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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09CANBERRA359	AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES AT ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 04:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP AS

09CANBERRA360	FOREIGN OPERATING RIGHTS REQUEST: PROJECT CROK [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Further to Ref A, our Australian Department of Defence interlocutors mentioned to us the GOA had received a letter from a senior USG official relating to Project Crok that included a request to deploy teams to Australia in s [...]	2009-04-08 07:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA MARR AS
09CANBERRA366	SMALL TOWN CONCERNS IN COOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ adviser visited Cooma, New South Wales (NSW) on April 7. Local political and business leaders say that the economic downturn has dried up financing for small businesses. Over the longer term, leaders are worried about the threat of climate change on nearby sk [...]	2009-04-09 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV AS
09CANBERRA367	SNOWY RIVER HYDRO SCHEME IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Australia's largest hydropower scheme is facing greater water shortages, decreased ability to raise capital, and competition from larger, more integrated power providers in the region. Snowy officials are pessimistic about the independent future of the scheme, despite efforts to diversi [...]	2009-04-09 07:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON AS
09CANBERRA368	CORRECTED COPY -- SMALL TOWN CONCERNS IN COOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ adviser visited Cooma, New South Wales (NSW) on April 7. Local political and business leaders say that the economic downturn has dried up financing for small businesses. Over the longer term, leaders are worried about the threat of climate change on nearby sk [...]	2009-04-09 07:15:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV AS
09CANBERRA369	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy along with Japanese and Pakistani Embassies delivered demarche on the upcoming donors conference for Pakistan. GOA confirms it will double its commitment to Pakistan, but details remain to be worked out. Demarche was delayed by Japanese Embassy desire to wait for lett [...]	2009-04-09 07:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK AS
09CANBERRA382	GICNT: RUSSIA DELIVERS DEMARCHE TO AUSTRALIA ON [...] (SBU) Roman Voloshchenao, a Russian Embassy political officer who apparently had received reftel demarche instructions before the four-day Easter holiday, notified us by telephone on April 14 he had arranged to deliver reftel points to James Nachipo, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs a [...]	2009-04-14 08:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA387	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CONDITIONS PLACED ON TCG [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
09CANBERRA389	GICNT: AUSTRALIA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Following up April 15 on the Russian demarche delivered a day earlier (REF A),poloff heard confirmation from DFAT Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination James Nachipo that Australia would attend the 2009 Plenary in The Hague. 2. (U) Nachipo also confirmed Australia would be prep [...]	2009-04-15 08:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA394	ASYLUM SEEKER DEATHS HIGHLIGHT BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The deaths of three Afghans in a recent boat explosion off Australia's northwest coast highlight a larger debate over the effects of Prime Minister Rudd's policies on treatment of asylum seekers. Border protection is becoming a higher profile political issue due to a rise in [...]	2009-04-17 09:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL AF AS
09CANBERRA398	BORDER PROTECTION CONTINUES TO DOMINATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Border protection is dominating the political debate this week as investigations into last Thursday's boat explosion continue (Ref A). The Opposition maintains there is a link between the government's immigration policies and the increased flow of asylum seekers, while the gove [...]	2009-04-21 06:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PHUM PREF PREL
09CANBERRA401	INDIGENOUS ISSUES: STILL LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After thirty years of bipartisan support for a range of policies based on self-determination and self-management, the Australian Government, in reaction to increasing evidence of policy failure, has embarked on policies involving direct intervention in the lives of indigenous [...]	2009-04-21 08:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PHUM SOCI
09CANBERRA415	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP 28 APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA is actively monitoring the spread of H1N1 globally, and activated a National Incident Room command post, led by the Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA),on April 26 [...]	2009-04-28 07:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA416	SECRETARY CLINTON'S ANZAC DAY MESSAGE RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: A special ANZAC Day message from Secretary Clinton has been warmly received in Australia. The statement generated widespread media coverage and expressions of gratitude from the Prime Minister's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other government officials [...]	2009-04-28 08:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL AS
09CANBERRA419	MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 29 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA increased its pandemic response phase to DELAY under the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (AHMPPI - available at www.flupandemic.gov.au) [...]	2009-04-29 07:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA423	MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 30 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Following a determination by the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Health Minister Roxon ordered thermal scanning equipment placed at eight airports in Australia to g [...]	2009-04-30 07:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA43	AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] (SBU) Poloff provided sanctions information against Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and associated individuals and companies contained in reftel to Peter Scott, Director for Transnational Crimes and Sanctions, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 13. 2. (SBU) Scott thanked the U.S. for [...]	2009-01-13 06:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN PREL AS
09CANBERRA437	RUDD PULLS PLUG ON EMISSIONS TRADING IN 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia will delay implementation of its proposed economy-wide emissions trading plan until July 2011 in response to strong political opposition (reftel) and the global recession. PM Kevin Rudd announced May 4 changes to the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPR [...]	2009-05-04 07:17:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON AS
09CANBERRA443	AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR RECOVERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian dollar has fluctuated markedly over the past 6 months. After dropping nearly 40% between July and October 2008, it has recovered now to US$.75, a seven-month high. The recent appreciation of the Australian dollar suggests a return of some confidence in the global [...]	2009-05-07 22:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA446	AUSTRALIAN BUDGET PREVIEW: INTO DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The upcoming Federal budget (release date May 12) will see a deficit of around A$70 billion (US$53b),due to significantly decreased revenue because of the effects of the global financial crisis and economic downturn. Indications are that the Rudd government's second budget wil [...]	2009-05-10 22:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON MCAP PGOV AS
09CANBERRA448	TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Department of Health and Ageing confirmed a single case of H1N1 infection in Queensland on May 9. This is Australia's first confirmed case, but was classified as a [...]	2009-05-11 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA452	BUDGET: BIG DEFICIT, RECOVERY BEGINNING IN 2010 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a decade of almost continuous budget surpluses, the 2009-10 budget announced May 12 projects a deficit of A$$58 billion or 4.9 percent of GDP, the largest in the postwar period. The budget forecasts that unemployment will peak at 8.5 percent in 2010-11, economic recovery [...]	2009-05-13 07:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV AS
09CANBERRA456	RUDD BUDGET INVESTS HEAVILY IN CCS, SOLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's 2009-2010 budget (ref A) stakes out US$3 billion in new money investments in energy developments. As expected, the budget invests heavily in clean coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS),closing the domestic circle with the Global Carbon Capture and St [...]	2009-05-14 06:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV AS
09CANBERRA46	AMBASSADOR PUSHES LIFTING OF AUSTRALIAN BAN ON US BEEF AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, Ambassador McCallum spoke with Australian Minister of Agriculture, Tony Burke, to urge Australia to lift its ban on the import of US beef and beef products. Citing the need to remove this non-science based import ban, the Ambassador urged that removing this would [...]	2009-01-14 04:30:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR AS
09CANBERRA464	Australian Health Care - An Overview [...] (SBU) Australia's mixed public and private health care system achieves some of the best health outcomes in the OECD despite healthcare spending comprising less than 10% of GDP. Australia is second in the OECD for life expectancy at birth and 16th in percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. Aust [...]	2009-05-17 22:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI AS
09CANBERRA482	MESSAGE DELIVERED ON WTO/INCREASING TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Econoff with officers from the Japanese Embassy and the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Australia on May 21 delivered reftel demarche to Dominic Trindad, Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy and Industrials Branch at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Trindade said t [...]	2009-05-21 01:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AS
09CANBERRA487	TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia has experienced a spike in confirmed cases over the last 48 hours. Following a period of nearly two weeks with only one confirmed case, the Department of Hea [...]	2009-05-22 02:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA489	AUSTRALIA RAMPS UP INNOVATION SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia has committed A$8.6 billion (current exchange rate is $.78) between now and 2013 to upgrade its national innovation systems. The Rudd government released its policy response paper on May 12, alongside the federal budget, to highlight the substantial increase in fundi [...]	2009-05-22 06:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL ESTH AS
09CANBERRA491	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia confirmed more than 20 new cases of H1N1 over the Memorial Day weekend, and raised its response level from Delay to Contain late on May 22. According to the [...]	2009-05-26 06:44:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA50	SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL ISOTOPES - REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Canberra contacted the Canadian Embassy in Canberra January 6 (following Canadian Embassy's reopening following its New Years holiday closure) to discuss reftel request for a joint approach to the GOA concerning the shortage of medical isotopes. The Canadian diplomat said she ha [...]	2009-01-16 02:03:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA AS
09CANBERRA503	GICNT: AUSTRALIAN QUERIES ON OUTREACH, PLENARY AND [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/WMDT -- please see para 8 below. 2. (SBU) James Nachipo, Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),invited poloff to DFAT on May 29 to convey some questions and seek assistance on GICNT issues. Mohan [...]	2009-05-29 07:15:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA510	NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS IN AUSTRALIA'S ARSENAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 06:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PARM SMIG AS PK
09CANBERRA512	AUSTRALIA TO CONSIDER FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) On June 1, poloff conveyed to Lisa Rice-Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asian Republics Section, at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) the gratitude of the USG for Australia's USD $9.2 million contribution to the IDP crisis in Pakistan. 2. (SBU) Ms Rice [...]	2009-06-01 22:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK AS PREF
09CANBERRA518	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Australian Federal government's response level remains unchanged since May 22. However, the state of Victoria upped its pandemic influenza response level to "sustai [...]	2009-06-03 06:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA519	SURPRISE, AUSTRALIA NOT IN RECESSION [...] (U) Summary: National accounts today showed seasonally adjusted growth of 0.4% in March quarter, largely driven by imports and exports; private business investment remains weak. This result defied the conventional wisdom that the accounts would show Australia in recession. The Rudd Governm [...]	2009-06-03 06:58:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AS
09CANBERRA520	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA - IRAN RELATED NSG [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Martin Carrick, Assistant Director, Nuclear Programs, Transnational and Scientific Intelligence Branch, Defence Intelligence Organisation, Australian Department of Defence, will be presenting "Iranian Procurement Activities: Modes of Operation and Possible Future [...]	2009-06-03 22:33:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL ETTC IR AS
09CANBERRA525	MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM: AUSTRALIA PLANS FOR MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian Climate Change Minister Wong will not attend the next Major Economies Forum (MEF) preparatory session in Mexico due to the need to shepherd domestic climate change legislation through the Senate that week. Parliamentary Secretary Greg Combet will lead the GOA delega [...]	2009-06-04 07:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA530	AUSTRALIA WHALING PREP FOR IWC61 [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia does not plan to seek a resolution at the International Whaling Commission meetings in Madeira June 22-26 outside of consensus. While generally concerned about the format and leadership of a future Small Working Group arrangement, the GOA has not yet reached an inter [...]	2009-06-05 07:07:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA EFIS PREL SENV AS
09CANBERRA531	AUSTRALIA H1N1 CASES CONTINUE TO RAMP UP [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: In per capita terms, Australia surpassed the U.S. for confirmed H1N1 infections on June 4-5. The rapid internal spread of the disease following a lengthy period with only a few, foreign-connected cases highlights the difficulty [...]	2009-06-05 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AS
09CANBERRA536	IAEA: AUSTRALIA OPEN TO WELL-JUSTIFIED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Australia is open to considering an increase in the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) budget providing the IAEA Secretariat is able to adequately justify the increase. The GOA requested clarification whether the U.S. budget proposal was for an across-the-board increase or appl [...]	2009-06-05 10:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA PREL KNNP AS
09CANBERRA541	AUSTRALIAN CIVILIANS DEPLOYED BY AUSAID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Currently, AusAID has six long-term civilian experts in Afghanistan, who are working on a range of educational, health, agricultural, and institutional development activities. Besides these there are seven Australians regularly in the country on short-term assignments. AusAID is [...]	2009-06-09 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM AS IZ AG PREL
09CANBERRA548	AUSTRALIA TO CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER AUD 5 MILLION TO [...] (SBU) June 10, Peter Waddell-Wood, Director of the Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force at AusAID told poloff that Foreign Minister Smith plans to announce sometime before June 17 a further Australian contribution of AUD $5 million (USD $4.04 million) to the IDP crisis in Pakistan. The World Food [...]	2009-06-11 06:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF AS PK
09CANBERRA55	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTENSION OF [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff delivered U.S. talking points on the extension of the Mandate of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) to Jeannie Henderson, Director for Burma at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and to Jillian Ray, filling in for Sue Nelson, her equivalent at Aus [...]	2009-01-16 04:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
09CANBERRA559	FOOD SECURITY: PM RUDD PLANNING TO ATTEND L'AQUILA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (U) Per instructions in reftel, Econoff and Ag Counselor discussed information in reftel with AusAID and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on June 12. We subsequently passed a copy of the points in reftel to the Ameri [...]	2009-06-15 05:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL AS
09CANBERRA560	COSTELLO TO QUIT POLITICS [...] (U) Summary: Former Treasurer Peter Costello has announced that he will not contest the next general election, bringing to an end speculation he will seek the Opposition Leadership. It strengthens Malcolm Turnbull's hold on the Opposition leadership, and means his attack on the government will [...]	2009-06-15 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA562	INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY: AUSTRALIAN [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftels, Econoff met with Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism Manager for Renewable Energy Rick Belt on June 16. Belt said that Australia was "of a piece" with the U.S. on the importance of focusing on capacity building in IRENA, and that Resources and Energy [...]	2009-06-16 07:00:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG ENRG SENV AS
09CANBERRA563	OPPOSITION CLOSES GAP ON RUDD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following yesterday's announcement by Peter Costello (reftel),the good news continues for Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull. The bi-weekly Newspoll shows the Coalition in its strongest position since Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister in December 2007. The ALP's lead over the Co [...]	2009-06-16 07:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA570	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: On June 17th, the GOA announced a new pandemic response phase - PROTECT - and all jurisdictions are moving to PROTECT level. Key changes include: - Recognizing the [...]	2009-06-18 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA575	Australia's Dependence on Foreign Capital [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Australia is reliant on foreign debt and continued borrowings to finance the current account deficit. It has been a longstanding concern of the IMF that the very high dependence of Australian banks on international wholesale markets creates a "roll-over risk". Australia's foreig [...]	2009-06-19 07:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA588	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION LAWS CONTINUE TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Australian government has restricted the ability of the Immigration Minister and his department to cancel visas on character grounds, continuing the Rudd government's softening of immigration laws. This has been welcomed by human rights advocates, particularly in the context [...]	2009-06-25 06:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AS
09CANBERRA592	AUSAID CONFIRMS TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES [...] Summary: AusAID corrects the amount of Australian donation cited in reftel A. USD $96 million will flow over two years directly to bilateral agencies--international, national and NGOs--already at work in Pakistan. 2. (SBU) Lisa Rice Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asian [...]	2009-06-26 06:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PK AS
09CANBERRA593	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia remains in its "Protect" posture (ref F) despite continued growth in case numbers. The first confirmed deaths in Australia are all still considered to be in h [...]	2009-06-26 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA613	MESSAGE RE: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE [...] (U) On July 1, Jenny Bloomfield, Director of Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Michael Opie, Iran section officer, DFAT, discussed with us U.S. intended actions should Ahmadinejad speak in Tripoli at the African Union Summit (reftel). They assured us they would [...]	2009-07-01 06:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUREM IR ET CA IS AS
09CANBERRA615	AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australian Papua New Guinea watchers are cautiously optimistic about the PNG economy but concerned about the longer term management of potential revenue windfalls from major resource projects, particularly the ExxonMobil LNG project that could double GDP by 2014. However, Austral [...]	2009-07-01 21:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PP AS
09CANBERRA624	AUSTRALIAN CAR INDUSTRY BENEFITS FROM INCENTIVES [...] (SBU) The Australian car industry has experienced a recovery in vehicle sales due to a range of government policy initiatives. While imports account for 85% of the Australian market, local producers Ford, GM Holden and Toyota have nevertheless benefited from economic stimulus policies and parti [...]	2009-07-07 06:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA625	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN BANKS: Strong Grow Stronger [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Australia's major banks are emerging from the global financial crisis with increased dominance in domestic markets. This is in part because non-bank lenders and smaller banks have been unable to secure securitized international funding, while government measures have favored lea [...]	2009-07-07 06:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AS
09CANBERRA635	UNEMPLOYMENT IN AUSTRALIA RISES MODERATELY [...] (U) Australia's unemployment rate has jumped to 5.8% in June 2009, the highest level in six years, but below the expectations of many economists. The Treasury forecast unemployment to peak at 8.5% by 2011 and the better-than-expected result may mean budget forecasts need to be revised. However [...]	2009-07-09 07:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD
09CANBERRA639	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 10, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA has not altered their response posture since 17 June, but confirms that all jurisdictions are now compliant with the PROTECT phase of the Australian national pa [...]	2009-07-10 04:45:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA652	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Avryl Lattin of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section. Lattin expressed appreciation for the information and said she would notify us of any official reaction. CLUNE [...]	2009-07-15 07:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PREL PTER AS
09CANBERRA659	DATA COLLECTION OF HOST GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS [...] (SBU) Australia has only undertaken a limited number of the interventions listed in reftel (as reported by Post sitreps since April - ref B). We have listed below the steps Australia has taken and dates they were reported. 2. (SBU) Interventions: 4/28/09 Making influenza a notifiab [...]	2009-07-17 05:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PROG PREL AS
09CANBERRA663	2009 AUSTRALIA-CHINA REVIEW [...] (SBU) The Australia-China relationship is currently under stress over the pricing of contracted iron ore exports to China, the detention of Rio Tinto's iron ore manager in Shanghai as well as resentment in China over the Rudd government's seemingly unwelcoming approach to Chinese investment. N [...]	2009-07-17 07:36:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD AS CH
09CANBERRA668	AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Australian PM Kevin Rudd will personally chair the Post Forum Dialogue (PFD) August 7 that will follow the August 5-6 meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Cairns (reftels). Recognizing that previous PFDs have been too heavy on scripted interventions and short on substance, Rud [...]	2009-07-21 08:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID AS
09CANBERRA671	CONFLICTING AUSTRALIAN MEDIA REPORTS CHINA AS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The front page headlines of most major newspapers on July 17 highlighted Australia's growing obsession with China and the contradiction between the PRC's role powering the Australian economy and the uncertainty about what the relationship will mean for Australia. Two major nation [...]	2009-07-22 02:03:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON
09CANBERRA678	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 24, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 pandemic. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Government of Australia, and all jurisdictions, remain in PROTECT phase of the Australia Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza. Concern over vulnerability in remo [...]	2009-07-24 06:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA684	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS TO VERIFICATION STAGE [...] Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it's investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethylene (LLDP) from the US and Canada (Reftel) has progressed to the verification stage. CBPS will carry out "on-the-spot verification" of informati [...]	2009-07-27 07:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AS
09CANBERRA686	GOA REJECTS PROPOSAL TO MANUFACTURE GENERIC DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOA rejected a proposal by generics companies to manufacture generic drugs in Australia for export. Pharmaceutical industry groups welcomed the decision while generic manufacturers were disappointed. The GOA based the decision mainly on its declared intent to adhere by Austr [...]	2009-07-27 22:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO AS
09CANBERRA697	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 31, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response has not changed since June 17. Additional measures adopted since July 24 include use of demountable (mobile buildings) H1N1 clinics being [...]	2009-07-31 06:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR TBIO AMGT MG AS
09CANBERRA723	RUDD GOVERNMENT CALLS ON OPPOSITION LEADER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: An Auditor-General's report has, as expected, cleared Prime Minister Rudd and Treasurer Swan of improperly assisting a car dealer friend of Rudd's. The report criticized the Treasury Minstry for its administration of a car credit scheme, especially a Treasury official who provid [...]	2009-08-06 05:47:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA732	CLIMATE CHANGE: WONG PREPS GROUND FOR VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Climate Minister Wong made laid out the government's final argument for passage of the CPRS on August 10. Regardless, the GOA will probably not pass its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) (ref A) legislation in a vote scheduled for August 13, but the Opposition's inabili [...]	2009-08-10 07:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA733	CHINA SEEKS INVESTMENT IN STRATEGIC RARE EARTHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State-owned company China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Corporation is seeking to buy a controlling stake in Australian rare earth company Lynas, which manages one of only two globally significant projects outside of China. The Foreign Investment Review Board extended its review of [...]	2009-08-10 21:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA734	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS TO VERIFICATION STAGE [...] Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it's investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethylene (LLDP) from the US and Canada (Reftel) has progressed to the verification stage. CBPS will carry out "on-the-spot verification" of informati [...]	2009-08-11 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AS
09CANBERRA735	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS TO VERIFICATION STAGE [...] Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it's investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethylene (LLDP) from the US and Canada (Reftel) has progressed to the verification stage. CBPS will carry out "on-the-spot verification" of informati [...]	2009-08-11 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AS
09CANBERRA738	NEW DUMPING APPLICATION: SILICONE EMULSION [...] (U) In a letter dated July 29, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy it had received an application, dated July 22, requesting that the Minister for Home Affairs publish a dumping duty notice regarding silicone emulsion concrete admixture produced in the U.S [...]	2009-08-12 04:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AS
09CANBERRA742	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response posture has not changed since June 17. Australia reached 100 deaths related to H1N1 infection on August 12. Media reports claimed on 11 A [...]	2009-08-12 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA751	NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS TO BE CHANGED [...] (U) Summary: The government has proposed changes to Australia's counter-terrorism and national security laws which strengthen them in some areas, while softening them in others. The government will seek to expand the definition of terrorism and give police greater search powers. On the other h [...]	2009-08-13 23:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV PTER
09CANBERRA755	QANTAS FEELING IMPACT BUT WEATHERING ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Qantas definitely felt the effect of the global financial crisis, the Australian national carrier appears to have weathered through it better than most in the airline industry. The company should post between USD80 to 160 million in profit for the year ending June 30, [...]	2009-08-14 07:23:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AS
09CANBERRA758	PEAK BODY VIEWS ON OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DOWN UNDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Australia has an expanding LNG sector (see Perth septel) and contracting oil sector. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) represents both and has argued for increased government incentives and regulatory simplicity to encourage further oil expl [...]	2009-08-17 02:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV AS
09CANBERRA759	RESERVE BANK SIGNALS ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) believes the economy has weathered the global financial crisis better than expected. The RBA Governor stated August 13 that this may turn out to be one of Australia's mildest post-war downturns. The RBA believes its monetary policy has been eff [...]	2009-08-17 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV AS
09CANBERRA79	AUSTRALIA EXTENDS BAN ON SHORT SELLING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia has extended the ban on short-selling financial stocks until March 6, due to volatility in bank stocks internationally. Australian banks support the decision. Concern is growing about the ability of Australian companies to raise funds on international markets; the GO [...]	2009-01-22 05:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA792	AUSTRALIA GROUP: FIVE TECHNICAL NON-PAPERS GIVEN [...] (U) Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has received all of the included non-papers from the five cables to the Australia Group (reftel). 2. (U) These include [...]	2009-08-27 06:25:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AS
09CANBERRA802	RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST - NPT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Australia is a strong partner with the U.S. and the multilateral community in working to prevent nuclear proliferation. As an NPT signatory, the GOA takes a multi-dimensional approach to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. The GOA is a major supporter of the Nuclear Non-Prolifer [...]	2009-08-31 21:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09CANBERRA807	MIGRATION SURGE CAUSES GOVERNMENT CONCERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The continuing surge of migrants has caused the GOA to launch a review of its immigration program. In the 2008-09 fiscal year, permanent arrivals increased by 8.3 percent and temporary arrivals by 11 percent. Foreign students and tourists are fueling growth in the temporary arriva [...]	2009-09-03 00:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA810	INTEREST RATES TO RISE, BUT NOT JUST YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided on September 1st to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.0%. In its statement, the RBA upgraded global growth, financial markets, domestic demand, cut their unemployment forecast, increased their inflation forecast, and upgraded slightl [...]	2009-09-03 01:44:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON AS
09CANBERRA812	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. Australian government response remains unchanged since June 17. Most deaths in Australia continue to occur in patients with underlying medical conditions. New South Wales Health reported that the ma [...]	2009-09-04 07:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA824	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER GARRETT'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett will visit Washington, DC from 8-11 September 2009. Though the primary reason for the visit is the inauguration of a major Australian indigenous art exhibit, Garrett also plans to raise whaling, cons [...]	2009-09-08 06:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIS PGOV AS
09CANBERRA846	AUSTRALIAN SHERPA FOR THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) On September 14, Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed that the Australian Sherpa for the Global Nuclear Security Summit is John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Non-proliferation Office. CLUN [...]	2009-09-16 07:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM AS
09CANBERRA852	PRIME MINISTER RUDD TO LEAD AUSTRALIAN FODP DELEGATION [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Jane Lambert, Director of the Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asia branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) requested additional information on the Border Trust Fund. She noted that the GOA remains unclear on the Trust's scope and sought clarification [...]	2009-09-17 07:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PK
09CANBERRA856	AUSTRALIA PLAYS HARDBALL WITH TELECOM GIANT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Rudd government is seeking to force Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications company, to restructure or risk losing access to any future mobile spectrum. The government is confident that Telstra will negotiate and split its operations. Market analysts seem to agree t [...]	2009-09-18 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD AS
09CANBERRA862	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: END-USER CHECK LICENSE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Rotorlift Ltd., Tasmania's only helicopter rescue and patrol operator, appears to maintain adequate security, record keeping, and positive control over night vision devices imported from the U.S. (ref A). Econoff conducted a site v [...]	2009-09-18 08:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON AS
09CANBERRA863	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: END-USER CHECK LICENSE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Rotorlift Ltd., Tasmania's only helicopter rescue and patrol operator, appears to maintain adequate security, record keeping, and positive control over night vision devices imported from the U.S. (ref A). Econoff conducted a site v [...]	2009-09-18 08:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON AS
09CANBERRA866	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: END-USER CHECK LICENSE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Rotorlift Ltd., Tasmania's only helicopter rescue and patrol operator, appears to maintain adequate security, record keeping, and positive control over night vision devices imported from the U.S. (ref A). Econoff conducted a site v [...]	2009-09-18 08:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON AS
09CANBERRA878	TELECOM GIANT WILL NEGOTIATE, UP TO A POINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra is open to negotiate its own restructuring with the government. The government needs Telstra's network infrastructure in order to move forward with its ambitious telecom modernization plan. Telstra, however, will require [...]	2009-09-23 02:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD AS
09CANBERRA884	AUSTRALIA'S PANDEMIC VACCINE CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) Australia is not planning on making H1N1 vaccine available to developing countries in the region until November at the earliest. Econoff spoke with Department of Health and Ageing Assistant Secretary Simon Cotterell on September 25 to get more details on Australia's pledge to contribute [...]	2009-09-25 06:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AORC PREL AS
09CANBERRA885	DEMARCHE RESPONSE - TRILATERAL PROPOSAL ON HCFCS [...] (SBU) Australia is very interested in the proposal set forth in reftel, but seeks further details with technical experts in a timeframe appropriate to resolve questions before the Montreal Protocol meetings in November. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Assistant Secretar [...]	2009-09-25 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV AORC
09CANBERRA886	CORRECTED COPY -- DEMARCHE RESPONSE - TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) Australia is very interested in the proposal set forth in reftel, but seeks further details with technical experts in a timeframe appropriate to resolve questions before the Montreal Protocol meetings in November. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Assistant Secretar [...]	2009-09-25 06:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV AORC AS
09CANBERRA899	AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia will support the U.S. candidate for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council. GOA nominated a candidate under Category "C" membership and has requested U.S. support. GOA requests clarification on reftel paragraph 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) Econoff del [...]	2009-09-30 05:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA AS
09CANBERRA900	NEW FOREIGN INVESTMENT GUIDELINES TARGET CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia has placed new guidelines on foreign investment in resources. A Chinese mining group abandoned a A$770 million deal after the Foreign Investment Review Board applied new foreign ownership limits on investment in resources projects. Separately, the Defense Minister rej [...]	2009-09-30 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EIND ENRG ETTC ETRD AS
09CANBERRA906	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO PACIFIC NATURAL DISASTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Samoa's request for help following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Australia is sending medical personnel and urgently needed disaster relief supplies. This response is part of a A$2 million initial package of support, which includes disaster relief items [...]	2009-10-01 09:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV ASEC PREL AS
09CANBERRA907	START OF NATIONWIDE SWINE FLU VACCINATION PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia began the biggest inoculation roll-out in its history, offering the H1N1 vaccine to almost every person in the country and at no cost. A total of 5.5 million doses of the vaccine have been delivered around Australia for the start of this program. In addition, the Rudd G [...]	2009-10-01 10:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AORC PREL AS

09CANBERRA913	AUSTRALIA LIFTS INTEREST RATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today raised the cash rate 25 basis points to 3.25%, becoming the first central bank in the G20 to tighten monetary policy since the GFC began. The RBA cited strong growth in China; rising house prices; a better than expected private investment [...]	2009-10-06 06:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA934	POLITICAL STORM OVER ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The continued surge in asylum seekers entering Australia by boat is a growing political challenge for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The immigration detention center on Christmas Island is approaching capacity, and PM Rudd has discussed the issue with his Indonesian counterpart. [...]	2009-10-16 06:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA938	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1644 [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted asite visit with JAMES D. HENDRICKSON of JIM HENDRICKSON AND ASSOCIATES, located at 58 Wentworth Ave., Unit 2, in Canberra, on October 15. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering [...]	2009-10-19 05:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA949	RUDD CONFIDENT ON ASYLUM SEEKER ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Rudd is displaying increased confidence on the issue of asylum seekers, as the surge in boats continues. Rudd is attacking the previous government's tough policies while emphasizing his government's more humane approach. This action follows internal criticism [...]	2009-10-23 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA952	AUSTRALIA H1N1 RESPONSE: LOWERING THE HEAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia is slowly decreasing its H1N1 alert level as flu season ends. Despite a few minor shortcomings with its national vaccine program (ref A),the GOA is confident that the current situation is stable and is reducing resources committed to managing H1N1. Based on this ye [...]	2009-10-23 06:37:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AS
09CANBERRA956	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2492 [...] (SBU) Melbourne Econoff conducted a telephone interview with TREVOR WILKINSON of ENKOSI PTY, LTD, located at 9 Nicole Close, Factory 3, Bayswater Victoria on October 20. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of br [...]	2009-10-26 22:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA957	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2000 [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted a site visit with GRAEME CLARE of CLARE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING, located at 49 SEVERNE ST., GREENLEIGH NSW on October 22. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering defense articles [...]	2009-10-26 22:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA958	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0935 [...] (SBU) Melbourne econoff conducted a telephone interview with FRANK LAZZAROTTI of MICROSECURE CORP., located at 100 Austins Road, Humevale, Victoria on October 20. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering [...]	2009-10-26 22:54:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA965	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON THE BANGKOK UNFCCC MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia is generally positive about the outcomes of the recent Bangkok UNFCCC meetings. The assessment that the negotiations will be tough has not changed, but there is a strong sense that key issues like adaptation, legal form of an agreement, and REDD can be moved ahead at [...]	2009-10-28 06:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL AS
09CANBERRA967	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1647 [...] (SBU) The Political/Economic Section of U.S. Consulate Sydney spoke on the phone with JOANNE GARDINER, Office Manager of EYLEX PTY LTD (10 Anella Avenue, Unit 9, Castle Hill, New South Wales) on October 20, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confi [...]	2009-10-29 01:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA968	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2342 [...] (SBU) The Political/Economic Section of U.S. Consulate Sydney spoke with WARWICK LORENZ, managing director of AUSTRALIAN PUMP INDUSTRIES PTY LTD by phone on October 21, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business o [...]	2009-10-29 01:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA969	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2361 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate General Sydney's Political/Economic Office spoke with JOHN A. ROBINSON, director of INFRATHERM PTY LTD by phone on October 23, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering defense [...]	2009-10-29 02:11:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA970	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0946 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate General Sydney's Political/Economic Office spoke with ANDREW MACLAURIN, director of ALLIED DATA SYSTEMS PTY LTD by phone on October 21, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering [...]	2009-10-29 02:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA971	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1751 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney's Pol/Econ office spoke by telephone with Lynne Westwood, Compliance Manager with Aerospace and Defense Products PTY LTD, on October 21, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of b [...]	2009-10-29 02:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA973	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0926 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy pol/econ section spoke with PETER PAWSEY of ROTOR AND WING SERVICES LTD (RAWS) at P.O. BOX 6262, CAIRNS, QLD on September 22, 2009 to confirm the company's registration as a broker for defense goods or services. Pawsey told us that the company had registered in the past but [...]	2009-10-30 03:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA974	AUSTRALIA ON BOARD WITH U.S. UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Australia supports U.S. priorities for the 64th UNGA Third Committee session. Sandra Vegting, a Director in the International Organizations Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, confirmed that Australia shares our views on both the country specific and thematic resolut [...]	2009-10-30 03:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN
09CANBERRA977	AUSTRALIA: URANIUM MINING SET TO TAKE OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia holds one third of world uranium reserves and is the second largest exporter of uranium. The removals of restrictions on uranium mining and increasing overseas demand have contributed to a sharp rise in uranium mining investment. The number of projects in various sta [...]	2009-10-30 08:07:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS
09CANBERRA980	PM RUDD REVAMPS DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Rudd has ordered a comprehensive review of Australia's humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) policies, procedures, and capabilities. The PM's announcement of the formation of a $50 million civilian response corps at the East Asian Summit is one element intend [...]	2009-11-02 09:30:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AS
09CANBERRA982	POSITIVE BUDGET REVISION; RATES GO UP, AGAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Treasury released on November 2 revised budget estimates showing the economy will undergo higher growth, lower unemployment, lower deficits, and lower debt than previously expected. Given the more positive outlook - and constant criticism by Opposition of overspending - the GOA a [...]	2009-11-04 20:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09CANBERRA989	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2322 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Political/Economic Office spoke with RONALD GILBERT, managing director of PROLOGUE CONSULTING PTY LTD by phone on October 30, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering defense art [...]	2009-11-06 02:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA990	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON EXPORT LICENSES 050132093 AND [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate-General Sydney Regional Security Officer and two Detectives from the Firearms & Organized Crime Squad of the New South Wales Police Force conducted a site visit to USML item end-user Lawrance Ordnance on October 21. The following information is provided in response to ques [...]	2009-11-06 03:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA991	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1505 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Political/Economic Office spoke with RICHARD FRANCIS, managing director of NIOA DEFENCE PTY LTD by phone on October 30, 2009. NIOA was reviewed in depth by the Department in October-November 2007 and, following a temporary suspension of export licenses, resumed importing fir [...]	2009-11-06 03:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA992	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0926 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Political/Economic Office spoke with LAWRENCE KOSTER managing director of GLOBAL DEFENCE SOLUTIONS PTY LTD by phone on October 30, 2009. Econoff conducted a site visit to GDS in July 2007 (ref B). Koster confirmed that since that time the company has not changed its focus o [...]	2009-11-06 03:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CAPETOWN148	N2 GATEWAY/JOE SLOVO EVICTION RULING [...] (U) Summary: On June 10, 2009 the Constitutional Court upheld an order of the Cape High Court whereby residents of the Joe Slovo informal settlement would be evicted and moved to the more remote area of Delft in order to facilitate the building of houses as part of the N2 Gateway Project. The [...]	2009-06-17 06:42:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN15	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO SA ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff attended the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting where the recently-arrived Israeli Ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev Steinberg, appeared to discuss the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza. In general, the proceedings [...]	2009-01-22 16:49:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IS GZ SF
09CAPETOWN189	PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) has been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs ar [...]	2009-08-28 07:10:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN195	PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) have been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs a [...]	2009-09-03 14:34:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN196	National Commitee for arms control fails to disclose arms [...] (SBU) On September 2, Poloff attended the Defence and Military Veterans committee meeting in Parliament where Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, briefed the committee on the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC). This was originally supposed to be a [...]	2009-09-04 15:21:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN207	EASTERN CAPE ANC PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE [...] (U) On September 12 the African National Congress (ANC) concluded its sixth Eastern Cape Provincial conference by voting for the new Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) and Chairperson. A total of 1963 delegates were accorded a voting status at the conference despite earlier gl [...]	2009-09-21 14:19:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN42	CANDIDATES FOR WESTERN CAPE PREMIER [...] (U) Summary. The race for the Western Cape has gained momentum as political parties announced their candidates for the Premiership of the province. The Democratic Alliance's (DA) candidate is Helen Zille, currently the mayor of Cape Town and the leader of the DA. The Independent Democrats (ID) [...]	2009-03-04 13:26:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN56	SOUTH AFRICA IS HYDROCARBON POOR, BUT HAS BIG PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) This cable is not for Internet distribution. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate General Cape Town. Summary. South Africa has limited reserves of crude oil and natural gas and imports 70 percent of its requirements, which are for the most part refined l [...]	2009-03-12 12:33:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
09CAPETOWN82	RUSSELL BOTMAN DISCUSSES THE RACE FOR THE WESTERN CAPE [...] (U) On March 6, CG and PAO met with Professor Russell Botman, the rector of Stellenbosch University and former Congress of the People (COPE) nominee for the Western Cape Premiership. Professor Botman made news headlines earlier this month when he was tipped as COPE's nominee for Premier of the [...]	2009-04-01 07:06:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN83	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (DA) WINS BIG IN TWO LOCAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 08:40:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PDEM SF
09CARACAS1104	VENEZUELA'S ECONOMY CONTRACTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER [...] (SBU) Citing a statement e-mailed by the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV),news organizations reported August 20 that BCV figures indicated Venezuela's economy contracted 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2009. (Note: As of the afternoon of August 20, the BCV had not posted the figures on i [...]	2009-08-21 12:33:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VE
09CARACAS1226	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT USES DCA TO JUSTIFY ARMS [...] (SBU) Following the fractious September 15 UNASUR Summit in Quito, President Chavez declared victory, claiming on a September 17 television broadcast that Colombia had been "completely isolated." He said it was "embarrassing" that the Colombians could not even show the Defense Cooperation A [...]	2009-09-18 19:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1228	PARALLEL RATE DROPS ON APPARENT GBRV SALE OF [...] (U) The parallel rate has dropped approximately 17 percent over the last seven weeks, from 7 bolivars (Bs)/USD in early August to its current rate of 5.8 Bs/ USD (as measured by the cost of buying one dollar),with the sharpest drop occurring over the past 10 days. Most analysts attribute th [...]	2009-09-18 19:57:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1233	RESPONSE TO MAJORS DESIGNATION NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) During a September 17 press conference, Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek El Aissami gave the Venezuelan government (GBRV) response to the Presidential Determination for Major Drug-Transit and Major Illicit Drug-Producing Countries (the Majors). El Aissami described the [...]	2009-09-18 21:10:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1261	SURVEY INDICATES PRIVATE SECTOR NOT INVESTING LONG [...] (U) Venezuelan businesspeople are pessimistic about the current state of the economy, according to a recent survey conducted by the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce of 156 businesses. Of those surveyed, thirty-seven percent do not plan to invest in Venezuela (in the short, medium or lon [...]	2009-09-29 15:19:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VE
09CARACAS1270	VENEZUELA'S DEBT: MANAGEABLE FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As of June 30, Venezuela's sovereign external debt officially stood at USD 30 billion and its internal debt at 44 billion bolivars (USD 20 billion at the official exchange rate). These levels appear quite manageable given the size of Venezuela's economy. However several fact [...]	2009-10-01 13:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1321	GBRV "SURPRISED" ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) reacted immediately and strongly to the October 9 news that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Venezuela's Public Defender Gabriela Ramirez said early that morning on the government-owned VTV the award "made a mockery of human rights," [...]	2009-10-14 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1340	PDVSA ANNOUNCES USD 3 BILLION BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) announced on October 16 terms for a USD 3 billion bond issuance. The issuance, which had been widely expected, is a combination of three "Petrobonos" maturing in 2014, 2015, and 2016 with coupons ranging from 4.9 to 5.125 percent. The terms of the issuance [...]	2009-10-16 20:14:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS1362	GBRV AND PDVSA CHANGE TERMS OF PDVSA BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) PDVSA announced on its website October 22 three changes related to its USD 3 billion bond issuance originally announced October 16 (ref A). First, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) will exempt from taxation interest paid on the bonds. Second, the Central Bank (BCV) will not requi [...]	2009-10-22 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS1378	PDVSA SELLS USD 3.2 BILLION WORTH OF BONDS [...] (U) PDVSA announced on October 26 that it will sell USD 3.2 billion (face value) of a Petrobono combination (see ref A for details). It said it accepted all offers received but did not give further details about who the buyers were. As the bonds are dollar-denominated but bought from PDVSA i [...]	2009-10-28 13:41:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1432	NEW CENTRAL BANK LAW IN EFFECT [...] (U) The modified Central Bak (BCV) law we reported on previously (reftel) was published in the Official Gazette dated Novembe 5 and is now in effect. There are several diffrences between the actual law and what we reported which was based on the draft approved by the Naional Assembly in firs [...]	2009-11-09 19:22:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1463	VENEZUELA: CADIVI RULES CHANGE FOR TRAVELERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela's foreign currency board, known by its Spanish acronym CADIVI, is changing the rules by which travelers can access foreign exchange at the official rate when using local credit cards abroad. The new regulation has not yet been published, but CADIVI's president has sa [...]	2009-11-17 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE CVIS
09CARACAS1585	OPPOSITION "UNITY TABLE" APPROVES CANDIDATE SELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 10, after months of negotiations, the opposition "unity table" ("mesa de unidad") announced its proposal for selecting candidates for the September 2010 National Assembly (AN) elections. While relatively thin on detail, the agreement establishes that the selection [...]	2009-12-22 16:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS183	FEBRUARY 15 TERM LIMITS REFERENDUM: BY THE NUMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 21:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS212	VENEZUELA'S 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submits the following information for inclusion in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Venezuela. Political Officer Douglas Fisk is Embassy's point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8052; fax 58-212-907-8033; Email: FiskDA@state.gov Forty hours were de [...]	2009-02-13 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN
09CARACAS213	RECYCLE AND REUSE: VENEZUELAN TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE [...] (U) The following message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the ramp up to the February 15 referendum, toilet paper is the latest consumer product shortage. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic (GBRV),through its consumer protection age [...]	2009-02-17 11:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS271	2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: KEEP VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to chip away at protection of intellectual property rights. In 2008, the GBRV resurrected a 50 year old law disallowing the patenting of medicines and food. Enforcement remains a problem as the police agenc [...]	2009-03-03 18:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR
09CARACAS351	PARALLEL RATE CONTINUES TO RISE [...] (U) The parallel foreign exchange rate has jumped from 5.95 Bs/USD to 6.3 Bs/USD (as measured by the cost of buying a dollar) since the beginning of the week, representing a six percent devaluation of the bolivar on the parallel market in three days. One press report, quoting one currency tra [...]	2009-03-20 19:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS397	VENEZUELA: ACCESS TO CADIVI DOLLARS TIGHTENS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. On March 16, the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) approved revised lists of products eligible for importation using the official exchange rate. Imports at the official [...]	2009-03-27 15:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS406	PARALLEL MARKET DISRUPTED BY FREEZING OF U.S. [...] (U) The parallel foreign exchange market in Venezuela was severely disrupted on March 26 after an "umbrella" U.S. bank account was apparently frozen. According to local brokers, the account in question was a Bank of America account held by a Florida-based company called Rosemont Corporation. [...]	2009-03-27 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS454	INFLATION AND A FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Budgetary pressures stemming from Venezuela's unorthodox economic policies have strained Post's operations and will almost certainly pose stark choices for Post and the Department in the coming year. Inflation is high and growing, and the official exchange rate has been fixed [...]	2009-04-08 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN AMGT CMGT APER ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS477	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES ALBA LEADERS WILL AGREE TO LAUNCH [...] (U) President Chavez claimed on April 16 that leaders of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) would approve an agreement to establish a "unitary regional compensation system" called the Sucre during their April 16 summit. His announcement builds on a proposal cont [...]	2009-04-16 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL VE
09CARACAS800	VENEZUELA: 180 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, official Venezuelan news agency ABN announced the number of confirmed H1N1 cases in the country had risen to one hundred and eighty. One Consular Section Locally Engaged Staff is suspected to have had H1N1 but test results were inconclusive. Post has sufficient s [...]	2009-06-26 21:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFIU KSTH VE
09CARACAS801	PDVSA ANNOUNCES LONG-AWAITED BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) After three months of rumors concerning various plans for emitting bonds, PDVSA announced on June 25 terms for a USD 3 billion issuance. The bond, called Petrobono 2011, is a dollar-denominated zero coupon bond maturing on July 8, 2011. It can be purchased in bolivars (Bs) by Venezuelan [...]	2009-06-26 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS932	VENEZUELA: FIRST H1N1 DEATH [...] (SBU) On July 19 Health Minister Jesus Mantilla announced that an 11-month-old baby girl had died from complications associated with the H1N1 virus, including viral pneumonia and dehydration. The official cause of death was multiple organ failure, according to the Ministry of Health. A postmo [...]	2009-07-20 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
09CARACAS976	CADIVI RELEASES LIST OF COMPANY-SPECIFIC HARD [...] (U) CADIVI, the GBRV entity which rations hard currency at the official exchange rate under Venezuela's currency controls, released on its website a table with company-specific data on hard currency approvals from 2004 through April 20, 2009. Each company's total is broken down between impor [...]	2009-07-28 14:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VE
09CASABLANCA108	MOROCCO'S CUMBERSOME INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rising inward investment trend in the last three years, discussions with government and diplomatic interlocutors, civic society, and more than 20 U.S. businesses operating in Morocco reveal that the country's bureaucratic red tape, compounded with shortcomings in the [...]	2009-06-03 13:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA109	MOROCCO'S CUMBERSOME INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rising inward investment trend in the last three years, discussions with government and diplomatic interlocutors, civic society, and more than 20 U.S. businesses operating in Morocco reveal that the country's bureaucratic red tape, compounded with shortcomings in the [...]	2009-06-03 13:45:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA113	MOROCCO - 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim by United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Morocco (GOM). a. Claimant A b. 2009 2. (SBU) Claimant A is a U.S. based, private real estate investment firm and is one of the largest American investo [...]	2009-06-10 09:15:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN KIDE PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA116	NIP AND TUCK IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Lured by the country's geographic and linguistic proximity, Europeans are slowly taking notice of Morocco's low-cost, high-quality cosmetic and dental care. Treatment in Morocco can cost about 25 to 45 percent less than the same procedures in Europe. Several cosmetic and denta [...]	2009-06-19 15:48:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA132	PIRACY STILL THRIVING IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by Econoff and Poloff to Morocco's largest informal market revealed that despite a strong legislative framework for combating counterfeit and pirated products, enforcement remains weak. According to Morocco's Commercial and Industry Property Office, only 19 intel [...]	2009-07-08 14:28:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA14	MOROCCO'S TEXTILE SECTOR IS IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economies of Morocco's principal textile trading partners - France, Spain, and the United Kingdom - slowing, the Moroccan Association of Textile and Industries (AMITH) has sounded the alarm about prospects for the sector, which typically constitutes a third of Moroccan [...]	2009-01-30 16:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMCHAMS EAID ECON EFIN ETRD MO
09CASABLANCA144	DEAR MOROCCAN EXPATRIATES, PLEASE SEND MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic contraction is having a direct effect on Morocco's economy through falling remittances. Based on discussions with government interlocutors and the banking community, the outlook for inflows of expatriate funds into Morocco is increasingly somber. Morocco's e [...]	2009-07-23 13:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA163	BEYOND THE VEIL - WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: By codifying women's rights to equal participation in politics, society, and the economy, as well as recognizing their right to education, King Mohammed VI has positively altered the business climate for women in Morocco. According to the Moroccan Association of Women Entreprene [...]	2009-08-12 17:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA165	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Representative Mashall, Consulate Casablanca warmly welcomes you nd your delegation to Morocco. Politically and eonomically, Morocco is a country "on the move," eeply engaged in reform and development, albeit nevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent anual growth in r [...]	2009-08-14 16:58:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA166	ELIMINATING SLUMS THAT BREED EXTREMISM IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Morocco's efforts to manage the socio-economic conditions that indirectly contribute to the growth of extremism, close to 40 percent of the country's 70 urban slums have been eradicated over the past several years and its inhabitants re-housed in new government-subsid [...]	2009-08-17 14:22:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL KISL MO
09CASABLANCA175	THIS RAMADAN, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Conversations with Morocco's business community and civil society reveal that this year's global economic crisis and the country's rising food prices are having a sobering effect on celebrating the holiest month of the Islamic year, Ramadan. Governmental efforts to manage the im [...]	2009-09-02 16:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA182	AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO: ON THE EDGE OF [...] (SBU) Every year thousands of sub-Saharan migrants enter eastern Morocco from Algeria intent on making the final push to Spain. While some are successful, many more end up languishing in the transit towns or settling into longer term residence in Morocco. Poloff visited the camps of clandest [...]	2009-09-15 18:51:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER PINR MO AG
09CASABLANCA185	BANKING ON MOROCCO'S RURAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Official statistics do not accurately reflect the participation of rural women in Morocco's agricultural sector. As a result, women's contributions to the economy remain underreported and under-appreciated. According to the Moroccan Association for the Development of Rural Wom [...]	2009-09-18 16:19:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA192	CHINA, MOROCCO, AND THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: With a controlling stake in some of Africa's largest banks and solid 2010 earning projections, China is increasingly turning to Morocco's largest banks - Attijariwafa and Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE) - for its banking needs in Francophone Africa. To secure its [...]	2009-10-06 16:45:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV CH MO
09CASABLANCA194	WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN MOROCCO: A MODEL FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has implemented a wide variety of social and economic reforms with the aim of modernizing the country. One the areas where this has been the most apparent is in the advancement of women's rights. This prog [...]	2009-10-14 09:18:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA198	THE KING, THE COURTS, AND THE RISE OF ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: With only 150 judges in the entire commercial judiciary and close to 100,000 pending cases, Morocco's slow and often inept judicial system has made international firms increasingly skittish about investments and business transactions. In his major annual youth day address in lat [...]	2009-10-22 13:33:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA213	WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCING AS ISLAMIST APPEAL WANES [...] SUMMARY: On November 22, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Melanne Verveer, met with Morocco's most prominent women policy makers, civil activists, journalists, and CEOs in Casablanca. Some of the country's leading women were highly critical of the Islamist-oriented Party of [...]	2009-11-30 09:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA230	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES SOME OF MOROCCO'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead up to the White House Entrepreneurial Summit, the Ambassador met with some of Morocco's leading business entrepreneurs, academics and investors in Casablanca on December 17. The group highlighted three major constraints to the growth of entrepreneurship in Morocc [...]	2009-12-24 12:36:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL ETRD PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA27	MOROCCO: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2008 to February 2009. ------------------------- OVERVIEW: Plus Ca Change... ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of M [...]	2009-02-13 14:57:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA36	MOROCCO,S MIDDLE CLASS PART I: A STATE OF MIND [...] (SBU) King Mohammed VI's August 2008 directive that all public policies should seek to develop Morocco's middle class has prompted a spirited debate and discussion on the makeup of that middle class in Morocco today. For now, there is no consensus on the definition, even within the government. [...]	2009-03-03 09:47:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA42	PDAS KIRBY ADDRESSES FRUSTRATIONS OF MOROCCO'S BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan-American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco (AmCham) hosted a business lunch March 2 for PDAS Michael Kirby of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The event was attended by 56 business men and women representing numerous industry sectors. AmCham Board Members, the Consul G [...]	2009-03-12 13:01:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT ASEC EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA48	MOROCCO'S MIDDLE CLASS PART II: THE STAGNATION OF [...] (SBU) While the bustling markets that line the streets of Casablanca might suggest that Morocco's middle class is thriving, many of our contacts note that growth within this segment of society has stagnated in part due to the rising cost of living and the country,s poor fiscal policies. Middle [...]	2009-03-24 10:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA63	MOROCCO'S MIDDLE CLASS PART III: DISCONTENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Private and public sector efforts to strengthen Morocco's middle class have done little to quell the increasing discontent among the lower echelons of Morocco's middle class. Conversations with contacts in academia and civic society reveal that this segment of society is increa [...]	2009-04-03 15:30:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KISL MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA67	MOROCCO's GRAPES OF WRATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The city of Meknes is the center of Morocco's budding wine business, employing 6,000 people and producing 70 percent of the country's wine. Paradoxically, until early 2009 the city was governed by the Islamist-oriented Party of Justice and Development (PJD). The story of Mekne [...]	2009-04-10 16:16:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA93	MOROCCO'S EL DORADO - FRANCOPHONE AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: To fuel its expansion in Francophone Africa, Morocco's largest companies - Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Morocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE),and Maroc Telecom - are employing a calculated strategy, which entails buying controlling stakes in key sub-Saharan African firms, and pur [...]	2009-05-14 17:33:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SOCI MO
09CHENGDU11	SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY: CONTRASTING TWO SOUTHWEST CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Eight months after the May Sichuan Earthquake, harder hit areas in Southwest China's Sichuan province face a long recovery process that may exceed the official targe [...]	2009-01-14 10:23:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU114	SOUTHWEST CHINA: SICHUAN OFFICIALS ON GREEN ENERGY [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Sichuan has rich developed and potential hydro and biogas power resources, but far fewer solar and wind energy development opportunities, according to a recent pr [...]	2009-06-29 11:54:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SENV CH
09CHENGDU115	SOUTHWEST CHINA: TIBETAN NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local official media, ten thousand Tibetan middle school graduates students are to be given three-year government scholarships under the new "Sichuan Tibetan Areas Nine Plus Three Free Education Plan." The Tibetans will attend schools in Chinese-speaking parts of S [...]	2009-06-30 01:51:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
09CHENGDU122	SOUTHWEST CHINA: ENERGY EFFICIENCY UP AS OFFICIALS EMPHASIZE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrial energy efficiency progress was highlighted in a recent government-sponsored conference held in Chengdu, which drew little attention despite government emph [...]	2009-07-09 09:10:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON CH
09CHENGDU132	SW CHINA: CHENGDU RECYCLES THANKS TO MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Migrant worker entrepreneurs help Chengdu recycle by providing multiple filters for the city's waste, keeping recyclable material of all kinds out of landfills. Labo [...]	2009-07-24 06:31:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU141	SW CHINA: CHENGDU ENVIRONMENTALIST INDICTED FOR BLOOD DRIVE [...] (SBU) Chengdu environmentalist Tan Zuoren, who organized protests against a USD 5.5 billion petrochemical plant near Chengdu (ref A) and published online politically sensitive lists of the numbers of children killed when their schools collapsed in the May 12, 2008 earthquake (ref B),was i [...]	2009-08-04 09:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SENV
09CHENGDU149	US NGOS SUPPORT LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS AMONG ETHNIC TIBETANS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ethnic Tibetans and other minority communities benefit from income-boosting and cultural preservation projects in northwest Yunnan implemented by U.S. NGOs and fun [...]	2009-08-11 04:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV CH
09CHENGDU155	NEW TELEMEDICINE CENTER AIMS TO EXPAND QUAKE ZONE HEALTHCARE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: In the aftermath of the massive, May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, ConGen Chengdu has closely monitored disaster reconstruction and response efforts, [...]	2009-08-17 11:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU157	SW CHINA: JUNE FOURTH DISSIDENT, U.S. LPR ZHOU YONGJUN [...] (SBU) Summary: US LPR Zhou Yongjun, who was reportedly seized by PRC mainland authorities in Hong Kong in September 2008 and subsequently detained in Guangzhou and Sichuan, will go on trial in Suining, Sichuan on August 21. Zhou's lawyers at the Beijing "Mo Shaoping Law Firm" legal opinio [...]	2009-08-19 09:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU162	SW CHINA'S DIRTY WATER: WESTERN WATER GROUP BRIEFS CG [...] (U) This cable contains business confidential information, not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S.-based Western Water Group (WWG) confirmed to CG that China lags behind its own goals for wastewater treatment. While WWG has been quite successful in winning contract [...]	2009-08-24 09:12:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV TBIO PREL CH
09CHENGDU163	UK CG'S VIEWS ON CHONGQING ECONOMY, MARKET ACCESS, CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The impact of the global financial crisis on domestically focused Chongqing has been relatively small, with China's stimulus package and auto-sector incentives boosting GDP by 12.1 percent in the first half of 2009, the UK's Chongqing-based Consul General told us. Chongqing's P [...]	2009-08-24 11:42:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV TBIO PREL CH
09CHENGDU165	HUMAN TRAFFICKING REMAINS SERIOUS IN YUNNAN PROVINCE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Yunnan faces more serious human trafficking issues than other Chinese provinces, particularly cross-border trafficking of women for forced marriages and children for ille [...]	2009-08-25 08:07:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM SMIG PGOV CH
09CHENGDU166	FORD PROSPERS IN CHINA AUTO MARKET; CHINESE FIRMS AS FUTURE [...] (U) This message contains business confidential information. Not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. China's 2009 car sales will be 12 million, a Ford executive told CG in Chongqing on August 7. Ford's China sales were up 21.5 percent in the first seven months of 2009 [...]	2009-08-25 08:56:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL CH
09CHENGDU168	SW CHINA: BLOGS, TWITTER ALERT PUBLIC TO DISSIDENT'S TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Supporters of Chengdu environmentalist Tan Zuoren, put on trial for incitement to overthrow state power on August 12, used blogs and twitter text messages to raise public awareness of the case. Tan's two lawyers, both active bloggers, and other supporters put the [...]	2009-08-26 05:05:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU169	YUNNAN: CHINA'S MAIN COUNTERNARCOTICS BATTLEFIELD SEES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Narcotics control is making progress in Yunnan Province, the heart of Chinese drug trafficking, a senior provincial official told Consul General, but interdicting imp [...]	2009-08-26 05:39:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL CH
09CHENGDU171	YUNNAN OFFICIALS ON EVOLVING ECONOMY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Yunnan Province lags behind other provinces in economic development, though its rich resources offer great potential. Its economy is slowly shifting from traditional sec [...]	2009-08-27 03:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV PREL PHUM CH

09CHENGDU187	TIBET: NGO WORKING TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN NW YUNNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting USG-funded projects to support Tibetan livelihood in NW Yunnan run by the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF),CG and ConGen staff saw successful programs that teach engine repair and business skills and support craftspeople by connecting them with international marke [...]	2009-09-10 02:44:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU198	GETTING TRADE FLOWING: A PHASED APPROACH TO BEEF [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. What's at "Steak": A Billion Dollars in U.S. Exports in Short Order --------------------------------------------- -------------- -------- 2. (U) At a recent meeting with Ambassador in Chengdu, AmCit Steven Allemang pleaded [...]	2009-09-21 07:28:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PREL CH
09CHENGDU208	SICHUAN SEES HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCREASE SINCE 2005 [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Sichuan Province has seen a dramatic increase in human trafficking cases since 2005, a Sichuan Public Security Bureau (PSB) official reported, though in the past five mont [...]	2009-09-29 06:10:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM SMIG PGOV CH
09CHENGDU210	CHONGQING LABOR LAWYER SEES LEGAL SYSTEM PROGRESS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: After 13 years of advocating for migrant workers' legal rights, Chongqing lawyer Zhou Litai says he has seen positive progress, especially in the PRC's legal system. Zhou [...]	2009-09-29 07:20:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU214	U.S. FIRM PLAYS CHONGQING CONNECTIONS AGAINST CENTRAL [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: TY Lin International China (TYLI China),a U.S. bridge and transportation consulting firm, has used its position of being headquartered in Chongqing to great advantage, u [...]	2009-09-30 11:05:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ELTN ETRD PGOV CH
09CHENGDU218	SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY: MANY RURAL RESIDENTS STILL LACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite official Sichuan Province statistics claiming 97 percent of rural home rebuilding following last year's earthquake has been completed, a trip to the area in mid-September revealed a significant proportion of rural residents remain in temporary housing. Banners proclaimin [...]	2009-10-07 09:24:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU231	U.S. VENTURE SEEKS FOR-PROFIT RURAL HEALTH CLINIC NETWORK IN [...] (U) This cable contains business confidential information, not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: To address the lack of adequate rural healthcare in SW China, a U.S. firm seeks to establish a for-profit network of clinics using a telemedicine and "barefoot doctor" model bo [...]	2009-10-16 06:44:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU237	WEN JIABAO ON DEVELOPING CHINA'S WESTERN PROVINCES: 10 YEARS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. Over the last 10 years, China's central government has made huge transfer payments and infrastructure investments that have helped 12 western provinces grow faster than its already booming coastal provinces, Premier Wen Jiabao said in an October 16 speech in Chengdu. [...]	2009-10-27 05:10:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ENRG EMIN PGOV PREL CH
09CHENGDU239	SW CHINA OFFICIALS SEEK GREATER CONTROL OF CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Even as Chinese officials in Beijing discuss national-level climate change initiatives in the run-up to the Copenhagen conference, Sichuan officials have been stymied [...]	2009-10-28 05:39:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV CH
09CHENGDU247	TIBET: CLIMATE CHANGE, GREEN ENERGY, MINING, POACHING, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Climate change is moving faster in Tibet than in other areas of China, and fastest at the highest elevations, leading the State Council to pass an ambitious plan for ecological protection earlier this year, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) officials told us October 22 in Lhasa. G [...]	2009-11-06 02:47:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG EMIN EAGR CH
09CHENGDU253	GUIZHOU COALMINE SAFETY MAKES PROGRESS, BUT REMAINS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Between 2003 and 2008, coalmine deaths in Guizhou - one of the poorest provinces in China - fell from 973 to 453, an industry regulator told Consul General November [...]	2009-11-09 09:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EMIN ECON PREL PGOV CH
09CHENGDU254	LHASA TECH COMPANY COMMERCIALIZES TIBETAN LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibet Luozang Digital S&T Co., founded by an ethnically Tibetan computer science professor at Tibet University, produces two innovative Tibetan-Chinese-English electronic dictionary and language learning machines. Professor Luozang, who holds four PRC patents on his elect [...]	2009-11-10 02:08:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR CH
09CHENGDU262	SW CHINA ELECTRONICS GIANT SETS SIGHTS ON U.S. MARKET, SEEKS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sichuan electronics giant Changhong recently told us success in the U.S. market, elusive up to now, would be a litmus test of its arrival as a major globa [...]	2009-11-18 07:48:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KNNP CH
09CHENGDU264	CLIMATE CHANGE: UK EFFORTS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA TO ENCOURAGE A [...] (U) This message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Chongqing leads SW China in moving towards a low-carbon economy, with Guizhou lagging furthest behind, a UK official told Consul General. Chongqing owes its lead [...]	2009-11-18 09:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SENV KGHG
09CHENGDU270	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DURING [...] (U) The message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for distribution on the internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and officials from the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity, traveled to Sichuan Province November [...]	2009-11-29 01:38:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ECON PGOV SOCI OVIP KPAO CH
09CHENGDU271	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU272	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU273	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU274	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU275	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU276	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU277	GUIZHOU PROVINCE: GREEN INITIATIVES BELIE ITS CONSERVATIVE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Southwest China's Guizhou Province, an early adopter of Beijing's relatively new "Ecological Culture" policy, has become a leader on some environmental issues. Guiz [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL ECON EMIN SOCI CH
09CHENGDU279	GUIZHOU: POOR PROVINCE GROWS FASTER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Guizhou, an ethnically diverse province 92 percent covered by mountains, remains one of China's poorest. In two recent meetings, officials from the [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV SENV CH
09CHENGDU281	WORLD BANK/IFC ON RESURGENCE OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chengdu IFC officials recently shared their assessment that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been on the resurgence since well before the financial crisis. They parti [...]	2009-12-01 09:20:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU282	SW CHINA: BIG CITY GAY HIV PREVALENCE EXCEEDS TEN PERCENT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The HIV rate among gay men living in Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, and Chongqing exceeds 10 percent, according to a large nationwide survey conducted by the China Centers [...]	2009-12-02 07:21:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV KHIV CH
09CHENGDU283	TIBET: NEPAL SEEKS INCREASED PRC TRADE/AID/TRANSPORT LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal seeks to be a transit point between India and China and hopes to see increased development assistance and investment from the PRC, Nepalese Consul General in Lhasa told CG recently during a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Nepal seeks lower content requirement [...]	2009-12-02 07:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID EINV ELTN SOCI NP CH
09CHENGDU285	GUIYANG HOPES ARE HIGH UNDER ENTHUSIASTIC LEADER; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Brimming with confidence, Guiyang Vice-Mayor Li Zhong told Consul General recently that his city -- long the isolated capital of one of China's poorest provinces -- wo [...]	2009-12-04 00:15:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ELTN SOCI CH
09CHENGDU288	TIBET: RELIGION MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS EXPLAIN THEIR SYSTEM [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region's (TAR) Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau recently presented to Consul General in Lhasa the strictly Chinese government, official view [...]	2009-12-07 07:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU289	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA: CASE STUDY OF RURAL JINTANG [...] (U) This message is contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Sichuan's rural Jintang County has a small Protestant community of 1000 persons organized under one "patriotic" church (a legally registered religious venue),with [...]	2009-12-07 08:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU293	GUIZHOU HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRENDS MIRROR THOSE OF YUNNAN, [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Human trafficking patterns in Guizhou are very similar to neighboring Yunnan province, and are dominated by forced marriages and illegal adoptions, Guizhou Public Secu [...]	2009-12-08 09:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KTIP KWMN CH
09CHENGDU294	KUNMING PHARMACEUTICAL CHIEF CLAIMS CHINESE IPR IS STRONG; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Chinese intellectual property rights (IPR) have strengthened considerably in the last 10 years, the chairman of a New York AMEX-listed, Chinese pharmaceutical compan [...]	2009-12-09 00:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIPR CH
09CHENGDU296	GUIZHOU: PORTRAIT OF A SELF-PROMOTING COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: At 39 years old, Chen Cangxu has been the Secretary of the Guizhou Communist Youth League (GCYL) for the last two years. Over dinner, Chen told Consul General how he [...]	2009-12-09 08:26:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
09CHENGDU3	GUIZHOU LOOKS TO CHINA COAST TO RE-EMPLOY PEASANT MIGRANT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Labor officials and researchers say an economic upturn in the more prosperous coastal region is the key to reducing the swelling number of unemployed migrant laborers [...]	2009-01-06 06:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU30	TRYING TO FIND NON-PIRATED MOVIES IN SOUTHWEST CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Pirated movies appear to remain readily on sale in Sichuan Province's capital city of Chengdu. Packaging is of such a high quality that the average consumer probably [...]	2009-02-13 05:34:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD KIPR PGOV CH
09CHENGDU300	SW CHINA CONFERENCE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT PROGRESS ON [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Notwithstanding official optimism, serious doubts about PRC intellectual property rights protection progress were voiced by foreign-invested Chinese companies partic [...]	2009-12-12 22:55:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD PGOV KIPR CH
09CHENGDU304	SICHUAN QUAKE DONATIONS DEMONSTRATE GREEN BUILDING [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Guangyuan, one of Sichuan's poorest prefectures, is the site for a demonstration of earthquake resistant, environmentally friendly bamboo shelters. The standards being [...]	2009-12-14 23:32:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU305	TIBET: TAR JUSTICE SERVES THE PARTY, SOCIALISM, AND UNITY [...] (U) This message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Deputy Director of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Justice Bureau recently outlined to Consul General the TAR prison system, reeducation-through-labor system, and [...]	2009-12-15 06:04:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU307	DRC PROVIDES SICHUAN DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the internet. 2. (U) Summary: Sichuan's Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) expects that the province will meet ambitious 2009 growth targets following a decade of 10 percent annual growth. O [...]	2009-12-15 07:06:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN SENV KGHG PGOV PINR CH
09CHENGDU309	VIETNAM CONSUL IN KUNMING FEARS HANOI MIGHT BE LEFT BEHIND [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The development of highway links between Yunnan province and Vietnam is moving slowly on the Vietnam side, a Vietnam Consul in Kunming told Consular Officer. This sl [...]	2009-12-16 02:06:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR PREL CH VM
09CHENGDU310	SW CHINA CITY SEEKS TO BECOME MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB -- [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Leshan officials told Consul General that currently planned infrastructure projects would transform the city into a transportation and industrial hub for southwest C [...]	2009-12-17 04:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELTN EAIR EWWT ETRD SENV PGOV CH
09CHENGDU311	TIBET: LOCAL AUTHORITIES MOVE TO RESTORE GRASSLANDS, BUT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Director General of the Animal Husbandry Bureau in Lhoka Prefecture said recently that suitable grasslands for grazing animals were becoming increasingly scarce. [...]	2009-12-17 22:32:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV PINR SENV CH
09CHENGDU313	SW CHINA: SELF-IMMOLATION CASE IN CHENGDU HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Three recent cases in southwest China -- including a high-profile case where a Chengdu citizen set fire to herself to protest a demolition of a property -- illustrate how Chinese citizens [...]	2009-12-18 09:17:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS ECON EFIN CH
09CHENGDU315	TIBET PARTY LINE PITFALL: "TIBET HAS BEEN PART OF CHINA [...] (U) This message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The politically charged historical statement "Tibet has been part of China since ancient times" has been widely used in the PRC media and officials since 2008 and became [...]	2009-12-18 09:39:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAS VOA CH
09CHENGDU319	SEMICONDUCTOR FIRM IN SW CHINA SEES RISING COMPETITION FOR [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Leshan-Phoenix Semiconductor (LPS),a joint venture between U.S. ON Semiconductor (ONS) and Leshan Radio Company, says that attracting and retaining the engineers nee [...]	2009-12-24 10:24:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV EIND ETRD PGOV CH
09CHENGDU320	SW CHINA MAYOR DISCUSSES IMPACT OF EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Leshan Mayor Jiang Fuyi told Consul General December 8 that demand for construction materials for earthquake reconstruction boosted the city's GDP to seventh place amo [...]	2009-12-24 11:43:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ELTN EWWT ENRG SENV PGOV CH
09CHENGDU40	SOUTHWEST CHINA ENTREPRENEURS BUILD COUNTERFEIT STORE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Entrepreneurs in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu have, in at least one case, moved from selling copyright infringing products to copying a company's entire produc [...]	2009-03-05 02:07:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD KIPR PGOV CH
09CHENGDU71	SICHUAN FACES RETURNING MIGRANT WORKER TIDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 07:11:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB SOCI CH
09CHENGDU81	CONNECTING THE SOUTHWEST: SICHUAN'S NEW ROADS PAVED WITH [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic stimulus and earthquake reconstruction money will fund rapid transportation network expansion in Southwest China's Sichuan province over the next thr [...]	2009-05-13 05:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV CH
09CHENGDU82	SW CHINA BROADBAND: GROWING RAPIDLY IN A LARGE POTENTIAL [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: The number of Internet users in Southwest China doubled to 27 million people between 2005 and 2008. The region's population of 200 million people leaves room for su [...]	2009-05-18 08:54:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON CH SOCI
09CHENGDU87	TIBETAN LANGUAGE INTERNET IN THE PRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The nascent growth of Tibetan language internet in China slowed with the closure of several websites and detention of Tibetan e-activists over the past year. Tibetan language email and websites are nevertheless becoming increasingly popular among students and intellectuals, low [...]	2009-05-22 04:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EINT CH
09CHENGDU88	SOUTHWEST CHINA ATTENTION TO GREENHOUSE GASES GROWS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Bureaus in the Southwest Chinese cities of Chengdu and Chongqing are studying local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Chengdu environmental of [...]	2009-05-22 06:45:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG CH
09CHENGDU90	SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY UPDATE: RAPID RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Spurred by the central government's goal of moving displaced quake victims into permanent housing by the end of 2009, reconstruction in the earthquake zone has signi [...]	2009-05-26 09:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU95	SOUTHWEST CHINA: WHAT'S GOING ON WITH AIR QUALITY DATA? [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Air quality in Southwest China's city of Chengdu, is probably worse than official statistics would suggest. The city records significantly fewer poor air quality [...]	2009-06-02 06:03:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CH ENRG PREL ECON
09CHENNAI100	BHARAT BALLOT 09: "FORCED CONVERSIONS" FUEL POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Political conversations in Karnataka are peppered with references to "forced" or "forcible" conversion. Although the term has been defined in various states' legal statutes and interpreted by the Indian Supreme Court, different religious communities in the state -- particularly H [...]	2009-04-02 06:29:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI IN
09CHENNAI104	BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA CATHOLIC LEADERS URGE FLOCK TO [...] (SBU) Summary: During Sunday services Catholic priests across Kerala read a pastoral letter to their congregants that essentially told them to vote against the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) and its allies in the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The pastoral letter was just the latest [...]	2009-04-06 05:33:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI107	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ALLIANCE ARITHMETIC IS A KEY FACTOR IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: No single party is likely to win a majority of the seats in India's parliament in the upcoming elections. As a result, whichever party ultimately forms the next government will need to do so by building a coalition government. This cable outlines the broad features of allianc [...]	2009-04-08 06:53:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI109	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KERALA [...] (SBU) Summary: The 21.6 million voters in the state of Kerala will go to polls on April 16 in the first of five phases of India's national elections. During a road tour of Kerala, we found the Congress party in an upbeat mood expecting to win a majority of the 20 seats that are up for grabs, [...]	2009-04-15 03:54:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM IN
09CHENNAI11	KEY UPA ALLY WINS TAINTED TAMIL NADU BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a by-election projected by some as a preview of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party, a key constituent of India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA),won by a huge margin. The opposition AIADMK party saw the by-election as an opportunity to e [...]	2009-01-13 07:14:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IN
09CHENNAI112	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KERALA [...] (SBU) Summary: The 21.6 million voters in the state of Kerala will go to polls on April 16 in the first of five phases of India's national elections. During a road tour of Kerala, we found the Congress party in an upbeat mood expecting to win a majority of the 20 seats that are up for grabs, [...]	2009-04-16 00:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM IN
09CHENNAI116	BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP SITTING PRETTY IN KARNATAKA [...] Summary: On April 23 voters in seventeen districts of the southern state of Karnataka will cast their votes in the state's first phase of voting in India's national elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did exceptionally well in 2004, winning eighteen seats. Congress came in second with [...]	2009-04-23 21:46:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF OTRA IN
09CHENNAI126	HONEST POLITICIAN FACES UPHILL FIGHT IN BANGALORE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent trip to the south Indian state Karnataka, we followed a Congress party candidate as he campaigned through the streets of Bangalore. The candidate's campaign events were modest in size and the reception he received varied based on the location's political leanin [...]	2009-04-30 07:16:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF IN PREL KDEM
09CHENNAI133	BHARAT BALLOT 09: POLITICAL SUCCESS REQUIRES GRASSROOTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Often lost in the coverage of India's elections are the details of how the process works on the local level. Local political figures in Kerala explained that direct contact with voters is critical. Political parties rely on "booth committees," pulled from extensive networks of [...]	2009-05-08 03:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM IN
09CHENNAI145	BHARAT BALLOT 09: UPA FACES SETBACK IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu has played a crucial role in the formation of India's recent coalition governments. In 2004, a DMK-led alliance swept the polls, contributing all of the state's parliamentary seats to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). But the tables have turned, with the DMK [...]	2009-05-13 07:08:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI149	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 05-050095903 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of Sudarrshan Technical Services told us by telephone that his company's only relationship with the Israel-based Scope Metals Group (ref B) was a one-time proposed sale in 2008 to purchase stud nuts for aircraft for the Indian Air Force (described in ref A). Sc [...]	2009-05-19 04:41:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IN IS
09CHENNAI151	TAMIL NADU QUIET AFTER PRABHAKARAN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Mixed but moderate responses in Tamil Nadu followed the news of the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),from relief to indifference to occasional outright denial. Despite the efforts of political parties to turn concern over [...]	2009-05-22 05:22:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN ASEC CE
09CHENNAI157	Over Half of Tibetan Visitors from India Overstay Visas [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of the 496 B1/B2 tourist visas granted in CY-2007 and CY-2008 to stateless individuals carrying Indian-issued identity papers. All butQ of those applicants was Tibetan. Over half of these travelers appear to be potential overs [...]	2009-05-26 23:17:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS ASEC PHUM PREL PREF IN
09CHENNAI158	Mission India FY08 Visa Referral Validation Study [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of all 1,408 approved non-immigrant visa applicants who utilized the visa referral program in FY2008 in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata. The study showed that 99.4 percent of the visa recipients have entered and depart [...]	2009-05-27 02:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI161	ANDHRA POLICE KILL KEY MAOIST LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Andhra Pradesh (AP) killed two top members of a violent Maoist group ("Naxalite") in an encounter on May 24. They also recovered several firearms. The police link one of those killed to several high-profile terrorist attacks, including assassination attempts against [...]	2009-05-28 06:37:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM IN
09CHENNAI163	BHARAT BALLOT '09: MAY 28 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS: ELECTION [...] (U) This report is part of a periodic series covering items of interest in South India not featured in our other reporting. This edition of "Southern Snapshots" covers: -- Tamil Nadu: Parties unable to leverage the plight of Sri Lanka's Tamils for political gain -- Andhra Pradesh: Sops tr [...]	2009-05-29 02:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI185	BHARAT BALLOT 09: TAMIL NADU ANALYSIS: CONGRESS-DMK [...] (SBU) Summary: The alliance between the Congress Party and the regional DMK party surprised nearly all observers by winning a thumping victory in Tamil Nadu in the recent parliamentary elections. Most commentators expected an opposition led by an alliance of regional and communist parties to [...]	2009-06-15 00:16:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI213	DEADLY HINDU-MUSLIM RIOTS HIT MYSORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the town of Mysore (in the state of Karnataka, 150 km west of Bangalore) left three dead on July 2. The immediate cause of the riots was the discovery of two pig heads in a building housing a mosque and madrassa (a type of Islamic school). [...]	2009-07-07 03:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR IN
09CHENNAI22	SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BANGALORE AND GUJARAT BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 07:58:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC IN
09CHENNAI223	THE SONS ALSO RISE: KARUNANIDHI KEEPS POWER IN THE FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi consolidated his family's hold over the DMK party in the wake of its surprisingly strong performance in the national elections. Karunanidhi signaled that his son Stalin is his heir apparent by naming him Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nad [...]	2009-07-09 04:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KBIO IN
09CHENNAI226	GREENPEACE DISRUPTS BIOTECH RICE TRIALS IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace on June 22 raided a field in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district (45 km north of Hyderabad) to protest against crop trials involving biotech rice conducted by Bayer CropScience (headquartered in Germany). The activists scaled the fenc [...]	2009-07-13 04:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV PGOV EINV IN GM
09CHENNAI248	CHILD LABOR PERSISTS IN SOME PARTS OF FORMAL FIREWORKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three children died in an explosion at a licensed fireworks factory near Madurai in southern Tamil Nadu. The factory was in violation of a number of regulations at the time of the accident, including India's prohibition against employing children in the manufacture of explosiv [...]	2009-07-30 23:38:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON ELAB IN
09CHENNAI25	HINDU EXTREMISTS ATTACK WOMEN IN MANGALORE PUB [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 40 male Hindu extremists on January 24 forced their way into a pub in Mangalore, Karnataka (300 km west of Bangalore) and attacked several women customers for "drinking in public and acting in an obscene manner." Local police took action only two days later, arrestin [...]	2009-01-30 08:35:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF IN
09CHENNAI269	PROSECUTIONS ON THE RISE, BUT CORRUPTION STILL PLAGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu has seen a series of arrests of bureaucrats for official corruption in the recent months. The cases have included several high-profile arrests of senior officers of the Indian Administrative Service, as well as lower level officials. Consulate contacts report that t [...]	2009-08-21 09:08:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD IN
09CHENNAI27	KERALA COMMUNISTS ROCKED BY CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An investigation implicating Pinarayi Vijayan, the Kerala state secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM),in a corruption case has rocked the leftist party. Although the state and national party have closed ranks behind Vijayan, his arch-rival Kerala's CPM Chief [...]	2009-02-02 08:29:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EIND EINV IN
09CHENNAI278	BY-ELECTIONS SEND MIXED POLITICAL SIGNALS IN SOUTH INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka held by-elections on August 18 to fill five legislative assembly seats in each state. Tamil Nadu's ruling alliance of the DMK and Congress parties stomped the opposition, winning all five seats handily. In Karnataka, the BJP increased its [...]	2009-08-27 05:32:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09CHENNAI284	INDIA'S FIRST LUNAR ORBITER MISSION SUFFERS PREMATURE [...] (U) The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) experienced abrupt loss of radio contact with its Chandrayaan-1 (C-1) lunar orbiter at 0130 local on August 29. ISRO Director Madhavan Nair told the press later that day that ISRO had terminated the mission. The spacecraft had completed 312 day [...]	2009-09-02 09:19:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA PREL EIND SENV IN
09CHENNAI289	ENGAGING WITH THE KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT ON RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) The Consul General (CG) met with Karnataka's Chief Minister and Governor separately on August 31. Chief Minister Yediyurappa spent most of the meeting reiterating his state's plea for a U.S. Consulate in Bangalore. He also sought the CG's support for an "investor's summit" that will be [...]	2009-09-09 07:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR IN
09CHENNAI294	RAHUL TOURS TAMIL NADU, WATERING THE GRASSROOTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Party's leader of the future, toured Tamil Nadu cities and towns September 8-10, calling on youth, entrepreneurs, farmers, weavers, fishermen, and Dalits to support his party in the state. He urged these potential supporters to bring Congress to power [...]	2009-09-14 11:45:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI IN
09CHENNAI317	SRI LANKAN REFUGEES IN INDIA UNLIKELY TO RETURN ANYTIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and cessation of hostilities in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to return to their homeland anytime soon. Release of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from confinement in IDP camps is a [...]	2009-10-30 05:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE
09CHENNAI319	COCHIN PORT SEEKS TO EAT COLOMBO'S LUNCH [...] (U) Summary: The Port of Cochin, located on India's southwest coast, is expanding in an ambitious attempt to alter shipping patterns in the region. Seventy-five percent of the containers that reach India's ports are trans-shipped via other (non-Indian) ports, and the Port of Cochin is hoping t [...]	2009-11-06 05:11:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL IN CE
09CHENNAI327	SOUTH INDIA'S FIRST BJP GOVERNMENT MUDDLES THROUGH A [...] (SBU) Summary: South India's first state government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) teetered on the verge of collapse for nearly two weeks as Karnataka's Chief Minister fought off attempts by the Tourism Minister to unseat him. National-level BJP authorities brokered a truce on Novemb [...]	2009-11-12 07:57:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF IN
09CHENNAI341	LABOR PROBLEMS NEAR CHENNAI HAMPER U.S. FIRM'S OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor problems severely hampered a U.S. firm's operations in late November. A local politician gathered an unruly mob to prevent the firm's contractors from entering its premises, ostensibly because some of the contractors were not local. Police eventually helped broker an agr [...]	2009-12-01 06:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI ELAB EINV PGOV IN
09CHENNAI343	DESPITE NATIONAL APPROVAL, BIOTECH EGGPLANT GENERATES [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) approved on October 14, 2009 the use of a biotech eggplant ("brinjal" to most Indians) variety as safe for environmental release. The GEAC has forwarded its recommendation to the Central government for a final determination. [...]	2009-12-09 04:01:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV PGOV EINV IN
09CHENNAI363	TAINTED TEA AND DILUTED DIESEL: CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFERS [...] (U) Summary: The concept of consumer protection in India is often little more than "buyer beware," but there are private and public efforts afoot to create a more helpful climate for consumers. The Government of India (GOI) is considering a new Consumer Protection Act, crafted similarly to U.S [...]	2009-12-31 08:20:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV ETRD PGOV IN
09CHENNAI38	SRI LANKAN WAR HEATS UP TAMIL NADU POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dramatic self-immolation by a young man in Chennai protesting Tamil civilian casualties in Sri Lanka gave opportunistic fringe parties a political opening. Their efforts to whip up more widespread protests through the call for a statewide general strike, however, fell flat d [...]	2009-02-06 08:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN CE
09CHENNAI53	MAOISTS SUFFER FURTHER BLOW IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) Konapuri Ilaiah ,former Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee (APSC) of India's indigenous Maoist insurgency (also known as Naxalites),surrendered to police on February 15, allegedly because of his ill health. Deputy Inspector General of the Special Intelligence Branch B. Shiv [...]	2009-02-24 06:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN
09CHENNAI57	SRI LANKA PERMEATES VISIT TO CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues related to the war in Sri Lanka dominated SCA/INS Acting Director Diane Kelly's February 3 to 5 visit to Chennai. Local concern for the civilians trapped in the fighting was a constant theme as she visited an NGO that supports refugees from the war and had lunch with Sri [...]	2009-02-26 02:10:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON IN CE
09CHENNAI66	BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA CPM STILL FLOUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Kerala are increasingly dissatisfied with the state's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in the run-up to the national election. The Kerala CPM has been gripped by a personal dispute between its two senior-most members, the Chief Minister and the party chief [...]	2009-03-06 00:20:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN
09CHENNAI7	INDIAN COMPUTER GIANT ADMITS COOKING THE BOOKS [...] (U) Summary: The chairman and founder of Satyam Computers Limited, one of India's premier information technology (IT) firms, admitted in a resignation letter on January 7 to committing large-scale fraud. The admission was the most recent in a series of blows that has seen the company's stock [...]	2009-01-09 05:53:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV KCRM IN
09CHENNAI70	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SETTING THE SCENE FOR SOUTH INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Election Commission's announcement of national election dates (April 16 - May 13),we have composed brief political scenesetters for the four South Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. These four states, with a combined population of r [...]	2009-03-09 08:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN
09CHENNAI71	SOUTH INDIA'S STATES BORROW TO OFFSET ECONOMIC WOES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 07:09:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD IN
09CHENNAI76	BHARAT BALLOT 09: MARCH 12 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of election highlights from Consulate General Chennai that did not feature in our other reporting on India's upcoming elections: -- Tamil Nadu: Congress/DMK partnership set to reprise 2004's grand alliance? -- Tamil Nadu: a brief fast for Sri Lankan Tamils [...]	2009-03-12 07:47:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI81	WOMEN IN INDIA: TAMIL NADU'S IRON LADY J. JAYALALITHAA [...] (SBU) Summary: Movie-star turned politician J. Jayalalithaa's political career embodies many of the contradictions inherent in the history of successful female politicians in India's otherwise patriarchical society. A man brought her into politics but she rose to the height of power on her own [...]	2009-03-19 03:44:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09CHENNAI83	WOMEN IN INDIA: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH [...] Summary: Self-help groups are at the vanguard of women's empowerment in South India. Small groups of women organized by government and non-governmental organizations encourage poor women to pool funds and allow them to access loans from the formal banking sector. In so doing, the groups aff [...]	2009-03-20 00:39:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09CHENNAI86	BHARAT BALLOT 09: MARCH 24 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS, VOLUME 2 [...] (U) This report is the second in a periodic series of election-related items in South India that highlight important information not featured in our other reporting. This edition of "Southern Snapshots" covers: -- Tamil Nadu: BJP searching in vain for alliance partners in Tamil Nadu -- Ta [...]	2009-03-24 07:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI94	BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA COMMUNISTS TURN TO CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerala's ruling party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM),has made a tactical alliance with a controversial Islamic leader, Abdul Nasser Madhani. Beset by internal problems -- both within the party and its coalition -- the CPM is featuring Madhani on the campaign tra [...]	2009-03-31 04:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM IN

09CHENNAI97	TAMIL NADU EGG EXPORTERS PUSH FOR REGIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The South India state of Tamil Nadu produces the bulk of India's egg exports and has not experienced a single case of avian influenza (AI). AI outbreaks in other parts of India, however, have caused the state's main export markets in the Arabian Gulf and elsewhere to close peri [...]	2009-04-01 03:01:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV KFLU IN
09CHENNAI98	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIX MONTHS LATER, RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly six months after the anti-Christian violence that drew international media attention (refs C-E),Christian groups in the seaside town of Mangalore, Karnataka are still nervous. While the media attention has died down and large-scale violence like what transpired in Septe [...]	2009-04-02 06:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI IN
09CHIANGMAI10	IN NORTH, PRO-THAKSIN VOTE DROPS SHARPLY AS VOTES FOR [...] (U) In January 11 by-elections in two northern constituencies, the Democrat Party (DP),the largest party in the new governing coalition, garnered over 40,000 more votes than it did in the 2007 national elections in the same two districts. Despite this increase, the pro-Thaksin Puea Thai Par [...]	2009-01-15 09:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
09CHIANGMAI103	HMONG IN NORTHERN THAILAND ARE ASSIMILATING AND NETWORKING [...] (U) Over the past twenty years, the Hmong in northern Thailand have accepted a sedentary lifestyle and continue to assimilate into Thai society. Today, there are many agricultural Hmong communities in northern Thailand where trade in handicrafts and other products is growing. These Thai-Hm [...]	2009-07-17 01:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECIN ECPS EINT EIND ELAB ETRD EINV PHUM
09CHIANGMAI106	REDSHIRTS PROTEST AT CONSULATE [...] (SBU) On July 20, representatives of a local anti-government redshirt group displayed placards peacefully expressing their disapproval of Thailand's current governing coalition and its chairmanship of the on-going ASEAN/ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in front of the Consulate. They also hand- [...]	2009-07-20 10:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL TH
09CHIANGMAI118	NORTHERN REDSHIRTS, MPS MARK THAKSIN'S BIRTHDAY [...] (U) At well-attended events in three northern provinces organized by several different redshirt groups on July 26, supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin celebrated his 60th birthday flanked by leading MPs of the opposition Phuea Thai Party - the successor to Thaksin's Thai Rak T [...]	2009-08-03 08:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TH
09CHIANGMAI125	BURMA: SHAN VILLAGES BURNED, FORCIBLY RELOCATED [...] (SBU)Burmese troops operating in Shan State burned 10 villages and forcibly relocated an additional 30 in late July, according to Shan contacts in Thailand and Burma. Shan groups also accuse the troops of other grave human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrest, torture, gang rape, and arb [...]	2009-08-20 10:36:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS BM TH
09CHIANGMAI132	REDSHIRTS, YELLOWSHIRTS DOWNPLAY RECONCILIATION CALL [...] (SBU) According to both anti-government redshirt and anti-Thaksin yellowshirt groups based in Chiang Mai, the joint private sector-academic community's call for political reconciliation to facilitate economic recovery issued in August was "misdirected" and does not carry any weight. While bot [...]	2009-09-18 07:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM TH
09CHIANGMAI152	G/TIP VISIT HIGHLIGHTS STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES OF ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) A G/TIP fact-finding mission to Northern Thailand reaffirmed that NGO's and Thai Government Agencies are working to stem the flow of trafficking in persons cases, though a number of problems remain. Burmese migrants are wary of the consequences of a newly developed migrant worker regist [...]	2009-10-14 05:20:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIP KWMN PGOV TH
09CHIANGMAI166	BURMA: NATIONALITY VERIFICATION ON-GOING AT NORTHERN-MOST [...] (SBU) Thai Government and business contacts in Chiang Rai Province told us during an October 19-20 visit that the nationality verification process for Burmese workers is proceeding smoothly at the Mae Sai-Tachilek center, although at a slow pace. Problems they cited that are keeping the proc [...]	2009-11-06 09:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG KTIP BM TH
09CHIANGMAI170	IF WE BUILD IT WILL THEY COME? NORTHERN THAILAND AND THE [...] (SBU) Projects in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province to improve the Greater Mekong Subregion's (GMS) north/south economic trade corridor between southern China and central Thailand continue to move forward. A new bridge over the Mekong River at Chiang Khong, the last link for the Kunm [...]	2009-11-12 03:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EINV PREL BTIO CH LA TH
09CHIANGMAI172	RED-SHIRTS CALL FOR U.S. TO BOYCOTT RTG [...] (SBU) Capitalizing on the on-going visit to Chiang Mai of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, over 50 members of red-shirt groups protested in front of Consulate Chiang Mai on November 16, strongly criticizing the current Royal Thai Government (RTG),and asking the U.S. to "boycott and not sup [...]	2009-11-16 09:50:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC TH
09CHIANGMAI173	NORTHERN RED-YELLOW DIALOGUE EXPANDS TO INCLUDE GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) The low-key dialogue launched in recent months by local red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups, aimed at lowering the political temperature in Chiang Mai, continues to gain legs. Spurred on by positive media coverage and the constructive roles in the process played by academics and business [...]	2009-11-19 08:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
09CHIANGMAI179	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES U.S.-THAI BUSINESS RELATIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador promoted U.S.-Thai economic relations during a November 18 visit to Chiang Mai. His program included meetings with local government, press, and private industry. At his call on the Provincial Governor, the topics discussed included the need to further IPR protection i [...]	2009-12-01 07:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL TH
09CHIANGMAI18	TOUGHER TIMES AHEAD FOR PRO-THAKSIN FORCES IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Despite reports from multiple sources of a decline in their support base, pro-Thaksin "redshirt" groups in northern Thailand continue to intimidate officials and supporters of the present government, even when they travel to northern Thailand on personal business. In the latest spate of [...]	2009-02-02 08:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP TH
09CHIANGMAI28	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. "SOFT POWER" IN VISIT TO NORTHERN [...] (U) The Ambassador's February 17-20 visit to four northern provinces highlighted the array of "soft power" tools the USG brings to bear in its 175-year-old relationship with Thailand. After opening the visit by participating in the closing ceremony of the 28th annual Cobra Gold military exerci [...]	2009-02-26 07:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM ECON SCUL KPAO TH
09CHIANGMAI3	REDSHIRTS FLEX THEIR MUSCLE IN NORTH AHEAD OF BY-ELECTIONS [...] Over the past few weeks, pro-Thaksin (redshirt) protestors in northern Thailand have come out in force to show their opposition to the current Democrat Party-led coalition government, and intimidate its officials and supporters. Though not violent in nature, these protests have included block [...]	2009-01-07 06:59:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP TH
09CHIANGMAI32	REDS SPOIL TWO RALLIES, CANCEL ONE OF THEIR OWN [...] (SBU) The last two weeks of February saw a flurry of activity by pro-Thaksin "redshirt" groups in two northern provinces. The leading Rak Chiang Mai 51 (RCM51) group disrupted the rallies of two apolitical groups (corn farmers and gay activists),and redshirts cancelled a rally due to infigh [...]	2009-03-05 06:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
09CHIANGMAI42	RAIDS NET FIVE SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS; TWO VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Coordinated raids at two Chiang Mai karaoke bars on February 18 led to the arrest of five suspected traffickers and the rescue of two victims -- minors who were allegedly forced into prostitution. The suspects remain in custody while the police collect evidence and assemble witnesses. [...]	2009-03-24 11:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP SMIG KWMN KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL TH BM CH
09CHIANGMAI59	COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS REMAIN OPEN; REDSHIRT LEADERS TURN [...] (SBU) Though raided on April 17 and ordered to cease politically-charged broadcasts that could incite violence by the Provincial Government, pro-redshirt community radio stations in Chiang Mai continue to broadcast under the terms of an MOU negotiated with Provincial authorities. In a separat [...]	2009-04-30 03:34:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SCUL PROP ECPS SOCI TH
09CHIANGMAI60	STATE DEPT GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS RISKS OF TRAFFICKING TO [...] (SBU) Consulate staff spent the night in a hill tribe village April 7-8 to monitor an NGO's implementation of a $20,000 grant it had received from the Department's Women's Issues Fund to conduct anti-trafficking-in-persons campaigns. Village authorities and the NGO have different views of the [...]	2009-04-30 09:45:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM TH
09CHIANGMAI73	GOVERNMENT MUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DURING BURNING [...] (U) Despite seasonal air pollution in northern Thailand reaching hazardous levels well above last year's, local Thai government bodies remained quiet, issuing no public announcements during the peak periods of the burning season. The highest daily PM10 measurements for the burning season (Febr [...]	2009-06-04 07:38:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAGR CH LA BM TH
09CHIANGMAI75	NGOS ASSIST HILL TRIBES IN DIVERSE WAYS, BUT CAPACITY [...] (U) Although the Royal Thai Government (RTG) passed two laws in 2008 that improved citizenship eligibility, stateless persons living in northern Thailand still face a host of legal, administrative, and practical obstacles to citizenship. Recognizing the many disadvantages confronting statele [...]	2009-06-04 09:49:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SMIG PREF PREL KWMN BM TH
09CHIANGMAI84	JADE ACT: SMUGGLING OF BURMESE GEMS REMAINS HIGH AT MAE SAI [...] (SBU) In contrast to other gem markets in Thailand such as Mae Sot and Chantaburi, where African gems make up the bulk of the merchandise, smuggled Burmese gems (mainly rubies and jade) continue to dominate the local Mae Sai market. While Mae Sai gem traders and jewelry producers complain that [...]	2009-06-24 01:36:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECPS ECON PREL PGOV BM TH
09CHIANGMAI90	SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT MIGRANT WORKER POLICY, NEW TECHNOLOGY IN [...] (U) As Thailand grapples with its policy towards migrant workers and in the wake of media getting caught in the crosshairs of Thai domestic politics, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted two PA speakers funded by Embassy Bangkok on migrant labor and citizen journalism June 19-20. Both programs were w [...]	2009-06-26 10:30:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG SOCI ECON ELAB SCUL ECPS PROP TH BM
09CHIANGMAI91	ASEAN MPS HEADLINE ASSK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) Four members of the ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) called for tougher action against Burma by Thailand and other ASEAN nations at a June 19 event jointly hosted by Chiang Mai University to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday. Atypically for Burma events here, a large p [...]	2009-07-02 06:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM RP MY SN
09CHIANGMAI93	U.S. ACADEMIC DISCUSSES OPPOSITION PARTY POLITICS WITH RED [...] (U) As redshirt, yellowshirt, and other politically active groups struggle to define their roles in Thai society, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted a U.S. speaker, who discussed with them the role of opposition parties in the U.S. system. An expert on the American political system, Dr. Larry Berman [...]	2009-07-02 09:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SCUL SOCI TH
09CHIANGMAI96	REDSHIRTS TARGET PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER, REGIONAL POLICE [...] (SBU) In their latest wave of protests July 6 and 9, redshirts in northern Thailand confronted Public Health Minister Wittaya Kaewparadai, the Chiang Mai Regional Police Commissioner and the seat of the Provincial Government. The Minister is the latest in a string of visitors supportive of th [...]	2009-07-10 08:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PROP ECPS TH
09CHIANGMAI98	LOWER NORTH ECONOMIES CONTRACTING; POLITICAL DIVIDES [...] (SBU) The economy in Phitsanulok remains stable, providing a solid economic foundation for the region, despite the global economic crisis causing many workers to return to the lower north. Although the agricultural sector in the region's economic hub of Phitsanulok is reportedly accommodating [...]	2009-07-13 09:47:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ECIN EFIN ELAB PGOV SNAR SMIG SOCI TH
09CHISINAU1003	ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CRISES NECESSITATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The previous Party of Communists (PCRM)-dominated Parliament adopted Moldova's initial state budget for 2009 with positive forecasts for GDP growth and receipts. However, the new government of Moldova (GOM) inherited a GDP drop of minus nine percent for 2009, falling revenues, [...]	2009-12-30 12:20:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU1012	MOLDOVA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Chisinau nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Government [...]	2009-12-31 09:00:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OSCE MD
09CHISINAU107	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 05:50:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MD
09CHISINAU108	MOLDOVA: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 06:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM SMIG
09CHISINAU123	Judge Pantiru-in Romania since 2001 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel request for information on Tudor Pantiru, candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, is given below. 2. (SBU) Judge Pantiru left his position with the European Court of Human Rights in 2001, when the present Party of Communists government took office, and now live [...]	2009-02-24 09:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA MD RO
09CHISINAU125	MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE REGARDING USG NOMINATION FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 13:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG KSCA SENV AORC MD
09CHISINAU136	MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:02:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MD IZ
09CHISINAU137	MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON USG PARTICIPATION IN HRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU227	MOLDOVA SUCCUMBS TO ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: After the GOM's initial confidence that Moldova might ride out the global financial storm (backed by positive economic figures for 2008),more recent news about a slowdown in imports, exports and remittances forebodes gloom for 2009. The International Monetary Fund now projec [...]	2009-03-25 13:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD
09CHISINAU268	MOLDOVA 2009 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the April 5 at-large parliamentary elections rapidly approaching, the electoral campaign is at its final stage. The most recent poll shows a relatively high 26.4 percent of voters as still undecided, and likely to make up their minds in the very last days. At this point [...]	2009-04-02 13:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU270	TRANSNISTRIAN PARTICIPATION IN MOLDOVAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten polling stations will be opened on the right bank for residents of Transnistria, and at least several thousand Transnistrians are expected to attempt to vote on April 5. Additionally, a polling station will be opened in the village of Corjova, which is physically located [...]	2009-04-03 15:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS MD
09CHISINAU271	WHY COMMUNISTS AND LIBERALS SHARE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Domestic social problems have been the main focus of campaign discussions. The global economic crisis and its impact on the Moldovan economy has proven a largely irrelevant issue on the parties' electoral agenda. Since almost all parties share the same position on foreign po [...]	2009-04-03 15:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU272	WHY COMMUNISTS AND LIBERALS SHARE THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 15:21:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU273	Post Meets Disaffected Politicians in All [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the April 5 parliamentary elections in Moldova, Pol/Econ officers visited all 32 raions to meet members of political parties and to assess the overall conduct of the campaign. The political parties all reported that they had been actively engaged in reaching o [...]	2009-04-03 15:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU281	MOLDOVA ELECTIONS GIVE PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliamentary elections in Moldova have yielded a bare majority nationwide for the Party of Communists (PCRM). Depending upon the methodology used for calculating the distribution of parliamentary seats, it appears that the PCRM has won 60-61 seats of 101 in Parliament. With 61 [...]	2009-04-06 15:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU287	Election Protests Turn Violent - President and Parliament Buildings Trashed [...] (SBU) Summary: After unoffiial April 5 election results gave a majority t the ruling Party of Communists (PCRM),thousand of Moldovans took to the streets on Monday, Aprl 6. A candle-lit vigil of some thousands on te evening of April 6 remained peaceful with calls for democracy and electio [...]	2009-04-08 14:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU288	PROTESTS PEACEFUL, FOCUS TURNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Political protest continued April 8, but the crowd remained peaceful, and was much smaller than the previous day. Speeches and slogans continued, but to a much smaller crowd in a relaxed atmosphere. The focus has now turned from the streets to political accusations. Both R [...]	2009-04-08 16:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD RO
09CHISINAU294	NO DEMONSTRATIONS JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations abated on April 9, with no more than a few hundred gathered in front of the main government building. However, the city continued to be tense with anticipation, as further demonstrations are being planned for April 10 and April 12. The government has been imp [...]	2009-04-10 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU296	GOVERNMENT USING INTIMIDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Voronin's crackdown on student rioters, journalists, and other outspoken critics of the government over the last two days has created a sense of fear among potential demonstrators. Cyberspace messages cautioned demonstrators not to go downtown because they risked a [...]	2009-04-10 15:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU301	SOME 10,000 GATHER FOR PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday April 12 an estimated 7-10,000 people gathered for a peaceful demonstration in support of the opposition. The demands have largely shifted from the initial elections-related demands to concerns for the well-being of those arrested in connection with the violent Apri [...]	2009-04-13 14:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU302	MOLDOVA FACING CHALLENGES TO INSTALLING A [...] (SBU) Summary: With the immediate threat of street violence diminished, Moldova continues to face a political crisis which will preserve a state of uncertainty until the vote recount is finished, the Parliament meets and a new President and Cabinet is put in place. Parliament faces signific [...]	2009-04-14 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU316	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE ON USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 15:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU331	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MEDIA REPS TO HEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with a group of journalists and representatives of independent media outlets on April 17 at their request to hear their concerns regarding recent actions of law enforcement bodies against independent media, such as intimidation, detention and beatings of jour [...]	2009-04-28 05:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO MD
09CHISINAU348	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE ON VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL MD
09CHISINAU378	EAC Meeting Notes -- No Impact from Detainee Photographs [...] (SBU) Following reftel instructions, Embassy Chisinau's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the impact on mission and AMCIT security of media attention to the issue of unreleased detainee photographs. 2. (SBU) EAC members noted that the issue had not been raised in Moldovan media [...]	2009-05-21 06:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MD
09CHISINAU423	MOLDOVA UNABLE TO RELEASE HELICOPTERS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 10:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG PARM PK MD
09CHISINAU425	Romania-Moldova Spats Burnish Nationalist [...] (SBU) Summary: After disputed parliamentary elections in Moldova followed by violent street demonstrations on April 7, the presidents of Romania and Moldova have engaged in tit-for-tat accusations and counter-measures that benefit both domestically, but have seriously harmed bilateral relati [...]	2009-06-03 14:02:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MD
09CHISINAU430	Embassy Enhances Continuing Legal [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April seminar, the Embassy, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Government of Moldova's (GOM) National Justice Institute trained 57 judges and prosecutors to understand Moldovan law and relevant UN conventions; taught them how to seek evidence from countries su [...]	2009-06-05 14:24:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU431	MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 07:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MD
09CHISINAU450	Parliament Approves New Government - Lupu Quits Communist [...] (SBU) Summary: At its June 10 session, the Parliament approved Prime Minister Zinaida Grecanii's list for interim cabinet. The new cabinet is almost the same as the previous one. Ex-Speaker Marian Lupu announced his departure from the Party of Communists (PCRM),which has the potential to we [...]	2009-06-12 14:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU451	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 06:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV MD
09CHISINAU457	MOLDOVA RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 06:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA MD
09CHISINAU485	CRITICAL ECONOMIC TIMES: IMF MISSION PACKS UP AND GOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An IMF mission visited Moldova from May 28 to June 8 to negotiate a new agreement. Following unproductive discussions with Government of Moldova (GOM) officials, the mission departed without a new arrangement. The IMF projected that Moldova's GDP would decrease nine percent or [...]	2009-06-22 13:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU493	VORONIN VISITS MOSCOW AND RETURNS WITH USD 500 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Vladimir Voronin traveled to Moscow on June 22, and held bilateral meetings with both President Dmitrii Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Following his talks with Voronin, Putin announced a USD 500 million credit to Moldova. Some media reports quoted Putin [...]	2009-06-25 14:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU497	MOLDOVAN INVESTPRIVATBANK FALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Moldova, the country's central bank, withdrew the license of Investprivatbank (IPB) on Friday, June 19. The central bank issued a statement citing banking law violations and added that it had appointed an administrator to liquidate the bank. Moldovan aut [...]	2009-06-26 11:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU5	GRINCH STEALS CHRISTMAS AGAIN IN MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Once again, the central government has interfered with Chisinau Christmas celebrations in an attempt to thwart Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca and assert its control over public space in the capital. Like last year, the confrontation began with a wandering Christmas tree; this y [...]	2009-01-06 13:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU530	IMF AND WORLD BANK REPS SEE BLEAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a donors' meeting on June 25, IMF Resident Representative, Johan Mathisen, and World Bank Country Manager, Melanie Marlett, assessed the current status of the Moldovan economy as bleak and reviewed possible measures to assist Moldova. The IMF projects a GDP contraction of [...]	2009-07-07 13:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU545	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 08:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK MD
09CHISINAU556	NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE RAILROAD TUNNEL IN TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to other, more successful working groups between Chisinau and Transnistrian authorities, the newly created Working Group on Railroads, which met for the first time on July 7, has revealed the greatest difficulties: Transnistria wants the railroads to resume service, [...]	2009-07-17 06:00:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS ELTN ETRD RS UP MD
09CHISINAU561	DEMARCHE REPLY: SUPPORTING NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE UNITED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 14:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MD
09CHISINAU581	All-Party Mud Wrestling as Campaign [...] (SBU) Summary: As Moldova's July 29 repeat parliamentary election nears, the political parties have been using this campaign period to try to exploit the controversies which followed April 5 elections and the violent demonstrations of April 7. The ruling Communists have extensively used cam [...]	2009-07-27 14:38:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU586	Mud Wrestling Ends; Voting Proceeds [...] (SBU) Summary: After a mud-slinging polarized campaign, peaceful voting has begun on July 29. Procedures are in place, and nearly 2,000 polling stations (PEBs) are reporting high turnout. Problems are predominantly minor, such as errors on voting lists and occasional high-handed pronouncemen [...]	2009-07-29 13:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU587	POLLING RESULTS SHOW CONCERN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent polling by the International Republican Institute (IRI) on the eve of July 29 repeat parliamentary elections, shows that Moldovans' concerns are overwhelmingly economic and that most people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. A separate recent poll by [...]	2009-07-30 08:10:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU588	EMBASSY OBSERVERS NOTE BOTH GOOD AND BAD [...] (SBU) Summary: On voting day, fourteen teams of Embassy election monitors noted wide discrepancies in polling station management, quality of voter lists, quality of local-observer participation, and vote counting and posting at the precinct and district levels. In many polling stations elec [...]	2009-07-30 15:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU589	ELECTING A PRESIDENT ONLY POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With 98.3 percent of the vote counted, it is already clear that Moldova will have a five-party parliament. With 48 seats reported thus far out of a total of 101, the Party of Communists (PCRM) will be unable to elect a President, or even a Speaker, on its own. It is still po [...]	2009-07-30 15:57:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MD
09CHISINAU608	What Comes Next: Expert Views [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldovan experts agree that the July 29 elections offer a chance for opposition parties to exercise power, although the constitutional provisions for establishing a government will make the process complicated. The current ruling Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova (PCR [...]	2009-08-04 13:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU611	DEMARCHE REPLY: 64th UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Anatol Urecheanu, Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA&EI),Republic of Moldova on July 21, 2009. Sergiu Mihov, the new Head of the UN and Specialized Agencies Division, responded on [...]	2009-08-05 08:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA MD
09CHISINAU613	USD 1 BILLION CHINESE LOAN FOR MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, Moldova's Minister of Construction and Territorial Development and the president of Covec signed a memorandum of understanding for a USD 1 billion loan. Some news about this loan had circulated earlier, as Moldovan press noted in early February that China's largest [...]	2009-08-05 13:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD
09CHISINAU627	Non-Communist Parties Unite; Now the [...] (SBU) Summary: The four non-Communist parties, who were elected to a combined parliamentary majority of 53 out of 101 seats on July 29, formed an official Alliance for European Integration on August 8. If, as is increasingly being predicted, the Party of Communists (PCRM) "designates" eight [...]	2009-08-10 15:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU629	Possible Alliance Government Signals Desire to Lift [...] (SBU) Summary: The four-party non-Communist coalition, which likely will form Moldova's next Government, has stated its intent to reverse a foreign-policy blunder made in April, when the present Government imposed a visa regime on Romanian citizens. Removing these sharply criticized visa req [...]	2009-08-11 14:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM MD RO
09CHISINAU636	DEMARCHE REPLY: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 11:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MD
09CHISINAU670	Alliance Candidate Ghimpu Elected Speaker [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first session of the Parliament elected on July 29 convened on August 28. After the Party of Communists (PRCM) temporary chair adjourned the session and the 48 PCRM deputies departed the hall, the 53 MPs of the Alliance for European Integration (AIE) reconvened and elect [...]	2009-08-28 15:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU70	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:32:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN MD
09CHISINAU704	It's Official Q President Voronin has [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the morning of September 11, President Vladimir Voronin formally resigned. His Message to the People of Moldova was headlined in the morning newspapers and also broadcast on national television. Following Voronin's announcement, Parliament met on the afternoon of Septem [...]	2009-09-11 17:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU71	TERRORISM FINANCE: MOLDOVA RECEIVED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE MD
09CHISINAU713	Ghimpu Confirmed As Acting President, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 17, the Constitutional Court confirmed the legality of Parliamentary Speaker Ghimpu's assumption of the position of Acting President. Ghimpu promptly nominated Liberal Democratic Party leader Vlad Filat as his candidate for Prime Minister. Filat will have up to [...]	2009-09-17 15:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU72	TERRORISM FINANCE: MOLDOVA RECEIVED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE MD
09CHISINAU73	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP PARM IR MD
09CHISINAU74	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY
09CHISINAU755	NEW GOM QUICKLY REGISTERS IRI AND NDI [...] (SBU) In one of its first official actions, the Moldovan Ministry of Justice issued registration certificates to IRI and NDI on September 29. (Note: the previous Communist-led GoM had denied registration over the past year to IRI and NDI.) This was one day after Prime Minister Vlad Filat had [...]	2009-10-01 14:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU770	DEMARCHE REPLY: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Dorin Panfil, Head of NATO and Politico-Military Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA),on September 28, 2009. Panfil responded that the Government of Moldova would duly consider this request and that he would pass the [...]	2009-10-07 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MD
09CHISINAU771	DEMARCHE REPLY: EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Dorin Panfil, Head of NATO and Politico-Military Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA),on September 28, 2009. Panfil responded that the Government of Moldova would support the U.S. without question on this issue as the [...]	2009-10-07 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IR KNNP MNUC PARM MD
09CHISINAU842	DEMARCHE REPLY: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Alexei Iatco, First Secretary, OSCE and International Security Directorate, Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA&EI),Republic of Moldova, on October 27, 2009. Mr. Iatco noted that he would forward [...]	2009-10-29 05:51:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN MD
09CHISINAU865	AH1N1 INFLUENZA IN MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: The level of concern about H1N1 influenza is rising in Moldova. Though so far Moldova has only been hit by two deaths and 113 confirmed cases, new cases are reported daily, (36 on November 6),and both government and population are starting to feel jittery, particularly as the [...]	2009-11-06 14:10:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV AMED MD
09CHISINAU875	Prime Minister Demands Action on TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, for the first time ever, a Moldovan Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons. Moreover, PM Vlad Filat did so in the presence of five cabinet members, and other high officials, to whom he gave very clear mar [...]	2009-11-12 11:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KTIP MD
09CHISINAU877	Prime Minister Demands Action on TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, for the first time ever, a Moldovan Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons. Moreover, PM Vlad Filat did so in the presence of five cabinet members, and other high officials, to whom he gave very clear mar [...]	2009-11-13 09:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KTIP MD
09CHISINAU898	MOLDOVA INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova's new government (GOM),in place only since late September, has moved quickly to push reforms and address the problem of trafficking in persons (TIP). Per ref B, Prime Minister Vlad Filat chaired the GOM's first meeting of the National Committee for Combating Traffick [...]	2009-11-23 12:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG MD
09CHISINAU945	ODC LETTER OF REQUEST (LOR) [...] THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE COOPERATION (ODC) RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL LETTER OF REQUEST FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA DATED 28 OCTOBER 2009. 2. REQUEST OVERVIEW TYPE OF REQUEST: REQUEST TO AMEND THE FMF CASE MD- R-DTL BY INCREASING FUNDING WITH $100,000 AND INCLUDE [...]	2009-12-09 13:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM MARR MASS EAID MCAP PM MD
09CHISINAU958	Religious Extremists Desecrate Chanukah [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of Sunday December 13, followers of a small, radical Christian Orthodox religious group desecrated the menorah erected by the Jewish community in celebration of Chanukah in Chisinau's central square. After the incident, representatives of the Jewish community t [...]	2009-12-16 13:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU988	CHISINAU: INCSR 2009-2010 PART 1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Chisinau's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR Part I follows: Â [...]	2009-12-24 06:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MD
09CHISINAU989	CHISINAU: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. One significant act of possible politically motivated domestic terrorism, however, did occur. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terr [...]	2009-12-24 09:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR MD

09CIUDADJUAREZ22	2008 - THE YEAR IN NUMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The incidence of violent crime in Ciudad Juarez this past year was high by any standard. There were 1,633 murders in and around Juarez, a figure that represented more than one quarter of all homicides registered in Mexico during 2008, and five times the number recorded in the [...]	2009-01-23 01:24:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV CASC SNAR MX
09COLOMBO1002	IMF PRESSURING THE MALDIVES TO IMMEDIATELY REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) and the IMF agree that the GOM must drastically cut its government payroll expenses, but they disagree how to do it. The GOM has substantially increased its government salaries over the last two years, which, in combination with reduced [...]	2009-11-01 06:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MV PGOV
09COLOMBO1033	Countries Vulnerable to Climate Change Press for Action at [...] (U) SUMMARY: Government leaders from eleven countries participated in the Climate Vulnerable Forum November 9-10 in the Maldives. The participants and observers heard from experts on special challenges the most vulnerable countries are facing, scientific aspects of global climate goals, and [...]	2009-11-14 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN CE
09COLOMBO1037	LABOR SLOWDOWNS BEGIN POLITICAL SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary. Labor unions affiliated with the opposition political parties UNP and JVP held a three day labor slowdown Nov 11-13 in the government run electricity, petrol, water and port companies. The labor action had a limited impact, but post expects continued labor actions in advan [...]	2009-11-16 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON ELAB PGOV
09COLOMBO1038	PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA GETS COLD FEET ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a much-anticipated nationwide speech on Sunday night failed to announce either a presidential or general election. Rajapaksa instead largely gave a speech that extolled the virtues of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and took thinly-veiled swi [...]	2009-11-16 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1050	Committee to Monitor Investigations into Abductions and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister P. Radhakrishnan, a member of parliament who also serves as the Deputy Minister of Vocational and Technical Training and as the Convener of the Committee to Monitor Investigations into Abductions and Disappearances. Although P [...]	2009-11-20 01:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1051	PRM PDAS WITTEN EXAMINES IDP ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 12-16 visit of PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Samuel Witten came during a critical period in the ongoing humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. The Government is accelerating releases from closed camps, a move welcomed by the international community but on [...]	2009-11-20 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1053	SRI LANKA MEETS IMF TARGETS IN SEPTEMBER; CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary. An IMF team has found that Sri Lanka is meeting its foreign reserve and government deficit targets for September, although the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will need to restrain expenditures to meet the December deficit targets. The GSL has submitted a Vote on Account in [...]	2009-11-23 02:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON EFIN PGOV
09COLOMBO1054	SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE (SFRC) FACT FINDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 2-8, Senate Foreign Relations staff members Nilmini Rubin and Fatema Sumar visited Sri Lanka and held meetings with senior government officials, international organizations, political leaders, civil-society activists, and journalists to discuss post war reconciliation [...]	2009-11-23 02:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1056	FOOD SECURITY IN SRI LANKA: A "GROWING" PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka continues to focus attention on food security and is taking some actions to increase production on the island. Post-harvest losses remain a particular problem. The government is encouraging farmers to modernize production and transport techniques, but is hindered by [...]	2009-11-23 04:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON IO AID CE
09COLOMBO1066	BATTLE OF THE TITANS BEGINS [...] (U) Late on November 23, President Mahinda Rajapaksa began the process to hold an early presidential election and instructed the Elections Commission to begin preparations for the election. Rajapaksa issued the instructions at a meeting with leaders of political parties constituting the ruling [...]	2009-11-24 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1074	MALDIVES: OVERVIEW OF RECENT LEGISLATION PASSED BY [...] SUMMARY: The Maldivian parliament recently passed the Child Sexual Abuse Act and an amendment to the penal code that decriminalizes defamation. President Nasheed has signed the former into law and is expected shortly to sign the latter. While local journalists and international press freedom [...]	2009-11-27 02:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MV
09COLOMBO1075	SRI LANKA'S TEA SECTOR: "A GIFT FROM GOD" [...] (U) SUMMARY: Long Sri Lanka's top export, tea remains one of the country's most valuable foreign currency earners despite being supplanted by the textile sector in the top slot. The country's highly sought-after "orthodox" teas remain global favorites, particularly in the Middle East and the [...]	2009-11-27 06:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD CE
09COLOMBO1077	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR [...] Per reftel, below is the 2009/10 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Sri Lanka. The INCSR for the Maldives will be transmitted septel. SUMMARY -- 2. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug [...]	2009-11-27 07:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CE
09COLOMBO1078	IPR IN THE MALDIVES: LOTS TO DO IN LITTLE TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maldives does not currently have legislation on the books protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The Maldives is expected to graduate from the list of least developed nations by 2011, necessitating passage of WTO-compatible intellectual property legislation. Since 2 [...]	2009-11-27 08:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1092	PANDEMIC FLU PREPARATIONS IN THE MALDIVES - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: To date, there have been only 32 confirmed cases of H1N1 (Swine flu) in the Maldives with one reported death. Maldivians are increasingly concerned with the country's ability to cope with a full-blown outbreak. The Ma [...]	2009-12-02 07:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TBIO KFLU SOCI CASC MV
09COLOMBO1117	Re-declaration of Disaster for the Complex Emergency in Sri [...] (U) Background: Continued civil strife in the North of Sri Lanka has displaced upwards of hundreds of thousand people from their homes creating a complex emergency for the region. A disaster was initially declared in August of 2006 when almost 50,000 people had been displaced. In 2007 and 200 [...]	2009-12-04 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1120	IPR IN THE MALDIVES: LOTS TO DO IN LITTLE TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maldives does not currently have legislation on the books protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The Maldives is expected to graduate from the list of least developed nations by 2011, necessitating passage of WTO-compatible intellectual property legislation. Since 2 [...]	2009-12-07 06:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1125	HAMBANTOTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of China is constructing an international airport in conjunction with the large Hambantota port. Hambantota is located in the rural South of Sri Lanka, which also happens to be President Rajapaksa,s home region and political base. China Harbor Ltd. is engaged [...]	2009-12-09 02:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN CH
09COLOMBO1130	Maldives Budget Reduces Government Deficit [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) proposed an austere 2010 budget to its Parliament. The budget projects both reduced spending and growing tax collection that would reduce the government budget deficit from 29% of GDP in 2009 to 16% of GDP in 2010 and reaching a mere 3% of G [...]	2009-12-10 08:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV MV
09COLOMBO1140	UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1142	SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS: MALDIVIAN PARTIES LEARNING ABOUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 7 and 8, PolOffs traveled to Maldives to meet with political parties tomee Party (DQP),a member of the coalition party that recently broke away from government. As expected, there were dissenting opinions on the current state of the country but also several points of a [...]	2009-12-15 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL MV
09COLOMBO1144	Request for Economic Support Funds for the Maldives [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD MV
09COLOMBO1148	UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civilian population displacement issues in Sri Lanka have evolved rapidly over the last several months. Key protection issues identified most recently by the humanitarian community in Colombo include freedom of movement, transferred displacement, de-mining and demarcation, singl [...]	2009-12-17 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1155	PUTTALAM'S "OLD" IDPS: A STABLE, IF LEAN, EXISTENCE [...] (SBU) On December 10-11, Embassy officials visited the Puttalam district and held meetings with senior government officials, international organizations, civil-society, and NGOs to assess the post-war humanitarian conditions and resettlement options of Muslim internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]	2009-12-18 09:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1156	TRUTH AND RECONCIALIATION COMMISSION PROPOSED FOR MALDIVES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Maldivian media reported December 18 that a South African-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) had been proposed following President Mohamed Nasheed's radio address last week, where he called on the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) to look into past injustices [...]	2009-12-19 09:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL MV
09COLOMBO1179	Action Request for FY 2010 Funds for Northern Sri Lanka [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 7-13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coming months offer a unique window of opportunity for the United States and other donors to assist the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in supporting peace and reconciliation through development and assistance p [...]	2009-12-23 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PREF ECON CE
09COLOMBO118	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/02/2009 RE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 2, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture and guidance to the expatriate American community in light of the upcoming Sri Lankan Independence Day celebrations and the possibility [...]	2009-02-03 03:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO166	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 14: ICRC to Ship Food Aid into [...] (SBU) On Monday, the ICRC evacuated by sea 400 wounded persons, who are now receiving medical treatment in Trincomalee. This brings the total number of medical evacuations by sea to 1145. ICRC Country Director Paul Castella told Ambassador that an ICRC-flagged ship carrying 30 tons of food pl [...]	2009-02-17 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO173	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 15: Heavy Fighting Continues; UN [...] (SBU) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa informed Ambassador and DATT on February 17 that the military has now occupied almost all the former safe zone and is now engaged in house to house combat with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Puthukkuduyiruppu (PTK) town. LTTE continue [...]	2009-02-18 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO180	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes began his visit to Sri Lanka, which will likely bring renewed international attention to the Sri Lankan conflict. Ambassador stressed to Holmes and Foreign Minister Bogollagama that Sri Lankan forces would likely con [...]	2009-02-19 13:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO186	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, the Defense Secretary told the Ambassador that the army expects to push the remaining LTTE back to the safe zone within the next week (February 21-27). He assured the Ambassador that the Government would at that point enter "passive mode" to permit civilians to f [...]	2009-02-20 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO193	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL AORC CE
09COLOMBO201	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, Sri Lankan Air Defenses shot down two light planes sent by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on suicide missions to attack targets in the Colombo area. The planes narrowly missed their targets. The visit by UN U/SYG John Holmes made clear to both the [...]	2009-02-23 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO215	SRI LANKA: MORE STIMULUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In addition to a Rs 16 billion (USD 140 million) stimulus package announced in December 2008 (ref a),the GSL recently announced several steps to provide support to its economy, introducing a Rs 4.2 billion (USD 36 million) stimulus package for finance and leasing companies, inter [...]	2009-02-26 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KMCA CE
09COLOMBO22	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, the government announced a 16 billion rupee (USD 140 million) economic stimulus package intended to aid various ailing economic sectors and ensure 6% GDP growth in 2009. Actual implementation mechanisms for the plan remain unclear, and certain components of the [...]	2009-01-07 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KMCA CE
09COLOMBO265	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Both government and pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sources reported heavy fighting and high casualties after counterattacks by the remaining LTTE forces in and near Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) and Chalai. One source said the LTTE pushed back the Sri Lankan army about [...]	2009-03-09 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO277	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN reports heavy shelling within the safe zone on March 10, resulting in many civilian casualties. A medical team arrived from India to establish and run a field hospital in Pulmoddai that will treat medical evacuees from the safe zone. Despite Government pledges to cease u [...]	2009-03-11 12:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO283	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 12 meeting Ambassador pressed Defense Secretary to minimize civilian casualties. The U.N. reports 2,683 killed and 7,241 injured in fighting from January 20-March 7. UN Resident Representative Buhne informed Ambassador that 72 persons were killed and 91 injured as t [...]	2009-03-12 12:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO287	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 31 [...] (U) SUMMARY: WFP will complete delivery of 500 MT of food aid to the no-fire zone today. The ICRC is planning an evacuation of 400 wounded from the no-fire zone as soon as March 14. Indian DCM reported that the Indian-supplied field hospital will begin operating today in Pulmoddai. End Summ [...]	2009-03-13 07:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO294	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 32 [...] (U) Summary: The March 13 statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights attesting that 2,800 civilians have died in fighting in the north since January 20 and that the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) may have committed "war crimes" met with angry [...]	2009-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO299	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 33 [...] (U) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports basic medical supplies are still urgently needed in the safe zone; this plea is repeated by health administrators in the safe zone. The UN accuses the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of forcibly recruiting a loc [...]	2009-03-17 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO304	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 34 [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador pressed Foreign Minister to allow in medical supplies and to stop shelling near civilian concentrations. ICRC reports that some medicine "may" be loaded onto a passenger ferry departing this evening (March 18) from Trincomalee for the safe zone. Unconfirmed reports we [...]	2009-03-18 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO310	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 35 [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Resident Coordinator informed Ambassador of reports of planes dropping bombs in the Government-designated "safe zone" on March 18. Multiple accounts substantiate reports of civilian retaliation against the LTTE on March 18. Larger numbers of civilians are fleeing into G [...]	2009-03-19 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO316	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 36 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government claims sufficient medicine has been sent to civilians trapped in the conflict zone; however, ICRC reconfirms that there have been no recent medical shipments. According to UN local staff, LTTE fighters have become reluctant to challenge or fire on large groups of [...]	2009-03-20 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO320	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 37 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government provided a 2-ton shipment of medical supplies for civilians in the conflict area on March 22, the first in a month. Following on the death of a local CARE worker in the conflict area, the Government accused both CARE and the deceased of supporting the LTTE. The [...]	2009-03-23 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO321	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 38 [...] (SBU) Summary: Local contacts report LTTE abuses against civilians trapped in the conflict zone. World Food Programme plans next shipment to conflict zone will depart the weekend of March 28-29. The Government's delivery of medical supplies on March 22 lacked some supplies necessary to trea [...]	2009-03-24 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO329	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 39 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan Air Force confirms that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired shoulder-mounted missiles from the safe zone on March 25. The Government publicly assails humanitarian agencies, free media, and civil rights activists, among others. UNHCR reports access [...]	2009-03-25 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO339	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES PERM 5 [...] (SBU) In a bid to show that briefings to the UN Security Council on Sri Lanka are not needed, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama convoked the Ambassadors of the permanent members of the Council, Japan and India for a dialogue on March 25 with Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Raja [...]	2009-03-26 10:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC MOPS CE
09COLOMBO342	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 40 [...] (U) Summary: The Foreign Minister summoned the UN Resident Coordinator to defend the UN's much publicized civilian casualty figures; the UN continues to stand by its estimate of 2,683 dead and over 7,000 injured from January 20-March 5. On March 30, the UN World Food Program (WFP) will load [...]	2009-03-26 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO351	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 41 [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to various reports that the LTTE retains control over just one square kilometer of land in addition to the "safe zone", the Sri Lankan army continues to face heavy fighting a few kilometers west of the "safe zone". The Ministry of Resettlement has instructed two inter [...]	2009-03-27 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO357	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 42 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister announced the GSL would suspend attacks against the LTTE for a short period of time. He did not indicate when the suspension would begin. 1000MT of food and non-food items are set to be delivered to the safe zone on March 31. Basil Rajapaksa outlined steps [...]	2009-03-30 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO360	SRI LANKA: ASSESSMENT OF DISPLACED PERSONS CAMPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two USAID officials recently concluded separate trips to the Districts of Vavuniya and Mannar in Sri Lanka's Northern Province. Through meetings with local officials and implementing partners, visits to IDP sites ("camps"),and informal conversations with IDPs, they assessed t [...]	2009-03-30 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO362	SRI LANKA: DOL PROPOSED LABOR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) In response to the Department of Labor's proposal to implement a program in Sri Lanka that addresses workers' rights (ref emails),post confirms that it believes that if funding is identified, the Government of Sri Lanka would likely be responsive and receptive to such an initiative. Pos [...]	2009-03-31 02:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD TIFA CE
09COLOMBO365	SRI LANKA: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The following is in response to ref A's request for information concerning Sri Lanka's compliance under Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of Stae, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA),2009 (Div. H, P.L.111-8). Responses are keyed to ref A questions. 2 [...]	2009-03-31 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL CE
09COLOMBO368	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 43 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Walter Kaelin, UN Special Rapporteur for IDPs will visit Sri Lanka April 2-6. ICRC President Kellenberger has tentative plans to visit Sri Lanka starting April 9. India is sending additional equipment and personnel to support the GOI's field hospital in Pulmoddai. Last week's [...]	2009-03-31 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO369	AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGY: SRI LANKA OFFERS [...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on the conclusions of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review on March 31. Kohona expressed appreciation for the detailed readout. With respect to how Sri Lanka might help, Kohona offered two thoughts. First, he noted that Afghani [...]	2009-03-31 11:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PK AF CE
09COLOMBO370	SRI LANKA: JOINT DEMARCHE PRESENTED ON EXERCISE [...] (SBU) Pol Chief, accompanied by Russian and Korean counterparts, presented the invitation (ref a) for the Exercise Planning Group Meeting to Sri Lankan MFA Assistant Director for Multilatleral Affairs Gihan Indraguptha on March 19. The Korean political counselor also provided a folder conta [...]	2009-03-31 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC CE
09COLOMBO374	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 44 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.N. now reports 3937 civilians killed and more than 9000 injured since January 20. 78% of those killed were in the safe zone. The U.N. has received reports that the Army has fired on escaping civilians. The planned food aid shipment to the safe zone has been delayed. UNH [...]	2009-04-01 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO378	MALDIVES: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) The following is in response to ref A request for information concerning Maldives' compliance under Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA),2009 (Div. H, P.L.111-8). Responses are keyed to ref A questions. 2. ( [...]	2009-04-02 06:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL MV
09COLOMBO383	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 04/01/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 1, 2009. The EAC discussed post's residential security policy and the provision of static guards at residences, as well as a newly-drafted armored vehicle policy. The EAC concurred that no specific [...]	2009-04-02 10:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO384	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 45 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army reports it has surrounded hundreds of LTTE cadres in the eastern sections of PTK. The military reports the LTTE is moving portions of the civilian population to the southern section of the safe zone. 1,030MT of food aid and non-food items have arrived off th [...]	2009-04-02 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO392	SRI LANKA: GDP GROWS BY 6% in 2008, BUT PROSPECTS ARE [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan economy grew by a healthy 6% in 2008, despite the fourth quarter global economic slowdown, the escalated conflict in the north, and terrorist attacks elsewhere. Total GDP was $40.1 billion. This translates into a per capita income of $2,014. Inflation surged to 28 [...]	2009-04-03 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN KMCA CE
09COLOMBO393	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 46 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.N. satellite imagery documented clear indications of damage from sustained shelling and air strikes in the safe zone. Ambassador hosted a briefing for Co-Chair Heads of Mission by U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs Walter Kaelin. Norwegian Minister for Intern [...]	2009-04-03 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO395	MALDIVES: ECONOMY GREW BY 5.7% IN 2008; DOWNTURN EXPECTED [...] (U) Summary: In 2008, the Maldivian economy grew by 5.7%, down from 7.2% growth in 2007. Tourism and fisheries, the mainstays of the economy, fared poorly. Tourism grew by only 2.9% compared to 9.4% in 2007. The fisheries sector contracted for the second straight year. While these key sect [...]	2009-04-06 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID MV
09COLOMBO396	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 47 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Army Commander Fonseka reported to Ambassador that the LTTE controls only 3 square kilometers outside the safe zone. Fonseka also estimated that the LTTE only had 600-700 hard core cadres and 300 Sea Tigers left. Defense Secretary Rajapaksa told Reuters that the military was i [...]	2009-04-06 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO399	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES BOTH SUPPORTIVE OF US [...] (SBU) Ambassador conveyed reftel points concerning the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council to Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona. DCM contacted Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed. 2. (SBU) Foreign Secretary Kohona responded as follows: "We also believe that the [...]	2009-04-07 09:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA CE MV
09COLOMBO402	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 48 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UN, 14,166 civilians have been killed or wounded in fighting between January 20 and April 6. The majority of those casualties have occurred in GSL-declared safe zones. The military announced the launch of an operation to free thousands of civilians. UNSR Kalin [...]	2009-04-07 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO411	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 49 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador intervened with Army Commander Fonseka to urge an end to heavy shelling of the GSL-designated safe zone on April 8. The Red Cross reported a disappointing result of ICRC President Kellenberger's visit to Sri Lanka, including the denial of access to IDP screening point [...]	2009-04-08 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO412	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 50 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GSL officials reported that military operations are ongoing to create corridors through which civilians could escape the safe zone. UNSYG Ban Ki Moon and President Rajapaksa discussed by phone a "humanitarian pause" in the fighting. Subsequently, UN Resident Representative Buh [...]	2009-04-10 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO413	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 51 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka announced a 48-hour period of restraint, during which the armed forces would confine themselves to defensive operations. International observers noted that shelling of the "safe zone" had diminished on April 11 and 12, and that no firing was now bei [...]	2009-04-13 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO415	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 52 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just a few hours before the government-declared period of restraint ends at midnight local time on April 14, the pause appeared generally to be holding. The UN, ICRC and Sri Lankan health and military authorities were all reporting relatively low numbers of wounded, mostly from [...]	2009-04-14 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO417	SRI LANKA: PLANS TO RATIFY THE MONTREAL CONVENTION OF 1999 [...] (U) Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) intends to ratify the Montreal Convention of 1999 by the end of 2009. CAA Director General, Mr. Parakrama Dissanayake, told Econoff that the CAA's proposed national civil aviation policy addresses its intent to ratify the Convention. The CAA is d [...]	2009-04-15 07:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ICAO CE
09COLOMBO418	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 53 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador pressed Defense Secretary Rajapaksa to exercise restraint to ensure civilian casualties are minimized in the safe zone. Rajapaksa repeated the GSL offer of amnesty to all LTTE fighters, except LTTE leader Prabakharan and Intelligence Chief Pottu Amman. The governmen [...]	2009-04-15 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO424	SRI LANKA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE [...] (U) Summary: Post is not aware of forced labor in the production of goods in Sri Lanka. Exploitative child labor may exist in the brick industry. Children working in the fireworks industry work at home and are engaged in non-hazardous forms of work. End Summary. ------------ Forced Labor [...]	2009-04-16 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
09COLOMBO425	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 54 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSYG CoS Vijay Nambiar met Ambassador and noted that the UN should play a "continuous," rather than "one-off", role in promoting an end to hostilities. Ambassador met Minister for Resettlement Bathiudeen and urged progress on benchmarks for the treatment of the IDP population. [...]	2009-04-16 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO432	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 55 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of the UN Secretary General's Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar brought limited progress, with some prospect of a working-level UN mission to try to negotiate the release of greater numbers of civilians from the LTTE-controlled "safe zone." The UN resident coordinator in Col [...]	2009-04-17 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO435	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 56 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in the "safe zone" has taken a dramatic turn today, with a strong push by the Sri Lankan military. Reports indicate that early this morning Sri Lankan troops attacked LTTE positions near and in Putumattalan. High numbers of civilians appear to have crossed over i [...]	2009-04-20 12:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO44	SRI LANKA: ARMY TAKES ELEPHANT PASS; NOW CONTROLS [...] (U) In a significant victory, the Sri Lankan Army completed its reconquest of the entire Jaffna peninsula by seizing control of the key base at Elephant Pass, held by the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) since 2000. On January 9, the President announced in an address to the nation that after heavy fight [...]	2009-01-12 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
09COLOMBO445	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Post delivered diplomatic notes to the Governments of Sri Lanka and the Maldives on April 16 informing them of the candidacy of the United States for election to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the term 2009-2012, as well as a copy of the United States Human Rights Commitments [...]	2009-04-21 08:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CE MV
09COLOMBO448	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 57 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Events continued to move rapidly on April 21 in and around the No-Fire Zone (NFZ). Government forces reported splitting the NFZ in two, reaching the beach near Putumattalan. Civilian evacuees on April 20 totaled 35,000-40,000 according to Government statements, with an additiona [...]	2009-04-21 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO454	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 58 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan military continued operations in the NFZ area on April 22. The northern half of the NFZ was reportedly under control of the military, and heavy shelling in the upper portion of the southern half of the NFZ was reported early in the morning of April 22. Sources in [...]	2009-04-22 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO456	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 59 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conditions continue to worsen for civilians caught inside the NFZ, as the GSL presses on in its pursuit of remaining LTTE cadres and leadership. The UN estimates between 50,000 and 80,000 civilians may remain inside the NFZ, while between 100,000 and 110,000 appear to have escap [...]	2009-04-23 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO459	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 60 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge called the Foreign Minister to support the UN Secretary General's request to allow a working-level UN team access into the "no-fire zone" (NFZ) to negotiate an LTTE surrender. The Minister was non-committal. The Sri Lankan military pressed on in its pursuit of remaining [...]	2009-04-24 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO464	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 61 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, the Government continued to reject calls for a ceasefire, but declared an end to combat operations. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) promptly accused Government forces of continuing to bomb civilians. UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holme [...]	2009-04-27 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO469	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 62 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, the Government announced it would end use of heavy weapons in the conflict zone given the threat to civilians. However, according to several still unconfirmed reports, shelling into the "safe zone" continued on April 28. The Government did not approve UN Undersecr [...]	2009-04-28 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO470	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 63 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the Government's April 27 promise to end use of heavy weapons in the conflict, post continues to receive reports from multiple reliable Embassy sources with access to first-hand information of firing causing civilian deaths and injuries in the Government-designated "safe [...]	2009-04-29 11:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO473	SRI LANKA: STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 21 to 25, USAID Si Lanka Mission Director and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID OFDA) actin regional advisor traveled to Northern Sri Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled the so [...]	2009-04-30 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO474	SRI LANKA: STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 21 to 25, USAID Sri Lanka Mission Director and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID OFDA) acting regional advisor traveled to Northern Sri Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled the [...]	2009-04-30 08:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO477	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 64 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband conducted a one-day visit to Sri Lanka on April 29. They urged the Government to end hostilities in the North; however President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa rebu [...]	2009-04-30 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO484	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 65 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has invited co-Chairs Ambassadors to a meeting on May 5; post requests guidance from Washington. The Government of Sri Lanka continued to refute reports of shelling in the civilian safe zone, and accused the UN of "spying" following the leak of a UNOSAT repor [...]	2009-05-04 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO492	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 66 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge attended a meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors with President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 5. The UN appealed for 50 million USD in urgent humanitarian needs. The Sri Lankan Army advanced further south within the Government-designated safe zone. ICRC reports delay in food shipment [...]	2009-05-05 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO501	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 67 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 5, President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to visit the country. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expects the "Green Ocean" ferry to depart Trincomalee on the evening of May 6 and offload food in the conflict zone on May 7. [...]	2009-05-06 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO506	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING MAY 6, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 6, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent outbreaks around the world of the H1N1 influenza and post's Pandemic Influenza tripwires. The EAC discussed the H1N1's current [...]	2009-05-07 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC AMGT
09COLOMBO507	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 68 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa briefed the diplomatic corps on May 7 regarding the conclusion of the war with the LTTE and the Government's intentions of responding to humanitarian and development needs in the North. An ICRC ferry successfully reached the conflict zone on May 7 to [...]	2009-05-07 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO514	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 69 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Heavy shelling in the conflict zone on May 9 and 10 resulted in the deaths of at least several hundred civilians. Each side of the conflict blamed the other. Foreign Minister Bogollagama disputed accusations against Government forces in a May 11 meeting with Charge. The Govern [...]	2009-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO517	SRI LANKA: UNLIKELY TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Bogollagama on May 11, Charge and EconChief outlined U.S. support for Kosovo's membership application to the World Bank. Highlighting the recent positive vote in favor of Kosovo's IMF membership, and taking into consideration the GSL's decision not to r [...]	2009-05-12 09:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CE
09COLOMBO519	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 70 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Army is now advancing on LTTE positions from the south as well as the north of the conflict zone. Post received reports of continued shelling and heavy fire in the conflict zone through the morning of May 12. Senior Government officials continued to refute reports of any re [...]	2009-05-12 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO522	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 71 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite indications from within the safe zone that the trapped civilian population might attempt to escape on May 12-13, a large-scale exodus had not materialized as of 4 pm local time on May 13. Charge and Defense Attache liaised with Government officials and with contacts in [...]	2009-05-13 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO529	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 72 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge pressed Government officials to permit UN access to the conflict zone as soon as possible, and to facilitate a visit this month by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. At least 1,200 civilians escaped on May 14, and perhaps thousands of others are following, according to mi [...]	2009-05-14 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE

09COLOMBO531	MALDIVES: FORMER RULING PARTY NARROWLY WINS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Maldives held its first multiparty parliamentary elections on May 9. Long delays in counting and announcing results led to unruly protests and some violence in the capital, Male'. Provisional results announced by the Elections Commission on May 11 showed that the party of former [...]	2009-05-14 14:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MV
09COLOMBO533	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 73 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters in Geneva raised the alarm concerning an "unimaginable humanitarian disaster" unfolding in the conflict zone, and called on the Government and the LTTE to enable assistance to reach trapped civilians. Roughly 4,00 [...]	2009-05-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO539	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 75 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Military has announced that the war with the LTTE is over. Numerous sources reported that LTTE leader Prabhakaran was dead, but there had been no official announcement as 1630 local. There were reports that LTTE leaders Pullidevan and Nadesan wanted to surrender [...]	2009-05-18 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO543	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 76 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa gave a victory speech to Parliament on the morning of May 19. While he discussed redevelopment of the North and political reform in broad terms, the speech was far from the olive branch to the Tamil people many had hoped it would be. It was defensively bell [...]	2009-05-19 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO548	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING MAY 20, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 20, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent unreleased detainee photographs. The EAC discussed the impact of this on the mission, the AMCIT community, and if there was [...]	2009-05-20 09:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO549	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 77 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa declared May 20 a national holiday to celebrate the victory over the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). In Ambassador's farewell call on him, the President acknowledged the importance of reconciliation with Sri Lankan Tamils and with the Tamil Diaspora to ensure that Tami [...]	2009-05-20 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO557	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 78 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa told Ambassador late on May 20 that the GSL was firm in its decision to restrict access by UN agencies and others to IDP camps. He criticized the UN and ICRC and said that they had to decide whether to remain in Sri Lanka to help IDPs. He s [...]	2009-05-21 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO559	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 79 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN staff on the ground were preparing for Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's visit on May 23, but it was unclear if his schedule would allow a meeting with the Co-Chair Ambassadors. UN envoy Vijay Nambiar held a press conference where he described his flight over the desolation of [...]	2009-05-22 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO564	SRI LANKA PLANS TO ATTEND HAGUE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC CE
09COLOMBO566	SRI LANKAN PARTICIPATION IN HAGUE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC CE
09COLOMBO570	MALDIVES SUPPORTS KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed confirmed to Econ Chief on May 26 that the GORM will support Kosovo's bid to join the World Bank; he stated that the GORM remains "very supportive of U.S. policies to enhance the stability in the West Balkans." He said the GORM will cast its vote [...]	2009-05-28 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL EAID MV
09COLOMBO571	SRI LANKA: NEED FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN RESOLVING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 14:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO572	DEMINNG SRI LANKA'S NORTH - IMPRESSIONS FROM THE FIELD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) recently decided to begin de-mining operations in the Manthai West Division of Mannar District, one of five districts in the Northern Province and the scene of heavy fighting last year, when Government forces pushed the LTTE northward into the V [...]	2009-05-29 08:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO573	SRI LANKA: NEED FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN RESOLVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID/OFDA and PRM officers' monitoring of Vavuniya area sites for internally-displaced persons (IDPs) on May 18-22 revealed the post-May 15 outflow of civilians from the conflict severely stretched the Government's capacity to respond. While US-funded UN agencies and INGOs are [...]	2009-06-01 03:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO594	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S VICTORY PARADE [...] (U) The Government of Sri Lanka's June 3 "National Victory Parade" was an elaborately staged tribute to the military forces' defeat of the LTTE. The event featured thousands of servicemen parading on Galle Face Green, displays of naval and air assets, and folkloric dancers, also numbering in [...]	2009-06-04 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO600	SRI LANKA: OIL HEDGE BACK BEFORE SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: The filing of a new fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court once again calls into question the legality of oil hedge contracts between the Ceylon Petroleum Company (CPC) and several international and local banks. The petition asserts, among other issues, that CPC [...]	2009-06-09 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV KMCA CE
09COLOMBO61	SRI LANKA: ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Post does not anticipate significant negative implications for U.S. assistance due to the financial crisis, particularly as the majority of assistance is centered in the East, which, with low levels of development, remains predominantly insulated from the crisis. However, post [...]	2009-01-16 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE
09COLOMBO623	SRI LANKA: "COMPETENT AUTHORITY" STILL IN CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has indicated that responsibility for camp management in Manik Farms and in the transit sites in and around Vavuniya District was being transferred from Competent Authority (CA) Major General Chandrasiri to Vavuniya Government Authority [...]	2009-06-18 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO625	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING JUNE 17, 2009 REF [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on June 17, 2009. The EAC discussed post's Official Travel Policy and the necessity to update the Country Specific Information and the Travel Warning in light of the current security situation in Sri Lanka a [...]	2009-06-19 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO626	SRI LANKA: Economic update June 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's GDP grew by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2009. Key macroeconomic indicators have also improved. Inflation has slowed to 3.3% in May 2009 from a peak of 28% in June 2008. The trade deficit narrowed as imports continued to fall at a faster pace than exports. Top fo [...]	2009-06-19 08:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CE
09COLOMBO633	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS CALLING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A flurry of press reports and statements by GSL officials and ministers over the past several weeks has floated the idea of extending President Rajapaksa's term of office without a competitive election. These suggestions range from a proposal for a referendum that would allow [...]	2009-06-23 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR CE
09COLOMBO635	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS CALLING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A flurry of press reports and statements by GSL officials and ministers over the past several weeks has floated the idea of extending President Rajapaksa's term of office without a competitive election. These suggestions range from a proposal for a referendum that would allow [...]	2009-06-24 05:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR CE
09COLOMBO637	SRI LANKA: IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NORTH BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From June 17 to 18, Charge, with the USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) regional advisor and information officer, traveled to Vavuniya District in northern Sri Lanka. They met with local Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities and U.N. and non-gov [...]	2009-06-24 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO643	SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL DONOR MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Can [...]	2009-06-25 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO651	SRI LANKA: THE VAVUNIYA GOVERNMENT AGENT [...] (SBU) On June 18, Charge, with USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) regional advisor and information officer met with Mrs. P.S.M. Charles, the Government Agent (GA) of Vavuniya District. When asked how the transition from military to civilian control of the IDP camp [...]	2009-06-26 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO652	CORRECTED VERSION: SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, C [...]	2009-06-26 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO653	SRI LANKA: ICRC UPDATE: REGISTRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge attended an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) briefing by Head of Delegation Paul Castella on June 25 to update heads of Mission on the status of ICRC's humanitarian activities, as well as on its efforts to register ex-combatants detained by the Government [...]	2009-06-26 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO704	Getting Set to De-Mine Sri Lanka's North - Stepping [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge and other U.S. Embassy officials met July 10 with Basil Rajapaksa, Special Advisor to the Sri Lankan president. Their discussion focused on de-mining in Sri Lanka's Northern Province - a prerequisite for the return of those displaced during the protracted conflict betwe [...]	2009-07-16 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO726	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 25-28 VISIT BY PRM A/S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Sri Lanka relations. During the October 2008 - May 2009 final military push to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the Government of Sri Lanka increasingly distanced itself from western nations who criticized its methods [...]	2009-07-22 15:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL CE
09COLOMBO753	Report Number One on Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the first of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks for as outlined in Ref (b). CAMP MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS: Acute humanitarian needs are being met in internally displaced persons camps (IDP) camps, although all sectors ar [...]	2009-07-31 07:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO773	UPDATE ON GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA'S PLANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rehabilitation and reintegration of former LTTE combatants will be crucial if Sri Lanka is to achieve sustainable reconciliation. With the launching this past week of a National Framework Proposal for Reintegration of Ex-Combatants, and the recent appointment of Major Gen [...]	2009-08-05 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO775	Addendum on Food: Report Number One on Interagency Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an addendum to the July Interagency Policy Committee Benchmarks Report for Sri Lanka, adding information about humanitarian food supplies to the IDP camps. 2. (SBU) Benchmark: Acute humanitarian needs are met with dignity. Key areas are food, water/sanitation, healt [...]	2009-08-05 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO79	SRI LANKAN MILITARY CREATES SAFE ZONE FOR CIVILIANS TRAPPED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan military unilaterally declared a "safe zone" northwest of Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) on January 21. ICRC, informed of this decision by the Sri Lankan Government, relayed the message to the LTTE. However, according to the ICRC, nothing has been prepared for people in t [...]	2009-01-22 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF MARR EAID CE
09COLOMBO817	SRI LANKA: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND [...] (SBU) Summary. With the end of the war in May, the Sri Lankan economy has enormous potential for growth and foreign investments are increasing rapidly. The Sri Lankan Government,s Board of Investment (BOI) is actively promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sri Lanka to advance the coun [...]	2009-08-19 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO CE ECON EINV
09COLOMBO818	IMPACT OF RAINFALL ON SRI LANKA'S MANIK FARM IDP CAMPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent rainfall in Sri Lanka's northern district of Vavuniya, the location of the Manik Farm IDP camps, was a wake-up call for the Government of Sri Lanka and international organizations conducting humanitarian operations. Major improvements appear necessary to avert disaster pr [...]	2009-08-19 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO854	REPORT NUMBER TWO ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the second of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks as outlined in Ref B. The start of pre-monsoonal rains this month has created a heightened urgency among all humanitarian actors, in terms of accelerating the release of p [...]	2009-08-31 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO87	SRI LANKA: TMVP RELEASES 15 CHILD SOLDIERS; [...] (U) On January 23 the TMVP released 15 child soldiers to UNICEF and pledged to release an additional 25 within the coming weeks. The TMVP's action represents the first significant large-scale release since April 2008 and the first positive step towards resolving the child soldier problem sinc [...]	2009-01-26 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOCI PHUM MARR CE
09COLOMBO884	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 09/16/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on September 16, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of an impending Congressionally mandated report regarding allegations of war crimes during the waning months of the Government of Sri [...]	2009-09-16 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO892	MALDIVES STILL FACES SERIOUS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of the Maldives (GOM) has reached a staff level agreement for an IMF loan package, the GOM still faces serious fiscal and balance of payments issues in the near term. President Nasheed, who has been in office for under a year, appears to be in comp [...]	2009-09-18 09:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV
09COLOMBO902	MALDIVES STILL FACES SERIOUS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of the Maldives (GOM) has reached a staff level agreement for an IMF loan package, the GOM still faces serious fiscal and balance of payments issues in the near term. President Nasheed, who has been in office for under a year, appears to be in comp [...]	2009-09-23 03:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV
09COLOMBO905	SRI LANKA IS MEETING IMF TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary. An IMF team conducting its first quarterly assessment has determined that Sri Lanka is meeting the targets of the July IMF standby agreement, and it appears that the IMF staff will recommend release of the second tranche of IMF funds in October. The IMF agreement, combined [...]	2009-09-23 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON EFIN IMF PGOV
09COLOMBO931	REPORT NUMBER THREE ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE (IPC) [...] (SBU) This is the third of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks, as outlined in Ref B. With a policy dialogue more focused on freedom of movement and issues associated with closed IDP camps, this report is shorter than its predecessors and focu [...]	2009-10-05 09:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO936	THE MALDIVES PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEW U.S. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. DEPARTMENT SEE PARA 12. TREASURY SEE PARA 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with Ambassador Butenis, the Maldives President Nasheed outlined an ambitious program of environmental and economic reform, business development, social-service improvements, [...]	2009-10-07 06:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
09COLOMBO948	THE SRI LANKAN MOBILE TELECOM MARKET: GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is increasing competition in the Sri Lankan mobile telecommunications sector which has led to more choice and lower calling costs for consumers. Mobile service providers have struggled to maintain profitability as competition has risen and prices have fallen. Cooperatio [...]	2009-10-14 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON ETRD PGOV EINV ECPS IN
09COLOMBO954	SRI LANKA'S PREPAREDNESS FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) developed a plan in 2005 to track and respond to pandemic flu (H1N1 and H5N1) and has updated the plan as needed. Surveillance systems are in place, hospitals nationwide are prepared with isolated wards, and ports of entry are closely monitored. [...]	2009-10-19 04:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON PGOV TBIO SOCI CASC KFLU
09COLOMBO956	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING OCTOBER 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on October 16, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the anticipated release of the Department of State's Congressionally-mandated report regarding incidents involving possible violation [...]	2009-10-19 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO967	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONFIDENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Butenis, Sri Lankan Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal described the Sri Lankan economy as strong. Cabraal expects Sri Lanka to make large strides in the reconstruction of the conflict areas in the North and East. Cabraal [...]	2009-10-21 06:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON EFIN ETRD KTEX PGOV
09COLOMBO969	THE SRI LANKAN TOURISM SECTOR: A BRIGHT FUTURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: With the end of Sri Lanka's long running war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009, the Sri Lankan tourism industry has every reason to be quite optimistic. Tourist travel is at its highest levels since 2004. The country boasts beautiful beaches, seven U [...]	2009-10-21 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON EIND ETRD
09COLOMBO976	U.S. Business Delegation Examines Investment Opportunities [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 13 U.S. and Sri Lankan government officials and business people met in Colombo to attend the first post-conflict Private/Public Partnership Conference, focusing on how economic development can help foster national reconciliation. The mood of the conference was upbeat, w [...]	2009-10-21 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CE
09COLOMBO979	TEXT OF TNA LEADER SAMPANTHAN'S LETTERS TO [...] (SBU) During an October 19 courtesy call on Ambassador (septel),Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan passed copies of letters he and other Tamil members of parliament sent to President Obama and Secretary Clinton in January 2009. The following are the texts of those letters for the [...]	2009-10-22 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO985	Sri Lanka TIFA Talks Take Incremental Steps Toward [...] (SBU) The United States and Sri Lanka held their seventh annual Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Colombo on October 15, which resulted in incremental advances but no breakthroughs. The TIFA talks covered agricultural and government procurement issues, progress in the D [...]	2009-10-23 05:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV ELAB KIPR KTEX CE
09COLOMBO990	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 10/28/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on October 28, 2009. The sole agenda item was a proposal to amend post's current Travel Warning, in light of the prevailing security environment in Sri Lanka. The EAC concurred with the proposed revisions and [...]	2009-10-28 08:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09CONAKRY10	ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimat [...]	2009-01-06 07:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY100	MEETING WITH DADIS DISAPPOINTS CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a nationally broadcast meeting with civil and political leaders, CNDD President Dadis was aggressive, vague, and noncommittal. Despite the CNDD's February 7 announcement that elections will take place in late 2009, Dadis danced around the subject and refused to be pinn [...]	2009-02-12 15:24:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ASEC GV
09CONAKRY102	CONAKRY RESPONSE - ASSESSING THE NEED FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information regarding assessed needs for increased law enforcement and judicial training in Guinea. Post notes that the USG has suspended aid to Guinea, with the exception of humanitarian and democracy assistance, in response to th [...]	2009-02-13 09:14:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC GV
09CONAKRY106	WORLD BANK RESREP OUTLINES SUSPENSION TRIGGERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a 10 February meeting, World Bank ResRep Siaka Bakayoko told Embassy officials that he felt Guinea's prime minister has been marginalized by military leaders and has little influence on the CNDD. He said that arrears in excess of $3 million had not yet been paid, and re [...]	2009-02-13 13:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY109	GUINEA PAYS WORLD BANK ARREARS FOR JANUARY [...] (U) On 16 February, World Bank ResRep Siaka Bakayoko informed Embassy that the Bank had received approximately $2.42 million toward the payment of Guinea's outstanding arrears. However, he noted this payment covered only payments originally due in January, and said that Guinea still owes the [...]	2009-02-17 12:50:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY11	ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 07:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY114	CNDD OUTLINES VAGUE ELECTION TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent meetings between the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) and the Forces Vives, a group of civil and political actors, have focused on identifying an election date and defining a transition timeline. The Forces Vives recently sent a letter to the Presid [...]	2009-02-19 16:41:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ASEC GV
09CONAKRY116	YOUNGER OFFICERS REINVIGORATE CUSTOMS AFTER COUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a mid-level Customs officer revealed that Guinea's Customs Bureau faces an ongoing leadership challenge following the removal of the bureau's long-serving director, and that port revenues have declined by at least 50% since the beginning of the year due [...]	2009-02-20 13:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD GV
09CONAKRY133	CNDD LIFTS BAN ON POLITICAL AND UNION ACTIVITIES [...] (U) On February 28 over national television, the CNDD publicly lifted the ban on political and union activities in Guinea. The military junta had instituted the ban within hours of seizing power on December 23. Local press reports indicate that the announcement was positively received by a [...]	2009-03-02 15:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY138	MINISTER OF JUSTICE TALKS ABOUT PROSECUTIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 16:02:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY146	GUINEA POST-COUP: A POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR 18 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Politics in Guinea continue to be fluid since the coup d'etat on 23 December 2008. Given these circumstances, Post will periodically transmit roundups of significant political and economic events not covered in other reporting. This roundup covers the period between 18 Febru [...]	2009-03-06 13:26:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SNAR ELAB GV
09CONAKRY155	CNDD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY - A LESSON ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After receiving an invitation from the CNDD's new public relations firm to come to Conakry for an exclusive interview with CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara, a Dakar-based member of the Associated Press spent nearly four days waiting for the interview to materialize. It eventu [...]	2009-03-11 16:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY186	A CASE OF RITUAL CHILD MURDER IN GUINEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 16 a young child related to an Embassy LES was abducted and brutally killed in what is believed to be a ritual murder. The child's throat was cut, his eyes removed and his abdomen slit open in a manner consistent with ritualistic ceremonies involving human sacrifice. [...]	2009-03-26 13:28:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC GV
09CONAKRY187	REVISITING GUINEA'S POWER GENERATION CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A March 25 FMS visit to Conakry's central power station revealed that nothing has changed over the past year with respect to the country's looming electricity crisis. Only a quarter of the generators are even operational, but EDG (Guinean Electric Company) only runs them at n [...]	2009-03-26 15:55:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV ASEC GV
09CONAKRY2	MILITARY SEARCHES OPPOSITION LEADER'S RESIDENCE [...] (U) According to press reports, two groups of armed military personnel (approximately 15 to 20) invaded the private residence of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, a former prime minister and head of the Union of Guinean Democratic Forces (UFDG) political party, on January 1. One group [...]	2009-01-02 13:20:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM PREL GV
09CONAKRY20	POLITICAL ROUNDUP - ARRESTS AND APPOINTMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past several days, the CNDD reportedly arrested a number of prominent military figures, including some civilians. The CNDD also announced a number of promotions within the officer corps and at the ministerial level--including the promotion of the controversial 2LT Clau [...]	2009-01-07 17:26:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GV
09CONAKRY202	A SLAP ON THE HAND AND A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ARRESTED [...] (U) Three of the four former Ministers of Mines, Ousman Sylla, Louceny Nabe, and former Prime Minister Ahmed Tidaine Souare, who had been arrested for alleged mismanagement of government money from the Mining Fund, were released April 1st. Former Minister of Mines Ahmed Kante, who steadfastly [...]	2009-04-02 16:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY204	CNDD PRESIDENT SACKS AND ARRESTS LEAD AUDITOR [...] (SBU) Just a few days after meeting with Pol/Econ Chief to discuss the inner workings of the CNDD's Audit Commission (reftel),Amadou Mouctar Balde finds himself without a job and behind bars. CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara signed an official decree over the weekend, claiming that Balde w [...]	2009-04-06 16:12:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY213	CNDD PRESIDENT SAYS HE MAY RUN FOR OFFICE [...] (U) During another public rally on April 15 organized by Conakry Governor Mohmamed Diop (see reftel for details on first rally),CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara indicated that he is considering presenting himself as a candidate in Guinea's upcoming presidential elections. He warned that if [...]	2009-04-16 10:51:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY219	THE CALL FROM KALOUM: A NEW RALLYING CRY FOR DADIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 16:49:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY227	BURKINABE PRESIDENT VISITS GUINEA [...] (SBU) Burkinabe President Blaise Campaore flew into Conakry on April 21 for a brief visit with CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara. Members of the diplomatic corps were encouraged to send representation to the airport to receive President Campaore. Embassy did not, however, send anyone so as [...]	2009-04-23 12:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC GV
09CONAKRY238	DCM MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMIC CONTROL [...] (U) In response to an invitation from the Minister of Economic Control, Al-Hassan Onipogui, DCM Kent Brokenshire met with the Minister on April 28. Accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, the DCM was courteously received by a senior ministry official and then escorted immediately in to see the Ministe [...]	2009-04-29 16:10:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ASEC GV
09CONAKRY24	MOST POLITICAL PARTIES CALL FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Most of Guinea's major political parties are pushing to hold legislative elections by the end of June. Sidya Toure's UFR party appears to be the main exception, arguing for presidential elections within the next twelve months. Other than the actual timeframe, however, the oppo [...]	2009-01-09 14:34:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ASEC GV
09CONAKRY240	IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION, CITIZENS SUPPORT DADIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent trip to Guinea's Forest Region, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara's natal home, suggests that there is significant popular support for the military junta. Forest residents generally viewed the CNDD's activities since the coup in a favorable light. Many of them also [...]	2009-04-30 16:15:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY248	GOG CUTS OFF FOOD DELIVERIES TO PRISONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to multiple sources, the Government of Guinea has stopped delivering food to the country's prisons. Prison directors now rely upon charities, international organizations and others to provide food for 1,100 prisoners and described the situation as "catastrophic." A re [...]	2009-05-05 15:49:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI GV
09CONAKRY25	TECHNICAL PARTNERS SAY ELECTIONS LIKELY TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Technical experts who have been working with the Guinean Government to organize elections since June of 2007 maintain that it will take at least another eight to nine months before elections will be feasible, provided that all goes perfectly between now and then. They cited a [...]	2009-01-09 14:45:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV SOCI ASEC GV
09CONAKRY259	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - MAY 7, 2009 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 7, 2009. Expanded EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, FMS, FMO, IMO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, PEACE CORPS and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due t [...]	2009-05-07 17:02:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC GV
09CONAKRY26	OUSMANE DORE SHARES INSIGHTS WITH CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Finance Minister Ousmane Dore recently shared insights on the end of the Conte regime and the new military-led government. Dore said that even though he fears for his physical safety, he has undertaken a review of the financial mismanagement of the 50th Anniversary Cele [...]	2009-01-09 14:48:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN PREL GV
09CONAKRY263	MILITARY ROB MARKET BUSINESSES, PROTEST ENSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two stores in Conakry's Medina Market were reportedly robbed of safes and merchandise by men in uniform early Saturday morning. The following morning vendors refused to open the market. Protests ensued targeting the local gendarmerie and guard force who failed to protect the bu [...]	2009-05-13 11:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY285	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Balamoussa Camara, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 20. She thanked the DCM for the information, but was noncommittal. She said she would communicate the USG's message to the Guinean delegation in New York. 2. (SBU) [...]	2009-05-20 16:08:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN GV
09CONAKRY287	GUINEAN LAWYERS THREATENS LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's equivalent of the National Bar Association is threatening to go on strike as early as May 21 to protest the CNDD's perpetuation of extra-judicial legal procedures and a parallel justice system. At a minimum, the Bar is demanding that the CNDD immediately eliminate two [...]	2009-05-21 13:59:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY292	TAXI DRIVERS ORGANIZE "SPONTANEOUS STRIKE" [...] (SBU) Beginning the morning of May 26, Conakry's taxi drivers parked their vehicles and launched a labor "strike" in protest of recent government decisions affecting the transportation sector. Guinea's transportation union (OUSA-CNTG) did not organize the strike and described the movement as [...]	2009-05-26 12:11:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ASEC PGOV GV
09CONAKRY300	TAXI DRIVERS RETURN TO WORK [...] (U) SUMMARY. Taxi drivers ended a one-day strike on May 27 and returned to work this morning. An agreement was negotiated last night with CNDD President Dadis that significantly lowered a road tax and adjusted passenger load restrictions. Dadis' handling of the strike sets a troubling precede [...]	2009-05-28 08:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ASEC GV
09CONAKRY310	CONTINUED RUMBLINGS OF DISCONTENT AMONG UNIONISTS [...] (SBU) According to labor union contacts, certain sectors of Guinean workers are increasingly unhappy with the CNDD's failure to address recurrent issues. Taxi drivers banded together in a one-day strike last week, which was condoned by the transportation union even though it was illegal and h [...]	2009-06-02 15:53:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY317	CNDD PLANS TO FIX FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE, OVERVALUE [...] (SBU) According to several independent sources, the CNDD-led Government of Guinea is planning to fix the exchange rate of the Guinean franc (GNF) to 3500 to the dollar. The current exchange rate has been hovering between 4900 to 4975 since the December coup. The President of the Guinean Bure [...]	2009-06-05 14:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY318	CNDD PLANS TO FIX FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE, OVERVALUE [...] (SBU) According to several independent sources, the CNDD-led Government of Guinea is planning to fix the exchange rate of the Guinean franc (GNF) to 3500 to the dollar. The current exchange rate has been hovering between 4900 to 4975 since the December coup. The President of the Guinean Bure [...]	2009-06-06 10:44:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY327	CNDD PRESIDENT DEMANDS "DONATIONS" FROM BUSINESSES [...] (U) Summary: CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara held a mandatory meeting for all large businesses operating in Guinea at the Palais du People on Saturday, June 6, to solicit "donations" for Guinea,s water and electricity sector. The President gave businesses 72 hours to commit direct funding [...]	2009-06-10 16:12:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY328	CNDD PRESIDENT PUBLICLY FIRES HEAD OF CUSTOMS, [...] (U) Summary: CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara held a televised meeting on June 8 to discuss the economic and financial situation in Guinea and dissuade labor unions from striking. Several ministers detailed the budgetary restraints of the government and stressed the importance of revenue co [...]	2009-06-10 16:14:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY330	LAWYERS HOLD TO STRIKE DESPITE THREATS [...] (U) Members of the Guinean Bar Association, along with many individuals employed in the judicial sector, including judges, officially launched a labor strike on Monday, June 8. Unlike other strikes in Guinea, which generally involve economic demands, the legal sector is demanding that the CND [...]	2009-06-10 17:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY337	BUSINESSES AND BANKS FEAR CURRENCY REVALUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Many economic actors are nervous over a possible revaluation of the Guinean Franc (GNF) (reftel) and large business transactions have come to a virtual halt in anticipation of the rate change. Meetings with banking officials, members of the Foreign Exchange Commission, and Guin [...]	2009-06-15 14:11:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY345	POLITICAL PARTIES MULTIPLY IN UNCERTAIN POLITICAL [...] (U) According to contacts, there are now approximately 75 political parties officially registered with the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Political Affairs. Before the coup, there were 47 official parties in Guinea although some sources indicate that there were a few more "unoffic [...]	2009-06-17 11:50:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY349	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - US. VIEWS ON IRENA [...] (U) Econoff met with Cece Alexis Loua, the National Director of Energy, to deliver reftel cable. Mr. Loua stated his country's commitment to renewable energy, and affirmed his support for IRENA's efforts. He stated that renewable energy is imperative to fixing Guinea's energy crisis. 2. (U) [...]	2009-06-17 17:35:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV GV
09CONAKRY357	POVERTY DRIVES EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy officers visited a community artisanal mine close to the Guinea-Mali border where poverty forces hundreds of children to work in exploitative situations. The Upper Guinea region is highly dependent on the artisanal mine sector and children provide an unprotected source of [...]	2009-06-23 09:49:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EINV EMIN ECON KCOR GV
09CONAKRY36	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER CRITICIZES USG POLICY, CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A prominent civil society leader and former minister of social affairs privately criticized the USG's decision to suspend non-humanitarian aid during a January 7 meeting with Poloff. She blamed the international community for Guinea's current situation and called for greater [...]	2009-01-13 13:28:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY368	FORCES VIVES BOYCOTT LATEST DADIS SHOW [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an uncharacteristic display of resolve, the majority of Guinea's Forces Vives refused to meet with CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara following his convocation to a June 23 meeting. Reportedly outraged after being stood up, Dadis attended the meeting which was packed with his [...]	2009-06-25 16:14:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY381	DEMARCHE - IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] (U) On June 29, DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua. The Minister made no substantive response concerning the subject. 2. (U) The Minister requested a French translation of the non-paper accompanying the demarche. Post has requested this tr [...]	2009-06-30 16:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ISN EAP TREASURY GV
09CONAKRY382	DEMARCHE - IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) On June 29, DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua. The Minister made no substantive response concerning the subject. The DCM also discussed with the Minister Guinea's record of supporting North Korea during UN votes and urged the Foreign Mini [...]	2009-06-30 16:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ISNV IO USUN GV
09CONAKRY387	CNDD RELEASES ELECTION FUNDING TO CENI [...] (U) SUMMARY. Responding to increasing pressure, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara announced the release of the equivalent of USD 3.2 million to the CENI for the electoral process. The contribution comes just two days after the release of the International Contact Group on Guinea's communiqu f [...]	2009-07-01 16:08:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC GV

09CONAKRY39	CONTE'S PARTY STILL IN THE PICTURE, "SATISFIED" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's ruling party for the past 25 years, the PUP, is "satisfied" with the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) and is willing to work with the military regime to organize legislative elections within the next six months. A PUP contact said that the party i [...]	2009-01-13 16:50:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY392	HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT [...] SUMMARY. At the most recent Embassy-hosted Human Rights Working Group, discussion among representatives from human rights organizations and civil society groups examined human rights abuses in Guinea since the coup d'etat. Speakers included a Human Rights Watch representative and two well-kn [...]	2009-07-06 15:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY399	MINISTERS ON THE ROAD FOR DADIS [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an effort to stem his plunging popularity and increase CNDD visibility, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara has directed his ministers to get out of their offices and confront the problems facing common people, namely the lack of electricity and water. Two ministers worked the F [...]	2009-07-09 17:11:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY41	JUNTA ARRESTS TOP TWO CUSTOMS OFFICIALS [...] (U) Military officials recently arrested and detained controversial Customs Director Olga Syradin and her Deputy Director, Aboubacar Bruno Bangoura. According to reports, two trucks of armed soldiers arrived at Customs headquarters in downtown Conakry at approximately 1700 hours on 7 January. [...]	2009-01-14 12:48:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM GV
09CONAKRY422	PAPA KOLY'S RISE TO THE TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Papa Koly Kourouma, the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, is gaining power in the CNDD government. Although he was appointed to this position during the Conte regime, Papa Koly began asserting his power under the CNDD and taking over several key roles at the M [...]	2009-07-21 16:37:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ENRG EAGR EINV PGOV SENV PREL GV
09CONAKRY424	NPR - THE CNDD'S NEW POLITICAL PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week the latest addition of Guinea's 81 political parties was announced, with CNDD Minister Boubacar Barry touted as its possible head. The NPR party has not yet been officially registered and following generalized negative reactions in Conakry, it appears that NPR promoters [...]	2009-07-22 12:24:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY427	GENDARMERIE SENT TO PROTECT GAS STATIONS FROM [...] (U) Summary: Gas stations throughout Guinea are increasingly the targets of armed attacks by uniformed bandits. As a result, station managers announced that they would be limiting their operation to the daylight hours. In other news, the association of gasoline station attendants went on strik [...]	2009-07-22 13:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PINS PGOV PREL GV
09CONAKRY451	CNDD BRIEFLY DETAINS NEWEST CUSTOMS DIRECTOR [...] (U) Summary: The Guinean Customs Director was arrested and detained by order of CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara and Minister of Defense Sekouba Konate for 24 hours. The arrest was apparently linked to the firing of Saran Kaba, a close friend of Konate,s, from a key position in Customs. This [...]	2009-08-05 16:48:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV GV
09CONAKRY459	DADIS MEDDLES IN THE GUINEAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S [...] (U) CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara met with representatives of the Guinean Bar Association at Radio Television Guinean (RTG) the afternoon of August 6. The meeting was broadcast live. According to sources, Dadis called the meeting because he wanted to make sure that the Guinean Bar Asso [...]	2009-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL GV
09CONAKRY47	MOBILIZING CIVIL SOCIETY TO ADVANCE A COMMON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three weeks after the December 23 coup d'etat, Guinean civil society has yet to emerge with strong leadership and a common strategic vision. Although they agree that a democratic election installing a civilian government is the end objective, they disagree as to what needs to [...]	2009-01-16 08:52:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY474	NEW PNR POLITICAL PARTY HIGHLIGHTS CNDD'S SUCCESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on rumors of a new pro-CNDD political party (reftel),A/DCM met with representatives of the recently created PNR. Although the party seemed to be careful about identifying itself too closely with the CNDD, representatives' generally positive view of the CNDD's ac [...]	2009-08-14 12:15:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY475	DADIS ESTABLISHES NATIONAL TRANSITION COUNCIL [...] (U) On August 13, the long awaited presidential decree formally establishing the National Transition Council (CNT) was signed by CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara. The final membership of the committee has now ballooned to 240 with specific groups ranging from political parties, armed forces [...]	2009-08-14 12:16:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY480	ANOTHER AWARD FOR DADIS AND ANOTHER VISIT FROM [...] (U) On August 8, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara received another high-profile award in a public ceremony broadcast over national television. A few months ago, Dadis received an award from UNESCO for his efforts to combat drug trafficking, an award that was later determined to be complete [...]	2009-08-17 16:39:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY490	GUINEA'S ECONOMY FALLING FAST [...] (U) Summary: Guinea's notoriously poorly governed economy is now starting to feel the chokehold of the global economic crisis and the inexperience of the ruling junta. While consumer prices have slightly decreased, so have the prices of the mining commodities on which the GOG,s budget relies. [...]	2009-08-21 12:37:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN PGOV PREL GV
09CONAKRY494	KAMSAR YOUTH PROTEST SHORTAGES OF ELECTRICITY [...] (U) A violent protest reportedly led by youths over the lack of electricity occurred in Kamsar this morning, a mining town located approximately three hours from Conakry. According to sources, two people were killed, but the cause of the deaths are undetermined. Military forces reportedly fire [...]	2009-08-24 15:42:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY501	MACENTA - KONATE LOBBIES FOR DADIS, YOUTH PROTEST [...] (U) Youth rioted on August 25 in the city of Macenta, which is located in the Forest region approximately 14 hours from Conakry. The protest was sparked by the Mayor's failure to deliver to the Macenta youth a hundred million Guinean francs (GNF)(approximately $20,000 USD) that Minister of Def [...]	2009-08-26 14:13:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY503	JUNTA BLOCKS TEXT MESSAGES [...] Several text messages asking Guinea's youth to unite against CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara have been circulating in the capital since the Aug 20 USG press release, and subsequent GOG statement, on elections and Dadis as a potential candidate (reftel). One message received by A/DCM contain [...]	2009-08-26 14:38:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECPS PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY505	CNDD PROMISES TO RELEASE FUNDS FOR ELECTION [...] (U) On August 25, the Guinean Government (GoG) announced its intention to release the long promised 30 billion Guinean Francs designated for up coming elections. There are currently conflicting reports in the press with some stating that the funds have actually been released and others stating [...]	2009-08-26 16:37:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID AORC GV
09CONAKRY510	TECHNICAL DISCUSSION ON ELECTIONS SUGGESTS FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent discussion of technical issues indicates that Guinea's elections may end up getting delayed once again. A decision to add twelve new voter registration sites abroad, which appears to be a unilateral directive from the GoG, poses immediate technical and logistical prob [...]	2009-08-27 16:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY512	PRO-DADIS MOVEMENT PLANS PROTEST IN FRONT OF U.S. [...] (U) The MDDR, Movement for Dadis to Stay, issued a communique on August 26 announcing the group's intent to stage a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy on Sunday, August 30, beginning 10:00 AM. The protest is in response to the USG's August 20 press release, which commented on Guinea's elec [...]	2009-08-28 12:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GV
09CONAKRY513	MILITARY PAYS VISIT TO YOUTH LEADERS [...] (U) Beginning August 25, local press reported that men in military uniform had attempted to arrest Mouctar Diallo, a prominent youth leader and head of the NFD political party (New Democratic Forces). Diallo is well known for his public criticisms of the CNDD, which he routinely airs through [...]	2009-08-28 12:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY514	FORCES VIVES PLAN TO BOYCOTT AUGUST 31 MEETING [...] (U) CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara issued a communique on August 26 calling for an "important meeting" to be held on August 31 at the People's Palace to discuss Guinea's transition process. A wide range of groups were invited to send representatives, including Les Forces Vives, political [...]	2009-08-28 12:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY518	TRANSITION MEETING TURNS INTO PRO-DADIS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara's meeting on Guinea's transition went forward today as planned at the People's Palace, although it started more than two hours late due to Dadis' habitual tardiness. Members of Les Forces Vives did not participate, in accordance with the group's state [...]	2009-08-31 15:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY519	PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN CONAKRY OVER THE WEEKEND, [...] (SBU) Tensions in Guinea remain high over the question of Dadis' presenting himself as a candidate in the country's upcoming presidential elections. Following spontaneous demonstrations on August 27, both pro and anti CNDD groups organized peaceful protests on Sunday, August 30 in front of t [...]	2009-08-31 15:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY528	NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL LIMITS MEDIA [...] (U) On August 31, 2009, the National Communications Council (CNC) issued a decree prohibiting discussion of political topics on all interactive programs in all languages until further notice. In response, on September 1, the Union of Free Radio and Television of Guinea (URTELGUI) issued a c [...]	2009-09-03 13:57:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY549	CNC LIFTS BAN ON RADIO POLITICAL DEBATES [...] (U) On August 31, Guinea's media regulatory body, the National Communications Council (CNC),suspended all political programs and call-in shows in all languages on privately-owned radio stations in the country (reftel A). The Minister of Communication to the Presidency and to the Ministry of N [...]	2009-09-11 13:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY553	GOG REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Embassy is in receipt of a diplomatic note from the Guinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs notifying the U.S. Government of Guinea's intent to present itself as a candidate for membership to the following UNESCO organs: - Council for the Bureau of International Education (BIE) - Intergov [...]	2009-09-11 14:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNESCO GV
09CONAKRY556	CROWDS OF SUPPORTERS WELCOME HOME OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Much of Conakry came to a virtual standstill for several hours on September 13 as crowds of supporters marched in the streets to welcome political leader Cellou Dalein Diallo (UFDG) back to Conakry. Main traffic arteries were closed for hours as supporters marched from the airport, thr [...]	2009-09-14 16:16:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY566	CNDD PLANS TO FIX FOREIGN EXHANGE RATE [...] (U) An Interministerial Commission which includes; the Ministries of Defense, Finance, Commerce, Mines, Justice, High Crimes and Banditry, the Central Bank, and the Office of the President, have reportedly proposed to peg the Guinean Franc to the US dollar. The new exchange rate would be valu [...]	2009-09-16 12:06:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL GV
09CONAKRY570	DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT - RESPONSE FROM GUINEA [...] Per reftel request, below are Embassy Conakry's responses to the Department's inquiry about the Guinean Diaspora: A: The Guinean diaspora are identifiable communities primarily based in Senegal, France, Mali, the United States, Canada and the United Arab Emirates. The existing diaspora net [...]	2009-09-16 15:19:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL GPI GV
09CONAKRY58	WORLD BANK RESREP INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 21, World Bank Country Manager Siaka Bakayoko met with PM Kabine Komara to discuss a number of issues related to ongoing World Bank programs in Guinea. Topics they discussed included a dispute over payment for upcoming financial audits of the government sector, the [...]	2009-01-22 15:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY582	WOMEN OF LES FORCES VIVES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Worried about what they see as an increasing potential for violence, the women of Les Forces Vives appear to be forming their own coalition in order to better focus their efforts to effect change. The women discussed a detailed plan of action, but clearly lacked financial res [...]	2009-09-23 16:19:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY583	FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to diplomats' growing concerns about the security situation in Conakry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs organized a meeting on September 18. He outlined a number of actions the GoG plans to take to address these concerns, but the audience seemed largely unconvinc [...]	2009-09-23 16:24:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC GV
09CONAKRY59	WORLD BANK RESREP EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT MINFIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. World Bank Country Manager Siaka Bakayoko told Econoff that he came away from his first meeting with Finance Minister Captain Mamadou Sande with the sense that Sande was a "tin soldier," a CNDD loyalist with no experience who would have difficulty meeting Guinea's financial chall [...]	2009-01-23 13:44:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY590	CIVIL DEMONSTRATIONS UP COUNTRY, PEOPLE WORRIED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Protests/demonstrations took place in three distinctly different parts of the country on September 24, all of them connected to CNDD efforts to organize pro-Dadis political rallies. In Labe, thousands of people peacefully took to the streets to protest CNDD efforts to rally s [...]	2009-09-25 13:53:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY595	DETAINED POLITICAL LEADERS RELEASED [...] (SBU) Mouctar Diallo, the young leader of the New Democratic Forces (NFD) party and one of the political leaders beaten and arrested by security forces during the violence on September 28, called A/DCM at 0130 local time to report that all of the detained political leaders had just been relea [...]	2009-09-29 08:50:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY599	CONAKRY RELATIVELY CALM, UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF [...] (SBU) After yesterday's violence, Conakry has been relatively quiet throughout the morning. Traffic has been circulating, but with noticeably fewer vehicles. Businesses are generally shuttered and there is a large presence of security forces evident at major traffic junctions. 2. (SBU) [...]	2009-09-29 13:49:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL GV
09CONAKRY602	RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS COMMENT ON PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Employees from the Catholic Relief Service (CRS) and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) painted a brutal picture of the September 28 protests in Guinea. Although neither organization was able to estimate the final death toll, they corroborated wide-spread rumors of public rapes and [...]	2009-09-29 16:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY603	CONAKRY RELATIVELY CALM AS CITIZENS FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Conakry remains relatively calm as of 1300 on September 30, although there have been sporadic reports of violence. There was a small demonstration in Taouyah with youths throwing rocks, but police intervened and peacefully dispersed the crowd. There are currently reports of gunfire in [...]	2009-09-30 13:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY604	DADIS VISITS THE WOUNDED, DECLARES TWO DAYS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The ruling CNDD military junta is placing the blame for Monday's violence squarely on Guinea's political actors, noting that the demonstration was illegal and security forces had no choice but to react to the violent behavior of the demonstrators. Over a national television b [...]	2009-09-30 14:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY605	BUSINESS ROUNDUP AFTER SEPTEMBER 28 EVENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Commerce in Conakry, Faranah, Labe, Mamou, and several other of Guinea's larger cities, has come to an almost complete halt this week. Gas stations throughout the country have been closed since Monday morning, and the major roads between Guinea,s farmlands and its capital city re [...]	2009-09-30 16:36:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ASEC PHUM PGOV EINV GV
09CONAKRY609	DADIS SUGGESTS NATIONAL UNITY, FORCES VIVES REJECT [...] (U) On September 30 at 1600, the CNDD issued a radio communique detailing their response to Monday's events. According to the communique, the CNDD plans to appoint a "wise African president" to serve as a mediator between members of the Forces Vives and the CNDD. The communique said that the u [...]	2009-10-01 12:22:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL GV
09CONAKRY611	PROTESTS ANTICIPATED TOMORROW IN CONAKRY [...] (U) As of 1300, the situation in Conakry is outwardly calm with only small disturbances in the neighborhoods of Cosa, Hamdallaye, and Bambeto where there is sporadic gunfire and small-scale demonstrations. Most of the interior also remains quiet, though there is low-level agitation in the north [...]	2009-10-01 14:53:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI GV
09CONAKRY614	FORCES VIVES SAYS DADIS SHOULD STEP DOWN AND BE [...] (U) On October 1, the Forces Vives issued a strong statement condemning the CNDD for their actions on September 28. In their communique, they accused the CNDD of ordering the military to kill, rape, and humiliate anti-Dadis demonstrators. They directly implicated CNDD president Moussa Dadis C [...]	2009-10-02 12:14:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY615	CNDD PLANS TO RELEASE 58 BODIES TO GRAND MOSQUE [...] (U) At least 58 bodies of victims of the September 28 violence will be returned today, according to government press releases and religious leaders. The government, which maintains that only 58 people were killed in the violence, will be releasing the bodies to Conakry's Grand Mosque at 1030 t [...]	2009-10-02 12:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI GV
09CONAKRY619	A CALM WEEKEND IN CONAKRY, SMALL-SCALE PROTESTS [...] (U) Guinea was calm over the weekend, with no reports of disturbances in Conakry or the interior. Many people in Conakry took advantage of the relative calm to restock on food items and other necessary goods, though economic and social activity was more subdued than usual. ------------- G [...]	2009-10-05 11:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ECON SOCI GV
09CONAKRY635	EYEWITNESS REPORTS ENCOUNTER WITH CIVILIAN MILITIA [...] (SBU) A long-time Embassy contact (a Peuhl) told A/DCM on October 7 that he had personally seen a group of 40 civilian militias exit from Camp Alpha Yaya on September 28 at approximately 1300. According to source, these civilians were naked from the waist up, sported tattoos on their bodies, [...]	2009-10-08 16:03:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY649	LABOR UNIONS CALL FOR TWO DAYS OF "COMPASSION AND [...] (U) Guinea's labor unions have formally declared their intent to observe two days of "compassion and reflection" on October 12 and 13. Referring to September 28 as "Black Monday" because of the extensive violence suffered at the hands of the Red Berets, the unions stated that Guineans must j [...]	2009-10-09 14:51:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY654	CNDD SUPPORTS TWO DAYS OF GENERAL STRIKE [...] (U) Guineans are continuing to observe a "ville morte" throughout the country (reftel),including in the Forest region where the CNDD finds the bulk of its support. On October 11 and 12, the CNDD repeatedly played a statement announcing their support for the national strike, saying that all Gu [...]	2009-10-13 10:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ECON GV
09CONAKRY657	MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RESIGNS TO PROTEST CNDD [...] (SBU) The Minister of Agriculture, Abdulrahmane Sano, resigned on October 12 in protest of the September 28 massacre. Sano, a Malinke who formerly worked in the private export sector, joined the government soon after the December 2008 coup. According to sources within the government, Sano has [...]	2009-10-13 14:44:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAGR GV
09CONAKRY680	FORCES VIVES WORK TOWARD TRANSITION, REFUSE TO LET UP ON [...] (SBU) Leaders of the Forces Vives met October 22 at Jean Marie Dore's (UPG) residence to discuss recent developments related to Guinea's troubled transition. Participants were satisfied with the strong positions adopted by the African Union and ECOWAS, especially since both organizations had [...]	2009-10-26 13:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY683	G-8 COMS DISCUSS CRISIS IN GUINEA [...] (U) Charge hosted an October 22 meeting at the CMR of representatives of G8 Member States along with African Union, World Bank and IMF representatives. Key points discussed included: --The recent UN visit by Haile Menkerios --Lack of a cohesive response by the AU towards GoG --Security in [...]	2009-10-27 12:24:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN GV
09CONAKRY698	CHARGE DELIVERS FIRM MESSAGE TO GUINEA'S FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guinea's Foreign Minister used the pretext of a possible meeting with the Secretary to raise the issue of US visa restrictions. In his first encounter with the Foreign Minister since the September 28 violence, Charge reiterated the US position that the killing and raping of unar [...]	2009-11-03 15:16:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GV
09CONAKRY7	ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimately h [...]	2009-01-05 15:45:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY706	COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ADVANCE TEAM ARRIVES IN [...] (SBU) A four-member advance team arrived in Conakry late last week to lay the groundwork for the UN Commission of Inquiry expected in December. During a November 5 meeting of G-8 representatives in Conakry, UN advance team member Julien Attakla-Ayinon, a Togo-based UN official with the High Co [...]	2009-11-06 15:51:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GV
09CONAKRY708	CNDD SHAKES UP COMMUNICATION SECTOR TO IMPROVE PUBLIC [...] (U) On November 8, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara announced several new governmental nominations. The appointments include: --General Advisor to Ministry of Information, Issa Conde. Conde was a former Minister of Information in the previous government. --Director General of Merchant Ma [...]	2009-11-09 17:06:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ASEC GV
09CONAKRY736	FORCES VIVES REJECT PROPOSAL FOR TRANSITIONAL GOV'T [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guineans have recieved reports of the talks in Ouagadougou between Burkinabe President and mediator Blaise Compaore, the Forces Vives, and the CNDD with a mixture of concern, outrage, and resignation. After Compaore delivered his "non-paper" on November 20 outlining a proposed t [...]	2009-11-23 16:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ASEC GV
09CONAKRY78	CNDD PRESIDENT PUBLICLY INTERROGATES ACCUSED [...] (U) SUMMARY. The President of the CNDD presided over two public "hearings" on national television on January 25. He personally interrogated the participants in what was described as an aggressive and frightening manner. Embassy and other members of the international community continue to u [...]	2009-01-29 16:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC GV
09CONAKRY79	DADIS EXPLAINS REASONS FOR IDI AMIN'S ARREST [...] (U) Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),appeared on national television the evening of January 28 to explain his decision to fire Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, aka Idi Amin (reftel). Idi Amin was present throughout the broadcast. According [...]	2009-01-29 16:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY823	MILITARY SEARCHES OPPOSITION LEADER'S RESIDENCE [...] (U) According to press reports, two groups of armed military personnel (approximately 15 to 20) invaded the private residence of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, a former prime minister and head of the Union of Guinean Democratic Forces (UFDG) political party, on January 1. One group [...]	2009-01-02 13:20:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM PREL GV
09CONAKRY830	ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimately h [...]	2009-01-05 15:45:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY833	ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimat [...]	2009-01-06 07:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY834	ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultima [...]	2009-01-06 07:04:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY85	CENI OUTLINES TENTATIVE ELECTION TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Based on an analysis of the status of electoral preparations to date and anticipated timelines, the CENI internally agreed that Guinea could organize one election in September or October, and a second in November or December. The CENI agreed that the presidential and legislat [...]	2009-01-30 12:47:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY87	TROUBLING ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),has been highly visible on national television and radio over the past few days. On February 3, Dadis issued a blanket authority to security personnel to shoot anyone caught committin [...]	2009-02-03 16:13:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY88	DADIS CAMARA PUBLICLY FIRES HEAD OF CUSTOMS [...] (U) Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),publicly fired the National Director of Customs, Olga Syradin, as he was touring Customs Headquarters on 2 February. According to a source, customs employees present during the tour began spontaneo [...]	2009-02-03 16:19:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ETRD GV
09CONAKRY90	WORLD BANK ISSUES NOTICE OF NON-PAYMENT TO GUINEA [...] (SBU) Siaka Bakayoko, the World Bank ResRep in Guinea, told Charge on 2 February that World Bank Headquarters in Washington issued a Notice of Non-Payment to Guinea at 5:00pm Washington time on Friday, 30 January for the loan payment that was due on 1 January. Prompt payment of this World Bank [...]	2009-02-04 13:13:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL AORC GV
09CONAKRY94	DADIS CAMARA "SUSPENDS" MINFIN [...] (U) On 7 February, Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),announced during a state television broadcast that he was suspending the Minister of Finance, Captain Mamadou Sande. Dadis Camara did not state a reason for issuing the suspension. [...]	2009-02-09 14:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY96	CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICAL PARTIES PUBLICLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's civilian and political leaders may be starting to coalesce and find a common voice. Both groups independently issued public declarations the week of February 2, which were highly critical of Dadis and the CNDD. In addition, civil society articulated a clear set of d [...]	2009-02-09 15:08:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY97	CNDD ANNOUNCES INTENT TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN LAST [...] SUMMARY. During a meeting with Charge, the CENI President was confident that Guinea could organize both presidential and legislative elections by the end of the year. The CENI planned to present CNDD President Dadis with a specific proposal, including a timeline, action plan, and budget by [...]	2009-02-09 15:58:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09COPENHAEN13	RISING DANISH CONCERN ABOT GAZA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The Danish government nd leading politicians continue to balance their assessment of the conflict in Gaza between assigning clear blame to Hamas and signaling growing concerns about the civilian casualties inflicted by the Israeli retaliation. Following a January 6 meeting with the p [...]	2009-01-07 13:32:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS IS DA
09COPENHAGEN139	Climate Conferences Build Toward COP-15 [...] (SBU) Summary: Denmark has recently been host to a flurry of climate-related conferences in the run-up to the UNFCCC's Conference of Parties (COP-15) meeting in December. One of them, sponsored by the International Association of Research Universities and held here in Copenhagen, attracted i [...]	2009-03-19 07:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG DA
09COPENHAGEN152	Denmark to Attend Major Economies Forum April 27-28 [...] (SBU) On March 23 we delivered President Obama's letter (Ref A),inviting Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to send a representative to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) preparatory meeting April 27-28 in Washington, and also conveyed MEF-related points (Ref B). PM Rasmussen's climate adviso [...]	2009-03-27 06:58:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG DA
09COPENHAGEN172	DANES WEIGHING CONTRIBUTION FOR PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (SBU) PolOff, accompanied by Japanese and Pakistani counterparts, met April 8 with MFA's Team Leader for Pakistan Jesper Thomsen. Thomsen told us that the Danes will be represented in Tokyo by MFA Political Director Carsten Damsgaard, who will also soon assume additional duties as Denmark's S [...]	2009-04-08 10:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PK DA
09COPENHAGEN173	Change of Danish PM: Implications for COP-15 [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent change of Danish Prime Minister is unlikely to significantly shift the Danish approach to hosting UNFCCC climate talks at COP-15 in December in Copenhagen. Climate policy here enjoys strong political consensus, and the government of Lars Lokke Rasmussen will likely [...]	2009-04-08 15:21:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KGHG PINR DA
09COPENHAGEN2	DENMARK: URGENT NEED FOR DONATIONS TO UNRWA GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 09:42:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM DA
09COPENHAGEN20	DANES WANT "AMBITIOUS" SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Denmark supports a robust mandate for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP),and hopes that the CGSP's January 13-14 inaugural meeting will provide it with an ambitious and substantive operational agenda. The Danes hope to take on leadership of the CGSP's legal and judicial [...]	2009-01-08 15:50:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DA
09COPENHAGEN205	MGSF01: First Case in Denmark linked to NYC [...] (U) Danish authorities confirmed to the press on May 1 Denmark's first confirmed case of the New York strain of the H1N1 virus. The case has been reported to WHO. 2. (U) The individual had recently returned from a visit to New York on April 21-28, arriving back in Copenhagen on the mornin [...]	2009-05-01 15:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09COPENHAGEN21	DENMARK: OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 15:58:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID UN DA
09COPENHAGEN24	DANISH ECONOMY TREADING WATER IN A CHOPPY SEA [...] (SBU) Summary. One of the first EU nations to slide into recession in 2008, Denmark absorbed many of the same economic body blows felt by other OECD nations and is braced for what is expected by all forecasts to be a bleak 2009. Due to relatively prudent pre-crisis lending practices and a ti [...]	2009-01-09 14:01:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN DA
09COPENHAGEN253	HISTORIC GREENLANDIC ELECTIONS USHER IN NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Greenlanders, in an historic June 2 election, threw out the ruling party that has held the reins of government in Greenland for the last 30 years. The decisive winner was Greenland's largest left-wing opposition party, which ran a skillful campaign focused on addressing Greenla [...]	2009-06-03 15:05:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN270	IWC 2009 MEETING: DENMARK/GREENLAND VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: Denmark's IWC commissioner told us Denmark will again request an aboriginal whaling quota for Greenland, despite uncertainty regarding the whaling policies of the new Greenlandic Home Rule Government. Denmark supports continuation of the "Future of the IWC" small working group [...]	2009-06-11 10:06:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IWC SENV KSCA PREL PGOV EFIS DA
09COPENHAGEN278	DENMARK STILL AFTER TOP IRENA JOB [...] (SBU) REO conveyed reftel points on possible U.S. membership of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to Danish officials in the Foreign and Climate ministries on June 17. Danish officials warmly welcomed U.S. interest in joining IRENA. 2. (SBU) Mads Emil Sterk, Head of Sectio [...]	2009-06-17 14:03:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV DA
09COPENHAGEN282	DENMARK HOSTS COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Baltic region officials decided to continue efforts to make the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) more focused on concrete projects to integrate the region's energy infrastructure and promote other links at a ministerial meeting on June 4 hosted by Denmark as outgoing CBSS pr [...]	2009-06-19 10:40:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL AORC ZB XZ DA
09COPENHAGEN291	MAJORITY LEADER HOYER'S VISIT TO DENMARK [...] (SBU) Summary. Prospects for U.S. climate and energy legislation and its potential impact on an international climate agreement in December were foremost in the minds of Danish interlocutors as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer visited Copenhagen May 26 - 29. Hoyer, in meetings with senior Dan [...]	2009-06-26 15:07:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DA
09COPENHAGEN356	AMBASSADOR FULTON MEETS GREENLAND PREMIER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Fulton paid her initial call on Greenland's Premier, Kuupik Kleist, August 14. Kleist stressed that he desires close cooperation with the United States and the Ambassador committed to continued U.S. engagement in Greenland. Specifically, the two discussed how to fur [...]	2009-08-18 06:42:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DA
09COPENHAGEN367	Danish Climate Minister on G-20, COP-15 [...] (U)This message contains an action request for OES/EGC--see para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an August 27 courtesy call, the Ambassador assured Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard that the U.S. remains committed to seeking a successful outcome at COP-15 climate talks in Copenhagen [...]	2009-08-27 14:25:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV EFIN PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN368	DENMARK'S REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON SOY ISSUE AT [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered the reftel points to Lene Moelsted Jensen, Director for Sustainability and Environment in the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. She replied the Danish Government is aware of the issue and that the Minister of Agriculture is "very well aware" of the di [...]	2009-08-27 15:30:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EUN TBIO DK
09COPENHAGEN369	AMBASSADOR MEETS DEFENSE MINISTER - SOREN GADE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 26, Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Defense Soeren Gade. The Minister was in a talkative mood, and conducted a very cordial meeting in which no contentious issues were raised. He did, however, drop a few surprise hints concerning the possibility [...]	2009-08-28 10:51:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR DA
09COPENHAGEN377	AMBASSADOR MEETS JUSTICE MINISTER, EXCHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Fulton's first meeting with Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen highlighted the close cooperation and warm feelings between the two governments; the impending first-ever extradition to the U.S. from Denmark of a Danish citizen; the U.S. desire to use Federal Air Marsha [...]	2009-09-02 10:52:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM DA
09COPENHAGEN379	(SBU) KOSOVO: DENMARK WILL PARTICIPATE IN ICJ [...] (SBU) Denmark will participate in the ICJ oral hearings on Kosovo. MFA confirmed this in response to reftel demarche. FULTON [...]	2009-09-03 06:34:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL ICJ KV DA
09COPENHAGEN397	FIVE FMS PLEDGE COOPERATION TOWARD COP-15 [...] (SBU) Summary: The foreign ministers of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom and France met in Copenhagen on September 10 to call urgently for reaching an ambitious climate agreement at the COP-15 climate conference in December. Warning that the risks of failure include potential "large- [...]	2009-09-17 09:16:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV EFIN PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN398	Ambassador and Science Minister Sign Bilateral Science and [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Danish Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Helge Sander, signed a bilateral science and technological cooperation agreement on September 15. In her remarks, the Ambassador hailed the agreement as opening new doors in the bilateral S and T relation [...]	2009-09-17 09:21:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TSPL PGOV SCUL DA
09COPENHAGEN405	POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION - [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel points to Aron Bonanno of MFA Security Policy Department September 17. Bonanno expressed appreciation for the information, noting that he was working late because of this issue. He wondered whether the timing of the announcement had anything to do with POTUS's [...]	2009-09-18 14:34:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN408	64TH UNGA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Details of Denmark's high-level attendance at 64th UNGA are keyed to format stipulated in reftel: A. Attendance of Head of State: No plan to attend. B. Attendance of Head of Government: -- Mr. Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark. -- Arrive New York September 2 [...]	2009-09-18 16:01:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP CIVS UNGA DA
09COPENHAGEN409	Denmark and Greenland Agree on Dialogue Toward COP-15 on [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent reported statements by new Greenland Self Government Premier Kuupik Kleist raised concerns that Greenland would opt out of any deal negotiated by Denmark (which has sovereignty over it) at COP-15 and embarrass the Danish government in its role as host of COP-15. Danish [...]	2009-09-21 11:21:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PGOV PREL EINV DA
09COPENHAGEN410	UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Pol-EconCouns delivered reftel demarche the morning of September 21 to MFA Americas Dept. Head Morten Lauridsen, stressing the need to get word to the Danish Political Director in New York before the EU meeting the same day. Lauridsen undertook to convey the message at once. FULTON [...]	2009-09-21 15:19:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA DA
09COPENHAGEN411	LETTER TO SECRETARY CLINTON FROM FM [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a letter to Secretary Clinton from Minister of Foreign Affairs Moeller regarding his participation at the transatlantic dinner on September 22 (ref A) and the Partnering for Food Security meeting on September 26 (ref B). 2. (SBU) The text of the letter is as foll [...]	2009-09-21 16:23:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC OVIP PREL UNGA DA
09COPENHAGEN431	KENYA: DENMARK SUPPORTS U.S. ON AVERTING REFUGEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 10:47:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KE UNHCR DA
09COPENHAGEN433	"HIGH NORTH" CONFERENCE DEBATES GREENLAND'S ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Danih Institute for Military Studies sponsored a confrence on Arctic security September 23. Denmark mintains sovereignty over Greenland, but granted it increased autonomy as of June 2009. Participant vigorously debated Greenland's changing role asthe Arctic attracts increa [...]	2009-10-06 09:43:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR PGOV PREL SENV DA GL

09COPENHAGEN434	DANISH SHIPOWNERS PRIORITIZE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior officials of the Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) list anti-piracy cooperation, reliance on free-market allocation of resources to prevent overcapacity, and care in setting proposed climate-change restrictions on the emission of maritime greenhouse gases (GHG) as th [...]	2009-10-06 09:44:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT PGOV PREL SENV DA
09COPENHAGEN441	GREENLAND SEEKS TO CONDUCT MINERAL SURVEY AT THULE [...] (U) Action request: Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. The MFA has relayed a request from Greenland Government's Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum for preliminary USG reaction toward its intent to issue a commercial license to conduct a mineral survey on land that borders on -- [...]	2009-10-09 11:23:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EMIN DA GL
09COPENHAGEN453	FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE: DANISH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 07:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN DA
09COPENHAGEN462	(SBU) DENMARK SUPPORTS APPROVAL OF BIOTECH MAIZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 10:06:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TBIO DA
09COPENHAGEN467	DANISH CLIMATE NEGOTIATOR RESIGNS UNDER CLOUD [...] (SBU) Summary: Thomas Becker, one of Denmark's senior climate negotiators, resigned on October 8, fueling press and opposition speculation about tensions between the Climate and Energy Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office. Further details of Becker's expense accounting have revealed a pre [...]	2009-10-21 06:06:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN474	PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY: [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 11:05:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN479	BANNING THE PROVISION OF COMMERCIAL INSURANCE TO [...] (SBU) On October 26, poloff delivered talking points, along with applicable documents, to MFA's Acting Department Head for Middle East Affairs Allan Kristensen. Kristensen indicated the issue was not currently being discussed, but agreed it was important and should be placed on the agenda. [...]	2009-10-27 13:51:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL PTER IR DK
09COPENHAGEN481	DENMARK: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (SBU) On October 27, poloff delivered talking points and CV of AmCit ICSC nominee Lucretia F. Myers to MFA Acting Department Head Anders Ornemark, Department of Global Security and Economy. The discussion reiterated the importance we attach to the candidacy of Ms. Myers, a message that was [...]	2009-10-28 13:58:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA
09COPENHAGEN482	DENMARK: UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE -- PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On October 27, poloff delivered talking points and discussed U.S. Third Committee priorities contained in reftel to MFA Acting Department Head Anders Ornemark, Department of Global Security and Economy. Ornemark indicated general overall agreement with the priorities, particularly the [...]	2009-10-28 14:00:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN
09COPENHAGEN484	(SBU) DANISH PEOPLE'S PARTY MP SPECULATES FM [...] (SBU) Summary. MP Soren Espersen, Danish People's Party (DPP) foreign policy spokesman, told Poloffs Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller may retire soon in favor of rising Conservative party star Connie Hedegaard, Minister for Climate and Energy. Espersen's party supports the Liberal-Conserva [...]	2009-10-28 14:06:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DA
09COPENHAGEN486	DANISH PM CALLS FOR POLITICAL AGREEMENT AT COP-15, [...] (SBU) Summary: Danish PM Lars Loekke Rasmussen delivered a speech on climate change to legislators from the G-8 and major developing countries gathered in Copenhagen on October 24 for an inter-parliamentary event. Rasmussen laid out a vision of a 'politically binding' agreement at COP-15 whic [...]	2009-10-30 15:44:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN490	INCSR - DRAFT REPORT [...] (SBU) There follows post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Denmark: I. Summary Denmark's relatively central geographic location and status as one of Europe's transportation hubs make it an attractive drug destination and transit cou [...]	2009-11-03 17:45:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN491	EMERGENCY AID TO HORN OF AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 08:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ET KE SO DA
09COPENHAGEN499	DENMARK: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the U.S. and Denmark do not have an established security dialogue per se outside of NATO channels, but do coordinate closely on a broad range of security issues, specifically: -- Denmark has participated as a Cat III partner in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Pr [...]	2009-11-09 16:11:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN50	DENMARK'S 'DON'T CALL IT A BANK BAILOUT' BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Moving to shore up the Danish banking sector for the second time in less than four months, the Danish government unveiled on January 18 a 100 billion kroner (nearly USD 18 billion) "credit package" plan designed ostensibly to spur increased bank lending and alleviate Denmark's o [...]	2009-01-23 10:36:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN DA
09COPENHAGEN51	DENMARK'S "DON'T CALL IT A BANK BAILOUT" BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 10:36:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN DA
09COPENHAGEN521	DONG ENERGY'S ROLE IN DENMARK'S ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DONG Energy CEO Anders Eldrup recently briefed the Ambassador on Denmark's energy security and DONG Energy Group's activities. As a result of difficulties stemming from the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, Denmark set a national priority to end reliance on foreign energy. The Governmen [...]	2009-11-19 15:01:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KGHG SENV EIND EPET DA
09COPENHAGEN522	DHS SECRETARY MOVES AIR MARSHAL ISSUE FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited Denmark November 2-3 for meetings with the Danish Ministers of Justice and Transportation and for a public event on trafficking in persons (TIP). Ambassador Fulton accompanied her throughout the visit. Th [...]	2009-11-19 15:38:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS EAIR ASEC KHLS KTIP PTER KCRM DA
09COPENHAGEN524	(SBU) LOCAL ELECTIONS YIELD SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Danes went to the polls November 17 to elect 98 municipal and 5 regional councils. At the broadest level, the results were a wash, and turnout was down (65.8 percent, versus 69.4 at the 2005 local elections). The biggest gains in share of the vote went to the opposition Soc [...]	2009-11-20 17:21:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DA
09COPENHAGEN526	ISRAELI FM LIBERMAN VISITS DENMARK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israeli Foreign Minister Liberman visited Copenhagen November 9-10, but failed to get Denmark's support for upgrading Israel's relations with the EU. Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller and members of the Folketing expressed publicly opposition to Lieberman's objective of asking [...]	2009-11-23 07:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL IS DA
09COPENHAGEN532	DENMARK: MESSAGES DELIVERED FOR IAEA MEETING [...] (SBU) Messages concerning current U.S. positions on the Angarsk nuclear fuel bank resolution (reftels A and B),P5 1 efforts on Iran's nuclear program (reftel C),and desired follow-up on IAEA's report on Syrian clandestine nuclear activities (reftel D) were directly conveyed by PolOff to He [...]	2009-11-24 13:12:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP PARM PREL IAEA IR TRGY SY
09COPENHAGEN537	(SBU) HEDEGAARD TO EU COMMISSION AFTER COP-15; SUCCESSOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen on November 24 named Connie Hedegaard as Denmark's EU Commissioner; she is expected to get the climate portfolio. He named Copenhagen University Vice-rector Lykke Friis as Hedegaard's replacement as Minister of Climate and Energy. Hedegaard will [...]	2009-11-27 15:32:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN539	LOEKKE HAS A DREAM: PRIME MINISTER'S TEN GOALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Rasmussen used his party's annual conference to propose ten specific goals for Denmark to attain by 2020. He called this his "Danish dream" - modelled explicitly on The American Dream and inspired by the life-story of President Obama. With this vision statement [...]	2009-11-30 07:56:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DA
09COPENHAGEN540	(SBU) DENMARK: NO COMMITMENT ON G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) EconOff met with Niels Richter, Director of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Macroeconomic Policies Division (which is responsible for development assistance and G-8 cooperation) on November 27, to discuss the points in reftel. Richter will be the primary Danish point of contact [...]	2009-11-30 12:10:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR PREL DA RW
09COPENHAGEN543	PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SUMMIT - ENGAGING [...] (SBU) This message addresses reftel action items due November 30. Post welcomes the opportunity to participate in this initiative, even though the economic context for Muslims in Denmark is substantially different from the norm in the Muslim world. While Denmark's population is largely homo [...]	2009-12-01 06:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI KISL DA
09COPENHAGEN568	DENMARK: ASSISTANCE TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 10:44:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PK
09COPENHAGEN573	NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE - DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 11:30:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP NPT PREL IAEA MNUC ENRG DA
09COPENHAGEN61	DANISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON DISCOURAGING NEW DEALS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Charge was convoked on February 2 by MFA Political Director Carsten Damsgaard to follow up on our demarche regarding the present or planned pursuits of a Danish company, Haldor Topsoe, to sell catalytic converters to Ira [...]	2009-02-02 15:06:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETTC PREL DA IR
09COPENHAGEN89	DENMARK BACKS FIRM LINE AGAINST MAURITANIAN JUNTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 14:32:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV EU MR DA
09COPENHAGEN93	DANES WEIGH WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN II [...] (SBU) Denmark welcomes our good-faith effort to rescue the Durban Review Conference, but agrees that an acceptable outcome remains unlikely, Kira Smith Sindbjerg of the Danish MFA's Human Rights Department informed us in response to reftel demarche. Among Denmark's top priorities is opposing [...]	2009-02-19 14:36:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC DA
09COTONOU124	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S MAJOR POLITICAL REFORMS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yayi launched three political reforms in an effort to improve democratic governance in 2008. First, he proposed a Permanent Computerized Voter Registry (LEPI) to ensure transparency in the 2011 presidential elections. Second, he started a review of the constitution to fi [...]	2009-04-02 11:19:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU187	BENIN TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 11:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID KV BN
09COTONOU311	BENIN: REACTION TO OBAMA-MEDVEDEV SUMMIT [...] The Charge delivered the demarche requested reftel to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marie Ehouzou on July 14th. Ehouzou was very animated and positive discussing the success of Obama's trip to Moscow. He noted that is was obvious that President Obama was a man of peace and Medvedev loo [...]	2009-07-17 08:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU41	BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Benin (GoB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The police, gendarmes and judges described their efforts to suppress the practice through the investigation and the prosecution of traffickers during 2008. However, they were unable to pro [...]	2009-02-10 06:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN
09COTONOU470	BENIN: MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS THE [...] (U) The Association of Muslim Intellectuals petitioned the National Assembly on September 17 to express concern that the government uses state prerogatives for religious proselytizing. Citing Article 8 of the Constitution, which provides for equal access of citizens to health, culture, informat [...]	2009-10-01 10:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BN
09COTONOU523	BENIN: CLERK OF COURT STEALS MONEY PLACED UNDER SEAL [...] (U) During the official ceremony for the re-opening of the Abomey Court of Appeals (central Benin) on October 28, the Minister of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights, Victor Topanou, told the audience that Court Clerk, Nazaire Alia, allegedly stole 11 million CFA (approximately USD 22,000 ) p [...]	2009-11-02 05:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR BN
09COTONOU581	BENIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WORLD BANK RESREP [...] (U) Ambassador Knight met with the outgoing World Bank Resident Representative (ResRep) Joseph Baah-Dwomoh on November 10. Baah-Dwomoh shared his impressions as he prepares to leave Cotonou after three years. Baah-Dwomoh is currently responsible for Benin and Togo, but he said that there would [...]	2009-12-07 13:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID BN
09COTONOU582	BENIN: BELGIAN MILITARY COOPERATION REDUCED [...] (U) Poloff met Belgian military attache Georges Reinders on November 17 to discuss recent reports that Belgium is ending military cooperation with the Beninese Armed Forces. He explained that a new government came to power in Brussels in January 2009, and a new chief of defense was named on Ap [...]	2009-12-08 10:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL KPKO BN
09COTONOU91	BENIN: INPUT TO CI/KR LIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BN
09COTONOU92	BENIN: U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU95	IMF ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS ON BENIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Resident Representative (resrep)of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Koffi Yao presented the IMF report on the world financial crisis, its impact on Sub-Saharan Africa and the probable avenues of transmission of negative effects on Benin at the World Bank's Cotonou headqua [...]	2009-03-16 10:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09DAKAR1001	PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: ONE EYE [...] SUMMARY. On July 23, Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye delivered a general policy speech to a packed National Assembly chamber that included diplomats from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the US. A shrewd mixture of candor and gesture characterized the speech, as he at least m [...]	2009-08-04 15:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
09DAKAR1008	SENEGAL: PRESIDENT WADE ENDORSES TRANSGENETIC AGRICULTURE, [...] In a Thursday, July 22 meeting with President Wade in his office, Charge, IIP speaker Dr. Marcelline Egnin, and APHIS senior attache persuaded President Wade to sign a bill on his desk to legalize the cultivation of transgenetic crops in Senegal. Wade displayed a considerable knowledge of tran [...]	2009-08-04 17:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PINS KDEM SG
09DAKAR1027	SENEGAL: RELIGIOUS BROTHERHOODS' GROWING INFLUENCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's public universities have enjoyed a long history of religious tolerance and secularism. During the past decade, however, they have witnessed an unprecedented growth of religious identity and expression. The dominance and influence of Sufi Muslim brotherhoods and the l [...]	2009-08-07 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM SOCI PHUM SG
09DAKAR1069	CONFLICTING MESSAGES ABOUT WADE'S MONUMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Details have continued to emerge regarding Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's project for a "Monument of the African Renaissance." To pay off the North Korean firm that is constructing the monument, a valuable tract of land is said to have been given to Mbackeou Faye, one of [...]	2009-08-19 13:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU
09DAKAR1082	SENEGAL'S NEW ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL-BLATANT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-created Conseil Economique et Social (CES) is an advisory body tasked with ensuring that the needs of Senegal's people are heard by the government. However, the new CES is no different to a pre-existing CES that President Abdoulaye Wade campaigned against and dissol [...]	2009-08-24 07:57:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON SG
09DAKAR109	Senegal: President and Ex-Number Two Reconcile [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 12, 2009 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck officially announced their political reconciliation. Seck who fell out with and opposed Wade in the 2007 presidential elections maintains his chances to become Senegal's next President [...]	2009-01-27 17:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR111	Senegal: Former National Assembly Chair Arrested [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 26, The Minister of Interior, Cheikh Tidiane Sy, issued a press release accusing former Prime Minister Macky Sall of money laundering. Subsequently, Sall was ordered to appear in the central police station to be taken into custody. Sall resigned a couple of month ago [...]	2009-01-27 17:19:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1114	Flooding in Dakar Angers Local Population [...] (SBU) Almost a week after a massive storm hit Dakar, much of the city and its low-lying suburbs remain flooded. Despite the fact that the rains and the consequent flooding is a predictable annual occurrence, the government was once again caught unprepared and is trying to blame newly-elected o [...]	2009-09-01 14:39:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1133	Worsening Power Cuts Leads to Rioting in Dakar [...] (SBU) Dakar and most of Senegal's major cities have been gripped by chronic electricity cuts. At the heart of the issue is SENELEC's (the state electricity parastatal) inability to find adequate financing to buy fuel to run their power stations. Energy Minister Samuel Sarr has handed in his r [...]	2009-09-03 16:49:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON ENRG SG
09DAKAR1230	BLUE LANTERN: SENEGAL NOT PURCHASING C-130S FROM NIGERIA [...] (SBU) In a discussion with the Chief of Staff of Senegal's Air Force, Colonel Pereira, poloff was told that Senegal was not/not planning to purchase C-130s from Nigeria. Instead the Air Force is in the process of purchasing second-hand CASA 235s from Indonesia. 2. (SB) However, according [...]	2009-09-29 15:18:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PREL PINR ETRD NI SG
09DAKAR1245	Senegal-President Wade announces he will run for a third [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 18, 2009 interview he gave to VOA's French to Africa service, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade announced that he was going to run for a third term in office. Immediately, opposition leaders derided the decision saying that this was just a ploy by the President t [...]	2009-10-01 11:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM SG
09DAKAR1256	Senegalese Foreign Minister Fired [...] (SBU) Summary: In a development that has come as a shock to many in the international community, Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio has been relieved of his post and replaced by Madicke Niang, the former Minister of Justice. Niang has been replaced as Justice Minister by Minister of Educati [...]	2009-10-05 07:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1261	Casamance rebels kill Seven Senegalese soldiers [...] (SBU) Summary: 2009 has had an uptick of violent assaults by gunmen allegedly belonging to MFDC (Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance) resulting in numerous civilian deaths. However, a more worrying development is the resumption of attacks against the Senegalese army. On October 2, MFDC [...]	2009-10-06 11:02:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1266	Darou Mousty Homosexuals Condemned by Local Court [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August decision the Court of Louga (in North central Senegal) sentenced three adults and two minors for "unnatural sex acts." One adult was sentenced to five years and two others to two years. As for the minors, one was found guilty but received no prison sentence. He wa [...]	2009-10-07 12:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1299	Seven Cabinet Reshuffles in Six Months [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's latest cabinet reshuffle sees former Secretary General of the Presidency, Abdoulaye Balde, become the Minister of Defense while Interior Minister Cheikh Tidiane Sy is replaced at the Ministry by Becaye Diop who was Minister of Defense for the [...]	2009-10-20 12:11:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1336	Senegal: Mouride thugs ransack media group [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 25, a group of thugs led by Mame Thierno Mbacke forcibly removed Sidy Lamine Niasse, founder of the Walfadjri media group, from his home and ransacked the group's headquarters. Mame Thierno Mbacke is the brother and assistant of politico-religious leader Modou Kara [...]	2009-10-28 16:40:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1358	Alex Segura - The Scandal Continues [...] (SBU) Summary: After revelations that former IMF Resident Representatives, Alex Segura, left Senegal with a Presidential cash gift valued in the neighborhood of USD 200,000, local media and opposition leaders have continued to slam President Abdoulaye Wade for what they call his crass attempt t [...]	2009-10-30 13:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN SG
09DAKAR1362	GUINEA-BISSAU CABINET RESHUFFLE: PM CONSOLIDATES HIS POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, Prime Minister Carlos "Cadogo" Gomes, Jr. finally reshuffled his cabinet after announcing he would do so during the June-July presidential campaign. As he pledged last week in a Lisbon press conference, he promised a smaller government, ostensibly to rein in gove [...]	2009-11-02 07:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
09DAKAR1376	Senegal: Campaigning for the 2012 is Already Underway [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although presidential elections are not slated until February 2012, the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) and the opposition Benno coalition (unity in Wolof) continue to spar against one another while internal debates rage as to who will represent them in the election. Pr [...]	2009-11-05 07:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1401	Senegal: Opposition launches campaign for Wade's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, Benno, the Senegalese opposition party coalition, staged a demonstration calling on President Abdoulaye Wade to resign. The organizers denounced bad governance and announced that they have launched a campaign to collect 3 million signatures (twice the number of p [...]	2009-11-13 13:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1438	SENEGAL: IMF MISSION GAVE POSITIVE MARK, BUT URGED THE [...] Summary: An IMF team visited Senegal in mid-November to carry out a fourth review of the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) and a second review of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF). The IMF team met with government officials as well as donors, private sector and civil society representatives. [...]	2009-11-24 17:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PINR PREL SG
09DAKAR1440	Casamance: Increased Violence and a Potential New Leader [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between November 2-4, PolCouns visited the Casamance to assess the region's volatile security situation where road hijackings by armed gunmen have become commonplace. Additionally, a border quarrel between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau near Cabrousse has created tensions that have le [...]	2009-11-25 14:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1457	Senegal: Can President Abdoulaye Wade's new alliance win [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, President Abdoulaye Wade announced the creation of a new alliance called "SOPI pour demain" (Change for Tomorrow). Four days earlier, he ended a host of rumors by declaring at a press conference that he will not call early elections nor eliminate a second round r [...]	2009-12-02 17:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1470	Senegal: Chair of National Electoral Committee Resigns [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, Judge Moustapha Toure, the Chairman of Senegal's National Autonomous Electoral Committee (CENA) resigned under pressure from President Abdoulaye Wade. Knowing that he could not legally fire him, the President asked Toure in a November 5 meeting to resign. When T [...]	2009-12-03 09:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1496	GUINEA-BISSAU: OPPOSITION PRS PARTY DISCRETE FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 16:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
09DAKAR1504	CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: OPPOSITION PRS PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with PolOff, Ibrahim Sori Djalo, Interim President of the opposition Party for Social Renovation (PRS) and Augusto Poquena, PRS Secretary General, started off describing their party's cooperation with the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and C [...]	2009-12-10 11:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
09DAKAR1520	Ahmedinejad in Dakar; Wade Comments on Iran's Civil Nuclear [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad made a twelve-hour stop in Dakar, en route to Teheran from Latin America. President Wade took the opportunity to reiterate his support for Iran's right to a civilian nuclear program while President Ahmedinejad announced that [...]	2009-12-16 09:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1527	Imams Versus President Wade's Statue [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of 18 Islamic associations in the capital area directed their imams to denounce President Abdoulaye Wade during their December 11, 2009 Friday sermons because he had characterized them as being ignorant in the ways of Islam after they had accused the President's African [...]	2009-12-18 12:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM SG
09DAKAR1539	Ambassador Meets Mouride Caliph [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Serigne Bara Lamine Mbacke, the Caliph-General (or grand marabout) of Senegal's powerful Mouride Muslim brotherhood, the Ambassador requested help to end child trafficking and child begging and discussed transparency in government and the fight against corru [...]	2009-12-24 10:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM GTIP KISL SG
09DAKAR1541	SENEGAL IS ON ITS WAY TO IMPROVE ITS AGOA TEXTILE [...] Summary: On December 21 2009, Minister of Trade Amadou Niang chaired a meeting to finalize amendments to a decree governing the issuance by the Customs Office of an approval stamp that allows textile products to be shipped from Senegal to the United States under the aegis of the African Growth [...]	2009-12-24 11:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV EAGR EINV EFIN EAID SG
09DAKAR1546	SENEGAL: Homosexuals Arrested and Released [...] (SBU) On Christmas Eve police in Mbour (a town 70 km south of Dakar) raided a private residence in the resort town of Saly and arrested 24 men who had gathered there to celebrate. Among the 24 arrestees were two French doctors. According to news reports, the party was "infiltrated" by agents [...]	2009-12-29 14:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KTIP PHUM SG
09DAKAR1547	Drug Trafficking Admiral Returns to Guinea-Bissau [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Naval chief of staff, Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, has returned to Guinea-Bissau. Na Tchuto, widely suspected of being involved in narcotics trafficking and involvement in an attempted assassination of former President Joao Bernardo Vieira, fled from the Gambia w [...]	2009-12-29 16:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KTIP PHUM SG
09DAKAR1559	Senegal: Increase in tensions Between President Wade and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an aside during a 28 December meeting with teachers, President Abdoulaye Wade compared the Monument of the African Renaissance, which some have called idolatrous, with the Cross. In a 29 December response, Cardinal Theodore Adrian Sarr characterized these observations as "an [...]	2009-12-31 13:11:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM SG
09DAKAR173	Senegal: Local Elections- A First Look [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal is scheduled to hold twice postponed local elections on March 22, 2009. The ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) and its coalition partners do not seem ready. Nevertheless, they (and most political observers here) are confident that they will easily defeat the oppos [...]	2009-02-11 17:28:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR187	Senegal: Violent Student Demonstration in Ziguinchor [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Students of the new University of Ziguinchor staged a violent demonstration on February 11 following a week of strikes. They confronted security forces and burned tires to demand the payment of their stipends. End Summary. Inadequate University Facilities Feed Frustration -- [...]	2009-02-12 17:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR189	Senegal's Local Elections: Court Ruling is Fishy [...] (SBU) Summary: Dakar's Court of Appeals ruled on February 6 that the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) could compete in local elections in ten rural communities despite its failure to comply with a deadline set by the Electoral Code. The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) a [...]	2009-02-12 17:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR215	SENEGAL: INFORMATION ON THE USE OF CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Begin report: 2. (SBU) Senegalese law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children; however, such practices were widespread in 2008. The law bans the exploitation of child labor, and there are regulations on child labor th [...]	2009-02-23 07:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG
09DAKAR217	GUINEA-BISSAU FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau remains at risk of becoming a narco-state. It has become one of the transit points of choice for South American drug traffickers. Its extreme poverty and lack of law enforcement and judicial capacity make it particularly attractive and vulnerable to infiltration [...]	2009-02-23 11:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL XY PU
09DAKAR22	Senegal: Protest Against Gaza Bombardment [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 2, 2009 The Association of Muslim students (AMS) of Senegal staged a small but vociferous demonstration against the bombings in Gaza. The demonstration took place on the campus of the University of Dakar and was attended by approximately 1,000 students. The leaders o [...]	2009-01-07 17:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR220	SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...]	2009-02-23 13:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON
09DAKAR226	Senegal: Massive pilgrimage to Touba underlines strength of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14 the Mouride brotherhood celebrated its annual pilgrimage known as the Magal or "elevation" in Wolof. The Magal commemorates the exile of the founder of the brotherhood, Ahmadou Bamba MBacke, to Gabon by French Colonial authorities in 1895. This year's Magal saw m [...]	2009-02-24 11:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL ECON SG
09DAKAR237	Senegal: GOS adopts Tough Stand Against Street [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 21, Senegalese police arrested seven people, including one attorney, during an unauthorized demonstration in Dakar. The demonstrators were protesting against the demolition of a local soccer stadium that is now earmarked for a major business project allegedly orchest [...]	2009-02-25 11:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR239	U.S. INVESTMENT FUNDS LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITY IN WEST AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal's President and U.S. private fund managers organized a conference in Dakar with U.S. and regional participants on pension fund management and investment promotion February 9-11. While one of the themes, providing access to WAEMU-region pension funds for international i [...]	2009-02-25 13:02:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON BTIO SG
09DAKAR25	GUINEA-BISSAU: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Below is Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control, of the 2008 INSCR for Guinea-Bissau. The text is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. Guinea-Bissau, a tiny impoverished country in West Africa, has evolved into a major transit hub for narcotics trafficking from South America to Europe. [...]	2009-01-08 11:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PU SNAR XY
09DAKAR252	Senegal: Are the Electoral Rolls Corrupt? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, Embassy Pol staff debriefed two computer experts who audited the national electoral database on February 10-11, 2009. The audit was requested by the coalition of opposition parties and was conducted with the concurrence and support of the Ministry of Interior tha [...]	2009-02-27 11:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR255	GUINEA BISSAU: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for begging primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers or their intermediaries convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Those children are routinely beaten and subjected to harsh treatment; often their [...]	2009-03-02 07:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XY PU
09DAKAR257	SENEGAL: CONTENTIOUS LOCAL ELECTIONS IN THE CASAMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the March 2009 local elections, POL Assistant met with authorities and NGO representatives in Ziguinchor to discuss local politics and the state of the peace process between the government and the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC). The upcom [...]	2009-03-02 07:02:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG
09DAKAR260	SENEGAL: REQUEST FUNDS FOR LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION [...] This is an action request. 2. Embassy Dakar requests funding to support Embassy coverage of local elections slated for March 22, 2009. 3. Breakdown of funding request follows: Observers for Dakar region: $261x4 observers= $1,044 Observers for regions outside of Dakar: $120x13(regions)x [...]	2009-03-02 14:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT PGOV KDEM SG
09DAKAR273	SENEGAL: REQUEST FUNDS FOR LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVER [...] This is an action request. 2. Embassy Dakar requests funding to support Embassy coverage of local elections slated for March 22, 2009. 3. Breakdown of funding request follows: Observers for Dakar region: $261x4 observers= $1,044 Observers for regions outside of Dakar: $120x13(regions)x [...]	2009-03-03 17:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT PGOV KDEM SG
09DAKAR274	GUINEA-BISSAU: REQUEST FUNDING FOR ELECTION SUPPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) As a result of the March 2 assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira, interim-President Raimundo Pereira will have to oversee presidential elections within 60 days, as called for in the constitution. However, the GOGB does not [...]	2009-03-03 18:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PU
09DAKAR288	(SBU) Visionary Monument or Bromdignagian Folly? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between December 1-14, 2009 Senegal will host the World Festival of Negro Arts (FESNAM). The event will focus on African renaissance and is also meant to coincide with the unveiling of a fifty-meter high "African Renaissance statue" commissioned by President Abdoulaye Wade. Wad [...]	2009-03-06 12:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR32	Senegal: Rape on the Rise [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegalese women's associations are mobilizing in support of a draft law to criminalize rape. After achieving notable successes in gaining parity on gender issues such as schooling for girls and allowing a woman to pay her family's medical expenses when her husband is unable to [...]	2009-01-13 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI SG
09DAKAR339	SENEGAL: Local Election Campaigning Heats Up [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run up to the March 2009 local elections, Poloff and Pol Assistant travelled to Kebemer, Louga and Saint Louis to observe various candidates on the campaign trail. The stakes are high for both the governing and opposition coalitions as these elections will define where th [...]	2009-03-20 08:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG
09DAKAR342	SENEGAL: Local Election Campaigning Heats Up Corrected [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run up to the March 2009 local elections, Poloff and Pol Assistant travelled to Kebemer, Louga and Saint Louis to observe various candidates on the campaign trail. The stakes are high for both the governing and opposition coalitions as these elections will define where th [...]	2009-03-20 12:02:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG
09DAKAR351	SENEGAL'S PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY PLANS TO AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the January 2008 establishment of broad and strict new public procurement requirements, the main regulatory agency, ARMP, is gearing up to conduct independent, far-reaching audits of public institutions' compliance with the new standards. This could prove politically d [...]	2009-03-24 11:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV ECON KCOR BTIO SG
09DAKAR372	Senegal: President Wade Trounced in Local Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, voters in Senegal's major cities voted against the ruling coalition in municipal, rural, and regional elections. Although the results are still unofficial, large cities such as Saint-Louis, Thies, Kaolack, Diourbel, Louga, Fatick, and the capital city Dakar will fal [...]	2009-03-24 16:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR378	Senegal's local elections: Legal Shenanigans [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, the National Electoral Committee (CENA) using a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed its authority to do so, ordered GOS authorities in the region of Diourbel to stop the ruling party from participating in the March 22 local elections in ten rural districts where they [...]	2009-03-26 09:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR383	NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL REGULATORY BODY SELECTIVELY ENFORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, the broadcasting licenses of three local community radio stations located in Dakar's suburbs were suspended for two months by the National Council for Broadcasting Regulation (CNRA) for violating a law that prohibits these types of stations from covering political [...]	2009-03-26 14:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KPAO KDEM KJUS SG
09DAKAR384	Senegal Local Elections: Amateur Hour but Mostly Calm, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, voters in Senegal's major cities voted in municipal, rural, and regional elections. Embassy Dakar deployed 13 monitoring teams in order to observe the elections. Post assesses that for the most part the elections were calm, free, and fair, but amateur in they way th [...]	2009-03-26 15:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG

09DAKAR386	Senegalese local elections: The Department of Medina Yoro [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 28, electors will be called to vote for a second time in a week in the department of the Region of Kolda. The Department of Medina Yorofoulah received their ballots after the official closing time of 18:00 and decided to conduct late night voting in violation of the law [...]	2009-03-26 16:29:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR387	Senegalese local elections: The Department of Medina Yoro [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 28, electors will be called to vote for a second time in a week in the department of the Region of Kolda. The Department of Medina Yorofoulah received their ballots after the official closing time of 18:00 and decided to conduct late night voting in violation of the law [...]	2009-03-26 17:08:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR412	SENEGAL MARITIME SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Following meetings with senior officials of the Senegalese Armed Forces, the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA),and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Post concludes that Senegal's maritime security remains sparse. The Senegalese Navy is among the [...]	2009-03-31 13:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SU KPKO SG
09DAKAR416	Senegal-Ambassador meets the Minister of Renewable Energy [...] (SBU) On March 30, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Christian Sina Diatta, the Minister of Biofuels, Renewable Energy and Scientific Research, to discuss alternative energy possibilities and nuclear power in Senegal. End Summary Downbeat -------- 2. (SBU) Minister Diatta is a mathemati [...]	2009-04-01 15:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV BTIO KNNP SG
09DAKAR427	SENEGAL: VOTING IN A TENSE KEDOUGOU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The city of Kedougou used to be a sleepy backwater in the extreme southeast of Senegal near the Malian and Guinean (Conakry) borders, but riots, destruction, and death on 23 December 2008 linked to commercial gold mining nearby ended all that. It was thus to everyone's relief t [...]	2009-04-02 13:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR443	KOREAN FIRMS INTERESTED IN MCC CONTRACTS AS AN ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) On March 27, Mr. Ki-Joung Cho, DCM at the Republic of Korea's Embassy in Dakar called on Econ Counselor to inquire about the status of Senegal's MCC Compact proposal and to ask if implementation contracts are open to non-U.S. firms. Cho explained that his government had received inquiri [...]	2009-04-07 10:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON KMCC PREL KO SG
09DAKAR449	Senegal: WADE'S ECLECTIC NATIONAL DAY SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Senegal celebrated the 49th anniversary of its independence with a grandiose military and civilian parade in Dakar. In his message, President Abdoulaye Wade commented on the March 22 local elections, congratulating the opposition by conceding defeat and calling the l [...]	2009-04-07 16:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR479	SENEGAL'S ISLAMIC BANK IS READY TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in Reftel, Senegal's banking sector will likely consolidate around a number of big, international banks in the coming years. However, the Banque Islamique du Senegal (BIS),is bucking that trend and has plans to gain market share throughout Senegal. During an Apri [...]	2009-04-15 13:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SA SG
09DAKAR522	Senegal: Democracy, But no Checks and Balances [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Senegal's National Assembly released a summary of its 2008 activities. It was reported that the Assembly passed sixty-eight laws, of which only three were initiated by the Assembly itself, while all the others by the Executive branch. The Assembly also passed seven [...]	2009-04-23 08:40:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR584	Senegal: A Cabinet Reshuffle for political revenge [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 30, President Wade appointed Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye as the new Prime Minister. The highlight of the Ndiaye cabinet is the creation of a super Ministry of International Cooperation, Air Transportation, Infrastructure and Land Use tailored for the President's son, Karim [...]	2009-05-07 15:29:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR59	Gay Men Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine gay men - several of whom were known anti-AIDS activists - were sentenced to eight years in prison for criminal conspiracy and committing "unnatural acts." The sentence is unusually harsh and has produced outrage among Senegalese human rights NGOs and AIDS activists, as we [...]	2009-01-15 16:18:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV SG
09DAKAR611	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENCE 994633 COMPLETED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 12:25:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PREL PINR ETRD IS SG
09DAKAR634	Senegal Grapples with Homosexuality [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, The Court of Appeals of Dakar freed nine homosexual men who had been condemned to eight years in prison in January 2009. The court ruled that the police had contravened the law when they searched their homes and further ruled that the evidence on which the convicti [...]	2009-05-19 12:18:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR635	Senegal's New Vice Presidency-An Empty Shell [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15 the Senegalese National Assembly voted in a favor of a constitutional amendment to create the position of Vice President (VP). Although many deputies belonging to President Abdoulaye Wade's own party argued against the move, saying that such a position is superfluous, [...]	2009-05-19 13:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR643	Senegalese Government Cripples Opposition Mayors [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, the Cabinet presented a draft law to the National Assembly to amend the Urban Code to allow the State to forgo the need to have local mayors countersign construction or building projects in their administrative zones. The Minister of Urban Affairs will be given that [...]	2009-05-22 12:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR667	Senegal: Key figures in Wade's new cabinet [...] (SBU) On May 1, President Abdoulaye Wade revealed a new cabinet in response to his party's heavy losses following local elections. Aside from a new Prime Minister, the President appointed his son Karim as a "Super Minister" who will handle international cooperation, land use, infrastructure, an [...]	2009-05-29 15:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR716	Seniranauto: Senegal and Iran's white elephant. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seniranauto, a car assembly plant with an estimated 40 billion CFA (80 million USD) investment between Senegal and Iran's automaker Khodro, has been hit by a highly publicized scandal. Three years after its launching, the plant has no production but local media reports have put [...]	2009-06-11 08:57:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR EINV ECON KCOR SG
09DAKAR724	Senegal wins case against Belgium at International Court of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, The International Court of Justice at The Hague rejected Belgium's demands that preventive measures be taken to stop Senegal from allowing former Chadian Head of State Hissene Habre to escape justice. Belgium initiated the case following a February 2009 interview wher [...]	2009-06-11 16:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR748	SENEGAL'S MINISTER OF BUDGET WALKS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Junior Minister for Budget, Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow resigned from the Government of Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene NDiaye for "personal reasons". Sow was replaced immediately by Abdoulaye Diop, Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Hadjibou Soumare. Several obser [...]	2009-06-18 07:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DAKAR760	POST'S PERSPECTIVE ON SENEGAL'S IMF PROGRAM REVIEW ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal's Policy Support Instrument (PSI) program with the IMF will be presented for its 3rd Board review on June 19. We understand that the IMF Staff recommends a positive review. Post continues to believe it is essential to keep the IMF engaged in fiscal reform efforts thr [...]	2009-06-19 08:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DAKAR787	GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADORS TENTATIVELY AGREE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 19 informal meeting of representatives of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members and other representatives of the international community, participants agreed that that the UNSC should support the creation of a "hybrid" commission of inquiry for Guinea-Bissau (G [...]	2009-06-23 17:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG
09DAKAR825	GUINEA-BISSAU: SANHA, YALA PREVAIL IN SOUND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau's presidential election took place without major incident on June 28. All observers, including those from Embassy Dakar, agreed that the election was technically sound. Voter turnout was low, due in part to recent violence (reftel) and the re-use of voter lists co [...]	2009-07-02 17:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU
09DAKAR858	UNIVERSITY POLITICS AND POSSIBLE POLITICAL REFORM IN ST. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In her first official visit to St. Louis May 6-8, Ambassador Bernicat heard that the Ministry of Higher Education is trying to make Gaston Berger University, Senegal's highest quality university, more like the other, mass, institutions. The university rector has not only resi [...]	2009-07-07 17:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
09DAKAR870	Senegal: Opposition and civil society try to chart the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24, Senegalese opposition and civil society leaders concluded the Assises Nationales, a year-long national introspection to chart Senegal's future. This National Dialogue involved one hundred and seven organizations including thirty political parties. It was a successful [...]	2009-07-09 15:56:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR871	Challenges within Senegal's Public Tertiary Educational [...] (SBU) Summary: Universit Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) is generally billed as Senegal's premier institution of higher learning. However, recent student strikes have illustrated some of the glaring problems evident within the public education system. Overcrowding and mismanagement have left the Unive [...]	2009-07-09 16:04:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM SOCI PHUM SG
09DAKAR873	Enlisting Senegal's New Prime Minister to Stay the MCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Souleymane Ndn Ndiaye expressed his willingness to build upon the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact relationship that was established by his predecessor. Ndiaye showed great interest in the MCC initiative and assured [...]	2009-07-09 17:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DAKAR890	Animism in Senegal [...] SUMMARY: During a trip to the Kedougou Region of southern Senegal, Poloff visited the Bedik village of Ewol whose people still practice a nature based form of animism and who have long resisted conversion to Islam or Christianity. While it is difficult to estimate how many true animists remain [...]	2009-07-14 10:39:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KISL SG
09DAKAR896	Senegal's Casamance-Trials and Tribulations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The troubled Casamance region of Southern Senegal is facing yet another crisis following the dissolution of Air Senegal International. Already cut off from the rest of the country by the Gambia, local tour operators are extremely worried that without regular flights the upcoming [...]	2009-07-14 17:02:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR948	SENEGAL: War and Banditry in the Casamance [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, armed gunmen hijacked several transportation vehicles and robbed local businesses in Casamance. These attacks have resulted in several deaths and led the Senegalese military to reinforce their positions in the area north of Ziguinchor on the trans-Gambian highway. Attack [...]	2009-07-27 11:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR993	Senegal's ruling party steals local election in Mbane [...] (SBU) The Court of Appeals in Dakar recently overturned the results of local elections in Mbane located in Northeast Senegal. A leading opposition leader Aliou Diack has been officially replaced by a member of the ruling party following the court's decision. Although the court has justified it [...]	2009-08-03 07:40:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR994	GUINEA-BISSAU: SANHA WINS SECOND ROUND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau held the second round of its presidential election on July 26 following weeks of campaigning that saw Party for Social Renewal (PRS) candidate Kumba Yala level significant accusations against African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC [...]	2009-08-03 07:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU
09DAMASCUS139	SYRIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. The officer spent 35 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer [...]	2009-02-17 15:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP PREF SMIG
09DAMASCUS209	NORTHEASTERN SYRIA: IT'S MORE THAN JUST UNHAPPY KURDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a tour of the Jazirah region of northern and eastern Syria, PD officers witnessed first-hand the cultural complexity of Syrian society, the effect of population and environmental shifts on this mosaic, and the extensive reach of the Syrian security services. From March 10-13 [...]	2009-03-18 07:52:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SENV SOCI SY XF
09DAMASCUS282	RE: DEMARCHE REQUEST - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires delivered the diplomatic note contained in reftel to Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad on April 15. Miqdad harkened back to his tenure at the Syrian Mission to the UN in New York and recalled that Syria had vowed its support for the U.S. candidacy to the now-defunct [...]	2009-04-16 11:58:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN SY
09DAMASCUS381	FY20010 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM NOMINATION SLATE FROM [...] (SBU) The following, in priority order, is the Mission's FY2010 slate of 30 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) selections and nominees as determined by the post IVLP selection committee. Post's allocation for FY2010 is 28 slots. This slate includes two Single Country Programs (S [...]	2009-06-02 12:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS828	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING - SYRIA [...] (SBU) In response to ref A concerning foreign government applications of the Arab League Boycott (ALB),Syria continues to be the strictest adherent of the primary and secondary boycotts. Although it allows goods to be imported with a positive, rather than negative, country of origin certific [...]	2009-12-01 12:17:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KBCT PREL SY IS
09DAMASCUS855	SYRIA SEEKING MARKET QUALITY SOLUTIONS AT FIXED [...] (SBU) Deputy Minister of Electricity Hisham Mashfej reviewed with us Syria's significant power generation problems and his ministry's continuing efforts to cobble together short-term solutions. Mashfej acknowledged electricity generated from renewable resources and energy conservation were th [...]	2009-12-10 13:23:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DARESSALAAM104	KOSOVO RECOGNITION: TANZANIA REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 10:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC ICJ KV TZ
09DARESSALAAM106	KIKWETE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CDA PART II: MCC AND OTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At President Kikwete's request, on February 11 MCC Country Director briefed him on latest progress and obstacles in Compact implementation. Kikwete displayed a keen interest and awareness in Compact issues and offered assistance, both to provide resources if necessary and to fo [...]	2009-02-15 08:49:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM120	APR ENERGY: TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT READY TO SETTLE? [...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Minerals William Ngeleja called in Charge Feb. 25 to discuss the latest GOT discussions on the ongoing tax dispute with Florida-based APR Energy, LLC (background in ref a). Ngeleja told CDA and Poloff that he is paying attention to the issue. He said that at the l [...]	2009-02-26 02:42:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD TZ
09DARESSALAAM122	TANZANIA: ISPS CODE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Poloff delivered ref demarche to MFA Europe and Americas Director Radhia Msuya Feb. 10 and explained the 90 day deadline for Tanzanian ports to comply with the ISPS code. Msuya did not have a substantive response, but remarked that if the U.S. were to provide funding, the GOT w [...]	2009-02-26 11:22:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS PTER PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM123	ZANZIBAR: OPPOSITION CUF THINKING IN A POST-RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Once supportive of President Kikwete because of his stated desire for reconciliation, opposition party Civic United Front (CUF) is now disappointed that he failed to fulfill his commitment to Zanzibar. CUF has concluded that the upcoming 2010 elections in Zanzibar will not be d [...]	2009-02-26 14:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM124	ZANZIBAR: RULING PARTY CCM THINKING IN A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the ruling party CCM, U.S. development assistance to Zanzibar is welcome, but involvement in the political realm is not. According to Ali Mzee, Chairman of the Zanzibari House of Representatives (representing the mainstream Karume faction of Zanzibar CCM),America should not [...]	2009-02-26 14:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM125	ZANZIBAR: PEMBA SIMMERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several recent Embassy trips to Pemba, the second principal island of the Zanzibar archipelago (holding about 40 percent of the self-governing region's population) confirm that it remains among the least developed regions of Tanzania. Persistent power problems and a rapidly decl [...]	2009-02-26 14:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID TZ
09DARESSALAAM128	ZANZIBAR: IDEAS FOR CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES; LOOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Professor Haroub Othman, Chairman of the Zanzibar Legal Service Center and one of the foremost observers of contemporary Zanzibar politics, holds the view that a power sharing deal between CCM and CUF needs to be in place before any referendum. The trick would be how to bring th [...]	2009-02-27 02:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR TZ
09DARESSALAAM129	ZANZIBAR: OPPOSITION CUF THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Once supportive of President Kikwete because of his stated desire for reconciliation, opposition party Civic United Front (CUF) is now disappointed that he failed to fulfill his commitment to Zanzibar. CUF has concluded that the upcoming 2010 elections in Zanzibar will not be d [...]	2009-02-27 07:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM130	ZANZIBAR: RULING PARTY CCM THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the ruling party CCM, U.S. development assistance to Zanzibar is welcome, but involvement in the political realm is not. According to Ali Mzee, Chairman of the Zanzibari House of Representatives (representing the mainstream Karume faction of Zanzibar CCM),America should not [...]	2009-02-27 07:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM134	TANZANIA MILDLY POSITIVE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) MFA Africa Division Deputy Director Zuhura Bandala told Poloff Mar. 3 that Tanzania was trying its best to ensure that the situation in Zimbabwe was resolved. She emphasized the GOT's policy of working through SADC (per AU directive) to be supportive as Zimbabwe returned to peace and eco [...]	2009-03-03 11:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PHUM EAID ETRD ZI TZ
09DARESSALAAM153	AIR TANZANIA: SAVED BY CHINESE INVESTMENT? [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Tanzania appears to have finally found an investor to keep troubled Air Tanzania aloft, but the carrier's long term viability remains in question. After the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) revoked the airworthiness license of Air Tanzania Corporation [...]	2009-03-04 13:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV PHSA PINR TZ
09DARESSALAAM206	APR ENERGY: CONFLICTING MESSAGES FROM TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Commerce DAS Holly Vineyard discussed the ongoing tax issue concerning Florida-based APR Energy, LLC, (ref a) with several GOT officials during her March 16-19 visit to Dar es Salaam. While the Ministry of Energy and Minerals supported APR's position on the intent [...]	2009-03-30 02:49:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD TZ
09DARESSALAAM235	CJTF-HOA'S POSITIVE IMPACT IN TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) engagement in Tanzania is promoting prosperous, just and secure communities in strategic areas of the country. In doing so, this engagement is furthering specific Mission goals. Interagency coordination of CJTF-HOA effor [...]	2009-04-09 13:45:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM252	TANZANIA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Multilateral Cooperation Begum Taj told Poloff April 17 that Tanzania welcomed and would support the US candidacy for the UNHRC. She was pleased to learn that there would likely be a "clean slate" for the election. Taj commented on the importance of working from within an [...]	2009-04-17 10:16:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM253	TANZANIA'S LINE ON MADAGASCAR UNCHANGED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:34:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EAID MA TZ
09DARESSALAAM29	AMBASSADOR HONORS COURAGEOUS TANZANIAN ALBINOS AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a year in which several dozen albinos were reported murdered throughout Tanzania, Ambassador Mark Green awarded the entire albinism community with Post's "Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award." The award, presented annually the last ten years commemorat [...]	2009-01-20 12:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM294	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time of expanding military relations between our countries, in particular through increased ACOTA equipment and training for Tanzanian battalions deploying to Darfur. President Kikwete's positive attitude towards the U.S. is increasingly reflected in pub [...]	2009-05-06 13:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM299	TANZANIA TO NATURALIZE 170,000 BURUNDIAN REFUGEES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is expected to grant approximately 170,000 Burundian refugees full citizenship status later this year, in an effort to bring to a close a refugee situation dating back to 1972. High Commissioner for UNHCR Antonio Guterres called President Kikwete's [...]	2009-05-08 04:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREF TZ
09DARESSALAAM31	BY-ELECTION DEEPENS OPPOSITION RIFT [...] (U) SUMMARY. An upcoming parliamentary by-election in southwestern Mbeya Rural district has exposed a sharpening rivalry between Tanzania's two main opposition parties, CUF and CHADEMA. Although ruling CCM is expected to retain the seat by a large margin, the opposition's inability to agree on [...]	2009-01-20 13:44:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TZ
09DARESSALAAM327	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON AND CORKER [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when the country is gearing up for national elections in 2010, attempting to mitigate the effects of the global economic downturn, and continuing to deepen its relationship with development partners, particularly the United States. The 2010 election [...]	2009-05-21 03:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN PREL PGOV TZ KE RW SU IT XA
09DARESSALAAM351	PRESIDENT KIKWETE AND CODEL ISAKSON DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Jakaya Kikwete welcomed visiting Senators Isakson and Corker to State House on May 28. On bilateral issues, Kikwete reiterated points he raised during his recent Washington meetings. He emphasized the strong U.S.-Tanzania relationship and reviewed the impact of the [...]	2009-06-01 06:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EAID TZ
09DARESSALAAM368	TANZANIA OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION: OIL UNLIKELY, GAS NEEDS [...] (U) Summary. Natural gas in Tanzania could be exported or at least support significant domestic generation in the short to medium-term, but not without GOT action and investment in energy infrastructure. Significant oil discoveries are unlikely but possible given offshore geological formation [...]	2009-06-04 11:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PINR TZ
09DARESSALAAM379	TANZANIA CONGOLESE REFUGEES TRIPARTITE COMMISSION MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: May 11-13, Delegates from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),the Tanzania (GOT),and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) participated in the fourth meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Return of Congolese Refugees in Kigoma, Tanzania. The [...]	2009-06-10 10:36:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREF CG TZ
09DARESSALAAM385	ZANZIBAR: DONORS SEEK COMMON POSITION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Key donor nations agree that the political impasse in Zanzibar constitutes a "risk situation." There was a consensus that donors needed to reinforce their concerns with GOT and Zanzibar interlocutors and to press for change through a common position. Norway and Netherlands are [...]	2009-06-11 14:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM392	TANZANIA MEDIA REACTION: "ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADE IS [...] (U) The June 10 edition of the English-language, privately-owned, daily newspaper "The Guardian" (circulation 25,000 copies) carried the following front page, below-the-fold editorial commentary "Anti-corruption crusade is noble": President Jakaya Kikwete assumed office in late 2005 having [...]	2009-06-16 13:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR OPRC KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM40	RELIGION AND POLITICS IN TANZANIA: DEBATE ON OIC MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. During the latter half of 2008, debate simmered between Christian and Muslim Tanzanians regarding membership in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Foreign Minister Membe sparked the recent round of discussion by indicating that Tanzania would seek membership, a p [...]	2009-01-22 07:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TZ
09DARESSALAAM401	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania will provide an opportunity to view a broad range of our assistance programs and their contributions to Tanzania's development. Tanzania's political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development needs have made it a favored recipient of donor f [...]	2009-06-24 04:33:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KHIV MARR PREL PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM413	TANZANIA PROMISES HUMANE APPROACH ON REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) RefCord and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on June 18 to Director of Refugees Judy Mtawali at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),in the absence from Dar es Salaam of both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs. In response to encouragement of a humane approach to the upcomi [...]	2009-06-30 05:08:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BY CG CVIS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM428	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Kikwete, meeting with Deputy Secretary Lew June 30 immediately before departing for the African Union meeting in Libya, expressed satisfaction with U.S. assistance programs, in particular MCC, PEPFAR, and PMI, and the U.S. approach to assistance. Kikwete described Tanz [...]	2009-07-06 05:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY CG KE SO
09DARESSALAAM505	AN INCIDENT ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] (U) Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) suspended its Pemba voter registration activities August 4, following a boycott organized by opposition CUF and an incident in which Zanzibar government special forces fired weapons into the air and beat and arrested CUF supporters. 2. (SBU) Zanzibar [...]	2009-08-05 11:38:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ
09DARESSALAAM509	AN INCIDENT ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 12:30:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ
09DARESSALAAM510	VIOLENCE ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 13:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ
09DARESSALAAM525	REFUGEE UPDATE: TANZANIA BEGINS NATURALIZING 1972 BURUNDI [...] (U) Minister of Home Affairs Laurence Masha signed an order August 4 granting Tanzanian citizenship to 3,568 Burundian refugees. These are the first of some 160,000 refugees from the 1972 population who have applied for naturalization (ref a). UNHCR expects thousands more naturalizations in t [...]	2009-08-11 12:44:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREF TZ
09DARESSALAAM573	TANZANIA POSITIVE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 06:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TZ
09DARESSALAAM578	ZANZIBAR: KARUME BERATES AMBASSADORS ON JOINT STATEMENT [...] (U) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: Over the weekend following issuance of the August 13 Joint Statement by key donors on Zanzibar voter registration anomalies (ref B),FM Membe contacted heads of mission of signatory countries and "invited" them to Zanzibar to hear the views of Zanzibar Revolutionary [...]	2009-09-01 14:03:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ
09DARESSALAAM582	ZANZIBAR: KARUME BERATES AMBASSADORS ON JOINT STATEMENT [...] (U) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: Over the weekend following issuance of the August 13 Joint Statement by key donors on Zanzibar voter registration anomalies (ref B),FM Membe contacted heads of mission of signatory countries and "invited" them to Zanzibar to hear the views of Zanzibar Revolutionary [...]	2009-09-02 14:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ
09DARESSALAAM585	STIFLED POTENTIAL: FIBER-OPTIC CABLE LANDS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The landing of the Seacom undersea fiber-optic cable presents Tanzania with significant opportunities for making voice traffic and data connections less expensive and more reliable. With proper management, this cable could be transformative for Tanzania across the d [...]	2009-09-04 04:48:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT ETTC PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM598	UNGA: TANZANIA SEES COMMON GROUND ON GLOBAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) MFA Foreign Service Officer Noel Kaganda welcomed information on U.S. priorities for the upcoming UNGA (reftel),delivered by Polchief September 10. He said the GOT shared our interest in addressing global challenges. Kaganda emphasized the particular importance of food security to Tanz [...]	2009-09-10 14:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA TZ
09DARESSALAAM603	ZANZIBAR: VOTER REGISTRATION RESUMES ON BOTH ISLANDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 04:17:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ
09DARESSALAAM607	REFUGEE UPDATE: MEETING GOT'S 2010 DEADLINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on August 31, UNHCR and IOM updated Poloff and Refcoord on the progress of refugee resettlement and camp closure. While camp closure continues, UNHCR Representative, Yacoub El Hillo, expressed concern about a group of young Burundian refugees in the Mtabila c [...]	2009-09-15 05:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREF RW CG TZ
09DARESSALAAM643	ICTR PREPARES FOR CLOSURE, SIGNIFICANT WORK REMAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed Dar es Salaam-based diplomats September 25 on the status of the tribunal's work. ICTR officials expected to meet the planned 2010 deadline for closure of the tribunal, despite some case delays. However, [...]	2009-09-30 14:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA ICTR RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM65	SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...]	2009-02-02 03:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM71	TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT SEIZES U.S-BASED APR ENERGY'S POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 27, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) seized a 40 megawatt power generation plant owned by APR Energy, LLC, a Florida-based firm. TRA's action follows extensive efforts by APR to resolve a tax dispute related to a 2006 contract to provide power on an emergency basi [...]	2009-02-02 14:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD TZ
09DARESSALAAM72	BANK OF TANZANIA TOWERS SCANDAL LANDS IN COURT; USG [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania launched prosecutions January 27 of two former Bank of Tanzania (BOT) officials for their role in the construction of the BOT towers. Amatus Liyumba, former director of personnel and administration, and former project manager Deogratius Kweka were charged with ca [...]	2009-02-03 04:06:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KMCA PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM73	TANZANIA'S RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Tanzania's current religious identification demographics are 62 percent Christian, 35 percent Muslim and three percent other (traditional beliefs, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i). The Tanzanian state does not gather religious identification census data as a matter of policy [...]	2009-02-04 12:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KISL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM735	UNGA/THIRD COMMITTEE: TANZANIA TO ABSTAIN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tanzania plans to repeat its practice in 2008 of abstaining on all country-specific resolutions and related no-action motions. Tanzania will support the U.S. election resolution, but shares concerns about the OIC's resolution on defamation of religions. The GOT expects to sup [...]	2009-10-28 09:04:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AROC KJUS PHUM APER PREL UNGA UN TZ
09DARESSALAAM74	TANZANIA BY-ELECTION: AN EASY WIN FOR RULING CCM [...] (U) Ruling CCM party candidate Rev. Luckson Mwanjale cruised to victory in the January 25 by-election in Mbeya Rural district (see ref a). Mwanjale captured 75 percent of the votes, slightly down from the near 80 percent won by the prior CCM candidate. Very low voter turnout, 34 percent, may [...]	2009-02-04 14:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TZ
09DARESSALAAM748	GOLDSTONE REPORT: TANZANIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 14:59:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL TZ
09DARESSALAAM750	TANZANIA SOFA: LIMITS OF TPDF AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Africa Command Legal Counsel Colonel Jon Lightner discussed Tanzanian concerns about a proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with senior GOT military attorney Brig. Gen. Rwegasira on October 21. The meeting clarified that the Tanzanian People's Defense Forces (TPDF [...]	2009-11-04 09:35:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM758	REFUGEE UPDATES: GOT ACKNOWLEDGES OBLIGATIONS, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to security and domestic political concerns, GOT continues to push for the repatriation of the Burundian refugees in the Mtabila camp. While initial steps towards invoking the cessation clause have been taken, UNHCR hopes to avoid a scenario where the refugees are forced to [...]	2009-11-06 03:45:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREF CG BY TZ
09DARESSALAAM765	ZANZIBAR: FIRST KARUME/SEIF MEETING SINCE 2005 [...] (U) Zanzibar President Amani Karume met with opposition CUF leader Seif Sharif Hamad at Zanzibar's State House November 5, their first private meeting since the 2005 elections. Zanzibar State House issued a statement that "the meeting...focused on need to maintain peace and harmony as well as [...]	2009-11-06 07:54:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM TZ
09DARESSALAAM769	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN"S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 2 meeting at State House, President Jakaya Kikwete thanked visiting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin for ongoing U.S. assistance to Tanzania, including $37.7 million in Financial Crisis Initiative funding that the Deputy Secretary and Finance Minister Mkulo ann [...]	2009-11-12 03:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ECIN PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM772	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN"S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 2 meeting at State House, President Jakaya Kikwete thanked visiting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin for ongoing U.S. assistance to Tanzania, including $37.7 million in Financial Crisis Initiative funding that the Deputy Secretary and Finance Minister Mkulo ann [...]	2009-11-12 03:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ECIN PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM780	CODEL PAYNE - TANZANIA VISIT (NOVEMBER 13-15) [...] (SBU) HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS: Hotel reservations have been made for Rep. Payne, Theodros Dagne and Noelle Lusane at the Kempinski Kilimanjaro Hotel. The daily rate is USD 180, within USG per diem and inclusive of tax, service and breakfast. The contact details for the hotel are as follows: Kivu [...]	2009-11-13 11:03:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AFIN TZ
09DARESSALAAM786	TANZANIA: NON-COMMITTAL ON THIRD COUNTRY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 09:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA TZ
09DARESSALAAM794	TANZANIA: "WE TYPICALLY ABSTAIN" [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 14:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM796	PRES. KIKWETE TELLS REP. PAYNE THAT TANZANIA & TURKEY WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ),in Dar Es Salaam to participate in the Mo Ibrahim Forum on Governance, met privately with President Jakaya Kikwete on November 14, along with Ambassador Lenhardt and staffers. Rep. Payne urged Kikwete, as a progressive African leader, to work [...]	2009-11-20 04:25:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PINS PREL PTER PINR PREF PBTS SO TZ ER TU
09DARESSALAAM834	"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS": INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 12:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA TZ
09DARESSALAAM844	TANZANIA RAIL: GOT WEIGHS PROPOSALS TO FIX THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania, in looking at ways to improve its crumbling rail infrastructure, is considering an upgrade to U.S. standard gauge of its Central Line, running from Dar es Salaam to northwest Tanzania. A USTDA-supported study, conducted by U.S. rail firm BNSF, argues [...]	2009-12-07 14:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ELTN EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM866	CODEL PAYNE TANZANIA VISIT EXPENSES [...] (SBU) FINAL RECONCILED EXPENSES: EXPENDITURES FOR CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO DAR ES SALAAM, NOV 13-15, 2009 (00X0488.1-2089-010035, SUB-OBJECTS 2166/2167/2168) PER DIEM (LODGING INCLUDED) (2167) DOLS 1,938 --PAYNE, REP DONALD DOLS 646 --DAGNE, THEODROS DOLS 646 --LUSANE, NOELLE DOLS 646 TRANS [...]	2009-12-16 09:37:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AFIN TZ
09DARESSALAAM882	REFUGEE UPDATE: MTABILA BURUNDI RESIST RETURN; UNHCR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite UNHCR's increased efforts to encourage refugees in the Mtabila camp to return to Burundi, there has been little movement. UNHCR suspects camp leaders are conducting intimidation campaigns to discourage repatriation. Following UNHCR's protest of the Tanzania's return of [...]	2009-12-21 13:37:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF TZ
09DARESSALAAM890	TANZANIA/TIP: FIRST ARREST UNDER NEW ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, Tanzanian police arrested and charged their first suspect under the 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. Although Tanzania has otherwise made little progress in implementing the law, in part due to poor inter-ministerial coordination, the recent arrest is a posi [...]	2009-12-23 10:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP TZ

09DARESSALAAM905	HOMOSEXUALS STIGMATIZED, MARGINALIZED IN TANZANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Homosexuality has long been prohibited in Tanzania, but anti-homosexual laws have rarely if ever been used in recent years. Homosexuals in Tanzania face occasional police harassment and routine societal discrimination, which affects employment opportunities as well as access to m [...]	2009-12-30 13:39:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TZ
09DHAKA1005	AUSTR DELANEY TALKS TIFA, TRADE IN BANGLADESH [...] (U) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Michael Delaney discussed a proposed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),labor rights and economic issues with top Bangladesh officials during an October 18-22 visit to Dhaka and Chittagong. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Commer [...]	2009-10-28 09:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BG
09DHAKA101	NEW MINISTERS ADDED TO HASINA'S CABINET [...] (U) In a surprise move, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina named six more state ministers on January 24, bringing the number of people in her Cabinet to 38. All of the new ministers are lawyers and four are new to public office. All six were active in campaigning for Hasina's release from prison l [...]	2009-01-27 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG PGOV PREL
09DHAKA1013	MISSION DHAKA ENDORSEMENT FOR FY10 1206 [...] (SBU) Embassy Dhaka concurs with the regional Section 1206 counterterrorism support proposals and prioritization summarized reftel. The Dhaka-specific proposal described below was developed with host government officials in the context of regional coordination of counterterrorist efforts. Th [...]	2009-11-03 08:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP CB CE ID
09DHAKA1040	BANGLADESH EMBRACES USG GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Bangladesh and Mission Dhaka are moving ahead with plans to collaborate on food security, as laid out in the USG's new Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Ambassador and senior officials from [...]	2009-11-17 09:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG EAGR EAID IT KWMN PINR PREL SOCI
09DHAKA1057	WOMEN'S ISSUES AMBASSADOR MARKS BANGLADESH'S PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) The recent visit to Dhaka by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer highlighted the need for Bangladesh's leaders to work together more cohesively to further advance the status of women here. Ambassador Verveer's meetings with government officials, civil society l [...]	2009-11-23 23:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL PGOV EAID ECON EAGR GTIP BG
09DHAKA1077	WOMEN KEY TO FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) The recent visit to Bangladesh by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer underscored U.S.-Bangladesh convergence on a number of issues, including food security and climate change, and highlighted the role women should play in these efforts. Ambassador Verveer call [...]	2009-11-30 05:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN EAID PREL EAGR ECON SENV BG
09DHAKA1081	BANGLADESH RESPONSE: QDDR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the QDDR process. Bangladesh is home to 150 million people crowded into an area the size of Wisconsin. This desperately poor nation faces immense challenges, including with regard to food security and climate change. Bangladesh i [...]	2009-12-01 04:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI BG
09DHAKA122	GOB'S CHIEF IMAM APPOINTMENT RUFFLES FEATHERS [...] (SBU) An early challenge to the Awami League government from its religio-cultural as well as political opposition led to a security force crack-down at Dhaka's central mosque January 30. The move came after protesters objecting to the January 1 appointment of a new khatib (chief imam) at the n [...]	2009-02-03 09:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL BD
09DHAKA129	BANGLADESH,S NEW NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: [...] (SBU) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Chairman of Bangladesh,s newly appointed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury, was optimistic that the Commission would be able to tackle some of the country,s many human rights problems. The retired Suprem [...]	2009-02-04 12:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
09DHAKA167	SAUDI ARABIA'S ASSISTANCE TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister is likely to request and receive a Saudi donation to implement governance goals during her upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia (KSA). According to the Saudi Embassy in Dhaka, KSA does not have a regular recurring development assistance program in Bangladesh, but responds to [...]	2009-02-16 06:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM PTER BG
09DHAKA233	BANGLADESH: SOME UNREGULATED MADRASSAS OPEN TO [...] (SBU) PolOff visited three madrassa religious schools not regulated by the government on 2/24 and found educators willing to accept some official oversight. They all expressed deep concern that without adopting government-approved curricula their students would continue to fail to qualify for [...]	2009-03-04 10:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER EDU BG
09DHAKA322	BANGLADESH CONCERNS ON ITS EXCLUSION AT G20 SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD WTRO BG
09DHAKA361	HIZB UT TAHRIR IN BANGLADESH: STILL NEW, STILL [...] (SBU) Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh (HTB) was established in Dhaka in 2001 and has an estimated membership of about 3,000 young, well-educated, middle-class Bangladeshis, mostly from Dhaka. In common with the global HT movement, HTB claims to aspire to the establishment of a Muslim caliphate throug [...]	2009-04-09 04:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL BG
09DHAKA44	BANGLADESH: WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE NEXT 180 DAYS [...] (SBU) Bangladesh's return to democracy following the successful December 29 Parliamentary elections presents significant opportunities for advancing U.S. Government (USG) interests in the country and the region. Embassy Dhaka has identified five major mission objectives for the USG to focus on [...]	2009-01-12 10:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BG
09DHAKA449	ENGAGING OIC STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Dipu Moni May 4, following a demarche by Poloff to Samina Naz, Director of the Americas Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 29. According to Naz, the GOB was still considering its policy vis-a-vis Kosovo, including ho [...]	2009-05-04 11:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KV BG
09DHAKA475	BANGLADESH'S AHLE HADITH QAWMI MADRASAS: FEW AND [...] (SBU) Bangladesh's Ahle Hadith qawmi madrasas (AHQM) would not object to coming under government oversight, according to a senior Ahle Hadith (AH) representative, who told post there were approximately 200 AHQMs in Bangladesh, mostly concentrated in the northwest. He said attempts were underway [...]	2009-05-12 10:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG
09DHAKA541	TWO FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS NABBED FOR ARMS SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Police have arrested two former National Security Intelligence (NSI) chiefs on allegations of involvement in an illegal shipment of weapons and ammunition in 2004 believed bound for an insurgent group in northeast India. At the time, the U.S. Government and others pushed for a thorough in [...]	2009-06-01 03:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KCRM BG
09DHAKA578	BANGLADESH NON-COMMITTAL ON SUDAN AND THE HUMAN [...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff spoke with Sanchita Haque, Senior Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) UN and Human Rights Wing, to convey reftel points, urging the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) to support the extension of the Special Rapporteur,s term by one year and a strong [...]	2009-06-08 11:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG SU PGOV PHUM PREL
09DHAKA58	VALIDATION OF ORDINANCES FIRST TEST FOR NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) During two years in power, the Caretaker Government promulgated more than 100 ordinances including many designed to fight graft and strengthen Bangladesh's dysfunctional democratic institutions. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government must now decide whether those ordinances should [...]	2009-01-14 09:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
09DHAKA589	GOB THREATENS INDEPENDENCE OF FOREIGN SHIPPING FIRMS IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Dhaka, other diplomatic missions and foreign shipping companies like U.S. firm APL continue a full-court press on Government of Bangladesh (GOB) leaders to prevent a change in ownership rules for foreign shipping firms operating in Bangladesh. The Ambassador and several other chie [...]	2009-06-10 11:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL EAGR BEXP BG
09DHAKA64	PROPOSAL FOR NADR-FUNDED SOUTH ASIA SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) The following is a proposal for a regional counterterrorism program to be funded with two-year FY'09 foreign assistance funding per Reftel: 2. (U) Project Title: South Asia Security Dialogue 3. (U) Implementing Agency: Local think tank 4. (SBU) Program Description: The South Asia [...]	2009-01-15 11:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC IN BG
09DHAKA65	CRICKET DIPLOMACY A SMASHING SUCCESS [...] (SBU) An inaugural Embassy-organized Sports Diplomacy day to help local police improve relations with the general public through a shared joy of cricket proved a huge hit. About 1,000 people participated in the December 20, 2008, program in Patuakhali, a southern district still recovering from [...]	2009-01-19 07:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KDEM PREL BG
09DHAKA663	BANGLADESH OPPOSITION USING INDIAN DAM TO ATTACK [...] (SBU) India's construction of a dam on a major river that flows into Bangladesh has triggered protests from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),which claims the project threatens the region's environment and livelihoods. Party leaders clearly believe they can get political mile [...]	2009-07-02 10:22:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PREL EAGR SOCI PGOV IN BG
09DHAKA670	BANGLADESH NONCOMITTAL ON ITSO DG'S PUSH FOR [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ Chief presented reftel demarche to Ms. Samina Naz, Director, Americas and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Mr. Rafiqul Islam, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. Both Government of Bangladesh officials agreed to pass the message to [...]	2009-07-06 11:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA BG
09DHAKA686	GOB BUDGET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (SBU) The recently-passed Government of Bangladesh (GOB) budget is expansionary and flexible. The $16.6 billion budget includes a progressive initiative for encouraging public-private partnerships to develop energy and transport infrastructure. More troubling is a tax amnesty that would all [...]	2009-07-13 10:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KTNF PGOV PTER
09DHAKA693	BANGLADESH 527 REPORT [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of five (5) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). One case has been added in 2009. I. a. Claimant A b. 1979 c. In 1977 Claimant A entered into an agreement with the GOB Mini [...]	2009-07-16 01:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC BG
09DHAKA698	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER FOCUSED ON FAMILY PLANNING AND [...] (SBU) Family planning and improving local health care programs are top priorities for Bangladesh's Health Minister, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque. Minister Haque welcomed USG-funded health programs and emphasized the importance of decentralization to improving health services in Bangladesh. The Amb [...]	2009-07-16 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO BG
09DHAKA710	Bangladesh: Urgent Engineering/Contracting Needs for [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Post needs Washington engagement and support to implement Mission Dhaka's $34 million cyclone shelter construction project, the centerpiece of emergency supplemental funds Congress provided followi [...]	2009-07-20 08:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ECON PTER BG
09DHAKA742	LIFE IN DHAKA COMES TO STANDSTILL AFTER RECORD [...] (SBU) Record rainfall overnight July 28 left major sections of Dhaka temporarily underwater, bringing normal life in the capital to a standstill and causing significant localized damage. The Prime Minister immediately convened an emergency meeting of Dhaka city and ministry officials and cr [...]	2009-07-29 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC BG CASC EAID PGOV PINR PINS PREL
09DHAKA764	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER ENDORSES USG [...] On July 23, 2009, Ambassador Moriarty and Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, launched the Mayer Hashi Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Project was launched in Dhaka the start of a new era of USG assistance to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) in fami [...]	2009-08-04 00:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO ZK XD BG
09DHAKA768	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER ENDORSES USG [...] On July 23, 2009, Ambassador Moriarty and Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, launched the Mayer Hashi Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Project was launched in Dhaka the start of a new era of USG assistance to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) in fami [...]	2009-08-04 10:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIOZK XD BG
09DHAKA769	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER ENDORSES USG [...] On July 23, 2009, Ambassador Moriarty and Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, launched the Mayer Hashi Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Project was launched in Dhaka the start of a new era of USG assistance to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) in fami [...]	2009-08-04 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO ZK XD BG
09DHAKA825	GOB IMPLEMENTING CHITTAGONG HILL TRACT PEACE ACCORDS, [...] (SBU) Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) monitors credit PM Sheikh Hasina's personal commitment to peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts with progress towards implementation of the 1997 Peace Accords between the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and indigenous groups. In an August 18 donor [...]	2009-08-23 09:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV EAID BM BG
09DHAKA827	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SYLHET DIVISION WITH SENIOR GOB [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and USAID Mission Director visited USG-supported development assistance project sites in Sylhet Division August 2-5 to highlight U.S. support in health and environment and enhanced U.S.-Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and intra-GOB cooperation. They attended the inaugurati [...]	2009-08-23 10:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO BG
09DHAKA844	BANGLADESH H1N1 CASES INCREASING [...] (SBU) The number of H1N1 cases in Bangladesh is on the rise, with 117 total confirmed cases by August 26 and early evidence of in-country community-level transmission. Government actions to date seem appropriate. The local press reported the spread of H1N1 and two private schools closed tempo [...]	2009-08-27 09:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PINR EAGR AMED CASC PGOV BG
09DHAKA879	BANGLADESH'S PRIME MINISTER ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] (SBU) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed informed the Ambassador September 9 that she looked forward to meeting with President Obama and other Heads of State during the UNGA to discuss peacekeeping reform. Hasina said she had recently discussed peacekeeping reform with the UNSYG o [...]	2009-09-09 09:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPKO BG
09DHAKA884	BANGLADESH SEEKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEMARCATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is seeking foreign aid for a survey of the nation's continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal. According to the GOB, Bangladesh requires a seismic survey of 4,000 kilometers [...]	2009-09-13 08:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ENRG EWWT PBTS PHSA EPET BG
09DHAKA894	CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS KEEN TO REGAIN CAT 1 STATUS; [...] (SBU) Bangladesh civil aviation officials voiced their keen desire to see Bangladesh upgraded to Category 1 status during a recent visit by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives. By improving aviation safety to reach Category 1 status, civil aviation authorities would help sta [...]	2009-09-14 09:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD BEXP BG
09DHAKA919	BANGLADESH DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes reftel initiative and opportunities for further connections with the Bangladeshi diaspora in the United States. We already engage with Bangladeshi-Americans in a number of areas, but there is wide scope for expanded interaction. Our experience is that the Banglad [...]	2009-09-24 09:22:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC BEXP BG BTIO EAID ECON EINV OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL SMIG
09DHAKA983	BANGLADESH H1N1 INFECTIONS DECLINING [...] (SBU) Overall circulation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 activity is decreasing throughout Bangladesh although some cases continue to be identified. During June-October 15, 2009 surveillance programs identified a total of 6 fatalities out of 705 laboratory confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases. The M [...]	2009-10-18 23:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PINR EAGR AMED CASC PGOV BG
09DILI103	TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE VETTING REQUEST [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Timor-Leste National Police member for Department clearance for participation in PACOM-coordinated Title X-funded training. This training involves attendance at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies where the individual will attend the Comprehensive Se [...]	2009-04-08 03:43:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MOPS MARR TT
09DILI117	MGSF01: EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON [...] (U) Embassy Dili Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Deputy Chief of Mission, convened to determine post response to outbreaks of H1N1 influenza. EAC participants included Ambassador, Management Officer, POL/CONS officer, MilRep, Regional Security Officer, Medical Officer, and Communi [...]	2009-05-01 15:32:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC TBIO AMGT TT
09DILI125	SNAPSHOT OF U.S. MILITARY RELATIONS WITH TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) Six months after a thorough November 2008 assessment by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Coast Guard designed to determine the desirability and feasibility of future U.S. military and security commitments in Timor-Leste, our engagement continues to strengthen steadily. The fundamen [...]	2009-05-13 08:10:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PMIN PGOV MARR TT
09DILI132	TIMOR-LESTE SEEKS WORLD BANK CONTRITION [...] Timor-Leste Minister of Finance Pires called in the Ambassador on May 21, 2009, to ask for U.S. support to resolve a dispute with the World Bank. The conflict concerns a financial management technical assistance project that is both a flagship program for the World Bank in Timor-Leste, and a [...]	2009-05-22 08:04:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IBRD EAID ECON TT
09DILI133	DEMARCHE: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] The Ambassador met on May 21, 2009, with the Finance Minister of Timor-Leste to share reftel information and talking points. The Finance Minister reported that she had not yet received the ballot instructions from the World Bank. We provided those to her on May 22. The Finance Minister noted [...]	2009-05-22 08:22:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV TT
09DILI141	TIMOR-LESTE CASTS BALLOT ON WORLD BANK KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP [...] Ambassador spoke on May 30, 2009, with Timor-Leste's Finance Minister. The Finance Minister reconfirmed that Timor-Leste already cast repeat already cast its ballot on Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. As conveyed in ref a),the Minister said Timor-Leste decided to abstain. KLEMM [...]	2009-06-01 05:56:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TT KV
09DILI152	UN MISSION IN TIMOR-LESTE: ZERO TOLERANCE ON SEXUAL ABUSE [...] (SBU) The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) continues to uphold its commitment to a zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). In 2008, UNMIT investigated one SEA allegation. The allegation was dismissed in 2008 due to a lack of evidence. There were [...]	2009-06-19 08:27:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PHUM TT
09DILI153	UN MISSION IN TIMOR-LESTE: ZERO TOLERANCE ON SEXUAL ABUSE [...] (SBU) The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) continues to uphold its commitment to a zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). In 2008, UNMIT investigated one SEA allegation. The allegation was dismissed in 2008 due to a lack of evidence. There were [...]	2009-06-19 10:17:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PHUM TT
09DILI163	TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) POST PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE MEMBER FOR DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S. PACIFIC ARMIES CHIEF CONFERENCE (PACC) IN TOKYO, JAPAN UNDER THE 2009 USPACOM TITLE X PROGRAM. THE CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM AUGUST 24, 2009 UNTIL AUGUST 27, 2009. [...]	2009-07-06 08:53:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TT KPKO MARR JA
09DILI172	TRIAL BEGINS FOR PRESIDENT'S ATTACKERS [...] (U) The trial for the 28 individuals accused of attacking President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmao in February 2008 began in Dili on July 13. The suspects, including ex-soldiers and an Australian woman, are charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, and other offenses, for th [...]	2009-07-14 08:19:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KJUS TT
09DILI18	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY VADM JOHN M. [...] (SBU) The visit of Vice Admiral Bird to Dili comes at a perfect time as we seek to encourage the Government of Timor-Leste's active leadership over the reform of its security sector. VADM Bird will be the highest ranking foreign official to visit Dili in 2009 from any nation and will underlin [...]	2009-01-13 03:45:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PMIL OTRA TT
09DILI181	HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE LOW, BUT VULNERABILITIES PERSIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Timor-Leste remains a low HIV prevalence country, but porous borders, an influx of sex workers from abroad, and low awareness about the disease could lead to an increase in HIV/AIDS infected persons. The national response has focused on prevention, education, testing, and treatmen [...]	2009-07-24 03:19:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV SOCI PGOV MASS TT
09DILI194	NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Timorese parliament unanimously created a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on June 29, only the second time in the parliament's history a measure has been adopted without an opposing vote. The Commission is an independent criminal police body with full investigatory powe [...]	2009-08-03 07:30:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KCOR TT
09DILI218	TIMOR-LESTE AT TEN YEARS: TO THE BRINK AND BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after the August 30, 1999, referendum that put it on the road to formal independence, Timor-Leste remains an underdeveloped ward of the international community. Early efforts to portray the country as a triumph of international nation-building were shattered by violen [...]	2009-08-21 00:26:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET
09DILI221	U.S.-TIMOR-LESTE BILATERAL MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first U.S.-Timor-Leste Bilateral Defense Discussion (BDD) took place in Dili on August 18. The two delegations discussed the full range of military-to-military activities, from strategic dialogue and operational cooperation to planning and executing training, exercises, exc [...]	2009-08-24 00:49:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV PREL TT
09DILI230	PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential Delegation attended a series of official events from August 29-31 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Popular Consultation that led to Timor-Leste's independence. Meeting separately with Prime Minister Gusmao and President Ramos-Horta, the Delegation als [...]	2009-09-01 08:44:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV KICR KPKO PINS ID
09DILI240	PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE AFTER PRESIDENT THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) President Jose Ramos-Horta threatened to resign as Timor-Leste's president on September 9 unless the national parliament reversed its vote disapproving of his planned travel to the United States for the UN General Assembly. The parliament, with unclear constitutional authority, voted aga [...]	2009-09-09 11:03:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TT
09DILI257	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, SEPTEMBER 23 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 23 to review post's security posture in advance of local elections scheduled for October 9, and other matters. RSO, Mgt, Pol/PAO, IMO, AID and DOD participated in the meeting. 2. (SBU) The E [...]	2009-09-24 05:38:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV PHUM TT
09DILI258	TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 JIATF WEST [...] (U) This is an initial request for fiscal year 2010 (FY10) JIATF West support in Timor-Leste, as defined and authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (as amended). 2. (SBU) Timor-Leste is vulnerable to exploitation by transnational criminal organizations due to its ov [...]	2009-09-24 06:18:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINS PINR SNAR TT
09DILI267	TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili would like to request an Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) training assessment to address two separate critical areas of vulnerability for the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL). First, the Secretary of State for Security has requested assistance from the Ambassador in pro [...]	2009-09-30 08:24:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PREL TT
09DILI276	TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) countries, a G8 initiative intended to support the U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, met for the first time in Timor-Leste on October 2. The group concluded that while the current risk of a terrorist a [...]	2009-10-06 08:45:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC ID TT
09DILI283	TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL ELECTIONS FREE, FAIR, AND ALMOST WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the recent history of violence and instability associated with Timorese elections, the October 9 elections for Suco Chiefs and Councils in 442 localities throughout the country were conducted in an orderly fashion with only a few minor, isolated incidents reported. Inte [...]	2009-10-16 05:23:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TT
09DILI284	GOTL DEFENDS BERE RELEASE IN PARLIAMENT DEBATE, SURVIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to release indicted war criminal Martenus Bere on August 30 continues to roil Timorese politics. Under pressure from the opposition parties in parliament, the governing coalition acceded to demands for a parliamentary debate and no-confidence vote on October 12. Pr [...]	2009-10-16 05:50:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KAWC ID TT
09DILI285	TIMOR-LESTE: SECURITY SITUATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The security situation in Timor-Leste has improved dramatically following the political crises and violence in 2006, 2007, and early 2008. Infrastructure has been rebuilt, the internally-displaced persons have been resettled, and the incidence of serious and even petty crime i [...]	2009-10-16 07:48:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC EAID TT
09DILI290	USS BONHOMME RICHARD AND 11TH MEU VISIT TIMOR-LESTE [...] (U) Summary: The USS Bonhomme Richard and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit visited Timor-Leste October 13-23 and conducted highly successful exercises, provided medical services, completed humanitarian engineering projects, and engaged in community relations activities in coordination with [...]	2009-10-26 05:36:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MASS ASEC TT
09DILI313	PREVIEW OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ON AFGHANISTAN IN [...] Ambassador met on the evening of December 1 (local time) with Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta to share a preview of President Obama's West Point speech on Afghanistan (ref A). President Ramos-Horta thanked us for the early alert, said he intended to watch the speech live and pledged to [...]	2009-12-02 01:14:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PK TT
09DILI321	TIMOR-LESTE ON BURMA [...] Ambassador on December 1 and 2 spoke with Timor-Leste's president and foreign minister, respectively, to share USG views on Burma as conveyed in reftel. President Ramos-Horta said he highly appreciated and was impressed by recent U.S. overtures to Burma. While he shared our disappointment wi [...]	2009-12-09 06:44:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BM TT
09DILI323	TIMOR-LESTE ON BURMA [...] Ambassador on December 1 and 2 spoke with Timor-Leste's president and foreign minister, respectively, to share USG views on Burma as conveyed in reftel. President Ramos-Horta said he highly appreciated and was impressed by recent U.S. overtures to Burma. While he shared our disappointment wi [...]	2009-12-09 08:26:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BM TT
09DILI325	THE UNITED NATIONS IN TIMOR-LESTE: LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: In a private, valedictory interview, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Timor-Leste Atul Khare provided the following, useful assessment of UNMIT's accomplishments over the last few years and the significant challenges that lie ahead. His self-serving com [...]	2009-12-10 08:59:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN TT
09DILI326	TIMOR-LESTE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 05:04:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL TT
09DILI338	THE DOWNSIZING OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCES IN [...] (SBU) The Timorese government seeks a significant reduction in the presence of international security forces over the course of 2010. Citing the improved security situation here, Australian and New Zealand troops deployed in Timor-Leste plan to drop from a combined 800 soldiers today to 450 [...]	2009-12-22 09:55:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PMIL KPKO TT
09DILI79	TIMOR-LESTE'S LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTION LAWS MOVE [...] (SBU) Summary. On Monday, March 2, Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers submitted two draft laws for Municipal and Suco (Village) elections to the National Parliament's Commission A (Constitutional Issues, Justice, Public Administration, Local Power and Government Legislation). The Commission w [...]	2009-03-12 11:34:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TT
09DILI86	RETURN OF THE PEACE CORPS TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) President Ramos-Horta formally requested the Peace Corps to resume its program in Timor-Leste in a March 10 letter. Embassy Dili judges the security and stability conditions in Timor-Leste as safe and fully permitting the resumption of a Peace Corps Volunteer program. Much has changed [...]	2009-03-17 10:15:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC TT
09DILI97	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY MARFORPAC'S LT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 11:22:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TT MARR ID MOPS OTRA
09DJIBOUTI1029	CITING SECURITY CONCERNS, GODJ DENIES ACCESS TO SINGLE MALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Citing national security concerns, Djibouti's Ministry of the Interior decided August 3 to bar all young, single male Somali asylum seekers from entering Djibouti. GODJ officials are concerned about the possibility that Al-Shabaab elements might try to infiltrate Djibouti by p [...]	2009-08-06 13:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL ASEC PTER DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI1043	DJIBOUTI: REQUEST BY PROSECUTOR-GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests FBI assistance to investigate suspected fraud against the Djibouti-based "Banque pour le Commerce et L'industrie Mer Rouge" (Red Sea Bank for Commerce and Industry, or "BCI-MR"),which also involves several U.S.-based financial institutions and c [...]	2009-08-12 14:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PREL KCRM FBI DJ
09DJIBOUTI1095	DJIBOUTI - CAMP LEMONIER LEASE RENEWAL - DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On August 31, Embassy Djibouti informed the Government of Djibouti, via diplomatic note, of the USG's intent to exercise its option to renew the May 11, 2006, bilateral "Implementing Arrangement" subject to the availability of funds, for a period of five years, without renegotiation of te [...]	2009-09-09 09:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL DJ
09DJIBOUTI1152	DJIBOUTI ACCEPTS CAMP LEMONIER LEASE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) On August 31, Embassy Djibouti informed the GODJ, via diplomatic note, of the USG's intent to exercise its option to renew the May 11, 2006, bilateral "Implementing Arrangement" subject to the availability of funds, for a period of five years, without renegotiation of terms or compensatio [...]	2009-09-17 13:21:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL DJ
09DJIBOUTI1176	UNHCR REPORTS RISING NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN DJIBOUTI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR Country Representative Ann Encontre and UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Periklis Kortsaris met with Ambassador, DCM, and ConOff on September 9 to discuss the current situation of refugees in Djibouti. In addition to the more than 10,000 refugees now at Djibouti's sole re [...]	2009-09-27 15:36:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL SMIG KTIP DJ ET ER SO
09DJIBOUTI1191	DJIBOUTI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PARLIAMENT, OPPOSITION, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister opened Djibouti's parliamentary session October 1 with a speech highlighting the GODJ's significant ongoing investments in health, education, and poverty reduction. Several days before the opening of parliament, the three-party opposition coalition which boy [...]	2009-10-08 14:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON KDEM SOCI EAID EINV ELTN PREL PHUM DJ
09DJIBOUTI1193	GODJ WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a visit of Cairo-based Department of Justice (DOJ) attache to Djibouti, GODJ officials uniformly reiterated their willingness to cooperate with the USG on judicial issues. The Minister of Justice and other senior officials confirmed that if the U.S. did not want to conc [...]	2009-10-08 14:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER FBI DJ
09DJIBOUTI1261	DJIBOUTI PRISON VISIT: AS CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 22 visit to Djibouti's Gabode Prison, EmbOffs noted that conditions continued to improve. A new prison guard force was fully operational, and had created a noticeably calmer and more orderly atmosphere. Aging and inadequate physical infrastructure contribute [...]	2009-11-01 15:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC PGOV EAID KJUS SOCI DJ
09DJIBOUTI1290	PROGRESS ON PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN WIND, SOLAR DESALINATION [...] (SBU) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Renewable Resources Corporation (MRRC) is working with the GODJ to develop an estimated USD 216 million worth of wind energy and solar desalination projects (ref A). While M [...]	2009-10-15 14:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ
09DJIBOUTI1333	Djibouti Response-Entry of Arms for Security Assets [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Ambassador Regional Security Officer met with the General Manager of the Djibouti Maritime Security Services (DMSS),Mr. Bruno Pardigon, on November 23. A February 2009 GODJ decree authorized the DMSS to issue licenses to maritime security operators on behalf [...]	2009-11-25 09:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KPIR MARR PREL DJ PHSA
09DJIBOUTI1367	DJIBOUTI: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti has made important recent progress in recognizing and combating trafficking in persons (TIP). The GODJ took several key steps in 2009 to address TIP, including inviting the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to set up a Djibouti office, and working with IO [...]	2009-12-03 13:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIP KCRM SMIG PHUM KWMN DJ
09DJIBOUTI1387	SUDAN PARTIES A NO-SHOW AT IGAD MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 13:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL DJ ET KE SU
09DJIBOUTI195	IMF OPTIMISTIC ON DJIBOUTI PRGF, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to a recent visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, Djibouti is making solid progress under its new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. Despite an ongoing border conflict with Eritrea that has cost the GODJ approximately USD 34 million [...]	2009-03-19 15:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EAID SOCI DJ
09DJIBOUTI217	"DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed Goumaneh March 23. 2. (SBU) Goumaneh said that although Djibouti customarily voted with the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on similar issues, and was very lik [...]	2009-03-23 10:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF DJ
09DJIBOUTI335	DJIBOUTI: MARCH ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This March 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Djiboutian President Guelleh visits U.S.-led salt mining project at Lac Assal --Progress underway on Djiboutis new Commercial Code --France and Djibouti sign investment risk convention --France approves USD 30 million in loans t [...]	2009-04-20 12:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EAID ENRG ECPS PGOV BEXP SENV FR DJ
09DJIBOUTI337	DJIBOUTI: U.S. COMPANY TO INVEST IN WIND, SOLAR, AND [...] (U) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Indian Ocean Resources (MIOR),the Djiboutian-registered affiliate of a U.S. company, signed agreements with the GODJ March 21 to begin development of two renewable energy project [...]	2009-04-20 13:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ
09DJIBOUTI439	TWO NEW BANKS MAKE SEVEN IN DJIBOUTIS GROWING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between 2006 and 2007, three new commercial banks joined the two historically dominant banks in Djibouti (reftel); and two additional banks opened their doors in 2008, bringing the total number to seven. The arrival of these new banks has spurred an active competition to court t [...]	2009-05-04 13:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL DJ
09DJIBOUTI453	DJIBOUTI: SECOND SITE VISIT ADVANCES MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With strong GODJ support, the U.S. Department of Energy is proceeding with implementation of a USD 6-10 million "Megaports" program to enhance security at Djibouti's Doraleh Container Terminal. The opening of this world-class port facility in December has already produced rapid [...]	2009-05-07 12:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KNNP EWWT ETRD ECON ENRG DJ ET
09DJIBOUTI549	GODJ LOOKS BACK ON SEVEN YEARS OF ACTION; FIELDS CITIZEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a weeklong, televised "National Seminar of Reflection on Government Action," President Guelleh and the members of his cabinet summarized the GODJ's accomplishments of the past seven years, outlined remaining challenges, and fielded questions from a broad cross-section of [...]	2009-05-21 10:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM DJ
09DJIBOUTI655	DJIBOUTI: MIXED PROGRESS TOWARD RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti continues to struggle with a widening gap between electricity demand from consumers, and a constrained supply of expensive, diesel-generated electricity provided by the national electricity company. Realizing that improved supplies of lower-cost energy are imperative [...]	2009-06-09 13:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL SENV SOCI IC ET DJ
09DJIBOUTI677	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC ELECTION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. 2. (SBU) Hassan said that the GODJ had not yet taken a position on this election; however, he promised to convey the points on the U.S. candidacy to [...]	2009-06-11 13:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC APER KUNR DJ
09DJIBOUTI751	DJIBOUTI FORMIN TO HEAD AU DELEGATION [...] (SBU) On June 20, Djiboutian ForMin Mahmoud Ali Youssouf told Ambassador that he would lead Djibouti's delegation to the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, and that President Ismail Omar Guelleh would not/not be attending the AU Summit. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that AF [...]	2009-06-21 13:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AORC AU DJ
09DJIBOUTI88	SOMALIA CAMPAIGN SPEECHES IDENTIFY FRONTRUNNERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 29, the fifteen candidates for President each made a speech to Parliament. At the end of the presentations, most MPs agreed that TFG Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Nur Adde and ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed remained the frontrunners. Nur Adde focused on his r [...]	2009-01-30 16:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO DJ
09DJIBOUTI915	DJIBOUTI: FONMIN ON SOMALIA DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 11:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS MOPS MASS DJ ER XW SO AU
09DOHA117	HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR: QATAR WILL "POSTPONE" GAZA [...] (SBU) In a February 10 conversation with Poloff Caudill, National Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Ali Said Al-Marri stated that Qatar would "postpone" the Gaza war crimes conference scheduled to take place February 22-24 in Doha. 2. (SBU) The postponement came after a February 4 conver [...]	2009-02-11 13:44:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAL WEBZ QA IS

09DOHA130	SHEIKHA MOZAH SUPPORTS IDEA OF CONGRESSIONAL FIELD [...] (SBU) Following up on the November visit of a congressional delegation led by Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, which focused on the six U.S. university branch campuses at Education City, Ambassador called February 9 on Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Misned, wife of the Amir and Chairperson of Qatar [...]	2009-02-19 07:14:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OEXC SCUL KPAO QA

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