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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06PORTLOUIS210UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - AFRICAN CANDIDACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 07:57:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PHUM OPDC PREL UNGA UNCHR UN MP
06PORTLOUIS290MAURITIUS, SEYCHELLES SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Mauritius' Minsiter of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Cooperation Madan Dulloo, and to Seychelles' Minister of Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay on June 1. Charge underscored the importance of the U.S. move in pursuit of a diplomatic solution to [...]
2006-06-01 10:29:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR MP SE
06PORTLOUIS291MAURITIUS, SEYCHELLES SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Mauritius' Minsiter of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Cooperation Madan Dulloo, and to Seychelles' Minister of Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay on June 1. Charge underscored the importance of the U.S. move in pursuit of a diplomatic solution to [...]
2006-06-01 10:29:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR MP SE
06PORTLOUIS311MAURITIUS: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) On June 12, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the opening session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cooperation Madan Dulloo and subsequently to Secretary for Foreign Affairs Anand Neewoor. Dulloo said Mauritius wanted the HRC to s [...]
2006-06-13 06:52:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MP
06PORTLOUIS587MAURITIUS BACKS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC
[...] (C) During a brief tour d'horizon (septel) with Charge October 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo said that Mauritius would support Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council. He said Mauritius had established diplomatic relations with Guatemala [...]
2006-10-04 09:58:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS598MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritian Prime Minister told Charge October 6 that he has no particular problem with U.S. foreign policy, despite comments to the contrary broadcast on Mauritian radio. Ramgoolam emphasized that he has tried hard to maintain consistent principles in foreign affairs and denounced [...]
2006-10-06 13:42:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS627MAURITIUS SUPPORTS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, a.i. delivered UNSC demarche (ref A) to Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo on October 17. The Minister confirmed Mauritius will continue to support Guatemala's candidacy for the Security Council in subsequent rounds of bal [...]
2006-10-17 13:12:00Embassy Port LouisSECRETPREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS628SUPPORT OF GUATEMALA FOR UNSC - SEYCHELLES RESPONSE
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, a.i. delivered UNSC demarche (ref A) to Seychelles Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Claude Morel on October 17. Morel declined to comment on GOS position regarding the vote and only stated he wishes Guatemala success. SEMILOTA [...]
2006-10-17 13:21:00Embassy Port LouisSECRETPREL EPET UNSC AA GE VT SE
06PORTLOUIS634MAURITIUS INQUIRIES ON BREAKING IMPASSE
[...] (SBU) Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo contacted post to inquire as to the U.S. position on the impasse and asked if Uruguay is being considered as alternate to break the impasse. Charge d'Affaires expressed points made in Ref A and requested G [...]
2006-10-19 13:31:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS675SUCCESSFUL EID DINNER IN MAURITIUS
[...] Ambassador Cabrera hosted a very successful dinner with Mauritian Muslim leaders on November 6 to mark Eid al Fitr. Among the record number of guests were Acting President Raouf Bundhun, most of the Muslim members of parliament (MP) from all parties, the Deputy Supreme Court justice, many top [...]
2006-11-07 11:43:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL MP KISL KPAO
06PORTLOUIS720AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS IN SEYCHELLES
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Cesar Cabrera presented his credentials to Seychelles President James Michel on November 21. During his visit the Ambassador had productive meetings with the President, Vice-President, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health. He visited two CJTF-HOA construction pr [...]
2006-11-28 13:14:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYODIP PREL CJAN CASC CVIS MASS SE
06PORTLOUIS722MAURITIUS - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] Mauritius joined the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy),the fiber-optic undersea cable which will connect more than 20 African nations from South Africa to Sudan, as part of a wider plan to turn the country into a key Indian Ocean IT hub. The GOM Minister of Information Technology and [...]
2006-11-29 13:09:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV PINR MP
06PORTLOUIS743MAURITIUS MOVES TOWARDS GREATER PEACEKEEPING ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Top Mauritian security officials committed publicly to increasing participation in international peacekeeping efforts. U.S. military officers training Mauritians say their constabulary Special Mobile Force is ideal for PKOs. Additional Mauritian attributes are the population,s [...]
2006-12-11 10:29:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PINR MP AU UN SADC
06PORTLOUIS752MAURITIUS DENIES PLAN TO CEDE AGALEGA ISLANDS TO INDIA, BUT ISSUE SHOWS MAURITIAN SUBORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritian officials deny any intention to cede Agalega islands to India, as alleged in an Indian newspaper report. They have said that India agreed to help with economic development and infrastructure improvement but they were unable to deny categorically that India has no ulterior mot [...]
2006-12-15 08:26:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EPET PBTS ECON PHSA PINS IN MP IO
06PORTLOUIS759MAURITIUS: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] Post has compiled the following information on child labor in Mauritius in response to questions posed in reftel. //CHILD LABOR LAWS AND REGULATIONS// 2. On November 21, 2006, the Government of Mauritius (GOM) amended the Labor Act to raise the minimum employment age from 15 to 16 years i [...]
2006-12-19 12:44:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MP
06PORTLOUIS763MAURITIUS - DECEMBER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] Topics in the December Economic Roundup include: - Increase in Commercial Air Traffic to Mauritius - Foreign Currency Shortage and the Depreciation of the Rupee - Bank of Mauritius: New Building and Departure of Governor - Mauritius Obtains USD 30 Million Loan from the World Bank - Plans to [...]
2006-12-21 12:25:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EAIR EAID EIND EINV SENV MP
07PORTLOUIS568MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED
[...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...]
2007-10-30 07:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP
08PORTLOUIS127MAURITIUS TO CONSIDER PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE
[...] Post delivered reftel A demarche to First Secretary of Multilateral Affairs, Rabindranath Sawmy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cooperation, on April 22. Sawmy admitted having no prior knowledge of the subject of Prisoners of Conscience, but quickly gained understanding d [...]
2008-04-23 10:32:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL
08PORTLOUIS155MAURITIUS WILL NOT BUDGE ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) On May 8, DCM met with Anand Neewoor, the Mauritian Secretary General for Foreign Affairs and the senior MFA representative since last month's dismissal of the Foreign Affairs Minister, to push for GOM immediate recognition of Kosovo. Neewoor stated that the GOM had not changed its most [...]
2008-05-09 08:25:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV MP
08PORTLOUIS164MAURITIUS: EMERGING CREOLE MOVEMENT SURPRISES TRADITIONAL
[...] The May 1 Labor Day political rallies not only confirmed Paul Berenger's Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) party's rise in popularity, but it also brought the Creole Community under the spotlight. Father Jocelyn Gregoire's Federation of Mauritian Creoles (FMC) rally drew a larger crowd than a [...]
2008-05-21 07:33:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KDEM MP
08PORTLOUIS187MAURITIUS: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION
[...] The incidence of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods is insignificant in Mauritius. The types of work known to have been carried out by children in Mauritius, such as agricultural, domestic, and commercial, are not considered "exploitative" as defined in the I [...]
2008-06-02 05:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MP
08PORTLOUIS189AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME
[...] (C) On June 2, 2008, Ambassador Cabrera paid a courtesy call on Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam; DCM served as notetaker. The relaxed and pleasant hour and a half discussion touched on a wide variety of topics, including U.S. elections, Kosovo, and Mauritian U.N. voting records. The two ag [...]
2008-06-03 11:26:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MP
08PORTLOUIS192MAURITIUS: SOME POSITIVE INPUT RE SWING ELECTION
[...] Post delivered demarche to Mrs. Bineshwaree K. Napaul, Second Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 29. Napaul assured that all points of the demarche were understood and currently being considered by the Mauritian delegation, and added that she does not foresee any impediments [...]
2008-06-04 13:29:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG AORC MP
08PORTLOUIS203MAURITIUS WANTS CONTINUED BILAT DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) On June 11, 2008, Post delivered ref demarche to Ms. Shafeenaaz Nurmahomed, Second Secretary of Multilateral Affairs for the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nurmohammed understood the stance of USG, but asked for clarification between the new stance and the "limited observer" stance [...]
2008-06-12 09:09:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MP
08PORTLOUIS205NOT SO SUBTLE CORRUPTION IN MAURITIUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent allegations and press reports on corruption scandals in Mauritius highlight an often overlooked issue by those new to or unfamiliar with the island. Upon first impression, Mauritius may look relatively clean, but with some digging - one may find questionable dealings und [...]
2008-06-12 12:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC ECON EFIN PBTS PGOV MP
08PORTLOUIS207MAURITIUS SENDING 20 OBSERVERS TO ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Mauritius has agreed to send fifteen additional election observers for the June 27 presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe. This moves their election observer numbers up from five to 20. The observers will arrive in two to three tranches beginning immediatel [...]
2008-06-16 10:05:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS210MAURITIUS: MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT AMBASSADOR SWING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 12:53:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG AORC MP
08PORTLOUIS224UK, AUSTRALIA AND US EMBASSIES JOINTLY DEMARCHE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 24 June, DCM met with the High Commissioners of Australia and the UK to demarche the Mauritian Prime Minister regarding Zimbabwe. The joint demarche was somewhat disappointing, with the Prime Minister agreeing to take only modest actions with regard to Zimbabwe. Specifically, [...]
2008-06-24 14:08:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS230MAURITIAN POSITION ON P5+1 PACKAGE TO IRAN WILL MOST LIKELY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 13:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM MP
08PORTLOUIS233MAURITIUS OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 11:22:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM MP
08PORTLOUIS260MAURITIUS CONSIDERS USG POINTS BUT REMAIN NEUTRAL
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on July 15 to First Secretary of Multilateral Affairs, Mr. Joyker Nayeck. Post followed up by delivering reftel demarche directly to Second Secretary, Ms. Faranaz Furzun, the official handling the upcoming NAM meeting in Iran. 2. (SBU) Furzun took note of t [...]
2008-07-18 09:40:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM MP
08PORTLOUIS267SPPF LOSES CHANCE TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION BUT CASTS A SHADOW
[...] (U) The Seychelles National Party (SNP) won the July 18 by-election provoked by the resignation of Jean Francois Ferrari, thus, the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) remains one seat shy of being able to amend the constitution. Oddly enough, had the SPPF won this seat, it cou [...]
2008-07-25 10:36:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP PINS KDEM PINR SE
08PORTLOUIS280MAURITIUS STANCE ON ZIMBABWE TALKS
[...] (SBU) On August 1, Ambassador Cabrera, accompanied by DCM as notetaker, delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Anund Neewoor. Neewoor acknowledged the demarche points and suggested that the framework for talks between Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for [...]
2008-08-01 09:12:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SADC ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS297MAURITIUS HOPES CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES GO TO THE UN
[...] On 28 August, DCM delivered ref points to Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, who responded that Mauritius supports climate change issues being addressed by the UN Security Council. Koonjul noted that the Alliance of Small Island States should account for at least a quarter of the votes in the UN, t [...]
2008-08-26 07:56:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG UNGA SENV AORC MP
08PORTLOUIS298GEORGIA: MAURITIUS UNDECIDED BUT MIGHT ACT AS PART
[...] (C) On 25 August, DCM delivered ref points to Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Cure, the GOM has no considered position on the Georgia/Russia conflict. The GOM, while generally sympathetic to Georgia, would [...]
2008-08-26 07:58:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR RS GG MP
08PORTLOUIS299UNSCRS 1747 AND 1803: MAURITIUS AUTHORITIES ALERTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 13:07:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN MP
08PORTLOUIS303GEORGIA: MAURITIUS STILL UNDECIDED
[...] (C) On August 28, Polchief delivered ref A points to Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure noted that he is "trying for a position" within the Ministry, in case the support of Mauritian diplomats elsewhere is solicited. " [...]
2008-09-02 10:21:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU MP
08PORTLOUIS304KOSOVO: LOGJAM CONTINUES
[...] (C) On August 28, Polchief made ref A points to Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure referred obliquely to his government's current lack of support for U.S. positions regarding Kosovo (see refs B to E),including on the [...]
2008-09-02 12:59:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA KV MP
08PORTLOUIS308MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF
[...] (SBU) On September 5, Ambassador Cabrera took advantage of a meeting with Mauritian Foreign Secretary Anund Neewoor to raise ref A and other Department provided points on Georgia. Neewoor responded that the GOM official position would be to "support the territorial integrity of Georgia." He ad [...]
2008-09-08 11:37:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU MP
08PORTLOUIS310MAURITIUS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE VOTES ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref demarche to Mr. Rabindranath Sawmy, First Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cooperation on September 10. POLOFF noted Mauritius' low voting coincidence with USG in the UN, and presented human rights as the area of voting that has th [...]
2008-09-12 09:36:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN MP
08PORTLOUIS312MAURITIAN CABINET RESHUFFLE AND PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT
[...] SUMMARY. On September 12, a week earlier than expected, Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam confirmed that Sir Anerood Jugnauth's (SAJ) mandate as President will continue for five more years. One day later, on September 13, the Prime Minister announced a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle. In add [...]
2008-09-15 14:59:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MP
08PORTLOUIS316WHERE'S THE TUNA? LEHMAN BROTHERS' BANKRUPTCY AND PIRATES
[...] SUMMARY: Concerns over the state of the Seychelles tuna industry rose in the wake of news of more piracy in the Indian Ocean and the bankruptcy announcement of Lehman Brothers, a shareholder in one of Seychelles' largest seafood operations. While recent pirate attacks have everyone's attention [...]
2008-09-17 10:12:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIS ELAB PGOV SE
08PORTLOUIS325MAURITIUS ATTENDANCE AT AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE STILL UP IN
[...] ESTOFF delivered ref Avian Flu demarche and nonpaper to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Agro Industry, and Health. In one follow-up conversation, Acting Permanent Secretary V. Gondeea of the Ministry of Agro Industry confirmed that an invitation to the Avian Flu Conference has been receive [...]
2008-09-23 14:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL MP
08PORTLOUIS326MAURITIUS 'LIKE MINDED' ON IAEA BOARD SEAT
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel objectives to Ministry of Foreign Affairs First Secretary, Ms. Martine Young Kim Fat on September 19, and had a follow up meeting with Young Kim Fat on September 24. Young Kim Fat informed POLOFF that she personally agreed with USG points about blocking Syria and Ira [...]
2008-09-24 11:01:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA PARM MNUC MP
08PORTLOUIS329PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES UN VOTING AND DIEGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 18 meeting between Ambassador Cesar Cabrera and Prime Minister Ramgoolam (with POLOFF as note taker),Ramgoolam noted that to better reflect the true relationship between the U.S. and Mauritius he would like to increase UN voting coincidence between the two countries [...]
2008-09-25 13:43:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PTER UK MP
08PORTLOUIS331PRIME MINISTER DETAILS MOTIVES FOR CABINET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 12, the Prime Minister publicly announced both a long-expected cabinet reshuffle and the re-appointment of the current president to another five-year mandate. The recent cabinet reshuffle is the first reshuffle executed solely by prime ministerial initiative. In a m [...]
2008-09-26 09:36:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MP
08PORTLOUIS342SEYCHELLES- FY 2007 SELF HELP FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: During FY 2007 Embassy Port Louis granted the $20,000 allotment for the Ambassador's Self Help Program to four diverse projects. While one of the projects is complete, the rest are still in progress and performing satisfactorily. Post is cautiously optimistic that all projects will b [...]
2008-09-30 13:11:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN EAID ECON EGOVSY
08PORTLOUIS343MAURITIUS- FY 2007 SELF HELP FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: During FY 2007 Embassy Port Louis granted the $45,000 allotment for the Ambassador's Self Help Program to fourteen projects. Eleven of these projects were located on the lesser developed island dependency of Rodrigues. While some of the projects are complete, most are still in progre [...]
2008-09-30 13:12:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN EAID ECON EGOV MP
08PORTLOUIS358MAURITIUS GIVES POSITIVE REACTION TO AFRICOM
[...] On October 8, Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs U.S. Desk Officer, Sameem Gaffar. Gaffar took note of the demarche points and said that he does not see this change affecting the positive military-to-military relationship between USG and Mauritius. 2. On Octobe [...]
2008-10-10 10:16:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL MP
08PORTLOUIS365OCTOBER 2 LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FROM SEYCHELLES' PRESIDENT JAMES A. MICHEL
[...] (SBU) On October 20, Post received an original signed letter and official diplomatic note -- postmarked and dated on October 14 -- from President James A. Michel addressed to President George W. Bush. The letter is a Government of Seychelles request for USG assistance during the early stage of [...]
2008-10-20 09:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON RFIN SE
08PORTLOUIS366DOMESTIC ISSUES MAY EXPLAIN DELAY IN MONTREAL RATIFICATION
[...] On October 15, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of the Political Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure said that the reasons for ratifying the Montreal Convention seemed logical and convincing. He speculated that either the process of adopting the con [...]
2008-10-20 14:20:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ICAO MP
08PORTLOUIS368WIND ENERGY ON THE RISE IN RODRIGUES
[...] SUMMARY. The Central Electricity Board (CEB),the government agency responsible for the production, transmission and distribution of electricity in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, announced that Vergnet (France) will set up two wind turbines on Rodrigues Island to increase wind-produc [...]
2008-10-23 05:32:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON MP
08PORTLOUIS375MAURITIUS NOT ATTENDING BIOETHICS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 12:05:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO UNESCO UNGA MP
08PORTLOUIS381PARADISE LOST: HOW CORRUPTION BANKRUPTED SEYCHELLES
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) An overall lack of transparency and corruption throughout the ranks are behind the Seychelles' recent international appeal for help after a chronic lack of foreign exchange, loan defaults, drastic inflation, and an excessive debt burden of 175 percent of GDP effectively left the [...]
2008-11-07 07:21:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV SE
08PORTLOUIS384CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA FROM
[...] On November 5, Post received a congratulatory letter from the President of the Republic of Mauritius, The Right Honorable Sir Aneerood Jugnauth, G.C.S.K.,K.C.M.G, Q.C, addressed to President-Elect Barack Obama. Post will send the official signed document to the Department. 2. Following is [...]
2008-11-10 11:00:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP MP
08PORTLOUIS386 NOVEMBER 5 DIPNOTE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA
[...] On November 5, Post received a faxed copy of Diplomatic Note Number: 72/2008 from President James A. Michel addressed to President-Elect Barack Obama, conveying a congratulatory message. As soon as it is received, Post will deliver the official signed document to the Department. 2. Followin [...]
2008-11-10 11:01:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP SE
08PORTLOUIS387 FIREBALL 2008 PROVIDES FEW SPARKS OF INTEREST AT SSR
[...] (U) Summary. Airports of Mauritius Co Ltd (AML) held its biannual disaster exercise at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (SSR),entitled "Fireball 2008," on November 6, with participation from over 20 agencies and offices, including several diplomatic missions. The full-scale s [...]
2008-11-10 11:04:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ICAO MP
08PORTLOUIS388 PORT LOUIS: U.S. ELECTION PROGRAMS BOOST MISSION'S
[...] Nearly 11,000 miles separate Mauritius from the United States, but distance did not dampen the fascination of Mauritians with U.S. Elections 2008. Responding to the keen interest of its contacts and the Mauritian population at large in the U.S. Presidential Elections, Mission Port Louis organi [...]
2008-11-10 11:04:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR SCUL PGOV PREL MP
08PORTLOUIS390QUARTERLY MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Ambassador Cabrera discussed a wide variety of issues during a quarterly meeting with Prime Minister Ramgoolam; DCM served as note taker During the pleasant and positive hour of discussions, Ambassador raised Zimbabwe, spoke of U.S. elections, touched on issues rel [...]
2008-11-12 09:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ABLD KREC ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS391CORRUPTION CASE OPENS UP PARLIAMENT SEAT AND BY-ELECTIONS
[...] (U) On November 5, the UK Privy Council, which constitutionally is the highest appellate court with authority in Mauritius, unanimously upheld a Mauritius Supreme Court judgment, whereby Member of Parliament (MP) and former Minister of Health, Ashok Kumar Jugnauth, was found guilty of electoral [...]
2008-11-12 12:21:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MP
08PORTLOUIS400MAURITIUS UNMOVED BY ARGUMENTS THAT UNGA RESOLUTIONS CARRY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 12:39:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS LE SY MP
08PORTLOUIS402DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SEYCHELLES: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 12:43:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS LE SY SE
08PORTLOUIS403DEMARCHE FAVORABLY RECEIVED: MAURITIUS TO CONTINUE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 12:43:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL UNGA MP
08PORTLOUIS409PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
[...] Post delivered ref talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Agro Industry on November 25. 2. In a follow-up conversation on November 26, Premila Appadu, Second Secretary in the Bilateral Directorate at the MFA requested a few days to review the proposal with [...]
2008-11-26 12:03:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV MP
08PORTLOUIS424ONE COMPANY LEADS THE GREEN INITIATIVE IN MAURITIAN
[...] Summary. Richfield Tang Knits Ltd (RT Knits),a textile manufacturing company in Mauritius, has taken initiative to move toward "sustainable textile production," incorporating "Green Productivity Techniques" into a new facility in La Tour Koenig, near Port Louis. Using wind and solar energy, [...]
2008-12-04 12:13:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND SENV TRGY MP
08PORTLOUIS428MAURITIUS POSITIVE ABOUT GTRI COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) By request of reftel, RSO Helm met with the Chief of Mauritius' Radiological Protection Authority (RPA),Faradally Abdoulla Ollite, to ascertain his agency's interest and cooperation regarding the identification of high-risk and vulnerable radioactive sources in use or in storage. Ollite [...]
2008-12-08 02:17:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY MP
08PORTLOUIS430POSITIVE IMPACT OF ADMIRAL GREENE VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From 10-12 November, Rear Admiral Philip Greene visited key Mauritian policy and defense leaders for discussions on Africa Command and U.S. military engagement in Africa, and to inaugurate the new Automated Identification System (AIS) provided to Mauritius by the USG. Ambassador C [...]
2008-12-09 08:05:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS KPKO PTER PREF MP
08PORTLOUIS437SOMALIA UNPKO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On 10 December, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and First Secretary Martine Young Kim Fat. Ambassador Cure paid close attention to the points on a possible security vacuum in Somalia, noting Mauritius' grow [...]
2008-12-12 07:36:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SO MP
08PORTLOUIS443MAURITIUS LIKELY TO BACK USG POSITION ON SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 11:43:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SO MP
08PORTLOUIS447MAURITIUS: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 12:04:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC MP
08PORTLOUIS448SEYCHELLES: 2008 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 12:05:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER SE
09PORTLOUIS101GOS REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE AGAINST PIRATES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, Post received a GOS diplomatic note requesting more frequent surveillance patrols by U.S. forces in Seychellois waters to help deter piracy. The diplomatic note was a follow-up to an earlier telephone call between the Acting Foreign Minister (A/FM) and the Charge. Cha [...]
2009-04-02 06:01:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPS SE
09PORTLOUIS103SEYCHELLES: USG ASSISTANCE SOUGHT TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRATES'
[...] (SBU) On April 6, Post received by fax a diplomatic note dated April 2 from the Seychelles' Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stating that the vessel "Indian Ocean Explorer" had been captured with a crew of seven Seychellois nationals in Seychelles' territorial waters, and was heading toward th [...]
2009-04-06 13:22:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO SE
09PORTLOUIS109DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION WITH MAURITIUS
[...] (SBU) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM) Arvin Boolell to discuss ref A points regarding Mauritian willingness in the future to prosecute piracy suspects. In order to obtain a legal opinion of Mauritian laws on piracy, the FM said he would to send the technical points t [...]
2009-04-13 11:32:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALEWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP
09PORTLOUIS118MAURITIUS ON RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM),Arvin Boollel, to discuss reftel points. The FM commented that while Mauritius concurs with the need to push for new elections in Madagascar, the GOM prefers working under the IOC model and plan, even while noting that it is "known [...]
2009-04-15 13:30:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID PGOV PREL MA MP
09PORTLOUIS127SEYCHELLES SUBMITS A SECOND SOFA COUNTERPROPOSAL
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has received Seychelles' proposed changes to the Washington-approved SOFA text submitted to the GOS in October 2008. The main concerns of the GOS revolve around ceding criminal jurisdiction, exemptions from inspections [...]
2009-04-24 09:16:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS SE MP
09PORTLOUIS128SWINE FLU: MAURITIUS CONVENES "CRISIS COMMITTEE" TO PLAN
[...] (U) On April 27 the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life convened a meeting of the "Crisis Committee which has been set up this morning" (according to the notice faxed to the Embassy) to plan ahead for the eventuality of swine flu affecting the island nation. Health Minister Rajeshwar Jeetah [...]
2009-04-27 13:29:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED PGOV KFLU MP
09PORTLOUIS131GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE - NO DEFINITE MAURITIAN
[...] (SBU) On April 20, Charge d'Affaires and the Russian Ambassador jointly delivered ref points and agenda to Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell and Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multi-Lateral Division at the MFA. Both were pleased to receive the updated information, but noted that, [...]
2009-04-30 10:30:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP RS NI PREL PTER MNUC KGIC MP
09PORTLOUIS132SEYCHELLES ARRESTS NINE SUSPECTED PIRATES, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. As reported in the press, the Seychelles Coast Guard recently brought into the country for prosecution nine suspected pirates captured by a Spanish warship in Seychelles waters. The suspects are thought to have attacked an Italian cruise ship, the MSC Melody, before the Melody r [...]
2009-04-30 10:34:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE
09PORTLOUIS139MAURITIAN RESPONSE: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD
[...] (SBU) A/DCM put reftel questions to Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, Head of Bilateral Directorate I at Mauritius Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Q.1) The only special procedures required would be that any weapons would have to be declared to Customs and eithe [...]
2009-05-08 08:58:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA MP
09PORTLOUIS14AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Ambassador Cabrera (with DCM as note taker) conducted his final official meeting with Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam. The 90-minute meeting reinforced the close US-Mauritian ties, and provided Ramgoolam an opportunity to thank the Ambassador for his service to b [...]
2009-01-13 11:07:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ABLD KREC ZI MP
09PORTLOUIS143PROBLEMS WITH PIRACY TRIALS IN SEYCHELLES - LACK
[...] (C) As of 7 May, the Seychelles had 23 suspected Somali pirates in detention on the main island of Mahe. These arrests were largely a result of international partners providing surveillance and pursuit capabilities. GOS legal and political leaders voice no consistent analysis on how to succe [...]
2009-05-12 09:20:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE
09PORTLOUIS144WILL SEYCHELLES SWAP PIRATES FOR HOSTAGES?
[...] (C) Pressure is mounting on the President of Seychelles to take measures to secure the release of the ten Seychellois being held hostage in Somalia by pirates. The leader of the opposition in the Seychelles claims to be in direct contact with both of the two Somali groups holding the Seychelloi [...]
2009-05-12 12:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE
09PORTLOUIS146HOW SEYCHELLES CAPTURED 23 SUSPECTED PIRATES
[...] (U) On May 7, the Seychelles government-controlled daily "Seychelles Nation" (or the "Nation") reported that since April 28, the Seychelles Police Force has captured 23 Somali pirates in its Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ),in three separate operations carried out with the help of European and I [...]
2009-05-12 13:15:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO SE
09PORTLOUIS147TIFA DELEGATION MEETS MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Florizelle Liser, accompanied by CDA and other USG officials, called on Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam April 20. Ramgoolam claimed some credit for efforts to diversify Mauritius exports and the resulting resiliency of his country in [...]
2009-05-13 07:43:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP
09PORTLOUIS151USTDA GRANT TO CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD SIGNED
[...] On May 14, Embassy Charge d'Affaires, Virginia Blaser, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Renewable Energy and Public Utilities, Dr. Rashid Beebeejaun, signed a Grant Agreement whereby the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) will provide $325,000 to the Central Electricity Board [...]
2009-05-14 13:28:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP
09PORTLOUIS159SEYCHELLES SILENT ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 13:09:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL SE
09PORTLOUIS162MAURITIUS- FY2007 SELF-HELP FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT
[...] Summary: During FY 2007, Embassy Port Louis granted the $45,000 allotment for the Ambassador's Self Help Program to fourteen projects in Mauritius. Eleven of these projects were located on the lesser developed island dependency of Rodrigues. The majority of the projects are complete, and the f [...]
2009-05-28 13:13:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID MP
09PORTLOUIS163LACK OF COMMUNICATION MAY DELAY MAURITIAN VOTE ON KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) On May 29, Post delivered demarche points (ref A) to Minister Counselor Deepak Gokulsing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Likewise, on June 1, Post spoke with Second Secretary and U.S. Desk Officer for the Mauritius MFA, Mrs. Brinda Trilok, on the issue. The MFA officials insisted tha [...]
2009-06-02 13:17:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS164SEYCHELLES STILL SILENT ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 13:17:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS SE
09PORTLOUIS168MAURITIUS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, PRIME MINISTER SAYS
[...] (C) On 4 June, Prime Minister Ramgoolam called CDA to report that he had decided Mauritius would recognize Kosovo on or soon after 17 July. When asked the reason for the complete shift of GOM position (see refs),the PM said that he had been swayed by the series of talking points delivered o [...]
2009-06-05 08:02:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV MP
09PORTLOUIS169SEYCHELLES PRISON SYSTEM: BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of piracy have threatened the economic livelihood of the Seychelles, yet the small and troubled island nation lacks the infrastructure to house a potential influx of pirates, and is barely capable of detaining the alleged pirates in custody now. A recent preliminary re [...]
2009-06-05 08:27:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR PREL MASS MOPPS KCRM SE
09PORTLOUIS17PORT LOUIS CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR OSAC
[...] (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime in Mauritius is relatively low. Violent crimes are generally uncommon and when they do happen, oftentimes it involves some type of family dispute. Due to the large tourist industry, petty crime is a problem. There is a potential for pick pocketi [...]
2009-01-14 12:06:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT APER MP
09PORTLOUIS174MAURITIUS TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY
[...] On June 12 Post received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade (MFA) informing Post that Mauritius will be attending the 5th plenary meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in The Hague. [...]
2009-06-15 13:46:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC MP
09PORTLOUIS176MAURITIUS ASKS FOR HELP AGAINST PIRACY
[...] On June 10, Post received a diplomatic note from the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade soliciting USG assistance to intensify the combat against piracy in the Indian Ocean. On the morning of June 11 Post was asked by telephone to send representa [...]
2009-06-15 13:47:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO MP
09PORTLOUIS181MAURITIUS' EMERGENCY PIRACY MEETING: A TENTATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A public outcry from the fisheries and shipping sector, coupled with fishing ships fleeing the Indian Ocean for safer waters and a 20 percent drop in fish suppliers for Mauritius since January, prompted Foreign Minister (FORMIN) Arvin Boolell and Attorney General (AG) Rama Valayde [...]
2009-06-17 08:30:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHSA PBTS EWWT MARR MOPS MP
09PORTLOUIS183MAURITIUS CONSIDERS NEW EU PROPOSED INDEPENDENT
[...] (C) On June 17, CDA, accompanied by POLOFF as notetaker, used reftel demarche to push the GOM for a decision on the UN Special Rapporteur mandate renewal. The MFA delegation, which included First Secretary Nivedita Sohawon and First Secretary Martine Young Kim Fat, confirmed that despite rece [...]
2009-06-17 12:55:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SU MP
09PORTLOUIS185MAURITIUS TO VOTE FOR 'INDEPENDENT EXPERT' IN LIEU OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 14:40:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SU MP
09PORTLOUIS186SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR: MAURIITUS AGREES WITH USG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 09:11:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AORC MA MP
09PORTLOUIS187SEYCHELLES MAY NOT ATTEND JUNE 20 SADC MEETING BUT SUPPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 09:11:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AORC MA SE
09PORTLOUIS194 RELIGION, WOMEN'S ROLE IN MAURITIUS: ROUNDTABLE ON OBAMA'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At an Embassy roundtable discussion of President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world, secular-leaning reporters participated in a lively and wide-ranging discussion, with many ideas about religion in multi-confessional Mauritius. A subsequent flyer distributed at Mauritian [...]
2009-06-24 13:26:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR SCUL PGOV PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS205SEYCHELLES SOFA IN THE FINAL STRETCH
[...] (C) A U.S. inter-agency delegation met with Government of Seychelles (GoS) stakeholders in early July to discuss issues associated with the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The discussions, which were built on multi-level country team lobbying efforts over the past two years, led to [...]
2009-07-07 09:43:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPS SE
09PORTLOUIS218SEYCHELLES SEEKS GREATER US TIES IN CDA MEETING
[...] (SBU) Charge D'Affaires Virginia Blaser's June 30 courtesy call on President James Michel celebrated the U.S. - Seychelles bilateral relationship and addressed cooperative efforts to combat piracy and secure the seas. Set against the festive backdrop of the first July 4th celebration the Embas [...]
2009-07-14 06:06:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHSA PBTS MARR MOPS EWWT SE
09PORTLOUIS22AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN FOREIGN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cabrera's departure call on Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvind Boolell ran the gambit of Economic and Political issues. From Bilateral Investment Treaty remarks to questions about trafficking in persons, the friendly, one-hour meeting brought key issues forward. END SU [...]
2009-01-20 10:54:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAIR SOCI MP
09PORTLOUIS236TRIPARTITE APPROACH REVEALS LEGAL AND LOGISTICAL CONCERNS OF GOM PROSECUTING PIRATES
[...] On July 20, Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser convened a meeting with British High Commissioner (BHC),Dr. John Murton, and the visiting Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Legal Adviser, Katherine Shepherd, along with French Ambassador Jacques Maillard and his Minister Counselor, to discuss [...]
2009-07-24 09:20:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA MARR MASS MOPS MP EWWT PBTS
09PORTLOUIS243SEYCHELLES ASSEMBLY RATIFIES SOFA UNANIMOUSLY ON FIRST
[...] (SBU) On July 29, the Principal Secretary to the President of the Seychelles, Jean-Paul Adam, informed Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser that on the previous day, the Seychelles Legislative Assembly had unanimously ratified the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). 2. (U) Also on July [...]
2009-08-03 12:23:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS SE
09PORTLOUIS247SEYCHELLES SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to the Seychelles. The U.S. government enjoys positive but limited relations with the government of Seychelles (GOS). Over the past few years, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA [...]
2009-08-11 12:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SE
09PORTLOUIS248MAURITIUS SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to Mauritius, a diverse democracy currently led by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. The USG enjoys excellent bilateral relations with Mauritius, including strong cooperation on security issues an [...]
2009-08-11 12:54:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PGOV KPKO MP
09PORTLOUIS255H1N1 CATCHES HOLD IN MAURITIUS
[...] SUMMARY. Since the first confirmed case H1N1 flu in June, the Government of Mauritius (GOM) has confirmed five deaths and 44 laboratory-confirmed cases, and expects the number to grow in coming months. While the GOM urges the public not to panic, hospitals are reporting difficulty coping wit [...]
2009-08-20 13:14:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KFLO KPAO KSAF AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC TBIO MP
09PORTLOUIS265MAURITIUS: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Mauritius from 17 to 18 August 2009. During his visit to Mauritius, he met with Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Minister of Foreign Affairs Arvin Boolell, and Police Commissioner Dhun Iswar Rampersad. [...]
2009-09-04 06:50:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL MASS MP
09PORTLOUIS271SEYCHELLES: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT 19
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Seychelles on August 19, 2009. Accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser, he met with President James Michel, Minister for Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay, and Chief of the Seychelles Peoples Defense For [...]
2009-09-08 13:08:00Embassy Port LouisSECRETASEC PGOV PREL MASS SE
09PORTLOUIS28 PORT LOUIS' PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS
[...] Summary: Embassy Port Louis requests funding from the FY 2009 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund to provide a basic biotechnology, biosafety, and food safety introduction to Mauritian officials and other stakeholders. This proposal was developed by FAS/Pretoria in coordination with Embassy [...]
2009-01-20 12:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV TBIO MP
09PORTLOUIS280MAURITIAN IDEAS CONCERNING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure noted that the Mauritian mission to the Human Rights Council had sent him some suggestions and proposals, which he was considering. The reelect [...]
2009-09-11 04:30:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS290MAURITIUS DIFFIDENT ON EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 05:53:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC MP
09PORTLOUIS292SEYCHELLES: OCEAN LOOK TOPS AGENDA DURING
[...] (SBU) This is an action message for Department and Africa Command. Please see paras 3d(i),3h, and 3j below. 2. (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: On September 18, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with President James Michel to deliver ref A points on the issue of piracy and the role of the Ocean Look operat [...]
2009-09-22 13:34:00Embassy Port LouisSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS SE
09PORTLOUIS313MAURITIUS SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON SOFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since receiving ref A Status of Forces boilerplate to present to the GOM in July 2008, Emboffs of all levels have engaged the Mauritians repeatedly for comments or reactions. Over the past year, the issue has been raised with the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Minister [...]
2009-10-08 11:36:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPS MP
09PORTLOUIS324MAURITIUS: LUKEWARM ON U.S. POINTS RE GOLDSTONE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 06:43:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MP
09PORTLOUIS327MAURITIUS DOWNBEAT ON PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 11:59:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MP AF IR
09PORTLOUIS328(C) MAURITIUS: INSIGHTS ON SADC ENGAGEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 11:59:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI
09PORTLOUIS332MAURITIUS INTERESTED IN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF UNGA 64
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 11:59:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA MP
09PORTLOUIS334MAURITIUS DISTANT FROM U.S. POSITION ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:22:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS MP
09PORTLOUIS335MAURITIUS: A COOL RESPONSE TO U.S. BRIEFING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:34:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR MP
09PORTLOUIS337SEYCHELLES: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATE FOR GICNT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:45:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC SE
09PORTLOUIS341MAURITIUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATE FOR GICNT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 04:31:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC MP
09PORTLOUIS349SEYCHELLES: REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION OF SOFA'S
[...] (C) The Seychelles' SOFA negotiations were successfully completed in July of 2009. The GOS sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. Embassy in Port Louis on July 22, 2009, confirming that the SOFA was approved by the GOS and was active as soon as receipt was confirmed by the Embassy. The Embassy [...]
2009-10-26 10:22:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALOPDC MARR PREL SE
09PORTLOUIS350SEYCHELLES: REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION OF SOFA'S
[...] (C) The Seychelles' SOFA negotiations were successfully completed in July of 2009. The GOS sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. Embassy in Port Louis on July 22, 2009, confirming that the SOFA was approved by the GOS and was active as soon as receipt was confirmed by the Embassy. The Embassy [...]
2009-10-26 10:48:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALOPDC MARR PREL SE
09PORTLOUIS351MAURITIUS LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. UN THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 06:55:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN MP
09PORTLOUIS354MAURITIUS: PARTNERING FOR FOOD SECURITY PROPOSAL: NO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 12:56:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD MP
09PORTLOUIS356MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT MYERS' CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 09:03:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MP
09PORTLOUIS359MAURITIUS STILL COOL ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 04:14:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MP
09PORTLOUIS360SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 12:19:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL SE
09PORTLOUIS365DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 11:39:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA MP
09PORTLOUIS366CHARGE'S QUARTERLY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) enjoyed a cordial one and a half hour meeting with Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam to discuss a variety of issues, including the PM's position on counter-piracy cooperation, peacekeeping deployments, the pending Status of Forces Agreement [...]
2009-11-16 11:42:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS37MAURITIUS CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN 5TH PLENARY GI
[...] On January 22, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and the Russian Ambassador to Mauritius, Mrs. Olga Ivanova, jointly delivered a demarche regarding the 5th plenary GI meeting to Foreign Minister Dr. Arvin Boolell (FORMIN) and Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of Multilateral Division at the Ministry of Forei [...]
2009-01-28 11:56:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MP
09PORTLOUIS378MAURITIUS SOFA DISCUSSION: SMALL STEPS
[...] (C) This is an action message. Please see para 10 below. 2. SUMMARY: On November 17, in a meeting arranged at the Prime Minister's request, Embassy officials met with the Mauritian Foreign Minister and officials from his ministry, the Prime Minister's office, and the State Law Office. The [...]
2009-11-24 06:52:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV MP SE
09PORTLOUIS383SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON IAEA REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 12:17:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM IAEA KNNP SYR SE
09PORTLOUIS384MAURITIUS UNAWARE OF IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 12:17:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KKNP SYR MP
09PORTLOUIS385MAURITIUS HOPES FOR AN IAEA SOLUTION ON IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 12:19:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR IAEA MP
09PORTLOUIS392MAURITIUS AND SEYCHELLES: FY 2010 1206 PROPOSAL TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 13:54:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MASS MARR PGOV MP SE
09PORTLOUIS394SEYCHELLES PRESIDENT VISITS CUBA, DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seychelles President James Michel visited Cuba November 29-30 to discuss additional Cuban medical assistance. At the request of the Cubans, Michel provided a briefing on ways his country has pursued economic reform. Michel believes that Raul Castro recognizes that economic chang [...]
2009-12-04 07:49:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CU SE
09PORTLOUIS395MAURITIUS STAYS THE PATH FOR DECEMBER VOTE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 09:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUN PHUM UNGA MP
09PORTLOUIS396SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 09:42:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUN PHUM UNGA SE
09PORTLOUIS397SEYCHELLES REQUESTS CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF US AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 02 meeting with the Charge, Seychelles President James Michel praised US assistance in combating Somali piracy, supported the presence of US UAVs and requested the continued deployment of P-3s (currently scheduled to conclude December 22). Secretary-of-State Jean P [...]
2009-12-07 11:22:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHSA PBTS MARR SO SE
09PORTLOUIS399MAURITIUS HOPEFUL REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S WAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOM reacted positively to the President's speech on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (reftels) while Mauritius media coverage of the policy speech was mostly factual. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On December 1, the DCM delivered reftel points to Ambassador Gokulsing, Bi [...]
2009-12-07 12:28:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF PK MP
09PORTLOUIS400STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN KEY FOR SEYCHELLES
[...] (SBU) On December 2, Charge Walkley personally discussed reftel A points with Seychelles President James Michel. The CDA stated that the Al-Qaeda planning for September 11 came out of Afghanistan and that the stability in Afghanistan is a matter of international security. Michel agreed, addin [...]
2009-12-07 12:38:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF PK SE
09PORTLOUIS402SEYCHELLES CAPTURES SOMALI PIRATES AFTER ATTACK ON COAST
[...] (SBU) The Office of the President of Seychelles has announced that on December 6, officers of the Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) arrested 11 Somali pirates, after the pirates opened fire on the SCG vessel Topaz. According to Joel Morgan -- Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Transport [...]
2009-12-08 12:46:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS MARR KPIR SE
09PORTLOUIS403SEYCHELLES OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS OPENING OF
[...] (SBU) On December 4, The Seychelles National Party (SNP),the main opposition party in the Seychelles, boycotted the inauguration of the new Chinese-built Seychelles National Assembly building. The official inauguration ceremony was attended by President Michel, former President James Mancham [...]
2009-12-09 10:50:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH SE
09PORTLOUIS404PRIME MINISTER BRIEFED ON PIRATE TRANSFER AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNODC representative Alan Cole briefed Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam December 8 on the UN program to assist the transfer and prosecution of suspected pirates captured in the Indian Ocean region. Ramgoolam was receptive to the programs and ideas but raised concerns regarding [...]
2009-12-10 12:18:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKPIR PREL MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS MP
09PORTLOUIS410MAURITIUS AND PIRATE TRANSFERS/PROSECUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: To contribute to the international anti-piracy effort, Prime Minister Rangoolam seeks a formal "understanding" with UNODC which would authorize the transfer to Mauritius and prosecution in Mauritius courts of a number (unspecified) of suspected pirates seized by international forc [...]
2009-12-21 12:33:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EWWT PHSA PBTS KPIR MARR MP
09PORTLOUIS411SEYCHELLES SERIOUS ABOUT PIRACY PROSECUTIONS;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seychelles will charge the eleven recently-captured Somalis with piracy, but arraignment has been delayed for two weeks. Seychelles has accepted an offer from UNODC and the EU to construct a 40-bed maximum-security wing at the country's only prison to house pirates and other high [...]
2009-12-22 12:07:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPIR MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS SE
09PORTLOUIS412SEYCHELLES TO DROP CASE AGAINST LXE SOLAR AND JIE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a U.S. District Court, LXE Solar and Jie (George) Xiao have charged Seychelles with seizing an 8.5 million dollar bank account; the suit seeks the return of the funds plus 30 million dollars in damages. Seychelles has denied the allegations, stating that the account was legally [...]
2009-12-23 11:00:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN SE
09PORTLOUIS413SEYCHELLES APATHETIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] (C) The Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the UN, Ambassador Ronald (Ronny)Jumeau, was present for only one of the 88 votes at the 63rd UN General Assembly in 2008, and Jumeau was also absent at the 64th 3rd Committee vote on the resolution on "defamation of religion." Given, that the [...]
2009-12-24 07:50:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC SE
09PORTLOUIS414MAURITIUS AND THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" ISSUE
[...] (C) After initially voting in favor of a resolution on defamation of religions, Mauritius -- thanks in part to U.S. initiatives -- has since 2008 changed its vote to an abstention. Post believes that it will be extremely difficult at this point to convince Mauritius to be more active on the [...]
2009-12-24 08:32:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC MP
09PORTLOUIS419SEYCHELLES: CONSTITUTION INTERPRETED TO PROTECT HOMOSEXUAL
[...] (SBU) The constitution of the Seychelles includes an anti-discrimination provision which is open-ended and is widely interpreted to include the rights of homosexuals. Homosexuality is not specifically mentioned in any legislation, but the act of sodomy is on the books and is criminalized. Des [...]
2009-12-30 11:34:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SE
09PORTLOUIS421MAURITIUS: HOMOSEXUALITY NOT LEGISLATED, BUT RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) In Mauritius, homosexuality is not specifically mentioned in legislation, but the act of sodomy is on the books and is criminalized. The constitution's anti-discrimination provisions mention "sex" but not "sexual orientation." There is no legislation pending which would penalize gays or [...]
2009-12-30 11:34:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MP
09PORTLOUIS422SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO PROPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 11:52:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC SE
09PORTLOUIS423MAURITIUS INFORMED OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GICNT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 11:53:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC MP
09PORTLOUIS44MAURITIUS AIRPORT UPGRADE: MADE IN CHINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A planned overhaul of the passenger terminal of Mauritius' international airport is moving ahead, with French design assistance and Chinese funding. When work is completed, the airport should be able to handle four million passengers annually. The Chinese funding is part of a [...]
2009-02-03 09:15:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ICAO MP
09PORTLOUIS5AIR MAURITIUS CAN'T FLY OVER THIS HEDGE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Air Mauritius made a very bad bet. After increasing its hedge ratio to 80 percent of its projected fuel requirements until mid-2010 at an average price of USD 105 per barrel, the airline is losing about USD 8.4 million per month. These severe self-inflicted losses have led to st [...]
2009-01-07 12:41:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALEAIR EFIN ECON ETRD OPIC USTR MP
09PORTLOUIS54DEMARCHE DELIVERED:THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 10:16:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MP
09PORTLOUIS55MAURITIUS NO ON KOSOVO REMAINS LINKED TO CHAGOS
[...] (U) On February 12, POLOFF made ref A points to Brinda Trilok, U.S. Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interestingly enough, Ms. Trilok was just rotated back into the position after working on Eastern European issues, including Kosovo, for several months. While acknowledging the [...]
2009-02-17 04:30:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC ICJ UNGA MP
09PORTLOUIS63NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN MAURITIUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 12:32:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG MP
09PORTLOUIS64CHINESE PRESIDENT SPREADS LARGESSE AND BRUISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although diplomatic relations between China and Mauritius date back to 1972, the first visit to Mauritius of a Chinese President took place this week from February 16- 17. President Hu Jintao visited Mauritius as part of a four- leg African tour that also included Senegal, Mali, [...]
2009-02-20 08:51:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY CH MP
09PORTLOUIS66CHARGE'S QUARTERLY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 07:00:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI MP
09PORTLOUIS67NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN SEYCHELLES
[...] (C) Seychelles is a small, developing island nation without significant mineral or other natural wealth. Post does not believe Seychelles possesses critical infrastructure or key resources the loss of which would have a critical impact on the public health, economic security, or national secur [...]
2009-02-24 09:44:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG SY
09PORTLOUIS69DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP: MAURITIUS PARTICIPATION
[...] In a follow-up to CDA's meeting and discussion with Prime Minister Ramgoolam (ref A),on February 24, acting Poloff met with First Secretary Martine S.C. Young Kim Fat to discuss the upcoming Review Conference to evaluate progress made in achieving the goals set by the 2001 World Conference Ag [...]
2009-02-24 10:48:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS73DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: POINTS DELIVERED TO SEYCHELLES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 12:21:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SY
09PORTLOUIS80MAURITIUS NOT READY FOR OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) On February 24, Charge d'Affaires met with Premila Roy, Permanent Secretary at the External Communications Division of the Ministry of Tourism, Leisure and External Communications. One of the issues raised during the meeting was the U.S. proposal for an Open Skies agreement with Mauritiu [...]
2009-03-05 10:56:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR MP
09PORTLOUIS89RODRIGUES--LOW ON WATER, EMPLOYMENT, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Conoff traveled to Rodrigues to provide consular services to American citizens, meet with the Chief Commissioner, and view progress on a community project partly funded by an Embassy Self-Help Grant. Slow going on the construction side of the community project, as well as high [...]
2009-03-19 11:53:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AFIN EAID ECON EGOV MP
09PORTLOUIS93PRIME MINISTER OFFICIAL REQUEST TO MEET WITH
[...] (SBU) On March 17, Post received a courtesy copy of a letter dated March 13 addressed to President Barack Obama from Mauritian Prime Minister, Navinchandra Ramgoolam. Post was informed by the Prime Minister's Private Secretary that the letter already had been provided to the Department by Kai [...]
2009-03-24 11:22:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL OVIP MP
09PORTLOUIS97DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS: MAURITIUS WILL ABSTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 12:32:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KIRF MP
09PORTLOUIS98SEYCHELLES LARGELY IN LINE WITH U.S. STANCE ON MADAGASCAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 12:32:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM MA SE
09PORTLOUIS99MAURITIUS WANTS MADAGASCAR CONSTITUTION RESPECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 12:36:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM MA MP
10PORTLOUIS10OPPOSED TO ANY TRANSFER OF SEYCHELLES TO CENTCOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Port Louis strongly opposes any geographic realignment which would result in Mauritius and Seychelles being under separate Operational Military Commands. Embassy and the State Department Africa Bureau believe that both Mauritius and Seychelles should remain in AFRICOM's [...]
2010-01-12 12:27:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS MCAP PREL MP SE
10PORTLOUIS13SEYCHELLES: REQUEST FOR L DECISION ON LANDING FEES
[...] (U) This is an action message for L; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The U.S./Seychelles SOFA completed in 2009 was the first such agreement for Seychelles. As a result, the Government of Seychelles (GOS) and the commercial entities that are tasked with carrying out the day-to-day airp [...]
2010-01-13 12:31:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS SE
10PORTLOUIS18COPENHAGEN, CLIMATE CHANGE AND JAN 31 DEADLINE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 09:09:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG MP KGHG
10PORTLOUIS19SEYCHELLES: CLIMATE CHANGE AND JANUARY 31 DEADLINE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 09:26:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG SE KGHG
10PORTLOUIS2PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF UNODC PRISON ASSESSMENT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, Glenn Ross -- the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) expert on prison and detention facilities -- carried out a capacity assessment review of the Mauritius Central Prison. This assessment was in response to a request by Prime Minister Ramgoolam (ref A). The a [...]
2010-01-05 10:03:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EWWT PHSA PBTS KPIR MARR MP
10PORTLOUIS20MAURITIUS SOFA AND DIEGO GARCIA: ADDITIONAL REQUEST
[...] (U) This cable contains two action requests. 2. (U) As explained in reftel, Diego Garcia/Chagos is a highly-emotional issue in Mauritius, with the GOM claiming that the archipelago is an integral part of the territory of Mauritius which "the British government illegally excised from Mauriti [...]
2010-01-20 09:18:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV MP SE
10PORTLOUIS21MAURITIUS OBJECTS TO VISIT OF EMORY S. LAND TO
[...] The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the government of Mauritius objecting to the summer 2010 visit of the USS Emory S. Land to Diego Garcia. 2. The note refers to an announcement made by Rear Admiral Douglas McAneny, Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, regarding the La [...]
2010-01-20 10:00:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV MP
10PORTLOUIS24MAURITIUS, FRANCE, TROMELIN AND CHAGOS/DIEGO GARCIA
[...] Tromelin is a low, flat, 200-acre scrub-covered island between Mauritius and Madagascar which is uninhabited (except for a few technicians at a weather station) and has no harbors. It is currently a French territory governed from Reunion -- but is claimed by both Mauritius and France (Mauriti [...]
2010-01-27 07:24:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS TE FR IO MP
10PORTLOUIS32MAURITIUS SEEKS AU AND SMALL ISLAND STATE CONSENSUS ON THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD.
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 02:37:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SENV ENRG MP KGHG
10PORTLOUIS33AMEMBASSY PORT LOUIS ESTH AND RENEWABLE ENERGY OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 07:33:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG MP
10PORTLOUIS35CORRECTED MAURITIUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Mauritius. Please note that the exchange rate used throughout the report is (i) 2007: USD 1 = MRs 32, (ii) 2008: USD 1 = MRs 29, and (iii) 2009: USD 1 = MRs 32.50. (Mauritius Rupees = MRs). --------------- [...]
2010-02-04 12:30:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB KIDE PGOV OPIC USTR
10PORTLOUIS37MAURITIUS SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON MOU TO NEGOTIATE AN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 12:33:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV PHSA MP
10PORTLOUIS38SEYCHELLES SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON MOU TO NEGOTIATE AN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 12:33:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV PHSA MP
10PORTLOUIS41U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE BENEFITS SEYCHELLES ECONOMY
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. military activities in Seychelles increased dramatically starting in July 2009. This enhanced U.S. military presence had a significant and positive impact on the country's economy, contributing an estimated $5.5 million to the Seychelles economy during the period July to Decem [...]
2010-02-11 12:35:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON MARR SE
10PORTLOUIS42MAURITIUS AND SEYCHELLES: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND
[...] (SBU) For the FY 09 Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund, Embassy Port Louis received USD45,000 for Mauritius and USD30,000 for Seychelles. The Special Self-Help Committee selected nine projects for Mauritius and seven for Seychelles to receive funding. In accordance with the Negroponte Risk [...]
2010-02-11 12:44:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYXA EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL MP SE
10PORTLOUIS43PIRACY AND SEYCHELLES PENAL CODE
[...] (C) Motivated in part by the capture and up-coming trial of eleven Somali pirates, the government of Seychelles is currently pursuing an amendment to the Penal Code that will specifically criminalize piracy and the conspiracy to commit piracy. It will also allow the prosecution in Seychelles [...]
2010-02-17 10:07:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPIR MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS SO SE
10PORTLOUIS44SOMALI PIRATES AND PRISON PROBLEMS IN SEYCHELLES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: There was a riot at the prison in Seychelles where eleven Somalis accused of piracy are detained. The Somalis took no part in the riot and have, in fact, been model prisoners. Their case goes to trial March 15. They will be represented by a local prominent attorney. A plea bar [...]
2010-02-17 10:15:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPIR MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS SO SE
10PORTLOUIS45SEYCHELLES: REQUEST FOR L ADVICE ON LANDING FEES
[...] Reftel described the schedule of fees waived and fees paid by U.S. military aircraft using the civilian airport in Seychelles. Reftel also sought L confirmation that our policy is the correct application of SOFA article 6 in order to ensure that our interpretation of the fees to be paid is co [...]
2010-02-17 12:24:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL MASS MOPS SE
10PORTLOUIS46TIME FOR U.S. MOU WITH SEYCHELLES ON PIRATE
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request for L; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Seychelles government is pursuing an amendment to the Penal Code which will facilitate piracy prosecution (reftel). In addition, Seychelles is engaged in discussions with UN Working Group II regarding the p [...]
2010-02-17 12:29:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPIR MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS SO SE
10PORTLOUIS47SEYCHELLES COURT FOR REGIONAL PIRACY PROSECUTION
[...] Elements of the Seychelles government have begun discussions with UN Working Group II (led by Thomas Winkler) regarding the possibility of establishing in Seychelles a regional court for the prosecution of piracy. Cabinet officials have raised the issue in public, indicating that the governme [...]
2010-02-17 12:37:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPIR EWWT PBTS SE SO
10PORTLOUIS48PIRATE-SUSPECT TRANSFER AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Reftel asked Post at its discretion to approach the government of Mauritius regarding a possible bilateral MOU with the U.S. on piracy transfer/prosecution. Reftel also asked Post to provide the names and contact information for appropriate lawyers in the GOM so that L might begin direc [...]
2010-02-17 13:13:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MP
10PORTLOUIS56MAURITIUS: POWER NEEDS BLOWIN IN THE WIND?
[...] Summary: Mauritius opened its first substantial wind turbine farm on January 11, at Point Grenade on the eastern coast of Rodrigues Island. The wind farm already is producing 3.7 percent of the tiny island dependency's electricity needs. End Summary. 2. The Mauritius Central Electricity Bo [...]
2010-02-22 05:06:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV MP
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