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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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05GENEVA1037UNHCR STILL GRAPPLING WITH FUNDING AND POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with U.S. Mission DCM and refugee officer, Director of UNHCR's Sudan unit Jean Marie Fakhouri highlighted funding and policy issues impacting its operations in Chad and Sudan. In Chad, he acknowledged that malnutrition had increased at some camps when rations had be [...]
2005-04-22 08:40:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF CD SU PHUM UNHCR
05GENEVA1052UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...]
2005-04-26 03:16:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR
05GENEVA1065UNHCR REPLIES TO DEMARCHE ON MALNUTRITION IN CHAD
[...] (U) RMA Officers delivered ref A demarche to UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner (AHC) Kamel Morjane and Head of Desk for Chad and Darfur Craig Sanders, who promised to investigate and reply to questions and concerns raised. DCM and RMA officer met with Director of Sudan Operations Jean Marie F [...]
2005-04-27 04:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM CD UNHCR
05GENEVA1094WTO DG RACE - LAMY AND PEREZ DEL CASTILLO TO BE FINAL
[...] The General Council chair, Ambassador Mohamed of Kenya, held informal consultations on the evening of April 29 to present the results of the second round of consultations over the selection and appointment of the next WTO Director-General. She recalled the procedures for selecting a Director- [...]
2005-05-03 06:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1211 MEETING OF THE WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-
[...] SUMMARY. The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva on April 25-29, 2005 to continue discussions on tariff formula options, treatment of unbound tariffs, sector tariff liberalization, issues of concern to developing countries, and non-tariff barriers. The meeting moved [...]
2005-05-17 13:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1227 MEETINGS OF THE WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE
[...] Summary/Overview: The WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation met for the third time this year on May 2-3 for a two-day highly substantive and constructive session. It was characterized by the predominance of papers sponsored by developing countries, the presence of unusual alliances for [...]
2005-05-19 12:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1238 WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - FEBRUARY 7-25, 2005
[...] (U) Summary: The WTO services three week "mega cluster" took place in Geneva, February 7- 25, 2005. The meetings focused on preparations for revised offers indicatively due May 2005 with many "friends" groups presenting sector-specific proposals aimed at eliciting market access commitments [...]
2005-05-20 10:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTO
05GENEVA1257MAY 2005 MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE
[...] The 19 May 2005 meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee lasted only one-half day, with most Members either restating well-known positions or refraining from intervening altogether (including the United States, Japan, European Communities and Brazil). The limited engagement was primari [...]
2005-05-23 09:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1258MAY 2005 MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE
[...] The 19 May 2005 meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee lasted only one-half day, with most Members either restating well-known positions or refraining from intervening altogether (including the United States, Japan, European Communities and Brazil). The limited engagement was primari [...]
2005-05-23 09:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1282CONCUR AWARD FOR GRANT FUND TO WORLD HEALTH
[...] Mission has no objection to the proposed award for the cooperative agreement between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization to support the International Programme on Chemical Safety. Mission understands the prop [...]
2005-05-25 08:36:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA AORC WHO
05GENEVA1287UNHCR FORUM: ONE BRIDGE, ONE DEAD END
[...] (U) Summary: The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Forum (UNHCR/Forum) met May 20, with Deputy High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and Director of International Protection Erika Feller on the podium for an all-day session attended by approximately one hundred representatives from Geneva missio [...]
2005-05-25 13:28:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG UNHCR
05GENEVA1320 MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MAY 26, 2005
[...] Begin Summary. The meeting of the WTO General Council on May 26, 2005 was punctuated by two significant decisions - 1) a decision to create a working party on the accession of Iran to the WTO, and 2) formal approval of Pascal Lamy to be the next WTO Director-General. Lamy's term will [...]
2005-05-31 12:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1326JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI AND RUSSIAN
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani and Russian Delegations, respectively, for Part I of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]
2005-06-01 11:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1339JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON GROUND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005, to discuss the U.S.-proposed exchange of l [...]
2005-06-02 05:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1342JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RSM-56
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005. The U.S. Delegation ask [...]
2005-06-02 06:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1361JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON SS-25
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss the problems encountered d [...]
2005-06-03 09:01:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1363JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:07 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, at which all Parties were repr [...]
2005-06-03 10:12:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1365JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, to discuss the results of the Trident [...]
2005-06-03 11:39:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1380UNHCR: NEW COMMISSIONER OFF TO A STRONG START,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 12:05:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1384 MAY 2005 MEETING OF THE RULES NEGOTIATING GROUP TO
[...] On 17-18 May 2005, the Rules Negotiating Group met to discuss potential clarifications of substantive disciplines of regional trade agreements ("systemic issues") and a draft Chairman's text setting out possible reforms to improve the WTO's review of the agreements ("transparency"). In the co [...]
2005-06-06 12:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1387JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 1, 2005, to discuss SS-25, SS-27, and [...]
2005-06-07 04:08:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1388JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RUSSIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss Russian-proposed S-Series Joi [...]
2005-06-07 04:09:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1391JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 5:10 - 5:50 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to discuss inspection procedures to address [...]
2005-06-07 06:20:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1394JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JUNE 2,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-019. 2. (U) At a U.S.-hosted reception, held on June 2 at the U.S. Mission, Delegation members engaged the other participating Delegations' members from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on various topics under discussion in the JCIC. Those conversations are [...]
2005-06-07 10:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1401JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 5:05 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, at which Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and the [...]
2005-06-07 11:56:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1403JCIC-XXVII: (U) SECOND WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A second Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to d [...]
2005-06-08 04:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1404JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON GROUND
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-021. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3-6 below are the letters on the ground transportation understanding that were signed and exchanged between the Russian Federation and the United States, and the Russian Federation and Belarus, at the final meeting of the first part of JC [...]
2005-06-08 05:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1411JCIC-XXVII: (U) BILATERAL MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-022. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 7, 2005 Time: 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Ukraine-initiated bilateral meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 7, 2005, to discuss Ukrainian proposal [...]
2005-06-08 06:40:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1415JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON BULAVA, JUNE 7,
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-024. 2. The texts in paragraphs 3-6 below are JCIC Agreement Numbers 52 and 53, and Joint Statement Numbers 37 and 38, respectively, that were signed or initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The documents were completed at the U.S. Mission in [...]
2005-06-08 08:32:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1417JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED ON REPLACEMENT OF
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Agreement 54, "Replacement of Radiation Detection Equipment," that was signed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. 3. Begin text [...]
2005-06-08 08:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1418JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED "ON CHANGES TO THE
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-026. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Joint Statement Number S-21, that was initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. This document does not include the classified [...]
2005-06-08 10:00:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1419JCIC-XXVII: (U) FINAL MEETING OF PART ONE OF
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-023. 2. (U) The Parties met, with all delegation members of each Party present, at the U.S. Mission on June 7, 2005 for the final meeting of this part of the session. At the meeting, all Parties expressed their satisfaction for the work of the session. It had been [...]
2005-06-08 10:43:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1452UN-CHR REFORM DISCUSSION IN GENEVA; MODALITIES FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. ECOSOC's approval on June 9 of the revised version of CHR-61 decision 2005/116 -- now calling for an informal, open ended 2-day session to discuss Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and UN reform in Geneva -- opens the door for Secretariat [...]
2005-06-10 12:24:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNCHR
05GENEVA1454RWANDA/BURUNDI: LETTERS REFLECT RENEWED CONCERN AT
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on his immediate interest in Rwanda/Burundi (ref A),the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has written to the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi expressing concern about their actions and intentions regarding Rwandan asylum seekers. UNHCR staff ar [...]
2005-06-10 13:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY UNHCR
05GENEVA1523UNHCR: AMBITIOUS AGENDA OUTLINED BY NEW HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Moley paid a courtesy call on Antonio Guterres June 14, the eve of Guterres' assumption of post as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR.) On June 17, Guterres met with a larger group in an informal session of UNHCR's Executive Committee (ExCom). In bo [...]
2005-06-20 08:52:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1553UNHCR RE-ENGAGEMENT IN INDONESIA FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Asia Director Janet Lim described the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR's) plans to re-engage in post-Tsunami operations in Indonesia at a donor briefing in Geneva June 20. UNHCR's June 14 Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian government will allow [...]
2005-06-22 13:04:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1577RECEIPT OF LETTER UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER ANTONIO
[...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind letter of congratulations on my appointment as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. I am truly honoured by th [...]
2005-06-27 11:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1604UNHCR: MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES FOR 2006 DESCRIBED
[...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s informal consultations, May 18-19 in Geneva. Saying &we heard you last year,8 then-Acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, providing donors with an update on UNHCR,s approach to budget [...]
2005-06-29 05:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1605UNHCR: REGIONAL ISSUES AND IDPS DISCUSSED DURING
[...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s May 18-19 informal consultations. Then-acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, flanked for the regional sessions by Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and the entire senior man [...]
2005-06-29 05:42:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1606RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, As I take up my duties as High Commissioner, I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to thank you for your support for the work of UNHCR. It is an honour for me to [...]
2005-06-29 09:28:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1609UNHCR: REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT FROM EAST ASIA AND
[...] (C) Summary: PRM DAS Kelly Ryan discussed ongoing and potential refugee resettlement operations in separate meetings with UNHCR Protection Director Erika Feller and Asia Director Janet Lim in Geneva June 13. Pointing to the fact that there is little access to the highlands and thus to mon [...]
2005-06-29 14:24:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL UNHCR
05GENEVA1620WTO IMPORT LICENSING COMMITTEE - JUNE 15, 2005
[...] Begin Summary. The June 15, 2005 meeting of the Import Licensing Committee began with a call from the chair for Members to catch up with required notifications and then featured issues raised by the United States, Australia, and Chinese Taipei regarding the import licensing practices of other [...]
2005-06-30 11:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1647WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
[...] The Eighth Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from June 6-10, 2005. The U.S. Delegation Consisted of Dominic Keatin [...]
2005-07-05 12:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
05GENEVA1648WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS
[...] (U) The WIPO SCP met June 1 and 2, 2005, at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva to once again discuss proposals for moving work on substantive patent law harmonization forward. No agreement was reached, thus calling into question whether WIPO is the appropriate venue for achieving harmonization. END [...]
2005-07-05 12:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR WIPO
05GENEVA1665WHO:58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: U.S.-HOSTED
[...] U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt hosted a Ministerial meeting on avian influenza at the 58th World Health Assembly on May 16, 2005. The meeting brought together the Ministers of Health and representatives from Australia, Cambodia, Canada, the People's Repub [...]
2005-07-07 10:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO
05GENEVA1666 WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: U.S.-HOSTED
[...] HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness Stewart Simonson hosted a scientific and technical meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness and response at the 58th World Health Assembly on May 17, 2005. This meeting followed up on discussions started at the previous day's M [...]
2005-07-07 10:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO
05GENEVA1667WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: WHO TECHNICAL
[...] The Global Health Security Action Initiative (GHSI) and the WHO Secretariat hosted a technical briefing on pandemic influenza preparedness and response at the 58th World Health Assembly on May 18 2005. Formal presentations included Dr. Guenael Rodier, Director, Department of Communicable Dise [...]
2005-07-07 10:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO
05GENEVA1668WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: ANNUAL MEETING OF
[...] U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt chaired the annual meeting of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) Ministerial Steering Committee during the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2005. Ministers of Health from Israel, Turkey, the [...]
2005-07-07 10:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KPAL TAGS WHO
05GENEVA1669FOUR SRS NOTIFYING UNITED STATES THAT THE SR ON
[...] Mission received the following communication from the four Special Rapporteurs who have requested to visit the detention facilities in Guantanamo and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief, Asma Jahangir, informing the United States that Ms. Jahangir will participate in the [...]
2005-07-07 12:21:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA1673WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: REPORT ON THE 58TH
[...] Summary. This message reports on the annual 192-member World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO),which met from May 16-25, 2005, in Geneva, Switzerland. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt headed the U.S. Delegation, which included offic [...]
2005-07-08 04:53:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO AORC WHO
05GENEVA1689UNHCR: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on protection issues, the main topic of the June meeting. Others will focu [...]
2005-07-11 08:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1696UNHCR: REFUGEE WOMEN AND PROJECT PROFILE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on the High Commissioner's Five Commitments to Refugee Women, Project Pro [...]
2005-07-12 06:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1739UZBEKS IN KYRGYZSTAN: UNHCR WEEKEND PURSUIT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Headquarters in Geneva were active the weekend of July 16-17 in monitoring the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan and seeking possible "evacuation" options. Mission Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) offic [...]
2005-07-18 08:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KG UZ UNHCR
05GENEVA1742UNHCR: 2006 BUDGET CONSULTATIONS AND STANDING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Donors and staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have held multiple discussions as UNHCR shapes its 2006 budget and its plans for the second half of 2005. In all of these discussions, UNHCR has highlighted its (new) commitment to results-based manag [...]
2005-07-18 12:04:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1743ADDITIONAL FY 2005 WIPO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED
[...] AS PER REFTEL, POST INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700000029 EFT DATE: 06-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 04251.048708081000 NAME OF BANK: CREDIT SUISSE ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND [...]
2005-07-19 06:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC AFIN WIPO
05GENEVA1755WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: MINISTERIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, invited the Ministers of Health from the fifteen focus countries of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to meet with them during the 2005 World H [...]
2005-07-19 10:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA AORC WHO
05GENEVA1764RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] (U) Mission has received the following letter, dated July 18, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, The situation of the persons who fled due to the recent events in Andijan, Republic of [...]
2005-07-21 06:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1771UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS: GENEVA MEETINGS WITH UNHCR,
[...] (C) Summary. US Mission Geneva Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) Counselor and Refugee Officer met with UNHCR staff representing the Bureaus for Central Asia, Europe, and Protection July 20 to press for details on the status of efforts and plans to relocate 455 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyr [...]
2005-07-21 13:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKG PREF PREL UZ UNHCR
05GENEVA1778MEETING OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE - JULY 21,
[...] The Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) met on the morning of July 21, 2005 to hear statements from Director-General Supachai on the overall state of play of the Doha Development Agenda and in ongoing consultations over implementation. Supachai suspended the TNC after the statement, saying it [...]
2005-07-25 05:21:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA17803RD WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE: DECISION ON HOLDING
[...] (U) The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council requested at its 57th session (June 21- July 1) that the WMO Secretary-General form a provisional organizing committee to develop a meeting plan for a third World Climate Conference and submit that plan to the Executive Counci [...]
2005-07-25 06:40:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TPHY WMO
05GENEVA1809UNHCR: STILL NO REPLACEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER
[...] (C) UNHCR continues to seek an Implementation Partner (IP) in Nepal to replace the deregistered Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office (TRWO) in providing assistance to Tibetan refugees transiting to India. In a June 26 meeting, UNHCR's Asia Desk Chief Catherine Huck and Senior Legal Advisor Peter [...]
2005-07-28 12:10:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL IN CH NP PHUM UNHCR
05GENEVA1815WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION: FINANCIAL AND
[...] (U) This cable provides an overview of the key financial and administrative matters considered by the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council (EC) at its 57th session from June 21 to July 1 and by the WMO Financial Advisory Committee (FINAC) at its June 20 session. Reportin [...]
2005-07-29 11:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC KUNR WMO
05GENEVA1817FY 2005 IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE
[...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700002310 EFT DATE: 27-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.2 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...]
2005-07-29 12:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA1825 11-15 JULY 2005 MEETINGS OF THE WTO RULES NEGOTIATING
[...] (SBU) The WTO Rules Negotiating Group met formally and informally 11-15 July 2005. Thirteen papers were submitted for these meetings (nine on antidumping and countervailing duties, one on subsidies and three on fisheries subsidies) demonstrating a continued high level of interest in these nego [...]
2005-08-02 10:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1840 WTO RULES/REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, JULY
[...] Summary/Overview: The Negotiating Group on Rules met on July 25 for a single day to discuss the Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) element of its mandate. The first half of the day was in formal session and addressed so-called "systemic issues," i.e., possible clarifications and improvements to [...]
2005-08-03 12:37:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR WTRO
05GENEVA1850UZEBK SITUATION: LETTER FROM HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] (U) As per ref a, Mission received two letters from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary Rice. Ref a letter, dated July 27, dealt briefly with the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. The July 28 letter reproduced below goes into furthe [...]
2005-08-04 09:01:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF RICE CONDOLEEZZA UNHCR
05GENEVA1853FY 2005 IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE
[...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 0508000000199 EFT DATE: 03-AUG-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: IUCN ACCOUNT NO: 335035.60Y NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1202-LAUSANNE - SWITZERLAND AMOUNT PAID: USD 1 [...]
2005-08-04 12:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC IUCN
05GENEVA1866FY 05 PROMPT PAYMENT ACT REPORT, 01OCT04-
[...] As requested in reference cable no.124843, post provides the following information regarding payments made to vendors during the period October 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005. Invoices subject to the prompt payment Act (a) dollar amount $8,574,256 (b) total number of invoices 1409 Invoices [...]
2005-08-05 05:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT
05GENEVA1884WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MEETING DURING THE WEEK
[...] (U) Summary and Background: During the week of July 18, 2005, the U.S. delegation, led by Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement Negotiator, USTR, and including John Liuzzi, Department of Commerce, and Robert Kasper, U.S. Mission to the WTO, participated in formal and informal meetings of the [...]
2005-08-08 12:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO WTO
05GENEVA1894FY 2005 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION
[...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000051 EFT DATE: 08-AUG-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...]
2005-08-09 08:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA1895INITIAL FY 2005 UPOV PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED
[...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000052 EFT DATE: 08-AUG-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: UPOV ACCOUNT NO: 240.C8763163.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOUNT PAID: SWIS [...]
2005-08-09 08:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC AFIN AMGT
05GENEVA1903 WTO TRADE FACILITATION NEGOTIATIONS - JUNE AND JULY
[...] Summary. This cable reports on the June and July meetings of the WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation (WTO NGTF),held in Geneva on 12-13 June and 25-26 July, 2005. Matt Rohde (USTR),Rachel Shub (USTR Geneva),Gordana Earp (Treasury),Ann Barnett- Dahl (Commerce),Christina Kopitopou [...]
2005-08-10 05:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR WTRO
05GENEVA1908 REPLY FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
[...] Mission received the following reply from Christine Chanet, Chairperson, Human Rights Committee, to a letter from Glyn Davies regarding the United States' combined second and third periodic reports. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA and DRL/MLA via fax and is number 24 on the G [...]
2005-08-10 08:09:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA1922REPORT OF THE WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION
[...] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 57th Executive Council (EC) Session was held June 21-July 1, 2005 in Geneva. The EC addressed a number of items including continuing financial reform efforts, potential changes to the WMO convention, program details, financial and administrative ma [...]
2005-08-11 12:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY TSPL SENV EFIN KUNR AORC WMO
05GENEVA2058MDA: SWISS PERMREP DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SEPT 12-13
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Moley, Swiss PermRep Blaise Godet described planning for the Sept 12-13 informal consultations on an additional emblem. Godet touched on his outreach plans prior to the consultations, Swiss thinking on the structure of the consultations, and possib [...]
2005-09-01 05:45:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA
05GENEVA2079 READOUT FROM WORKING GROUP ON COMMUNICATIONS
[...] PolCouns De Pirro met September 1 with Maria Echazu, who recently took over handling of 1503 cases for the OHCHR Secretariat, for a readout of the August 15-26 meeting of SIPDIS the Working Group on Communications (WGC) and its decision on U.S. cases. Echazu reported that the WGC decided t [...]
2005-09-02 12:20:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC WGC
05GENEVA2085 SR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY
[...] Mission received the following communication from Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, regarding the death of Haitham al- Yemeni. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is number 26 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log. [...]
2005-09-06 07:36:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2088 SR ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS ON THE
[...] Mission received the following communication from Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers regarding the recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals ordering a retrial of the case against Mr. Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez, Mr. Fernando Gonzalez Llor [...]
2005-09-06 09:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2090 SRS ON ARBITRARY DETENTION, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[...] Mission received the following communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Right to the Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporte [...]
2005-09-06 11:36:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2093UNHCR BRIEFS ON UZBEK REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the diplomatic community on September 6 regarding developments surrounding the 429 Uzbek asylum seekers currently in Timisoara, Romania and the 15 who remain in detention in Osh, Ky [...]
2005-09-06 13:41:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR
05GENEVA2101 LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYG ON THE HUMAN
[...] Mission received the following communication from Walter Kalin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, regarding the situation in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-ma [...]
2005-09-07 11:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNHRC
05GENEVA2113 WG ON ARBITRARY DETENTION OPINION #6 ON 2005 LOG
[...] Mission received the following communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, regarding the opinion on the case of Mr. Abdullah William Webster. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is included in number 6 on [...]
2005-09-09 10:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2114 SR ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS REQUEST INFORMATION
[...] Mission received the following communication from Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, requesting information for her final report to the Commission on Human Rights. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail [...]
2005-09-09 10:32:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2174FY-2006 FIELD BUDGET PLAN - ESO GENEVA
[...] (U) Per REFTEL, following is the FY 2006 Field Budget Plan for ESO Geneva: FC Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total SEO Travel - 5813 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000 STS Travel - 9908 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000 SEO/STS LOF - 5813 1,000 1,000 1 [...]
2005-09-15 10:34:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN ASEC KSEO
05GENEVA2179MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE (TNC)
[...] On September 14, 2005, the new WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy, convened his first meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee to outline a process for advancing the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and ensuring that the upcoming Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China is a success. Lamy b [...]
2005-09-15 12:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2198RMA FY 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FINANCIAL PLAN
[...] (U) U.S. MISSION GENEVA'S REFUGEE AND MIGRATION AFFAIRS SECTION (RMA) PROJECTS ITS FISCAL YEAR 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET REQUIREMENTS AT USDOLS 944,932 IN SUPPORT OF ITS ONGOING REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ACTIVITIES. OUR CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON A TOTAL POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION (PRM) [...]
2005-09-16 15:06:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD PREF
05GENEVA2203 U.S. - VIETNAM WTO ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS, SEPTEMBER 15-
[...] U.S. AND VIETNAM CONDUCTED INTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MARGINS OF THE ONE-DAY WORKING PARTY MEETING IN GENEVA, SEPTEMBER 14-17. NEGOTIATORS CONTINUED TO NARROW THE GAPS INALL AREAS, LEAVING IN MOST CASES THE MOST SENSITIVE AND/OR POLITICALLY DIFFICULT ISSUES. EXAMPLES: ABOUT 100 OR SO [...]
2005-09-19 07:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDVM ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2235 LETTER FROM SRS ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND ESA
[...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Abritrary Executions, regarding the fatal shooting of Mr. Waleed Khaled [...]
2005-09-21 12:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNHRC
05GENEVA2247TRAVEL OF FT DETRICK OFFICIAL ENDY
[...] Mission welcomes the visit of and grants country clearance to Colonel Timothy Endy to travel to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the WHO Dengue Vaccine Steering Committee Meeting November 15 - 21, 2005. Traveler can be contacted through the WHO at Telephone number 41-22-840-5160. Hotle inform [...]
2005-09-15 20:41:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO WHO
05GENEVA2316 WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT (CTE)
[...] Summary: The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTESS) meeting on September 15-16, 2005, focused on making progress on environmental goods (EGs),in the run-up to the Hong Kong Ministerial meeting, per Doha sub-paragraph 31(iii). Positions continue to be divided among [...]
2005-09-28 06:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR WTRO
05GENEVA2317COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMAL MEETING
[...] The Commission on Human Rights met September 27 in Geneva to review the work of the OHCHR Secretariat since the close of the 61st CHR session, and to preview resolutions that governments plan to introduce during the Third Committee in New York. Most of the planned resolutions hew closely to [...]
2005-09-28 07:36:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2370 REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS
[...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]
2005-10-03 09:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2372MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT FRANCISCO
[...] (C) Colombia VP Santos shared September 23 with Ambassador Moley his concerns about the growing UN presence in Colombia and his hopes for drastic changes in the mandate of the OHCHR field office there. Santos stressed the need for cooperation but not interference from the UN agencies. He no [...]
2005-10-03 10:43:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF CO UNHRC
05GENEVA2374LES: CY 2006 COMPENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] FOR POSTS WHERE THE VENDOR'S COMPENSATION DATA IS MARKET POSITION BASED, SUCH AS WATSON WYATT, WHAT IS POST MANAGEMENT'S OVERALL AVERAGE DESIRED MARKET POSITION PERCENTILE FOR THE REGULAR SALARY SCHEDULE? (50TH PERCENTILE IS CONSIDERED MODERATELY COMPETITIVE; 75TH IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE; AND [...]
2005-10-03 12:02:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN APER ABUD AMGT KICA
05GENEVA2378MEXICO WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Mission has received note OGE04632 from the Mission of Mexico, dated September 29, withdrawing Mexico's note of August 19 announcing Mexico's candidacy to chair the next Human Rights Commission. The note has been faxed to IO/SHA and WHA/MEX. 2. Begin text: The Permanent Mission of Mex [...]
2005-10-04 09:04:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MX UNHRC
05GENEVA2388IMTS/T MR. ANGELO DORTO TRIP REPORT - GENEVA
[...] IMTS/T ANGELO DORTO visited Post from 09/26/2005 to 09/30/2005. 2. Purpose of Visit: Assist post with numerous PBX issues. 3. Personnel Contacted: A. IPO - Janice Metzger B. IMS - Cathy Gaupo 4. Work Completed: A. Relocated IDF to an acceptable location. B. Removed unus [...]
2005-10-04 11:16:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT AMTC KRIM IMTS
05GENEVA2389PLANNED DEMONSTRATION IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 15
[...] (SBU) On 15 Oct 2005, Attac, a global coalition of non-governmental organizations, stated they would be rallying approximately 5,000 people in Geneva to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting scheduled for December in Hong Kong. The protest is set to take place in fr [...]
2005-10-04 11:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SZ
05GENEVA2396DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES, MEETING WITH HIGH
[...] (U) U.S.: Ambassador Kevin Moley, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes, DOD DAS Matthew Waxman, USN Capt. Michael Boock, EUCOM Col. William Lietzau and Lt. Col. Sarajane Stenton, U.S. Mission Legal Adviser Jeffrey Kovar, and Political Counselor Velia De Pirro. OHCHR: High Commissioner L [...]
2005-10-05 10:33:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF PTER ICRC UNCHR
05GENEVA2412 REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS
[...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]
2005-10-06 12:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2414POSSIBLE SURVEILLANCE - US MISSION GENEVA - 04 and
[...] (U) Post: U.S. Mission Geneva 2. (U) Date and Time: 04 Oct 2005, at 11:40 AM and 06 Oct 2005 3. (SBU) Summary: A couple was observed in the parking lot of the Domaine de Penthes Museum, approximately 100 meters across from the main entrance of the U.S. Mission. The couple was obs [...]
2005-10-07 03:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05GENEVA2415QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT- FOURTH QUARTER (JUL, AUG,
[...] Summary of Significant Events: A. The U.S. Mission's Fourth of July party kicked off this quarter with approx 1,200 guests attending the event at the Ambassador's residence. Not to be outdone, the grand opening of the photovoltaic system at the U.S. Mission was another heavily attended ev [...]
2005-10-07 03:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KSAC RPTS SZ
05GENEVA2422MEETING WITH UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT FOR UZBEKISTAN
[...] (U) The French Permanent Mission in Geneva hosted a meeting October 4 for UK, Russian and U.S. representatives with Michele Picard, the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Uzbekistan. The Independent Expert's report to the Secretariat is due by December 15. Judge Picard [...]
2005-10-07 10:01:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UZ
05GENEVA2425 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
[...] SUMMARY: At its meeting on September 27, 2005, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") heard statements regarding the status of implementation from the United States in United States - Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998; United States - Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot- Rolle [...]
2005-10-07 10:45:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA24321st QUARTER LEASE PAYMENTS FOR FY 06
[...] In reference to various e-mails between Mr Lyman and OBO, monthly leasehold requirements in US$ for Geneva are as follows: Month October November December LQA 196,973 196,973 191,790 LTL - 102,000 - STL [...]
2005-10-11 07:34:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AFIN AMGT
05GENEVA2441COMMUNICATION FROM FIVE SRS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN
[...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on the Question of Torture; Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, C [...]
2005-10-12 06:45:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM
05GENEVA2442COMMUNICATION FROM SR ON FREEDOM OF OPINION
[...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, regarding three Iraqi journalists found dead in Iraq. There is concern that these journalists may have been targeted because [...]
2005-10-12 06:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM
05GENEVA24501503 CASE: COMMUNICATION REGARDING ALLEGED HUMAN
[...] Mission has received a note from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (G/SO 215/1 USA 2970) transmitting in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 728 F(XXVIII) copies of a communication dated 5 July 2004 concerning human rights, which refers to the Unit [...]
2005-10-12 10:40:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US
05GENEVA2465UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #1: OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: The Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees met October 3-7 in Geneva. As per ref a, USDEL was led by PRM acting Assistant Secretary Rich Greene and included representatives of USAID SIPDIS and DHS, as well as two NGOs. This cable summarizes [...]
2005-10-13 14:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA2471WHO: FIFTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
[...] Summary. The 52-member WHO Regional Committee for Europe (EURO) met from September 12-15, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania. WHO Director-General J.W. Lee participated in the opening session. In his remarks he focused on avian influenza, universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, recalling the G8 g [...]
2005-10-14 03:57:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL EAID SOCI WHO
05GENEVA2480FY 2005 YEAR-END PROCEDURES: CERTIFICATION OF
[...] In response to the above reference cable, U. S. Mission Geneva confirms certification of unliquidated obligations for the following agencies: Appropriation/Allotment Unliquidated Obligation 19-50113 1278 $ 136,026.15 19-40113 1278 $ 30,818 [...]
2005-10-14 08:00:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT ASUP KFSC KICA SNAR
05GENEVA2481FY2006 RECURRING SUPPORT COSTS (FOR DS SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 08:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT ASEC KSEO
05GENEVA2484UNHCR EXCOM #5: SEEKING BETTER PROTECTION FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of UNHCR,s Executive Committee meeting, Acting PRM A/S Rich Greene raised in meetings with Chinese Mission Counselor and UNHCR staff the fate of North Korean asylum seekers in China. Chinese concerns over stability in northeast Asia and successful resolution of t [...]
2005-10-14 08:43:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM EAID CH KN UNCHR
05GENEVA2487ESO GENEVA QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 09:28:00US Mission GenevaSECRETASEC KSEO
05GENEVA2489UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND
[...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...]
2005-10-14 11:27:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR
05GENEVA2492END OF YEAR ACCOUNTING OF MSG PROGRAMME
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 11:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN ASEC KMSG KSEP
05GENEVA2493UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #2: PRM ACTING A/S GREENE,S
[...] (U) Summary: On the margins of the 56th Session of the UNHCR Executive Committee (EXCOM),PRM Acting A/S Greene previewed our priorities for the week-long session with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guterres. They included improving UNHCR's approach to durable solutions, management refor [...]
2005-10-14 11:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA2494UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #3: IDP OVERVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 11:53:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA2505OCTOBER 13, 2005 - MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE
[...] The meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on October 13, 2005 featured a more upbeat atmosphere evident since the lift given to the process by the new U.S. agriculture proposal. Director-General Lamy and many other speakers observed a new impetus in the negotiations, while man [...]
2005-10-17 08:58:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2515SEMINAR ON SPECIAL PROCEDURES OCTOBER 12 - 13, 2005
[...] On October 12-13, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a seminar entitled "Enhancing and Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Special Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights." The seminar was divided into four sections, each focusing on a specific aspect of the [...]
2005-10-18 09:02:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNCHR
05GENEVA2522COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIRPERSON ON RIGHTS OF THE
[...] Mission received the following communication from Jakob Egbert Doek, Chairperson, Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding the two overdue reports on optional protocols that were ratified by the United States, Children in Armed Conflict and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and C [...]
2005-10-18 11:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2567UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE # 7: MEXICO PLAN OF ACTION
[...] (U) Summary. Government representatives, NGOs and UN staff turned out in force to voice support for the Mexico Plan of Action (POA) during a special session on the margins of the UNHCR Executive Committee meeting. While there was some concern over the lack of resources targeted for the regio [...]
2005-10-21 11:16:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA2593Meeting of the WTO General Council - October 19, 2005
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. The General Council meeting on October 19, 2005 was shorter than usual in light of other DDA-related developments taking place simultaneously. Director-General Lamy began by recapping his comments at recent meetings of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and added that he wo [...]
2005-10-25 11:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2599REPORT ON BELARUS ACCESSION TO THE WTO - INFORMAL
[...] Summary. At the close of Belarus' last WTO Working Party (WP) meeting in May 2005, the WP Chair was unable to confirm support among WTO Members to hold another WP meeting for Belarus this year, so it was decided that informal consultations would be held on Monday, October 24. These consultat [...]
2005-10-26 12:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BO WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2613FINAL REPORT ON UNHCR WG SESSION OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES (SEPTEMBER 12-23, 2005)
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Intersessional Working Group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument completed work on a Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance and, although there was no consensus, agreed that there was no impediment to consideration of the [...]
2005-10-28 04:42:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDFR UNGA UNHCR
05GENEVA261422-30 SEPTEMBER 2005 MEETINGS OF THE WTO RULES
[...] The WTO Rules Negotiating Group held three days of plenary meetings to discuss eight papers on antidumping issues and two papers related to fisheries subsidies. There were also plurilateral meetings for more in-depth discussions of selected elaborated antidumping proposals. Two U.S. papers, [...]
2005-10-28 06:02:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2616BIC-IV: (U) LOOK-UL'YANOV MEETINGS, OCTOBER 26
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-001. 2. (U) Meeting: U.S.-Hosted Dinner Date: October 25, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Place: Auberge des Trois Coqs, Chambesy Participants: U.S. Russia DAS Look Mr. Ul'yanov [...]
2005-10-28 08:19:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2617WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT MEETINGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10, 2005, THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY JEAN HEILMAN GRIER, SENIOR PROCUREMENT NEGOTIATOR, USTR, AND INCLUDING JOHN LIUZZI, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND ROBERT KASPER, U.S. MISSION TO THE WTO, PARTICIPATED IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MEETINGS O [...]
2005-10-28 08:25:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO WTO
05GENEVA2618BIC-IV: (U) U.S. AND RUSSIAN BRIEFINGS ON STATUS
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 26, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) The U.S. and Russian Delegations each provided briefings on the status of implementation of the Tre [...]
2005-10-28 09:23:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2619BIC-IV: (U) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE MOSCOW
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) The U.S. and Russian Delegations met the morning of October 27, 2005, to provide answers to que [...]
2005-10-28 09:51:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2620BIC-IV: (U) MEETING ON ISSUES RELATED TO
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 27, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 3:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) As a measure to improve transparency and confidence-building, Russia repackaged its proposal (orig [...]
2005-10-28 10:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2626INITIAL FY 2006 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED
[...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 0510000000887 EFT DATE: 28-OCT-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMO [...]
2005-10-31 04:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA2629 WTO REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: ENABLING CLAUSE
[...] On October 3, 2005, the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules held an informal meeting devoted to discussing to the extent to which new transparency procedures being considered in the Doha Round for regional trade agreements (RTAs) should also cover RTAs entered into between developing countries unde [...]
2005-10-31 08:01:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR WTRO
05GENEVA2630COMMUNICATION FROM THE FIVE SRS REGARDING
[...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs regarding the invitation to visit Guantanamo that was extended to Mr. Nowak, Ms. Zerrogui and Ms. Jahangir. The letter and the attachments have been e- mailed to IO/SHA and this communication will be included on # [...]
2005-10-31 08:09:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2636JCIC-XXVII: RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II)
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-029. 2. The Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) resumed operations on October 31, 2005. Addressees are requested to route cable traffic on all START-related issues, as well as INF implementation and compliance [...]
2005-10-31 09:40:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2638COMMUNICATION FROM WG ON ARBITRARY DETENTION
[...] Mission received the following communication from Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, regarding the case of Mr. Majeed Hameed. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is number 38 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log [...]
2005-10-31 09:47:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2653WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES 2005 - BETTER THAN
[...] Summary: The meetings of the Assemblies of Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),held in Geneva from September 26 to October 5, 2005, ended with better-than-expected results. Member States strengthened accountability and oversight within the organization, th [...]
2005-11-01 12:57:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDIO KIPR WIPO
05GENEVA2654COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...]
2005-11-01 13:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS
05GENEVA2655UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...]
2005-11-01 14:12:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR
05GENEVA2663RESPONSE OF UN AFFILIATED NGOS TO SECTION 102 (G)
[...] Summary. In response to reftel, the following information is provided on United Nations agencies and affiliated agencies with respect to the statutory certification requirement on pedophilia contained in Section 102(G) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 [...]
2005-11-02 09:37:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI UN
05GENEVA2668 REPORT ON NON-ARGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS
[...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from October 10-14, 2005, to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]
2005-11-02 10:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2669JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-031. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the delegation lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for Part II of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]
2005-11-02 11:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2670NOT A GOOD IDEA - WIPO PROPOSAL ON AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 6. 2. Ambassador Moley met November 1, at her request, with Rita Hayes, Deputy Director General WIPO, to discuss a proposed WIPO-hosted meeting of a high-level advisory group for intellectual property and avian flu. Econ Counselor and Health Atta [...]
2005-11-02 11:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR TBIO WIPO
05GENEVA2682 JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON A
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-034. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 31, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:35 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on October 31, 2005, to discuss a [...]
2005-11-03 10:16:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2683JCIC-XXVII: (U) TAYLOR-BORYAK DINNER, OCTOBER 30,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-032. 2. Meeting Date: October 30, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 8:15 P.M. Place: Restaurant Le Creux-de-Genthod Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Boryak ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. JCIC Representa [...]
2005-11-03 10:16:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2685JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-037. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, to dis [...]
2005-11-03 10:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2690JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-035. 2. (S) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, [...]
2005-11-04 06:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2712JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At a heads of delegation (HOD) meeting, held at the U.S. Mission on November 2 at which all [...]
2005-11-08 06:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2713UZBEK REFUGEES IN KYRGYZSTAN AND ROMANIA
[...] (U) Summary: On 26 October, Ambassador received a letter from Anne Willem Biljeveld, Director of the Division of External Relations at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),providing an update on the status of the refugees who fled Uzbekistan in May 2005. Paragraph 4 repe [...]
2005-11-08 06:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR
05GENEVA2714IOM SUB-COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE
[...] (U) Summary: Member states approved most agenda item presented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) during the 94th Session of the Sub-committee on Budget and Finance (SCBF) November 1. However, three issues -- IOM's overhead rate policy, its Program and Budget for 2006, and [...]
2005-11-08 07:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF IOM
05GENEVA2715WTO HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING - NOVEMBER 3, 2005
[...] WTO Director-General Lamy convened a short heads of delegation meeting on the morning of November 3 to discuss next steps for the Doha Development Agenda. His main point was that the time has come to emphasize the "horizontality" of the negotiations and to begin the process of transitioning [...]
2005-11-08 07:57:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2719JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-039. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 2, 2005, to discuss the Ukrainian [...]
2005-11-08 10:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2726JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss the U.S [...]
2005-11-09 05:41:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2727WSIS PREPCOM III MEETS IN GENEVA; LEAVES KEY
[...] Summary: The third meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom III) for Phase II of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) took place in Geneva, Switzerland on September 19 ) 30, 2005. Over 1,900 participants attended the PrepCom including 1047 delegates representing 152 states [...]
2005-11-09 05:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EU IO TS WSIS
05GENEVA2731PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...]
2005-11-09 06:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN
05GENEVA2732FIVE SRS NOTIFYING UNITED STATES THEY ARE
[...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who are conducting an investigation on detainees at Guantanamo regarding their intention to seek cooperation from the Governments of Afghanistan, France, Morocco, Pakistan and Spain to allow them access so that the [...]
2005-11-09 06:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHCR
05GENEVA2734JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-041. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss [...]
2005-11-09 07:35:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2735JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-049. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. statement that was made at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on November 9, 200 [...]
2005-11-09 08:36:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2738JCIC-XXVII: UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT TO THE U.S.
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-047. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of the Unclassified Attachment to the U.S. closing plenary statement -- Coordinated Plenary Statement on Reentry Vehicle Inspections of Trident II SLBMs -- that was made at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of t [...]
2005-11-09 09:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2739JCIC-XXVII: INITIALED JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 39
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-048. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of Joint Statement Number 39 "On First Stages of SS-25 ICBMs Burned Without Nozzles Attached" that was initialed by all Parties in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 8, 2005. 3. Begin text: [...]
2005-11-09 10:10:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2741JCIC-XXVII: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-052. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Russian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the R [...]
2005-11-09 10:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2748JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-042. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 7, 2005, to further [...]
2005-11-09 13:09:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2749JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN GRIEVANCES WITH CTR AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-046. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Ukraine took the opportunity, during a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, [...]
2005-11-10 03:54:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2750JCIC-XXVII: (U) RUSSIAN-HOSTED RECEPTION,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-033. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Event: Russian-Hosted Reception Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva AND Meeting Date: November 9, 2005 [...]
2005-11-10 04:03:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2751JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting, followed by a Working Group meeting, were held at the Russ [...]
2005-11-10 05:49:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2753JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-044. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 10:15 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A working group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, to discuss Russian con [...]
2005-11-10 06:24:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2755JCIC-XXVII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-050. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2005-11-10 07:40:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2756JCIC-XXVII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-051. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the Start Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...]
2005-11-10 08:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2757JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-053. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mi [...]
2005-11-10 08:19:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2760JCIC-XXVII: CLOSE-OUT OF PART TWO OF JCIC-XXVII
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-056. 2. This is the end of operations for the second part of JCIC-XXVII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" o [...]
2005-11-10 08:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2761JCIC-XXVII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-055. 2. (S) Following is the listing of Geneva cables from Part II of JCIC-XXVII reporting activity during the period October 31 - November 9, 2005. JCIC-XXVII-029 (GENEVA 2636) JCIC-XXVII: (U) RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II) OPERATIONS JCIC-XXVII-030 (GENE [...]
2005-11-10 09:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2765INITIAL FY 2006 WMO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED
[...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050110000391 EFT DATE: 11-NOV-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240.CO191516.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS, SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA-11 S [...]
2005-11-10 10:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KUNR AORC WMO
05GENEVA2767DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The effort grew out of concern th [...]
2005-11-10 11:38:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF
05GENEVA2778 WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (TBT)
[...] Begin Summary: On November 2, 2005, the WTO TBT Committee met to review new trade concerns arising from the following notifications (or lack thereof): China's proposed regulations to control pollution from electronic information products, the EU's Directive on eco-design requirements for ene [...]
2005-11-16 03:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2781WTO HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING - NOVEMBER 10, 2005
[...] Begin Summary. Following a report by Director-General Lamy on the lack of movement in recent informal consultations, WTO heads of delegation decided on November 10, 2005 to "recalibrate" their expectations for the upcoming Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China. At the same time, they als [...]
2005-11-16 03:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2797 WTO TRIPS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION October 27 2005
[...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council Special Session met on Thursday, October 27, 2005. The Special Session is charged with negotiating a system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GIs) for wines and spirits eligible for protection in those WTO Members participating in the sy [...]
2005-11-16 09:14:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA2798 WTO TRIPS COUNCIL October 25-26 2005
[...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday October 25-26, 2005. Mr. CHOI Hyuck of Korea chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held in the morning of October 25, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon and conti [...]
2005-11-16 09:17:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA2807May16 - October 31, 2005 CLO ACTIVITY REPORT -
[...] CLO serves the following agencies: Department of State, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, Census Bureau, USAID, Army, Air Force and Environmental Protection Agency. 2. [...]
2005-11-16 11:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KFLO CLO
05GENEVA2809 TRIPS COUNCIL, CHINA TRM, OCTOBER 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 04:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KJUS PGOV CH JA SW CA WTRO EUN
05GENEVA2812FIVE SRS REQUESTING ANSWER TO OCTOBER 31 LETTER
[...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who have been invited to visit Guantanamo. The letter and the attachments have been e- mailed to IO/SHA and this communication will be included on #10 on the 2005 correspondence log. 2. Begin text of letter: [...]
2005-11-17 06:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC UNHCR
05GENEVA2839MDA: DISSUADING JAPAN FROM AMENDING THE PROTOCOL
[...] (C) Summary: Japan is contemplating proposing an amendment to the current text of the additional third protocol (to adopt a new emblem for the Red Cross movement.) This runs counter to the strong U.S. desire not to re-open the draft. While Japan's proposal itself is minor, it is quite possible [...]
2005-11-18 11:12:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS ICRC MDA
05GENEVA542FY 2005 ILO TAX PAYMENT: PAYMENT TO THE
[...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: VOUCHER NO: 27850007890 EFT DATE: 24-FEB-05 NAME OF PAYEE: INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO) ACCOUNT NO: CO801157.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS, SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA-2 SWIT [...]
2005-03-01 13:40:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC AFIN ILO
05GENEVA836 WTO TRIPS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION, MARCH 11, 2005
[...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council Special Session met on Friday, March 11, 2005. The Special Session is charged with negotiating a system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GI's) for wines and spirits eligible for protection in those WTO Members participating in the syst [...]
2005-04-01 13:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA837 WTO TRIPS COUNCIL, MARCH 8-9, 2005
[...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9, 2005. Mr. Tony Miller of Hong Kong, China chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held on the morning of March 8, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon of the fir [...]
2005-04-01 13:16:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA844MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MARCH 31, 2005
[...] The General Council agreed on March 31, 2005 to extend by three months (until July 30, 2005) the time period for Members to negotiate compensation or withdraw concessions of their own in response to the EC's withdrawal of concessions as a result of EU enlargement to its new membership of 25. [...]
2005-04-04 07:29:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA847LETTER FROM INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] Mission received the following letter from the Independent Expert on Afghanistan, Cherif Bassiouni on March 30, 2005. The letter is addressed to Ambassador Moley and responds to a letter sent on March 18, 2005 in which Ambassador Moley offered Mr. Bassiouni a briefing on the conditions of DO [...]
2005-04-04 08:34:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA909BHUTANESE REFUGEES PRESENT THEIR HISTORY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a private meeting on the margins of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Bhutanese refugee delegation presented a video explaining the facts of their flight and situation in Nepal, and drawing governmental attention to their desire for durable solutions. Missionoff persua [...]
2005-04-08 14:59:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR
06GENEVA1174LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MEETS WITH HIGH
[...] (SBU) While in Geneva for the U.S. presentation before the UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva, State's Legal Adviser John Bellinger met May 8 with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. Her agenda included a request for more funding, a grim report on her Sudan trip, and a [...]
2006-05-16 15:17:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM OTRA SU
06GENEVA1456JUNE 13 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
[...] Discussion during the June 13 informal consultations focused on the second, more substantive week of the June 19-30 Human Rights Council inaugural session. President-designate Luis Alfonso de Alba provided attendees with a draft program of work (e-mailed to IO-RHS and DRL-MLA-DL),which drew [...]
2006-06-14 14:42:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1468JUNE 15 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) President-designate de Alba circulated a revised agenda for first session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) during June 15 informal consultations. Delegates complained of a lack of transparency regarding the agenda item "pressing human rights issues" and demanded to see a precise list of [...]
2006-06-16 04:11:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1610HRC: JUNE 27 WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP MEETING
[...] Summary: The Western Human Rights Group met June 27 to review the state of play at the Human Rights Council. Swiss Ambassador Blaise Godet, the Western Group's Bureau representative, reported on the Bureau's June 26 meeting, at which the priority was President de Alba's effort to avoid a Pal [...]
2006-06-29 05:20:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1637RESOLUTIONS ON ALL FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] The Human Rights Council (HRC) passed resolutions on all five inter-governmental working groups during the June 29-30 conclusions and recommendations portion of the inaugural session. Discussion on the working group resolutions took place June 26-27, at which time the United States delivered [...]
2006-07-03 14:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1638HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
[...] UN General Assembly President and Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson opened the inaugural session of the Human Rights Council (June 19-23) with a speech recalling why the Council was created and the challenges it faced. UN Secretary General Annan endorsed the adoption of the SIPDIS Conv [...]
2006-07-03 14:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1673HRC: SPECIAL SESSION ON PALESTINE \
[...] (U) Summary: The Human Rights Council concluded its first \ Special Session on July 6 with the passage of a resolution \ entitled "Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian \ Territory" by a vote of 29-11-5. The resolution demands that \ Israel end its military operations in the OPT, abi [...]
2006-07-07 09:27:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1699ECOSOC HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT ADOPTS MINISTERIAL
[...] The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held its High Level Segment in Geneva July 3-5 to discuss the linkage between employment and economic development. A 40-paragraph Ministerial Declaration was adopted after protracted negotiations, drawing attention to the needs of the world's unempl [...]
2006-07-11 11:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ELAB EAGR ETRD EFIN PHUM KUNR ECOSOC UN
06GENEVA1748ECOSOC 2006 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION: COORDINATION
[...] (U) Summary: The Coordination Segment (CS) of ECOSOC's Substantive Session met July 6-10 and again on July 17 in Geneva. The Coordination Segment theme "Sustained economic growth for social development, including poverty eradication and hunger" had strong thematic links to the High Level Seg [...]
2006-07-18 14:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ELAB KUNR TBIO
06GENEVA1886WHO: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH WHO
[...] Summary. Ambassador Tichenor met July 26, 2006, with Dr. Shigeru Omi of Japan and July 27, 2006, with Mr. David Gunnarsson of Iceland, both of whom are candidates to be Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO). Omi stressed his technical, management and political skills, [...]
2006-08-03 15:34:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TBIO WHO
06GENEVA1954HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT
[...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]
2006-08-12 11:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2030INSIDE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \
[...] (C) The newly established Human Rights Council (HRC) \ within the space of two months held an inaugural session \ (June 19-30) and two special sessions (July 5-6 and August \ 11) both focused on condemning Israel. As the U.S. \ Government debates whether or not to seek election to the \ Council n [...]
2006-08-23 05:21:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PREL
06GENEVA2102ANTI-VEHICLE MINE PROTOCOL: ENGAGING RUSSIA ON NEW
[...] (U) This is an action request. Mission Geneva requests that Department ask Embassy Moscow to convey the points at para 5 to appropriate host government officials in the MFA's Department of International Security and Arms Control (note: MFA/DVBR Director Anatoliy Antonov has been involved in o [...]
2006-08-29 15:44:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PREL RS
06GENEVA2131TAXATION OF UN MISSION RESIDENCES
[...] Summary. Reftel requested information about Swiss taxation of foreign-owned diplomatic mission residences, and asked post to describe any USG or post-owned properties used as residences by US Mission personnel. Mission can confirm that there are no/no USG-owned properties used as residences [...]
2006-09-01 05:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KLIG SW
06GENEVA2161SEPTEMBER 1 INFORMALS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S
[...] Human Rights Council (HRC) President Luis Alfonso de Alba chaired informal consultations September 1 to discuss the upcoming HRC session (Sept. 18-Oct. 6),which is expected to deal with substantive matters deferred at the first session in June. According to de Alba's draft timetable, each m [...]
2006-09-05 15:21:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2169DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles held a series of bilateral meetings in Geneva August 31 and September 1 with select missions to discuss the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) session. The meetings are summarized below. United Kingdom -------------- 2. (C) DAS Barks-Ruggles discussed w [...]
2006-09-06 15:31:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2170HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ISRAEL'S
[...] (C) In an open and friendly meeting August 31 with DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, Mexican Permanent Representative and Human Rights Council (HRC) President Luis Alfonso de Alba explained his interactions with the Israeli and Lebanese missions in the aftermath of three resolutions calling for in [...]
2006-09-06 15:35:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2171UNITED STATES CONSULTATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE
[...] DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles and Ambassador Tichenor, accompanied by PolCouns and Washington- and Geneva-based staffers, met with High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour August 31 to discuss a broad range of human rights-related issues, including OHCHR field ope [...]
2006-09-06 15:37:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2176INDIAN UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CANDIDATE THAROOR
[...] On August 28, Ambassador Tichenor met with Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for UN Secretary-General, during a dinner hosted by Indian PermRep Singh. Tharoor reviewed themes outlined in his September 4 Newsweek editorial, discussing with the Ambassador and other Geneva-based PermReps his vi [...]
2006-09-06 16:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN IN
06GENEVA2178ANTI-VEHICLE MINE PROTOCOL: ENGAGING PAKISTAN ON A
[...] (C) This is an action request. As recommended by Pakistani Amb Masood Kahn to USDEL in Aug 28-Sept 6 CCW meeting, Mission Geneva requests that Department convey the points at para 6 to Pakistani ambassador in Washington and that DoD request military attach in Islamabad to convey same points [...]
2006-09-08 07:13:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PREL PK
06GENEVA2180CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: REPORT ON AUG
[...] (C) Summary: The August 28-September 6 session of the Group of Governmental experts of the states parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW),which also served as the final preparatory committee for the November Review Conference of CCW states parties, spent a significant amount o [...]
2006-09-08 08:19:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PREL
06GENEVA2251PAKISTANI PERMREP ON OIC TACTICS FOR HRC -- TIT
[...] (C) In a meeting, at our request, Ambassador Tichenor delineated U.S. concerns regarding the Human Rights Council and urged Pakistani PermRep Masood Khan to take a more constructive approach to safeguard the Council's credibility. Khan, while appearing calm and reasonable, laid out an OIC s [...]
2006-09-14 15:13:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PK
06GENEVA2348ILC - JAMAICA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR PROFESSOR
[...] U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica requesting USG support for the candidacy of Professor Stephen Vasciannie for election to the International Law Commission at elections to be held in New York during the 61st session of the United Nations Genera [...]
2006-09-22 11:45:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA UNSC JM XL
06GENEVA2614GEORGIAN PERMREP ASKS FOR HIGH-LEVEL U.S.
[...] (C) Georgian PermRep Levan Mikeladze and Political Counselor Valerian Katamadze met with Ambassador Tichenor Oct. 13 to request U.S. intervention on behalf of Georgia in response to Russia's retaliation against Georgia following the arrest and later expulsion of four Russian military officers [...]
2006-10-16 15:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS GG AM RS
06GENEVA2628COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AMBASSADORS REGROUP
[...] (U) Ambassador Tichenor hosted Community of Democracies Convening Group (CD/CG) ambassadors Oct. 13 to discuss the second Human Rights Council (HRC) session and ways for the CD to play a more meaningful - and visible - role in Geneva by taking common positions on issues, making joint statements [...]
2006-10-17 14:35:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2654LITTLE PROGRESS AND MUCH CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION \
[...] (C) The Human Rights Council's second session was \ adjourned without achieving much after three weeks. It is to \ resume November 27-28, when it will deal with 44 resolutions \ tabled by members when it became apparent that little of \ substance would be achieved. The Council's failure was due [...]
2006-10-19 13:15:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2657WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PREPARES FOR THIRD
[...] (SBU) The Western Human Rights Group (WHRG) met October 18 to strategize how best to prioritize its efforts to ensure better results for the November 27-December 8 Council session. The WHRG's efficacy risks being undermined by divisions between the EU- and non-EU members of the group, with T [...]
2006-10-19 16:43:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2658JUSCANZ FOCUSES ON NEXT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) JUSCANZ members met October 18 to review outcomes (or lack thereof) of the second session of the Human Rights Council (9/18-10/6) and to discuss enhancing coordination on issues coming before the next HRC session (11/27-12/8). The view, broadly shared in the group, is that President Luis [...]
2006-10-20 05:16:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2913HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE
[...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]
2006-11-15 19:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2928HRC: CANADA ASKS WESTERN GROUP TO CONSIDER A
[...] (SBU) The Western Human Rights Group (WHRG) met November 17 at Canada's request to discuss the possibility of requesting a special session of the Human Rights Council to address the situation in Darfur/Sudan or of asking that a segment of the November 27 - December 8 Council session be devote [...]
2006-11-17 14:02:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC SU
06GENEVA2993HRC: PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED DECISION FOR FUNDING OF
[...] (U) Human Rights Council President Luis Alfonso de Alba has circulated the text of a Presidential decision to be adopted by consensus during the third regular session of the Council, 11/27-12/8, requesting adequate funding for the HRC to discharge its responsibilities under UNGA resolution 60 [...]
2006-11-22 17:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC AORC
06GENEVA3120Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, detainee - #40 in Geneva 2006
[...] Mission has received a communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, concerning Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, a Yemeni citizen, detained at the US Air Force Base of Baghram, near Kabul, Afghanistan. This communication has been sent via e-ma [...]
2006-12-14 11:34:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA3134HRC: CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL MEETS OHCHR, COUNCIL
[...] Congressional staffers for the outgoing and incoming chairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House International Relations Committee were in Geneva Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2006 to discuss the state of the Human Rights Council (HRC) with key players from the diplomatic community, United N [...]
2006-12-15 08:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC UN
06GENEVA3142GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 16:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CM NI
06GENEVA3143JORDANIAN PERMREP ISSUES PRESS RELEASE ON DARFUR
[...] (U) The Jordanian Mission in Geneva December 15 issued a press release (para 2),which has been posted on the Human Rights Council's extranet page, stating that remarks made by Jordanian PermRep Mousa Burayzat November 28 regarding Darfur during second HRC session were "his personal impression [...]
2006-12-15 16:27:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC JO
06GENEVA58236TH UNHCR STANDING COMMITTEE - PROGRAM BUDGETS
[...] (U ) Summary. The Deputy High Commissioner, the Controller and the head of External Relations provided a briefing to member states on UNHCR strategies to meet the current budget crisis. Member states were frank in their remarks to UNHCR, sometimes highlighting the organization's shortcoming [...]
2006-03-14 16:10:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL UNHCR
06GENEVA59736TH UNHCR STANDING COMMITTEE: AFRICA DISCUSSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Africa Bureau Director Marjon Kamara and Director of Operations for the Sudan Situation Jean-Marie Fakhouri addressed participants in the 36th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on March 8. Both highlighted the di [...]
2006-03-16 13:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL SMIG XA
06GENEVA763COMMUNICATION FROM SRS ON ESA EXECUTIONS REGARDING
[...] Mission received a communication from Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, regarding a raid conducted by Multinational Forces on March 15, 2006 at the house of Faiz Harrat Al- Majma'ee in Iraq. This communication has been sent via e- mail to IO [...]
2006-04-03 14:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1057JOINT U.S.-JAPAN MEETING WITH WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 05:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AORC
07GENEVA1060 WHO: Meeting on Options for Increasing the Access of
[...] Summary. The World Health Organization (WHO) convened subject meeting April 25 to discuss strategies to expand access to influenza vaccines, including stockpiling options and increased vaccine production. Participants included representatives from donor countries, countries affected by the H5 [...]
2007-04-30 08:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AORC
07GENEVA113Republic of Congo-Brazzaville and Darfur
[...] (U) Mission has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Congo in reply to our dip note 367-06 informing us of the visit to Darfur of its Geneva Ambassador. The Government of the Republic of Congo expressed its concerns regarding the humanitarian and security situation, and t [...]
2007-01-17 16:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC OPDC PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07GENEVA114Jamaica Candidature - Rights of the Child
[...] (U) Mission has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica informing us that the Government of Jamaica will present the candidature of Mrs. Mary Clark for election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at elections to be held in New York in February 2007. 2. ( [...]
2007-01-17 16:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC AORC UN JM
07GENEVA115ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC
[...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...]
2007-01-18 06:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT
07GENEVA116ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC
[...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...]
2007-01-18 06:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT
07GENEVA1163WHO: TAIWAN ISSUES AT THE 60TH WORLD HEALTH
[...] Summary. Ambassador Tichenor and Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki met April 24 with Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO),as requested reftels, to urge Chan to improve the participation of Taiwan's experts in the technical work of the WHO. Chan promised to f [...]
2007-05-10 15:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM
07GENEVA1170UN EXPERT GROUP ON DARFUR
[...] (U) Summary: MissionOffs met May 3 with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to discuss follow-up to A/HRC/4/L.7, the March Human Rights Council consensus Darfur resolution. The group created by that resolution, the UN Expert Group on Darfur, met in Geneva April 24-27 [...]
2007-05-11 10:40:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC SU
07GENEVA1371Five manslaughter incidents - Geneva 2007 Communications
[...] (U) Mission has received a communication from Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions regarding five incidents of manslaughter. It is number 12 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to address you [...]
2007-05-30 15:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1418Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, detainee - #40 in Geneva 2006
[...] Mission has received a communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the case of Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, a Yemeni citizen, detained at the US Air Force Base of Baghram, Afghanistan. Letter dated 11 December 2006 referenced in [...]
2007-06-04 14:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1478ILO - BURMA: CONFERENCE SEES MINIMAL STEPS BUT LITTLE REAL
[...] SUMMARY. The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards considered the situation of forced labor in Burma in its special sitting during the 96th International Labor Conference, June 4, 2007. The Burmese ambassador said nothing about real steps in ending forced labor. He focused solely o [...]
2007-06-07 11:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PREL ILO
07GENEVA1656HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, JUNE
[...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council (HRC) held the first organizational meeting of its second year June 19-22 to follow up on institution-building in preparation for the next Council session (Sept. 10-28). In a worrisome indication that negotiations in Geneva are unlikely to be more transparent th [...]
2007-06-25 15:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1713SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES
[...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...]
2007-07-03 09:47:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PINR CE
07GENEVA1754Air strike in Afghanistan - #18 in Geneva 2007
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, regarding the U.S. led Coalition air strike in Zarghun Sha, Afghanistan. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS and is number 18 on the Geneva 2007 [...]
2007-07-10 09:58:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1755Death in Custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah - #19 in Geneva 2007
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, regarding the death in custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS and is #19 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. [...]
2007-07-10 09:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1803ECOSOC LAUNCHES ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered strongly-worded remarks at the July 2 opening of the UN Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) High Level Segment, stating that "existing trade barriers, agricultural subsidies and restrictive rules on intellectual property rights...make [...]
2007-07-18 11:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ETRD SENV ECOSOC UN
07GENEVA1948Ahmed Belbacha - #22 in Geneva 2007 Communications Log
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, Manfred Nowak, regarding Ahmed Belbacha who is detained at Guantanamo without charge or trial. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS. It is #22 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. [...]
2007-08-13 15:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1992DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA MEETINGS -
[...] (C) Summary: On an August 6-8 visit to Geneva, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees highlighted deep U.S. disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and explored increasing the use of alternative fora, such as the UNGA Third Committee and t [...]
2007-08-22 15:12:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC KUNR PREF UNHCR
07GENEVA2048DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA TALKS -
[...] (SBU) Summary: IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees used a human rights-focused August 6-8 visit to Geneva to also address a range of humanitarian, refugee, and health issues, as well as UN reform. DAS Singh also underscored the importance the [...]
2007-08-29 08:31:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREF UNHRC
07GENEVA2110EU CONSIDERS CONDEMNING SRI LANKA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request in para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The EU is considering whether to table a resolution in the Human Rights Council condemning Sri Lanka's recent human rights record. To avert a resolution, the Sri Lankan Government sent its Human Rights Minister and two [...]
2007-09-10 05:54:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PTER UNHRC CE
07GENEVA2184HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER ARBOUR DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said she had felt obliged to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Tehran even though she would have preferred another venue, given Iran's poor human rights record. She [...]
2007-09-19 05:33:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC IR CE
07GENEVA2373HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...]
2007-10-11 15:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2375UN REFORM: US BLOCKS WIPO BUDGET OVER ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (U) At the WIPO 43rd General Assemblies, the US succeeded in its goal of forcing discussion of a confidential internal audit report alleging misconduct on the part the Sudanese Director General Kamil Idris. However, on the last day of the 10-day meeting, the African countries rejected a propo [...]
2007-10-11 20:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AORC WIPO
07GENEVA2421DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FORCIBLE RETURN OF CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 13:58:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKIRF KISL PHUM PREF PREL
07GENEVA2431SECOND DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FORCIBLE RETURN OF
[...] (S) Per ref a, PolCouns demarched Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) Secretariat staffers Safir Syed (assistant to Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak) and Michael Wiener (assistant to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion/Belief Asma Jahangir) on October 30. Syed and Weiner, [...]
2007-10-30 16:46:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKIRF KISL PREF PREL PHUM
07GENEVA2447ICRC PONDERS BROADENING ITS ROLE IN DPRK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us of their interest in expanding their work in North Korea. ICRC efforts are currently limited to medical assistance, but it hopes that progress in the Six-Party Talks might create the conditions to increase [...]
2007-11-02 17:43:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC PREF KN CH
07GENEVA2492A/S FRIED MEETS WITH ANTONOV ON CFE IN GENEVA
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, A/S Dan Fried, accompanied by A/S Paula DeSutter and an interagency team, met in Geneva with Russian MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoly Antonov, accompanied by Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Federyakov to resume discussion of the U.S. paper on elements [...]
2007-11-15 10:24:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL RS GG MD NATO
07GENEVA2507WHO INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING: USDEL BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza John Lange met November 21 with Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari on the margins of the WHO Intergovernmental Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Sharing of Influenza Viruses and Access to Vaccines and O [...]
2007-11-21 21:25:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKFLU TBIO EAID WHO
07GENEVA2541UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: A NEW MECHANISM IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new human rights mechanism is scheduled to get underway in April 2008, with the human rights behavior of a first tranche of 16 countries to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over the next four years, all UN member states are to undergo such review in [...]
2007-11-30 16:28:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA261CZECH CANDIDATURE - HRC
[...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic requesting U.S. Government support for the Czech candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in 2008. 2. (U) Mission has responde [...]
2007-02-02 16:00:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC AORC UN EZ
07GENEVA2626Human Rights Council Session Highlights Troubling
[...] Summary: The Human Rights Council's resumed Sixth Session of December 10-14 highlighted the pernicious dynamic of previous sessions in which important resolutions were held hostage to negotiations between the European Union and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). That dynamic was e [...]
2007-12-17 16:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA385FRENCH CANDIDATURE - HRC
[...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of France requesting U.S. Government support for the French candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in New York in 2008. 2. (U) Mission has responded that the information contained in the [...]
2007-02-20 08:09:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC AORC UN FR
07GENEVA525VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY - STAKEHOLDER
[...] Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky visited Geneva February 28 as head of the U.S. delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Polio Eradication, resulting in continued global commitment to eradication and establishment of miles [...]
2007-03-06 10:41:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO WHO
07GENEVA551RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP
[...] The inter-governmental Right to Development (RTD) Working Group completed its Feb. 26-March 2 session with an unusual compromise "consensus" agreement on the chair's conclusions and recommendations that left it up to various states to decide whether or not the report opened the door for a new [...]
2007-03-07 14:57:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA617WORKING GROUP ON FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN DECLARATION
[...] (U) Summary: The intergovernmental working group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action met for the first part of its fifth session March 5-9 chaired by Chilean Permanent Representative Juan Martabit. Main areas of contention remain the inclusion [...]
2007-03-14 06:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA1000JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-025. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on November 21, 2008. [...]
2008-11-21 13:06:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1001JCIC-XXXIII: U.S. PRESS STATEMENT ON START
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-023. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Press Statement on discussions in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission that are required by Article XVII concerning whether the START Treaty should be extended. The statement was delivered on November 21, 2008. [...]
2008-11-21 13:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1002JCIC-XXXIII: STATUS OF HEAVY BOMBERS AT THE
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-024. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Unclassified Annex to the U.S. Closing Plenary Statement for JCIC-XXXIII on Status of Heavy Bombers at the Conversion or Elimination Facility at Davis Monthan Air Force Base. The Statement was delivered at the Closing Ple [...]
2008-11-21 13:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1003JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOSTED
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Monday, November 17, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:50 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on November 17, 2008, at the Russian M [...]
2008-11-21 15:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1004JCIC-XXXIII: WG MEETING ON MM III RVOSI, NOVEMBER
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 15:30 P.M. - 16:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 2008, to [...]
2008-11-21 16:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1005JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:40 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, [...]
2008-11-21 16:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1006JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S.-UKRAINE HEAD OF DELEGATION
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-021. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:00 - 3:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At Ukrainian request, U.S. and Ukrainian Heads of Delegation (HOD) met to discuss and clarify th [...]
2008-11-21 16:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1007JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-52
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, to address [...]
2008-11-22 12:22:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1009JCIC-XXXIII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 20, 2008, to discus [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1010JCIC-XXXIII: LAWYERS, MEETING ON ARTICLE XVII AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian lawyers met to discuss Russian legal requirements if the decision were mad [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1011JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1012JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-028. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Russian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on N [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1013JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-027. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Kazakhstani Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1014JCIC-XXXIII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-026. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Belarusian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission o [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1015JCIC-XXXIII: (U) TAYLOR/KOSHELEV DISCUSSIONS AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-030. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 21, 2008 Time: 11:45 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Given the preparation requested for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1016JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-52
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, to address [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1017JCIC-XXXIII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 20, 2008, to discus [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1018JCIC-XXXIII: LAWYERS, MEETING ON ARTICLE XVII AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian lawyers met to discuss Russian legal requirements if the decision were mad [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1019JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1025JCIC-XXXIII: RUSSIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON START
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a coordinated press statement on discussions that took place in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission as required by Article XVII of the Treaty on whether to extend the START Treaty. The U.S [...]
2008-11-22 12:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1026JCIC-XXXIII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-032. 2. (U) Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIII reporting activity during the period November 13-21, 2008. JCIC-XXXIII-001 (GENEVA 0956) JCIC-XXXIII: (U) OPENING OF THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSIO [...]
2008-11-22 12:58:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1027JCIC-XXXIII: CLOSE OUT OF JCIC-XXXIII
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXIII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables conce [...]
2008-11-22 12:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1032 UNCTAD: Corporate Social Responsibility Workshop on
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held a Workshop on the Policy Context for Responsible Investment on November 7, 2008, where the investment community and policy-makers, representing about 50 countries, discussed ways to collaborate on socially responsible investment. [...]
2008-11-24 12:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNCTAD ECON ETRD
08GENEVA1033 WMO Commission for Hydrology, USDEL Readout
[...] SUMMARY: At the WMO Commission on Hydrology (CHy) November 4-13, the U.S. delegation achieved USG objectives of becoming a member of the Advisory Working Group (WWG),getting technical experts on the working teams, and advancing the coordination with UNESCO/IHP on climate issues. END SUMMARY [...]
2008-11-24 13:04:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIN WMO UN ECOSOC
08GENEVA1043 Organic Agriculture: International Task Force Facilitating
[...] SUMMARY: The International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF),which was a successful public-private partnership, held its final meeting on October 7, 2008, having completed its five-year project to develop a method for comparing different organic standard [...]
2008-11-26 16:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNCTAD ECON ETRD USDA USAID
08GENEVA1048UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): TRENDS AND ANALYSIS )
[...] (C) Summary: The 63rd UNGA First Committee (First Committee) offered few surprises and, as the last one before a new US administration, saw considerable hesitation among nations about taking new initiatives on nuclear issues. One diplomat characterized it as "flat." While movement on big nuc [...]
2008-12-02 16:34:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM CDG
08GENEVA1051OCTOBER 8-9, 2008, WTO SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY (SPS)
[...] Summary: The Forty-Second Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures was held October 8-9, 2008. The U.S. delegation was headed by Jane Doherty, (USTR),and included Christine Brown (Commerce),Mary Lisa Madell (APHIS),Daniella Taveau [...]
2008-12-03 15:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD USTR WTRO
08GENEVA1055 MEETING WITH MONTENEGRO DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DJUROVIC TO
[...] Summary: USTR Senior Director for WTO Accessions, Cecilia Klein, and USTR/Geneva representatives Bob Kasper and Nancy Omelko met Montenegro Deputy Prime Minister Gordana Djurovic and Montenegrin delegation on 24 November 2008. The bilateral talks focused on resolving remaining issues in the [...]
2008-12-05 09:04:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV WTRO USTR MW
08GENEVA107UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: AN INSTRUMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Universal Periodic Review, a new UN human rights mechanism, remains untested but could prove a useful instrument for promoting USG human rights goals. There is general consensus that it should proceed in a cooperative not confrontational spirit, and we are likely to get more tra [...]
2008-02-04 16:49:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA1078 December 2008 meeting of the Working Party for the WTO
[...] (U) Summary. The sixth Working Party Meeting on Azerbaijan's Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO),held on December 11 in Geneva, was widely attended by other WTO Members and highlighted the renewed energy shown by Azerbaijan in a number of areas. Prior to the meeting, Azerbaijan [...]
2008-12-15 16:21:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON WTRO USTR AZE
08GENEVA108SRI LANKA AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajiva Wijesinha, General Secretary of Sri Lanka's Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process, held meetings in Geneva on February 1 as part of continuing GoSL efforts to sway thinking here on Sri Lanka's human rights situation. Meeting with Ambassador Tichenor, Wijesinha cr [...]
2008-02-04 17:08:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNHRC CE
08GENEVA1092GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP MEETING: PROGRESS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting in Geneva of the Follow-up Committee on Implementation of the Greentree Agreement, Cameroon and Nigeria agreed that things were going smoothly with the transfer of authority on the Bakassi Peninsula. Cameroon noted its effort systematically to catalogu [...]
2008-12-18 09:32:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM PINR CM NI
08GENEVA1094KENYA: KEY DONORS STRATEGIZE ABOUT SOMALI REFUGEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 18 meeting hosted at the U.S. Mission, key donor government representatives discussed the current challenges facing Somali refugees in Kenya. They agreed to seek a briefing from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy High Commissioner after [...]
2008-12-18 14:31:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL SO KE PGOV EAID
08GENEVA1095UNHCR DISCUSSES IRAQ SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Radhouane Nouicer, UNHCR MENA Director, expressed concern to U.S. Mission officers that the UN was not moving aggressively to ensure logistical security inside Iraq for UNHCR and other UN agencies. Nouicer feared the UN may decide to withdraw again to Amman and coordinate its Ir [...]
2008-12-18 16:52:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM IR
08GENEVA1105December 17 Meeting of TNC
[...] Summary. At a meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on December 17, 2008 WTO Director General Lamy recognized with disappointment that it is not possible to conclude the Agriculture and NAMA modalities before the end of the year, but stressed the need to continue work in early 2009 [...]
2008-12-19 16:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
08GENEVA111OHCHR FACT-FINDING MISSION TO KENYA AHEAD, HUMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will depart February 6 for an approximately three-week fact-finding mission to Kenya. The mandate of the relatively low-level mission is to focus on human rights, including accountability for the recent violence, and [...]
2008-02-05 14:48:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC KE
08GENEVA1112WHO: DECEMBER 8-13 2008 WHO MEETING ON INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During December 8-13 negotiations at the Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM) on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Geneva, delegates made substantial progress on complex issues -- including concrete steps to enhance the World Health Organization (WHO) system to assess and respond [...]
2008-12-22 15:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KFLU TBIO WHO
08GENEVA1127GENEVA REACTIONS TO EVENTS IN GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: While some Geneva diplomats have begun to discuss the possibility of calling a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in Gaza, it currently seems likely that there will not be any session before next week at the earliest. Both Palestinian and Egyptian [...]
2008-12-29 15:17:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC IS
08GENEVA1128DECEMBER 17-18 GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA: SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 17-18 Geneva Talks on Georgia, the parties in the Security Working Group failed to reach agreement on a draft paper that would have established an "Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism." The Mechanism would have consisted of weekly consultative meetings [...]
2008-12-29 15:46:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
08GENEVA153LOOKING TOWARD SELECTING THE NEXT UN HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, tendered her resignation to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon several months ago, according to a well-informed Mission contact at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). SYG Ban asked Arbour to exte [...]
2008-02-28 13:49:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA155AFRICA GROUP AND OIC FACE OFF AGAINST EU IN DURBAN
[...] SUMMARY: The inaugural week-long meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards displayed the irreconcilable rifts between the European Union (EU) and the African Group (AG) and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) approaches to racism issues. Nothing less [...]
2008-02-29 15:11:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA158UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: GEARING UP FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council passed a major hurdle to getting its new Universal Periodic Review mechanism underway when it selected "troikas" on February 28 for the first two tranches of country reviews. This came after disagreements over the selection process were finally resolved, [...]
2008-03-02 10:37:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA180SRI LANKA CONTINUES TO RESIST PRESSURE IN HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU continues to hold out the prospect of tabling a resolution critical of Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council, but it has failed to pressure the GoSL into dropping its opposition to establishing an independent presence on the ground of the Office of the High Commissioner fo [...]
2008-03-10 17:25:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC CE
08GENEVA220DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TIBET STATEMENT IN HUMAN
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Eva Tomic, Political Counselor at the Slovenian Mission in Geneva, on the morning of March 24. Tomic said she would pass the content of our demarche to EU PermReps ahead of their meeting, to be held on the morning of March 25, at which they will decid [...]
2008-03-24 12:38:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA233ICRC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT TO RETURN TO OGADEN
[...] (C) Summary: Refugee Officer (RefOff) met with ICRC officials to discuss ICRC's ongoing efforts to obtain clarification from the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) as to why ICRC was expelled from the Ogaden some eight months ago. ICRC reported that their meeting with the State Secretary of Foreig [...]
2008-03-27 15:06:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF ICRC ET
08GENEVA254UKRAINE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON "HOLODOMOR" AT
[...] (SBU) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Ukraine's Kyiv-based ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mykola Maimeskoul, said his government was interested in proposing a resolution at the September session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Holodomor, the Great Famine of the early 1930s. Mai [...]
2008-04-04 10:45:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA256OIC POWER PLAY DOMINATES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh session of the Human Rights \ Council, which ran March 3-28 with an April 1 extension, \ highlighted the power of the Organization of the Islamic \ Conference (OIC) in that still evolving body. The session's \ defining moment came in the closing minutes of its last \ sche [...]
2008-04-04 15:26:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA275U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MEET WITH INDONESIAN
[...] Summary. Ambassador John Lange, Special Representative of the Secretary of State for Avian and Pandemic Influenza, and Dr. William Steiger, Special Assistant for International Affairs to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, met with Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supar [...]
2008-04-11 06:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAID WHO
08GENEVA30PROSPECTS FOR DRC MANDATE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The mandate of the UN Independent Expert on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),whose extension the Human Rights Council postponed last year after strong resistance from African and other delegations, now appears more likely to be extended, albeit perhaps with modifications, [...]
2008-01-14 10:32:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CG
08GENEVA311UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: FUTURE UNCERTAIN, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Human Rights Council kicked off its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) with an April 7-18 session that examined the human rights behavior of an initial tranche of sixteen countries. It is too early to fully assess UPR's value, but the initial session revealed some of the mec [...]
2008-04-25 15:44:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNHRC
08GENEVA319ICRC DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISIT TO SRI LANKA
[...] (C) Summary: Geneva-based Refugee Officer (RefOff) Nick Hilgert traveled to Sri Lanka from March 31 to April 5 with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Donor Support Group (DSG) to visit ICRC project sites. The DSG is made up of donors who contribute more than $10 million an [...]
2008-04-29 14:20:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE
08GENEVA320RAISING ZIMBABWE IN GENEVA UN INSTITUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is considering ways to further influence the situation in Zimbabwe. Responding to the Ambassador's April 29 demarche, Deputy High Commissioner Kang said the proposal to appoint a special human rights envoy was among se [...]
2008-04-29 16:51:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XA ZI AU UNHRC ELAB
08GENEVA360GENEVA-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES FIND IT TOUGH TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe's Mission in Geneva has taken a hard line on Geneva-based UN bodies' efforts to address the situation in the country. In a meeting with officials of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),Zimbabwe's ambassador here had harsh words for High Commiss [...]
2008-05-16 15:09:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF UNHRC ELAB ZI
08GENEVA392HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the right to food, called by more than 30 countries, took place on May 23. Per reftel, USDel attended as notetaker only. The session featured interventions from many countries, as well as from international organizations and other U [...]
2008-05-29 17:01:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC EAGR EAID FAO
08GENEVA410SPECIAL ENVOY ON ANTI-SEMITISM RICKMAN MEETS
[...] Summary: On the margins of a conference in Geneva on the Durban Review Conference, Special Envoy on Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman held meetings on May 26 and 27 with leaders of the Jewish community, representatives of the Geneva cantonal government, and officials from other UN missions and the [...]
2008-06-03 16:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA419NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tomas Ojea Quintana, who recently assumed the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Myanmar, told us June 4 that he has much to learn about that country but is determined to use his experience as an Argentine human rights lawyer to press hard for democ [...]
2008-06-05 14:34:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR UNHRC BM
08GENEVA424OHCHR'S CONTINUED EFFORTS ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) sees its principal challenge as being to press Zimbabwe in public as hard as it can on human rights without jeopardizing its ability to continue its works on the ground there. Despite expressing reservations to the DCM [...]
2008-06-06 10:35:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC ZI
08GENEVA440 HRC Individual Complaints Procedure: Edgar Allen Stitzel
[...] Mission has received a note from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)(G/SO 215/1 USA 47) transmitting in accordance with paragraph 94 of the annex of Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 copies of a communication dated 30 May 2008 concerning human rights, [...]
2008-06-12 11:57:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHCR US
08GENEVA446RESPONSES IN GENEVA TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Mission officers deployed \ reftel language in discussions with numerous delegations \ concerning the new USG posture toward the Human Rights \ Council. Most delegations with whom we spoke agreed that the \ Council was seriously flawed. While a few, notably Poland [...]
2008-06-13 15:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC PINR
08GENEVA455ADDRESSING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the elimination in March of the mandate of the Independent Expert on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Geneva-based human rights bodies are seeking new ways to address the situation in that country. There is little prospect for significant action in the Human Rights Cou [...]
2008-06-16 14:34:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA489FIRST RAFT OF UPR RESOLUTIONS OFFERS VANTAGE POINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council (HRC) completed its first experience with one of its key innovations, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, in its June 2008 Eighth Session. The Council adopted consensus resolutions on each of the 32 UPR reviews conducted so far. There was sig [...]
2008-06-26 14:00:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA495EFFECTS OF U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council's Eighth Session, which ran from June 3-18, featured renewed efforts by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to weaken human rights instruments, although with less drama than in previous sessions. In cases w [...]
2008-06-30 16:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA498NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARTIN UHOMOIBHI \
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Permanent Representative to the \ UN in Geneva, Martin Uhomoibhi, was formally elected \ President of the UN Human Rights Council June 18. His \ nomination by the African Group to serve as the Council's \ President for the 2008-2009 session had been contested from \ within [...]
2008-07-01 12:57:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNHRC PHUM PINR NI
08GENEVA504EGYPT'S AMBASSADOR SHOUKRY AND HIS AGGRESSIVE \
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Led by Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's \ delegation in Geneva has stood out for its activist and at \ times aggressive approach to Geneva multilateral diplomacy, \ in pursuit of goals the U.S. does not support. This has been \ most noticeable in the Human Rights Council, where Egyp [...]
2008-07-02 17:12:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR UNHRC EG
08GENEVA511NEW OPT SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR RICHARD FALK
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, took the Human Rights Council by surprise in his first appearance before the body June 16 by proposing that his mandate be expanded to include violations of international humanitarian law [...]
2008-07-03 15:27:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC IS
08GENEVA515NGOS CONTINUE TO USE UPR PROCESS TO PRESS SRI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both the government of Sri Lanka and its critics implemented the same strategy in the plenary session of Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as they had in the working group phase of that newly-created mechanism. Defending itself against criticism leveled at it in both [...]
2008-07-07 11:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UNHRC CE
08GENEVA521OHCHR CONCERNED ABOUT FATE OF ITS OFFICE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has told us it will be forced to close its offices in Uganda within about a month unless the GoU drops its demand for a change in OHCHR activities in the country. The GoU insists that the OHCHR office drop its role of [...]
2008-07-08 09:22:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UG TO
08GENEVA526ACTING A/S BRIAN HOOK MEETS A RANGE OF OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a June 26-27 visit to Geneva, Acting A/S Brian Hook met with officials from a range of international organizations. With the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Hook brainstormed about innovative fundraising for international organizations. Officials from the O [...]
2008-07-10 12:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA528UNCC Compensation Claims: Report on Kuwait Preparations for
[...] (C) Summary. The Kuwaiti Prime Minister indicated this week to the Kuwaiti Mission in Geneva that the MFA is now seriously studying the issue of overall settlement with Iraq of the final segment of $24 billion in UN Compensation Commission awards. The focus seems to be on a settlement that w [...]
2008-07-11 08:15:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL UNCC KU IZ
08GENEVA537GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting of the Greentree Agreement Follow-up Committee attended by the U.S. and other witness states, Nigeria and Cameroon reaffirmed their commitment to carrying out the transfer of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on August 14, although both also said they neede [...]
2008-07-15 10:17:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI
08GENEVA55MANEUVERING INTENSIFIES ON SRI LANKA IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lanka Government is continuing its efforts to forestall action by Geneva-based UN bodies on its human rights situation. Most recently, in a January 11 meeting with High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour, Sri Lanka's human rights minister reiterated the GoSL position t [...]
2008-01-18 16:43:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNHRC CE
08GENEVA559 WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF SINGAPORE, JULY 14 AND 16,
[...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Singapore on July 14 and 16, 2008. Members expressed appreciation for Singapore's open trade regime and were generally in agreement that Singapore is a model actor in the WTO community. Members encouraged Singapore to bind its remain [...]
2008-07-21 14:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
08GENEVA561BIC-IX: BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION,
[...] (U) This is BIC-IX-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 16, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) U.S. and Russian representatives to the Moscow Treaty's Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC) met [...]
2008-07-21 14:42:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM BIC JCIC US RS
08GENEVA562JCIC-XXXII: TAYLOR/KOSHELEV LUNCH, JULY 15, 2008
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 15, 2008 Time: 1:00 - 2:15 P.M. Place: Restaurant Le Creux-de-Genthod Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Koshelev 3. (S) U.S. JCIC Representative T [...]
2008-07-22 09:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA564JCIC-XXXII: (U) OTHER PARTIES' STATEMENTS, JULY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva 3. (C) The texts contained in paragraphs 4 and 5 below are the official translations of the Belarusian and Ukrainian opening s [...]
2008-07-22 13:25:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA565JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 17, 2008. All [...]
2008-07-22 14:43:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA566ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS ON REFUGEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PRM/A,s Director and Deputy Director, along with USCIS, HHS and NGO representatives, attended the June 30 ) July 2 Annual Tripartite Consultations on Refugee Resettlement hosted by UNHCR in Geneva. Some 170 participants representing 29 governments (both those currently resettling [...]
2008-07-22 15:28:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF
08GENEVA572JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...]
2008-07-23 07:21:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA583JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON PROCEDURES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-010. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A bilateral Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008, between the delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States, to discuss the closure of the Votkinsk Portal Monitoring Facility and Po [...]
2008-07-23 15:38:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA585JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON DROVYANAYA
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 18, 2008, to discuss Russian-propos [...]
2008-07-24 07:39:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA587JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-011. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A Working Group Meeting on the issue of Elimination of Solid Rocket Motor Cases for First Stages of SS-24 (Ukrainian issue) was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008. All Parties, except Belarus, were represented. The [...]
2008-07-24 15:43:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA588JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENT INITIALLED AT JCIC-XXXII
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-018. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC S-Series Joint Statement Number 29 "On Changes to the Boundary of Drovyanaya ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs." The Joint Statement was initialed at the closing plenary meeting for JCIC-XXXII, held at the Russian M [...]
2008-07-25 06:25:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA589JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON B-1
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008, to di [...]
2008-07-25 08:10:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA590JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-1
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 3:00 - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008, to discuss Russian [...]
2008-07-25 09:09:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA591JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP ON TELEMETRY, JULY 22,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Telemetry Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008. The Unit [...]
2008-07-25 09:52:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA592JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 4:20 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 17, 2008. Representat [...]
2008-07-25 11:42:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA599JCIC-XXXII: OTHER PARTIES' DELEGATION LISTS
[...] This is JCIC-XXXII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3-5 below contain the texts of the official translations of the delegation lists of the Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to JCIC-XXXII. The Kazakhstani Delegation did not arrive until July 18, 2008 and no delegation list was provided. [...]
2008-07-25 13:12:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA600JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...]
2008-07-25 13:51:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP
08GENEVA601JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING TO DISCUSS
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 23, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 23, 2008 to discuss the [...]
2008-07-25 14:46:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA602JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING QUESTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-017. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a paper containing "Russian Questions on the Completion of Continuous Monitoring at Votkinsk and Closure of Points of Entry in Connection with Expiration of the START Treaty." The questions in [...]
2008-07-25 15:06:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA603JCIC-XXXII: U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, JULY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-020. . (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the U.S. statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on July 24, 2008. [...]
2008-07-25 15:20:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA604JCIC-XXXII: BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-021. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2008-07-25 15:31:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA605JCIC-XXXII: KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-022. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...]
2008-07-25 15:42:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA608JCIC-XXXII: UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-024. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2008-07-25 16:06:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA609JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination of SS-24 [...]
2008-07-26 12:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA611JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement Number 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination o [...]
2008-07-26 12:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA612JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN NON PAPER ON B-1 CONVERSION,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-026. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of a Russian Non-Paper, dated July 24, 2008, on the "U.S. Conversion of B-1 Heavy Bombers to a Non-Nuclear Variant." The non-paper refers to photographs that were taken during an inspection [...]
2008-07-26 12:38:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA613JCIC-XXXII: UKRAINIAN SOP-24 MOTOR CASES
[...] This is JCIC-XXXII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement of Policy expressing its Government's commitment not to export eliminated solid rocket motor cases beyond its national territory. The Statement was made in conjunction with JC [...]
2008-07-26 12:42:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA614JCIC-XXXII: CLOSE-OUT OF JCIC-XXXII
[...] This is JCIC-XXXII-026. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addressees are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables conce [...]
2008-07-26 12:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA615JCIC-XXXII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-027. 2. (U) Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXII reporting activity during the period July 17-24, 2008. JCIC-XXXII-001 (GENEVA 0544) JCIC-XXXII: OPENING OF THE THIRTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION JCIC-X [...]
2008-07-26 12:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA628UNHCR AND IOM ON EGYPTIAN DEPORTATIONS OF ERITREANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, RMA Officials discussed Egyptian deportations of Eritreans with UNHCR and IOM. UNHCR,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau (MENA) Director, Radhouane Nouicer, acknowledged that UNHCR is having difficulties obtaining access to detained Eritreans, noting that t [...]
2008-07-30 09:04:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PGOV EG
08GENEVA636STRATEGIES TO RENEW THE HAITI SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The "Group of Friends" of the Haiti mandate of the Human Rights Council met to address their concerns that some countries might seek to scale back or eliminate that mandate when it comes up for renewal in the Council. The Group members focused on gaining the support of the GoH [...]
2008-07-31 09:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNHRC PINR HA
08GENEVA637SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC LAYS OUT PLANS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber used his July 22 meetings with representatives of various OIC missions represented in Geneva to highlight his plans for greater USG-OIC dialogue. All his interlocutors expressed enthusiasm for t [...]
2008-07-31 12:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF AF MY ID SG TU
08GENEVA661US EXPERTS DISCUSS FMCT AT CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament (CD) hosted two U.S experts July 29-31 to participate in CD informal discussions and reach out to key delegations on the proposed Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). The goal of the visit was to reinforce the argument tha [...]
2008-08-06 12:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CDG
08GENEVA672EU AMBASSADORS TAKE STOCK OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French EU presidency held a July 18 "retreat" near Geneva to allow EU ambassadors to hash out their assessments, in a closed session, of the UN Human Rights Council. Several of the participants have told us that the general view was that the Council has serious problems and [...]
2008-08-07 16:33:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA679COMMUNICATION FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 34 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. Begin text of letter. Excellency, I have the honour to address you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur [...]
2008-08-12 07:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA684COMMUNICATION FROM SR ON THE PROMOTION AND
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 38 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. [...]
2008-08-12 13:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA686COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. This communication is number 43 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. Begin text of letter. Excellency, I have the honor to write you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on Contempor [...]
2008-08-12 13:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA694COMMUNICATION FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. This communication is number 47 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. Begin text of letter. Excellency, I have the honor to address you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on freedom [...]
2008-08-15 15:29:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA722COMMUNICATION FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 48 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. The letter is dated 21 August, 2008. 2. Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to address yo [...]
2008-08-25 16:19:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA727GEORGIA CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS IN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 27 meeting, Georgian Deputy PermRep Teimuraz Bakradze told us that Tbilisi was considering using the upcoming Human Rights Council session to criticize Russia over recent events in Georgia, although no decision had yet been taken. It remains unclear whether Russia w [...]
2008-08-27 16:01:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC GG
08GENEVA751PART TWO OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 15:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA752PART ONE OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION:
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and should be protected accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The second annual meeting of BWC Experts for the 2007-2010 Work Program, focusing on biosafety, biosecurity, and professional responsibility in the life sciences, marked progress, register [...]
2008-09-04 15:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA758IFRC: STRUGGLING WITH NEW APPROACH TO MIGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) recently appointed Thomas Linde to the newly created position of Special Representative on Migration. Charged with the task of developing a policy document for the IFRC and the national Red Cross a [...]
2008-09-08 12:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF EAID IFRC
08GENEVA759RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's ambassador used the September 8 opening session of the Human Rights Council to criticize Georgia, which he accused of engaging in genocide. Georgia plans to respond on September 9, but to avoid getting into a retaliatory exchange, including charges and counter-charges, [...]
2008-09-08 16:49:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU
08GENEVA766SRI LANKA TRIES TO FOSTER GOOD TIES WITH NEW HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Government, which had a rocky relationship with former High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, hopes quickly to forge better ties with Arbour's successor, Navanathem Pillay. Days after Pillay became High Commissioner, Sri Lankan Human Rights Minister Ma [...]
2008-09-10 13:41:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR CE
08GENEVA768IOM PROTOCOL BREACH
[...] (C) Summary: Officials at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed their assurances that IOM staff will not travel to Syria again without prior authorization of the Syrian authorities and were quite surprised at the tough line taken by the Syrian Ambassador in Geneva over t [...]
2008-09-10 14:48:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
08GENEVA773COMMUNICATION FROM UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL,
[...] (U) Mission has received a communication from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston, dated September 12, 2008. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO/RHS. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to ad [...]
2008-09-16 09:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA775UNHCR:HC GUTERRES ON AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, IRAN
[...] (SBU) UNHCR High Commissioner Guterres painted a grim picture of the situation in Northwestern Pakistan during a briefing to key donors. Describing the situation there as the most worrisome in the world at the moment, he called on the International Community to support both the current govern [...]
2008-09-16 15:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EAGR EAID IR PGOV PHUM PK PREF
08GENEVA790FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF NEW UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her first two and a half weeks as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanetham Pillay has demonstrated an intelligence and deep commitment to human rights that we find somewhat encouraging; also encouraging, from our perspective, were her initial, positive comments a [...]
2008-09-18 14:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR UNHRC
08GENEVA800COMMUNICATION FROM UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE
[...] (U) Mission has received a communication from Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, dated 18 September 2008. This communication has been sent via e-mai [...]
2008-09-22 15:09:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA803GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: AFTER A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After an initial burst of activity regarding the Georgia crisis in the early days of the UN Human Rights Council's current session, the Council took up the issue again on September 16-17. The plenary discussions featured harsh words from the Russian delegation and a more measured [...]
2008-09-23 15:02:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU
08GENEVA805WIPO ELECTS NEW DG
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 15:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR
08GENEVA816HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE ON BEIT HANOUN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a departure from their past practice, all seven of the EU's Council members voted "no" on the latest resolution on Israeli actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) during the recently completed session of the HRC. Several EU ambassadors told Ambassador Tichenor t [...]
2008-09-30 09:16:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA825UNTAI: ITU STEPS FORWARD ON ACCESS TO INTERNAL AUDIT
[...] The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council Working Group on Financial Regulations (FINREGS) met on October 1 and approved the U.S. proposal to modify ITU financial regulations to permit ITU Member states access to internal audit reports. The proposal will be considered and most l [...]
2008-10-06 06:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC KUNR ITU
08GENEVA836UNAIDS: REPORT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE
[...] Summary: The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) met in Extraordinary Session on October 2, 2008, to consider candidates for the position of UNAIDS Executive Director. The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Dybul, chaired the meeting. While the PCB noted that all four short [...]
2008-10-09 08:58:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV UNGA
08GENEVA837EU ENVOY MOREL BRIEFS THE AMBASSADOR ON LATEST
[...] (C) On October 9. EU Special Representative for the Crisis in Georgia Pierre Morel briefed Ambassador Tichenor on the preparations for the Georgia talks to be held in Geneva October 15. He confirmed the plans for a plenary with two working groups, one on security and stability, the other on I [...]
2008-10-09 16:50:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UNSC RS GG
08GENEVA882COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON BAD NEIGHBORS, GRULAC, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombian Ambassador to the UN in Geneva and soon-to-be-appointed Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Clemencia Forero Ucros, called on Ambassador Tichenor on October 7 to present Colombia's forthcoming submission under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism and to explain Colomb [...]
2008-10-23 14:24:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC CO
08GENEVA89RENEWED CHALLENGES TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF OHCHR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Countries seeking to weaken the independence of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have been stepping up their efforts. They did so most strikingly when High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour presented OHCHR's new Strategic Management Plan [...]
2008-01-31 06:55:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA913ITALIAN UNECE CANDIDATE BELIEVES SYG BAN MAY ACT QUICKLY ON
[...] (U) Paolo Garonna, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE),met with Charge October 31 to seek USG support for his bid to be appointed by UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon as the UNECE Executive Secretary. Marek Belka is departing as ExecSec to work as an IMF Director in D [...]
2008-10-31 16:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN
08GENEVA915UK MAY CONSIDER WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK ambassador in Geneva privately told the Charge on October 31 that HMG might withdraw from the Durban process early in 2009 if that process did not improve and UK redlines were crossed. In that and a previous meeting, the UK delegation said that maintaining EU consensus o [...]
2008-11-03 16:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC UK
08GENEVA916WHO: IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON ACHIEVEMENT
[...] Summary. WHO convened a meeting of G-20 countries on October 31 to discuss the impact of the financial crisis on health and the social sector. Director-General Chan asked for advice, called for stable Official Development Assistance (ODA),committed to working with vulnerable countries, prom [...]
2008-11-03 16:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON TBIO WHO
08GENEVA921WHO: SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
[...] Summary. INB2 met October 20-25, 2008, in Geneva to develop a protocol under the FCTC to combat illicit trade in tobacco products. It was attended by representatives of 133 Parties to the FCTC, as well as 16 State non-Parties (including the United States),two intergovernmental organization [...]
2008-11-04 15:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL PGOV SOCI WHO
08GENEVA925USG RESPONSE TO WHO-OHCHR RIGHT TO HEALTH "FACT
[...] As requested reftel, Mission officers met with WHO and OHCHR officials to deliver copies of letters from IO Assistant Secretary Hook on the recent publication of the WHO-OHCHR "fact sheet" on the "right to health." 2. Mission Health Attache met October 23 with WHO Deputy Director-General [...]
2008-11-05 12:10:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKHUM EAID PHUM WHO
08GENEVA926 WMO Audit Committee Read Out
[...] Summary. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Audit Committee (AC) met at WMO headquarters October 20 - 21, 2008 to report on the status of implementation of audit recommendations generated by the Internal Oversight Office (IOO) and the UN Joint Inspection Unit. A representative from NO [...]
2008-11-05 13:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIN WMO UN ECOSOC
08GENEVA927 UNECE Forum for the Environment Hanging in the Balance
[...] Summary. The UN Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) met Oct 13-15, to seek agreement on a reform to the Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference (EfE). While progress was made, there was no negotiated outcome. The major sticking points continu [...]
2008-11-05 13:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EIND UN ECE ECOSOC
08GENEVA932 MEETING OF THE WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT,
[...] SUMMARY: WTO Members held a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) on October 16, 2008, followed immediately by a Dedicated Session of the CTD on Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). During the regular CTD meeting, the EC and Norway were again questioned on the implementation of [...]
2008-11-06 16:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
08GENEVA936AMB. FOLEY DISCUSSES IRAQ REFUGEE ISSUES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, visited Geneva from October 28-30 to meet with Geneva humanitarian organizations and donor missions. He was accompanied by Shirley Woodward from PRM/ANE. Foley held meetings with officials from UNHCR, IC [...]
2008-11-07 14:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM
08GENEVA958BIC-X: BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION,
[...] (U) This is BIC-X-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 12, 2008 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:10 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) U.S. and Russian representatives to the Moscow Treaty's Bilateral Implementation Commission [...]
2008-11-13 17:08:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM BIC JCIC US RS
08GENEVA96UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: UN'S NEW HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Universal Periodic Review (UPR),the UN's newest human rights mechanism, remains set to get underway in April, but concerns are emerging that many unresolved issues involving its modalities might lead to a delay. Already, countries of the African Group and others have blocke [...]
2008-02-01 11:44:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA960JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S OPENING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-004. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was deliverd at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on November 13, 2008. [...]
2008-11-14 12:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA961JCIC-XXXIII:(U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...]
2008-11-14 12:31:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA962JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-006. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Kazakhstani Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2008-11-14 12:32:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA963JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. [...]
2008-11-14 12:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA964JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U. [...]
2008-11-14 12:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA967JCIC-XXXIII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): Offic [...]
2008-11-14 14:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA968TAYLOR/ANTONOV MEETING, NOVEMBER 12, 2008
[...] (U) Meeting Date: November 12, 2008 Time: 3:15 P.M. - 4:05 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva, Switzerland ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) At the request of the Russian Federation, Taylor and Kuehne met with Antonov, Buzhinskiy, and Koshelev at the Rus [...]
2008-11-14 15:38:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA973 WIPO DG GURRY OUTLINES REFORM PLANS
[...] SUMMARY: The new WIPO DG is addressing the challenges facing WIPO and trying to improve the functioning of the organization, in particular by trying to break the deadlock on substantive issues before WIPO Committees and using the budget process to realign WIPO's organizational structure. END [...]
2008-11-18 13:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR
08GENEVA976JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 20 [...]
2008-11-18 14:54:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA977 The Seventeenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on
[...] SUMMARY: The 17th meeting of the SCCR focused on establishing a future work plan for the committee. The SCCR agreed to continue discussion on limitations and exceptions to copyright, including the question of format accessibility to copyright protected content by visually impaired persons. T [...]
2008-11-18 14:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR
08GENEVA981Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meetings and
[...] (U) Summary. A U.S. delegation participated in the fifth round of negotiations on the issue of cluster munitions within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ("CCW"),held November 3-7 in Geneva. The delegation also participated in the meetings of States Parties to [...]
2008-11-18 15:49:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL UN
08GENEVA982International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Working Group
[...] SUMMARY: USG maintained its positions at the Working Groups of ITU Council, which consisted of two meetings on terminology use at the ITU, two meetings on the World Summit on the Information Society (Geneva, 2003 and Tunis, 2005) (WSIS),and a meeting on financial issues. The working groups wi [...]
2008-11-18 15:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDITU AORC KUNR AMGT
08GENEVA983JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation Meeting (HOD) was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 2008 [...]
2008-11-19 08:16:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA984 UNCTAD - Trade and Development Board, 55th Session,
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held the 55th Session of its Trade and Development Board (TDB),UNCTAD's governing body, in Geneva from September 15-26, 2008. IO DAS Gerry Anderson represented the US during the high-level segment of the TDB, September [...]
2008-11-19 10:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD UNCTAD
08GENEVA985 November 2008 Trade Policy Review of Jordan
[...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Jordan on November 10 and 12, 2008. Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Al-Hadidi stressed the importance the country attaches for its first TPR and stated its top priority is to improve its business climate in order to unleash it [...]
2008-11-19 12:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR JO
08GENEVA986 UNCTAD TIPTOES TOWARDS SMALLER CARBON FOOTPRINT
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has answered the call for a carbon-neutral UN by setting for itself a carbon emissions reduction target of 20 percent by 2020. A Swiss firm, the Gaia Group, conducted a carbon emissions inventory for UNCTAD, and is advi [...]
2008-11-20 07:04:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIN UN ECOSOC
08GENEVA987JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 13, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Following the introduction of the issue at a Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting, a Working G [...]
2008-11-20 07:47:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA988JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-022. 2. (S) The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a Russian paper containing an additional question on the Trident II flight tests that were conducted on November 4, 2004, and May 9, 2006. The paper was provided in Moscow and emailed to Wash [...]
2008-11-20 09:20:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA991JCIC-XXXIII: HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON THE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 3:45 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to c [...]
2008-11-20 12:54:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA993CZECH GENEVA PERMREP ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During its EU presidency, the Czech Mission will try to hold the EU to hard red lines on Middle East and freedom of expression issues for the Durban Review Conference outcome document. Absent an EU consensus, the Czechs would consider not participating if offensive language re [...]
2008-11-20 15:50:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU UNHRC EC
08GENEVA997JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 10:40 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to discus [...]
2008-11-21 07:10:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA998JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 20 [...]
2008-11-21 07:17:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA102UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER GUTERRES LETTER TO
[...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva is transmitting the following letter from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres to President Barack Obama. 2. (U) Begin Text 28 Janurary 2009 Dear Mr. President, I have the honour to congratulate you on your inauguration as the 44th [...]
2009-02-04 15:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM
09GENEVA111CHARGE'S MEETING WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
[...] Summary. Charge paid a courtesy call February 5, 2009, on Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). Noting U.S. strong support for the Fund, Charge stressed the need for more efficiency savings to finance the Fund's Round 8 [...]
2009-02-06 13:24:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV SOCI TBIO
09GENEVA117Canada's Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review
[...] On February 3, an 18 member delegation from the Government of Canada led by Deputy Justice Minister John Sims, participated in the Human Rights Council (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group "interactive dialogue." During this three hour session, Canada described its actions to p [...]
2009-02-11 14:00:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA121UNECE Environment for Europe Process: New and Improved
[...] Summary. The UN Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) met January 20-23, for final negotiations on the reform of the Environment for Europe (EfE) Process, which is anchored by periodic Ministerial Conferences. After lengthy negotiations, the draft EfE [...]
2009-02-11 15:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EIND UN ECE ECOSOC KUNR
09GENEVA126(C) EU PRESIDENCY DOWNBEAT ON DURBAN
[...] (C) Summary: In their role as current president of the European Union, the Czech Human Rights team (which negotiates the Durban process on behalf of the EU) today conveyed their deep suspicion of possible progress on Durban substantive discussions next week; said they would not propose an abri [...]
2009-02-12 16:07:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
09GENEVA127FEBRUARY 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF GUATEMALA
[...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Guatemala on February 4 and 6, 2009. The head of Guatemala's delegation, Vice-Minister Morales, discussed Guatemala's export market diversification efforts and its firm belief in the rules-based multilateral trading system, unshaken i [...]
2009-02-12 16:30:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR GT XK XM
09GENEVA128WHO: REPORT ON THE 124TH SESSION OF THE WORLD
[...] Summary. The 124th Session of the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) met from January 19-26, 2009, in Geneva. This cable reports on the significant outcomes from the Board (and its Program, Budget and Administration Committee, which met prior to the EB),including re [...]
2009-02-12 17:27:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO
09GENEVA133DURBAN INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP - DAY 1
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) This cable reviews interactions that the USDel to the Durban Inter-Sessional Working Group (ISWG) had on February 16. 3. (U) As discussed on the evening teleconference with Washington, post requests the following actions: -- updated [...]
2009-02-16 20:41:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA148UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INDICATES SUPPORT FOR AN
[...] Summary. Charge paid a courtesy call February 18, 2009, on Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Congratulating Sidibe on his appointment by the UN Secretary-General, Charge expressed strong U.S. support for UNAIDS anQurged Sidibe to a [...]
2009-02-20 16:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV SOCI TBIO UNAIDS
09GENEVA16UNHCR REFORM EFFORTS CULMINATE INTO A NEW WAY OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is fundamentally reshaping every aspect of its work to become a streamlined, efficient organization that delivers more robust protection and assistance to its beneficiaries on the ground. UNHCR's new approach harnesses technological adva [...]
2009-01-13 12:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA160Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meetings
[...] (U) A U.S. delegation participated in the sixth round of negotiations on the issue of cluster munitions within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (?CCW?),held February 16-20 in Geneva. This round of negotiations was almost entirely devoted to informal sessions or [...]
2009-02-25 10:42:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL UN
09GENEVA183FEBRUARY 17-18 GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA: READOUT
[...] (C) Summary: During the February 17-18 Geneva Talks on Georgia, the Working Group on Security accepted by consensus &Proposals for joint incident prevention and response Mechanisms.8 The mechanisms -- one for Abkhazia and one for South Ossetia -- will consist of &representatives of structure [...]
2009-03-03 08:49:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09GENEVA195SOUTH AFRICAN DIPLOMAT DISAPPOINTED WITH SAG'S
[...] (C) Summary. A USDel member met with South African Political Human Rights Officer Sybil Matlhako (please protect) on March 2. A normally guarded Matlhako surprised us with her willingness to speak candidly about group dynamics and actions of the Chinese, Cubans, Europeans and Palestinians. [...]
2009-03-06 19:31:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL ZA UNHRC
09GENEVA198NSC SAMANTHA POWER'S UNHCR CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: UNHCR officials told NSC's Samantha Power that Government of Iraq and the UN itself are the biggest immediate obstacles to developing sustainable mechanisms to help Iraqi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees return and reintegrate inside Iraq. In the case of the GOI, [...]
2009-03-09 09:29:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PREF PREL
09GENEVA203REPORTING CABLE ON FEBRUARY 24-25 WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (U) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Kingdom - current chair - convened a meeting of the Working Group on Resettlement (WGR) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva February 24 - 25. Representatives of 20 governments as well as UNHCR headquarters and fiel [...]
2009-03-11 15:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAF AS CA EI IC IZ JO NZ PHUM PK PREF PREL
09GENEVA204ROHINGYA: UNHCR TO PUSH REGIONAL APPROACH WITH
[...] Pascale Moreau, Deputy Director, Asia Bureau, told Refugee Officer that UNHCR is working closely with Thailand and other ASEAN governments to address the situation with the Rohingya boat people. Moreau said that UNHCR is trying to convince governments not to deport Rohingya as a first respon [...]
2009-03-11 16:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM TH BM
09GENEVA217WIPO on Intellectual Property Financing
[...] SUMMARY: At a WIPO meeting on Intellectual Property (IP) Financing, participants highlighted national experiences, discussed challenges in using IP for financing, and explored solutions to those challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an Info [...]
2009-03-13 16:12:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA218 WIPO on Intellectual Property Financing
[...] SUMMARY: At a WIPO meeting on Intellectual Property (IP) Financing, participants highlighted national experiences, discussed challenges in using IP for financing, and explored solutions to those challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an Info [...]
2009-03-13 16:17:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA220Financial Crisis - Looking for the Magic Bullet
[...] SUMMARY: The global economic downturn was the focus of several meetings in Geneva March 9-12. The UN Commission on Financial Reforms (the Stiglitz Commission) slammed U.S. regulatory failures, and promoted greater institutional power and money for lesser developed countries. The UN Conferen [...]
2009-03-16 08:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV UNGA ECOSOC
09GENEVA230MARCH 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF BRAZIL
[...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Brazil on March 9 and 11, 2009. The head of Brazil's delegation, Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, described the economy's sound fundamentals and the government's stimulative policy measures that would help ease the effects of the global cr [...]
2009-03-18 13:24:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA233 UNCTAD: Investment for Development
[...] SUMMARY: UNCTAD experts, numbering approximately 50 member country and 40 field experts, focused on the development dimension of international investment agreements (IIAs) at a recent meeting in Geneva. The experts covered many areas of current debate in the international investment community [...]
2009-03-18 13:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV UNCTAD
09GENEVA236 UNCTAD COMMODITIES EXPERTS MEETING, APRIL 6-8, GENEVA -
[...] This is an action request. See para 11. 2. SUMMARY: After rescheduling twice, UNCTAD finalized dates for the first meeting of its multi-year expert group on commodities and development. The group will meet April 6 and 7 in Geneva, back-to-back with a multi-stakeholders meeting on coffee o [...]
2009-03-19 07:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNCTAD ECON ETRD AGR
09GENEVA237 UNCTAD - Vietnam Investment Policy Review and Latin
[...] Summary: On the margins of UNCTAD's first multi-year expert meeting on investment for development (reftel),UNCTAD showcased two pillars of its work: technical assistance through an Investment Policy Review (IPR) of Vietnam; and consensus building through an Ad-Hoc experts meeting on the Feasi [...]
2009-03-19 17:01:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNCTAD ECON EINV EFIN
09GENEVA239 ITU UPDATE ON UPCOMING EVENTS
[...] SUMMARY: ITU is making progress on the Child Online Protection initiative, World Telecommunication Policy Forum, regional Telecom Development Conferences, and preparations for the ITU Telecom World tradeshow. The economic downturn has a silver lining for the industry as businesses substitute v [...]
2009-03-20 14:19:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECIP SENV UN ITU ECOSOC
09GENEVA250(SBU) UNHCR 44TH STANDING COMMITTEE: FOCUS ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Developments related to UNHCR's operational management and program budgets figured prominently during the March 3-5, 2008, Standing Committee meeting. Discussions included UNHCR's ongoing structural and management change process, implementation of recommendations made by the Board [...]
2009-03-23 17:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL
09GENEVA252ENERGY PACT CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: A new foundation, the Energy Pact, hosted a conference in Geneva March 16-17, featuring Ministers of Oil from Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Oman; Swiss and Danish Ministers of Environment; and several academics. Oil Ministers gave assurances about the adequacy of the supply of oil and argu [...]
2009-03-24 13:37:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON SENV
09GENEVA255ASHRAF/MEK: GOI ASKS ICRC PRESIDENT ABOUT MOVING
[...] (U) During a briefing for Ambassadors on his recent trip to Iraq, ICRC President Kellenberger mentioned how often the situation of the Ashraf camp and the future of its Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK) occupants had come up in conversations. He noted that the issue was politically charged and understoo [...]
2009-03-25 08:54:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALIZ PHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA257 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE TRIPS COUNCIL MARCH 5, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 10:16:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA259WTO COUNCIL FOR GOODS APPROVES AGOA, CBERA AND
[...] Summary: On March 24, 2009 the CTG agreed to waive WTO MFN rules to allow the U.S. to grant preferential access to the U.S. for AGOA, CBERA and ATPA beneficiary countries. With some reluctance, Bolivia joined the consensus on these waivers. They expressed their hope that the U.S. will restor [...]
2009-03-25 16:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR BL
09GENEVA262UNCTAD INVESTMENT DATABASES - MONITORING TRENDS GLOBALLY IN
[...] Summary: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) includes a 90 person division devoted to research on direct foreign investment and the operations of transnational corporations (TNC). The Division's annual flagship report, the World Investment Report, is one of the most [...]
2009-03-30 06:00:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON UNCTAD
09GENEVA263UNHCR OFFERS SEVERAL WAYS FORWARD ON THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a very productive March 26 meeting with S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller offered the USG several options to assist in finding durable solutions for remaining [...]
2009-03-30 07:22:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA269Human Rights Council 10th Session - Postmortem
[...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its 10th session on March 27. The United States participated actively as an observer in the Council for the first time in nearly a year. Passing over 30 resolutions, the session produced mixed results, continuing some of the disappointing trends [...]
2009-03-31 15:47:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA273 ITC Export-led Poverty Reduction Programs
[...] SUMMARY: The International Trade Centre (ITC) is achieving results with its Export-led Poverty Reduction Program (EPRP),which focuses on encouraging sustainable development through the creation of exports, including tourism. The EPRPs measure effectiveness by a program that incorporates thr [...]
2009-04-02 13:40:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN
09GENEVA279Financial Crisis - considerations for April UNGA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The report of the UNGA President's Commission of Experts on Reforms of the Monetary and Financial System (Stiglitz report) will contribute to a negotiated outcome document in the hope of giving the UN a greater role in financial affairs. A greater UNGA role would not necessaril [...]
2009-04-03 09:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV UNGA ECOSOC
09GENEVA280S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met separately with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). In both meetings he outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) -led review of the remaining 241 detainees at Guantanamo that i [...]
2009-04-03 15:56:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA281UNHCR 44TH STANDING COMMITTEE: FOCUS ON REFUGEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR's) March 3-5, 2008 Standing Committee meeting, UNHCR managers briefed Member States on progress made in three thematic areas: a) return and reintegration of displaced populations; b) the global work p [...]
2009-04-06 07:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA282Insurance in Africa-Unmet Needs
[...] Summary: In an UNCTAD Ad-Hoc Expert Meeting on Capacity-Building in the Insurance Sector in Africa, experts discussed various types of insurance (health, life, accident, catastrophe, political risk, property insurance, and reinsurance) and five project proposals from UNCTAD and the African Insu [...]
2009-04-06 12:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN UNCTAD
09GENEVA29 UNCTAD - Trade and Development Board, 55th Session,
[...] Begin Summary. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held the 55th Session of its Trade and Development Board (TDB),UNCTAD's governing body, in Geneva from September 15-26, 2008. IO DAS Gerry Anderson represented the US during the high-level segment of the TDB, Septem [...]
2009-01-14 11:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNCTAD ECON ETRD
09GENEVA290REPORTING OF INDONESIA HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary. WHO confirms Indonesia is reporting human avian influenza (H5N1) cases to WHO, but WHO has agreed with the Indonesian Ministry of Health not to publicize that information before Indonesia does. WHO asserts this agreement is the only way WHO can conduct risk assessment on the [...]
2009-04-07 14:58:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AMGT EAGR PGOV TBIO
09GENEVA293MARCH 2009 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE
[...] Summary and next steps: On March 27, the Chairman of the WTO Working Party (WP) on the Accession of the Russian Federation (Russia) to the WTO convened an informal consultative meeting to discuss status of work and next steps in the Russian WTO accession process. WTO members also held pluril [...]
2009-04-08 11:12:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON WTRO USTR RS
09GENEVA302 Thirteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the
[...] SUMMARY: The 13th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) recommenced its work program agreed to by Member States at the June 2008 meeting. The work program includes technical reporting on which to base discussion. Such discussion had been stalled in the SCP for t [...]
2009-04-14 08:45:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA303 APRIL 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF THE EC
[...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of the European Communities (EC) on April 6 and 8, 2009. The head of the European delegation, Deputy Director General Peter Balas, said that the EC is taking active steps, including fiscal stimulus packages, to foster their recovery and [...]
2009-04-14 08:47:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA307 UPOV Meeting, March 30 to April 3, 2009
[...] Summary: The Forty-Fifth Session of the Technical Committee (TC),The Fifty-Ninth Session of the Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ),the Seventy-Seventh Session of the Consultative Committee (CC),the Twenty-Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Council (C),and the Ad-Hoc Subgroup of Techn [...]
2009-04-17 13:14:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA311CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JOHN KAMM URGES
[...] (C) Summary: John Kamm, Executive Director of the Dui Hua Human Rights Foundation, discussed with Charge March 30 Dui Hua's efforts to win release of Chinese prisoners of conscience. Kamm suggested coordinating U.S. bilateral and multilateral efforts to optimize U.S. leverage to improve Chin [...]
2009-04-17 16:53:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC CH
09GENEVA336ICRC BRIEFS CHARGE ON WEST BANK BARRIER REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva has issued a new confidential report on the humanitarian consequences of the West Bank Barrier. ICRC is sharing the report with the Government of Israel (GOI) and a limited number of other countries through their miss [...]
2009-04-29 17:26:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF
09GENEVA34SADA CUMBER'S FAREWELL CALL ON OIC SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber paid a farewell call on OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on January 11 in Geneva. The two agreed to work swiftly on the details of USG-OIC cooperation on maternal and infant mortality. They discuss [...]
2009-01-15 17:21:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL EAID OIC SA
09GENEVA349 Mitigating Indoor Air Pollution - Geneva Connections
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 15 the US Mission Geneva held a luncheon to encourage parties in Geneva to work on mitigating indoor air pollution and coordinate their efforts, and to brainstorm with delegates from affected countries about solutions. T [...]
2009-05-06 14:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TRGY EAID
09GENEVA350UNCTAD Commodities and Development Meeting and Actions
[...] This is an Action request, see para 12. 2. SUMMARY: At UNCTAD's Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development on April 6-7, expert discussion focused on the need for regulation of commodity markets and the need to address the problem of speculation, which was considered to be a [...]
2009-05-06 14:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EFIN UNCTAD
09GENEVA360CLIMATE CHANGE: UN AGENCIES DESCRIBE CHALLENGES TO A/S
[...] SUMMARY: Mission Geneva organized an event on May 5 to discuss climate change, taking advantage of the visit of Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer. Guests to the event, who had been selected on the basis of their involvement in threading climate change concerns into their home organization's [...]
2009-05-11 15:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON WMO
09GENEVA363 Accounting: a key development challenge
[...] SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) builds developing countries' capacities to keep accounts (book keeping) and comply with internationally accepted accounting standards. ISAR has produced useful simplified acc [...]
2009-05-11 16:37:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV EFIN UNCTAD
09GENEVA366ITU GOING FOR BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] SUMMARY: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) convened an informal meeting to review plans and parameters for the 2010-2011 biennial budget that will be on the agenda for the October ITU Council meeting. ITU plans to 'balance' the budget by drawing no more from reserves than the p [...]
2009-05-12 11:32:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT ITU
09GENEVA377UNCTAD SECGEN RACE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cote d'Ivoire Perm Rep Gauze is bidding to replace current UNCTAD Secretary General Supachai, whose first term ends this summer, but the challenge is unlikely to meet with much success absent Africa Group support. END SUMMARY Ambassador declares candidacy ------------------ [...]
2009-05-15 16:30:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON UNCTAD
09GENEVA383GUANTANAMO: SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED AND UNHCR ON NEXT
[...] (U)Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Fried and Acting PRM A/S Witten, accompanied by S/GC Williams, Mission RMA Counselor and Legal Adviser, met on May 18th with UNHCR,s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, and her staff to discuss USG progress towards GTMO closure and t [...]
2009-05-20 07:35:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA413START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-003. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the official translation of a Paper by the Russian Side on Comments on the Elements of a START Follow-on Treaty (REFTEL). 3. (S) Begin text: Official Translation [...]
2009-06-04 10:55:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA414START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-004. 2. The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the press release the Russian START Follow-on Negotiations Delegation will release at the conclusion of this round of negotiations. The press release is provided to agencies for informational purposes on [...]
2009-06-04 10:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA415WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working
[...] SUMMARY: At the Second Session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, delegates mainly discussed proposals to make the operation of the PCT more efficient. In addition, the form of amendments, eligibility criteria for reductions in certain fees, equivalent amounts of certain f [...]
2009-06-04 11:32:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA416Third Session of the WIPO Committee on
[...] SUMMARY: The 3rd session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) moved ahead (slowly) in its implementation of 45 recommendations concerning development and IP. These recommendations were approved by the WIPO General Assemblies (GA) in October 2007. In the fir [...]
2009-06-04 11:38:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA418UNECE - Economic Development and Climate Change
[...] SUMMARY: At the last session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE),the high-level segment of the meeting focused on economic development in the ECE region and the regional aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Other items on the agenda included ECE reform a [...]
2009-06-04 15:09:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV UN ECE
09GENEVA419START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-007. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Russian paper containing questions on the U.S. "Elements" Paper. 3. (S) Begin text: Official Translation Paper of the Rus [...]
2009-06-04 16:51:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA434CHARGE HOSTS IRAQ REFUGEE DISCUSSION WITH GENEVA
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a lunch for key donor country reps, the Charge outlined the new US strategy for Iraq and made a pitch for additional funding, particularly for UNHCR's new proposal to lay the groundwork for sustainable returns for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced. Par [...]
2009-06-09 11:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM IZ
09GENEVA436JCIC-XXXIV: (U) OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-001. 2. (U) The Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) opened on June 8, 2009. Addressees are requested to route cable traffic on all START-related issues, as well as Moscow Treaty implementation issues, to U. [...]
2009-06-09 15:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA437JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. DELEGATION LIST FOR
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-002. 2. (U) Following is the text of the U.S. Delegation List for JCIC-XXXIV, dated June 8, 2009. Begin text: Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission U.S. Delegation for JCIC-XXXIV June 8, 2009 Mr. Jerry A. Taylor [...]
2009-06-09 15:28:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA438JCIC-XXXIV: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIV. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]
2009-06-09 16:30:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA439JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the R [...]
2009-06-09 16:45:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA440JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russ [...]
2009-06-09 16:58:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA441JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Ru [...]
2009-06-09 17:07:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA442JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. OPENING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-004. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009. [...]
2009-06-09 17:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA443START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the first meeting of U.S. and Russian Delegations in Geneva on START Follow-On Negotiations [...]
2009-06-09 18:20:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA444START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian Delegations to the START Follow-on Negotiations continued discussions initiated [...]
2009-06-10 09:37:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA445START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the third meeting of the second session of the START Follow-on discussions, the Russian Delega [...]
2009-06-10 10:51:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA447START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 3, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian Delegations to the START Follow-on negotiations met in Geneva on June 3, 200 [...]
2009-06-10 12:47:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA448BRIDGING WEATHER TO CLIMATE - OES DAS REIFSNYDER MEETINGS
[...] SUMMARY: Dan Reifsnyder, OES Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development, met with the World Meteorology Organization's (WMO) Secretary General Michel Jarraud to discuss progress on the upcoming World Climate Conference 3 (WCC3). In a far-reaching conversation Jarrau [...]
2009-06-10 16:02:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV WMO
09GENEVA451START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian Delegations continued the second round of START Follow-on negotiations on the afternoon of [...]
2009-06-10 16:47:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA452START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian Delegations continued the second round of START Follow-on negotiations on the afternoo [...]
2009-06-10 16:47:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA453START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian Delegations continued the second round of START Follow-on negotiations on the afternoo [...]
2009-06-10 16:48:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA454START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian Delegations continued the second round of START Follow-on negotiations on the afternoo [...]
2009-06-10 16:48:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA455START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian Delegations continued the second round of START Follow-on negotiations on the afternoo [...]
2009-06-10 17:11:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA456START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I):
[...] This is SFO-GVA-I-009. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for SFO-GVA-I reporting activity during the period June 1-3, 2009. SFO-GVA-I-001 (GENEVA 443) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I): MEETING OF STATE FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA, JUNE 1, 2009, MORNING [...]
2009-06-10 17:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT MARR PARM PREL INF RS US START
09GENEVA458 JUNE 5, 2009 INFORMAL CHAIRMAN'S CONCULTATIONS
[...] (U) Summary. Three and a half years after the last such meeting, WTO Members met with Belarus to discuss how negotiations for its WTO membership might be resumed. The meeting was called at the initiative of the Secretariat and Belarus. Belarus emphasized its interest in encouraging investm [...]
2009-06-11 08:24:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON WTRO USTR BLR
09GENEVA459 WTO METING TO MONITOR ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL
[...] Summary - On April 14 the WTO held a meeting of the WTO's Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) for the purposes of monitoring actions taken by WTO Members and observers in response to the global economic situation. The meeting was relatively low key and non-contentious. Members refrained from fin [...]
2009-06-11 08:25:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA460JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON CLOSURE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 8, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009, to discuss closure of [...]
2009-06-11 09:18:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA462JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON SS-27 RVOSI, PK
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:45 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss U [...]
2009-06-11 14:32:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA463JCIC-XXXIV: QUESTIONS FROM THE U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-014. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. Delegation Paper on "Questions from the United States Delegation to Help Resolve U.S. Concerns on SS-27 RVOSI Procedures." The paper was provided to the other Parties on June 9, 2009. 3. (S) Begin text: [...]
2009-06-11 16:05:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA466JCIC-XXXIV: U.S. DELEGATION PAPER DATED JUNE 9,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-015. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. Delegation Paper entitled "U.S. Response to Russian Aide-Memoire dated March 10, 2009" that was provided to the Russian Delegation at the Heads of Delegation Meeting on Courtland Missile Assembly Facility and RS-24 [...]
2009-06-12 13:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA467JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UPDATED
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss the U.S. r [...]
2009-06-12 13:05:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA468JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON COURTLAND MISSILE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss Russi [...]
2009-06-12 13:19:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA469JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-017. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...]
2009-06-12 13:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA470JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-019. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. [...]
2009-06-12 13:52:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA471JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-020. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2009-06-12 14:12:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA472JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S.-UKRAINIAN BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva U.S. Ukraine Mr. Taylor Mr. Nykonenko ----------------------- UKRAINE ADAMANT ABOUT BEING INCLU [...]
2009-06-12 14:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA473JCIC-XXXIV: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-018. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Kazakhstani Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2009-06-12 14:46:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA475JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-016. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on June 11, 2009. [...]
2009-06-12 15:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA476JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON B-1 HEAVY BOMBER
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss the con [...]
2009-06-12 17:00:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA477JCIC-XXXIV: CLOSING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIV-022. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXIV. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables concer [...]
2009-06-12 17:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA478JCIC-XXXIV: LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIV-021. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIV reporting activity during the period June 8-12, 2009. JCIC-XXXIV-001 (GENEVA 436) JCIC-XXXIV: OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION, JUNE 8, 2009 JCIC [...]
2009-06-12 17:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA53UNHCR WILLING TO ASSIST WITH GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed a willingness to assist the USG, if the USG so desires, in finding durable solutions for some individuals currently detained at Guantanamo. UNHCR could undertake an assessment of detainees' pro [...]
2009-01-22 13:51:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM UNHCR
09GENEVA59ICRC PRESIDENT LAUDS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DETENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 15:11:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF
09GENEVA6Letter to President-Elect Obama from UN High Commissioner
[...] Mission has received a message from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to President-Elect Obama. We have inserted below the text of the diplomatic cover note (para 2) and the letter itself (para 3). Mission Geneva will transmit the original to the Department by diplomatic po [...]
2009-01-06 12:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP
09GENEVA61IMPROVING IDP SERVICES IN PAKISTAN: WHO RESPONSE
[...] The Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) received the following answers from WHO in response to questions outlined in reftel B. WHO coordinated its response with its office in Islamabad. 2. Vaccinations: WHO experienced difficulties in the first phase of displacement in conducti [...]
2009-01-23 15:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM EAID WFP PK
09GENEVA66WTO Trade Facilitation Meetings December 1-3, 2008
[...] Summary/overview. This cable reports on the meeting of the WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation (NGTF) held in Geneva on December 1-3, 2008. The meetings consisted of informal, open-ended Chair-led working sessions devoted to revised Member proposals related to GATT Article V (freedom [...]
2009-01-27 07:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA74UNAIDS: CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT JOINT UN PROGRAM
[...] Summary: During the 23rd Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) meeting, held December 15-17, 2008, in Geneva, the Board paid tribute to its outgoing leadership, adopted new governance rules, and held a constructive policy debate on the relatio [...]
2009-01-28 09:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO UNAIDS
09GENEVA77DURBAN REVIEW TURNS EVEN MORE SOUR: CAN THE
[...] (C) In turbulent negotiations from January 19-23, observers told us the Durban Review process and discourse became "poisonous" and the draft text -- at over 200 paragraphs -- even more problematic. The UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark are considering withdrawing from the process (Canada and [...]
2009-01-28 16:36:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC PGOV KISL
09GENEVA8DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE - THE GENEVA PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Numerous delegations over the past months have expressed pessimism that the upcoming Durban Review Conference (April 20-24) will yield anything better than the original Durban Declaration and Program of Action (DDPA). Many like-minded governments are concerned that the outcome c [...]
2009-01-07 16:54:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC
09GENEVA9UN IMPROVES - ONE REFORM AT A TIME
[...] Summary: For UN reform efforts, Mission Geneva has focused on informing UN agencies of the U.S. goals outlined in the UN Transparency and Accountability Initiative (UNTAI) assessments. These clear benchmarks provide a focus for UN reform and progress over the last six months in Geneva has b [...]
2009-01-08 12:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR
09GENEVA91 UNECE AND WHO LINK TRANSPORT, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT
[...] SUMMARY: In response to the global economic crisis, officials discussed how to tailor fiscal stimulus packages for transport projects to best benefit health and the environment at a UNECE/WHO conference in Amsterdam January 22-23. Building roads and bridges may help the economy in the short t [...]
2009-02-02 15:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EIND UN ECE ECOSOC
09GENEVA93UNCTAD DEPUTY POSITION - SYG BAN TO CONSULT WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR TICHENOR, UNCTAD SECRETARY GENERAL DR. SUPACHAI EXPRESSED HIS CONTINUED STRONG SUPPORT FOR HIS ACTING DEPUTY LAKSHMI PURI (INDIAN) AND FRUSTRATION THAT SYG BAN KI MOON HAS NOT YET APPOINTED HER TO THE POSITION. SUPACHAI SAID SYG BAN WAS WA [...]
2009-02-03 10:28:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ETRD UNCTAD
09GENEVA95THAI FM ON PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE AND COMPULSORY
[...] (U) In a February 2 meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya for Geneva diplomats, Charge lauded Thai activism on international health security issues, but also expressed the hope that we would be able to make progress in the coming year to address our common interest in a well funct [...]
2009-02-03 14:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ETRD PREL WHO KBIO KFLU TH
09GENEVA97GAZA APPEAL AVOIDS POLEMICS, STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The February 2 launch of the UN's Flash Appeal for Gaza remained focused on humanitarian issues and largely avoided sensitive political issues. Most of the language from an early draft of the appeal that had raised concerns about inserting political issues into humanitarian coord [...]
2009-02-03 15:40:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL IS
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