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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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06UNVIEVIENNA466IAEA ELBARADEI ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, AMBASSADOR SPOKE TO IAEA DG ELBARADEI (CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN CALIFORNIA) AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT (1) WELCOMES THE U.S. ACTION; (2) ENCOURAGES IRAN TO SUSPEND FULLY AND VERIFIABLY ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES; AND (3) REINFORCES IRAN'S RESPONSIBI [...]
2006-06-01 16:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA PGOV PREL
06UNVIEVIENNA500IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) At the June BOG, mission, per reftel, accomplished its objectives of underscoring the absence of confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, stressing Iran's need to halt enrichment-related activities, and re-dividing the NAM. Iran was dealt with under agenda item 8 (g) [...]
2006-06-16 09:29:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) Further to Reftel, this message provides detailed information on the June 15 IAEA Board of Governors debate on Iran. During that discussion, 33 countries delivered statements, with a preponderance calling on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues identified in [...]
2006-06-23 13:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA522PROFILE OF MALAYSIAN AMBASSADOR RAJMAH HUSSAIN
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Malaysian Ambassador Rajmah Hussain, designated next Malaysian Ambassador to Washington, arrived Vienna 16 months ago from her previous position as Ambassador to the CD in Geneva. While in Vienna, Hussain served as chair of the Vienna Chapter of the Non-Aligned [...]
2006-06-28 06:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ETRD IAEA IR KNNP PINR
06UNVIEVIENNA572 IAEA/IRAN: BUSHEHR START-UP UNLIKELY UNTIL AT
[...] (S) The IAEA's Russ Clark, during a July 18 meeting with Msnoff, said that the Iranians would be "lucky" to commission the first power reactor at Bushehr (BNPP-1) by 2009 because the Russians are "dragging their feet." Key equipment required to finish the plant, such as valves and cables, has [...]
2006-07-26 15:40:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA626 SUBJECT: POSSIBLE IRAN SCENARIOS LEADING UP TO
[...] (C) There are three possible Iranian responses to both the EU3 "package" and UNSCR 1696: accept the package and comply with the resolution (highly unlikely),reject the package and the resolution outright (unlikely),or express a willingness to negotiate the package "without preconditions", i.e [...]
2006-08-21 15:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA650IAEA/IRAN: DG'S REPORT: NO SUSPENSION, NO FURTHER
[...] (SBU) The DG, as mandated by UNSCR 1696, reported that as of August 31 Iran has not suspended uranium enrichment activities, halted construction of the heavy water research reactor at Arak, cooperated with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues, voluntarily implemented the Additional Proto [...]
2006-08-31 17:50:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA659IAEA/IRAN: "LIKE-MINDED" DISCUSS DG REPORT,
[...] (U) This is a guidance request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Ambassador Schulte met with the group of "like-minded" countries (EU3, CAN, AUS, NZ, NOR, ROK, JAP, ARG) on September 6, with all parties agreeing that the DG's August 31 report clearly shows Iranian defiance of UNSCR 1696 (even tho [...]
2006-09-06 17:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA815IAEA/DPRK/IRAN: JAPAN NIXES BOG DPRK RESOLUTION;
[...] (S) Like-minded countries, meeting at the US mission November 2, agreed with Japan's view that, in light of the October 31 announcement on Six-Party talks, the Board should pursue a Chairman's Summary, but not a resolution unless the DPRK reneges on this agreement. Country statements at the B [...]
2006-11-03 15:11:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA851IAEA/IRAN: SECRETARIAT TELLS MEMBER STATES THAT
[...] (SBU) During a technical briefing on November 15, the IAEA Secretariat advised that TC project IRA/9/019 (Strengthening Safety Capabilities for the Construction of a research Reactor) was not directly linked to enrichment and reprocessing activities, and the "Secretariat is certain this proj [...]
2006-11-17 08:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA181IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIAN STAFF TURNOVER AT BUSHEHR
[...] (C) Recent media reports that Russian workers are leaving the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant construction site in Iran because of political pressure are incorrect, according to the Rosatom representative at the Russian Permanent Mission, Andrey Karasev. He clarified that personnel are leaving b [...]
2007-03-21 13:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA194IAEA/IRAN: HEINONEN'S VIEWS ON IRAN'S DECISION TO
[...] (S) Summary: IAEA DDG for Safeguards Heinonen on March 26 said that the IAEA had received no notifications (orally or written) from Iran concerning media reports that Iran was canceling advance design notification under the Subsidiary Arrangements to its Safeguards Agreement. Such a step, he [...]
2007-03-26 13:39:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA204IAEA/IRAN: IRAN INFORMS OF INTENT TO STOP CODE 3.1 EARLY
[...] (SBU) Iran on March 29 submitted a letter (text at para 5) to the IAEA informing of its intent to halt implementation of Code 3.1 of its Subsidiary Arrangement, requiring early notification of decisions to construct new nuclear facilities or modify existing ones. As justification, the letter c [...]
2007-03-30 13:11:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA AORC IR KNPP
07UNVIEVIENNA384 IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL FOR COOPERATION,
[...] (SBU) Director General ElBaradei's opening statement noted that Iran has continued to place additional limitations on IAEA verification activities, which has resulted in a "deterioration" of the IAEA's knowledge of some aspects of Iran's nuclear program. Almost all country and bloc statements [...]
2007-06-18 08:01:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA432AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES IRAN CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary : Ambassador Schulte delivered the keynote speech at a July 6-8 conference on Iran in Liechtenstein and addressed criticism of U.S. policy on Iran,s nuclear program. He defended P5 Plus 1 demands for a suspension of uranium enrichment as a starting point for negotiations. Also in [...]
2007-07-11 12:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR IAEA
07UNVIEVIENNA435ISRAEL/LEBANON UPDATE ON THREAT RESOLUTION, WEOG
[...] (C) Israel Ambassador Michaeli told Ambassador Schulte that he hopes the EU can head off an Israel-specific agenda item at the September General Conference (GC),but he was not optimistic. Despite divisions within the Arab group, Michaeli thought that a Israeli threat resolution would likely [...]
2007-07-11 15:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL EUN IS EG LE IAEA
07UNVIEVIENNA473 IAEA: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON RESEARCH REACTOR ISSUES IN
[...] Summary: The French mission expressed concern about indications that a UK mining company was pressing the DROC Government to restart the Triga research reactor. At an August 2 meeting, French DCM asked Nuclear Counselor for the U.S. position on the IAEA's security plan for the reactor as wel [...]
2007-08-03 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP CG
07UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA/IRAN: SETTING A STANDARD OF FULL DISCLOSURE
[...] (S) Summary: P3 Ambassadors and German Charge discussed October 24 the inauspicious Jalili-Laranjani-Solana meeting and reviewed Mission-proposed criteria for evaluating a "positive outcome" as defined by the September P5 1 Ministerial statement (ref a). All agreed on the need to set factual [...]
2007-10-29 08:47:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA673IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE NO POINT TO VIENNA
[...] (C) At a UK-hosted P5 1 Heads of Mission(HOM) meeting November 5, UK Ambassador Smith sought to engage Russia and China on next steps on Iran following the November 2 London Poldirs' meeting. Russian and Chinese Ambassadors made it clear that they intended to do nothing prior to the release o [...]
2007-11-07 16:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA705IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 DIVERGE AS RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE
[...] (S) Summary: P5 1 Ambassadors could not come to agreement in a November 20 meeting on any common approach in the November Board on Iran. The EU3 and the U.S. downplayed the work plan as a tool and focused concerns on the Agency's diminishing knowledge of the current Iranian nuclear program a [...]
2007-11-21 15:41:00UNVIESECRETKNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA710IAEA/BOG/IRAN: BOARD STATEMENTS INCREASE PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Iran tried to emphasize positive progress at the November 22-23 Board of Governor's meeting, most members expressed concern over the DG's report and called on Iran to rectify the situation. Even though DG ElBaradei's opening statement to the Board was slightly more posit [...]
2007-11-23 19:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNPPIS AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA738IAEA/IRAN: EXPLAINING THE NIE TO KEY BOARD MEMBERS
[...] (C) South African Governor Abdul Minty told Ambassador Schulte that the NIE is an opportunity for P5 1 negotiations and offered President Mbeki as an intermediary with Iran. Separately, Nuclear Counselor briefed key Board members, including P5 1 DCMs/Counselors, on the implications of the NIE, [...]
2007-12-05 15:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNPP PARM AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA739IAEA DG SUCCESSION: THE RACE IS ON
[...] (C) Summary: With the growing assumption that ElBaradei has no intention of pursuing a fourth term as IAEA DG, speculation is accelerating here about possible successors. Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi, for instance, said, "everybody is talking about (Japanese Ambassador) Amano" as a DG candidate. [...]
2007-12-05 16:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNPP AORC
07UNVIEVIENNA742IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED AMBASSADORS REGROUP POST-NIE
[...] (S) In the aftermath of the Iran NIE our priority in Vienna has been to maintain IAEA and Board member government pressure for full disclosure of Iran's past activities and compliance with UNSC requirements. Like-minded Ambassadors shared concerns about the NIE and next steps on Iran in a Dec [...]
2007-12-07 13:56:00UNVIESECRETIAEA AORC PARM KNPP IR
07UNVIEVIENNA778IAEA/IRAN: UK AND FRANCE LOOK FORWARD, DG TO MEET
[...] (S) Summary: UK Ambassador Smith discussed DG ElBaradei's forthcoming trip to London with Ambassador Schulte December 21. He expected Foreign Secretary Miliband to underline the central message that international pressure on Iran must be maintained. The UK was leery of the DG's possible tra [...]
2007-12-21 16:02:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA129IAEA/IRAN: EU-3 PREPARED TO SPONSOR A BOARD
[...] (S) At a UK hosted-meeting on February 26, like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia and Japan) agreed to pursue a Board of Governor's resolution on Iran assuming adoption of a UNSCR on Friday, February 29. The EU-3 agreed to prepare a draft. In order to mitigate any risk of interfering with [...]
2008-02-27 13:24:00UNVIESECRETKNPP PARM IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA140IAEA/GC: ARAB LEAGUE SEEKS DIALOGUE ON ISRAELI
[...] (C) Arab League representative Wael Al-Assad met with like-minded Missions (EU-3, U.S., Australia, Norway, Japan) on February 21 to discuss the General Conference (GC) resolution on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT). Al-Assad appealed for dialogue with those Missions that had successfully opp [...]
2008-02-28 15:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNPP AORC IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA154IAEA/IRAN/BOG: CUBA AND IRAN VS. THE REST OF THE
[...] (C) The March 5 Board of Governors deliberations on Iran's nuclear program stepped up pressure on Iran to comply with UNSC and Board requirements, and to address weaponization activities cited by the Director General. The DG delivered a typically balanced opening statement, regretting that Ira [...]
2008-03-07 07:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA AORC PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA164IAEA/DG SELECTION: PFIRTER JOINS AMANO IN THE RACE
[...] (S) Summary: This cable is provided solely for the purpose of updating the Department on the state-of-play on IAEA DG succession. Consistent with previous instructions, Mission is not engaging publicly or privately in this campaign. The campaign for DG succession has coalesced around two mo [...]
2008-03-14 08:53:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNPP JA AR
08UNVIEVIENNA165IAEA: WEOG STONEWALLS ON ISRAEL,S MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Following up on the effort during the U.S. WEOG Chairmanship last fall (Ref B) to extend membership to Israel, the Australian Chair relayed a formal request from Israel to the group. In a February 19 WEOG meeting, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Finland raised reserv [...]
2008-03-14 08:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNPP IS
08UNVIEVIENNA185 IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 CONSIDER "WHAT NEXT?"
[...] (C) At a U.S. hosted meeting of P5 1 Ambassadors on March 26, the EU-3 shared their assessments of the March Board and considered next steps on Iran in the lead up to the June Board. Ambassador Schulte underlined the need to support the Secretariat's investigation of past weaponization activit [...]
2008-03-27 17:33:00UNVIESECRETPARM AROC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA196IAEA/BOG: SEEKING A LEADERHIP ROLE, UAE TO
[...] (S) Ambassador Schulte shared ref a points on April 4 with UAE Ambassador Al Dosari encouraging the UAE to consider running for the MESA seat on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. Al Dosari expressed interest in doing so and indicated he would raise the issue with capital. The UAE was last on [...]
2008-04-04 15:29:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNPP AE
08UNVIEVIENNA20IAEA/IRAN: ELBARADEI SEES PROGRESS FROM TEHRAN TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 15:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA PARM AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA215IAEA: HAYWARD DELEGATION TOUR D,HORIZON WITH SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIALS Classified By: Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte for reasons 1.4 b,d and h Summary --------
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 10:30:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AORC IAEA KNPP IR KN
08UNVIEVIENNA223NPT: UKRAINIAN CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS PREPCOM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Schulte discussed the forthcoming NPT PrepCom with Ukraine PrepCom Chair Yelchenko on April 16. Yelchenko is intent on getting procedural issues out of the way, and seeks to have a productive outcome but did not insist on consensus - he preferred a strong Working Paper [...]
2008-04-18 11:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AROC KNPP UP
08UNVIEVIENNA232IAEA/GC: AL PROPOSES NON-THREATENING RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) Arab League (AL) SYG Amr Moussa conducted consultations in Vienna April 16-18 regarding an AL sponsored agenda item in the IAEA General Conference (GC) on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat." In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte, Moussa insisted that the AL would re-introduce an agenda [...]
2008-04-21 16:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA240 IAEA/IRAN: FRANCE PUSHES P5+1 FOR AN EXPERTS
[...] (C) Summary: At a French-hosted meeting April 22, P5 1 COMs exchanged views on Iran developments post-Shanghai and expectations for forthcoming Iran-IAEA discussions on weaponization. The UK, Germany and U.S. were skeptical of this latest development while Russia and China predictably highli [...]
2008-04-25 13:41:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA243READ-OUT OF APRIL 23 HCOC INFORMAL MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Per reftel guidance, poloff attended the April 23, 2008, Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) informal meeting in Vienna. Around forty representatives of subscribing states attended this meeting, with several countries represented by officials f [...]
2008-04-25 14:16:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08UNVIEVIENNA264IAEA/SYRIA: THE CASE OF THE MISSING REACTOR
[...] (S) The Syria Al-Kibar nuclear-reactor storm passed quickly over Vienna the week of April 21 when the USG made public information about the reactor and the Israeli attack, and briefed the IAEA Secretariat on our information. Syria immediately circulated a letter to Arab Group members denying [...]
2008-05-08 15:32:00UNVIESECRETIAEA AROC ENRG KNNP MNUC TRGY SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA271IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSES A POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Over lunch with P5 1 Ambassadors May 6, Acting U/S Rood pressed for a Board resolution on Iran in June. The EU-3 agreed that Board and UNSC actions were complimentary and not mutually exclusive; the UK was particularly frustrated by the lack of Board action. EU-3 members joined the Actin [...]
2008-05-13 06:32:00UNVIESECRETPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA274IAEA/IRAN: BUSHEHR SAFETY ISSUES; POSSIBLE DELAY
[...] (U) This cable contains recommendations and guidance requests. See paras 15 and 16. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) IAEA safety officials have been reviewing the Russian-drafted Safety Analysis Report (SAR) on Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Although they are being very ti [...]
2008-05-13 14:29:00UNVIESECRETENRG KNNP IAEA UNVIE RS IR OSCE
08UNVIEVIENNA283IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSIONS WITH DG AND
[...] (S) Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed the state-of-play on Iran May 6 with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Safeguards DDG Olli Heinonen. ElBaradei stressed the need for a face saving measure on suspension and said the P5 1, minus the U.S., should del [...]
2008-05-19 07:34:00UNVIESECRETPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA284IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...]
2008-05-19 08:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN
08UNVIEVIENNA290IAEA/SYRIA: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE JUNE BOARD
[...] (S) During a series of technical briefings on Syria May 16 and 19, following up on discussions during his Washington consultations, Ambassador Schulte canvassed Board member views on discussion of Syria in the June Board. Ambassador Schulte outlined U.S. objectives for the Board: to spotlight [...]
2008-05-20 18:09:00UNVIESECRETPARM MNUC AORC KNPP SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA305IAEA/IRAN: NEW VIOLATIONS?
[...] (C) Action request: The Director General's May 26 report on Iran (GOV/2008/1) cites two potential violations by Iran of its international obligations. Mission requests a legal opinion by May 30th as to whether these two instances can be deemed "new" violations by Iran of its Safeguards Agree [...]
2008-05-28 15:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA309IAEA/IRAN: GETTING TO CONSENSUS ON A CHAIRMAN,S
[...] (C) P5 1 Deputies/Counselors meeting May 29 agreed to seek instructions on a Canadian draft Chairman's Statement (para 13) by Friday May 30. Russia did not have any readout from the PolDir phone conference. China said it had instructions to "explore" the possibility of a Chairman's Statement. [...]
2008-05-29 16:46:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA31IAEA/IRAN: TIME TO KILL THE WORK PLAN?
[...] (C) Summary: Like-minded Ambassadors and Charges (P3 1, Australia, Canada, Japan) took stock of the DG's weekend trip to Tehran and the status of the work plan in a January 15 Australian-hosted meeting. All agreed that the DG had not made any breakthrough on key issues (disclosure of the past [...]
2008-01-17 15:05:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA343IAEA/GC: ONE MIDDLE EAST, TWO RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Both Egypt and the Arab League have circulated their respective draft IAEA General Conference resolutions (paras 27-28). The revised Egyptian text purports to be based on consensus UNGA language and incorporates some of the French-proposed amendments rejected last year, but is still not a [...]
2008-06-13 08:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM AORC KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA366WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Wassenaar Arrangement General Working Group (GWG) met May 26-28 and held an Outreach meeting with Israel on May 29. Only one new initiative was proposed - Best Practices on Internal Compliance Programs (Japan). The United States used this first meeting to attempt to direct [...]
2008-06-27 08:09:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA368CONSULTATIONS WITH INCOMING FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) On June 24 Mission discussed upcoming issues for Vienna-based international organizations with the French Mission, the next EU Presidency. France welcomed early consultation with the U.S. and outlined priorities for its Presidency, focusing on those relevant to Vienna organizations: energ [...]
2008-06-27 14:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNPP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA37IAEA/IRAN: DG TELLS STEINMEIER IRAN NOT READY TO
[...] (S) Summary: DG ElBaradei did most of the talking in his January 17 meeting with German FM Steinmeier and made a hard sell against passage of a punitive UNSCR, which he argued would empower hardliners in Iran. Steinmeier pushed back and also made strong public comments underscoring the intern [...]
2008-01-18 15:56:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNPP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA373IAEA: U/S BURNS DISCUSSIONS WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei told U/S Burns June 23 that he would encourage Iran to take advantage of the P5 1 offer. ElBaradei focused almost exclusively on the freeze element of the P5 1 way forward paper, in the hope that it would help re-start negotiations. U/S Burns cautioned that th [...]
2008-07-03 13:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA377ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING NORWAY'S
[...] (C) Ambassador Schulte passed on the U.S. talking points to the Norwegians regarding their proposal for safety training in Iran and received a positive response. IAEA is moving ahead with plans for the program which includes training, workshops and on-the-job rotations in other countries for [...]
2008-07-08 07:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP IAEA RS IR OSCE
08UNVIEVIENNA385IAEA/BOARD: KAZAKHS NERVOUS ABOUT CONTESTING SYRIA
[...] (S) Summary: Kazakh Ambassador Abdrakhmanov expressed some reluctance in a discussion with Ambassador Schulte on July 7 to contest the Syrian candidacy for the open MESA seat at the Board of Governors. He reported that Syria was adamant about its candidacy, and claimed Arab/MESA support, inc [...]
2008-07-10 15:39:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ SY
08UNVIEVIENNA392INDIA/IAEA SAFEGUARDS - GETTING TO YES IN THE BOARD
[...] (C) Mission has been seeking expeditious consideration of the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which we now expect to come before the Board on August 1 (reftel). Like-minded allies advise that successful Board approval and next steps to make the initiative a reality will require a multi-facete [...]
2008-07-14 08:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA395IAEA: DG CONCERNED ABOUT INDIA AGREEMENT; SEEKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Responding to ref A demarche, IAEA DG ElBaradei assured Ambassador Schulte on July 14 that he will continue to support the India safeguards agreement and hoped for consensus at the August 1 Board of Governors but indicated Pakistan could be problematic. He urged the U.S. to high [...]
2008-07-14 15:43:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR IN
08UNVIEVIENNA411SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO VIENNA FOR A/S HILL AND
[...] (S) The forthcoming visits by A/S Hill on July 25 and Acting ISN A/S McNerney on July 27 provide an opportunity to lay to rest concerns expressed by Director General ElBaradei and the Secretariat on the IAEA's role in the upcoming verification work in the DPRK (ref A). The IAEA has a consi [...]
2008-07-22 12:13:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KN KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA413WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MAY 29 OUTREACH MEETING WITH ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 29, the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) held an Outreach meeting with Israel, on the margins of the May 26-28 General Working Group meeting. Officials from Israel's Ministries of Defense (MOD),Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITAL) participated in t [...]
2008-07-22 14:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL IS
08UNVIEVIENNA417IAEA SHARES COST ESTIMATE FOR INDIA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has shared with us on a confidential basis their estimates for the near term costs of implementing safeguards in India as part of the US-India nuclear deal, which could total Euro 19 million by 2016. Speaking with DCM on July 23, Deputy Director General Heinon [...]
2008-07-24 12:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA427WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: EXPERTS GROUP JUNE 23 -
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) intersessional meetings had a successful round of negotiations from June 23 ) July 4, 2008. The two topics that consumed the most time were the Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on low-light level (LLL) sen [...]
2008-07-29 08:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC KSTC PARM
08UNVIEVIENNA430IAEA/BOARD: PAKISTAN WILL NOT BLOCK INDIA
[...] (S) Summary: Speaking on instructions, Pakistani Ambassador Shahbaz advised Ambassador Schulte on July 30 that Pakistan would not call for a vote or block Board approval of the India agreement. Ambassador Schulte repeatedly pressed him to withdraw his letter on the India agreement but Shahbaz [...]
2008-07-30 13:10:00UNVIESECRETENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN PK
08UNVIEVIENNA431IAEA/BOARD:KAKODKAR PROMISES PRUDENCE AT INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 12:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA437IAEA/INDIA: BOARD ADOPTS INDIA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
[...] (C) U.S-led diplomatic efforts in coordination with India and other key allies paved the way for the consensus adoption of the India Safeguards Agreement by the Board of Governors on August 1. A ringing endorsement from IAEA Director General ElBaradei helped sealed the deal in the Board. In [...]
2008-08-01 17:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA445IAEA/SYRIA: AS KAZAKHS DAWDLE, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Kazakhstan is still not prepared to challenge Syria's candidacy for the open MESA seat on the Board of Governors (2008-2010) absent a "100 percent" guarantee of victory, Kazakh Ambassador Abdrakhmanov told Ambassador Schulte August 6. He continued to stress Arab support for Syria, despite [...]
2008-08-07 15:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA448IAEA/SAL: PLUTONIUM "EXPLOSION" AT THE NUCLEAR LAB
[...] (C) Summary. A contamination incident occurred at the IAEA's Safeguards Analytic Laboratory in Seibersdorf on August 3, in which five plutonium reference solution vials exploded due to a buildup of gases, primarily hydrogen. The vials, which were 15 years old, built up gases to an estimate [...]
2008-08-08 13:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA453IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]
2008-08-14 06:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA454IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]
2008-08-14 06:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA459IAEA/INDIA: ENCOURAGING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 14 meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) Vilmos Cserveny, Ambassador Schulte raised the need for India and the IAEA to achieve "substantial progress" toward concluding an Additional Prot [...]
2008-08-14 15:20:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC IAEA IN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA460IAEA/GC: EGYPT AND ISRAEL AT LEAST TALKING ABOUT
[...] (C) Israeli and Egyptian Ambassadors made at least a first attempt to discuss the Egyptian draft Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution in bi-lateral consultations in Vienna. Neither had a "mandate" to negotiate, and they did not get very far, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli reported to Ambassador [...]
2008-08-18 14:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA461IAEA/BOG: THREE, POSSIBLY FOUR, MESA SEAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran announced its candidacy for an IAEA Board of Governors seat 2008-2010 during a regional group meeting August 14 that also addressed the Syrian and Afghan candidacies. Arab members of the Middle East/South Asia (MESA) group, nine of the current 15 members, continued to ba [...]
2008-08-18 15:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA477FOLLOW-UP ON IAEA-NORWAY SAFETY TRAINING PROJECT
[...] (U) Mission rep spoke to IAEA and delivered ref D talking points regarding safety concerns at Iran's Bushehr reactor on August 13. Norway has agreed to the training plan and IAEA is moving forward with plans. The IAEA recommends that the United States demarche Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia and [...]
2008-08-27 14:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNPP UNSC IR NO
08UNVIEVIENNA478FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TAKES SHAPE IN PREPARATORY MEETING
[...] (U) Representatives from Afghanistan, France, Italy, U.K., and U.S. met at the Italian mission in Vienna on August 27 to discuss the structure and format of the proposed "Friends of Afghanistan" group. Charge delivered guidance points from reftel, which were well received across the board. [...]
2008-08-27 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR UN AF FR UK IT CA AS NL GM DA NO TU RS PK
08UNVIEVIENNA488IAEA/DG: ELBARADEI (FOR NOW) WILL NOT SEEK A NEW
[...] (U) According to an official memorandum circulated by the Chairman of the Board of Governors on the Appointment of the Director General (GOV/2008/44) and posted on September 5, IAEA Director General ElBaradei will not/not seek a further term of office upon the expiration of his current term on [...]
2008-09-05 12:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA494SUBJ: IAEA/BOG: SEEKING AN IRAN RESOLUTION IN
[...] (S) Another negative IAEA Director General's report on Iran, as expected in advance of the September Board, will strengthen the argument for further censure of Iran for its failure to cooperate with the ongoing IAEA investigation, in particular the IAEA effort to pursue evidence of military/we [...]
2008-09-10 13:20:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNNP IAEA IR CA
08UNVIEVIENNA504TALIBAN TO BAN OPIUM IN AFGHANISTAN??
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points on eradication to UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on September 11. He urged Costa to clarify publicly UNODC's continuing support for a balanced, comprehensive eradication policy in Afghanistan. Ambassador also highlighted USG support to a [...]
2008-09-12 14:42:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL NATO PTER AF UN
08UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 WILL TAKE CUES FROM POLDIRS ON
[...] (C) In a German-hosted P5 1 Ambassadors meeting on September 16, no members of the group were instructed as to a possible Iran resolution at next week's IAEA Board meeting, and all awaited the scheduled September 19 5 1 Political Directors meeting for guidance. While Germany appealed for a Bo [...]
2008-09-16 17:36:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA513UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP REVISES MODEL LAW ON PROCUREMENT
[...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group I (Procurement) met in Vienna September 8-12, 2008 to discuss proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model procurement law. For the past several years, the Working Group on Procurement has been engaged in an effor [...]
2008-09-18 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA523VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN ON COMPACT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 11:48:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAF AS AU CA EAID FR IT KCRM NL NO PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA532 IMPROVING FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE AT UNODC
[...] (U) The open ended Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) of the UNODC will have its first meeting on October 7. This meeting is intended for member states to submit their position papers, which the chair (Namibia and Sweden) will use for developing a single paper that will be circulat [...]
2008-09-29 10:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA533WORKING GROUP REFORMS UNICTRAL MODEL ARBITRATION LAW
[...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II on Arbitration met September 15-19, 2008 in Vienna to continue discussing proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model arbitration law. The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules are considered one of the most successful U [...]
2008-09-30 13:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA543IAEA/IRAN: STATUS OF NORWEGIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) At the request of the Norwegians, Mission Officers (MsnOffs) met with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section for Disarmament and Non-proliferation on Saturday, October 4 on the margins of the IAEA General Conference. Skjonsberg sought the mee [...]
2008-10-08 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA545IAEA/BOG: OCTOBER SESSION APPROVES DG ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 11:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNPP MNUC PREL UN
08UNVIEVIENNA546IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3
[...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...]
2008-10-09 14:38:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA55IAEA/IRAN: ISRAEL IN THE DOG HOUSE WITH DG,
[...] (S) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli informed Nuclear Counselor January 30 that the GOI is in a "bad situation" with the DG. ElBaradei is refusing to meet with any representative of the current Israeli government with the exception of Michaeli, following an unauthorized remark on the part of an Isra [...]
2008-01-31 09:57:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP AORC PARM IR IS
08UNVIEVIENNA557UNODC FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING, OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) At the first meeting of UNODC's Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) on October 7, delegations presented their position papers. The Secretariat distributed a paper on defining "core" activities, which the G-77 considered unsatisfactory. The G-77 and EU agreed on creating a for [...]
2008-10-15 10:24:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA558UNODC FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING, OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) At the first meeting of UNODC's Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) on October 7, delegations presented their position papers. The Secretariat distributed a paper on defining "core" activities, which the G-77 considered unsatisfactory. The G-77 and EU agreed on creating a for [...]
2008-10-15 10:47:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA559WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: SUCCESSFUL FALL EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Fall Experts Group (EG) successfully negotiated agreement on fifteen of the seventeen proposals tabled by the U.S. this year. The final count is likely to be sixtenn of seventeen as Russia is the only country blocking con [...]
2008-10-15 12:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
08UNVIEVIENNA565IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 14:44:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA569IAEA/TC: SYRIA NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT MAY DROP FROM
[...] (C) As reported ref a para 6, the IAEA Secretariat indicated to us a Technical Cooperation (TC) proposal was forthcoming from Syria on the economic feasibility of nuclear power. Msnoffs stated at the time the U.S. view that nuclear power cooperation with Syria was inappropriate while Syria w [...]
2008-10-22 15:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA TRGY SY
08UNVIEVIENNA575IRAN,S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30 NOVEMBER
[...] (C) IAEA participation in the November 30-December 1 Iranian-hosted conference on "Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" would be confined, per current plans, to the presentation of one paper on reactor safety issues. DCM on October 28 alerted the DG's Special Assi [...]
2008-10-28 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA578UNODC FINANCIAL-GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Co-chairs of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Improving Governance and Financial Situation of the UNODC (FinGov) convened a two-hour informal meeting with key members on October 23 to discuss options of improving the financial stability of UNODC. The options included req [...]
2008-10-30 14:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UN KCRM
08UNVIEVIENNA579UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF
[...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...]
2008-10-31 10:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND
08UNVIEVIENNA581October 23 UNGASS CONSULTATIONS ON DRAFT ANNEX
[...] (SBU) On October 23 Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, chair of the CND, briefed the WEOG group on the draft annex or Action Plan (emailed to Department previously). Prior to the briefing, a number of WEOG members met to discuss their reaction to the draft. There was general agreement [...]
2008-10-31 15:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM UN
08UNVIEVIENNA583AMBASSADOR PRESSES ELBARADEI ON EARLY REPORT ON
[...] (S) In an October 31 meeting with IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei, Ambassador Schulte reiterated the U.S. request for a written report to the IAEA Board of Governors, under a Syria-specific verification agenda item, detailing the Agency's ongoing investigation into Syrian clandestine [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA AORC IR SY KN
08UNVIEVIENNA584IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION: IRAN, SYRIA, BURMA
[...] (C) On October 28, the IAEA officially released the documentation for the 2009-2011 Technical Cooperation cycle in advance of the November Technical Assistance Cooperation Committee (TACC) and Board of Governors meetings. All documentation released on the IAEA's GOVATOM restricted distributio [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR SY BM
08UNVIEVIENNA585 IAEA: PURSUING TERM LIMITS FOR THE DIRECTOR
[...] (S) The IAEA is an outlier among most international organizations (IOs) which have instituted term limits for their directorships. Previous efforts to do so at the IAEA have failed due to G-77 opposition as they were seen as directed against DG ElBaradei. The DG election cycle presents an op [...]
2008-11-04 14:22:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNPP IAEA UN
08UNVIEVIENNA587IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...]
2008-11-06 15:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA588SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER 18 VIENNA FRIENDS OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador will host the second meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan group (Ref b) on November 18. (Note: List of Friends follows in para 5. End Note.) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa has been invited to give a presentation on UNODC's activities in Afghanistan, as well [...]
2008-11-06 15:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN NATO AF
08UNVIEVIENNA589WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the October meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) General Working Group (GWG) were limited. Russia's video presentation on arms sales to Georgia was the only controversial issue discussed; Ukraine and the U.S. spoke in response. The U.S. proposal to conduct [...]
2008-11-07 16:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
08UNVIEVIENNA590ANSWERING THE MAIL ON SUPPORT TO IAEA SAMPLE
[...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: The IAEA is proceeding toward expansion of the Clean Laboratory at the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL) in Seibersdorf to house an Ultra-High Sensitivity (UHS-SIMS) mass spectrometer. The Japanese Government has agreed to fund the UHS-SIMS machine, and [...]
2008-11-07 16:45:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA596UNCITRAL: SECURED TRANSACTIONS WORKING GROUP ADDRESSES
[...] (U) UNCITRAL Working Group VI (Secured Transactions) at its 2008 session in Vienna, October 20-24, continued its work on the preparation of an annex to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions (hereafter "the Guide") on security rights in intellectual property (IP). The Un [...]
2008-11-13 09:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA602IAEA/UNCOPUOUS: FIFTH JOINT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING ON THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UNCOPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)/IAEA Joint Expert Group (JEG) met in Vienna during the week of 20 October 2008 to review comments from IAEA Member States to the revised draft Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications in Outer Space. J [...]
2008-11-14 15:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU
08UNVIEVIENNA604IAEA/TC: STATUS UPDATE ON PROPOSED SYRIA NUCLEAR
[...] (S) The IAEA Department of Safeguards recently circulated a confidential internal memo (strictly protect) outlining Safeguards Department concerns with the Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project proposal entitled "Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for [...]
2008-11-14 16:39:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA611IAEA/TC: LIKE-MINDED MOVE TOWARD CONSENSUS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Mission met with like-minded counterparts to discuss the Agency's request to approve a Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project SYR/0/020 Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power Plant during the November 24-2 [...]
2008-11-19 12:15:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA612IAEA/SYRIA: MULTIPLE SMOKING GUNS IN DG REPORT ON
[...] (SBU) The Director General's report on the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic (GOV/2008/60),released on November 19, provides a compelling case for continued investigations into the existence of an undeclared reactor at Al Kibar (referred to in the re [...]
2008-11-19 17:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA613IAEA/IRAN: NO COOPERATION, NO PROGRESS, NO STOP
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Director General's (DG) November 19 report on Iran-consisting of only four pages-provides updated figures for centrifuge activities at Natanz, highlights Iran's continued rejection of the IAEA's request to visit the Heavy Water Research Reactor at Arak (based on Iran's claimed [...]
2008-11-19 18:40:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA614REPATRIATION OF U.S. ORIGIN NUCLEAR MATERIAL FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4-5, a DRC delegation met in Vienna with IAEA officials and a U.S. delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Department of State (DOS). The NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in coor [...]
2008-11-20 07:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA616IAEA/SYRIA/IRAN: PRE-BOARD ENGAGEMENT WITH BOARD
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte hosted consultations with 16 Board members (Russia, China, Algeria, Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland) on November 20 to solicit views on the Iran and Syria reports and next ste [...]
2008-11-20 17:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL KNNP TRGY SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA617UNODC on Afghanistan and Related Drug Issues
[...] (SBU) Meeting in mid-November, UNODC Executive Director told Ambassador of the shocking level of amphetamine seizures in Saudi Arabia. He expressed surprise at the difference between USG and UNODC estimates of poppy cultivation in Pakistan, predicted a decline in Afghanistan poppy cultivatio [...]
2008-11-21 13:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN CO PK IR SA
08UNVIEVIENNA622UNIDO: POTENTIAL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT REFORMS
[...] (U) The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has implemented a substantial reform over the last decade that has improved its efficiency and relevance, making it a potential partner for the U.S. on issues like climate change and energy as well as a useful exemplar for the reform of ot [...]
2008-11-25 13:36:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
08UNVIEVIENNA627IIASA Council Selects New Deputy Director and Chairman
[...] The IIASA Council held its annual meeting on November 17-18 in Laxenburg, where it made some personnel decisions triggered by the selection of American Detlof von Winterfeldt as IIASA's ninth director, effective January 1, 2009. The Council, which consists of representatives of the 18 Nationa [...]
2008-11-28 16:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA NAS AORC PGOV AU
08UNVIEVIENNA628 IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY REPEATS
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) report on Iran that largely repeated the same points covered in the report. Nackaerts provided an overview of Iran's enrichment- and heavy water-related activiti [...]
2008-12-01 14:51:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA630ELBARADEI DESPAIRS ON PROSPECTS FOR SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on November 26, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei reaffirmed his disagreement with US efforts to block the Agency's nuclear reactor feasibility Technical Cooperation (TC) program for Syria and offered suggestions for a framework (subsequently adop [...]
2008-12-01 15:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA MNUC KNNP SY
08UNVIEVIENNA634 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PARIS PACT
[...] (SBU) The upcoming December 15-16 annual meeting of the Paris Pact Consultative Group is a venue for USDEL to advance USG counternarcotics objectives in Afghanistan by expressing support the UNODC's "Rainbow Strategy." Specifically, the U.S. can use this forum to encourage donor contribution t [...]
2008-12-02 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL AF IR CA PK UN
08UNVIEVIENNA637IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CALLS FOR IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) The November 27, 2008, IAEA Board of Governors discussion of Iran largely focused on Iran's failures to abide by the UNSC and Board resolutions and Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA on issues associated with "possible military dimensions" (PMD). In addition to the core like-min [...]
2008-12-03 15:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA639IAEA: NOVEMBER 2008 BOARD WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 14:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY
08UNVIEVIENNA64IAEA/IRAN: MAINTAINING PRESSURE ON IRAN AT THE
[...] (S) Our principal goal for the Iran agenda item at the March 3-7 Board is, as it has been for the last two years, to support dual-track strategy and, in particular, the Security Council process. Since the Board passed a resolution on February 4, 2006, referring the file to the UNSC, we have no [...]
2008-02-05 16:39:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA640IAEA/TACC WRAP-UP: SYRIA OVERSHADOWS NOVEMBER TACC
[...] (SBU) Debate over the Syrian proposal for a nuclear power feasibility study was the main event at the November 24-26 IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC) meeting. In the end, the U.S. and other likeminded agreed not to block consensus on the entire 2009-2011 Technical Co [...]
2008-12-05 12:40:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY EAID SY
08UNVIEVIENNA643IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY,S CAMPAIGN PITCH TO WEOG
[...] (C) Meeting with Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Ambassadors, at his request, on December 1, South African Governor Abdul Minty fielded a wide range of pointed questions on Agency priorities as a prospective candidate for IAEA Director General. Minty informed WEOG members that his Mi [...]
2008-12-05 14:16:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM IAEA KNPP JA AR SF
08UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 500, [...]
2008-12-05 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA647INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN IRAN
[...] (C) Per an IAEA readout, the recent two-day nuclear power conference displayed negligible international involvement in Iran's nuclear sector (apart from Russia) and cannot have failed to reflect to the Iranian government the limitations on its relations with the Agency. IAEA official Christer [...]
2008-12-09 16:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENGR KNNP IAEA RS IR
08UNVIEVIENNA648IAEA: DG DISCUSSES SYRIA AND IRAN WITH ACTING U/S
[...] (C) IAEA Director General ElBaradei advised Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood in a November 20 meeting that the IAEA had received "the maximum it could get" from Iran absent a political opening, and encouraged P5 1 engagement with Iran on a freeze-for-a-freeze to [...]
2008-12-10 12:29:00UNVIESECRETPARM MNUC KNNP IAEA AORC IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA650UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW
[...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate and [...]
2008-12-11 13:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDUN AU KCRM UNODC RUEHZO UK TZ DJ YM SO KE
08UNVIEVIENNA652ISRAELI DDG HIGHLIGHTS GROWING INTEREST IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 16:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM
08UNVIEVIENNA655IRAN: TEHRAN EDUCATES DELEGATION ON ITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 16:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR IR KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA658IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 50 [...]
2008-12-18 15:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA659UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW
[...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate a [...]
2008-12-18 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE
08UNVIEVIENNA660INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 15:45:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA662WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: PLENARY REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The December 2-3 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary was notable for its smooth pace and lack of controversy. The U.S. was successful in thwarting Russian efforts to use the Plenary as a venue to decry Georgian "aggression." The Plenary adopted the 53 list changes proposed by the Expe [...]
2008-12-19 13:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM RU
08UNVIEVIENNA663NUCLEAR SAFETY: U.S. DEL REPORT ON THE THIRD ORGANIZATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Confrontation and procedural machinations marred the October 2008 Organizational Meeting on the Joint Convention. The meeting's main purpose was to elect officers for the May 2009 Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties. The U.S. candidate for presidency of the Third Review Meet [...]
2008-12-19 16:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
08UNVIEVIENNA664GENEVA GROUP MOVES TO IMPLEMENT IAEA RULES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a guidance request (see paragraph 7). Geneva Group members have reached consensus to request the IAEA Secretariat to report in writing on the financial implications of resolutions introduced for consideration by the Board or General Conference. Such reporting conforms [...]
2008-12-22 07:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL SZ
08UNVIEVIENNA666 UNODC MAJOR DONORS MEETING TACKLES UNGASS REVIEW, PIRACY
[...] (SBU)INL A/S David T. Johnson led the USDEL to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Major Donors meeting, December 5. Discussion with the other 20 donor countries included (1) a proposal for UNODC action to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, (2) the funding situation of UNODC, and (3) [...]
2008-12-22 13:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT
08UNVIEVIENNA667 IAEA: Syria and Iran Display "Responsible" Interest in
[...] (U) Summary: A December 2008 IAEA workshop on nuclear power infrastructure reflected how governments have improved their understanding of the complexities of developing, operating, and regulating safe nuclear power. This technical gathering advanced the U.S. goal of institutionalizing and imp [...]
2008-12-23 13:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG AORC KNNP BTIO SY IR EG
08UNVIEVIENNA668 UNCAC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the week of December 15 to promote implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). During the meeting of the Review of Implementation Working Group on December 15 [...]
2008-12-23 15:56:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KCOR UNODC UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA83IDENTIFYING SENIOR AMCITS AT IAEA AND OTHER
[...] (C) Per ref A, Mission has identified senior level positions (Director-level and above) at the IAEA and other international organizations in Vienna that are critical to U.S. interests. At the IAEA, AmCits hold the senior-most of six Deputy Director General (DDG) positions, and three of 19 ava [...]
2008-02-12 16:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC APER IAEA
08UNVIEVIENNA97IAEA/BOG: AFRICA GROUP IN UPHEAVAL; SYRIA SEEKS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Mission received an inexplicable dipnote from Syria requesting U.S. support for its candidacy on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. The Middle East South Asia group (MESA) is not expected to have a contested election requiring a [...]
2008-02-15 16:17:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL KNPP SY EG SF
08UNVIEVIENNA98IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED READY TO DRAFT A BOARD
[...] (S) Summary: At a Canadian-hosted meeting February 14 like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia, Japan) agreed to work discretely on a Board resolution on Iran, with experts scheduled to meet February 20. Canadian Ambassador Gervais-Vidricaire made a strong case for the Board to reassert its [...]
2008-02-15 16:54:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNPP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA1EU ON "HARM REDUCTION": THROW US A BONE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 13:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UNODC UN
09UNVIEVIENNA10IAEA/DG: AMANO DOES NOT THE WEOG
[...] (C) Japanese Governor and IAEA DG candidate Yukiya Amano gave a proficient but uninspiring performance in his campaign pitch to a friendly Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) audience on January 8. Amano provided short and informed responses on an array of policy and management issues, but [...]
2009-01-13 11:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM MNUC TRGY IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA100ISRAEL STILL CONSIDERING UNODC MAJOR DONOR STATUS,
[...] (C) Summary. At a meeting on March 11, DCM and MsnOff met with Israeli Anti-Drug Authority Deputy Director Eitan Gorni and Israeli MFA Director of the International Organizations Department Tibor Shalev-Shlosser to discuss Israeli participation in the CND and UNODC as well as consultative g [...]
2009-03-12 13:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM
09UNVIEVIENNA103COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished its objectives for the 46th session of the STSC in Vienna February 9-20, 2009, including STSC approval of the voluntary safety framework for the use of nuclear power sources in outer space and adoption of a new agenda item on space weather research. The U.S. delega [...]
2009-03-13 15:34:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA104IAEA/DG: ELBARADEI MOVING FORWARD ON FUEL BANKS
[...] (C) Ambassador Schulte assured Director General ElBaradei of steadfast U.S. support for the IAEA on March 13. The DG looked to U.S. leadership on budget issues. In a detailed discussion of fuel bank proposals, ElBaradei expressed increased optimism that the stage had been set for a good Boar [...]
2009-03-16 11:46:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP MNUC IAEA IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA105UNODC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COSTA REITERATED CRIME
[...] (u) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 13. 2. (c) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary (A/S) David Johnson, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Acting Director (AD) Ed Jurith, and Ambassador Schulte met with Executive Director (ED) Antonio Costa March 13 on the m [...]
2009-03-16 11:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPGOV UNAUS KCRM SNAR AF UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA107IAEA/ISRAEL/GAZA: ARAB STATES SILENT ON GAZA
[...] (C) We expected that Arab states/NAM might use the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 2 as a platform for expressing outrage over the recent war in Gaza. Our expectations were wrong. The Arab group had positioned itself to link Gaza to nuclear safety by claiming a possible h [...]
2009-03-16 14:50:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS
09UNVIEVIENNA109GUIDANCE REQUEST: SEEKING PRINCIPLED SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paras 12-13.) Director General ElBaradei stepped forward last month with a proposal to increase the IAEA's regular budget by 23 percent. Member States are generally unhappy with the proposal, but are waiting on tenterhooks for the U.S. [...]
2009-03-17 14:55:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAID UN
09UNVIEVIENNA11IAEA/2020: A LOW-RISK FORUM FOR DISCUSSING THE
[...] (U) Summary: IAEA Board Vice Chair Kauppi intends to preside over informal deliberations on the long-term future of the Agency, putting to use, guardedly, the Commission of Eminent Persons report of spring 2008. Kauppi's plan entails monthly meetings on six major topics, such as nuclear power [...]
2009-01-14 07:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL
09UNVIEVIENNA110Vienna Adopts International Roadmap for Fighting Drugs
[...] (U) The high-level segment of United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) met March 11 and 12 in Vienna to conclude the review of the commitments emanating from the 1998 UNGA Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug control. The Commission adopted a Political Declaration and Actio [...]
2009-03-17 15:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM UNODC EAID SNAR UN AF RU
09UNVIEVIENNA112NPT PREPCOM CHAIR CONSULTS IN VIENNA
[...] (SBU) Rounding out consultations in New York and Geneva, NPT Prepcom Chairman Zimbabwe UN Permrep Bonafice Chidyausiku reviewed preparations for the 2009 Prepcom with approximately two dozen states parties in Vienna March 16. The first priority for the Prepcom would be to adopt the 2010 Revcom [...]
2009-03-18 11:41:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA114COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY: EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) At the conclusion of Working Group B of Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO),Ambassador met with Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth to review the results of the three weeks of meetings. Toth welcomed signs [...]
2009-03-20 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTBT SA
09UNVIEVIENNA115 UNVIE Reorganizes to Support Administration's Renewed
[...] Summary: UNVIE has realigned Mission responsibilities to reflect the priorities of the new Administration. Specifically, the old Nuclear Terrorism and Export Control Section is now the Arms Control Section with a primary focus on bringing into force an effective CTBT. Responsibility for nucl [...]
2009-03-20 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT IAEA AORC KTBT MNUC PTER PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA116IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 EXPERTS MEETING USEFUL MECHANISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 12:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC IR IAEA KNNP MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA117UNODC OFFICIALS DISCUSS PROGRESS IN AF-PAK AND
[...] (C) Summary. On March 18, INL/PA Director of the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Program Tom Williams met with UNODC officials to discuss counternarcotics issues in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, and to gain insight into UNODC's program plans and needs in the coming year. UNODC offici [...]
2009-03-20 15:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM EAID IR PK AF
09UNVIEVIENNA119CHINA PARTNERS WITH IAEA TO BUILD HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR
[...] (U) China has embarked on a major IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) project focusing on Human Resource Capacity Building and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to rehabilitate of eight national training centers. Each center will have a specialty such as radiation safety, need [...]
2009-03-23 07:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL TRGY ETTC CH KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA12IAEA: COMPLETION OF THIRD GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This cable is for information only. 2. Summary: The GNEP Infrastructure Development Working Group (IDWG) held its third meeting on December 8, 2008, in Vienna, Austria in conjunction with a workshop on Radioactive Waste Management and a Resources and Gaps Workshop on December 9. The U.S. [...]
2009-01-14 07:25:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA120IAEA BUDGET: BOARD VICE CHAIR PROBES ON U.S. AMBITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian Ambassador, vice chairman of the IAEA Board and in charge of budget negotiations, pointedly asked Ambassador Schulte on March 20 whether the U.S. position on the IAEA budget would reflect U.S. campaign promises. Ambassador replied that Washington was looking closely [...]
2009-03-23 15:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA121IAEA: DISCUSSION WITH IAEA ON IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S.
[...] (SBU) Officials of the United States Government and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met in Vienna on March 3, 2009, to discuss matters related to the implementation of the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol. IAEA officials confirmed that the Agency was prepared for the United States [...]
2009-03-24 07:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY CVIS
09UNVIEVIENNA122LIBYA/NUCLEAR MEDICINE CENTER: PRESSING ALI
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the March IAEA Board of Governors meeting, MsnOff and ISN/RA (Jody Daniel) discussed the status of the U.S.-Libyan nuclear medicine center project with Ali Gashut (who was representing Libya at the Board meeting) and Libyan MsnOff Salah El-Mesallati. MsnOff and [...]
2009-03-25 07:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNNP AORC LY
09UNVIEVIENNA123ISRAEL CONSIDERING PALESTINE OBSERVERSHIP AT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Following up discussions with incoming Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Prepcom Chair Australia, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli met March 19 with DCM to review the long-standing issue of Palestinian observership and to float the idea of "package deal" in which Israel might acquie [...]
2009-03-25 09:20:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KTBT PARM CTBT KPAL IS
09UNVIEVIENNA126IAEA/TECHNICAL COOPERATION: SECRETARIAT SAYS SYRIA
[...] (C) DCM and Canadian colleague Terry Wood met with the IAEA,s new Director for Technical Cooperation (TC) in Asia, Mr. Dazhu Yang, March 20 to probe the status of the controversial Syria TC project "Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power [...]
2009-03-25 13:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BEXP SY
09UNVIEVIENNA127 UN Commission Adopts Fourteen Drug Control Resolutions
[...] (U) Following on the High-Level Segment (Ref A),the regular session of the 52nd UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND),held March 16-20, adopted 14 drug control-related resolutions to guide the work of Member States and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the coming year. The Secreta [...]
2009-03-25 15:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV UN KCRM AF UNCND CU IR
09UNVIEVIENNA128 IAEA/DG ELECTION: FIRST DAY INCONCLUSIVE, AMANO
[...] (S) The first three rounds of balloting for the IAEA Director General election on March 26 proved inconclusive, with neither candidate able to command the required two-thirds majority of the 35-member Board. The vote tally was 21(Amano)-14(Minty)-0 in the first round; 20(Amano)-15(Minty)-0 in [...]
2009-03-26 15:09:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA129FRANCE SOFTENS VIEWS ON UNCITRAL REFORM, SEEKS GUIDELINES
[...] (U) The French mission on March 3 hosted an informal meeting to discuss UNCITRAL's working methods and rules of procedure. Representatives of 20 countries, the European Commission, and the UNCITRAL Secretariat attended the meeting. Switzerland, Colombia, Russia, Belarus, Spain, and the U.S. c [...]
2009-03-26 15:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA132IAEA/DG: AMANO LOSES BY ONE VOTE, SLATE WIPED CLEAN
[...] (C) Despite an intensive and successful overnight lobbying campaign, Japanese Governor Amano fell one vote short of the required two-thirds majority to be appointed IAEA Director General. In this second day of balloting, March 27, the Board of Governors held three votes in succession: first, a [...]
2009-03-27 14:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA135Cuba, Perhaps Germany Contest for UNODC FinGov
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 11-20 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Cuba announced the candidacy of its Ambassador Norma M. Goicochea Estenoz for one of the two co-chairs of the UNODC Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov WG). The G-77 will not oppose her, nor allow for a competing candid [...]
2009-03-31 12:10:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC CU GR
09UNVIEVIENNA138CONTACTS NOTE POSITIVE IRANIAN REACTION TO OBAMA
[...] (C) Summary. Vienna contacts at local newspapers and UNODC on March 24 and 25 reported a positive Iranian response to the President's Nowruz message and argued that it provides a good basis for engagement with Iran. The journalists noted that the message was a break from the last administra [...]
2009-04-01 16:10:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR
09UNVIEVIENNA14IAEA/IRAN: SEEKING A UNIFIED EU3+3 APPROACH IN
[...] (S) Ambassador Schulte called a meeting of EU3 3 Ambassadors on January 13 to solicit input on how to overcome Iran's current "blockage" of its nuclear file at the IAEA. The EU3 and U.S. counseled against allowing the upcoming March Board to be another replay of do-nothing September and Novemb [...]
2009-01-15 08:36:00UNVIESECRETPREL IAEA KNNP AORC MNUC PARM IR
09UNVIEVIENNA141IAEA/DG RACE: CANDIDATES NEED APPLY
[...] (C) Summary: Former Board Chairs Chilean Ambassador Milenko Skoknic and former Slovenian Ambassador Ernesto Petric separately informed Ambassador Schulte April 1-2 that their respective governments are considering nominating them for IAEA Director General. Chile is consulting with other Latin [...]
2009-04-06 12:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF SI CI MY
09UNVIEVIENNA143BEGINNING THE RIGHTSIZING OF THE IAEA OFFICE OF NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) presentation on the proposed IAEA 2010-2011 budget emphasized plans to re-organize, increase staff, and become a more focused operation if the proposed IAEA budget increase is approved. The increase in regular budget resources for ONS wo [...]
2009-04-06 15:34:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PTER EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA144BEGINNING THE RIGHTSIZING OF THE IAEA OFFICE OF NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) presentation on the proposed IAEA 2010-2011 budget emphasized plans to re-organize, increase staff, and become a more focused operation if the proposed IAEA budget increase is approved. The increase in regular budget resources for ONS wo [...]
2009-04-06 15:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PTER EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA145IAEA/PACT: IRAQ BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON NATIONAL CANCER
[...] (U) In spring 2008, Mission provided, through the Embassy Baghdad Health Attache's office, an IAEA Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) "imPACT" questionnaire, which the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology completed in August 2008. PACT subsequently prod [...]
2009-04-06 15:37:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IAEA TRGY TBIO AORC IZ
09UNVIEVIENNA146Human Trafficking Back on UNODC's Agenda
[...] (SBU) Following a busy and difficult year for anti-human trafficking issues in Vienna in 2008, the UN Office on Drugs and Crme (UNODC) is taking measures to improve and focus its activities. UNODC has formulated a draft thematic program to fight human trafficking and consolidated the UN.GIFT [...]
2009-04-06 15:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM UN KTIP
09UNVIEVIENNA148IAEA STAFFING: AMCIT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Introduction: Mission continues to monitor senior-level positions throughout the IAEA Secretariat with an eye toward placing well-qualified Americans in positions of interest. Following is a break-down of current and upcoming senior-level vacancies by department, indicating both opport [...]
2009-04-06 16:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA149WORKING TO CLARIFY THE IAEA'S POLICY ON PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has made progress on the issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) with the recent release of an official policy that addresses some - but not all - transparency issues raised by the U.S. and Geneva Group (reftels). Ambassador met with IAEA officials to define these issues [...]
2009-04-07 09:10:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KNNP TRGY PREL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA15 CHINA IN VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN GROUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Mission conveyed to the Permanent Mission of France, host of the January 22 meeting, Ref A instructions that the U.S. supports inviting Russia and Poland to the meeting, if the Afghan ambassador here concurs. According to the French Mis [...]
2009-01-16 08:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN CH
09UNVIEVIENNA150IAEA BUDGET: PROGRAM OF ACTION FOR CANCER THERAPY (PACT)
[...] (U) The IAEA's Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) expertise in radiotherapy to assist developing Member States to design comprehensive National Cancer Control Plans (NCCP). PACT looks to the U.S. as one of its main supporters and would welcome USG funding or cost-free expertise duri [...]
2009-04-07 11:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP MNUC PREL SOCI TRGY EAIO
09UNVIEVIENNA152UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY
[...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...]
2009-04-08 12:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA153IAEA/TC: REQUEST FOR EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDING FOR AFRA
[...] (U) Mission received a letter from the Permanent Mission of Tanzania on March 6, 2009 requesting USG extrabudgetary funding for seven specific programs under the IAEA's regional technical cooperation (TC) project for Africa, the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research Development an [...]
2009-04-08 12:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KNNP PREL SOCI TRGY XA
09UNVIEVIENNA154IAEA/RANF: ELBARADEI ENCOURAGES ENGAGING BRAZIL,
[...] (C) This is an action message. Mission recommends that the President, should he conduct bilaterals, or Secretary Clinton at the Summit of the Americas reaffirm to Brazilian and Argentine interlocutors U.S. support for the development of multilateral nuclear arrangements (assured fuel supply; [...]
2009-04-08 17:33:00UNVIESECRETAORC ENRG PREL KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA155IAEA/RANF: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON ASSURED FUEL SUPPLY
[...] (SBU) The Russian Government and IAEA Secretariat have the proposal for a nuclear fuel assurance supply mechanism that is nearest to coming before the IAEA Board for action. The arrangement provides for an assured export license, fissionable material, a storage location, and revenue, and on t [...]
2009-04-08 17:52:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY RS
09UNVIEVIENNA156IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI IN, PETRIC AND OTHERS
[...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei on April 8 privately expressed regret that the first round of the selection process for his successor had cut, as he saw it, along North-South lines. He said Spain had formally nominated OECD nuclear agency chief Echavarri, Slovenia's nomination of Chief Justic [...]
2009-04-09 10:41:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA157IIASA Council Accelerates Strategic Planning
[...] (U) The IIASA Council, governing body of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),met on March 27 to discuss the new strategic plan and agreed to core principles that will guide the process toward the June Council meeting. The Council reached consensus on the need for [...]
2009-04-09 12:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA NAS AORC PGOV AU
09UNVIEVIENNA159UN VIENNA CHIEF SEEKS EXTENSION OF TERM?
[...] (C) Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director General of UNOV, may seek to extend his current and second term, which expires in May 2010, to December 31, 2011, to coincide with the term of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Given USG advocacy [...]
2009-04-09 15:17:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAMGT KCRM SNAR IT UN
09UNVIEVIENNA160CTITF: IAEA HQ ON PROPOSED WMD TERRORIST ATTACK
[...] (U) Upon receipt of reftel Mission queried the IAEA office of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) about the post-incident response exercise proposed in New York and draft paper on "preventing and responding to WMD terrorist attacks." We asked how the initiative relates to the IA [...]
2009-04-10 06:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PTER PARM PREL UNSC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA162IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTORS ASKED TO LEAVE NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) DDG for Safeguards Olli Heinonen informed the Mission on April 14 that IAEA inspectors at Yongbyon were asked to leave North Korea "as early as possible." North Korea asked the inspectors to remove Agency seals from Yongbyon facilities (approximately 100 seals at the reprocessing facilit [...]
2009-04-14 14:59:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA163IAEA: COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, MsnOffs met with a group of senior IAEA managers to discuss coordination of infrastructure assistance activities related to the expansion of nuclear power. Graham Andrew, S&T Advisor to Director General ElBaradei, requested the meeting in response to Mission's invit [...]
2009-04-14 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BEXP EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA164IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTORS IN PYONGYANG; TO DEPART
[...] (S) IAEA officials informed Mission on April 15 that its inspectors had completed the removal of seals and containment and surveillance measures and arrived in Pyongyang. The IAEA left its equipment at the Yongbyon nuclear center and will decide how to handle the return of equipment "later." [...]
2009-04-15 15:24:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA165IAEA: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON MAPPING PRODUCT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) Msnoff met with Acting Head of the Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit's (SIAU),Karen Steinmaus (AMCIT) on March 16 to deliver reftel points. Steinmaus appreciated the U.S. response and provided additional clarity on the IAEA's inte [...]
2009-04-16 11:59:00UNVIESECRETIAEA AORC KNNP TRGY MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA166IRAQ-WMD-RESTRICTIONS: DISCUSSING HOW VIENNA COULD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Schulte met with Embassy Baghdad and Washington ISN/RA, NEA/I, and L/NPV on April 1 over Secure VTC to discuss WMD-related UN Chapter VII Resolutions on Iraq. Ambassador Schulte noted that the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna is willing to assis [...]
2009-04-16 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA167IAEA SAFEGUARDS BUDGET ADVOCACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At UNVIE request, IAEA DDG/Safeguards briefed Geneva Group members on April 15 regarding his department's 2010/11 budget proposal. Heinonen made a compelling case for the proposed budget increase, but key member states appear to remain skeptical. Heinonen began by explaining w [...]
2009-04-17 06:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PARM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA168IAEA SAFEGUARDS BUDGET ADVOCACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At UNVIE request, IAEA DDG/Safeguards briefed Geneva Group members on April 15 regarding his department's 2010/11 budget proposal. Heinonen made a compelling case for the proposed budget increase, but key member states appear to remain skeptical. Heinonen began by explaining w [...]
2009-04-17 06:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PARM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA170AFGHANISTAN: PAKISTAN NOT A FRIEND, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to our Afghan embassy contact, Afghanistan does not want to invite Pakistan to the next Friends of Afghanistan meeting in Vienna,to be hosted by UK on April 28. The GOA is apparently concerned that inclusion of Pakistan could politicize the Group,and could be a precu [...]
2009-04-17 10:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF CA IR IPK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA172UNODC SUGGESTS COUNTERNARCOTICS VENUE FOR
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On March 25, Ambassador and Msnoff met with UNODC Technical Cooperation Section Chief Roberto Arbitrio to discuss UNODC perspectives on cooperation with Iran and general Iran issues gained from Arbitrio's four and [...]
2009-04-17 12:51:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KNNP AF PA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA173UNODC HIGHLIGHTS URGENT FUNDING NEEDS FOR IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Presenting on the status of their programs in Iran on drug demand reduction, drug supply reduction, and rule of law efforts, UNODC officials on April 15 argued that most of their programs with Iran have been successful, but the overall program remains seriously underfunded, pu [...]
2009-04-17 12:55:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR KNNP PA SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA174IAEA BUDGET HAWKS MOBILIZING
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA regional groups have begun clarifying their positions on the IAEA draft budget in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). Most Member States have criticized Director General ElBaradei's proposed increase of 23 percent, but there ar [...]
2009-04-17 15:29:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA175UNODC Director Costa on UN Crime Conventions
[...] (SBU) INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Verville and UNVIE Ambassador used an April 16 meeting with UNODC Executive Director Costa to underline U.S. interest in making the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),and the respective Conferences of Parties to the UN Conventi [...]
2009-04-21 07:00:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA176IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT;
[...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...]
2009-04-21 16:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI
09UNVIEVIENNA177IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT;
[...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...]
2009-04-22 07:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI
09UNVIEVIENNA178IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY RE-ENTERS RACE, CHANGING THE
[...] (S) The IAEA Secretariat confirmed that South Africa had officially submitted its re-nomination of Governor Abdul Minty for Director General April 21. Minty's performance in the first round proves he cannot win, but he has emerged as a standard-bearer for the "non-aligned" members of the IAEA. [...]
2009-04-22 14:41:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF
09UNVIEVIENNA18WASSENAAR: 2009 U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION
[...] This is an action request. Post requests funding from ISN/EX in the amount of EURO 286,962 for the CY 2009 U.S. assessment from the Wassenaar Arrangement. Please see para. 4. 2. The Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) CY 2009 budget and assessment were approved at the December 2-3, 2008 Plenary me [...]
2009-01-20 11:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT ETTC
09UNVIEVIENNA180IAEA/DG RACE: BELGIUM TO THROW HAT IN THE RING
[...] (C) Following earlier reports (ref a) of a possible Belgian candidacy for IAEA Director General, the Belgian Mission confirmed April 24 that the nomination of Jean-Pol Poncelet, though not yet official, would be submitted either later the same day or early April 27 (the last day for nominatio [...]
2009-04-24 11:44:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA182IAEA BUDGET: G-77 OPENS DOOR TO SAFEGUARDS, CLOSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States have refined their positions in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). There is growing support for a real increase, but Member States await a U.S. position to galvanize the discussion. Individual European hardliner [...]
2009-04-24 13:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA187Anti-Human Trafficking Working Group Prepares
[...] On April 15-16 Vienna-based delegates and anti-human trafficking government experts from several countries gathered in Vienna to participate in a working group designed to assist the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) [...]
2009-04-27 15:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN
09UNVIEVIENNA189IAEA/DG RACE: FIVE CANDIDATES AT CLOSE OF
[...] (S) As of the close of nominations April 27, there are five official candidates for IAEA Director General: Yukiya Amano (Japan),Abdul Minty (South Africa),Luis Echavarri (Spain),Jean-Pol Poncelet (Belgium) and Ernest Petric (Slovenia). No further candidates can join the race at this junct [...]
2009-04-28 16:28:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA19NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q.KHAN AND ASSOCIATES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 14:40:00UNVIESECRETETTC EFIN PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA190IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTIONS DIRECTOR DOUBTS NORTH KOREA
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (S) Director of Safeguards Division Operations A, Marco Marzo, told MsnOff on April 28 that he did not believe North Korea could have begun reprocessing the spent fuel by April 25, as the DPRK claims. (Note: North Korea publicly announced on A [...]
2009-04-28 17:26:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA191IRAQ SEEKS IAEA/PACT PARTNERSHIP TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CANCER
[...] In March 2009, after a five month lag, Iraq's Ministry of Health (MOH) resumed discussions with the IAEA Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) to create a short, medium, and long-term plan to implement a national cancer therapy program. After consultation with multiple IAEA offices that [...]
2009-04-29 06:41:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA192IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 EXPERTS MEETING USEFUL MECHANISM FOR TECHNICAL DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 11:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC IR IAEA KNNP MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA193IAEA/IRAQ: FORMALLY FINDING IRAQ IN COMPLIANCE
[...] (S) Key IAEA officials advised MsnOff in separate discussions that there is no question within the IAEA Secretariat that Iraq is in full compliance with its safeguards obligations. However, Laura Rockwood of the IAEA's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) noted that the Agency has not "formally" com [...]
2009-04-29 15:54:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA195 Debriefing UNODC on ISAF Counternarcotics Activities --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has requested to be debriefed on NATO-ISAF counternarcotics activities so that UNODC can factor these activities into its ongoing analysis of Afghan opium cultivation and trafficking. UNVIE supports this request and [...]
2009-04-30 08:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NATO UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA196IAEA/TC: TECHNICAL COOPERATION REFORM PRIORITIES
[...] (C) As the Mission continues to monitor TC projects, participate in Future of the Agency discussions, and attend regional TC planning meetings, several management shortcomings have come to light: a lack of transparency, lack of sustainable project planning, a lack of measurable performance ind [...]
2009-04-30 12:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA198IAEA/RANF: RUSSIA SEES PROGRESS; BEIJING
[...] (SBU) Sumamry: Ambassador's recent bilateral exchanges in Vienna and Beijing on multilateral nuclear fuel arrangements included encouraging signs for pragmatic discussion in the June IAEA Board of Governors meeting, paving the way to positive Board action in September. Advancing the dialogue [...]
2009-04-30 15:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG PREL KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA199UNIDO PRIORITIZES ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND REFORMS IN NEW
[...] (U) UNIDO Director-General Kandeh Yumkella on April 7 briefed member states on his 2010-11 budget proposal, which maintains zero real growth overall while increasing funding for poverty reduction, energy and environment programs, and further efficiency-enhancing measures. Member states reacte [...]
2009-05-04 13:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA2IAEA/DG: NOMINATIONS DEADLINE CLOSES WITH ONLY
[...] (C) At the close of the December 31 deadline, only Japan and South Africa had submitted nominations for IAEA Director General, Japanese Governor Yukiya Amano and South African Governor Abdul Minty. This ends all speculation about other candidates emerging in the first round of voting. The Boa [...]
2009-01-05 15:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA20 NEW AFGHAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FRIENDS GROUP, IAEA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met with new Afghanistan ambassador Abdul Shoogufan on January 16 to discuss the Friends of Afghanistan Group, and UNODC and IAEA issues. Shoogufan stressed that most of Afghanistan's problems have been imported from neighbors and spoke at length about the challenge o [...]
2009-01-22 08:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA201U.S. STIRS UP IAEA BUDGET TALKS, LEAVES THE WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paragraphs 15 - 17.) The U.S. delegation achieved its primary goal during budget negotiations at the IAEA this week to leave the door open to a "meaningful, real increase." While the U.S. was alone in its strong appeal for a budget incr [...]
2009-05-04 15:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA204IAEA/TC: TC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY
[...] (U) Summary: The IAEA's Technical Cooperation (TC) Department remains bound by convention and inadequately ambitious with regard to identifying new funding sources and partnership models. TC efforts to elaborate a resource mobilization strategy reflect awareness that major contributors (espec [...]
2009-05-06 09:36:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG TRGY EAID KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA205UNODC Briefs on TIP Report for Secretary General
[...] UNODC Executive Director Costa and John Sandage, Deputy Director of UNODC's Division of Treaty Affairs, briefed member states on UNODC's report to the UN General Assembly, in advance of the May 13th thematic debate on trafficking in persons. The paper, entitled "Improving the coordination of e [...]
2009-05-07 06:52:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN
09UNVIEVIENNA206COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND
[...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]
2009-05-07 08:49:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA208PAKISTAN - IAEA AND UNODC EFFORTS TO HELP GOP COUNTER
[...] (SBU) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several ongoing activities with Pakistan that deal with nuclear and radiological security, training, regulatory development, safety, and equipment certification. Another Vienna-based International Organization, UNODC, is engaged with Paki [...]
2009-05-07 15:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PTER KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA KCRM SNAR PK
09UNVIEVIENNA209IAEA/DG RACE: ECHAVARRI MAKES A STRONG SHOWING
[...] (C) Spanish DG candidate Luis Echavarri emerged the clear "winner" over Belgian candidate Jean-Pol Poncelet in a joint meeting of the two candidates with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) May 6. Drawing on his 25 years of experience in the nuclear field, Echavarri demonstrated solid [...]
2009-05-07 16:39:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA211IAEA CONSULTANCY ON LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES OF
[...] IAEACouns called on IAEA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Nuclear Energy Yury Sokolov on May 7 to discuss U.S. concerns about the referenced consultancy meeting and to deliver letter per para 3 of reftel. 2. Sokolov disputed that the timing of the May 14-15 consultancy was so "short-noti [...]
2009-05-08 10:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG TRGY KNNP RU
09UNVIEVIENNA213International Scientific Studies Project and the
[...] The heart of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is the International Monitoring System (IMS) to detect nuclear explosions, to be set up and run by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The IMS from the very beginning was heavily dependent on scientific experts to set u [...]
2009-05-08 13:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KTBT PARM ENRG
09UNVIEVIENNA214WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: (PART I OF II) EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) completed a very successful round of negotiations March 30 - April 9, reviewing 53 national proposals, 4 "counter-proposals", 11 non-papers and addressing 2 Plenary mandates. Setting a record for a spring meeting, the EG reache [...]
2009-05-08 13:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA215WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: (PART II OF II) EXPERTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 13:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA217"Harm Reduction" Debate Politicizing INCB Elections?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on May 6, Koli Kouame Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB),expressed dismay over what he described as the NGO efforts to politicize the election of Board members. More specifically, Kouame believes the International Drug Policy Consortium ( [...]
2009-05-08 15:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA218IAEA/EGYPT: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CITES
[...] (SBU) The IAEA's Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) for 2008, an annual report on safeguards worldwide, includes a country-specific section on Egypt citing for the first time an ongoing investigation of findings in 2007 and 2008 of HEU and LEU particles at the Inshas research center. The k [...]
2009-05-08 15:34:00UNVIESECRETPARM PREL KNNP IAEA MNUC EG
09UNVIEVIENNA219IAEA BOARD CHAIR TAKES THE BUDGET IN HAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has developed a new budget proposal for 2010-2011 that takes the previous proposal of a 23 percent increase over two years and "stretches" it over four years. The effort is likely a face-saving measure that recognizes the reality of the global economic dow [...]
2009-05-11 12:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA220IAEA/EGYPT: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CITES INVESTIGATION OF LEU/HEU PARTICLES FOUND AT INSHAS NUCLEAR CENTER
[...] (SBU) The IAEA's Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) for 2008, an annual report on safeguards worldwide, includes a country-specific section on Egypt citing for the first time an ongoing investigation of findings in 2007 and 2008 of HEU and LEU particles at the Inshas research center. The k [...]
2009-05-11 14:16:00UNVIESECRETEG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
09UNVIEVIENNA221IAEA/SAFEGUARDS/BUDGET: LEADING WITH OUR STRONG
[...] (SBU) DDG for Safeguards Olli Heinonen recently told MsnOff that he has been approached by "many Missions" to inquire about "stretching out" the funding for the requested upgrades to the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL),in particular replacement of the Nuclear Materials Laboratory (N [...]
2009-05-11 15:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA222UNODC and AFPAK STRATEGIES Loom Large for Vienna Friends of
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on April 28 chaired by the UK Ambassador, Vienna's Friends of Afghanistan heard a presentation by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on its 2009-2011 Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa informed delegations he would [...]
2009-05-11 15:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AF PK UN PTER UK
09UNVIEVIENNA225CORRECTED COPY OF UNVIE VIENNA 206: COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE
[...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]
2009-05-13 14:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA226UNODC/IRAN: SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. UNODC Head of the Europe and Central/West Asia Office Roberto Arbitrio on May 13 briefed Msnoffs on his trip the prior week to Afghanistan and Iran. Although the trip did not yield much substantive progress, it appears that joint counternarcotics cooperation under the Triangul [...]
2009-05-13 15:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR IR PAK AF
09UNVIEVIENNA227DEEPENING IMPASSE IN IAEA BUDGET TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States met on May 13 to "get down to business" on the budget. European hardliners have not relinquished their calls for a "revised" budget proposal based on zero growth. Nor has the G-77 progressed beyond general support for increases in technical cooperation and [...]
2009-05-13 15:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA231IAEA: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE JUNE BOARD
[...] (C) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place against the backdrop of impasse over the 2010 budget and the ongoing race for IAEA Director General, with an election likely later in June. The politics of the DG race will distract from the regular June Board meeting's overlo [...]
2009-05-18 11:11:00UNVIESECRETENRG PARM PREL KNPP IAEA IR KN IZ PK
09UNVIEVIENNA235INDIA SAFEGUARDS: TWO MORE STEPS
[...] Summary. India has brought into force its safeguards agreement, approved by the IAEA Board of Governors in August 2008. Before safeguards can be applied, India needs to declare its civil facilities to the IAEA. After that, implementation of other safeguards agreements covering those facili [...]
2009-05-21 10:05:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA239CTBTO: Preliminary Data on DPRK Alleged Nuclear Test
[...] The Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) held a special technical briefing May 25 to provide initial data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) on the alleged DPRK nuclear test. Thirty-nine seismic stations (23 primary stati [...]
2009-05-26 15:00:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KTBT PARM ENRG
09UNVIEVIENNA24IAEA/RANF: PROGRESS WITH RUSSIA ON ASSURED FUEL
[...] (SBU) The IAEA reports privately it is progressing toward concluding an agreement with Russia on the supply of LEU and on arranging the mechanics of an IAEA-administered fuel bank. IAEA Reserve at Angarsk Enrichment Center ----------------------------------------- 2. (C) The IAEA's he [...]
2009-01-22 16:24:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY PREL IAEA RS
09UNVIEVIENNA240IAEA Symposium on Nuclear Security Relates Terrorism Threat
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA Nuclear Security Symposium, attended by over 500 participants representing over 90 countries, dealt with issues involved in protecting nuclear and other radioactive materials from the hands of criminals and provided a forum for discussions with nuclear security counterpa [...]
2009-05-26 16:25:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA241IAEA/BOARD/GC:TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM had a generally positive exchange of views May 19 with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on priority issues for the June Board of Governors meeting and in anticipation of Egypt becoming the NAM Chair in July. The President's upcoming visit to Cairo and the perception that U.S.- [...]
2009-05-27 11:11:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC EG IAEA IR IS KNNP PARM PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA242ITALIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Msnoff met with an Italian counterpart, Marco Prencipe, who recently left a four-year post in Tehran to discuss the effectiveness of Iranian cooperation with the Italians on counternarcotics efforts. For the most part, cooperation has been successful, and Italy and [...]
2009-05-27 12:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR AF PAK IR IT
09UNVIEVIENNA243NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCES: TOP-LEVEL APPROACHES TO
[...] (SBU) At the conclusion of his meeting with U.S. House oF Representatives leaders Waxman and Lowey on May 26 (septel to follow),IAEA Director General (DG) ElBaradei engaged for several minutes separately with Ambassador and Msnoff on tactics for Board of Governors consideration of nuclear fue [...]
2009-05-27 16:25:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG KNNP EG SA
09UNVIEVIENNA244IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES
[...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...]
2009-05-27 16:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA245CTBTO: Update on DPRK Alleged Nuclear Test as of 27 May
[...] Please see para six for guidance requests. 2. The Chair of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) convened a meeting of the Preparatory Commission May 26 to discuss the claimed DPRK nuclear test. All delegations that spoke were strongly [...]
2009-05-28 12:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KTBT PARM ENRG
09UNVIEVIENNA247CTBT: VIENNA P5 MEETING AT WORKING LEVEL -GUIDANCE
[...] (U) The French Mission to international organizations in Vienna convened an initial meeting of P5 representatives to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on April 30. Participants in the meeting spent most of their time delineating what might or might not profitably be done [...]
2009-05-28 15:01:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKTBT AORC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA249 EVALUATING PARIS PACT ON AFGHANISTAN: OPTIMIZING THE NEXT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 14 briefing for donor and participant countries by the consultant UNODC hired to assess the Paris Pact emphasized inefficiencies in expert roundtable meetings, the unsustainable Pact footprint, the Pact's enduring political utility, and under-utilization of the ADAM system, [...]
2009-05-29 14:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA251IAEA: SECOND ANALYTIC TRAINING SESSION PROVIDES
[...] (S) Summary. In response to a continuing request from the IAEA Safeguards Department for assistance in improving its analytic methods, the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC),with the close support of CIA's Sherman Kent School, sponsored training for IAEA Safeguards officials in analy [...]
2009-05-29 15:43:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA252IAEA: GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009
[...] This is an action request for ISN/WMDT. Please see para 4. 2. In a joint approach with Russian and Dutch colleagues, Mission delivered points as requested per REFTEL to IAEA Office of Nuclear Security Director, Anita Nilsson, encouraging her participation in the Global Initiative to Comba [...]
2009-05-29 16:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ENRG PARM KNNP PREL IAEA KGIC NL RS
09UNVIEVIENNA253 IAEA: JUNE BOARD PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place amid continuing uncertainty over the Director General election and budget negotiations (ref a.) Nevertheless, Mission will endeavor to take advantage of favorable attitudes toward the Pre [...]
2009-05-29 19:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA258UNODC HEAD NOTES CHANGE IN IRAN,S TONE TOWARD U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on May 27 debriefed Ambassador Schulte on his trip the previous week to Iran to take part in a ceremony commemorating the completion of Iran,s physical border pr [...]
2009-06-05 10:00:00UNVIESECRETPREL SNAR AF IR PAK
09UNVIEVIENNA259 IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2009 U.S. SUPPORT PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Support Program (USSP) annual review meeting with the IAEA Department of Safeguards (SG) highlighted the new and ongoing 2008-2009 SG R&D Programme projects for which U.S. and other Member State support has been or will be requested. The overarching theme was the on-going shift [...]
2009-06-05 10:01:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA260IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO
[...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...]
2009-06-05 12:06:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA264IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...]
2009-06-08 15:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA265IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS MORE OF THE SAME
[...] (C) The IAEA Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran, which confirms a lack of continuing cooperation that seems to have become the "status quo," again identifies Tehran's failures to abide by UN Security Council and Board requirements. Conveying a "matter of fact" tone, the report [...]
2009-06-08 15:38:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA266IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...]
2009-06-09 10:42:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA267LATEST IAEA PROPOSAL FRUSTRATES BUDGET HAWKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget hawks (UK, Germany, France, et. al.) are frustrated and annoyed that the IAEA Secretariat has not submitted a revised budget based on Zero Real Growth (ZRG). To their dismay, Board Vice Chair Feruta circulated a third budget proposal June 5 featuring a 12.7 percent [...]
2009-06-09 12:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA268IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO MAKES A STRONG SHOWING IN
[...] (S) The results of the June 9 informal straw poll -- Amano 20, Minty 11, Echavarri 4, and Poncelet and Petric both 0 -- place Amano in good stead for the formal vote, which the Board Chair announced would be held over a two-day session on July 2-3. Certainly, the momentum is with Amano and man [...]
2009-06-09 13:25:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA269IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ SEEKING U.S. GUIDANCE FOR JUNE
[...] (SBU) Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi told Ambassador Schulte on June 8 that Baghdad had instructed him earlier in the day to seek an Agenda item at the June 15-19 Board of Governors meeting on Iraqi compliance. Aqrawi shared that Board Chair Feroukhi discouraged a new agenda item at this late stage [...]
2009-06-09 15:02:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA27IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - FORCING THE ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) at the IAEA has become increasingly irksome. The IAEA's unpublished policy of charging 7 percent PSCs has grown to include even the cost-free experts on loan to the IAEA from Member States, while continuing to exempt donations to the T [...]
2009-01-23 15:28:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL CN UK
09UNVIEVIENNA270IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...]
2009-06-10 14:00:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA271IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ COMPLIANCE AT JUNE 2009 BOARD
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte passed ref A advice to Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi on June 10, for which Aqrawi was grateful. Ambassador Schulte advised him to make a statement at the June Board of Governors meeting under Any Other Business (AOB) requesting the Secretariat to prepare a report on Iraq's [...]
2009-06-10 16:05:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA272UNVIE IRAN INVITES FOR JULY 4
[...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission invited four Iranians to UNVIE,s July 4 celebration. Mission invited Iranian Permanent Representative to the UN Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Deputy PermRep Alireza Esmaeili, First Counselor Reza Pourmand Tehrani, and Third Secretary Rahim Saki, who works the counternarcotic [...]
2009-06-12 09:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR
09UNVIEVIENNA273IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...]
2009-06-12 13:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA275REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: BORROWING TO FUND IAEA
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary: Member States recognize the IAEA's infrastructure needs, but many are under instructions to reject the budgetary increases that would resolve them. As budget negotiations intensify, Canada, France, Germany, the [...]
2009-06-15 12:54:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA276CODEL LOWEY AND WAXMAN,S VISIT WITH IAEA AND CTBTO
[...] (SBU) Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) challenged IAEA DG ElBaradei's assessment of the threat Iran poses to Israel in a May 26 private meeting. ElBaradei used the opportunity to reiterate his views about international fuel banks, explain the IAEA's auth [...]
2009-06-15 14:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MNUC PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP SY KN
09UNVIEVIENNA279DG ELBARADEI FUELS THE BUDGET DEBATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Director General ElBaradei intervened during a session of the ongoing Board of Governors meeting to deliver an impassioned plea in favor of a budget increase. ElBaradei said "two decades" of zero growth had restricted the IAEA's ability to do its job, and warned that Member [...]
2009-06-17 14:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA280AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN FINDS IRAN POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. On June 10, Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on the current state of play in Iran on engagement, the nuclear issue, and the economy. Postl argued that the Iranian leadership is favorable on engagement with the U.S., but that it is [...]
2009-06-17 16:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR AU EU
09UNVIEVIENNA281IAEA/JUNE BOARD: IRAQ SEEKS A CLEAN SLATE FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During June 17 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations, Iraq requested that an item be added to the September Board meeting agenda that addresses the cooperation between Iraq and the IAEA related to implementation of Iraq's IAEA safeguards obligations. Iraq asked for member state [...]
2009-06-17 17:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA282IAEA/IRAN: SAFEGUARDS TECHNICAL BRIEFING STRESSES
[...] (SBU) On June 10, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on safeguards implementation at the Natanz cent [...]
2009-06-18 06:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA284 KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...]
2009-06-18 09:11:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS
09UNVIEVIENNA285NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT
[...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]
2009-06-18 13:13:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA286IAEA/ELBARADEI UNPLUGGED: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S
[...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging intervention following Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh's customary diatribe at the conclusion of the Iran agenda item at the ongoing IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Director General (DG) ElBaradei took Iran to task amid the DG's "general reflections" on the health and [...]
2009-06-19 06:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG MNUC IR IAEA PREL PINR KNNP KN SY
09UNVIEVIENNA287NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT
[...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]
2009-06-19 07:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA288IAEA/IRAN: NUCLEAR SAFETY/REGULATORY MISSIONS
[...] (U) According to Miro Lipar, head of the IAEA's Operational Safety Section, who will lead the preliminary Operational Safety Review Team (pre-OSART) in Iran, the mission has not yet been scheduled and will probably not happen in 2009. He stated that there are several things that need to happe [...]
2009-06-19 09:45:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP CPAS IAEA OSCE RS IR
09UNVIEVIENNA289IAEA/SYRIA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: CONCERN OVER NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The June Board debate on Syria unfolded along largely familiar lines with many Board members calling on Damascus to cooperate with the Agency,s requests, while NAM and Arab delegations continued to focus on Israel,s misdeeds, rather than the need for Syrian cooperation. The debat [...]
2009-06-19 15:59:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA29IAEA: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DISCUSSES TEXT BUT NO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, interested NSG Participating Governments (PGs) discussed the current "clean text" to revise paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Part 1 NSG Guidelines regarding conditions for approval of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology. [...]
2009-01-27 16:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENR
09UNVIEVIENNA292IAEA/DPRK/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: BROAD CONDEMNATION
[...] (SBU) The IAEA June Board of Governors registered universal condemnation and deep concern regarding the DPRK's nuclear test. Fourteen statements (representing 22 of 35 Board members) were delivered under the Agenda item on the Application of Safeguards in the DPRK: Six party partners, the EU, [...]
2009-06-22 12:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA293IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES COOPERATION AND
[...] (SBU) The June 17 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran, although overshadowed by Director General(DG) ElBaradei's concluding intervention scolding Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh for Tehran's lack of engagement with the IAEA (reftel),highlighted the need for Iran to begin full cooperati [...]
2009-06-22 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA294UNODC URGES DONORS TO USE ADAM
[...] In a June 22 meeting with Charge and UK Ambassador, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa gave his positive response to the May 27 joint U.S.-UK letter requesting UNODC to expand its benchmarks for measuring counternarcotics successes in Afghanistan (Septel). In the course of this meeting, C [...]
2009-06-23 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR USAID AF UN
09UNVIEVIENNA296ASSESSING UNODC'S ANTONIO COSTA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),is scheduled to roll out UNODC's annual World Drug Report with the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske on June 24. Costa is an ambitious and energetic [...]
2009-06-23 11:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK
09UNVIEVIENNA298IAEA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (U) This cable reports on discussion of the routine safeguards agenda items from the Board of Governors: item 5a (Conclusion of safeguards agreements and additional protocols),5b (the Safeguards Implementation Report for 2008) and 5c (Staff of the Safeguards Department to be used as Agency In [...]
2009-06-23 14:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA299 IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP
[...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...]
2009-06-24 06:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA3 AFGHAN MINISTERS TALK COUNTERNARCOTICS IN VIENNA
[...] (SBU) On the margins of the Paris Pact meeting in Vienna on December 15-16, Ambassador and DCM met with Afghanistan's Minister of Counternarcotics General Khodaidad, Deputy Minister of Interior General Daud Daud, and other Afghan officials. The Ministers complained about the lack of countern [...]
2009-01-09 08:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR CA GM JA PK SW UN
09UNVIEVIENNA300 IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP
[...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...]
2009-06-24 06:36:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA301IAEA JUNE BOARD: MOVES FUEL BANKS FORWARD
[...] (SBU) In its debut as formal item on the IAEA Board of Governors agenda, the issue of nuclear fuel assurances concluded with the IAEA Secretariat empowered to continue developing select proposals and with the way cleared for continued Board discussions and eventual Board action. For the first [...]
2009-06-24 14:55:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN GR
09UNVIEVIENNA302COPUOS: Adoption of SAFETY FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the June 3-12, 2009 session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS),the joint Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Framework for the Use of Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications i [...]
2009-06-24 14:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU VE
09UNVIEVIENNA303 UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:59:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA304 UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 15 meeting, UNODC Deputy Director for Operations Bernard Frahi shared with us the terms of reference for his recent mission to Pakistan and UNODC's plans for its program there. (Mission report and terms of reference were emailed to the Department - IO/T, INL/PC, and SC [...]
2009-06-25 14:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA306SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY EXPECTATIONS FOR IAEA, CTBT
[...] (C) In anticipation of the Swedish EU Presidency, UNVIE held bilateral consultations June 24 with Swedish Mission counterparts to preview upcoming issues at the IAEA, UNODC and CTBTO; the Swedes also made a pitch for U.S. reentry into UNIDO. Sweden expects a difficult Presidency focused on ec [...]
2009-06-26 15:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PTER SNAR EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA308WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MAY 25-27 GENERAL WORKING
[...] (C) Summary: Acting DAS Ganzer led an inter-agency delegation to the May 25-27 Wassenaar Arrangement General Working Group (GWG). Russia again presented a paper on arms exports to Georgia, expressing its frustration that Wassenaar did not report Russia,s concerns appropriately in reports of m [...]
2009-06-29 13:04:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA31 Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction"
[...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...]
2009-01-27 16:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM
09UNVIEVIENNA310IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE
[...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...]
2009-06-29 15:46:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA311IAEA PROVIDES CLARIFICATIONS TO ITS REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen Steinmaus, Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit (SIAU),noting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the IAEA with its request for worldwide mapping products, subject to certain pa [...]
2009-06-30 11:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA AORC KNNP TRGY MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA313REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: POSSIBLE IAEA BUDGET DEAL
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraphs 11-12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recognizing the deadlock in IAEA budget negotiations, the Board Vice Chair will present IAEA Member States with yet another budget proposal on July 1. This will be the fourth budget proposal since Director [...]
2009-06-30 14:51:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAIO UN
09UNVIEVIENNA318IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO WINS NARROW VICTORY DUE TO ONE
[...] (C) Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano narrowly won the required two-thirds majority in a final "confidence" vote July 2. One abstention in the final tally (23 "Yes" 11 "No" and 1 abstention) lowered the margin for victory to 23 votes. This completes the "Selection Stage" of the DG election [...]
2009-07-02 15:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA319IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...]
2009-07-06 12:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA320ACTION REQUEST: IAEA BUDGET TALKS HIT WALL,
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission is concerned that a months-long effort to achieve an increase in the IAEA budget is increasingly likely to end in failure. Hewing to a policy of zero growth, France and Germany have blocked Mission's effor [...]
2009-07-06 16:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA321IMPACT OF AMANO "DOWRY" ON IAEA BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: Now that Yukiya Amano has been elected to the post of IAEA Director General, many IAEA Member States expect Japan to flood the Agency with cash. There is some truth to this perception, thought the actual amounts may not amount to a "flood." Japan privately supports a budget inc [...]
2009-07-07 15:11:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA322IAEA LEADERSHIP TEAM TRANSITION AND U.S. INFLUENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA transition that will come as DG ElBaradei's term ends November 30 provides a once-a-decade opportunity to overcome bureaucratic inertia, modernize Agency operations, and position the new director general for strong leadership from the DG's office. Yukiya Amano's arrival [...]
2009-07-07 15:59:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA323 FINLAND SEEKS TOP UNODC JOB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering naming its Director of International Affairs, Matti Joutsen, as a candidate to replace UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa, who is lobbying for an extension after his second term expires in May 2010 (Reftels). As several EU co [...]
2009-07-08 15:28:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK FI
09UNVIEVIENNA324BRIEFING TO COPUOS AND SIDE MEETING ON THE
[...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Brigadier General Susan Helms, Director of Plans and Policy, J-5, United States Strategic Command, briefed the 52nd Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on the February 2009 collision of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites. Prior t [...]
2009-07-08 15:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL PARM TSPA RS NASA CPUOS CDG
09UNVIEVIENNA325ASSURANCE OF NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY: RUSSIAN REVIEW
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy and Russian Counselor Karasev on June 30, Charge suggested that it would be productive to convene soon the supporters of nuclear fuel assurances to discuss potential next steps, given the outcome of the June Board meeting (reftel). Zmeyevs [...]
2009-07-08 15:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN
09UNVIEVIENNA326IAEA/GC: BREAKING THE MIDDLE EAST LOGJAM - REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) New Zealand Ambassador Jennifer Macmillan, designated to be the 2009 IAEA General Conference (GC) President, sounded despondent July 1 about the prospects of breaking the logjam in the GC on Middle East issues. She warned Charge of a "poiso [...]
2009-07-08 16:08:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA327 IAEA: WHAT IS BEING DONE IN FOOD SECURITY
[...] (U) The IAEA has played an important if obscure role in securing the world's food supply for nearly fifty years. Its projects have addressed a wide variety of agricultural concerns and provided innovative solutions using nuclear technology. In partnership with FAO, the Vienna-based Joint Divi [...]
2009-07-09 09:56:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID EAGR
09UNVIEVIENNA328IAEA BUDGET TALKS DISINTEGRATE AS EURO "HAWKS"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European position on the IAEA budget increase has hardened. They no longer describe funding for Safeguards and Security as "priorities," but merely "desirable." The G8 process has had no affect on their zero growth position. If anything, the "budget hawks" have gained mo [...]
2009-07-09 16:01:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA329IAEA NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT
[...] (U) Msnoffs met with Andy Garner, Programme Co-Ordinator, Office of the IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Applications (NA),to discuss two IAEA requests: for USG assistance in strengthening the on-going Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) research at the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnolo [...]
2009-07-10 07:56:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG TRGY EAID KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA33 UNODC:Costa Welcomes Renewed Focus on Multilateral
[...] (SBU) In a candid January 27 review of upcoming priorities, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa described for Ambassador his interest in finding ways to better address the "transmission belt" of organized crime and smuggling that moves illegal drugs from producers to the markets. Costa expl [...]
2009-01-29 11:52:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM UN PGOV PREL AF KWMN PHUM SMIG
09UNVIEVIENNA331IAEA/DG: AMANO SKETCHES AMBITIOUS TRANSITION AGENDA
[...] (C) IAEA Director General-designate Yukiya Amano expressed gratitude for U.S. support during a July 9 congratulatory lunch and engaged Charge in a wide-ranging discussion of senior personnel, budget and compliance issues. Amano attributed his election to support from the U.S., Australia and F [...]
2009-07-10 15:41:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA TRGY JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA332IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL HAS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON VINCA SITE
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: IAEA Director General ElBaradei visited the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Serbia and came away with a new level of concern and attention to the repackaging, transportation, and reprocessing of nuclear fuel from Serbia to the Russian Federation. He has set a new target [...]
2009-07-13 06:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA333IAEA GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR REVIEWS
[...] (C) Having just returned from Tel Aviv consultations on IAEA General Conference (GC) Middle East issues, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli provided an assessment to Charge July 10 of this year's versions of the "Egyptian" Middle East Safeguards (MES) and the Israel Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolut [...]
2009-07-13 15:19:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA335HCOC: EU WORKSHOP ON STRENGTHENING THE HAGUE CODE
[...] Summary: In its role as European Union (EU) President, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a workshop in Prague on June 26 to promote further enhancement and improved functioning of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation. The informal workshop broug [...]
2009-07-15 08:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
09UNVIEVIENNA336TERRORISM PREVENTION BRANCH PERFORMING WELL, FACES BUDGET
[...] (SBU) John Sandage, Officer-in-Charge of UNODC's Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB),briefed UNODC member states on July 7 on the Branch's mid-year 2009 Project Implementation, as well as its ongoing budget woes. Like many UNODC branches, Sandage said TPB will also suffer a funding shortfall i [...]
2009-07-15 14:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KCRM PREL AFIN UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA337WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: EXPERTS GROUP TECHNICAL
[...] (SBU) At the intersessional meetings June 15 - 25, the U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) made considerable progress in advancing a number of U.S. proposals and in shaping the proposals of others. Thirteen participating states attended some part of the interse [...]
2009-07-16 09:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA339IAEA BUDGET TALKS IN NEED OF SALVATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget negotiations in Vienna are seized up; a consensus outcome is readily imagined but key local players lack the authority to effect it. Germany and France have not budged from their zero growth positions, though French representatives told us they have recommended fle [...]
2009-07-16 12:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA343IAEA/GC: ARAB GROUP APPEALS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) A coterie of Vienna Arab Group Ambassadors (Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and the Palestinian Authority) and the local Arab League (AL) representative appealed directly to Charge July 16 for U.S. support, or at least "understanding," of their draft IAEA General Conference resolution on "Israeli [...]
2009-07-17 14:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA344IAEA ENERGIZING FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Hitching his wagon to the President's priority issue, IAEA DG-designate Amano is expressing his ambition that the Agency figure substantively in the concept and conduct of the global nuclear security summit in March 2010. Apparently spurred by Amano, IAEA DDG Taniguchi and Nuclear Securi [...]
2009-07-17 15:41:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PTER KNNP TRGY MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA345IAEA/DPRK: NORTH KOREAN INTEREST IN RADIATION
[...] (C) During a meeting on July 16, Canadian Msnoffs reported that a North Korean official had approached a Canadian uranium mining company at the International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, an IAEA-sponsored event held in Vienna June 22-26, 2009. A South Korean M [...]
2009-07-20 11:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA347UNCITRAL Reviews Revised Model Law on Procurement
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The forty-second session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) met in Vienna from June 29 to July 17, 2009. During the Commission meeting, a Committee of the Whole was formed to engage in a second reading of the revised UNCITRAL model law on procu [...]
2009-07-22 15:13:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA348IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: U.S. CONSULTANT DEVELOPS
[...] (C) Joyce (Ceil) van Berkel, a Sandia National Laboratories retiree and former U.S. cost-free expert to IAEA, carried out a two-week consultancy at the IAEA to help develop an analytic methodology for assessing a State,s industrial infrastructure that could be applicable to the nuclear fuel cy [...]
2009-07-22 15:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA349UNCOPUOS: Wrap-up of the 52nd Session, June 3-12, 2009
[...] (U) Summary: The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses Outer Space concluded a highly productive session on June 12th with the adoption of its report that included the addition of a new item on the agenda of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee on the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Ac [...]
2009-07-22 15:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA35REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT FROM POST
[...] Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte requests permission for official travel to Washington,DC February 8-17, 2009 for consultations in the Department. 2. DCM Geoffrey Pyatt will be Charge during the Ambassador's absence. SCHULTE [...]
2009-01-30 07:55:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA APER AFIN AMGT
09UNVIEVIENNA350 US-India Meeting on Arrangements and Procedures for
[...] (U) A U.S. delegation from State (ISN and L) and DoE/NNSA met at UNVIE July 21-22 with Indian counterparts for initial exchanges on a prospective agreement addressing future Indian reprocessing of nuclear material pursuant to our bilateral Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of [...]
2009-07-22 16:29:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PREL TRGY KNNP IN JP
09UNVIEVIENNA351 MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR UNODC ANTI-PIRACY ACTIVITIES
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. At a July 22 meeting, UNODC Operations Division Director Francis Maertens told Charge that UNODC seeks additional voluntary contributions to expand its anti-piracy programs off the Somali coast to additional countries in the region, and to exte [...]
2009-07-23 09:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM EWWT UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE SE
09UNVIEVIENNA353IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL AND EGYPT TALK ABOUT
[...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli briefed Charge July 22 on his consultations that morning with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on Middle East GC issues. Michaeli was encouraged that Fawzi agreed to receive Michaeli, who delivered a conciliatory message from capital on reengaging in negotiations. The [...]
2009-07-23 15:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA356UNCITRAL Adopts Insolvency Practice Guide At Commission
[...] (U) Summary and Background. The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) held its forty-second session in Vienna from June 29 to July 17, 2009. UNCITRAL is composed of 60 member states, including the United States. The session was also attended by 26 observer states, [...]
2009-07-24 15:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA357IAEA: CHARGE TALKS FUEL ASSURANCES AND BUDGET WITH
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires and MsnOff met with Director General-Elect Amano and two officers from the Japanese mission on July 24 to update Amano on U.S. positions on Fuel Assurances and the ongoing negotiations regarding the IAEA budget. The atmosphere of the meeting was warm throughout, with [...]
2009-07-24 15:51:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA358Increasing Speculation on Future of UNODC Executive
[...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations in Vienna are starting to discuss more openly their position on a potential one year extension of Executive Director Costa's term, as well as the possibility of other candidates. In the past week Charge has been approached by Canada, Sweden, Australia and France, al [...]
2009-07-27 12:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC PREL PTER EAID UN AF PK CA RU
09UNVIEVIENNA36UPDATE ON UNGASS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Ambassador deployed Ref A guidance verbatim with Namibian Ambasssador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. 2. (C) She asked if the pause involved the whole negotiations or just "harm reduction." Per guidance, Ambassador said that we were requesting a pause in negotiations. She said that she unde [...]
2009-01-30 13:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM PGOV SNAR UN
09UNVIEVIENNA360 US-India Meeting on Arrangements and Procedures for
[...] (SBU) The second day of the U.S.-India discussions (Wednesday, July 22) on the agreement for arrangements and procedures for reprocessing saw only a relatively brief, but productive, afternoon meeting. The Indian delegation first reported that it had met earlier in the day with the IAEA Depu [...]
2009-07-28 06:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PREL TRGY KNNP IN
09UNVIEVIENNA361UNODC'S MAJOR DONORS MEET; SEND STRONG MESSAGES TO COSTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 14:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV SNAR UN
09UNVIEVIENNA362IAEA BUDGET: FRAGILE CONSENSUS BUILDING AROUND
[...] (U) This is an action request for IO; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: After five months of budget negotiations, IAEA Member States appear to be moving toward a consensus to increase the IAEA's Regular Budget by 5.4 percent from 2009 to 2010, a level that satisfies minimal U.S. objec [...]
2009-07-30 12:10:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA364NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - CAPITALIZING ON THE JUNE 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat remains under instruction from DG ElBaradei to work on arrangements for assuring last-resort access to nuclear fuel supply for countries facing a politically motivated cut-off. Specifically, the Secretariat is assembling technical responses to issues raised [...]
2009-07-30 16:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC ENRG TRGY IAEA RU
09UNVIEVIENNA367IAEA/NA: UPDATE ON HUMAN HEALTH PROGRAM
[...] (U) The IAEA's human health program seeks to enhance the capabilities of Member States for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of health problems. The basis for these activities is Article II of the IAEA Statute. It calls on the Agency to "accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic en [...]
2009-08-03 12:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID EAGR
09UNVIEVIENNA368SUBDUED BOARD APPROVES IAEA BUDGET INCREASE, EYES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Budget negotiations at the IAEA concluded successfully on August 3 with a Board of Governors' agreement to approve an increase of 5.4 percent. The dozen statements from a wide range of Member States mostly focused on their "disappointment" with the end result. They also previe [...]
2009-08-03 14:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA369IAEA/IRAQ: WITH IRAN IN THE BACKGROUND DG
[...] (S) Following Iraq's ref request for Iraq to be added to the IAEA's September Board agenda for purposes of confirming Iraq's compliance with its safeguards agreement, IAEA DG ElBaradei sent a letter to the Iraqi Foreign Minister reiterating the Agency's 2008 Safeguards Implementation Report c [...]
2009-08-04 13:00:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IZ KNNP IR
09UNVIEVIENNA37IAEA/IRAN: THINKING ABOUT THE BOARD AT THE P5+1
[...] (S) The February 4 PolDirs meeting in Berlin will be an important opportunity to address the IAEA investigation Iran continues to block and possible steps to break the impasse at the March 2-5 IAEA Board of Governors. It is important to reaffirm P5 1 unity in this first Board meeting under the [...]
2009-01-30 14:38:00UNVIESECRETPREL PARM KNNP IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA370IAEA FLIRTS WITH TECHNICAL COOPERATION ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) As a result of a prior conversation with American and Cuban colleagues, Warren Stern, the head of the IAEA Incident and Emergency Center, believes the opportunity exists for U.S./Cuba collaboration on research in cytogenetic biodosimetry, a technique used to determine radiation exposure. [...]
2009-08-04 13:28:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY CU BEXP
09UNVIEVIENNA371ABDUL MINTY SKETCHES AGENDA FOR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 conversation with Charge, South African IAEA Governor Abdul Minty commented on U.S. priority issues for the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors and General Conference meetings, arguing that an objective for both sides should be healing the rift between developed and de [...]
2009-08-04 14:08:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA KNNP ENRG IR SA
09UNVIEVIENNA373IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: PROGRESS IN
[...] (SBU) IAEA and "Friends of SAL" met July 29-30 to provide Member States with an update on the Agency's Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (SAL) planning and needs. (Note: Friends of SAL is an informal group of Member States that closely follow the Secretariat's efforts to ensure a highly capab [...]
2009-08-05 10:05:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA374D/NCPC MEETING WITH IAEA DG-DESIGNATE AMANO
[...] (S//NF) Summary. Ambassador Kenneth Brill, Director of the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC),on August 5 met with IAEA Director General-designate, Yukiya Amano, to emphasize to Amano the U.S. government's commitment to support the IAEA in its efforts to ensure the safe, secure, an [...]
2009-08-06 11:05:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA377IAEA/DPRK: DG REPORT SUMMARIZING IAEA ACTIVITY
[...] (SBU) The Director General released his annual report on Application of Safeguards in the DPRK (GOV/2009/45-GC(53)/13) ahead of the September 2009 Board meeting and General Conference. The DPRK disallowed implementation of the ad hoc monitoring and verification arrangement in the DPRK on Apri [...]
2009-08-07 13:44:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA38FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2008 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...]
2009-01-30 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI UN
09UNVIEVIENNA380IAEA/ENERGY: HOW DOES THE IAEA FIT INTO THE UN ENERGY
[...] (U) After years of debate over the IAEA's proper role in nuclear power promotion, the Agency today enjoys broad agreement among Member States that the IAEA should encourage consideration of nuclear power as a sustainable energy option. To assist states in optimizing a national energy mix, IA [...]
2009-08-10 15:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG TRGY SENV EAID KNNP IAEA UNIDO
09UNVIEVIENNA384IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ONGOING EFFORTS AT CONSENSUS
[...] (C) Mission consultations with Israel, Egypt, France, the GC Presidency and others continue to reflect Arab League confidence that it can defeat a "no action motion" this year on its "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INC) resolution. For example, the Arabs claim to have prompted consensus within th [...]
2009-08-12 13:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS XF
09UNVIEVIENNA386WHITHER A U.S. VISION FOR FINANCING AND GOVERNING UNODC
[...] Summary: Following a year of difficult negotiations surrounding its creation, the UNODC working group on finance and governance issues (FinGov) is poised to hold its first meeting before mid September. With Cuban Ambassador Norma Goicochea Estenoz as one of FinGov's co-chairs, the U.S. faces [...]
2009-08-13 07:00:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM UNODC CU
09UNVIEVIENNA387IAEA RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL TO FORMALIZE NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA's Office of Nuclear Security (ONS)has accepted a USG proposal to formalize annual USG-IAEA/ONS nuclear security program review and planning meetings. ONS indicated that ONS top management would be available to participate in the first such meeting in October 2009, in W [...]
2009-08-13 13:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNNP TRGY AFIN ABUD AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA391IAEA/NA: AGENCY HAS A ROLE IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) Though most widely known to the general public as the nuclear nonproliferation watchdog agency, the IAEA is having an increasing impact on environmental policy. Most, if not all, of its activities in this area are focused on marine and terrestrial environmental issues, and are funneled thr [...]
2009-08-14 14:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AORC KNNP ENRG TRGY TPHY KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA393HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF
[...] (SBU) The following Pre-Launch Notification (PLN) was distributed 17 August 2009 by the Immediate Central Contact, Vienna to Focal Points of the HCOC Subscribing States (ref A) concerning a Republic of Korea PLN for the launch of a space launch vehicle (SLV) originally scheduled 30 July (reftel [...]
2009-08-18 07:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA397 IAEA/BOG: September Board Preview and Analysis
[...] (SBU) The traditional focus of the September 7-11 Board of Governors meeting is preparation for the IAEA General Conference (GC) the following week. The Board approves DG reports in core programmatic areas: nuclear safety, security and nuclear applications. However, we expect this will largel [...]
2009-08-21 15:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA399UNVIE Registers U.S. Intent on UNCITRAL with WEOG Chair
[...] Per reftel action request, on August 24 UNA officers raised the issue of U.S. reelection to the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) with Harry Macdonald, from the United Kingdom (UK) Permanent Mission, which is current WEOG Chair in Vienna. UNA officers previewed our intent to [...]
2009-08-24 15:19:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECIN ETRD PREL UN UNCITRAL
09UNVIEVIENNA40UK TO HOST MULTILATERAL FUEL ASSURANCES CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On January 27, a team from the British MFA and Department of Energy briefed Mission officers on plans for an upcoming conference on "Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle" on March 17-18, in London. The conference is in response a public promise the [...]
2009-02-03 07:51:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG ETTC IAEA IN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA400IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: SUPPORTING THE GC PRESIDENT,S
[...] (C) Like-minded Missions (Canada, U.S., Australia, Sweden, UK, France) meeting August 19 were generally supportive of GC President Macmillan's (New Zealand) effort to broker a single GC resolution on the Middle East. Sweden (EU Presidency) is cautiously optimistic that Egypt is open to the ide [...]
2009-08-24 15:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA402IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ARAB GROUP REJECTS GC PRESIDENT'S GOOD OFFICES
[...] (C) The Arab Group (Lebanon and Syria) flatly rejected General Conference President Macmillan's efforts toward a consensus single resolution on the Middle East, standing by the Arab League Ministerial directive for a separate resolution naming Israel. Although both Egypt and Israel were more [...]
2009-08-26 15:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP PARM PREL XF
09UNVIEVIENNA403SEEKING CREATIVE FUNDING FOR THE TOP U.S. INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Mission advises flexibility and creativity in current negotiations to create a new mechanism for reviewing implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),particularly relating to the issue of how the new mechanism will be funded. As negotiations reach the final stages, w [...]
2009-08-27 06:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA404SEEKING CREATIVE FUNDING FOR THE TOP U.S. INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Mission advises flexibility and creativity in current negotiations to create a new mechanism for reviewing implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),particularly relating to the issue of how the new mechanism will be funded. As negotiations reach the final stages, w [...]
2009-08-27 06:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA405NAS Officers' Consultations in Vienna: Keep Them Coming
[...] Summary. UNVIE welcomed the opportunity to host incoming Embassy Dushanbe Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Officer Anne Carson for August 11-12 consultations with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). NAS Carson met with a range of UNODC experts involved in programs in Afghanistan and Cent [...]
2009-08-27 07:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN KCRM SNAR OEXC
09UNVIEVIENNA41IAEA: SEMINAR ON GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY DEPICTS A
[...] (SBU) On January 26, the Permanent Mission of Japan in Vienna held a Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply. The seminar was attended by delegations from 63 countries including Canada, Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan and Australia, as well as numerous NGOs, academic and industry [...]
2009-02-03 11:50:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC PREL TRGY KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA410 IAEA/General Conference: Train wreck or New Dawn ?
[...] (SBU) Traditionally, the September 14-18 53rd IAEA General Conference (GC) serves as a platform for promoting U.S. priorities on core IAEA issues, nuclear safety and security, strengthened safeguards and peaceful use of nuclear energy. While we will continue to promote these priorities, we fea [...]
2009-08-28 13:51:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA413IAEA/EGYPT/GC: TIME RUNNING OUT ON GC PRESIDENT'S
[...] (SBU) During an introductory call on Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on August 31, Fawzi told Ambassador Davies that Egypt will circulate the text of its annual Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution "when Cairo is ready," and indicated he thought that could be as early as "this time next week." T [...]
2009-09-01 06:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA414IAEA/SYRIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR NONCOMPLIANCE?
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Director General's report levies strong criticism of Syria "severely impeding" the safeguards investigation, and underlines Syria's legal obligations in this regard; this lays helpful groundwork for next steps by the Secretariat and/or the Board of Governors. Howe [...]
2009-09-02 15:19:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA415COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site
[...] This cable reports discussions of On-Site Inspection (OSI) issues that took place during the first half of the thirty-third session of Working Group B (WGB-33),August 17 - 25. International Monitoring System (IMS) and International Data Centre (IDC) and OSI discussions taking place during th [...]
2009-09-03 06:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM AORC KTBT IR
09UNVIEVIENNA417IAEA/IRAN: JOINT P5+1 STATEMENT FOR IAEA BOARD OF
[...] (C) At a German-convened P5 1 meeting on September 4, Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy refused to discuss the German-proposed text for a joint P5 1 statement on the Iran issue at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting opening Monday, September 7. Over the course of nearly two hours, and seconded b [...]
2009-09-04 15:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA418IAEA/GC: MIDDLE EAST MORASS
[...] (C) The state of play on Middle East GC issues leading into the week of the September Board just before the IAEA General Conference is grim. GC President Macmillan's effort toward a consensus approach based on elements of a single resolution is on temporary life support, though she is not pre [...]
2009-09-04 16:16:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA419NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - FEW VOICES LIKELY TO RISE IN
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat will not release a discussion paper on assurance of nuclear fuel supply in time for the September meeting of the BoG, and few Member States other than the U.S. appear troubled over this inaction. The Board Chair wishes to avoid a re-heated version of the Jun [...]
2009-09-04 16:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY IAEA NAM
09UNVIEVIENNA42IAEA/SYRIA: POINTS REBUTTING IAEA INSPECTOR
[...] (S//NF) Msnoff met with a senior IAEA inspector involved in the Syria investigation on January 30, during which MsnOff provided reftel points on the Abushady interview in response to an earlier IAEA inquiry. The inspector said that he had been tasked to prepare an internal response to Abushad [...]
2009-02-03 12:05:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA422StaffDel Nunez-Neto Meeting with UNODC Terrorism Prevention
[...] SUMMARY: At the request of Congressional staff delegation (staffdel) Nunez-Neto, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) officials provided the staffdel with background information on its findings related to the production and trafficking of illicit drugs and insurgency or terrorist activities. [...]
2009-09-10 15:02:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR PTER UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA423UNIDO Formally Invites U.S. to December General Conference
[...] Summary. Attending the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 2009 bi-annual General Conference as an official observer, while demonstrating U.S. interest in learning more about the organization's work, is procedurally straightforward, involving a simple registration form and a namepla [...]
2009-09-11 12:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA424GAINING IAEA BOARD MAJORITY FOR RUSSIAN LEU
[...] (U) In their introductory meeting September 8, 2009, Ambassador Davies asked Russia's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Grigory Berdennikov, how he saw the state of play on the issue of assurance of nuclear fuel supply. Berdennikov said he was pleased Director General ElBaradei had referred encouragi [...]
2009-09-11 15:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY PARM KNNP IAEA RS IN PK
09UNVIEVIENNA425 IAEA/BOG: September Board Wrap-Up
[...] (SBU) USDEL to the September 7-10 Board of Governors met our core objectives with respect to spotlighting Iran and Syria's failure to comply with NPT safeguards. Despite an alarmist note struck by international media about Iran's breakout capability, Board delegations welcomed a moderated U.S. [...]
2009-09-14 14:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA426UNODC Lays Out Vision for Eventual Realignment
[...] SUMMARY: Encouraged by member states to think more thematically, yet constrained by its biennial program plan, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) management officials briefed the U.S. and select other member states on their latest attempts to rationalize UNODC's work, and their hopes to sec [...]
2009-09-14 15:08:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA427IAEA/DPRK: BOARD REMAINS CONCERNED OVER NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) The IAEA September Board of Governors registered grave concern over the DPRK's escalatory actions, particularly the September 4 letter to the President of the UN Security Council announcing the DPRK was in the "final stage" of enriching uranium and undertaking weaponization of newly ext [...]
2009-09-15 12:05:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA428NSC's Holgate Steers Vienna toward the Nuclear Security
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laura Holgate, NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction, visited Vienna to explain and build support for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in April (reftel). Holgate also laid the groundwork for the first "Sherpa Meeting" in the lead-up to the Summit, s [...]
2009-09-15 12:40:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL PTER KCRM IAEA ENRG TRGY UN
09UNVIEVIENNA429STATES PARTIES FACE OBSTACLES IN EFFORTS TO CREATE A NEW
[...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the period August 25 to September 4 to help promote implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). 2. During the Review of Implementation Working Group on August 25 to [...]
2009-09-16 15:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA43IAEA SAFEGUARDS: SUPPORTING NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES
[...] (S) The IAEA Safeguards Department's Division of Technical Support, Novel Technologies Unit (NTU) is compiling a database of all identifiable "indicators and signatures" of nuclear fuel cycle activity (including for weaponization of nuclear material). The NTU plans subsequently to undertake a [...]
2009-02-03 12:26:00UNVIESECRETAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA431IAEA - REPORT ON IAEA CONSULTANTS MEETING ON IAEA MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: A September 7-11 meeting of consultants from Member States concluded discussion and drafting of the IAEA document "Recommendations on the Security of Radioactive Material and Associated Facilities (RM)". Key points of discussion centered on scope of the document, boundary with the ot [...]
2009-09-21 13:37:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA433PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...]
2009-09-22 12:54:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KTBT PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA434IAEA SAFEGUARDS: "FUTURE OF THE AGENCY"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The two days of informal "Future of the Agency" discussions in the IAEA Board Room on the topic of "Safeguards and Verification" rehashed many North-South issues, with Iran voicing a list of complaints while the IAEA defended itself and Western allies insisted on the importance [...]
2009-09-22 16:03:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA435IAEA/IRAN: SEPTEMBER BOARD KEEPS THE SPOTLIGHT ON
[...] (SBU) The September 7 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran balanced between praising Tehran's recent cooperation with the IAEA and noting that more must be done. Although the usual Iran friendlies highlighted Tehran's decision to improve safeguards at Natanz and provide access to the [...]
2009-09-22 16:05:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA436PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...]
2009-09-22 16:05:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KTBT PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA437ASSESSING EGYPT'S ROLE AT THE IAEA GENERAL
[...] (C) Recognizing that avoiding deadlock would require a changed approach to the Middle East issues that have hijacked multiple IAEA General Conferences, I sought to make Egypt the linchpin of our diplomacy at last week's 150-nation gathering. I began the process the previous week by making a p [...]
2009-09-23 08:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP IS EG
09UNVIEVIENNA438IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST OUTCOMES: THE GOOD, THE BAD
[...] (C) Arab Group and Iranian triumphalism over the narrow passage (49-45-16) of the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolution should not eclipse two major positive outcomes on Middle East issues at the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference: U.S.-EU brokered agreement between Israel and Egy [...]
2009-09-23 11:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA EG IS IR
09UNVIEVIENNA439DECEMBER 2009 WMD TERRORISM WORKSHOP IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) circulated an updated draft agenda for their 01-03 December 2009 workshop in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, entitled "Workshop for Central Asian Countries on Non-Proliferation and International Lega [...]
2009-09-23 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN PTER KCRM TX
09UNVIEVIENNA44MOVING FORWARD ON THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
[...] (C) Summary. With the United States one of nine countries whose ratification is necessary for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to enter into force, the new Administration's promise of a change in US policy has drawn great attention in Vienna. Although good progress has been made in r [...]
2009-02-03 12:26:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KTBT PARM MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA440UNIDO DG Yumkella: UNIDO and U.S. Share Common Vision
[...] SUMMARY. The U.S. and UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) share common philosophies and visions when it comes to "greening" industry, improving the developing world's trade capacity and access to markets, and environmental sustainability, according to Director General Yumkella. In [...]
2009-09-23 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA441IAEA/SYRIA: DG RECEIVES MIXED SUPPORT AMONG BOARD
[...] (C) Summary. Despite a highly critical report by the Director General, Board members remained divided on the Syria agenda item at the September Board of Governors meeting. Like-minded countries' criticism of Syria for "severely impeding" the investigation and repeated calls for Syria to provi [...]
2009-09-23 15:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA442THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA MEETING IN VIENNA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Assistant to the President and U.S. Sherpa Gary Samore outlined the preliminary agenda of the Summit and solicited initial reactions from participants in a September 15 first Sherpa meeting. Samore explained to representatives of nearly all 37 Summit-invitee countries t [...]
2009-09-24 07:56:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY UN
09UNVIEVIENNA447IAEA/IRAN: INITIAL JUSCANZ REACTION TO QOM
[...] (C) Ambassador Davies briefed JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) counterparts, joined by Board-member ROK, September 28 on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility and solicited views on next steps at the IAEA. He stressed the imperative for immediate access by the IAEA, and [...]
2009-09-28 16:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA450 IAEA/General Conference: Resolutions Wrap-Up
[...] (SBU) Once again, and despite best efforts by USDEL, Middle East issues (ref a) overshadowed much of the substantive agenda of the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference. Among the five core technical resolutions referred to the Committee of the Whole, or COW, -- omnibus safety, nuclear appli [...]
2009-09-30 15:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA452 IAEA/General Conference: Side Events
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the 2009 IAEA General Conference several side events were scheduled by the Technical Cooperation (TC) and Nuclear Applications (NA) departments and the Office of Nuclear Security (ONS). Msnoffs attended four events of interest to the USG: 1) the unveiling of a new Technica [...]
2009-10-02 12:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA4532009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...]
2009-10-02 14:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA454Meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration -Revision
[...] (U) Summary. The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (on Arbitration) continues its revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The Working Group (WG),which had completed a second reading of Articles 1-26 at prior sessions, met in Vienna September 14-18, [...]
2009-10-02 14:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA455MEETING OF UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRATION - REVISION
[...] Summary. The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (on Arbitration) continues its revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The Working Group (WG),which had completed a second reading of Articles 1-26 at prior sessions, met in Vienna September 14-18, 200 [...]
2009-10-02 14:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA4562009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...]
2009-10-02 14:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA457IAEA/IRAN: CONSULTING BOARD MEMBERS ON QOM
[...] (C) Following outreach to JUSCANZ (ref a) and EU Ambassadors earlier in the week, P-3 Ambassadors/Charges continued consultations on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility September 30-Ocotober 1 with the majority of Board members, the Egyptian NAM Chair and Malaysian Board Chair Arshad [...]
2009-10-02 15:20:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA46 HELPING UNODC TO HELP AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Among issues handled by the UN Organization for Drugs and Crime (UNODC),none looms larger in the U.S. national interest than the Afghan narcotics trade and its impact undermining stability and contributing to terrorist activity in the region. UNODC's Afghanistan strategy compliments an [...]
2009-02-03 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF
09UNVIEVIENNA462UNODC OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN IRAN TOUGHER AFTER
[...] (C) UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Tehran Program Head Antonino de Leo emphasized recently that it is more difficult for him to carry out his job in Iran following the presidential elections. In addition to the challenges posed by international wariness regarding continued funding for [...]
2009-10-08 07:38:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR AF PAK SNAR
09UNVIEVIENNA465 COUNTRIES ADDRESS REVIEW AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental meetings from September 30 - October 2 in order to advance implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). 2. During the Expert Meeting on Review of Implementation (September 3 [...]
2009-10-09 10:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA467INL DAS VERVILLE AND BREAKING THE DEADLOCK ON A NEW
[...] In a whirlwind Vienna tour, INL DAS Elizabeth Verville hosted several meetings with key delegations in an effort to break the deadlock on creating a new anti-corruption review mechanism (reftel) for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). In meetings with Ambassadors from the key obstruc [...]
2009-10-14 07:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KCOR UN AU
09UNVIEVIENNA468UNCITRAL Sorieul Hails U.S. Support, More Needed
[...] UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) benefits from unwavering U.S. support, and hopes that it can count on the U.S. for support for an increased budget as well as political assistance in helping UNCITRAL strike the right balance between its technical work and political visibility [...]
2009-10-14 08:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA47NUCLEAR FUEL BANK ASSURANCES: THORNY ISSUE IN
[...] (C) Summary: The President and Secretary have publicly endorsed the establishment of an international nuclear fuel bank under the auspices of the IAEA, and advancing that goal is one of UNVIE's top priorities. A fuel bank would give the Agency the means in "last resort" circumstances to effe [...]
2009-02-03 16:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA474AMBASSADOR DAVIES' INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH UN OUTER SPACE
[...] SUMMARY: In his introductory call with UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) Director Mazlan Othman, Ambassador Davies received an overview briefing on OOSA programs, on the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG),UN Platform for Space-based Information for Disa [...]
2009-10-16 10:28:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNPUOS UNGA
09UNVIEVIENNA475 IAEA/General Conference - NRC Bilateral Meetings
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...]
2009-10-16 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA476 IAEA/General Conference: NRC Meetings with IAEA staff and
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...]
2009-10-16 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA477TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR: PRC AMBASSADOR SAYS
[...] (S) Summary: Chinese Ambassador Hu Xiaodi told Ambassador October 16 that China had expressed to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Baqeri its hope that the proposed IAEA deal to transfer Iranian LEU for further enrichment abroad and fabricate fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) would succ [...]
2009-10-16 16:06:00UNVIESECRETENRG PREL KNNP AORC IR RS FR CH
09UNVIEVIENNA478IAEA: AMANO READY FOR PRIME TIME
[...] (SBU) In several meetings with USG officials before he departed Vienna at the end of the IAEA General Conference, DG-designate Amano displayed remarkable congruence of views with us on conducting the Agency's missions in safeguards verification, nuclear security, and promoting peaceful uses of [...]
2009-10-16 16:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA48REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT FROM POST
[...] Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte requests permission for official travel 5-8 February 2009 to Munich, Germany, to attend the Munich Conference on Security Policy. Ambassador Schulte's contact information is: Mobile/Blackberry: 43-664-833-3955; email: SchulteGL@state.gov 2. During the Ambas [...]
2009-02-04 13:08:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA APER AFIN AMGT
09UNVIEVIENNA480 TEPID RESPONSE TO CHANGING GNEP TO INEF
[...] (U) Under cover of a short letter drawing from REFTEL background, Ambassador sent IAEA Director General ElBaradei October 19 the non-paper at para 12 of REFTEL. Msnoff concurrently shared non-paper with IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy officials to solicit comment. 2. (SBU) Hans Forsstro [...]
2009-10-20 16:09:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA481 IAEA DDG Constructive on Reframing GNEP
[...] (U) Updating and correcting remarks reported ref A para 4, IAEA group leader in the innovative reactor technology project Randy Beatty (U.S. cost free expert) confirmed to UNVIE that IAEA DDG/Nuclear Energy Sokolov had been communicating directly with the GNEP Steering Group Chair, DoE DAS McGi [...]
2009-10-21 08:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA482WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: SUCCESSFUL 2009 FALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Fall Experts Group (EG) successfully negotiated agreement on 20 of the 23 proposals tabled by the U.S. this year and withdrew the other three. Overall, the EG agreed to 26 national proposals at the Fall meeting, bringing t [...]
2009-10-21 14:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA487IRAN/TRR: INITIAL REACTION FROM JUSCANZ AND OTHER
[...] (C) Ambassador Davies reviewed the outcome of the pentagonal (Iran, Russia, France, U.S.) IAEA-led talks on refueling the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) and next steps in separate briefings with JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand plus ROK) October 22 and a subset of influential IAEA [...]
2009-10-23 17:04:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL IAEA KNNP IR
09UNVIEVIENNA49SECOND UNCAC WORKSHOP ON BRIBERY IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] On January 28-29, 2009, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the second open-ended experts workshop on International Cooperation between Public International Organizations and States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Workshop participants discussed ways to imp [...]
2009-02-05 12:02:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UN KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA491OPPONENTS TO IAEA 2011 BUDGET GROWTH MOBILIZING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech October 21 at the U.S. Institute for Peace, Secretary Clinton implied USG support for a further increase in the IAEA's budget and authorities. Formal negotiations among Member States to determine the 2011 level will not begin until later this winter, but the UK and [...]
2009-10-29 15:24:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA492CONTRARY TO PRESS CLAIM, IAEA IS NOT AWARE OF ANY
[...] (C) Safeguards Operations B Section Head Max Aparo and senior inspector Mohammed Lamari told MsnOff that the IAEA was unaware of any plans by Iraq to rebuild nuclear facilities. Haaretz internet news service had published an article October 28 indicating that Iraq had approached the IAEA for [...]
2009-10-29 15:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP IZ
09UNVIEVIENNA493IAEA/IRAN: SOUTH AFRICA,S MINTY SUGGESTS LEANING
[...] (S) On October 15, South African IAEA Board Governor Abdul Minty shared his opinions on Iranian nuclear strategy with MsnOff. On the proposal to fuel the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR),Minty commented that it will be good if Iran's LEU "goes away," so he is supportive of the TRR deal as he u [...]
2009-10-29 15:54:00UNVIESECRETPREL IR
09UNVIEVIENNA496 IAEA Uranium Mining and Milling Initiatives
[...] (U) With the resurgence of interest in nuclear power there is also a resurgence of interest in uranium mining. The IAEA recently launched an initiative on uranium mining and milling called the Uranium Production Site Appraisal Team (UPSAT) mission. UPSAT missions allow Member States to reque [...]
2009-11-02 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAROC IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA497 MIXED EXPECTATIONS FOR SALEHI'S RETURN TO IAEA
[...] (C) Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head, Ali Akbar Salehi, previously served in Vienna as Iran's Permanent Representative to the IAEA, thus many diplomats in Vienna already know him well. Although at least one IAEA official is optimistic that Salehi will bring greater cooperation from Ir [...]
2009-11-03 14:48:00UNVIESECRETPREL AORC SA IR KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA499IAEA/TC: Cooperation on Food Safety in Latin America and
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) efforts to advance nuclear applications for food security in Latin America are exemplary within the Agency for their regional integration and partnering, but much work lies ahead. Under TC Director for Latin America Juan Antonio Casas-Zamora's lead [...]
2009-11-04 15:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA5IAEA/RANF: DG CAUTIOUS ON NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo's ref (a) provides useful information on Japan's preparation of a full-day Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply, which will take place in the IAEA Board Room Monday, January 26. Mission provided the invitation and first notional program to DOS and DOE offices in mid-December [...]
2009-01-09 15:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA50IAEA/GAZA/DEPLETED URANIUM: ISRAEL RESPONDS
[...] (C) Following the IAEA's receipt of letters from the Arab group and from the Palestinians calling for IAEA assistance in the wake of alleged Israeli use of depleted uranium munitions (DU) in Gaza (see reftel),the IAEA Secretariat sent Israel a letter "inviting" Israel to submit "any comment [...]
2009-02-05 16:03:00UNVIESECRETAORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS
09UNVIEVIENNA500IAEA/TC: LATIN AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC
[...] (U) In order to solidify its relationship with the IAEA, members of the Regional Cooperative Agreement for the Advancement of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) agreed to a regional strategic profile (RSP) for 2007-2013 that serves as a basis for the prepa [...]
2009-11-05 12:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA504IAEA/TC: The U.S. Continues to Support Technical
[...] (U) Ambassador Davies met with IAEA Technical Cooperation DDG Cetto and TC Regional Directors October 30 to signal the USG's continued willingness to work closely with the TC Division and ensure sound project development and transparency of the TC Program. DDG Cetto spoke at length about the b [...]
2009-11-06 15:13:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA505IAEA NOVEMBER TACC/BOARD: PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The November 26-27 Board of Governors meeting will be the last Board session for Director General ElBaradei before handing over the reins to Yukiya Amano December 1. With this impetus to reflect on the institution, U.S. positions in the Board should be prefa [...]
2009-11-06 15:59:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA506ANYTHING LEFT TO SQUEEZE FROM THE IAEA'S "FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Member States are looking forward - some with relief - to the final session of the year-long Future of the Agency (FOA) process on November 19 - 20. The Brazilian chair of the process will circulate and then formally submit a report to the March Meeting of the Board of Governor [...]
2009-11-06 16:03:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA507IAEA/PACT: WHO ENVOY FOR CANCER PREVENTION NANCY BRINKER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WHO Envoy Ambassador Nancy Brinker spoke at a PACT-hosted event entitled "The Globalization of Cancer" on October 20, 2009, painting a picture of how cancer will increasingly burden low income and developing countries. Brinker also consulted IAEA officials about implementing the [...]
2009-11-09 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA509IAEA BUDGET: DEPUTY DG SHARES VIEWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Deputy Director General David Waller contributed his views on the 2011 budget process, focusing on issues of sequencing, financing capital investments, and building alliances among G8 countries. Waller described DG ElBaradei's recent meetings in Washington as "very positiv [...]
2009-11-09 14:09:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA51DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR GREGORY L. SCHULTE
[...] Ambassador Schulte departed post at 5:05 pm local time on Thursday, February 5, 2009. 2. DCM Geoffrey R. Pyatt will be Charge until his return. PYATT [...]
2009-02-06 09:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA APER AFIN AMGT
09UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/TC: G-77 LAUNCHES OFFENSIVE AGAINST RESULTS
[...] (C) On November 3 the G-77 transmitted a letter to the Chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors requesting the Secretariat to rescind a Secretariat proposed project to implement results-based management (RBM) for Technical Cooperation (TC) project development. The aim of the project is to he [...]
2009-11-10 15:17:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA518HCOC: TWO REMINDERS TO PROVIDE REVIEW OF POSITION
[...] (C) Summary. At two different meetings, diplomatic interlocutors recently inquired when the USG would complete the interagency review of its position on Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) reporting commitments (reftel, para 26). On both occasions, we replied that the review was still ongoing. Cont [...]
2009-11-13 09:11:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
09UNVIEVIENNA52DOUBLING THE IAEA BUDGET? WHERE TO PUT THE MONEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Administration's stated aim of doubling the IAEA's budget has ignited high expectations within the IAEA Secretariat and high anxiety among most other Member States. Anticipating a change in U.S. approach, DG ElBaradei has instructed managers to build significant increases in [...]
2009-02-06 14:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA521IAEA/SYRIA: TOUGH DG BOARD REPORT POINTS TO
[...] (SBU) The Director General's Syria report (GOV/2009/75) notes that "essentially, no progress has been made since the last report to clarify any of the outstanding issues relevant to the implementation of safeguards." The most significant development is that Syria has provided new explanations [...]
2009-11-16 16:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA522WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary: The October 13-15 General Working Group (GWG) meeting was notable for a lack of progress as a result of Russian intransigence. Russia continued to press its issues, primarily re-export control including language on destabilizing accumulations of conventional arms and its desire [...]
2009-11-17 08:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA524IAEA/IRAN: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) The Director General's (DG) November 16 report on Iran identifies a number of new issues of concern, including the disclosure of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) near Qom, and highlights Iran's continued failure to abide by UN Security Council and Board resolutions, including by [...]
2009-11-18 07:08:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA525UNCITRAL SECURED TRANSACTIONS NEGOTIATIONS NEARING
[...] Summary. Excellent progress was made during the November 2-6 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group (WG) discussions on a Supplement to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions ("the Guide") that deals with security rights in intellect [...]
2009-11-18 15:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA526 IAEA/BOARD: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:53:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA KNNP TRGY TU IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA527IAEA: URGENT RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Mission recommends Washington immediately instruct posts in selected IAEA Board capitals, consistent with Russian request, to try to secure co-sponsorship commitments for a resolution to approve the LEU reserve proposal to be considered by the IAEA Board of Gove [...]
2009-11-20 15:48:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA529IAEA/SYRIA/BOG TECHNICAL BRIEFING: AGENCY
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Technical Briefing on Syria did not yield many new details beyond those in the Director General's November 16 report. The Secretariat made its pitch for the need to continue the Al Kibar investigation, repeating its outstanding requests for specific Syrian cooperation. DCM as [...]
2009-11-20 16:09:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA SY
09UNVIEVIENNA53IAEA/MARCH BOARD: LIKE-MINDED PERSPECTIVES ON IRAN
[...] (S) At an Australian-hosted meeting February 4, like-minded Ambassadors (EU3, U.S., Canada, Japan, New Zealand) saw little prospect of a Board resolution on either Iran or Syria. No one is advocating a March Board resolution on Iran so long as Russia and China's stances remain unchanged. Fra [...]
2009-02-06 15:33:00UNVIESECRETPARM PREL AORC IAEA KNNP IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA530IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) On November 18, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG)November 16 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on the IAEA's inspection of the Fordow Fue [...]
2009-11-20 16:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA531IAEA/NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE: RUSSIAN-U.S. JOINT
[...] (SBU) Russian IAEA Governor Berdennikov and resident Ambassador Zmeyevskiy hosted Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, group meetings to discuss the IAEA Board agenda item "Establishment of a physical reserve of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) in Russia." Beside U.S. Ambassador Davies (both d [...]
2009-11-23 13:51:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA532IAEA/IRAN: BOARD MOVES TOWARD FIRST RESOLUTION
[...] (S) Summary: At a German-hosted P5 1 HOMs meeting November 24, Russia agreed to proceed with a Board of Governors resolution on Iran based on the German elements discussed in Brussels. In contrast to Russian flexibility, Chinese Ambassador Hu was still uninstructed and was surprised at the p [...]
2009-11-23 16:06:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP IR
09UNVIEVIENNA535IAEA/BOG - RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FUEL RESERVE APPROVED
[...] (U) Summary: The years-long IAEA debate over the creation of an international nuclear fuel reserve finally came to a head at the Board of Governors' Thanksgiving session. Rather than have the Board act on a Secretariat recommendation, Russia chose the tactic of seeking approval of its plan by [...]
2009-11-30 16:59:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP AORC TRGY IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA536IAEA:REPLACEMENT NEEDED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (C) UNVIE requests development of a U.S. position on a candidate to replace Deputy Director General Taniguchi as the head of the Department of Safety and Security at IAEA. The current DDG,s contract ends August 2010, but will leave office sooner. IAEA Director General-elect Amano could make [...]
2009-12-01 14:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA537IRAN TO PRESIDE AS PRESIDENT OF UNIDO GENERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nominated by Asia Group without objection, Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh is poised to be elected by acclamation at the upcoming December 7-11 UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference. Along with Iran's upcoming chairmanship of the Commission o [...]
2009-12-01 15:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA538IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CRITICIZE FAILURES
[...] (SBU) The main event in the November 26-27 Board session was the adoption of the first Board resolution on Iran since February 2006 with the support of all P5 1 partners and by an overwhelming vote of 25-3-6 abstentions, with one absence (septel). Leading up to this, the Board debate on the [...]
2009-12-02 14:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA539IAEA/SYRIA: DIVIDED BOARD REMAINS SEIZED OF THE
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors November 27 formally addressed Syria for the fifth time in as many boards. Despite a critical report by the Director General noting no progress on the Dair Alzour investigation and mounting questions on uranium traces at the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor th [...]
2009-12-02 15:08:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA54GUIDANCE DELIVERED ON UNGASS REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Charge delivered verbatim reftel points to CND chairperson Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi on USG support for needle exchange programs as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce HIV/AIDS. Per r [...]
2009-02-06 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA540STAFFDEL KESSLER EXAMINES IRAN, SYRIA, AND
[...] (S) Summary: HFAC staffers Richard Kessler and David Fite received from IAEA Secretariat November 10 information on the Iran case that tracked with the tone of the subsequent Director General's reporting on Iran to the Board of Governors. The STAFFDEL heard that contact with Iran over "possible mil [...]
2009-12-02 17:17:00UNVIESECRETPREL KNNP AORC IR SY KN IN
09UNVIEVIENNA541IAEA Budget Kick-Off Reveals Old Fissures, New Rifts
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the Budget Working Group was short and perfunctory, but elicited four telling statements from the G-77, EU, U.S., and Canada. Subsequent conversations also revealed much about the issues facing Member States as they aim for intense budget negotiations Januar [...]
2009-12-03 08:59:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA PREL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA544IAEA/IRAN: BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution censuring Iran's nuclear program on November 27 , marking the first time since Iran was referred to the UN Security Council in February 2006 that the Board has taken formal action on Iran. The German-sponsored resolution had the support [...]
2009-12-03 15:10:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA545IO A/S BRIMMER,S FIRST CALL ON DG AMANO AND
[...] (C) IO A/S Esther Brimmer, accompanied by IO DAS Nerissa Cook, was among the first to welcome newly instated IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on his first day in office December 1. She assured Amano of full U.S. support to make his tenure a success, for which Amano was grateful. Amano outl [...]
2009-12-04 08:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA546IAEA: NOVEMBER 2009 TACC AND BOARD TC WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 08:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA547PC524: CTBTO 33RD SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY
[...] (U) Summary. The 33rd Session of the Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO proceeded more smoothly than expected. There was little discussion of the recommendations coming to the PrepCom from Working Group B (WGB) and Working Group A (WGA),and the PrepCom approved all recommendations quickly [...]
2009-12-04 12:15:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM AORC KTBT
09UNVIEVIENNA548Paris Pact Partners Launch Next Phase of Cooperation to
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted from November 26-27 a meeting of the 7th Policy Consultative Group of the Paris Pact Initiative during which more than 50 Paris Pact partners agreed to launch in 2010 the third phase of cooperation to target trafficking and consumption of [...]
2009-12-04 12:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA549 IAEA/BOG: North Korea and Other Issues at the November
[...] (SBU) The November 26-27 Board of Governors session concluded with two significant accomplishments: passage of a resolution formally censuring Iran's nuclear program by more than a two-thirds vote (25-3-6 abstain, 1 absent),the first such resolution to be adopted since the February 2006 referr [...]
2009-12-04 12:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY NK
09UNVIEVIENNA55IAEA: DG RACE UPDATE
[...] (S) Japanese IAEA Governor Amano told Ambassador Schulte February 4 he was "more optimistic" as to his ability to clinch the two-thirds vote required for election as Director General. With the Board Chair having nearly completed her consultations, 13 countries claimed to be undecided but among [...]
2009-02-06 16:12:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA550Major Donors to UNODC Agree to More Systematic
[...] SUMMARY: At a November 30 meeting convened by the UK Mission to international organizations in Vienna the "Major Donor" countries to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agreed to increase systematic coordination with one another. The U.S. delegation, led by IO Assistant Secretary Esther [...]
2009-12-04 12:46:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UNCND
09UNVIEVIENNA551RSA GAME TO PROMOTE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS, LATER; GUMBI
[...] (U) Summary: Mission reached out to South African counterparts upon receipt of reftel and will continue efforts in Vienna to collaborate in recruiting further states to sign and implement Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements with the Additional Protocol or, as appropriate, to modify existing Sm [...]
2009-12-07 15:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL TRGY KTIA SF XA IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA553AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAN DESCRIBES ELECTIONS AS
[...] (C) Summary. On December 3, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on his final calls on Iranian officials as he left post. He noted that former Presidents Khatami and Rafsanjani both had extracted themselves from the normal political scene and [...]
2009-12-09 13:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR AU AORC KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA555IAEA: DG AMANO CITES SAFEGUARDS AND BUDGET
[...] (S) U/S for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher, accompanied by Special Assistant Jim Timbie, pledged full U.S. support to newly instated IAEA Director General Amano in an introductory call December 4. Amano confirmed his planned trip to Washington January 11-12 and welcome [...]
2009-12-10 08:39:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP TRGY PREL UN JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA556Increasing U.S. Representation in Vienna-Based
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. representation at the IAEA was at 11.2% percent as of November 5, 2009, with U.S. citizens holding 84 of 749 positions subject to geographical distribution. While the percentage of Americans at the IAEA has decreased slowly over the past several years, the most recent num [...]
2009-12-11 09:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KNNP IAEA UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA557FUTURE OF THE AGENCY SPUTTERS BUT WON'T GO OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 19 final meeting of the Future of the Agency (FOA) broke no new ground, though it did provide yet another platform for Iran to bemoan "some Member States' insistence on politicizing the IAEA." The remaining time was dedicated to the question of Board composition an [...]
2009-12-11 14:47:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA558 APPROVED BUT AUSTERE UNODC BUDGET PREVENTS UNODC FROM
[...] SUMMARY: In a starkly worded assessment, Executive Director Antonio Costa indicated that the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) cannot honor the UN's commitments to fight drug control, crime, corruption and terrorism -- together forming one of the Secretary General's eight priorities for 20 [...]
2009-12-14 08:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UNCND
09UNVIEVIENNA559WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON
[...] (U) Request for guidance from the December 2-3, 2009 Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary decision on the Head of Secretariat. A detailed reporting cable on the Plenary will follow. Guidance request para 7. 2. (SBU) The 2009 WA Plenary ended with a consensus decision extending the term of cur [...]
2009-12-14 14:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA56IAEA: SOUTH AFRICA WILLING TO GIVE UP U.S. ORIGIN HEU
[...] (SBU) Acting on REFTEL A, Ambassador Schulte passed the USG non-paper on security of nuclear and radiological material to South Africa's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Abdul Minty, on February 4 during a lunch meeting. Ambassador Minty expressed gratitude for the offer and said he was open to coope [...]
2009-02-09 10:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF
09UNVIEVIENNA560Assistant Secretary Brimmer Meets with UNODC, UNIDO
[...] Summary. In December 1 meetings with Antonio Costa, Executive Director of UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),and Kandeh Yumkella, the Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer [...]
2009-12-15 07:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA561U/S TAUSCHER DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH CTBTO EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Tauscher met December 4 with Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth in Vienna. The main discussion topic was the prospect of ratification of the Treaty in the U.S. Senate. Tauscher told ExecSec Toth that the President's [...]
2009-12-15 11:28:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM AORC KTBT
09UNVIEVIENNA563IAEA: THE AMANO TRANSITION, SITREP 1
[...] (U) UNVIE will report in weekly to bi-weekly installments, or as events warrant, on the personnel and management transition at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under its new Director General. This is the first telegram in a series that will extend into early 2010. 2. (SBU) D [...]
2009-12-15 12:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP JP AR
09UNVIEVIENNA564GUIDANCE REQUEST ON MONGOLIAN NWFZ
[...] (C) Following the November Board session in which Mongolia supported both the Board resolution censuring Iran and the Russian LEU bank resolution, Mongolian Ambassador Enkhsaikhan approached Ambassador Davies December 11 on the longstanding issue of the establishment of a Mongolian Nuclear Weap [...]
2009-12-15 14:16:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA MG
09UNVIEVIENNA567IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: SECOND
[...] (SBU) The IAEA hosted on December 7 a successful second workshop on the Agency's upgrades to its Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL). The Clean Laboratory Extension (CLE) is fully funded and should be completed by the end of 2010. This extension will house the Japanese-funded Large Geom [...]
2009-12-16 09:11:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA568IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: YEAR-END ROUND-UP OF DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 25, Msnoff and STATE/ISN colleagues met with Neville Whiting, IAEA Section Head responsible for implementing safeguards in the United States, to discuss prospects for safeguards implementation at the Louisiana Energy Services (LES - a U.S. subsidiary of Urenco) gas [...]
2009-12-16 14:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG AORC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA57IAEA TO PROPOSE LARGE BUDGET INCREASE FEBRUARY 13
[...] (U) This a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Top officials at the IAEA have informed Mission they will propose a 20 percent increase in the IAEA budget when the 2010-2011 draft budget document is released on Friday, February 13 (strictly protect). Mission reques [...]
2009-02-09 12:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA5702010: VIENNA,S YEAR OF IRAN?
[...] (C) This is an ACTION request. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) As we enter a new year in dealing with Iran across the UN organizations in Vienna, we thought it useful to take stock of where we stand at the end of 2009 and how that will affect the way forward [...]
2009-12-16 16:49:00UNVIESECRETPREL KNNP IR SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA571MEETING WITH IAEA TO DEMO URANIUM DATABASE AND
[...] (S) Summary: At a December 9 meeting, IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards (DDG) Heinonen reaffirmed the IAEA's long-term willingness to participate with the U.S. in a joint effort to maintain a database of global signatures of uranium yellowcake (and other forms of uranium). Represent [...]
2009-12-17 09:10:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA572UNIDO GENERAL CONFERENCE: YUMKELLA WINS REELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Working-level Mission Officers and Acting UN Counselor attended the December 7 - 11 UNIDO General Conference as informal guests, sitting at the rear and dispensing with name plates. The overall tone of the five-day Conference was positive. Resolutions reflected this year's th [...]
2009-12-17 11:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA573WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: PLENARY REPORT DECEMBER 2-3
[...] (C) Summary: Changes to the controls lists continues to be the strong success story of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary meetings. Russian intransigence on policy issues remains the stumbling block to progress on Best Practices. The Russian head of delegation (Grigory Mashkov) refused to [...]
2009-12-17 12:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA574MEETING WITH IAEA TO DEMO URANIUM DATABASE AND
[...] (S//NF) Summary: At a December 9 meeting, IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards (DDG) Heinonen reaffirmed the IAEA's long-term willingness to participate with the U.S. in a joint effort to maintain a database of global signatures of uranium yellowcake (and other forms of uranium). Repre [...]
2009-12-17 14:34:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA575GNEP INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP DRAWS BROAD
[...] Summary: The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Infrastructure Development Working Group (IDWG) held its fifth meeting December 9-10, 2009, in Vienna, under U.S. chairmanship. Approximately 85 representatives from GNEP partner and observer countries, the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]
2009-12-18 09:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA577IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: REQUEST TO SUPPORT ROBUST OPEN
[...] (C) In November 12 meeting, Michael Barletta (AmCit),Senior Safeguards Information Analyst in the Division of Information Management, described assistance he would like from the United States to support the IAEA in undertaking the open source information collection and analysis necessary to u [...]
2009-12-18 10:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA578INL A/S JOHNSON MEETINGS ON AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (C) During a brief stopover in Vienna, INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson met on December 9 with UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa and with UNODC officials involved in regional and bilateral counternarcotics (CN) work with Iran. Ambassador Davies a [...]
2009-12-18 11:44:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPGOV UN KCRM UNODC IR
09UNVIEVIENNA58IAEA/IRAQ: DISPOSITION OF IRAQI DOCUMENTS AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Reflecting U.S. concerns regarding the sensitivity and security of old INVO documents, records and hardware still stored at the IAEA, the U.S. (DOE) recently funded U.S. expert Bill Domke (DOE/LLNL) to conduct a preliminary review of the records and provide a recommendation on [...]
2009-02-10 14:31:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNAORC IAEA PARM PREL KNNP IZ
09UNVIEVIENNA582UNCITRAL Working Group on Procurement Makes Progress
[...] SUMMARY. At its December 7-11 meeting, the UNCITRAL Working Group on Procurement made significant progress in a second reading of the current draft revisions to the 1994 Model Law, but did not cover all of the articles. The remaining articles should be addressed at the next meeting in Apri [...]
2009-12-22 13:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAU AORC EINV ETRD UN UNCITRAL
09UNVIEVIENNA583AMANO'S METHODICAL, "SOFT" WAY FORWARD ON FUEL BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: DG Amano told EU Ambassadors the process for further considering an IAEA-administered international nuclear fuel bank (INFB) should be transparent; decisions on how to move forward rested with the Board Chair and Member States. A Secretariat paper addressing implementation issu [...]
2009-12-22 13:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA59IAEA/U.S. SAFEGUARDS: IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S.
[...] (SBU) IAEA Safeguards Department Operations B Director Herman Nackaerts and Section Head Chris Charlier are anxious to schedule discussions with the USG in advance of the U.S. submitting our Additional Protocol (AP) declaration, due on the 4th of July, 2009. The Safeguards Department had req [...]
2009-02-11 08:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENGR IAEA KNNP CVIS TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA6PARIS PACT BREAKS NEW GROUND
[...] (SBU) The Sixth Policy Consultative Group Meeting of the Paris Pact Initiative was held in Vienna December 15-16, 2008. African states participated in this annual meeting for the first time. Members reviewed the 2008 roundtables and approved three for 2009. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Mar [...]
2009-01-12 12:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN AF FR IR CA PK UN RS ZK
09UNVIEVIENNA60IAEA/IRAN: EU3 REACT TO DRAFT BOARD STATEMENT
[...] (C) Charge shared a draft P5 1 Board statement with EU3 counterparts, who reacted cautiously. Although supportive in principle, the EU3 see no prospect of success in Vienna absent strong confirmation of PolDir agreement to pursue such a statement. Already the Russian PermRep has told German A [...]
2009-02-11 16:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA61IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY PUSHING FOR JUNE VOTE
[...] (C) Summary: With the date for an election of the next IAEA Director General still undecided, South African candidate Abdul Minty has told us that in line with his campaign plan he will push to defer any vote until June -- which would be too late to develop a new slate of candidates in the eve [...]
2009-02-12 11:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA62RESPONSE TO ANNUAL STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND BUDGET DATA
[...] AS PER REFTEL, POST SENT RESPONSE TO TASKER VIA FAX ON 04 FEB 09 AND BY UNCLASSIFIED POUCH ON 12 FEB 09. REGISTRATION NUMBER IS: 3049670. 2. POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS IS UNA COUNSELOR, SOCHING TSAI WHO CAN BE REACHED VIA EMAIL AT: TSAIS@STATE.GOV OR BY TELEPHONE: 011-43-1-31339-4751. [...]
2009-02-12 11:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER AU
09UNVIEVIENNA63IAEA: TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR EU REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) As many governments have observed, member states funding the IAEA's Technical Cooperation program should have more control and oversight over project design and implementation. The program's opacity and confounding organization were illustrated most recently in a review of Board-approve [...]
2009-02-12 12:36:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA64ADVOCATING NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, Charge approached CND chair Ambassador Ashipala on Friday, Feb 6 to explain change in the USG position regarding the ongoing UNGASS review negotiations (Ref B). On the same day Missionoffs shared with Russia and Japan highlights of the new USG position: support fo [...]
2009-02-13 15:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA65IAEA PROPOSES UNPRECEDENTED, 23 PERCENT BUDGET
[...] (U) The IAEA released its biennial budget document on February 15, proposed an unprecedented, 23 percent increase. The increase would bring the IAEA regular budget from just under 300 million Euros in 2009 to 368 million in 2010 and 383 million in 2011. The proposed increase is split roughly [...]
2009-02-17 13:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA67IAEA MARCH BOARD: PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 16:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA68BEIJING CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PROMISES TO BE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A brief conference update was presented by the IAEA and the Permanent Mission to China to showcase the upcoming International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy for the 21st Century in Beijing, China on April 20-22, 2009. A Chinese rep expanded upon conference logistics as [...]
2009-02-18 17:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA69IAEA: JOINT STATE/DOE LETTER URGING DG TO LEAD ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Both the President and Secretary have publicly endorsed the establishment of an international nuclear fuel bank (INFB) under the auspices of the IAEA. Our strategy to establish a fuel bank has three elements: 1) encouraging DG ElBaradei to resume a leadership role; 2) move one [...]
2009-02-19 12:59:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA7 FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22
[...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...]
2009-01-12 14:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA71IAEA/SYRIA: DIRECTOR GENERAL REPEATS CALL FOR
[...] (SBU) The Director General's February 19 report on Syria's undeclared nuclear activities is more categorical than his November report in re-focusing the Agency's nearly year-long investigation on Syrian noncooperation. Most importantly, the report debunks the Syrian red-herring allegation [...]
2009-02-20 13:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA72UNODC Financial Crisis: Tough Choices But Silver Lining?
[...] (SBU) Unexpected declines in UNODC's General Purpose Fund (GPF) contributions have created a financial crisis within the UNODC. Compounding that assessment are interest losses stemming from the world financial crisis and the inherent difficulties associated with managing an exploding Special P [...]
2009-02-20 14:08:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM EAID UN
09UNVIEVIENNA73IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS TEHRAN,S CONTINUED LACK OF
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Director General's (DG) February 19 report on Iran describes the dichotomy between Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA -- the stalled investigation on possible military dimensions (PMD) issues and the refusal to allow IAEA access to some declared nuclear facilities -- an [...]
2009-02-20 14:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA74IAEA BUDGET KICK-OFF LESS CONTENTIOUS THAN
[...] (U) Summary: The IAEA opened 2010-2011 budget negotiations with an informal presentation on February 20. Most Member States expressed concern over the size of the proposed increase, but were not as aggressive as Mission had expected. Members of the G-77 took particular issue with the proposed [...]
2009-02-20 14:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA75POLITICS SATURATE OPENING OF "FUTURE OF THE
[...] (U) Summary: The initial meeting of the year-long, Future of the Agency (FOA) process got off to a disappointing - if predictable - start. Most Member States had not given thought to specific issues and their statements were overtly political and unconstructive. Only the U.S. and Canada offe [...]
2009-02-20 15:03:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL
09UNVIEVIENNA76IAEA: MOVING NUCLEAR SECURITY INTO THE MAINSTREAM
[...] (SBU) In 2001, shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the IAEA Board of Governors began a process of strengthening the Secretariat's role in preventing nuclear terrorism. The Agency has since adopted a "Nuclear Security Plan," the latest version of which expires at the end of 2009. [...]
2009-02-20 15:45:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PTER
09UNVIEVIENNA77 CALLING COSTA ON UNODC REORGANIZATION
[...] (U) Ambassador contacted UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on February 23 and delivered points in Ref A, noting in particular that the USG sought to maintain the current balance between the normative work of the Division of Treaty Affairs (DTA) and the programmatic work of the Division of [...]
2009-02-23 15:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN
09UNVIEVIENNA78COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site
[...] (SBU) Summary: REFTEL requested U.S. Delegation provide detailed reporting of the on-site inspection (OSI) discussions at Working Group B (WGB)-32 of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. As instructed delegation was primarily in a listening and information gathering mode, and avoided [...]
2009-02-24 15:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM AORC KTBT IR
09UNVIEVIENNA8NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND
[...] (U) Mission shared sanctions decision information with senior IAEA officials and disseminated the Department's media note to PA contacts. Ambassador reached Director General ElBaradei by phone to brief personally on the announcement. In response to the DG's questions, the Ambassador confirmed [...]
2009-01-12 16:44:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EFIN PREL MNUC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA80REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS AT
[...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Per reftel, the simmering issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) may come to the fore sooner rather than later. A Canadian contribution of nearly 4 million USD for the Nuclear Security Fund is on hold pending release of an official PSC policy, and there is so [...]
2009-02-25 13:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
09UNVIEVIENNA82IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING IS SOUNDING BOARD
[...] (SBU) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) report on Iran that largely repeated the same points covered in the report, but also offered a more detailed explanation about how the "error" on the additional l [...]
2009-02-25 17:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA83UK BACKING OFF "PRINCIPLES" AT MARCH 17-18 NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] (SBU) IAEACouns shared ref a points with British Deputy Head of Mission Carol Cliff February 23. Cliff confirmed her general agreement with U.S. reservations about the adoption of a statement of principles at the March 17-18 London conference "Multilateral Approaches to the Fuel Cycle." "If a [...]
2009-02-26 06:47:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA84IAEA/SYRIA TECHNICAL BRIEFING: SYRIA REJECTS IAEA
[...] (SBU) The IAEA's technical briefing on Syria, ahead of the March 2-6 Board of Governors meeting, reviewed the Agency's case for concerns of a nuclear reactor under construction at the Al-Kibar site. In a refreshingly unambiguous briefing, the IAEA presented new uranium findings, doubling the [...]
2009-02-26 07:26:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA85Iran Poised to Chair 2010 Session of the UN Commission on
[...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INR and NEA, see Para 13. 2. (SBU) The chairmanship of the 2010 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will rotate to the Asia Group. Iran has announced to the Group its intention to pursue the position. If no other Asian country seeks the chairmanship [...]
2009-02-27 10:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UN IR
09UNVIEVIENNA86VIENNA PERMREPS URGE U.S. ACTION ON CTBT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent lunches, eighteen Vienna PermReps provided Ambassador their advice to the new Administration on advancing the multilateral agenda here, especially in the IAEA. Common themes and thought-provoking perspectives, especially from NAM/G-77 counterparts, include [...]
2009-02-27 10:50:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC TRGY MNUC KNNP XF
09UNVIEVIENNA87IAEA/INDIA - INDIA'S ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL: A
[...] (C) The IAEA has added to the Board agenda for next week an Additional Protocol (AP) for India. The document was circulated for Member State consideration mid-day Thursday, 26 February. The draft text basically contains an obligation to provide limited reporting on exports to non nuclear we [...]
2009-02-27 11:25:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
09UNVIEVIENNA89SENIOR SENATE INVESTIGATOR WALKS THE HALLS OF
[...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senior Investigator Doug Frantz relied on his journalistic experience and extensive network of contacts to conduct an unconventional, one-man staffdel to Vienna February 9 - 13. Engaged by SFRC Chairman John Kerry (whom he knew in connection to t [...]
2009-03-04 09:55:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL PARM TRGY JA
09UNVIEVIENNA9IAEA; WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Schulte presented IAEA Director General ElBaradei with the U.S. instrument of ratification for the Additional Protocol on January 6, 2009. Ambassador used the occasion to query the DG on priorities for the remainder of ElBaradei's tenure (November 30, 2009),in particular how he m [...]
2009-01-13 07:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNPP IR SY TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA90NEW RUSSIAN MOOD MUSIC AT IAEA BOARD MEETING
[...] (C) The just-concluded March 2 - 5 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors saw a striking improvement in the tone and content of US-Russian cooperation on our nonproliferation agenda. The most important result of this was the joint statement of the P5 1 delegations on Iran -- the first such st [...]
2009-03-05 13:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA SY IR RU
09UNVIEVIENNA91IAEA/DPRK: SUPPORT FOR SIX-PARTY PROCESS AND
[...] (SBU) North Korea has been on the agenda of every IAEA Board of Governors meeting since inspectors were kicked out of the country in December 2002. For the March 2009 Board meeting no written report was issued by the Secretariat on this item, and the Director General's introductory remarks w [...]
2009-03-06 13:36:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA92IAEA/SYRIA: SYRIA OFFERS NO FURTHER COOPERATION TO
[...] (SBU) The March 4 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations on Syria broke down along similar lines as past Board discussion of this issue. Although the Director General and a majority of Board members (21 of 33 Board members) called for cooperation by Syria, NAM standard bearers Egypt, Cuba and [...]
2009-03-06 14:13:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA93IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES TEHRAN TO COOPERATE
[...] (SBU) A joint six-country (P5 1) statement on Iran, the first of its kind at an IAEA Board of Governors meeting, had a salutary effect on the tenor of the March 3 Board deliberations on Iran. This statement of unity took Board members and Iran by surprise and the majority of the Board wel [...]
2009-03-06 14:50:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA94IAEA/MARCH BOARD: DG ELECTION SET FOR MARCH 26-27
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 14:59:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA95IAEA MARCH 2009 BOARD OF GOVERNORS: AOB DISCUSSION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Renewed leadership by the Director General, announcements of financial pledges, and calls for more dialogue from potential beneficiary states advanced us toward future IAEA Board action to implement reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) mechanisms under IAEA auspices. The Boar [...]
2009-03-06 15:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA96 IAEA: MARCH BOARD WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) USDEL was broadly successful in using the March 2-5, 2009 IAEA Board of Governors meeting as a platform to enunciate the new Administration's support for the IAEA and renewed commitment to multilateral cooperation. U.S. interventions conveyed the overarching objective of building a robus [...]
2009-03-06 15:41:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA97CND: MORALES TO REQUEST DELISTING OF COCA LEAF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 14:30:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID PREL UN BL
09UNVIEVIENNA99 ANTI-CRIME VISION FOR UNODC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of this week's high-level meeting in Vienna on anti-drug issues, Antonio Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),issued a paper that paints a broad picture for UNODC's anti-crime work. On March 5, he provided a preview and briefing on this pape [...]
2009-03-10 13:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UN KCRM UNODC
10UNVIEVIENNA11IAEA SAFEGUARDS: IAEA Request for Continued AFTAC Support
[...] (SBU) Mission received the letter below requesting continued AFTAC support at current contractual levels of 450 samples per year. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Mission strongly recommends continued support for this critical safeguards mission and requests guidance for responding to IAEA. B [...]
2010-01-20 07:10:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY AORC KNNP MNUC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA12FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2009 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...]
2010-01-20 15:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI UN
10UNVIEVIENNA15IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 3
[...] (SBU) On January 8, Mission staff consulted with IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Safety and Security (DDG/NS) Taniguchi on his plans. Taniguchi was very forthcoming and stated that he planned to stay as DDG until his contract runs out in August 2010. He said he did not think he was [...]
2010-01-22 10:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC KNNP PINR IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA16NPT REVCON: EGYPT UNMOVED BY ISRAELI OVERTURE ON
[...] (S) Summary: According to a January 21 readout from Israeli Ambassador Azoulay, an Israeli-Egyptian bilat on NPT Revcon and related IAEA General Conference Middle East issues registered no substantive progress. Azoulay said he repeated Israeli National Security Advisor Arad's late December app [...]
2010-01-22 16:27:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM IAEA KTBT IS EG SY
10UNVIEVIENNA17IAEA/PACT: Assessment of PACT's Function
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 16:34:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA2IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 2: MANAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the second report in UNVIE's new series on IAEA personnel changes. Further complicating DG Amano's pending decision on appointing a DDG for Nuclear Safety and Security are the organizational issue of whether to elevate Nuclear Security as a department under its own DDG, [...]
2010-01-04 14:42:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP PINR IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA21US-EU CONSULTS: POST- LISBON EU FINDING ITS
[...] (SBU) The Spanish and EU Missions (Ambassadors Jose Luis Rosello Serra and Lars-Erik Lundin, respectively) co-hosted semiannual US-EU consultations on issues related to Vienna-based international organizations January 22; these were the first bilateral consultations held by the amalgamated EU/ [...]
2010-01-28 10:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM SNAR IAEA KNNP KTNBT UNCND EUN
10UNVIEVIENNA24TURKISH AMBASSADOR INDICATES IRAN STAGNANT ON
[...] (C) In a January 12 conversation with DCM and poloff, Turkish Ambassador Bayer gave a readout of the Iran discussion at the recent Turkish Ambassador's conference in Ankara and his take on the Iranian issue more generally. Bayer noted that he took part in a four-hour working group on Iran at [...]
2010-02-01 10:10:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR TU PARM
10UNVIEVIENNA26IAEA's Budget Working Group Fulfills a Promise - But Little
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Budget Working Group (BWG) January 13-15 allowed a refreshingly non-polemical discussion on IAEA programs, but fell short of Geneva Group hopes to identify programs for emphasis or de-emphasis in the IAEA's 2011 budget. In contrast to Geneva Group readiness, the G-77 did no [...]
2010-02-01 14:45:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN
10UNVIEVIENNA30INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK -- AMANO ADVANCING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IAEA Secretariat released its Note on Assurance of Supply January 28 and will offer a technical briefing February 12 to elaborate on that document. Fuel bank point man Tariq Rauf received from us the same day the proposed elements for a Recommended Action that USG favors DG Amano [...]
2010-02-02 15:54:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALTRGY ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA KZ
10UNVIEVIENNA31PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT -- DG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear Security Sous-Sherpa Holgate briefed IAEA DG Amano on the schedule and format of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit, including Amano's role as "animator" of the leaders' lunchtime discussion on the IAEA's role. Amano affirmed his brief intervention would aim for cl [...]
2010-02-02 16:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC MNUC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA32IAEA: ARSHAD LIMBO SHADOWS IAEA BOARD
[...] (C) His status in Vienna uncertain and his reputation in Kuala Lumpur in tatters, Malaysian Ambassador Arshad continues to implore the IAEA and sympathetic diplomatic colleagues to pressure the U.S. to "quietly" seek his reinstatement by the GOM as Chairman of the Board of Governors. In the r [...]
2010-02-02 16:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA MY
10UNVIEVIENNA34PROGRESS DELAYED TOWARD A REVIEW MECHANISM FOR ORGANIZED
[...] SUMMARY: INL DAS Elizabeth Verville chaired a two day expert meeting, hosted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from January 25-26, in order to resume discussions of possible mechanisms to review implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). The ma [...]
2010-02-04 13:10:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UN BE CH CO AR PK PE RS MX
10UNVIEVIENNA35NEW CONSTELLATION POSES CHALLENGES FOR ADVANCING ANTI-CRIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Our partial success in negotiating a U.S.- backed review mechanism for an anticorruption convention last year has inspired a group of countries -- Russia, Iran, Algeria, China and Pakistan -- to coordinate more closely in Vienna at UN-related meetings on anti-crime and anti-drug [...]
2010-02-04 13:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR RS CH PK EG AG SZ
10UNVIEVIENNA38JONATHON LUCAS APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] International Narcotics Control Board President Sevil Atasoy announced the appointment of Jonathan Lucas (Seychelles) as Secretary of the INCB and Chief of the INCB Secretariat on February 3. Lucas succeeds Koli Kouame (Ctte d'Ivoire) who retired from the organization on January 31. Prior to h [...]
2010-02-05 14:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR APER UN XA
10UNVIEVIENNA4IAEA MEMBER STATES REV UP FOR 2011 BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Member States preparing to tackle the open question of the IAEA's 2011 regular budget during the first meeting of the open Working Groug January 13-18, the U.S. will need to clarify soon our goals for the 2011 budget. The Budget Working Group (BWG),open to all Member Stat [...]
2010-01-04 15:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
10UNVIEVIENNA40AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT SHARES IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S CLAIM
[...] (C) On February 5, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed Tri-Mission officers on a meeting he had earlier in the week with Iranian President Ahmadinejad's chief of cabinet, Mashaie, at Mashaie's request. On the nuclear issue, Mashaie told Postl that [...]
2010-02-08 12:32:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IR AU
10UNVIEVIENNA42COSTA ANGST RISES IN VIENNA-TIME FOR PLAN B?
[...] (U) Action Request for IO/GS. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Costa (Italy) is scheduled to complete his second-and last- term in May 2010. Given conflicting reports as to whether UN Secretary General Ban ki Mo [...]
2010-02-08 14:54:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK
10UNVIEVIENNA43IRAN UPS ITS NUCLEAR ANTE TO 20 PERCENT
[...] (S/NF) Iran officially notified the IAEA February 8 of its intention to enrich up to 20 percent, specifying a "pilot plant of a single IR-1 centrifuge cascade." The IAEA is expected to circulate Iran's note to the Board of Governors. Likeminded DCMs/experts (E3, Spain, JUSCANZ) met simultaneou [...]
2010-02-08 16:11:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR
10UNVIEVIENNA44IAEA/BOG: AMANO DEFUSES BOARD CHAIR CRISIS
[...] (C) The IAEA Board of Governors will meet in a pro forma session February 12 to elect a new Chairman, bringing an end to a drawn out saga prompted by the recall of former Malaysian Governor Dato' Arshad. The Southeast Asia/Pacific (SEAP) group has advised the Director General, in a letter sub [...]
2010-02-09 16:30:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP IAEA MY
10UNVIEVIENNA48IAEA/IRAN: IAEA SAFETY PEER REVIEW MISSION TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA continues its nuclear safety-related activities with Iran in anticipation of the start-up of the Bushehr nuclear power reactor. The Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) requested a safety peer review mission from the IAEA in mid 2008 (ref A). INRA prepared a s [...]
2010-02-11 08:19:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA IR ENGR
10UNVIEVIENNA49 IAEA/BOG: March Board Preview and Analysis
[...] (SBU) Although the March IAEA Board of Governors meeting is traditionally focused on nuclear safety and technology, Iran's nuclear brinksmanship and potential Syrian safeguards failures will likely dominate the debate. This is particularly true as the Board meeting, expected to run March 1-4, [...]
2010-02-12 07:52:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PARM KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
10UNVIEVIENNA5IRAN/TRR: IRAN DELIVERS FORMAL REPLY TO IAEA
[...] (C) IAEA External Relations (EXPO) Director Vilmos Cserveny reported to Charge January 6 and in a follow-up discussion January 7 that Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh had on January 5-6 delivered to Director General Amano an official "reply" to the IAEA proposal for refueling the Tehran Research R [...]
2010-01-07 16:26:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP IR
10UNVIEVIENNA50UNODC: Afghan Opium Stabilizing: What is International
[...] Summary. Fresh off his trip to the January 28 London Conference, and with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) "Winter Afghanistan Opium Assessment Survey" in hand, Executive Director Costa predicted that after two years of significant decline (36 percent overall),opium cultivation in Afgh [...]
2010-02-12 07:55:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP
10UNVIEVIENNA54 UNIDO to Host April 2010 UN Chief Executive Board Meeting
[...] Summary. Secretary General Ban ki Moon (UNSYG) has chosen UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to host the upcoming UN Chief Executives Board (CEB) meeting, scheduled for April 9-10, 2010. While the agenda is still being formulated, it is likely discussion will focus on Copenhagen [...]
2010-02-17 12:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
10UNVIEVIENNA55Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program
[...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...]
2010-02-17 12:05:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP
10UNVIEVIENNA58G-77 OVERREACH KEEPS NUCLEAR FUEL BANK IN SPOTLIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vienna advocates of assurance of nuclear fuel supply are vexed over the Director General's acquiescence to a G-77 request to postpone a technical briefing on the issue. We understand Egypt and Algeria, in part fronting for Iran, failed to get G-77 consensus to adopt a confronta [...]
2010-02-19 08:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA59IAEA/SYRIA: TOUGH BOARD REPORT CALLS INTO QUESTION
[...] (S) Director General Amano's first report on Syria, released February 18 in tandem with his report on Iran, provides a convincing, comprehensive account of the Agency's investigation of both Dair Alzour (Al-Kibar) and of the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR),highlighting continued non- [...]
2010-02-19 10:26:00UNVIESECRETPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
10UNVIEVIENNA6NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - AMANO MOVES THE ISSUE BUT MAY
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA's point man on developing the International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) expects DG Amano to release a response to the G-77 and NAM's technical questions by the end of January, authorize a briefing in February, issue a detailed Secretariat proposal for discussion at the June [...]
2010-01-08 14:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALTRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA60IAEA/PACT: WILL 2010 BE THE BREAKOUT YEAR FOR CANCER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Cancer Day on February 4, the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapies (PACT),held a presentation highlighting its achievements and future plans. As a guest speaker, Ambassador Davies reiterated U.S. support for PACT, noting a recent decision to fund a heal [...]
2010-02-19 11:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA61Anti-Human Trafficking Recommendations Reached, Russia,
[...] (U) The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Working Group (WG) engaged in three days of often fruitful discussion and emerged with nearly fifty recommendations that will be forwarded to the Organized Crime Convention (UNTOC) Conference of the Parties (COP) in October 2010. The U.S. delegation (USDEL) [...]
2010-02-19 13:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN RS CH PK MX AG IR
10UNVIEVIENNA62Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program
[...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...]
2010-02-19 13:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP
10UNVIEVIENNA64 IAEA/IRAN: DG AMANO GIVES FAILING GRADE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 14:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
10UNVIEVIENNA66 IAEA/IRAN: DG AMANO GIVES FAILING GRADE TO
[...] (SBU) On 18 February, Director General (DG) Amano released the IAEA's latest reports on its investigations in Iran in preparation for the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 1. The report was the toughest seen in years and concluded Iran's cooperation has been insufficient to [...]
2010-02-19 15:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
10UNVIEVIENNA69IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...]
2010-02-24 09:42:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
10UNVIEVIENNA70IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...]
2010-02-24 09:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
10UNVIEVIENNA75IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING SIGNALS TOUGHER
[...] (C//NF) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) February 18 report on Iran. The briefing reprised the points covered in the report, but also offered more details about the IAEA's proposals for adjusted Safeg [...]
2010-02-26 15:26:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
10UNVIEVIENNA76IAEA/BOARD/IRAN: RUSSIA,S TOUGHENING STANCE; PRC
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 17:14:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR
10UNVIEVIENNA77IAEA TECHNICAL BRIEF ON SYRIA LAYS IT ON THE LINE
[...] (C) At the February 24 technical briefing on the DG's Syria report, the IAEA underscored the need for Syrian cooperation on an increasing number of issues, some involving Syria's failure to report nuclear material under its Safeguards Agreement. In particular, Director of Safeguards Operatio [...]
2010-02-26 17:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNNP IAEA SY
10UNVIEVIENNA9PREVIEWING THE MARCH 2010 COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 2010 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to highlight the Obama Administration's forthcoming National Drug Control Strategy and its top priorities in the international drug policy arena. As this March is the Admi [...]
2010-01-15 14:45:00UNVIESECRETAF SNAR UNCND IR
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