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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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IdentifierSubjectDateOfficeClassificationTags
00THEHAGUE1650THE DUTCH ON EU FOSSIL FUEL GRANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-02 12:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1659DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MINISTERIAL
[...] THE DUTCH WILL ATTEND THE MINISTERIAL. THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AFFAIRS AND DRUG POLICY DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, STEVEN VAN HOOGSTRATEN. HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH THE DUTCH ANTILLES AND ARUBA, ALTHOUGH [...]
2000-06-05 13:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM XL FR NL UK
00THEHAGUE1660RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING: NO PROBLEM
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-05 13:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF NL
00THEHAGUE1664ICTY: ICTY COMMENTS ON USG PROPOSAL FOR WITNESS
[...] (U) Begin Summary: As a follow-up to Ambassador Scheffer's 28 March letter to the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) regarding possible relocation of Tribunal witnesses to the United States (Ref A),Embassy legaloffs had discussions with represe [...]
2000-06-05 14:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM NL ICTY ICTR
00THEHAGUE1665DEMARCHE ON PERUVIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) WE SHARED REFTEL POINTS JUNE 5 WITH ROELAND VAN DE GEER, A/S EQUIVALENT FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IN THE MFA. VAN DE GEER EXPRESSED SOME FRUSTRATION THAT THE EU HAD NOT YET ISSUED A STATEMENT SINCE THE SECOND ROUND OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS. HE SAID THE DUTCH PUSHED FOR A STRONG EU STATEMEN [...]
2000-06-05 15:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PE NL
00THEHAGUE1673DUTCH THOUGHTS ON UNFICYP MANDATE REVIEW, OIL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-06 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO ETTC IZ CY UK NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1674DUTCH ON F-16 (MNFP)--REVISED SIGNING CEREMONY
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-06 12:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP NL NATO DCI
00THEHAGUE1676SECRETARY SLATER DISCUSSES TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
[...] Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater visited the Netherlands May 31 and June 1 to discuss transportation issues with Dutch government and private sector officials. Although front-burner issues such as hushkits were mentioned, most of the conversations were broader, touching on the future [...]
2000-06-06 13:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EIND ELTN EWWT FR NL SENV EUN FAA IMO
00THEHAGUE1677DUTCH COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVES IN SOUTH
[...] PURSUANT TO REF C, THE FOLLOWING IS A SHORT SUMMARY OF RECENT DUTCH COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SINCE LAST POST SUBMISSION IN DECEMBER 1999. 2. PERU: THE NETHERLANDS HAS PROVIDED PERU WITH APPROXIMATELY 10,000,000 (TEN MILLION) DOLLARS IN DEBT RELIE [...]
2000-06-06 13:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR NL
00THEHAGUE1678DUTCH GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF SOESTERBERG
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-06 15:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NL NATO
00THEHAGUE1679ICTY: JORDA PROPOSES "AD LITEM" JUDGES TO SPEED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: ALLEN S. WEINER, LEGAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5(B),(D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: JUDGE CLAUDE JORDA, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY),VISITED AMBASSADOR ON TUESDAY, MAY 30, TO PREVIEW PROPOSALS HE INTENDS TO MAKE BEFORE TH [...]
2000-06-06 16:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM HR SR NL ICTY ICTR
00THEHAGUE1693DUTCH DISCOURAGED ABOUT EU EFFORT TO DEFINE FRY WHITE LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-07 13:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ETRD SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1695PEACEKEEPING REMAINS SENSITIVE ISSUE IN...
[...] SUMMARY: SINCE THE FALL OF THE SREBRENICA ENCLAVE IN 1995, DUTCH POLITICIANS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN REVIEWING THEIR PEACEKEEPING DECISIONMAKING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT DUTCH TROOPS WILL NEVER AGAIN BE PLACED IN SUCH AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. GIVEN THEIR CONTINUING BELIEF IN THE GOAL OF PROMOTING PEACE A [...]
2000-06-07 13:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR NL MPOS NATO EUN
00THEHAGUE1697ESTABLISHING A PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD FOR
[...] POST CONTACTED THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND CONVEYED U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN-BASED STANDARDS OVER PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDS BY THE CEN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. 2. THE SPOKESMAN OF THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS STATED THAT H [...]
2000-06-07 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD SZ EUN
00THEHAGUE1698CODEL GRAMM
[...] Post grants country clearance to Codel Gramm. Control officer will be Wendy Moore, econ officer, who can be reached at (31)(70)310-9273; fax 310-9273; e- mail moorewc(AT)state.gov. 2. Hotel reservations have been made for the delegation at the Amsterdam Hilton, Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG [...]
2000-06-08 09:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1700ICTY: READ-OUT ON RS PRIME MINISTER DODIK'S
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: ALLEN S. WEINER, LEGAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5(B),(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA (RS) PRIME MINISTER DODIK'S MAY 29 WITH THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY) WAS USEFUL FROM A SYMBOLIC POINT OF VIEW I [...]
2000-06-08 09:39:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
00THEHAGUE1725LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM HCOPIL ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION AND ACESS TO CHILDREN ABROAD
[...] EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH 2 FROM HANS VAN LOON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (HCOPIL),TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT CONCERNING THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON CIVIL SIPDIS ASPECTS OF CHILD ABDUCTION. VAN LOON NOTES THE RECENT D [...]
2000-06-08 15:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDCASC NL GM HCOPIL
00THEHAGUE1734DUTCH WILL PROVIDE ALBANIA ELECTION SUPPORT
[...] The Dutch have decided to grant USD 500,000 to the UNDP for the OSCE-coordinated election support effort for the October Albania elections, with the proviso that it be used for voter registry preparations and data verification. 2. The Dutch plan to open their embassy in Tirana by late J [...]
2000-06-09 10:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KDEM NL OSCE
00THEHAGUE1735SUBJECT: FY-2001 EMBASSY THE HAGUE
[...] ON MAY 24, 2000, THE IV SELECTION COMMITTEE NOMINATED THE FOLLOWING SLATE OF IVP CANDIDATES FOR THE FY-2001. PRINCIPAL CANDIDATES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: ------------------------------------------ - MR. HANS `ABMA' - MS. NEBAHAT `ALBAYRAK' - MR. ERIC `BALEMANS' - MR. SANDER ` [...]
2000-06-09 14:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL NL
00THEHAGUE1736ACICIP SPONSORED INTERNET TUTORIAL, SUMMER 2000
[...] EMBASSY THE HAGUE APPRECIATES REFTEL OFFER TO ATTEND ACICIP SPONSORED INTERNET TUTORIAL AND NOMINATES SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONAL JAN RAZOUX SCHULTZ TO PARTICIPATE SUMMER 2000. JAN, SHARING TELECOM RESPONSIBILITY WITH ECON FSO, WILL BE IN WASHINGTON ATTENDING FSI TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY [...]
2000-06-09 15:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD NL
00THEHAGUE1737CODEL GRAMM: COST ESTIMATES
[...] Per ref A., post submits the following approximate cost estimates for hotel accommodation, transportation and representational events for Codel Gramm. Would appreciate fund cite ASAP. 2. Per diem for delegation for 2.5 days at USD 197/day: USD 5417.50 Supplemental for actual [...]
2000-06-09 15:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1738DUTCH READY FOR POST-ELECTION SUPPORT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-09 16:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM MW NL
00THEHAGUE1754 POLICY CHANGE TO CIRCULAR 175 AUTHORITY
[...] WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST ANY PRE-RATIFICATION NEGOTIATIONS AS OUTLINED IN REFTEL. OF THE CATEGORIES OFFERED IN REFTEL, PARAGRAPH 8, WE CHOOSE CATEGORY D: NOT FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE CURRENT FOL AGREEMENT IS RATIFIED, HOWEVER, WE WOULD RECOMMEND CATEGORY B: FEASIBLE WITH SOME CH [...]
2000-06-14 05:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL SNAR KTIA NL
00THEHAGUE1767USITC INVESTIGATION, ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES:
[...] THE FINAL PROGRAM FOR USITC TRADE ANALYST AMANDA HORAN AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIST RUSSELL HILLBERRY TO CALL ON DUTCH ENERGY SECTOR POLICY MAKERS, REGULATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF DUTCH ELECTRICITY SECTOR, JUNE 22 THRU JUNE 23, 2000 FOLLOWS. PER HORAN E-MAIL REQUESTS WE HAVE DROPPED APPOINTME [...]
2000-06-14 15:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA ECON NL
00THEHAGUE1776DEMARCHE ON NO ANCHORING PROPOSAL
[...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE CONTACTED MARTEN KOOPMANS, SENIOR STAFFER IN THE DUTCH TRANSPORT MINISTRY'S TRANSPORT SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL HEAD THE DUTCH DELEGATION TO THE IMO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION (NAV). KOOPMANS TOLD US THAT THE U.S. PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP IN C [...]
2000-06-15 09:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN EWWT KSCA PHSA SENV NL
00THEHAGUE1779DUTCH THOUGHTS ON U.S.- EU VISA BAN AND SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH ARE PLEASED THAT THE 6/13-14 EU GAC ENDORSED MORE FREQUENT UPDATES OF THE EU SERBIA VISA BAN LIST. THEY THINK THEY NOW HAVE A POLITICALLY RESPONSIVE TOOL TO PRESSURE MILOSEVIC AND HIS REGIME. THEY STILL SUPPORT CLOSER EU COORDINATION WITH NON-EU STATES ON FINANCIAL SANCTIONS, [...]
2000-06-15 11:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC CVIS PHUM SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1794CHILD LABOR STUDY: REPORT ON THE NETHERLANDS
[...] CHILD LABOR IS ILLEGAL IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE COUNTRY HAS COMPREHENSIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK. THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT TAKES A LEADING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD LABOR. IN MAY 2000, THE GON SENT A DRAFT LAW TO THE SECOND CHAMBER OF [...]
2000-06-16 13:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND PHUM ETRD SOCI NL
00THEHAGUE1796ANTI-TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP IN KIEV
[...] WE WERE INFORMED BY THE DUTCH FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY TODAY THAT MR. H.F. VAN DRUNEN OF THE DUTCH EMBASSY IN UKRAINE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ANTI- TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP ON JUNE 21-23. THE MFA NOTED THAT NO OTHER DUTCH OFFICIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATE PERSONS WILL BE A [...]
2000-06-16 13:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN NL CGEN OSCE
00THEHAGUE1797DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-16 13:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO
00THEHAGUE1801GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK MAY RAISE CONCERNS WITH SIMITIS
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-16 15:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL GR UK NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1802DUTCH MULLING KOSOVO AID NEEDS, FINALIZING MONTENEGRIN ROAD AID
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-16 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PREF SR NL
00THEHAGUE1810WHALES DEMARCHE
[...] DUTCH IWC COMMISSIONER VON DER ASSEN TOLD EMBASSY HE LARGELY SHARES US POSITIONS CONTAINED IN REFTEL. WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEM 7 (SANCTUARIES),VON DER ASSEN SAID THE NETHERLANDS MAY CO-SPONSOR THE AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A SANCTUARY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. WITH RESPECT [...]
2000-06-19 13:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS NL IWC
00THEHAGUE1850GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK PRESSES SIMITIS AT FEIRA
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-21 17:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL GR UK NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1863READOUT ON MTCR DUTCH CHAIR VISIT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
[...] END SUMMARY. TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT FOR FUTURE PARIS POC MTG (PROTECT UNTIL RELEASE AT NEXT MTCR POC MEETING) 2.(C/REL MTCR - REL TO MTCR UPON LATE JUNE POC MTG CIRCLTN) BEGIN TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT: GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE GIVEN BY THE NOORD [...]
2000-06-22 12:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL HK MC MY SN IR NL MTCRE
00THEHAGUE1867 DUTCH RESPOND TO UK ALIEN SMUGGLING TRAGEDY
[...] THE GON REACTED WITH BOTH WORDS AND ACTIONS TO THE JUNE 19 DISCOVERY IN THE UK OF 58 VICTIMS OF ALIEN SMUGGLING. 2. BECAUSE THE TRUCK IN WHICH THE VICTIMS WERE DISCOVERED IS OF DUTCH REGISTRATION AND THE DRIVER IS DUTCH, THE GON BECAME IMMEDIATELY INVOLVED. IT HAS SINCE ARRESTED BOTH THE [...]
2000-06-22 13:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SMIG CVIS PINR ASEC CH NL EUN KPRD
00THEHAGUE1868SCENESETTER: VISIT OF CODEL GRAMM TO THE
[...] Summary: With a booming economy, ample budget surpluses, and a rapidly declining national debt, the Netherlands is exceptionally well positioned for the coming of the euro. So far, businessmen believe that the benefits of the transition have far exceeded the costs, but the Dutch Central Bank [...]
2000-06-22 14:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1873DUTCH ON IRAN: SHIRAZ DEFENDENTS, AG MINISTER VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-22 15:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EAGR ETRD IR NL
00THEHAGUE1876CLIMATE CHANGE: ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY FUNDS
[...] DUTCH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER PRONK TOLD THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT ON JUNE 20 THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED THAT HIS MINISTRY, RATHER THAN THE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MINISTRY, SHOULD FINANCE CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ACCORDING TO PRONK, THIS REQUIRES A CHANGE IN THE GOVERNM [...]
2000-06-23 07:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL ENRG ECON NL
00THEHAGUE1878ICTY: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PROPER DISPOSITION
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This is an action request; see paragraph five below. The Finance Section of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has recently renewed its 1998 request for advice as to the proper disposition to be made of a refund (in the amount of [...]
2000-06-23 10:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
00THEHAGUE1879FRY RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE UNSC: DUTCH WILL ABSTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-23 11:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL SR NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1887ICJ FINDS NO JURISDICTION OVER PAKISTAN-INDIA
[...] IN A JUDGMENT ISSUED ON JUNE 21, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) DECIDED THAT THE COURT LACKED JURISDICTION OVER A CLAIM BROUGHT BY PAKISTAN AGAINST INDIA ARISING OUT OF THE ALLEGED DOWNING BY INDIAN FORCES OF A PAKISTANI AIRCRAFT TRAVELING IN PAKISTANI AIRSPACE. BY A VOTE OF 14 TO 2 [...]
2000-06-23 14:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IN PK ICJ
00THEHAGUE1896ICTY: SFOR APPREHENSION OF DUSKO SIKIRICA
[...] EARLY IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 25, SFOR FORCES IN BOSNIA DETAINED DUSKO SIKIRICA, A PUBLIC INDICTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). SIKIRICA ARRIVED IN THE HAGUE AT APPROXIMATELY 14:15 ON JUNE 25 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICTY'S DETENTION FACILITY IN T [...]
2000-06-26 10:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
00THEHAGUE1926SUDAN/UNSC: DUTCH BELIEVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-27 09:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC SU NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1929SHIRBRIG SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA/ERITREA PEACE: DUTCH WEIGHING PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-27 10:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MARR ER ET NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1937THE NETHERLANDS: EU DIGITAL SIGNATURE DIRECTIVE
[...] Summary. Emboff met with Ministry of Economic Affairs official Martin Buys to discuss Dutch implementation of the directive. The GON is drafting legislation, therefore no public version is available. Buys said that the GON wishes to limit government involvement in electronic signatures, all [...]
2000-06-27 13:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT ETRD EUN
00THEHAGUE1940DUTCH THOUGHTS ON RS WALKOUT OF SRCC, SERB
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-27 16:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID PREL MARR BK SR HR NL OSCE
00THEHAGUE1950DUTCH CONFIRM EU PLANS FOR MINISTERIAL TROIKA
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-28 11:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BO NL OSCE EUN
00THEHAGUE1952GEORGIA: UNOMIG MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-28 12:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL GG RS UNSC
00THEHAGUE1957 DUTCH PARLIAMENT FOR LEGALIZED SOFT DRUG
[...] ON JUNE 27, A MAJORITY OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT ADOPTED A LABOR PARTY (PVDA) RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GON TO LEGALIZE THE SUPPLY OF DUTCH-GROWN CANNABIS ("NEDERWIET") TO COFFEESHOPS. DUTCH JUSTICE MINISTER KORTHALS REJECTED THE PROPOSAL. HE WANTS TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WIT [...]
2000-06-28 15:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NL
00THEHAGUE1959PICK-UP OF U.S.-SUPPLIED ENCRYPTION EQUIPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-28 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP PARM TRGY
00THEHAGUE1976UNCC: DUTCH CHAIRMAN WITH US
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-29 12:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNC NL
00THEHAGUE1985PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR AMBASSADOR WINTER
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-29 15:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OTRA
00THEHAGUE1996 OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF EARTH CHARTER IN THE HAGUE
[...] ON JUNE 29, THE EARTH CHARTER COMMISSION HELD A CONFERENCE IN THE HAGUE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING THE EARTH CHARTER CAMPAIGN. MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, A CO-CHAIR OF THE EARTH CHARTER COMMISSION, ATTENDED THE LAUNCH AS DID HER MAJESTY QUEEN BEATRIX OF THE NETHERLANDS, AND RUUD LUBBERS, FORMER DUTCH PRIME [...]
2000-06-30 14:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SENV NL UN
00THEHAGUE2000URGENT ACTION REQUEST ON FRY ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-30 15:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SR NL EUN
01THEHAGUE3267AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - DUTCH QUESTIONS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, CHARGE HAS SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH DUTCH DEPUTY POLITICAL SECRETARY GENERAL HERMAN SCHAPER ON NOVEMBER 8 TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE AND HE WOULD APPRECIATE TALKING POINTS TO ADDRESS DUTCH QUESTIONS IN PARA 2 BELOW BY COB WASHINGTON TIME ON NOVEMBER 7. [...]
2001-11-07 10:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID EUN NL JA
03THEHAGUE1375KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: REQUEST FOR
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our First Quarter, 2003/2004, budget contribution of USDOLS 625,729.00. Iran received in parallel an identical request. Please note that [...]
2003-06-02 10:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE1384(S) INTERDICTION STRATEGY: THE DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-02 12:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP NL
03THEHAGUE1390HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION: SEMINAR EXPLORES ROLE
[...] Summary and Action Request: The Permanent Court of Arbitration hosted a seminar to explore whether international arbitration is a suitable mechanism for resolving claims involving Nazi-looted art. Legal experts agreed that arbitration could play a useful role and some advocated establishmen [...]
2003-06-02 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNAR PHUM AORC NL IBPCA
03THEHAGUE1391PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON FUGRO-
[...] PER REF 02284, THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY REQUESTED POST THE HAGUE TO CONDUCT A PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON FUGRO-INPARK B.V. SUBJECT COMPANY IS THE END-USER OF OMEGA INFRARED CAMERAS, WHICH CONTAIN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETER FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (SENSORS) CONTROLLED FOR NUCLEAR NON- PROLIFERAT [...]
2003-06-02 15:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP KOMC ETTC NL
03THEHAGUE1392ICTY: SENIOR OTP OFFICIALS DOWNBEAT ON "NEW ERA"
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reason: 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. According to Chief of Investigations Patrick Lopez-Terres of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),cooperation with Belgrade authorities has not signific [...]
2003-06-02 15:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1400TERRORIST FINANCE: JUDGE UPHOLDS DUTCH FREEZE OF AL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-03 11:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1417ICTY: IS MILOSEVIC HOLDING UP?
[...] (C) Summary: The last two months have dealt blows to Slobodan Milosevic from Belgrade and within the trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In the ICTY, a series of witnesses have hammered Milosevic with crime-based details of the joint crimina [...]
2003-06-05 10:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1421TERRORIST FINANCE: AL AQSA FOUNDATION OPERATING
[...] (U) The Dutch newspaper Trouw reported today that Al Aqsa Foundation has continued its operations under the auspices of the Israa Foundation. Israa is an acronym for "internationale steun rechtstreeks aan armen" or "International Direct Support for the Poor." 2. (SBU) Israa is headquarte [...]
2003-06-05 11:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1434IAEA/IRAN: DEMARCHE TO DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-05 15:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE1443DUTCH CABINET APPROVES IRAQ STABILIZATION FORCE
[...] (SBU) ON JUNE 6 THE DUTCH CABINET APPROVED THE DEPLOYMENT OF DUTCH MARINES AND ASSOCIATED UNITS TO SERVE AS PART OF THE BRITISH DIVISION IN THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ. THE CABINET WILL ADVISE THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT IN WRITING OF ITS DECISION AND PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE THE MATTER IN 8-9 DA [...]
2003-06-06 11:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS IZ NL
03THEHAGUE1449AMBASSADOR SOBEL'S DEPARTURE FROM POST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-06 14:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA ASEC FR NL
03THEHAGUE1450DUTCH REACTION TO CUBAN CRACKDOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-06 14:36:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU NL
03THEHAGUE1451CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 12
[...] Details about the 2003 cash flow difficulties emerged during the first round of 2004 budget consultations and the OPCW informed member states that they will have to begin cutting program delivery. 2. Two rounds of 2004 budget consultations were held in June with senior OPCW management int [...]
2003-06-06 14:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ABUD CWC
03THEHAGUE1453DUTCH COURT ACQUITS ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the District Court of Rotterdam acquitted all twelve suspects charged (under a variety of statutes) for offenses related to the provision of support to a terrorist organization. This was the second such loss for the government before the same court, following the December [...]
2003-06-06 15:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM PREL CASC ETTC XG NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1466DUTCH RESPONSE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS BUDGET INCREASE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-10 14:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC ABUD TRGY NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE1499TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER (TPO) AT POST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-12 13:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD NL
03THEHAGUE1506IAEA/IRAN: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE WITH DUTCH ON IRAN
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MADE REF A DEMARCHE TO DUTCH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HUGO SIBLESZ ON JUNE 12. SIBLESZ SAID HE SAW NO GAP BETWEEN U.S. AND DUTCH VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, ONLY A DIFFERENCE OVER TACTICS. THE DUTCH PREFERENCE FOR THE JUNE 16 IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS' MEETING IS FOR SOME FORM [...]
2003-06-12 15:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE1508DUTCH ON HALTING ASSISTANCE TO HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-12 15:06:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPTER PREL KPAL NL
03THEHAGUE1509CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENE-SETTER
[...] (SBU) The First Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference, April 28 - May 9, consumed a great deal of Technical Secretariat and national delegation energy, and the last month has been frankly rather quiet. While the annotated EC-33 agenda (faxed to Washington) is long at this point, many [...]
2003-06-12 15:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1523DUTCH TASK FORCE PREPS BUSINESS SECTOR FOR ROLE IN
[...] Summary. About 300 businesspeople attended a conference on Iraq reconstruction that was staged on June 6 by the GONL and the Dutch Association of Chambers of Commerce. The GONL gave a positive but realistic assessment of business opportunities in the Iraq and pledged the government's help [...]
2003-06-13 13:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON IZ NL
03THEHAGUE1524DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-13 13:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE
03THEHAGUE1530ICTY: DEL PONTE GREETS SLJIVANCANIN ARREST WITH
[...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reasons 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte reacted to the arrest today of outstanding "Vukovar Three" fugitive Veselin Sljivancanin with [...]
2003-06-14 08:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1531TERRORIST FINANCE: NETHERLANDS: HAMAS NAMES
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-14 20:02:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL NL
03THEHAGUE1545CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] There has been little commentary or discussion on the RevCon. However, in general, the RevCon exceeded expectations. Many delegations are eager to discuss how we will pursue RevCon follow-up. 2. Three rounds of budget consultations were held 11-13 June on Programs 3-6. The facilitator wil [...]
2003-06-16 15:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1546ICTY: CROSS-BORDER PIFWC APPREHENSIONS GET A GREEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed on June 5 that the Tribunal has jurisdiction over indictee Dragan Nikolic, who has claimed since his arrest in April 2000 to have been detained unlawfully by SFOR (refs A and B). [...]
2003-06-16 15:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1548TERRORIST FINANCING: ADDITIONAL DUTCH RESPONSE ON
[...] (S) Dutch officials told us 6/16 that at the EU Foreign Ministers Meeting, Dutch FM de Hoop Scheffer plans to stress the need for the EU to take urgent action against Hamas (including clearinghouse designation),to urge that the EU exert influence on Middle East leaders to stop funding for Ha [...]
2003-06-17 04:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC PTER EUN NL
03THEHAGUE1552EU Subregional Voluntary Visitor Program on
[...] As requested in ref cable, Post is pleased to confirm the nomination of the Dutch participant in the EU Subregional Voluntary Visitor program on Financial Market Issues, Mr. Willem J. Kooi, Policy Advisor of International Monetary Affairs, Ministry of Finance. 2. It is understood that the t [...]
2003-06-17 07:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
03THEHAGUE1586POSTPONEMENT OF HAMAS DESIGNATION: DEMARCHE
[...] (S) EconOff delivered demarche ref A to Jan Peter Kleiweg and Wouter Juergens of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 19. The MFA was already aware of the U.S. intent to postpone the designation of the Hamas leaders and linked NGOs prior to the demarche being delivered. [...]
2003-06-19 14:09:00Embassy The HagueSECRETCVIS EFIN ETTC KPAL KVPR NL PTER
03THEHAGUE1589DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT UN IRAQ TECHNICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-19 16:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN NL PREL
03THEHAGUE1595DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR EU MIDDLE EAST ENVOY
[...] (U) Noting that Marcel Kurpershoek is one of two finalists to replace Angel Moratinos, we want to share our impressions and some biographic details. Kurpershoek currently is resident in Pakistan, where he serves as Dutch ambassador to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Taji [...]
2003-06-20 12:09:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL EU IS NL PK
03THEHAGUE1597BASE REALIGNMENT - ROUND 31 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) Per reftel we notified the GONL of our desire to begin consultations on facilities in Brunssum and Vriezenveen. In response, the NL Ministry of Defense requested face-to-face consultations to be conducted with MG van der List, Director for Personal and Organization, Royal Netherlands Arm [...]
2003-06-20 13:35:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR PREL NL
03THEHAGUE1603ARAB-EUROPEAN LEAGUE MOVES INTO THE NETHERLANDS
[...] Summary: The militant Muslim Arab-European League (AEL) has spread its wings from Belgium to the Netherlands. The foundation of a Dutch section became official with the organization of a congress in late May, which adopted a platform and elected an executive board. At present, AEL-NL has abo [...]
2003-06-23 04:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL NL
03THEHAGUE1615PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON AIMS NDT BV, EXPORT
[...] PER REF 02279, THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY REQUESTED POST THE HAGUE TO CONDUCT A PRE- LICENSE CHECK ON AIMS NDT B.V. SUBJECT COMPANY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE DUTCH DISTRIBUTOR OF FLIR SYSTEMS' E2 THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS, WHICH CONTAIN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETER CONTROLLED FOR NUCLEAR NON [...]
2003-06-23 16:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP KOMC ETTC NL
03THEHAGUE1627DUTCH TO DEPORT CUBAN ASYLUM APPLICANT ON JUNE 30
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) Embassy received a letter from United States Senator Bob Graham on June 18 requesting action on behalf of a constituent regarding a Cuban citizen who had applied for asylum and was being held in detention in The Netherlands. Dutch governme [...]
2003-06-24 15:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCU NL PHUM PREF PREL PGOV
03THEHAGUE1632PORTUGAL; NETHERLANDS; CTRY CLR. GRANTED DOE;
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Thomas Sarkus for travel to The Netherlands July 6 - July 12,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State [...]
2003-06-25 09:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA
03THEHAGUE1633CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] SUMMARY: ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC)-33, U.S. DELOFF PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS RELATED TO RUSSIAN CWD ASSISTANCE THAT INCLUDED VIKTOR KHOLSTOV, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR-GENERAL (D-G) OF THE RUSSIAN MUNITIONS AGENCY (RMA). U.S. DELOFF EMPHASIZED THE URGENT NEED FOR [...]
2003-06-25 10:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1640NIH/FIC -DR. BARSONY- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Julianna Barsony for travel to The Netherlands July 4 - July 13,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of Sta [...]
2003-06-26 07:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL TBIO OTRA
03THEHAGUE1649NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR. GRANTED BOISSEVAIN + 0,
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Jan G. Boissevain for travel to The Netherlands July 16 - July 25,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of S [...]
2003-06-26 10:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA
03THEHAGUE1672DUTCH PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS IN IRAQ
[...] Summary: On June 25, the Dutch parliament gave the go- ahead for deployment in the Stabilization Force of about 1,100 troops in the Al-Muthanna province in Iraq. The three government parties were supported by the opposition Labor party and by smaller parties on the center-right. Voting again [...]
2003-06-27 10:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR KPKO IZ NL
03THEHAGUE1674ICTY: LILIC'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC A MIXED
[...] (C) Summary. To outside observers, Former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic's testimony against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last week looked like a mixed bag. Lilic gave a detailed accounting of Milosevic's role in decision-maki [...]
2003-06-27 11:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1677UPDATE ON DUTCH DEPORTATION OF CUBAN ASYLUM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) In discussions with the attorney, Mw. mr. W.M. Hompe, who is representing Cuban asylum applicant Jose Manuel Vargas Martin, PolOff was informed that no appeal had been filed after the original denial of asylum. Vargas Martin was represented [...]
2003-06-27 13:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCU NL PHUM PREL PREF PGOV
03THEHAGUE1679NETHERLANDS: 58TH UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE
[...] Pieter Ramaer, head of the Political and Judicial departments of MFA's UN and IFI, confirmed the following information to PolOff on June 27 (information is keyed to reftel): A: Attendance of Head of State: There are no plans for the Queen to attend. B. Attendance of Head of Governmen [...]
2003-06-27 14:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA NL UNGA UN
03THEHAGUE1680EU GOALS AND DUTCH RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA GOALS -
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-27 14:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PHUM NL UNGA UN
03THEHAGUE1697 The Netherlands' EU Stability Pact Dilemma
[...] This message was jointly drafted by Embassy The Hague (Econ-Schultz),USEU Brussels (Econ-Brown),and ConGen Frankfurt (Treasury-Wallar) 2. Summary. The Netherlands' proposed EU stability program to be considered by the Ecofin Council July 14-15 is based on outdated numbers and presents [...]
2003-07-01 13:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN NL ECON EUN
03THEHAGUE1699EMBASSY THE HAGUE WELCOMES ANDREW SCHOFER AND
[...] (U) Embassy the Hague welcomes Andrew Schofer and Karen Enstrom and grants Country Clearance for travel to The Netherlands July 13 - July 17 2003. 2. (U) Embassy is arranging meetings and hotel reservations per ref B and C. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following th [...]
2003-07-02 06:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OTRA PREL
03THEHAGUE1707CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RUSSIAN
[...] In Delegation's view, during these meetings it became clear that Russia does not intend, and perhaps never intended, to abide by the present terms of the CTR MOU dated 14 March and signed by then-Director of the Russian Munitions Agency Zinovy Pak. The Russian delegation expressed its view th [...]
2003-07-03 06:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1722ILSA - READOUT FROM AMBASSADOR'S JULY 2 MEETING
[...] (C) On July 2 the Ambassador met with Jeroen van der Veer, President of the Dutch side of Royal Dutch Shell, to deliver demarche ref A regarding the Azadegan oil fields in Iran. Van der Veer was accompanied by Senior Regional Adviser Dr. Gavin Graham, who recently met with EB/ESC officials i [...]
2003-07-07 05:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC IR JA NL PREL
03THEHAGUE1727CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...]
2003-07-07 13:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1728HFR Petten: Results Of Survey On Preparedness
[...] Local media recently reported the outcome of a survey on preparedness of the Petten HFR in dealing with calamities. Since the issue is related to the physical protection discussions with the Dutch planned for July 10-July 11, we bring the news item to the attention of the Russell Hibbs team. [...]
2003-07-07 13:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY NL
03THEHAGUE1729CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 14TH SESSION OF
[...] (U) The Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters (ABAF) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held its 14th session in The Hague, from 9-13 June 2003. The primary focus of attention was on the draft programme and budget 2004, which calls for an 8.36 [...]
2003-07-07 13:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1730ICTY: UK DRAFT UNSCR ON THE COMPLETION STRATEGY
[...] (C) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Theodor Meron passed to embassy legal counselor the draft of a Security Council resolution developed by the UK that would require the ICTY Prosecutor to implement key elements of the Tribunal's so-called completion [...]
2003-07-07 14:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1731CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 16
[...] (U) No other delegations showed enthusiasm for committing, as of Friday, June 20, to a serious, sustained effort at a systemic fix for Article IV/V financing. 2. (U) There were no immediate results from this round of industry intersessional consultations, but it is possible that the Sep [...]
2003-07-07 14:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1732DUTCH ON BELARUS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-07 14:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL BO NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1737LES: CY 2004 COMPENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] Summary. This is Post's response to compensation questionnaire requested in ref telegram. The answers are keyed to questions from paragraph 2 until 6. End Summary. 2. Questionnaire A. Desired Labor Market Position - 72nd Percentile. A1.Post's desired labor market position for FSN compe [...]
2003-07-08 09:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN AMGT KSEP KICA
03THEHAGUE1738ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON TO VISIT BELGRADE JULY 24-25
[...] (U) Classified by: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason: 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Theodor Meron has received and accepted a formal invitation to visit Belgrade from Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) Foreign Ministe [...]
2003-07-08 10:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE1739DUTCH PM BALKENDE OUTLINES AGENDA
[...] (C) On June 30, Amb Sobel and Dutch PM Jan Peter Balkende discussed their objectives. The Prime Minister listed three issues on which he personally wanted to lead his new government: values, innovation, and the 2004 EU presidency. In the Fall, the PM will begin traveling to capitals to prepa [...]
2003-07-08 11:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EU MARR NL PREL PTER
03THEHAGUE1740CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...]
2003-07-08 11:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1753DUTCH MFA ON SENIOR OSCE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MOLDOVA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-09 13:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD NL
03THEHAGUE1754EMBASSY THE HAGUE WELCOMES A/S BETH JONES
[...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary of State Beth Jones and Kent Logsdon for July 15 - July 16, 2003. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Embassy The Hague Political Counselor Mary Daly, (31) 70-310-9341 (Office),(31) 70-310-9348 (Fa [...]
2003-07-09 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OTRA PREL
03THEHAGUE1755 TELEPHONIC BOMB THREAT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 9, 2003, at approximately 1539 hours an employee of the U.S. Embassy The Hague received a telephonic bomb threat from a male individual stating he was a member of the activist group called RA-RA and stated the American Express in Rotterdam was going to explode within 30 [...]
2003-07-09 16:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1759 TELEPHONIC BOMB THREAT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 9, 2003, at approximately 1539 hours an embassy employee of the U.S. Embassy The Hague received a telephonic bomb threat from a male individual stating he was a member of the activist group called RA-RA and stated the American Express in Rotterdam was going to explode [...]
2003-07-10 05:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1777 TELEPHONIC BOMB THREAT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-11 15:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1779DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT ICG MEETING ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-11 15:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM AORC NL
03THEHAGUE1784POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON
[...] PER REF 02275, THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY REQUESTED POST THE HAGUE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION (PSV) ON ENERGIE EN MILIEUTECHNISCHE ADVIESBUREAU DAM (ABBREVIATED: EMAC). EMAC IS THE END- USER OF A THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA. SUBJECT ITEM IS SOLD BY LICENSE APPLICANT MIKRON INF [...]
2003-07-14 10:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP KOMC ETTC NL
03THEHAGUE1789DUTCH ON BURMA: EU WAITING UNTIL AUTUMN
[...] (C) PolOff made reftel points to Roeland Kollen, Policy Officer in the MFA's South-East Asia Division, on July 11. Kollen said the EU will consider additional bilateral measures against Burma this fall; at present, the EU is deliberating on what other measures, if any, might be useful in prom [...]
2003-07-14 13:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1806ICC: A CAUTIOUS BEGINNING WITH MIXED SIGNALS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Public documents of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and conversations with diplomats from friendly states parties to the Rome Statute and other members of The Hague international law community have given Embassy legal officers an early glimpse into the formative activities [...]
2003-07-15 12:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC
03THEHAGUE1816DUTCH SUPPORT LAUNCH OF IRAQ GOVERNING COUNCIL
[...] (C) On July 16, PolOff and British PolCouns delivered reftel to MFA Adri van Loopik, head of the Gulf States Division. Van Loopik congratulated the US, UK and UN on bringing together such a diverse and inclusive group to form the Governing Council. The Dutch are encouraged by the actions ta [...]
2003-07-16 14:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO IZ UK NL UNSC
03THEHAGUE1823 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY NEAR AM CON GEN AMSTERDAM ON
[...] (SBU) At approximately 1555 hrs on 07/15/2003 The Royal Marechaussee (KMAR) Anti Terror Unit, deployed inside the fence line at the consulate, noted a suspicious individual on the Museumplein (public park area)just beyond the second fence line who appeared to be paying particular attention to [...]
2003-07-17 12:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1824MARITIME COUNTERNARCOTICS AGREEMENT
[...] With respect to reftel, Embassy's Global Issues Specialist asked the Dutch Foreign Ministry's about the status of the MOU, and was referred to Mr. Th. Sneek, deputy director for international and legal matters in the Defense Ministry. According to Sneek, there is no such MOU being drafted. [...]
2003-07-17 12:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA SNAR PHSA EWWT EAIR JM NL
03THEHAGUE1827ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON URGES USG TO OPPOSE DEL
[...] Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Daniel R. Russel for reason 1.5 (d). 2. (C) Summary. President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with the Ambassador on July 16 to convey his serious concerns about the performance of Chief Pro [...]
2003-07-17 14:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALHR KAWC KJUS NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE1837ICC: PROSECUTOR FOCUSES ON CONGO, DISCLAIMS ANY
[...] (U) Summary: On July 16, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Luis Moreno-Ocampo, held a press conference in The Hague to discuss information his office has received from around the world about possible areas for ICC inquiry. During the ICC's first year, the Office [...]
2003-07-18 13:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC
03THEHAGUE1842KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: FIRST QUARTER
[...] U.S. Treasury Check No. 8769-00033318 in the amount of U.S. DOLS. 617,026.50 was received at American Embassy, The Hague. The check, which constituted the latest United States contribution to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal budget, was delivered to Ambassador Christopher Pinto, Secretary-Genera [...]
2003-07-21 15:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE1844AIRCRAFT NOISE: DUTCH PARLIAMENT RAISES NEW
[...] Summary. The Dutch parliament is reviewing aircraft noise levels in response to pressure from communities in the area of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Sleep disturbances have increased as the 5th runway has come on line. It remains to be seen whether or not the study will lead to a change [...]
2003-07-21 17:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON NL ENIV
03THEHAGUE1846DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT FURTHER FRANCO-GERMAN EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: In July 15 conversations with visiting Assistant Secretary Jones and the Ambassador, senior Dutch officials expressed concerns about Franco-German efforts to take concrete steps to implement decisions from the April 29 "Mini-Summit," especially the establishment of a distinct EU [...]
2003-07-22 09:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NL NATO
03THEHAGUE1847OSCE: A/S JONES' MEETINGS IN THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-22 10:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALGG KCRM MD NL PREL UP OSCE
03THEHAGUE1848NETHERLANDS REPLY ON DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-22 10:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC NL PARM ECON
03THEHAGUE1855A/S JONES' HAGUE VISIT: TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-22 15:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ELAB KCRM KHIV KWMN PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR
03THEHAGUE1857DUTCH: SUMMARY OF EU THOUGHTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Following delivery of HR reftels on July 21, MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Human Rights, Hans Docter (protect source),confirmed that the EU will introduce UNGA resolutions on Burma and the DRC; a decision on Iran has been postponed until early September, but appears likely. Docter also s [...]
2003-07-22 15:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR BM CG ZI KN NL UNGA UNHRC UN
03THEHAGUE1858ICTY: DEL PONTE PUSHES BACK;SEEKS MEETING WITH SG
[...] Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),is seeking an urgent meeting with UN Secretary General Annan, perhaps as early as tomorrow, [...]
2003-07-23 05:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY ICTR
03THEHAGUE1859COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE NETHERLANDS: ACQUITTALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent acquittals of Islamist terrorist suspects in two high profile cases (see Ref A) and increasing realization that terrorist threats affect the Dutch homeland have prompted the government of the Netherlands to propose more measures to strengthen counterterrorism legislatio [...]
2003-07-23 05:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM CASC XG PREL ECON ETRD ETTC EFIN NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1863PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON BLOEMSMA & VAN
[...] PER REF 03248, THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY REQUESTED POST THE HAGUE TO CONDUCT A PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON BLOEMSMA & VAN BREEMEN SHIPYARD. THE SHIPYARD IS THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE OF A NAVIGATIONAL AID UNIT, CONTAINING THREE CAMERAS, WHICH ARE CONTROLLED FOR NUCLEAR, NON-PROLIFERATION AND AN [...]
2003-07-23 10:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP KOMC ETTC NL
03THEHAGUE1865A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-23 12:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
03THEHAGUE1877EMERGENCY PAYMENT REQUEST
[...] DUE TO MONTHEND AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT POST WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INITIATE ANY PAYMENTS BEFORE JULY 28, POST REQUESTS EMERGENCY PAYMENT TO BE MADE AS FOLLOWS: 2. AMOUNT PAYABLE: EUR 14,085,883 3. VENDOR: OPCW PROGRAMME BUDGET ACCOUNT 4. DEBITOR/CREDITOR CODE: 1404 [...]
2003-07-24 09:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC PARM OPCW CWC
03THEHAGUE1879NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]
2003-07-24 15:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE1882EPA/OIA FIDLER
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Dave Goodwin, Anhar Karimjee, Stephen Andersen, and Sally Rand for travel to The Netherlands August 9 - August 14, 2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat as [...]
2003-07-25 08:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY
03THEHAGUE1888ACTING NP/DAS FITZPATRICK'S MEETING WITH THE DUTCH
[...] (C) Summary: Acting NP/DAS Fitzpatrick and T Senior Advisor Wurmser met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Chief Maurits Jochems on July 21 to discuss next steps concerning Iran and the IAEA. The Dutch are seized with the urgency of the Iranian nuclear issue. They agreed to support encouraging [...]
2003-07-25 12:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE1890CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE: PROPOSED
[...] Finance Minister Zalm's "agreement" with U.S. authorities regarding installation of radiological detectors in the port of Rotterdam received prominent attention in the afternoon (7/24) and morning (7/25) Dutch media. According to the press, Zalm expects he can soon launch the new security me [...]
2003-07-25 15:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1893NETHERLANDS ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Netherlands has pledged approximately EUR 21 million to Iraq humanitarian relief. They have also offered technical experts, particularly in the areas of water management. A consortium of Dutch government and industry has submitted to the World Bank and CPA a compreh [...]
2003-07-28 15:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EFIN IZ NL
03THEHAGUE1899BHUTAN: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN
[...] (C) On July 29 PolOff conveyed reftel to MFA South Asia Senior Policy Advisors Arjen Kool and Robert Claessens. Kool and Claessens noted the similarity between reftel and the July 18 EU statement on Bhutan. The GoNL remains concerned about the situation of the Bhutanese refugees, especially [...]
2003-07-29 11:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL BT NP NL UNHCR
03THEHAGUE1900IRAQI ASSETS: DUTCH POSITION ON FREEZING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-29 13:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC IZ NL UNSC
03THEHAGUE1910CODEL HASTERT TO THE NETHERLANDS (JUL 30 - JUL 31)
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-29 14:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AFIN NL
03THEHAGUE1920LIBERIA: DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE EURO 500,000 FOR
[...] (S) Summary: The GoNL plans to contribute euro 500,000 via ECOWAS to Mali to support Mali's military contribution to an ECOWAS force in Liberia. Such financial support will be dependent upon a "believable arrangement" that Taylor will leave country and will not be absolved of his war crimes [...]
2003-07-30 14:40:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL CD LI ML MR NG XY NL UNSC
03THEHAGUE1924NASA (JPL) COUNTRY CLEARANCE: NOORDWIJK,
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Terry Fisher for travel to The Netherlands September 24-26,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State on [...]
2003-07-31 09:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL TSPA OTRA
03THEHAGUE1930CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE VII
[...] (U) This is the weekly reporting cable for July 21-25, 2003. 2. (U) RFGs contained in paragraphs 17 & 24. ------------------------------------ Informal Consultations of the EC on Plan of Action Preparations Article VII and Universality ------------------------------------ 3. (U) [...]
2003-07-31 13:54:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1942NETHERLANDS: COUNTRY SNAPSHOT FOR POLITICAL ISLAM
[...] (C) To date, only one political group in the Netherlands claims an Islamic political platform (AEL-NL, see A below). There are numerous Islamic based organizations and student groups, most of which are small in number and influence. With the exception of AEL-NL, Islamic organizations are norma [...]
2003-08-01 14:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PHUM NL
03THEHAGUE1950NAME OF AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICER - THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-04 13:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON NL
03THEHAGUE1954TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH COMMENTS ON AL AQSA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-05 07:15:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC PTER NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1957IRAQI ASSETS: DUTCH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1483
[...] (C/NF) The Netherlands central bank has tasked Dutch financial institutions to search their records for any accounts linked to the former Iraqi regime and to immediately freeze any that are discovered regardless of whether they are on a UN list. Dutch officials admit that the EU regulation i [...]
2003-08-05 08:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC IZ NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1958FY 2002 OPCW PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED
[...] AS AUTHORIZED IN REFTEL, POST FORWARDED EURO 130,469.19 FOR PAYMENT INTO OPCW'S PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ACCOUNT 40.47.74.881, VIA VOUCHER NUMBER 2563BZ02677, DTD. 08/01/2003 2. TOTAL AMOUNT IN USD 146,759.49 (AT RATE OF EXCHANGE: EURO 0.889 IS 1 US DOLLAR) IS CHARGED TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL [...]
2003-08-05 11:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC PARM OPCW CWC
03THEHAGUE1959TERRORIST FINANCE: ETA YOUTH DEMONSTRATE IN
[...] The Basque youth movement Segi held a small demonstration in the Netherlands this weekend despite its being designated by the EU as a terrorist organization "internal" to Europe and by the Dutch government under its national sanctions law as a group with whom financial transactions are prohib [...]
2003-08-05 11:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PTER SP NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1988NETHERLANDS: 58TH UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE UPDATE
[...] MFA reported updates UNGA attendance information on August 7. Information is keyed to Ref B. A. Attendance of Head of State: There are no plans for the Queen to attend. B. Attendance of Head of Government: Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister, will attend the UNGA HIV/AIDS meeting and [...]
2003-08-07 10:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA NL UNGA UN
03THEHAGUE1991ICTR: SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch MFA officials responsible for following the international criminal tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) said that, given their lack of experience working with him, they were not in a position to provide an assessment of the current ICTR deputy prosec [...]
2003-08-07 13:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL ICTY ICTR
03THEHAGUE1997DUTCH ON INTERDICTION OF MISSILE RELATED CHEMICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-07 15:53:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC BE NL MTCRE
03THEHAGUE2002ICTY: SENIOR PROSECUTORS PUSH FOR PLEA AGREEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) successfully negotiated four plea agreements during the three months that ended with the plea of Darko Mrdja on July 24. According to ICTY Chief of Prosecutions Michael Johnson, the plea agreement [...]
2003-08-08 11:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2009MEPN - WORKING GROUP ON WATER RESOURCES:COUNTRY
[...] Country Clearance is granted for the MEPN - WORKING GROUP ON WATER RESOURCES U.S. DELEGATION for travel to The Netherlands August 23-30, 2003. 2. Kami Witmer will be the Control Officer. She can be reached at the following numbers/addresses: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-9339, (H) 31-70-354-0639, [...]
2003-08-08 14:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL PREL SENV OTRA
03THEHAGUE2033TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA PERSONNEL E.O.
[...] Country clearance is granted for Joseph Eugene Masini for travel to the Netherlands August 17 - August 23, 2003. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. Please note that the country clearance request cable was not received in Amsterdam Consulate or Embassy The Hague. Pleas [...]
2003-08-13 08:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA NL
03THEHAGUE2044ADDITIONAL FY 2003 HCOPIL PAYMENT: ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-14 11:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC HCOPIL
03THEHAGUE2063NETHERLANDS SUPPORTS MASS GRAVES PROJECTS IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) The GoNL is supportive of the mass graves projects in Iraq outlined in reftel. PolOff met with Adri van Lookpik, head of the MFA's Gulf States Section, on August 15 to review ref A requests. Per ref B, PolOff noted that if the Da [...]
2003-08-15 15:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM PHUM IZ UK NL
03THEHAGUE2072RESTRAINED DUTCH REACTION TO LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN
[...] Summary: Dutch government and party spokesmen are clearly unhappy with the appointment of inexperienced Mirna Godett as the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, as well as with the criticism and inflammatory statements directed against the Netherlands by her brother, political stron [...]
2003-08-18 15:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NA NL
03THEHAGUE2096OSCE: CIO POSITIVE BUT CAUTIOUS ON IRAQ POLICE
[...] This is an action request - please see para 3. 2. DCM conveyed reftel points to Daan Everts, the Dutch CiO's Personal Representative. Everts, while agreeing that an assessment team is desirable, was unwilling to give a "yes" to the proposal in advance of his meeting with FM de Hoop Scheff [...]
2003-08-20 14:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALUK IZ NL OSCE KINL
03THEHAGUE2103FY 2003 PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] POST PAID 22,075.00 EURO'S TO IBPCA'S ACCOUNT NO. 67.80.88.438 AS AUTHORIZED IN REFTEL, VIA VOUCHER NUMBER 2563BZ02881, DTD. 08/14/2003. 2. TOTAL AMOUNT OF USD 25,000.00(AT RATE OF EXCHANGE: EURO 0.883 EQUALS ONE US DOLLAR) WAS CHARGED TO FISCAL DATA: 19-3-1126-0000-00-1021-366405-3452-4 [...]
2003-08-21 08:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC IBPCA
03THEHAGUE2107ICTY: CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND PRESIDENT PUSHING IN
[...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, for reasons 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte and President Meron are pressing for competing changes in the draft ICTY/ICTR Security Council [...]
2003-08-21 11:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2113TERRORIST FINANCE:THE HAGUE - NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) The GONL has responded to the August 19 suicide attack in Jerusalem by calling on fellow EU members and the EU Commission (via diplomatic demarche) to convene the EU clearinghouse as quickly as possible in order to move forward with designating Hamas. Because large numbers of European offi [...]
2003-08-21 14:27:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2114PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...]
2003-08-22 08:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA
03THEHAGUE2128DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DUTCH ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) DCM AND POLOFF MADE REFTEL POINTS TO DUTCH MFA OSCE TASK FORCE CHIEF AMB. DAAN EVERTS AND TASK FORCE STAFF IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS ON AUGUST 22. AMB. EVERTS TOLD DCM THAT DESPITE BEING "VERY DISAPPOINTED" WITH THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA, THE OSCE WOULD ENGAGE IN THE SELECTION OF TH [...]
2003-08-22 16:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI KDEM GG NL OSCE DU
03THEHAGUE2129OSCE POLICE TRAINING IN IRAQ: DUTCH CIO NEEDS UNSC
[...] Dutch OSCE coordinator Dan Everts briefed DCM on the outcome of his late August 22 meeting with FM de Hoop Scheffer on reftel demarche. Everts said that while the FM - like Everts - supported the idea of OSCE assistance to police training in Iraq, he could not simply decide to send an assessm [...]
2003-08-25 08:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALUK IZ NL OSCE KINL
03THEHAGUE2137NETHERLANDS RESPONSE TO ADC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Please see action request paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs confirms that Dutch electronics manufacturer Philips plans to ship 14-bit ADCs to China, but has not completed the transaction. The GONL has not yet made a determination on the export lice [...]
2003-08-25 11:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC NL PARM ECON
03THEHAGUE2142IRAQ: DUTCH SUPPORT TRANSITION - ENCOURAGING
[...] (C) Summary: The GoNL continues to support the transition phase in Iraq politically, militarily and financially. The Dutch are also working behind the scenes within the EU to encourage other member states to more actively contribute to this effort. Nevertheless, the Dutch do not want to be [...]
2003-08-25 13:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2144IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: SECOND QUARTER BUDGET
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our Second Quarter, 2003/2004 Budget Contribution of USDOLS 625,729. Iran received in parallel an identical request. Please note that [...]
2003-08-26 08:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE2161ICTY: REGISTRAR THANKS USG FOR RULES OF THE ROAD
[...] EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH TWO REGARDING USG CONTRIBUTION TO THE ICTY RULES OF THE ROAD PROJECT. 2. // BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER// Clifton M. Johnson Office of the Legal Counselor Embassy of the United States of America Lange Voorhout 102 2514 EJ The Hague [...]
2003-08-27 11:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY KAWS
03THEHAGUE2163Secretary Abraham's 8/13 Meeting with Dutch
[...] (U) Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham met with Dutch Economics (also energy and telecommunications) Minister Laurens Jan Brinkhorst on August 13 in The Hague. In response to a question from Brinkhorst, the Secretary described the factors that led to the California electricity shortages - e [...]
2003-08-27 13:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG TPHY EINV KNNP IZ IR NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2167OSCE: MOLDOVA HIGH-LEVEL ENVOY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Due to the absence of CiO Personal Representative and OSCE Task Force Director Daan Everts until August 29, PolOff delivered ref A to OSCE Task Force Senior Policy Advisor Geoffrey van Leeuwen. Van Leeuwen said the GoNL agrees that positions on both the Transnistrian and Moldovan sides hav [...]
2003-08-27 13:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD NL OSCE
03THEHAGUE2171DUTCH SUPPORT EU RESOLUTION ON IRAN DURING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-28 09:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IR EU NL UNHRC
03THEHAGUE2173IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff delivered ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on August 27. The Dutch believe a noncompliance resolution on Iran is merited, but are concerned this may not be achievable as Dir. ElBaradei's latest report is not final, so some board members may [...]
2003-08-28 13:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2177Netherlands: Corporate Governance Issues High on
[...] Summary: Dutch officials told the Ambassador that Sarbanes-Oxley implementation is still a matter of great concern to the Dutch financial community. They acknowledge that U.S. regulators have some flexibility in implementing the law's provisions but fear European voices will not find a recep [...]
2003-08-28 14:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2196RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...]
2003-08-29 13:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
03THEHAGUE2200DUTCH GOVERNMENT DEFUSES OPPOSITION'S EFFORTS TO
[...] Summary: At the instigation of opposition parties, a hearing on Iraq originally scheduled for September was changed to August 28 in order to put pressure on the government on the eve of the Prime Minister's visit to the U.S. The opposition claimed that the Dutch government got involved in Ira [...]
2003-08-29 15:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR KPKO IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2205RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...]
2003-09-02 11:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
03THEHAGUE2209EMBASSY THE HAGUE PARTICIPATION IN USNATO POL-MIL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-02 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL AMGT NATO
03THEHAGUE2210TERRORIST ASSETS: SECRETARY'S MESSAGE TO EU
[...] (C) Acting Economic Counselor delivered the Secretary's message (ref a) and peace process section of Gymnich demarche (ref b) to Dutch Political Affairs Director Werner on September 2 with a request that they be conveyed to Foreign Minister de Hoop Scheffer in advance of the FM's September 3 m [...]
2003-09-02 14:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC KPAL PTER EUN NL
03THEHAGUE2220IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA ON IAEA BOG NONCOMPLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on September 3. The Dutch agree that a noncompliance resolution on Iran is warranted, but believe it may have to wait for Dir. ElBaradei's final report in November. According to Wilke there is "no u [...]
2003-09-04 09:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2227DUTCH THOUGHTS ON EU GYMNICH MEETING
[...] (C) We spoke with working-level contacts about Gymnich while the FM was in Washington. According to contacts, the Dutch will push EU counterparts at Gymnich for an EU designation of HAMAS (ref B) and greater international support for the transition phase in Iraq. The Dutch will also query E [...]
2003-09-04 13:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU NL UNHRC OSCE
03THEHAGUE2238U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COOPERATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-05 13:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PREL SNAR NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2244TERRORIST FINANCE: USING CALL CENTERS FOR ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch officials expect to take action against several Amsterdam call centers for illegal money exchange activities. Their investigation has developed independently from an Amsterdam city council report on possible hawala banking activities by these call centers. End Summary. [...]
2003-09-08 10:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC NL
03THEHAGUE2247IRAQ: VISIT OF DUTCH DEFMIN TO IRAQ SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (C) Dutch Minister of Defense Henk Kamp plans to travel to Iraq from September 24-25 to visit UK Division Headquarters in Al Basra and meet with Dutch troops participating in stabilization operations in Al Muthanna on September 24. The Minister [...]
2003-09-08 14:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2248FINAL REPORT ACTUAL AND COST INCURRED FOR
[...] Post incurred the following charges for the OSCE/PA CODEL to the Netherlands July 4 until July 9, 2003: Per diem (2167) $ 8,684.10 Rep. Benjamin Cardin - $ 334.00 Rep. Joseph Pitts - $ 334.00 Rep. Diana Watson - $ 334.00 Rep. Steny Hoyer [...]
2003-09-08 15:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AFIN NL
03THEHAGUE2289CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RESPONDING TO
[...] (C) As you consider the U.S. response to the ILO's egregious decision regarding former Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Jose Bustani, I want to provide my thoughts, as your eyes and ears on the ground, on the key U.S. interests involved with [...]
2003-09-11 15:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC ILO UN
03THEHAGUE2290ILSA: IRAN-AZADEGAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYAL
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Shell Advisor Gavin Graham confirmed that Shell has no plans to make a proposal or tender for the Azadegan oil field independent of the Japanese. Shell does not feel the time is right to make deals in Iran, and is wary of undermining its relationship with the Japanese [...]
2003-09-11 17:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC IR JA NL UK
03THEHAGUE2291DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GUATEMALA OAS OBSERVER
[...] (SBU) The Dutch plan to contribute approximately USD 100,000 to the OAS Electoral Observer Mission in Guatemala, confirming the information in ref A. On September 11, Lucie de Zwaan of the MFA Western Hemisphere Division informed EconOff of the intended contribution, but asked that the USG [...]
2003-09-12 07:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL GT NL OAS
03THEHAGUE2297PASSENGER NAME RECORD DEMARCHE -- NETHERLANDS
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche on Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to Andre van Wiggen and Robert van Embden of the MFA's Division of Transport (Personenverkeer) on September 9. Van Embden says the Dutch are working on answering our note, and he expects to have a "detailed" response to re [...]
2003-09-12 13:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KJUS NL PTER
03THEHAGUE2298RESPONSE TO SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TURKS (300,000),MOROCCANS (280,000),IRAQIS (33,000),SOMALIS (29,000) [...]
2003-09-12 14:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
03THEHAGUE2299DUTCH ON SUPPORTING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR LIBERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-12 15:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MOPS LI NL
03THEHAGUE2306IRAQ: DUTCH INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH TRADE BANK
[...] In the Netherlands, all export credit insurance risks (political and commercial, pre-credit and credit) for all countries under short term whole turnover policies are handled by a private insurer Gerling NCM. The Ministry of Finance has pledged to inform Gerling about the possibilities of wo [...]
2003-09-15 12:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID ETRD PREL IZ EXIM
03THEHAGUE2310DUTCH MFA ON GYMNICH, MEPP, AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met with MFA Director for Political Affairs Jaap Werner and Deputy Director Joop Wijnands on September 9 to discuss the results of the September 5-6 EU Foreign Ministers Gymnich meeting. Werner termed the September 2-3 visit of PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Sch [...]
2003-09-15 13:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEU PREL NL UNHRC OSCE
03THEHAGUE2311DEMARCHE REQUEST--WSIS/FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-15 13:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM NL UNAUS
03THEHAGUE2313DUTCH REACTION TO NONPAPER ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered nonpaper text on human rights in China (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of East Asia Department Gerrie Willems, and Senior Policy Advisor on Human Rights in Asia Sandra Pellegrom on September 12. The Dutch are pleased the U.S. is initiating early discussions on th [...]
2003-09-15 15:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH NL
03THEHAGUE2321AFGHANISTAN -- "ACCELERATING SUCCESS" DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On September 10, EconCouns and EconOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA South Asia Division Director Wilfred Mohr. Mohr did not specify what amount the Netherlands plans to contribute for 2004, but he predicted that levels would be lower than in the past two years due to tightening ODA [...]
2003-09-16 12:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID NL PREL AF EUN
03THEHAGUE2328PCA: ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ADOPTS BUDGET PROPOSAL
[...] (U) The Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) decided by consensus on Monday, September 15, to adopt Secretary General Tjaco van den Hout's proposed budget (ref A) for the biennium 2004-2005. Consistent with the USG position found in ref B, the Secretary General e [...]
2003-09-16 15:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AORC IBPCA
03THEHAGUE2331CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TS COMMENTS ON
[...] (U) This is CWC-91-03. Action required, see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Del representative Betsy Sanders met with Greg Linden, chief of the Information Services Branch (ISB) of the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS),and Subhash Paradkar, CEO of Sitar, Inc, Annandale, Va. Issues discussed include [...]
2003-09-17 06:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EIND CWC
03THEHAGUE2335WTO MINISTERIAL: DUTCH DISAPPOINTED AND DISMAYED BY
[...] Summary and Comment: The immediate official Dutch reaction to the breakdown of the WTO Ministerial in Cancun is similar to the USG's with ministers decrying developing country and NGO tactics. The Netherlands sees talks resuming only after the negotiating climate improves but think it will t [...]
2003-09-17 09:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD NL WTRO EUN
03THEHAGUE2338CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR
[...] (SBU) There will be one major topic for discussion at EC-34 (budget),a number of key issues of importance to the U.S. on which there may be substantial discussion (U.S. destruction deadline extension, Article VII) and one question that will be difficult to avoid discussing (the ILO decision o [...]
2003-09-17 10:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2340NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON
[...] (C) Press reports (cited in reftels) have pointed to preparations for September 20-21 exploratory peace talks between the New People's Army and Government of the Philippines in Oslo. The Dutch government told us that NPA leader Sison has applied for permission to leave the Netherlands to att [...]
2003-09-17 13:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC RP NO EUN
03THEHAGUE2343DUTCH RESPONSE TO OEF DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This is an action request: see para 3. 2. (C) Mission made reftel demarche to GONL prior to September 2-3 visit to Washington by Dutch PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Scheffer. Post was advised that GONL was not in a position to provide assets as requested reftel. The Dutch plead budge [...]
2003-09-17 15:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PARM PTER AF NL
03THEHAGUE2352Bank/Fund Meetings: Dutch Positions
[...] Enhancing Crisis Prevention --------------------------- -- Adoption by the IMF on a trial basis of a "balance sheet approach" in the context of regular Article IV consultations. -- Issuing Article IV reports without the country being examined signing off. -- Making more explicit in the " [...]
2003-09-18 13:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID NL IMF IBRD
03THEHAGUE2353Bank/Fund Meetings: Dutch Positions
[...] Enhancing Crisis Prevention --------------------------- -- Adoption by the IMF on a trial basis of a "balance sheet approach" in the context of regular Article IV consultations. -- Issuing Article IV reports without the country being examined signing off. -- Making more explicit in the " [...]
2003-09-18 14:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID NL IMF IBRD
03THEHAGUE2361URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Middle East to Dutch MFA Head of Political and Legal Affairs Division Pieter Ramaer and Deputy Head of Middle East Division Mark Singleton. The Dutch will follow the EU line, but do not yet kn [...]
2003-09-18 14:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS NL UNGA
03THEHAGUE2366DUTCH RESPONSE TO IAEA ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Arab-Israeli dispute at the General Conference (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division Peter Potman. During the demarche, the MFA received a call from its delegation in Vienna saying the EU had just rea [...]
2003-09-19 14:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IS EG NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2367CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC):
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Sept. 19, OPCW Director-General Pfirter made a strong pitch to delegations for an effective increase in the 2004 OPCW budget of approximately 7.4%. Pfirter assured the delegates that he and the leadership of the Technical Secretariat (TS) would work hard to identify and im [...]
2003-09-19 14:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2385 REQUEST FOR CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR TECHNICIAN
[...] Post requests the immediate services of the digital copier repair technician in Frankfurt to service two defective Nashuatec copiers located in CAA offices. 2. The digital copiers are Nashuatec Model 425. One copier is making loud grinding noises and the second copier had a part break of [...]
2003-09-23 12:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA ASEC AMGT APER KRIM
03THEHAGUE2387REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-23 13:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA FR NL
03THEHAGUE2399AFGHAN AID: DUTCH PLEDGE EUR 82.5 MILLION OVER
[...] Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Agnes van Ardenne announced at the September 21 Dubai international donors meeting that the Netherlands would contribute EUR 82.5 million (USD 95 million) to Afghanistan reconstruction over the period of 2003-2006. The money will be directed to th [...]
2003-09-23 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAF EAID NL PREL EUN
03THEHAGUE2402PNR: DUTCH SAY THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO WEIGH IN WITH
[...] (SBU) The Dutch government says it will not/not seek to influence decisions on the Passenger Name Record/data privacy matter at the European Commission, instead relying on the judgment of Commissioner Bolkestein and trusting in the competency of the bodies in Brussels that are tasked with [...]
2003-09-24 05:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KJUS NL PTER
03THEHAGUE2421DUTCH MFA RESPONSE TO ASPARUKHOV DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-24 15:09:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MARR PINR PGOV BU NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2422INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM: MAY 22-24 MEETING IN
[...] As current chairman of the IEF, the Netherlands has announced the following preliminary program for the 2004 IEF that will take place May 22-24, 2004 at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam. The Dutch have also noted the launch of the IEF website at www.iefs.net Begin Text of Preliminary Program [...]
2003-09-25 05:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG NL
03THEHAGUE2431CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] SUMMARY: ON THE MARGINS OF OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC)-34, U.S. DELOFFS PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS RELATED TO RUSSIAN CWD ASSISTANCE. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) REP ANNOUNCED DOD PLANS TO OBLIGATE AN ADDITIONAL $60.3 MILLION FOR SHCHUCH'YE CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION FACILITIES (CWDF) C [...]
2003-09-25 13:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2445MTAG: DUTCH RESPONSE TO HONG KONG FIRM'S
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division Peter C. Potman September 26, 2003. Potman agreed to pass the nonpaper to Dutch Intelligence. Embassy will also take points to Ministry of Economic Affairs. SOBEL [...]
2003-09-26 15:02:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM ETTC PREL TSPA KSCA NL
03THEHAGUE2457TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH PERSPECTIVES ON ADDING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the EU's 2002 decision not to designate NCR/NCRI, the Dutch believe the USG will have to present more evidence of NCR/NCRI ties with MEK before Europe is ready to reconsider this decision. Meanwhile, the Dutch have noted indications of MEK fundraising in the Netherlands [...]
2003-09-30 06:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PTER IR IZ
03THEHAGUE2458TERRORIST ASSETS: NEW DUTCH INITIATIVES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Dutch plan to take additional measures to clamp down on terrorist front organizations, and supporters, although their full effect will likely only be felt over time. Dutch officials will enact new measures to safeguard the Dutch financial system from terrorist funds. We a [...]
2003-09-30 07:05:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2459PRINCE CLAUS FOUNDATION CREATES CULTURAL EMERGENCY
[...] The Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development and the International Committee of the Blue Shield combined forces September 26 to launch a "Cultural Emergency Response" (CER) initiative. The initiative is designed to provide emergency assistance - in the form of direct funding - to protec [...]
2003-09-30 07:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SCUL IZ
03THEHAGUE2476DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQI
[...] Summary: The GoNL plans to provide USD 833,300 in materiel to Iraqi police in the Al-Munthanna province in Iraq. Dutch military police, as part of Dutch military forces deployed in Al-Muthanna, are currently providing one-week basic police skills training courses to local police. The Dutch [...]
2003-09-30 14:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS IZ NL KRMS KJUS
03THEHAGUE2480NEW DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER DESIGNATED - BERNARD
[...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende asked retired career diplomat Bernard Bot to accept the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs beginning in early December, 2003. Bot declared himself most willing to accept the position. The intention is for de Hoop Scheffer to st [...]
2003-09-30 14:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NL
03THEHAGUE2484RESCHEDULING US IRAQ CORE GROUP VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy recommends rescheduling proposed October 3 delegation visit to the Hague to ensure sufficient Dutch ministerial participation. We believe a White House call to PM Balkenende would significantly enhance the prospects for success. End Summary. 2. (C) Due to a F [...]
2003-09-30 16:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID NL PREL
03THEHAGUE2508RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM TRUBNIKOV ON MOLDOVA
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 30 bilateral meeting in The Hague, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Trubnikov told EUR/SNEC Ambassador Perina that he would soon be calling the Deputy Secretary with specific ideas on how the U.S. and Russia can cooperate on Moldova. Trubnikov claimed that he [...]
2003-10-02 11:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MD PARM NL RU OSCE EUN
03THEHAGUE2527DUTCH JUSTICE MINISTER PLANS TO TARGET
[...] (SBU) Action request: Please see Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with the Dutch Justice Minister Donner October 1 to discuss the Ministry of Justice's proposed Action Plan aimed at disrupting the cocaine traffic transiting Schiphol airport from the Caribbean. Currently, [...]
2003-10-03 05:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PTER KCRM PREL NL
03THEHAGUE2530TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATIONS OF EB/TFC DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ed Goff, Deputy Director EB/ESC/TFC, met Sept 11-12 with Dutch officials, bankers, and U.S. Embassy staff to share ideas in the war on terrorist financing. These officials reiterated Dutch commitment to furthering terrorist financing efforts both domestically and in the EU. [...]
2003-10-03 08:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER EFIN IZ NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2548IRAQI DELEGATION VISIT TO THE HAGUE OCTOBER 3
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN OFFICIAL IRAQI DELEGATION HEADED BY PLANNING MINISTER HAFEDH MADE A BRIEF VISIT TO THE HAGUE OCTOBER 3 IN ADVANCE OF THE IRAQ DONORS' CONFERENCE. WHILE NOT SECURING ANY SPECIFIC PLEDGES OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE "VERY CONSERVATIVE" DUTCH, THE TEAM REPORTED THAT THE VISIT [...]
2003-10-03 18:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EAID EFIN PREL OTRA IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2560OSCE: DUTCH PLANS FOR MAASTRICHT
[...] Summary: In a meeting with visiting Dept. OSCE Coordinator Doug Wake, Dutch OSCE CiO Personal Representative Daan Everts stressed that the GoNL is looking ahead to a successful OSCE Ministerial December 1-2. To add to GoNL efforts throughout 2003, the Dutch are pushing hard for the Secretar [...]
2003-10-06 14:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM NL OSCE
03THEHAGUE2563ICTY: PREVIEW OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S AND
[...] (C) Summary. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and President Theodor Meron of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will present the Security Council with a difficult dilemma during their reports to the Council on October 9. Del Ponte will report that she intends to seek [...]
2003-10-07 05:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2567DUTCH RESPONSE TO CHECHNYA ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche points on the Chechnya election (ref A) to Dutch MFA OSCE Task Force Senior Policy Officer Robert-Jan Siegert on October 6, 2003. Siegert said the Dutch agree with U.S. points, but the Dutch position varies slightly. He noted FM de Hoop Scheffer, in his c [...]
2003-10-07 09:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV RS NL
03THEHAGUE2571INITIAL DUTCH RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR EOD TROOPS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para. 2. 2. (S) On October 6, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) to Rob Gabrielse, Head of the MFA's Security Policy Bureau Operations Office. Gabrielse said the GONL recognizes the threat posed by unexploded amm [...]
2003-10-07 13:42:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2573MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS BRIEF CIO DE HOOP SCHEFFER,
[...] (C) Summary: In Paris October 2, the Minsk Group Co-Chairs held separate discussions with the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, urging the two sides to quickly arrange meetings between the two presidents and announcing their desire to visit the region soon after the Azeri elections. [...]
2003-10-07 15:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AM AJ PARM NL RU OSCE EUN
03THEHAGUE2576CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DELINEATION OF
[...] On 2 October 2003, Larry Denyer, Department of Commerce, presented the U.S. practice on plant and plant site delineation that is used to support the declarations and inspections of industry facilities under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This issue underlies many of the past difficul [...]
2003-10-08 11:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EIND ETTC CWC
03THEHAGUE2577CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE VI BILATS WRAP-UP
[...] US Del met with Per Runn (Deputy Director, Verification Division),Faiza Patel-King (Verification Division),Alexandru Dolea (Officer, Industry Verification Branch),and Cinthia Echavarria (Senior Policy Officer, Policy Review Branch) of the OPCW on 1 Oct 03 to discuss a variety of Article VI [...]
2003-10-08 11:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2578CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SAMPLING AND
[...] Washington experts and the U.S. Permanent Delegation held bilateral consultations with the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) on September 30, 2003 in The Hague on technical considerations associated with sampling and analysis (S&A) during CWC inspections at U.S. declared industry facilities. Dir [...]
2003-10-08 11:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EIND ETTC CWC
03THEHAGUE2581CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR
[...] (C) The Oct. 20-24 Conference of States Parties will be dominated by discussion of the budget and other financial issues. We have supported the Director-General's request for a 7.36% increase, and share the DG's view that an increase of this magnitude is needed to ensure core functions are [...]
2003-10-08 13:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2587FY 2003 PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] POST PAID 2,375 EURO'S TO IBPCA'S ACCOUNT NO. 67.80.88.438 AS AUTHORIZED IN REFTEL, VIA VOUCHER NUMBER 2564AB00009, DTD. 10/08/2003 2. TOTAL AMOUNT OF USD 2,777.78 AT RATE OF EXCHANGE EUR 0.855 EQUAL ONE US DOLLAR CHARGED TO FISCAL DATA: 19-31126-00-1021366405-1021-345 4132-501900. SOBE [...]
2003-10-08 15:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC IBPCA
03THEHAGUE2591DUTCH REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT LIBYA
[...] (C) The GoNL remains concerned about any increase in EU interactions with Libya. The lifting of UN sanctions has not altered the lack of Dutch willingness to engage the with the Libyan government. PolOff delivered reftel to Mirande Mulder, MFA Libya desk officer. Mulder noted that the GoNL [...]
2003-10-09 10:44:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM MNUC KNNP LY NL
03THEHAGUE2593TERRORIST FINANCE: SUCCESSORS TO AL AQSA
[...] (C) Summary: Several Dutch organizations have been identified as assuming the tasks carried out by Al Aqsa Foundation (NL) in providing support for Hamas. Dutch authorities are investigating and trying to build a case for legal action or further asset freeze orders. End Summary. 2. (U) T [...]
2003-10-09 13:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2597DUTCH PUSH FOR TAYLOR TO FACE SPECIAL COURT FOR
[...] (C) Dutch Prime Minister Jan Balkenende approached Nigerian President Obasanjo on the margins of the UNGA in New York. The GoNL strongly maintains that former Liberian President Charles Taylor must face his indictment at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Balkenende encouraged Obasanjo to [...]
2003-10-10 08:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC LI NL
03THEHAGUE2607EU INTENTION TO WITHDRAW URUGUAY ROUND CONCESSIONS FOR
[...] OFFICIALS AT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, HAVE TOLD US THAT ALTHOUGH THEY AGREED TO CHANGE THE MARGIN OF PREFERENCE SYSTEM FOR RICE AS PART OF THE EU MID-TERM REVIEW, THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE RICE IMPORT REGIME. IN A DISCUSSION WITH ATE OOSTRA, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR TRADE, HE AGRE [...]
2003-10-10 13:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EUN
03THEHAGUE2610EVERY SILVER LINING HAS A CLOUD: DUBLIN AND THE
[...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Dublin and USEU Brussels. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) In a trip designed to build relationships on sustainable development with the January-June 2004 EU Troika (Ireland, The Netherlands, and the European Commission),and to explore specif [...]
2003-10-10 14:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON EFIN PREL EI NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2611ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER BALANCES KEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had its hands full this week as it reconvened to hear the Prosecution's case against Slobodan Milosevic. Compressed into the new three-day per week schedule, the proceedings balanced the [...]
2003-10-10 15:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2612DUTCH FM-DESIGNATE SAYS TIES TO U.S. A TOP PRIORITY
[...] (C) On October 10, FM-designee Ben Bot met with Amb. Sobel. Bot said he is committed to building upon the strong U.S.-Netherlands foundation that FM de Hoop Scheffer and PM Balkenende have set, including using the 2004 Dutch EU presidency to strengthen transatlantic relations. He expressed [...]
2003-10-10 15:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEU IZ NL PREL
03THEHAGUE2627CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC):WRAP-UP FOR WEEK
[...] (U) It appears a consensus has been reached on an Article VII action plan for national implementation. Following an Oct. 9 meeting chaired by DG Pfirter with the Ambassadors of the U.S., U.K., India and Iran, agreement was reached on the one final substantive issue, which was the acceptable [...]
2003-10-14 15:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2636DUTCH PRIME MINISTER VISITS TURKEY
[...] This is an action request for EUR/SCC Tom Weston. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Balkenende traveled to Istanbul and Ankara October 7-9 to discuss developments in Turkey's EU accession bid and Cyprus. Despite Turkish pleas, the Dutch made no promises on Turkey's EU c [...]
2003-10-16 11:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU TK NL
03THEHAGUE2647DUTCH ON DEMARCHE TO CPPNM PARTIES
[...] (C) On October 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the revision of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) to Pieter van Donkersgoed, Deputy Head of the MFA's Environmental and Nuclear Safety Division. Van Donkersgoed said it was clear the United States had a [...]
2003-10-17 14:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY KNNP KTIA NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2659IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: SECOND QUARTER BUDGET
[...] U.S. Treasury Check No. 8769-0047043 in the amount of U.S. Dols. 625,729.00 was received at American Embassy, The Hague. The check, which constituted the latest United States contribution to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal budget, was delivered to Ambassador Christopher Pinto, Secretary-General [...]
2003-10-20 14:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE2660SCENESETTER AND NOTIONAL SCHEDULE FOR VISIT BY DHS
[...] (U) Message contains sensitive information. Protect accordingly. 2. (U) We are pleased, Mr. Secretary, you are able to include the Netherlands in your European travels this time. In your last visit here in November 2002, you laid the groundwork for increased bilateral progress on countert [...]
2003-10-20 14:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ASEC NL
03THEHAGUE2670DUTCH PLANS FOR UNGA MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-21 11:36:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL NL UNGA
03THEHAGUE2672DUTCH MFA ON 58TH UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff delievered reftel demarche on the 58th UNGA First Committee to Peter Potman, MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division on October 20. Potman said the draft resolution and accompanying U.S. points were extensively discussed last week in New York, and [...]
2003-10-21 15:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP NL UNGA CDG UNDC
03THEHAGUE2674IRAQ ASSETS: DUTCH KEEPING REFERENCED ACCOUNTS
[...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Finance has confirmed that the Netherlands-located accounts cited in ref a are located here and been frozen by the GONL. The accounts total about 22,000 EURO. The GONL is unable (ref b) to immediately transfer these funds to the Development Fund for Iraq as it curr [...]
2003-10-21 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PREL NL IZ
03THEHAGUE2675DUTCH DELEGATION TO MADRID BUSINESS CONFERENCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The following Dutch companies will attend the Iraq business forum in Madrid: Shell, Philips, ABN Amro, Nedeco, and Friesland Coberco. Dutch businesses, with the financial and moral support of the government, are positioning themselves for entree into Iraq "as soon as the [...]
2003-10-21 19:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ NL PREL
03THEHAGUE2683MONTREAL CONVENTION ON AIRLINE ACCIDENT LIABILITY:
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-22 14:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR NL ICAO
03THEHAGUE2685CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Informal budget discussions on Oct. 16 broke little new ground, and the stage is set for last-minute negotiations during CSP-8. DG Pfirter was in attendance and reiterated his call for a 7.36% increase. France stated that it had sent the DG's proposals and his calculations on the impact [...]
2003-10-22 15:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UK KS CWC
03THEHAGUE2690INCB: DUTCH SUPPORT CANADIAN CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-23 11:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR NL UNCND UN
03THEHAGUE2692DUTCH TO PLEDGE USD 15 MN AT MADRID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Netherlands will pledge EUR 13 mn (USD 15 mn) at Madrid. FinMin Zalm told visiting DOD U/S Zakheim and an interagency delegation that the GoNL sees its troops on the ground as its principal contribution to the stabilization effort, but that the passage of UNSCR 1511 helped [...]
2003-10-24 06:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON NL
03THEHAGUE2693DUTCH POSTPONE ELIMINATION OF P-3 FORCE FOR ONE
[...] (U) Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp has postponed the planned closure of Valkenburg Air Base and the elimination of the Royal Dutch Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft fleet based there until January 2005. He had previously planned to eliminate these assets in January 2004. In postponi [...]
2003-10-24 09:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SNAR KCRM EAIR PHSA MOPS NL XL
03THEHAGUE2707CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-10-28 10:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2715COUNTRY CLEARANCE: U.S. DELEGATION TO BOSNIA WAR
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation attending the October 30, 2003 donors conference for the Bosnia War Crimes court. This delegation includes Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Pierre-Richar [...]
2003-10-29 06:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NL BK
03THEHAGUE2723DUTCH/EU LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) While the EU has yet to make a decision on the upcoming Cuba resolution in the UNGA. However, Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Dutch MFA Senior Policy Advisor on Cuba, noted that the GoNL will support a "yes" vote during EU dis [...]
2003-10-29 11:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD CU UNGA
03THEHAGUE2726STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA,
[...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...]
2003-10-29 15:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK
03THEHAGUE2733KLM CEO SAYS 'BREAKTHROUGH' MERGER TO SPUR MORE
[...] (C) KLM's "breakthrough" merger with Air France sets a precedent that will spur further consolidation within the airline industry, KLM President and CEO Leo van Wijk told the Ambassador in an October 9 meeting. Van Wijk likened the pact to the Netherlands' first-ever Open Skies agreement with [...]
2003-10-30 10:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAIR EU NL
03THEHAGUE2734CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FIRST MEETING
[...] This is CWC-114-03. 2. The OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) convened a 16-17 October 2003 meeting of the fourth Security Audit Team (SAT-IV) in The Hague, The Netherlands. SAT-IV is comprised of representatives from Japan, France, The Netherlands, and the U.S. Yonosuke Harada of Japan, w [...]
2003-10-31 06:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2743DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp outlined drastic plans to restructure the Dutch armed forces during the annual parliamentary defense budget debate on October 21-23. Faced with mandated average spending cuts of 380 million Euros a year, Kamp called for cuts in certain major operational [...]
2003-10-31 14:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MCAP MARR PGOV NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2746DUTCH MFA ON CONSOLIDATED UNRWA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) On October 30, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the consolidated UNRWA resolution to Pieter Ramaer, Head of the MFA's Political and Legal Affairs Division. The Dutch support U.S. efforts to streamline the Fourth Committee resolution process, but believe the difficulties UNRWA faces in [...]
2003-10-31 14:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS NL UNSC
03THEHAGUE2747DUTCH MFA ON AUSTRALIA GROUP PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) On October 30, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the technical meeting preparations for the Australia Group to Hedda Samson, Policy Officer of the MFA's Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division. Samson agreed to give reftel points to Dutch technical expert Mario Dorigo, who will be [...]
2003-10-31 14:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL NL CBW
03THEHAGUE2748DUTCH MFA ON US MIDEAST UNGA STRATEGY
[...] (C) On October 31, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. Mideast UNGA strategy to Pieter Ramaer, Head of the MFA's Political and Legal Affairs Division. Ramaer said "U.S. arguments are good," and the Dutch are in favor of ending or limiting those practices mentioned. However, Ramaer noted [...]
2003-10-31 14:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS NL UNSC
03THEHAGUE2750DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE
[...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...]
2003-10-31 16:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL
03THEHAGUE2759DUTCH PUSHING FOR PROGRESS ON NEW EU ANTI-MONEY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-03 15:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2766CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Oct. 30, U.S. delegation members met with OPCW officials to discuss the status of upcoming ILO Administrative Tribunal actions stemming from the OPCW tenure policy. Additional points on side-bar discussions at the Eighth Conference of States Parties are also provided for t [...]
2003-11-04 10:53:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2769ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...]
2003-11-04 11:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2779ICC: CHIEF PROSECUTOR ON COOPERATION; CONGO/ITURI
[...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to a regular monthly gathering of diplomats resident in The Hague on October 27, International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo outlined his main objectives, largely repeating statements he has made since taking the job last spring. Ocamp [...]
2003-11-05 09:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC CG
03THEHAGUE2794CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-11-06 07:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2797DUTCH MFA ON IRANIAN DUAL-USE CBW PROCUREMENT
[...] (C) On November 04, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on Iranian dual-use CBW procurement and Dutch visa policy to Hedda Samson, Policy Officer of the MFA's Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division. Samson said she would pass the reftel points to the relevant people within the Ministry, [...]
2003-11-06 14:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CVIS IR NL CBW
03THEHAGUE2801AFGHAN AID: DUTCH 2003 PLEDGES ON TRACK, SOME
[...] (C) EconOff and EconIntern delivered ref A demarche to Marit van Zomeren, Afghan Desk Officer at the MFA's Southern Asia Division. While Van Zomeren was unable to make any commitments, she agreed to raise the suggestion of a Dutch announcement of accelerated pledges with the MFA's Special [...]
2003-11-06 15:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAF EAID NL PGOV PREL
03THEHAGUE2818ICTY: AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S MEETINGS WITH ICTY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Pierre-Richard Prosper met with the President and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in separate meetings on October 30 in The Hague. Ambassador Prosper, meeting with ICTY officials on the margins o [...]
2003-11-07 16:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2835ICTY: AN INSIDE LOOK INTO MILOSEVIC'S HEALTH AND SUPPORT NETWORK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The head of the detention unit of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provided Embassy legal officers and USG physician with details of Slobodan Milosevic's health status, daily regimen, legal and financial network, frame of mind, and contacts o [...]
2003-11-12 16:26:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2843AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 10 DINNER WITH DUTCH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel hosted dinner for Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende November 10. The PM's Diplomatic Advisor Rob Swartbol and DCM also attended. Balkenende promised that Dutch foreign policy would remain constant when Ben Bot became FM on Dec. 3, but cautioned that EU Pre [...]
2003-11-13 14:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON IZ NL PGOV PREL
03THEHAGUE2846IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA NONPRO CHIEF ON ELBARADEI
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref A nonpaper to MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on November 13. Wilke (protect throughout) said the GONL shared the U.S. conclusion that the latest ElBaradei report confirms Iran has been pursuing capabilities needed for a nuclear weapons program. In the Dutch vi [...]
2003-11-13 15:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2854CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CTFS AND GREG
[...] On November 10, U.S. Delegation to the OPCW representatives Pete Ito and Betsy Sanders met with Greg Linden, Chief of Information Systems Branch (C/ISB) of the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) to discuss TS plans for data automation (two reports, FAXed back to AC/CB) and the upcoming Security [...]
2003-11-14 10:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2859CONVERSATION WITH DUTCH ON EUROPEAN AVIATION
[...] (SBU) On November 14, EconCounselor and EconOff met with Rene Fennes, Director of the International Affairs Bureau at the Directorate General for Civil Aviation, Netherlands Ministry of Transport. (Note: Fennes attended the Oct. 1-2 U.S.-EU aviation talks on behalf of the Netherlands. E [...]
2003-11-14 12:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD NL
03THEHAGUE2860DUTCH MFA ON DECEMBER PSI MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-14 13:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP
03THEHAGUE2861DUTCH COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 17-18 EU FMS MEETING
[...] (C) In advance of FM de Hoop Scheffer's participation in the November 17-18 GAERC, Dutch European Correspondent Joep Wijnands offered substantive comments on Israel, Iran, Afghanistan and ESDP (reported septel). While the EU meeting with Israel is happening on the margins of the GAERC, the Du [...]
2003-11-14 13:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2863DUTCH POSITION ON ESDP PROVISIONS IN DRAFT TREATY
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel GAERC points on ESDP to Hans Sandee, Head of MFA's Security and Defense Policy Office. Sandee (protect) said the GONL fully concurred with the U.S. position and shared in confidence with Poloffs a copy of the Dutch position on ESDP provisions in the draft convention [...]
2003-11-14 14:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NL EUN NATO
03THEHAGUE2864Priorities of Dutch Council of Europe Presidency
[...] Summary: On November 6, the Netherlands assumed the Presidency of the Council of Europe (COE) for a period of six months. Dutch Presidency priorities include: giving priority to improving the effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights, enhancing the cooperation between the COE, OSCE [...]
2003-11-14 15:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NL COE
03THEHAGUE2867ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST MILOSEVIC
[...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...]
2003-11-14 16:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2874 Biotech Regulations In The Netherlands
[...] Summary: In The Netherlands, the laws and regulations affecting the approval, production, importation and labeling of products of agricultural biotechnology are for the most part based on directives and legislation of the European Union. At the moment, the Ministry for Public Health is p [...]
2003-11-17 07:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON NL SENV TBIO EUN
03THEHAGUE2881IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA REACTION TO U.S. APPROACH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-17 15:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2886EU Subregional Voluntary Visitor Program on
[...] Post is pleased to confirm the nomination of the Dutch participant in the EU Subregional Voluntary Visitor program on Terrorist Financing, Mr. Alle T.S. Dorhout, deputy head EU external relations division of the European Integration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. It is un [...]
2003-11-18 09:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
03THEHAGUE2898ICTY: REGISTRY SEEKS ASSISTANCE ON BUDGET
[...] Summary: The deputy registrar and chief budget officer of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) requested USG support for the ICTY's proposed budget for the 2004-2005 biennium the face of an ambiguous concluding sentence in the ACABQ's report to the Fifth Committ [...]
2003-11-18 15:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2905IMO BUDGET DEMARCHE: DUTCH RESPONSE
[...] (U) EconOff delivered ref demarche concerning the proposed IMO 2004-05 budget increase to Ms. Marja Tiemens of the Ministry of Transport on November 17. Ms. Tiemens said the Netherlands feels the 13.6% increase is "high, but not excessive." The Dutch have doubts that the current budget w [...]
2003-11-18 16:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT NL IMO
03THEHAGUE2906AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON DUTCH PLEDGES AND
[...] (SBU) Dutch Minister of Finance Gerrit Zalm has received the letter from Afghan Finance Minister Ghani (ref A) that concerns an appeal for accelerated pledges, according to MFA Afghan Desk Officer Marit van Zomeren of the MFA in a November 17 conversation with Embassy EconOff. Ms. Van Zom [...]
2003-11-18 21:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EAID NL PGOV PREL
03THEHAGUE2907DUTCH LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN CAT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-19 09:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM NL
03THEHAGUE2908CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) As the October Conference of States Parties resolved most of the key issues facing the OPCW (budget, destruction deadline extensions, action plans),the focus of the December 2-5 Executive Council meeting will be on a number of technical, particularly industrial, issues. There have be [...]
2003-11-19 13:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2911DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON REQUEST FOR CS/CSS FOR OIF
[...] (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A request for Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) assets to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse on November 17. Gabrielse (protect throughout) said the GONL was currently focused on the renewal of the deployment of Dutch force [...]
2003-11-19 15:43:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS IZ AF NL
03THEHAGUE2914TERRORIST FINANCE: EMBASSY THE HAGUE COORDINATION
[...] (C) Post's Terrorist Finance Coordinating Officer if Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel R. Russel, tel. 31-70-310-9317, fax 31-70-310-9322, (class e-mail) RusselDR@state.sgov.gov, (unclass e-mail) RusselDR@state.gov. 2. (C) Econoff Todd Kushner handles day-to-day coordination of terrorist fina [...]
2003-11-20 06:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC KVPR NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2915DUTCH RESPONSE TO ORAL MESSAGE ON IRAQI TRANSITION
[...] This is an action request. 2. During his consultations with the Dutch, EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Charlie Ries raised reftel points with MFA deputy Political Director Herman Schaper. Schaper said that the Dutch are interested in having Max van der Stoel, former UN rapporteu [...]
2003-11-20 07:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDIZ NL PREL
03THEHAGUE2917DUTCH ON HUMAN RIGHTS: IRAN, CHR, TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Dutch human rights concerns continue to run parallel to those of the United States. Specifically, the GoNL will co-sponsor the Canadian UNGA 3rd committee resolution on the human rights situation in Iran (ref A). The Netherlands, [...]
2003-11-20 08:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TX IR NL UNGA UNHRC
03THEHAGUE2918VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE HAGUE CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-20 09:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC HCOPIL
03THEHAGUE2922TRADE MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR REGARDING U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: Trade Minister van Gennip called in the Ambassador on November 18 to voice very serious concerns at the prospect of U.S. steel safeguards remaining in place following the WTO Appellate Body confirmation that these safeguards are WTO-inconsistent. She noted that the Netherlands would [...]
2003-11-20 12:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD NL WTRO EUN
03THEHAGUE2931IAEA/IRAN: REVISED LANGUAGE DELIVERED TO DUTCH MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 15:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM MNUC EU IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2939CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 1ST MEETING OF
[...] (U) Summary. Two USG legal experts (Bernard Seward from State/L/ACV - JAGLCS/CLAMO and Randy Pratt from Commerce/OGC/IS) participated in the first meeting of the CWC "Network of Legal Experts" November 4-7, supported by the Commerce representative to the U.S. CWC Delegation (Brandon Williams [...]
2003-11-24 18:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2944CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) OPCW Director for Policy Making Organs Sylwin Gizowski addressed the WEOG November 18, responding to the group s invitation to suggest improvements to the work of the Executive Council. Gizowski spoke in a personal capacity, acknowledging that is was not the responsibility of the Technica [...]
2003-11-25 10:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2948DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN CAT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-25 12:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM NL
03THEHAGUE2949DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON CZECH FIGHTER ACQUISITION
[...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Arms Transfer Policy Chief Paul van den IJssel on November 25. The Dutch are also focused on the issue, and Van den IJssel said they were contemplating phone calls at a "high political level" to the Czechs (perhaps by D [...]
2003-11-25 12:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMCAP MARR PREL EZ NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2955CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (U) This is CWC-126-03. 2. (U) Under Secretary Bolton met with OPCW Director-General Pfirter on Nov. 19 to convey strong U.S. support for Pfirter's leadership of the Organization. The DG in turn expressed his appreciation for U.S. support regarding his efforts on reform and transparenc [...]
2003-11-25 14:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2956CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): A/S DESUTTER'S
[...] (U) On November 17-18, Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, visited SIPDIS The Hague and consulted with officials of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of SIPDIS Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and other officials. She so [...]
2003-11-25 15:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2959VISIT OF EUR PDAS CHARLIE RIES TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) During meetings in The Hague November 19-20 in advance of the Dutch EU presidency (July - December 2004),EUR PDAS Ries stressed the importance of early and close U.S.-Dutch consultations to avoid surprises and needless conflicts. On specific areas of potential cooperation, Ries pushed fo [...]
2003-11-26 09:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON PTER NL
03THEHAGUE2960IMO COUNCIL CANDIDACY: DUTCH REQUEST RECIPROCAL
[...] In response to ref demarche, the GONL sent post a diplomatic note offering Dutch support for U.S. IMO Council candidacy in return for USG support for Dutch candidacy under Category B of IMO Council elections. 2. The following is the text of the diplomatic note: The Ministry of For [...]
2003-11-26 11:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON NL EWWT IMO
03THEHAGUE2967KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. (U) We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our Third Quarter, 2003/2004, budget contribution of USDOLS 625,729. Please note that the check must reach the Office of the Legal [...]
2003-11-26 15:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE2977CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (U) OPCW Director General Pfirter, in a note dated November 21, designated External Relations (ERD) Director Huang Yu as the Technical Secretariat (TS) Point of Contact (POC) for implementing the action plan on universality. On November 26, Huang chaired the first meeting with delegations on [...]
2003-11-28 11:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2979CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE IV/V -
[...] (U) There is widespread support for the proposal submitted by the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters to address the issue of Article IV and V payments. No delegation has spoken out against the ABAF recommendation. Guidance request at para 11 on whether the proposal is accep [...]
2003-11-28 12:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2981AVIATION SECURITY: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT NEW U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dutch aviation security officials and national carrier KLM recently voiced their shared concern that new U.S. requirements for inspections of incoming cargo (a.k.a. the 10% rule) will be difficult for carriers to meet. The Dutch contend that their inspection procedures are [...]
2003-11-28 14:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON NL
03THEHAGUE2982IRAQI TRAVEL DOCUMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 14:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEU NL PREF PREL
03THEHAGUE2983DUTCH MFA ON UN ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 14:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS UNGA
03THEHAGUE2987DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SFIR EXTENSION;
[...] (SBU) The Dutch Cabinet decided on November 28 to extend Dutch participation in the Stabilization Force in Iraq (SFIR) by six months to end in July 2004. The Dutch currently have approximately 1100 personnel (mostly Dutch Royal Marines) serving as part of the UK's Multi-national Division Sout [...]
2003-12-01 15:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2993DUTCH "WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER" ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch Ministry of Transport/Waterways (with the support of Embassy The Hague) held a half-day roundtable event to introduce the White Water to Blue Water Initiative. The Dutch, who are on the steering committee, aimed to recruit new partners from civil society and acad [...]
2003-12-02 14:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNL SENV ENIV EPA
03THEHAGUE2994CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) This November 19-20 workshop provided a valuable exchange of ideas and information. Mainly structured to put experts in the area of CW assistance and protection in touch with various companies who provide equipment, it also gave experts (and local delegations) the chance to hear how a n [...]
2003-12-02 15:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2997SCC WESTON MEETS WITH DUTCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: SCC Amb. Tom Weston, accompanied by Amb. Sobel, met with MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on November 24, followed by a meeting with MFA deputy Political Director for European Affairs Schaper, deputy DG for European Affairs Ed Kronenberg, and DCM Russel. Weston briefed MFA co [...]
2003-12-03 10:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL CY NL TY
03THEHAGUE3002DUTCH MAY DEPLOY APACHES IN SUPPORT OF ISAF
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Kamp informed parliament on December 2 the GONL is investigating deploying four Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan in support of ISAF. Kamp's decision, which came following a request from Lord Robertson during the December 1 NATO Defense Ministers' m [...]
2003-12-03 13:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AF NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3008THE NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, EPA: DELANEY,
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Maureen Delaney for travel to The Netherlands December 11-14, 2003. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State on November 2 [...]
2003-12-04 12:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY
03THEHAGUE3009FY 2004 TARGET (INITIAL) ICASS INVOICES FOR
[...] FOLLOWING ARE THE AGENCY'S INVOICE APPROVALS: NOTE: 21 OUT OF 22 INVOICES ARE SIGNED AND APPROVED. ONE AGENCY'S REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT ABLE TO SIGN YET; SEE PAR (M) BELOW. A. AGENCY CODE: 1150.0 AGENCY NAME: DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY POST: THE HAGUE INVOICE TOTAL:$120,446 APP [...]
2003-12-04 15:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD
03THEHAGUE3010CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) India is blocking agreement on a document supported by the U.S. and all other delegations to the OPCW concerning the technical issue of "captive use." Failure to reach consensus on this important document before the end of the current Executive Council session on Friday, December 5 will [...]
2003-12-04 16:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL IN CWC
03THEHAGUE3011AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH INDUSTRY TO STAGE CONFERENCE
[...] The Dutch Chamber of Commerce and the National Center for Trade Promotion are sponsoring a conference on business opportunities in Afghanistan, to be held December 10 in Rotterdam. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send two speakers: Ronald Mollinger, Ambassador at Large and Special E [...]
2003-12-05 06:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAF EAID ECON NL
03THEHAGUE3019ICTY: SIEGE OF SARAJEVO TRIAL ENDS WITH CONVICTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: A trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Stanislav Galic, commanding general of the Republika Sprpska Army's (VRS) Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) during 1992 to 1994, for his responsibility for attacks on the civilian popu [...]
2003-12-05 15:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE3021TERRORIST FINANCING: DUTCH RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-08 06:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER KPAL XF NL EUN
03THEHAGUE3023WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: DUTCH WILL SUPPORT JOINT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-08 12:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC NL OPDC PARM PREL
03THEHAGUE3027ICTY: WITH STRUGAR BALKING AT RETURN, PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Theodor Meron, told embassy legal officers that he would report to the UN Security Council Belgrade's noncooperation by 0900 EST on Tuesday, December 9, if indictee Pavle Strugar fails to return [...]
2003-12-09 06:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE3037IRAQ: DUTCH TO PROVIDE EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE
[...] The Dutch Ministry of Finance announced on November 27 that it would make available export credit insurance for Iraq totaling EUR 25 million, valid for 180 days. As reported in ref A, the package will be managed by private insurer Gerling NCM. Gerling NCM participated in the December 5 me [...]
2003-12-10 09:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ NL PREL EXIM
03THEHAGUE3038CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (SBU) Having resolved most critical policy issues at the October Conference of the States Parties, the 35th Executive Council managed only to remove a bit of the administrative underbrush. Russian hostage-taking of the U.S. plans regarding the Aberdeen destruction facility continued, althou [...]
2003-12-10 12:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3039CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MEETINGS WITH
[...] (U) This is CWC-134-03. 2. (U) Del reps met on 24 November 2003 with OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) Administration Division head Herb Shultz and SIPDIS Information Support Branch head Greg Linden to relay U.S. concern regarding the pace of the TS effort to achieve a working digital in [...]
2003-12-10 12:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3042CODEL PAYNE (DEC 10-14)
[...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Rep. Donald M. Payne for travel to the Netherlands, December 11 and 14, 2003 to and from Accra, Ghana. 2. Control officer will be Special Assistant to Amb. Sobel, David Vennett, (w) 31-70-310-9342, (h) 31-70-362-8051, (c) 31-62-221- [...]
2003-12-10 14:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN
03THEHAGUE3043ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...]
2003-12-11 05:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE3048DUTCH: NO DECISION YET ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CERD
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-11 12:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NL UN
03THEHAGUE3051DUTCH SHARE COPY OF UK-FR-GE ESDP NONPAPER
[...] (C/NF) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor (protect) passed to Amb. Sobel a copy of a French-British-German non Paper entitled "European Defence: NATO/EU Consultation, Planning and Operations" on December 11. Post transmits the text of the non paper in para 2. 2. (C) Begin text of Fren [...]
2003-12-11 15:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3060DUTCH PARLIAMENT CONCURS WITH SFIR EXTENSION
[...] (U) On December 11, the Dutch parliament concurred with the November 28 decision by the Cabinet to extend Dutch participation in the Stabilization Force in Iraq for six months. The Dutch presently have approximately 1100 military personnel (mostly Dutch Royal Marines) serving as part of the U [...]
2003-12-12 13:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL IZ NL
03THEHAGUE3067EU COUNCIL PUTS DUTCH IN AWKWARD POSITION
[...] (C) Dutch Politic... 12703 2003-12-15 03THEHAGUE3067 Embassy The Hague CONFIDENTIAL C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003067 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2013 TAGS: EU NL PREL SUBJECT: EU COUNCIL PUTS DUTCH IN AWKWARD POSITION Classified By: AMBASSADOR CLIFFORD SOBEL FOR REASON [...]
2003-12-15 14:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEU NL PREL
03THEHAGUE3087NETHERLANDS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2003 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. Immediately following 9/11, the Dutch government announced a 46-point Plan of Actio [...]
2003-12-16 16:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL NL
03THEHAGUE3088CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (SBU) OPCW's External Relations Division (ERD) distributed the Director-General's Invitation to States Parties to Designate Points of Contact on Universality (S/388/2003, faxed to AC/CB) to all delegations on December 11. ERD's Keith Wilson told DelOff that the TS is looking at January 8 as [...]
2003-12-17 07:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3118IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY FOR IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-17 12:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ NL
03THEHAGUE3121CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] Del grants country clearance to the following individual traveling to The Hague as a consultant on national implementation measures to the OPCW Technical Secretariat: -- Ron Nelson -- State -- Arrive: Jan 3, 2004 -- Depart: April 3, 2004 Del confirms hotel reservations at the Dorint, Joh [...]
2003-12-17 14:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL ASEC OTRA PARM
03THEHAGUE3131INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION CONSOLIDATED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-18 09:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EWWT PREL ILO
03THEHAGUE3133AL QAIDA TRAVEL BAN - NETHERLANDS
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch take their responsibilities under the UN sanction regime seriously and have a "visa lookout" system, albeit with limitations, which incorporates information on individuals listed by the 1267 Committee. Restricting use of Dutch passports for international travel is more p [...]
2003-12-18 11:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC NL PREL PTER
03THEHAGUE3141VOTE IN DECEMBER 8 COMMITTEE ON THE FOOD CHAIN DECISION
[...] In response to request in reftel, Post has followed up with Dutch officials on the BT-11 sweet corn vote in the EU Committee on the Food Chain. 2. According to our contacts, the Netherlands voted in favor of the Syngenta application for two reasons: it had received a favorable review from [...]
2003-12-18 15:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD TBIO NL
03THEHAGUE3150THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON
[...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...]
2003-12-19 15:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3155CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): OPCW READY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USDel briefed the OPCW Chief of Staff and Director for Verification December 22 on Libya's agreement to abandon its chemical weapons, and conveyed U.S. readiness to provide more detailed information in the near future. The OPCW officials welcomed the offer and congratulated the [...]
2003-12-22 12:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP LY CWC
03THEHAGUE3156DUTCH MFA ON LIBYA WMD PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-22 14:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL LY NL
03THEHAGUE3168DUTCH MFA ON EU'S CHINA ARMS EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-23 15:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM CH TW NL EUN
03THEHAGUE3175CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Deloffs exchanged views with Chinese counterparts Yu Dunhai and Dai Huaicheng on OPCW activities, nonproliferation issues, and CW destruction over lunch on December 23. Separate conversations with Korean First Secretary Lee Sang Soo and others covered much of the same ground. 2. (U) The [...]
2003-12-24 10:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3199NEW DUTCH MEASURES AGAINST COCAINE TRAFFICKING AT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following mid-December approval by the Dutch Parliament, Justice Minister Donner instituted a crackdown on drug trafficking through Schiphol airport from the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Initial results (120 arrests/400+ passengers turned away or failed to show up) indicate mo [...]
2003-12-31 09:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NL
03THEHAGUE3201FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-31 12:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG NL EUN
04THEHAGUE100DUTCH: NO EU DISCUSSION YET ON CSW AFGHAN
[...] Kabul minimize considered. 2. According to Dutch MFA contacts, the EU has not/not made a decision yet to propose and/or support a UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) resolution on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, nor has it begun fruitful discussions on the issue. P [...]
2004-01-16 09:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM KWMN SA NL UN CSW
04THEHAGUE101CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EXPANSION OF
[...] (U) Summary and Request for Guidance: January 27 consultations at the OPCW will focus on a proposal to expand the Working Capital Fund (WCF) and extend the period for replenishment of the fund. Delegation believes the initiative can be the basis for resolution of the cash flow aspect of the [...]
2004-01-16 10:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1016ICC: OTP, STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, LOOKING AT
[...] (C) Summary: The International Criminal Court (ICC) remains very much in a nascent stage even as the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) considers whether to open formal investigations of situations in northern Uganda and the Congo, based on referrals from Kampala and Kinshasa (refs). The lack of [...]
2004-04-22 13:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC
04THEHAGUE1017NAMES/TITLES OF LEADING DUTCH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-22 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NL
04THEHAGUE102IRAQ/MEK: DUTCH WILL ACCEPT CITIZENS, CONSIDER
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of Gulf States Adri van Loopik, Iran Senior Policy Advisor Arnout Wegerif, and Political Affairs Policy Officer Wouter Jurgens. MFA contacts appreciated the information, and would like to obtain details as soon on possible on any individuals ca [...]
2004-01-16 12:21:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPHUM PTER IR NL PREJ IQ
04THEHAGUE1020DUTCH SHARE EU DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM
[...] (C) The Dutch government remains concerned about the situation of the Vietnamese Montagnards in the Central Highlands. Following the volatile situation April 10-11, the Dutch immediately contacted the Irish EU Presidency to register concern and request EU action. (Note: The Dutch are actin [...]
2004-04-23 06:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREF PREL VM NL
04THEHAGUE1021DUTCH SUPPORT EU PRESSURE ON LAOS
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Eric Verwaal, Head of the Southern Asia and Oceania Division, and Hein Copper, Laos Desk Officer. The GoNL maintains concern about the human rights situation in Laos, and is prepared to support EU action on ref A if the presidency puts forth a proposal. [...]
2004-04-23 06:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EAID LA NL
04THEHAGUE1032TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO
[...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...]
2004-04-23 15:39:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1033ICTY: KRSTIC JUDGMENT SETS ASIDE GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) set aside a trial chamber's 2001 judgment that Radislav Krstic, commander of the Drina Corp immediately under Ratko Mladic during the Srebrenica massacres of July 1995, perpetrated genoci [...]
2004-04-23 16:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1035TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, LAGOS
[...] (SBU)Auction 2. (U)Lunch Kami 3. (SUB) Cable re TIP Tier SOBEL [...]
2004-04-23 16:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDGL
04THEHAGUE1037REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-23 16:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA UK NL
04THEHAGUE1038TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO
[...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...]
2004-04-23 16:29:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1040TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO
[...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...]
2004-04-23 16:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1042(S/NF) TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH SUBMITTING MEK
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-23 16:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER IZ NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1049NETHER...
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary: You will shortly receive for approval G/TIP's annual trafficking report that drops the Netherlands from Tier 1 to Tier 2. I understand that while A/S Beth Jones disagrees with this ranking, she has found it futile to continue to argue. Before you allow G/TIP's ranking of the [...]
2004-04-26 08:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE1070DUTCH OPPOSE PALESTINIAN DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) MFA UN Political and Judicial Chief, Pieter Ramaer, confirmed that the GoNL does not support the unofficial Palestinian General Assembly resolution. Ramaer stated EU missions met in New York yesterday to discuss the draft. EU opinion was divided, and no consensus was reached. The Dutch [...]
2004-04-27 14:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS UNGA
04THEHAGUE1093AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 23 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on April 23 to discuss an upcoming Iraqi judicial conference in The Hague, possible Dutch leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, extension of the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq, the [...]
2004-05-03 05:42:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS PHUM AF IZ CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1105CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...]
2004-05-03 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1106 CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY
[...] (SBU) Prior to the April 28 Bureau meeting, Ambassador Javits spoke with DG Pfirter, EC Chairman Kubernat (Czech) and incoming EC Chairman Arrospide (Peru) to emphasize the need for a substantive special EC session in May. The Ambassador highlighted the fact that this is especially importan [...]
2004-05-03 13:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL IT CWC
04THEHAGUE1115DUTCH MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-04 07:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC MOPS IZ NL MARAD
04THEHAGUE1119DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN WILTON PARK MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-04 09:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KPAO NL
04THEHAGUE1121EVALUATION FOR FY-2004 VOLVIS ELECTION PROGRAM FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-04 11:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1137DUTCH PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FIRST-STEP U.S.-EU CIVAIR
[...] Econ counselor and econoff delivered reftel demarche to Rene Fennes, head of international relations at the Ministry of Transport. Fennes, who will participate in US-EU civair negotiations in Washington beginning May 10, was pessimistic about the likelihood of a first-step agreement before th [...]
2004-05-07 15:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR NL
04THEHAGUE1142DUTCH CANNOT FUND SSR IN LIBERIA
[...] (SBU) As reported in ref b, the Dutch are unable to provide any funding for security sector reform (SSR) due to political and financial commitments elsewhere in Africa. The Netherlands previously supported efforts in Liberia by stationing the Dutch Navy's LPD HrMs Rotterdam off the coast of [...]
2004-05-10 11:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL
04THEHAGUE1144CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The DDG held a May 3 meeting with the Delegation on the status of the VIS Enhancement. Attendees were the VIS project management board: DDG, Chief/Admin Herb Schultz, Chief/Information Support Branch Greg Linden, Chief/Verification Horst Reeps, and Acting Chief/Inspectorate Carlos Trent [...]
2004-05-10 12:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1145DUTCH VIEWS ON ADC LICENSE HARMONIZATION
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 7 econoff received the GONL response to reftel non-paper. The response came in the form of a letter to AS Wolf from Dirk Bruinsma, DG of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Text [...]
2004-05-10 13:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSTC ETTC PARM NL CH
04THEHAGUE1163ICTY: SAM MINISTER OF JUSTICE SEES PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, visited the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, following his appearance at the provisional release hearing for indictees Frenki Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic. Earl [...]
2004-05-11 16:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1164IRAQ: FIRST DUTCH SOLDIER KILLED
[...] (U) A Dutch soldier on patrol near the town of As Samawah was killed May 10 when hand grenades were thrown into the open vehicle in which he was driving; others in his patrol were injured. This is the first death of a Dutch soldier in Iraq, and the first death of any Dutch soldier in action i [...]
2004-05-11 18:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1183DUTCH PREVIEW EU PRESIDENCY IMMIGRATION ISSUES
[...] SUMMARY: ConGen, Embassy and USEU officials met recently with the Justice Ministry to discuss immigration issues for upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch invited USG to make a presentation on biometrics and US-VISIT program at an EU seminar on biometrics in The Hague July 1 and 2. The Dutc [...]
2004-05-13 10:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS KHLS NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1196GPS-GALILEO DEMARCHE: DUTCH DOUBT SUMMIT
[...] SUMMARY. THE DUTCH SEE NO OBSTACLES OF A TECHNICAL NATURE THAT WOULD BLOCK A U.S.-EU GPS/GALILEO COOPERATION AGREEMENT. HOWEVER, THEY BELIEVE THAT THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFIRMING AN AGREEMENT MAKE IT UNLIKELY THAT THE U.S./EU'S JUNE SUMMIT WILL SEE THE SIGNING OF THE ACTUAL AGREEME [...]
2004-05-14 14:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL ECON NL
04THEHAGUE1200LIBERIA SSR - DUTCH TO MEET U.S. OFFICIALS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-14 16:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL
04THEHAGUE1201A BIG JOB AHEAD FOR NEW DUTCH COUNTERTERRORIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A highly respected bureaucrat, Tjibbe Joustra, recently assigned to the new Dutch position of counterterrorism (CT) coordinator, is remarkably candid about the flaws he sees in the Dutch CT efforts (e.g., lack of inter-agency coordination; lack of action). He has a broad mandate to rev [...]
2004-05-14 16:51:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR NL
04THEHAGUE1210PROSPECTS FOR RENEWAL OF DUTCH DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Balkenende's cabinet is leaning toward approving an eight-month extension of the Dutch force in Iraq by mid-June, but it is far from a done deal. Junior coalition member D66 has spelled out conditions for supporting a renewal, several of which cannot be fulfilled prior to the J [...]
2004-05-17 15:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1212MEK: DELIVERY OF NAMES TO THE DUTCH
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref A talking points and excel spreadsheet to MFA Deputy Head of Gulf States Arnout Wegerif and Asylum and Migration Affairs advisor Marielle van der Linden. MFA Point of contact for the Dutch MFA on MEK detainees is the Head of Asylum and Migration Affairs Joep Damoisea [...]
2004-05-18 13:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER IR NL PREJ IQ
04THEHAGUE1213TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 15:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE122Netherlands: Balkenende Government Challenged by
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Looking forward to the summer of 2004, the Balkenende government is contemplating its second year in office and a full agenda of internal and European Union matters as it takes the EU Presidency in July. Continuing domestic economic malaise has generated incipient doubts over t [...]
2004-01-20 14:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1223CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The May 13 consultations on proposed changes to financial regulations chaired by facilitator Peter van Brakel (Canada) focused on one issue: proposed language on Regulation 5.4 and a period for payment of Article IV/V invoices. The result was inconclusive. Per Washington instructions, [...]
2004-05-19 11:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1224CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - IRANIAN
[...] (C) On May 17, Gholamhossein Dehghani and S. Ali Mohammad Mousavi of the Iranian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met with the U.S. delegation to provide Tehran's answers to the U.S. questions passed to the Iranian delegates on the margins of the March 2 [...]
2004-05-19 12:54:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBM
04THEHAGUE1228RESCINDING THE FOUR-YEAR TOUR OF DUTY
[...] Brenda M. Rollison, SSAN: 483-52-6930, requests to change the original tour of duty at Embassy The Hague from a four year post which would end in 2006, to a 3 year post ending in 2005, to go onward to another overseas posting. This has been discussed previously with Ms. Rollison and her CDO, [...]
2004-05-19 15:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT NL
04THEHAGUE1234DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER: DUTCH VIEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-21 09:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1235PCA: SECRETARY GENERAL REAPPOINTED AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting dominated by the French Ambassador's nine interventions on budgetary and linguistic matters, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Administrative Council approved the reappointment of Secretary General Tjaco van den Hout to a second five-year SIPDIS term. The [...]
2004-05-21 09:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AORC IBPCA
04THEHAGUE1240NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAND FIRM ON GOING TO
[...] (C) In recent conversations with FM Bot, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Swartbol, and CHOD ADM Kroon, Amb. Sobel discussed request (outlined in ref A) for the Dutch to consider leading a PRT in western Afghanistan instead of Baghlan. PolMilOff separately raised ref A points with MFA Security Poli [...]
2004-05-21 13:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1247DUTCH MFA ON PROHIBITED MATERIAL LEAVING IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-21 15:29:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL IZ NL IAEA
04THEHAGUE1253ESTABLISHING U.S. MISSION BAGHDAD
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche on May 18 to Arnout Wegerif, Deputy Head of the MFA's Gulf States Division. Wegerif was appreciative for the information and will advise others within his ministry. He did not provide any substantive comment. The GoNL maintains an Embassy in Baghdad. 2. CP [...]
2004-05-24 08:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1256DOE Second Line of Defense Megaport Initiative -
[...] A U.S. DOE team managed by David D. Martin, Deputy Director of the DOE/NNSA/Office of the Second Line of Defense (SLD),completed successful installation, testing, training and handover of radiation detection equipment to screen incoming and outgoing cargo containers at the Port of Rotterdam. [...]
2004-05-24 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA ETTC MNUC PARM PREL NL
04THEHAGUE1262NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government has reacted positively to the draft UN Security Resolution on Iraq. In a May 25 meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Hugo Siblesz (MFA Political Director) said that the draft resolution would help build strong Parliamentary support for a decision to extend Dutch [...]
2004-05-25 15:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ NL UNSC
04THEHAGUE1271DUTCH MFA ON RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN PSI CORE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-26 13:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC OPDC PARM PREL NL RU
04THEHAGUE13CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 2
[...] (U) Canadian representative Peter van Brakel briefly raised the U.S. push on TS data automation with del. He noted Canada's support of the U.S. initiative and said that Canada had been submitting its redacted industry data declarations via electronic means (CD-ROM) for some time. French and [...]
2004-01-06 10:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE13432004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-02 07:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE NL
04THEHAGUE1352Secretary Abraham's May 23 Bilateral Meeting
[...] Summary: Energy Secretary Abraham held a May 23 luncheon discussion with Dutch Economics Minister Brinkhorst on the margins of the International Energy Forum meeting in Amsterdam. They agreed to explore the possibilities for increased U.S.-EU collaboration on energy technologies and that th [...]
2004-06-02 14:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG KNNP IR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1358 REQUEST FOR CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR TECHNICIAN
[...] Post requests the immediate services of the digital copier repair technician in Frankfurt to service Defective Nashuatec copiers located in CAA offices. 2. The digital copiers are Nashuatec Model numbers 425, 3525 and 465. 3. POC: IMO - Mari Jain Womack. IVG: 361-9200, Comm: 31- 7 [...]
2004-06-03 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA ASEC AMGT APER KRIM
04THEHAGUE1359FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Farah Karimi as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should n [...]
2004-06-03 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1360FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and shoul [...]
2004-06-03 15:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1361FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jeroen W.F. Sas as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Sas is earmarked for the EU/RP "Trade and Economic Development" which will be held from May 9 - 27, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT [...]
2004-06-03 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1363FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Henk Jan Ormel as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should [...]
2004-06-03 15:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1364FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Johannis M.D. van Leeuwe as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. van Leeuwe is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S.-EU Security Issues" which will be held from April 25 - May 13, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEX [...]
2004-06-03 15:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1365FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Richard Cornelius Berkhout as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washingto [...]
2004-06-03 15:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1370FY-2005 Embassy The Hague International
[...] On April 22, 2004, the International Visitor Program Selection Committee nominated the following slate of IVP candidates for the FY-2005. As per refcable, we are nominating 11 primary candidates. The remaining candidates are nominated as alternates. We request that The Hague will again be offe [...]
2004-06-03 16:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1372EEO COUNSELOR TRAINING CONFERENCE FOR EUR POST EEO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-03 17:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER NL
04THEHAGUE1391CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The Director General presented the FY 2005 budget proposal on May 27 (faxed to AC/CB),stating that it was consistent with the objectives set by the Review Conference and maintained the spending power of the TS. The nominal increase is 4.8 percent, which means that, if accepted, annual [...]
2004-06-04 10:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1392FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Naglaa Abdel Rahman Elhajj as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Ms. Elhajj is earmarked for the MRP "U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues" which will be held from May 12 - June 2, 2005. 2. START [...]
2004-06-04 11:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1394FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March 16, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMA [...]
2004-06-04 11:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1397FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Delphine R.R. Pronk as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and [...]
2004-06-04 11:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE14IRAQ: DUTCH PROVIDE MILITARY CARGO AIRCRAFT FOR
[...] The Netherlands will deploy one Dutch Air Force Fokker "60" transport aircraft and a 20-man crew to the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS),part of the World Food Program (WFP). The plane and crew will be based in Amman for use in operations in Iraq. It will be available February 1 to A [...]
2004-01-06 10:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ JO NL WFP
04THEHAGUE1413DUTCH: NO E.U. CONSENSUS FOR FIRST STEP AGREEMENT
[...] On June 7 econoff conveyed reftel demarche to Rene Fennes, head of International Relations at the Ministry of Transport. Fennes reported that among those supporting a first step agreement were Spain, the Netherlands and (to his recent surprise) now France. The UK remains "vehemently" opposed [...]
2004-06-07 14:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR NL
04THEHAGUE1431CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting, Sophie Moal (France) and Peter Beerwerth (FRG) informed the U.S. Del that they believe anything which the U.S. does on optimization, including the trial run in the fall, will require Executive Council approval. They want some kind of paper to be proffered by the T [...]
2004-06-09 14:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1440IRAQ ASSETS: DUTCH CONFISCATION DECREE PROMULGATED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-10 15:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1446G/TIP MILLER MEETS DUTCH FOREIGN AND JUSTICE
[...] During a June 7 meeting with G/TIP Director Miller, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Minister Donner acknowledged a shared commitment for concrete action against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Although critical of the tone and unilateral nature of the U.S. benchmarks outlined in the TIP C [...]
2004-06-10 18:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1454DUTCH CABINET APPROVES EXTENSION IN MULTINATIONAL
[...] Summary: On June 11, the Dutch cabinet decided to extend Dutch participation in the multinational Force in Iraq for eight months, i.e., until mid-March 2005, so that the Dutch troops in the Al Muthanna province can help secure stability during the transition period and the elections. As expec [...]
2004-06-14 13:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1466PLANNED NNSA WORKSHOP FOR RADIOISOTOPE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-15 13:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG NL
04THEHAGUE148BURUNDIAN PRESIDENT MEETS FNL REBEL GROUP
[...] (U) Burundian President Ndayizeye met in the Netherlands with a delegation of the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, the only Burundian rebel group that has not signed a cease-fire. The final communique calls for: (a) an International Commission of Investigation into the death of the Apostolic Nuncio; (b) the [...]
2004-01-22 17:28:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS BY NL
04THEHAGUE1484MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON STABILITY
[...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche June 15 to Frank van Beuningen, MFA OSCE policy coordinator, Willemijn Kallenberg MFA OSCE senior policy advisor, and Bas Wels, MFA lead on East European issues during the Dutch EU presidency. 2. (C) Before we presented our points, the Dutch noted sim [...]
2004-06-16 14:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS MD NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE1487CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) At the June 10 consultation chaired by facilitator Peter van Brakel (Canada),agreement was reached on all of the outstanding issues. Most important for the U.S., there were no objections to the language concerning payment of Article IV/V invoices, as approved by Washington. South Kore [...]
2004-06-16 16:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE149ICTY: DEPUTY PROSECUTOR BLEWITT RESIGNING
[...] (C) Summary: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Deputy Prosecutor Graham Blewitt has announced to colleagues in the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) that he will not remain in his position beyond June of this year. Blewitt's resignation, after ten years at the Trib [...]
2004-01-22 18:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE1499CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) There are two specific set of decisions which are the highest priorities at this EC. The first set of issues is time-sensitive and involves amendments to the Working Capital Fund and the Financial Regulations. These draft decisions will give the OPCW a much greater financial cushion [...]
2004-06-17 12:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE1512CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - STATUS OF
[...] (SBU) As noted in the scene setter for the 37th Executive Council session (septel),one important set of decisions under consideration at the EC involve the requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines. At this point, the prospects for the adoption of both se [...]
2004-06-17 15:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE1513NETHERLANDS: NATO AND IRAQ DISCUSSIONS ABOARD USS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The June 14-15 overnight visit of Dutch Defense Minister Kamp and parliamentarians/officials to the USS Enterprise carrier battle group provided a useful forum for discussions on NATO and Iraq-related issues. Informally, Dutch participants provided candid background regarding t [...]
2004-06-17 15:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1515TERRORIST FINANCE: EVOLVING DUTCH POSITION ON EU
[...] (C) The Dutch government has moved much closer to supporting EU designation of Hizballah in its entirety. The "official" GONL position is that Hizballah is a political movement with a terrorist branch;the Dutch maintain that the political movement is represented in parliament in Lebanon, play [...]
2004-06-17 16:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER LE XM NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1521UK & THE NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR, DOE/EE/NREL:
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Garry Rumbles, Principal Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for travel to Delft, The Netherlands, from July 20-25, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested and appreciates the offer of a brief. At this time, a briefing is [...]
2004-06-18 11:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA NL
04THEHAGUE1523CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) Gordon Eckersley of the Australian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons expressed full agreement with the U.S. goal of finding the most expeditious way to dispose of the chemical munitions discovered on Mbanika Island. He recommended that the appropriat [...]
2004-06-18 12:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CW
04THEHAGUE1524NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/EU: ERDOGAN GETS PRAISE BUT NO
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 16 visit to the Netherlands focused heavily on Turkey's EU accession bid. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende publicly and privately praised Turkey's reform efforts to date and assured Erdogan that negotiations on accession would be [...]
2004-06-18 14:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU EU NL
04THEHAGUE1533CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan provided strong support for the proposed technical change to permit conversion of the Libyan chemical weapons production facility at Rabta, although Tunisia and Sudan emphasized that they would need to await instructions from capi [...]
2004-06-21 13:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1537DUTCH ENGAGED ON DARFUR CRISIS
[...] Emboffs delivered ref A demarche June 4-9 to development and Africa policy counterparts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Since late last year the Dutch have contributed 13 million Euros ($15.7 million) for Sudan assistance. In September 2003 the GONL gave 1.8 million Euros ($2 mil [...]
2004-06-21 16:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM NL
04THEHAGUE1548CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The Russian Federation hosted a June 15 meeting of P-5 Ambassadors in The Hague, noting that the idea originated in Moscow with Universality suggested as the first topic for discussion. Russia also noted the connection between the CWC and UNSC Resolution 1540 that increases the importanc [...]
2004-06-22 12:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1550CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The following are the results of the June 14-17 facilitations on industry issues. Schedule 1 captive use remains under consideration due to differences in opinion over whether or not a decision clarifying the declarability of Schedule 1 'captive use' production is necessary. On one han [...]
2004-06-22 13:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EIND CWC
04THEHAGUE1558HCOPIL - SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION
[...] SUMMARY: The second meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCOPIL) on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance took place June 7-June 18, 2004. Building on the work of the first meeting of the Special C [...]
2004-06-23 09:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KOCI HCOPIL CASC CJAN
04THEHAGUE1565ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...]
2004-06-23 13:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1566DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CABINET DECISION TO
[...] (U) An overwhelming majority of the Dutch Parliament voted on June 22 to endorse the cabinet decision to extend Dutch participation in the multinational force in Iraq for eight months. (The Dutch have approximately 1300 troops serving in Al Muthanna province as part of the UK's Multinational D [...]
2004-06-23 14:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1569NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR, DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LANDA + 2,
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Alexander Landa, Jeffrey Grossman and Andrew James Williamson for travel to Leiden, The Netherlands from July 10-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas o [...]
2004-06-24 12:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA NL
04THEHAGUE1570DHHS/FDA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CYNTHIA
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Cynthia Jim and Rose Ashley, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS for travel to Baxtel, The Netherlands from July 21-30, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure [...]
2004-06-24 12:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA NL
04THEHAGUE1587DUTCH POSITION ON POSSIBLE NATO ROLE IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-25 06:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1592ICTY: PREVIEW OF DEL PONTE JUNE 29 ADDRESS TO UN
[...] (C) Summary: In her June 29 oral report to the UN Security Council, Carla del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),will highlight several issues from her written report submitted to the Security Council in May. In addition to the e [...]
2004-06-25 11:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1593CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Susan Ryan to attend the 37th session of the OPCW Executive Council. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...]
2004-06-25 13:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC
04THEHAGUE1594CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Robert Metcalf to receive orientation training. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...]
2004-06-25 13:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC
04THEHAGUE1595DUTCH APPEALS COURT ALLOWS USE OF INTEL INFORMATION
[...] In December 2002, a Rotterdam court acquitted four men who, the Government alleged, were involved in a plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris. The court refused to allow the prosecution to use information supplied by the intelligence service, AIVD, as evidence. On June 21, 2004, The Hague Ap [...]
2004-06-25 13:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE1599ICTY: PREVIEW OF JUNE 29 MERON PRESENTATION TO
[...] (C) Summary. In his June 29, 2004 address to the Security Council, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, will focus on the two competing sides of the completion strategy: on the one, the Tribunal,s heavy workload and his in [...]
2004-06-25 16:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1602NIH/FIC -DR. SUBRAMANIAM- EXTENSION OF TRAVEL
[...] Country Clearance is granted to Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, for travel to Eindhoven, The Netherlands from July 1-7, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into [...]
2004-06-29 11:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA NL
04THEHAGUE1629CHANGE IN AFSA REP FOR AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-29 14:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNONE
04THEHAGUE1639SUBJECT: DUTCH/CUBA: STRONG ON HUMAN RIGHTS;
[...] (C) The EU Common Position forms Dutch policy toward Cuba. While the Dutch prefer a policy of engagement to one of isolation, they are resolute that Cuba must first improve human rights before any thaw in EU-Cuban relations -- even to pre-2003 "constructive engagement" as usual. Besides this t [...]
2004-06-30 07:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCU EAID ETTC NL PHUM PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE1657OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...]
2004-07-01 08:56:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
04THEHAGUE1658NASA (KSC) DELEGATION COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO
[...] Country clearance is granted for the following NASA (KSC) Delegaton to travel July 28-31, 2004, to Noordwijk, Netherlands: Glenn Chin Steven Cain 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the [...]
2004-07-01 11:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA ASEC NL
04THEHAGUE167HCOPIL: MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IN
[...] Summary. The Hague Conference convened an informal advisory committee to consider the request of the European Community to become a member of the organization. Group agreed that changes would be necessary to the Statute and Rules of the organization, that there should be "no additionality," [...]
2004-01-23 15:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PREL EUN HCOPIL
04THEHAGUE1670DUTCH EU PRESIDENCY: THE VIEW FROM THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Balancing Dutch, European, and transatlantic interests will be a challenge for the Dutch presidency, made more complicated by the demands of a 25 member EU, a new parliament and Commission, and the new constitutional treaty. A "successful" presidency is seen by PM Balkendende as [...]
2004-07-02 14:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU NL
04THEHAGUE1684DUTCH RESPONSE ON PSI INFORMATION SHARING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-06 14:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV KNNP PHSA PREL
04THEHAGUE1687LES: CY 2005 COMPENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] Summary. This is Post's response to compensation questionnaire requested in ref telegram. The answers are keyed to questions from paragraph two to five. This cable is cleared by all Agencies with locally engaged staff. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------- [...]
2004-07-06 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN AMGT KSEP KICA
04THEHAGUE1690DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES GOVERNMENT'S PRT DECISION
[...] (U) On July 5 the Dutch Parliament broadly endorsed a recent Cabinet decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghlan, Afghanistan. Only the small far-left Socialist Party opposed the mission. The operation, announced in a June 28 government letter to parliament, will consi [...]
2004-07-06 14:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1692DUTCH/CUBA: MISINFORMATION REGARDING LIBERTAD ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-06 14:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL CU NL
04THEHAGUE1693ICTY: TRIBUNAL SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief Prosecutor and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) urged Ambassador for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper to weigh in with UN Headquarters to help solve two emerging budget and personnel crises that were posing a significant [...]
2004-07-06 15:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE1694CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EC-37
[...] (SBU) Summary: During EC-37, the U.S., UK, Italian and Libyan dels cooperated closely in actively educating and seeking support from other EC members regarding the proposed technical change that would permit Libya to seek conversion of chemical weapons production facilities (CWPF). Without e [...]
2004-07-06 16:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE1695CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its objectives at a very successful 37th Executive Council (EC) session. The requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines were adopted. Agreement was reached on a larger Working Capital Fund with a longer replenishment period, [...]
2004-07-06 16:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1697CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF THE
[...] (U) We discussed the status of the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement Project with a number of officials in the Technical Secretariat (TS) on the margins of the June 29-July 2 Executive Council session. The project remains on schedule, although some TS officials expressed conc [...]
2004-07-07 13:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1701EU FM'S TO DISCUSS SUDAN, MEET ALLAWI, AND PONDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect next steps in Iraq and Sudan to dominate discussion at the July 12 ) 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),according to Joep Wijnands, Deputy Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Political Affairs and the Dutch European Correspondent, wh [...]
2004-07-08 06:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1705 NETHERLANDS: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH, AS CURRENT EU PRESIDENT, WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THE EU'S ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH SYRIA HAS BEEN FINALIZED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED DUE TO SYRIAN OBJECTIONS TO ITS NON- PROLIFERATI [...]
2004-07-08 11:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NL EU SY PHUM
04THEHAGUE1712ENGAGEMENT WITH DUTCH ON TIP
[...] SUMMARY: During a June 29 working level meeting to discuss Dutch movement on TIP following G/TIP Director Miller's June 7 visit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Justice (MinJus) officials promised Embassy representatives close cooperation bilaterally and within the EU on Traf [...]
2004-07-08 14:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1713NPT: DUTCH VIEWS ON PREPCOM III
[...] (SBU) PolMilOff discussed reftel points with MFA Nonproliferation policy officer Harman van Dijk on July 8. Van Dijk attended PrepCom III in New York. The Dutch consider the PrepCom to have been fairly successful. Like the U.S. they had no expectation of achieving consensus on substantive r [...]
2004-07-08 15:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP NL NPT
04THEHAGUE1715ICTY: MILOSEVIC'S POOR HEALTH TRIGGER'S "RADICAL"
[...] (C) Summary: The trial chamber hearing the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) postponed the July 5 commencement of the defense case due to the Accused,s poor health. During the hearing, Milosevic accused the Tribunal of [...]
2004-07-08 16:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1717DUTCH/EU: FM BOT ON IRAQ, CHINA, ASEM, SUDAN, AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot on July 7 to preview the agenda for the July 12-13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. Bot anticipated that the GAERC would agree to take positive steps with regard to Iraq and Sudan, although [...]
2004-07-09 12:36:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PARM EAID NL IZ CH SU EUN
04THEHAGUE1720CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS REPORT
[...] (U) The successful completion of the 37th Executive Council session (Ref B) marks the appropriate time to assess the status of U.S. priorities for the first half of 2004 (Ref A). There has been substantial progress on results-based budgeting, more effective intersessional work and EC session [...]
2004-07-09 15:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1721NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH IN DRIVER'S SEAT IN
[...] (C) The Dutch see themselves as leading Europe to take firmer action on Sudan. The highest levels of the Dutch government, including the Prime Minister, are actively engaged on this issue. Bilaterally, the Dutch have pressed the Sudanese government to implement its commitments and have pledg [...]
2004-07-09 15:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL SU UNSC
04THEHAGUE1737ECOSOC: DUTCH SEEK PROCEDURAL DEATH FOR CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are receptive to finding a procedural solution to block the Cuban draft ECOSOC resolution (reftel) in their national capacity, and will seek EU support for such an approach as EU president. Visiting DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon found Dutch interlocutors responsive t [...]
2004-07-13 11:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NL CU
04THEHAGUE174RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (U) Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: Legislation: --New TIP Bill Submitted to Lower House (Paras 2-4) Protection: --Parliament Discusses National TIP Report (5-10) --Dutch Government Sets Up Shelter in Angola (11- [...]
2004-01-26 14:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE176ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...]
2004-01-26 14:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1770DUTCH/EU ON ARAB RESOLUTION ON ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER
[...] (C) On July 9, Ambassador Sobel discussed the anticipated ICJ decision on the Israeli Security Barrier with Hugo Siblesz, the Dutch MFA's Director General for Political Affairs (ref a). At that time, Siblesz said that while elements of the substance of the decision were expected to be close to [...]
2004-07-15 13:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EU IS UNGA
04THEHAGUE1775JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA
[...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...]
2004-07-15 14:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE1776HAITI: PROSPECTIVE EC ASSISTANCE, DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-15 15:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL NL
04THEHAGUE1777NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH CONTINUE TO LEAD ON
[...] (C) As reported in ref A, the Dutch government is fully seized of th situation in Sudan/Darfur at all levels, and is actively engaging Europ colleagues to increase contributions. The Dutch have already pledged o 25 million euros in bilateral assistance toward Sudan/Darfur, as well a an extra m [...]
2004-07-15 15:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU NL
04THEHAGUE1778THE HAGUE EAC CONVENED - JULY 15, 2004
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Post held an EAC meeting July 15 in response to the Dutch government decision elevating the general threat level in the Netherlands. RSO and ORCA briefed on the threat situation and the EAC decided not to change the current security posture and that there was no specific, credi [...]
2004-07-15 16:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04THEHAGUE1779NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: REDIRECTION
[...] (C) On July 15, senior Dutch government interlocutors engaged in a robust and animated discussion on the China Arms Embargo during a dinne hosted by Ambassador Sobel for EUR DAS Glyn Davies and EUR/ERA Kathy Allegrone. The Dutch side pulled out all the familiar arguments (inevitability of lift [...]
2004-07-15 16:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL CH
04THEHAGUE1784RECENT NARCOTICS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] Below follows an update of developments in the Netherlands re narcotic drugs. Contents: --Cabinet Intensifies Cannabis Policy --Soft Drug Legalization Debate --Good Results Ecstasy Policy --National Campaign to Prevent Ecstasy Trafficking --Expansion of "Medical Heroin" Experiment --100% [...]
2004-07-16 08:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE1791UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff follow up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of th EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on reprodu [...]
2004-07-16 12:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1792UNGA 59: SHUNNING SOUNDBITES, EU TARGETS PRACTICAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The EU's priorities paper for the UN (ref a) contains practical ideas to fix the UN system. Written in UN jargon, it is not intending to appeal to the general public, Karel van Kesteren, Director UN affairs at the MFA, told Poloff on July 14. Five of the seven point (faxed to IO [...]
2004-07-16 12:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1793EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN Gene Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors acknowl [...]
2004-07-16 12:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN
04THEHAGUE1796NETHERLANDS/EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolMilOff met on July 16 with representatives from the Australian, Japanese and Korean Embassies in The Hague to discuss the EU's China arms embargo. Of the three, the Japanese have made the strongest approaches to the GONL on this issue. The Australians have raise [...]
2004-07-16 14:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM CH NL
04THEHAGUE1799UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...]
2004-07-16 15:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1800UNGA 59: SHUNNING SOUNDBITES, EU TARGETS PRACTICAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The EU's priorities paper for the UN (ref a) contains practical ideas to fix the UN system. Written in UN jargon, it is not intending to appeal to the general public, Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, told Poloff on July 14. Five of the seven points (faxed t [...]
2004-07-16 15:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1801EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN General Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors a [...]
2004-07-16 15:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN
04THEHAGUE1803DUTCH INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CONTROLS ON
[...] As Justice Minister Donner and Foreign Minister Bot told visiting G/TIP Director Miller (reftel B) in early June, the Dutch consider their legalization of brothels an effort to fight trafficking in persons in the prostitution industry. According to a July 2 letter by Donner to the Second Chamb [...]
2004-07-16 16:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1804 EMBASSY THE HAGUE CONTACTS FOR THE NETHERLANDS EU
[...] THE NETHERLANDS ASSUMED THE SIX-MONTH ROTATING EU PRESIDENCY BEGINNING JULY 1. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY AT EMBASSY THE HAGUE FOR COORDINATING EMBASSY ACTIVITIES AND LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENCY LIES WITH THE MISSION'S EU COORDINATION UNIT, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE D [...]
2004-07-16 16:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM ECON NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1808UNGA 59: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (SBU) Below is the planned attendance at the 59th UNGA for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, keyed to reftel. A. Head of state - No. B. Head of government - No. C. Foreign minister - Yes. -- Bernard Bot, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. -- Planne [...]
2004-07-19 11:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE1812TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) As requested reftel, post delivered the CIRA points on July 14 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also delivered the points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in t [...]
2004-07-19 17:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1813TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE: PKK/KADEK DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) As requested, post delivered reftel talking points on July 14 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also delivered the points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in t [...]
2004-07-19 17:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1816HAITI:PROSPECTIVE EC ASSISTANCE, DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-19 18:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL NL
04THEHAGUE1817UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...]
2004-07-20 05:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1823DUTCH/EU ON ARAB RESOLUTION ON ISRAELI SECURITY
[...] (C) On July 9, Ambassador Sobel discussed the anticipated ICJ decision on the Israeli Security Barrier with Hugo Siblesz, the Dutch MFA's Director General for Political Affairs (ref a). At that time, Siblesz said that while elements of the substance of the decision were expected to be close t [...]
2004-07-20 05:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EU IS UNGA
04THEHAGUE1828CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The co-facilitators Gordon Eckersly/Australia and Ian Mundell/Canada held four sessions on 13-14 July 2004 to discuss Executive Management, Policymaking Organs, and Administration. The DDG made a brief introduction to the elements covered by the Executive Management section. Delegations [...]
2004-07-20 13:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1833DUTCH PM BALKENENDE ON CHINA, TURKEY, AND THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Balkenende told Ambassador Sobel on July 20 the EU has not yet reached consensus on lifting the China Arms Embargo before the December EU-China summit. While strong voices in the EU are pushing for a quick (but not unconditional) lift, others now appear less convinc [...]
2004-07-20 17:42:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL CH TK IS NL
04THEHAGUE1836BURMA/ASEM MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-21 11:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NL BM
04THEHAGUE1837IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: DUTCH VIEWS
[...] (SBU) As requested, post delivered reftel talking points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate for European Integation within the Department of External Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Post also delivered the points on July [...]
2004-07-21 13:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER ECON EFIN ETTC NL
04THEHAGUE1840DUTCH AGREE TO PARTIAL DEBT CANCELLATION FOR IRAQ;
[...] DUTCH DEVELOPMENT AID MINISTER AGNES VAN ARDENNE ANNOUNCED JULY 16 THAT CANCELLATION OF PART OF IRAQ'S 245 MILLION EURO (APPROX USD 300M) DEBT TO THE NETHERLANDS WOULD BE NECESSARY. MINISTER VAN ARDENNE'S STATEMENT, WHICH CAME IN RESPONSE TO A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, NOTED THAT THE IMF'S DEBT [...]
2004-07-21 16:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID NL IZ
04THEHAGUE1841UKRAINE, THE NETHERLANDS, COUNTRY CLR, NSF:
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. James Morris, Program Officer, Division of Environmental Biology, for travel to Utrecht, The Netherlands from July 26-30, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secur [...]
2004-07-21 16:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY TSPL OTRA KSCA UP NL
04THEHAGUE1844THE HAGUE EAC CONVENED JULY 22, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-22 14:14:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1845CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA
[...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...]
2004-07-22 14:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC
04THEHAGUE1846NETHERLANDS/EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Post coordinated a July 21 briefing for Dutch officials on U.S. concerns regarding a possible lift of the EU China arms embargo. MFA hosted the briefing which was also attended by GONL officials from MOD, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the PM's office. DRL Senior Advisor Susan O [...]
2004-07-22 14:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM CH NL
04THEHAGUE1847UPDATE ON DUTCH COUNTERTERRORISM PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 meeting with DCM, Joustra briefed on his plans for a new agency that would integrate C/T policy, threat analysis, and operations under a senior coordinator reporting to the Justice (and Interior) Ministers. Joustra said the two Ministers had approved the outlines o [...]
2004-07-22 15:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR NL
04THEHAGUE1867NETHERLANDS/EU/SUDAN: PREPPING FOR GAERC DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect GAERC conclusions to maintain political pressure on GOS, endorse coordination with AU/UN/US, and to increase humanitarian assistance. In a scheduled July 24 meeting with GOS FM Ismael, FM Bot and Dev Min Van Ardenne intend to express deep concern about the situat [...]
2004-07-23 13:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL SU NL EUN UNSC
04THEHAGUE1876NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH NGO AND TRADE UNION
[...] As noted in Ref C, the Dutch government actively supports Cuban civil society and peaceful democratic opposition. The Dutch consider their (bilateral and EU) objectives with regard to Cuba to be parallel to those of the U.S., but are sometimes wary of appearing too closely linked to specific [...]
2004-07-26 09:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CU NL
04THEHAGUE1880DUTCH ON EXCLUDING BELARUSIAN MINISTER FROM THE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-26 15:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKOLY PHUM PREL BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1881NATO/IRAQ: DUTCH ON NATO TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-27 06:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1883TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH THINKING ON PROPOSED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Dutch continue to move forward on plans for a September 22 EU terrorist financing seminar in Brussels, a priority of their EU Presidency. However, they are also eager to hear USG thoughts on ideas for a proposed September 23 U.S.-EU meeting/seminar on terroris [...]
2004-07-27 08:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ECON PTER PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1884DUTCH AGREE TO TERMINATE 1974 AIRWORTHINESS
[...] In response to reftel diplomatic note proposing termination of the 1974 Airworthiness Agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Treaty Division replied via diplomatic note dated July 12, 2004, the text of which follows in paragraph two. 2. Begin Text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has [...]
2004-07-27 09:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA NL
04THEHAGUE1885ICC: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The next few months will see the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin formal investigations into serious charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Africa. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) recently opened its first investigation in the Democratic Republic of t [...]
2004-07-27 10:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC
04THEHAGUE1894CODEL FRIST AUG 11
[...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Frist and staff members in The Netherlands on August 11, 2004. 2. As museums and stores in Amsterdam will not be open during transit time, post recommends delegation remain at the Schipol airport. Post also recommen [...]
2004-07-27 14:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH SU KE NL
04THEHAGUE1895STATUS OF DUTCH EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP - "WE WANT TO
[...] The evidence of the past seven weeks indicates that the Dutch will be good to their word in G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Minister Donner (reftel D). First, that they will work towards "concrete, measurable targets" in combating traffic [...]
2004-07-27 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE1897DUTCH WILL ASK U.S. TO JOIN FRIENDS OF SUDAN GROUP
[...] Dutch Director for Africa Roeland van de Geer and Marieke van Renssen, Acting Sudan desk officer, told emboffs in separate meetings today that the GONL intends to invite the US to join a "Friends of Sudan" group to assist in the post-crisis reconstruction of the Darfur region. The Dutch wil [...]
2004-07-28 14:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SU NL
04THEHAGUE1898SETTING THE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER'S AHLC MEETING -
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Gerard Steeghs, MFA Deputy Director for the UN and IFIs, on July 28. Steeghs quickly focused on the large role for the World Bank outlined in the points. Characterizing the Palestinian/Israeli disengagement project as "hyperpolitical," he observed bo [...]
2004-07-28 14:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKWBG EAID PREL NL UN
04THEHAGUE1899REPLACEMENT FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL PETER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 14:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREF NL UN
04THEHAGUE1901NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: KARZAI CANDIDACY AND
[...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA's head of South Asia Division Wilfred Mohr July 28. Mohr stated that the Dutch Ambassador in Afghanistan will soon call on Karzai to present his credentials, at which point he will also express GoNL support for reform and stability in Afghanistan. He sa [...]
2004-07-28 15:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE1902NETHERLANDS/NEPAL: DEMARCHE ON MAOIST VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are in discussion with EU colleagues regarding designation of the Maoists, but expect to release a "balanced" statement condemning violence on both sides as an interim measure. They expect the Maoists will be designated this Fall. End Summary. Dutch Presidency Statem [...]
2004-07-28 15:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC EFIN NP NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1903SURVEILLANCE OF U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE 07/27/2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 05:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1906 ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: AEGON CFO REVIEWS STATE OF
[...] Jos Streppel, the Chief Financial Officer of AEGON, a large Netherlands-based insurance group also active in the U.S., met with the Ambassador July 28 to review current efforts to unify European accounting standards and to achieve greater harmonization between the U.S. and Europe in this area. [...]
2004-07-29 11:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1910ICTY: REGISTRY SEEKS AGREEMENTS ON SENTENCING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 28 meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Hans Holthuis, the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),sought USG assistance with respect to the enforcement of sentences and the relocation of witnesses. Holthuis specifically requested [...]
2004-07-29 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE1911IRAQI JUDICIAL TRAINING
[...] (SBU) In early May in The Hague, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy chaired a conference on the rule of law in Iraq, involving some thirty Iraqi judges and twenty other jurists, advisers and staff. We understand that there is consideration in Baghdad of a proposed follow-on conf [...]
2004-07-29 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IZ ICTY KWIC
04THEHAGUE1912IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: FOLLOWING UP ON DUTCH VIEWS
[...] (C) As a follow up to initial GONL views reported in ref A, Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Advisor in the MFA's Political Affairs Department, provided econoff with reactions from the MFA's legal department to ref B talking points. Jurgens reiterated that the GONL remains interested in working [...]
2004-07-29 15:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC ECON EFIN NL
04THEHAGUE1913AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE HOLDS EAC MEETING JULY 29, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 15:53:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1915SURVEILLANCE OF U.S...
[...] (S/NF) The date of this incident is now in question. ORCA reports that the liaison service reports the incident as having taken place on Monday July 26. A very senior member of The Hague Police told the RSO this afternoon that the incident occurred on Monday and the Israeli RSO maintains that [...]
2004-07-30 06:06:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1916DUTCH PRESIDENCY REPLY ON BURMA/ASEM MESSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Presidency Special Envoy Hans van den Broek was reportedly pleased with the results his recent trip to Hanoi, Bangkok, Beijing and Tokyo to resolve the current impasse regarding Burmese participation in the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). The Dutch are reluctant to pro [...]
2004-07-30 12:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM NL BM
04THEHAGUE1917NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS: GELFENBAUM, 08/03-
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Guy R. Gelfenbaum for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 3-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a se [...]
2004-07-30 13:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL
04THEHAGUE1918ICTY: A PUNISHING WEEK FOR OTP
[...] (SBU) Summary: It was a punishing week for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On July 28, a trial chamber ordered the provisional release of two of the highest-ranking members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle, Jovica [...]
2004-07-30 14:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1919NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: MOVING IN THE RIGHT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to Dutch sources, the European Council will most likely decide in December to open accession talks with Turkey, setting a fixed starting date contingent on Turkey's completion of specific concrete reforms. Senior Dutch officials based in The Hague are playing an active [...]
2004-07-30 15:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1920CIVAIR: KLM SEES NO ECONOMIC RATIOANLE FOR
[...] (U) On July 29 Ambassador Sobel and econoff (note taker) met with KLM President and CEO Leo van Wijk. Ambassador Sobel asked van Wijk his thoughts on the failure to achieve a first-phase U.S.-EU air services agreement. The Ambassador also steered the conversation to Commissioner DePalacio [...]
2004-07-30 16:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAIR EU NL
04THEHAGUE1921NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:MANGAN, 08/11-13/04
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Margaret T. Magan for travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands August 11-13, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...]
2004-07-30 16:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL
04THEHAGUE1922NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:SHERWOOD, 08/21- 25/04
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Christopher R. Sherwood for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 21-25, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...]
2004-07-30 16:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL
04THEHAGUE1923SURVEILLANCE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE ON
[...] (SBU) Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Public Safety contacted the RSO on 07/30 and advised that the incident had actually occurred on 07/26 and not 07/27 as he originally told the embassy. As an aside he stated he would determine why he wasn't informed until the evening of 07/27. [...]
2004-07-30 17:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1924AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE HOLD EAC MEETING JULY 30, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-30 17:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPTER
04THEHAGUE1929RESPONSE TO TECHNICAL THREAT LEVEL- THE HAGUE AND
[...] The host country political system: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. 2. Bilateral relations and defense agreements: Yes, numerous treaties and the Netherlands is a NATO member and is supporting the coalition in Iraq by having Dutch troops present. 3. Extent of [...]
2004-08-02 14:23:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC
04THEHAGUE1935DUTCH A/POL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ: TERRORISM STATEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Terrorism Declaration: CDA contacted Dutch MFA A/Political Director Herman Schaper late August 2 and got confirmation that the Netherlands would support and release the Coalition Terrorism Declaration. Early August 3, A/Pol Couns provided ref A points to MFA Security Policy Director Ma [...]
2004-08-03 11:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE194CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STAFFING
[...] The staffing information for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was sent to IO/S/EA via DHL on 27 January 2004 from Embassy The Hague. The tracking number is 580 4054 060, and can be tracked at www.dhl.com. 2. Javits sends. RUSSEL [...]
2004-01-27 14:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER POL CWC
04THEHAGUE1948DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 11:02:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER NL
04THEHAGUE195CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The one agenda item for the January 22 meeting of the Geneva Group was Article IV/V financing, and the proposal from the ABAF for expansion of the Working Capital Fund. At the time, the U.S. Del did not have guidance on the proposed expansion of the Working Capital Fund. We have since [...]
2004-01-27 15:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1954EMBASSY THE HAGUE SECURITY MEASURES: PROMISE OF
[...] (C) The Dutch security "triangle" chaired by National Coordinator for Security Jonge Vos and including representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Justice, Foreign Affairs, Defence, and AVID (security service)),met late August 4 to review Embassy The Hague security. The results of the m [...]
2004-08-04 17:00:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER NL
04THEHAGUE1955BIO INFO ON NEW DUTCH EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER NEELIE
[...] PM Balkenende announced the nomination of former transport minister Neelie Kroes as the new Dutch European Commissioner on August 3. Kroes will succeed Frits Bolkestein as Dutch EU Commissioner. Balkenende said he expected President Barroso would give Kroes "a heavy economic portfolio," such [...]
2004-08-05 05:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1956DUTCH WILL LIKELY SUPPORT US RE-ELECTION TO ICAO
[...] Responding to reftel demarche, Rene Fennes, head of international relations of the Ministry of Transport, expected his government to support US re-election to the ICAO council. "I don't think there will be any problem there," he said. Fennes passed our non-paper to his colleagues at the Mi [...]
2004-08-05 07:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR NL ICAO
04THEHAGUE1957NETHERLANDS CONSIDERING PROPOSED AIR SERVICE
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Rene Fennes, head of international relations at the Ministry of Transportation. As instructed, we emphasized that this request only pertained to the Aruba and Netherlands Antilles portions of the agreements. 2. Fennes could not give an imme [...]
2004-08-05 07:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA NL
04THEHAGUE1967CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) A recent trip by the Director General proved uneventful and produced little or nothing in terms of substantive results - an outcome considered very successful by the DG. The OPCW Chief of Cabinet Raphael Grossi expounded on a number of personnel issues, most notably appealing for a solid [...]
2004-08-05 13:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1975MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH
[...] (C) Charge reviewed ref A points with Dutch MFA Acting Political Director Herman Schaper on August 6. Schaper has instructed the German Embassy in Chisinau (as local EU representative) and the Dutch Embassy in Kiev to address these points with the Moldovans and the Ukrainians respectively, an [...]
2004-08-06 14:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD NL
04THEHAGUE1981SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] Post requests three interns for spring 2005. The following responses are given as per para 3 of reftel: A. Number of Interns: Three B. Language requirement: None C. Selection criteria: All interns should have excellent writing and verbal communication skills. For Pol/Econ advanc [...]
2004-08-09 10:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC NL
04THEHAGUE1983DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Dimitri Vogelaar August 5 to discuss reftel message. Vogelaar said that he was disappointed that the EU would not be able to send an observer mission to Venezuela, but stressed that the EU would remain involved "even without a European mission." [...]
2004-08-10 09:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO NL
04THEHAGUE20CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYAN REQUEST
[...] (U) On January 6, Brian Hawtin, the acting Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, provided a copy of a letter from the Libyan Ambassador to the Netherlands to OPCW DG Rogelio Pfirter. The letter transmitted a note verbale from the Libyan government requ [...]
2004-01-07 10:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP LY CWC
04THEHAGUE2020LETTER WARNING OF A PLOT TO ATTACK JEWS AND
[...] (SBU) RSO The Hague was contacted by the Security Officer for the Israeli Embassy who advised a letter reporting a threat had come to him. He offered that the writer was informing on someone else. The letter was forwarded by fax. 2. (SBU) the letter is in Dutch and was translated by the Sr. [...]
2004-08-13 06:09:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE2023NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: LOCAL TAIWAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwanese representatives in The Hague are engaging the Dutch government and parliamentarians in an effort to slow down the EU's rush to lift its arms embargo on China. Several parliamentarians have expressed sympathy for the Taiwanese position, but do not want to undercut the Du [...]
2004-08-13 13:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM CH TW NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2035KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: REQUEST FOR
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our Second Quarter, 2004/2005, budget contribution of USD 964,362.13. Please note that the check must reach the Office of the Legal Counse [...]
2004-08-13 13:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
04THEHAGUE2039FEDERAL WOMENS PROGRAM COORDINATOR (FWPC)
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 14:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT NL
04THEHAGUE2040DUTCH CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF EU COMPETITION PORTFOLIO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch are clearly satisfied and claiming victory over the appointment of Neelie Kroes-Smit (Kroes) as the new European Commissioner for Competition. Prime Minister Balkenende's strategy of holding out for a "heavy" portfolio appears to have paid off. Both the Netherlands [...]
2004-08-16 05:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2047NETHERLANDS: UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-16 14:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL KPAO NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2052CORRUPTION AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AT SCHIPHOL AIRPORT
[...] The Schiphol 100% control measure, designed by Justice Minister Donner to stop drug trafficking into the Netherlands from the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Suriname, and later Venezuela, is now in its ninth month. Donner touts the measure as a success, citing declining cocaine seizures at Sch [...]
2004-08-17 14:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE2055NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SECOND DUTCH FATALITY
[...] (U) A Royal Dutch Military Police (Koninklijke Marechaussee) Sergeant was killed in an ambush on a Dutch military vehicle on August 14 south of Rumaythah in Al Muthanna province. The 29 year-old Sergeant, Jeroen Severs, was riding in an unarmored jeep which came under heavy fire from small ar [...]
2004-08-17 15:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2064UPU - USG CANDIDACY FOR POSTAL OPERATIONS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-18 14:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC
04THEHAGUE2082CIVAIR: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE
[...] Econ off delivered reftel demarche and invitiation to the Dutch Ministry of Transportation's Rene Fennes, Head of International Relations and Guido Landheer, Head of Market Access and Regulation on August 6th and 9th, respectively. Neither had substantive responses. Fennes advised that the G [...]
2004-08-20 14:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR NL ICAO
04THEHAGUE2091ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-23 14:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA FI NL
04THEHAGUE2095DUTCH PUT UN PROTECTION FORCE ON PSC AGENDA
[...] (S) On August 23, POLCOUNS discussed reftel points with Dutch MFA officials Bahia Tahzib (Deputy European Correspondent) and Adri van Loopik (Head of the Gulf States Division in the Department of North Africa and Middle East Affairs). (Note: POLOFFS had previously discussed the issue with Ta [...]
2004-08-23 16:07:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IZ GB NL UN EUN
04THEHAGUE2104OSCE - DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCE ON
[...] The Dutch hope to send a delegation to subject conference headed by a cabinet minister, likely Rita Verdonk, Minister for Immigration and Integration, according to Joris Geeven, MFA officer covering the OSCE in the Human Rights Department who spoke with Poloff on August 20. Human Rights Speci [...]
2004-08-24 12:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE2112DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...]
2004-08-25 10:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2123NETHERLANDS/ASEM: LOOKING FOR COMPROMISE AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 14:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM NL
04THEHAGUE2124NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN ELECTIONS: DUTCH PREPARED TO
[...] Poloff delivered ref A and B messages August 23 to Wilfred Mohr, Head of the Dutch MFA's South Asia Division. With regard to ref A request that the Dutch approach Iran on out of country registration and voting, Mohr acknowledged that the Government of Iran "needs to do more." He revealed that [...]
2004-08-25 14:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PK AF IR NL
04THEHAGUE2126EU/NETHERLANDS/SOUTH OSSETIA: DUTCH SKEPTICAL
[...] (C) On August 24, POLCOUNS discussed reftel points with Tony van der Togt, Head of the Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division, and Frank van Beuningen, Policy Coordinator for the OSCE within the MFA's Department of Security Policy. Both interlocutors were well briefed on the sit [...]
2004-08-25 15:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG GM NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2138INFORMAL EU FOREIGN MINSTERS MEETING (GYMNICH),
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner told emboffs that although the Gymnich agenda must remain open until very shortly before the meeting, he expects that it will cover ASEM, the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, the Balkans, and the Sudan. On ASEM the Dutch are looking [...]
2004-08-26 15:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2143TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS AND
[...] Embassy The Hague has regularly posted the Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Trafficking in Persons reports on the embassy web site and alerted key contacts to their existence. We have not, however, translated the reports into Dutch given the extraordinarily high proficiency in English. [...]
2004-08-27 10:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM PREL KDEM NL
04THEHAGUE2145DUTCH C/T COORDINATOR PUSHES REORGANIZATION PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: C/T Coordinator Joustra won the backing of the Prime Minister for the outline of his plan to create a new Counter terrorism agency by Jan. 1, 2005. This may overcome the resistance of the (pro-status quo) Interior Minister and bolster the hand of Justice Minister Donner, who as Co [...]
2004-08-27 10:48:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPTER PGOV PINR NL
04THEHAGUE2154DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Dutch parliament interrupted its August recess for a special session on Iraq attended by Defense Minister Kamp and Foreign Minister Bot. The parliament endorsed the additional security measures taken in the wake of the August 14 ambush of Dutch troops in Iraq a [...]
2004-08-27 15:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2156HUMAN RIGHTS - STATUS OF WEOG CHR ELECTION ROTATION
[...] (C) Since ref A discussions in mid-July, the Dutch have failed to make much progress on their offer to restart negotiations on a WEOG election rotation scheme for the UN Commission on Human Rights, according to Karel van Kesteren, MFA Human Rights Director with whom Poloff spoke on August 2 [...]
2004-08-27 15:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM AORC PREL NL UN
04THEHAGUE2168 CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY
[...] (U) The Technical Secretariat has distributed an information paper (transmitted to AC/CB) providing responses to questions raised by delegations during the July budget consultations. Budget co-facilitators Gordon Eckersley (Australia) and Ian Mundell (Canada) have announced that they intend [...]
2004-08-31 13:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2169GPS-GALILEO AGREEMENT: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED -
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-31 13:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEU TSPA TSPL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2172NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOT VISITS BAGHDAD, PUSHES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot's November 29 visit to Iraq will hopefully spur the EU to take a more active role in Iraq, according to an MFA interlocutor who participated in the trip. An EU "exploratory commission" tasked with developing concrete proposals for supporting reconstruc [...]
2004-08-31 19:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ NL EUN
04THEHAGUE218CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S./U.K
[...] (C) On January 20, Under Secretary of State John Bolton and William Ehrman, Director-General for Defense and Intelligence of the U.K.'s FCO, met with the senior leadership of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to discuss the state of activity on Libyan accession [...]
2004-01-29 14:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE2188NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: MAINTAINING MULTINATIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: PolCouns and PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems and MOD General Policy Director Lo Casteleijn in separate meetings on August 31. While the current Dutch deployment in Iraq is scheduled to run through March 15, 2005, the GONL is [...]
2004-09-01 15:37:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL
04THEHAGUE219DEMARCHE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
[...] Embassy discussed reftel with Ms. Inge van der Leij, coordinator for genetic modification of the Dutch Environment Ministry (VROM),who will be leading the official Dutch delegation to Kuala Lumpur. 2. Ms. Van der Leij said she will be pleased to discuss issues raised in demarche with the [...]
2004-01-29 14:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD TBIO NL
04THEHAGUE2190NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH THINKTANK REPORT ON TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: A recent report on Turkish EU accession by the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV),a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has sparked debate on a possible timetable for opening accession talks with Turkey. The report's most controversia [...]
2004-09-01 16:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2196ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF
[...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...]
2004-09-02 11:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE22DUTCH COMMENTS ON BOLIVIA SUPPORT GROUP
[...] EconOff delivered ref demarche on January 5 to Jan Plantingha of the MFA's Western Hemisphere Division (Note: MFA was closed week of December 29, 2003. End Note). Plantingha said the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington had received the invitation/agenda to the Bolivia Support Group. [...]
2004-01-07 13:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBL EFIN NL PGOV PREL
04THEHAGUE2201ICTY: COUNSEL IMPOSED ON MILOSEVIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated, Trial Chamber Three of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided on September 2 to assign counsel to assist in the defense of Slobodan Milosevic. The court decided that the counsel should be the amici curiae (friends of the Cou [...]
2004-09-02 15:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2205NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: EU EXPLORATORY MISSION REPORT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU exploratory mission to Iraq will report its findings and present a long list of "options" for supporting Iraqi reconstruction to the September 3-4 Gymnich, according to its Dutch chair. The Dutch hope that the mission's report will spur the EU to take a more active role i [...]
2004-09-02 15:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2206NETHERLANDS: REPATRIATION FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-03 08:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIR IZ PREF PREL PTER NL
04THEHAGUE2208DUTCH CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO IFC'S PRIVATE
[...] ECONCOUNS and Econoff delivered September 2, 2004, reftel points to Gita Salden, Head of the International Economy and Financial Institutions Division within the Foreign Financial Relations Directorate of the Dutch Finance Ministry. (POLCOUNS delivered points separately on August 31 to Michiel [...]
2004-09-03 14:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV NL
04THEHAGUE2248DUTCH RESPONSE: ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding state sponsorship of terrorism, but differentiate their level of concern with regard to the specific states named on the U.S. list. The Dutch - both bilaterally and in their EU Presidency capacity - regularly press Syria and Iran regardin [...]
2004-09-07 07:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL NL
04THEHAGUE2250FM BOT VISIT TO INDONESIA AUGUST 25-27
[...] (SBU) During an August 25-27 visit to Indonesia, Dutch FM Bot met with Indonesian FM Nur Hassan Wirayuda, as well as with President Megawati and Presidential Candidate Susilo Yudhoyono. Bot discussed both bilateral issues and, in his EU Presidency capacity, the EU-Indonesian relationship. Pol [...]
2004-09-07 10:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ID NL
04THEHAGUE2261IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH MFA VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff discussed refs A and B with Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on September 7. Wilke does not believe it will be possible to gain support within the EU for referring Iran's non-compliance to the UNSC in September. He doubts ElBaradei's November report will be [...]
2004-09-07 15:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL IR NL UNSC
04THEHAGUE2272CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Del rep attended a September 1 OPCW National Implementation workshop on National Implementation in London. Santiago Onate, Office of the Legal Advisor, Anan Dhavle, International Cooperation Division, and facilitator Mark Matthews (UK) presented tutorials on Article VII obligations to t [...]
2004-09-08 14:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2273GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
[...] Country Clearance is granted for John M. Linkletter for travel to The Netherlands September 11, 2004 and September 15 thru 20, 2004. 2. Embassy points of contact for the visit are economic officers Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270); huffrx@state.gov) and Joe Trimble (31-70-310-9274); trimblej [...]
2004-09-08 15:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA SW GM NL ILO
04THEHAGUE2274GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JORDAN CAMP OF NASA'S
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Jordan Camp for travel to The Netherlands September 18 thru 24, 2004. 2. Embassy point of contact is economic officer Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270; huffrx@state.gov). The after-hours Embassy phone number is (31-70-310-9499) POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...]
2004-09-08 15:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA NL
04THEHAGUE2277SUMMARY OF NATIONAL RAPPORTEUR'S THIRD TIP REPORT
[...] Summary/Comment: On June 20, Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons (NRM) Dien Korvinus presented the third TIP report to Justice Minister Donner. The 302-page report mainly covers the year 2002 and contains information about laws and regulations, victims, assistance, administrat [...]
2004-09-08 15:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE2280 EU Informal Agriculture Council Press Conference, September
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-09 10:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NL
04THEHAGUE2289SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...]
2004-09-10 09:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2290SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...]
2004-09-10 09:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2295REQUEST FOR CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR TECHNICIAN
[...] Post requests the immediate services of the digital copier repair technician in Frankfurt to service defective Nashuates copiers located in CAA offices. 2. The digital copiers are Nashuatec model numbers 425, 3525 and 465. 3. POC: IMS - Jamal M. Lewis. IVG: 361-9390, Comm: 31- 70-310 [...]
2004-09-10 11:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC KRIM ACDA
04THEHAGUE2300DUTCH PREVIEW ASEM
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to endorse the compromise solution informally agreed among EU members at the September 9 Gymnich meeting (reftel),but expect some "fine-tuning" of technical aspects of the agreement. According to the Dutch, the French are "catching up" after their Minis [...]
2004-09-10 15:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM NL
04THEHAGUE2303DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN
[...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...]
2004-09-13 12:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC
04THEHAGUE2308 CABINET APPROVES AND FORWARDS NEW DUTCH COUNTER-
[...] On September 10, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted to the Second Chamber of Parliament CT Coordinator Joustra's plan to streamline Dutch counter-terrorism policies. As expected (reftels),the plan establishes an office of National CT Coordinator (NCTb) by January [...]
2004-09-14 05:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS NL KPRP
04THEHAGUE2310EUR/ERA CHASE MEETING ON DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCING
[...] (U) In a September 10 meeting, Erik van Andel, Head of the Financial Integrity Division, Dutch Finance Ministry (MOF),briefed visiting EUR/ERA Office Director Peter Chase on Dutch EU Presidency priorities on combating terrorist financing. (See septels for reporting on Chase's meetings on E [...]
2004-09-14 06:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ECON PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2311DUTCH RESPONSE ON LARGE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-14 11:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAIR EIND NL USTR EUN
04THEHAGUE2314NIH/FIC -DR. CHITNIS- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Ajay Chitnis for travel to The Netherlands October 1-2, 2004. 2. The Embassy acknowledges that no other assistance has been requested. 3. Point of contact for the visit in the Embassy Economic Section is (Richard Huff, Counselor),at 31-70-310-9270 [...]
2004-09-14 12:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL TBIO OTRA
04THEHAGUE2315NIH/FIC -DR. PELROY- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Richard Pelroy for travel to The Netherlands September 28-30, 2004. 2. The Embassy acknowledges that no other assistance has been requested. 3. Point of contact for the visit in the Embassy Economic Section is (Richard Huff, Counselor),at 31-70-31 [...]
2004-09-14 12:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL TBIO OTRA
04THEHAGUE2316UNGA 59/HUMAN RIGHTS/NL: PUSH NEEDED ON PROPOSED
[...] (C) Poloff spoke September 14 with Wouter Plomp, in the HR department of the Dutch MFA, regarding the proposed package of agreed Third Committee language (ref e-mail) provided to the Dutch several weeks ago. Plomp said that the Dutch are "still working on it internally," but could not indic [...]
2004-09-14 14:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM AORC PREL NL
04THEHAGUE2317USNATO 2005 TOURS
[...] In response to reftel, and as already mentioned in Moyes/White e-mail of 9/11/04, US Embassy The Hague would like to design a NATO tour in January for Dutch parliamentarians. This program would consist of two days in Brussels with a follow-on tour to a new member state such as Romania. [...]
2004-09-14 15:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2321CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) On September 8, Del reps met with Rick Martin, head of the OPCW's Budget and Finance Branch, and Ali Asghar Special Advisor on B&F issues, to outline substantive U.S. requirements outlined in reftel. In response to the requirements raised, Asghar noted that there is currently only one " [...]
2004-09-14 16:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2325 EU Informal Agriculture Council Press Conference, September
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-15 09:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NL
04THEHAGUE2326DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 16-17 EU
[...] Summary: In a September 9 letter to the Dutch parliament, Defense Minister Kamp previewed the September 16- 17 EU Defense Ministers Informal Ministerial at Noordwijk, Netherlands. This meeting will be preceded by the first meeting of the Steering Board of the new European Defense Agency unde [...]
2004-09-15 11:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2331TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH AUTHORITY TO FREEZE ASSETS
[...] The following is provided in response to ref A request for information on the status of the Netherlands' national authority to freeze assets related to terrorism financing. Ref B contains a detailed description of Dutch laws and regulations on terrorism financing and related money laundering [...]
2004-09-15 15:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PTER EFIN KTFN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2344IRAN/IAEA: IAEA NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Political Counselor and Poloff shared ref A demarche text and ref b points with Dutch Government officials on September 16. Poloff reached Elka Merks, in the Dutch MFA Nonproliferation office, to convey points in advance of the morning meeting in Vienna at the IAEA. Poloff drew on reft [...]
2004-09-16 14:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL IR NL UNSC
04THEHAGUE2345DUTCH RESPONSE: COORDINATING ACTION ON BHUTANESE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message to Wilfred Mohr, Head of Southern Asia Division, September 16. Mohr responded that the issue had been discussed previously in a videoconference call with the Department on September 8 and that an EU Working Party meeting today in Brussels will also discus [...]
2004-09-16 14:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM NP IN NL BI
04THEHAGUE2346SEPT. 13-14 GAERC: READ-OUT FROM DUTCH
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept. 13-14 GAERC with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 16. He said the the EU's foreign ministers had discussed Secretary Powell's comments about genocide in Darfur, the financing of the UN Protective Force in Iraq, and EU rel [...]
2004-09-16 14:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE2357UPU - ANGOLA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT IN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-17 07:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL AO
04THEHAGUE2366DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN G8 BMENA MEETINGS IN NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-17 13:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMPI NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2367UNGA 59/COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA CORE GROUP MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-17 15:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CO NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2369NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: DUTCH LOOKING FOR ACTION
[...] SUMMARY: (C) Dutch EU Presidency representative Piet de Klerk, Special Ambassador for Human Rights, will be in Tibet from September 20 to 23 and Beijing on September 24 for the next round of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue. Poloff discussed the confidential agendas with Gerri Willems of t [...]
2004-09-17 15:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2370NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER: DUTCH RESPONSE
[...] (S) As requested, econoff delivered ref A points and the text of the proposed Executive Order (E.O.) regarding insurgency finance in Iraq on September 13 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate for European Integration within the Department of External P [...]
2004-09-17 15:15:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER KTFN IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2382UNGA 59/EAST TIMOR ACCOUNTABILITY - DUTCH SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) The Dutch "fully support" the idea of the UN Secretariat forming a Commission of Experts (COE) to evaluate SIPDIS the work of the Ad Hoc Tribunal and Serious Crimes Unit and report on next steps regarding accountability for the 1999 atrocities on East Timor. However, Indonesian relu [...]
2004-09-20 09:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KAWC PHUM NL
04THEHAGUE2388NETHERLANDS/EU: PETER CHASE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: At meetings with the MFA on September 10, Peter Chase (EUR/ERA Director) heard that EU Member States see new informal interest groups forming around particular issues. This variable geometry extends to EU representation at the UN, where the EU's formal division of competenci [...]
2004-09-20 10:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL
04THEHAGUE2398NETHERLANDS/EU/UNGA: ICJ SEPARATION BARRIER ACTION
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel talking points with Herman Schaper, the Dutch Deputy POLDIR, on September 20. Schaper confirmed that Dutch UN Permrep Dirk van den Bergh, in his EU capacity, had discussed the issue of the security barrier with the Palestinian mission (al-Kidwa) in New York. The Pal [...]
2004-09-20 15:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL UNSC EUN
04THEHAGUE2399CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Delegations made little progress towards a draft decision on Schedule 1 "captive use." Germany presented a non-paper providing several examples of known processes where Schedule 1 chemical(s) were produced during the production of certain final products. France, Switzerland, Italy and t [...]
2004-09-20 16:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2402JAPAN'S CANDIDATE FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL
[...] (C) The Netherlands (in their national capacity, not as EU President) shares USG concerns about Japanese candidate Takashima's lack of credentials for UNRWA (reftel) but is not aware of any alternative candidates for the position, according to Marwienke Tillema, Senior Policy Officer at the [...]
2004-09-21 12:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL AORC NL
04THEHAGUE2407CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VISIT OF ARMS
[...] (U) CWC Delegation and Embassy welcome the September 27-29 visit of AC PDAS Record. Hotel reservations have been made at the Crowne Plaza Promenade Hotel; Van Stolkweg 1, The Hague 2585 JL; (phone)(31)(70) 352-5161; (fax) 31-70-354-1046. Control officer for the visit is Pete Ito, who will [...]
2004-09-21 15:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL OVIP OTRA CWC
04THEHAGUE2409CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) At the request of DG Pfirter, Glen Johnson, Office Director of VC/VO, assessed the Technical Secretariat accomplishments on the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement project over the past year and recommended how best to move the project forward. Johnson determined that sign [...]
2004-09-21 15:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2410CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] (U) Country clearance is granted to the following individual traveling to The Hague to attend the OPCW 2005 Budget meeting: --BENTHIEN, Lisa Arrive: 26 September Depart: 03 October Hotel reservations have been made for 26 Sept-2 Oct at the Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel; address: Johan de [...]
2004-09-22 08:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC
04THEHAGUE2415TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND DUTCH POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: The recent defection of one member of parliament from the Liberal (VVD) party over the issue of Turkish accession to the EU is forcing the Dutch government to consider potential domestic repercussions of the Turkish EU debate. So far, PM Balkenende has set the tone of the discussion by [...]
2004-09-22 15:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU NL
04THEHAGUE2445DHS SEC. RIDGE CARRIES MESSAGE OF COMMON CT CAUSE
[...] SUMMARY: Sec. Ridge discussed implementation of US-EU Summit Declaration Combating Terrorism with the EU JHA Troika, stressing the importance of information sharing and the need to communicate better to the public the existing high level of CT cooperation between the U.S. and EU. His message [...]
2004-09-24 12:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CVIS SMIG CPAS PREL ATRN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2448NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: PM ADVISOR ON ACCESSION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch PM's chief foreign policy advisor (and point man for Turkey during the Dutch presidency) believes that Verheugen's report will set the stage for a positive EU decision on setting a date for Turkish accession. He anticipates, however, that the decision will contain addi [...]
2004-09-24 14:27:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL TK NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2452TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS - "THEY AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hannie Pollman-Zall (protect),MFA Director of the Western and Central European Department, told Poloff on September 23 that if the Turks thought the European reaction to the adultery law proposal was bad, "they ain't seen nothin' yet." Ankara, she suggested, may still not ful [...]
2004-09-24 15:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU NL CY
04THEHAGUE2453IRAQ: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING
[...] We delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on 14 September to Adri van Loopik, head of the Gulf States Division of the Dutch MFA's North Africa and Middle East department, as well as Willemein Kallenberg, Iraq desk officer. They had no substantive response at that time. 2. On September 22 [...]
2004-09-25 08:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL NL
04THEHAGUE2454AFRICA PARTNERSHIP FORUM INVITATION RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-25 08:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA NL
04THEHAGUE2461PRIME MINISTER BALKENENDE OUT OF COMMISSION FOR
[...] (U) Prime Minister Balkenende has been in hospital since September 14 with a serious foot infection caused by streptococcal and staphylococcal bacteria. According to Government Information Service, Balkenende underwent two operations, and the wound is said to be healing well. Balkenende is no [...]
2004-09-27 14:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2462EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: VADM METZGER/DAS SUCHAN
[...] (C) Summary: On September 15, VADM James Metzger and PM/DAS Greg Suchan briefed a Dutch interagency team chaired by MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on U.S. concerns regarding the possible lifting of the EU's arms embargo on China. VADM Metzger outlined the enhanced threat posed [...]
2004-09-27 15:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE248DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...]
2004-01-30 13:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL
04THEHAGUE2480DUTCH RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL HIGH LEVEL BURMESE
[...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Eric Verwaal, Head of Southeast Asia and Oceania Division and Special Assistant to EU Envoy Hans van den Broek September 28 to follow up Ref A message regarding the potential for Burmese participation in the October 8-9 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) at a higher level than [...]
2004-09-29 09:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM BU NL
04THEHAGUE249CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - COUNTRY
[...] (U) Country clearance is requested for Pete Ito of the CWC Delegation to participate as an observer at the February 6-8 Munich Conference on Security Policy. Ito has been in contact with the conference organizers and will make his own arrangements regarding accommodations and transportation [...]
2004-01-30 13:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA GM NL
04THEHAGUE2490DUTCH PROVIDE READOUT OF BILATERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both the Dutch and Pakistanis are pleased with the September 26-27 visit of President Musharraf in The Hague. The bilateral visit included an audience with the Queen, meetings with parliamentarians and business executives, and a discussion with the local Pakistani community. T [...]
2004-09-30 07:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PK NL
04THEHAGUE2492CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...]
2004-09-30 11:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2493CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...]
2004-09-30 11:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2494ICTY - MILOSEVIC TRIAL ADJOURNS IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) Summary. The defense phase of Slobodan Milosevic,s trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stumbled into a new set of obstacles during the week of September 13. The trial chamber abruptly transformed the defense from one led exclusively by Milosevi [...]
2004-09-30 12:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2495CYPRUS/NETHERLANDS: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID,
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on September 30 to Hannie Pollman-Zall, Director of the Dutch MFA's Western and Central European Affairs Department. Pollman-Zall responded that "many lawyers are breaking their heads over ways to facilitate direct Turkish Cypriot trade with the EU." She [...]
2004-09-30 12:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN CY NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2496TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) Embassy The Hague's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Daniel Russel: russeldr@state.gov; tel: 31-70-310-9317; and fax: 31-70-310-9322. 2. (SBU) The Deputy TFCO responsible for day-to-day action and reporting is Economic Officer Karen Enstrom: enstromkl@state.go [...]
2004-09-30 12:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
04THEHAGUE2507NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: INSTRUMENTS SIGNED FOR
[...] Embassy pouched to L/T on September 30 signed instruments relating to mutual legal assistance and extradition, concluded between the Netherlands the United States and between France and the United States, registered pouch numbers 1530586 and 1530587. The Netherlands/US instruments were signe [...]
2004-10-01 12:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL FR NL
04THEHAGUE251ICJ: US STATEMENT IN FENCE PROCEEDING SUBMITTED TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) On January 30, Embassy Legal Officers delivered to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the U.S. written statement in the proceedings concerning the UN General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion as to the "legal consequences of the constru [...]
2004-01-30 14:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL ICJ
04THEHAGUE2512NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: BURMESE ATTENDANCE;
[...] (C) Eric Verwaal, Head of Southeast Asia and Oceania Division (and Special Assistant to EU Envoy Hans van den Broek),told poloff October 1 that the Vietnamese had informed him the Burmese participant at ASEM will be: U Tin Winn, identified as "Minister in the Office of Prime Minister." Verwa [...]
2004-10-01 15:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BU NL
04THEHAGUE2518CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCTOBER 1
[...] (U) At the October 1 consultations on the Libyan proposal to make a technical change to permit conversion of the Rabta facility, the overwhelming number of attendees voiced strong support. A limited number of "usual suspects" raised questions, in particular Pakistan, but also Russia, India an [...]
2004-10-04 14:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2519NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: POSSIBLE EU RESOLUTION ON SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 14:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM SU UNGA
04THEHAGUE2526CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) On October 1, South Korean del rep Park Yong Kyu informed us that his delegation was recommending to Seoul that South Korea not/not support a continuation of the political consultancy for General Chong, who is tasked with working on universality on the Korean peninsula. The ROK delegat [...]
2004-10-05 14:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2531AC/PDAS RECORD'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DUTCH
[...] (C) Summary: AC/PDAS Frank Record met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on September 28. The two reviewed a broad resume of arms control issues including the NPT, Non-strategic nuclear weapons, missile defense, FMCT, and a proposed U.S. landmine export ban. They also di [...]
2004-10-05 14:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE2534TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE PRENOTIFICATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-05 15:57:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN NL LVPR
04THEHAGUE2559EU-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: DISAPPOINTING, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: While working-level MFA contacts found recent EU-China discussions on human rights disappointing, on balance the October 11 GAERC will almost certainly determine that the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue is worthwhile and should continue. Dutch interlocutors stressed on October 5 [...]
2004-10-07 09:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KJUS CH NL
04THEHAGUE2564UNRWA: NO NAMES YET FROM THE EU FOR HANSEN
[...] (C) Poloff shared ref a points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of the Dutch MFA UN Affairs office, who promised to continue EU efforts to identify a replacement for Hansen. He said that he had asked EU counterparts for names during meetings on the margins of the UNGA last week, and he pro [...]
2004-10-07 13:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL NL
04THEHAGUE2565UNCHR/WEOG VOTING ROTATION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 13:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL WEOG UNCHR UN
04THEHAGUE2566IRAQ/NL: POINTS ON IRAQ WMD REPORT DELIVERED
[...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel points on the DCI Special Advisor's Comprehensive Report on Iraq WMD to Jaap Werner, Head of the Dutch MFA's Political Affairs Department, on October 6. Werner expressed keen interest in the report and its findings, but offered no substantive response. SOBEL [...]
2004-10-07 14:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NL KPDD
04THEHAGUE2581DUTCH PRESIDENCY AMBITIONS FOR COMPETITIVENESS
[...] Dutch Economic Ministry officials staffing the Competitiveness Council hope to use the Dutch term in the chair of the Council to make serious progress towards reinvigorating the European economy. They acknowledge that past meetings of the Council -- derided by their own minister in June as a [...]
2004-10-08 09:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2582NETHERLANDS/EU/BANGLADESH: DETERIORATING INTERNAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding the deteriorating domestic situation in Bangladesh. In their capacity as EU President, the Dutch are organizing a "brainstorming session" on October 21 to develop a common EU approach to the situation. End Summary. "Bleak" Situation --- [...]
2004-10-08 10:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON BG NL
04THEHAGUE2587NETHERLANDS/EU/TERRORIST FINANCE: FREEZING MAOIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect an EU designation of the Maoists within one month's time. They plan to carry out a simultaneous EU Troika visit to Kathmandu to ensure the Government of Nepal remains "on notice" with regard to this issue. End Summary. Designation Strategy ------------------- [...]
2004-10-08 13:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER NP NL KTFM
04THEHAGUE259DUTCH DISCUSS TRANSATLANTIC GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. MFA SecGen Frank Majoor and Pol Director Hugo Siblesz invited Ambassador, DCM, and other embassy officials to lunch January 23 to discuss the upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch hope to work with the U.S. to elaborate cooperation in the area of peace and security, particular [...]
2004-02-02 11:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU TU NL MEPP
04THEHAGUE2590NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: PLANNING TO VOTE FOR CUBAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche October 8 to Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, MFA's Policy Advisor on Cuba and Caribbean Issues. Groenemeijer responded that while the U.S. and Europeans certainly agree on many aspects of the human rights and political situation in Cuba, he did not foresee any chang [...]
2004-10-08 14:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD CU UNGA
04THEHAGUE262003-2004 INCSR FOR THE NETHERLANDS - PART II: MONEY
[...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 2003- 2004 INCSR: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REF. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON JANUARY 5 WAS 0.7880 EUROS TO THE DOLLAR. THE [...]
2004-01-07 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP SNAR PTER ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PGOV NL
04THEHAGUE2605NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: EU "CAUTIOUS" ON LIFTING
[...] (C) Summary: According to Dutch FM Bot, the EU is moving "cautiously" with regard to the issue of lifting the China arms embargo. Although there is no strong opposition to lifting the embargo, several members feel more time is needed before making that decision. Bot would prefer not to have [...]
2004-10-12 14:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ETTC CH NL EU
04THEHAGUE2606CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Facilitator Mark Matthews/UK held a 6 October consultation on the recommendations contained in the Second progress Report on the OPCW Plan of Action Regarding the Implementation of Article VII (EC-38/DG.16, 15 September 2004). Delegations welcomed the limited progress made since the last [...]
2004-10-12 14:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2611NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS/CHINA: "DIALOGUE" OF THE
[...] (U) Please see guidance request in para 10. Bionote, para. 11. 2. (C) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts characterized the recently concluded round of the EU Human Rights Dialogue with China as a "dialogue of the deaf," but were certain it would continue. Chinese "dialogue fatigue" may have c [...]
2004-10-12 15:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH NL PINR UNAUS
04THEHAGUE2617DUTCH RESPONSE ON HYDROFLUOROCARBONS (HFCS)
[...] (SBU) On September 17, EconCouns discussed ref A points with Tilly Swartepoorte, Director of Climate Change and Industry, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM). Post delivered the same day ref A points and related European Partnership for Energy and Environme [...]
2004-10-12 15:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV NL USTR
04THEHAGUE2642ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISES US-EU EFFORTS TO FIGHT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a JHA Troika meeting and a meeting on the margins of the JHA Informal Council, AG Ashcroft and DHS U/S Hutchinson praised EU cooperation with the U.S. in fighting terrorism. These meetings built on the September 18 EU Troika meeting attended by DHS Sec. Ridge (Reftel B) and re [...]
2004-10-13 17:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ATRN KCRM NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2667 STRIKES AND PROTESTS IN THE NETHERLANDS - A BREACH
[...] On September 21, the Dutch government introduced a set of budget reforms to abolish pre-pension and early retirement schemes and cut expenditures for many social programs, including social security and disability (reftel). The reforms, an effort to address the problem of an aging society wher [...]
2004-10-15 10:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM NL
04THEHAGUE2675DUTCH INCLINED TO SUPPORT "NEW AGENDA" RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-15 14:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP NL UNGA CDG
04THEHAGUE2676NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: EU CONDEMNS BURMESE HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts have expressed relief that the October 7-9 ASEM summit in Hanoi proceeded smoothly. After months of negotiating the related issues of Burmese participation and EU sanctions, the summit itself was relatively "boring," according to one interlocutor. Only EU r [...]
2004-10-15 14:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU PHUM BM VM NL ARF
04THEHAGUE2677NETHERLANDS/EU/KOREA: DUTCH ON EU SUMMIT WITH
[...] (SBU) Both MFA Korea Desk officer and South Korea Embassy officer told poloffs that the EU-South Korea Summit held in Hanoi on October 9 was so brief -- lasting only two hours including interpretation -- that participants did not have enough time to cover all of the issues included in the leng [...]
2004-10-15 14:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL KS KN EUN
04THEHAGUE2678ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...]
2004-10-15 14:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2680DUTCH ON OSCE ELECTION MISSION IN UKRAINE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-15 16:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UP NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE2682CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ENSURING
[...] (SBU) When PDAS Frank Record visited recently, it was particularly important that he brought the news that Washington had finally cleared payment of 9.4 million Euros to the OPCW. The organization was beginning to feel the pinch of the late U.S. payment, and Director-General Pfirter was most [...]
2004-10-18 07:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2687CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - APPROVAL OF
[...] (U) The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),at its October 12-15 session, unanimously adopted a recommendation to all States Parties to approve a change to the Chemical Weapons Convention. This change allows Libya to request approval for the [...]
2004-10-18 10:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE2691NETHERLANDS/EU PRESIDENCY: THE HALF-WAY POINT
[...] (C) Summary. With three months down and three to go, the Dutch no doubt view the first half of their presidency as a qualified success. They have made measurable progress on most of their priorities and effectively navigated two unexpected developments (the crisis in Darfur and PM Balkenend [...]
2004-10-18 14:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2698CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF THE
[...] (U) The U.S. achieved its one essential goal at the October 12-15 Executive Council session -- unanimous approval of the proposed technical change to allow for Libyan conversion of the Rabta facility. The issue dominated EC-38, with a record 26 delegations asking to make opening statements a [...]
2004-10-19 12:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL LY AL CWC
04THEHAGUE2699CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (U) It was apparent at the October 12-15 Executive Council that member states remain divided on the Director-General's budget and program proposal for 2005. While the differences are not great, whether on the level of increase or specifics in the program, it will still require some time and [...]
2004-10-19 12:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2704NETHERLANDS/EU/VENEZUELA: SPEAKING OUT ON HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about a deteriorating political and human rights situation in Venezuela, but as EU President are reluctant to voice criticism before consulting with other EU members. The EU does not plan to discuss a collective post-referendum strategy toward Venezu [...]
2004-10-19 14:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE NL EUN
04THEHAGUE271ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...]
2004-02-03 16:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2711ICTY: DEMARCHE ON BEHALF OF MERON CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 11:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2712NETHERLANDS/EU/UNGA: DUTCH PLANS FOR UN WORKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Funding, UN security, and the 2005 "Major Event" will dominate the EU's UN Working Group (CONUN) meeting on October 25, according to its chair, Karel van Kesteren. Other issues on the agenda include a discussion of regional groupings, the social dimension of globalization, [...]
2004-10-20 12:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2713UNGA 59: USG PAPER ON OIOS REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 12:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2718UNGA 59 - PROPOSED UNGA RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-21 07:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCIP NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2723NETHERLANDS/EU/RUSSIA: SLOUCHING TOWARD THE SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch EU Presidency, the October 19 EU-Russia troika made only limited progress toward finalizing agreements in the four "common spaces" preparation for the November 11 EU-Russia summit. Outstanding differences remain in the areas of external security (where the R [...]
2004-10-21 14:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PGOV ECON NL RU
04THEHAGUE2728NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH TALK THE TALK, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Cuba's refusal to allow entry to two Dutch MPs and one Spanish MP on October 15 focused public attention sharply on Cuba's human rights record and the EU's Cuba's policies, with many MP's weighing in in favor of a stronger EU approach. FM Bot called in the Cuban Ambassador to co [...]
2004-10-22 11:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2733EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...]
2004-10-22 13:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM AORC PREL CH NL
04THEHAGUE2734REQUEST FOR FSI DIRECT FUNDING INITIATIVE
[...] Summary: Post welcomes the Direct Funding Initiative (DFI) for embassy language programs and appreciates the opportunity to compete for funding. We have a vigorous and growing language program focused particularly on our specialists, EFMs and MSGs. Our DFI request for FY2005 will support t [...]
2004-10-22 13:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AMGT KFLO NL
04THEHAGUE2735CAUTIOUS DUTCH REACTION TO EC REPORT ON TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch government has officially characterized the October 6 European Commission report on Turkey, including its recommendation that a date be set for accession negotiations, as "a good basis for decision making by the European Council in December." Parliament also receive [...]
2004-10-22 15:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2736ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?"
[...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...]
2004-10-22 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2740THE NETHERLANDS: U.S. PLANS TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-25 15:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
04THEHAGUE2741DUTCH MID-TERM TIP ASSESSMENT
[...] SUMMARY: This is the interim accounting of Dutch efforts to combat human trafficking following the catalyst of G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 presentation of suggested USG benchmarks to Dutch officials. In response to Ambassador Miller's challenge to Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Ministe [...]
2004-10-25 15:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2747WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA): THE
[...] (SBU) The following is Embassy The Hague's response to reftel request regarding the Netherlands' market access commitments under the WTO GPA. Post provided this information via email to DOC country desk officer David de Falco on October 22, 2004. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of add [...]
2004-10-26 12:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD NL WTO EUN
04THEHAGUE2749INVITEE INFORMATION, LONDON EXPORT CONTROL
[...] Embassy delivered reftel A invitation on September 27 to George Bontenbal, head of the Export Control and Strategic Goods section of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This week he told econoff that, while he was the most appropriate person to attend the conference, he was still unsure if he [...]
2004-10-26 13:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL PARM KSTC MASS NL
04THEHAGUE2750CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) On the margins of the 38th Executive Council, Del contacted Art VII noncompliant EC members to: 1) request an update regarding their status of implementation, 2) stress the importance of EC members, whom are charged with the responsibility of overseeing treaty implementation, to honor the [...]
2004-10-26 14:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2757PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: DUTCH RESPONSES
[...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, MFA, and Adriaan Palm, MFA Political Affairs Officer, on October 26 to deliver points in reftel. Werner said the only addition to the agenda as set forth reftel was the African Great Lakes, where the Belgians [...]
2004-10-26 18:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2758CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH HOPE EU WILL PRESERVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support retaining the EU's June 2003 measures to pressure Cuba on human rights, but as EU president they feel bound to seek a "consensus" position. As the EU is currently split on the issue, according to Dutch contacts, a consensus to change the current measures may not [...]
2004-10-27 11:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2764UNGA 59/BELARUS - SPONSORING RESOLUTION ON HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-27 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2766NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH WITHDRAWAL POSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is determined to end the current deployment of Dutch troops in Al-Muthanna in mid-March in accordance with assurances provided to parliament last June. Defense Minister Kamp will send a letter to parliament in the next two weeks reaffirming that Dutch forces [...]
2004-10-28 06:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2776NETHERLANDS/EU/AFRICA: DUTCH SEEKING SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are fully invested in the November 19-20 Great Lakes Conference (GLC),having contributed 500,000 euros (and reportedly considering doubling that amount). The Dutch will table by the end of December a draft EU strategy for the Great Lakes region, based on the long-term [...]
2004-10-29 08:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW CG BY NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2777NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOV 2 GAERC
[...] (U) Summary. MFA Deputy Directors Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) and Dirk Oldenburg (European Integration) briefed emboffs Oct 28th on expectations for the Nov 2 GAERC and the Nov 5 European Council. The GAERC will focus primarily on preparations for the Council, so [...]
2004-10-29 09:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2778NETHERLANDS/EU/KOSOVO/UKRAINE/CYPRUS: ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref a points on Kosovo, Ukraine, and Northern Cyprus to MFA Deputy Director Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) October 28 (ref B covered the remaining GAERC points). On October 29, Poloff repeated points on Northern Cyprus to Hannie Pollman-Zaal [...]
2004-10-29 12:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL CY TU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE277959TH UNGA ELECTIONS: REPASCH FOR RE-ELECTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-29 12:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE2783NETHERLANDS/ASHRAF REPATRIATIONS: STILL UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-29 13:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL PTER IZ IR NL
04THEHAGUE278459TH UNGA ELECTIONS: REPASCH FOR RE-ELECTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-29 13:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE2789TURKEY/EU - FM GUL TO EU: GIVE US OUR DATE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a low-key visit to The Hague on October 25, Turkish FM Gul reportedly complained about provisions of the EC's October 6 report that highlighted Turkey's "unique" situation. He worried it was still uncertain that the European Council would set a date in December to begin acce [...]
2004-11-01 09:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2792ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...]
2004-11-01 13:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2793ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...]
2004-11-01 17:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2799FINDING A HOME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-02 09:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALTRGY TSPL TNGD ENRG NL
04THEHAGUE281DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S.
[...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...]
2004-02-04 12:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO
04THEHAGUE282CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - BRIEFING THE
[...] (C) In preparation for OPCW Director-General Pfirter's February 4-6 trip to Libya, the U.S. and U.K. provided a joint briefing to the DG and some of the accompanying staff members. Ambassador Javits utilized the points in reftel, and the U.K. provided one of its technical experts who recent [...]
2004-02-04 12:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE283CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 30
[...] (C) Greek OPCW Attache Vassilios Kraniotis provided us with an update on planning for a potential terrorist attack using chemical agents at the Olympic games. Most of these plans, he said, had been downgraded from "Confidential" to "Official Use Only" by his government, but he asked us to pr [...]
2004-02-04 12:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2831DUTCH TO SUPPORT EU DESIGNATION OF LEBANESE
[...] (U) On November 1, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot informed the Dutch Second Chamber (lower house of parliament) of the GONL's intentions to seek EU designation of both the political and military branches of the Lebanese Hizballah. The GONL previously had maintained a distinction between the two [...]
2004-11-03 14:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL
04THEHAGUE2836NETHERLANDS/EU: SWARTBOL ON TURKEY, RUSSIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rob Swartbol, PM Balkenende's senior foreign policy advisor, predicted to Ambassador Sobel on November 1 that the EU will make a positive decision on Turkish accession negotiations in December, but warned that the Turks will find some elements of the decision more objectionable [...]
2004-11-03 17:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2845NETHERLANDS/US: EXTRADITION/MUTUAL LEGAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-04 11:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM NL PREL
04THEHAGUE2864VAN GOGH KILLING SHOCKS DUTCH NATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The brutal murder November 3 of prominent Dutch film director/personality Theo van Gogh by a Dutch Moroccan in bright daylight in an Amsterdam street has rocked Dutch society. The murder recalls the assassination in 2002 of maverick politician Pim Fortuyn, who, like Van Gogh, critici [...]
2004-11-05 13:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR NL
04THEHAGUE2866THE NETHERLANDS: NATIONAL CAVEATS ON THE IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 14:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2868UNGA 59 HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Please see guidance request in paragraph 3. 2. Poloff shared reftel points with Guillaume Teerling (Senior Advisor, Human Rights office, MFA) on November 5. As the EU and the USG are cooperating closely in the Third Committee, Teerling required no convincing. Teerling said that the Nethe [...]
2004-11-05 15:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NL EUN UNGA
04THEHAGUE2869ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...]
2004-11-05 15:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE287Dutch policy on Burma
[...] Summary: In a January 28 response to questions from Parliament, Foreign Minister Bot outlined Dutch policy on Burma. For reasons of effectiveness, the GoNL believes that the EU as a whole, and not bilateral Dutch efforts, should take the lead in advancing the improvement of the political and h [...]
2004-02-04 16:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EU BM NL
04THEHAGUE2870EU/NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S
[...] (C) The EU has been discussing how Israel might participate in WEOG meetings outside New York, according to Pieter Ramaer (Head of Legal and Political Affairs, MFA UN Department). Speaking with Poloff about reftel on November 5, Ramaer said the recent CONUN meeting in Brussels considered Is [...]
2004-11-05 15:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KIPR IS NL UNEP WIPO ILO EUN
04THEHAGUE2871DUTCH VIEWS ON U.S.-EU DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID
[...] (C) Emboffs met with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Humanitarian Affairs Joost Andriesson and DPRK desk officer Robert Dressen. They thanked emboffs for sharing reftel talking points and welcomed the possibility of further discussions on humanitarian assistance to North Korea. [...]
2004-11-05 15:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KN NL WFP
04THEHAGUE2872DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. GOALS FOR GLOBAL FUND BOARD
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Stuart Flavell, Director of the Global Network of Positive People Living with HIV/AIDS and Dr. Marijke Wijnroks, Health Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3. Flavell flatly [...]
2004-11-05 16:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV PREL TBIO NL
04THEHAGUE2879UNGA 59/BELARUS/HUMAN RIGHTS: FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-08 12:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2894SCENESETTER: DUTCH ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY'S
[...] Summary: Dutch State Secretary for the Environment Pieter van Geel will travel to Washington November 15 to meet with USG energy and environment officials. He wants to explore possible next steps for a broad, post-Kyoto dialogue on climate change. His vision for future climate change discu [...]
2004-11-10 07:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL NL
04THEHAGUE290ICJ: 48 STATEMENTS FILED IN FENCE PROCEEDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) received forty-eight written statements by its deadline of January 30 in the advisory opinion proceedings concerning "the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory" (the Fence Case). While the [...]
2004-02-05 06:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE2905ICTY: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR MERON RE-ELECTION
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Post received the Diplomatic Note in para three from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the Netherlands' support for the U.S. Candidate and current ICTY President Judge Theodor Meron at the UN elections on November 18, 2004. The [...]
2004-11-10 14:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBK HR NL PHUM ICTY USUN
04THEHAGUE2909MEASURABLE PROGRESS ON DUTCH TIP EFFORTS
[...] MR. SECRETARY: FIVE MONTHS OF FOCUSED ATTENTION AND INTENSIVE G/TIP, EMBASSY AND DUTCH EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED TANGIBLE RESULTS (REFTEL). THE RECORD DEMONSTRATES DUTCH COMMITMENT AND CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIGHTING THE TRAFFICKING PROBLEM IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE EXTENT OF THE DUTCH TIP EFFOR [...]
2004-11-10 15:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2910NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-10 16:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NL IZ EUN UN
04THEHAGUE2924NETHERLANDS/EU/INDIA: "NEW PARTNERSHIP" HAS LITTLE
[...] (C) Summary: Beyond welcoming a new "strategic partnership," the November 8 EU-India Summit was perhaps more notable for what it lacked than what it included. The new "strategic partnership" appears to be little more than a wishlist of topics for cooperation to be fleshed out over the next ye [...]
2004-11-12 14:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2929TENSION AND DEBATE IN HOLLAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 3 murder of Theo van Gogh (reftel) and s... [...]
2004-11-12 15:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR NL
04THEHAGUE293Dutch Government investigates drug corruption at
[...] At the end of December 2003, the Dutch press reported claims made to the police by an Aruban drug smuggler convicted in the Netherlands that civil servants and ground crew at Schiphol (including customs officers, military police, baggage handlers, and cleaners) have been engaged in drug smuggl [...]
2004-02-05 12:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE2932ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...]
2004-11-12 17:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2989DUTCH STUDYING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IST
[...] (SBU) Embassy political counselor passed reftel demarche to MFA Director for Gulf Affairs Adri van Loopik on November 10. Van Loopik was noncommittal and suggested that he and his colleagues in the MFA Legal Division would need to study the request. In a follow-up conversation with Olivia S [...]
2004-11-17 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2990UN/EU/WEOG/ISRAEL: EU MAY RELENT AT CND, UNEP, ILO
[...] (C) The EU is looking anew at ways to include Israel in WEOG deliberations, particularly in the CND, UNEP and IOL, Pieter Ramaer (MFA deputy in the UN department) told Poloff November 16. At the EU's CONUN meeting November 15, Ramaer reported, the Dutch circulated our ref b notes (that we ha [...]
2004-11-17 16:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IS NL KCRM UNEP WIPO ILO EUN
04THEHAGUE2991DUTCH REACTION TO REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-17 16:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP
04THEHAGUE2992NETHERLANDS: BELARUS PARTICIPATION IN CEI SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-17 16:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SI BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2995CRITICAL REPORT ON DUTCH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
[...] On November 16, a special blue-ribbon panel published its long-awaited evaluation of the Dutch AIVD (civilian intelligence service). The "Havermans Committee," which included a former Interior Minister and several senior officials, was formed in February 2004 at the request of Interior Minist [...]
2004-11-17 16:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS NL KPRP
04THEHAGUE2999Dutch Opinion Makers -- Hopes and Fears
[...] Summary: In the days immediately following the US election, Ambassador Sobel and PA staff met with key groups of editors, commentators and journalists. Most Dutch commentators and reporters expressed uncertainty on how to read the elections, particularly the exit poll information that indic [...]
2004-11-18 11:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL NL
04THEHAGUE3001DUTCH ASK USG HELP WITH TURKEY ON CYPRUS, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Still expecting a positive outcome on December 17 for Turkey, the Dutch DG for the EU, Marnix Krop, sees trouble brewing on Greece and Cyprus and has asked the U.S. to help in two specific ways. First, urged us to impress upon Turkey the problems that Turkey's Aegean flights ha [...]
2004-11-19 08:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU CY GR PGOV EUN
04THEHAGUE3005VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS/EU: EU PESSIMISTIC BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-19 08:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3006CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: NO CONSENSUS (YET) TO CHANGE EU POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-19 08:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCU EUN NL PGOV PHUM PREL
04THEHAGUE3015NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RECONFIGURING THE DUTCH PRESENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A clear consensus in the Cabinet and parliament exists for concluding the Dutch deployment in Al Muthanna as scheduled. The government's November 12 letter to parliament states Dutch troops will end their current mission in mid-March, although some personnel will stay longer (we [...]
2004-11-19 08:05:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NL NATO EUN
04THEHAGUE3025RECENT CT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] An update of recent CT developments in the Netherlands follows: -- PKK Training Center Dismantled -- Van Gogh Assassination - Continuing Fall-out -- AIVD Assessment Report -- Act on Terrorist Crimes Finally Effective -- Pending CT Legislation/Proposals -- Port and Maritime Security - ISPS Op [...]
2004-11-19 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS NL KPRP
04THEHAGUE3038DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] After coordinating with the Moroccan Embassy in the Hague, POLCOUNS delivered refs points and agenda for the December 11 Forum for the Future in Rabat to Michiel den Hond, Head of the Dutch MFA's Middle East Affairs Department on November 18. Den Hond confirmed that Dutch Foreign Minister Bot [...]
2004-11-19 16:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KDEM KMPI KPAO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3041NETHERLANDS/EU/MIDDLE EAST: DUTCH HOPING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch hope to use the remaining weeks of their presidency to refocus the EU on the Middle East in order to take advantage of new opportunities. According to FM Bot and the head of the MFA's Middle East section, providing support for the Palestinian elections it their top pr [...]
2004-11-19 17:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KPAL NL MEPI
04THEHAGUE3044AFTERMATH OF VAN GOGH MURDER - MORE CT PROPOSALS
[...] On Nov. 11, the Justice, Interior and Immigration Ministers sent a letter to parliament outlining details of the van Gogh murder (reftels) and containing proposals for additional CT measures. These include: - having the AIVD intelligence service share its information more widely; - establish [...]
2004-11-22 12:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS NL KPRP
04THEHAGUE3045NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL/WEOG: WEOG ALTERNATIVE FORUM
[...] (C) During a November 19 follow-up conversation to ref A, Karel van Kesteren (MFA, UN Department) suggested to Poloff that the EU is considering the option of holding "WEOG" meetings by another name in places like the ILO or WIPO in order to facilitate inclusion of Israel. He noted that the [...]
2004-11-22 15:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IS NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE3067NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: POLDIR ON NOV
[...] (C) Ambassador Sobel discussed the EU China arms embargo with MFA PolDir Hugo Siblesz on November 22; specifically the reference to the EU's intention to send a "positive signal" to China. Siblesz said the PRC had requested reference be made to the embargo in the EU-China Summit Communique. A [...]
2004-11-23 17:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3074DUTCH PARLIAMENT REITERATES OPPOSITION TO LIFTING
[...] (U) At a regular hearing in the Dutch parliament on November 18 prior to the monthly EU foreign ministers' meeting (GAERC),spokesmen for the main political parties reiterated their opposition to the lifting of the EU's China arms embargo. Encouraged by the recent vote in the European Parliam [...]
2004-11-24 07:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3094RUSSIA/UKRAINE/EU - ANGRY PUTIN, FIRM EU AGREE AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Russia-EU Summit in The Hague November 24, an "angry, aggressive" President Putin demanded Ukrainian law should dictated the outcome and rejected EU interest in finding a political solution as unwarranted and unnecessary. Drawing on OSCE election monitoring conclusions, [...]
2004-11-26 14:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UP NL EUN RU
04THEHAGUE3098TURKEY/EU: TURKEY ON TRACK WITH HURDLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul met with the EU troika in the Hague November 23 in the last high-level meetings before the Council on December 17 faces its moment of truth. The Council will make its decision based both on the Commission report and issues Member States raise; elements of an in [...]
2004-11-26 16:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN
04THEHAGUE3133NETHERLANDS/CROATIA: EU ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is "no daylight" between the USG and Dutch national position on Croatia and its obligation to cooperate with the ICTY, Alle Dorhout (MFA European Integration Department Croatia officer) confirmed to Poloff and Legaloff when discussing reftel points November 30. The Dutc [...]
2004-12-01 11:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PGOV NL TU HR ICTY EUN
04THEHAGUE3140EU/TURKEY: DUTCH COMMENT ON DECISION DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29 the Dutch circulated draft conclusions on Turkey to EU partners (subsequently leaked to the press) in advance of the December 17 Council meeting that includes strong, but predictable, language on accession (e-mailed to EUR/ERA and USEU). Turkish officials in The [...]
2004-12-01 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL TU HR RO CY BU EUN
04THEHAGUE3142NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH TO CO-FINANCE CNPA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-01 18:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAF XD SNAR XG KPAO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3156DUTCH PROPOSE PARTS CONTROL PLANS FOR 14-BIT ADC
[...] (S) On November 15, Chris Kessler, Export Control Non-Proliferation office director, Nicole Breland, Department of Defense export control policy advisor, and embassy econoff (note taker) briefed the non-paper (reftel) to Dutch ministry of foreign affairs, economic affairs and defense officials [...]
2004-12-03 09:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRETKSTC ETTC PARM NL CH
04THEHAGUE3162THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION
[...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...]
2004-12-03 15:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE3166NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...]
2004-12-03 16:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH RS NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3177NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: CHINA SUMMIT CONTENT STILL
[...] (C) Summary: With just over one working day left before the EU-China Summit, the Dutch are still in negotiations with the Chinese regarding content of an EU-China Joint Statement, including what if anything will come of talk about a Chinese "gesture" on human rights as part of a package for a p [...]
2004-12-06 16:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR PARM CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3178EU/TURKEY: DUTCH ISSUE REV 2 DRAFT TEXT
[...] (C) Rob Swartbol (PM Balkenende's diplomatic advisor) (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Ambassador Sobel late December 6 he was alarmed about efforts by France, Austria and Denmark to promote a third way/privileged partnership alternative for Turkey. He said that the Dutch were working to get Germany an [...]
2004-12-06 19:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL TU CY EUN
04THEHAGUE3182NETHERLANDS/CUBA/LIBERTAD ACT: REVIEW OF POLICIES
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch government and society puts primary emphasis on human rights and freedoms in policies and activities toward Cuba. While the Dutch adhere to the EU Common Position on Cuba, the GoNL is currently resisting Spanish-led efforts to unconditionally revise EU relations with Cuba. [...]
2004-12-07 15:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCU ETTC PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3184CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY
[...] (C) The U.S. invited a number of countries (Refs A-F) to send representatives to The Hague, during the 9th CWC Conference of the States Parties (from 29 Noveber-3 December 2004) for informal bilateral expert discussions on Host Country Agreements (HCA). With the exception of Luxembourg, the [...]
2004-12-08 08:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE3197CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The wrap-up includes items from discussions on the margins of the November 24 special Executive Council session and the Nov 29-Dec 2 Conference of States Parties (CSP) which were informally reported back to Washington. ------ TAIWAN ------ 2. (U) The application by the Taiwan Chem [...]
2004-12-08 10:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE3202CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IRANIAN RECEIPT
[...] (S) On December 7, a senior official of the Verifications Division of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that transfer of the Schedule 3 chemical trimethyl phosphite in 2003 was declared by both India and Iran in their 2003 Aggrega [...]
2004-12-08 10:58:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL IR CWC
04THEHAGUE3210ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...]
2004-12-08 16:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR
04THEHAGUE3219NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...]
2004-12-09 12:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN
04THEHAGUE3223TURKEY/EU: DUCH PM'S DEC 9 DINNER WITH ERDOGAN
[...] (C) PM Balkenende's focus at dinner with PM Erdogan in Brussels tonight, December 9, is to seek an agreement over how Turkey can adequately indicate recognition of Cyprus in the context of accession negotiations, Jochem Wiers (MFA EU Enlargement office and main drafter of accession texts for [...]
2004-12-09 13:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN
04THEHAGUE3224EU/CYPRUS: EU NOT READY TO PAY MORE TOWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 14:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP
04THEHAGUE3228THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL
[...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...]
2004-12-09 16:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE3233DUTCH SUGGEST INFORMAL MULTILATERAL TALKS ON
[...] Summary: In his capacity as Minister of Environment, Pieter van Geel met with senior USG officials in Washington (November 15) to discuss post-Kyoto climate change strategy. He gave the ambassador a readout of his meetings December 6. Though the Kyoto Protocol will be in effect until 2012, s [...]
2004-12-09 17:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL NL EU
04THEHAGUE3243NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH GRAPPLE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch will chair the December 14 EU working party meeting on Latin America (COLAT),at which they expect to discuss four or five Member State proposals for amending current EU policy toward Cuba. There is consensus that the present policy is unsustainable. The Dutch emphasiz [...]
2004-12-13 15:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL CU EUN
04THEHAGUE3255ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...]
2004-12-14 16:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3273DEMARCHE TO EU TO LOBBY FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 15:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL PHUM PREL
04THEHAGUE3280 REPLY, UNITED STATES CONCERN OVER THE EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE
[...] In response to reftel, the Netherlands, in its role as EU Preside proposed amendments to the EU Battery Directive ("Directive"). As a government advocates an unqualified ban on all portable cadmium, merc 2. The Dutch already have a collection system in place for small chem Collection bins [...]
2004-12-16 12:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ETRD SENV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3281CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) The December 14 Executive Council session produced the following results. 2. (U) Under agenda item 5: -- On 5.1, at the request of the U.S. and Russia, the EC agreed to defer the verification plan for Aberdeen to the next EC. -- On item 5.2, regarding the verification plan for [...]
2004-12-16 13:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE3284NETHERLANDS: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2004 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed as much as possible to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- --- 2. The Dutch have responded to the global terrorist threat with l [...]
2004-12-16 16:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER NL AEC
04THEHAGUE3285NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH PREVENT INVITATIONS TO CUBAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch confirmed on December 15 that the EU COLAT Working Group agreed on December 14 to recommend a temporary suspension of the June 2003 measures for increased engagement with the Cuban opposition. A Dutch MFA contact described the COLAT's recommendation as intended to [...]
2004-12-16 16:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL CU EUN
04THEHAGUE3290TERRORIST FINANCE: JAM'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL JIHAD
[...] (SBU) As requested, post conveyed on December 10 reftel points concerning the amendment of the previous designation of Jam'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al Jihad (List 63) to Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Officer responsible for terrorist financing issues in the Political Affairs Department of the Dutch M [...]
2004-12-17 15:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PTER NL
04THEHAGUE3291TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI PRENOTICATION OF
[...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 14 reftel points and information concerning the USG intention to designate Khadafi Abubaker Janjalani under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Officer responsible for terr [...]
2004-12-17 15:15:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC EFIN PTER NL
04THEHAGUE3292TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE
[...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 17 reftel points and background papers concerning the USG intention to designate Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih and Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Jules Gerzon, Senio [...]
2004-12-17 15:18:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC EFIN PTER KTFN PREL NL
04THEHAGUE3294ICJ: COURT DISMISSES NATO BOMBING CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 15 dismissed Serbia and Montenegro's (SAM) claims against NATO over the legality of 1999's Operation Allied Force. The unanimous judgment was based on jurisdictional grounds, but seven of the fifteen judges issued a joint decl [...]
2004-12-17 15:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE3301OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE
[...] (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17. Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting th [...]
2004-12-20 15:49:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE3302ITER: DUTCH HOPE TO MAINTAIN TALKS' MOMENTUM,
[...] (U) On December 20 econ counselor and econ off delivered reftel demarche letter and talking points to Pim Fenger, Denise Heiligers and Joost Teverne, ITER policy advisors to Dutch Minister for Science van der Hoeven. 2. (C) Fenger and Teverne stressed that the talks were at a critical momen [...]
2004-12-20 16:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TRGY NL EU
04THEHAGUE3303FY 2005 (TARGET) ICASS INVOICES FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-20 16:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD
04THEHAGUE3312ELIMINATION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 14:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TRGY RS SZ NL
04THEHAGUE33202004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy - MDMA),and a substantial consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement [...]
2004-12-21 17:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE3323ICTY: TRIBUNAL RESISTS UN/GC EFFORT THAT WOULD
[...] (C) Summary: President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) told Embassy legal officers on December 21 that the UN Secretariat is resisting his efforts to appoint two ad litem judges to trials in dire need of immediate appointments. Meron shared [...]
2004-12-22 14:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3328 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REFTEL. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON DECEMBER 15J [...]
2004-12-22 16:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV NL
04THEHAGUE3330NETHERLANDS/EU/CAMBODIA: DEMARCHE ON TRAFFICKING
[...] (C) Poloffs discussed reftel points December 21 with Eric Verwaal, Head of MFA's Southeast Asia and Oceania Department, and Hein Copper, desk officer. Verwaal clarified that the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok covers Cambodian issues since the Dutch have no Embassy in Phnom Penh. Verwaal was [...]
2004-12-23 15:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL NL
04THEHAGUE3332NETHERLANDS/EU/BANGLADESH: BAN OF AHMADIYA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-23 15:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINS BG NL
04THEHAGUE3333TURKEY ACCESSION/EU: THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: (C) According to Dutch diplomat Pieter de Gooijer, the intense Dutch-led negotiations leading to the EU Council's invitation to Turkey for accession talks were one for the history books. In a recent conversation with DCM and Poloff, he provided the inside story of the last hours of th [...]
2004-12-23 15:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL TU CY EUN INRB
04THEHAGUE3338NETHERLANDS/IAEA: THIRD TERM FOR ELBARADEI REMAINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch contacts say the EU will likely not coordinate on the issue of supporting another term for ElBaradei, letting individual EU member states on the BOG develop their own positions. The Dutch have not yet staked out a position on the issue, and claim to have little informati [...]
2004-12-23 16:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM NL IAEA
04THEHAGUE3350NETHERLANDS/EU PRESIDENCY: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The December 17 European Council decision to offer Turkey a starting date for accession negotiations let the Dutch end their presidency on a high note. The Dutch recorded several important accomplishments, of which the successful Turkish negotiations were the most notable, whil [...]
2004-12-29 12:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE343CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DG PFIRTER'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: OPCW Director General Pfirter was very pleased with the outcome of his February 5 discussions in Libya, which included a meeting with the Foreign Minister. Pfirter utilized the visit to emphasize the OPCW's desire to work with Tripoli to meet the requirements of the CW Conventi [...]
2004-02-10 15:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE347ICTY: KRAJISNIK TRIAL OPENS SMOOTHLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Momcilo Krajisnik before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened smoothly for the prosecution on Feb. 3. Krajisnik, who is being tried on eight counts including charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, held many prominen [...]
2004-02-10 16:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE348CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF
[...] (U) The decision regarding Schedule 2/3 Captive Use remains on a political track, with the Indian delegation indicating they support the Schedule 2/3 Captive Use decision, as written, but noting their interagency review process has not yet completed. Privately, the Indians informed Del that [...]
2004-02-11 09:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE349CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCPF SITE
[...] (U) The U.S. hosted a technical experts workshop on February 5 to facilitate understanding of the Swiss/U.S. Other Chemical Production Facility (OCPF) site selection methodology proposal. The morning session focused on the rationale and mechanics of the proposal. In the past, acceptance of [...]
2004-02-11 09:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE351CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Nilkanthsing Jagarnath (External Relations Division) advised Del on February 6 that Chad is about to ratify the CWC. He was also optimistic that Libya's accession would soon bring on board Sierra Leone and Djibouti -- saying that Tripoli has bought a measure of influence with them. Nil [...]
2004-02-11 12:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE381DUTCH ON PRTS
[...] (S) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor Rob Swartbol informed Amb. Sobel on February 12 that, following FM Bot's trip to Washington, the Dutch government was actively considering participating in a PRT in Afghanistan. The options under consideration include possibly joining the Germans, Sc [...]
2004-02-13 14:48:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL
04THEHAGUE382OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...]
2004-02-13 15:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
04THEHAGUE384 FUND CITE FOR TRAVEL OF CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR
[...] Per reftel A, post provides the following fund cite to cover costs for services to be provided by the digital copier repair technician: 19-4-0113-0000-4256-42564IRM02-5458-2589 2. Amount charged to this fund cite is not to exceed $2502.54 Sobel [...]
2004-02-13 15:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA ASEC ABUD AMTC AMGT KRIM
04THEHAGUE39CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): OPCW REQUESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Brian Hawtin, acting Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, made a strong pitch for close cooperation with the U.S. and UK in ongoing discussions to address Libya's CW program. He concurred on the need to keep the focus on the larger goal [...]
2004-01-08 13:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE42003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy and amphetamines),and an important consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement information indicates [...]
2004-01-02 14:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE406SCHIPHOL INTERDICTION - MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CLAIMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Seeing positive results from its efforts to cut off the flow of cocaine from the Caribbean through Schiphol, the Justice Ministry is expanding its interdiction efforts to cover couriers of "small" amounts of drugs and to flights from Suriname. The Ministry is exploring ways to sh [...]
2004-02-18 14:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM NS NL
04THEHAGUE421CODEL WEXLER FEB 22 - 24
[...] Country Clearance is granted and AmEmbassy the Hague warmly welcomes Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Steve Chabot and Jonathan Katz to The Netherlands February 22-24,2004. 2. Kami Witmer will be the Control Officer. She can be reached at the following numbers/addresses: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-9339 [...]
2004-02-19 11:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
04THEHAGUE424CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Del rep met on February 11 with Ralf Trapp, Special Assistant to DDG Brian Hawtin, who reported that only nine countries responded to the TS Note Verbale requesting States Party respond with their requests for or offers of assistance by February 1; one responded on February 2. Of the ten [...]
2004-02-19 14:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE44IRAQ/NL: ARREST OF DUTCH MARINE STIRS POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Dutch marine serving in Iraq following the alleged fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian during a December 27 looting incident has stirred up a front page political controversy in the Netherlands with leading parliamentarians, the Chief Attorney General and Justice [...]
2004-01-08 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE448ENCOURAGING EU STATES TO SUPPORT AN ADEQUACY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-20 15:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER NL
04THEHAGUE449ICJ: FENCE PROCEEDINGS EXPECTED TO SPARK
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23-25, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold hearings on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) request for an Advisory Opinion on the legality of the so-called "Israeli fence" - the controversial structure being built by Israel to serve as a securi [...]
2004-02-23 05:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE462IRAQ: UPDATE ON DUTCH MADRID PLEDGES AND ABU
[...] (SBU) The Dutch have not yet delivered their EUR 10 million Madrid pledges but are in the process of doing so. They expect to release EUR 5 million to the UN/World Bank Trust fund in April 2004. The other EUR 5 million, which was pledged for humanitarian assistance, is expected to be disp [...]
2004-02-23 15:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IZ
04THEHAGUE467CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Dr. Tom Inch (UK),Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB),participated in the Western European Group (WEOG) meeting on Feb 17 to field questions from WEOG delegations on SAB priorities as well as scientific and technological developments. Inch noted that the SAB, as the technic [...]
2004-02-24 09:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE469DUTCH RESPONSE TO UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL
[...] The Netherlands does not plan to contribute to the 2004 Emergency Appeal for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). Ms. Marwiencke Tillema of the MFA's UN Directorate (Political and Judicial Division) said the Dutch decision is based on two factors. First, the Du [...]
2004-02-24 14:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL NL PREF UNRWA
04THEHAGUE47DUTCH WILL SUPPORT BOYD FOR CERD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-09 10:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NL UN
04THEHAGUE477PRTS: DUTCH TO DISPATCH RECCE TEAM SOON
[...] (S) Ambassador Sobel met with Defense Minister Kamp on February 19. Kamp confirmed he was engaged in informal contacts with his European counterparts to discuss options for cooperation on PRTs. Following a February 20 meeting between Kamp and FM Bot, the GONL decided to dispatch a reconnaiss [...]
2004-02-25 07:36:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL
04THEHAGUE478CHEMCIAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC):
[...] (SBU) The following is the text of a February 23 note provided by OPCW Director General Pfirter to Ambassador Petr Kubernat (Czech Republic),the Chairman of the OPCW Executive Council, regarding an agreement with Libya on destruction of Category 3 munitions (unfilled bombs),which will comme [...]
2004-02-25 08:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE485Terrorist Finance: Country Clearance Request for
[...] Country clearance is requested for Economic Officer Todd Kushner to attend 2/28 terrorist finance consultations hosted by the Dutch government at the Netherlands Embassy in Paris. Mr. Kushner plans to arrive in Paris 2/27 and depart 2/29. He has a top secret security clearance. 2. Mr. K [...]
2004-02-25 12:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE490ICTY: OTP REQUEST 298 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Sobel, joined by Deputy Legal Counselor, delivered reftel letter and points February 25 to Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Carla Del Ponte. While arguing that her actions did not amount to a "breach" of the USG's [...]
2004-02-26 09:32:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE494CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): REPORT ON OPCW
[...] (C) Horst Reeps, head of the Verification Division of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),provided a February 25 read-out to the U.S. and U.K. delegations on the Technical Secretariat (TS) visit to Libya on February 16-23. Reeps said the objectives were to assist [...]
2004-02-26 15:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE498ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE
[...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...]
2004-02-26 17:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE504ICJ FENCE PROCEEDINGS WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-27 12:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE507ISRAEL/WEOG: DUTCH ANTICIPATE STATUS QUO
[...] (C) The GoNL favors renewing Israel's WEOG membership in New York; however, it is unlikely to agree to enhancing Israeli participation in other UN fora. PolOff met with Pieter Ramaer, head of the MFA's UN Political and Judicial Office, on February 27. Ramaer stated that neither the GoNL nor [...]
2004-02-27 14:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IS EU NL UN
04THEHAGUE51ARMED FLYING DUTCHMEN: DEBATE OVER SKY MARSHALS IN
[...] (C) Summary. After a promising start, Dutch carriers, under pressure from pilots, are at this stage not ready to allow sky marshals on their flights and would likely choose instead to ground flights. However, carriers are working with the pilots' unions and the Ministry of Justice to dev [...]
2004-01-09 14:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAIR NL PTER
04THEHAGUE521ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]
2004-03-02 06:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE537DUTCH WILL NOT MAKE FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (C) Embassy legal officer delivered reftel demarches to Pieter Ramaer, Head of the Political and Judicial Division within the MFA's UN and IFI Department. Ramaer stated the Dutch were one of the top donors of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and that they were not considering making any addi [...]
2004-03-03 12:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PINS KWCI UNSC
04THEHAGUE543NETHERLANDS: PSI AND AMENDMENT OF THE SUA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-03 15:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL NL
04THEHAGUE544DUTCH/EU THOUGHTS: 60TH SESSION OF UN CHR
[...] (C) PolOff met with Hans Docter, MFA Commission on Human Rights (CHR) action officer, to discuss reftel. The Dutch are fully engaged with their EU partners in advance of the GoNL return to the CHR this spring. In addition to resolutions noted reftel, the EU will sponsor resolutions on Russia [...]
2004-03-03 15:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH NL UNHRC
04THEHAGUE55NATO ENLARGEMENT: DUTCH PARLIAMENT COMPLETES
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-09 14:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR PREL NL NATO
04THEHAGUE552CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON BURMA: DUTCH RESPONSE
[...] (C) The EU has not reached a common position to impose sanctions against the Burmese government. MFA Burma Desk Officer Mariko Peters stated that the EU discussion on Burma in on-going, and will be on the agenda for the next COASI. While there is no disagreement on the need for the government [...]
2004-03-04 13:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM NL EUN
04THEHAGUE553(C/NF) TERRORIST FINANCE: USG BRAINSTORMING
[...] (C) Copenhagen, London, and Madrid are exempt from noforn marking to allow discussion with appropriate contacts. 2. (C/NF) Summary: A U.S.-EU declaration on terrorist financing (TF) would reinforce EU political commitment to fighting TF and provide political support for making European T [...]
2004-03-04 13:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE554DELIVERY OF NONPAPER TO DUTCH ON PSI INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-04 14:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV MNUC PARM PREL PHSA NL
04THEHAGUE555WTO ROUND: ECONOMICS MINISTER BRINKHORST OPTIMISTIC
[...] Summary: Dutch Economics Minister Brinkhorst has returned from a trip to India, China, and Japan optimistic over the prospects of reinvigorating Doha Round talks and setting forth the elements of a negotiating agenda that he believes will set the stage for positive results. This agenda call [...]
2004-03-04 14:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD IN NL WTRO EUN
04THEHAGUE556LIBYA/IAEA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-04 14:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL PARM LY NL IAEA
04THEHAGUE562AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH PLANS FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE
[...] (U) EconOff delivered ref A demarche to Martin Koper, Director of the MFA's Peacebuilding and Good Governance Division, and Wouter Biesterbos, Afghan Desk Officer. 2. (SBU) At this time, the Dutch have no plans to announce new pledges for Afghanistan at the March 31 donors conferenc [...]
2004-03-08 07:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EAID NL PGOV PREL
04THEHAGUE578NATO-AFGHANISTAN: THE NETHERLANDS ON ISAF
[...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on March 8. DATT addressed these points with MOD International Policy Director BG Ton van Osch on March 9. Amb. Sobel also raised this issue as part of a March 9 discussion with FM Bot pre [...]
2004-03-09 13:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE584DUTCH VIEWS ON PM'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: On March 9, Ambassador Sobel met separately with FM Bot and the PM's diplomatic advisor, Rob Swartbol, to preview the March 16 meeting between the President and PM Balkenende. PM Balkenede will bring the message that the Dutch EU presidency will advance the transatlantic agenda i [...]
2004-03-10 10:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIZ NL PREL TU
04THEHAGUE585CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) The accession of Libya to the OPCW undoubtedly will be the highlight of the March 23-26 Executive Council session. The presence of the Libyan Ambassador also provides an opportunity to emphasize the importance of the OPCW tackling new challenges, and having the financial and administr [...]
2004-03-10 11:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE586CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FOURTH SECURITY
[...] The fourth Security Audit Team (SAT-IV) found that the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) had done little to further secure its IT infrastructure since the 2001 security audit. The team noted that significant personnel resources have been directed toward documenting processes and procedures, but f [...]
2004-03-10 11:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE587CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Simply put, the RBB Workshop was a success. There were no objections to implementing RBB in the 2005 budget document, and the objectives of the workshop were accomplished. As summarized by the Mark Mathews (U.K.),the workshop demonstrated that 1) the OPCW has been living in "the middl [...]
2004-03-10 12:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE596HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH CONSIDERING APPEALS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL
04THEHAGUE598CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND - DUTCH DOUBTFUL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 16:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSCA ENRG OTRA TRGY NL
04THEHAGUE600 REQUEST FOR WAIVER FOR LEASE OVER DOLS 25,000
[...] AS DIRECTED BY REF (A),POST REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A RESIDENTIAL LEASE. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS KEYED TO THE FORMAT OF REF (B.) (1) POST: THE HAGUE. (2) WAIVER FOR (A) LEASE OVER U.S. DOLS YES. 25,000? (B) DOES LEASE EXCEED SPACE STANDA [...]
2004-03-11 11:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
04THEHAGUE604UNCTAD XI: NETHERLANDS POSITION
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Economic Affairs responded to demarche requested ref a by noting that the Netherlands attaches considerable importance to UNCTAD XI and hopes that It will exert a positive influence on the Doha Round negotiations. Although the Dutch do not want UNCTAD XI to interfere in [...]
2004-03-11 16:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD NL UNCTAD WTRO EUN
04THEHAGUE606OECD: DUTCH RESPONSE TO USG REFORM PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 10:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON NL OECD
04THEHAGUE609NSG TRILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON OSCILLOSCOPES:
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 12:11:00Embassy The HagueSECRETKNNP ETTC TRGY PARM PREL ENRG ETRD AFSI IN NL
04THEHAGUE610IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH VIEWS ON RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 12:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
04THEHAGUE615HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH WILL SUPPORT ICRC
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 13:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL
04THEHAGUE639 TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH TO PUSH FOR ECOFIN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 13:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER EFIN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE645ACTION REQUEST ON CRISIS IN GLOBAL AGREEMENT TO
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy forwarded non-paper and talking points, as well as EPA press release, to contacts in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Environment and Agriculture. In addition, Ambassador Sobel left non-paper with Foreign Minister Bot after a meeting on March 9. 2. We fol [...]
2004-03-12 15:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV NL
04THEHAGUE65Dutch Support Early FATF Review of Guatemala
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-12 15:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR GT
04THEHAGUE677DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-17 08:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PREL PHUM NO SU CD NL
04THEHAGUE680CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) On March 8, the Geneva Group discussed U.S. proposals for reform of the Office of Internal Oversight. There was general consensus on the need to strengthen the ability of the OIO to perform its oversight functions properly, but a concern about undoing the "political" agreement that out [...]
2004-03-17 14:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE685DEMARCHE RE ROAD SAFETY
[...] PER (REFTEL) REQUEST, DEMARCHE AND SUPPORTING TALKING POINTS REGARDING RETAINING THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE (ECE) AS THE FOCAL POINT FOR UN ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO DUTCH MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) WITH A COPY TO MFA MARCH 17. IN AN INITIAL REACTION OUR MOT INT [...]
2004-03-17 15:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC NL UN ELNT WHO
04THEHAGUE686DUTCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE 2009 KAZAKH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-17 15:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KZ NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE687DUTCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON IAEA NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-17 16:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ABUD ENRG KNNP PTER NL IAEA
04THEHAGUE690DUTCH PM BALKENENDE'S WASHINGTON VISIT BOLSTERS
[...] (C) Summary: The main Dutch opposition politician Wouter Bos has inflamed the debate over extending the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq by publicly opposing its renewal after July. However, spokespersons for the three governing coalition parties stated they were inclined to support renewal a [...]
2004-03-18 09:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ NL
04THEHAGUE699ICAO CAIRO MEETING: DUTCH DELEGATION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-18 13:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON NL
04THEHAGUE719 DUTCH PRESS ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE US
[...] Summary. The visit of Prime Minister Balkenende to the US received broad attention in the Dutch media. The fallout from the Madrid terrorist attacks and discussion of the opposition Labor Party's desire not to renew the Dutch military deployment in Iraq overshadowed his March 15 [...]
2004-03-18 15:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO NL PREL
04THEHAGUE725THE NETHERLANDS: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP PROPOSALS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-19 09:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY NL IAEA
04THEHAGUE727FALL 2004 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] Post requests four interns for fall 2004. The following responses are keyed para 3 of reftel: A. Number of Interns: Four B. Language requirement: None for Legal. Dutch is preferred but not required for others. C. Selection criteria: All interns should have excellent writing and [...]
2004-03-19 13:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC
04THEHAGUE730DEMARCHE ON POULTRY IMPORT BANS
[...] Embassy/The Hague delivered the demarche talking points in reftel to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Henk Leemans, Department of Food and Veterinary Affairs, LNV, said the EU decision to close its market to most U.S. poultry an [...]
2004-03-19 13:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD NL
04THEHAGUE733CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP CABLE -
[...] (U) As a result of the March industry cluster meetings, the March Executive Council will have several industry issues for States Parties to consider. Two decisions, one on Captive Use and the other on Clarification Requests, appear ripe for adoption by the Executive Council. In addition, th [...]
2004-03-19 14:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EIND CWC
04THEHAGUE744OFFICIAL-INFORMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-22 12:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOI
04THEHAGUE746IRAQI ASSETS: TRANSFERING ASSETS FROZEN IN THE
[...] (SBU) Dutch authorities are preparing a Ministerial decree that will allow them to confiscate Iraqi assets frozen in the Netherlands. This decree should be promulgated within the next 90 days and will apply to assets of the former regime that are already frozen and any that have not yet been [...]
2004-03-22 13:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN IZ NL
04THEHAGUE762DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON POSSIBLE SHIRBRIG DEPLOYMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-23 15:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA NL UNSC
04THEHAGUE765CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The facilitator for consultations on improving the funding mechanism for Article IV and V verification costs, Johan Verboom (Netherlands),told us on March 18 that he hoped to reach consensus on a decision document for consideration at Executive Council Session 36 the following week. Ins [...]
2004-03-24 08:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE766READOUT OF DUTCH PRT RECCE TEAM TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns obtained a readout on March 23 on the recent GONL PRT recce team visit to Afghanistan from Joost Flamand (protect),the MFA team rep. The team visited Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz, and had meetings with Task Force Victory in Bagram and with ISAF and UN offici [...]
2004-03-24 09:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE768DELIVERY OF NPT PREPCOM III NONPAPER TO THE DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-24 09:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP NL NPT IAEA
04THEHAGUE769CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORTING THE
[...] (U) This is CWC-40-04. 2. (U) The guidance cable from the Department for the current OPCW Executive Council session instructs me to support the efforts by the Technical Secretariat to implement measures to assist staff members affected by the tenure policy. As Washington wisely notes, [...]
2004-03-24 10:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE771TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-HARAMAIN ACTIVITIES IN THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Al Haramain does operate in the Netherlands under the name "Stichting Al Haramain Humanitarian Aid," located at Jan Hanzenstraat 114, 1053SV Amsterdam, telephone number 020-618-2645. Embassy/ROAL have no substantive information indicating that the Dutch Al-Haramain chapter sup [...]
2004-03-24 12:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER SA NL
04THEHAGUE774CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): - U.S./U.K.
[...] (C) AC DAS Don Mahley and Patrick Lamb, Deputy head of the Counterproliferation Department of the U.K.'s FCO, met with senior OPCW officials and delegations from the Western Group on March 19 to discuss Libya. There was substantial interest in what procedure the U.S./U.K. supported to addres [...]
2004-03-25 06:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE781ENCOURGING CHR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION
[...] Country Clearance is granted for xxx for travel to The Netherlands XXX. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a secret clearance. If level of cleara [...]
2004-03-25 14:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM
04THEHAGUE783ICTY: MILOSEVIC REFUSES TO GIVE CONSENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, convened a special hearing on March 25 in order to determine whether Slobodan Milosevic would consent to the continuation of the trial with a new judge, an as-yet appointe [...]
2004-03-25 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE787AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on March 24. They discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, the Greater Middle East, the March 22-23 EU GAERC meetings and China human rights issues. Siblesz said a new UNSCR would help the government secure broad support [...]
2004-03-26 05:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM IZ AF IR CH NL
04THEHAGUE791REACH: Latest Dutch Views
[...] (U) Summary: The Dutch are pushing for EU REACH proposals so that registration and evaluation requirements are targeted to substances posing the most significant potential risks. They are concerned with the potential impact of existing proposals on SME's and are interested in further informa [...]
2004-03-26 15:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE792BIO INFORMATION ON NEW EU CT COORDINATOR
[...] (U) On March 25, Dutchman Gijs de Vries was officially appointed by European government leaders as EU counter- terrorism coordinator. Below follows his biographic information. 2. (C) COMMENT: De Vries is known to Embassy officers as a quiet and serious man who has been active in trans-Atla [...]
2004-03-26 16:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL NL BIO
04THEHAGUE798CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The 36th Executive Council session of the OPCW was a solid success for the U.S. across the entire range of substantive and administrative issues. The presence of the Libyan delegation was sufficient to ensure that EC-36 would be memorable, and a report on the various discussions involvi [...]
2004-03-29 13:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE799CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VIS ENHANCEMENT
[...] (U) Del reps met with OPCW Chief of Administration Herb Schulz, Chief of the Information Support Branch (ISB) Greg Linden, and Chief of the Office of Confidentiality and Security (OCS) Rob Simpson to discuss issues related to Technical Secretariat (TS) work on the Verification Information Sy [...]
2004-03-29 13:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE804 REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION TO THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT
[...] Summary. Post requests advice and approval from HR/OE for an exception to the mandatory retirement age provision, so as to allow a foreign national employee to continue work past his 65th birthday, for another 12 months. Post mandatory retirement age is 65. End Summary. 2. Background on [...]
2004-03-29 14:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
04THEHAGUE812CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DELIVERY OF
[...] (S) On the margins of the March 23-26 Executive Council session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the U.S. delegation delivered to the Iranian delegation the cover letter (signed by Ambassador Javits) contained in paragraph 8 of reftel and the list of questions in [...]
2004-03-30 10:25:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBW
04THEHAGUE813ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...]
2004-03-30 10:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE814CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYA AT EC-36
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to many formal welcomes during the 36th Executive Council (EC) session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) U.S., U.K. and Libyan representatives had several opportunities to interact. Each meeting was cordial and held in a mutually coop [...]
2004-03-30 10:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE82DUTCH RESPONSE TO USTR ZOELLICK LETTER ON DOHA
[...] Ministry of Economic Affairs officials confirm that Minister Brinkhorst received Ambassador Zoellick's letter and report that the Minister is "very pleased" with this "unexpected initiative." The ideas put forward in the letter correspond fairly closely with Brinkhorst's own views and reinfor [...]
2004-01-13 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD NL WTRO
04THEHAGUE825ICJ - PRESERVATION OF NUREMBURG TRIAL ARCHIVES
[...] (U) Summary. The Archives of the Nuremburg International Military Tribunal (NIMT) in the custody of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are facing two preservation threats. First, the obsolete nature of the equipment on which the proceedings were recorded risks this material becoming ina [...]
2004-03-31 12:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL AORC ICJ USUN
04THEHAGUE83(C) SUBJECT: MKO FUNDRAISING ATTEMPT IN THE HAGUE
[...] (S/NF) The Dutch government successfully intervened with municipal authorities in The Hague on January 10 to prevent the Association of Iranian Students (Vereniging Iraanse Academici in Nederland or VIAN) from launching a fundraising campaign touted as support for Bam earthquake victims but in [...]
2004-01-13 15:33:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER ASEC IZ NL
04THEHAGUE834TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH HARAMAIN VETTING
[...] (S/NF) We delivered demarche requested ref a to the MFA official acting as chairman of the Dutch interagency committee on designations. This official responded that the Netherlands not only would support the U.S. designation but plan a simultaneous designation under the Dutch national sanctio [...]
2004-04-01 07:29:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE835SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ADVANCING U.S.-DUTCH
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. Summary. The Dutch have been strong and consistent allies in global discussions on sustainable development. Post has a strong interest in advancing U.S.-Dutch cooperation in this area. Recent meetings between Ambassador Sobel and senio [...]
2004-04-01 07:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV NL
04THEHAGUE856PCA: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) will be holding its Spring Meeting on Monday, April 19. Embassy legal officer will represent the USG at the Council meeting and seeks guidance from the Department with respect to a proposal of the PCA Secretary [...]
2004-04-02 10:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AORC IBPCA
04THEHAGUE867DUTCH TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government is not/not able to contribute any trainers for CPA Iraqi police development programs in Iraq and Jordan (ref a). However, the Dutch remain actively involved in training Iraqi police in the province of Al-Muthanna. The Dutch have also seconded a military pol [...]
2004-04-02 13:51:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS MOPS PREL NL
04THEHAGUE868DEMARCHE TO DUTCH MFA ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (S) PolMilOff reviewed ref A demarche with Dutch MFA Director for Arms Export Policy Paul van den IJssel on April 2. Van den IJssel stressed that the Dutch were not among the leaders of the initiative to lift the EU embargo. Nevertheless, he saw merit in the PRC argument that China differs fr [...]
2004-04-02 16:39:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE876DUTCH OPPOSE NO-ACTION MOTIONS AT CHR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-05 13:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
04THEHAGUE878 FUND CITE FOR TRAVEL OF CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR
[...] Per reftel A, post provides the following fund cite to cover costs for services to be provided by the digital copier repair technician: 19-401130000-4256-42564IRM03-5458-2589 2. Amount charged to this fund cite is not to exceed $2941.74 Sobel [...]
2004-04-05 13:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA ASEC ABUD AMTC AMGT KRIM
04THEHAGUE879NETHERLANDS: RISING BUDGET DEFICIT RESULTS IN NEW
[...] The Dutch government is reacting with outward calm to the news that the EU Commission will launch an "excessive deficit" procedure against the Netherlands for running a budget deficit in 2003 of 3.2 percent - 0.2 percent greater than allowed by EU Growth and Stability Pact (GSP) rules. Financ [...]
2004-04-05 13:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV NL
04THEHAGUE90(SBU) TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-14 16:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER ASEC EUN NL
04THEHAGUE905CYPRUS: DUTCH RESPONSE ON DONORS' CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-07 13:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY NL EUN
04THEHAGUE916NETHERLANDS - CTRY CLR, DOE/EE: DANIEL LAIRD,
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Daniel Laird for travel to The Netherlands April 17-22, 2004. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic officer Todd Kushner (tel:31-70-310-9273; email kushnerta2@state.gov post understands that no travel assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visit [...]
2004-04-08 09:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA NL
04THEHAGUE92LIBERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) On January 13, EconOff delivered ref demarche regarding the Feb. 5-6 Liberia reconstruction conference to Roel van den Veen of the MFA's West Africa Division. Van den Veen will share the points with colleagues from the MFA Directorate of Peacebuilding/Human Rights (which oversees the D [...]
2004-01-14 16:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID ECON LI NL PREL
04THEHAGUE943DUTCH ON SUDAN RESOLUTION AT UNCHR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-14 13:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SU NL
04THEHAGUE963 USDOT Secretary Mineta's Visit to the Netherlands
[...] Summary: In a meeting with Dutch Transport Minister Karla Peijs, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta explained the U.S. negotiating position in the current civair talks with the European Commission and asked for Dutch support with other member states to conclude an agreement. He and [...]
2004-04-16 14:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OVIP EWWT NL
04THEHAGUE966DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament engaged debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp in a debate on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. wi [...]
2004-04-16 16:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE969DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. Bot and Kamp parried o [...]
2004-04-16 16:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE973TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-19 12:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE975ICTY: DEL PONTE DEFENDS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),vigorously defended her positive assessment to EU officials of Croatia,s cooperation with the Tribunal. She based her decision on Croatia,s cooperation in recent weeks wit [...]
2004-04-19 15:47:00Embassy The HagueSECRETBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE98IRAQ: EMBASSY RE-DELIVERED IFC DEMARCHE TO THE
[...] (SBU) Post re-delivered talking points on the IFC Small Business Fund for Iraq to Netherlands Ministry of Finance Official Ammarens Bruggenkamp. Ms. Bruggenkamp said she still does not have a definite GONL position on IFC funding but would re-submit the request for consideration at the MO [...]
2004-01-15 16:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IZ NL
04THEHAGUE980TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-20 12:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE985ICTY: SENIOR FORMER USG OFFICIALS ON MILOSEVIC
[...] (C) Summary: Slobodan Milosevic -- in one of his first filings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) -- submitted to the trial chamber on April 13 a confidential document describing the witnesses he may call during his upcoming defense case. While the list [...]
2004-04-20 15:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE986DUTCH ON DRAFT NONPROLIFERATION UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-20 15:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL NL UNSC
04THEHAGUE988IRAQ: DUTCH MFA ON SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Deputy Operations Director Joost Flamand on April 20. Flamand appreciated the information and asked about a specific point in CJCS Gen. Myers's April 15 letter to Dutch CHOD Adm Kroon (ref B) wh [...]
2004-04-20 15:45:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL
05THEHAGUE1057DUTCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROTECTING THE UN IN
[...] (S) Ambassador Sobel raised reftel request directly with PM Balkenende on April 11, and followed up with DefMin Kamp and the PM's Foreign Policy Advisor Rob Swartbol on April 13. PolMilOff also discussed this issue with MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on Apr [...]
2005-04-19 12:22:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MARR IZ NL
05THEHAGUE1063CHR 61: DUTCH REJECT POLITICAL MOTIVATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-20 07:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM NL UNHRC EUN
05THEHAGUE1073NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH MOSTLY TRACK U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adriaan Palm (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) on April 21 and participated in the Dutch briefing on the GAERC later the same day, where Canada and Australia also took part. Palm said this GAERC would have an abbreviated agenda and adjourn [...]
2005-04-21 14:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1176SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S.
[...] (C) On April 28, Post conveyed ref A points to Angelique Eijpe, Policy Officer for Syria, Directorate for North Africa and Middle East Affairs, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post followed up the next day with Eijpe, who said that the GONL shares the U.S. view on the need to maintain pres [...]
2005-05-02 08:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO LE SY NL
05THEHAGUE1201ONE YEAR SOFA FOR NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
[...] (SBU) In accordance with ref A, Embassy Legal Counselor exchanged diplomatic notes on May 3, 2005, concluding an exercise specific status of forces agreement with the Netherlands to provide privileges and immunities for U.S. forces in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. The agreement entered [...]
2005-05-04 09:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER ASEC KTIA MARR MOPS PREL NL NA
05THEHAGUE1434NETHERLANDS/EU: WHERE'S PLAN B? DUTCH BRACE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With polls showing a clear majority opposed to ratifying the EU Constitutional Treaty, the Dutch government is belatedly stepping up its efforts to obtain a ""Yes"" vote in the June 1 referendum. At the same time, Prime Minister Balkenende is actively distancing his government from the [...]
2005-05-26 16:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1536DUTCH REFERENDUM YIELDS HUGE NO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-02 14:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1554SUDAN/NETHERLANDS: NGO AND DUTCH ANGER OVER ARREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Sudan's arrest of the Country and Darfur directors of the NGO Artsen zonder Grensen/Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) angered the NGO and the Dutch government, which has called in the Sudanese Ambassador to protest. The NGO confirms the men are free for now but [...]
2005-06-03 11:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU NL
05THEHAGUE1555NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH STRADDLING THE FENCE
[...] (C) In a meeting with POLOFF on June 3, Jan Jaap Groenemeyer, senior advisor on Cuban issues at the Dutch MFA, took issue with Ref A demarche points describing the EU's new approach to Cuba as a failure. He asserted that results were more mixed: some prisoners had been released but new ones [...]
2005-06-03 12:51:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CU NL SP
05THEHAGUE1556NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/ANTILLES: POTENTIAL DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 13:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINS MARR SNAR NL NA VE
05THEHAGUE1559NATO: AIRLIFT TO THE AU IN DARFUR -- DUTCH
[...] (C) PolMilOff made reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on June 3. Gabrielse called the demarche timely as "things were moving quickly" within the EU. He said Dutch MFA Director-General for Security Policy Maurits Jochems had spoken with his UK coun [...]
2005-06-03 14:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR SU NL NATO
05THEHAGUE1560THE NETHERLANDS ON SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING
[...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A demarche points to Dutch MFA Arms Transfer Policy Office Director Paul van den IJssel on June 1 (reported ref B) and followed up with him and action officer Marijn van Blom on June 3. Van den IJssel said that after the recent NPT RevCon, a positive result at the [...]
2005-06-03 14:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE161NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 15:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE164NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 16:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1647NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOT UNDECIDED ON ATTENDING
[...] (C) On June 1, Ambassador Sobel raised the June 22 US-EU International Conference on Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Per ref a, Ambassador Sobel urged Bot to attend the conference and to take advantage of the opportunity to announce additional Dutch contributions to the Iraqi Transition [...]
2005-06-13 06:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NL EUN
05THEHAGUE167DUTCH MFA ON U.S. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA
[...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Affairs Chief Paul Wilke and MFA Deputy Director of Juridical Affairs Liesbeth Lijnzaad on January 11 and followed up with Lijnzaad on January 21. As reported preliminarily ref B, Wilke said that in general, the Netherlands shares U.S. [...]
2005-01-25 07:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT NL
05THEHAGUE1786NETHERLANDS/MSF: DUTCH SEEK JOINT DEMARCHE IN KABUL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 13:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PREF PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE1853NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: SEEKING ALLIES TO CONTAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain concerned about Chavez's intentions and are seeking allies to contain and moderate his regional and domestic policies. The Dutch hope Venezuela's social and political traditions will limit his ability to become a "new Castro," but they are worried about his in [...]
2005-06-30 08:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET NL EUN VELS
05THEHAGUE1855PSI: DUTCH SUPPORT ELIMINATING CORE GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-30 12:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE1876NETHERLANDS: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, DCM, and POLCOUNS met with Dutch FM Bot on June 30 for a tour d'horizon discussion of outstanding issues. Bot praised the excellent (and improving) state of U.S.-Dutch relations, but identified four irritants to be addressed through ongoing consultations: Dutch d [...]
2005-07-01 12:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IR AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1919WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH
[...] Poloff met Hein van der Hoeven (MFA desk officer in the Department for UN and IFI Affairs) on July 6, 2005 to deliver reftel diplomatic note and request Dutch support for the United States at the elections to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO. 2. Van der Hoeven appreciated the timely [...]
2005-07-07 10:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE1925PALESTINIAN SECURITY/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH DONATION
[...] (SBU) Acting POLCOUNS and Poloff discussed reftel demarche with the MFA on June 30 and July 7. Astrid Zonneveld (MFA Action Officer for security policy) told A/POLCOUNS that the GoNL would provide up to 500,000 euro to support the Ward Mission, drawing on the Security Policy Bureau's discre [...]
2005-07-07 13:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL KWBG IS NL PKPAL
05THEHAGUE1926U.S.-NETHERLANDS EWGPP MOU SIGNED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-07 14:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM OTRA RS KNNP TRGY NL NRG
05THEHAGUE1937UN REFORM/NETHERLANDS: DISLIKE FOR G4 FRAMEWORK
[...] (C) Charge and Acting PolCouns met Dutch MFA Director for UN Affairs Karel van Kesteren July 8 to share ref A points. The GONL has not decided how it will vote on the resolution, holding open the option of working for amendments. Van Kesteren said that as the resolution currently stands, the [...]
2005-07-08 14:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL UNSC
05THEHAGUE1941NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN reform. The Dutch thought Syria was improving its behavior in Lebanon in response to international pressure and suggested they are doing their best under the circ [...]
2005-07-11 14:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE1965COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 10:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER NL UNGA
05THEHAGUE1987NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: DUTCH CONSIDERING OPTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Tanja Roling (MFA, Uzbekistan/Kyrgystan regional desk officer) on an urgent basis July 15. She appreciated the advance information and promptly shared it within the MFA. The Dutch are already processing earlier requests from the UNHCR to resettle som [...]
2005-07-15 10:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL NL KG UZ
05THEHAGUE1988NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON JULY 18-19 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff participated in the Dutch pre-briefing for the GAERC to be held in Brussels on July 18-19. It will emphasize the fight against terror, in light of the recent London bombings. On Lebanon and Syria, the Dutch believe the situation in Lebanon is "very fragile" and that the [...]
2005-07-15 10:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1990PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH OPEN
[...] (C) Poloff met Welment van Aardenne (MFA, Senior Policy Advisor, UN department) to discuss reftel points (refs a and b) on July 14 and July 15. Poloff emphasized both the anticipated strength of the USG's engagement in the upcoming discussions on establishing the Peacebuilding Commission (P [...]
2005-07-15 10:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR KPKO NL UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05THEHAGUE2018NETHERLANDS/UNSC REFORM: DUTCH COULD SUPPORT G-4
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 14:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL UNSC UNGA
05THEHAGUE2020OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR SHERRI HOLLIDAY FROM AMB.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 07:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT NL
05THEHAGUE2023NETHERLANDS/CAMBODIA: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 09:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL CB NL
05THEHAGUE2039NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: FOLLOW UP ON RESETTLING
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns followed up reftels with Anna Brinks (MFA, refugee assistance officer) on July 22, who revealed that the Dutch still have about 50 open places from their 2005 refugee quota of 500. For these spots they could consider individual cases "on a case by case ("dossier") basis" [...]
2005-07-22 12:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM NL KG UZ
05THEHAGUE2041SYRIA/LEBANON/NETHERLANDS: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with Angelique Eijpe (MFA, Senior Policy Officer, Middle East Department) on July 22. Eijpe appreciated the points, noting that the Netherlands is actively following the border blockage and had already raised similar points bilaterally with the Syrian go [...]
2005-07-22 13:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON EG ETRD JO NL PGOV PREL SY
05THEHAGUE2044NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DUTCH FM THINKING TOUGH ON
[...] (C) FM Bot told the Ambassador on July 20 he would welcome a briefing by WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on August 23 or 24 as part of the Netherlands increasing engagement on Venezuela. He made clear that he wanted to be helpful on Venezuela and is willing to adopt a strengthened posture, includin [...]
2005-07-22 16:36:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PHUM EPET NA NL VZ
05THEHAGUE206NETHERLANDS/CUBA/EU: STILL A CHANCE TO RESIST
[...] (C) Dutch interlocutors informed Poloff on January 27 that the Czech Republic continues to pose obstacles to implementing the COLAT's proposed revisions to the EU's strict "June measures" against the Cuban regime. If the Czechs remain firm, this could make it difficult for the January 31 GA [...]
2005-01-27 14:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL CU EZ EUN
05THEHAGUE2064NETHERLANDS: DUTCH THINKING ON ISAF III; FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DATT and ODC Chief met with Dutch CHOD Gen. Dick Berlijn on July 19. Gen. Berlijn reviewed Dutch thinking on participation in ISAF III, including a PRT consisting initially of 1000 personnel (later to be expanded to 1200) deployed most likely to Uruzgan province. Later disc [...]
2005-07-27 08:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NL PGOV PREL NATO
05THEHAGUE2080S37-05: NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UAE
[...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to Hedda Samson (Senior Policy Officer, Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation, MFA) on July 28. Samson stated she would pass the points on to the appropriate agencies, including the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the intelligence services. 2. (C) Sams [...]
2005-07-29 07:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC IR PARM PREL SU AE CBW NK
05THEHAGUE2126NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: MORE ON DENIED DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 05:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER UZ NL
05THEHAGUE2136NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/ANTILLES: DUTCH WORRIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Prime Minister Balkenende's chief foreign policy advisor, concerns about Venezuelan interference in the Dutch Antilles and Aruba have recently risen to the top of the Dutch list of foreign policy priorities. A Chavez visit to the Netherlands is not currently under consider [...]
2005-08-03 10:36:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EPET NA NL VZ
05THEHAGUE2137WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH
[...] On August 1, Post received Diplomatic Note no. DVF/CI-312/05 from the Dutch MFA confirming Dutch support for the U.S. candidacy to the World Heritage Committee in response to ref b demarche and Embassy dipnote of July 5, 2005. Para 2 contains full text of Dutch dipnote. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF [...]
2005-08-03 12:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE2156NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS: WORKING TOGETHER ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support the establishment of a Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights (CHR),but have specific questions regarding numbers and criteria for membership. The Dutch believe that the new Council should be a standing body with the status of a "princip [...]
2005-08-05 09:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV NL USUN
05THEHAGUE2157NETHERLANDS/GUANTANAMO: DUTCH REMAIN TROUBLED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain concerned about the lack of access by UN special rapporteurs to Guantanamo. According to the senior Dutch MFA official dealing with Human Rights, the issue has become a "political problem" in the Netherlands and could complicate efforts to cooperate with the EU o [...]
2005-08-05 09:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO NL
05THEHAGUE2175NETHERLANDS/EU: FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES AND TURKEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Dutch MFA official, the Dutch hope to see the debate on EU finances concluded during the British EU presidency, but will hold out for a system that lowers the Netherlands' high per capita contribution. On Turkey, the Dutch continue to support starting acces [...]
2005-08-05 16:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2185NETHERLANDS: PREPARATIONS FOR MTCR PLENARY SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 16:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2186MTAG 5-96: NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 16:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC MNUC NL PARM PREL MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2252NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RETURN OF DUTCH DONATION FOR IRAQ MISSING PERSONS ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff met Dirk Klaasen and Sari Holthuis (MFA, Department of Political Affairs) and shared the detailed explanation and apology contained in reftel, regarding the unspent 300,000 grant from the Government of the Netherlands to [...]
2005-08-15 13:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ NL PHUM
05THEHAGUE2256NETHERLANDS: MTCR PAPERS FOR SEPTEMBER PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 14:55:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2257NETHERLANDS: AUSTRALIA GROUP BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 14:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL CBW
05THEHAGUE2271NETHERLANDS: MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN/IAEA, AFRICA,
[...] (U) This is a action request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. On Iran, de Groot suggested there are no alternatives at present than co [...]
2005-08-17 14:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL AF PARM PREL IR NATO
05THEHAGUE2272NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT ISAF UN MANDATE, LEERY OF
[...] (C) DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA regarding the expiration of ISAF,s U.N. mandate. De Groot noted that the Dutch are satisfied with the U.N. mandate as it currently stands [...]
2005-08-17 14:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAF MARR NL PREL NATO UNSC
05THEHAGUE2300NETHERLANDS: ASSURANCES ON UZBEK REFUGEES IN
[...] Polmiloff discussed talking points per reftel at the MFA working level on August 19, stressing the need by the Kyrgyz Procurator General for an explicit assurance by the Netherlands (and Finland and Sweden) that the 15 Uzbeks detained in Kyrgyzstan are recognized as refugees under national law [...]
2005-08-19 15:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKG NL PREF PREL UZ
05THEHAGUE2309AMBASSADOR’S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...]
2005-08-22 17:01:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN
05THEHAGUE2318NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DUTCH WILL RAISE VENEZUELA
[...] (S) Summary. The Dutch are increasingly concerned about Venezuelan activities and see their engagement as a first step in putting these concerns on the EU's agenda. The Prime Minister and key members of his cabinet are seized with the issue and willing to elevate discussion within the EU. Th [...]
2005-08-24 10:16:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNL VE PREL PGOV
05THEHAGUE235DUTCH ISAF AND OEF DEPLOYMENTS
[...] (S) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA and MOD officials on January 26 and 28 to discuss the current status of Dutch commitments to NATO's ISAF mission and Operation Enduring Freedom. The GONL is not contemplating use of its contingent in NRF IV in support of the parliamentary elections in Afgh [...]
2005-01-31 16:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE2414TFUS01: STATUS REPORT ON DUTCH OFFERS OF
[...] This is an action request. See paras 4-10. 2. Summary: The Dutch Parliament on September 6 issued a brief statement expressing condolences for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and declaring its support for relief efforts. The Dutch have made several offers of assistance to the hurricane-a [...]
2005-09-06 15:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PREL MARR CASC US NL AMER
05THEHAGUE2427NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: NO PLANS TO MEET AT UNGA
[...] (S) On September 7, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points separately to Tessa Terpstra (Acting Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer, Dutch MFA) and Karel van Kesteren (Director of the MFA's Department of UN and International Financial Organizations Affairs.) POLCOUNS also asked directly whether the Dutch an [...]
2005-09-07 11:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER SY NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2434NETHERLANDS: MAJOR MILITARY REORGANIZATION
[...] Summary: The Dutch military has implemented a major reorganization that strengthens the role of Chief of Defense Gen. Dick Berlijn by giving him operational control over the Army, Air Force and Navy -- powers that previously rested with the service chiefs. The three services fought a losing b [...]
2005-09-07 14:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2435NETHERLANDS: PREPARATIONS FOR MTCR PLENARY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff discussed reftel A points with Ceta Noland (Policy Advisor, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 6. Noland stated that the Dutch can support the U.S. proposal on North Korea, as it allows states to pursue its goals on a "case by case basis" acco [...]
2005-09-07 15:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA NL MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2444NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...]
2005-09-08 13:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL
05THEHAGUE2446THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER
[...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]
2005-09-08 14:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2452IRAQI CONSTITUTION--GETTING THE WORD OUT
[...] (SBU) Post has shared the Iraqi constitution information contained in reftel with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, think- tank, and media contacts. In discussions with government contacts embassy officers stressed the importance of establishing a positive political environment for the constitutio [...]
2005-09-09 11:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO NL IZ
05THEHAGUE24554,500 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN NETHERLANDS
[...] Dutch police have seized 4,500 kilos of cocaine - the largest cocaine seizure on record in the Netherlands - at the port of Rotterdam. Police kept the August 3 seizure under wraps until the September 4 arrests of 13 suspects from the Netherlands and Colombia. 2. The cocaine, hidden insid [...]
2005-09-09 13:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CO NL VZ
05THEHAGUE2463NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: DUTCH LOSING PATIENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Dutch MFA official (Pieter de Gooijer),the Dutch support starting EU accession talks with Turkey on October 3, but are losing patience with all sides. The MFA assumes there will be a September 26 GAERC and is planning accordingly. PM Balkenende is facing [...]
2005-09-09 15:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2465NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH THOUGHTS ON NATO INFORMAL
[...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff met with Sebastian Reyn (Deputy Director, Department of General Policy Affairs, MOD) September 9 to discuss Dutch thinking leading up to the September 13-14 NATO Informal Defense Ministerial in Berlin. Reyn handed over an 11-point paper (provided below) that Dutch Defens [...]
2005-09-09 16:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NL NATO EUN
05THEHAGUE2478NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE
[...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to Paul Wilke (Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 12. Wilke appreciated the additional information, noting that the Dutch security services were investigating the case based on our August demarche. He stated he would pas [...]
2005-09-13 13:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC IR PARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2515STATUS OF BEMBE EXTRADITION
[...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not taken a formal position on the Bembe extradition case but is clearly uncomfortable with several aspects of it. A senior MFA official told Charge September 14 the ministry's role to date has been limited to providing factual information to [...]
2005-09-15 10:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL XA AO NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE2523NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR
[...] (C) On September 14, POLOFF shared reftel points with Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force, and requested contact information for SLM representatives in the Netherlands. Kloth provided this information on September 15. 2. (C) On S [...]
2005-09-16 10:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU NL
05THEHAGUE2544NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOOK CLOSED ON IRAQI NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Per refs, post orally advised the Dutch MFA on August 18 that the State Department had authorized the return of a 300,000 Euro grant from the Dutch government to support the establishment of an Iraqi Bureau of Missing Persons (project POBB8817). After verifying that the funds had been [...]
2005-09-20 08:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM IZ NL XG XT
05THEHAGUE2554NETHERLANDS/ANTILLES/VENEZUELA: CONCERNS REMAIN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA provided post with a non-paper on September 19 summarizing the Dutch approach to Venezuela. The paper reiterates that infringements of Dutch sovereignty in the Caribbean will not be tolerated, and stresses that this message will be communicated directly through high- [...]
2005-09-20 15:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NL VE NA
05THEHAGUE2555NETHERLANDS: UAV SALES TO IRAN
[...] (C) Polmiloff delivered ref A points to Ceta Noland (Senior Policy Advisor, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 20. Noland appreciated the new information, and stated she would pass it on to the Dutch intelligence service and the Financial and Economic Investigation Agenc [...]
2005-09-20 16:12:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR NL PREL
05THEHAGUE2556BEMBE EXTRADITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Summary: According to Renee Jones-Bos, Director General for Regional and Consular Affairs at the Dutch MFA, the MFA expects to limit its role in the Bembe extradition to responding to specific questions posed by the court during Bembe's September 13 hearing and will not take a political p [...]
2005-09-20 16:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPAO AO NL PBTS XA PREL
05THEHAGUE2557NEW DUTCH MFA SECTION: TERRORISM AND NEW THREATS
[...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has created a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit within the Department of Political Affairs. According to Fred Olthof, the newly-designated head of the unit, the reorganization is intended to consolidate into one office several counter-terroris [...]
2005-09-20 16:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER NL
05THEHAGUE2561NETHERLANDS: LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH ON FUEL SUPPLY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 13:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2564NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: URGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) On September 21, POLOFF shared reftel points with Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force. Kloth was very interested in the points and promised to share them with her colleagues at the Dutch Embassy in Khartoum. 2. (SBU) Kloth [...]
2005-09-21 15:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM EAID NL
05THEHAGUE2565NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STRATEGY FOR MOVING
[...] (C) Summary: According to Lo Casteleijn (Director, General Policy Affairs, MOD),the Dutch government is expected to make a positive decision by the end of October to deploy 1,000 - 1,2000 troops to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan in support of ISAF Stage III. Casteleijn hoped that parliamen [...]
2005-09-21 15:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2580NETHERLANDS: IDENTIFICATIONN OF COMMERCIAL SOURCES
[...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. In response to reftel, Post identified three possible Dutch sources of vegetarian MREs. The companies have confirmed that they produce MREs for private and public organizations. However, they were unable to confirm current stocks of vegetar [...]
2005-09-23 05:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT NL BEXP KS JA XG
05THEHAGUE2582PRIME MINISTER ETIENNE YS' VISIT TO THE UNITED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 25-30 visit of Prime Minister Etienne Ys to the United States comes at a contentious moment in Dutch - Antillean relations. Officials in The Hague have expressed frustration with the Ys government's handling of several sensitive issues (including managing the inflow [...]
2005-09-23 09:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NA NL
05THEHAGUE2584NETHERLANDS: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL
[...] (U) On September 21, POLOFF delivered ref A points to Monique Korzelius, Deputy Head of the International Cultural Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. 2. (C) Korzelius confirmed, per ref B, that the Dutch endorse the EU's position advocating passage of the draft Convention. She said she was [...]
2005-09-23 12:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE2585NETHERLANDS: ASD FLORY'S VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Your trip to the Netherlands comes at a time when Prime Minister Jean-Pieter Balkenende's coalition government faces the lowest poll figures in Dutch history. Much of the public and parliamentary criticism focuses on the government's ambitious economic reform programs, but Dutch military deploy [...]
2005-09-23 13:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NL MOPS
05THEHAGUE2587DUTCH MINISTER NICOLAI'S UPCOMING VISIT TO U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Minister for European Affairs Atzo Nicolai views his first visit to the U.S. as an opportunity to strengthen transatlantic ties by cultivating a solid working relationship with senior USG interlocutors. A consummate European insider and political survivor, Nicolai could be [...]
2005-09-23 14:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2594DUTCH 2006 BUDGET: REFORM, GROWTH, AND UNCERTAINTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With early indications of a long- awaited economic recovery as a backdrop, the Netherlands' center-right governing coalition presented a draft 2006 budget that seeks to ensure continued economic growth through additional structural reforms of the country's welfare system and [...]
2005-09-26 15:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE2599THE DUTCH MUSLIM COMMUNITY: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands is the second largest in Europe as a percentage of total population (5.8 percent). It is also one of the least-well integrated and most alienated, and according to polls looks less favorably on the United States than Muslim communities elsewher [...]
2005-09-27 08:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE2640NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ANTICIPATE TURKEY, CROATIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch anticipate Turkey and Croatia to dominate discussion at the October 3 GAERC, and are cautiously optimistic that a positive decision on Turkish accession talks will emerge from the meetings. The Dutch are standing firm on "full cooperation" with the ICTY as a prerequisi [...]
2005-09-30 11:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2646NETHERLANDS/60TH UNFC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.
[...] On September 30, POLOFF presented ref A points to Mark Verschuur, Deputy Director of the International Law Division of the Dutch MFA. Verschuur indicated general approval of the points and said that he believed his colleagues at the Dutch Mission to the UN, to whom he promised to send the poi [...]
2005-09-30 14:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL NL UNGA CDG
05THEHAGUE2648 DUTCH COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION
[...] SUMMARY: Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Dutch have steadily constructed a solid framework of counter-terrorism (CT) laws. The Netherlands has ratified and implemented all UN conventions and protocols on terrorism as well as all legal instruments in the Eu [...]
2005-09-30 15:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2651THE NETHERLANDS: COMBATING EXTREMISM THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GONL is fully trying at the national and local levels to combat Islamic extremism on Dutch soil. The government's approach involves a two-pronged effort. First, the Dutch are promoting social integration in order to shrink the pool of potential recruits for extremist groups. Se [...]
2005-09-30 16:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL NL
05THEHAGUE2665NETHERLANDS: ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 14:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS UP NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2666NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO INVITE ON FUEL SUPPLY
[...] Post delivered ref A letter to the office of Hugo Siblesz (Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) on September 30. On October 4, Charge followed up directly with Siblesz. Siblesz said the Dutch definitely plan to participate in the October 12 and 13 London meetings on fuel supply assura [...]
2005-10-04 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2674NETHERLANDS: ICJ ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) On October 3, Charge and POLCOUNS met with Hugo Siblesz, Director General of Political Affairs at the MFA, to urge the Dutch to support Judge Thomas Buergenthal's reelection to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),drawing on reftel points. A diplomatic note was presented earlier to [...]
2005-10-05 14:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NL UNSC UNGA
05THEHAGUE2675NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTIVE ON SUA AMENDMENTS
[...] Poloff discussed reftel points October 4 with Dr. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Deputy Head, Legal Affairs Department, International Law Division, MFA),who will head the Dutch delegation to the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on October 10-14. 2. Lijnzaad said that she wou [...]
2005-10-05 15:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA NL
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