. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-08-26 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA702	Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of [...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...]	2008-08-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA704	Minutes of the August 22 Meeting of the [...] Introductory Remarks 2. Elaborate recommendations for JMG /TF field visits 3. Discussion of next field visit : GoDRC and GoR 4. Recommendation to the Special Envoys 5. Minutes of the last meeting 6. AOB 7. Agenda for the next meeting 8. Closing Remarks Summary of discussion [...]	2008-08-27 16:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA705	Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of [...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...]	2008-08-27 16:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA706	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (SBU) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and beyond [...]	2008-08-27 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA71	Kivus Conference Closure Ceremony [...] (U) Summary: The five-hour closing ceremony of the Kivus Conference January 23 featured the two-hour signing of the "Acte d'Engagement" by 58 parties. The CNDP was the first and the key signer. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The much delayed-closing ceremony of the Kivus Conference on Peace, Se [...]	2008-01-24 10:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA713	Goma Report August 28 - [...] (SBU) Summary: By the end of the day, MONUC had not ascertained responsibility for the clashes that occurred in the Rutshuru area August 28, nor the extent of casualties or collateral damage. Political damage was clear: CNDP did not attend the North Kivu working group on disengagement. Howe [...]	2008-08-29 09:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA719	Goma Report August 31 - Assessing [...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of fire flared up on August 28, 29, and 30 along various points east of the Goma-Rutshuru road where FARDC and CNDP forces have been separated by a buffer zone and relatively quiet for several months. The spark appears to have been a major theft of cattle from the CN [...]	2008-09-02 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA721	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CG GG RU
08KINSHASA722	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP CG GM IR
08KINSHASA723	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP CG GM IR
08KINSHASA724	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CG GG RU
08KINSHASA725	PLANE CRASHES NEAR BUKAVU; NO SIGN OF SURVIVORS [...] (SBU) Summary. An Air Serv International plane carrying seventeen persons, including two pilots, crashed in heavy rain near Bukavu on September 1. Rescue efforts remain underway, but there are no signs of survivors. Several UN and aid workers were on board, but no American citizens were lis [...]	2008-09-03 07:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CG
08KINSHASA726	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (SBU) Following is an updated response regarding GDRC attendance at the 63rd UN General Assembly. Post will continue to engage MFA to obtain additional attendance details: A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Arrival an [...]	2008-09-03 09:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP
08KINSHASA728	Goma Report September 3 - Stoning of [...] (SBU) Summary: The international facilitation team traveled via MONUC convoy September 2 to three sensitive areas along the confrontation line between FARDC and CNDP in Rutshuru territory, hoping to affirm FARDC withdrawal from two newly occupied positions. FARDC still occupies those positio [...]	2008-09-04 07:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA733	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and bey [...]	2008-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR CG
08KINSHASA734	Goma Report September 5: CNDP Captures Katsiru [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP launched a three-pronged attack at dawn September 5 and drove FARDC out of Katsiru. The International Facilitation team has urged FARDC and CNDP to begin urgent military talks to get forces back to positions held two weeks ago. CNDP insists on such talks taking place at [...]	2008-09-08 07:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA735	MINISTER OF MINES SHARES VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Econcouns delivered reftel points to Minister of Mines Martin Kabwelulu on September 3, highlighting the need for a transparent mining review process and fair treatment for U.S. investors including OM Group. Minister Kabwelulu provided an overview of the mining review [...]	2008-09-08 08:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EMIN CG
08KINSHASA736	Goma Report September 6 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP continued northward September 6 and occupied Nyanzale with no resistance. MONUC's North Kivu brigade reacted with uncharacteristic firmness. CNDP has evacuated the FARDC's 7th brigade headquarters at Nyanzale and promised to evacuate the town within hours. End Summary. [...]	2008-09-08 08:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA738	DRC Government agrees to SOFA [...] After initially requesting that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo enter into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) more than a year ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy on August 30 via diplomatic note that the GDRC has accepted the proposed terms and pr [...]	2008-09-08 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA739	Goma Report September 8: Continued [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes occurred in yet another area September 8, with CNDP occupying Numbi just across the provincial border in South Kivu. North Kivu brigade fired on CNDP north of Nyanzale September 7, to keep CNDP elements from moving on Kikuku. On the other hand, CNDP had withdrawn from [...]	2008-09-09 08:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA741	Goma Report September 9: [...] (SBU) Summary: A force of at least 200 CNDP on September 9 reached Kayala, 20 km south of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga, and could reach that town by dawn September 10. Meanwhile, CNDP withdrew from Numbi in South Kivu. End Summary. 2. (SBU) At the end of day September 9, poloff me [...]	2008-09-09 18:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA746	Goma Report September 10 - [...] (SBU) Summary: CDNP forces on September 10 remain within striking distance of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga (well north of the normal area of CNDP control),but MONUC has strengthened its presence there and CNDP has not moved further north. Meanwhile, heavy fire erupted in the hills wes [...]	2008-09-11 09:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA748	Meeting of Senior Advisor for [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP told Senior Advisor Shortley September 4 that it agreed in principle to (1) withdrawal to positions held on August 28; (2) disengagement talks in Kimoka on the basis of a proposed plan by MONUC; (3) agreement in principle of the Phase 1 disengagement, disarmament and integ [...]	2008-09-12 07:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA750	Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: General Etumba said that CNDP's participation in the Amani process was essential, but he balked at disengagement talks being held at Kimoka, noting CNDP had already agreed to an ad hoc process in Goma. International Facilitation team expressed surprise at the lack of a meeting [...]	2008-09-12 07:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA751	Goma Report September 11 - MONUC Goes [...] (SBU) Summary: Reflecting a marked change of MONUC's military posture, Force Commander General Gaye told the facilitation team September 11 that MONUC would use force as necessary to push CNDP back to previous lines. By the end of the day, North Kivu brigade said it had evicted CNDP from two [...]	2008-09-12 08:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA757	Goma Report September 12: [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12 the MONUC military facilitated CNDP withdrawal from recently-occupied areas, giving CNDP an ultimatum of 12:00 September 13 to make a complete withdrawal. EU Special Envoy van de Geer will meet CNDP at Kimoka September 13. FARDC's willingness to make a reciproc [...]	2008-09-13 13:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA759	Kabila reaffirms commitment to Amani Process [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila came for an infrequent visit to Goma September 13 following CNDP's unilateral declaration of withdrawal and summoned P-5 ambassadors for a tour d'horizon September 14. Kabila was clear in his support for the Amani process which, it was announced at the meeting [...]	2008-09-15 09:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA767	DRC PRESS MINISTER BANS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, 2008 Press Minister Emile Bongeli signed a decree shutting down five Kinshasa TV stations for allegedly running afoul of national media laws. A local human rights group depicts the ban as unsubstantiated and an attack on freedom of speech targeting opposition [...]	2008-09-16 10:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
08KINSHASA769	Goma Report September 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: The only area of continued firing remains the Ngungu-Kirtoshe area. Nkunda and CNDP are not communicating with EU special envoy Van de Geer. MONUC has presented a plan for zones of separation to the government, to include FARDC departure from positions in Rutshuru buffer zone [...]	2008-09-16 11:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA770	SEPTEMBER 16 SPOT REPORT: FIGHTING NEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting near Kirotshe September 16 is worse than first indicated, with FARDC bringing in tanks. It is not clear if FARDC is planning to go on offensive just when MONUC had presented plan for separation of forces. Meanwhile, a MONUC armored personnel carrier overturned north [...]	2008-09-16 16:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA771	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Alice Kintembe on September 15, highlighting Michel Sidibe's qualifications and encouraging GDRC support for his candidacy for UNAIDS Executive Director. Kintembe noted the UN's str [...]	2008-09-18 06:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV UNGA EAID CG
08KINSHASA775	Government approves, begins implementation of [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC, with support from the international facilitation (U.S., EU),unveiled September 18 to the GDRC a North Kivu disengagement plan which the government has accepted and begun to implement. The plan calls for withdrawal from forward positions occupied August 28-29. Implemen [...]	2008-09-19 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA776	GDRC INVITS NTSB TO ASSIST WITH AIR SERV CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) extended an invitation verbally through Econoff for the NTSB to assist in the investigation of the September Air Serv crash near Bukavu (Ref A). The NTSB ivestigator hopes to bring the Flight Data Recorder ack to the U.S. for analysis a [...]	2008-09-22 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CG
08KINSHASA777	Goma Report September 20: [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC launched an early morning offensive September 20 into CNDP terrain north of Sake and in the course of the day was repelled by CNDP. The MONUC base at Kimoka was caught in the crossfire. This grave violation of the ceasefire came a half day after the Minister of Defense [...]	2008-09-22 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA778	Goma Report September 19: Masisi Fighting [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC helicopters fired on CNDP four miles south of Masisi, forestalling a possible CNDP move on Masisi or Katale. Minister of Defense warned the facilitation team that it had only two more days to get Nkunda's agreement to the disengagement plan and then use of force ("contrai [...]	2008-09-22 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA78	Fifth Meeting of Joint Monitoring Group Task Force [...] (U) Reftels are reports on prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. (U) Summary: The Task Force of the Joint Monitoring Group had its fifth meeting January 18 in Goma. The Rwandans promised to have the list of genocidaires (perhaps over 10,000) ready in time for relocation of ex-FAR elements to re [...]	2008-01-25 08:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA781	GDRC INVITES NTSB TO ASSIST WITH AIR SERV [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) extended an invitation verbally through Econoff for the NTSB to assist in the investigation of the September 1 AirServ crash near Bukavu (Ref A). The NTSB investigator hopes to bring the Flight Data Recorder back to the U.S. for analysis [...]	2008-09-22 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CG
08KINSHASA786	Goma report September 22: Restiveness [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC launched indiscriminate barrages from Sake into the western heights September 22, uncoordinated with MONUC. Corpses arriving in Goma September 21 stirred angry mobs in the city, and MONUC restricted movement of its civilian employees. Both the government and CNDP appear [...]	2008-09-23 06:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA787	GDRC TAKING STRIDES TO ADDRESS TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has recently taken positive steps to address trafficking in persons. It has made some progress in addressing the problems of child soldiering and children working in the mining sector. NGO groups, however, have highlighted a troubling trend throughout the DRC of grow [...]	2008-09-23 06:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM KWMN CG
08KINSHASA791	DRC COPPER BELT: DREAMS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES [...] (U) This cable represents the sixth and final in an innovative collaboration in resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka (reftels). Embassy Pretoria Minerals/Energy Officer and Specialist visited six of the largest mines in the DRC (and four [...]	2008-09-23 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08KINSHASA797	Goma Report September 23: [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite FARDC's misbehavior at Sake September 20 and 22, MinDef promised September 23 that FARDC would withdraw, as scheduled in the disengagement plan, from forward positions in the Rutshuru corridor beginning September 25. However, the populace is still blocking MONUC in the [...]	2008-09-25 06:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA799	Amani Program Steering Committee meets 23 [...] (U) The Amani Steering Group, tasked with monitoring progress on the implementation of the Goma agreements of January, 2008 (the "Actes d'Engagement") met September 23 in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu. The selection of Bukavu follows a decision by Denis Kalume, Interior Minist [...]	2008-09-25 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA8	Kivus Conference opens in Goma without Kabila; [...] (SBU) Summary: The ceremonial opening on January 6 of the projected week-long Conference on North and South Kivu (reftel) kept to a positive script. Absent at the opening ceremony was President Joseph Kabila; he did now show, it is believed, because of security concerns. After gaining secur [...]	2008-01-07 12:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA800	Goma Report for September 24: More FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC attacked CNDP on a new front September 24, adding to its ceasefire violations over the past week. North Kivu brigade commander feels duped by FARDC. The city of Goma remained quiet throughout the day. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Despite another reaffirmation by the gover [...]	2008-09-25 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA802	DRC PRIME MINISTER GIZENGA RESIGNS [...] (U) Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga delivered his resignation letter to President Joseph Kabila today, September 25. In a subsequent address on national television, Gizenga cited health reasons as the driving force behind his resignation, which Kabila has yet to formally accept. Although it w [...]	2008-09-25 16:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA804	40TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 4oth meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force in Goma was held GIVE DATE. The weapons destruction ceremony planned for the meeting was canceled due to ongoing fighting near Sake. A joint MDPR/DDRRR assessment mission to the RUD disarmament camp in Kasiki revealed [...]	2008-09-26 07:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA806	Goma Report September 25: Further FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: On the day FARDC was meant to have started withdrawing from the eastern zone of separation, September 25, it penetrated further into CNDP territory in the northern sector. A demonstration against MONUC and U.S. NGOs may occur September 26 in Rutshuru. End Summary. 2. (SB [...]	2008-09-26 09:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA808	Goma Report September 26: Signs of [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC appears September 26 to have begun withdrawal from the eastern (Rutshuru) zone of separation. FARDC and the territorial administrator helped quell a demonstration in Rutshuru. CNDP has counterattacked in the northern zone. End Summary. 2. (SBU) FARDC showed the f [...]	2008-09-29 08:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA809	Goma Report September 28: [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC has done some withdrawing from the Rutshuru corridor, while pounding away at CNDP sites near Rugari and reinforcing its hold on Tongo. Meanwhile, CNDP has occupied much of the buffer zone at Ngungu, making commencement of the southern zone of separation doubtful. End Su [...]	2008-09-29 09:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA810	Goma Report September 27: Trouble [...] (SBU) Summary: After the FARDC's sweep into CNDP territory in the northern sector, CNDP has responded with a move back toward Nyanzale. FARDC continues to hold the key CNDP town of Tongo, but has partially withdrawn from the Rutshuru zone of separation. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On Septemb [...]	2008-09-29 09:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA812	MINISTER OF PLAN WELCOMES CAS AND HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Plan Olivier Kamitatu told USAID Director, DCM and Econcouns on September 18 that he welcomed the new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and hoped to engage international partners to improve DRC's investment climate and increase private sector development. Kamitatu [...]	2008-09-29 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA814	Goma Report September 29: At meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: Facilitation members joined a MONUC-CNDP meeting near Bunagana September 29, in which CNDP refused to consider any further withdrawals from proposed zones of separation until FARDC ceases all military action and withdraws to pre-August 28 positions. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-09-30 07:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA818	Goma Report September 30: North [...] (SVB) Summary: General Rawat told facilitation team September 30 that after a month of fighting, CNDP appeared to have weakened, but there was still no likely military solution. Chief of army staff Kayembe told him he was amenable to direct military talks between CNDP and Etumba. EU rep Du [...]	2008-10-01 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA832	KABILA MAKES LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila signed three ordinances September 24 appointing nearly three hundred individuals to sub-provincial government positions. The list included both new political appointees and incumbents, as well as non-partisan civil servants at the district commissioner, mayor and d [...]	2008-10-02 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA838	Goma Report October 3: Belligerent [...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu has had it fourth quiet day militarily October 3, even while Nkunda has called for national liberation, and FARDC claims an imminent CNDP attack, for which North Kivu brigade sees no evidence. The little ceasefire augurs well, but the belligerent language augurs bad [...]	2008-10-03 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA840	Goma Report October 4: Nkunda on Okapi; [...] (SBU) Summary: Nkunda gave an interview to MONUC's radio Okapi October 4 which was even more truculent than his BBC interview, and complained when Okapi refused to air it. Acting SRSG Mountain came to Goma and assured Abbe Malu Malu that MONUC would continue with the Amani program, with a fo [...]	2008-10-06 13:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG

08KINSHASA841	MONUC's October 3 Statement [...] (SBU) On October 3 the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) issued a statement criticizing the decision by Laurent Nkunda, leader of the insurgent group known as CNDP ("Congres National pour la Defense du Peuple" in French) to withdraw from the Amani process and redefine [...]	2008-10-06 13:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA843	RENEWED FIGHTING IN ITURI PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been renewed fighting in Ituri Province, as LRA rebels attacked DRC villages September 17-26 and the previously dormant Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FPRI-Force Patriotique de Resistance in Ituri) attacked FARDC positions and villages south of Bunia beginnin [...]	2008-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG
08KINSHASA844	Minister of Foreign Affairs convokes [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mbusa Nyamwisi convoked UN Security Council P-5 representatives on October 4 to make an official statement on the situation in the eastern part of the Congo and to discuss GDRC preoccupations with Laurent Nkunda's recent belligerent declarat [...]	2008-10-06 14:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA845	October 3 discussion with Colonel Mamba, [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke October 3 with the head of the Congolese delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force, Colonel Augustin Mamba. Mamba claimed the RUD disarmament in Kasiki was overall a success story. He explained that working together with certain figures that [...]	2008-10-06 15:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA864	Goma Report October 8: Heavy Fighting in [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting erupted October 8 in the Rutshuru region. CNDP overran a FARDC brigade head-quarters near Rumangabo, apparently inflicting heavy casualties and capturing significant amounts of military equipment. MONUC told post that CNDP almost certainly initiated the fightin [...]	2008-10-09 16:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA868	Goma Report October 9: Rutshuru fighting subsides; CNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: There were no major incidents on October 9, following heavy fighting on October 8. Stating it was responding to the SRSG's request, CNDP announced it would withdraw from the FARDC base at Rumangabo. There were anti-MONUC demonstrations by students in Kisangani, the first such [...]	2008-10-10 11:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA87	Post-Conference in Goma: Struggling with Implementation [...] (SBU) Summary: The structure and timing for implementing the Acte d'Engagement and recommendations of the Kivus Conference -- particularly establishment of the technical committee on security -- remain unclear, as the conference leaders and FARDC have different approaches. Most of the heavy-h [...]	2008-01-28 16:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CG
08KINSHASA873	Kabila breaks silence with call for national [...] (U) In a late evening national television speech on October 9, President Joseph Kabila appealed to the nation to mobilize in support of the armed forces and elected government. The appeal came in the context of renewed conflict in the eastern Congo, deteriorating regional relations, and the a [...]	2008-10-10 15:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA882	KABILA NOMINATES PALU CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINSTER POST [...] (U) Late on October 10, President Joseph Kabila nominated Adolphe Muzito to be Prime Minster. Muzito is currently Minister of Budget and a member of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU -- "Parti unifie lumumbiste" in French). The nomination was announced 24 hours after a televised address duri [...]	2008-10-14 14:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA883	Kabila rejects AU plea from Jean Ping [...] (SBU) African Union Commission Chair Jean Ping made a lightning trip to Kinshasa October 10-12 in an effort to defuse tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda over fighting in the eastern DRC. Ping met with P-3 plus 2 ambassadors, SRSG Alan Doss, EU representatives, Se [...]	2008-10-14 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO AU CG
08KINSHASA884	Goma Report October 10: North Kivu Calm; [...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu was generally calm October 10, but fighting between FARDC and the Popular Front for Justice in Congo (FPJC-Front Populaire pour la Justice au Congo) in Ituri provoked momentary fear of an FPJC attack on Bunia. Demonstrations against MONUC continued in Kisangani, but [...]	2008-10-15 12:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA885	JOINT MONUC-FARDC PATROL SUCCESSFUL AGAINST FDLR [...] (U) MONUC and FARDC units carried out joint patrols October 7-10 in and around the village of Mpofi, 45 kilometers east of Walikale Town in North Kivu. Limited access to the remote area has encouraged the presence of FDLR ("Forces democratiques pour la liberation de Rwanda" in French) and oth [...]	2008-10-15 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA886	DRC PRESSES MONUC FOR ACTIVATION OF VERIFICATION [...] (U) DRC Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi delivered a letter October 9 to UN SRSG Alan Doss requesting activation of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) to investigate GDRC allegations of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) involvement in recent clashes between Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and arme [...]	2008-10-15 17:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA890	42ND MEETING OF THE JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) The 42nd meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force was held October 10 in the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi. All key Task Force members were present. The Task Force agreed upon a document prepared by the Chairman (the U.S. Office in Goma currently holds the rotating chair [...]	2008-10-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA891	Kabila visits Quebec City to promote Kinshasa's [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila has broken with his preference for staying at home to instead attend this week's Francophonie Summit in Quebec City. Just days ago, the Democratic Republic of the Congo submitted its letter of candidacy for Kinshasa to host the 2010 summit; the only oth [...]	2008-10-16 14:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID SCUL CG
08KINSHASA897	Prominent Banyamulenge Criticizes Nkunda [...] (SBU) Summary: Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a prominent Banyamulenge leader, recently told post that Nkunda's actions were in fact creating anti-Tutsi sentiment throughout the Kivus. Nkunda was thus putting Congolese Tutsis at risk, rather than protecting the community, as he constantly claim [...]	2008-10-17 10:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM CG
08KINSHASA898	GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 15: POSSIBLE FARDC WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff met with FARDC General Lukama October 15 to receive his assessment of the situation in North Kivu. Lukama confirmed that going after the FDLR was a second-order priority for the FARDC compared to fighting the CNDP. He noted that his greatest challenge was his units [...]	2008-10-17 11:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA900	Next Steps For Joint Verification Team [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff spoke with members of the Goma-based Joint Verification Team (JVT) to determine next steps following the GDRC's formal request to investigate Rwandan support of the CNDP (reftel). The JVT team leader said that the process, from submission of the request until a fin [...]	2008-10-20 13:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA901	GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 17: NORTH KIVU PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke with the North Kivu Provincial Assembly President, Leon Bariyanga, and two colleagues to discuss recent governmental defections to the CNDP, alleged harassment of Tutsis, and general security in North Kivu. They complained that the CNDP problem was inhibiting [...]	2008-10-20 14:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA904	Roeland Van de Geer Briefs MONUC, International [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with MONUC and the international facilitation October 17, EU Great Lakes Envoy Roeland van de Geer said that National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe had recently been more open to FARDC/CNDP bilateral talks on military issues. Kamerhe added that political talks could f [...]	2008-10-20 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA906	CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF DRC CONDEMNS [...] (U) The Congolese Catholic Conference of Bishops ("Conference Episcopale Nationale du Congo" - CENCO - in French) issued a statement October 13 expressing grave concern about the resumption of hostilities between armed groups and government forces in the eastern part of the country. The state [...]	2008-10-21 13:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA909	ARRIVAL OF SECOND MONUC DEPUTY SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Algeria native Leila Zerrougui has recently assumed the position of MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG). She will join DSRSG Ross Mountain as one of two deputies to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss. DRSG Mountain serves as the development and humanitarian coordinat [...]	2008-10-21 15:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA910	Goma Report: October 17-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Six CNDP soliders were reportedly killed during a firefight between CNDP and FARDC in Katali October 17. The Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FPRI-Force Patriotique de Resistance in Ituri) is expanding its operations. Although they number only approximately 250 combat [...]	2008-10-21 16:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA916	WAR OF THE DIP NOTES CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Post has received a copy of the GDRC's diplomatic note no. 130/12/CH/0894/2008, which was sent October 9 via MONUC to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) in response to the GOR's note of October 5 criticizing the GDRC for an "alliance" between the DRC's armed forces and the ex-FAR/Interahamwe [...]	2008-10-22 13:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
08KINSHASA918	THE DRC AND CHINA: WE CAN HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent public statements by the IMF, China (PRC)'s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) on the multi-billion dollar Sino-Congolese agreement concluded in early 2008 (ref A) share several common theme [...]	2008-10-22 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
08KINSHASA919	INTERVIEWS WITH ESCAPED CNDP SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 20 Goma Poloff had the opportunity to speak with three escaped CNDP soldiers. The soldiers, 13, 15, and 23 years old, had been brought to Goma by MONUC. The interview took place on the MONUC DDRRR compound where a handful of CNDP and FDLR escapees trickle in on a d [...]	2008-10-22 16:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KPKO KTIP CG
08KINSHASA921	EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]	2008-10-24 06:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA922	GOMA UPDATE: OPENING FOR POLITICAL TALKS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Alpha Sow of MONUC reported to the International Facilitation (IF) October 23 that FARDC's Admiral Etumba had told him that the GDRC would like to start serious operations against the FDLR. Etumba also reportedly said the GDRC was open to political talks with the CNDP. Colonel [...]	2008-10-24 06:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG
08KINSHASA925	DEMARCHE ON IMPORTANCE OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Charge d'Affaires and poloff delivered demarche October 23 to Ambassador Clementine Shakembo, Diplomatic Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. (Note: Meeting was held with Shakembo, Ministry's senior career employee, given unavailabilit [...]	2008-10-24 07:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CG ZI
08KINSHASA930	EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]	2008-10-27 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA931	GOMA NOTES: CNDP RETAKES RUMANGABO [...] (SBU) Summary: The CNDP has retaken the FARDC base at Rumangabo, as well as the town of Rumangabo. The CNDP claimed its actions were 'pre-emptive.' The fighting died down by nightfall October 26, but there is concern that the Goma-Rutshuru road will be blocked, something MONUC has consisten [...]	2008-10-27 12:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA933	KABILA NAMES NEW GOVERNMENT OCTOBER 26 [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila, in a government decree released late in the evening October 26, presented the new DRC cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Adolphe Muzito. Major changes include an increase in the number of ministers from 33 to 37 and the replacement of the three ministers of state [...]	2008-10-27 13:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA934	GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 24: ETUMBA EQUIVOCAL ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation (IF) met with the FARDC's Admiral Etumba on October 24. The IF pressed Etumba to clarify his recent comments to Alpha Sow, head of MONUC Eastern Coordination, regarding the GDRC's willingness to hold political talks with the CNDP. Etumba's vague [...]	2008-10-27 14:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG
08KINSHASA940	GOMA SITUATION REPORT - CONTINUING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: As of the morning of October 28, MONUC's no movement order was still in effect. Violent demonstrations started late in the morning of October 27 between the town center and the Goma airport, resulting in one civilian death outside of a MONUC transit camp, when a soldier from th [...]	2008-10-28 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA944	GOMA UPDATE OCTOBER 28-29: GOMA QUIET, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting has resumed the morning of October 29 near Kibumba. On October 28, approximately 200 CNDP troops entered the Virunga Forest, although it was uncertain whether they were headed south towards Goma or west to link up with other CNDP forces near Sake. There are conflictin [...]	2008-10-29 12:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA946	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 29, 2008, [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 20:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA951	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa's EAC met at 9:00am to discuss the situation in Goma (septel). RSO noted that there were reports the evening of October 29 of fleeing FARDC and [...]	2008-10-30 11:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA953	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Poloff spoke with MONUC contact in Goma at 1:45 p.m. who said that the situation in town appeared to be much improved. People were moving about in the streets and [...]	2008-10-30 17:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA954	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 31, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USG personnel recently evacuated to Gisenyi have not received permission to return to Goma at the present time. 3. (SBU) USG staff member based in Gisenyi rep [...]	2008-10-31 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA959	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) On the evening of November 1, Charge consulted with EAC members, as well as RSO Kigali and the Department's Operations Center, regarding the status of USG personn [...]	2008-11-03 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA963	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reported that banks in Goma have now reopened, a sign of normalization. All bank cash had reportedly been transferred to Kinsha [...]	2008-11-03 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA964	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) The EAC met today at 11:00 AM and decided to maintain the current mandate that USG employees return to Gisenyi during nighttime hours (septel). Efforts will be m [...]	2008-11-04 11:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA965	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC continues to reinforce Goma, to include armored personnel carriers at key locations, although troop levels appear to be less than optimal. MONUC military c [...]	2008-11-05 07:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA967	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi attended a MONUC military briefing the afternoon of November 4, at which it was confirmed that the GDRC curfew for Goma (applyin [...]	2008-11-05 11:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA971	DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent fighting between the CNDP and FARDC has displaced an estimated 250,000 IDP's since the end of August. Approximately 10,000 Congolese have crossed into Uganda over the last several weeks. UNHCR staff has just resumed operations in and around Goma. LRA activity has recen [...]	2008-11-05 15:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN
08KINSHASA972	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reports continued calm in Goma. However, because the possible impact of the PARECO-CNDP fighting (reftel) is unclear, OCHA has [...]	2008-11-05 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA973	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CRISIS PLAN TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly adopted on October 28 a non-binding plan for the DRC to deal with the crisis in eastern DRC. (Note: An unofficial embassy translation of the plan begins at para. 9. End note.) The plan proposes alternatives for political, military, and diplomatic dialo [...]	2008-11-05 17:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA974	CNDP THREATENS TO END ITS UNILATERAL CEASE- [...] (SBU) Post received a scanned copy of November 3 letter from CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss, in which the CNDP states that, unless certain conditions are met, it might end its unilateral cease-fire. These conditions are: GDRC commitment to the cease-fire; an end to FDLR [...]	2008-11-05 17:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG
08KINSHASA975	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES MUZITO GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly approved the government of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 2. The government easily obtained the necessary absolute majority vote following intense debate during an emergency plenary session of parliament. Muzito stressed reinforcing state author [...]	2008-11-06 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA980	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-06 11:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA983	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-06 16:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA984	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 7, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-07 11:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA986	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche and provided copies of the Financial Action Task Force guidance and State and Treasury Departments press statements on November 6 to Ministry of Finance Deputy Chief of Staff Isidore Omari Kampene. Omari did not have any immediate response, but said he [...]	2008-11-07 11:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CG
08KINSHASA987	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 11:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CG
08KINSHASA990	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-10 10:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA992	THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 13:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CG
08KINSHASA995	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-10 16:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA996	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 12, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-12 11:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA997	Foreign Minister Thambwe's November 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba convoked ambassadors November 11 for a briefing on the summits in Nairobi on November 7 and in Johannesburg on November 9. Nairobi had reaffirmed the Amani and Nairobi processes as the "only framework" for resolving the conflict in the ea [...]	2008-11-12 15:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA998	CNDP DENIES TARGETING CIVILIANS IN KIWANJA [...] (U) Post received a scanned copy of the November 10 press statement from CNDP Political Leadership Executive Secretary Deogratias Nzabirinda. In the letter, Nzabirinda categorically denied all allegations of CNDP-authored civilian assassinations at Kiwanja. The CNDP accused FARDC, in collabo [...]	2008-11-12 16:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA999	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 12, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-12 16:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KOLKATA104	MAOISTS SEEK TO EXPAND PRESENCE IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 4 and 14, Econoff met separately with a journalist who reports on and interacts with Maoist insurgents, and the former GOWB Home Secretary, who was responsible for overall state security and for the state government's response to the Maoist threat. Both acknowledged [...]	2008-03-28 09:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PINR ASEC IN
08KOLKATA106	LOCAL FARMERS PAID FOR ILLICIT POPPY CULTIVATION IN WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Illicit cultivation of poppy has been detected in a number of villages in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district. An unidentified group or organization is offering cash payments to farmers to grow illicit poppy. Poppy fields in this district are fragmented small plots, hidden [...]	2008-03-28 14:21:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM EAGR IN BG
08KOLKATA116	TIBETANS ARGUE OVER A THIRD RINPOCHE AS CALLS FOR A [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 27-30 visit to Darjeeling and adjoining towns, ConOff spoke with the Tibetan community about the unrest in Lhasa, and attended an enthronement ceremony for a possible Third Reincarnation of the Domogeshi Rinpoche. ConOff also visited the Tibetan Self-Help Center [...]	2008-04-10 10:00:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF IN CH NP
08KOLKATA123	AES EXPANSION PLANS INDICATE POWER SECTOR SUCCESS STORY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AES India, the wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of the US energy major AES Corporation, will invest around USD 1.2 billion each in two 1,200MW capacity coal-based power plants in Orissa and Chhattisgarh over the next few years. Collectively, the USD 2.4 billion investment will be [...]	2008-04-16 11:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EINV BEXP PGOV IN SENV
08KOLKATA134	THE EFFECT OF NEPAL'S MAOIST VICTORY ON INDIA'S LEFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eastern Indian security officials are concerned about the implications of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPNM)'s victory in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections for regional stability. Indian leaders have sought to put the best face on the CPNM's success, [...]	2008-04-28 04:10:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PREF PGOV PINR IN NP
08KOLKATA136	BIRD FLU SPREADS TO NEW AREAS IN TRIPURA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The H5N1 virus has spread to areas another village in Tripura's two AI-affected districts. On the basis of outbreak location maps, Tripura officials and post contacts suggest -- off-the-record -- that the infection arrived from neighboring Bangladesh. The state government is wo [...]	2008-04-28 17:00:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV AMED CASC IN BG
08KOLKATA14	AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFIRMED IN TWO WEST BENGAL DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Ministry of Agriculture announced the presence of the H5N1 virus at two poultry farms in West Bengal. Reportedly, 20-30,000 birds have died since January 7. Beginning January 16, approximately 100,000 birds will be culled within a five kilometer radius from Birbhum, w [...]	2008-01-15 12:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV CASC PGOV IN
08KOLKATA16	EXPLOSION DAMAGES BUILDINGS NEAR CONSULATE [...] (SBU) On January 16, at about 0950 hours, an explosion occurred on Kolkata's Shakespeare Sarani street, approximately one block or 200 meters from the U.S. Consulate. The explosion was in front of the Hindustan Unilever House; reportedly injuring five pedestrians, destroying signs and shatter [...]	2008-01-16 11:32:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER IN
08KOLKATA160	CPM LOSES GROUND IN LOCAL ELECTIONS DUE TO THEIR VIOLENT [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) led Left Front suffered a serious setback in the local level "Panchayat" elections in the state. The CPM's control was diminished at all three levels of the Panchayat structure. While land acquisition for industry [...]	2008-05-28 06:42:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR EIND IN
08KOLKATA167	TRIBES NEAR INDIA'S URANIUM MINES SUFFER FROM CONGENITAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand in Eastern India, supplies much of India's uranium needs. Mining uranium there, however, comes at a significant human and environmental cost according to a recent study by the non-government organization (NGO) [...]	2008-06-06 09:04:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EMIN PGOV PHUM ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN
08KOLKATA177	WEST BENGAL ALERTS THE INDIAN ARMY FOLLOWING GORKHA [...] (SBU) On June 12, the West Bengal government put local Indian Army units on alert to possibly control Gorkha and Bengali agitations in Siliguri and Darjeeling district, and adjacent areas in northern West Bengal. Darjeeling District Magistrate Rajesh Pandey told Post that the army may be requ [...]	2008-06-12 13:30:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MARR KCRM ASEC CASC IN
08KOLKATA179	GORKHAS CALL FOR INDEFINITE STRIKE IN WEST BENGAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16 the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha's (GJMM) called for an indefinite "bandh" or strike in the Darjeeling hills in its protest for a separate Gorkhaland state for ethnic Nepalis. Earlier, GJMM had called an indefinite strike on June 11 which was later relaxed on June 12 (re [...]	2008-06-16 16:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC IN
08KOLKATA180	MUSLIM SUPPORT FOR WEST BENGAL'S COMMUNISTS ERODING [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the factors which contributed to the Communist Party of India - Marxist's (CPM) significant losses in the May panchayat (local, district and village-level) elections was the erosion of Muslim support. This growing Muslim disaffection was prompted by the 2007 Sachar Comm [...]	2008-06-18 13:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI ECON IN
08KOLKATA182	WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER COMMENTS ON STATE SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9, ConGen made his farewell call on West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The CM was very engaged and candid during his discussion, commenting on his concerns about rising Islamic fundamentalism, his differing views on policies with his Party's natio [...]	2008-06-19 14:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON ASEC IN
08KOLKATA184	WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER COMMENTS ON STATE SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9, ConGen made his farewell call on West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The CM was very engaged and candid during his discussion, commenting on his concerns about rising Islamic fundamentalism, his differing views on policies with his party's natio [...]	2008-06-20 14:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON ASEC IN
08KOLKATA187	MIZORAM CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH SEVERE FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The eastern Indian state of Mizoram continues to experience serious food shortages and a senior state government official has admitted that although Mizoram received substantial aid from the GOI, the state government has been ineffective in its response to the food crisis. "Ma [...]	2008-06-26 08:34:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR SENV PREL SOCI IN
08KOLKATA19	AI IN W. BENGAL MAY BE SPREADING: SITREP 4 - JANUARY 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 1500 hours local time on January 17, reports of poultry deaths have come in from additional districts close to ground-zero (Margram) and in districts closer to Kolkata. Some poultry deaths have also been reported in neighboring Jharkhand state. The media, quoting GOI offici [...]	2008-01-17 12:53:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC IN
08KOLKATA192	SUSPECTED ULFA BOMB KILLS 5 IN ASSAM AND INJURES 70 [...] (U) On Sunday June 29, suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants triggered an explosion at the weekly market in Assam's Baksa district near the Bhutan border, killing five persons, including three women. About 70 persons were also injured from the blast. The bomb was plant [...]	2008-06-30 12:24:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR ASEC KCRM PGOV IN BT
08KOLKATA193	MAOISTS IN ORISSA AMBUSH COUNTER INSURGENCY UNIT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday June 29, 36 commandos from Andhra Pradesh's elite counter-insurgency Greyhound force were missing after Maoist rebels ambushed a boat carrying the group on the Balimela reservoir in Orissa's remote Malkangiri district. Also missing were three Orissa police escorts. A [...]	2008-06-30 13:10:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR KCRM SOCI PGOV ASEC IN
08KOLKATA198	COMMUNISTS AGAIN SUFFER LOSSES IN WEST BENGAL'S LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) experienced another serious electoral loss in local elections, with the results from the local, municipal elections. This latest setback, follows bad results in the May panchayat (local government) polls (reftel). Of the [...]	2008-07-03 09:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI IN
08KOLKATA2	VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN ORISSA BUT TENSIONS ABOUT RESERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 2, Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil visited Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal district and assured the victims of last week's violence of government protection and security. Patil also visited a Baptist church and some houses that were torched during the riots. On De [...]	2008-01-04 10:03:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
08KOLKATA200	LARGEST INDIAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN GROWS IN HEART OF [...] (U) Summary. "Spencer's," India's largest supermarket chain, and member of the Kolkata-based RPG Group, continues to expand in West Bengal despite the problems faced by rival Reliance Retail. Spencer's Senior Vice-President, Operations Ramesh Menon attributed this success to the fact that hi [...]	2008-07-07 10:26:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR PGOV IN
08KOLKATA206	SUSPECTED MAOISTS KILL JHARKHAND LEGISLATOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 10:08:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM IN
08KOLKATA21	CPM SAYS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent statements, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leaders appeared to endorse, or grudgingly accept, capitalism as a means for economic development and industrialization. Although they qualified their views as "the only way forward" given the "ne [...]	2008-01-18 07:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EIND EAGR IN
08KOLKATA212	21 KILLED IN FRESH MAOIST ATTACK IN ORISSA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16, Communist Party of India - Maoist (Maoists) insurgents killed at least 21 people, including 17 policemen, by blowing up an anti-landmine vehicle in the Malkangiri district of the eastern Indian State of Orissa. This is the first time in Orissa an anti-landmine vehic [...]	2008-07-21 07:54:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM IN
08KOLKATA22	INDIAN STATE CRISIS MANAGEMENT NEEDS WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Whether it is a fire that burns uncontrolled for five days, investigating explosions or containing avian influenza, recent disasters in W. Bengal highlight the poor quality of the GOWB's approach to crisis management. A lack of organization and a seeming disregard for the seri [...]	2008-01-18 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI IN
08KOLKATA23	AI IN WEST BENGAL - SITREP FOR JANUARY 18. [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ FSN traveled on January 18 to Margram in Birbhum district. As of the morning of January 18, approximately 24,852 birds had been culled in the districts of Birbhum and S. Dinajpur. Culling operations are slow because the villages and farms are spread out over a large distanc [...]	2008-01-18 12:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC IN KHIV
08KOLKATA245	ORISSA: COMMUNAL VIOLENCE SUBSIDES [...] (SBU) Summary: After a week of attacks on Christian communities in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, the violence appears to have subsided. Government of Orissa officials confirm ten fatalities and are investigating reports of one or two additional casualties. The government established relie [...]	2008-08-29 10:30:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IN
08KOLKATA247	UPDATE ON ORISSA COMMUNAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation in Orissa's Kandhamal district still remains tense. Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil was able to make a spot assessment of the situation in Orissa on September 3. At least 16 people have died in the communal clashes which began on August 24 and about 550 houses [...]	2008-09-03 13:17:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IN
08KOLKATA25	WEST BENGAL OFFICIAL CLAIMS AVIAN FLU UNDER CONTROL AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 22, ConGen, Pol/Econoff and Econ FSN met West Bengal State Animal Resource Department (ARD) Principal Secretary Dilip Chakraborty to discuss GOWB efforts to control the spreading Avian Influenza (AI) in the state, which has gone from two districts to seven districts i [...]	2008-01-22 14:35:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR CASC SENV IN
08KOLKATA252	ORISSA: REPORTS FROM THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Two weeks after communal violence targeting Christians erupted in the Kandhamal district in the State of Orissa, increasing numbers of victims are being housed in government camps. Three new camps opened this week, bringing the total to ten camps housing over 12,000 people. This [...]	2008-09-04 12:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IN
08KOLKATA253	TATA THREAT INTENSIFIES SINGUR TALKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 3, Tata Motors announced that it has begun analyzing options to pull its Nano car project out of West Bengal. The opposition Trinamul Congress (TMC) appears to have been shaken by the threat, which came after several days of negative publicity and a growing public perc [...]	2008-09-05 11:40:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ELTN IN
08KOLKATA275	THE POLITICS OF SINGUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in Singur over land acquisition for the new Tata Motors Nano automobile factory has been the theater on which the ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and West Bengal's primary opposition party Trinamul Congress Party (TMC) have staged their latest epic ba [...]	2008-09-23 08:55:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ELTN EIND IN
08KOLKATA277	KOLKATA EAC [...] (SBU) On September 25, 2008, the Consul General chaired a meeting of the Kolkata Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the recent bombings in New Delhi and their impact in Kolkata, and to review post's security for the upcoming Durga Puja holiday. In attendance were the CG, A/PAO, ARSO, [...]	2008-09-25 10:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC IN
08KOLKATA28	AI IN WEST BENGAL SITREP - 9: JANUARY 24: NO NEW DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, for the first time in several days no new districts in West Bengal, beyond the present nine, reported cases of AI infection. The Kolkata city government implemented measures to block poultry from entering the city. However, no restriction on poultry consumption [...]	2008-01-24 13:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO CASC AMED SENV IN
08KOLKATA285	KANDHAMAL CONTINUES TO SMOLDER; CHANGING TREND IN VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Stringent measures employed by government forces in Kandhamal District in Orissa to quell the recent communal violence have created a backlash, with attacks now focused on the police. In Meghalaya on September 29, former Deputy Prime Minister and BJP leader L.K. Advani for the [...]	2008-10-01 09:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IN
08KOLKATA286	BOMBINGS STRIKE TRIPURA; KOLKATA INCREASES SECURITY AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 1 blasts in Tripura's capital, Agartala, have caused an increase in security measures along the Indo-Bangladesh border, but police officials remain unsure as to who is responsible for the attacks. The central government has sent investigators to Agartala in an effort [...]	2008-10-06 10:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL BG IN
08KOLKATA288	KOLKATA CELEBRATES DURGA PUJA [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite increased security measures stemming from a fear of terrorist attacks due to the recent wave of bombings throughout India, Kolkata celebrated the Durga Puja without incident. We observed no significant decrease in turnout compared to last year's festival and Kolkata's se [...]	2008-10-10 08:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER IN
08KOLKATA295	JHARKHAND'S PARLIAMENTARY SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-16, CG and New Delhi PolCouns visited the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand, India's newest state. With six governments in the last eight years, newly installed Chief Minister (CM) Shibu Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leads a fragile United Progressive Allianc [...]	2008-10-24 05:45:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI IN

08KOLKATA299	BIHAR AND JHARKHAND RESPOND TO MAHARASHTRA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: From October 21-25, students vandalized railway cars and stations in Bihar. The violence was in response to Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists' attacks on north Indian Hindi-speaking job aspirants at railway recruitment centers in Maharashtra on October 1 [...]	2008-10-29 07:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELTN PGOV ASEC CASC SOCI IN
08KOLKATA30	WEST BENGAL AI SITREP - 10: JANUARY 25: AI CONTINUES RAPID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 25 the presence of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus in poultry was confirmed in two more districts in W. Bengal -- Howrah and Purulia. This makes 11 districts now affected by AI out of a total of 18 in the state. In the evening of January 24, GOWB Chief Minister Buddh [...]	2008-01-25 15:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO CASC AMED ASEC SENV IN
08KOLKATA300	KOLKATA EAC BOMBINGS IN ASSAM [...] (SBU) On October 30, 2008, the Kolkata EAC met to discuss the multiple bomb blasts in Assam State. The CG, acting RSO, Mgmt, PAO and CONS were all in attendance. At the time of this writing, as many as 12 blasts occurred almost simultaneously in Assam's capital of Guwahati, and towns to the no [...]	2008-10-30 12:28:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC IN
08KOLKATA301	SERIAL BLASTS CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE AND SPARK RIOTS IN ASSAM [...] (U) On October 30, a series of bomb blasts took place in different parts of the Northeast Indian state of Assam starting at approximately 11:30 am. The press and CG Kolkata contacts report varying numbers of attacks ranging from 9 to 18. Police confirm at least 50 deaths and the media report [...]	2008-10-30 12:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PGOV PREL IN
08KOLKATA302	UPDATE ON OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ASSAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Assam police have confirmed that there were 9 serial blasts on October 30 in the Northeast Indian state of Assam, causing 77 deaths so far. Bomb experts are investigating the nature of the explosives that caused unusual amounts of damage. A very slow reaction by first responder [...]	2008-10-31 11:32:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN
08KOLKATA32	AI IN W. BENGAL: SITREP 11 [...] (U) This is an action message, please see para. 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the January 26-27 weekend, the avian influenza (AI) virus spread to South 24 Parganas, West Midnapur districts, and newer areas in the already-affected Murshidabad and Cooch Behar districts. This brings the number o [...]	2008-01-28 12:48:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR CASC SENV ECON ETRD AMED IN
08KOLKATA33	WEST BENGAL AUTHORITIES BELIEVE JAN. 16 EXPLOSION NEAR [...] (SBU) On January 28, ConGen met with West Bengal Home Secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray, the state's senior official SIPDIS responsible for security, regarding the explosion which occurred 200 meters from the Consulate on January 16 (reftel). The explosion occurred a block from the Consulate on S [...]	2008-01-28 13:52:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CASC IN
08KOLKATA349	HOLIDAY SECURITY PLANNING EAC - KOLKATA [...] (U) On December 23, 2008, the Consul General chaired a meeting of Consulate General Kolkata's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post's current security posture and holiday security planning. In attendance were representatives from CLO, CONS, FCS, MGMT, PAO, POL and RSO. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-12-24 07:36:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER CASC
08KOLKATA350	HOLIDAY SECURITY PLANNING EAC - KOLKATA [...] (U) On December 23, 2008, the Consul General chaired a meeting of Consulate General Kolkata's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post's current security posture and holiday security planning. In attendance were representatives from CLO, CONS, FCS, MGMT, PAO, POL and RSO. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-12-24 07:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER CASC
08KOLKATA50	PM SINGH SIGNALS INDIA'S COMMITMENT TO KEEP ARUNACHAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, barely two weeks after his visit to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Arunachal Pradesh, a northeast Indian state bordering China and Bhutan, to signal India's commitment to keeping the territory. He announced development projects to the tune of USD 2 [...]	2008-02-08 12:49:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON MARR CH IN
08KOLKATA51	CPM ALLY BARKS BUT WON'T BITE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6, the Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPM) Left Front partner Forward Bloc (FB) called a 24-hour strike in West Bengal to protest the February 5 killing of six FB supporters by police in Cooch Behar district. The strike was withdrawn after 12 hours and was large [...]	2008-02-08 13:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR PREL IN
08KOLKATA55	TEN YEARS GO BY, BURMESE STILL ON TRIAL IN INDIA [...] (SBU) It has been ten years since 34 Burmese nationals from Arakan state were arrested and jailed by the Indian Government. The Solidarity Committee for Burma's Freedom Fighters (SCBFF),joined by activists, Burmese monks, and a crowd of 50-70 people, staged a public rally in Kolkata on Februa [...]	2008-02-15 11:40:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF IN
08KOLKATA56	ASSAM POLICE CLAIM TO THWART AIRPLANE HIJACK ATTEMPT BY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, Assam Police claimed to have thwarted plans to hijack a Deccan Air plane, with the arrest of three suspects. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),alleged by the Assam police to be backed by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),planned to hijac [...]	2008-02-15 12:27:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR EAIR ASEC PK IN
08KOLKATA64	BIHAR POLICE SEIZE FOUR KILOGRAMS OF SUSPECTED URANIUM [...] (SBU) On February 19, Bihar Police seized approximately four kilograms of what they believe may be low-grade uranium in the Supaul district near the Indo-Nepal border. The Bihar police arrested six people connected with the smuggling operation, including a Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) constable p [...]	2008-02-20 12:21:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY PARM PGOV IN
08KOLKATA65	SECURITY FORCES IN ORISSA STILL PURSUE MAOIST INSURGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, approximately 400 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel joined Orissa security forces in the search for the over 200 Maoists insurgents who attacked police facilities and armory on February 15. The scale of the Maoist attack prompted Orissa Chie [...]	2008-02-21 13:09:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR ASEC PHUM IN
08KOLKATA66	GORKHAS PROTEST FOR A SEPARATE STATE IN WEST BENGAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tension have increased in West Bengal's Darjeeling area over revived local demands for a separate Gorkhaland state. Since February 19, local "godfather" and administrator of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) Subhas Ghising has been blocked by the opposition f [...]	2008-02-21 13:36:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NP IN
08KOLKATA69	AI IN W. BENGAL SITREP 20 - APHIS ADVISOR VISITS BIRD FLU [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13-15, USDA-APHIS Scientific and Technical Advisor for Emergency Management, Joseph Annelli and New Delhi Embassy Senior Attache for Agricultural Affairs, Oliver Flake visited a West Bengal district affected by the recent H5N1 outbreak. They also visited the India-Ban [...]	2008-02-22 15:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO SENV PREL PGOV AMED CASC IN BG
08KOLKATA73	RELIGIOUS WORKER VISA FRAUD: MONKS, PRIESTS, NUNS AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post refused nearly 60% of all applicants seeking to obtain R-1 religious worker visas in CY 2007. To validate those adjudications and verify the bona fides of religious institutions in Post's consular district, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited or attempted to visit ov [...]	2008-02-26 07:48:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS SOCI KCRM KFRD IN
08KOLKATA74	INDIA'S LEFT TO PUSH FOR MORE TAXES AND EXPENDITURES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: February 25-26, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leadership met with Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to present the Left's budget proposals prior to Finance Minister's submission of the budget to parliament on Friday, February 29. The Left is hoping to pressure [...]	2008-02-27 11:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV IN
08KOLKATA88	NORTHEAST INDIA DOES NOT FAVOR CONGRESS, LEFT'S STRENGTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, the incumbent Congress-led government was again sworn in despite its lack of majority in the state legislature. In neighboring Nagaland, the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN),a BJP coalition, which was ousted in January when the [...]	2008-03-12 12:22:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
08KOLKATA95	IN MIZORAM AND BURMA BAMBOO FLOWERING MAY BRING FAMINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Northeast Indian state of Mizoram, wedged between Burma and Bangladesh, is at the height of an acute food and grain shortage due to the destruction of crops by an exploding rat population. Approximately every [...]	2008-03-18 11:19:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PREF PGOV EAGR IN BG BM
08KOLKATA98	DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA'S NORTHEAST STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH [...] (SBU) March 4-11, ConGen visited the remote northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh (AP) to assess the area's regional security, social and economic development issues. India continues to dispute China's claims to AP and is now seeking to develop the state's infrastructure to integrate i [...]	2008-03-18 14:12:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL EAGR EAID SENV SNAR CH IN
08KOLONIA104	FSM GOVERNORS SLAM COMPACT IMPLEMENTATION [...] Summary: The Governors of Yap and Pohnpei, which are the two most prosperous and best managed of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),complained urgently to Ambassador that unsatisfactory administration of the Amended Compact threatens to cripple their government opera [...]	2008-07-16 07:43:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON FM
08KOLONIA105	DISMISSAL OF CHUUK FINANCE DIRECTOR SETS BACK REFORM [...] (SBU) On July 11, Chuuk State Governor Wesley Simina abruptly fired President Mori's handpicked and staunchly determined fiscal manager, Gillian Doone, who made major headway in balancing the budget of a bankrupt state. Governor Simina simply cited "repeated insubordination" as the cause of [...]	2008-07-17 00:38:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID FM
08KOLONIA108	FSM GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO COMPACT CRITICISM WITH HURT, [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Hughes asked to call upon President Mori on July 25 to discuss shortcomings in implementation of requirements of the Amended Compact on the part of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). With sorrow, Mori said he felt wounded by the tone of recent communications [...]	2008-07-28 00:59:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID FM CH
08KOLONIA11	POHNPEI'S FUEL SITUATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary. Pohnpei's outgoing governor engineered a secretive memorandum of understanding on fuel between the SIPDIS Pohnpei Utilities Corporation and a South Korean firm. Signed before the closing date and review of bids on the PUC's Invitation to Bid for fuel, the MOU appears to be [...]	2008-01-27 10:00:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV FM RM
08KOLONIA174	FSM PRESIDENT INITIATES NATIONAL PRAYER DAY, LINKED TO U.S. [...] (U) To commemorate the Federated States of Micronesia's first National Prayer Day, President Emmanuel Mori hosted a National Prayer Day Celebration that pulled together all branches of the national government, Pohnpei State representatives, leaders from the Catholic and Protestant churches, a [...]	2008-12-01 05:32:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI FM
08KOLONIA27	DEMARCHE RE KOSOVO [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard Pruett demarched the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Department of Foreign Affairs on the subject of reftels. In the absence of higher interlocutors he spoke with Henry Shrew, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of American and European Affairs. SI [...]	2008-02-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FM
08KOLONIA62	FSM OFFICIALS APOLOGIZE FOR MORI MAGAZINE INTERVIEW [...] SBU - Entire Text 2. Summary. With chagrin, two close aides of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Mori invited Ambassador to lunch on April 29 to apologize for the tenor of an interview with Mori published in this month's Pacific Magazine. The interview characterizes Mori as [...]	2008-04-30 02:59:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID FM CH
08KOLONIA69	FSM COMPACT IMPLEMENTATION - NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Pursuant to reftel, Ambassador discussed follow-up actions to implement elements of the Compact of Free Association with FSM President Emanuel Mori and separately, with the Director of the Office of Statistics, Budget, Overseas Development and Compact Management (SBOC) Fabian N [...]	2008-05-11 22:35:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FM PGOV EAID
08KOLONIA90	MICRONESIA DISSATISFIED WITH EU FISHING AGREEMENT [...] Summary: The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) reportedly is intentionally delaying issuance of fishing licenses to European Union (EU) flagged vessels in reaction to the EU's late access fee payments and because it wants to renegotiate the 2003 FSM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) [...]	2008-06-11 06:31:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON EAID SENV FM
08KUALALUMPUR1003	MALAYSIA - U.S. COAST GUARD COOPERATION ADVANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kuala Lumpur is using its USD 1 million in NDAA Title 1207 funding to achieve three mission objectives: to establish a durable, long-term relationship between the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA); to support the MMEA - as a ne [...]	2008-11-12 10:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1017	MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since April 2008, as requested ref A. Implementing and Enforcing the Law ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Malaysia is in the pr [...]	2008-11-17 09:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR1033	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN'S UPCOMING [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 10:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1034	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 10:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1037	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 09:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR1038	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 09:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY MY
08KUALALUMPUR1049	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IRENE FERNANDEZ ACQUITTED [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The Kuala Lumpur High Court on November 24 acquitted human rights activist Irene Fernandez of her 2003 conviction of "maliciously publishing false news" against the government, thus bringing to a close Malaysia' longest running court case. The government originally b [...]	2008-11-28 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR105	INDIAN "ROSE RALLY" DOUSED BY POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: An ethnic Indian demonstration on February 16 by the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),in the form of a march to present roses to Malaysia's Prime Minister, met with a stiff police response, including use of water cannon, tear gas and arrests. With probably less than a tho [...]	2008-02-19 10:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1060	MAID'S ABUSER FOUND GUILTY, SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS [...] (U) In Malaysia's highest profile domestic worker abuse case, a Kuala Lumpur sessions court judge on November 27 found Yim Pek Ha guilty of three charges of "causing grievous hurt" to Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonet, a 2008 U.S. TIP Report Hero. Nirmala suffered horrendous physical abuse, incl [...]	2008-12-04 08:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM KTIP ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR1063	MALAYSIA: VIEWS ON ECONOMY TURN NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The central bank of Malaysia released a relatively upbeat report on third quarter economic performance November 28, highlighting GDP growth of 4.7 percent despite deteriorating global economic conditions. The central bank acknowledged that Malaysia, as a highly open economy, wou [...]	2008-12-05 08:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR1073	MALAYSIA SEEKS USG EXPERTISE ON COMBATING TIP [...] (SBU) Government of Malaysia (GOM) ministries and agencies with responsibility for combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in recent months have increasingly requested U.S. expertise to guide policy and build GOM's anti-TIP capacity in the framework of Malaysia's comprehensive anti-trafficking [...]	2008-12-09 08:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1080	MALAYSIAN GROWTH DECLINING DESPITE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysian government and private sector analysts expressed pessimism about the performance of the Malaysian economy in 2009 during meetings with visiting Treasury Attache Susan Baker and Econcouns. Although banks are well capitalized, a sharp decline in demand for Malaysia's man [...]	2008-12-14 23:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR1091	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 08:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI UNESCO MY
08KUALALUMPUR1110	AMBASSADOR VISITS GOVT TIP SHELTER; MORE VICTIMS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited the Malaysian government's trafficking victims' shelter for women in Kuala Lumpur on December 17 at the invitation of the Women's Minister. The shelter housed 11 adult victims of sex trafficking, while the nearby children's shelter housed four girls. A senior Wo [...]	2008-12-22 09:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1111	MALAYSIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Malaysia. Until the report is finalized for submission to Congress, please treat as Sensitive. Begin Text: The police forces in Malaysia continued to conduct all counterterrorist investigations and operations. M [...]	2008-12-22 09:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV MARR KCRM ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR1118	GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIANS CONDEMN U.S. ALONG WITH [...] (SBU) Malaysian political leaders and press have reacted with angry rhetoric to Israeli air strikes in Gaza and heavily criticized the U.S. together with Israel. The Malaysian government came out quickly to condemn the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, labeling this action as a "war crime" and ca [...]	2008-12-30 08:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC IS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1119	SUMMARY OF DETENTIONS AND RELEASES UNDER [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government currently holds 46 individuals under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial for terrorists and other persons deemed threats to national security, according to figures from a local NGO that reports reliably on ISA detentions. [...]	2008-12-30 09:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1126	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSA CORP DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL PGOV IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR113	DEMARCHE REGARDING WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Econoff discussed ref A demarche on February 21 with Harjit Kaur Chand Singh and Arividya Arimuthu, Office of Multilateral Trade Policy and Negotiations, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Harjit noted that Malaysia takes seriously the need to encourage trade in environme [...]	2008-02-21 08:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ETRD MY
08KUALALUMPUR134	DEMARCHE REGARDING MARCH WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Econ counselor and econoff discussed reftel demarche with Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Deputy Secretary General Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria on February 26. Econ counselor also handed Rebecca the letter from USTR Susan Schwab to Minister of International Trade [...]	2008-02-26 23:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO MY
08KUALALUMPUR147	MALAYSIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Malaysia made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons during this reporting period, marking a positive shift from previous years. Malaysia's drafting, passage, and enactment of a comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons law represents an important advance in Malaysia's co [...]	2008-03-04 00:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR152	CODEL SMITH MALAYSIA MEETING REPORT [...] (U) Congressman Adam Smith, accompanied by staff of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, visited Malaysia January 6-8, 2008 as part of a regional tour. The Congressman met with Malaysian NSC Secretary YBhg. Dato' Muhammad Hatta Bin Abd [...]	2008-03-05 23:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PTER MY
08KUALALUMPUR159	MALAYSIA AND OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S REQUEST [...] (U) We informed the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's OIC division on March 7 of Special Envoy Cumber's interest in a meeting with the Malaysian delegation at the OIC Summit in Dakar. We also provided contact telephone numbers per reftel. We have copied the same information to Malaysia's chief O [...]	2008-03-07 11:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OIC KISL SG MY
08KUALALUMPUR182	MALAYSIA'S ELECTION: EMBASSY OBSERVATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Embassy KL positioned election observers in six hotly contested states during the final days of Malaysia's campaign period and on the March 8 polling day. In addition to our previous reporting on campaigns in the capital city areas of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, this message provides fir [...]	2008-03-14 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR186	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 03:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR193	MALAYSIA'S NEW CABINET -- MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on March 18 announced Malaysia's new cabinet. This message provides a brief summary of each cabinet-level appointment, focusing particularly on changes and newcomers. Septel provides Post's initial overall impressions of the new cabinet. End Summ [...]	2008-03-18 12:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR200	G/TIP REPORTING OFFICER VISITS MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) G/TIP reporting officer Sally Neumann visited Malaysia from February 11-13, during which she met with Government of Malaysia (GOM) officials and representatives from civil society, including representatives from the Catholic Church in East Malaysia. The meetings were fruitful, providin [...]	2008-03-24 05:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR212	MALAYSIAN GOVT SHELTERS INITIAL 23 TIP VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Women's Ministry publicly announced that on March 25 it had admitted 17 female trafficking victims to one of its two recently established government shelters in Kuala Lumpur. The women, all Thai nationals, had been rescued in a police raid in Johor Bahru on March 24, accordi [...]	2008-03-26 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR213	Malaysia Scenesetter for A/S O'Brien: Financial Controls [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abdullah's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition retained power in the March 8 election, but suffered a major setback in the face of unprecedented opposition gains. Malaysia remains an important partner for the U.S. with strong trade and investment ties and close mili [...]	2008-03-26 23:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR225	PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRI-BORDER POLICYMAKERS' [...] (SBU) Preparations for a policymakers conference involving officials from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia are moving forward. PACOM and S/CT have committed funding for the event, scheduled to take place May 4-7, 2008 at the Shangri-La hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The maritime p [...]	2008-04-01 00:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ID RP MY
08KUALALUMPUR317	DEMARCHE: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 09:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR334	NEW OPPOSITION-CONTROLLED STATES PUSHING THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) Following the March 2008 election, four new opposition-controlled state governments assumed power in Selangor, Perak, Penang and Kedah, while in Kelantan the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) significantly increased a previously thin majority. In their first weeks of power, the [...]	2008-04-30 03:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR357	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - MALAYSIA [...] (U) Rising global prices for major food commodities so far are having limited impact on their availability to Malaysian consumers. Long-standing price controls on many food staples have kept such items affordable, but have also contributed to some spot shortages. While it is only about 65% self [...]	2008-05-08 23:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV MY
08KUALALUMPUR361	WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (U) Econ Counselor and econoff met with Kamel Mohamad, Director General, Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (Malaysia's USPTO equivalent),on May 9 to deliver reftel demarche in advance of the May 13-14 WIPO meeting to select the organization's Director General nominee. Kamel is lea [...]	2008-05-09 08:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR AORC ETRD PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR372	U.S.-Malaysia FTA: Encouraging Signals [...] (SBU) Senior Malaysian government officials reaffirmed Malaysia's interest in continuing FTA negotiations during meetings May 5 and 6 with Assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel. Senior MITI officials proposed another round in July and noted the possibility of a foll [...]	2008-05-13 06:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR EAGR MY
08KUALALUMPUR386	MALAYSIA: DEMARCHE ON OSLO PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 08:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MY
08KUALALUMPUR387	MALAYSIA: MIXED VIEWS ON BURMA RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Elements of the Malaysian mainstream media, civil society and the political opposition have harshly condemned the refusal of the Burmese regime to allow in international relief teams and its insistence on going ahead with the May 10 referendum. Government officials, however, [...]	2008-05-14 09:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL MARR BM MY
08KUALALUMPUR393	CHALLENGES TO MARCH ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. Losing candidates in Malaysia,s March 2008 elections have filed petitions challenging results in 12 parliamentary districts and 17 state assembly districts. Based on past precedent, such challenges rarely succeed, but the ruling coalition conceivably could regain power in Perak, [...]	2008-05-15 10:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR401	MALAYSIAN TRADE MINISTER SUPPORTS FTA NOGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on the eve of his visit to the U.S., Minister for Trade Muhyiddin Yassin reaffirmed Malaysia's desire continue FTA negotiations with the U.S. and noted it was understood that Malaysia needed to create additional negotiating flexibility. Malaysia [...]	2008-05-16 09:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR KIPR MY
08KUALALUMPUR422	ACCUSED TRAFFICKER CHARGED UNDER NEW TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Malaysian authorities for the first time have charged a suspected human trafficker under the country's new comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which came into full effect on February 28. On May 11 police charged Ee Chin Kai with trafficking two Thai women for the purpose of sexual expl [...]	2008-05-23 09:28:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR425	MALAYSIA HOSTS TRI-BORDER INTERAGENCY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Tri-border Interagency Security Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 4-7, 2008 brought together official maritime and border security delegations from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as facilitators from the U.S. Pacific Command and from Embassies Kuala Lumpur, [...]	2008-05-23 11:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MARR ID RP MY
08KUALALUMPUR476	MALAYSIA RAISES GASOLINE PRICE OVERNIGHT BY 40 PERCENT, [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to address rising costs of energy subsidies, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday announced a 40 percent price increase on gasoline, a 60 percent price increase on diesel, and 20 to 26 percent increases in electricity rates, effective at midnight on June 4. The new p [...]	2008-06-06 09:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR481	TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Post delivered the Malaysia narrative from the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on June 4 to various government representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Women's Ministry, Immigration Department, Police, and Attorney General's Chambers. The Charge conveyed the [...]	2008-06-10 05:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MY
08KUALALUMPUR494	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) [...] (U) At the Seventh Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VII) in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 26-29, 2008, delegates adopted a revised Program Structure to bring the Sub-Commission in line with IOC priorities and IOC and UNESCO planning and budget [...]	2008-06-12 04:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID TPHY ECON PREL IOC
08KUALALUMPUR52	MALAYSIAN POLICE SEEKING U.S. SPEAKER FOR TIP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Malaysian Royal Police (RMP) will hold trafficking in persons (TIP) training for their officers as they continue to develop their capacity to enforce their new anti-trafficking in persons law. The RMP has not yet set the [...]	2008-01-22 10:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SMIG SOCI MY
08KUALALUMPUR571	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHU AORC UN NGO MY
08KUALALUMPUR58	EMBASSY RAISES RELA ROLE WITH MALAYSIAN IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Malaysia's People's Volunteer Corps (RELA) began taking up guard duties at immigration detention centers beginning January 15, according to press reports. Government officials describe RELA's assignment as a stop-gap measure while responsibility for the immigration [...]	2008-01-24 09:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF MY
08KUALALUMPUR591	MALAYSIA HOSTS GROUP OF 8 ISLAMIC DEVELOPING [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Sixth D-8 Summit hosted by Malaysia July 7-8, leaders from eight developing majority-Islamic countries focused on the recent steep global rise in food and fuel prices, and pledged to increase their intra-group trade and investment. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [...]	2008-07-11 05:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR PREL MY IR
08KUALALUMPUR615	Malaysia Scenesetter for DOE DAS Secretary Ed McGinnis and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kuala Lumpur looks forward to your July 21-23 visit as an opportunity to advance important and continuing discussions with the government of Malaysia (GOM) on nuclear energy and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). The visit will allow you to explore Malaysia's [...]	2008-07-14 09:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR MY
08KUALALUMPUR646	MALAYSIA: 63ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Foreign Ministry cannot yet confirm high-level attendance at the 2008 UN General Assembly. According to Nazarudin Ja'afar, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry's Multilateral Political Affairs Division, United Nations and Disarmament Office, information on UNGA atten [...]	2008-07-23 07:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR651	TREASURY DAS DOHNER'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner briefed Bank Negara officials on the U.S. economic and financial situation and exchanged views on Treasury's decision to include Malaysia in the executive summary of the U.S. Foreign Exchange Report. DAS Dohner defended th [...]	2008-07-24 03:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR653	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Keith made an introductory call on Minister for Human Resources S. Subramaniam on July 14. (Note: Minister Subramaniam remained willing to meet the Ambassador at Parliament on a day when it was closed to the public and under tight security (reftel) due to domestic political t [...]	2008-07-24 09:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV AMGT MY
08KUALALUMPUR706	MALAYSIANS BRIEFED ON USS HOUSTON [...] (SBU) The DATT conveyed reftel information on the USS Houston to Admiral Abdul Aziz, Chief of the Navy (CNO) and to Vice Admiral Mohammed Noordin, Deputy Chief of the Navy (DCNO),on August 7. The admirals thanked the DATT for the information, stated they were "not too concerned" about the i [...]	2008-08-11 07:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS MY
08KUALALUMPUR72	THE MALAYSIAN MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur provided to its Trilateral Strategic Dialogue partners a summary version of its assessment of the Malaysian Maritime Law Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The seven-page brief reflects information culled from extensive engagement by the GOJ with [...]	2008-02-01 03:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR738	PAS REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) In its annual convention, the Malaysian Islamic Party confirmed continuing support for the opposition alliance despite the recent PAS &dialogue8 with the ruling coalition,s United Malay National Organization (UMNO). PAS leaders predictably condemned U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan [...]	2008-08-19 06:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR74	COUNTERTERRORISM: THIRD TRILATERAL STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur hosted the third local meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) January 28. The Japanese, Australian, and U.S. delegations reviewed their respective counterterrorism (CT) activities in Malaysia. Discussion focused on terrorist f [...]	2008-02-01 07:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR AS JP MY
08KUALALUMPUR759	ANWAR WINS RESOUNDING BY-ELECTION VICTORY [...] (SBU) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim appears to have won the Permatang Pauh by-election by a wide margin, with early reports on the evening of August 26 giving him a two-to-one advantage over his Barisan Nasional opponent. On election eve, Anwar had sought to dampen expectations of a landslide victor [...]	2008-08-27 00:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR774	MALAYSIA'S 2009 BUDGET: CARING FOR THE POOR AND THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29 Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled to Parliament a populist expansionary 2009 budget proposal designed to garner public support for the ruling coalition government. Billed as a "caring" budget during hard economic times, it increases the government's opera [...]	2008-09-03 08:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR775	SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC URGES MORE MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with GOM officials, local and international Islamic intellectuals, the Islamic Development Bank and media, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber described proposals for greater USG-OIC cooperation and dialogue. He urged [...]	2008-09-04 01:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KIRF MY
08KUALALUMPUR781	Malaysian Islamic Finance Sector Performs Well During the [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia continues to trumpet the virtues of Islamic finance and its role as a key player in the issuance of Islamic bonds. With no exposure to collateralized debt instruments, the Islamic financial sector has held steady during the sub-prime crisis. Secondary effects of the [...]	2008-09-05 08:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR786	STAFFDEL LUSE ENGAGES PM'S OFFICE, MFA ON [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staffer Mr. Keith Luse met with GOM officials at the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia Office, and at the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT) August 27-29. Luse raised concerns ab [...]	2008-09-09 09:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR798	GOM SEEKS TO SHIFT ANWAR CASE TO HIGH COURT, NEXT [...] (U) Summary: The prosecution in the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial used the September 10 court session to seek a shift in venue to the High Court, a widely anticipated move. Anwar's lawyers asked for time to prepare their arguments, and the Sessions Court judge set the next court date for Septemb [...]	2008-09-10 09:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR809	SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL CT VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassies Jakarta, Manila, and Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The Legal Attaches from Embassies Manila, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur have jointly designed a tri-border regional visitors program for police and prosecutors handling terro [...]	2008-09-15 08:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV MY RP ID
08KUALALUMPUR825	ANOTHER OPPOSITION BLOGGER DETAINED, BUT NOT UNDER [...] (U) Another opposition internet blogger, Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, was detained on September 17 under the Sedition Act for encouraging other Malaysians to fly the national flag upside-down during national day celebrations. Aziz first made his comments on August 3, stating that this action would s [...]	2008-09-18 23:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO MY
08KUALALUMPUR832	NO RESPONSE YET FROM MALAYSIA ON WFP ESCORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 11:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR839	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 09:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR855	OPPOSITION-HELD SELANGOR GETS ON WITH BUSINESS OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador's call on Selangor Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim and other embassy meetings in September with state executives provided insights into issues of governance facing the first-ever opposition administration of Malaysia's richest state that surrounds the national capital. The [...]	2008-09-26 05:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR856	Malaysia initiating newsprint anti-dumping review [...] (U) GOM notified Post of GOM's decision to initiate an administrative review of anti-dumping duties on imports of newsprint in rolls originating in or exported from Canada, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, and the United States. 2. (SBU) The text of the diplomatic note follows: "KLN 47/08 [...]	2008-09-26 08:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MY
08KUALALUMPUR868	SOMALI PIRATES RELEASE HIJACKED MALAYSIAN SHIPS [...] (SBU) Somali pirates released two hijacked Malaysian tankers on September 27, following the payment of a multi-million dollar ransom by the Malaysian government. The exact amount of the paid ransom is unknown due to conflicting reports, but it is in the range of $2-3 million. The U.S. assis [...]	2008-09-30 08:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MY

08KUALALUMPUR880	EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP ACTION PLAN TO MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Post delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for Malaysia to senior government officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Human Resources in late September, with further meetings pending. On September 24, the DCM and Political Co [...]	2008-10-06 10:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI
08KUALALUMPUR905	MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC [...] (U) Poloff conveyed demarche points (ref A) on October 14 to Mr. Selvaraj Ramasamy, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Regional Economic Cooperation, Social & Cultural Affairs Division. Selvaraj informed us that he recently spoke with our South Korean counterpa [...]	2008-10-15 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR921	Malaysian Ministry of Transportation responds to UPS [...] (SBU) EEB/TRA DAS John Byerly met on October 14 with the Malaysian Deputy Secretary General of Transportation Long See Wool to raise the long-standing issue of UPS access to Subang Airport. Byerly told Long the USG wanted to see US carriers were given the opportunity to compete on equal footin [...]	2008-10-20 04:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ETRA MY
08KUALALUMPUR926	MALAYSIAN POLICIES ADDRESS FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTIES [...] (U) Summary: On October 16, Malaysia's central bank announced an expanded deposit insurance program designed to dampen local concerns raised by the global financial crisis (septel Singapore). With a 37 percent year-to-date fall of the Malaysian stock market and revised 2009 economic growth fo [...]	2008-10-21 08:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR935	THE SUMMER 2008 OLYMPICS THROUGH MALAYSIAN EYES [...] (U) This is Embassy Kuala Lumpur's response to action request in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Interviews with media professionals and comments from other contacts in Kuala Lumpur confirmed that the opulent pageantry and success of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing enjoyed a short-lived posit [...]	2008-10-23 01:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR940	FINNISH COMPANY POLAR ELECTRO ASSISTS FORCED LABOR [...] (SBU) Finnish company Polar Electro recently provided compensation and repatriation assistance to 40 forced labor victims from its Malaysian joint-venture company, following interventions by an international NGO and Post. The Polar Electro case appears illustrative of the challenges facing so [...]	2008-10-24 08:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP FI VM ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR941	MALAYSIA OPPOSED TO MANDATORY SCHEME FOR PILOTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia does not support mandatory pilotage in the Straits of Malacca. However, DPM Najib recently voiced GOM interest in setting shipping limits in the Straits and has noted that GOM does not consider the Straits of Malacca international waters, two policy views with importan [...]	2008-10-24 08:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PREL IMO MY
08KUALALUMPUR943	POLICE ARREST 11 HINDRAF SUPPORTERS AT PM'S OFFICE [...] (SBU) Police arrested 11 Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) supporters, including K. Shanti, wife of defacto exiled HINDRAF Chairman Waytha Moorthy and brother to HINDRAF leader P. Uthayakumar, on October 23 while the group attempted to deliver a letter to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's off [...]	2008-10-24 09:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR95	ELECTION DAY SET FOR MARCH 8 [...] (U) One day after Prime Minister Abdullah announced the dissolution of Parliament and set the election process in motion (reftel),Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) announced on February 14 that it has set Election Day for Saturday, March 8. The EC also set February 24 as the date for nomi [...]	2008-02-14 09:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR955	MALAYSIA'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECRETARIAT [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff met with Malaysian officials leading the newly established anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) Secretariat, located in the Home Ministry, on October 23. Polcouns reviewed U.S. recommendations for anti-TIP measures in Malaysia, outlined the 2008 U.S. TIP report proces [...]	2008-10-31 02:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR961	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 08:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM MY
08KUALALUMPUR97	TIP EXPERT MOHAMED MATTAR DISCUSSES MALAYSIA'S NEW [...] (SBU) Dr. Mohamed Mattar, an internationally recognized expert on trafficking in persons (TIP) laws from John Hopkins University, conducted meetings with Malaysian government officials, local NGOs, universities, and with press during his January 28-February 1 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Mattar [...]	2008-02-15 07:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR979	INITIAL MALAYSIAN REACTION TO U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The U.S. presidential election result attracted major attention and immediate reactions in Malaysia on November 5. Foreign Minister Rais promptly issued a Malay language statement noting that Senator Obama's victory brings new possibilities in the bilateral relationship, and expressed hop [...]	2008-11-05 11:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO MY
08KUALALUMPUR983	MALAYSIAN TRADE MINISTER ON BILATERAL FTA AND APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Minister for Trade Muhyiddin congratulated the Ambassador on the U.S. elections, noted that Malaysia looked forward to continuing efforts to expand trade and investment ties with U.S. and expressed the hope that the U.S. would not shift to a more protectionist trade [...]	2008-11-06 08:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR MY PGOV EINV
08KUALALUMPUR994	POLICE ARREST MP, 22 OTHERS AT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MY
08KUWAIT1099	GOK RESPONSE TO THE DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA FINANCIERS [...] (SBU) On October 27, 2008 post delivered reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On October 30 the GoK informed Post that it had contacted the appropriate authorities in the Ministries of Finance, Interior and Commerce and the Central Bank of the UN 1267 Designation of the Gulf-bas [...]	2008-11-04 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BA EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR PREL PTER QT UNSC
08KUWAIT1109	WORLD BANK MANAGER FOR KUWAIT BRIEFS ON PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 3, World Bank Country Manager Radwan Shaban told Ambassador that the Bank would be trying to implement technical assistance programs in three broad fields: improving public sector performance, private sector development, and human resources development (education). [...]	2008-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT111	U.S. SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR UK PSI OUTREACH EVENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PHSA PARM PREL ZR KU
08KUWAIT1122	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) During a meeting on October 30 with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt delivered reftel message. The Kuwaitis offered no substantive response. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with Undersecretary Ministry of Finance Khalifa M. Hamada, on Nov [...]	2008-11-11 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR KU
08KUWAIT1139	GOK DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Recent actions by the Kuwaiti Government have shown its commitment to improving IPR enforcement. The government has stepped up public efforts to curb the use of illegal software, hardware and pirated CDs/DVDs. (Note: An increase in the number of raids/confiscations took place fo [...]	2008-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
08KUWAIT1160	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: KUWAITI DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 13. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Kuwaiti delegation made clear during a November 19 Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting that it was disappointed over the lack of results in the search for Kuwaitis missing from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Ku [...]	2008-11-24 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU
08KUWAIT1161	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaiti Minister of Communications Abdul Rahman Khalid Al-Ghunaim told Ambassador on November 23 that the recent steep drop in oil revenues and the global economic crisis would not affect implementation of the previous ministry's priority projects, the government's overall 'Five [...]	2008-11-24 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAIR ELTN PGOV KU
08KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT THIRD/FOURTH QUARTER ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Despite the current angst about the stock market's fall (down over 40% YTD) and the very public bail out of Gulf Bank, Kuwait,s economy grew at just under six percent in 2008 and is projected to weaken only slightly next year. Kuwait's government revenues for the first 7 months of the f [...]	2008-12-02 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KU
08KUWAIT1180	TERROR FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED US DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait [...]	2008-12-04 06:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE
08KUWAIT153	KUWAIT RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Customs Director General Ibrahim Al-Ghanim downplayed Kuwait's adherence to the Arab League Boycott during a February 7 meeting with Econoff. The Arab League Boycott (ALB) Office lies within the Directorate General of Customs and is directly supervised by the DG. Al-Gha [...]	2008-02-07 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT211	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies significantly improved the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2007 compared to activities in 2006. Kuwait Customs in particular continued to be the most aggressive and most competent agency in impeding the movement of pirated and counterfeit products. Prote [...]	2008-02-21 16:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT22	SHARIA-COMPLIANT ALAFCO BUYS 66 BOEING AND AIRBUS [...] (U) On December 30, 2007 Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) board Chairman Ahmad Al-Zaben announced that his Kuwait-based company struck a deal worth USD 7 billion to purchase 66 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. This deal is part of ALAFCO's long-term strategy of building a 100 aircraft fl [...]	2008-01-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ECON KU
08KUWAIT284	KUWAIT'S 2008 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. --------- OVERVIEW: --------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: A. Kuwait is a destination coun [...]	2008-03-12 12:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN MSIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU
08KUWAIT285	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 56TH [...] Kuwait hosted the 56th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on February 12, 2008, with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). Kuwait reiterated its request [...]	2008-03-12 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL KUWAIT IRAQ KU
08KUWAIT306	DOC ANTI-BOYCOTT COMPLIANCE OFFICE COMMENDS GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),Customs and Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI),officials from the Department of Commerce (DOC) Anti-boycott Compliance Office commended the progress the GOK has made in eliminating barriers rel [...]	2008-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT338	LITHUANIA SEEKING GULF COUNTRY FINANCING FOR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 18, a delegation led by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas met with CDA to discuss the GOL's efforts to raise approximately USD 300 million in funding from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Ec [...]	2008-03-26 08:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELTN KU AF LH
08KUWAIT578	KUWAIT INPUT FOR 2008 REPORT OF INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post is unaware of any current investment disputes or expropriation claims involving American claimants in Kuwait. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Vi [...]	2008-05-21 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EIVN KIDE OPIC PGOV KU
08KUWAIT614	KUWAITI WOMEN IN ELECTIONS: NO WINS...YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although no women were elected in Kuwait's recent parliamentary contests, women made a strong showing and improved their performance compared to the 2006 elections. Participation among women voters increased from the previous election and many observers believe Kuwait is on t [...]	2008-05-28 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI KU
08KUWAIT615	NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL
08KUWAIT668	KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS FIRST NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) hosted a two-day national conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on June 9 and 10. The conference included seminars and roundtable discussions that brought together IPR experts from the private and pub [...]	2008-06-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT755	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA on July 1, 2008. Post will report further action septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Clas [...]	2008-07-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC VE
08KUWAIT849	OPENING THE ABDALY-SAFWAN CROSSING TO BUCCA [...] (SBU) During their July 22 meeting (ref B),Ambassador raised with Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Khaled al-Jaber Al Sabah opening an alternate route for U.S. military convoys provisioning Iraq's Camp Bucca. The current route exits Kuwait at the Khabari crossing and follows a parallel road [...]	2008-07-28 07:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MOPS PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT91	MFA PASSES PAPER DEFENDING FIRST KUWAITI'S WORK AT [...] (SBU) At a January 11 dinner hosted by the Amir in honor of President Bush, MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah requested that we pass a paper and DVD to Assistant Secretary Welch in support of First Kuwait Trading and Contracting Company's work in building the New Embassy Compound in Baghd [...]	2008-01-24 05:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ECON IZ KU PREL
08KUWAIT990	AD-Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting: GoK views [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Ecouns talked to Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, the Director of the MFA's Arab World Department. Mubaraki confirmed that the GOK had received an invitation from Norway to attend the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) [...]	2008-09-17 15:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL IS KU
08KYIV1038	ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has delivered points contained in refs B-D regarding the President's Global Food Security Initiative and agricultural trade issues. On May 21, the GOU moved to cancel restrictions on grain exports. We continue to work with Ukraine on introducing a regulatory framework to [...]	2008-05-28 15:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO UP
08KYIV1045	UKRAINE SUPPORTS U.S POSITIONS FOR ICAO AVIATION [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points in reftel to the State Aviation Authority on May 22. On May 29 Deputy Econ Counselor and EconOff met with Ukrainian State Aviation Administration (SAA) officials to follow up. Deputy Head of the Aviation Security Department Valeriy Baranov confirmed that th [...]	2008-05-29 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
08KYIV1047	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-29 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EINV UP
08KYIV1056	UKRAINE CONTINUES DIALOGUE WITH PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU held a public roundtable on May 28 to discuss IPR enforcement issues of importance to the pharmaceutical industry. GOU reps said they were now implementing the data exclusivity provisions agreed to as part of Ukraine's accession to the WTO, but admitted that generic dru [...]	2008-06-02 07:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV1077	UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES WTO-REQUIRED CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament adopted a bill on June 3 to lower Ukraine's tariff rates in line with commitments made during WTO accession negotiations. The law as adopted, however, delays tariff reductions for a large number of goods until 2009, in contradiction to accession commitments. The bil [...]	2008-06-04 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV1085	UKRAINE: LOW-KEY REACTION TO DUMA STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 4 Russian Duma statement calling for termination of the 1997 Ukraine-Russia Friendship Treaty in response to Ukrainian NATO membership has elicited relatively restrained responses in Kyiv. President Yushchenko, on the eve of his departure for the CIS Summit in St. Pete [...]	2008-06-05 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL RS UP WTO
08KYIV1108	UKRAINE: AVIATION HEAD DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian State Aviation (SAA) officials discussed progress on outstanding issues including an upcoming International Civil Air Organization (ICAO) safety assessment scheduled for June 17. The SAA hopes that a positive ICAO assessment will fast-track it for an FAA safety reass [...]	2008-06-06 13:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
08KYIV1127	DEEP IN A UKRAINIAN COAL MINE: CLOSER TO HELL THAN ANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's coal mines remain dangerous and grueling workplaces for the miners who depend on them for their livelihood. Two recent accidents that included fatalities underscore the severity of the situation. Econoff visited one mine in eastern Ukraine and experienced first-hand t [...]	2008-06-11 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB EAID UP
08KYIV13	UKRAINE: HIGHER GAS PRICE WON'T SLOW ECONOMY, BUT COULD HIT HOUSEHOLDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 07:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV1413	UKRAINE: UPDATE ON REPORTED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Attache received an update on July 21 from Ukraine's nuclear regulatory officials regarding a potential radioactive material smuggling incident (ref B). GOU experts have now finished a detailed analysis of the seized material and have determined that it is of NO prolifera [...]	2008-07-22 14:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM PINR UP
08KYIV1461	UKRAINE: GOU SIGNALS INTEREST IN TRILATERAL BYPASS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Deputy Energy Minister Volodymyr Makukha signaled interest to DAS Matthew Bryza on July 24 in a possible EU/USG/GOU project to boost gas transit capacity through Ukraine in exchange for increased transparency in Ukraine's energy sector by constructing the Bohorodchany-Uzhgorod bypass pipe [...]	2008-07-30 12:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV156	UKRAINE: NEW ENERGY MINISTER TOUTS WESTINGHOUSE-ENERGOATOM [...] (SBU) Summary: New Energy Minister Yuri Prodan told the Ambassador on January 21 that the GOU hoped to use a possible visit by President Bush in the near future to sign a contract with Westinghouse for the delivery of fuel to Ukraine's nuclear reactors. Acknowledging that the contract propose [...]	2008-01-25 06:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV162	TYMOSHENKO TURNS UP HEAT ON GAS MIDDLEMAN UKRHAZENERHO [...] (SBU) Summary. Tymoshenko's new government recently launched its first strike against intermediaries connected to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) in the gas trade with Russia. The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) of Ukraine limited UkrHazEnerho's (UHE) (Note: a joint venture between RUE a [...]	2008-01-25 12:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV1627	TFGG01 Ukrainian Media on Georgian Conflict [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian media is split on its coverage of the conflict in Georgia, which occupied the front page of Ukrainian newspapers this week and featured prominently on broadcast and on-line media. Pro-Western and pro-presidential periodicals denounced Russia's support for separatist r [...]	2008-08-15 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL PGOV KPAI GG UK
08KYIV1875	UKRAINE'S NEXT STEP TOWARD THE EU: A "DEEP" FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine and the EU have launched negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA),which would slash bilateral tariffs and reduce a range of other non- tariff trade barriers. Ukraine's chief negotiator told us that the talks are not true "negotiations," as they are focused on how U [...]	2008-09-22 12:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN PREL EUN UP
08KYIV1950	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ CONTINUES TO FACE MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary. NaftoHaz, Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas enterprise, continues to face major financial challenges as Russia and Ukraine continue highly-anticipated 2009 gas negotiations. In addition to debt owed to its gas suppliers, NaftoHaz faces various other financial difficulties, inc [...]	2008-09-30 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PREL ENRG PINR UP
08KYIV1959	UKRAINE SNEEZES, HAVING CAUGHT THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite Ukraine's expansion in trade and industry over the past several years, the global financial crisis has generated knock-on effects, potentially harming the country's economic prospects. In contrast to the first quarter of 2008, when analysts pointed to risks of rampant [...]	2008-10-02 04:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON XH UP
08KYIV196	UKRAINE: NEW GOU PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON VAT, OPIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND UP
08KYIV1995	UKRAINIAN CURRENCY IN SLIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's external vulnerabilities - including a substantial slowdown in capital flows, worsening terms of trade, and a large current account deficit (reftel) - have caught up with the economy, leading to a swift hryvnia (UAH) depreciation in recent days. Although the National [...]	2008-10-07 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON XH UP
08KYIV2002	NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH),National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...]	2008-10-09 06:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UP XH
08KYIV2008	UKRAINE: CHERNOMYRDIN CRASHES KYIV ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. An animated Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine since 2001, provided a spirited presentation on Ukraine's energy sector on October 7 at the "Ukrainian Energy Forum," a three-day event organized by Adam Smith Conferences. According to Chernomyrdin, reliability is [...]	2008-10-09 12:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2017	1ST MEETING OF U.S.-UKRAINE TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Trade and Investment Council, created by our new bilateral Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA),took place on October 2. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau led the U.S. delegation; Minister of Economy Bohdan Da [...]	2008-10-10 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PREL UP
08KYIV2028	UKRAINE: NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH),National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...]	2008-10-14 06:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UP XH
08KYIV2030	UKRAINIAN NATIONAL BANK IMPOSES CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (U) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),pressed to stop a run on deposits in commercial banks, sharply tightened capital controls on October 13. The measures effectively prevent Ukraine's banking system, which has relied heavily on foreign borrowing to fuel its breakneck growth in [...]	2008-10-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2097	UKRAINE IMF VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING BANK CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not commenting on the substance of its ongoing discussions with the government of Ukraine (GOU) on a possible support program, but its representatives told us on October 17 that the delegation's stay in Kyiv was open-ended. PM Tymoshenk [...]	2008-10-17 17:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2105	UKRAINE'S BUSINESSES TENSE; IMF AND NSDC DELIBERATE [...] (SBU) Summary. With ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations and an emergency session of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) as the backdrop, Ukraine's politicians swapped jabs, while businesses scrambled to cover their mounting losses. No announcement was made abo [...]	2008-10-20 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2113	UKRAINE CRISIS MEASURES PASSED TO UN-DISSOLVED RADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) approved a series of as yet unpublished anti-crisis proposals on October 20, designed to stave off a worsening financial emergency. President Viktor Yushchenko temporarily lifted his decree on parliament's dissolution to a [...]	2008-10-21 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2130	UKRAINE CURRENCY DOWN 20 PERCENT; RADA DIVIDED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. While Rada factions were busy haggling over three competing versions of anti-crisis measures, the hryvnia exchange rate slipped dramatically on October 23. Embassy contacts in the real estate and transportation sectors report more dismal news, indicating general woes throughou [...]	2008-10-23 15:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2141	UKRAINE: HRYVNIA CONTINUES ITS SLIDE AS [...] (SBU) The hryvnia continues its slide against the dollar, having crossed the psychologically important barrier of 6 UAH/$ on October 24-25. It appears that demand for dollars by ordinary Ukrainians, fearful of further devaluation and inflation, is beginning to drive movements in the market, a [...]	2008-10-25 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2174	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 8-10 visit to Ukraine comes during an unfolding domestic economic crisis and an ongoing struggle between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko over whether to hold snap parliamentary elections. Yushchenko on October 8 dissolved Ukraine's parliament (the Rada) a [...]	2008-10-30 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2187	UKRAINE: KYIVITES BRACE FOR INCREASED PUBLIC [...] (SBU) In the midst of Ukraine's heightened economic instability, the Kyiv City Council on November 1 approved steep rate hikes for public transportation (metro, busses, and trams). Public transportation rates have not increased in Kyiv since 2000, when the cost was raised from 30 kopecks ($0. [...]	2008-11-03 14:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON SOCI UP
08KYIV2188	UKRAINE: U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SUMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Taylor on September 25 became the first U.S. Ambassador to officially visit the Sumy Oblast (region) in northeastern Ukraine. The Ambassador met with the Governor and the Mayor of the city of Sumy before attending Sumy's International Economic Forum. He also spoke [...]	2008-11-03 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON UP
08KYIV2221	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ TURNS OFF TAP TO DELINQUENT GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrainy has refused to supply gas to some of its subsidiary companies until debts to Naftohaz are paid. The socially unpopular decision has resulted in the closing of some schools and public buildings due to a lack of heat. Th [...]	2008-11-07 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2224	NBU STABILIZES HRYVNIA, BUT FURTHER WEAKENING NECESSARY [...] (SBU) The hryvnia has stabilized in the past week as a result of the National Bank of Ukraine's new policy to sell unlimited amounts of dollars at an exchange rate that it resets daily. The strategy is probably draining the NBU's reserves, which stood at $31.9 billion on October 31, but the NB [...]	2008-11-10 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2241	NATO PFP TRUST FUND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on November 10 delivered reftel demarche regarding the NATO PfP Trust Fund to Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko and Deputy Minister of Economics Natalia Boitsun. Ohryzko and Boitsun both noted they would review the demarche non-paper provided by the Ambassador, but did [...]	2008-11-12 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08KYIV2265	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed efforts to combat counterfeit agrochemicals at a November 14 IPR Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. Constructive GOU-industry dialogue on this topic continued several days later under the auspices of the European Bu [...]	2008-11-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2289	SCENESETTER FOR ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 22-23 visit to Kyiv will be an important sign of continuing USG support for international recognition of the Holodomor, the Great Famine of 1932-1933, which has been a top priority for President Yushchenko. Your visit will come at a time of an unfolding economic crisis and [...]	2008-11-20 17:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2304	VISIT OF SENATOR CORKER TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) visited Kyiv November 8-10; and met with Foreign Minister Ohryzko, Deputy Ministers of Energy Pavlush, Deputy Minister of Economy Boitsun, and Rada Committee Chair for Taxation and Customs Teriokhin. Discussions focused on Ukraine's NATO aspirations, domestic [...]	2008-11-24 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ETRD ECON UP
08KYIV2306	UKRAINE - DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 3, 2008, a DOE delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration,s (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) met with Academician Boris Paton, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU),to discuss possible USG assistance on th [...]	2008-11-24 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY UNVIE
08KYIV2340	UKRAINE: DOLLAR AUCTIONS TO OFFSET FALLING HRYVNIA [...] (SBU) The hryvnia traded around 6.7/$ on the interbank market on November 26, down roughly 3 percent from the previous day and falling from 6.0/$ a week ago. On Kyiv streets, dollar bids started around 6.65/$ with offers topping 7.0/$. Speculation about a developing black market filtered into [...]	2008-11-28 05:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2438	UKRAINE ON LRTAP CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS [...] (SBU) Post delivered the reftel demarche to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, the body responsible for LRTAP issues and protocols, and sent a formal query with attached information on the U.S. LRTAP position, translated into Ukrainian. 2. (SBU) According to Olga Zverev [...]	2008-12-12 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV
08KYIV2439	UKRAINE: KYIVITES FACE HOT WATER CUTOFFS AS GAS DEBTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of Kyivites woke up to no hot water on December 12. For now, the cutoff has not affected the center of Kyiv, but is focused on outlying residential areas characterized by high-density block apartments. Kyivenergo, Kyiv's largest heat producing company, reported it was [...]	2008-12-12 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2441	UKRAINE'S SKINHEAD SUBCULTURE [...] (SBU) Ukrainian skinheads congregate in small and poorly organized groups in a number of larger cities. They tend to be divided on thematic lines, such as neo-Nazis, anti-fascists, and football hooligans. Some are involved in hate crimes and have links with skinheads abroad, particularly Ru [...]	2008-12-12 18:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI UP
08KYIV2464	UKRAINIAN HRYVNIA IN FREEFALL AS NBU BOTCHES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. A casualty of the worsening financial crisis, Ukraine's currency has lost another 12 percent of its value in recent days. Following an interim visit by the IMF to monitor GOU progress in implementing the $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),the National Bank of Ukraine (N [...]	2008-12-18 13:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2532	IMF NEGATIVE ON UKRAINE BUDGET BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary. The local IMF office has unofficially told us that the 2009 budget is "quite negative" and likened the budget's failure to reign in pension outlays to an "exploding bomb." According to the IMF, the 2009 budget is based on unrealistic macroeconomic projections and a 2.97 percent [...]	2008-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2538	UKRAINE PRESIDENT AND PM APPEAL TO IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. In an unusual display of cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a joint letter (full text below) to IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on December 30, confirming their intention to adhere to IMF conditionalities. S [...]	2008-12-31 10:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV286	ROSUKRENERGO CRUNCHED BY CENTRAL ASIAN COLD SPELL? [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV314	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES TO PAY GAS DEBT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko took Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia (ref A) public on February 11. She acknowledged that NaftoHaz owed gas intermediaries RosUkrEnergo (RUE) and UkrHazEnergo (UHE) $1.07 billion for gas deliveries in October-December 2007, and said Ukraine w [...]	2008-02-11 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV336	UKRAINE CLAIMS VICTORY IN GAS DEAL THAT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are both calling the gas deal struck on February 12 in Moscow a victory for Ukraine. Yushchenko and President Putin announced the deal moments before the deadline set by Gazprom to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine expired. Ukrai [...]	2008-02-13 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV404	UKRAINE IPR: 2008 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List, which is statutorily accompanied by Section 306 monitoring (ref A),although the Government of Ukraine continues to move in the right direction on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) prot [...]	2008-02-21 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV456	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUNDS PROGRAM STARTS WITH [...] (U) Summary: Post, in cooperation with CLDP (Commerce),launched a new IPR training initiative -- funded by STATE/INL -- with an IPR enforcement workshop for Ukrainian judges February 12-14. The event drew strong participation from 26 judges representing nearly all of Ukraine's geographical re [...]	2008-02-28 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV461	UKRAINE: GAZPROM AGAIN THREATENS UKRAINE OVER DEBT, [...] (U) Summary. Gazprom has indicated it had grown tired of Ukraine's inability to sign and implement the February 12 gas agreement announced by Putin and Yushchenko and threatened to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent beginning on March 3, moving up a previously announced deadline of M [...]	2008-02-29 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV469	UKRAINE: GAZPROM MAKES GOOD ON THREAT--REDUCES GAS [...] (U) At 9:34 a.m. Kyiv time, NaftoHaz press officials told us that the state-owned gas pipeline operator Ukrtranshaz had received an official telegram from Gazprom confirming that gas supplies to Ukraine would be reduced by 30 million cubic meters (mcm) per day for an unspecified time. The ann [...]	2008-03-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV471	UKRAINE: GAZPROM REDUCES GAS TO UKRAINE BY ANOTHER [...] (SBU) On March 3, hours after informing NaftoHaz by telegram that gas supplies had been reduced by 25%, Gazprom sent a second telegram announcing an additional 10% reduction in gas supplies, which Gazprom said brought the total reduction to 40 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day. NaftoHa [...]	2008-03-04 08:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV483	UKRAINE: MARCH 5 UPDATE ON GAS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A day after Gazprom reduced gas supplies to Ukraine by 35%, Gazprom tacked on an additional 25% reduction at 19:00 Kyiv time on March 4. Before reductions began, Ukraine's state gas and oil company, NaftoHaz, received 152.7 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day, but now re [...]	2008-03-05 09:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV503	UKRAINE IPR: GOU TRYING TO IMPROVE HOLOGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission hosted an IPR roundtable on March 5 with participation from the GOU and rights holders to discuss the hologram sticker program for optical discs. Industry reps laid out their concerns regarding the technical design of the hologram sticker, the process of [...]	2008-03-07 11:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV528	UKRAINE: IP RIGHTS HOLDERS STILL DISSATISFIED WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The recording industry remains concerned about public performance piracy -- the failure of intellectual property users to make royalty payments -- in Ukraine. The industry regards Ukrainian TV stations as particularly problematic. Industry reps would like to see increased crim [...]	2008-03-13 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV580	UKRAINE: TERMS OF RECENT GAS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) On March 13, Ukrainian news service "Ukrainska Pravda" published what it called the latest authentic version of the March 12 gas agreement between Gazprom and NaftoHaz entitled "Agreement on the Development of Gas Sector Relations." To date, no government officials have denied the authen [...]	2008-03-18 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV632	UKRAINE: CUSTOMS HEAD SERIOUS ABOUT REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of Ukraine's Customs Service Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy outlined his plan for Customs reform during an introductory meeting with Ambassador on March 21. Khoroshkovskiy boasted of the early success of his anti- smuggling campaign, which was meant to increase customs revenues [...]	2008-03-27 12:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON UP
08KYIV801	UKRAINE: GOU ANNOUNCES NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) On April 14, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers (CabMin) published a resolution recommending a 3-5% monthly increase in natural gas prices for individual consumers beginning in May. The move was unexpected, as the media and most energy experts predicted that PM Tymoshenko would not rais [...]	2008-04-24 10:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV807	UKRAINIAN GOVT LIFTS QUOTAS ON GRAIN EXPORTS [...] (U) Summary: The GOU announced an end to grain export restrictions, long a sore spot for grain traders and WTO members, on April 23. The GOU also announced a relaxation of restrictions on sunflower oil, although quotas on sunflower oil and seeds do remain in place. The move was likely in par [...]	2008-04-25 02:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO UP

08KYIV835	WHOOPS: UKRAINIAN GOVT REVERSES LIFTING OF GRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In contradiction to a public announcement by Prime Minister Tymoshenko on April 23, a government decree released on April 25 failed to eliminate grain export restrictions, only relaxing the quotas instead. The flip-flop was a complete surprise and followed an outpouring of inte [...]	2008-04-29 02:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO UP
08KYIV876	UKRAINE MOSTLY AGREES ON CANDIDATES FOR WIPO [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points regarding upcoming elections for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General to Elena Shcherbakova, head of the International Relations Division at the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP),on May 6. Shcherbakova said [...]	2008-05-08 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV915	UKRAINE BECOMES WTO MEMBER ON MAY 16, BUT FAILS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine joins the WTO on May 16, marking a major success for the country's economic reform efforts. Accession is marred, however, by Ukraine's failure, due to domestic political turmoil, to pass five laws promised as part of accession negotiations. One of the five is the law de [...]	2008-05-15 16:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV951	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-19 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG PGOV UP
08LAGOS100	NIGERIA COMMERCIAL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. carrier North American Airlines announced it will cease all scheduled passenger service, leaving Delta Airlines as the sole air carrier connecting the United States and Nigeria. A dispute between local airlines and the airport authorities over use of the new domestic term [...]	2008-03-13 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS104	CENTRAL BANK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the Nigerian Central Bank (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo on March 6 to express U.S. concerns about planned restrictions on foreign investment in Nigerian banks. Soludo remained firm in his intention to press forward with the new rules. While foreigners [...]	2008-03-14 10:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV NI
08LAGOS132	NIGERIA: PORT PRIVATIZATION YIELDS MIXED RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During visit of Nigeria Desk Officer and EconOff of Lagos ports on March 11, efforts to modernize and clean up the Apapa Container Terminal have born fruit in some areas. The privatization of the Lagos ports that began in 2006 has introduced greater efficiency in operations, ma [...]	2008-04-10 15:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS199	NIGERIA: WILL GON RAISE GAS PRICES AS YEAR LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: The year-long agreement between the GON and labor union on gasoline prices comes to an end this month. Unions and the government are already holding informal talks on the future of subsidized gasoline prices. In 2007, the subsidy totaled USD 1.6 billion. While the increasing w [...]	2008-06-06 12:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ELAB PGOV NI
08LAGOS201	NIGERIA: AFRICA FINANCE CORPORATION: DEVELOPMENT BANK OR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) role in establishing the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC),which was set up in 2007 as an alternative to the African Development Bank (ADB). The AFC is owned by African banks (44 percent),i [...]	2008-06-10 06:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS241	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:10:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS242	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS283	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS284	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS3	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AS IMPLEMENTED IN LAGOS [...] (U) Summary: The Lagos state government presently has no specified office overseeing procurement; each ministry or agency executes its own annual budget. The Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget acts as a "due process" office; it monitors and evaluates contracts and projects to ensure that [...]	2008-01-03 13:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS302	NIGERIA: LOCAL INVESTOR SAYS POWER PROJECTS THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 30 meeting with Resources Officer, Adewale Audifferen, former Managing Director of General Electric Nigeria, now Vice President for Power at Global Energy Nigeria (GE),said independent power projects (IPPs) like the Geometric Plant being built in Abia State are the mo [...]	2008-08-01 14:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS341	NIGERIA: NATIONAL TAX POLICY ELICITS MIXED RESPONSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's Draft National Tax Policy (DNTP) proposes sweeping reforms to the current tax system, including a shift from direct to indirect taxation; a simplified tax regime; and centralized tax authorities at the federal level. The private sector considers the formulation of a na [...]	2008-08-28 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS353	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO HALT STOCK MARKET'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Nigeria adopted a series of measures and commissioned a Presidential Advisory Team to halt the decline in the Nigerian stock market. Since March, the market recorded a 30 percent loss in market capitalization. Industry interlocutors feared that the policy meas [...]	2008-09-08 06:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS356	NIGERIA: GOVERNOR IMOKE (PDP) WINS CROSS RIVER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 23, Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the re-election ordered by a Federal Appeals Court on July 15. While the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) claimed the election was free and fair, opposition parties an [...]	2008-09-08 11:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS358	NIGERIA: FORMER BAKASSI RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY CARED [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: While the Red Cross and others estimate that 9,500 families or between 40,000 and 70,000 people have left the Bakassi Peninsula for Nigeria since the completion of the August 14 handover to Cameroon, only a small fraction of that number of people were observed in a recent tour [...]	2008-09-08 11:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF CM NI
08LAGOS365	NIGERIA: MILITANTS ATTACK CHEVRON, SHELL FACILITIES [...] (SBU) Militants associated with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked Chevron and Shell oil facilities in Rivers State on the evening of September 13. A Chevron contact confirmed the company's Robertkiri flowstation was attacked. The flowstation has been shut-i [...]	2008-09-17 16:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV NI
08LAGOS375	NIGERIA: PRESS REPORTS ON CHAIRMAN'S PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: In press reports, Ledum Mittee, newly elected Chairman of the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta described his vision of how the Committee would function in the September 14 editions of Vanguard and The Guardian. According to the press articles, in addition to reviewing past r [...]	2008-09-24 07:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS378	NIGERIAN: LOCAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS PUSH FOR IMPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of Nigeria (PMGMAN) is lobbying the Government of Nigeria (GON) for an import ban on additional pharmaceutical products, claiming that local manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet Nigerian demand. Should the GON impose an import ban, m [...]	2008-09-25 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EAID ECON PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS384	NIGERIA: MARITIME AND SAFETY AGENCY SEEKS TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),in a July 18 meeting with EconOff, requested technical assistance in the areas of personnel training and capacity building. In response to a 2008 International Maritime Bureau (IMB) report that [...]	2008-09-26 14:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EFIS PGOV IZ NI
08LAGOS399	NIGERIA: SURREAL SUMMIT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN AKWA [...] (SBU) Summary: In an "Infrastucture Summit" held September 18 and 19 the government of Akwa Ibom State laid out its development strategy and attempted to interest the private sector in public private partnerships for infrastructure development in the state. Representatives of Akwa Ibom's civi [...]	2008-10-08 09:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS401	NIGERIA: U.S. HOUSING COMPANY TRACKS DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a U.S. Company working in Nigeria's housing sector, the recent downturn in the Nigerian capital market has funneled money into land in Lagos, where land prices in key areas doubled between April and August. Nigerian banks are unable to handle mortgage loans; most of [...]	2008-10-10 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS41	CHEVRON AND EXXON FACE CHALLENGES, CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on their operating locations, Chevron and ExxonMobil (EM) face distinct challenges in operating in the Niger Delta. Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss, the Ambassador, and Econoff (note taker) visited Chevron's Escravos oil and gas complex in Delta State and EM's [...]	2008-02-08 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS415	NIGERIA: CONOCOPHILLIPS POWER PLANT POINTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Expansion of a 480 megawatt power plant in Delta State, which would double the plant's capacity, has stalled because the state power company consistently fails to make payments while demanding the power supply contract be renegotiated. ConocoPhillips, part owner of the plant in [...]	2008-10-22 12:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI
08LAGOS426	NIGERIA: PROBLEMS IN NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET OUTWEIGH [...] (SBU) Summary: Financial analysts disagree on the effect of the global financial crisis on Nigeria, basing their argument on the perceived degrees of linkage between the Nigerian market and the global market. The Federal Government (FG) has mostly taken a laissez faire posture, contending that [...]	2008-10-28 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS429	NIGERIA: LOCAL COMPANY DEVELOPS NATURAL GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. A natural gas distribution pipeline serving industrial customers is an example of a rare success story in Nigeria's slow developing domestic gas sector. The pipeline, owned by Oando Gas and Power, serves 82 industrial customers in Lagos. Oando does suffer from typical politica [...]	2008-10-29 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV NI EIND EPET
08LAGOS431	NIGERIA: ACTION CONGRESS PARTY SWEEPS LAGOS LOCAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: PolOff and PolSpec observed the Lagos State Local Government's (LASG) local election on October 11. In the 20 local councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs),the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) refused to contest, and expectat [...]	2008-11-03 06:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS441	NIGERIA: IMO STATE PROMOTES MICRO-ENTERPRISES [...] (U) Summary: In an October 17 visit to the Consulate, Imo State Executive Assistant to the Governor on Youth and Empowerment, Ambrose Obioha, claimed the state is focused on building the capacity of its youth and making strides to tap the potential of its natural resources. Entrepreneurship [...]	2008-11-10 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV SOCI NI
08LAGOS448	NIGERIA: BANKS NEED HELP TO IMPLEMENT MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act (MLA) 2004 sets strict reporting requirements on financial institutions in an effort to counter money laundering in Nigeria. Local banks established the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) in 2007 as an indus [...]	2008-11-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS461	NIGERIA: LAGOS LABOR UNIONS ACTIVE; POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 8-13 visit to Lagos by Tu Dang of the Office of International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, local labor union officials said that the use of casual labor in the oil industry is their top concern. Labor leaders are also worried about the sa [...]	2008-11-19 14:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SENV NI
08LAGOS465	NIGERIA: 95 PERCENT OF BANK LOANS ARE SECURITIZED, EX-IM [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 95 percent of banks' loan portfolios are securitized, bank representatives told U.S. Export-Import Bank officials during their October 21-24 visit; this indicates that banks are unable to conduct risk assessment and project monitoring. Retail banking cannot develop due to th [...]	2008-11-21 07:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS484	NIGERIA: LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 13-14 seminar on intellectual property rights for professionals in the film industry, participants complained that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) turns a blind eye to massive, blatant piracy conducted in plain view of the agency. The NCC touted a new no [...]	2008-12-01 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS489	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST, SOUTHSOUTH INFASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State's Geometric independent power project (IPP),projected to be operational April 2009, has started construction on only one substation to date. Akwa Ibom's (AI) IPP, scheduled for testing in December 2009, will generate 165 megawatts (MWs) of power, 65 of those for distr [...]	2008-12-11 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS64	DELTA STATE, DESOPADEC: MAJOR & MINOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delta State's Integrated Development Project and the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) made a joint presentation to the Mission's FCS officer. DESOPADEC plans to order modular refineries and gas gathering plants to jump start the local economy [...]	2008-02-15 15:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAPAZ1053	REQUEST OF WHEAT AID FOR BOLIVIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. (U) Bolivia is currently experiencing a serious shortage of wheat. It is the result of public and private mismanagement, faulty Argentinean supplies, and world-wide shortages. Donated wheat has been a fundamental part of Bolivian supply under both the T [...]	2008-05-06 21:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AGR FAO FAS IFAD BL
08LAPAZ1258	BOLIVIA: DETAINEE FORCED TO CONFESS AGAINST US? [...] (SBU) Citing insufficient evidence, a judge ordered released anti-government activist Roberto Lenin Sandoval Lopez, who was illegally abducted and incarcerated by a police intelligence unit on June 2. The prosecutor in Sandoval's case had already decided not to press charges due to the gove [...]	2008-06-04 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BL ASEC
08LAPAZ1290	BOLIVIA: JULY 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #1 1030 EST [...] (U) A scheduled march on the Embassy has begun, with crowds leaving government-stronghold El Alto and heading into La Paz as of 0900. Crowds are expected to arrive between 1000 and 1100. Currently the Embassy has additional police protection with tear-gas and crowd control armor. The CAC ha [...]	2008-06-09 14:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1435	EVO ENDORSES U.S.-FREE CHAPARE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales offered a far-reaching endorsement of the June 25 announcement by cocalero leaders and five mayors from the Chapare region that USAID should be expelled. Morales saluted the announcement and broadened the scope to include all U.S. presence in the Ch [...]	2008-06-26 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1694	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING - LA PAZ [...] (SBU) On Tuesday, 05 August 2008, EAC La Paz was convened to review current threat posture and to assess the political situation in preparations for the recall referendum vote scheduled for Sunday, 10 August 2008. The EAC generally agreed that no serious violence or civil unrest is expected pr [...]	2008-08-07 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ185	BOLIVIA: INDIGENOUS OUTREACH [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Mission in Bolivia has for many years reached out to Bolivia's indigenous communities through a series of innovative and successful programs. USAID Bolivia has always focused its significant assistance programs on the poorest and marginalized groups, which are usually i [...]	2008-01-28 13:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL OAS
08LAPAZ1951	BOLIVIA: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: After intermittent clashes in the past weeks, the level of violence in Bolivia has increased dramatically with deaths, wounded, and troop movements. Air traffic into the country is limited due to difficulties and uncertainty at the Santa Cruz commercial airp [...]	2008-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1970	BOLIVIA SITREP #1 1130: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 15:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC AEMR PTER BL
08LAPAZ2025	BOLIVIA: 505 AGREEMENT DIPLOMATIC NOTE REPLY [...] (SBU) The Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Relations and Worship sent Diplomatic Note 1024-08-15.723 to Embassy La Paz as a reply to La Paz Diplomatic Note 350/08. The MFA's note was dated September 16 and received by the Embassy September 17 (Note: Due to demonstrations, the Embassy was closed S [...]	2008-09-18 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS BL
08LAPAZ24	EVO AVOIDS SUCRE, JUSTICE MINISTER UNWELCOME TOO [...] (U) Protesters in Sucre hurled insults and firecrackers and proceeded to block Justice Minister Celima Torrico and members of Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party from leaving Bolivia's Supreme Court building following the inauguration of the 2008 judicial year. With strong police protection [...]	2008-01-04 18:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ302	FLOODS BRING TRUCE, AND DELAYS POLITICAL CONFLICT [...] (U) The Bolivian government and opposition have called a truce in their political conflict so that the country can focus on disaster-relief for flood-stricken areas. Following the suggestions of several political figures, President Morales urged the opposition on February 12 to halt any acti [...]	2008-02-14 23:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ373	CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO BOLIVIA FEBRUARY 18-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel, including Representatives Green (D-TX),Hinchey (D-NY),Weller (R-IL),and Foxx (R-NC) visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 18-20. While in La Paz, the Codel enjoyed an hour-long meeting with President Evo Morales; met a cross-section of Bolivian politicians, med [...]	2008-02-21 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR OPDC OPRC OREP ECON ETRD
08LAPAZ435	IRANIAN DCM: U.S. CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Hojjatollah Soltani arrived in Bolivia February 25 to open the Iranian Embassy. The building is nearly ready and staff will move in next week. Soltani discussed plans to establish a television station in the Chapare region with the Bolivian media. Although the station w [...]	2008-02-27 23:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IR BL
08LAPAZ551	BOLIVIAN PIRACY: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM [...] (SBU) Summary: Piracy of audio-visual materials is almost universal in Bolivia, damaging the domestic movie- and music- industries and eliminating any chance of profits for international imports. Certain members of the domestic industry have recently taken two different routes in attempts t [...]	2008-03-10 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EINV BL
08LAPAZ647	ATTACKS AGAINST FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Attacks against the press are frequent in Bolivia, but the number and severity of these attacks has risen over the past two years. The Superintendent of Telecommunications issued and then retracted after a public outcry a policy stating that published or transmitted information, even if [...]	2008-03-24 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ661	BOLIVIAN MINING: CONFLICTIVE "COOPERATIVES" [...] (SBU) Summary: As high world mineral prices encourage the re-opening of areas previously considered "mined out", Bolivia's cooperative miners have regained political street power. Various estimates suggest that up to 100,000 miners work in cooperatives, semi-socialist organizations that are [...]	2008-03-25 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EINV ELAB BL
08LAPAZ717	SANTA CRUZ: MAY 4 AS A PANACEA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 26-28 visit to Santa Cruz, American Presence Post officer found the city surprisingly calm and optimistic, although individual Santa Cruz citizens are outraged. They cite an increasingly long list of grievances and complaints against the central government, and the [...]	2008-04-02 15:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO BL
08LAPAZ900	BOLIVIA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE [...] Summary: Mission Bolivia held a Crisis Management Exercise (CME) via digital video conference with Washington on April 7. Members of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and representatives from DEA Santa Cruz and Cochabamba were present. The scenario outlined a civil disturbance in La Paz [...]	2008-04-17 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL AEMR BL
08LAPAZ999	SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE: PLANS FOR A "BIG PARTY" [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 24-27 visit to Santa Cruz (including the capital city and the rural towns of San Javier and Concepcion),American Presence Post officer's (APP) interlocutors downplayed fears of violent confrontation and predicted the May 4 autonomy referendum would be a "big part [...]	2008-04-30 18:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO ASEC BL
08LIBREVILLE139	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Political Officer Leslie Doumbia spent approximately 2 hours and two Locally Engaged Staff (LES) in Sao Tome and Principe spe [...]	2008-03-18 13:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
08LIBREVILLE146	GABON: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Poloff Leslie Doumbia spent 25 hours, Political Assistant Cedric Pehoua spent 15, DCM Nathan Holt spent five 5 hours, and Amb [...]	2008-03-25 11:42:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
08LIBREVILLE179	GABON: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Post has consulted closely with Ambassador Reddick, currently presenting credentials in Sao Tome, and provides these additional comments concerning trafficking in persons in Gabon and the proposed placement of Gabon on the Tier 2 Watch List. This cable reflects her views. Credible inde [...]	2008-04-15 12:59:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM GB
08LIBREVILLE189	AMBASSADOR'S COMMENT ON GABON'S 2008 TIP RANKING [...] (SBU) Allow me to weigh in personally on the question of Gabon's TIP ranking. I am sorry that I was away presenting credentials in Sao Tome last week when much of the dialogue on this issue occurred. 2. (SBU) Gabon's TIP record is not perfect, but a fair reading of its record in 2007 shows [...]	2008-04-21 16:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM GB
08LIBREVILLE389	LIBREVILLE - POST ENDORSES FY2009 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) Post fully endorses the FY2009 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Gabon and Sao Tome (STP) that was submitted by EUCOM. The funding is for Peace Support Operations training that are in keeping with Post's mission objectives. This training force will deploy to the Gulf of Guinea as part [...]	2008-07-30 14:20:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL GB
08LIBREVILLE410	GABON/SAO TOME: POST ENDORSES FY2008 SECTION 1206 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:50:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL GB
08LIBREVILLE436	GABON: RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 12:51:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN GB
08LIBREVILLE571	GABON/CAR: PRESIDENT BOZIZE IN LIBREVILLE FOR TALKS [...] (SBU) Central African Republic President Francois Bozize flew to Libreville December 2 for talks with his Gabonese counterpart El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba on the eve of a long-awaited "inclusive national dialogue" among CAR political and military factions. The dialogue is scheduled to begin De [...]	2008-12-06 09:54:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPKO CT GB
08LIBREVILLE579	GABON: STUDENTS PROTEST, TEACHERS' STRIKE RESUMES [...] (U) Hundreds of secondary school students organized impromptu protests throughout the city of Libreville December 15 upon learning that their teachers had walked out on strike. The protests disrupted traffic on major Libreville thoroughfares. There were reports of some students throwing sto [...]	2008-12-15 15:18:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB CASC GB
08LILONGWE109	MALAWI - INDIFFERENCE AND JEALOUSY COLOR ATTITUDES TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's relationship with South Africa is colored largely by indifference, due to South Africa's lack of an aid program and jealousy of South Africa's economic and political position in the region. While Malawi once enjoyed close relations with -- and derived many economic bene [...]	2008-02-25 05:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SF MI
08LILONGWE157	MALAWI: MISSION REQUEST FOR ELECTION SUPPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission is making progress in preparation for the May 19, 2009 presidential and parliamentary elections by engaging stakeholders, refining plans, and defending a $37.3 million USD budge [...]	2008-03-14 09:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID MI
08LILONGWE158	MALAWI: ELECTION PREPARATIONS MAKING PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since gaining a quorum of commissioners in mid-January, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has made progress both on preparations for the May 2009 general elections, and in overcoming opposition criticism of their impartiality. On March 6, the MEC announced its electoral ca [...]	2008-03-14 10:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID MI
08LILONGWE17	MALAWI: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CABINET HAS NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Jan. 7, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Joyce Banda to discuss the much-reported impending switch of recognition from Taiwan to the People's Republic of China. While confirming press reports that two ministers had made two exploratory trips to Beijing, she said the minis [...]	2008-01-09 08:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TW CH MI
08LILONGWE197	MALAWI - POLITICAL PARTIES CLASH IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Beginning with incidents last December, violence between supporters of former president Bakili Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF) and President Bingu Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been increasing in Machinga, the home district of Muluzi. Early clashes r [...]	2008-04-03 11:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE218	MALAWI - UNHCR CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE REFUGEES [...] (U) Summary: UNHCR Malawi told emboff that they have contingency plans in place in the event that sustained post-election violence forces Zimbabwean refugees into Malawi. Due to close historic and family ties, Zimbabwean migrants have so far blended into Malawian society and few have shown up [...]	2008-04-14 14:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KDEM ZI MI
08LILONGWE221	MALAWI - SPEAKER CONVOKES PARLIAMENT, OPPOSITION VOWS IT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Speaker of the National Assembly announced April 5 that the next session of parliament will begin on April 28, almost eight months after President Mutharika dismissed the last session. Opposition leaders from both the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Malawi Congress Pa [...]	2008-04-15 05:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE234	Malawi Government Calls for Release of Zimbabwe Election [...] (SBU) Summary: In a statement released on April 19, the GOM called on the Zimbabwe Government to release the election results so that "a Government can be formed that will steer the country to the future." Reiterating the SADC principle of "non-interference," the GOM expressed concern over the [...]	2008-04-21 14:10:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI MI
08LILONGWE236	MALAWI - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 13:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MI
08LILONGWE24	MALAWI: ANALYSTS CRITICIZE MUTHARIKA, BUT EXPECT HIM TO WIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Five of Malawi's most influential political scientists told poloff that President Mutharika, while ably managing the economy, has not upheld the rule of law; some fear that he may become more autocratic if his party can win a majority in the upcoming elections. Regionalism rema [...]	2008-01-14 05:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
08LILONGWE250	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE 2009 NPT [...] (SBU) On April 30, the Ambassador mentioned the issue of the sole candidate for the NPT preparatory committee to Foreign Minister Joyce Banda. Separately, an emboff delivered a more detailed presentation to Director for Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ch [...]	2008-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG PREL MNUC PARM MI
08LILONGWE252	MALAWI: OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) boycotted the opening of Malawi's National Assembly on April 28, refusing to attend the opening speech given by President Mutharika. The boycott continued on day two of the session, with only 10 of the [...]	2008-05-02 08:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE253	MALAWI - CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, the following information is provided for preparation of U.S.-China policy dialogues. China and Malawi established formal diplomatic relations a mere four months ago and engagement between the U.S. and Chinese Missions has so far been limited. China has alre [...]	2008-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CH MI
08LILONGWE254	MALAWI: CIVIL SOCIETY WANTS STRONGER STAND ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Malawi has been relatively quiet on Zimbabwe since it released an April 19 statement calling for the release of election results. While low-level Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts continue to suggest that Malawi is quietly working through SADC to resolve th [...]	2008-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZI MI
08LILONGWE286	MALAWI: TREASON SUSPECTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20, the Lilongwe High Court granted bail to eight alleged coup plotters and told government that the two documents submitted as evidence failed to satisfy requirements to further detain the suspects. The eight suspects, which include three active-duty brigadier generals, [...]	2008-05-22 12:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MI
08LILONGWE294	MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MULUZI ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 25, police arrested former president Bakili Muluzi as he exited the airplane in Lilongwe on return from a trip to the United Kingdom. Muluzi was immediately escorted to a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) plane and flown to Blantyre where he was detained under "house arrest" at [...]	2008-05-27 11:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI
08LILONGWE307	MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MALUZI RELEASED ON BAIL, RALLY [...] (SBU): Summary: On May 30, former president Bakili Muluzi was granted bail and released from house arrest. Muluzi was arrested on May 25 upon his return from the UK (ref A) as a suspect in an alleged coup plot, but was never charged. The High Court in its ruling cited the case of the previous [...]	2008-06-02 13:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI
08LILONGWE342	MALAWI: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission in Lilongwe warmly welcomes the July 5-6 congressional delegation led by Representative David Price. 2. (SBU) Located at the southern end of Africa's Great Rift Valley, Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. A heavy chronic disease burden (mala [...]	2008-06-13 09:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID OREP SOCI MI
08LILONGWE348	MALAWI: UP TO 20,000 AFFECTED BY SOUTH AFRICAN XENOPHOBIC [...] (SBU): Summary: An estimated twenty thousand Malawians have been affected by the xenophobic violence in South Africa. Since the attacks began May 11, five Malawians have been killed and many others left injured or homeless. The GOM provided buses that have evacuated nearly 1,000 of the countr [...]	2008-06-13 10:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL SF MI
08LILONGWE358	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR [...] (SBU) On June 18, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni had no substantive response. EASTHAM [...]	2008-06-19 07:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR MI
08LILONGWE359	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INVITATION TO JUNE 19 SADC [...] (SBU) On June 18, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni promised to follow-up with their UN Mission in New York, and said that the Deputy Permanent Representation would likely attend, as the Perm [...]	2008-06-19 07:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI MI
08LILONGWE360	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN 1267 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE'S [...] (SBU) On June 18, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni informed emboffs that he would give the nine names to Malawi's National Counterrorism Committee. EASTHAM [...]	2008-06-19 07:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR MI
08LILONGWE375	MALAWI: AU SUMMIT DELEGATION INFORMATION [...] (SBU): According to the Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malawi's delegation to the AU summit is as follows: Hon. Minister Joyce Banda, MP Mr. M.B. Mbewe - Principal Secretary Mr. Guston Mabvuto - Chief of Protocol Mr. W. Gunda - Deputy Director, Political Affairs Ms. Imfairenga Chalanda [...]	2008-06-26 13:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSUM OVIP XA MI
08LILONGWE387	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) On July 2, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni informed emboffs that senior Malawian officials still had not discussed recognizing Kosovo's independence, and he did not believe they would [...]	2008-07-08 07:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL PGOV YI KV MI
08LILONGWE388	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) On July 2, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni informed emboffs that Malawi views itself as an Africa region representative to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),so although he [...]	2008-07-08 07:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN NGO PHUM MI
08LILONGWE410	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE QUOTA [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary for Industry and Trade Newby Kumwembe. According to information subsequently provided, Malawi does not expect to ship its full allocation of sugar for FY 2008. Malawi currently expects that it of its 10,530 metric ton allocated quota, it will shi [...]	2008-07-15 13:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD MI
08LILONGWE419	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) On July 21, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Chiunguzeni had no substantive response. SULLIVAN [...]	2008-07-21 08:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR MI
08LILONGWE449	DEMARCHE: ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (SBU) Charge Sullivan presented points in reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Mumba July 29. Sullivan urged that when consulted by President Mbeki concerning his mediation efforts, the GOM advocate for a negotiated solution that reflected the will of the Zimbabwean people as expres [...]	2008-07-30 14:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI MI
08LILONGWE453	MALAWI: MEMBERSHIP TO THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Emboffs consulted with Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding Malawi's delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly. Mr. Chiunguzeni advised emboffs that he did not expect to have the requested information (reftel) until late August. [...]	2008-08-01 08:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MI
08LILONGWE480	MALAWI - ELECTION PREPARATIONS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a period of uncertainty due to budget disputes and slow-moving donor contributions, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is now on track to hold successful elections in May 2009. The U.S. Mission has pl [...]	2008-08-13 13:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE500	MALAWI'S DELGATION TO 63RD UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 08:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MI
08LILONGWE543	MALAWI: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR DISCUSSES PROBLEMS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 3, Charge4 d' Affaires Sullivan met with Justice Anastazia Msosa, the Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Msosa acknowledged problems in the voter registration exercise and described measures to correct them. Msosa noted that the MEC had been bols [...]	2008-09-17 12:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE554	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 06:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MI
08LILONGWE555	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 06:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC MI
08LILONGWE574	MALAWI: DONORS TO SUPPORT GOM THROUGH FISCAL, BOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent IMF visit to Malawi highlighted a $40 million dollar budget shortfall the GOM will face as a result of the rising cost of its much-vaunted fertilizer subsidy program. Commercial borrowing to cover this gap would only exacerbate another looming problem: a foreign excha [...]	2008-09-26 09:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL MI

08LILONGWE594	MALAWI: PARLIAMENT FAILS TO MEET ON SECTION 65, [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika publicly confirmed September 29 that he would not recall the National Assembly as agreed in late August when Parliament passed the national budget (reftel). The agreement, negotiated by opposition and government leaders in Parliament but never endoresed publ [...]	2008-10-06 11:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE620	MALAWI - REGULATOR TRYS TO PULL THE PLUG ON MULUZI-OWNED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) revoked the broadcasting license for privately owned and pro-opposition Joy Radio on October 17, effectively closing it down. MACRA argued that the station's ownership was transferred illegally to former President Bakili Mul [...]	2008-10-22 13:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE667	MALAWI: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR UPDATES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Anastasia Msosa described the ongoing difficulties with voter registration and expected challenges in next May's elections. In particular, Msosa expects challenges to the voters' roll, [...]	2008-11-19 14:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE680	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 08:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA MI
08LILONGWE682	MALAWI: COMMANDER RECONFIRMS PEACEKEEPING GOALS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with General Marko Chiziko, Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF),Chiziko thanked the Ambassador for past U.S. military support, including the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program of which he himself was a graduate. Chiziko rei [...]	2008-12-01 11:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV KPKO MI
08LILONGWE700	MALAWI'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES ALMOST ON EMPTY, IMF TO [...] SUMMARY: Malawi's foreign exchange reserves currently stand at less than two months' import cover. The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has been forced to ration its limited foreign exchange allocations to commercial banks. The situation is affecting the country's importers who are unable to get [...]	2008-12-08 15:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD MI
08LILONGWE701	MALAWI: ELECTION PREPARATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With just over five months until Malawi's May elections, the registration period is limping toward the finish line with delays, material shortages and poor expenditure tracking, but with what appears to be a high-quality voter roll. Voter registration will now likely conclude i [...]	2008-12-09 10:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE703	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 12:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KV MI
08LILONGWE710	MALAWI: SUPPORTIVE OF UN SOMALIA FORCE BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met with principal secretaries at the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss reftel points regarding Somalia. PS Livuza from the MFA indicated that Malawi would support a resolution authorizing a UN peacekeeping operation in Somalia as [...]	2008-12-12 08:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SO MI
08LILONGWE726	MALAWI - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 13:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM MI
08LILONGWE94	MALAWI: PRESIDENT FIRES TWO IN CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika reshuffled his cabinet on Feb. 8 for the sixth time since taking office in 2004. Mutharika removed Minister of National Defense Bob Khamisa, who is involved in a fertilizer subsidy coupon scandal, and Minister of Health Marjorie Ngaunje. Despite criticism fr [...]	2008-02-12 14:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA MI
08LIMA1130	SFRC STAFFDEL examines transparency [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Members Carl Meacham and Brooke Daley visited Lima May 25-31 to discuss the state of transparency in Peru's extractive industries. Meetings with government officials, non-government organizations (NGO),and private sector executives all e [...]	2008-07-02 21:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ENRG AMGT EMIN ASEC AFIN BR
08LIMA1165	LETTER FOR CONGRESSWOMAN MALONEY RE LEVY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 20:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD USTR OPRC OREP PE
08LIMA1169	LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JUNE 2008 [...] (U) Summary: - Recent economic analysis confirms considerable diminution of coca in San Martin, the first clear and measurable result of the Eradication/Alternative Development nexus. - NAS Deputy Director traveled to Quito, Bogota, and La Paz to identify areas of regional collaboration. - [...]	2008-07-09 12:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1314	LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JULY [...] (U) Summary: -- New NAS Director Arrives -- Rumors of major changes in GOP ministries and PNP amount to nothing -- FAP Joins Eradication Efforts -- Deputy Director visits Counter Narcotics Base and FAP Radar site in Puerto Maldonado -- Aviation Safety Day Conducted -- Joint Peru [...]	2008-08-07 21:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1338	PERU 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The following is an updated version of post's submission (ref A) for the State Department's 2008 527 Report (ref B). The updates are to Claimant D's cases. 2. (U) Begin text. The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims that may be outstanding against the Government of Peru. a [...]	2008-08-13 16:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE PGOV CASC OPIC USTR ETRD PE
08LIMA150	PERU SIGNS FTA WITH CANADA AND MOVES FORWARD ON OTHER FREE [...] (SBU) With the U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S. Congress last month, in its implementation phase, the Government of Peru (GOP) has closed its agreement with Canada, and is actively negotiating a tariff-only deal with China. The GOP is also looking to conclude agreements w [...]	2008-01-28 19:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR CA CH CI EU PE
08LIMA1533	PERU RESPONSE: INVITATION FOR HOST COUNTRY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 21:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA1555	LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: - NAS Director Visits Pucallpa, Santa Lucia and Tingo Maria - Mazamari Pre-Academy's Multi-Cultural Students' Movie Debut - DIRANDRO Seizure Report - Eradication Operations Shift to Aucayacu - Police Resources Redirected to APEC - Typhoid Outbreak in Palma Pampa - NAS Ports Pr [...]	2008-09-22 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1594	PERU CIVAIR: GOP AGREES TO HOLD FORMAL [...] EconCouns and EconOff delivered reftel demarche on September 26 to Ernesto Lopez, Peruvian Director General for Civil Aviation, and on September 29 to Carlos Puga, Vice Minister for Transportation. Per reftel, post said that the USG considered our meetings to constitute consultations under A [...]	2008-10-02 16:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PE
08LIMA1606	PERU ON TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP) AGREEMENT [...] (U) EconCouns and EconOff delivered reftel points on September 24 to Javier Paulinich, the Peruvian MFA's Director General for WTO Issues and International Economic Negotiations. 2. (SBU) Paulinich said Peru was analyzing whether it made sense to seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership [...]	2008-10-03 15:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ETRD ECON POL PE
08LIMA1686	LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary: * NAS Director completes Field Orientation * New Solicitor for Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Position Created * SL Threat Grounds UH-2s in Santa Lucia * FAP Budget Cuts Will Negatively Impact VRAE Operations * NAS Aviation Update * DIRANDRO Activities * Pre-Academies C [...]	2008-10-20 20:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1765	GOP DECLARES EMERGENCY TO QUELL VIOLENT PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP on November 4th declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Tacna and directed the military to maintain order after violent protestors attacked and burned several government buildings. The protests erupted on October 30th after Congress passed a bill that woul [...]	2008-11-07 15:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PE ASEC
08LIMA1808	LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary: - New National Police Director and Minister of Interior Named - Eradication - New Graduating Class of the Special Counter Drugs Operations Course: Mazamari - DIRANDRO Statistics - MEDEVAC Policy/Procedures to be Revised - FLIR Back in Business - Change in FAP C-26 Contractors [...]	2008-11-17 18:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1876	PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peruvian National Police (PNP) suspect that Shining Path forces in the Upper Huallaga Valley (SL-UHV) ambushed a police convoy November 26, killing five and injuring four others. Observers speculate the attack may have been retribution to earlier drug seizures by police in the [...]	2008-12-05 19:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC PE
08LIMA1897	PERU ANNOUNCES $3.3 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (U) On December 7, Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced a stimulus package amounting to 10 billion soles (approximately $3.3 billion),or 2.47% of Peru's GDP. The intention is to provide a counter-cyclical fiscal boost to the economy. Thus far, the most significant negative effects in P [...]	2008-12-10 18:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PE
08LIMA1914	DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 21:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA1938	PERU: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy point of contact is John Robertson (robertsonjc@state.gov or 51-1-618-2514). 2. (SBU) Text of draft submission follows: Peru Peru's primary counterterrorism concern remained fighting remnants of the militant Maoist Sendero Luminoso (SL or Shining Path),a designated Foreig [...]	2008-12-19 17:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PE
08LIMA194	FORE VISIT: FOSTERING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of US Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore, during her January 10-11 visit to Peru, underscored the importance of public, private and civil society collaboration to foster development. To this end, Director Fore attended a signing ceremony on January 10th to launch a partn [...]	2008-01-31 22:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR PINR PE
08LIMA1981	LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary: * Eradication Report * Maritime Ports Report * PNP Ambushed Outside of Tingo Maria/Police Program Report * Threats to Helicopters * Continued Legal Progress on TIP * Prime Minister Releases First Draft of Anti-Corruption Plan * Money Laundering - Legal news and a new arrest [...]	2008-12-31 19:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA228	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in January 2008: CORAH started the 2008 eradication season on January 18 near Pizana northeast of Tocache. An increase in murders east of the Andes gained public attention due to the link with eradication and alternative development. ** The GOP initiated qua [...]	2008-02-07 16:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA32	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in December 2007: CORAH ended the year with a total of 11,056.20 hectares of coca eradicated, surpassing the 10,000-hectare goal. DEVIDA approved the 2008 Eradication Plan to start in mid-January, now waiting for Interior Minister's signature. ** Police gra [...]	2008-01-08 13:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA390	SUSPECTED "BOLIVARIAN" TERRORISTS DETAINED AT [...] (SBU) Agents of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Anti-Terrorism Directorate (DIRCOTE) February 29 in the northern region of Tumbes arrested seven alleged members of the "Bolivarian Continental Coordinating Committee" (Coordinadora Nacional Bolivariana -- CNB),including the organization's pr [...]	2008-03-04 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL EC PE
08LIMA395	Peru: 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government continues to demonstrate a commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person sentenced to 12 years in prison for commercial se [...]	2008-03-05 12:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
08LIMA398	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in February 2008: CORAH has eradicated a total of 1,615 hectares of coca in these first two months of 2008. Eradication operations continue despite cocalero protests and adverse weather conditions. ** INL A/S David Johnson met with high-level government of [...]	2008-03-06 14:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA417	DESIGNING AN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Instructed by President Garcia, a commission of experts presented draft legislation on March 3 establishing an Environment Ministry in Peru and outlining its structure and responsibilities. After discussion and tweaking by the Council of Ministers, the GOP plans on creating the Ministry [...]	2008-03-07 16:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN PGOV USTR PE
08LIMA478	PREUVIAN REQUEST FOR SUPPORT IN UNSC ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Post has recieved from the Ministry of Foreign Relations a diplomatic note dated February 20, 2008 requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy fo the UN Security Council term of 2018-2019. Post requests Department guidance on our response. 2. (U) Post will email the text of the diplo [...]	2008-03-17 20:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN PE
08LIMA590	AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING VISITS PERU IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador William Swing was in Peru April 2-3 seeking support for his candidacy for the position of Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Ambassador Swing had a cordial and productive meeting with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gonzalo Gutie [...]	2008-04-04 19:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO PE PHUM PREF PREL
08LIMA591	PERU: VISITATION OF EXTRADITEE WILMER YARLEQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: As directed in ref A, Post has visited Peruvian extraditee Wilmer YARLEQUE Ordinola on multiple occasions and confirmed that he is being treated in accordance with Peru's international human rights obligations. Moreover, the GOP has sought actively to fulfill its commitments co [...]	2008-04-04 20:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PHUM PREL PE
08LIMA593	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in March 2008: CORAH has eradicated a total of 2,779 hectares of coca in CY 2008. Preparations are being made for eradication operations in high-threat area near Aucayacu. ** The first female DIRANDRO officer killed in action was a graduate of a NAS-supporte [...]	2008-04-04 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA695	GARCIA: PERU VICTIM OF ETHANOL-INDUCED [...] (U) At an April 21 inauguration for the world's biggest compressed natural gas filling station (built by US' Clean Energy),President Garcia described GOP efforts to increase natural gas and hydropower use and blamed the ethanol boom for "unfairly" boosting food prices. He cited wheat (bread [...]	2008-04-21 20:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EAGR ETRD SENV APECO USTR PE
08LIMA812	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, APRIL 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in April 2008: As of April 30, CORAH has eradicated a total of 3,404 hectares of coca. In first-ever raid of an opium laboratory, police seized 100 kg of opium latex and 400 grams of morphine. ** Heavy rains slow preparations for CORAH's move to the Aucayacu [...]	2008-05-08 21:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA824	PERU: WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 12:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR AORC ETRD PREL PE
08LIMA825	PERU: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 12:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PE
08LIMA876	PERU CREATES ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY, NAMES ENVIRONMENTALIST [...] (U) The Government of Peru officially announced the creation of the Ministry of Environment and named the first Minister, ecologist Antonio Brack. The new Ministry will incorporate most of the existing environmental agencies and technical experts under one roof, and strengthen the government's [...]	2008-05-19 14:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON USTR EXIM PE
08LIMA906	PERU ENERGY BRIEFS - MAY 2008 [...] (U) This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- New Environment Minister sets conditions for sustainable biofuels development; -- Brazil and Peru sign 10 agreements on margins of EU-LAC Summit, including biofuels; -- Brazilian firms to build $2 billion hydroelectric p [...]	2008-05-21 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LIMA913	Extraditions in Peru [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs and Peruvian lawyers representing the USG on extradition cases met May 20 with Minister of Justice Rosario Del Pilar Fernandez to discuss points in reftel and other issues. The Minister acknowledged USG concerns over Peruvian courts' recent denial of several USG extraditi [...]	2008-05-23 16:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PE
08LIMA979	PERU FY 2007-2008 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) Working relationships and cooperation between the Government of Peru (GOP) and the U.S. Government agencies responsible for implementation of counter-narcotics (CN) policies continue at an all time high. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),U.S. [...]	2008-06-06 16:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA980	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2008 [...] (U) On May 21, President Garcia, DIRANDRO Gen.Hidalgo, Huallaga Front Gen.Palomino, San Martin,s Regional President and Congressional representatives visited the Santa Lucia PNP base where they were briefed on ongoing interdiction and eradication strategies in the UHV. The delegation continued [...]	2008-06-06 17:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LISBON1091	EMBASSY LISBON'S DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 16:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL PO
08LISBON1279	CONTACT UPDATES FOR LEADING PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT [...] This is in response to reftel request for updated information for Portuguese leaders. Country: Portuguese Republic Date: May 28, 2008 Head of Government Last/Family Name: Socrates First/Middle Names: Jose Conventional Usage: Jose Socrates Formal Title: Prime Minister of the Portugu [...]	2008-06-02 09:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL PO
08LISBON149	Portugal to Back CERD Candidate Prosper, Solicits U.S. [...] (U) In response to our demarche, Portugal sent a diplomatic note on January 17 confirming its support for U.S. Candidate Pierre Prosper to the Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The note goes on to request for the third time in as many months that the U [...]	2008-01-17 16:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN PO
08LISBON1975	PORTUGAL DEFERS TO EU ON STRONGER BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (U) Portugal continues to support the EU consensus regarding sanctions against Burma, according to Joao Terenas of the MFA's Asia Office. Terenas thanked us for the briefing on stronger U.S. sanctions but declined to comment on the prospects for stronger EU sanctions pending further discussio [...]	2008-08-08 17:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD BM PO
08LISBON2029	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS DRAFT EXCEPTION TEXT FOR INDIA [...] Charge and his British counterpart John Kraus jointly delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Disarmament and Security Pedro Sousa Abreu and requested Portugal's support for the draft exemption at the August 21 meeting. Sousa Abreu responded that it wouldn't be a problem; the draft is acc [...]	2008-08-13 17:24:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC PO
08LISBON2643	PORTUGAL RESPONSE: NATO AND UNGA DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PO AF IZ
08LISBON2648	(SBU) Portuguese interim response to demarche on sharing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and ACS Specialist met with Manuel Grainha do Vale, MFA Americas Division Deputy Director, on September 30 to deliver the demarche regarding the HSPD-6 proposal to share terrorist screening information. We left the proposal with him in hard copy as a diplomatic no [...]	2008-10-16 12:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL PO
08LISBON2657	PORTUGAL: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 12:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF PREL PO
08LISBON2659	PORTUGAL'S 2009 BUDGET TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Portuguese Government's 2009 budget request maintains the record low budget deficit that was achieved last year (2.2% of GDP). There are no major policy or spending shifts in the budget request and, for that reason, there was little significant criticism from opposition pa [...]	2008-10-22 13:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PO
08LISBON2690	PORTUGAL'S TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE LUSO-BRAZILIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 28, Brazil hosted the Ninth Luso-Brazilian Summit in Salvador, Brazil. The summit is held biennially to discuss common bilateral agendas, and this year included discussions on the financial crisis, the status of the Doha Round and the signing of ten bilateral commercia [...]	2008-11-04 09:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV BR PO
08LISBON2756	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU CONSENSUS ON ALL DECEMBER 8-9 [...] (SBU) Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU shares US concerns about Pakistan, the Western Balkans, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Middle East as outlined in reftel demarche. She further noted that Portugal fully agreed with the draft conclusions to be p [...]	2008-12-05 17:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON442	PORTUGAL: INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON ENERGY [...] The following responses are keyed to paragraph four of reftel: A.) The Political/Economic (P/E) and the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) sections are the two offices tasked with handling energy matters at post. The P/E Section has 8 employees: 5 Foreign Service Officers - P/E Counsel [...]	2008-02-21 07:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER ABUD PO
08LISBON464	PORTUGAL: CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 15:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PO PREL
08LISBON510	PORTUGAL-U.S. BILATERAL COMMISSION; KOSOVO, [...] (U) Summary. The 23rd U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission examined the state of the bilateral relationship. Portugal will not remove its battalion in Kosovo, supports NATO membership for three MAP countries, and will present its action plan for the Community of Democracies in the near future. [...]	2008-02-27 16:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS KDEM PGOV ELAB PO XH AF
08LISBON584	PORTUGAL WAITING FOR EU GUIDANCE ON VISA WAIVER [...] (SBU) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Lisbon's Consul General delivered reftel points to representatives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, top officials indicated that Portugal 'fully shares' the EU Commission's view that visa [...]	2008-03-07 12:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KPAO CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER PO
08LISBON594	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON THE MARCH GAERC [...] (SBU) Assistant EU Correspondent Pedro Severo de Almeida responded to the reftel points with Portugal's views in advance of March's GAERC meeting. He confirmed that the ministers planned to discuss the Balkans, Middle East Peace Process, Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Iran. He also noted the possibil [...]	2008-03-10 12:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF IR GG IS PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON811	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS TO [...] (SBU) Mr. Director: Your visit to Portugal will be the first high-level ONDCP visit since 1998 and underscores both our interest and concern about increasing cocaine flows through Portugal into Europe. As you may know, Portugal saw a marked increase in cocaine seizures in 2005 and 2006, fol [...]	2008-04-03 08:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC PO
08LJUBLJANA108	SLOVENIAN NGOs ENGAGE ON CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) On February 27, two local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) organized a roundtable entitled "Climate and Development" to bring attention to the growing concerns in Slovenia regarding climate change. The roundtable attracted senior-level politicians and experts from the field of clim [...]	2008-03-05 15:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV ENRG BEXP PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA118	SLOVENIA CLEANING ITS ECONOMIC HOUSE [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is making a strong push to investigate and convict people guilty of economic crimes. The Office of the State Prosecutor General (Office) has been hampered by a lack of coordination between its office and the police, and its small work force. In response [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC SI
08LJUBLJANA121	SLOVENIA SAYS COUNCIL LIKELY TO GO FORWARD WITH [...] (SBU) On March 11, Emboff briefed reftel talking points on U.S.-EU climate change cooperation to Andrej Kranjc--Secretary for International Relations at the Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning--who is Slovenia's national coordinator on climate change issues. Kranjc took note [...]	2008-03-11 14:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA122	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT [...] (SBU) On March 12, Emboff met with Polonca Smole, desk officer for Iran at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to urge Slovenia, in its role as president of the Council of the European Union, to issue a statement after Iran's parliamentary elections condemning the elections for [...]	2008-03-13 07:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA142	EU COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS - LISBON STRATEGY, CLIMATE AND [...] (U) The March 13-14 European Council resulted in the launch of the second cycle of the renewed Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, ratification of the EU's climate and energy package, and proposals to create greater stability in the financial markets. Slovenian Prime Minister and EU Council [...]	2008-03-26 15:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SENV ENRG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA144	U.S.-EU JHA Ministerial Meeting Holds Productive Sessions [...] (U) Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate and Justice Minister Lovro Sturm hosted Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, and European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini on March 12-13 for the [...]	2008-03-27 15:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CVIS SMIG SNAR PREL KCRM KFRD EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA159	ECOFIN CONCLUSIONS - FIGHTING INFLATION, [...] (SBU) The Informal Meeting of the Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) held at Brdo April 4-5 produced no surprises as the Minsters for Finance and European Central Bank (ECB) governors from the 15 eurogroup members met to discuss "efficient and effective" strategies for contr [...]	2008-04-07 18:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA189	USDOC DYCK VISIT TO SLOVENIA FOCUSED ON TEC AND BILATERAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck's early April meetings with senior officials SIPDIS from the Slovene government centered on the importance of moving the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) forward and stressed the value of increasing bilateral [...]	2008-04-28 07:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA219	CONGRESSMAN OBERSTAR URGES EU TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TO [...] (U) During his May 5-6 visit to Slovenia to meet with EU transport officials during the informal meeting of EU transport ministers, Congressman James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, suggested increased U.S.-EU cooperation to set global standards f [...]	2008-05-20 17:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT SENV PREL PGOV EUN OREP SI
08LJUBLJANA30	GOS OFFICIALS DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) On January 18 OES Climate Negotiator Dr. Harlan Watson and CEQ-NSC Senior Coordinator for Energy Security and Climate Change Dr. Robert Dixon met with representatives from the Government of Slovenia (GOS) to discuss preparations for the various climate change meetings that will take place [...]	2008-01-23 14:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG SI
08LJUBLJANA307	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING CO-SPONSORING PRISONERS OF [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On July 9, Emboffs met with MFA Minister Plenipotentiary and previous Chair of the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Smiljana Knez to seek co-sponsorship of a Prisoners of Conscience public affairs event. Knez inform [...]	2008-07-09 15:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EUN KDEM SI
08LJUBLJANA308	SLOVENIA ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA - INTERIM REPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, President Turk and Foreign Minister Rupel plan to attend the 63rd General Assembly and President Turk will address the UNGA General Debate during the morning of Wednesday, September 24. According to the FM's Cabinet, they both currently plan to fly to New York September 22 b [...]	2008-07-09 15:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA SI
08LJUBLJANA309	UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE - SLOVENIA DOES NOT CONCUR WITH STREAMLINED REFORMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 09:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC APER UNGA SI
08LJUBLJANA310	SLOVENIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 09:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO SI
08LJUBLJANA323	SLOVENIAN RESPONSE FOR JULY 22-23 GAERC [...] (SBU) On July 17, Emboffs met with Aljaz Arih, Head of the CFSP Unit at the MFA, to deliver reftel points in advance of the July 22 - 23 for the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. IRAN ---- 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Emboff urged the Government of Slovenia (GOS),[...]	2008-07-18 15:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08LJUBLJANA330	SLOVENIA ADOPTS STRICTER LAW PROTECTING SEXUAL RIGHTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, 2008, Slovenia will implement a new law regarding sexual crimes against minors. This new penal code establishes harsher sentences and new regulations. The most significant changes include a lifetime registry for offenders, the criminalization of possessing child [...]	2008-07-25 14:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SI
08LJUBLJANA366	SLOVENIA: PRELIMINARY SUPPORT FOR NSG DRAFT [...] (SBU) On August 13, PolEcon Chief met with Andrej Slapnicar, Acting Head of the MFA Security Division, to request Slovenia's support for the NSG draft exception for India at the August 21-22 Plenary, per reftel. Slapnicar said his preliminary reaction was that Slovenia was "encouraged by the B [...]	2008-08-13 14:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC SI
08LJUBLJANA41	U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS INFORMAL HIGH LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior U.S. and European Union (EU) officials met in Ljubljana, Slovenia January 9-10 for the U.S.-EU informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Senior Level Meeting to discuss cooperation and coordination across a broad range of transatlantic law enforcement and internal security [...]	2008-02-01 05:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER SNAR PREL EUN KHLS SI
08LJUBLJANA414	SLOVENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UP FOR GRABS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conventional wisdom holds that incumbent PM Janez Jansa's Slovene Democratic Party (SDS) will win a plurality of votes on September 21, despite being dogged by scandal. However, most observers also expect the combined weight of the Left opposition parties to be greater than tha [...]	2008-09-11 14:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA424	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered demarche to Barbara Butinar, First Secretary at the MFA in charge of UN Relations, and urged the Government of Slovenia to support Mr. Sidibe's candidacy for Executive Director of UNAIDS. Butinar said she could not give any response, but promised that she would forward t [...]	2008-09-18 08:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KHIV UNGA SI
08LJUBLJANA439	SLOVENIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON BIOFUELS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG EUN SENV TRGY KGHG SI
08LJUBLJANA47	SLOVENIA GIVES POSITIVE READ-OUT OF MEM 2; PLANS [...] (SBU) On February 5, the Undersecretary for the International Relations Department at the Slovenian Environmental Ministry, Andrej Kranjc, who also headed Slovenia's EU presidency delegation at the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) in Honolulu, told Emboff that the MEM meetings sparked a constru [...]	2008-02-05 13:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL KSCA KGHG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA495	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING NSG DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 15:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA SI
08LJUBLJANA53	Tour of the Horizon with the Justice Minister [...] (SBU) In a February 6 meeting with Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Maryruth Coleman, Justice Minister Lovro Sturm outlined judicial reforms over the last two years including new buildings and increased staffing. He also previewed forthcoming legislative proposals that will give high courts new author [...]	2008-02-11 06:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS CASC KCRM SI
08LJUBLJANA532	SLOVENIA TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 11:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM NATO MOPS PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA539	SLOVENIA: NO OBJECTION TO CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 17:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY SI
08LJUBLJANA563	THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY HAS A GLOWING FUTURE [...] (SBU) The Slovene nuclear energy sector holds considerable promise for the U.S. company Westinghouse. Slovenia currently shares the electricity from its only nuclear plant, which was established during Yugoslav days, with Croatia. Westinghouse built the plant, which is 50% owned by the Govern [...]	2008-12-24 13:58:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ENRG ETRD TRGY SI
08LJUBLJANA57	IPR CONFERENCE BRINGS U.S.-SLOVENE EXPERTS [...] (U) On October 22, post used BFIF funds and organized a conference entitled "Harness Your Inventive Spirit into Economic Growth: Encouraging Business Innovation through Strong Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Public Private Partnerships," co-hosted by Slovenia's premiere scientifi [...]	2008-02-12 12:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD TSPL SI
08LJUBLJANA61	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REQUEST TO NSG FOR [...] (SBU) On February 12, Emboff delivered reftel points to MFA Security Policy Division official Borut Valencic, who stated that Slovenia supports IAEA efforts to investigate Iran's nuclear programs. Valencic said that he would pass IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards Olli Heinonen's req [...]	2008-02-12 16:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SI
08LJUBLJANA72	CHARGE DISCUSSES ENERGY, KOSOVO WITH SLOVENIAN [...] (SBU) On 12 February, Charg met with Igor Bavcar, the CEO of Istrabenz--one of Slovenia,s largest conglomerates, which has holdings of 65 companies in the energy, tourism, investment, food, and IT sectors--to discuss issues ranging from Instrabenz,s latest business ventures to the upcoming Slo [...]	2008-02-15 11:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG BEXP PGOV PREL SENV SI
08LJUBLJANA74	SLOVENIA PROPOSES SEMINAR TO BRING DEVELOPING [...] (SBU) On February 15, Emboff met with Andrej Kranjc, Undersecretary for International Relations at the Slovenian Ministry of the Environment to discuss Slovenia's preparations for the 18-19 February climate change meeting in Brussels between CEQ and France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, the UK, an [...]	2008-02-15 13:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TSPL KSCA KGHG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA81	SLOVENIA - 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - [...] (SBU) Slovenian legislation on intellectual property rights (IPR) and data protection is fully aligned with EU legislation, TRIPS, WIPO, and other ratified international treaties. In practice, U.S. pharmaceutical companies have access to the Slovene market. Recent efforts by the Government o [...]	2008-02-21 13:24:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR SI
08LJUBLJANA94	SLOVENIA TO DECIDE ON SOMALIA PIRACY AFTER EU PSC [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 10:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SI
08LOME271	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Leopold Gnininvi at a small dinner on June 6 regarding Ambassador Swing,s candidacy as IOM Director General. Gnininvi had just returned from the TICAD Conference in Tokyo. 2. (SBU) At Gnininvi,s request, Ambassador followed up with a phone call o [...]	2008-06-09 12:20:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORD PREF PREL SMIG TO

08LOME272	GOVERNMENT OF TOGO RE-ENGAGES ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Togolese Government highlighted the revival of the moribund National Commission for Combating Corruption and Economic Sabotage at the launch of a national workshop in Lome on implementing the UN Anti-Corruption Convention. In his keynote address, the Prime Minister announce [...]	2008-06-10 12:35:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EIND TO
08LONDON1013	UK ON ENCOURAGING GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 14:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ UK
08LONDON1091	LONDON MAYORAL ELECTION: A NATIONAL BELLWEATHER? [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 1 Londoners go to the polls to elect a new Mayor. The incumbent, Labour's Ken Livingstone, is looking to win his third successive term in office but faces a tough challenge from the Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson. At present the race is too close to call. A lot i [...]	2008-04-16 16:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UK
08LONDON1146	HMG REQUESTS FORMAL CONSULTATIONS REGARDING [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Following up on ref a request for informal consultations, PolMiloff received a letter and non-paper April 22 from HMG requesting formal consultations on renewing the 2003 HMG-USG Agreement concerning the use of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island. Embassy [...]	2008-04-23 14:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL UK
08LONDON116	EUROPEAN SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL INSTABILITY SET [...] (SBU) Last October, France, Germany, and the UK agreed to a Summit to discuss current financial market problems. Italy and the EU will join that meeting, in London on January 29. In advance of that summit, the respective finance ministers will meet on January 17. A Cabinet Office source told [...]	2008-01-11 17:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1171	STEALING THE SHOW -- PRIVATE INDUSTRY ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Participants at a seminar on industry's efforts to stop film piracy broadly agreed on the need to outlaw camcording of films in cinemas. The industry is working with law enforcement to prosecute the organized crime families who produce counterfeit DVD's. Previous public outreach c [...]	2008-04-25 13:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR UK ECPS
08LONDON1176	UK FOOD SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS PM BROWN'S CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 22, PM Brown-hosted meeting to address increases in food prices, participants disagreed about future trends and the impact of biofuels, agreed that action needed to be taken both for immediate social protection and longer-term agricultural investment, and that care s [...]	2008-04-25 16:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PGOV UK
08LONDON126	MDG CALL TO ACTION: MORE UK THINKING [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings at DFID and FCO, UK interlocutors raised PM Brown's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Call to Action. We were told the Call to Action is intended mesh with existing development initiatives, but bring in a private sector component that the others lack. More d [...]	2008-01-14 18:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID UN UK
08LONDON1277	UK STATEMENT ON BURMA'S FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 10:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BM UK
08LONDON1285	UK MORTGAGE LENDERS OK FOR NOW; HOUSING PRICES FALLING [...] (SBU) Recent announcements of lenders withdrawing mortgage products from the market incorrectly suggest that UK mortgage lenders are in crisis. As a group, mortgage lenders are solvent with significant equity cushions in their mortgage portfolios and default rates remain low. Building societ [...]	2008-05-07 16:35:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1300	ICI: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL PROBABLY ATTEND [...] (SBU) UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband will probably lead the UK delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm, Miliband's Chief of Staff Matthew Gould told us May 9. The UK is not planning any deliverables for the meeting, FCO Iraq Group officers [...]	2008-05-09 13:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ UK
08LONDON1303	USAID, DFID AGREE ON COLLABORATION PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, sought USAID Administrator Henrietta ForeQs support for DFIDQs planned September 25 meeting on the Millennium Development Goals in New York. Douglas agreed to co-author an op-ed piece with Fore on why develop [...]	2008-05-09 14:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KHDP ECON UK
08LONDON1386	SURVEY: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 14:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LONDON1457	BANKS STOPPING UK SUB-PRIME LENDING [...] (SBU) Over the last few months the UK has seen the virtual closure of its sub-prime market. Market conditions and action by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) against brokers for poor lending practices may have caused some banks to withdraw from the sub-prime market. The Financial Service [...]	2008-05-27 07:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1506	HM TREASURY OFFICIALS ON TEC AND DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: HM Treasury officials worry the French may use their EU Presidency to slow Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and may even try to use labor clauses in free trade agreements to impose some of their own labor market rigidities. They are also concerned by signs of protecti [...]	2008-05-30 16:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR UK
08LONDON1555	UK OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON TRADE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: A UK trade official told Econoff the UK is worried that the Doha Development Agreement round of trade talks will not succeed, which would be a serious blow. He said the U.S. and others need to offer more. On TEC, he said member states, not well briefed by the EU Commission, te [...]	2008-06-05 08:15:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR UK EU
08LONDON1562	ZIMBABWE: UK CONTRIBUTION TO THE UN TRUST FUND FOR [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Team Leader Ben Llewellyn-Jones said June 5 the UK plans to contribute GBP 100,000 (approx. 200,000 USD) to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistance and is likely to finalize the letter of commitment today (June 5). HMG had initially intended to contribute GBP 200,000, but upo [...]	2008-06-05 11:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AA UN XA ZI UK
08LONDON1655	UK SPECIAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY IS A SUCCESS [...] (U) By ensuring broad participation, including the UK's five largest banks, and by ensuring strict confidentiality, the Bank of England's (BOE's) Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) has eliminated the stigma associated with borrowing from the BOE. Because of this, BOE contacts told Econoff that t [...]	2008-06-19 09:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1666	SOMALIA: UN SPECIAL REP CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) UN Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah called for the international community's support for the Djibouti Agreement between the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) at a June 19 think-tank event in London. Def [...]	2008-06-20 14:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS UNSC KPKO SO XW UK
08LONDON1690	UK PLEASED WITH U.S. DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO RENEW [...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials Angus Stewart, Susie Kitchens and Will Taylor, of the International Organisations Department, told us June 24 the British government is "pleased" with the U.S. draft 1267 Monitoring Team renewal. HMG agrees with the need to keep the focus on stopping the flow of [...]	2008-06-24 16:36:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC UK
08LONDON1763	HMG WILL JOIN U.S. IN DEMARCHING GOVERNMENTS TO [...] (SBU) The UK concurs with the U.S. view that recent progress of Pristina government and international community stabilization efforts presents another opportunity to lobby those countries that have not already done so to recognize Kosovo's independence. FCO Balkans Deputy Director Adam Bye [...]	2008-07-02 15:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UNAUS YI EU KVPR UK
08LONDON1870	UK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 14:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO XW UK
08LONDON1917	SQUEEZED IN THE JAWS OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH -- UK ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 12:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV
08LONDON1921	SQUEEZED IN THE JAWS OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH -- UK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The British economy will slow dramatically in 2008 and 2009 after leading the G7 with GDP growth of three percent in 2007. Ernst and Young predict GDP growth to fall to only 1.5 percent in 2008, the OECD forecasts 1.8 percent, and Oxford Economics says 1.6 percent. Inflation is [...]	2008-07-23 13:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV
08LONDON1923	2008 REPORT ON UK INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is unaware of any relevant disputes against the Government of the UK. Post is aware of one outstanding claim of United States persons against the Government of the British Virgin Islands (GBVI). Claimant A reports they were never compensated for a time share vacation club [...]	2008-07-23 16:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE EINV ECON UK
08LONDON2008	UK UNGA ATTENDEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 15:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA UK
08LONDON2027	U.S. FIRMS WELCOME ENHANCED USG SUPPORT OF UK [...] (U) Summary: State Special Representative for Commercial Affairs Frank Mermoud and Commerce DAS Jamie Estrada visited the UK July 17-18 to discuss upcoming events in the UK,s nuclear industry. HMG is aggressively moving forward with plans for new nuclear power plants. Government contacts poin [...]	2008-08-04 16:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY IAEA UK
08LONDON2029	ENERGY'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPACT ON THE UK [...] (SBU) Summary. The UK faces two major energy challenges: a rise in fuel poverty and decreasing domestic oil and gas production. Current estimates put the number of households suffering from fuel poverty at 4.5 million according to the National Energy Action, an independent charity. Additionall [...]	2008-08-04 17:28:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV ECON SENV UK
08LONDON2053	UK REQUESTS U.S. INFORMATION ON TERRORIST FINANCE [...] Action request, see Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) HM Treasury has passed us names of individuals and groups for which it is requesting any and all updated information, identifiers and statements of cases (SOCs) in order to comply with it's 2007 policy to conduct yearly reviews of all designated par [...]	2008-08-06 14:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC UK
08LONDON2188	SOMALIA: UK-BASED DIASPORA AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary. Known as the "invisible community," the UK's Somali Diaspora has historic roots in Britain but has surged significantly in the last twenty years to an estimated 250,000 to 380,000. With recent immigration increases attributed to family reunification and re-location of other EU [...]	2008-08-26 08:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ATFN SOCI EAID SO UK
08LONDON2217	UK SLIDING TOWARDS RECESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic news is not good for Great Britain or its Prime Minister. GDP growth was 0.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2008, the worst quarter in 16 years. Inflation hit 4.4% in July, and the Bank of England predicts it will rise to 5% by the end of the year. Employment numb [...]	2008-08-29 12:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2294	SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Embassy London welcomes the visit of Deputy Secretary Jeffrey Kupfer on September 15-17. Issues of the economy and security of energy supply have come to the fore in the UK, and the conflict between Russia and Georgia has served to highlight that an increasing amount of the UK,s natural [...]	2008-09-11 13:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KERG
08LONDON2443	FRANCE'S EDF BUYS BRITISH ENERGY, TAKING THE FIRST [...] (U) Summary: French utility Electricite de France (EDF) will purchase the UK,s nuclear energy firm British Energy (BE) for a reported USD23 billion (USD 14.40 per share),making HMG's 36% stake worth an estimated USD 8.3 billion. The long-discussed entry of EDF, with its financial and technica [...]	2008-09-25 09:43:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG UK
08LONDON2460	London Financial Experts Anxious for Conclusion of U.S. [...] (SBU) Uncertainty about the fate of the USG proposed $700 billion support facility has paralyzed UK financial markets, senior HMT officials told Econoffs on September 25. There is no inter-bank lending at the moment, and all the big players are waiting for news about the plan before making sig [...]	2008-09-26 14:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IR EINV UK
08LONDON2486	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S OCTOBER 10-12 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The UK economy is reeling from the effects of the global economic crisis, with housing prices falling even faster and further than in the United States. The UK economy continues to slide into recession with negative GDP growth forecast for the second semester of 2008. Inflation, fueled b [...]	2008-09-30 14:26:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN UK
08LONDON2494	New Chief Regulator Faces Baptism by Fire in Month of [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis, which has hit the UK particularly hard, has turned the spotlight on Britain's recently appointed financial regulator, Jonathan Adair Turner, who succeeded Callum McCarthy as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority. Turner's appointment was well [...]	2008-10-01 15:32:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2542	PM BROWN DOES THE UNEXPECTED IN ADDRESSING [...] (SBU) Summary: The past 72-hours have seen dramatic political maneuvering in London to confront the deepening economic crisis. The first surprise was PM Brown's appointment of his long-time nemesis, the highly controversial figure, Peter Mandelson as business secretary, followed by the creati [...]	2008-10-06 14:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV UK
08LONDON2548	UK AGREES IN PRINCIPLE WITH U.S VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) The UK agrees with the U.S. fully on the substantive issues involving the Serbian proposal to refer the question of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (reftel). According to FCO Balkans Office Deputy Head Adam Bye, the resolution is "undes [...]	2008-10-06 16:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA UNAUS KVPR UK
08LONDON2629	PARLIAMENT'S TREASURY COMMITTEE CLEARS CALENDAR FOR BANKING [...] (SBU) On October 14, the Treasury Committee of the Parliament announced an urgent inquiry into the banking crisis. "The inquiry will take a fundamental look at the causes of the present banking crisis, the current responsibilities of the banks, and the Government to the taxpayer, and the futur [...]	2008-10-17 16:36:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON2683	HMG ACKNOWLEDGES UK ECONOMY ENTERING RECESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This week, officials publicly acknowledged that the UK is likely to be entering a recession. For months, prominent public figures refused to mention the 'R' word, in favor of talking up the underlying strength of the UK's economic position. However, Mervyn King, Governor of t [...]	2008-10-24 09:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2688	Lord Kerr on the U.S. - EU Transatlantic Dialogue [...] (SBU) Lord John Kerr, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, Advisory Council Member of Business for New Europe (BNE),and former UK Ambassador to the U.S. shared views on the changing nature of the transatlantic dialogue and climate change at a recent BNE-sponsored event. Transatlantic Dialogu [...]	2008-10-24 14:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR MARR ETRD PINR EU UK
08LONDON2766	UK APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS ASSET-FREEZING REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK Court of Appeals supported the British government's asset-freezing regime after it had been struck down in an April High Court ruling, in an October 30 decision. HM Treasury was largely pleased with the outcome, although they will have to make modifications to UK regulati [...]	2008-10-31 16:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KTFN UK
08LONDON2783	ECONOMIC RECOVERY A LONG WAY OFF SAY BANKERS [...] (SBU) The UK economy will not begin to recover until the end of 2009 at the earliest, and the road back to health will be slow, said Stephen King, Group Chief Economist at HSBC Bank plc and Melanie Baker, Vice President at Morgan Stanley. High loan burdens for banks, rising unemployment, and [...]	2008-11-03 16:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV UK
08LONDON2784	FINANCIAL CRISIS AND UK DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Despite the economic crisis, HMG has no intention of cutting back on assistance and indeed, will move forward to increase funding, UK Development Secretary Douglas Alexander told Parliament on October 30. In response to a parliamentary inquiry, Alexander stated that he plans to pus [...]	2008-11-03 17:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON2814	POC FOR NODEL SANDERS (NOV 9-13) [...] (SBU) The Point Of Contact (POC) for NODEL Sanders is Warren Chane, Economic Officer. Contact details follow: Warren Chane Economic Officer Office: +44 (0) 20 7894 0492 Home: +44 (0) 20 7722 6527 Mobile: +44 (0) 77 1516 7459 FAX: +44 (0) 20 7409 1637 Email: chanegw@state.gov TUTTL [...]	2008-11-07 10:19:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK
08LONDON2829	HMG ACCUSED OF SEEING NO BLAME, HEARING NO BLAME, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Select Committee held an unprecedented evidence session November 3 in which the Tripartite Committee authorities responded to Parliamentary questions and to questions emailed to the Committee by the general public. In their responses, the Chancellor of the Excheque [...]	2008-11-10 11:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2837	SOMALILAND/SOMALIA: SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT, UK [...] (SBU) In a November 8 discussion on U.S. policy in Somalia, Somaliland Diaspora leaders representing over twenty UK-based Somali organizations said that security and development in Somaliland are their main concerns. They offered the following political and development policy suggestions: [...]	2008-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS EAID PREF PINR SO UK
08LONDON2909	APOLOGIES, EXCUSES, AND GLOOM - TESTIMONY OF EXECUTIVES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The executive teams of the UK's two nationalized banks, Bradford & Bingley (B&B) and Northern Rock (NR),were quizzed by MPs on the Treasury Committee November 18. B&B executives gave a gloomy outlook for the bank's mortgage books, with GBP 600-800 million losses expected from [...]	2008-11-20 14:28:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2970	Spending Sprees And Tax Hikes: The Highs And Lows Of The [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 24 2008 UK Pre-budget report (PBR) announces a GBP 20 billion stimulus package and deficit financing to respond to the recession brought on the global financial crisis. Government debt will double to GBP 1 trillion over the next few years before declining, and the [...]	2008-11-28 16:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2972	UK RESPONSE TO EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A points to the host government on November 21 regarding the EU's biofuels sustainability proposals under consideration for a vote by the European Parliament in its "20-20-20" Energy and Climate Legislation. In response to USG comments on the amendments, the UK Head of [...]	2008-11-28 18:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU
08LONDON3097	Government's Pre-Budget Report: Too Bullish, Too Risky, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pre-Budget Report (PBR),announced on November 24, has been widely criticized, from the size and nature of HM Treasury's fiscal stimulus package to HMT's perceived overly optimistic macroeconomic forecasts. On December 10, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling defended t [...]	2008-12-11 16:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON3186	IRAQ PETROLEUM CONFERENCE 2008: DIALOGUE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraq Petroleum 2008, held in London December 1-2, 2009, was a good opportunity for Iraqi officials, representatives from international companies, and participants from other governments to discuss the current situation in Iraq's petroleum sector, focusing particularly on inves [...]	2008-12-19 17:27:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ECON IZ UK
08LONDON3199	POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR UK NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPANSION [...] (SBU) Summary. HMG announced a long-term nuclear energy strategy in January 2008, setting it on a path for tremendous growth over the next ten years. This strategy addresses the UK's energy security concerns and EU commitments for clean/renewable energy. The UK hopes to increase the propor [...]	2008-12-22 17:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UK
08LONDON341	PM BROWN HOSTS SUMMIT: PROPOSALS FOR STABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, UK Prime Minister Brown, together with German President Merkel, French President Sarkozy, Italian PM Prodi, and EU President Barroso, issued a joint communiqu proposing steps to enhance transparency and promote stability in the global financial markets. The leade [...]	2008-02-04 11:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EU UK
08LONDON347	UK BUSINESS RESERVEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK international business figure Gary Campkin (PROTECT) is "reservedly optimistic" that the WTO Doha negotiations can be concluded this year. He says that the current global economic and political situation has created a climate giving impetus to reaching an agreement; it will be [...]	2008-02-04 17:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV
08LONDON349	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS DISCUSSES ROADS AND [...] (U) Summary: Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, Ambassador Tuttle, and state and local elected officials met with UK Transportation Secretary Ruth Kelly on December 7 to discuss private-public partnerships to address road congestion, stage II of the U.S.-EU aviation agreement, and environmen [...]	2008-02-04 17:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN UK
08LONDON425	DOL ADVISOR BRUMFIELD DISCUSSES LABOR PRIORITIES WITH HMG, [...] (SBU) Summary: William Brumfield, European Area Advisor and Foreign Service Coordinator at the Department of Labor (DOL),visited the UK to discuss labor priorities with HMG, Unions and Employers. At HMG he was told that James Purnell, the new Work and Pensions Secretary, will prioritize welf [...]	2008-02-12 09:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI UK
08LONDON470	INTERNATIONAL RUBBER STUDY GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Department of Commerce's request, Embassy London Econoff represented the USG during the Executive Committee meeting of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) on February 12 - 13. U.S. concerns with the contract extension for the Secretary General (SG) found little tract [...]	2008-02-14 14:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD UK AGR EIND
08LONDON475	NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...]	2008-02-14 16:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON476	NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...]	2008-02-14 17:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON498	UK PM BROWN REACHES OUT TO CHINA AND INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CBI's head of international affairs Gary Campkin (PROTECT) described PM Brown's recent trip to China and India as "warm, but frantic." The UK-Chinese relationship is going through an especially friendly period in his opinion. In China, the PM discussed climate change, trade, sove [...]	2008-02-15 16:56:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON612	MOVING IPR INTO THE MAINSTREAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 16:08:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR UK ECPS
08LONDON74	HMT STANDS FIRM ON NON-DOM TAX CHANGE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 08 2. (SBU) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) told us that the proposed non-domiciled tax changes will take effect in April 2008 as planned despite complaints from U.S. business and other groups. They say they have fully considered the concerns raised by British [...]	2008-01-09 08:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC UK EINV
08LONDON745	UK SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS OF EXPANDED IEA MEMBERSHIP; [...] (SBU) The UK's Minister of Energy Willie Ricketts will attend the March 13-14 IEA Governing Board meeting in Paris and support the U.S. goal to begin a process of evaluating how to work best with China and India on IEA issues, according to Tom Reilly, Director of the Climate and Energy Office, [...]	2008-03-12 17:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IEA UK
08LONDON749	UK ANNOUNCES 2008 BUDGET - KEY POINTS [...] (U) Summary: Alistair Darling announced his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer on March 12. The budget forecast revised growth downward and predicted that inflation will rise above the Bank of England's two percent target. However, Darling took care to emphasize that the UK's economic [...]	2008-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON750	UK ANNOUNCES 2008 BUDGET - KEY POINTS [...] (U) Summary: Alistair Darling announced his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer on March 12. The budget forecast revised growth downward and predicted that inflation will rise above the Bank of England's two percent target. However, Darling took care to emphasize that the UK's economic [...]	2008-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON765	UK SUPPORTS U.S. G8 CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) We delivered Reftel to Peter Storr, Home Office Lyon-Roma Head of Delegation, who indicated general UK support for U.S. aims on tackling cash and bulk couriers in the upcoming G8 Lyon-Roma meetings. The response in paragraph two is from Natalie Keough, Terrorist Finance expert, Home Off [...]	2008-03-13 18:02:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN UK
08LONDON774	SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS CREATE JOBS SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) behave differently, said Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt in a March 10 meeting with Michael Snyder, Chairman, City of London Policy and Resources Committee. Kimmitt said SWFs have been non-political in their instrum [...]	2008-03-14 15:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON778	Treasury Deputy Secretary and British [...] (SBU) Key issues facing the UK, the likely passage of the EU treaty, U.S. financial markets, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs),and the Clean Technology fund were discussed by Jon Cunliffe, Head of International Affairs and Europe at the Cabinet Office in a March 10 meeting with Treasury Deputy Se [...]	2008-03-17 09:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON801	DEPSEC TREASURY DISCUSES IRAN SANCTIONS, U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 10 meeting with Conservative Party leader David Cameron, Deputy Secretary Kimmitt told him that the Iranian financial sector was feeling the effects of Western sanctions and the EU-3 remain unified on tightening the ability of Iranian banks to do business, although [...]	2008-03-18 13:01:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IR IZ UK
08LONDON822	LONDON RESPONSE: PRC MOU ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 17:48:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON CM TW OECD UK
08LONDON875	UK/Climate Change: Businesses Concerned Over [...] (SBU) Summary: At a March 19 DCM-hosted lunch for businessmen on climate change, guests expressed concern about climate change regimes raising regulatory risk and eroding UK and European international competitiveness. Guests want an international climate agreement to bring in China and India, [...]	2008-03-26 16:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG UK
08LONDON92	(SBU) SUDAN: UK SUPPORT FOR JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) The UK considers the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) vital to full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the future of security in Sudan, according to Peter Lord, Senior Political Officer for North-South Issues in FCO's Sudan Unit. (Lord happens to be an American [...]	2008-01-10 16:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM SU UK
08LONDON959	UK FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY ADMITS FAILINGS RE NORTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: An internal report by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on the handling of the now-nationalized Northern Rock (NR) details multiple failings including: high turnover of staff supervising NR; inadequate staff; and infrequent contact with NR management. The report recommends a [...]	2008-04-02 16:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LUANDA119	ANGOLA OPTIMISTIC THAT ITS ELECTIONS WON'T MIRROR KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Angola is moving ahead toward September legislative elections. Catch-up voter registration is slated for April and May. CIPE, the inter-ministerial body carrying out the voter registration, will provide the National Election Commission (CNE) a map with proposed locations for a [...]	2008-02-11 19:12:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AO
08LUANDA172	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FITZGERALD'S MARCH 4-5 [...] (SBU) My staff and I warmly welcome your visit to Luanda March 4-6. This visit provides an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the positive momentum established during the February 21-23 visit of the HSV Swift and follow up on some of the issues addressed by General Ward during his December [...]	2008-02-29 06:13:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA MAAR PREL AO
08LUANDA174	VISIT OF ADMIRAL FITZGERALD: HOW BEST TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Admiral Fitzgerald's visit to Angola comes three months after the successful visit of Africom Commander General Ward in December of 2007. The Angolans will expect Admiral Fitzgerald to deliver a similar message concerning the role of Africom in the U.S. military strategy in Afri [...]	2008-03-03 07:03:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA MAAR PREL AO
08LUANDA176	ANGOLA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although no detailed, concrete information and statistics on trafficking in Angola exists, government officials openly acknowledge that trafficking does occur. The extent of the problem is believed to be limited, and there is no evidence of organized trafficking activity. Despi [...]	2008-03-03 14:06:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD
08LUANDA194	"THE ANGOLAN" -- ELECTORAL BULLETIN VOL. I [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- This is the first of a series of updates by Embassy Luanda as Angola prepares for parliamentary elections in September 2008. Key points include: -- The National Electoral Commission (CNE) holds managerial conference -- Election stakeholders call for political t [...]	2008-03-10 09:44:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA195	CNE INVITES EU ELECTORAL OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) On Monday, March 3rd the National Electoral Commission (CNE) formally invited the European Union to observe Angola parliamentary elections currently slated for September 5-6, 2008. In a March 6 conversation with the Ambassador, European Commission Head of Delegation Joao Gabriel Ferreir [...]	2008-03-10 09:57:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA206	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY - ANGOLA INPUT [...] The Government of Angola (GRA) makes its budget public on the Ministry of Finance website about two months after its approval by the National Assembly. Individual schedules break down expenditures by ministry, program and province, and public works projects. Budget documents have grown more [...]	2008-03-12 17:38:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL AO
08LUANDA219	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL PHALEN'S MARCH 18-22 [...] (U) Embassy Luanda warmly welcomes the visit of Professional Staff Members from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Michael Phalen and Neil Brown on March 18-22. This is the first visit by Congressional Professional Staff to Angola and provides an opportunity to discuss key bilateral is [...]	2008-03-13 17:51:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON EPET EFIN AO
08LUANDA23	REINING IN POLICE EXCESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Angolan national police have responded quickly to a recent spate of high-profile police shootings of unarmed civilians. Officers involved were dismissed and face possible criminal charges, and two high-ranking commanders were transferred. Although this response will not be [...]	2008-01-10 07:21:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA231	STAFFDEL RAISES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS AND CREATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their March 18 ) 22 visit to Angola, Senate Professional Staff Members Michael Phelan and Neil Brown engaged senior Angolan leaders on transparency, the upcoming legislative elections, and the role of energy in our bilateral relationship. The Angolan interlocutors were [...]	2008-03-26 06:32:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP ECON OPET EAID AO
08LUANDA255	GRA ASSERTS UNHRO CLOSURE DOESN'T DIMINISH HUMAN [...] (SBU) During a March 31 meeting with Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jorge Chicoti, Ambassador Mozena expressed disappointment over the GRA's decision to close the Human Rights Office (HRO) in Angola (reftel) . The Ambassador said that while the decision to close the office was Angola's to [...]	2008-03-31 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV AO
08LUANDA285	ANGOLA CONCERNED ABOUT DELAY OF ZIM ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) The DCM raised USG concerns over the delay in releasing the official results of Zimbabwe's presidential election during an April 9 meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Relations Director for American Affairs, Balbina Da Silva. The DCM also expressed USG hopes that violence can be avoide [...]	2008-04-09 16:14:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AO ZI
08LUANDA287	CIVAIR - PROGRESS BEING MADE, BUT A LONG WAY YET [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 9 2. (SBU) Summary: During an April 7 call on Angola's National Institute for Civil Aviation (INAVIC),Ambassador Mozena and INAVIC Director Antonio Pombal agreed our countries share the same goal: safe and secure aviation in Angola, event [...]	2008-04-09 16:20:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON AO
08LUANDA296	PITCHING ANGOLA ON THE SADC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) During an April 11 telephone call to Foreign Minister Joao Miranda, Ambassador Mozena expressed U.S. support for the SADC initiative in regard to the Zimbabwe situation, which President Dos Santos, as Chair of the SADC Organ for Politics, Defense, and Security, helped President Mwanawass [...]	2008-04-11 13:53:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AO ZI
08LUANDA30	CHINESE AMBASSADOR REITERATES DESIRE TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent courtesy call by Ambassador Mozena, China's Ambassador to Angola, Zhang Beisan, said the end of Angola's civil war provided opportunities for both China and the U.S. to participate in rebuilding the nation. Recalling discussions last year with Ambassador Efir [...]	2008-01-11 14:47:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID AO CH
08LUANDA300	ANGOLA - OPIC FUND NEEDED, BUT INVESTMENT CLIMATE IS DIFFICULT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although awash in cash from its extractive industries, Angola's private sector is severely stunted by a lack of human capacity and a business climate that ranks among the worst in the world due to bureaucratic and legal inefficiencies. Nevertheless, a high rate of return is att [...]	2008-04-15 07:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON AO
08LUANDA317	REAPING THE BENEFITS OF PEACE IN KWANZA SUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Devastated during Angola's 27-year civil war, the once embattled province of Kwanza Sul is on the mend. Ongoing U.S.-funded demining programs are key to the government's success in reopening primary and secondary roads and agricultural land. U.S. assistance in partnership with Ch [...]	2008-04-21 17:01:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KHDP AO
08LUANDA338	ALL QUIET ON ZIMBABWE AS MOMENTUM SHIFTS TO MUGABE [...] (U) One week after the visit of A/S Frazer and NSC Senior Director Bobby Pittman to Angola to consult with President Dos Santos (ref A) on the issue of Zimbabwe, the GRA has yet to make a public statement on the crisis. News reports in the state run press have been minimalist, focused on the [...]	2008-05-02 12:00:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AO ZI
08LUANDA352	PORTUGAL TO ENGAGE ANGOLA ON POSSIBLE OBSERVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 6, Ambassador Mozena queried Portuguese Ambassador Francisco Telles on using the Community of Democracies (CD) to encourage and support Angola's emerging democracy. Acknowledging that Portugal's Chairmanship of the CD offers an excellent opportunity to engage Angola on str [...]	2008-05-07 17:21:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AO
08LUANDA368	ENGAGING ANGOLA TO GET SERIOUS ON PROTECTING HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's May 7 call on Minister of the Interior, General Roberto Leal Monteiro "Ngongo," the Minister acknowledged Angola's human rights challenges and the need for the GRA to tell more effectively how it intends to tackle these problems. He accepted that the imp [...]	2008-05-08 19:03:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA432	DOS SANTOS SET TO CALL ELECTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (U) SUMMARY: It appears President Dos Santos will officially call on June 4 for legislative elections to be held on Friday, September 5. In his address to open the June 3 Council of the Republic meeting, Dos Santos reported that the National Election Commission (CNE) had assured him condition [...]	2008-06-03 17:18:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA434	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS CONVOKED FOR SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (U) On June 4th presidential decree, Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos formally convoked legislative elections for September 5, 2008. The decree has not been formally published, but the signing of the decree was announced via press communique. Informal translation follows: The Admin [...]	2008-06-04 16:33:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA435	SCENESETTER FOR DAS STEPHEN GANYARD'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) the Embassy Angola team warmly welcomes your June 14 - 17 visit to Angola. This visit provides an excellent opportunity to witness firsthand the devastating effects of landmine and UXO contamination in Angola and explore the ways in which USG support for humanitarian demining and weapons [...]	2008-06-05 13:35:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MCAP KHDP AO
08LUANDA466	CIVIL SOCIETY CRITICIZES GRA'S ZIMBABWE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Angolan civil society, intelligentsia, and political parties condemned the GRA's failure to take a strong public stance against human rights violations in Zimbabwe during a June 10th conference on "Democracy and the Respect for Human Rights in Zimbabwe." Conf [...]	2008-06-11 09:14:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA471	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL. II [...] (U) In This Issue: -- Reaction to Convocation of Election -- In-Fighting Threatens PRS and FNLA Campaigns -- UNITA Concerned by Acts of Political Intolerance -- EU Plans Electoral Observation Mission --------------------------------------------- -- Stakeholders React to Convocation of [...]	2008-06-11 16:11:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA510	POSSIBLE HU JINTAO VISIT TO LUANDA AT THE END OF [...] (SBU) The Chinese Embassy in Angola has begun preparing for a high level visit to Luanda in late June and early July, possibly by President Hu Jintao, according to an employee of a private Chinese company contracted to make preparations for the upcoming visit. Post has verified that Luanda's [...]	2008-06-25 17:37:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EMIN ETRD AO CH

08LUANDA531	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MAJOR UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 17:07:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO AO
08LUANDA535	MPLA, UNITA OPT FOR FRESH FACES IN SELECTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on the preponderance of new faces on candidate lists submitted by the ruling MPLA and main opposition party UNITA, National Assembly's membership will change radically following the September 5 legislative election. In addition, the political field narrowed dramatically w [...]	2008-07-12 03:32:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA564	14 PARTIES APPROVED TO RUN IN LEGISLATIVE RACE [...] (U) On July 23, Angola's Constitutional Court authorized ten political parties and four coalitions to run in the September 5 legislative elections. The final list of participating entities contains few surprises; nine of the ten parties are currently represented in Parliament. The four coali [...]	2008-07-24 19:11:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA566	ANGOLA REMAINS "QUIETLY" ENGAGED ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Mozena conveyed reftel demarche on July 25 to Carlos Fonseca, Diplomatic Advisor to President Dos Santos, underscoring that the will of the Zimbabwe people, as expressed during the March 29 election, must be respected as efforts continue to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis and that [...]	2008-07-25 18:39:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI BC AO
08LUANDA574	U/S JEFFERY VISIT SETS THE STAGE FOR DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angola rolled out the red carpet to receive Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agriculture Affairs Reuben Jeffery III during his July 21-22 visit to Luanda. In meetings with key players in Angola's economic equation (government, international oil companies, ba [...]	2008-07-28 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAID
08LUANDA585	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL. III [...] (U) In This Issue: -- Opposition Victory Seen in Major MPLA Reversal -- And there were 14: Quick Decisions made on Party Appeals -- Constitutional Court Shakes up the Electoral Process -- Media Reaction: Local Papers Mock Small Parties' "Disorder" Opposition Victory Seen in Major [...]	2008-07-30 14:07:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA592	SADC TROIKA MEETING POSTPONED INDEFINITELY [...] (SBU) The SADC Troika meeting scheduled for Friday, August 4th has been postponed indefinitely, according to a July 31 public statement issued by President dos Santos' Office of Administrative Support. This statement confirms information given to the Ambassador by the South African Ambassador [...]	2008-07-31 14:28:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA595	PRESIDENT'S SPEECH KICKS OFF OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (U) In a nationally-broadcast speech to mark the launch of the official 30-day campaign period for the September 5 legislative elections, Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos lauded how the "achievement of peace" has allowed the country to consolidate its political institutions, and pledg [...]	2008-08-05 15:03:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA596	ANGOLA'S CURRENT AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE [...] (SBU) The Angolan private weekly newspaper, Angolense, published an article on page 35 entitled, "Foresight into the MPLA's Next Government." The article posits that Angola's current Ambassador to the United States, Josefina Pitra Diakite, is a serious contender to be Foreign Minister in the [...]	2008-08-05 15:08:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP PGOV AO
08LUANDA615	CIVIL SOCIETY ANNOUNCES ELECTION OBSERVATION PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 25 press conference, the NGO Plataforma Eleitoral (Electoral Platform) announced its plan for civil observation of the September 5 legislative elections. The Plataforma plans to deploy 2,623 civil society observers on election day, providing electoral observation in a [...]	2008-08-08 15:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA666	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL VI [...] (U) In This Issue: - UNITA President Give Police Generally High Marks - All Hands on Deck: MPLA and UNITA Recall Staff - Catholic Church Scolds UNITA-Supporting Priest - Beauty Queen Relinquishes Crown to Support the FpD - High-Tech System Helps Voters Identify Polling Stations [...]	2008-08-22 15:59:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA691	THE NITTY GRITTY: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ANGOLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angola's legislative elections on September 5 represent the culmination of a massive logistical undertaking. The process has been sophisticated, imperfect, impressive, and chaotic. Ultimately, however, we assess that the electoral process will be viewed as a credible vehicle to [...]	2008-09-03 17:27:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA693	ELECTION EVE PREDICTIONS: PEACEFUL, CREDIBLE, [...] (SBU) Angola is fast approaching a pivotal moment in its much troubled history. Within hours, polling booths across Angola will open for the first time in 16 years and only the second time in the history of the nation. At 7:00 AM on Friday, September 5, about 12,400 voting stations are slate [...]	2008-09-04 17:43:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA704	MPLA SUSTAINS COMMANDING LEAD IN VOTE TALLY AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling MPLA has maintained its overwhelming lead as vote counting continues, with over 81 percent of the vote as counting nears completion. Eleven of the 13 opposition parties and coalitions have conceded defeat. International observation missions have universally praised [...]	2008-09-10 12:48:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AO
08LUANDA717	ANGOLA: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 13:11:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA732	FINAL RESULTS OF ANGOLA'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The ruling MPLA's sweeping victory of 81.6 percent of the voters in the September 5-6 legislative elections was finalized with the announcement of the final results by the National Electoral Commission. The MPLA now holds 191 out of 220 seat in Parliament; UNITA's total fell to 1 [...]	2008-09-18 18:13:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA748	OPPOSITION PARTIES PROTEST PARLIAMENTARY SEAT ALLOCATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition party Front for Democracy (FpD) filed a legal appeal on September 18, contesting the constitutionality of the method used by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) to allocate parliamentary seats among the winners of the September 5-6 legislative contest. The complai [...]	2008-09-23 16:43:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AO
08LUANDA83	ELECTION CHIEF OPTIMISTIC ABOUT '08 ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a January 23 call by Ambassador Mozena, National Electoral Commission (CNE) President Antonio Caetano de Sousa declared he was "optimistic" and "quite sure" the CNE would successfully carry out legislative elections in September 2008 in the time frame laid out by President [...]	2008-01-29 10:31:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUSAKA1030	EMBASSY LUSAKA ELECTION OBSERVATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. A recent poll indicates the October 30 presidential race could produce extremely tight results between Acting President Rupiah Banda and Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata. Had the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) fulfilled its legal requirement to conduct cont [...]	2008-10-23 08:27:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ZA
08LUSAKA1033	ZAMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE TIGHTENS [...] (SBU) Summary. New polling data suggest that opposition leader Michael Sata has nudged ahead in the Zambian presidential race. The poll, however, is based on a relatively small sample size that may not adequately capture the opinions of Zambia's rural population. The poll reinforces other ane [...]	2008-10-23 13:49:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
08LUSAKA1178	ZAMBIAN PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN JUNTA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 11:11:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ZA
08LUSAKA1184	ZAMBIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY EMBRACES MCA COMPACT [...] (SBU) In a December 18 meeting, the Ambassador briefed President Rupiah Banda on Zambia's newly announced Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact eligibility. The Ambassador stressed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board had selected Zambia because of its commitment to gov [...]	2008-12-19 08:24:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL KMCA ZA
08LUSAKA1197	ATTORNEY GENERAL SUPPORTS PROGRESS ON ANTI-MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 24, Attorney General (AG) Mumba Malila shared with Ambassador his intention to recommend to Cabinet the establishment of a Financial Intelligence Unit that meets international standards and expressed his support for the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative, a [...]	2008-12-30 14:31:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KWMN SNAR ZA
08LUSAKA139	IRAN'S COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN ZAMBIA [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Although Iran does not maintain an official diplomatic presence in Lusaka, Iranian companies show a modest level of commercial interest in Zambia. Imports of Iranian oil may increase over time, as [...]	2008-02-04 08:50:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD EINV PREL IR ZA
08LUSAKA278	IMF Mission Supportive of New Mining Tax Regime, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 13:46:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV EINV ENRG ZA
08LUSAKA293	Zambia and Fiscal Transparency [...] (SBU) Background and introduction: Zambia has a history of endemic government corruption, both under a one-party statist regime during the 1970s and 80s, and also during a period of economic liberalization and privatization in the 1990s. Since 2002, the government has increased its efforts to [...]	2008-03-10 14:32:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR ZA
08LUSAKA319	U.S. Businesses' Views on Zambia's Power Problems [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent American business roundtable gathering hosted by Ambassador Martinez, U.S. investors and local representatives of U.S. companies shared opinions and voiced frustrations over the electric power situation in the country. Overall, and not surprisingly, businesses are an [...]	2008-03-19 13:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ENRG PGOV ZA
08LUSAKA40	PHARMACEUTICAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (ZAMBIA) [...] (SBU) Summary. Although counterfeit medicines are prevalent on the local market, the GRZ has not determined the extent of the problem and its implications on the economy and public health. Zambian regulatory institutions lack resources to carry out their mandate, and this shortcoming might con [...]	2008-01-10 15:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP KHIV EAID ZA
08LUSAKA401	Zambia Political Round-up [...] (U) Summary: -- Patriotic Front: Eating Its Young -- Irene Mambilima Appointed Deputy Chief Justice -- President's Nephew in Hot Water Over Remarks -- Key Session of Constitutional Conference in the Offing -------------------- PF: Eating Its Young ---------------- [...]	2008-04-09 10:13:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ZA
08LUSAKA412	ZIMBABWE: ZAMBIA PREPARES FOR SPECIAL SADC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambian Foreign Ministry and cabinet office officials have confirmed that President Mwanawasa called a summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state to discuss Zimbabwe for Saturday, April 12 in Lusaka. The Ambassador and emboffs underscored USG messa [...]	2008-04-10 12:21:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZA ZI
08LUSAKA44	Zambia Power Generation Update-Light at the End of the [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Zambia's installed power generating capacity is 1640 megawatts (MW),and consists almost entirely of hydroelectric power. Ongoing rehabilitation projects reduce actual generating capacity to 1200 MW for the near future, which is well below estimated peak demand [...]	2008-01-14 06:18:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BTIO ZA
08LUSAKA444	U.S. MINING MAJOR ON NEW TAX AND LEGAL REGIME IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 10:55:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV EFIN ZA
08LUSAKA453	MWANAWASA ON CHINESE ARMS SHIPMENT, PRAISES SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. President Mwanawasa extolled South Africa and Mozambique for refusing to offload a Chinese arms shipment headed to Zimbabwe and called on other countries to do likewise. He dismissed comments by a ruling party member, George Chumbwe, recommending the violent overthrow of Mugabe [...]	2008-04-22 12:12:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SADC PREL ZA ZI CH
08LUSAKA456	ZAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 14:55:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ZA
08LUSAKA479	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Summary. This cable responds to questions in reftel regarding the impact of rising food/agricultural commodity prices in Zambia. Although Zambia is experiencing food price inflation, at rates exceeding overall inflation, its prices are not directly tied to global market prices, and theref [...]	2008-04-30 12:46:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL KMCA ZA
08LUSAKA498	ZAMBIA: UNHCR LAUNCHES CONGOLESE REPATRIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 5, DCM joined Zambian Government (GRZ) officials and members of the Lusaka diplomatic corps to launch the 2009 repatriation of Congolese refugees in Zambia. UNHCR's 2008 goal is to repatriate 19,336 refugees, transported 400 at a time three times per week through Decem [...]	2008-05-07 14:11:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KHIV ZA CG
08LUSAKA530	ZAMBIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 14:25:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNMIK PREL PGOV YI KV ZA
08LUSAKA536	ZAMBIA ON OSLO PROCESS AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) On May 15, Poloff discussed the reftel demarche with Silumelume Mubukwanu of the Zambia Mine Action Center (ZAMAC),a unit of the Foreign Ministry. Mubukwanu appreciated the information and was familiar with the issue. According to Mubukwanu, African states agreed to oppose the cluster [...]	2008-05-15 14:54:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL
08LUSAKA546	MWANAWASA ON ZIMBABWE AND VIEWS OF SADC'S ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the visit to Zambia of Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer and National Security Council Senior Director Bobby Pittman (Ref A),the Ambassador and President Mwanawasa exchanged views on Zimbabwe through a series of letters. In his May 5 let [...]	2008-05-20 14:10:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SADC ZA ZI
08LUSAKA549	ZAMBIA: CROP FORECASTS FOR 2007/2008 SHOW SUFFICIENT [...] (U) Summary. The Ministry of Agriculture has released its crop forecasts for the 2007/2008 agricultural season, as well as Zambia's food balance for the marketing season covering the period from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009. The figures show that on a national level estimated production, com [...]	2008-05-20 15:30:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID ZA
08LUSAKA554	GRZ FUNDS TASK FORCE ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Although President Mwanawasa had previously threatened to disband the Task Force on Corruption absent donor funding (Ref B),on May 15 the Zambian Cabinet agreed to take full financial responsibility for the ad hoc agency that was created in 2002 to prosecute high-level corrupt [...]	2008-05-22 14:55:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV EAID ZA
08LUSAKA66	ZAMBIAN ELECTRICITY SERVICE PROVIDERS--ZESCO CHASTISED, CEC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Energy Regulation Board recently approved needed rate hikes for parastatal Zambia Electricity Supply Company (ZESCO) Limited for 2008, but made future increases contingent on better performance by ZESCO, which in the eyes of Zambian consumers, has failed to provide expected l [...]	2008-01-17 11:44:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BTIO AMGT ZA
08LUSAKA666	DRC/ZAMBIA COPPER BELT - EQUINOX'S GIANT LUMWANA [...] (U) This cable represents one of a series of DRC/Zambian copperbelt mine-specific reports emanating from a ground-breaking resource-reporting and commercial advocacy collaboration between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: North-western Zambia's Lumwana Mine is note [...]	2008-06-20 05:43:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08LUSAKA744	ZAMBIAN COPPER BELT BLOOMS, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (U) This cable represents the fourth in a series of reports stemming from an innovative resource-reporting and commercial advocacy collaboration between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka (reftels A and C and septel pending from Kinshasa). This cable summarizes mines visited in Zambia. [...]	2008-07-18 06:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08LUSAKA865	KWACHA GENTLY SLIDES IN WAKE OF PRESIDENT'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's economy remains relatively sound, despite foreign exchange market fluctuations immediately following news of President Mwanawasa's death. Although the Zambian Kwacha has slipped slightly against the U.S. Dollar, it remains in line with historical averages. The Lusaka [...]	2008-08-27 11:55:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZA
08LUSAKA883	ZAMBIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 10:21:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN ZA
08LUSAKA909	BANDA ANNOUNCES OCTOBER 30 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (U) On September 9, Vice President Rupiah Banda announced that the presidential by-election will be held on Thursday, October 30, laying to rest any speculation that the Zambian Government is still considering suspending the elections (reftel). This poll date fully complies with the constitut [...]	2008-09-10 14:59:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
08LUSAKA918	ZAMBIA AUGUST 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Inflation Increases in August -- Government Holds Off on Windfall Tax -- Zambian Companies Participate in Chinese Trade Fair -- GRZ Develops Railway Infrastructure -- Zambian Airways Faces Economic Problems Inflation Increases in August 2. (U) Year-on-year inflation conti [...]	2008-09-15 05:44:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EMIN EINV ECON ZA
08LUSAKA950	ELECTION: NO CLEAR LEADER IN WESTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) With election day a scant five weeks away, none of the presidential candidates has a clear lead in Western Province. Provincial leaders and local politicians (who owe their positions to ruling party largesse and connections),told emboffs that Acting President Rupiah Banda would easily [...]	2008-09-26 09:14:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
08LUSAKA980	IMF CONTENT WITH ZAMBIA DESPITE RISING INFLATION AND BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) briefed diplomatic missions on its quarterly meetings with Zambian Government (GRZ) officials. The team's overall impressions of GRZ's macroeconomic performance were good; they noted continued GDP growth and national spending that [...]	2008-10-02 15:17:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ZA
08LUXEMBOURG139	LUXEMBOURG ON BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 15:15:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BM LU
08LUXEMBOURG74	AMBASSADOR WAGNER WARNS BANKERS ABOUT THE RISKS OF DOING [...] (U) During a March 14 speech to the International Bankers Club of Luxembourg, the Ambassador discussed the USG position and policy on Iran sanctions. She reviewed the operations of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and emphasized the reputational risk of doing b [...]	2008-03-20 15:25:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PREL ECON IR LU
08MADRID1002	SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO MADRID [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your speech at the American Chamber of Commerce energy conference, your meetings with GOS officials and climate change experts, and a press event will provide opportunities to explain USG leadership on climate change and address conc [...]	2008-09-19 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG SP
08MADRID105	SPAIN: ELECTION UPDATE FEBRUARY 1 [...] (U) Summary: This cable continues our effort, started with ref a, to provide the flavor of the Spanish general election campaign. Politicians and pundits have said repeatedly the three key issues on March 9 will be the economy, terrorism, and regional autonomy. Events in the last two weeks [...]	2008-02-04 07:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID1051	SPAIN TO CO-SPONSOR UNFCR ON NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Luis Gomez Nogueira, the Chief of Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Issues and Terrorism, has indicated to Post that Spain, while wanting to make known several observations and suggestions about the draft text, would co-sponsor the reftel resolution. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2008-10-03 16:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA SP CDG
08MADRID1080	MADRID ECON WEEKLY, OCT 6-10 - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 14:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB SP
08MADRID1090	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ANTARCTIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 16:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KSCA KTIA SENV AY TPHY
08MADRID1101	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - OCT 13-17 [...] (SBU) President Zapatero announced October 13 that the GOS will guarantee up to 100 billion euros in bank borrowing this year. This initiative is part of a decree approved that day by the Council of Ministers that incorporates measures agreed over the weekend by heads of state of the euro nati [...]	2008-10-17 19:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP PGOV
08MADRID1104	SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY KUPFER'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 14:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OVIP PREL SP
08MADRID1116	SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on October 22 to deliver REFTEL A demarche. Torres said that he will serve as point of contact (POC) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for matters related to the Global Initiative Information Po [...]	2008-10-22 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SP
08MADRID1123	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCT. 20-24 [...] (SBU) The hot topic for much of this week has been President Zapatero's failure to be invited to the upcoming global financial summit and GOS efforts to secure an invitation (ref A). Media reported October 24 that the government is reaching out "in every direction to the entire world at all [...]	2008-10-24 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TSPA SP
08MADRID1150	SPAIN: UPDATE ON INTERNET PIRACY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Since being placed on the Special 301 Watch List six months ago, the GOS has focused on encouraging negotiations between the Internet Service Provider (ISP) association and the Anti-Piracy Coalition of copyright holders and their representatives. The parties are trying to agree on a fo [...]	2008-11-04 07:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECPS KCRM SP
08MADRID1184	SPAIN NOT SENDING REPRESENTATIVE TO UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to various contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, who covers Iran in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries, told Econoff November 3 that he fully agreed with [...]	2008-11-07 08:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC TRGY AORC IR SP
08MADRID1186	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SIRES' NOVEMBER 13-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Representative Sires, Embassy Madrid looks forward to your and your delegation's visit to Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish are eager to share their assessment of political developments, regional issues, and bilateral relations with you. The recent US national election has been closely [...]	2008-11-07 12:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN OVIP PINS PREL PTER SP OREP AMGT AFIN
08MADRID1200	SPAIN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 09:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID1205	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 10-14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 17:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP
08MADRID1206	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] (SBU) On November 10, Econoff advised MFA's Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic and Maritime Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde of the US's strong concerns on Article 10 of the EU proposed "third maritime safety" regulation (reftel). Econoff explained that this provision would interfe [...]	2008-11-17 10:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EUN IMO SP
08MADRID1240	SPAIN OK WITH EU BIOFUELS LANGUAGE; SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ESTHOFF reviewed reftel points on November 25 with Hugo Lucas Porta, Secretary General of the International Relations Department at the GOS Institute for the Diversification and Development of Energy (IDAE). In the recent past, Lucas has expressed skepticism of the proposed la [...]	2008-11-26 10:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU SP
08MADRID1277	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD VISIT TO SPAIN DEC. [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit. The Spaniards you meet will be eager to share their assessment of financial developments, Latin American issues, and bilateral relations. Our elections were closely followed here, and a strong atmosphere of goodwill and optimism has emerged for incre [...]	2008-12-04 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OREP PREL SP
08MADRID1292	SCENESETTER - CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO SEVILLE, SPAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. You will be visiting Spain during a severe economic downturn, its first in 15 years. Spain has become a leader in the development of renewable energy - particularly wind power - as the result of implementing feed-in tariff subsidies. [...]	2008-12-09 11:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP
08MADRID1337	SPAIN UNVEILS COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In conjunction with the 60th Anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Spanish Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega unveiled Spain's National Human Rights Plan (the plan) December 15 in New York. The plan, approved by Spain's Council of Ministers [...]	2008-12-19 11:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SP PREL PGOV
08MADRID1345	FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOR THE WORLD [...] (U) As per reftel, Econoff conducted an extensive review into the membership and affiliates of the UN's World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to ensure that none of the WTO's associates or members condone pedophilia. Based on the review, Post determined that the UNWTO does not grant any official [...]	2008-12-22 13:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM SOCI SP
08MADRID1346	IPR IN SPAIN: ROUND-UP OF RECENT NOTEWORTHY [...] (U) On November 25, Spain's Congress issued a non-binding resolution calling on the GOS to develop a strategy to combat internet piracy. Separately, Culture Minister Molina announced that the government anticipates new regulations to protect online content. Content providers continue to com [...]	2008-12-22 13:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCRM KIPR SP
08MADRID1351	SPAIN: IPR PIRACY GETTING MORE ATTENTION [...] (SBU) In addition to IPR-related developments reported in ref A, the Ministry of Culture recently unveiled a new IPR enforcement manual, prepared in concert with law enforcement agencies and rights-holders' organizations. Meanwhile, the country's largest copyright management society has come [...]	2008-12-22 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCRM KIPR SP
08MADRID1362	SPAIN TO MAINTAIN CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY, NO FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary. Civil nuclear power in Spain is being phased out. Nuclear power provides approximately 20 percent of Spain's electricity, and has remained relatively constant in recent years. Spain operates 8 nuclear reactors at 6 plants, as well as other nuclear facilities including a waste [...]	2008-12-29 12:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP
08MADRID138	SPANISH ELECTIONS: BASQUE NATIONALIST PARTY POISED [...] (U) This cable is one of a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the potential role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections (REFTEL A) and beyond. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The national vote in the Basque Country is expected to fracture bet [...]	2008-02-11 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID177	SPAIN: ELECTION UPDATE FEBRUARY 15 [...] (SBU) Summary: Popular Party (PP) candidate Mariano Rajoy appears to be making a play for working class voters with messages on the economy (ref a),immigration, and public security. Some polls suggest voter participation may be slipping; virtually everyone agrees low turnout hurts President [...]	2008-02-15 17:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID180	SPAIN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, Embassy Madrid's Counterterrorism Working Group has collectively taken inventory of Spain's critical infrastructure and key resources and does not believe that the country possesses any CI/KR that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious [...]	2008-02-19 09:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN
08MADRID218	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. When you arrive, Spain will be 4 short days away from what is looking to be a very close March 9 general election. President Jose Luis Zapatero and his Socialist Workers party are slightly ahead in the polls, although the opposition Par [...]	2008-02-28 08:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL SP
08MADRID225	EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTEL A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Matt Osborne, Tel. (34) 91-587-2294, Fax. (34) 91-587-2391. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report are [...]	2008-02-28 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
08MADRID234	SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT CONVICTS TWENTY FOR [...] (U) The Spanish National Court (Audiencia Nacional) on February 27 convicted 20 of 30 suspected Islamist terrorists who were arrested in October 2004 (during Spain's so-called Operation Nova investigation) on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and plotting to destroy the National [...]	2008-02-29 19:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID236	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) More evidence of the slowdown in housing came with the announcement that 32 percent fewer mortgages were issued in December 2007 than in December 2006. The average value of mortgages issued in the month also declined, by 2 percent to 144,000 euros, but it is not clear whether that represen [...]	2008-03-03 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EWWT PTER SP
08MADRID274	SPANISH ELECTIONS: NECK AND NECK IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two days away from the March 9 Spanish general election, the polls continue to suggest a close race with Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) perhaps enjoying a slight lead over Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party (PP). The only thing analysts seem to [...]	2008-03-07 11:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID283	VISIT TO SPAIN OF ELSA MOREJON, WIFE OF CUBAN [...] (U) Elsa Morejon, wife of imprisoned Cuban dissident and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Oscar Biscet, visited Spain March 4-7. Although the visit was unexpected (her arrival was not confirmed until a few hours before her flight to Madrid),we are convinced it was useful and important. M [...]	2008-03-07 17:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CU SP
08MADRID288	ZAPATERO WINS REELECTION [...] (U) Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. The PSOE won 43.64 percent of the vote which will translate into 169 congressional seats (an absolute majority would be 176). Mariano Rajoy and the Popular Party (PP) won [...]	2008-03-10 10:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID309	SPAIN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US-EU CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary ------------ (SBU) EconCouns and ESTOff delivered reftel points to Teresa Ribera, GOS Director General for Climate Change in the Environment Ministry, in a March 11 meeting. DG Ribera does not expect any surprises for the U.S. from the European Council meeting this week. She said [...]	2008-03-12 18:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG SP
08MADRID346	FREED CUBAN PRISONERS GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On March 13, Ambassador Aguirre hosted a follow-up meeting with Omar Pernet and Alejandro Gonzlez-Raga. The two, until recently, had been political prisoners in Cuba. Both of these remarkable individuals individually pressed the Ambassador to personally convey their gratitude to President [...]	2008-03-19 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SP
08MADRID370	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH [...] ECON/EFIN: 2008 Economic Growth Forecast at 2.5 Percent 2. ECON/EFIN: Budget Surplus Declines 3. EIND: Housing Sales Decline Continues 4. ECON/EFIN: Catalan Economy Minister Concerned About U.S., Global Woes 5. ELTN: Emboffs Meet with Rail Security Lead 6. ENRG: Renewable Electricity Cos [...]	2008-03-28 19:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG EPET
08MADRID38	SPAIN: MARCH 2008 GENERAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP) will face off March 9, 2008, in a rematch of their 2004 contest. In other reporting we examine the candidates, parties, issues, and polls. Here we at [...]	2008-01-15 14:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID393	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH 31 [...] ECON: Business activity declining 2. SOCI/ECON: Call for immigrants 3. ECON: Ex-Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro to coordinate PP economic policy 4. EIND: National Competition Authority (CNC) to open investigation into egg, bread, chicken industries 5. ECON/EFIN: Madrid Autonomous Commu [...]	2008-04-07 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET SOCI SP
08MADRID407	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 5-11 [...] ECON/PGOV: Zapatero Announces Economic Measures During Investiture Debate 3. ECON: IMF, BBVA Revise Growth Projections Down, Economy Top Concern. 4. ECON/EFIN: Housing Downturn Continues to Hit Construction, Real Estate 5. ECON: Per Capita GDP Still Below Italy's After All 6. ECON/ELTN: [...]	2008-04-11 14:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN PGOV SENV SP
08MADRID419	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] (SBU) NO MATERIAL RESPONSIVE TO THE FOIA REQUEST HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. POST, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF POLCOUNS, SEARCHED ALL DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILES THAT HAVE A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAINING RESPONSIVE MATERIAL. IN ADDITION, POST ASKED MEMBERS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP AND P [...]	2008-04-16 15:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF
08MADRID443	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 14 - 18 [...] ECON: Euros 10 billion fiscal stimulus package announced and approved 2. ECON/EFIN: Solbes insists he is in charge of the economy 3. SENV: Drought leads to "Water War" 5. KNNP: Nuclear accident cover-up sparks controversy 7. ECON/EFIN: Caja Madrid buys Florida bank 8. EPET: REPSOL stake [...]	2008-04-21 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET KIPR KNNP PGOV SENV SP
08MADRID452	SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BMGT OSCE PGOV PREL PTER SP AF
08MADRID47	UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCHES UP, IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. As unemployment rates begin to inch up, voters have yet another reason to worry about the future of the economy. Spain's unemployment rate hovers at a little over 8 percent (low by historical standards) with immigrants and young workers being the most vulnerable to losses. Alth [...]	2008-01-17 17:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID484	SPANISH COURT DECIDES NOT TO EXTRADITE "ISABELITA" [...] (U) Local press is reporting that the Second Section of the Spanish National Court decided on April 28 to deny the request of Argentine authorities to extradite former Argentine President (1974-1976) Maria Estela Martinez, known as "Isabelita" Peron. The 77-year-old former President was wante [...]	2008-04-29 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PGOV SP
08MADRID520	SPECIAL 301 IPR FOLLOWUP MEETING WITH SECSTATE ROS [...] (SBU) Summary: The vice-minister responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR),Francisco Ros, told Charge on May 6 that the ending of the national election season meant that this was the time for the new GOS to make progress on IPR issues. He said the GOS intended to pass a new IPR law [...]	2008-05-09 17:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR SP
08MADRID525	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 28 - [...] (U) According to recently released Ministry of Labor statistics, the number of unemployed workers in Spain rose in April by 37,542, bringing the total number to over 2.3 million. What is significant about the April increase is that typically April is a seasonally dynamic month in Spain, and h [...]	2008-05-12 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP
08MADRID538	HOUSING MARKET SLUMP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's housing market slowdown was long predicted but is proving more severe than most local analysts had anticipated. An oversupply of newly-built properties coupled with decreased demand has resulted in a glut of unsold homes. Because of this, real estate developers are fin [...]	2008-05-14 08:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL SP
08MADRID542	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: NATIONAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES [...] (SBU) On May 13, Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez, President of the Criminal Division of the National Court, and Javier Zaragoza, Chief Prosecutor of the National Court, phoned Charge Llorens and informed him that earlier in the day the National Court handed down a decision dismissing the case agai [...]	2008-05-14 17:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SP

08MADRID55	SPAIN: ELECTION UPDATE JANUARY 18 [...] (U) Summary: As explained in ref a, the official campaign runs February 22 to March 7 (meaning that is when the candidates can unleash their advertising),but President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP) have [...]	2008-01-22 07:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID552	SPANISH CABINET MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES - ZAPATERO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Zapatero's center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. This cable gives brief biographies for the cabinet members in Zapatero's second administration. Overall, the cabinet reflects Zapatero's campaign promises to [...]	2008-05-19 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SP
08MADRID567	SPAIN: MAY 21 EXPRESSIONS OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA [...] (U) In observance of the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People," conservative daily ABC published Ambassador Aguirre's aptly entitled op-ed "Solidarity with the Cuban People." The paper took heat in response from the Cuban Ambassador to Spain, who said in a letter to the editor May [...]	2008-05-23 06:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU SP
08MADRID569	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON VISIT TO MADRID [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. The Government of Spain (GOS) shares your interest in the development of renewable energy, including biofuels. However, what once promised to be a booming industry with plans for construction of 30 biodiesel and 20 ethanol plants, ha [...]	2008-05-23 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP FR PO
08MADRID615	REQUEST FOR UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL
08MADRID639	CODEL PETERSON DISCUSSES U.S., SPANISH BIOFUELS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with GOS and private sector officials during its May 31-June 3 visit to Spain, CODEL Peterson discussed the recent farm bill,s biofuels provisions and the Spanish biofuels industry. The delegation also visited Abengoa's cellulosic ethanol plant in Salamanca on June 1 [...]	2008-06-06 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BEXP OREP ENRG KGHG SP
08MADRID641	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AGRICULTURAL UPDATE [...] (U) During a June 4 congressional hearing, President Zapatero faced heavy criticism from opposition leaders regarding Spain's weakening economy. During this hearing, opposition Partido Popular leader Rajoy highlighted a waning economy and loss of confidence by businesses and families, and he [...]	2008-06-09 01:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG KIPR
08MADRID659	SPANISH POLICE ARREST EIGHT INDIVIDUALS ALLEGEDLY [...] (U) According to the website of the Spanish Interior Ministry and press reports, Spanish National Police on the morning of June 10 arrested eight individuals in Barcelona, Castellon, and Pamplona during an operation aimed at an alleged Islamic terrorist cell that reportedly had been recruiting [...]	2008-06-10 15:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID674	SPAIN DISAPPOINTED REGARDING USG UNHRC DECISION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 16:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID691	SPAIN'S OPPOSITION PARTIDO POPULAR: RAJOY FIRMLY [...] (U) Mariano Rajoy, the embattled head of Spain's main opposition Partido Popular (PP),was re-elected as party leader on June 21 during the three-day PP congress held in Valencia. As reported in REFTEL, Rajoy's leadership had been challenged on several fronts since his party lost a second str [...]	2008-06-24 07:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID708	SPAIN: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 07:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID72	UNHRC ANTI-ISRAEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SP
08MADRID725	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On July 2, 2008, Poloff discussed reftel with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Pacific, Southeast Asia and Philippines, Jose Luis Garcia Galan. Poloff stressed the importance of continued international insistence on access, transparency and accountability of humanitarian assis [...]	2008-07-03 10:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP EAID PHUM BM
08MADRID755	SOLICITING PLEDGES TO FUND THE NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (SBU) On July 1, Poloff conveyed reftel demarche to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation, and asked the Spanish government to consider pledging funds to support the NTI's proposal for the creation of a nuclear fuel bank. Sanchez replied on July 4 that while Spain [...]	2008-07-09 07:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IAEA ENRG SP
08MADRID780	SPAIN PLANS TO DESTROY ITS CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloffs on July 9 delivered REFTEL demarche to senior officials in the Ministry of Defense (Brigadier General Munoz Castresana in the office of the Secretary General for Defense Policy) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ignacio Sanchez),and shared [...]	2008-07-18 06:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO SP
08MADRID83	SPAIN ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR ANDEAN PRESIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's January 23 visit to Madrid, on the heels of the January 20 -22 visit of Peruvian President Alan Garcia, and the warm and public welcome extended to both by the Spanish government, send clear messages to the rest of the world: Spain has a stake [...]	2008-01-28 14:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID844	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff explained that the USG had designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals on July 8, and passed along to Martinez background on these entitie [...]	2008-07-29 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SP PTER KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08MADRID845	TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Laura Martinez from the Directorate of Counter-Terrorism on July 28. Econoff explained that following the UNSC 1267 designation of 4 leaders of AQIM, the U.S. domestically designated these individuals under E.O. 13224 [...]	2008-07-29 14:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC
08MADRID855	INTERIM REPORT: SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 63RD UN [...] (SBU) Poloff submitted reftel request to Spain's UN Subdirector General Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares on July 7. As of July 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not yet have definite plans or itineraries for UNGA participants. The following information, however, has been confirmed. [...]	2008-08-01 07:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08MADRID86	TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Ivo Pascual Herrera at MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff informed Pascual that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee had approved the designation of the three reftel Kuwait-based terrorist facilitators, and that the U.S. had sim [...]	2008-01-28 17:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU SP
08MADRID865	SPAIN: REGIONAL TENSIONS SIMMER THROUGH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's relationship with Spain's regions--particularly the so-called "historic nationalities" of the Basque country (el Pais Vasco),Catalonia, and to a lesser extent Galicia--continues to be a topic of significant public discussion. Two key events have largel [...]	2008-08-05 14:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID93	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that provides Spanish government estimates for 2007 narcotics seizures by Spanish authorities. The DEA Madrid Country Office obtained these figures from the Spanish Ministry of Interior on January 28, although the Mini [...]	2008-01-30 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM EFIN SP
08MADRID949	UPDATE ON SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 09:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08MADRID963	SPANISH INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) On September 3, Econoff raised the issue of investment in Argentina with Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, MFA Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries. Alvargonzalez noted that the stock of Spanish investment in Argentina amounts to approximatel [...]	2008-09-05 08:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIDE EINV SP AR
08MADRID970	SPAIN: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 16:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN
08MADRID98	CODEL MARTINEZ JANUARY 10-11 VISIT TO MADRID [...] (U) Summary: Codel Martinez had a busy and productive visit to Madrid January 10-11, 2008, meeting with the Prince of Asturias, Popular Party (PP) presidential candidate Mariano Rajoy, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana (septel),former President Aznar, Foreign Minister Moratinos (se [...]	2008-02-01 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV SP
08MANAGUA1030	ORTEGA MEETS EPA/CDC TEAM [...] (SBU) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) watershed and wastewater management experts and a Center for Disease Control (CDC) water sanitation expert visited Nicaragua July 21 ) 25 to assess Nicaraguan efforts to protect Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua from contamination and provide advice on [...]	2008-08-12 14:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO KSCA EAID PREL NU
08MANAGUA1032	MASSIVE BLAZE LEVELS HEART OF MANAGUA MARKET, MORE BAD [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. On July 31 a massive fire destroyed over one-third of Managua's Eastern Market, reportedly the largest outdoor dry goods market in Central America. According to media reports, over 1,500 small businesses were destroyed or damaged. Many of these family-owned bus [...]	2008-08-12 22:25:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1051	NICARAGUA: MIXED RESULTS ON POLICE IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) In 2008, the Nicaraguan National Police is implementing a strategy to improve intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement that includes a public awareness campaign, training for staff, and raids against the producers and distributors of pirated goods. In addition, the police seek bett [...]	2008-08-18 19:30:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR USTR NU
08MANAGUA1052	NICARAGUA: FAMOUS SINGER, FORMER FSLN MEMBER AND RECENT MRS CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT ASSERTS HIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AGAINST THE FSLN [...] (SBU) Since April, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has been playing "La Consigna," a well known song of famous Nicaraguan singer, former FSLN member, and recent MRS candidate for vice president, Carlos Mejia Godoy, on radio and television and at rallies promoting the FSLN. Mejia God [...]	2008-08-18 19:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR USTR NU
08MANAGUA1057	NICARAGUA: IOM TIP CONFERENCE UNDERSCORES NEED TO [...] (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) convened a regional workshop with funding from the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) July 22 to 23 focusing on strengthening regional cooperation for the recovery and reintegration of victims of hu [...]	2008-08-19 17:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG PREF NU
08MANAGUA106	NICARAGUA: GON TO REVIEW PAST PROPERTY CLAIMS DECISIONS [...] (SBU) The December 20 monthly Working Property Group meeting confirmed that the Attorney General plans to reduce the number of outstanding property claims as quickly as possible and that dismissing claims is the preferred method to accomplish this goal. We believe that we further convinced GON [...]	2008-01-28 21:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1070	NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - BAC NICARAGUA [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Managua supports OPIC's proposal for a $30 million loan to Banco de America Central, S.A. Nicaragua (BAC Nicaragua). We have reviewed the proposal and concluded that there are no reasons why the loan should not proceed. End Summary. Company Standing ---------------- 3. ( [...]	2008-08-20 21:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1071	NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - FINDESA [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Managua has reviewed OPIC's proposal to include Nicaragua's FINDESA as part of its $54 million loan to the Global Microfinance Facility (GMF). We conclude that there are no reasons why the loan should not proceed. End Summary. Company Standing ---------------- 2. [...]	2008-08-20 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1109	NICARAGUA SOFA: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (BARELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 8, 2008 we delivered to the Government of Nicaragua (GON) the final draft version of the diplomatic note regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the accompanying note regarding customs clearance procedures. Later that same day, the GON responded affirmativ [...]	2008-08-28 12:46:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU
08MANAGUA112	NDAA SECTION 1206: COUNTRY TEAM NICARAGUA APPROVES [...] (SBU) The U.S. Country Team Nicaragua has drafted and approved a tranche 2 FY2008 proposal for the use of funds appropriated under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act that are intended to strengthen the counter-terrorist capability of the Nicaraguan Army's Rapid Reaction Tas [...]	2008-01-29 19:35:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS KTIA NU
08MANAGUA1120	NICARAGUA: BILATERAL REVIEW OF SECTION 527 [...] (SBU) In a July 29 letter to Foreign Minister Samuel Santos announcing her decision to grant Nicaragua a Section 527 waiver for 2008, the Secretary included a benchmark that required Nicaragua to participate in a bilateral review to discuss a growing number of issues adversely impacting the res [...]	2008-09-04 17:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON NU
08MANAGUA1184	UNGA 63 -- NICARAGUA OFFICIAL DELEGATION (IS THE ORTEGA-MURILLO BROOD) [...] (SBU) On September 18 we received a list of individuals that will travel with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, to attend the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Following is the information about the delegation, which appears in the fo [...]	2008-09-19 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NU OVIP PREL UNGA
08MANAGUA1186	NICARAGUA: GON SAYS IT WILL FOCUS ON CLAIMS UNDER ARMY CONTROL [...] (SBU) During the August 28 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, GON officials reported the establishment of an "ad hoc" committee to settle claims under the control of the Nicaraguan Army. Econoff urged GON officials to explain how they determine settlement offers. Econoff discus [...]	2008-09-22 15:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1196	NICARAGUA SOFA -- NEXT STEPS TO A LONGER-TERM [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6 FOR ACTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 13, 2008 we exchanged diplomatic notes with the Government of Nicaragua to establish a Status of Forces Agreement. During our prior encounters with the GON, we repeatedly raised the possibility of concludi [...]	2008-09-24 20:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU
08MANAGUA1213	NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT DECREES 18% WAGE HIKE [...] (U) Summary. On September 24, Labor Minister Jeannette Chavez ended the latest round of Nicaraguan minimum wage negotiations by decreeing an 18% increase for all occupations. Dean Garcia, Executive Director of the Nicaraguan Association of Apparel Manufacturers (ANITEC),called the most rece [...]	2008-10-01 17:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EINV PGOV KTEX NI
08MANAGUA1214	NICARAGUA: PROPANE FOR THE PEOPLE [...] (SBU) On September 24, President Ortega declared a state of emergency and announced that the Nicaraguan Government would name an "Intervention Board" to manage propane distributor Tropigas for six months "to address a potential propane shortage." A Tropigas official claimed there is no propane [...]	2008-10-01 17:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA122	NICARAGUA: SLOWER GROWTH IN TOURISM SECTOR IN 2007 [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) reported that the tourism industry grew 6% in 2007, down from 2006's 8.6% and did not fulfill industry's expectations. Some industry experts question the veracity of INTUR's data, noting that sales for many tourism entrepreneurs have dropped by an [...]	2008-01-31 16:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA1243	NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL ESTRADA AGREES TO A BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in Paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) During the Ambassador's September 30 courtesy call on Attorney General Hernan Estrada, Estrada agreed to conduct a bilateral review of the treatment of claims subject to the Section 527 Foreign Relations A [...]	2008-10-10 17:13:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1244	NICARAGUA: GON RESISTS MORE TRANSPARENCY IN PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the October 2 Property Working Group meeting, Econoff urged Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials to provide clear explanations on how they determine settlement offers. Ruth Zapata, head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),was aware of the frustration that som [...]	2008-10-10 19:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1268	NICARAGUA: RHETORIC VERSUS REALITY [...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008, the Embassy and local business associations hosted the second Nicaraguan Competitiveness Forum, with financial support from the EEB/CBA Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF). More than 120 government officials and business leaders attended this event, whi [...]	2008-10-17 22:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD NU
08MANAGUA1316	NICARAGUA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Embassy Managua is pleased to nominate Sofia Montenegro for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per ref A. 2. (U) Full Name of Nominee: Sofia Isabel Montenegro Alarcon 3. (U) Job Title and Institution: Executive Director, Center for Media Research (Centro de [...]	2008-10-28 12:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM NU
08MANAGUA1317	NICARAGUA: RHETORIC ASIDE, EXPORTS ARE BOOMING [...] (U) President Ortega has criticized CAFTA-DR for creating jobs that are not much more than slave labor, obstructing Central American integration, and failing to address economic asymmetries. Recently, he has called for a comprehensive renegotiation of the agreement. Nonetheless, Nicaraguans ar [...]	2008-10-28 14:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA1331	NICARAGUA: TOURISM OFFICIAL PAINTS A ROSY PICTURE [...] (SBU) Mario Salinas, President of the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR),predicted that the tourism industry will grow 11% in 2008, which would be higher than the 6% growth rate in 2007. To ensure this growth, INTUR, the GON's tourism promotion agency, is participating in more international [...]	2008-10-31 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON NU
08MANAGUA1370	NICARAGUA: GON FOCUSED ON MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS INSTEAD OF [...] (SBU) During the October 30 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),said that she and her colleagues were focused on issuing local property titles rather than resolving claims. Zapata stated that some U.S. citizen claims require [...]	2008-11-12 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1427	NICARAGUA: FINLAND CUTS BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (U) On October 22, the Embassy of Finland announced an end to its $2.5 million annual assistance to the national budget of Nicaragua. Finland is now the fourth country to withdraw direct budget assistance, after Germany, Sweden, and Great Britain. The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of five [...]	2008-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1436	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SAYS VENEZUELAN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) In reaction to MCC's announcement to freeze disbursements and review its program, President Ortega said on December 1 that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had promised to provide funds to continue the implementation of MCC programs if they are canceled. Ortega claimed that U.S. assista [...]	2008-12-03 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL KMCA NU
08MANAGUA1441	NICARAGUA: GON PREPARES FOR BILATERAL PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the November 26 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),said that she and her colleagues were looking forward to the bilateral review to clarify issues of concern to the USG and GON. Jeanette Garcia, President of the [...]	2008-12-03 20:25:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1445	NICARAGUA: GON PREPARES FOR BILATERAL PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the November 26 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),said that she and her colleagues were looking forward to the bilateral review to clarify issues of concern to the USG and GON. Jeanette Garcia, President of the [...]	2008-12-04 13:42:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1546	NICARAGUA: GON PROMISES BETTER COOPERATION ON ADVANCING [...] (SBU) During the December 11-12 bilateral review of the Government of Nicaragua's (GON) property claims resolution process, Attorney General Hernan Estrada acknowledged that while the U.S. Government (USG) would not accept dismissals of U.S. citizen claims without a fair and transparent appeals [...]	2008-12-31 17:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA173	NICARAGUA: GON DISMISSES MORE PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the January 31 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials passed Econoff a new list of 34 dismissed U.S. citizen claims for the lack of proof that the U.S. claimant owned the property and/or it had been expropriated. The GON insinuate [...]	2008-02-13 14:21:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA2	NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION [...] (SBU) In a December 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Attorney General Estrada outlined the Government of Nicaragua's (GON) "plan to resolve all property claims by 2011." The Ambassador asked the GON to ensure a fair and transparent process as it seeks to resolve claims, especially in those case [...]	2008-01-02 19:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA202	NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbean [...]	2008-02-20 20:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PETER PREL PGOV ETTC AID EAGER EFIN
08MANAGUA225	NICARAGUA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Nicaragua's participation in the United States - Central America - Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) required the passage of legislation making the country's framework for the enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) consistent with U.S. and emergi [...]	2008-02-26 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON USTR NU
08MANAGUA252	NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION RE CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PHUM PGOV KGHG PREL UNHRC NU
08MANAGUA253	NICARAGUA: MONTERREY CONSENSUS WORKING AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Post continues to promote Financing for Development (FfD) and President Bush's New Development Compact based on partnership with countries that govern justly, invest in their peoples, and encourage economic freedom. The partnership with the new Sandinista g [...]	2008-03-04 13:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV NU
08MANAGUA254	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, STILL WORLDS [...] (SBU) Following Daniel Ortega's November 2006 victory at the polls, the business community's first reaction was the generalized desire to get past the bitterness of the elections. Erwin Kruger, then President of the Federation of Nicaraguan Business Associations (COSEP),thought such reconcili [...]	2008-03-04 16:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV NU
08MANAGUA266	NICARAGUAN FISCAL PROCESS FAIRLY TRANSPARENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A request, Post reports that Nicaragua's budget is a public document published by the Ministry of Finance on its web site. The budget, which must be reviewed and approved by the National Assembly, does not, however, reflect funds coming from Venezuela. The USG and othe [...]	2008-03-06 16:18:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL NU
08MANAGUA274	NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL PROMISES AMBASSADOR PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) During the six-month review of the 2007-08 waiver year, Attorney General Estrada provided the Ambassador with a list of 62 U.S. citizen claims that the Government of Nicaragua (GON) considers resolved or close to resolution. Estrada also delivered an update on GON efforts to resolve claim [...]	2008-03-07 17:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KIDE USTR CVIS NU
08MANAGUA278	NICARAGUAN AMBASSADOR CRUZ ADDRESSES AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States Arturo Cruz highlighted cooperation between the United States and Nicaragua on arms control, property rights, investment, and foreign assistance in a recent presentation for Nicaraguan businesspersons. Cruz believes maintaining close, personal r [...]	2008-03-07 21:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV NU
08MANAGUA287	NICARAGUA: GON COOPERATION IMPROVES DURING FEBRUARY MEETING [...] (SBU) During the February 28 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Embassy Property Office and Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials reviewed 50 U.S. claims and discussed ways that the USG and GON could cooperate to attain their favorable resolution. One official from the National [...]	2008-03-10 21:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA300	NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION 2225 BE RESTORED FOR RODRIGO SALOMON GONZALEZ GARCIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored for retired General Rodrigo Salomon Gonzalez Garcia. Post has confirmed that Gonzalez resolved his property claim dispute with U.S. citizen Vilma Aurora Amort on May 31, 2005. Based on this evidence, Post requests that [...]	2008-03-12 14:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE CVIS NU
08MANAGUA304	NICARAGUA: EIGTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) maintained efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the areas of prevention, raising awareness, and detection, but made little progress in terms of victim assistance and the prosecution and c [...]	2008-03-12 18:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG NU
08MANAGUA324	NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION 2225 BE RESTORED FOR PORFIRIO MOLINA PALACIOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored for Porfirio Molina Palacios. Post has confirmed that Molina satisfactorily resolved his property dispute with the heir of U.S. claimant Mr. Jose Moncada on November 29, 2005. Please see action request in Paragraph 3. [...]	2008-03-17 20:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE CVIS NU
08MANAGUA336	NICARAGUA: "NO MORE UPPITY GRINGOS" [...] (SBU) In a March 17 interview with a local newspaper on the status of U.S. citizen property claims, Attorney General Hernan Estrada challenged WHA/CEN Director John Feeley's concerns that the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has so far resolved few U.S. citizen property claims during the 2007-2008 [...]	2008-03-19 18:42:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA338	NICARAGUA: COMMERCE U/S PADILLA HIGHLIGHTS CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) During his February 28, 2008, visit to Nicaragua, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Christopher A. Padilla emphasized the importance of the United States - Central America - Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to our bilateral relationship. U/S Padilla tou [...]	2008-03-24 13:29:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV NU
08MANAGUA387	NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION 2225 BE RESTORED FOR ALEJANDRO BOSCO ARGUELLO GUZMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored for Alejandro Bosco Arguello Guzman. Post has confirmed that Arguello resolved his property claim dispute with the heir of U.S. claimant Mrs. Teodolinda Gonzalez-Becklin on January 15, 2008. Based on this resolution, P [...]	2008-04-03 21:29:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE CVIS NU
08MANAGUA424	NICARAGUA: GON SEEKS MORE USG COOPERATION DURING MARCH [...] (SBU) During the March 27 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials handed Econoff a list of 11 "dismissed" cases that they would continue to process if the U.S. claimants provided additional information to defend their claims. GON officials aske [...]	2008-04-09 20:04:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA431	NICARAGUA: U.S. - EU TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL LINKED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 23:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO NI
08MANAGUA490	NICARAGUA: WIREC WRAP-UP AND PLEDGE REMINDER [...] (U) On April 2 the Nicaraguan Minister of Energy, Emilio Rappaccioli, wrote a letter to the Ambassador to inform us of Nicaragua's WIREC pledges for years 2008 to 2011. The pledges include expanding the percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources from a 2008 base of 27% to 38% b [...]	2008-04-21 21:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA NU
08MANAGUA515	NICARAGUA SOFA LETTER: GON RESPONDS WITH SOME [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 2 FOR ACTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. On April 24 we met with representatives from the Americas Division and the Protocol Office of Nicaragua's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) to discuss their proposed changes to the USG d [...]	2008-04-28 22:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL MOPS KTIA NU
08MANAGUA516	NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION 2225 BE RESTORED FOR PORFIRIO MOLINA PALACIOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored for Porfirio Molina Palacios. Post has confirmed that Molina Palacios satisfactorily resolved his property dispute with the heir of U.S. claimant Mr. Jose Moncada on November 29, 2005. Please see action request in Para [...]	2008-04-29 16:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE CVIS NU
08MANAGUA52	NICARGUAN ENERGY MINISTRY EXPRESSES INTEREST IN JOINING [...] (U) On December 31, 2007, post received a letter from the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and Mines expressing an interest in joining the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA). Informal translation of letter follows. Post will forward original letter to Department. 2. (SBU) Begin informal [...]	2008-01-15 23:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO NU
08MANAGUA564	NICARAGUA: GON DISMISSES 85 MORE U.S. CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the April 24 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Econoff discussed Government of Nicaragua (GON) plans to dismiss 84 more U.S. citizen claims. The head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification reported that the GON recently decided that any claims dismissed un [...]	2008-05-07 17:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA579	NICARAGUA: AUSTR EISSENSTAT PROMOTES CAFTA-DR [...] (U) During his April 21-23, 2008, visit to Nicaragua, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas Everett Eissenstat underscored the importance of the United States - Central America - Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). In meetings with officials from the Ministry of [...]	2008-05-09 12:58:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV NU
08MANAGUA59	MANAGUA 2008 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (U) In response to Ref. A, Embassy Managua submits the following two proposals for consideration for 2008 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF). 2. (U) Energy Solutions - Biofuels: A) Nicaragua is heavily dependent on imported oil to generate electricity. Rising oil prices and poo [...]	2008-01-17 15:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD ABUD AMGT BTIO NU
08MANAGUA610	NICARAGUA'S FOOD SUMMIT: IF YOU HOLD IT, THEY MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, President Ortega held a "Food Sovereignty and Security Presidential Summit: Food for Life." It was to be headlined by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and attended by 11 Latin American and Caribbean presidents. However, at the last minute Chavez, pleading illness, canceled and [...]	2008-05-14 19:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID PREL NU
08MANAGUA628	NICARAGUA: CONE DENIM INAUGURATES MILL [...] (SBU) On April 22, 2008, U.S. textile manufacturer Cone Denim inaugurated a vertically integrated textile mill near Managua. The mill directly employees 850, and Cone Denim estimates that its investment creates an additional 15,000 to 20,000 indirect jobs. President Ortega told participants in [...]	2008-05-16 20:57:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV NU
08MANAGUA633	NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL PRESSED FOR MORE COOPERATION TO [...] (SBU) In a May 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Attorney General Hernan Estrada agreed to extend a May 16 deadline to June 16 to allow U.S. claimants more time to consider Government of Nicaragua (GON) offers to settle 42 property claims. Estrada finally conceded that U.S. Embassy Property Offic [...]	2008-05-19 13:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA664	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) As an agricultural country, in which more that the half of population lives in poverty, Nicaragua is both helped and hurt by the current rise in food commodity prices. The most important food commodities for human consumption are rice, beans, white corn, and wheat. Three quarters of Nicar [...]	2008-05-22 22:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA672	NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION 2225 BE RESTORED FOR JAVIER ANTONIO PICHARDO RAMIREZ [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored for Javier Antonio Pichardo Ramirez. Post has confirmed that Pichardo Ramirez satisfactorily resolved his property dispute with U.S. citizen Mrs. Leyla Rener de Marin on May 24, 2006. Please see action request in Para [...]	2008-05-23 21:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE CVIS NU
08MANAGUA675	VISIT OF USS KEARSARGE - EMBASSY MANAGUA SUPPORT [...] (U) We greatly appreciate the opportunity to host the USS Kearsarge and welcome the request to provide a foreign policy advisor (POLAD) to the Command Element during its upcoming deployment to Nicaragua. Nicaragua's spot at the front of the deployment requires that we staff the POLAD position [...]	2008-05-27 16:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS AFIN MOPS PREL NU
08MANAGUA680	NICARAGUA: REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S FOOD SECURITY [...] Post delivered Ref B demarche on the President's food security initiatives to senior and working level GON officials. On May 22, Ambassador Trivelli briefed Foreign Minister Samuel Santos on the President's $770 million response to the food crisis, and explained our goals in the Doha Developm [...]	2008-05-27 20:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO PGOV NU
08MANAGUA696	ACTION REQUEST: NEW 'NOTICE TO MARINERS' ON CHANGE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 10 for Action. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: In October 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a decision resolving a long-standing maritime boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras. This decision e [...]	2008-06-02 22:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL EWWT EFIS CASC MOPS CO XK
08MANAGUA698	NICARAGUA: U.S. CITIZEN PRIVATE PROPERTY DISPUTES ON THE [...] (SBU) Private property disputes involving U.S. investors are on the rise along the Pacific Coast and elsewhere in Nicaragua. Several U.S. investors have sought the Embassy's assistance to protect their property rights because they lack confidence in Nicaraguan law enforcement institutions. The [...]	2008-06-03 14:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA707	NICARAGUA: OPDAT WORKSHOP GIVES ANTI-TIP COALITION [...] (SBU) Embassy Managua held the first in a series of several anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) workshops led by the U.S Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (DOJ/OPDAT),May 6-8. More than 40 participants representing the Nicaraguan Na [...]	2008-06-05 12:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KWMN SMIG NU
08MANAGUA724	NICARAGUA: GON UNDER PRESSURE TO RESOLVE U.S. CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the May 29 monthly Property Working Group meeting, the head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification stated that on June 16 the Government of Nicaragua (GON) would close the administrative process for 42 claims it considers resolved and place the indemnification bonds equiva [...]	2008-06-09 19:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA735	NICARAGUA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 18:29:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR NU
08MANAGUA74	NICARAGUA: STAFFDEL JANUARY 9-11 VISIT TO REVIEW MILLENNIUM [...] (SBU) Two staff members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs saw first-hand implementation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Program in Nicaragua on January 9-11. The staff members were pleased to learn that a high percentage of women are participatin [...]	2008-01-24 18:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON NU
08MANAGUA760	NICARAGUA: INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION (IWC) DEMARCHE [...] (U) On June 11, Post delivered talking points on USG priorities for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting to INPESCA Executive President Stedman Fagoth. Fagoth was recently appointed the Nicaraguan Commissioner to the IWC and anticipates his attendance at the June 23 annual meetin [...]	2008-06-13 23:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV ETRD PREL KSCA IWC NU
08MANAGUA763	EMBASSY AND GON HOST COMPETITIVENESS FORUM [...] (SBU) The Embassy and Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Commerce (MIFIC) co-hosted a day-long "National Forum on Competitiveness and Investment" on May 28, 2008, in Managua, Nicaragua. The forum, which served as a prelude to Secretary Gutierrez' Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF),scheduled f [...]	2008-06-16 19:23:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA803	NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT GOES AFTER FLAGSHIP BEACH RESORT [...] (SBU) Barcelo Hotels and Resorts, the Spanish company that owns the Montelimar Beach and Resort, Nicaragua's flagship tourist destination, is under pressure from the Government of Nicaragua (GON) to pay a "fee" worth $1.5 million for allegedly not honoring a contractual agreement pertaining to [...]	2008-06-24 14:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA820	NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored for Ivan Enrique Garcia Cortes. Post has confirmed that Garcia Cortes satisfactorily resolved his property dispute with the U.S. claimants Oscar and Sandra Dubon in December 2007. Please see action request in Paragrap [...]	2008-06-27 17:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE CVIS NU
08MANAGUA822	TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR SNU2009JCET603W: [...] (U) This message responds to request in reftel A for Embassy concurrence on planned Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) SNU2009JCET603W, 2. (SBU) Per request in para 2 of reftel, Embassy Managua concurs with the proposed JCET for FY09. We provide the following concurrence: -- Amba [...]	2008-06-27 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MASS NU
08MANAGUA830	NICARAGUA: GON RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK TO RESOLVE U.S. [...] (SBU) During the June 26 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials stated that U.S. claimants finalized 18 out of the 42 "close to resolution" claims with final settlements before the June 16 deadline. GON officials agreed to improve cooperation [...]	2008-07-01 18:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU

08MANAGUA883	NICARAGUA: SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS [...] This cable contains an action request in Paragraphs 21 and 22. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post recommends that the Secretary issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of FY 1994/1995 for the Government of Nicaragua (GON). Between August 1, 2007, and [...]	2008-07-10 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA900	NICARAGUAN CUSTOMS TAXES FTZ TRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Apparel and furniture manufacturers complain that in March 2008, Nicaraguan Customs began to tax fabric scraps and trimmings disposed of in local landfills as "exports," levied upon an arbitrary value based on weight. The government has temporarily backed off this new trash tax [...]	2008-07-16 16:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA917	NICARAGUA: GON RESOLVES ANOTHER U.S. PROPERTY CLAIM: LIGIA [...] (SBU) Since our last report (ref A),the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has resolved one additional property claim during the current waiver year -- a case registered by U.S. claimant Ligia Rojas, who was a U.S. citizen at the time of the confiscation of her property. As of July 17, 2008, the GO [...]	2008-07-18 17:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA932	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA INCITES MICROFINANCE PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega encouraged supporters at political rallies held in northern Nicaragua to protest against microfinance providers and demand renegotiation of outstanding loans. Local groups have responded to Ortega's call for action and barricaded the offices of several banks and [...]	2008-07-22 22:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA941	NICARAGUA: GON RESOLVES THREE MORE U.S. PROPERTY CLAIMS: [...] (SBU) Since our last report (Ref A),the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has resolved three property claims during the current waiver year -- for U.S. claimant Elia Lacayo, who was a U.S. citizen at the time of the confiscation of her property. As of July 23, 2008, the GON has resolved 42 U.S. c [...]	2008-07-24 15:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA979	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA INVITED TO TRADE SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel invitation to President Ortega via diplomatic note on July 29 seeking his participation in a trade summit to be held during the September 22 - 26 timeframe, to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly. Emboffs also contacted officials at the Ministry of Fo [...]	2008-07-30 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON
08MANAGUA998	NICARAGUA: GON PROMISES BETTER COOPERATION ON U.S. CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the July 31 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials promised to provide more attention to resolving U.S. citizen claims under government control during the 2008-2009 waiver year. GON officials stated the government will dismiss mor [...]	2008-08-06 17:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAMA118	TRIAL OF DECEMBER RIOTERS [...] (U) Summary: The trial of fifteen men arrested in connection with the December riots resumed without incident. Defense lawyers ended their boycott and were present when the court formally charged the defendants. All pled "not guilty," and the judge set the next hearing for March 17. Several a [...]	2008-02-27 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA12	BAHRAIN OFFERS TO HOST UNESCO CONFERENCE TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa on January 8 to discuss a proposed UNESCO conference aimed at countering extremist influence among young people worldwide. The conference would address problems ranging from the recruitment of child soldiers in Africa, to [...]	2008-01-14 10:59:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UNESCO KISL BA
08MANAMA144	POST INPUT FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Bahrain continues to struggle with trafficking in persons, but has taken some positive steps during the past year. The King signed into law new anti-trafficking legislation that carries stiff penalties. Prosecutors and police officers have received training on identification and prot [...]	2008-03-10 05:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
08MANAMA233	BAHRAIN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama,s Global Initiative Coordination Officer (GICO) is: Pol/Econ Chief Steve Butler, butlersr@state.gov, butlersr@state.sgov.gov, 973-1724-2908. 2. (SBU) GICO is coordinating with the Russian embassy to jointly deliver reftel welcome message. **************************** [...]	2008-04-10 13:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DTRA PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA
08MANAMA287	ICI MINISTERIAL: BAHRAINI FM WILL ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-04 12:48:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ BA
08MANAMA298	UPDATE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) A/DCM met with MFA Legal Adviser Dr. Yusuf Abdulkarim Mohammed on May 7 to discuss the status of Bahrain's IAEA Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA). Dr. Yusuf confirmed that the ratification process was still pending. 2. (SBU) The government submitted the proposal for CSA ratif [...]	2008-05-08 09:46:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP BA
08MANAMA302	OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Embassy Manama maintains regular contact with democracy and human rights activists and NGOs in Bahrain, and encourages leaders in government and in opposition to persist in the revival of parliamentary politics and other reforms that King Hamad launched in 2002. To the best of our knowle [...]	2008-05-11 11:00:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BA
08MANAMA305	SUPPORTING THE DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO CU BA
08MANAMA324	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE: BAHRAINI REPRESENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 14:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ BA
08MANAMA363	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS NARRATIVE AND DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 13:27:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KCRM SMIG BA
08MANAMA424	RECOGNITION OF LOCAL TIP HERO RAISES AWARENESS [...] (SBU) The Department's 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report recognized Bahraini activist Marrieta Dias as a "Hero" for her years of volunteer work and advocacy on behalf of migrant workers in Bahrain. The recognition of Dias, coupled with Bahrain's removal from Tier Three, attracted exten [...]	2008-06-25 12:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SMIG BA
08MANAMA449	BAHRAIN NOMINATES AMBASSADOR TO BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Ambassador Saeed Al-Faihani, an advisor to Bahrain's Foreign Minister, confirmed to Charge an al Jazeera report that Bahrain had nominated an ambassador to Iraq. Faihani said the GOB requested Iraq's agrement July 7 for Salah Ali Al-Maliki. Faihani said al-Maliki works in the ministry [...]	2008-07-08 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR IZ BA
08MANAMA463	GOB ENFORCES SUMMER BAN ON OUTDOOR LABOR [...] (U) Forty Ministry of Labor (MOL) inspectors fanned out across Bahrain July 1 to begin enforcing the annual ban on outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day. Employers can be fined up to USD 795 for each laborer found working outside between 1 and 4 p.m. During their first week, the i [...]	2008-07-13 12:24:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV BA
08MANAMA521	DESPITE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, BAHRAIN SHARES [...] (U) Summary: Although Bahrain's economy is not as dependent on petroleum exports as its GCC neighbors, it does feel similar inflationary pressures from rising oil prices. Bahrain's disproportionate susceptibility to petroleum-driven inflation is largely due to a combination of Central Bank po [...]	2008-08-04 10:02:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GCC BA
08MANAMA53	BAHRAIN WILL ATTEND PSI OUTREACH IN LONDON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 06:07:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KHSA PARM PREL BA
08MANAMA539	BAHRAIN ACCEPTS TIP ACTION PLAN, PREPARES FOR [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref C points to MFA A/US Abdulaziz Al Khalifa on August 12. Al Khalifa thanked Charge for the advice on how to combat trafficking in persons. He praised IOM's collaborative efforts to train Interior Ministry officials, and welcomed additional training opportunities for [...]	2008-08-12 13:08:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG BA
08MANAMA560	SHI'A CELEBRATE BIRTH OF THE TWELFTH IMAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's Shi'a population staged their largest-ever celebration of the birth of the twelfth Imam. The festivities were orderly. End summary. 2. (U) Bahrain's Shi'a, known for their large annual Ashura mourning processions, have begun to emphasize happier holidays over the l [...]	2008-08-25 06:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PHUM BA
08MANAMA61	NDI IN BAHRAIN: UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a protracted negotiation over the terms of its relationship with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD),NDI has successfully conducted one parliamentary training project and has received positive GOB reaction for further programs in February, March, and [...]	2008-02-03 12:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV BA
08MANAMA613	ANDHRA PRADESH LABORERS IN BAHRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Most of the trafficked laborers in Bahrain come from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, according to an anti-trafficking activist. She said the efforts of Bahrain's new labor authority and source country embassies to blacklist abusive recruitment firms is working. End summary. [...]	2008-09-11 13:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB KMIG IN BA
08MANAMA643	BAHRAIN: NEA TARGETED ASKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 13:54:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF BA
08MANAMA644	BAHRAINI FM MAY ATTEND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) A/DCM met with MFA Bilateral Relations Director Dr. Dhafer Al-Umran on September 18 to inform him of the Secretary's intention to attend the Forum for the Future October 18-19 in Abu Dhabi, and to encourage FM Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa to attend as well. Al-Umran could not imme [...]	2008-09-18 13:58:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KMPI BA
08MANAMA651	Bahrain charges U.S. teacher with insulting Prophet [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides background on the case of a teacher at a local U.S. university charged with insulting the Prophet Mohammed. This case originally surfaced in the Arabic-language press approximately three months ago and has now been picked up by the international media. Th [...]	2008-09-22 04:22:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO BA
08MANAMA66	NO GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGAINST JUDGES' DECISION IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 09:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EFIN ASEC BA
08MANAMA673	CONSTRUCTION SHORTAGES DRIVE REAL ESTATE MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain has faced a sharp increase in the price of construction materials since 2005. Even as land prices have stabilized, these cost increases have helped drive a similarly sharp increase in real estate prices. Although the purchase and lease rates for retail/office space have [...]	2008-09-29 11:11:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AMGT BA
08MANAMA678	BAHRAINI FM WILL ATTEND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-05 11:11:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KMPI BA
08MANAMA723	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: BAHRAIN SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 06:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF BA
08MANAMA724	BAHRAIN: WAIT AND SEE ON GEORGIAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 06:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG RS BA
08MANAMA745	U.S. RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE: BAHRAIN WILL VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 09:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM UNGA CDG PREL BA
08MANAMA777	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT - CORRECTED COPY [...] (SBU) Per ref E request, post is transmitting a re-classified version of this assessment. 2. (SBU) Summary: This message provides post's input to the Trafficking In Persons (TIP) interim assessment. Paragraphs are keyed to ref B para 6A questions. End Summary. 3. (SBU) Question (a): Th [...]	2008-11-20 07:02:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV SMIG BA
08MANAMA787	POSSIBLE PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 09:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF BA
08MANAMA839	BAHRAINIS CONDEMN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES [...] (U) Summary: Local media and Embassy contacts were angry at Israel, the U.S., and moderate Arab governments. There were several orderly demonstrations, the largest drawing 3,000 protesters. End summary. 2. (U) Bahrainis reacted angrily but without violence to news from Gaza. Contacts an [...]	2008-12-30 11:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL BA
08MANAMA88	BAHRAIN: UNIFIL COMMITMENT UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 06:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE BA
08MANILA10	2007 a Good Year for Philippine Economy, and for USG [...] (SBU) Embassy Manila's long-term efforts to promote economic reforms and improved governance are one factor behind the increased performance and resilience of the Philippine economy. Although statistics for the entire year are not yet available the economy is on track to grow at around seven [...]	2008-01-02 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV ENRG SENV TPHY RP
08MANILA1031	IMPACT OF RISING PHILIPPINE FOOD PRICES [...] Summary: Rising international food prices will hurt the Philippine economy and most Filipinos because of widespread poverty and dependence on grain imports. The Philippine government's intervention to make rice available for low-income families at subsidized prices has prevented major public [...]	2008-04-30 11:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON RP
08MANILA1050	Hunger and Poverty Worsen in the Philippines [...] (U) Summary: Recently-released Philippine government statistics indicate poverty increased in 2006 to engulf a third of the population. There has been little progress in reducing poverty or addressing the uneven distribution of incomes. The recent surge in the price of rice will push even m [...]	2008-05-02 04:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV RP
08MANILA1083	PHILIPPINES RECOGNIZES FLAWS WITH BURMESE [...] (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is acutely aware of the planned May 10 constitutional referendum in Burma and agrees with our assessment of its flaws. President Arroyo publicly chastised the Burmese junta March 9 for not allowing international observers at the planned referendum [...]	2008-05-06 08:32:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
08MANILA1108	PREPARING FOR MERCY DEPLOYMENT IN LANAO DEL NORTE [...] (U) Summary: During an April 28 visit to Iligan City and Lanao del Norte province in the southern Philippines, Embassy officers and a U.S. Navy planner consulted with senior Philippine civil and military officials regarding the upcoming visit of USNS MERCY. Polcouns highlighted the importance [...]	2008-05-08 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER RP
08MANILA123	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INOUYE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy warmly welcomes Senator Inouye and Senator Stevens back to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. U.S. interests in this major non-NATO ally center on strengthening democracy, fostering eco [...]	2008-01-16 05:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RP KS
08MANILA1260	BURMA RELIEF: PHILIPPINES FOCUSED ON A SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftels, Ambassador, polcouns, and poloffs have underscored demarche points with Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials, from Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo to working-level contacts. DFA is busy preparing for the May 25 UN-ASEAN co-sponsored conferenc [...]	2008-05-23 08:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
08MANILA1281	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN MINDANAO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 19 and 20, the Ambassador traveled to the economically-booming Davao with the Agricultural Counselor, USAID Mission Director, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Officer, and econoff to spotlight our multifaceted engagement in Mindanao. Visits to educational, environmental, and c [...]	2008-05-28 23:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV MARR RP
08MANILA1288	PHILIPPINES: UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS [...] Country: Republic of the Philippines Date: May 30, 2008 Head of Government: Last/Family Name: MACAPAGAL-ARROYO First/Middle Names: GLORIA Conventional Usage: PRESIDENT ARROYO Formal Title: President of the Republic of the Philippines Office Telephone Numbers: (632) 736-8622; (632) 7 [...]	2008-05-29 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL
08MANILA1343	IAEA/IRAN: PHILIPPINES WILL VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) The Philippine government has committed to make a clear statement regarding the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting June 2-6. Per reftel request, we met June 2 with Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Political, Legal, a [...]	2008-06-03 09:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RP IAEA
08MANILA1353	Ambassador Kicks Off Pacific Partnership Philippines 2008 [...] SUMMARY: On May 30, 2008, Ambassador Kenney kicked off the two-week visit of the USNS MERCY to the Philippines, a Pacific Partnership 2008 initiative which brings together personnel from the U.S. military, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine government, partner militaries from other a [...]	2008-06-05 00:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1354	DCM Emphasizes Close Ties, Partnerships in Northern [...] (U) SUMMARY: The DCM reached out to officials, key civic leaders and consular wardens in the two most Northern provinces of the Philippines to highlight U.S. commitment to the region through donation of law enforcement equipment and engagement with local leaders. On the two-day trip to citie [...]	2008-06-05 01:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC ASEC BTIO BEXP EAIR PGOV ECON EAID RP
08MANILA1417	Senators Tell Foreign Investors to "Get Out" [...] (U) Summary: A Philippine Senate committee grilled representatives of foreign chambers of commerce, including the AmCham on June 6 regarding a letter the chambers had sent to Philippine President Arroyo opposing a legislative initiative. Though the business leaders were poorly treated by the S [...]	2008-06-13 00:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL PGOV RP
08MANILA1491	PHILIPPINE RESPONSE TO ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on June 17 welcomed the U.S. non-paper (reftel) that encourages an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness. DFA Undersecretary for Policy Principal Assistant Leah Carada Rodriguez said that interest in her [...]	2008-06-20 05:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF EAID ASEAN RP
08MANILA1492	PHILIPPINES REVIEWS THE P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Officials at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) were pleased to receive reftel non-paper on June 17. Legal, Political, and Security Affairs Director Leah Ruiz of the DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) said that the Philippine Mission in [...]	2008-06-20 06:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM IR KNNP MNUC PREL RP IAEA
08MANILA1496	Civair Safety in the Philippines: Discussion with ICAO [...] (U) Please see paragraph 8 for an action request. 2. (SBU) Summary: Our meetings with Philippine government officials, airline owners and managers, and other involved persons suggest that little progress has been made on the return to Category Â [...]	2008-06-20 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON RP
08MANILA1521	NEXT STEPS IN ASSISTING TYPHOON FRANK VICTIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 09:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAGR EAID RP SOCI
08MANILA1565	COURT CONVICTS MURDERER OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 30, a Banaue regional trial court convicted Juan Donald Duntugan for the April 2007 murder of Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell and sentenced Duntugan to "reclusion perpetua," or up to 40 years in prison -- essentially a life sentence. The judge also ordered the defend [...]	2008-07-01 09:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC ASEC RP
08MANILA1610	Mindanao: An Economic Overview [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Misconceptions abound, both inside and outside the Philippines, about the large southern Philippine island of Mindanao, where the USG focuses its development and counterterrorism activities in the Philippines. In particular, it is easy to over-generalize about [...]	2008-07-08 09:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP
08MANILA1619	PHILIPPINE CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Immediately upon the return to the Philippines from the U.S. of President Arroyo, the Government of the Philippines established a new Civil Aviation Administration of the Philippines in order to fast track its effort to remedy civil aviation safety concerns identified by the USG [...]	2008-07-09 09:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD BEXP RP
08MANILA1656	AES' PHILIPPINE INVESTMENT: BUYER'S REMORSE? [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials of U.S. energy giant AES alleged in a meeting with Embassy officers on July 1 that the Philippine state-owned National Power Corporation was abusing its market power, and the Energy Regulatory Commission was violating its own guidelines in order to lower the wholesale [...]	2008-07-14 03:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EXIM RP
08MANILA1674	AES' Philippine Investment: Buyer's Remorse? (CORRECTED [...] (U) This is the corrected copy with the addition of paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Officials of U.S. energy giant AES alleged in a meeting with Embassy officers on July 1 that the Philippine state-owned National Power Corporation was abusing its market power, and the Energy Regulatory Co [...]	2008-07-14 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EXIM RP
08MANILA1701	STRONG PAST, PRESENT TIES IN THE "CITY OF GENTLE PEOPLE" [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador underscored the positive effect of dedicated U.S. Government assistance to the province of Negros Oriental in the Philippine's central Visayas region, during a trip to Dumaguete City, the "City of Gentle People." Beginning the visit with a speech to Silliman University [...]	2008-07-18 07:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP EAID
08MANILA1720	PHILIPPINES CONSIDERS THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director for Political, Legal, and Security Matters Leah Ruiz on July 14 welcomed our thoughts (per reftel) on the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement. We explained why we conside [...]	2008-07-21 09:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC RP IN
08MANILA1721	PHILIPPINES CAUTIOUS ON NAM MEETING AND IRAN/IAEA [...] (SBU) Post on July 14 conveyed to the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs' Legal, Political and Security Affairs Director for United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Leah Ruiz our concerns with Iran's anticipated maneuvering at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) [...]	2008-07-21 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM RP TRGY MNUC PREL IR UR
08MANILA1722	PHILIPPINE RESPONSE TO WOMEN LEADERS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Though there is no final confirmation yet, President Arroyo will most likely attend the 2008 UN General Assembly (UNGA),and therefore Malacanang Palace will give full consideration to her participation in the Women Leaders Working Group, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) [...]	2008-07-21 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN UNGA PHUM KPAO RP
08MANILA1748	PHILIPPINES RECEIVES DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on July 17 received reftel A non-paper that describes the designation of an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters"). DF [...]	2008-07-23 06:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IR RP
08MANILA1759	COURT CONVICTS SOLDIER FOR DISAPPEARANCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: A regional trial court July 18 convicted an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) corporal for abduction and illegal detention of six civilians who disappeared in October 2000, sentencing the defendant to a minimum of 54 years in prison. In the absence of physical evidence, inclu [...]	2008-07-23 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB RP
08MANILA1764	BUILDING CONFIDENCE FOR PEACE IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador continued to focus attention on U.S. assistance in conflict-affected areas in the Southern Philippines during a visit to Zamboanga City and Basilan Province to observe U.S.-funded development projects and meet with local Basilan business leaders. Recently-appointed Pr [...]	2008-07-24 07:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP EAID
08MANILA1775	GRP RESPONSE TO RISING FOOD AND FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary: Rising food and fuel prices in the Philippines have pushed up consumer price inflation to a fourteen-year high. The Philippine government continues to provide cheap rice for the poor and has scrapped duties on fuel, granted tax relief to personal income taxpayers, and postponed [...]	2008-07-25 04:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EPET ENRG RP
08MANILA1788	PRESIDENT FOCUSES ON ECONOMY IN STATE OF THE [...] (U) In her penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA),Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo highlighted her administration's efforts to improve the country's economy and help the poor cope with rising food and fuel costs. The President called for legislation to implement a peace a [...]	2008-07-28 11:46:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI PTER ECON KPAO ASEC
08MANILA1790	Davao: A Mindanao Success Story [...] (SBU) Summary: Davao, located in the southeastern section of Mindanao, is now one of the Philippines' major economic hubs, with rich natural resources, good infrastructure, an educated labor pool, strong local government support for business, and a pro-active business sector. The city has ga [...]	2008-07-29 02:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP
08MANILA1800	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL WEIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Manila warmly welcomes Staffdel Weil to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. U.S. interests in this major non-NATO ally center on strengthening democracy, fostering economic growth, fightin [...]	2008-07-29 23:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL KPAO RP
08MANILA1801	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL WEIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Manila warmly welcomes Staffdel Weil to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. U.S. interests in this major non-NATO ally center on strengthening democracy, fostering economic growth, fightin [...]	2008-07-29 23:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL KPAO RP
08MANILA1802	RO-RO: AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary: USG policy advocacy and foreign assistance has been instrumental in bringing down the cost of inter-island transportation in the Philippines, a key constraint to competitiveness in this archipelagic country. As a result of the liberalization of port policies and promotion of "ro [...]	2008-07-30 01:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON RP
08MANILA1818	HEALTH AND POPULATION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the July 11 World Population Day ceremonies in Manila, many civil society and legislators have expressed their opinions on the country's need and ability to extend family planning services more widely. There has been a vigorous public debate, extensively [...]	2008-07-31 07:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	RP
08MANILA1819	PHILIPPINE APPRECIATION FOR U.S. HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to USG humanitarian assistance provided in the wake of the June 21-22 Typhoon Frank, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo sent a warm, expansive letter of thanks to the Ambassador. The Foreign Secretary underscored the Philippines' heartfelt gratitude fo [...]	2008-07-31 08:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1833	PHILIPPINE PARTICIPATION AT 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) conveyed to Post on July 31 that its New York Mission reported that President Arroyo is slated to be the fourth speaker on September 23, the opening day of the General Debate, as had been expected (ref B). Office of United Nations and [...]	2008-08-01 06:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA RP
08MANILA1848	Floundering Philippine Shipping [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite its 7,000 islands, the Philippines has a small and uncompetitive domestic shipping industry. Restrictive maritime policies and inflexible financial regulations suit special interests, but block opportunities for growth and modernization of the sector. Initiatives to im [...]	2008-08-04 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EINV RP
08MANILA1855	ELECTRIC POWER STRUGGLE OR FAMILY FUED? [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine analysts predict a protracted struggle between the Lopez family and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS, the government employees' pension fund) for control of the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO). This conflict, which some analysts see as a feud between t [...]	2008-08-05 07:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EXIM RP
08MANILA1887	MANILA RESPONSE TO APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post offers pros and cons for including the Philippines as pilot area for the APEC Food Defense Projects. The Philippines is a willing partner with a great deal of bilateral trade in food and food products, but at times has issues with program follow-through. 2. (U) The Ph [...]	2008-08-08 06:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TBIO APECO EAGR RP
08MANILA1890	Once a Leader, Philippine Education Falls Behind [...] (SBU) Summary: The quality of education has deteriorated across the Philippines. Inadequate budgets, supply shortages, meagerly paid and poorly educated teachers, and lagging enrollments are producing results that may jeopardize Philippine economic competitiveness and lock Filipinos into pover [...]	2008-08-08 06:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SOCI RP
08MANILA1949	Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Terminal 3 [...] (SBU) Summary: Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA T3) began handling flights on July 22, 2008, six years of legal battles after its construction was completed. Some aspects of the new terminal are still not functioning properly, causing problems that have delayed and [...]	2008-08-14 09:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP
08MANILA1953	POTENTIAL TRADE PROSPECTS IN MINDANAO: THE BIMP-EAGA [...] (U) Summary: This cable describes an international policy initiative designed to promote links between the southern Philippines and peripheral regions of neighboring countries known as the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). Supporters believe [...]	2008-08-15 07:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV RP
08MANILA1959	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL HIGGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Manila warmly welcomes to the Philippines professional staff members Craig Higgins and Steven Marchese of the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United [...]	2008-08-15 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL RP
08MANILA1975	PHILIPPINES IPR TO ADDRESS FLICKER PIRACY [...] (U) Summary: Illegal recording of movies in cinemas, known as "flicker piracy," is becoming an intellectual property rights concern for both local and foreign film industry players in the Philippines. Specific legislation to address the problem is in the Lower House of the Philippine legislat [...]	2008-08-20 02:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON RP
08MANILA1980	PHILIPPINES: COUNTERING TERRORIST USE OF THE [...] (SBU) Following consultation with post's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG),post has no objection to S/CT's proposed "countering terrorist use of the internet" training program, to be implemented by DS/ATA with FY 2008 regional NADR funds. 2. (SBU) We suggest that the order of the prog [...]	2008-08-20 07:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1981	PHILIPPINES CONCURS WITH U.S. VIEWS REGARDING UN [...] (SBU) Officials at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) welcomed our thoughts on the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) proposed resolution on Climate Change that would call for a UN Security Counc [...]	2008-08-20 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA SENV AORC KGHG RP EUN
08MANILA1998	SCENESETTER FOR PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR TSCHETTER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming at an interesting and challenging time. Increasing food and energy prices have put the economy and the social situation under strain, increasing the incidence of poverty. Legal challenges before the Philippine Supreme Court aborted the long-a [...]	2008-08-22 09:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL RP
08MANILA202	PHILIPPINES CIVAIR: FAA MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Regional U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives met with Philippine Department of Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza on January 23-24 to discuss how to improve air safety in the Philippines and regain a Category 1 safety rating for Philippine civil avia [...]	2008-01-25 05:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON RP
08MANILA2115	Philippine Civil Aviation Safety Developments [...] Summary: Newly appointed Director General (DG) of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Ruben Ciron led a delegation of Philippine civil aviation officials in mid-August to Washington D.C. to finalize an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on a plan to re [...]	2008-09-11 05:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP
08MANILA2130	PHILIPPINES: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Manila provides the following for use with the upcoming Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) to be held in Washington. The Philippine government has been an active partner in trilateral and bilateral counterterrorism cooperation, and continues to achieve significant pro [...]	2008-09-12 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER RP JA AS
08MANILA2133	SENATE RATIFICATION OF PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FREE TRADE [...] Summary. (SBU) The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA),signed in September 2006, remains under review in the Philippine Senate. Philippine and Japanese government officials have varying estimates on the timeframe for its ratification. Some Senators still have constitution [...]	2008-09-15 01:32:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL RP
08MANILA2174	U.S. Woes Unsettle Philippine Markets [...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainties in the U.S. financial system drove down the Philippine stock market by more than 11% on September 15-18 and the peso down to a sixteen-month low. The Philippine Central Bank remains confident that local commercial banks' exposure to Lehman Brothers will not pose [...]	2008-09-18 09:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RP
08MANILA2230	PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloffs on September 26 delivered reftel points regarding U.S. priorities for the 2008 UN Third Committee to Director Josephine Reynante of the Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Director Reynante thanked us for pr [...]	2008-09-26 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RP UN
08MANILA2266	UPDATE ON THE PHILIPPINE RICE SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Increasing fertilizer costs, lack of farm credit, and typhoons will result in a decline in Philippine rice production in market year July 2008 through June 2009 (MY08/09). Although we expect rice imports to soar and reach a new record-level, ending stocks are likely to fall from [...]	2008-10-03 08:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL RP
08MANILA2324	MANILA AIRPORT OPENS NEW SHELTER FOR TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-trafficking efforts at the country's foremost international airport took a step forward with the October 7 inauguration of the Manila International Airport Authority's first halfway house for victims of human trafficking. The Ambassador, in her keynote address at the event [...]	2008-10-09 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID RP
08MANILA2340	UPDATE: PHILIPPINES AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: During October 6-10, the Philippine stock market index dropped by more than 18% to its weakest level in more than 27 months and the peso hit seventeen-month lows, yet banks maintained adequate foreign exchange and peso liquidity. The stock index then rose by 8.4% on October 13 [...]	2008-10-14 23:49:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RP
08MANILA2366	ZAMBOANGA COURT CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Zamboanga City municipal trial court on October 14 sentenced a human trafficker to 30 years in prison for the 2004 trafficking and illegal recruitment of two women, adding a fine of $41,300 (1.9 million pesos). This decision represents the tenth conviction under the 2003 Anti [...]	2008-10-20 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID RP
08MANILA2370	Philippines Calls for ASEAN+3 Response to Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: In a press conference on October 12, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called for an ASEAN+3 meeting on the sidelines of the upcoming October 24-25 Asia-Europe summit in Beijing to coordinate regional responses to the global financial crisis (ref A). Philippine offi [...]	2008-10-21 08:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RP
08MANILA2418	PHILIPPINES CHEAPER MEDICINES ACT IMPLEMENTING RULES AND [...] (U) See Para 9 for action request. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government is currently drafting implementing rules and regulations for the Cheaper Medicines Act. Both the Philippines' Intellectual Property Office and Health Department have conducted initial public hearings to solicit [...]	2008-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON RP

08MANILA2419	PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT RATIFIED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Senate has ratified the Japan Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement, the first bilateral free trade agreement of the Philippines. The agreement elicited mixed reactions from GRP officials, business and industry sectors, and civil society groups. Nonetheless, [...]	2008-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL RP

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