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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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06ANTANANARIVO1122TEST-RETURNING EXILE RAISES TENSION IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The planned return to Madagascar of an exiled political leader, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, has the potential to trigger unrest in some parts of the country. Rajaonarivelo, a former Vice Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the AREMA Party, has been tried and sentenced in abs [...]
2006-10-06 11:35:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MA PGOV PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1134TEST-2 RETURNING EXILE RAISES TENSION IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The planned return to Madagascar of an exiled political leader, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, has the potential to trigger unrest in some parts of the country. Rajaonarivelo, a former Vice Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the AREMA Party, has been tried and sentenced in absen [...]
2006-10-06 12:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MA PGOV PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1136TEST-2 RETURNING EXILE RAISES TENSION IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The planned return to Madagascar of an exiled political leader, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, has the potential to trigger unrest in some parts of the country. Rajaonarivelo, a former Vice Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the AREMA Party, has been tried and sentenced in absen [...]
2006-10-06 12:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MA PGOV PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1142 THWARTED RETURN OF EXILE RAISES POLITICAL TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The low-level political tension in Madagascar continues after the Government of Madagascar (GoM) closed a coastal airport on Saturday, October 7 to prevent the return of exiled political leader Pierrot Rajaonarivelo from Paris via Riunion. RajaonariveloQs supporters have peacefu [...]
2006-10-10 14:59:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1157OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM MADAGASCAR ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR
[...] The Government of Madagascar officially responded to reftel demarche via facsimile of diplomatic note No. 561-AE/M/NV/DCM, dated 12 October 2006. Informal translation of the text of the diplomatic note follows: BEGIN TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE: ------------------------------ MINISTRY OF FO [...]
2006-10-13 10:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KN MA
06ANTANANARIVO1162MADAGASCAR AND IMF DISAGREE ON INVESTMENT LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A September 20-October 4 Mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found Madagascar largely compliant with the terms of its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and praised the Government of Madagascar (GOM) for appropriate use of its debt relief windfall. The [...]
2006-10-16 13:59:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL IMF MA
06ANTANANARIVO1177Comoros on Guatemala for the UNSC
[...] (SBU) After repeated attempts throughout the day, Charge was unable to contact a senior official of the Union of the Comoros to discuss the UNGA vote on membership on the UNSC as requested in Ref A. President Sambi is apparently traveling in Saudi Arabia and will not return to Comoros until [...]
2006-10-18 13:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC GT VE CN
06ANTANANARIVO1186 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SET IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, Madagascar's High Constitutional Court (HCC) officially approved 14 out of 18 candidates for the upcoming December 3 presidential election. The HCC rejected controversial candidate Pierrot Rajaonarivelo because his application did not comply with Malagasy law reg [...]
2006-10-19 13:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1190Comoros on Guatemala for the UNSC
[...] (SBU) On October 21, upon the return from Saudi Arabia of Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, DCM spoke to him by telephone to convey Ref A demarche regarding the vote for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). 2. (SBU) Based on the most [...]
2006-10-23 12:52:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC GT VE MA
06ANTANANARIVO1220UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLANE CRASH IN TULIARA,
[...] At approximately 0415 on Wednesday morning, October 25, a small, private plane crashed shortly after take-off in Tuliara (also known as Tolear),a coastal city in southwestern Madagascar. All six persons (two crew members and four passengers) on board died. The crew members have been identif [...]
2006-10-26 14:49:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRN MA
06ANTANANARIVO1261MADAGASCAR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VENT TO DONORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: All but one of Madagascar's 14 presidential candidates, or their representatives, met foreign donors assisting Madagascar's electoral process on November 7. President Ravalomanana's representative, Minister of Education Haja Nirina Razafinjatoro, did not speak. All other candi [...]
2006-11-08 12:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MA
06ANTANANARIVO1269PRE-CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With three days to go before the official presidential campaign season kicks off November 12, Ambassador McGee has individually met 11 of the 14 candidates. The pre-election rhetoric is heating up among the presidential hopefuls but, with a few notable exceptions, most have fai [...]
2006-11-09 13:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1280Operational Plan Points of Contact for Madagascar and the
[...] Embassy Antananarivo submits the following contact information for the Operational Plan for both Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros: 2. For Madagascar: Administrator: Henderson M. Patrick Mission Director USAID +261-20-22-539-20 HPatrick@usaid.gov Alternate: Robert Rhod [...]
2006-11-15 12:17:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL KSPR CN MA
06ANTANANARIVO1281 Madagascar Embraces President's Malaria Initiative
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Madagascar (GOM) is fully engaged and ready to participate in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Jean Louis Robinson, Minister of Health and Family Planning expressed enthusiasm, stating that the GOM is eager and willing to work in partnership with U.S [...]
2006-11-15 13:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID CN MA
06ANTANANARIVO1289 President Ravalomanana Launches Madagascar Action Plan
[...] (SBU) In a cleverly-timed publicity event November 10 -- two days before other candidates could officially campaign -- President Ravalomanana unveiled his Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) to media, GOM officials, donors, and others at Antananarivo's main sports stadium (ref A). The "MAP" is the G [...]
2006-11-17 05:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID ECON SENV PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1297 FORMER GENERAL ATTEMPTS "COUP" ACTION
[...] (SBU) Former Army General Andrianafidisoa, also known as General Fidy, and 12 to 20 supporters made an unsuccessful attempt at a military coup from November 17 to 18 in Madagascar's capital of Antananarivo. Early November 17, General Fidy and supporters -- officers, enlisted, and militia known [...]
2006-11-18 10:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1301GENERAL FIDY STILL AT LARGE AFTER COUP ATTEMPT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 12:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1304GENERAL FIDY STILL AT LARGE AFTER COUP ATTEMPT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Antananarivo is calm and quiet in the wake of the failed weekend coup attempt although the "coup" leader, General Fidy, remains in hiding and in occasional contact with the press. Fidy appears to have grossly over-reached as few military officers rallied to his cause. During hi [...]
2006-11-20 13:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1307INTER-ISLAND TENSION THREATENS COMOROS' UNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) expressed anxiety to the Ambassador, during his November 2006 visit, that the tension between the Union and Anjouan Island Governments could split the fragile union. Efforts by the forward-looking Sambi government to pr [...]
2006-11-21 12:26:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO1309AMBASSADOR MCGEE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SAMBI OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 13:57:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDCN EAID KISL MA OPDC PGOV PINR PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1333 Central Bank Issues Monetary Policy Statement
[...] The Central Bank ran a short public announcement in several newspapers November 25 outlining monetary policy for the third quarter of 2006 (informal translation in para 3). According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Pierre van den Boogaerde, the Central Bank's pres [...]
2006-11-29 09:55:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV MA
06ANTANANARIVO1334Ravalomanana Leads in the Home Stretch
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last stretch of the campaign season, only a handful of the 14 presidential candidates have any real hopes of making a showing in the December 3 polls. The five main contenders are waging all-out campaigns around the country, with incumbent President Ravalomanana in the l [...]
2006-11-29 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1348MADAGASCAR CALM ON THE EVE OF ELECTION WEEKEND
[...] (U) In early afternoon the last day of the campaign, except for 30,000 supporters who filled the stadium in Antananarivo to see President/candidate Marc Ravalomanana, the rest of Madagascar appears to be calm and quiet. Campaign rallies in different cities are expected to continue into tonight [...]
2006-12-01 10:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1350 Frustration in Comoros Over Unpaid Teacher Salaries
[...] (U) Frustrated Comoran teachers who are owed more than four months of back salaries recently marched in Moroni, demanding to be paid before returning to the classroom. Union President Sambi and Grand Comore Island President El-Bak met with teachers' representatives to seek a compromise. At t [...]
2006-12-05 05:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO1351 ELECTION DAY CALM, PRESIDENT IN THE LEAD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A calm and relatively orderly presidential election December 3 was marred by just one incident of ballot tampering in the south. Turnout appears to have been strong and very preliminary results have President Marc Ravalomanana in the lead, with over 50 percent of the vote, despi [...]
2006-12-05 05:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1363SUDAN - MADAGASCAR ATTENDING AFCARPAC, AGREES TO
[...] Madagascar Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Marcel Ranjeva has departed for Sudan, but is attending the conference alone according to the most senior official available at the MFA. DCM Sibley conveyed points provided in reftel to Secretary General Jean Pierre Rakotonirina. SecGen promised [...]
2006-12-06 14:47:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS SOCI MA CN
06ANTANANARIVO1364 HALF OF RESULTS IN, RAVALOMANANA HAS 61 PERCENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ravalomanana has a comfortable lead of 61 percent with just over half of the polling stations reporting, but results to date are skewed toward his highland plateau base. While prospects for a first round victory appear strong, it will be several days before we can say [...]
2006-12-06 15:17:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1369ELECTION DAY ATMOSPHERE IN TAMATAVE
[...] (U) BACKGROUND: Madagascar is an island, but it is also a large and diverse country, home to 18 major tribal groups. There is considerable variation in the practice of democracy from region to region and between urban and rural voters; a fact quite apparent in the December 3 presidential elec [...]
2006-12-07 15:03:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1372 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS ALL BUT SEAL FIRST ROUND WIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With 82 percent of polling stations unofficially reporting results to the Ministry of Interior, President-candidate Ravalomanana is very likely to have the absolute majority of votes needed to prevail in the first round. It will be several days before the High Constitutional Co [...]
2006-12-08 11:18:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1380 HIGH COURT MUST CERTIFY RAVALOMANANA VICTORY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The unofficial Ministry of Interior vote count concluded December 10 with candidate and President Marc Ravalomanana winning 54.8 percent. On cue his nearest challenger, Jean Lahiniriko, publicly denounced the legitimacy of the election and made numerous claims of fraud. Police [...]
2006-12-11 14:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1389 RENEGADE GENERAL FIDY CAPTURED
[...] (SBU) Mixed Police and Gendarmes forces arrested "coup" leader and renegade General Andrianafidisoa (Fidy) in Antananarivo the evening of December 12 (reftel). Media reports indicate General Fidy was surprised and did not resist. As a military suspect, Fidy is held by the Gendarmes Brigade i [...]
2006-12-13 13:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1398 OPPOSITION COMPLAINS; PRESIDENT FETES 57 YEARS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With election documents received from all but two out of 116 regional offices, the High Constitutional Court (HCC) is steadily certifying the results from the December 3 presidential election. The High Court office in central Antananarivo remains open to candidates, journalists [...]
2006-12-14 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1410 INTER-ISLAND TENSION FLARES ANEW IN THE COMOROS
[...] (SBU) The tension between the Union and Island governments of the Union of the Comoros is mounting in the run-up to Island presidential elections anticipated for March 2007. Union President Sambi met in Moroni the week of December 11 with the three Island Presidents to implement agreements de [...]
2006-12-18 14:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ANTANANARIVO1413 AIRBUS WOOS AIR MAD, BUT BOEING PITCH REQUESTED
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request for the Department in para 5. 2. (SBU) National carrier Air Madagascar, 80 percent owned by the Government of Madagascar and privately managed by Lufthansa Consulting, is considering a switch to Airbus equipment from Boeing when it renews its flee [...]
2006-12-19 12:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP ECON EFIN PREL MA
06ANTANANARIVO1416GOM STRIVES FOR TIER ONE TIP STATUS
[...] SUMMARY: Government of Madagascar (GOM) ministry representatives delivered comprehensive accounts of the year's activities at the semi-annual planning workshop of the Inter-Ministerial Committee to Combat Human Slavery and Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Presenters noted some failures in 2006, [...]
2006-12-19 12:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
06ANTANANARIVO1423ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT FOR MADAGASCAR/COMOROS
[...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: --------------------------------------- Crime occurs in Madagascar as it does in most major cities in the world. However, despite the continued impoverished economy Antananarivo has seen a decrease in violent crimes. Moreover, the recent successful Preside [...]
2006-12-20 12:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KSAC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1425PRESIDENT OFFERS LITTLE IN RESPONSE TO SEABOARD
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered points (Ref A) about Seaboard's investment difficulty in Madagascar to President Ravalomanana December 19. The President interrupted the short demarche to blame the whole problem on Seaboard's Madagascar Director Armando Lopez. He claimed Lopez botched a deal in Angol [...]
2006-12-20 12:29:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD KTDB PGOV AGOA MA
06ANTANANARIVO1432 OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS COMING DECEMBER 23
[...] (U) Madagascar's High Constitutional Court (HCC) has invited the diplomatic community, journalists and opposition candidates to the strategically-timed announcement of the official presidential election results December 23. Opposition candidates have filed nearly 25 procedural complaints at th [...]
2006-12-22 05:08:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1435SAMBI WANTS INTERNATIONAL HELP TO END SECURITY "CRISIS"
[...] (U) Comoran President Sambi met the diplomatic corps in Moroni to request international assistance to end the stand-off between the Union and Island Governments over division of security responsibilities (reftel). Media reports indicate Union officials want Island forces to be armed with polic [...]
2006-12-22 09:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ANTANANARIVO1440 HIGH COURT OFFICIALLY DECLARES RAVALOMANANA VICTORY
[...] (U) As expected reftel, on December 23 the High Constitutional Court (HCC) declared Marc Ravalomanana the first round winner of the presidential election with 54.79 percent of the vote. In its decree the HCC also confirmed that in addition to Ravalomanana, Jean Lahiniriko (second place with 1 [...]
2006-12-26 10:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1441SAMBI DEMANDS UNION FORCES ACCESS IN ANJOUAN
[...] (U) Comoran President Sambi held a rally in Mutsumudu, Anjouan, on December 25 telling supporters he would not leave until Island President Bacar authorized Union forces access at the sea port and airport. Sambi called on Anjouan Island forces to turn in their weapons to Union counterparts an [...]
2006-12-26 10:52:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ANTANANARIVO177 Air Mad Privatization Delayed, Boeing Interest
[...] (SBU) Air Madagascar Commercial Senior Vice President Andriamialisoa told EconOff February 14 that Air Madagascar, the national airline, would continue to be managed by Lufthansa Consulting for an additional two years. He confirmed a once-planned privatization date of May 2006 had been cance [...]
2006-02-22 13:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP ECON EFIN PREL MA
06ANTANANARIVO206 Slow Progress on Port Security; Limited Resources
[...] Summary: After two productive visits to Madagascar by the United States Coast Guard International Port Liaison in 2005, the latest Port Security Advisory updated Madagascar's status to acknowledge steps taken at the main port, Tamatave. Minor international ports at Diego Suarez, Majunga, Tul [...]
2006-03-02 08:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON PTER PREL MA
06ANTANANARIVO364 Comoros Holds Primaries in Anjouan
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Awaiting official announcement by the Constitutional Court, the National Electoral Commission of the Union of the Comoros published interim results from the April 16 Presidential primary putting candidates Sambi, Ibrahim Halidi, and Djaanfari through to the second round. Thou [...]
2006-04-18 14:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ANTANANARIVO390 Embassy Hosts Port Security Workshop to Draft Law
[...] Summary: Embassy co-hosted an inter-Ministerial workshop with the GOM Ports Agency April 21 to draft implementing legislation for the International Ship Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. Following two productive missions by the U.S. Coast Guard in 2005(reftel),the main port at Tamatave ha [...]
2006-04-24 13:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON PTER PREL MA
06ANTANANARIVO569 SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN COMOROS
[...] (U) This cable is the first of a three-part cable; it describes the inauguration of Union of the Comoros President Sambi, attended by the U.S. Presidential Delegation. The second cable describes the Delegation's meetings with and assessment of the new government. The third cable provides su [...]
2006-05-31 13:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM OVIP ECON CN
06ANTANANARIVO570 U.S. MEETS COMOROS' NEW LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) This cable is the second of a three-part cable. The first describes the inauguration of President Sambi, attended by the U.S. Presidential Delegation. This cable describes the Delegation's meetings with and assessment of the new government. The third cable provides suggestions for U.S. [...]
2006-05-31 13:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM OVIP ECON CN
06ANTANANARIVO574MADAGASCAR RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke to the President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana on June 1 to deliver Reftel talking points on the U.S. statement on Iran. Ravalomanana expressed support for the U.S. action and concern regarding Iranian pursuit of nuclear weapons. He added he would instruct his F [...]
2006-06-02 04:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IR MA
06ANTANANARIVO595 IMF Insists GOM Cut Spending to Get New Program
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Government of Madagascar (GOM) are on the cusp of completing a new program IF spending cuts can be achieved to bring the 2006 Budget into balance. If approved, the IMF would provide USD 80 million over three years. Fund "seal of appr [...]
2006-06-07 09:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL MA
06ATANANARIVO1320 JOURNALISTS DENOUNCE "THREATS" TO PRESS FREEDOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Events stemming from the recent botched coup attempt (reftels A and B) have highlighted the question of freedom of the press in Madagascar. The Government of Madagascar's (GOM) heavy-handed attempts to manage media coverage of coup-plotter General Fidy's actions, alongside a st [...]
2006-11-22 15:15:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SCUL MA
07ANTANANARIVO100COMOROS EAGER FOR BILATERAL TALKS WITH U.S.
[...] SUMMARY. During meetings January 22-23 in the Union of the Comoros, PolEcon Chief and visiting Desk Officer laid the ground work for the first meeting of the U.S.-Comoros Joint Committee for Bilateral Cooperation. The Comoran officials expressed interest in discussing the African Growth and O [...]
2007-01-31 13:18:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG KISL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1005 BOEING PRESENTATION WELL RECEIVED BY AIR MAD
[...] (SBU) A perfectly-timed Boeing visit to Madagascar September 24-28 included a sales presentation for new long-haul aircraft to the Board of Directors of Air Madagascar. Consistent with President Ravalomanana's recent pledge to "keep Air Madagascar a Boeing airline," Board members were report [...]
2007-10-01 10:02:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP ECON EFIN PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO1016 Embassy's Third Annual Iftar Reception
[...] The Ambassador and DCM hosted September 25 the Embassy's third annual Iftar reception in Antananarivo. Friends and contacts from Madagascar's diverse Muslim communities attended - Khoja, Sunni, Bohra, and Ismailis -- again expressing their appreciation for our hospitality. Interestingly, Mad [...]
2007-10-05 03:19:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO102INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS
[...] Per reftel, the following is Post's recommendation of the five most influential women in Madagascar and The Union of the Comoros. Post officer following women's issues in both countries is Silvana Rodriguez. She can be reached at (261) 20 22 21257, Ext 2409 or by email at RodriguezSD@state.gov [...]
2007-02-01 12:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL PINR MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1021HILTON TO LEAVE MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Hilton Corporation confirmed that as of November 1 they will no longer manage the largest hotel in Madagascar. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) La Gazette, a local newspaper known for exaggeration, first reported the imminent departure of the Hilton. In typical sensationalist fashion, [...]
2007-10-05 03:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PGOV ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO1034HISTORIC SHIP VISIT WELL RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: The historic port call of the USS NORMANDY on the northern coastal city of Diego Suarez from September 29 through October 2, the first such formal ship visit to Madagascar since 1972, showcased greater U.S. engagement in Madagascar. President Ravalomanana's visit onboard the ship wa [...]
2007-10-09 12:55:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1035ARRESTED MALAGASY MAYORS RECEIVE DUE PROCESS
[...] The verdicts from the trials of two political opponents of President Ravalomanana were recently made public. After five months in pre-trial detention, former Mayor of Tamatave and presidential candidate Roland Ratsiraka (REF A) was acquitted October 4 of embezzlement of government funds and f [...]
2007-10-10 03:49:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO104 SENATOR RASAMOELY NAMED NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] The President on January 31 appointed Senator Frederick Rasamoely to be the new Governor of the Central Bank of Madagascar, replacing Gaston Ravelojaona who retires after 10 years as head of the Bank. Senator Rasamoely was previously the General Manager of Ny Havana Insurance Company and serv [...]
2007-02-01 12:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO1056 COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI, "I WILL END ANJOUAN CRISIS OR
[...] (U) This message includes an Action Request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Celebrating the end of Ramadan October 13, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Sambi made a public declaration that he would resolve the ongoing Anjouan crisis or resign. Reflecting on public opinion that he had accomplished [...]
2007-10-15 09:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1063 RULING PARTY VICTORIOUS IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The High Constitutional Court (HCC) announced October 13 the official results of the September 23 National Assembly elections: President Ravalomanana's "Tiako I Madagasikara" (TIM) party won 105 seats, others won 20 seats, and two elections were voided for irregularities. New el [...]
2007-10-16 06:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1083TALKS BETWEEN COMORAN ISLAND LEADERS SEW CONFUSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Grand Comore Island President Mohamed Abdouloihab's unannounced October 19 visit to Anjouan has Union Government officials irate and the international community confused. Anjouan authorities reportedly hope Abdouloihab's visit will be perceived as the first step toward official [...]
2007-10-22 13:35:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO1085 FORMER PRIME MINISTER HEADS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) As expected, former Prime Minister and ruling "Tiako-i-Madagasikara" (TIM) party member Jacques Sylla was unanimously elected President of Madagascar's National Assembly October 23 at the body's opening session. The only candidate, Sylla was approved by all 124 deputies present, with the [...]
2007-10-23 12:57:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO109UPDATE ON THE MURDER OF MOHAMMED JAMAL KHALIFA
[...] (U) Post is providing an update on the Mohammad Jamal Khalifa murder from a security and political standpoint. Below is an assessment by the Regional Security Officer (RSO) and the Political Office. 2. (S) On the security front, RSO continues to engage local Law Enforcement Officials concer [...]
2007-02-05 13:54:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETASEC PTER MA
07ANTANANARIVO1099 MADAGASCAR NOMINATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] Per reftel, Post nominates the following two candidates from Madagascar for the International Women of Courage Award. 2. Dr. Mathilde Rabary is the National President of the non-governmental organization (NGO) "S.O.S. to Human Rights Victims," Coordinator of the Mifohaza Center, and a form [...]
2007-10-26 08:39:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL KPAO MA
07ANTANANARIVO1103 SECOND MALAGASY CABINET RESHUFFLE IN 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Marc Ravalomanana's October 27 cabinet reshuffle, the second of his current term in office, had few significant changes but portends some improvement in overall governance. Only three of the 19 Cabinet members are new to the government. Seven former ministers were dro [...]
2007-10-29 12:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PBIO MA
07ANTANANARIVO1105 EASWIO II NEXT STEPS: MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) Post response to reftel action request. 2. (SBU) Madagascar sent three personnel to the EASWIO conference held in Mombasa, Kenya. a. The delegates stated the following were most beneficial: - Communications with their other African counterparts; - Exchange of information; - U.S. [...]
2007-10-30 10:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL ECON EWWT MA
07ANTANANARIVO1114 DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN MORONI DISCUSSES CRISIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps in Moroni and Government of the Union of the Comoros were surprised by Grande Comore island president Abdouloihab's visit to Anjouan. The international community, led by the African Union (AU),is working to apply sanctions and encourage the Union Governm [...]
2007-11-02 10:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1131 GRENADE ATTACK ON PRESIDENT'S COMPANY IN TULEAR
[...] (SBU) An early morning grenade attack on a MAGRO building, part of the TIKO conglomerate owned by President Marc Ravalomanana, slightly injured one gendarme and caused minor material damages November 5. Local security forces in the southwestern city of Tulear have launched an investigation to [...]
2007-11-07 04:55:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO1137PRESIDENT EMPOWERS WOMEN, WARNS SEX TOURISTS
[...] SUMMARY: October was a groundbreaking month for women in Madagascar. Following the designation of the first ever female Minister of Defense (REF A),President Ravalomanana kicked off the opening conference of the Presidential Initiative on Women and Leadership with a sweeping speech calling [...]
2007-11-08 09:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI SCUL PINR PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO1147 COMOROS SANCTIONS UNDERWAY, BACAR NOT BACKING DOWN
[...] (U) African Union (AU) sanctions, including a travel ban and the freezing of assets, against 145 persons on the island of Anjouan (ref) are underway in the Union of the Comoros. With contradicting dates in media reports, the AU confirmed sanctions started on October 20 and will run out 45 day [...]
2007-11-09 08:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO116 MCC CEO DANILOVICH VISITS MADAGASCAR
[...] SUMMARY: MCC CEO Ambassador John J. Danilovich, accompanied by Catholic Relief Services President and MCC Board Member Kenneth Hackett assessed progress under Madagascar's Compact January 31 to February 2. President Ravalomanana committed to take immediate steps for the remediation needed on [...]
2007-02-06 08:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KMCA ECON PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO1171UNION PLEDGES NO ACTION AGAINST ANJOUAN BEFORE
[...] (C) The people of the Union of the Comoros are on "standby" as the standoff with Anjouan continues. Union Government officials are committed to cooperating with the African Union (AU) to give sanctions against Anjouan (which will run out on November 24) a chance to work, but they will not wai [...]
2007-11-16 08:23:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1173COMOROS TOO INDEBTED FOR DEBT RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 10:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1191 COMOROS, NEW MIDDLE EAST TOURISM DESTINATION?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent press reports suggest a surge in tourism investment interest in the Comoros, most notably Dubai World and a Saudi delegation. While promising for the embattled Sambi government, the timing and certainty of most of these investments are unclear. Still, in a tiny impove [...]
2007-11-26 13:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1202 COMOROS SHELL BANKS ILLEGAL AND UNAUTHORIZED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. "Just as the United States is not responsible for the criminals who manufacture counterfeit dollars, so the Comoros should not be blamed for criminals who market banking licenses when they lack the legal authority to issue them." With this argument, Vice Governor of the Centra [...]
2007-11-28 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1215 FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI ON SAMBI'S MISCUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Azali told the Ambassador the Union should negotiate with Anjouan's Colonel Bacar for the sole purpose of organizing elections on the island. Azali said President Sambi and the African Union had miscalculated in dealing with Bacar, but thought a solution was [...]
2007-12-03 05:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON CN
07ANTANANARIVO1216WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE: MADAGASCAR AND
[...] Post provides below updated information on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros, keyed to questions in reftel, as available and appropriate. 2. Madagascar -------------- The Government of Madagascar continues to be a regional leader in combating chi [...]
2007-12-03 13:49:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PREL MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1221 LIFE IN ANJOUAN UNDER COLONEL BACAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reports from Anjouan, where EmbOffs have been unable to visit for six months, indicate life in limbo for most of the 240,000 people living there. There are unconfirmed reports that many opponents to Bacar, journalists, activists, intellectuals, and teachers, have been impriso [...]
2007-12-04 04:55:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO1227COMOROS: HOPE REMAINS FOR A NEGOTIATED ANJOUAN
[...] (C) I visited Moroni November 28-30 to take stock of political and economic developments there, and to pave the way for A/S Frazer,s December 22-23 visit there. This visit came in the immediate wake of the AU Peace and Security Council,s (PSC ) see reftel a) decision to extend Anjouan sanctio [...]
2007-12-06 04:17:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO1231MADAGASCAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS UNDERWAY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Campaign season for Madagascar's December 12 municipal elections is well underway, with the ruling TIM party dominating throughout most of the country. As usual, the Government of Madagascar (GOM) is mobilizing at the highest levels to pitch in with the campaigns; ministers are s [...]
2007-12-10 13:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1236BRINGING COMOROS INTO THE FOLD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As we look at the question of AGOA eligibility for Comoros, the two key interlocking issues are security and opportunity - and how each could be strengthened by AGOA. The Comoran people have a tragic history and few economic endowments; their most famous native son is infamous - [...]
2007-12-12 13:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID KDEM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1241PRESIDENT LOSES ANTANANARIVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results from the December 12 municipal elections show the ruling TIM Party of President Marc Ravalomanana faring well throughout the country, with the notable exception of a humiliating upset in the capital of Antananarivo. Andry "TGV" Rajoelina, a successful busines [...]
2007-12-13 13:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1243PRESIDENT LOSES ANTANANARIVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results from the December 12 municipal elections show the ruling TIM Party of President Marc Ravalomanana faring well throughout the country, with the notable exception of a humiliating upset in the capital of Antananarivo. Andry "TGV" Rajoelina, a successful busines [...]
2007-12-14 04:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1251 SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Welcome to Antananarivo! Your visit to Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros comes at an important time as both countries - in quite different circumstances - face challenges that are likely to define the future character of their governance. Your arrival, as the highest ra [...]
2007-12-17 11:03:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1252 SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO THE COMOROS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Welcome also to Moroni! Your visit to the Union of the Comoros comes as this fragile country faces the latest in a long series of challenges. Your arrival, as the highest ranking U.S. government official ever (we believe) to visit the archipelago, gives you leverage to help s [...]
2007-12-17 13:52:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1269 RULING PARTY CEDES POWER GRACEFULLY IN THE CAPITAL
[...] (U) Official results trickling in from the December 12 municipal elections seem to confirm early speculation that the President's TIM party won throughout most of the country, with the exception of a spectacular defeat in Antananarivo (Reftel). Businessman and political unknown Andry "TGV" Ra [...]
2007-12-27 13:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO128BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. Government is missing the opportunity to build a strong relationship with the Union of the Comoros. In light of the recently-completed Operational Plan process for the Comoros, Post considers that USD 100,000 in security assistance is inadequate to seriously advance tran [...]
2007-02-08 14:09:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER PREL IR CN
07ANTANANARIVO160 AUSTR Encourages Madagascar to Build on AGOA Success
[...] SUMMARY: AUSTR Liser engaged public and private AGOA partners during her February 6-8 visit to Madagascar. While the AGOA third-country extension will boost the apparel sector, Madagascar also shows promise in diversifying exports to the United States. High cost and reduced service in shippi [...]
2007-02-16 08:39:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO161TACKLING SEX TOURISM IN NOSY BE, ROUND TWO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy staff traveled to Nosy Be, an island off Madagascar's northwest coast notorious for its growing sex tourism, and Diego Suarez, a nearby port on the mainland, to follow up on Embassy Antananarivo's 2005 report on the nature of sex tourism and trafficking in persons (TIP) al [...]
2007-02-16 10:00:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
07ANTANANARIVO175 Malagasy Gendarmes Arrest Three in Khalifa Murder
[...] (SBU) Gendarmerie contacts confirmed to the RSO February 20 that three Malagasy men suspected in the murder of Jamal Khalifa were arrested in the southern part of Madagascar (reftels). A fourth suspect who attempted to flee was shot and killed. Police did not recover any of the stolen items a [...]
2007-02-21 08:22:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER MA
07ANTANANARIVO177 MADAGASCAR DECLARES FLOOD DISASTER
[...] With tens of thousands of Malagasy displaced by flooding from the worst rainy season in recent memory, Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva convened donors February 20 to coordinate the ongoing humanitarian response and make an appeal for emergency assistance. FonMin Ranjeva affirmed the GOM had ma [...]
2007-02-21 13:18:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SOCI SENV MA
07ANTANANARIVO180 CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM TO BE HELD APRIL 4
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Madagascar (GOM) has announced a Constitutional Referendum to be held April 4, 2007. A hastily-convened committee is considering over 200 possible changes, and will soon make recommendations to the Council of Ministers, who will then decide which changes shoul [...]
2007-02-22 12:59:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO221MADAGASCAR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of trafficking within the country's borders. Madagascar has a confirmed child sex tourism problem. The domestic legal framework, cultural [...]
2007-03-06 14:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07ANTANANARIVO225 COMOROS 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately 1 hour preparing this report. [...]
2007-03-07 11:48:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO226 AGOA Eligibility Recommendation For Comoros
[...] This is an Action Request for the Department - see Paragraph 4. 2. SUMMARY: Democratically-elected President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has made significant improvements in governance in the Union of the Comoros since taking office in May 2006, despite inadequate resources. His government has [...]
2007-03-08 05:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA ECON CN
07ANTANANARIVO227President's 2007 Report on AGOA - Madagascar
[...] Per reftel, Post provides the following input on Madagascar for the President's 2007 Report on AGOA. MARKET ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. Madagascar continues to implement its program of macro-economic and stru [...]
2007-03-08 06:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA ECON PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO23COMORAN UNION PRESIDENT SAMBI AND ANJOUAN'S BACAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with Union of the Comoros President Sambi and Anjouan Island "President" Bacar, Ambassador and DCM encouraged dialogue to resolve the ongoing dispute over security responsibility (reftel). A calmly intransigent Bacar insisted he had a right to have arme [...]
2007-01-08 06:53:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO232GOM PROPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Madagascar (GOM) has publicly proposed a number of constitutional changes to be voted on in a referendum April 4, with the stated goal of driving forward the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP),its signature development program (REF A). Changes include eliminating the [...]
2007-03-09 06:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO236AMERICAN WEEK IN MAHAJANGA IS A HIT
[...] SUMMARY: From February 27 - March 1, 40 Mission personnel and numerous partners hosted American Week in Mahajanga, a city on Madagascar's northwestern coast with a sizeable Muslim population. Well over 5,000 local citizens visited our exhibit booths, attended an Embassy-sponsored basketball to [...]
2007-03-09 10:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KMCA KPAO EAID PHUM PINR AMGT ASOC MA
07ANTANANARIVO237CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 12:37:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM
07ANTANANARIVO238AMBASSDOR'S MEETINGS WITH MAHAJANGA BUSINESS LEADERS
[...] During American Week in Mahajanga (reftel),the Ambassador met with business and Muslim leaders to discuss the overall business climate and to listen to their concerns. Prevailing sentiment among business leaders was generally negative. They voiced complaints about the poor state of the Port [...]
2007-03-09 13:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KISL MA
07ANTANANARIVO239COMOROS SUPPORTS COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1737
[...] Post received Comoran diplomatic note number 07-129/MIREX/A.A.Y/fi via facsimile on March 8 assuring the U.S. that the Government of the Comoros supports compliance of UNSCR 1737 by Iran. 2. Post will email a copy of the diplomatic note to Desk Officer Maria Beyzerov. MCGEE [...]
2007-03-09 13:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP IR UNSC CN
07ANTANANARIVO248CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 14:11:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM
07ANTANANARIVO252CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB
[...] (C) President Ravalomanana summoned Ambassador McGee to his office on the morning of March 9 to address a number of issues. First, the President conveyed his concern at seeing Somalis and Pakistanis on the northern coast of Madagascar (location still being determined) during a recent vacation [...]
2007-03-13 08:15:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM
07ANTANANARIVO262CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - FIRST REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Tropical cyclone Indlala struck the east coast of Madagascar early morning on March 15, with the city of Antalaha hardest hit. Due to the ongoing lack of communications, we do not have reliable information about casualties and property damage, but expect it may be considerable. Six [...]
2007-03-15 12:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO270CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - SECOND REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: After hitting Antalaha and Maroantsetra hard, tropical cyclone Indlala has gradually dissipated as it moves west/southwest over land. Amidst the ongoing lack of definitive communication, unofficial reports of structural and flooding damage are considerable; contacts cite "thigh-deep" [...]
2007-03-16 11:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO276CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - THIRD REPORT
[...] Government of Madagascar officials are starting to release initial assessments of the comprehensive damage tropical cyclone Indlala left in its wake, primarily in the northeastern and northwestern regions of the country. The National Bureau of Management of Risk and Catastrophe reports 14,000 [...]
2007-03-19 14:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO277ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE PENDING MARCH 21
[...] Ambassador McGee is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva on March 20, at which time he will raise the demarche on Zimbabwe per reftel. Post will report on the Government of Madagascar's response immediately following the meeting. McGEE [...]
2007-03-20 10:14:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI MA
07ANTANANARIVO287 IMF Finds GOM Performance Satisfactory
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A just-completed IMF Mission reviewed five major themes in Madagascar: the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP),trade competitiveness, institutional capacity at the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank, private sector reform (especially the electric utility),and fiscal / monetary pol [...]
2007-03-22 12:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IMF PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO288DEMARCHE: MADAGASCAR RESPONSE ON ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered REF B demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva the evening of March 21 on the sideline of a dinner in honor of the departing UNDP Resident Representative. After listening carefully to demarche points, Ranjeva replied that as a SADC Member, Madagascar can [...]
2007-03-22 13:38:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETPREL PHUM ZI MA
07ANTANANARIVO301MIXED REACTIONS TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With only eight days to go, Madagascar's upcoming constitutional referendum has failed to garner the same amount of enthusiasm seen in the recent presidential election. The average citizen has little understanding of the proposed amendments and public reactions have been mixed wi [...]
2007-03-27 13:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO304Sambi Announces New Cabinet, Island Election Dates
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sambi expanded his cabinet by adding four new Ministers and shrinking the massive portfolios of his existing team. None of the Ministers in place since 2006 was removed. The electoral commission also announced the Island President elections will be held June 10, with r [...]
2007-03-28 08:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO315JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered the joint demarche with the Russian Ambassador to the Malagasy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva. The Minister promised to look at the declaration within the framework of existing treaties and Madagascar's position in SADC and the Indian Ocean. A response wil [...]
2007-04-02 13:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO321JAYA: MADAGACAR'S SIXTH CYCLONE
[...] Tropical Cyclone Jaya made landfall on Madagascar's battered northeast coast on April 3, weakened as it crossed the north end of the island, then re-emerged into the Mozambique Channel on April 4. As of 1200 local time on April 4, the storm has largely dissipated, although it will be watched c [...]
2007-04-04 11:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV PREL PGOV SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO322MADAGASCAR SEEKS AGREMENT FOR NEW AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON
[...] On April 2, Post received two Diplomatic Notes, both dated March 23, 2007. One gave formal notice of the recall of Malagasy Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Mr. NARISOA Rajaonarivony, while the other sought agrement for his replacement, Mr. RADIFERA Jocelyn Bertin. Diplomatic notes and [...]
2007-04-04 12:34:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO325TURNOUT FOR REFERENDUM LOW BUT PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anecdotal and radio reports from around the country reflect a peaceful day at the polls for Madagascar's constitutional referendum with no security incidents. Voter turnout seems to be considerably lower than for the recent presidential election due to apathy that the constitut [...]
2007-04-04 13:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO352RESULTS NEARLY COMPLETE, REFERENDUM VICTORIOUS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Waiting on results from only 27 of the country's 17,000-plus polling stations, Madagascar's constitutional referendum passed with a 75.37 percent approval rate and a 43.7 percent voter turnout. The usual criticism from the opposition post-referendum will likely fall on deaf ears [...]
2007-04-12 13:47:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO393 AF/E Director Reddick in Antananarivo
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Madagascar April 15-18, East Africa Bureau (AF/E) Director Reddick paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister to discuss the April 4 referendum and ongoing disaster response. In meetings with the Red Cross and the Presidency, Director Reddick explored possible solutions to M [...]
2007-04-23 13:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO396 Comoros Protests French Country Code Change In Mayotte
[...] (U) Comoran Ambassador to Paris Soulaimana Mohamed Ahmed will reportedly travel to Geneva as soon as possible to submit an official protest to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) after France unilaterally changed the telephone country code for its territory Mayotte from 269 (like t [...]
2007-04-24 11:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ECPS ITU FR MF CN
07ANTANANARIVO399DELEGATION HOLDS BILATERAL TALKS WITH COMOROS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer's suggestion to President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on the sidelines of UNGA last September (REF B),a U.S. delegation led by Director of the Office of East African Affairs Eunice Reddick held the first ever bilateral discussions wi [...]
2007-04-24 11:39:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO402 MADAGASCAR TIP PROPOSALS FOR 2007 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Antananarivo is providing the following four proposals for 2007 ESF and INCLE funds for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) projects. The full text of the proposals, budgets and resumes are being forwarded via email to the appropriate G/TIP POC as requested. Post POC for all [...]
2007-04-24 13:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MA
07ANTANANARIVO404MADAGASCAR AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF MCC COMPACT
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Two years ago Madagascar became the first country to sign a Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),recognizing progress in investing in people, economic freedom, and governing justly. Remarkable achievements in the Compact's priority areas of l [...]
2007-04-25 08:23:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALEAID KMCA ECON PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO409 Coastal City Boils Over Electricity Outages
[...] (SBU) Public discontent over electricity outages boiled over April 26 as thousands of protestors set fire to a public building in the southern coastal city of Tulear. According to sources in the gendarmerie, members of the mob also kidnapped the regional director of the Penitentiary Administr [...]
2007-04-26 12:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO411 Comoran Union Government Fights Shell Banks
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an ongoing struggle to attract foreign investment and repair the country's reputation, the Government of the Union of the Comoros has taken steps to address its "shell banking" problem and has renewed its request for U.S. assistance. Vice President Idi recently briefed PolEco [...]
2007-04-27 05:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PGOV PREL ECON CN
07ANTANANARIVO414TULEAR RIOTS CONTINUE, OTHER CITIES ON LOW SIMMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of unrest in Tamatave, political opposition groups are trying to take advantage of a string of student-initiated protests over poor university conditions and black-outs in a number of coastal cities -- particularly Tulear (REF A) -- to further their anti-referendum age [...]
2007-04-27 10:53:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO417 Opposition Leaders Arrested; Merina Flee Tulear
[...] (SBU) Police in Tulear arrested four opposition leaders for allegedly leading the demonstrations which turned violent in the city April 27 (reftel): Senator Robert Razaka; National Assembly Deputy Dimby Benaria; Luc Vital, Chairman of the Tulear Communal Council; and Tsimarivo Railala. The [...]
2007-04-30 14:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO418AVIATION FEES MADAGASCAR
[...] Post provides answers to reftel action request for Madagascar. The Malagasy aviation authority (ADEMA) confirms OACI CODE for each of the following airports: MAHAJANGA FMNM NOSY BE /FASCENE FMNN TOAMASINA FMMT TOLIARA [...]
2007-04-30 14:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS KREC MA
07ANTANANARIVO419PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...]
2007-04-30 20:17:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN
07ANTANANARIVO420PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...]
2007-05-02 05:09:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN
07ANTANANARIVO421NO HELP FOR IRAQ FROM MADAGASCAR OR THE COMOROS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 11:45:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER CN MA
07ANTANANARIVO425UNION AND ANJOUAN FORCES FINALLY CLASH IN COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The political tension in the Union of the Comoros that has been simmering in recent months between the rival jurisdictions of the Union Government of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and the Anjouan Island government headed by "President" Mohamed Bacar has finally broken into viole [...]
2007-05-02 18:16:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO426 Seaboard Reaches Verbal Agreement to Extend Lease
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After over a year of intense lobbying, including Ambassador McGee insisting on a level playing field in a meeting with President Ravalomanana, the U.S. company Seaboard reached an oral agreement with Tamatave Port Director Botozaza April 27 to extend the company's lease on silos [...]
2007-05-03 05:08:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMA
07ANTANANARIVO430 U.S. FUND SEEKS MADAGASCAR FOREST DEAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a meeting in September, 2006, between President Ravalomanana and the president of the Global Environment Fund (GEF),a deal to create a 30,000 hectare sustainable forestry operation in Madagascar has progressed in fits and starts. Interrupted by the December 3 presidential [...]
2007-05-03 09:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO431COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE
[...] Post received the following letter to President George W. Bush from His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, the President of the Union of the Comoros, via facsimile on May 2, 2314 local time. A copy of the letter is being faxed and emailed to AF/E Desk Officer Maria Beyzerov. 2. B [...]
2007-05-03 11:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO435 COASTAL UNREST CONTINUES IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Public demonstrations in Madagascar against blackouts and poor study conditions (reftels) have expanded to include political opposition grievances. Protests seem to be spreading to different coastal cities and even potentially Antananarivo. After several days of protests with li [...]
2007-05-04 09:47:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO438COMOROS ISLAND IN DE FACTO SECESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seizing control of the Union radio station and Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's home on Anjouan May 3, "President" Mohamed Bacar's forces seem to be even more in control of the island. The first reported deaths of Union soldiers have sparked conflict between villag [...]
2007-05-04 12:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO442 Anjouan's Bacar Clings To Power
[...] (SBU) Press reports that (former) Anjouan Island "governor" Bacar has accepted the Constitutional Court's decision for him to step down remain unconfirmed. Post Comoros Liaison indicates that Bacar stated he would resign - on the condition that he, not Union President Sambi, name the interim [...]
2007-05-07 12:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO452 COMOROS AWAITS SAMBI'S REACTION TO BACAR'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union's (AU) special envoy to the Comoros Jose Francisco Madeira returned May 8 from a second mission to Anjouan, bringing back with him approximately 15 Union government officials and soldiers who had been held hostage by "President" Bacar's forces. Bacar told Made [...]
2007-05-10 13:48:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO454 AU BROKERS SHAKY ACCORD IN THE COMOROS
[...] (SBU) In a deal signed late May 11 between Union of the Comoros Vice President Ikililou, African Union (AU) Envoy Madeira, Arab League Envoy Husni, and deposed Anjouan Island "president" Bacar, the defiant Bacar finally agreed to step down as ordered by the Constitutional Court (reftels). The [...]
2007-05-14 13:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO477COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS HELP TO DISARM MILITIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador McGee met May 19 with Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, high-level Union officials, and island presidential candidates on both Grand Comores and Anjouan to urge all parties to work towards free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections in the upcomi [...]
2007-05-21 13:41:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM XA CN
07ANTANANARIVO520 EMBEZZLING PLAGUES MADAGASCAR'S CENTRAL BANK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Central Bank of Madagascar (BCM) faces growing concerns about its competence following recent cases of embezzlement. Three weeks ago evidence came to light that USD six million was missing at the BCM's Manakara agency. Local press reported last week another case of theft of [...]
2007-05-31 11:22:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO522MIXED SIGNALS TO SEABOARD IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tamatave Port Director Pierrot Botozaza kept U.S. Seaboard Corporation representatives waiting for 12 hours on May 25 for scheduled negotiations to renew its lease on silos at the Port (Reftels). When the Port's lawyers finally met with Seaboard, they insisted an application for [...]
2007-05-31 11:23:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON KTDB PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO523 NORWAY-FUNDED CORRUPTION EXPERT ADVISES MALAGASY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fredrik Galtung of the organization "tiri: Making Integrity Work" provided donors and anti-corruption officials a briefing May 25 following extensive consultations in Madagascar. He identified judicial reform as the top priority for any substantial improvement on transparency a [...]
2007-05-31 12:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ETRD PREL ECON NO MA
07ANTANANARIVO524MADAGASCAR WELCOMED AS GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNER
[...] Political/Economic Section Chief and Russian Federation DCM separately welcomed the Government of Madagascar (GOM) into the Global Initiative as a new partner nation and provided them with the most current version of the Plan of Work, Terms of Reference, Statement of Principles, Explanatory Not [...]
2007-05-31 12:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO557LABOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RESCUED IN DIEGO SUAREZ
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Antananarivo's reporting on trafficking in persons (TIP) has tended to focus on the conspicuous sex trafficking of minors in tourism hotspots along Madagascar's coast, namely on the island of Nosy Be (reftel). While the same kind of sexual exploitation exists in the northern [...]
2007-06-05 13:28:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
07ANTANANARIVO566 ANJOUAN'S BACAR MOVES TO DERAIL COMOROS VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence broke out again on the Comoran island of Anjouan June 5 as island strongman Mohamed Bacar continued his pattern of extralegal efforts to cling to power. Bacar, who stepped aside as island president to run for reelection (Reftels),appears to have no intention of losing [...]
2007-06-06 12:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO567 COMOROS' SAMBI POSTPONES ANJOUAN'S ELECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi postponed Anjouan's island election to June 17, contrary to international pressure. Deposed Anjouan island president Bacar continues his "end-game" threatening to hold elections anyway. Votes in Grand Comore and Moheli will go [...]
2007-06-07 12:53:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO568ASECNA AVIATION FEES - THE COMOROS
[...] Post provides answers to reftel action request for the Comoros. The Comoran aviation authority confirms OACI CODE for each of the following airports: FMCH Hahaia Airport, Grand Comores 2. Airport Questions and Answers: - Question No. 1: AIMPSI or Aeroport International Moroni Prince [...]
2007-06-07 12:54:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS KREC CN
07ANTANANARIVO569MADAGASCAR WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GI THIRD MEETING
[...] Post received diplomatic note no. 07-470-AE/M/NV/DCM from the Malagasy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office in Charge of the United Nations and International Organizations, dated June 5, informing the Embassy that the Government of Madagascar will be represented by its Ambassador in Moscow, duri [...]
2007-06-08 05:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO573 TWO-THIRDS OF COMOROS ISLAND ELECTIONS SUCCESSFUL
[...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) The people of Grand Comore and Moheli in the Union of the Comoros went to the polls June 10 to elect new island "presidents" (governors). The pro-Sambi candidate Abduloihabi (known as "Albino") leads in Grand Comore, followed by a chari [...]
2007-06-11 10:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO580STUDENTS BURN MADAGASCAR CAMPUS AMPHITHEATRE
[...] (U) Police contacts report that an unknown number of students set fire to the amphitheatre on the campus at the University in Fianarantsoa, in south-central Madagascar, early June 13. The entire building and an adjoining registrar's office, where many students' files are stored, burned to the [...]
2007-06-13 09:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO583 AU CHALLENGES ANJOUAN'S BACAR IN COMOROS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union insists deposed island president Mohamed Bacar must allow island elections on Anjouan June 17; however, it cannot so far enforce compliance. The renegade Bacar is reportedly fortifying his position on the island against possible attack. (Note: No AmCits are [...]
2007-06-13 12:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO585 COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in Paragraph Two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support for a military effort to restore democracy to the island of Anjouan. Sambi describes the repeated efforts - by his government as we [...]
2007-06-13 13:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO595COMOROS ELECTION POSTPONED AS BACAR SEIZES POWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shortly after inaugurating himself "President" of Anjouan on the morning of June 14, Colonel Mohamed Bacar resumed his position at the presidential palace. A high-level Comoran delegation will arrive in Addis Ababa June 14 to lobby the African Union (AU) to hold an extraordinar [...]
2007-06-14 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO60U.S. DELEGATION CONGRATULATES MADAGASCAR'S PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Presidential Delegation led by Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns attended the inauguration of President Marc Ravalomanana's second term and held a number of meetings on the sidelines. Applauding Ravalomanana's progressive leadership style, the delegation extended its congra [...]
2007-01-22 14:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO608COMOROS AWAITS AU DECISION ON MILITARY OPTIONS
[...] (U) With "President" Bacar of Anjouan refusing to hold new island presidential elections sanctioned by the international community, South Africa is reportedly organizing an urgent meeting of regional foreign ministries and an official from the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council June [...]
2007-06-18 13:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO615 AFRICAN UNION CHALLENGES BACAR IN THE COMOROS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An African Union (AU) ultimatum and ministerial delegation to the Union of the Comoros is applying pressure on renegade Anjouan island "President" Mohamed Bacar. All three islands of the Union are calm, awaiting Bacar's response to the AU. Rumors abound from Anjouan that Bacar [...]
2007-06-21 09:36:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO623ICRC NOTES MINOR IMPROVEMENT IN MADAGASCAR PRISONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of 80 countries in which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) monitors prison conditions; Madagascar continues to stand among the worst. An ICRC representative met with Embassy staff to note that while there have been positive trends over the past year in the Gov [...]
2007-06-22 09:36:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO636COMOROS ELECTIONS: TWO OUT OF THREE SUCCEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Island elections in Grande Comore and Moheli successfully completed their second rounds June 24. Embassy observers found the election in Grande Comore to be transparent and well-organized. Tensions are high between the Union government, African Union (AU),and other internatio [...]
2007-06-27 13:56:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO640 SEABOARD SILOS SOLUTION SIGNED IN MADAGASCAR
[...] Seaboard Corporation's Armando Lopes signed a five-year lease extension for its silos at the Tamatave Port June 28. Tamatave Port Director Pierrot Botozaza and Minister of Transport Julien LaPorte have approved and signed the agreement. According to Lopes, the terms and conditions of the ext [...]
2007-06-28 11:10:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON KTDB PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO642COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. POLITICAL SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in paragraph two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support urging an African Union (AU) decision to take robust action against Comoran warlord Mohamed Bacar. Sambi expresses his disappointmen [...]
2007-06-29 11:26:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN
07ANTANANARIVO646MADAGASCAR'S TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID OPERATION
[...] (SBU) Charge and U.S. Defense Attache met with Madagascar's Minister of Defense Petera Behajaina July 2 to discuss Madagascar's current troop contributions to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and potential contributions to the upcoming UN/AU Hybrid Operations in Darfur. Behajaina affi [...]
2007-07-02 14:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO AU UNSC MASS SU MA
07ANTANANARIVO681 COMORANS HOLD BREATH WAITING FOR ANJOUAN ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates of the Government of the Union of the Comoros as well as those sent by renegade Anjouan Island warlord Mohamed Bacar met under African Union auspices July 8 and 9 in Pretoria to seek a solution to their inter-island impasse. Rather than holding a negotiation between [...]
2007-07-11 12:54:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO685 COMOROS STABILITY IMPROVING ON TWO ISLANDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Compared to their predecessors, the newly installed island presidents on both Grande Comore and Moheli appear more conciliatory and more willing to work constructively with the Government of the Union of the Comoros. As such, prospects for greater Union stability - [...]
2007-07-12 13:20:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR ASEC AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO687 MADAGASCAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM AT RISK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID continues to play a vital leadership role among environment donors in Madagascar seeking to advocate and implement sound conservation and natural resource management policies. Review of the third phase of the environment program has been protracted and did not result in c [...]
2007-07-12 13:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO692FRENCH VIEW OF THE COMOROS
[...] (C) French Ambassador to the Comoros, Christian Job, met Charge July 9 in Moroni and provided an overview of French-Comoran relations. According to Job, from the French side the relationship is grounded in four facts. First, the shared history dating from 1841. Second, legitimate French in [...]
2007-07-13 10:03:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALCN EAID FR PGOV PINR PREL
07ANTANANARIVO702 MOHELI, THE FORGOTTEN COMORAN ISLAND
[...] SUMMARY. There are four inhabited islands in the Comoran archipelago. France administers Mayotte. Of the other three, comprising the Union of the Comoros, two are of comparable size and population - Grande Comore being slightly larger than Anjouan. The third is Moheli, an environmental jew [...]
2007-07-17 06:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV TBIO EAGR ECON PGOV CN
07ANTANANARIVO710 ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFICKING IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent cases involving tropical hardwood and endangered tortoises highlight the serious problem of environmental smuggling in Madagascar. The island is attractive to smugglers because a broad range of unique species inhabit the island and because law enforcement services tend to [...]
2007-07-19 10:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CH MA
07ANTANANARIVO715RAVALOMANANA'S CONTRADICTORY LEADERSHIP STYLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, 2006, Marc Ravalomanana won a landslide reelection victory emerging ahead of 13 other candidates with 55 per cent of the vote. His nearest rival tallied less than 12 per cent. Coming five years after his initial disputed victory had plunged the nation to the brink [...]
2007-07-20 05:13:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO717MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: SSH/DHRF SUCCESS
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador's Special Self Help (SSH) and Democracy and Human Rights Funds (DHRF) provide direct, inexpensive, and meaningful assistance to projects throughout Madagascar and the Comoros. They generate tremendous positive publicity and good will for the United States. From women [...]
2007-07-20 09:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KPAO MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO718MALAGASY MAYOR FINALLY CAPTURED
[...] (U) After eight months on the lam (REF D),former Mayor of Fianarantsoa and presidential candidate Pety Rakotoniaina was arrested by mixed police and gendarmes forces in the southern city of Fianarantsoa on the evening of July 19. For the moment, he is being held in Antananarivo under charges [...]
2007-07-20 09:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO721PRESIDENT TO DISSOLVE MADAGASCAR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Marc Ravalomanana announced July 20 his intention to dissolve the National Assembly and call legislative elections. His justifications include "realignment" with his Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) and the recent Constitutional Referendum; the Deputies' terms are also se [...]
2007-07-23 12:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO723 PROSPECTS AND PROSTITUTION IN MINING BOOM TOWN
[...] SUMMARY: As Qit Madagascar Minerals (QMM) ramps up its mining activities in southeastern Madagascar, the former "ghost town" of Fort Dauphin is rapidly changing. Embassy staff consulted local officials and NGOs to assess the potential for human trafficking. While it is clear "trafficking in p [...]
2007-07-23 13:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO74PRESIDENT RAVALOMANANA PROMISES MINISTRY OF
[...] (C) An animated President Ravalomanana insisted he was "neutral and not interested" in Seaboard Corporation's operations at the Port of Tamatave; neither as President of Madagascar nor as owner/founder of the TIKO company (reftels). Holding up literature from the Dynatech Corporation, the Pre [...]
2007-01-23 09:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALEINV EAGR KTDB PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO749MADAGASCAR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SEPTEMBER 23
[...] (U) Following a July 24 decree dissolving Madagascar's National Assembly, the Council of Ministers decided July 25 the election for Deputies to the National Assembly will be held September 23. In a power guaranteed by Article 69 of the Constitution, the Council also decided the new Assembly w [...]
2007-07-27 04:18:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO757 COMOROS, THE COUNTRY DEBT-RELIEF LEFT BEHIND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the world's poorest Muslim democracies, the Union of the Comoros has a stock of debt equal to 70 percent of GDP. If not for an annual influx of over USD 12 million in remittances from Comorans living abroad, the tiny country of 700,000 mostly subsistence farmers would f [...]
2007-07-30 11:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IBRD IMF ECON EAID PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO758MADAGASCAR M.P. ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
[...] (SBU) Roger Zara, a former deputy from the island of Nosy Be who represented President Marc Ravalomanana's Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party in the recently dissolved National Assembly (ref A),was arrested July 27 on corruption-related charges. He was reportedly summoned to the tribunal, accus [...]
2007-07-30 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO760MALAGASY AND COMORAN ATTENDEES PENDING FOR 62ND UNGA
[...] As requested in reftel, the Government of Madagascar (GOM) will be unable to provide any information on the attendance of GOM officials at the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA) before the beginning of September. President Marc Ravalomanana and Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva are likely to atten [...]
2007-07-31 09:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO761MALAGASY AND COMORAN ATTENDEES PENDING FOR 62ND UNGA
[...] Per reftel, the Government of Madagascar (GOM) will be unable to provide any information on the attendance of GOM officials or their spouses at the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA) before the beginning of September. President Marc Ravalomanana is likely to attend again this year pending the ou [...]
2007-07-31 09:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI TSPL UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO77COMOROS PRESIDENT WELCOMES U.S. COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of the Union of the Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, met with the Ambassador January 18 and with Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter January 19 on the margins of the investiture of Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana (Ref A). Sambi reaffirmed his desire for as [...]
2007-01-23 13:10:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETPREL PMIL PINR EFIN PGOV PTER EAID KISL CN
07ANTANANARIVO777 CROP REPORTS FORECAST ACUTE RICE SHORTAGES
[...] SUMMARY: According to harvest forecasters in the Government of Madagascar's (GOM) Prime Minister's office, Madagascar's severe 2006-07 cyclone season destroyed the equivalent of 60,000 tons of rice (reftels). Already an annual rice importer, Madagascar will likely need almost 300,000 tons of [...]
2007-08-02 10:34:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EAGR PREL SOCI MA
07ANTANANARIVO778MALAGASY SURPRISED BY TIP CONDITIONS IN SOUTH
[...] SUMMARY: In a July 25 meeting of the Human Rights Working Group, Embassy Antananarivo teamed up with multiple NGOs to present the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP) in the different regions of Madagascar. The fact that Malagasy participants were shocked to find out certain widespread pract [...]
2007-08-02 10:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
07ANTANANARIVO779 BACAR'S DEFIANCE LEAVES AU FEW OPTIONS IN THE COMOROS
[...] (U) Little has changed in the Union of the Comoros in recent days (reftels). African Union (AU) Envoy Francisco Madeira again threatened Anjouan island renegade, Mohamed Bacar, and again offered an ultimatum. In a press statement July 28, Madeira said, "Bacar's boat is sinking and anyone lef [...]
2007-08-02 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO78GENERAL NAMED PRIME MINISTER OF MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 20 President Marc Ravalomanana appointed former Minister of Interior Lt-General Charles Rabemananjara as his new Prime Minister, to replace outgoing Prime Minister Jacques Sylla. Rabemananjara now has the task of forming a new Cabinet in consultation with the President [...]
2007-01-23 14:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO79FRENCH AGRICULTURE MINISTER REHASHES HIS POSITION
[...] On the margins of a Presidential Delegation visit to Madagascar to attend the inauguration of President Marc Ravalomanana (Reftel),Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns met with French Minister of SIPDIS Agriculture Dominique Bussereau at Ambassador McGee's residence for a wide-ranging disc [...]
2007-01-23 14:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PREL FR MA
07ANTANANARIVO802PRESS REPORTS INDIAN LISTENING POST IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) Press reports indicate the Indian Government has opened a "listening post" on the northern coast of Madagascar to monitor seagoing traffic in the Indian Ocean. Most recently "Asia Times Online" reported the station took a year to construct and opened in July to contribute to India,s secu [...]
2007-08-10 06:01:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPINR ECPS PREL MOPS MARR MCAP IN MA XO
07ANTANANARIVO813 CANDIDATES LINING UP FOR MADAGASCAR'S ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With August 14 ending of the open season to declare candidacy in upcoming legislative elections (REF A),political parties are forming coalitions and preparing their hopefuls. President Ravalomanana's TIM party is actively selecting candidates throughout the 119 districts. To [...]
2007-08-16 12:48:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO815COMORAN PRESIDENT CONSIDERING MILITARY OPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi wants the AU to take control of Anjouan by force to allow free elections there, and he believes this could be done without bloodshed. However, he will not wait indefinitely and has a plan for Union forces to take Anjouan - which he [...]
2007-08-16 13:50:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN
07ANTANANARIVO816 CATHOLIC HOSPITAL IN COMOROS ATTACKED
[...] In what appears to be a religiously motivated attack, unknown actors set off a petrol-bomb in a dispensary run by the Catholic relief agency Caritas in the village of Mbeni on the northeastern side of Grande Comore late August 12. No one was injured, but material damages included four burne [...]
2007-08-20 05:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC SCUL CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO823 MORE COMORANS DROWN ON FAILED CROSSING TO MAYOTTE
[...] (U) Seventeen illegal immigrants reportedly drowned August 13 when their boat capsized while trying to evade the French Coast Guard as they tried to cross from the Union of the Comoros island of Anjouan to the nearby French territory of Mayotte. At least 30 people have died trying to make this [...]
2007-08-20 05:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO835UPDATE ON MALAGASY AND COMORAN ATTENDEES FOR 62ND UNGA
[...] The Government of Madagascar and the Government of the Comoros provided the following information on the attendance of their officials at the 62ND UN General Assembly (UNGA). Post is providing the information in the format requested in ref A. 2. The delegation from Madagascar will be compr [...]
2007-08-22 12:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO836AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Little more than 48 hours after arriving in Madagascar, Ambassador R. Niels Marquardt presented his credentials to Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana. In a wide-ranging discourse, the President expressed appreciation for U.S. programs and support, while requesting further assi [...]
2007-08-22 13:19:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO84MADAGASCAR PRIME MINISTER SELECTS NEW CABINET
[...] (U) As anticipated in reftels, newly appointed Prime Minister Gen. Charles Rabemananjara (who maintains his portfolio as Minister of Interior),named his new cabinet January 25: -- Minister to the Presidency in charge of Decentralization and Land Use Planning: Yvan Andrianasandratriniony (F [...]
2007-01-25 14:39:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO851AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MALAGASY PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara invited Ambassador Marquardt for a meeting the day after the credentials ceremony with the President. A friendly but direct Rabemananjara said Malagasy do not want a single ballot and the electoral commission is already strong and independent [...]
2007-08-24 09:53:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EAID EWWT ASEC SNAR MA
07ANTANANARIVO852 IMF AFRICA DIRECTOR LAUDS MALAGASY ECONOMY
[...] (U) International Monetary Fund Africa Director Bio-Tchane met President Marc Ravalomanana August 22 for consultations on Madagascar's economic management and performance. Bio-Tchane also held meetings with Minister of Finance Radavidson, Central Bank Governor Rasamoely, and private sector re [...]
2007-08-24 10:17:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO853 COMORAN FM JAFFAR REITERATES PRO-AMERICAN STANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ahmed Said Ben Jaffar welcomed the Ambassador to the region, encouraging him to visit the Comoros to deliver credentials and see the country at the first opportunity. Jaffar expressed frustration that the African Union (AU) had not upheld commitments with regar [...]
2007-08-27 11:18:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO869 HIGH COURT ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
[...] (U) On August 23, Madagascar's High Constitutional Court published the official list of candidates for the September 23 National Assembly elections. 1,542 candidates, of whom 666 are former deputies, will compete for 127 seats. President Ravalomanana's Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party is the [...]
2007-08-29 04:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO870UPDATE ON ADDITONAL COMORAN ATTENDEES FOR 62ND UNGA
[...] The Government of the Comoros provided the following additional information on the attendance of their officials at the 62ND UN General Assembly (UNGA). Post is providing the information in the format requested in ref C. 2. Additions to the delegation from the Union of the Comoros: -- M [...]
2007-08-29 07:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO88AU CHAIRMANSHIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) Madagascar: Madagascar's Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva had already departed the country when reftel demarche was received. After repeated attempts to reach him abroad, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) who promised [...]
2007-01-26 10:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AU SU CN MA
07ANTANANARIVO881 ENERGY, THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Ramiaramanana is pursuing multiple partnerships to revitalize the state electric utility company. He explained to the Ambassador August 30 his ambitious plans to improve electricity supply in major coastal cities and in Antananarivo. The Minister is also keen [...]
2007-08-31 06:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PGOV PREL ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO89MADAGASCAR OFFERS PEACEKEEPING TROOPS TO SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Madagascar (GOM) is prepared to pledge up to 800 troops for African Union Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) in Somalia. Major General Claude, head of the Gendarme, informed DATT that he has 100 troops ready for immediate deployment. 2. (SBU) General Mampianina, head of [...]
2007-01-29 04:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL AU PGOV IO MA
07ANTANANARIVO892EITI: CAN MADAGASCAR AVOID THE RESOURCE CURSE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's Government and mining companies joined August 28 in making public declarations for the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). Much work remains for the GOM to meet all conditions, but the Presidency and Ministers of Energy and Mines are committed to m [...]
2007-09-04 11:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EFIN EPET ECON PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO895 FRAUDULENT "BAHAMAS" RECRUITER CONS MALAGASY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A scam promising jobs in the Bahamas took in reportedly thousands of Malagasy job seekers before the Government of Madagascar (GOM) exposed the fraud. Gateway Global Consultants, posing as recruiters for West Palm Textiles and Apparel, took USD 50 fees for a promise of possible e [...]
2007-09-05 12:52:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB ETRD PREL MA BF
07ANTANANARIVO91MADAGASCAR'S FM MAKES PUBLIC STATEMENT ON AF CHARTER ON
[...] Malagasy Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva had already departed the country upon receipt of reftel demarche, to attend the preparatory meeting and then to lead the African Union (AU) Summit delegation for the Government of Madagascar. 2. Nonetheless, Madagascar's support for the African Charte [...]
2007-01-29 13:49:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM MA
07ANTANANARIVO919ANTANANARIVO'S INPUT TO THE PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to respond to Reftel with the following brief summary of Post's programs and activities to promote human rights and protect human rights defenders. END SUMMARY. Promoting Human Rights and Protecting Human Rights Defenders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]
2007-09-12 10:53:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO920REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] Post provides responses to paragraph four of REF A, sourced from the Ministry of Trade, the National Statistical Agency (INSTAT),the Association of Exporting Companies (GEFP),and industry associations: -- Estimate of 2006 total industrial production: USD 1.4 billion -- Estimate of 2006 [...]
2007-09-12 11:28:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX MA
07ANTANANARIVO922UPDATE ON MALAGASY ATTENDEES FOR 62ND UNGA
[...] The Government of Madagascar provided the following updated information on the attendance of officials at the 62ND UN General Assembly (UNGA). Post is providing the information in the format requested in ref C. Detailed itinerary will be provided septel. 2. The delegation from Madagascar [...]
2007-09-13 09:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA
07ANTANANARIVO923FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT MARC RAVOLOMANANA TO THE 62ND
[...] Post has been advised by the Government of Madagascar of the following flight itinerary for President Marc Ravalomanana and delegation to New York for the 62ND UNGA and to Washington, D.C. All times are local. SUN SPT 23 Depart Antananarivo 14:50 Private Plane Arrive Johan [...]
2007-09-13 10:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA
07ANTANANARIVO930ANTANANARIVO UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION
[...] Post submits current contact information as requested in reftel for leadership at Post and for key host government officials. 2. Mission contact information: Country Code (Madagascar): +261 Country Code (Comoros): +269 IVG Access Code: 590 24 hour Switchboard: 20 22-212-57/58/59; 20 [...]
2007-09-17 08:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PGOV MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO933AU SANCTIONS NEXT IN THE COMOROS IMPASSE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) is expecting the African Union (AU) to apply concrete measures against rebel Anjouan warlord Col. Mohamed Bacar when its Foreign Ministers meet September 18 in Cape Town. Privately, we have heard the next step is likely to be sanct [...]
2007-09-17 13:34:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ANTANANARIVO935COMOROS: PRESIDENT APPEALS TO U.S. WHILE HOPING
[...] (C) Summary: With virtually his whole country's progress and prospects held hostage over the continuing impasse in Anjouan (reftel),Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi nonetheless projected an air of friendly calm in his first meeting with Ambassador Marquardt on September [...]
2007-09-18 09:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ANTANANARIVO955FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT SAMBI TO THE 62ND
[...] Post has been advised by the Government of the Union of the Comoros of the following flight itinerary for President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and delegation to New York for the 62ND UNGA. All times are local. THU SPT 20 Depart Moroni 14:55 Kenya Air 455 Arrive Na [...]
2007-09-19 06:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA CN
07ANTANANARIVO98OSAMA BIN LADEN'S BROTHER IN LAW, MOHAMMED JAMAL
[...] (SBU) Post became aware of media reports early this morning that Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, brother in law of Osama bin Laden, had been murdered during a "raid" and robbery in the early morning hours of January 31, 2007. The inital report came from the Reuters bureau in Dubai; "Saudi businessman [...]
2007-01-31 12:06:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETASEC PTER MA
07ANTANANARIVO99ANTAQNARIVO: ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (ACEQ)Q
[...] (U) CRIME MOBILITY: B. Criminal elements generally concentrate their activities in high crime areas, but sometimes enter nearby neighborhoods, including those containing Mission housing. COMMENT: Criminal elements in the capital usually focus on densely populated areas and commercial zone [...]
2007-01-31 13:17:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KRCM MA
07ANTANANARIVO998 LUKEWARM COMORAN REACTION TO LATEST AU MEETING
[...] (U) Six "concerned" African Foreign Ministers met in Cape Town September 18 to discuss the ongoing de facto secession in Anjouan, Union of the Comoros. This Ministerial Council adopted the recommendations of an experts group that met in Addis Ababa September 4. While the declaration calls fo [...]
2007-10-01 03:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO1ANTANANARIVO: 2007 ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION
[...] CRIME MOBILITY: B. Criminal elements generally concentrate their activities in high crime areas, but sometimes enter nearby neighborhoods, including those of Mission housing. Comment: Criminal elements in the capital usually focus on densely populated areas and commercial zones. However, [...]
2008-01-02 11:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM MA
08ANTANANARIVO136KUWAIT FM IN COMOROS TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's Foreign Minister visited the Union of the Comoros February 16-17 to meet Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and to discuss Kuwaiti investments. END SUMMARY. 2. Mohamed Mohamed Al-Sharji, Kuwait's Ambassador in Cairo accredited to the Comoros, told EmbOff that Kuwaiti [...]
2008-02-19 10:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EINV EAID KU CN
08ANTANANARIVO137COMOROS WAITS FOR ZUMA; ASSEMBLES HELICOPTERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros and the Moroni diplomatic corps await South African (RSA) Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma's decision regarding when an international delegation might deliver an ultimatum to renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan. The Union has obtai [...]
2008-02-19 11:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO138PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON COMOROS
[...] (SBU) As noted Reftel, the French Government has issued a strong statement of support for the Union of the Comoros and a condemnation of the illegitimate authorities governing the island of Anjouan. A rough translation follows in Paragraph Two. This comes in advance of French (and U.S.) part [...]
2008-02-19 12:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC FR CN
08ANTANANARIVO157Mission to Anjouan - Bacar Still Intransigent
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar remained intransigent before an international delegation delivering an ultimatum February 27. The delegation later informed Union President Ahmed Sambi who was unsurprised, disappointed, and intent on a military solution to restore the [...]
2008-02-28 08:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO159 COMOROS 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately two hours preparing this report [...]
2008-02-29 10:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CN
08ANTANANARIVO162 MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or des 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silva 3. (U) As requested in Ref A, Embassy Antananarivo submits the followi -- 27 A-D. (U) Available statistics and reports do not indicate that Ma [...]
2008-02-29 11:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO164 MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...]
2008-02-29 11:52:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO179 ISLANDS TENSELY AWAIT MILITARY ACTION
[...] (U) The three islands in the Union of the Comoros tensely await impending military action. African Union (AU) Representative Mourad Taiati told international reporters in Moroni on March 4 that, "Today, everyone has taken our [AU] position. [Mohamed Bacar] is isolated and the military operati [...]
2008-03-06 14:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO181MADAGASCAR/COMOROS RESPONSE RE FISCAL
[...] (SBU) Post replies to Reftel questions below for Madagascar: Madagascar - - - - - - - - - - A. Host country's budget is made public. B. Budget is made public via publication. C. Revenues and expenditures: The GOM has worked at length with the World Bank and other donors to imp [...]
2008-03-07 09:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO192Comoros: Colonel Bacar Letter to Secretary Rice
[...] (SBU) In an apparent response to the Ambassador's March 7 op-ed in the Comoran media endorsing Union and African Union actions, Anjouan's Colonel Bacar sent Post a letter for Secretary Rice on March 11. In it, Bacar repeats the same legal-constitutional arguments he made during 2007 in Cape T [...]
2008-03-12 09:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO195Why We Should Help the Comoros with Maritime Logistical
[...] (SBU) As I write this, AU troops from Tanzania and Senegal, and perhaps also Sudan and Libya, are arriving in Moroni, on Grande Comore Island, by various means. According to the Union government, over 1,000 foreign troops are expected to come augment their own "Army of National Development" [...]
2008-03-13 09:31:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO198 MADAGASCAR "REGIONAL COUNSELOR" ELECTIONS MARCH 16
[...] In the final days before the March 16 elections for 147 regional counselors, the fifth election Madagascar has seen in just 15 months, campaign season is finally picking up some speed. Voters around the country have expressed fatigue and a general lack of understanding regarding the role of r [...]
2008-03-13 12:00:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO200Comorans Describe Transport Needs; Op Plan Pending
[...] (SBU) Union of the Comoros Defense Minister Dossar sent the Ambassador March 13 a two-page fax outlining "characteristics of the boat needed" to support the combined Comoran/AU military action against Anjouan (complete translation below). While helpful, this is clearly insufficient detail and [...]
2008-03-13 13:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO212 "RAIDS" ESCALATE TO ARMED CONFLICT ON ANJOUAN
[...] (SBU) Contacts in the Comoros report a Union Army (AND) "raid" on Anjouan beginning March 15 has turned into a series of battles. Having reportedly freed eight prisoners and taken two minor casualties, part of the AND landing force returned to its staging point in Moheli. However, a small AND [...]
2008-03-17 14:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO224 LIFE IN A "WILD WEST" SAPPHIRE MINING TOWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ilakaka, a town in Madagascar's southwest, is known both for the lucrative sapphire trade and its social consequences, including crime and exploitative labor. Most stories depict a dangerous town reminiscent of the "Wild West," where men stroll around carrying guns on their hips. [...]
2008-03-19 14:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM SMIG ECON ELAB EAID SOCI MA
08ANTANANARIVO228 SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ANJOUAN
[...] (SBU) Actions Requested: Post recommends the Department issue a statement setting the record straight on the Anjouan problem in the Comoros. Suggested points in para 4. Post also recommends the Department pursue efforts to support Comoros' request that the UN Security Council not take up th [...]
2008-03-20 12:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO230 FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI POSITIONS HIMSELF
[...] (SBU) With increasing political and military activity in the Union of the Comoros (REFTEL),former Union President Assoumani Azali has stepped up his communication with Embassy Antananarivo. The latest was a statement from his political party, the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) [...]
2008-03-20 12:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO235 OPERATION TO TAKE BACK ANJOUAN MEETS LITTLE RESISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Post has confirmed a force composed of Union Army soldiers and 80 to 100 Tanzanian soldiers under the African Union (AU) aegis landed on the Comoran island of Anjouan overnight from March 24 to 25 to take back the island from recalcitrant leader Colonel Mohamed Bacar. The assault began a [...]
2008-03-25 09:34:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO236 TIM SWEEPS MADAGASCAR'S "REGIONAL COUNSELOR" ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Unofficial results from Madagascar's first-ever elections for regional counselors on March 16 show the ruling TIM party won almost all of the 147 seats throughout the country. In a number of regions, only TIM candidates ran. Results are still being counted, but the average participation r [...]
2008-03-25 11:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO242 ANJOUAN CALM, FRENCH IN HOT WATER IN MORONI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan remains calm following Union of the Comoros and African Union deployment to the island with no resistance from Colonel Bacar's forces (REFTEL). Union Vice President Ikililou will lead an interim island government in Anjouan until elections can be held. Rumors continue [...]
2008-03-27 10:19:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO25PRESIDENT SAMBI DETERMINED TO LIBERATE ANJOUAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer,s first visit to the Union of the Comoros (septel),Ambassador Marquardt held a number of meetings with President Sambi, high-level Union Government officials, and members of the international community to discuss the possibility of a [...]
2008-01-14 15:49:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CN
08ANTANANARIVO257 COMOROS QUIET BUT TENSE AS IT PONDERS NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the swearing in of the Interim President of Anjouan (reftel),African Union (AU) and Union Army troops remain on alert against potential violence on the island of Anjouan. The mood in the Comoros is quiet but tense as people await France's decision regarding the legal [...]
2008-04-03 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO277LETTER TO POTUS FROM COMORAN PRESIDENT - APRIL 7
[...] (U) Paragraph Two contains an informal Embassy translation of a letter in French from Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, for President George Bush. It was delivered via faxed copy of a Diplomatic Note dated April 7, 2008. A scanned copy of the French original [...]
2008-04-09 14:10:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SOCI OPDC CN
08ANTANANARIVO281MADAGASCAR'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 14:25:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC ZI MA
08ANTANANARIVO286LETTER TO POTUS FROM COMORAN PRESIDENT - APRIL 10
[...] (U) Paragraph Two contains an informal translation of this week's second letter in French from Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, for President George Bush. Reftel contains the text of the first letter. It was delivered via faxed copy of a Diplomatic Note dat [...]
2008-04-11 10:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SOCI OPDC CN
08ANTANANARIVO31 COLONEL BACAR CRACKS DOWN ON ANJOUAN RESIDENTS
[...] (U) Tension continues to escalate throughout the Union of the Comoros. With the possibility of a Union Army landing to take back Anjouan growing every day (refs),Colonel Mohamed Bacar is consolidating his control over the island. He is reportedly positioning his forces at the hospital in the [...]
2008-01-15 14:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO319 COMORAN FOREIGN MINISTER INTERVIEWED IN REUNION
[...] (U) In a televised interview during a visit to Reunion on March 22, Comoran Foreign Minister Ahmed Jaffar declared that deposed Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar "should face the justice system in his country [the Union of the Comoros] to respond for his actions on the charges levied against him and [...]
2008-04-24 13:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO325 TIM SHARES SENATE WITH TOKEN OPPOSITION LEADERS
[...] (U) Madagascar's new Senate, reduced from 90 to 33 members, is now official. On April 25, the High Constitutional Court announced the names of the 22 senators, one for each of the 22 regions, chosen in indirect elections on April 20; all hail from the ruling TIM party. In a surprise move -- r [...]
2008-04-28 14:00:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO332 RAVALOMANANA RESHUFFLES CABINET
[...] (U) President Ravalomanana announced a new cabinet late April 30, naming five new Ministers and minor organizational changes. This second reshuffle in six months was expected after the recent Senate election (REFTEL). The complete new line-up is in Para 6. 2. (U) Both Minister of Decent [...]
2008-05-02 06:47:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO39MALAGASY MFA VIEWS ON COMORAN IMPASSE
[...] (SBU) Malagasy Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mboara Andriarimanana and Cabinet Director Michel Martin Rajoelina shared their views on the current Comoros impasse with the Ambassador January 16. Both were very well "read-in" on the Comoran state of play, having followed reports from the Ma [...]
2008-01-16 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID MOPS PINR CN MA
08ANTANANARIVO399 GOODS PRODUCED BY CHILD LABOR IN MADAGASCAR AND THE
[...] (U) Per REF A, Post provides the following information regarding the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in Madagascar and the Comoros. MADAGASCAR - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Post has previously reported on cases of child labor, mostly within the family unit, in the sapphire mine [...]
2008-06-03 15:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM GTIP SMIG ELAB MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO4 DUELING NEW YEARS ADDRESSES IN COMOROS
[...] (U) In his annual New Year's Eve speech addressing the nation, Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi called the crisis on Anjouan one of the defining events of 2007. However, he reassured the people, "the liberation of Anjouan" is due in early 2008; his next speech will announce the day the Nat [...]
2008-01-03 13:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO40COMOROS REQUESTS FOLLOW-UP ON BILATERAL TALK REQUESTS
[...] (U) Ambassador Marquardt met with Acting Foreign Minister Mourad Said Ibrahim January 11 for a review of bilateral relations in the wake of A/S Frazer's visit, which had focused on the Anjouan crisis (REF A). After reaffirming the mutual hope that USG involvement will assist in resolving that [...]
2008-01-16 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO439 ANJOUAN ISLAND ELECTIONS CALM, RUNOFF SCHEDULED
[...] (U) Official results from the Anjouan island presidential elections released by the Constitutional Court (CC) on June 18 show candidates Mohamed Djaanfari and Moussa Toybou well ahead of the other three candidates. Djaanfari won 44.18 percent of the vote, while Toybou came in a close second w [...]
2008-06-19 14:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO440 GOM WELCOMES MADAGASCAR'S TIER ONE TIP STATUS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, in conjunction with the World Day Against Child Labor, Embassy Antananarivo organized a digital videoconference (DVC) featuring Ambassador Mark Lagon and Director of the Office for East Africa James Knight from Washington with high-level representatives from the Gover [...]
2008-06-19 14:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB EAID MA
08ANTANANARIVO443COMORAN PRESIDENT VISITS IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and a high-ranking political and economic Comoran delegation arrived in Tehran for a three-day visit that included meetings with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Foreign Minis [...]
2008-06-20 10:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID IR CN
08ANTANANARIVO464JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN MADAGASCAR
[...] Starting May 28, the Malagasy Supreme Court weekly session began to examine more than 220 complaints regarding reported irregularities in the mayoral elections of December 12, 2007. To date around 70 complaints have been addressed, with the majority dismissed for not following correct legal p [...]
2008-07-01 11:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO499 COMOROS RESHUFFLE PORTENDS FEW CHANGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi reshuffled his cabinet with only minor changes. Main embassy interlocutors remained largely the same, with the exception of Abdourahim Bacar, who was downgraded from Minister of Education to Minister of Post and Te [...]
2008-07-14 13:46:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO504FRENCH AMBASSADOR PUSHED OUT OF MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) Barely six months into his tour, Gildas Le Lidec, the French Ambassador to Madagascar, announced his imminent departure at the 14 of July National Day celebrations held at his residence. Shocking most of the assembly, including Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva, who was present as President [...]
2008-07-16 12:11:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR MA
08ANTANANARIVO523 COMOROS REJECTS CITIZENSHIP BILL FOR STATELESS ARABS
[...] (U) The Union of the Comoros' Parliament recently rejected a bill that would confer Comoran citizenship on people in exchange for financial investment in the real estate market. According to Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim, in 1997 the Kuwaiti Government approached the Comoros with a propos [...]
2008-07-29 09:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO524MADAGASCAR'S FLAWED BUDGET PROCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly of the Republic of Madagascar passed a supplemental budget to pay off arrears and to address the rising costs of food and fuel on the local population (REF A). The supplemental budget is financed by higher-than-expected local tax revenues as well as an in [...]
2008-07-29 10:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR MA
08ANTANANARIVO527MADAGASCAR'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 04:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC ZI MA
08ANTANANARIVO53 SEABOARD FIGHTS FOR LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Seaboard Corporation continues to report difficulty in doing business in Madagascar, citing unfair competition from the President's TIKO conglomerate. Seaboard's Madagascar country manager has concluded the President is trying to force them out of the market. Seaboard has begun [...]
2008-01-23 06:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ECON MA
08ANTANANARIVO531COMORANS PROTEST ACUTE FUEL SHORTAGE
[...] (U) Hundreds of Comorans took to the streets of Moroni this week to protest acute fuel shortages. The demonstrators, many of them taxi drivers, remained peaceful and carried banners critical of President Sambi. 2. (SBU) EmbOffs (who visited the Comoros July 23-30) found fuel virtually un [...]
2008-07-30 13:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO539PRESIDENT SAMBI'S CAR STONED IN ANJOUAN
[...] (SBU) Police contacts reported Comoran President Ahmed Sambi's car was stoned by angry protestors in Anjouan August 1. Presidential security forces fired in the air to disperse the crowds, who were venting their frustration with acute fuel shortages (Reftel). 2. (SBU) An Embassy NGO conta [...]
2008-08-05 09:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO540MADAGASCAR'S PRESIDENT - PASSIONATE FOR AGRICULTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge accompanied visiting agribusiness speaker Dr. Arthur Siaway in a call on President Marc Ravalomanana (at his request) for 75 minutes August 4. When encouraged to allow local markets of agricultural goods to reflect global prices as a way to stimulate production, Rava [...]
2008-08-05 10:05:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR ECON PGOV MA
08ANTANANARIVO572 Fatigued Comorans Anxious About Ramadan
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel stocks are dwindling without another shipment confirmed, leading Comorans to fear Ramadan celebrations will be affected. President Sambi's popularity remains low and is not helped by his frequent absences. In this context, the GOC will convene a planning meeting August 2 [...]
2008-08-26 07:57:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PGOV PHUM PREL ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO591 Comoran Dialogue Process Stumbles Out Of The Gate
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a week of intense negotiations with Union of the Comoros officials and other stakeholders, African Union Special Envoy Madeira succeeded September 1 in achieving an agreement in principle for modalities to set up a preparatory committee for the long-awaited Inter-Como [...]
2008-09-03 08:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN PGOV
08ANTANANARIVO606 Comorans Disagree On How (And If) To Talk
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of intense mediation efforts by African Union Special Envoy Madeira, the Comorans are scarcely closer to sitting down to plan for inter-island talks. President Sambi showed his cards September 5, indicating to diplomats he will hold a referendum to "fix institu [...]
2008-09-08 07:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO620 Comoran Dialogue Depends on Sambi's Leadership
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Sambi to take leadership and reach out to the opposition to make progress toward the pending "Inter-Comoran Dialogue". In bilateral discussions and in joint meetings with international community colleagues, the Ambassador encouraged Union and [...]
2008-09-15 14:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO638MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE COMMUNITY OF
[...] (SBU) On September 19, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and Misalintsoa Irodia, Acting Secretary General, at the Malagasy MFA. Rabemananjara said she would pass our key points to the Malagasy mission in New York, but caut [...]
2008-09-22 07:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MA
08ANTANANARIVO644GROWING OPPOSITION FOCUSED ON CAPITAL FEUD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prompted by the recent involvement of increasingly higher-profile opposition leaders, President Ravalomanana and his allies have been forced to publicly confront growing discontent with the administration, if not address its causes. In the capital, a nine-month battle between t [...]
2008-09-24 09:16:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MA XW
08ANTANANARIVO67 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY TOP COMORAN ECONOMIC PRIORITY
[...] This is an Action Request; see Paragraph Five. 2. SUMMARY: In a January 11 letter to Secretary Rice, Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim officially requested U.S. government financial assistance to assess geothermal energy potential in the Comoros. Echoing President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's r [...]
2008-01-28 13:31:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV PREL EAID ENRG CN
08ANTANANARIVO683 Comoran Dialogue Blocked, Referendum More Likely
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sambi offered no assurances to the opposition in his Eid message, instead suggesting he will hold a referendum on the constitution. Opposition members declared October 5 that they opposed any revision of the constitution, rejected "dialogue" on Sambi's terms, and dem [...]
2008-10-08 12:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO69 TURTLE SMUGGLERS CAPTURED
[...] A South African national was recently arrested in Madagascar for attempting to smuggle rare turtles out of the country. This incident follows a recent arrest in the French territory of Mayotte where smugglers were apprehended with 20 endangered turtles from Madagascar. Malagasy customs enfor [...]
2008-01-28 13:38:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CH MA
08ANTANANARIVO691MAYOR TO PRESIDENT: JUST LET ME DO MY JOB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting between Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina and Ambassador Marquardt, the Mayor outlined his ongoing difficulties with President Ravalomanana and his party, TIM, painting himself as an eager but frustrated reformer who wants nothing more than to do his job. While he b [...]
2008-10-09 13:19:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
08ANTANANARIVO692 UNDP Comoros "Millennium Island" Project
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Comoros has a proposal for the island of Moheli (population 40,000) to be a UN "Millennium Village." By significantly increasing interventions and coordinating the efforts of all partners, the Millennium Village concept seeks t [...]
2008-10-09 13:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PGOV KDEM PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO7ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT FOR MADAGASCAR AND THE
[...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: -------------------------------------- A. Crime occurs in Madagascar as it does in most major cities in the world. Over the past year, Antananarivo has seen its violent crime rate increase for the first time in several years. For the first time in over te [...]
2008-01-07 13:36:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO70COMOROS AS VIEWED FROM MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings January 23 with Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva, and January 24 with Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara, the Ambassador sought Malagasy views of the current crisis in the Comoros. Both expressed frustration at the ongoing instability in their neighbor an [...]
2008-01-28 13:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO716 French Update on Comoros-Mayotte Issue
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France and the Comoros continue to address the Mayotte issue bilaterally, notwithstanding the Comoros' "symbolic" effort to raise the question at the UN General Assembly. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) French Ambassador to the Comoros Hallade told Comoros Officer October 24 that [...]
2008-10-27 05:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO717 Anjouan Authorities Concerned About Security
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan president Toybou fears former Bacar loyalists will take action once African Union forces withdraw from his island. He has asked the Union government to seek to extend the mandate of the Tanzanian forces and to train a new police force. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Anjou [...]
2008-10-27 05:15:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO729MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN CLONING
[...] (SBU) On October 29, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Mialy Andrianaivo, Chief of Political and Security Affairs, and currently Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Andrianaivo was informed on the issue, having worked on the 2005 declaration, altho [...]
2008-10-31 05:25:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO UNESCO PREL MA
08ANTANANARIVO744OBSTACLES TO INVESTMENT: THE VIEW OF A PROMINENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malagasy industrial magnate Salim Ismail outlined the negative factors confronting potential investors in Madagascar during a recent meeting with the Ambassador. These factors include a complicated business environment, an unfair legal system, problems with the state-owned power [...]
2008-11-05 07:31:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EIND ETRD MA
08ANTANANARIVO748IRAN SEEKS FRIENDS IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Marquardt, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Amar gave a detailed read-out of the recent visit of Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Envoy of the President, Hossain Sheikholislam. After meeting with the Malagasy Prime Minist [...]
2008-11-06 11:53:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR MA PINR PREL
08ANTANANARIVO750SCENESETTER FOR CJTF-HOA REAR ADMIRAL GREENE VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 14:02:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MAP ASEC MA
08ANTANANARIVO752CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM
[...] On November 6, 2008, Post received the following letter from President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi via fax. 2. Translation follows: No. 08-186/PR The President, Moroni, November 6, 2008 Excellency: After Your Excellency's historic victory for the Presidency of the United States [...]
2008-11-07 06:55:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP CM
08ANTANANARIVO757DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On November 7, EmbOff delivered ref A demarche to Mboara Andrianarimanana, Secretary General (SG) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EmbOff thanked the SG both for Madagascar's support in opposing last year's non-action motions, as well as for the Foreign Minister's previously stated i [...]
2008-11-10 14:27:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA MA
08ANTANANARIVO759COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI'S IRAN TIES ARE UNPOPULAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Sambi faces criticism at home for his efforts to enhance ties with Iran, mostly because moderate Sunni Comoros is wary of Shi'ism. Iran has opened a "foundation" office in Moroni to fund schools and an Iranian Red Crescent clinic. Most Comorans and [...]
2008-11-12 09:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER CN IR
08ANTANANARIVO764ANTANANARIVO: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT RESPONSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOM set high goals in 2007 with a string of legislative achievements and hands-on efforts to push the administration's fight against child labor and human trafficking into the field via training programs, victim's assistance, and awareness campaigns. This drive seems to hav [...]
2008-11-14 07:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP MA
08ANTANANARIVO771AU SUMMIT PLANNING: DATES SET, STILL SHORT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With seven months left before the African Union's annual summit descends upon Madagascar, Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara finally convened the Antananarivo diplomatic corps to announce the dates (June 21 to July 3, 2009, with the heads of state here July 1-2 -- a change fro [...]
2008-11-18 14:59:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AU MA KSUM
08ANTANANARIVO772ELECTORAL REFORM ON A SLOW ROAD TO NOWHERE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Ravalomanana pledged to undertake needed electoral reforms following senate elections in April 2008; however, the GOM has taken no action on these issues, instead leaving the ball in civil society's court. Civil society groups, while in broad agreement on goals, have [...]
2008-11-18 15:10:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AORC SOCI MA
08ANTANANARIVO778SUBJECT: COMOROS POLITICAL FIGHT PUTS IMF DEAL IN JEOPARDY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 09:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO78 ANJOUAN'S COLONEL BACAR ON FRANCOPHONIE VISIT
[...] (SBU) In a public announcement, Anjouan's renegade Colonel Bacar offered his spin on talks with La Francophonie Envoy Salifou January 23. Bacar said he held talks with Salifou on "the crisis born of the Union Government's arbitrary decision to postpone island elections in Anjouan and other [...]
2008-01-30 12:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO804 AF/E Director Knight Visit to the Comoros
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AF/E Director Knight advocated for transparency and reconciliation with GOC interlocutors during his visit to the Comoros November 22-25. Director Knight also followed up on "Bilateral Commission" items from the September 18 meetings in Washington. END SUMMARY. Our Dreams [...]
2008-12-04 08:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO809 Comoros National Assembly Passes (Sort Of) Economic
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps was twice convoked December 3 for contradictory versions of recent events at the National Assembly on a vote for an "economic citizenship" law. First, National Assembly President Bounou and Grande Comore Island President Abdouwahabi (both opposition leaders [...]
2008-12-05 06:47:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO821 Comoran President Sambi Popular and Assertive
[...] SUMMARY: With life again relatively normal in the Comoros, President Sambi is riding a renewed tide of popularity; fuel and power supplies are adequate and the general mood is hopeful. The President remains committed to reconciliation and democracy, but his priority is economic development. [...]
2008-12-10 07:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON CN
08ANTANANARIVO831DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE MODEL
[...] (SBU) On December 11, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche and associated documentation to Ms. Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and GOM POC on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In contrast to previous [...]
2008-12-11 14:25:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PTER PREL KGIC MA
08ANTANANARIVO832MADAGASCAR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] International terrorism remained a concern in Madagascar in 2008 due to the island nation's inadequately monitored 3,000 mile coastline. Despite limited resources, government officials were eager to cooperate with the United States and the international community to implement counterterrorism [...]
2008-12-12 08:38:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC MA
08ANTANANARIVO835 Union of the Comoros Cabinet Reshuffle
[...] (U) President Sambi announced a new cabinet December 12, reducing from 15 to 10 Union Ministers (including the two VPs who have ministerial portfolios),in line with IMF recommendations on the size of government. There are no new officials; all 10 were in the most recent cabinet. They took o [...]
2008-12-15 10:36:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CN
08ANTANANARIVO84 MADAGASCAR ADOPTS NEW INVESTMENT LAW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In thorough consultation with Malagasy and international private sector, and with donors, the GOM drafted and adopted a new Investment Law to facilitate business entry into Madagascar. The law is a significant improvement in facilitating investment and makes the Economic Developm [...]
2008-01-31 10:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN PGOV MA
08ANTANANARIVO847DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MADAGASCAR HESITANT ON UNESCO
[...] (C) On December 17, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation Harifera Rabemananjara. She reported that the GOM had received a request to support the Egyptian candidate, Farouk Hosni, as well as a Moroccan candidate (NOTE: Press reports indicate that the [...]
2008-12-18 13:04:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO MA
08ANTANANARIVO848MADAGASCAR TO REMAIN ABSENT ON IRAN VOTE
[...] (SBU) On December 17, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation Harifera Rabemananjara. Rabemananjara confirmed that the GOM's position on both the non-action motion and the human rights resolution remained unchanged, and said that Madagascar would likely [...]
2008-12-18 13:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MA
08ANTANANARIVO849MADAGASCAR: PRESIDENT AND MAYOR TAKING THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-long feud between Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina and President Marc Ravalomanana entered a new and more volatile chapter on the one year anniversary of Rajoelina's 2007 election. Following the GOM's surprise closure on December 13 of VIVA TV, owned by Rajoelina, the [...]
2008-12-19 07:51:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MA
08ANTANANARIVO85PRESIDENT'S GOALS FOR MADAGASCAR IN 2008
[...] At several of the New Years celebrations that customarily take place throughout the month of January in Madagascar, President Ravalomanana announced his three main goals for Madagascar's sustainable development in 2008. Insisting he has no intention to stay in the Presidency for a long time, [...]
2008-01-31 11:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID MA
08ANTANANARIVO850GOM NOTIFIED OF LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) The names and talking points provided in reftel were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malagasy financial intelligence unit (SAMIFIN),and the Central Bank on December 18. Post will report any substantive responses received from the GOM. MARQUARDT [...]
2008-12-19 07:53:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC MA
08ANTANANARIVO852 MADAGASCAR: GOM (AGAIN) DENIES DAEWOO LAND DEAL
[...] (U) The following diplomatic note dated December 12 was delivered to Post in response to recent media reports concerning a major agricultural investment by South Korea's Daewoo Logistics (reftel). The story was reported on extensively in both foreign and domestic media despite an immediate deni [...]
2008-12-19 09:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EINV EAGR MA
08ANTANANARIVO871DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION
[...] (U) On December 23, the Charge and Russian DCM Dmitri Kirizliev delivered reftel joint demarche to MFA Secretary General Mboara Andrianarimanana, inviting Malagasy participation in the 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague. He responded that the GOM intends to be present, most l [...]
2008-12-23 14:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MA
08ANTANANARIVO879IMF DISPLEASED OVER GOM POLICY DECISIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to open source reports concerning several recent GOM economic policy decisions, IMF and World Bank officials raised their concerns in a 12 December letter to Minister of Finance and Budget Haja Nirina Razafinjatovo. In the last month, the government has purchased an [...]
2008-12-30 13:48:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO10 PRESIDENT SAMBI ANNOUNCES WISH TO EXTEND MANDATE
[...] (SBU) In a New Year's speech Comoran President Sambi expressed his intention to ask the electorate, by referendum, to extend his term in office by one year until 2011. The President stated he wants "twelve more months at the country's helm so that I can complete the projects I promised to un [...]
2009-01-07 12:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CN
09ANTANANARIVO102Comoran Dialogue Finished Before It Begins (Again)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union Special Envoy Madeira obtained agreement early this month from all Comoran stakeholders to convene an Inter-Comoran Dialogue February 27 to March 4. A few days later, President Sambi announced a date for his constitutional referendum (March 22),at which point all [...]
2009-02-17 04:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO103MADAGASCAR: A FORK IN THE ROAD?
[...] (C) Summary: Madagascar may be approaching -- this week, potentially -- a critical fork in the road to its political future. One way leads through negotiation to a compromise by which Ravalomanana stays at least nominally in power, albeit much weakened, while avoiding further blodshed. Th [...]
2009-02-17 12:17:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PREL PINR PGOV
09ANTANANARIVO106TENUOUS ALLIANCES ON MADAGASCAR'S EAST COAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of two cables focusing on the east-coast opposition stronghold of Tamatave; this installment covers the city's political and ethnic dynamics, and the region's influence on national politics. For Tamatave's numerous opposition leaders, the current political crisi [...]
2009-02-18 15:03:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO107 Former Comoran President Azali Watching, Waiting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Comoran President Azali told Comoros Officer February 17 he is concerned about President Sambi's "dangerous and unconstitutional" actions. He believes Sambi cares too much about foreign friends (like Iran) and is losing touch with the Comoran people; especially Imams who [...]
2009-02-19 09:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO113MADAGASCAR: STALLED DIALOGUE (CON'T)
[...] (C) Summary: A dangerous game of cat-and-mouse over launching dialogue between President and Mayor continues here, with each side professing its willingness to meet immediately -- and yet no meeting taking place. SADC "Troika" ministers were here today to see both sides, and the President [...]
2009-02-19 13:20:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PREL PINR
09ANTANANARIVO114 COMOROS PURSUING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY: The Union of the Comoros Government (GOC) is actively pursuing geothermal energy options to tap into volcanic Mount Karthala's heat on the main island of Grande Comore. Given the high cost and unreliability of the MAMWE electric utility, the geothermal alternative has the potential t [...]
2009-02-20 04:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID PGOV CN
09ANTANANARIVO115 Comorans Rally Against Sambi
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Dozens of opposition leaders, Imams, and elder leaders representing all three islands held a rally February 18 calling on the people to actively prevent President Sambi's constitutional referendum from taking place. They denounced the president as illegitimate and dangerous, vowi [...]
2009-02-20 05:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO123MADAGASCAR: NOW FOR THE HARD PART
[...] (C) Summary/Action Request: Saturday's welcome meeting between Ravalomanana and "TGV" provides the first light at the end of the tunnel since this crisis became deadly one month ago. The truly heavy lifting starts now, as Ravalomanana will have to accept a difficult and personally unpleasant [...]
2009-02-23 08:18:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PREL PINR
09ANTANANARIVO13MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE DIMINISHES PM'S ROLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ravalomanana started the new year with a small cabinet reshuffle, announced on January 4, transferring power away from Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara and towards the presidency. Coming amid political turmoil in the capital (reftel B) and a series of prison break [...]
2009-01-09 09:50:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO136SUPPORTING UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 14:22:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA MA
09ANTANANARIVO138 COMOROS WELCOMES IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMEDINEJAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of moderate Sunni Comorans saw no contradiction in turning out to enthusiastically welcome Shi'a Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, to the Comoros February 25. Comorans are pro-American, eagerly asking that we reopen our Embassy and Peace Corps program. After year [...]
2009-02-26 14:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL PHUM EAID ECON CN IR PGOV PTER
09ANTANANARIVO139MADAGASCAR: COUNTING ON THE U.N.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following successive no-shows by each party, direct negotiations between President Ravalomanana and former Mayor Rajoelina are suspended and may well be over. However, UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, who met Thursday with Malagasy ministers in South Africa, is sending reinforcements to shore u [...]
2009-02-27 10:14:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UN
09ANTANANARIVO140DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel request on February 27 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and will keep the Department informed of any GOM response. MARQUARDT [...]
2009-03-02 13:39:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO141MADAGASCAR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Madagascar is not a confirmed source or destination for internationally trafficked men and women, during the year there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values, poverty, corruption, lack of funding and capacit [...]
2009-03-02 13:54:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MA
09ANTANANARIVO142CHINESE MALARIAL RESEARCH IN MADAGASCAR AND
[...] (U) Summary: Chinese researchers have targeted several small islands: Nosy Be, Madagascar and Moheli, Comoros, to conduct drug trials of a new treatment with the hopes of eradicating malaria. Because malaria is among the top three causes of death and disease, especially among young children, [...]
2009-03-02 14:03:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO EAID CN MA
09ANTANANARIVO143OPPOSITION LEADERS CALL FOR FREEZE ON PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recently received a petition from the "Madagascar Opposition Platform" to freeze all foreign assets of President Marc Ravalomanana. The Platform does not have any record of his actual holdings abroad, but based their petition instead on his alleged mismanagement of state fin [...]
2009-03-03 07:59:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN MA
09ANTANANARIVO144MADAGASCAR: THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: As politicians wrangle for power in Antananarivo, business owners, street vendors, consumers, and the Malagasy population in general are paying a heavy price for the feud. Although the medium and long-term impacts on the economy will depend on rapidity of crisis resolution, sho [...]
2009-03-03 08:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENIV EPET MA
09ANTANANARIVO149MADAGASCAR: CLASHES CONTINUE AS NEGOTIATIONS LOOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Last week's failed negotiations between president and TGV have been followed by almost-daily protests in Antananarivo and in several provincial capitals, despite the appearance of weakening public support and an increasingly firm response by GOM security forces. The conflict has [...]
2009-03-03 15:05:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO150COMOROS AND IRAN: UN SANCTION BREAKING?
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of Iranian president Ahmedinejad's February 25 visit to the Comores (ref a),the French Ambassador in Moroni reported to Emboff that the GOC entered into bilateral military agreements with the GOI that may directly violate UNSCR and US laws (ref B). These agree [...]
2009-03-03 15:16:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETPARM PREL IR CN XA
09ANTANANARIVO152SECURITY FORCES EMBOLDENED WITH NEW EQUIPMENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: President Ravalomanana's recent push to outfit his security forces with non-lethal weapons may run the risk of alienating the population's perception that the security forces remain neutral between the President and Andry "TGV" Rajoelina's opposition movement. End Summary. 2 [...]
2009-03-04 10:17:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC MA PTER
09ANTANANARIVO153 Inter-Comoran Dialogue Opens
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Union Vice President Idi Nadhoim, speaking on behalf of the Head of State, officially opened the Inter-Comoran Dialogue March 3. African Union Special Envoy Madeira hailed Comorans for their historic decision to meet in order to advance reconciliation. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]
2009-03-04 13:00:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO154DIPLOMATS PRESS ON AS GOM CRACKS DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As UN mediators and opposition leaders coalesce around the idea of inclusive roundtable negotiations to end the current political standoff, President Ravalomanana has implemented increasingly harsh measures to stop protests and reassert his control over Antananarivo. The diplomati [...]
2009-03-04 13:10:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO156GOM SUPPORTED JUDGE PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] (SBU) The Bureau of Multilateral Cooperation in the Malagasy Ministry of Foreign Affairs has notified Post of their decision, in time for the March 2 vote, to support Judge Mark Painter for the position on the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Particularly in the current crisis environment, Post [...]
2009-03-05 06:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO160MADAGASCAR: BACK TO THE BRINK -- BUT OF WHAT?
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with several other Chiefs of Mission, today again urged the former Mayor and the President to pursue dialogue, rather than violence, to find a resolution to the current political conflict in Madagascar. Reeling from an attack near and -- in his view -- on his [...]
2009-03-06 11:29:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MEA UN
09ANTANANARIVO162EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RAJOELINA'S ASYLUM,
[...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Meeting, chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened at the DCR, (the Alternate Command Center (ACC)),on Sunday, March 8. Initially, the Ambassador called a meeting to provide updates to POL, PA, DAO and RSO on the current political situation, but given ev [...]
2009-03-09 09:56:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO166MADAGASCAR: RAVALOMANANA HANGING ON BY A THREAD
[...] (C) Summary. The political situation in Madagascar is more fuild than ever after the Wednesday take-over of the military command structure by "the Colonels", but the crumbling security situation appears to have settled down in Tana -- at least for now -- as a result of their move. I have m [...]
2009-03-12 10:45:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO167EAC CONVENED MARCH 9 TO DISCUSS TRIPWIRES,
[...] (SBU) This information has previously been reported through alternate channels. An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened on March 9, 2009 at the DCR to review the trip wires in light of the recent events and discuss the possibility of authorized departure (AD [...]
2009-03-12 10:55:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO17MALAGASY POLITICS: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-old political battle between President Ravalomanana and Antanananarivo Mayor Andry "TGV" Rajaolina, after taking a holiday break with the rest of the nation, has resumed in full force and appears likely to increase rapidly in its intensity. Unfolding like a Malagasy vers [...]
2009-01-09 10:53:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO178 Inter-Comoran Dialogue Ends
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After five days of talks on the constitution, institutions, and governance, the Inter-Comoran Dialogue closed March 7. While the recommendations are not binding, an overwhelming majority of participants insisted that President Sambi not seek to extend his mandate in the upcomi [...]
2009-03-14 08:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO186EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS INCREASING ANTI-AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened on March 17, 2009 to discuss the recent increase of anti-American press and the military take over of the Presidential Palace. Also discussed were the present status of the other Presidential Palace located in Ia [...]
2009-03-18 08:04:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO187Engaging with the new Malagasy "Government"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance from the department on an expected request for contact with the transition government of Andry Rajoelina (see paragraph 3). The transfer of power from the short-lived military directorate to another unnamed entity with Rajoelina as its president occurred Tues [...]
2009-03-18 13:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO19 Six Months Of Enhanced Engagement In The Comoros
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since July, 2008, Post has had a dedicated Comoros Officer spending three-quarters of his time on extended TDYs in the Comoros. This cable highlights the positive reaction from the Comoros and improved efforts to pursue Mission objectives. END SUMMARY. U.S. Presence "Promo [...]
2009-01-09 11:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN CN
09ANTANANARIVO193CUTTING NON-HUMANITARIAN AID TO MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post strongly supports suspending all non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar in the wake the recent unconstitutional transfer of power. In doing so, in order to continue to support the impoverished Malagasy people to the largest extent possible while still sending an unmistakable si [...]
2009-03-19 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO195MADAGASCAR/RAVALOMANANA: I DID NOT RESIGN!
[...] (C) A breathless ex-President Ravalomanana phoned the ambassador today from his undisclosed location (believed to be somewhere near Antsirabe) to explain a few things. Referring the their last two dramatic meetings on Tuesday morning (when he showed the US and South African ambassadors and U [...]
2009-03-20 09:29:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO198France's Last African Colony Votes
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The island of Mayotte, governed by France but claimed by the Union of the Comoros since independence in 1975, will vote March 29 in a "consultation" to become a French Overseas Department. Most observers expect the overwhelming majority of Maorais to vote in favor of becoming a [...]
2009-03-23 09:20:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV EAID CN FR
09ANTANANARIVO2 Gulf Investment Group Influence In The Comoros
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks insight from the Department into the background of Comoro Gulf Holdings and its principal officers: Bashar Kiwan (French-Syrian),President; Ali Kazma, Vice President; Ahmed Jaroudi (Lebanese),Manager. END ACTION REQUEST. Investment Promotion - - - - - - [...]
2009-01-05 08:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EFIN CN
09ANTANANARIVO200 AU Efforts IN The Comoros Continue
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the Inter-Comoran Dialogue (REFTELS),AU S/E Madeira continues to mediate in the Comoros. With guidance from Addis, he brokered a meeting between Preisdent Sambi and the island presidents and obtained agreement for all parliamentary elections to take place in 2009. Tanza [...]
2009-03-24 09:08:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO201MADAGASCAR: ELECTIONS WITHIN SIX MONTHS?
[...] (C) Summary: The St. Paddy's Day coup here ended the initial phase of Madagascar's political crisis, but the crisis itself is far from over; months of instability, often mascarading as normalcy, probably lie ahead for the long-suffering people of this extremely poor nation. In the wake of [...]
2009-03-24 10:49:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO203MADAGASCAR: MFM AND THE NEW OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20, Ambassador Marquardt met with Manandafy Rakotonirina, president of political party MFM and former special advisor to ex-President Ravalomanana. In Rakotonirina's view, this week's events amounted to a coup d'etat, and he is now working with the former president's par [...]
2009-03-24 13:21:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO204THE TRANSITION GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Andry Rajoelina has moved quickly to give his transition government a legal foundation, issuing an Ordinance on March 19 that outlines the roles and responsibilities of each element of Madagascar's new government. Most controversial will be his suspension of parliament (Article 1 [...]
2009-03-24 14:09:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO207DISASTER DECLARATION - COMPLEX EMERGENCY: POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 2 and 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A power struggle beginning in January 2009 that led to an unconstitutional transfer of power has resulted in a severe shock to the economy of Madagascar and a near paralysis of government capability to respond [...]
2009-03-25 10:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09ANTANANARIVO217MADAGASCAR: UN, AU, AND SADC ROLES, GOING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: The UN, SADC, and AU are working to coordinate and harmonize next steps in resolving the Madagascar crisis. Elections within six months are their shared goal. SADC says it will not seat Ravalomanana at the upcoming SADC Summit, but TGV -- perceiving SADC bias in favor of his [...]
2009-03-26 09:23:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO218SUSPENDED PARLEMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the "suspended" Malagasy parliament - almost all belonging to Ravalomanana's TIM party -- published a statement Thursday condemning the recent coup d'etat, denying that Marc Ravalomanana resigned willingly, and calling on the international community to help restore and [...]
2009-03-26 14:10:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO221EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS UPCOMING RALLIES, SECURITY
[...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) chaired by DCM Stromayer was convened on March 27, 2009 to discuss the current state of affairs, the upcoming proposed weekend rallies, the status of security measures and the need for additional tripwires and reverse tripwires. 2. (C) The DCM convene [...]
2009-03-30 05:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO223COMOROS DENIES MILITARY COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Post's diplomatic note on March 10, the GOC has formally denied any military cooperation with Iran. 2. (C) On March 26, the Comoran Ministry of External Relations and Cooperation faxed a dipnote stating only that "...the government of the Union of Comoros is acti [...]
2009-03-30 14:44:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR CN XA
09ANTANANARIVO225COMOROS CELEBRATES AU ANJOUAN ACTION ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tanzanian President Kikwete visited the Comoros March 24-26 to join celebrations of the one year anniversary of the African Union liberation of Anjouan. Lauded by President Sambi and cheered by throngs of Comorans as a national hero, President Kikwete promised closer ties with [...]
2009-03-31 12:55:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD MOPS PGOV TZ CN
09ANTANANARIVO227"GOM" PRIORITIES MET WITH DIPLOMATIC SILENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's "High Transitional Authority" (HAT) convened leaders of the diplomatic corps on March 31 to announce its priorities for the coming months, and advance a conciliatory posture towards the international community in Antananarivo. Transition Minister of Finance Benja Raz [...]
2009-03-31 13:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO229AGOA SHIPMENTS IN SECOND HALF 2008 - MADAGASCAR
[...] Summary: Madagascar's AGOA apparel exports in the second half of 2008 were similar to those of the second half of 2007. However, the total amount for 2008 decreased by 3.5 percent compared to 2007. This decreasing trend will likely be stronger in 2009 due to the current political turmoil and to [...]
2009-03-31 13:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO246 Comoros Explanation Of Economic Citizenship
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros provided the Embassy with an official explanation of the implementation of its new "economic citizenship" law. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Upon our request, the GOC provided an official explanation of how the "economic citizenship" law is bei [...]
2009-04-02 13:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN
09ANTANANARIVO247ANTANANARIVO UPDATE: MADAGASCAR'S "NEW OPPOSITION" FIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for the week of March 30 to April 3, an unclassified review of major events and information from the U.S. mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. The last two weeks in Madagascar have been dominated by ongoing demonstrations, while Andr [...]
2009-04-03 03:46:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MA CN
09ANTANANARIVO248MADAGASCAR: A HOBSON'S CHOICE ON AGOA ELIGIBILITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar is an AGOA success story almost without parallel, having created a vibrant garment industry employing around 100,000 workers. AGOA eligibility should be used as a carrot for encouraging early elections and a return to constitutional order. During Madagascar's 2009 eli [...]
2009-04-03 07:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON AGOA MA
09ANTANANARIVO249TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON MEMBERS OF FORMER GOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has obtained a copy of the government order listing 21 individuals associated with the former government who are now subject to travel restrictions pending the outcome of legal proceedings. Post is not aware of any actual charges being brought against these individuals, nor [...]
2009-04-03 07:33:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO252MADAGASCAR: 2008 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, Madagascar recorded strong growth and improved macroeconomic performance despite external shocks. Real economic growth reached 7.2 percent. Fiscal policy improved tax revenue, while monetary and exchange rate policies contained inflation and prevented excessive volatili [...]
2009-04-06 07:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO258FOREIGN ASSISTANCE UNDER REVIEW IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although many donors in Madagascar are still deliberating on the future of their assistance programs, several missions have moved to suspend support to the High Transitional Authority (HAT) government and stop any new projects, but maintain non-governmental and humanitarian prog [...]
2009-04-07 12:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO261MADAGASCAR: POLITICAL PROCESS MOVING HALTINGLY
[...] (C) Summary: Malagasy political and civil society actors are moving haltingly forward toward a grand national dialogue, using separate but somewhat parallel processes that all attempt to address the same major questions before Madagascar: political reconciliation, constitutional reform, el [...]
2009-04-08 12:59:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO264MULTIPLE ROAD MAPS TOWARDS THE FOURTH REPUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of Andry "TGV" Rajoelina's High Transition Authority (HAT) presided over a two-day "National Meeting" on April 2-3, in a bid to bolster their legitimacy, develop a transition road map, and defuse opposition (and international community) concerns about their opaque a [...]
2009-04-10 03:43:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO265MADAGASCAR: ECONOMY SUFFERS AS CRISIS CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The political crisis in Madagascar has already negatively impacted unemployment, tourism, inflation, and exports. The economic downturn, increased inflation, and depreciation of the currency are likely to continue during 2009, with analysts predicting annual GDP growth of only 3 [...]
2009-04-10 08:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO266RAVALOMANANA'S TIKO GROUP UNDER PRESSURE
[...] SUMMARY: On April 6, former President Marc Ravalomanana's TIKO company announced through a paid advertisement that the company was ceasing operations due to the looting and harassment they have endured since the beginning of the political turmoil in January 2009. Despite the intervention of H [...]
2009-04-10 08:28:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP KTDB MA
09ANTANANARIVO267"POLITICAL" PRISONERS RELEASED IN ANTANANARIVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High Transitional Authority (HAT) President Andry Rajoelina has released 48 "political prisoners" from Madagascar's jails. Most were politicians or military leaders imprisoned under former President Ravalomanana, although in many cases the charges were legitimate even if they we [...]
2009-04-10 09:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO27MADAGASCAR 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] This cable responds to the call in 08 STATE 123907 for updated investment climate statements. A separate Word version has been emailed per instructions. End summary. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The GOM officially welcomes foreign investment and the c [...]
2009-01-15 05:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR MA
09ANTANANARIVO270MADAGASCAR: TIME TO REGROUP AFTER TALKS COLLAPSE
[...] (C) Summary: The collapse of weekend talks facilitated by the UN and AU between the four main Malagasy political "families" is being followed by a pause. Clarification of SADC's current position, especially as regards the possible return to Madagascar of Marc Ravalomanana, is needed before [...]
2009-04-14 09:11:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO275MADAGASCAR: QMM MINE BEGINS OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rio Tinto's billion dollar ilmenite mine in southern Madagascar, QMM, began production in December 2008 and shipped its first load of ilmenite in April, despite dual Malagasy political and global financial crises. The company has made a conscientious effort to hire local workers [...]
2009-04-15 06:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO277MADAGASCAR UNLIKELY TO USE WTO RAW SUGAR TARIFF
[...] (SBU) The USG does not recognize the current government of Madagascar, following a military coup in March 2009; we were thus unable to request the most recent statistics sought in reftel on raw sugar exports. However, Madagascar has not fulfilled its US quota since 2004, and remains a net impo [...]
2009-04-15 14:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO282MADAGASCAR: BAPTISM BY FIRE -- RAJOELINA'S FIRST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Andry Rajoelina took power on March 17 in a military coup, and has spent his first month fending off political attacks, economic crises, and international condemnation. Rajoelina's High Transitional Authority (HAT) has a tenuous hold on the country, and his government retains an [...]
2009-04-17 11:31:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO283MADAGASCAR'S TRANSITION CABINET PARTIALLY FORMED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's transition cabinet remains incomplete, with only 12 ministers named (out of a planned 25),and the critical post of Minister of Defense still empty. Transition President Andry Rajoelina remains evasive on further appointments, and will likely wait until the full cab [...]
2009-04-18 04:55:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO285 Comoran President Announces Referendum May 17
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Comoran President Sambi announced the constitutional referendum will be held May 17. The new draft revision has not been made public yet, but is expected to concentrate powers in the Union presidency, reduce island autonomy, and allow Sambi to extend his current term in office [...]
2009-04-20 06:03:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO292MADAGASCAR: TENSION RISES AGAIN IN TANA,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: GOM security forces clashed with pro-Ravalomanana opposition demonstrators on April 20, resulting in three reported dead, 15 wounded, and significant property damage in the Anosy (government) district where the disturbances were centered. After three weeks without any bloodshed o [...]
2009-04-21 14:56:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO3ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT FOR MADAGASCAR AND THE
[...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: -------------------------------------- A. Crime in Madagascar is consistent with the rates in other developing countries in the world. In 2008, Antananarivo saw its violent crime rate increase for the second consecutive year. Criminal elements in Antanana [...]
2009-01-05 11:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC MA CN
09ANTANANARIVO301MADAGASCAR: ADDITIONAL CABINET MEMBERS NAMED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A second group of Madagascar's transition cabinet members was named on April 17, leaving only the mining, public works, agriculture/fisheries, and youth/sports portfolios unassigned. The cabinet now contains 21 ministers and one cabinet-level secretary of state, with several stru [...]
2009-04-23 13:28:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO302MADAGASCAR: MORE POLITICAL TENSION AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition protesters clashed with GOM security forces on Thursday, April 23, resulting in several deaths, 22 arrests, and at least 40 wounded. The violence ended by nightfall, but picked up again on April 24 before dissipating in mid-afternoon after warning shots and tear gas [...]
2009-04-24 11:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO304MADAGASCAR INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP: PREPARING
[...] (C) Later this week in Addis, the AU will convene and chair the first meeting of the Madagascar International Contact Group (MICG). While the meeting may primarily provide a procedural and ceremonial launch of the new MICG, it is also an opportunity to lay down some important markers about USG [...]
2009-04-27 10:24:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MA UN AU
09ANTANANARIVO306AN EXILE RETURNS: PIERROT RAJAONARIVELO ENTERS THE FRAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seven years of exile in France, Mr. Pierrot RAJAONARIVELO returned to Madagascar on April 25, and is now poised to enter the political fray as alternative to TGV, Ravalomanana, and Ratsiraka. Mr. Rajaonarivelo is the National Secretary of AREMA, the political party of form [...]
2009-04-28 05:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO312REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL:
[...] (SBU) Embassy Antananativo is referring Yvan RANDRIASANDRATRINIONY and his family to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Randriasandratriniony is the former President of the Malagasy Senate and President of political party Tiako-i-Madagasikara (TIM),and fled to Mauritius following t [...]
2009-04-30 11:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PHUM PREF MA MP
09ANTANANARIVO319MADAGASCAR: CRACKDOWN TO BE TESTED THIS WEEK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the violence of April 20 to 24, the HAT has effectively maintained control on the streets by banning assemblies and intimidating the opposition, although this will be tested by this week's scheduled reopening of parliament. The last week has seen a diplomatic visit to fou [...]
2009-05-04 13:57:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO330ANTANANARIVO POST AND COUNTRY READINESS FOR
[...] (SBU) There are no known cases of an H1N1 infection in Madagascar to date. The Government of Madagascar (GOM) along with the WHO plans to meet May 6-8 to revise and adapt the Avian Influenza pandemic response plan to address the current situation. The Director of Emergencies and Disease Control [...]
2009-05-06 10:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDAMED ASEC MA PGOV KFLU
09ANTANANARIVO331 COMOROS DISASTER DECLARATION - WIDESPREAD FLOODING FROM
[...] This is an Action Cable. See para 2 and 5 for action required. SUMMARY: 2. Unseasonably heavy and sustained rains in the Comoros from late March to mid-April caused extensive damage to buildings, infrastructure, and crops. The Government of the Union of the Comoros has declared an offici [...]
2009-05-07 05:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09ANTANANARIVO332 Comoros Tense Ahead Of May 17 Referendum
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sambi's Union Government is actively campaigning for a constitutional referendum that would concentrate power in the central government, weaken island autonomy, and open the possibility that he could remain in office beyond the May, 2010 end of his term. Opposition l [...]
2009-05-07 12:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CN
09ANTANANARIVO336MADAGASCAR: PROGRESS TOWARD AN AGREEMENT, AS
[...] (C) Summary: President Wade of Senegal has entered the fray in Madagascar, inviting the "four protagonists" -- TGV, Ravalomanana, Ratsikaka, and Zafy -- to Dakar this week to reach and sign a political agreement on the way forward to elections. The reaction here, among both the Malagasy th [...]
2009-05-11 07:43:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA UN AU
09ANTANANARIVO345AGOA SHIPMENTS IN FIRST QUARTER 2009 - MADAGASCAR
[...] SUMMARY: Madagascar's AGOA apparel exports in the first quarter of 2009 increased by 6 percent compared to the same period in 2008. However, this trend will likely be reversed in April and May due to the current political and economic crisis, and the consequent departure of the GAP group, which [...]
2009-05-14 04:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO346MADAGASCAR'S ECONOMY: LOWER REVENUES AND SHIFTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's ongoing political crisis continues to negatively impact key macroeconomic indicators and the business sector. Customs duties collected during the first quarter were lower than predicted, and the plummet in tourism is pushing national airline Air Madagascar towards b [...]
2009-05-14 04:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP KTDB MA
09ANTANANARIVO353MADAGASCAR: TGV RENEGES, AU TAKES OVER, AND EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With Andry "TGV" Rajoelina now explicitly conditioning his decision not to run on Zafy, Ravalomanana, and Ratsiraka following suit, it is unclear whether this key provision of the "Transition Charter" under negotiation here is still viable. The EU "Political Dialogue" is schedule [...]
2009-05-18 11:19:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO354EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW ORDERED DEPARTURE STATUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened on May 18, 2009. The main topic was a review of Post's ordered departure (OD) status. The committee unanimously recommended that OD be lifted. The EAC also reviewed the current security and political situation in Antananarivo and [...]
2009-05-18 11:29:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO356MADAGASCAR RECEIVES QUESTIONABLE SAUDI INVESTORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of questionable Saudi investors has signed an agreement with Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) allegedly to invest 2 billion dollars (over 20% of GDP) in Madagascar. To further sweeten the deal, the Saudi investors plan to export large quantities of staple c [...]
2009-05-18 13:31:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PREL MA SA
09ANTANANARIVO357 Comoros President Pleased With Referendum Win
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Comoros President Sambi received AU S/E Madeira, the diplomatic corps, and 10 Libyan elections observers the day after his apparently successful constitutional referendum May 17. While an official Constitutional Court declaration of the result is pending, the President outlined [...]
2009-05-19 07:34:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CN
09ANTANANARIVO359MADAGASCAR: EU DIALOGUE AND TGV'S COMING TRAVELS
[...] (C) The May 19 Madagascar-EU "Political Dialogue" appears to have helped sober up the HAT and its President about the possible realities that lie ahead for them. The EU, led competently by Czech Ambassador Petr Kopriva, promised that the "120 day clock" for article 96 consultations is about [...]
2009-05-20 12:55:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MA UN EU AU
09ANTANANARIVO360UN FLASH APPEAL MAKING SLOW PROGRESS
[...] SUMMARY: This is an action request. One month after the announcement of a United Nations flash appeal for immediate relief and early recovery efforts in Madagascar (reftel),only 2 percent of the requested USD 35.7 million has been received. Post requests that the Department consider contribu [...]
2009-05-22 04:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO362MADAGASCAR: REQUEST FOR USG CONTRIBUTION TO UN FLASH
[...] SUMMARY: This is an action request (see para 4). Six weeks after the announcement of a United Nations flash appeal for immediate relief and early recovery efforts in Madagascar (reftel),only two percent of the requested USD 35.7 million has been pledged - and the human suffering in this ongoi [...]
2009-05-22 05:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO364MADAGASCAR: CURRENT SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides further information on the security situation in Antananarivo and Madagascar in support of post's request (refs C and D) to lift ordered departure status, and in preparation for the Ambassador's meetings next week in Washington. Since a limited resurgence in [...]
2009-05-22 09:30:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO366MADAGASCAR: DOWNWARD ECONOMIC SPIRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Madagascar appears to be headed towards a serious recession, as diminished government spending, loss of investor confidence, flagging exports, and suspension of donor funds translate into a loss of jobs and a slowdown of GDP growth. In addition to increased poverty, the transit [...]
2009-05-26 06:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO370MADAGASCAR: BRINKMANSHIP AS NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contrary to media reports on the faltering negotiations between Madagascar's four main political movements, UN and AU mediators remain confident that talks will continue, that last week's negotiated gains will not be lost, and that the increasingly loud rhetoric emanating from th [...]
2009-05-26 13:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO390MADAGASCAR: MONTH THREE OF GENERAL SOCIAL CALM BEGINS, AS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the exception of a brief flare up of violent confrontations April 20-25, Madagascar and Antananarivo are moving into the third month of general social calm since the coup of mid-March. The generally positive conditions reported in refs A and B continue to prevail. Through [...]
2009-05-29 12:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC MA
09ANTANANARIVO399MADAGASCAR: HOW LONG CAN THE HAT GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The IMF predicts that Madagascar's transition government (HAT) will likely be able to make payroll for its workers and soldiers through July using normal fiscal revenues. However, during the latter half of 2009, the HAT will probably receive less tax and customs revenue, and cann [...]
2009-06-04 07:40:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ENRG EFIN PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO40MAYOR MISSES OWN DEADLINE, PRESIDENT PUSHES AGENDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing confrontation between Andry Rajoelina, Mayor of Antananarivo, and Marc Ravalomanana, President, continues to simmer along with heated rhetoric and big plans, but little action. Having avoided confrontation last weekend (reftel A),Rajoelina's anxiously-awaited Janua [...]
2009-01-16 11:57:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO406REQUEST TO LIFT ORDERED DEPARTURE STATUS FOR
[...] (SBU) I hereby request M approval to lift Antananarivo's Ordered Departure (OD) status at the 90-day decision point. Reftel reported on yesterday's EAC meeting, which recommended again that I request OD to be lifted. I fully concur in the EAC's assessment and am hereby making my formal recomme [...]
2009-06-05 08:29:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC MA
09ANTANANARIVO414SOUTH AFRICAN CHARGE DISCUSSES MEDIATION EFFORT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and DATT met June 8 with South African Charge Marius Conradie to discuss current state of mediation efforts and continuing rumors about possible recruitment of mercenaries by Marc Ravalomanana in South Africa or Swaziland to support his effort to return to power he [...]
2009-06-08 15:47:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC MA PGOV PREL SA
09ANTANANARIVO428MADAGASCAR: IMPASSE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 12:01:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO430MADAGASCAR: PERIODIC SECURITY UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:14:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO431MADAGASCAR: AMBATOVY MINING PROJECT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite dual financial and political crises, the USD 4.5 billion Ambatovy nickel mining project in eastern Madagascar is moving forward, with production scheduled to begin in early 2011. Ambatovy managers are able to work with the transition government (HAT),notwithstanding th [...]
2009-06-15 11:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN MA
09ANTANANARIVO435RAVALOMANANA'S RUMORED RETURN WITH MERCENARIES:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With negotiations at a standstill, rumors of former President Ravalomanana's imminent return -- with or without mercenary support -- have been slowly but steadily reinforced by media reports, opposition statements, and alleged military preparations by the transition government. [...]
2009-06-15 14:18:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO439MADAGASCAR: TIME TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE FRENCH?
[...] (C) Summary: This is an action message for AF and possibly Embassy Paris (see para 7). With AU/UN/Francophonie-mediated negotiations here all but collapsed (reftel),the International Contact Group for Madagascar (ICG) -- which includes the USG -- should now regroup and consider alternate [...]
2009-06-16 09:49:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UN MA
09ANTANANARIVO444MADAGASCAR: SADC POSITION MUST CHANGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. International mediators from the African Union, the United Nations, and the Francophonie (OIF) formally suspended negotiations between Madagascar's four main political movements on June 16. They fear that the upcoming SADC Summi [...]
2009-06-17 11:52:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO446 Comoros Plans To Hold Legislative Elections in July
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While still implementing new constitutional provisions, President Sambi intends to hold legislative elections before Ramadan begins in late August and has asked donors for financing and technical assistance. Hundreds of candidates will likely contest the more than 70 positions [...]
2009-06-18 06:59:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CN
09ANTANANARIVO449AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES AGOA WITH AMCHAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, the Ambassador urged the members of AMCHAM to lobby Malagasy political leaders to take concrete steps to reinstall constitutional order to preserve AGOA benefits, protect U.S. investments, and save tens of thousands of jobs. AMCHAM explained that it has already beg [...]
2009-06-19 07:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO450MADAGASCAR: PERIODIC SECURITY UPDATE JUNE 19
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unfounded rumors and press reports of mercenaries hired by Ravalomanana (Ra8) arriving in country continue, as have inaccurate press reports of alleged U.S. support for the Legalists. However, the Department's June 17 press statement usefully correcteed the record and played in [...]
2009-06-19 08:07:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO468MADAGASCAR: PERIODIC SECURITY UPDATE JUNE 23
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daily "Legalist" protests continue at Magro. An undetonated artisanal bomb was discovered and defused by security forces. Additional, but still sketchy information on the "Vigimada" security plan for June 26 National Day has been released. Otherwise, a general calm prevails in [...]
2009-06-24 10:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO475 COMOROS CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) SUBJECT: Union of the Comoros President Sambi made sweeping changes to his cabinet June 24, dismissing some competent and loyal Ministers in favor or several unknowns. END SUBJECT. 2. (SBU) President Sambi has made the most dramatic changes to his cabinet since taking office in 2006 [...]
2009-06-25 10:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO476MADAGASCAR: RAVALOMANANA SEEKING USG HELP HE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the ambassador in Johannesburg on June 22, former president Marc Ravalomanana requested USG help with his desired return to Madagascar and stressed the key role he must play as head of state in returning the country to "constitutional order". The ambassador re [...]
2009-06-25 12:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PREL PINR
09ANTANANARIVO477MADAGASCAR: A SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF THE SADC
[...] (C) I met on June 23 in Jo'Burg with South African Ambassador to Madagascar Sam Monaisa to hear his views on the weekend SADC Summit, which he had attended. Monaisa said he also had attended UN mediator Tiebile Drame's Friday briefing of the South African foreign minister, and he later helpe [...]
2009-06-25 13:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MA
09ANTANANARIVO486MADAGASCAR: EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 30, 2009, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to discuss the possibility of lifting the Ordered Departure (OD) status for post. The EAC discussed several recent events involving small explosive devices, arrests connected to those events, and the reported throwing [...]
2009-07-01 14:00:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO487MADAGASCAR: TANGLED POLITICS, BUT DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) launched a round of four-day Regional Meetings ("assises regionales") in all 22 regions on June 30, in an attempt to add grassroots legitimacy to their transition government. These meetings were also "to give the people a voice" as t [...]
2009-07-01 14:01:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO492EAC CONVENED TO UPDATE REVERSE TREIPWIRES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on a suggestion/request from Washington, the mission's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met again today to propose revisions to our exisiting reverse tripwires. This cable updates our previous set of reverse tripwires (reftel),which post agrees were too rigid and no longer [...]
2009-07-02 08:55:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO494MADAGASCAR: LETTER TO POTUS ON AGOA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 13:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA EINV ECON PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO495YEMENIA AIRLINES CRASH IN THE COMOROS
[...] Following the June 30 crash of Yemenia Airlines flight 626 off the coast of the Comoros, Africa Command and CTJF-HOA responded to the GOC request for assistance by sending a C-130 Search and Rescue Team. The team arrived July 1, less than 24 hours after the crash. CTJF-HOA SeaBees and Civil A [...]
2009-07-02 13:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC CN
09ANTANANARIVO503MADAGASCAR: JAPANESE TO RAISE MINING CONCERN AT G8
[...] (C) Summary: The HAT is threatening to alter the terms of investment for the USD 4.5 billion Ambatovy nickel mine. The Japanese, Canadian, and Korean investors involved are gearing up to defend their interests in arbitration if the HAT goes forward with its threat. The Japanese Prime Ministe [...]
2009-07-07 07:10:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO511MADAGASCAR: REGIONAL CONFERENCES CONSOLIDATE POWER OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malagasy "High Transition Authority" (HAT) held regional conferences in each of the country's 22 regions from June 30 to July 3. The agenda focused on changing the constitution; setting up the fourth republic; reforming political parties, communication, and electoral laws; [...]
2009-07-09 12:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO512MADAGASCAR: GARMENT MAKERS SHOUT FOR AGOA ASSURANCES AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Madagascar's garment industry is suffering the effects of the political crisis that began in January and is already showing signs of further collapse due to the uncertainty of AGOA renewal at the end of the year. Commercial chambers and businesses have successfully educated memb [...]
2009-07-09 12:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO515MADAGASCAR: CHISSANO STAKES STOCK
[...] (C) Summary: During his July 9-12 visit to Madagascar, SADC mediator Chissano solicited advice from the dip corps then met with transition authority (HAT) president Andry Rajoelina July 10, followe by weeekend meetings with the delegations of the other three movements (Zafy, Ratsiraka, Ravalom [...]
2009-07-13 13:29:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO523MADAGASCAR: TGV - A HIGH SPEED TRAIN WRECK
[...] (C) Summary: The Malagasy Permanent Rep to the UN Rajemison -- a former Senate President, former TIKO employee and erstwhile Ravalomanana faithful -- recently returned to Madagascar to moderate the regional conferences organized by the illegal transition government (HAT) with an eye towards ad [...]
2009-07-15 09:05:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO526MADAGASCAR: PROPOSED TALKING POINTS FOR JULY 22
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second consultative meeting of the international contact group (ICG) on Madagascar will be hosted by the African Union in Addis Ababa July 22. This meeting presents an opportunity to shore up cohesiveness within the international community to ensure that all ICG members con [...]
2009-07-16 09:57:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO547EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TRIPWIRES, DISCUSS RECENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on July 20, 2009 to review the current tripwires, specifically those for Civil Disorder/Armed Combat and the updated Health and Environment tripwires. This was especially timely in light of the weekend plot reported by local authoriti [...]
2009-07-22 08:30:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO548HAT FM ALLEGES RAVALOMANANA ASSOCIATED FIGURES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Note Verbal dated July 20 to the Diplomatic Corps the HAT Foreign Ministry alleges that Ravalomanana and figures close to him are responsible for the spate of bombing attempts and violence (ref A) directed at regime offices in the last week. At HAT Foreign Minister Ny Hasina [...]
2009-07-22 13:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO564MADAGASCAR: POLITICAL POSTURING CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: The international mediators have returned to Madagascar to arrange a meeting of the four Malagasy political rivals to take place in Mozambique August 5. Meanwhile, other political actors and civil society members are seeking the support of the international community to broaden th [...]
2009-07-30 04:13:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO570MADAGASCAR: MEDIATORS PAVE THE WAY FOR NEGOTIATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 11:25:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO573MADAGASCAR: FIRST SEMESTER 2009 MACROECONOMIC REPORT
[...] (SBU) Unofficial GDP projections for 2009 are around negative four percent due to poor performance of the secondary and tertiary sectors resulting from the global slowdown and political instability in Madagascar. During the first half of 2009, inflation remained in check, while unemployment sp [...]
2009-08-04 07:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR MA
09ANTANANARIVO586POLITICAL DIALOGUE MOVES TO MAPUTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's "Big Four" political leaders are entering their second day of talks in Maputo, Mozambique (reftel B),under the tutelage of former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano. After a "satisfying" (but ceremonial) first encounter on the evening of August 5, the leaders were [...]
2009-08-06 13:42:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO589MADAGASCAR: LEADERS REACH CONCENSUS, BUT MUCH WORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leaders of Madagascar's four main political movements had an unexpectedly productive series of talks in Maputo, Mozambique from August 5 to 9, and have taken an important first step towards the creation of a consensual, inclusive transition government to see the country throug [...]
2009-08-10 13:22:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO59MAYOR AND PRESIDENT HOLD THEIR POSITIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Another week, another ultimatum: the conflict between Mayor of Antananarivo Andry "TGV" Rajoelina and President Marc Ravalomanana (see reftels A-D) continues unabated, with neither side inclined to retreat. A large demonstration on January 17, marking the one-month anniversary [...]
2009-01-23 09:14:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO596MADAGASCAR'S MAPUTO DEAL: SHAKY SUPPORT, BUT STILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Four days after Madagascar's feuding political leaders reached agreement at talks in Maputo (reftel B),a majority of the population appears to cautiously accept it as a good first step - but significant opposition remains among factions that stand to lose out once the deal is fin [...]
2009-08-14 11:28:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO60DIPLOMATIC EFFORT REVEALS FULL-BLOWN MALAGASY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DIPLOMATS MET ON JANUARY 22 FIRST WITH ANTANANARIVO MAYOR ANDRY "TGV" RAJOELINA AND IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER TO SEEK COMMON GROUND THAT MIGHT CALM THE WORSENING POLITICAL CRISIS IN MADAGASCAR. THE TWO DISCUSSIONS, EACH LASTING ABOUT T [...]
2009-01-23 09:45:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PINR PREL
09ANTANANARIVO604POLITICAL TENSIONS GROW AS MAPUTO II APPROACHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International mediators have set a date for a second round of talks (August 24-27) in Maputo, Mozambique, bringing together the Big Four political leaders in Madagascar's ongoing crisis. The focus will be the division of posts in an eventual unity government, in accordance with t [...]
2009-08-20 14:01:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO607MADAGASCAR'S ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH EU UNDER THREAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2002 the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) have been working to put in place new trade agreements: the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs),designed to enhance cooperation in all areas related to trade. Madagascar signed an [...]
2009-08-21 06:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO613LOW RICE PRICES COULD PRODUCE FUTURE SHORTAGE
[...] SUMMARY: The farm gate price of rice is 20 percent lower this year compared to 2008, dropping from MGA 500 per kilo to 400 (USD 0.26 to 0.21). Several factors contributed to this decline; chief among them are increased productivity in 2008, reduced demand from the country's largest distributor [...]
2009-08-26 10:17:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR MA
09ANTANANARIVO615ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for the week of August 24 to 28, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. END SUMMARY. POLITICS -------- 2. (SBU) POLITI [...]
2009-08-28 09:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO618MAPUTO II: NO AGREEMENT ON TRANSITION LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: After three days of tense negotiations aimed at dividing up posts in a consensus transition government, Madagascar's four main political rivals failed to reach agreement on who would fill the top posts of transition president, vice president, and prime minister. However, they did [...]
2009-08-28 09:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO629ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for the week of August 31 to September 4, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. END SUMMARY. POLITICS -------- 2. (SBU) [...]
2009-09-04 09:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO630MADAGASCAR: WILL TGV CHOOSE CONSENSUS OR CHAOS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Malagasy are anxiously awaiting the declaration by de facto transition leader, "TGV" Rajoelina, expected late Sept 4, as to whether his movement will accept a consensus candidate for prime minister, ceding their control of the post. AU mediator Ouedraogo continues to push th [...]
2009-09-04 09:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO631MADAGASCAR: ISPS CODE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 10:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD ECON KHLS PTER PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO633MADAGASCAR: RAJOELINA'S MESSAGE TO MEDIATORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The leader of the Malagasy de facto transition regime, Andry Rajoelina, responded to the international mediation team late Sept 4. In his speech, he stated that he intended to hold on to his position as president of the transition regime, while also maintaining his current prim [...]
2009-09-08 12:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO634MADAGASCAR: NEW TRANSITION GOVERNMENT FAR FROM
[...] (C) Summary: High Transitional Authority (HAT) Prime Minister Roindefo Monja today announced the composition of Madagascar's "new and consensual" transition government, confirming suspicions that the majority of positions would remain safely in the hands of HAT loyalists (para 6). Their effor [...]
2009-09-08 14:05:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO642MADAGASCAR: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DELIVERS BLUNT
[...] (C) Summary. Urgently convoked by HAT President Rajoelina on September 10, key ambassadors responded to his soft-soap appeal for understanding and support with a firm, unified reply denouncing his unilateral formation of a non-consensual government and stating that further sanctions and dif [...]
2009-09-11 07:33:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO643MADAGASCAR'S COUP LEADER FACES RENEWED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Following the High Transitional Authority's (HAT) unilateral formation of a purportedly "consensual and inclusive" (but substantially unchanged) government on September 8 (ref A),Madagascar's three other major political movements have joined forces to condemn the HAT's actions and [...]
2009-09-11 07:59:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO644MADAGASCAR: REVISED GUIDANCE FOR ENGAGING WITH THE
[...] (C) Post requests a slight revision of standing guidance from the Department on engaging with the de facto transition regime in Madagascar (reftel). Specifically, we suggest revising that guidance to allow occasional, discreet contacts with high transition authority (HAT) or government member [...]
2009-09-11 08:49:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO651RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRACTICES IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) Summary: This cable responds to the questions raised in reftel regarding Russian business practices in Madagascar. The answers are keyed to the questions below. End summary. A. (U) IS THERE A RUSSIAN TRADE REPRESENTATION IN YOUR COUNTRY? There is no Russian trade representation in M [...]
2009-09-14 13:04:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MA RS
09ANTANANARIVO653IMF ON MADAGASCAR: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BLEAK, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to the IMF resident representative in Madagascar, GDP growth for 2009 is likely to fall between negative 0.5 and negative 1 percent. Because of the transition government's prudent fiscal policy and declining world prices, inflation remains under control. The exchange [...]
2009-09-15 06:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO654FORMER PRESIDENT ZAFY: MEASURED, BUT READY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the only former president currently in Madagascar, Albert Zafy has become the increasingly visible face of opposition to High Transitional Authority (HAT) President Andry Rajoelina's new government, announced on September 8 (ref C). In a crisp meeting with Ambassador Marquardt [...]
2009-09-15 09:06:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO657MADAGASCAR'S COUP REGIME HEADS TO NEW YORK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several representatives of Madagascar's transition MFA departed for New York on September 13; a presidential delegation intends to follow on or around September 21. In total, there are 23 members of the official delegation, and nine journalists accompanying them. The MFA team i [...]
2009-09-15 13:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA MA
09ANTANANARIVO659MADAGASCAR'S OPPOSITION: UNITING AGAINST A COMMON
[...] (C) Summary: The heads of Madagascar's main three political opposition delegations jointly told the Ambassador September 14 that they had decided to work together after de facto transition president "TGV" Rajoelina spurned their calls for relaunching negotiations three times. They explained t [...]
2009-09-16 09:06:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO662MADAGASCAR: SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: As the opposition grows more unified in its bid to force a return to the negotiating table (ref A),relations among competing factions within the High Transitional Authority (HAT) appear to have hit a low point. HAT President Andry Rajoelina may be seeking to resolve the current i [...]
2009-09-17 07:43:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO669ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for September 7 to 18, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. END SUMMARY. POLITICS -------- 2. (SBU) POLITICAL UPDATE: Op [...]
2009-09-18 08:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO676MADAGASCAR: UNEXPECTED CALM AT HOME DURING TGV'S
[...] (C) Summary: Contrary to earlier expectations and calls for demonstrations, Madagascar's opposition movements have been quiet this week, probably out of respect for the upcoming International Contact Group (ICG) meeting being organized by the African Union to put pressure on the country's ill [...]
2009-09-25 06:33:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC MA
09ANTANANARIVO679MADAGASCAR: ACTION REQUEST FOR PRESS STATEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: During the Human Rights Committee meeting on September 22 at the UN, a statement was made concerning USG policy in Madagascar that has generated some confusion in country. Additionally, the African Union plans to host the third International Contact Group meeting on Madagascar he [...]
2009-09-25 08:01:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO68REFLECTIONS ON THE CURRENT MALAGASY POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Whatever we might decide to do here to help defuse the current political crisis -- perhaps a phone call to the President from the Secretary -- should first be coordinated with Paris. They, unlike us, have extensive interests in Madagascar and are properly in the lead of any intern [...]
2009-01-29 10:30:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PINR PREL
09ANTANANARIVO682ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (09/25/2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for September 21 to 25, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-7) - Rajoelina at the UN General Assembly [...]
2009-09-25 08:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO69PRESIDENT MAY BE OPEN TO MEETING -- BUT NOT TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Ravalomanana told ambassadors Thursday that he is open to meeting the Mayor, but not to any broad dialogue with him, or anyone else. A meeting may or may not occur Friday at 1500 at the German residence. Prospects for the meeting have dimmed as the Mayor publicly stated [...]
2009-01-30 08:18:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PINR PREL
09ANTANANARIVO691MADAGASCAR: SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR OCTOBER 6
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third consultative meeting of the international contact group (ICG) on Madagascar will be hosted by the African Union in Antananarivo October 6. This meeting presents an opportunity to shore up cohesiveness within the international community and endorse mediator Chissano's [...]
2009-09-30 07:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO692MADAGASCAR: VITUPERATIVE ANTI-SADC RHETORIC FOLLOWS UNGA
[...] (U) The Malagasy transition government (HAT) and its allies are clearly frustrated by the successful efforts of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block the scheduled speech of HAT President Andry Rajoelina at the United Nations General Assembly last week. On Monday September [...]
2009-09-30 11:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SADC MA
09ANTANANARIVO693 AGOA SUSPENSION COULD JEOPARDIZE 80 PERCENT OF SEA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, DCM met with Maersk Madagascar (MM) local lawyer and sales manager to discuss a commercial dispute that occurred between MM and a local firm. MM sales manager advised that if this legal problem is not resolved and AGOA is suspended, Maersk may withdraw from Mada [...]
2009-10-01 07:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO697ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (10/02/2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for September 28 - October 2, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-4) - Rajoelina's Return from UNGA - [...]
2009-10-02 08:31:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO70WHAT'S NEXT IN MADAGASCAR'S POLITICAL CRISIS?
[...] (C) Summary. Following Mayor TGV's Saturday's declaration that he is now "in charge of Madagascar's public affairs" and his call for Ravalomanana's impeachment, it is very unclear what comes next. The Mayor is rumored to be on the verge of naming his own government and asking the crowd to [...]
2009-02-02 07:32:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PINR PREL
09ANTANANARIVO701MADAGASCAR: TGV DIMS HOPE OF CRISIS RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the third ICG-M hosted by the AU in Antananarivo, de facto transition leader Rajoelina failed to make good on his promises to replace his prime minister with a consensus candidate. Instead, he demanded on national television that the international community make se [...]
2009-10-05 14:24:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO707MADAGASCAR: FRAGILE POWER-SHARING DEAL REACHED AT
[...] (C) Summary: Following de facto transition leader Andry Rajoelina's announcement Oct 4 that he agreed to replace his prime minister Monja Roindefo with a consensus candidate to form a unity government, high-level officials attending the third international contact group meeting on Madagascar [...]
2009-10-07 11:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO713MADAGASCAR: NEW TECHNOCRAT PRIME MINISTER AWAITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: See Action Request in para 7. The ambassador greeted Madagascar's new consensus Prime Minister Eugene Mangalaza upon his arrival in country October 10 to publicly display the international community's support for the implementation of an inclusive, consensual transition governm [...]
2009-10-13 12:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MA
09ANTANANARIVO72MADAGASCAR: WEEKEND MEETINGS OF THE EACS REVIEW
[...] (SBU) At 1800 on Friday, January 30, 2009, following a Town Hall Meeting, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, met at the DCM's residence, to assess the security posture of the U.S. Embassy in Madagascar as the weekend begins. Another meeting of EAC was called to me [...]
2009-02-02 10:03:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO720MADAGASCAR: PREPARATIONS FOR THE BIG FOUR SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Mediator Tiebile Drame told the Ambassador October 14 that ousted President Ravalomanana was becoming increasingly radical in his negotiating position. Ambassador Marquardt and Ambassador Carter will meet with Ravalomanana the morning of October 15 to explain that he must get on [...]
2009-10-15 04:40:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO726ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (10/16/2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for October 5-16, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-4) - Ambassador Carter Visit - Public Reaction [...]
2009-10-16 10:19:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO727ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (10/16/2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for October 5-16, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-4) - Ambassador Carter Visit - Public Reaction [...]
2009-10-16 10:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO728MADAGASCAR: BIG FOUR SUMMIT POSTPONED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Envoy Tiebile Drame convoked the diplomatic corps October 16 to seek their opinion on the next steps in finding a way out of Madagascar's political crisis. He explained that ousted President Ravalomanana had rejected the Geneva venue for the planned Oct 17-19 summit of Madag [...]
2009-10-16 12:39:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO73MADAGASCAR: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND
[...] SUMMARY: The battle against child labor in Madagascar is being fought on several levels, with the GOM, civil society, and the international community working to coordinate policy, develop capacity, and get children out of work and into school. While the situation on the ground is still rather [...]
2009-02-02 10:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MA
09ANTANANARIVO74MAYOR'S RADIO STATION CRITICIZES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 14:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO MA
09ANTANANARIVO747MADAGASCAR: FURTHER EMBASSY INPUT FOR AGOA REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: As the 2010 interagency AGOA review now moves forward toward making decisions, post offers this additional input and background to inform agencies' ongoing deliberations. Post recommends that Madagascar's AGOA eligibility be maintained for 2010 if the Malagasy leaders can demons [...]
2009-10-30 05:57:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR EAID PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO750COMOROS-LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS POSTPONED BY ONE WEEK
[...] Summary: The Comoran government and opposition have agreed to hold the scheduled legislative elections a week later than initially planned. "The first round will take place on December 6 instead of November 29 and the second round on December 20 instead of December 13," according to the chairm [...]
2009-11-02 07:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CN
09ANTANANARIVO752MADAGASCAR: ALL EYES ON ADDIS
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union will host a meeting of Madagascar's four vying political chiefs Nov 3-5 in Addis Ababa. The meeting has been touted alternately as a forum for getting the four chiefs' seal of approval on the provisional agreements made during the Oct 6 international contact gro [...]
2009-11-02 13:16:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR EAID PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO753ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (11/02/2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for October 19 to November 2, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (Paragraphs 2-6) - Negotiations in Addis Abab [...]
2009-11-02 14:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO756SUBJECT: MADAGASCAR: WORRIED MALAGASY CHOD WARNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Malagasy Army Defense Chief, (newly-promoted) Brigadier General Andre Ndriarijaona, and his Chief of Staff, Colonel Raphael Ramasy called on the Ambassador and Defense Attache November 3, at their request. General Ndriarijaona expressed concern over the lack of concrete progress [...]
2009-11-03 14:31:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC MA MOPS PREL PGOV
09ANTANANARIVO76 DISASTER DECLARATION - SIGNIFICANT DAMAGES AND POPULATION
[...] This is an Action Cable. See Paragraphs 9 and 10 below. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Intense Tropical Cyclone Fanele, a category three tropical cyclone, hit a populated area on the west coast of Madagascar in the Morondava region on the morning of January 20, 2009 and headed westward [...]
2009-02-03 11:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SENV SOCI MA
09ANTANANARIVO763UPDATE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The forestry sector in Madagascar continues to be decimated by rampant unsustainable and illegal practices. Insufficient monitoring of the situation makes it difficult to ascertain the true dimensions of the problem, but a recent report issued by scientists associated with Missi [...]
2009-11-06 09:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETTC ECON ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO767MALAGASY LEADERS STRIKE A DEAL IN ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request; see paragraph 12. Three months after Madagascar's four main political leaders signed their breakthrough Transition Charter in Maputo, the long-awaited transition government is finally on the starting blocks. Over four days of talks in Addis Ababa, A [...]
2009-11-09 15:25:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO771MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS: NO ONGOING SECURITY DIALOGUES
[...] In response to questions in reftel, Post does not maintain any regular bilateral security dialogue with the governments of Madagascar or Comoros. The USG does offer limited training opportunities, both abroad and in-country, to members of the Comoran armed forces, and is currently conducting s [...]
2009-11-12 14:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MA CN
09ANTANANARIVO775MADAGASCAR'S CRISIS TAKES A TOLL ON BASIC EDUCATION
[...] The on-going political and economic crisis in Madagascar is taking a toll on the basic education system and prospects for continued gains in improving education for 4,400,000 primary school children. Available resources from the government and donors have diminished and parents are being expect [...]
2009-11-13 09:28:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI EAID SCUL MA
09ANTANANARIVO779ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (13-NOV-2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 2-13, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) - Transition Government: Still a Work in [...]
2009-11-13 12:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO781GROWING THREAT OF PIRACY IN MALAGASY AND COMORAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Piracy in the Indian Ocean is expanding south and east beyond the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast, and will likely reach Malagasy or Comoran territorial waters by 2010. Neither country has the resources to deter or respond to this threat, nor will they be able to rely on French [...]
2009-11-16 14:19:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPHSA EWWT MARR MA CN MP SE
09ANTANANARIVO784MADAGASCAR: AGOA PRODUCTION CONTINUES PENDING ELIGIBILITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The approximately forty garment factories that are producing clothing in Madagascar for export to the U.S. under the terms of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have reduced production and workforce by an estimated 15 to 20 percent since the coup last March, but only one [...]
2009-11-17 13:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDAGOA ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO791MADAGASCAR: INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The implementation of the transition charter agreed to in Maputo by Madagascar's four main political rivals has begun. The leadership of a new power-sharing transition government has been installed, including a consensus prime minister, president of congress, the transition pre [...]
2009-11-19 14:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO804MADAGASCAR: ELECTIONS FEASIBLE IN 2010, PENDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Concurrent missions from the UN, the Francophonie (OIF),and the Indian Ocean Commission (COI) conducted a brief evaluation from November 16 to 20 of Madagascar's legal and institutional capacity to hold elections in 2010. The three organizations shared their preliminary conclu [...]
2009-11-23 14:31:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO811COMOROS STILL VERY FRAGILE AS ELECTIONS APPROACH
[...] (C) Summary. During a three-day visit to Grande Comore, only my second visit to the country in 2009, I found the country busily if somewhat tensely preparing for December legislative elections. President Sambi was typically upbeat in his assessment and asked again for the USG to increase its [...]
2009-11-25 10:21:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KPIR MA IR
09ANTANANARIVO812MADAGASCAR: LOBBYING FOR THE CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: The announcement of the full transition cabinet for the new power-sharing Government of Madagascar has been delayed by continuing disagreements over the allocation of several ministerial posts. The local International Contact Group (ICG) issued a communique urging prompt action N [...]
2009-11-25 10:52:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO818ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (27-NOV-2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 16-27, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-8) - AU/UN Evaluation Mission - Continued [...]
2009-11-27 11:00:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO831MAPUTO III: TGV FINALLY FEELING THE HEAT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leaders of three out of four of Madagascar's main political movements -- all but Transition President Rajoelina -- departed Dec. 3 for a third summit to be held in Maputo Dec. 4 to discuss the allocation of cabinet posts in Madagascar's delayed power-sharing transition governm [...]
2009-12-03 14:26:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO832ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (04-DEC-2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 30 to December 4, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) - TRANSITION CABINET REMAINS [...]
2009-12-04 07:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO833MADAGASCAR REPORT OF FAILED ATTACK ON TRANSITION PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Via multiple press sources, Madagascar was informed on December 3 and 4 that on the night of December 2 President Rajoelina's car was allegedly fired on as he returned to Antananarivo from an in-country trip. No one was hurt and as of December 4, there are no known witnesses, e [...]
2009-12-04 07:39:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO840EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF AGOA
[...] (C) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by the ambassador and DCM, was convened on December 8 to assess potential security consequences if Madagascar's AGOA eligibility is terminated later this month. There was a general consensus amongst the EAC members that although there might even [...]
2009-12-08 09:51:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO846AFTER MAPUTO III: A FOOLISH RAJOELINA ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Madagascar's four main political movements have taken a sharp turn for the worse following the latest "partial" summit in Maputo (ref A). Under the direction of President Chissano, former presidents Ravalomanana, Ratsiraka, and Zafy agreed on a compromise to unbl [...]
2009-12-09 13:31:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO850MADAGASCAR: TRYING TO AVOID THE WORST
[...] (C) Summary: Madagascar's halting mediation and transition process has derailed dramatically following publication of Tuesday's "Maputo III" resolutions and Rajoelina's immediate, extreme, and negative reaction to them (reftel). Probably using the resolutions and the unfortunate letters sign [...]
2009-12-11 10:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO856MADAGASCAR: SECURITY MINISTER STOPS POLITICIANS' RETURN
[...] (SBU) The de facto GOM has clarified its intention to keep rival political leaders from returning to Madagascar after their summit in Maputo, Mozambique (reftel A and B). Minister of Internal Security Organes RAKOTOMIHANTARIZAKA issued a note on December 11 listing 25 individuals who were to b [...]
2009-12-14 14:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO857LETTER: FMR PRES RATSIRAKA TO SECRETARY CLINTON ON AGOA
[...] (U) Below is the full text of a letter regarding AGOA from former Malagasy President Didier Ratsiraka to Secretary Clinton, delivered to Post by fax on December 12. The original fax, written in English, will be delivered via email to AF/E. [BEGIN TEXT] FROM: Mr. Didier Ratsiraka Forme [...]
2009-12-14 14:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO858MADAGASCAR'S TGV: NONCOMMITTAL ON ICG AND STRANDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a meeting on December 15 with several local COMs, Transition President Andry "TGV" Rajoelina remained noncommittal on the return of his stranded political rivals (still in South Africa),and expressed his concern that the African Union had invited Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka the [...]
2009-12-15 13:34:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO863GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE: MADAGASCAR COMMENT
[...] SUMMARY: This cable is in response to reftel, "Global Health Initiative: Promoting Greater Awareness and Participation". Post welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the Global Health Initiative (GHI). Post supports the GHI Principles as they bring attention to key elements of health pro [...]
2009-12-15 14:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV KWMN KOCI MA
09ANTANANARIVO868MADAGASCAR'S TGV: MAPUTO PROCESS DEAD, EYES TURN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's transition president Andry "TGV" Rajoelina formally has ended the troubled mediation and consensus-building process that has struggled haltingly forward since international mediators first arrived here in February. In a televised interview on December 16, he outlined [...]
2009-12-17 13:44:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO87 Comoros Reestablishes Links To Swahili Coast
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After decades of instability and post-colonial focus on France, the Union of the Comoros is rediscovering historic links to the Swahili Coast of Africa. In partnership with Tanzania's Board of External Trade, the Comoran Chamber of Commerce will soon open an office in Dar es Sal [...]
2009-02-09 06:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD CN
09ANTANANARIVO870MADAGASCAR: HOLDING AN ICG IN JANUARY -- BEFORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 18, Ambassador Marquardt hosted the COMs of France, Germany, Mauritius, South Africa, the European Union, and the United Nations to discuss Rajoelina's recent public address, plans for a future meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Madagascar, and the a [...]
2009-12-18 09:19:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO872OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maputo [...]
2009-12-21 18:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO874OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maput [...]
2009-12-22 04:46:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO876ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (22-DEC-2009)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for December 7 to 22, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 1-5) - Rajoelina kills the Maputo process [...]
2009-12-23 10:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO88Comoran Students Look Abroad For Opportunity
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Comoran education and foreign ministry officials express growing concern about the trend in Comoran students going abroad far and wide seeking educational opportunities. Thousands of Comorans study in more than 30 countries, some with scholarships, some self-financed and most ob [...]
2009-02-09 06:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO887ICG-M IN ADDIS ABABA: BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6, members of the International Contact Group on Madagascar (ICG-M) will meet in Addis Ababa to discuss the international community's response to recent developments in Antananarivo. This cable contains suggested talking points for use by the U.S. delegation to the ICG- [...]
2009-12-29 12:11:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA FR ET
09ANTANANARIVO89MADAGASCAR: TOWARD A NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saturday's bloodbath makes it both more urgent and more necessary to find a viable third path to resolve the Malagasy political crisis: one that neither perpetuates the discredited Ravalomanana in office, nor cedes power to the naive, extra-constitutional, and irresponsible mob t [...]
2009-02-09 07:38:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO890MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS: POLICIES AND ATTITUDES ON
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Post is providing information on official policies and public attitudes regarding sexual orientation and gender identity for both Madagascar and Comoros. Homosexual acts are illegal in Madagascar for individuals under the age of 21, although the policy is repor [...]
2009-12-31 06:59:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MA CN
09ANTANANARIVO9HARD LABOR PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR MALAGASY PRISONERS
[...] (SBU) On January 4, 2009, 22 prisoners broke out of the high security prison located in Tsiafahy. The prison is located 17 kilometers south of Antananarivo and is considered Madagascar's most secure, housing the country's most violent criminals and a host of alleged political prisoners. 2. [...]
2009-01-07 10:47:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MA PTER
09ANTANANARIVO90MADAGASCAR: ABANDONING RAVALOMANANA
[...] (C) KEY CONTACTS ARE TELLING THE AMBASSADOR THAT SUPPORT FOR RAVALOMANANA FROM WITHIN THE MILITARY AND HIS OWN GOVERNMENT IS WEAKENING. KEY MINISTERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO RESIGN THIS MORNING, WHILE THE MILITARY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE SIDELINES AND LET THE POLITICS PLAY OUT. 2. (C) [...]
2009-02-09 08:44:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MA
09ANTANANARIVO92EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS MALAGASY SECURITY FORCES
[...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Meeting, chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened at the DCR, also the Alternate Command Center (ACC),on Sunday, February 8 to discuss the impact of Saturday's massacre at the Presidential Palace. In light of these events, the EAC met to review trip wire [...]
2009-02-09 09:43:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO97NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE TO BEGIN SATURDAY?
[...] (C) Summary. The National Consultative Conference (NCC) described in ref A could begin here this Saturday, February 14. Post is supporting this effort with funding and suggestions on participation, as well as supportive public diplomacy. We are preparing a press statement welcoming this br [...]
2009-02-12 09:47:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PREL
09ANTANANARIVO99MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE CARTAGENA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MA
10ANTANANARIVO105MADAGASCAR: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] SUMMARY: Madagascar's ongoing political crisis, which began in December 2008, has severely diminished the government's ability to address a wide range of social problems, including child labor and forced labor. The most recent reliable data specific to this subject remains the 2007 national su [...]
2010-02-25 04:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP MA
10ANTANANARIVO111LOCAL FRENCH VIEWS ON MALAGASY CRISIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the French government may be outwardly in synch with the rest of the international community, discussions with local French representatives indicate that do not plan to "lay down the law," in a clear, non-ambiguous way, to Andry "TGV" Rajoelina and the HAT. They contin [...]
2010-02-25 14:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FR MA
10ANTANANARIVO112CONTROVERSIAL MILITARY FIGURE NAMED NEW FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice-Admiral Hyppolite Ramaroson was named Vice Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs on February 24, and sworn in today. He takes over an important ministry at a crucial moment, with AU sanctions looming if the de facto GOM fails to implement the 2009 Maputo/Addis accords (ref c) by [...]
2010-02-25 14:51:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
10ANTANANARIVO114AU MOVES TOWARD SANCTIONS, FOLLOWING ICG-M CONDEMNATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) decided on targeted sanctions against Madagascar's coup leaders, giving them a final deadline of March 16 to implement the 2009 Maputo/Addis accords in good faith. Although France and China blocked such precise [...]
2010-02-26 05:20:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MA AU
10ANTANANARIVO115ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's update for February 8-26, a periodic unclassified review of political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-6) - ICG-M MEETS, AU MOVES TO SANCTION - RAJOELINA [...]
2010-02-26 08:53:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV ECPS MA
10ANTANANARIVO32ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Update for January 4 to 20, a periodic unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) -Crack Down Against the Opposition - [...]
2010-01-20 07:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
10ANTANANARIVO43MADAGASCAR: AU/PING MISSION FAILS TO PERSUADE RAJOELINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Jean Ping, accompanied by a delegation from SADC, the UN, COI, and the OIF, met with Madagascar's political leaders January 21-22 to propose a compromise solution for implementing the Maputo and Addis Ababa accords. De facto president Rajoelina immediately rejected [...]
2010-01-25 13:15:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA
10ANTANANARIVO44MADAGASCAR: AU/PING MISSION FAILS TO PERSUADE RAJOELINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Jean Ping, accompanied by a delegation from SADC, the UN, COI, and the OIF, met with Madagascar's political leaders January 21-22 to propose a compromise solution for implementing the Maputo and Addis Ababa accords. De facto president Rajoelina immediately rejected [...]
2010-01-25 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MA
10ANTANANARIVO52ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Update for January 25 to 29, a periodic unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-6) - ELECTIONS POSTPONED - ANDRY RAJOE [...]
2010-01-29 13:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
10ANTANANARIVO53FRUSTRATED DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The forestry sector in Madagascar continues to be decimated by rampant unsustainable and illegal practices, especially in the northeastern region of the country. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable discussion on Jan 21 with NGOs and like-minded ambassadors to discuss the causes [...]
2010-02-01 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETTC ECON ETRD MA
10ANTANANARIVO56MADAGASCAR: TGV'S CHOICES: ACCEPT PING PROPOSAL
[...] (S) Summary: Finally exasperated with Rajoelina's incompetence, a group from within his inner circle and the military will give him a stark: accept the Ping/AU "compromise" proposal, or stand aside to allow a consensual council to run Madagascar until elections. Rajoelina returns today fr [...]
2010-02-02 07:41:00Embassy AntananarivoSECRETPGOV PREL MA
10ANTANANARIVO66ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for February 1 - 5, a periodic unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-6) - French Deputies Support TGV - TG [...]
2010-02-05 11:15:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV ECPS MA
10ANTANANARIVO67MADAGASCAR: STATE OF APPAREL COMPANIES AFTER AGOA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Madagascar's suspension from AGOA on December 23, 2009, newspapers report daily demonstrations of workers protesting lay-offs from garment factories. These demonstrations have been small, mainly peaceful, and not targeted against the U.S. Although only a few companies have [...]
2010-02-08 12:02:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAGOA ECON EAID ETRD MA
10ANTANANARIVO68FORMER MALAGASY PRESIDENT ZAFY: PATIENT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, Ambassador Marquardt met with former President Albert Zafy to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing political impasse. Zafy remains firm in his support for a return to the 2009 Maputo and Addis agreements, still clearly considers himself an equal partner [...]
2010-02-09 04:26:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
10ANTANANARIVO72CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese investment stock, detailed below, reached USD 39 million in 2008 in Madagascar, while Chinese investment remains limited in the Comoros. No USG collaboration on development programs has been undertaken to date with the Chinese in either island nation. The best opportuni [...]
2010-02-12 05:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAGR EAID CH CN MA
10ANTANANARIVO77(MORE) CONFUSION IN MADAGASCAR AS ICG APPROACHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the International Contact Group on Madagascar (ICG-M) prepares to discuss Madagascar's ongoing crisis on February 18 in Addis Ababa, Antananarivo is buzzing with political intrigue, although facts remain scarce. All four political movements have submitted their replies to AU C [...]
2010-02-12 10:21:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
10ANTANANARIVO84EDUCATION GAINS THREATENED BY CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The political crisis of 2009 adversely impacted the education sector. The suspension of donors' funding and cuts in the government education budget led to an increase of fees paid by parents, who already faced difficulties due to reduced incomes. As a result, enrollment figure [...]
2010-02-17 06:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID MA
10ANTANANARIVO97MADAGASCAR: REACTIONS TO ICG DURING AF/E VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: While the International Contact Group on Madagascar was meeting in Addis Feb 18 (septel) and the African Union's Peace and Security Council was deciding to give Madagascar's leaders until March 16 to implement the power-sharing accords signed in Maputo and Addis, AF/E Deputy Dire [...]
2010-02-22 13:05:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
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