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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRANCISCO VILLA URBALEJO FRAZER FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GANGS GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATES GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GOMEZ GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GREGG RENE WALTER GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HAMID KARZAI HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HECTOR HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRQEGION IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JABER JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA JEFFERY JEFFREY JENDAYI JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHANNS JOHN JOHN BOEHNER JOHNNIE JONATHAN CHAMAN JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMAR OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTHERSASNEEDED OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATRICK WARREN MAHURIN PATTY PAUL PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBST PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRIVATIZATION PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAFAEL RAID RAMON RAMONTEIJELO RAS RATIFICATION RAY GUEVARA MILTON RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROBERT ROBERT JOSEPH RODHAM RODRIGUEZ ROK ROME ROOD ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SABAH SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SALOPEK SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SASIAIN SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT 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AA AADP AALC ABDALLAH FETHI ABDULHADI ABDULRAHMEN ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACBAQ ACCELERATED ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFAF AL HOURANI AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHAN AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGRI AGRIC AGRICULTURE AGS AGUILAR AGUIRRE AHMED AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALAMI ALANAZI ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOUNI ALOW ALOWAR ALVAREZ AM AMAT AMB AMBASSADOR AMCHAM AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANDREW LEE WATKINS ANET ANTITERRORISM ANTOINE GHONDA ANTONIO ANTXON AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASSSEMBLY ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BAYS BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BELLVIEW BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIDOON BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRITNEY BRITNY BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BURNS BUSH BUY AMERICA BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENSUS CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHAVEZ CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHR-1 CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRISTINA CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CUSTODIO CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYNTHIA CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMARCHES DEMETRIOS DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPORTATION DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY 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05REYKJAVIK520 | ICELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following text updates for 2005 the Iceland country section of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report: Iceland has no military forces. Nevertheless, its leaders have offered strong rhetoric in support of U.S. antiterrorism policies, and the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU),a [...] | 2005-12-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IC |
05REYKJAVIK526 | ICELAND: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL [...] Cultural programming is a key element of Embassy Reykjavik's public outreach, which aims to foster a positive image of the U.S. among Icelandic citizens and, especially, elites. Following is post's response to questions posed reftel: A. Which of your mission objectives benefits from c [...] | 2005-12-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL IC |
06REYKJAVIK102 | ICELAND: ADDITIONAL IRAQ ASSISTANCE NOT [...] (SBU) Post briefed Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson March 23 on the President's budget requests for Iraq (ref A). Asked the current Icelandic thinking on additional assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, Gudjonsson referenced Reykjavik's recent d [...] | 2006-03-23 17:09:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL IZ IC |
06REYKJAVIK107 | ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...] | 2006-03-29 11:16:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC |
06REYKJAVIK118 | ICELAND: 3/30-3/31 TALKS SET STAGE FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation met in Reykjavik 3/30-31 with senior Icelandic officials to describe the operational framework for the defense of Iceland following the upcoming realignment of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Icelandic delegation expressed keen interest in [...] | 2006-03-31 18:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS IC |
06REYKJAVIK119 | ICELAND: COAST GUARD DIRECTOR SHUT OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: In informal conversation 3/31 Icelandic Ministry of Justice Deputy Permanent Secretary disclosed to Embassy that Coast Guard Director Georg Larusson has lost the confidence of Minister of Justice Bjarnason because he is not seen as a team player. This explains why decisions about [...] | 2006-04-03 18:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR IC |
06REYKJAVIK120 | ICELAND REACTION: OPTIMISTIC TONE FOLLOWING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government and news media of Iceland, for the most part, have echoed FM Haarde's cautious optimism over the round of bilateral defense talks in Reykjavik 3/31. The two leading newspapers published editorials praising the talks for providing the first step toward clarifying t [...] | 2006-04-03 18:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC |
06REYKJAVIK125 | ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on April 4 to Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson, Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division. Gudjonsson affirmed that Iceland agrees with U.S. points and will support intensified dialogue (ID) on NATO membership with Georgia. A Georgian delegation head [...] | 2006-04-05 10:20:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GG IC |
06REYKJAVIK130 | ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER BEARING UP WELL UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde has spent early April trying to diffuse criticism from press and politicians who accuse him of failing to predict the U.S. decision to draw down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),and who say he is too passive in letting the U.S. defi [...] | 2006-04-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC |
06REYKJAVIK134 | INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO DISSECT ICELANDIC [...] Summary. Over the past two months, credit rating agencies and other international financial firms have released a torrent of reports raising questions about the state of the Icelandic economy and the activities and stability of Iceland's major banks. These reports have been widely covered i [...] | 2006-04-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON IC |
06REYKJAVIK140 | APRIL 2006 DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS: ICELAND'S RED [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with Icelandic Government personnel and the first three meetings of a bilateral working group managing base closure issues offer indications of GOI expectations for the EUCOM briefing 4/26 in Reykjavik. Although the Icelandic leadership understands the classifie [...] | 2006-04-24 11:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR MASS IC |
06REYKJAVIK141 | ICELAND TO SUPPORT GUATEMALAN UNSC BID [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 14:26:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT UN VE IC |
06REYKJAVIK142 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: ICELANDIC LEGISLATION STUCK IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 17:16:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC IC |
06REYKJAVIK143 | ICELAND: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT FOR NATO'S 'GLOBAL [...] (C) Post presented ref A points to Icelandic MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson April 24. Gudjonsson stated that Reykjavik has not adopted a formal position on the U.S.-UK proposal for a NATO "Global Partnership," adding that: -- In principle, cooperation with NATO shou [...] | 2006-04-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK150 | 4/26-27 DEFENSE TALKS: ICELAND LOOKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM briefed Iceland Chief Defense Negotiator Albert Jonsson 4/26 on the Draft Concept Plan (the Conplan) for the Defense of Iceland. Jonsson responded 4/27 that the Conplan was fundamentally acceptable as a plan but did not go far enough toward meeting Iceland's political nee [...] | 2006-04-27 19:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK158 | ICELAND DEFENSE: FM HAARDE DEFENDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 4/29 parliamentary briefing on bilateral defense talks earlier in the week, FM Haarde continued to emphasize that the U.S. and Icelandic governments are moving forward constructively to develop new defense arrangements in preparation for the upcoming closure of Naval Air S [...] | 2006-05-03 17:19:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK162 | ICELAND/HUMAN RIGHTS: SKEPTICAL OF IRAN, BUT [...] (SBU) Since April post has regularly discussed the new UN Human Rights Council (refs A and B) and Iranian human rights violations (refs C and D) with Icelandic MFA Minister Counselor Nikulas Hannigan, who is both the International Institutions director and Middle East director in Iceland's sma [...] | 2006-05-09 15:07:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IR IC |
06REYKJAVIK167 | ICELAND TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON MOP-3 FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO IC |
06REYKJAVIK187 | ICELANDIC ACADEMIC CLAIMS U.S. BASE SHUTDOWN TIED [...] (C) Summary: An Icelandic historian's assertion that the U.S. would not be shutting down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) had former PM and FM David Oddsson not retired from politics has excited the media and driven the country's leading politicians into a round of recriminations. The sugg [...] | 2006-05-26 18:06:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPAO ECA IIP IC |
06REYKJAVIK205 | Icelandic PM Halldor Asgrimsson to Leave Post; [...] (U) Summary: In a move apparently designed to resuscitate his party's hopes of surviving 2007 parliamentary elections, Halldor Asgrimsson announced 6/5 that he would resign both as Icelandic Prime Minister and as Progressive Party (PP) Chairman. The dates for his departure remain unclear whi [...] | 2006-06-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR IC |
06REYKJAVIK206 | ICELAND: TAPPED OUT ON TRUST FUND FOR NTM-I [...] (SBU) Post passed ref A talking points on pledging additional funds to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq to Icelandic MFA officials May 24 and discussed them with Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson June 9. Gudjonsson expressed surprise that Washington would be demarching Reykjavi [...] | 2006-06-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IC |
06REYKJAVIK207 | NATO RESPONSE FORCE: ICELAND TO CONSIDER NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK208 | ICELAND WILL NOT ATTEND PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] Having forwarded a copy of the Polish invitation May 31, post spoke with MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson June 9 to reiterate the significance of the Proliferation Security Initiative High Level Political Meeting as well as the planned high level of U.S. representation. [...] | 2006-06-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IC |
06REYKJAVIK210 | Iceland Appoints First Female Foreign Minister; [...] (U) Summary: Outgoing PM Asgrimsson and incoming PM Haarde announced 6/10 results of their talks regarding a new Icelandic cabinet to take office 6/15: current Minister of Industry and Commerce Valgerdur Sverrisdottir, an international relations neophyte, will become Foreign Minister. Haarde [...] | 2006-06-13 07:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR IC |
06REYKJAVIK218 | ICELANDERS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings with Embassy officials June 13 and 14, Icelandic MFA officials indicated agreement on most key issues for the June 19-30 first session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). The Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples may prove to be a sticking point, as Nordic soli [...] | 2006-06-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IC |
06REYKJAVIK22 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND [...] Summary: Iceland is comparatively a low-fraud country. No identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or immigrant visas currently exist in Iceland. End Summary 2. This cable updates the country fraud summary for Iceland per ref A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: As a prospe [...] | 2006-01-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC |
06REYKJAVIK224 | MDA: ICELAND WILL BE SUPPORTIVE AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Post discussed points from refs A and B with Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 14 and 19, respectively. Following consultation with the MFA PermSec and the Icelandic Mission in Geneva, Davidsdottir replied as follows: -- Iceland wi [...] | 2006-06-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IC IS |
06REYKJAVIK226 | ICELAND: WEDGWOOD UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION [...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 13. Davidsdottir responded June 19 that the GOI would probably make its decision on which candidates to support for the UN Human Rights Committee in August. She adde [...] | 2006-06-20 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL IC |
06REYKJAVIK264 | ICELAND SHARES U.S. OUTLOOK ON POST-CASTRO CUBA [...] On July 19, post delivered reftel points to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister Counsellor Nikulas Hannigan. Hannigan said that although GOI has disagreed with U.S. economic sanctions, it does share common goals with the U.S. for a future democratic Cuba in a post-Castro environmen [...] | 2006-07-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PHUM PREL PGOV EI |
06REYKJAVIK294 | ICELAND: PEACEKEEPERS STICKING IT OUT IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Iceland will probably maintain or even expand its peace monitoring mission in Sri Lanka following the withdrawal of EU peacekeepers, despite renewed media questioning of the appropriateness of Icelandic participation in peacekeeping in combat zones. T [...] | 2006-08-14 18:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO CE IC |
06REYKJAVIK305 | LEBANON: ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTION AND DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) To date, the Government of Iceland (GOI) has announced donations of ISK 24 million ($340,000) in humanitarian aid to Lebanon. The pledges were divided between a 27 July tranche to UN agencies and local NGO Church Aid Iceland, and a 15 August tranche split between the World Food Program an [...] | 2006-08-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL LE SW IC |
06REYKJAVIK308 | ICELAND WILL SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-28 18:16:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC PREL IC |
06REYKJAVIK312 | Iceland: Progressive Party Elects New Leadership; Clears [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 19 congress, the Progressive Party (PP - the minority member in Iceland's ruling conservative coalition alongside PM Haarde's Independence Party),replaced former PM Asgrimsson as party chair with Minister of Industry and Commerce Jon Sigurdsson. Party rank and file [...] | 2006-08-30 17:37:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR EAGR IC |
06REYKJAVIK331 | ICELAND/NAM SUMMIT: ICELAND ATTENDING HAVANA NAM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iceland is attending the NAM Summit in Havana primarily to campaign for a 2009-2010 UN Security Council seat, and claims no interest in NAM membership or increased engagement with the Government of Cuba. The GOI did not receive a landing clearance request in connection with Be [...] | 2006-09-13 17:12:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM UNSC CU IR BO IC |
06REYKJAVIK357 | Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...] | 2006-09-27 07:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK359 | Iceland: Press and Politicos Respond to Defense [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic press reaction to the Prime Minister's September 26 announcement of the results of defense talks with the U.S. (Reftel) has been measured and largely favorable. Opposition party expressions of discontent center on two points: 1) the Government's failure to make public [...] | 2006-09-27 18:03:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPAO NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK364 | ICELAND DEFENSE: TECHNICAL AGREEMENT TO CLOSE U.S. BASE SIGNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister signed the bilateral "Technical Agreement" on the closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),as well as an agreement amending the classified annexes to the 1951 U.S.-Iceland defense agreement, at 1236 GMT on 29 September. The last U.S. military p [...] | 2006-09-29 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL EAIR MASS IC |
06REYKJAVIK40 | Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...] | 2006-10-26 17:54:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK401 | Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...] | 2006-10-26 17:54:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK405 | ICELAND FOLLOWING NORDIC LEAD ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Poloff presented reftel demarche to Icelandic MFA Counselor for Human Rights Ingibjorg Davidsdottir on October 25. Davidsdottir, who transferred from the Icelandic mission in Geneva this summer, was familiar with the text and the joint U.S.-Australian-New Zealand position, but apologetic [...] | 2006-10-31 16:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA IC |
06REYKJAVIK406 | ICELAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 16:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA LE IS IC |
06REYKJAVIK421 | ICELAND WILL SUPPORT MATHESON FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ILC UNGA IC |
06REYKJAVIK428 | Iceland: Water Damage at former U.S. base poses first [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-formed corporation overseeing redevelopment of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) site is inheriting an additional problem in the form of serious water damage from frozen pipes in a number of residential buildings. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, wh [...] | 2006-11-21 18:34:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK431 | ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...] | 2006-11-27 11:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO EAID NATO IC |
06REYKJAVIK452 | ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...] | 2006-12-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IC |
06REYKJAVIK50 | ICELAND IN NO RUSH TO ASSIST NEW PALESTINIAN [...] Post discussed reftel points with Icelandic MFA Head of International Institutions Division Nikulas Hannigan February 10. Hannigan took note of U.S concerns about a new Palestinian Authority government that has not committed to non-violence, and he affirmed that Iceland generally supports the [...] | 2006-02-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL EAID IS IC |
06REYKJAVIK51 | ICELAND: NEAR-TERM UNESCO CONVENTION RATIFICATION [...] Summary: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity is not on Iceland's legislative agenda; nor has it attracted Icelandic civil society or media attention. End summary. 2. Post can find no reference to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conven [...] | 2006-02-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO ETRD IC |
06REYKJAVIK62 | ICELAND: HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC NATO NPG IC |
06REYKJAVIK63 | ICELAND JOINS EU IN CONDEMNATION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ IC |
06REYKJAVIK68 | SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Kieransl@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Polofficer (FO-02) 20 hrs - Polassistant 60 hrs - DCM [...] | 2006-03-02 12:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
06REYKJAVIK69 | ICELAND TO MAKE NEW DONATION TO NTM-I [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ IC |
06REYKJAVIK88 | ICELAND WILL NOT HOST HAMAS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 17:06:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS IC |
06REYKJAVIK89 | ICELANDIC STATEMENT ON AKBAR GANGI: ONLY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 17:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR IC |
06REYKJAVIK91 | SUMMARY OF ICELANDIC MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH US [...] Summary: Ambassador held a March 16 marathon of interviews with seven media outlets (reftel A) to explain reasons behind the U.S. Government's decision to realign Naval Air Station Keflavik and withdraw its four F-15 fighters and search and rescue helicopters by the end of September 2006. The [...] | 2006-03-17 18:52:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC |
06REYKJAVIK93 | MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 18-20, 2006: U.S. [...] Summary: Weekend media reaction to the U.S. decision to realign Keflavik Naval Air Station (NASKEF) took a sober turn as politicians and pundits assessed the cost of this development to their state's security and treasury. The national newspaper of record, whose editor is close to former PM [...] | 2006-03-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC |
06REYKJAVIK97 | MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 21-22, 2006: U.S. REMOVAL [...] Summary: March 21 press coverage of the U.S. decision to remove most assets from the base at Keflavik was punctuated by PM Asgrimsson's statement that the U.S. decision had created a "climate of distrust between the two countries." Coverage also focused on NATO SECGEN Scheffer's comments that [...] | 2006-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC |
06REYKJAVIK98 | ICELAND: JUSTICE MINISTER FRUSTRATED -- AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Icelandic Justice Minister 3/22 as part of post's roll-out of the U.S. decision to remove fighter aircraft and CSAR helicopters from Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Minister expressed deep disappointment at the "unilateral" decision and listed [...] | 2006-03-22 16:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS IC |
07REYKJAVIK1 | Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing [...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...] | 2007-01-05 09:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO |
07REYKJAVIK114 | Iceland: 2007 Parliamentary Elections, One Month Out [...] (U) Summary: A month before Icelanders head to the polls for the May 12 parliamentary elections, the Left Greens are riding a wave of interest in environmental concerns. However, the emergence of a new green party could splinter the environmentalist bloc and ensure the current center-right co [...] | 2007-04-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV EIND IC |
07REYKJAVIK116 | PM CALLS ICELANDIC WHALING AN EXPERIMENT, SIGNALING END TO [...] (SBU). Summary: The Icelandic government is publicly backing away from its October 2006 decision to reestablish commercial whaling. The outspokenness of prominent business figures -- worried about the image of Iceland --coupled with international pressure to stop whaling seems to be having an e [...] | 2007-04-18 15:20:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS IWC IC |
07REYKJAVIK117 | ICELAND'S REFUGEE POLICY UNDER SCRUTINY, GOVT MAKES NEW [...] (U) Summary: A series of newspaper articles about Iraqi refugees, written by a well-known Icelandic journalist, in Iceland's newspaper-of-record, has seized public attention and ignited new discussion on Iceland's conservative refugee admissions policy. Iceland has not admitted any Iraqi refug [...] | 2007-04-18 17:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR IZ IC |
07REYKJAVIK125 | Iceland: Local vote to stop smelter expansion may have [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's oldest aluminum smelter, owned by Canadian aluminum conglomerate Alcan, was denied permission to expand in a tight local referendum on March 31. The planned expansion was one of three aluminum projects in various planning stages, including two new smelters proposed by [...] | 2007-04-30 17:27:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV EMIN ENRG SENV IC |
07REYKJAVIK127 | Iceland: One third of voters still undecided two weeks [...] (U) Summary: National opinion polls taken two weeks out show the current government coalition holding a slim lead ahead of Icelandic parliamentary elections on May 12. The larger of the two parties in government, the Independence Party, has gained in strength enough to offset losses by its ju [...] | 2007-05-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV EIND IC |
07REYKJAVIK139 | ICELAND: GOVERNING COALITION NEEDS AN ELECTION-EVE MIRACLE [...] (U) Summary: In the final days before Iceland's May 12 parliamentary elections, highly volatile poll data has shown drastic changes in party support. The Progressive Party is polling higher than it has for months, while the Left Greens are losing the momentum they had been gaining over the pa [...] | 2007-05-11 17:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IC |
07REYKJAVIK142 | ICELAND ELECTIONS: GOVERNMENT CLINGS TO MAJORITY, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's governing coalition hung on to a one-seat parliamentary majority in national elections on May 12. However, the junior partner in the coalition is sufficiently weakened -- with its chairman and another sitting minister failing to get elected -- that the coalition's survi [...] | 2007-05-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IC |
07REYKJAVIK144 | ICELAND WILL SUPPORT BOWHEAD WHALE QUOTA IF IWC SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Econoff delivered reftel points to IWC Commissioner Stefan Asmundsson who said that Iceland would support the U.S. bowhead whale quota if the Science Committee approved it. Asmundsson repeatedly stressed that Iceland is in favor of "the sustainable use of whaling" and the [...] | 2007-05-15 17:04:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC IC |
07REYKJAVIK151 | ICELAND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM POST [...] (U) On May 18 Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson informed PolOff that the Icelandic Embassies in Washington and Moscow would soon be delivering diplomatic notes reporting Iceland's desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear [...] | 2007-05-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIT PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK152 | ICELAND: MFA REPORTS HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT "NIL FORM" [...] (U) PolOff presented reftel points on May 18 to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson. Thorsteinsson reported that Iceland had just submitted its "nil form" Annual Declaration for the Hague Code of Conduct on Ballistic Missile Proliferat [...] | 2007-05-21 17:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KSCA ETTC CWC IC |
07REYKJAVIK154 | ICELAND NOT IN FAVOR OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN, BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland has not taken a final position on the cluster munitions issue, but is unwilling to support a complete ban on their use. However, due to regional solidarity and a desire to make disarmament a key issue in Iceland's campaign for a UN Security Council seat, the GOI is inc [...] | 2007-05-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK158 | ICELAND: HAARDE REMAINS PM IN NEW COALITION, SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Iceland's new government coalition of the Independence Party (IP) and the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) announced their ministers and policy statement on May 22-23. Geir Haarde will stay on as Prime Minister, while SDA leader Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will become Iceland's [...] | 2007-05-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR IC |
07REYKJAVIK166 | ICELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK171 | ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS BURNS [...] (SBU) The Mission and I welcome you most warmly to Iceland. Your timing could not be better. The May 12 parliamentary elections strengthened Prime Minister Haarde's mandate to govern. A new Foreign Minister (and unabashedly would-be future PM) is wary of us but open to an exchange of views. [...] | 2007-06-13 09:29:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK192 | Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...] | 2007-07-03 08:02:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO SENV ENRG IC |
07REYKJAVIK20 | ICELAND: AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: Iceland is supportive of USG goals for the NATO informal ministerial on Afghanistan and Kosovo on January 26. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary outlined for Ambassador the Icelandic government's plans to increase peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan, [...] | 2007-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO KPKO AF YI HU IC |
07REYKJAVIK203 | Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...] | 2007-07-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK22 | INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ICELAND [...] The following is Embassy Reykjavik's response to reftel requesting a list of five of the most influential women in Iceland. Embassy Reykjavik's point of contact for women's issues is Political Officer Brad Evans (evansbr@state.gov). 2. Embassy has chosen the following five women, weighing [...] | 2007-01-29 16:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL EN |
07REYKJAVIK229 | CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION [...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Counsellor for Human Rights Ingibjorg Davidsdottir August 3. Davidsdottir responded that the GOI would review the information in the diplomatic note and CV. 2. Post will reiterate the importance that the U.S. a [...] | 2007-08-03 17:40:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA IC |
07REYKJAVIK232 | Grants Support for PD Projects (Iceland) [...] The Public Affairs Section of Embassy Reykjavik receives excellent administrative support from the Management Section for post's PD programs, including grants. State is the only agency at post, and therefore, PAO signs only PD-related grants. 2. The Management Section provides PD with the [...] | 2007-08-09 12:06:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK233 | ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING 07 AND [...] (C) Your visit and NORTHERN VIKING 07 come as Iceland's government gets back to work after summer vacation, with a new governing coalition for the first time in 12 years. The parliamentary election on May 12 strengthened Prime Minister Geir Haarde's mandate to govern. The new Foreign Ministe [...] | 2007-08-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR PGOV IC |
07REYKJAVIK242 | ICELAND: LIKELY SUPPORT FOR GAER IN COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA IC |
07REYKJAVIK247 | ICELAND: EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING, [...] (C) Summary: Exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2007, held August 14-15, was the first defense exercise conducted under our commitments set out in the bilateral Joint Understanding of October 2006. The successful exercise brought new positive attention to the U.S. defense commitment to Iceland as [...] | 2007-08-27 17:38:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR PGOV RU IC |
07REYKJAVIK248 | ICELAND: TIMELINE ON ADAPTED CFE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 08:39:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK249 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL ANNOUNCED TO ICELAND [...] Post announced U.S. candidacy for the IACO Council to Helga Hauksdsttir of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ms. Astrpur Scheving Thorsteinsson of the Ministry of Transportation on August 28. Ms. Hauksdsttir and Ms. Thorsteinsson responded positively and said the GOI would review the infor [...] | 2007-08-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO |
07REYKJAVIK256 | ICELAND'S ATTENDENCE AT THE WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP IN [...] Iceland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group in New York. 2. Dietary Restrictions: none 3. Translation Needs: none 4. GOI Embassy Point of Contact: Deputy Chief of Mission Olafur Sigurdsson. He can be reached via e-m [...] | 2007-09-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KWMN PHUM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK276 | ICELAND: LIKELY SUPPORT FOR GAER IN COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] (SBU) On September 20, Post reiterated to the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs the importance the USG places on Felice Gaer's election to the UN Committee Against Torture (Ref C). MFA Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan repeated the position repor [...] | 2007-09-21 17:12:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA IC |
07REYKJAVIK277 | Iceland: Press in New York for a position on Partnership [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs remains noncommittal on Iceland's involvement in the OECD Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG),despite repeated overtures from Post. Embassy believes this may be a result of uncertainty about the form and objectives of the PDG as w [...] | 2007-09-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM OECD UNGA PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK279 | Iceland: Priorities for Community of Democracies Delivered; [...] (U) Pol Chief discussed reftel points with the Icelandic MFA's Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan on September 19. Hannigan was appreciative of the briefing but noted that Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs will have departed the U.S. prior to the [...] | 2007-09-21 17:27:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA PGOV IC |
07REYKJAVIK292 | ICELAND: VERY SUPPORTIVE OF RESOLUTION AGAINST USE OF RAPE [...] (SBU) Pol Chief passed reftel draft resolution to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 26 September, and followed up to present reftel talking points on 1 October. Davidsdottir reported that the draft resolution looked like some [...] | 2007-10-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA IC |
07REYKJAVIK298 | ICELAND PRESENTS ITS VISION FOR NATO AIR POLICING [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the November Force Generation Conference, the Icelandic Defense Department briefed resident NATO ambassadors October 12 on Iceland's air policing wishlist: quarterly Allied deployments featuring planes on the ground at Keflavik for up to three weeks at a time. As i [...] | 2007-10-16 16:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL MARR PGOV IC |
07REYKJAVIK306 | ICELAND: AGREE ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION, DISAGREE ON [...] (SBU) Pol Chief passed reftel points as well as President Bush's Oct. 24 remarks and the White House fact sheet on Cuba policy to the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 25 October. MFA Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan was appreciative of the a [...] | 2007-10-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA ETRD PHUM PREL CU IC |
07REYKJAVIK307 | ICELAND: NO POSITION YET ON UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA IC |
07REYKJAVIK308 | ICELAND WILL LIKELY ATTEND WIREC 2008 [...] Officials in the Natural Resource Department at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs conveyed strong interest in attending Washington International Renewable Energy Conference in March 2008 but were unable to give a confirmed delegation roster this far in advance. Ambassador engaged Mini [...] | 2007-10-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC |
07REYKJAVIK313 | Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...] | 2007-10-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK322 | ICELANDIC DEFENSE POLICY ONE YEAR AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: A year after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik and the withdrawal of permanent U.S. forces from Iceland, Post agrees with Prime Minister Haarde that the turnover went better than either party expected. After recovering from the initial shock of our base closure notif [...] | 2007-11-09 17:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV PINR IC |
07REYKJAVIK334 | KOSOVO: ICELAND AGREES AHTISAARI PLAN ONLY REAL OPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNMIK NATO UN YI IC |
07REYKJAVIK335 | ICELAND DEMANDS APOLOGY IN DETENTION CASE [...] THE AMBASSADOR WAS CALLED IN BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS GISLADOTTIR ON DECEMBER 13 TO HEAR ICELANDIC CONCERNS REGARDING THE CASE OF ERLA OSK ARNARDOTTIR, WHO WAS DETAINED BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING HER ARRIVAL AT JFK AIRPORT DECEMBER 9 (SEPTEL). SAYING [...] | 2007-12-13 18:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK336 | ICELANDIC TRAVELER DETAINED BY DHS IN NEW YORK CREATES [...] Summary: Erla Osk Arnardottir, an Icelandic women traveling to New York for holiday shopping, was detained in New York December 9-10 by the Department of Homeland Security for a Visa Waiver Program violation. She was returned to Iceland on the next available flight after spending the night i [...] | 2007-12-13 18:45:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK337 | ICELAND MEDIA ROUNDUP: MEDIA FIRESTORM OVER DEPORTATION [...] Summary: The media storm over the deportation of Erla Osk Arnadottir continues on television, radio, and in the newspapers. Arnadottir's account of being shackled and jailed in New Jersey before being deported for her overstay on the visa waiver program in 1995 has created a media frenzy. En [...] | 2007-12-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK339 | ICELAND CONFIRMS "NO" VOTE ON DURBAN FUNDING RESOLUTION [...] (U) Pol Chief contacted Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 17 December to convey reftel points. Davidsdottir replied that Iceland's "no" vote on Draft Resolution L.65/Rev 1 regarding funding for the Durban Review Conference was [...] | 2007-12-17 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA IC |
07REYKJAVIK346 | Icelandic Foreign Ministry welcomes DHS letter on [...] The Ambassador delivered DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker's letter regarding the Erla Osk Arnardottir case to Acting Foreign Minister Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on December 19. (Foreign Minister Gisladottir, to whom the letter is addressed, left the country this morning but will be [...] | 2007-12-19 12:40:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK353 | MGPK02: ICELAND CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION [...] Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto "was a deplorable reminder of the sacrifices that are always made when the consolidation of democracy is attempted." Grimsson added, "Benazir Bhutto was a respected leader that f [...] | 2007-12-28 16:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IC PK |
07REYKJAVIK354 | ICELAND: LIKELY VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) Upon receipt of ref A, Post delivered reftel points and CV for Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, U.S. candidate for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Post followed up with a diplomatic note to reiterate our request for support. 2. (SBU) On Dec. 21, Pol Chief spok [...] | 2007-12-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA IC |
07REYKJAVIK42 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR EZ PL IC |
07REYKJAVIK49 | SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. From February 20 until April 1, point of contact is Economic Officer Fiona Evans, tel. +354-562- 9100x22 [...] | 2007-03-01 17:59:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
07REYKJAVIK69 | ICELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY ON KEFLAVIK BASE ONE [...] Summary: The one-year anniversary of the March 15, 2006 announcement of the closing of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) passed quietly, marked only by the announcement that part of the former base will become a university-level institution focusing on international education and techno [...] | 2007-03-16 17:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PREL KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK76 | Demarche on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism [...] (SBU) On March 19 DCM and the Acting Political Officer presented points contained reftel plus text of Global Initiative Statement of Principles to MFA Arms Control Representative Petur Thorsteinsson. Russian DCM was informed of our planned demarche but did not participate since he had approache [...] | 2007-03-22 12:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK80 | ICELAND APPROVES OF AHTISAARI'S WORK ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC |
07REYKJAVIK81 | ICELAND DISAPPROVES OF PRISONER EXCHANGES [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and advisor Jorundur Valtysson on March 26 and conveyed reftel message, noting the presence of Icelandic government employees in Afghanistan. Valtysson stated the Icelanders shared our views and they did not support prisoner exch [...] | 2007-03-26 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER AF IT IC |
07REYKJAVIK82 | ICELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) On March 26 Ambassador discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in a meeting with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and MFA advisor Jorundur Valtysson. Sverrisdottir said she would welcome the eventual closing of the detention facility but her government would need to study clo [...] | 2007-03-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC |
07REYKJAVIK85 | NOMINATION TO SEND ICELANDIC BROADCASTER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government plans to withdraw its Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) from Chaghcharan, northern Afghanistan in late April, where it has played an essential part in the region's humanitarian missions since 2004. The withdrawal is part of a plan by the country's F [...] | 2007-03-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV PREL OPRC KPAO AF IC |
07REYKJAVIK87 | ICELAND: PARLIAMENT'S SHORT YET BUSY YEAR [...] (U) Summary: Due to the upcoming May 12 parliamentary election the Icelandic parliament, the Althing, cut its 2006-2007 session short. Nevertheless, the Althing passed 114 bills and 33 resolutions, the most contentious of which was the reestablishment of the Icelandic National Broadcasting S [...] | 2007-03-28 17:27:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK90 | UPDATED SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Updated report reflects changes in the prostitution law, and two possible trafficking cases in the last month (ref C). Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Evans [...] | 2007-03-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
07REYKJAVIK92 | ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC |
07REYKJAVIK93 | ICELAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PROPOSAL ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC |
07REYKJAVIK99 | Iceland: Pressing for movement on air defense radar issues [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government is sending ever-clearer messages that it wants visible progress in U.S.-Iceland discussions on the NATO-owned Iceland Air Defense System (IADS) radar sites, for which U.S. funding expires in August 2007. In a March 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Jon E [...] | 2007-04-04 16:32:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO IC |
08REYKJAVIK1 | ICELAND: PRESIDENT GRIMSSON ANNOUNCES HIS RE-ELECTION BID [...] (U) Summary: Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson announced in his televised New Year's Day Address that he will run for a fourth term as President of Iceland in the presidential election on June 28. By doing so, he has put on hold any aspirations of taking a high-level international of [...] | 2008-01-02 17:23:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IC |
08REYKJAVIK10 | ICELAND POSITIVE ON WIREC, DELEGATION STILL UNDETERMINED [...] Ambassador delivered WIREC invitation to Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir and MFA Environmental Counselor Bjarni Sigtryggsson on January 24. Gisladottir agreed it would be good for Iceland, which utilizes geothermal and hydropower for virtually all its electricity and home heating [...] | 2008-01-25 14:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC |
08REYKJAVIK102 | ICELAND: GOVERNMENT GETS FLYING COLORS FOR 6.3 EARTHQUAKE [...] (U) SUMMARY: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in southwest Iceland on May 29. The epicenter was near the town of Selfoss, where light property damage was reported as well as minor injuries. The government response to the earthquake was met with public praise and approva [...] | 2008-06-09 18:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV TPHY ASEC IC |
08REYKJAVIK105 | ICELAND RESUMES COMMERCIAL WHALING AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries Einar Gudfinsson (Independence Party) quietly issued a quota for commercially hunting 40 minke whales for the domestic market. The Icelandic Foreign Minister, along with the other ministers from the coalition Social Democratic party [...] | 2008-06-10 11:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC |
08REYKJAVIK109 | ICELAND DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT USG DECISION ON UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered reftel points to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 12 June. Davidsdottir, who had just returned the previous night from Human Rights Council meetings in Geneva, said that she was personally "deeply di [...] | 2008-06-12 17:53:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IC |
08REYKJAVIK11 | ICELAND: REYKJAVIK CITY COUNCIL PLAYS TWO ROUNDS OF [...] (U) Summary: The majority coalition in the Reykjavik City Council has broken down twice in the past three months, resulting in three different mayors for the largest city in Iceland. The coalition majority of the Independence Party (IP) and the Progressive Party (PP) split up in October over [...] | 2008-01-29 16:44:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK110 | ICELAND IWC COMMISSIONER PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Whaling Commissioner Stefan Asmundsson told post that he is pessimistic that any progress will be made in the upcoming International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile. Asmundsson was careful not to criticize the IWC Chairman Bill Hogarth but is worried that the focus [...] | 2008-06-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC |
08REYKJAVIK115 | ICELAND: PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION CONDEMNING GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's parliament unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on May 30 calling for the closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The resolution further called for the Government of Iceland to convey that message to the U.S. government; Iceland's Foreign Minis [...] | 2008-06-19 19:04:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO IC |
08REYKJAVIK116 | ICELAND: PARLIAMENT APPROVES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's parliament unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on May 30 calling for the closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The resolution further called for the Government of Iceland to convey that message to the U.S. government; Iceland's Foreign Minis [...] | 2008-06-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO IC |
08REYKJAVIK122 | ICELAND RATIFIES IAEA CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY [...] (U) Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced via a press release on June 25 that Iceland has ratified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Convention on Nuclear Safety. Text of press release follows para. 2. 2. (U) Text of the MFA press release: The International Atomic [...] | 2008-06-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KTIA KNNP PARM IAEA IC |
08REYKJAVIK123 | ICELANDIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS END THEIR BRIEF ANNOUNCED [...] (U) In early June, Icelandic air traffic controllers demanded better pay, hours and working conditions and declared if their demands were not met, they would strike for four hours daily beginning June 27. No agreement on these issues was reached and the controllers began the announced strike o [...] | 2008-06-27 16:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IC |
08REYKJAVIK125 | ICELAND RATIFIES PALERMO ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) On May 28, the Icelandic Parliament, the Althingi, passed a parliamentary resolution on the ratification of the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organize [...] | 2008-07-01 11:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIA IC |
08REYKJAVIK127 | CLOSING OUT THE ICELAND AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM TRANSFER [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one months after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik, one major issue remains unresolved: the ultimate disposition of the residual parts and equipment associated with the Iceland Air Defense System (IADS). The Government of Iceland has made the IADS radar syst [...] | 2008-07-01 12:51:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR NATO PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK135 | ICELAND UNDECIDED ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRQ IC |
08REYKJAVIK138 | ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ETRD WTRQ IC |
08REYKJAVIK139 | SUPPORT REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ IC |
08REYKJAVIK151 | ICELAND INFORMED OF NEW U.S. CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOA PARM PREL NATO MOPS IC |
08REYKJAVIK152 | GOI NOTIFIED OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM KNNP IR IC |
08REYKJAVIK166 | NAC STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG IC |
08REYKJAVIK173 | TFGG01: ICELAND ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) In discussion of the current situation in Georgia with Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir, the highest available MFA official, the Ambassador urged August 14 that Iceland press Russia to take the necessary steps detailed in reftel. Gunnarsdottir will raise the message with the Foreign [...] | 2008-08-14 17:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM NATO UN GG RS IC |
08REYKJAVIK179 | ICELANDIC MFA REQUESTS ALL U.S. RECORDS ON HALLDOR [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of ref A note, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir responded with several questions about the scope of Department's archival review and the possibility of extending the review to other USG agencies' archives (ref B). Post subsequent [...] | 2008-08-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC IC |
08REYKJAVIK188 | GEORGIA: ICELAND OPPOSES RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker previewed reftel demarche in August 25 meetings with the Icelandic Foreign Minister and other senior officials, and embassy followed up on August 27 to reiterate the points. In press comments on August 26, Foreign Minister Gisladottir immediate [...] | 2008-08-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF GG RU IC |
08REYKJAVIK189 | ICELAND FM WILL ATTEND 25 SEPTEMBER WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING [...] Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group in New York on September 25. 2. Dietary Restrictions: none 3. Translation Needs: none 4. Icelandic UN Mission Point of Contact: Ms. [...] | 2008-08-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KWMN PHUM PREL IC |
08REYKJAVIK195 | ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING TAKES ON A MORE CIVILIAN LOOK AFTER [...] (U) Summary: On August 26, Minister for Foreign Affairs Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir announced that Icelandic peacekeepers would only in rare circumstances carry arms, and that civilian and military tasks would be more clearly separated in future peacekeeping assignments. Gisladottir made the [...] | 2008-09-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPKO MARR PGOV PREL AF IC |
08REYKJAVIK198 | ICELAND SUPPORTS MOVING ISAF COUNTER-NARC DISCUSSION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO MARR PREL AF IC |
08REYKJAVIK199 | Iceland's Bid for the UN Security Council [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iceland's bid for one of two available WEOG seats on the UN Security Council in 2009-10 is rapidly drawing to a close. The campaign, hamstrung by a slow start and tepid support at home, has found its legs over the last year under the enthusiastic direction of Foreign Minister [...] | 2008-09-12 16:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN AU TU IC |
08REYKJAVIK20 | ICELANDIC MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 11:13:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI IC |
08REYKJAVIK203 | ICELANDIC KRONA DROPS TO NEW LOW, INCREASING CALLS TO [...] (U) As a result of the international financial crisis and lack of liquidity in the credit markets, the Icelandic krona (ISK) has taken a beating, falling almost 50 percent since the start of the year. On September 17 the ISK trade weighted index, which measures the price in ISK of a weighted av [...] | 2008-09-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IC |
08REYKJAVIK213 | ICELAND: GOVT BUYS 75 PERCENT SHARE IN THIRD-LARGEST BANK [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Iceland announced on 29 September that it is taking a majority share in Glitnir Bank, the country's third largest bank. The move follows a frantic round of secret weekend consultations between Prime Minister Haarde, the Central Bank, the heads of all major poli [...] | 2008-09-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IC |
08REYKJAVIK217 | ICELANDIC GOVT TO RUN FIRST DEFICIT IN FIVE YEARS, KRONA [...] (SBU) Summary: Counter to the hopes of the Icelandic government, saving Glitnir Bank has not saved the economy, as the krona has fallen by 15 percent over the last two days and Iceland's credit ratings have dropped. In the midst of the bad news, the first budget deficit since 1996 was announ [...] | 2008-10-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK219 | ICELANDIC GOVT TAKES CONTROL OF BANKING SECTOR AMID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde addressed the nation late on October 6 with a sober message: the banking system in Iceland was broken because of the global liquidity crisis and the government was taking emergency action to save Icelanders' domestic savings. Immediately following h [...] | 2008-10-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK22 | REYKJAVIK INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Iceland produces nearly all of its electricity and home heating from the renewable resources of hydropower and geothermal power. The responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. A. The Economic and Commercial Section handles energy matters. The total number of staff in this section is [...] | 2008-02-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD IC |
08REYKJAVIK221 | ICELANDIC FINANCIAL CRISIS: AS EMERGENCY POWERS GO INTO [...] (U) Summary: As the financial crisis and uncertainty in Iceland continues, the Russian offer of a 4 billion Euro (5.4 billion USD) loan is getting considerable attention. The Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce held a joint press conference this morning to update on the Government's takeov [...] | 2008-10-07 17:30:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK223 | ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...] | 2008-10-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK224 | ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...] | 2008-10-08 16:50:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK225 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS, TIME FOR USG TO GET INVOLVED? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 19:24:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK227 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: THIRD BANK GOES DOWN AS MASS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 18:13:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK228 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: BANKERS ARGUE GOI NEEDS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 18:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK23 | ICELAND EXPECTS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir told the Ambassador February 19 that the government had discussed the independence issue and she expects the GOI to make an announcement recognizing Kosovo on February 22. She noted that Iceland had not been the first country to recognize Koso [...] | 2008-02-19 16:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI IC |
08REYKJAVIK240 | Foreign Minister Expected to Ask the Secretary for [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Gretar Mar Sigurdsson, the acting chief of the MFA during Foreign Minister Gisladottir's extended absence, informed the Ambassador October 17 that Gisladottir intends to play a leading role in the government's efforts to secure international financing after she ret [...] | 2008-10-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK242 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: RUSSIAN LOAN STILL ON TABLE, IMF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 18:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK246 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: GOI - UK NEGOTIATIONS ON ICESAVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 17:53:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK25 | ICELANDIC MFA REQUESTS FOIA INFORMATION ON HALLDOR [...] (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Icelandic MFA requesting FOIA information on Iceland's eminent Nobel Prize winner, Halldor Laxness (1902-1998). Laxness, one of Iceland's most famous citizens, remains a topic of considerable public interest, and the question of what historical docu [...] | 2008-02-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IC |
08REYKJAVIK251 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: GOI REACHES AGREEMENT ON IMF [...] (U) The Icelandic Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and visiting IMF team held consecutive press conferences on October 24 to announce an agreement on an IMF package encompassing a roughly $2 billion IMF loan to Iceland. 2. (U) Prime Minister Haarde and Foreign Minister Gisladottir announced [...] | 2008-10-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK252 | ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: GOI OFFICIALS CAUTIOUSLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK253 | ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASKED NY FED FOR ONE BILLION USD LOAN [...] (C) On October 24, the Central Bank sent a letter to the New York Federal Reserve Bank requesting a one billion USD loan or currency swap. The Embassy requested and today received a copy of the letter, which was addressed to Timothy Geithner, President of the Bank. In a cover memo dated Octob [...] | 2008-10-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK254 | ICELAND: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND CROATIA [...] (U) PolOff contacted Icelandic MFA MinCouns for International Organizations Nikulas Hannigan on October 28 to follow up on reftel demarche. Hannigan said that the MFA's Legal Advisor is preparing a draft parliamentary resolution for consideration by the cabinet at the weekly government meeting [...] | 2008-10-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO PREL KTIA AL HR IC |
08REYKJAVIK255 | ICELAND'S REQUEST FOR A LOAN: WHAT'S IN IT FOR US [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 08:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK256 | Iceland's Financial Crisis: The Russia Angle [...] (C) The announcement by Iceland's Central Bank on October 7 that Russia would provide a USD 5.4 billion loan created an international stir, unleashing a wave of speculation as to who had approached Russia, why and when the contact was made, and what the Russians could be contemplating as the q [...] | 2008-11-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON PGOV RS IC |
08REYKJAVIK258 | ICELAND: PRIME MINISTER CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde has sent U.S. President-elect Barack Obama a letter of congratulations, according to a November 5 press release from the PM's Office. In the release, Haarde further noted that he looks forward to meeting the new President at the next NATO Summit in 200 [...] | 2008-11-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IC |
08REYKJAVIK263 | ICELAND: CAN THIS COALITION BE SAVED? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Public support for Iceland's government has fallen below 50 percent in the wake of the financial crisis here, and cracks are beginning to widen between the two coalition parties as weekly demonstrations grow in size and fervor. PM Haarde's Independence Party (IP) has taken th [...] | 2008-11-10 18:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EU IC |
08REYKJAVIK264 | Iceland's economic troubles: Implications for the defense [...] (C) Summary: Iceland's economic collapse is spurring painful but necessary cost cutting measures by the Icelandic government. One expected target of reductions is the defense budget, a very small part of the national budget but a line item with a high profile. Although a funding reduction i [...] | 2008-11-10 18:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK267 | ICELAND: IT WON'T BE THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE ANYMORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Last year Iceland was rated by the UNDP as the best place to live in the world, but the October collapse of the Icelandic banking system has triggered a full scale financial and currency crisis and delivered a knockout punch for Iceland. Now experts are just beginning to piece [...] | 2008-11-14 07:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK269 | ICELAND: MFA SLASHES BUDGET, WILL REPLACE AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced a twenty percent reduction in the Ministry's budget for FY 2009. Four Icelandic missions will be closed down and the positions of six Ambassadors, who are retiring, will not be filled. Some Icelandic foreign service staff at overseas posts [...] | 2008-11-14 17:03:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN PREL MARR ODIP IC |
08REYKJAVIK27 | KOSOVO: ICELAND MUDDLING ITS WAY TOWARDS RECOGNITION [...] (C) Ambassador contacted Permanent Secretary of State at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on 28 February to query the failure to make good the FM's pledge that Iceland would recognize Kosovo on February 22 (reftel). Sigurdsson pointed to the Foreign Minister's [...] | 2008-02-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN YI KV IC |
08REYKJAVIK270 | ICELAND REACHES AGREEMENT ON ICESAVE, OPENING DOOR FOR IMF [...] (SBU) The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands came to an agreement November 16 on the compensation for deposits held in Icesave accounts, the online savings accounts offered by now-nationalized Landsbanki. The Icelandic government will pay the first EUR 20,000 (25,3 [...] | 2008-11-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK275 | ICELAND: CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR TERRORIST [...] (SBU) A/DCM and ConOff delivered Ref A demarche and model document to Ministry for Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for the U.S. (and Deputy Chief of the Defense Department) Audunn Atlason and MFA Defense Department First Secretary Ingibjorg Petursdottir on November 21. Emboffs also referred to D [...] | 2008-11-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL IC |
08REYKJAVIK279 | Foreign Minister Assesses Icelandic Domestic and Foreign [...] (U) At a November 28 lunch hosted by the Danish Ambassador, the dean of the diplomatic corps, Foreign Minister Gisladottir told the assembled heads of mission she viewed Iceland's financial collapse as part of a global meltdown that must be resolved globally. In a pointed repudiation of the ha [...] | 2008-12-01 16:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EU IC |
08REYKJAVIK28 | ICELAND: FOREIGN MINISTER DISMISSES CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister flatly dismissed opposition calls for an independent inquiry into suspected CIA rendition flights through Iceland in a parliamentary session on February 28. The question time discussion was spurred by Icelandic State Television's February 25 broadcas [...] | 2008-02-29 16:54:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IC |
08REYKJAVIK286 | Iceland: Political parties considering EU membership as [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's economic crisis has radically changed opinions here on the possibility of joining the European Union, and the country's political parties are struggling to adapt. Polls show support for joining the EU and adopting the euro reaching 70 percent, while support for the gov [...] | 2008-12-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EUN IC |
08REYKJAVIK291 | ICELAND: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Post provides the following submission for Part 2 of the INCSR report. Part 1 (Narcotics) was transmitted Ref B. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Money laundering is not considered a major problem in Iceland, though international observers have questioned the effectiveness of th [...] | 2008-12-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN EFIN KCRM IC |
08REYKJAVIK294 | ICELAND: NEW FOREIGN EXCHANGE RULES EASE TRADE AND HELP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 17:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK34 | ICELAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) On March 5, 2008, Iceland recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state. 2. (SBU) Comment: Although the recognition comes almost two weeks after the initial date the Foreign Minister suggested to the Ambassador (see reftel),it falls neither first nor last among the Nordic [...] | 2008-03-05 17:18:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KV IC |
08REYKJAVIK36 | EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 12 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM (FE-OC) 1 h [...] | 2008-03-07 12:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
08REYKJAVIK37 | REYKJAVIK: NOMINATION FOR FSI ENERGY SEMINAR PE228 [...] Iceland is a key player in renewable energy, especially in the field of geothermal power. The Icelandic Government is incorporating this expertise more and more into its foreign policy and Icelandic energy companies are investing overseas, including in the U.S. Post nominates Economic and Com [...] | 2008-03-07 17:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD IC |
08REYKJAVIK41 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOUCHER [...] Embassy Reykjavik grants country clearance to CODEL Boucher and the accompanying delegation and personnel to travel to Keflavik, Iceland for refueling on March 22, 2008 2. Post has assigned Mrs. Fiona Evans as the CODEL's administrative point of contact and she will be meeting the CODEL a [...] | 2008-03-19 12:16:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IC |
08REYKJAVIK44 | HAGUE ADOPTION LETTER DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF ICELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CASC KOCI CMGT IC |
08REYKJAVIK46 | Demarche on Use of FYROM for NATO Candidature (U) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 17:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR IC |
08REYKJAVIK52 | Scenesetter for the Secretary's meeting with Icelandic [...] (C/NF) Icelandic Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir's visit to Washington April 10-12 will be her first visit with a bilateral agenda. Since her Social Democratic Alliance party came into government last June, she has quickly forged a solid relationship with her center-right coalit [...] | 2008-04-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV PINR NATO KWMN IC |
08REYKJAVIK55 | IS ICELANDIC GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO HALT ECONOMY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's economy has recently gone wobbly, with the currency depreciating to a near record low and consumers facing sudden price hikes of near ten percent. In response to inflationary pressures, the Central Bank raised its prime rate 1.25 percent on March 25 to a new record hig [...] | 2008-04-07 17:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IC |
08REYKJAVIK66 | ICELANDIC PRIME MINISTER TO BUSINESS COMMUNITY: STAY THE [...] (U) Prime Minister Geir Haarde gave a pep talk to the top Icelandic businessmen assembled at the annual meeting of the Federation of Icelandic Employers on April 18, and put to rest rumors that the solution to Iceland's recent economy problems is unilaterally adopting a foreign currency. Haard [...] | 2008-04-18 18:11:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IC |
08REYKJAVIK67 | REYKJAVIK REQUESTS EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW FOR 2008 PROGRAM [...] (U) Post requests an Embassy Science Fellow to help strengthen the bilateral science research ties between the U.S. and Iceland. Embassy Reykjavik has designated the expansion of bilateral science ties as a key priority in our FY2010 Mission Strategic Plan, devoting an entire goal paper to the [...] | 2008-04-21 18:09:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER IC |
08REYKJAVIK70 | ICELAND WILL SIGN ON TO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Pol Chief briefly mentioned reftel declaration to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 22 April and followed up with a detailed demarche the next day. Davidsdottir replied that she had spoken with Iceland's UN Mission after [...] | 2008-04-23 19:13:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA IC |
08REYKJAVIK71 | ABBAS STOPOVER IN ICELAND: SPECIAL ENVOY APPOINTED, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a short-notice visit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas overnighted in Iceland April 21-22, meeting with Icelandic President Grimsson and Foreign Minister Gisladottir. At the ceremonial lunch with Grimsson, Abbas lauded the contributions of small states like Icel [...] | 2008-04-23 19:17:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR KPAL KWBG IS XF IC |
08REYKJAVIK8 | Iceland: Russian activities in region a growing concern [...] (C) Summary: Russian foreign policy continues to irritate and puzzle the Government of Iceland. In the hour-long special on Russia, broadcasted by an Icelandic television channel on January 15, Russian Ambassador Tatarintsev claimed that recent Russian foreign policy moves are tied to Russia' [...] | 2008-01-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV RU IC |
08REYKJAVIK9 | POST DOES NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR ICELANDIC WIREC DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 14:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC |
08REYKJAVIK91 | Scenesetter for the Secretary's visit to Iceland May 30, 2008 [...] (U) The Icelanders are delighted to welcome you to the High North. Your visit to Reykjavik is the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell attended the NATO Summit here in 2002, and the first bilateral visit since Secretary Albright overnighted in 2000. Under Secretary for Politic [...] | 2008-05-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR NATO KWMN ECON UNSC IC |
08REYKJAVIK93 | ICELAND: PALESTINIAN REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REVEAL DISCORD, [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's recently-announced plan to accept 30 Palestinian refugees has sparked new debate on societal tolerance of immigrants and again revealed deep divisions in the Liberal Party. Meanwhile, the town of Akranes, just outside Reykjavik, is poised to accept the refugees despite [...] | 2008-05-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM UNHCR KPAL SY IZ IC |
08REYKJAVIK96 | ICELAND: PRESIDENT GRIMSSON RE-ELECTED BY DEFAULT FOR A [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson won re-election by default on May 24 after the deadline for candidate registration passed with no challengers announcing. The election, previously scheduled for June 28, has been cancelled; Grimsson will start his fourth, and likely l [...] | 2008-06-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IC |
09REYKJAVIK100 | ICELAND: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) Per reftel request for help in identifying possible air assets for Pakistan, Post confirms that Iceland neither possesses nor operates Mi-17 helicopters. KLOPFENSTEIN [...] | 2009-06-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG PARM PK IC |
09REYKJAVIK101 | Iceland: Tough Times Ahead: Minister of Finance Paints [...] (C) Summary: Iceland Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigfusson predicted difficult times for Iceland in the year ahead at a June 3 meeting with the CDA. Sigfusson promised significant tax hikes and budget cuts, with much of the pain to come in the fall. Negotiations with labor and capital t [...] | 2009-06-05 17:11:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK102 | ICELAND SETTLES ICESAVE DEPOSIT GUARANTEE DISPUTE WITH THE [...] (U) On June 5, Icelandic media reported that the GOI and the Governments of the UK and the Netherlands had struck a deal over the Icesave dispute. The GOI has agreed to take a $5.44 billion loan from the UK and the Netherlands to repay the minimum deposit guarantee to those who lost their sav [...] | 2009-06-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK104 | ICELANDIC PRIORITIES REVEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (U) Emboff met with Iceland's Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Tomas Heidar and Director of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Department Jon Egill Egilsson on June 9 to relay reftel points and elicit Iceland's priorities for [...] | 2009-06-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC |
09REYKJAVIK11 | EU Accession: How Iceland might start heading to Brussels [...] (SBU) Summary: After the October financial crash, possible European Union (EU) membership and the adoption of the euro have become the most important political issue in Iceland. Iceland's political parties are wrestling with how to adjust their policies to accommodate this new reality (refte [...] | 2009-01-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK12 | ICELAND: RUMBLE IN REYKJAVIK SHAKES GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic parliament's return after its holiday recess has been marred by the largest protests the country has experienced since the 1949 debate over NATO membership. By some estimates, as many as 2,000 demonstrators caused enough noise to force a halt to the opening legis [...] | 2009-01-21 17:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ASEC IC |
09REYKJAVIK121 | U.S.-Iceland Security Dialogue: Icelandic Defense Policy [...] (C) Summary: Expert-level Security Dialogue talks in Reykjavik June 16 found broad agreement on the bilateral defense relationship. Both sides agree on the importance of a new NATO Strategic Concept, which Iceland hopes will contain language on the significance of the High North. Iceland rei [...] | 2009-07-08 17:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO AF IC |
09REYKJAVIK122 | ICELANDIC WHALING IN FULL SWING WITH 24 FIN WHALES HUNTED [...] (SBU) Icelandic whalers are taking full advantage of the expanded whaling quotas issued by the former Fisheries Minister Einar K. Gudfinsson and have killed 24 fin whales and 20 minkes to date. (Note: The last time fins were hunted in Iceland was in 2006 when seven were killed. About 40 minkes [...] | 2009-07-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC |
09REYKJAVIK123 | ICELAND: PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Icelandic parliament passed a resolution on July 16 to enable the government to start accession negotiations with the European Union (EU). The parliament approved the controversial legislation with a slightly larger majority than expected, and fulfills the Social Democratic All [...] | 2009-07-16 17:51:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK129 | ICELAND MOVING FORWARD WITH EU MEMBERSHIP PROCESS [...] (U) Summary: Iceland is swiftly moving forward with the EU membership process and accession could come as early as 2012. The issue remains contentious in Iceland with current popular opinion reportedly split down the middle. Ultimately, the decision will likely come down to a national referen [...] | 2009-07-28 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK13 | ICELAND: PROTESTS CONTINUE; WILL SOCIAL DEMOCRATS STAY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protests in Reykjavik continued on the evening of January 21 and again on January 22, including a violent encounter that left one police officer hospitalized and many Icelanders profoundly shocked. There were no surprises in the Althingi's day-long debate Januar [...] | 2009-01-22 18:31:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ASEC IC |
09REYKJAVIK131 | ICELAND ON ICESAVE: "WE ARE WILLING TO PAY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Multiple GOI sources privately expressed the government's intention to guarantee the Icesave deposits held by foreign depositors in the UK and the Netherlands. In addition, the Foreign Minister told the UK Ambassador that he expects the Althingi to approve the controversial guara [...] | 2009-07-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK132 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) EmbOffs discussed Iceland's attendance plans for the 64th UN General Assembly with Greta Gunnarsdottir, head of the International and Security Affairs Directorate at the Icelandic MFA, on August 5. Gunnarsdottir said that Iceland's plans have not yet been finalized; however, she was abl [...] | 2009-08-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OTRA KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK135 | ICELAND TO MAINTAIN CURRENT ASSSITANCE LEVELS TO [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered points contained in reftel to Greta Gunnarsdottir, head of the International and Security Affairs Directorate at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 5. Gunnarsdottir thanked Emboffs for the information and responded that the GOI intends to maintain its [...] | 2009-08-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF IC |
09REYKJAVIK140 | ICELAND TO SEEK HIGH LEVEL MEETING AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Kristjan Guy Burgess, Political Advisor to the Miister at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affars, confirmed to Post that the Government of Iceand has changed its mind and now intends to seeka high-level bilateral meeting with the United States on the margins of the UN General Assembly. [...] | 2009-08-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | POV PREL OTRA KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK15 | ICELAND ECONOMIC SITUATION EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FURTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK151 | PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND REGRETS UNGA LUNCH [...] Per reftel, we passed invitation to the Secretary's September 24 luncheon for female heads of state and foreign ministers to the office of the Prime Minister of Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir. During a meeting with Charge September 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International an [...] | 2009-09-03 17:09:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KWMN PHUM UNGA IC |
09REYKJAVIK154 | ICELANDAIR ON TRACK TO IMPLEMENT TSA REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. On August 19, Craig Lynes, Acting TSA Representative at U.S. Embassy London and Sandra Melendez, TSA International Industry Representative, met with representatives of Iceland's Civil Aviation Administration and air carrier Icelandair to discuss outstanding issues from a routine [...] | 2009-09-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK155 | ICELAND: UNGA PRIORITIES AND FOREIGN MINISTER'S ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed U.S. goals and objectives for the upcoming UN General Assembly (Ref A) with Emil Hreggvidsson, Deputy Director for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hreggvidsson expressed particular interest in the U.S. initiatives relati [...] | 2009-09-15 13:39:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OTRA KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK158 | ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING WITH CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 11:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON UNGA NATO IC AF UK NL |
09REYKJAVIK160 | ICELAND: NO COMMENTS ON MISSILE DEFENSE DEMARCHE [...] On September 17, Charge relayed reftel talking points to Gretta Gunnarsdottir, Director General for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Gunnarsdottir thanked us for the information but had no initial comments regarding reftel points. WATSON [...] | 2009-09-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL EZ IC |
09REYKJAVIK161 | ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING WITH CHARGE [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed a range of issues with Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson on September 16 during his first courtesy call. The Minister described his plans for the UN General Assembly. On Icesave, he said that the British and Dutch had responded pos [...] | 2009-09-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON UNGA NATO IC AF UK NL |
09REYKJAVIK17 | ICELAND: PRIME MINISTER DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, DATE [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister stunned the nation on January 23 with an announcement that he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and will not stand for reelection as Independence Party chair at the coming national congress. PM Haarde said he received the diagnosis on January 21 a [...] | 2009-01-23 17:37:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON IC |
09REYKJAVIK170 | ICELAND'S PLANS TO COMBAT H1N1 VIRUS THIS WINTER [...] (U) Summary: The strain of the H1N1 influenza virus present in Iceland has been milder than that experienced in other countries, and only one person has been hospitalized with the illness earlier this year. Occurrences of H1N1 in Iceland have been on the decline recently. However, Iceland's C [...] | 2009-09-28 17:07:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AMED PREL TBIO IC |
09REYKJAVIK175 | MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN ICELAND [...] (U) On October 1, the division of responsibilities within several Ministries changed as part of the ruling coalition's effort to streamline the government. Plans for the changes began May 10 when the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement formed their coalition and announced i [...] | 2009-10-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK176 | TAX INCREASES AND FISCAL CUTS IN ICELAND'S 2010 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: The Minister of Finance announced next year's economic forecast and submitted the 2010 state budget bill to parliament October 1 when the parliament reconvened after its summer break. The forecast presented a bleak economic picture for the next two years and the budget was laden w [...] | 2009-10-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK191 | INVESTING IN ICELAND: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Summary: As Iceland struggles to rebound from last year's financial meltdown, the government is reevaluating the future direction of the country, including the role of foreign direct investment (FDI). There is potential for investment in a variety of sectors, particularly those that util [...] | 2009-10-27 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK192 | ICELAND: RESPONSE TO THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on October 26 to Emil Hreggvidsson, Deputy Director for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hreggvidsson said that Iceland's objectives for the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly Third Committee closely [...] | 2009-10-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA IC |
09REYKJAVIK193 | Fraud Summary - Reykjavik: March to August 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Iceland is a low-fraud country with no identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or visas. No signficant changes or fraud trends were noted in Iceland during the reporting period March 1 to August 31, 2009. END SUMMARY. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ----------------- [...] | 2009-10-28 17:04:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC |
09REYKJAVIK194 | ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On October 29, Nina Jonsdottir from the International Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post that Iceland intends to support the U.S. candidate, Lucretia Myers, in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election that will take place [...] | 2009-10-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA IC |
09REYKJAVIK196 | ICELAND: 2009-2010 INCSR SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Iceland's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR: I. Summary Icelandic authorities confront limited, but increasing, levels of domestic drug production. The primary focus of law enforcement is on stopping importation and distribution, with a lesser emphasis on prosecuting for possession a [...] | 2009-11-03 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM IC |
09REYKJAVIK197 | ICELAND: GOVERNMENT HOLDS TIP SYMPOSIUM [...] (U) More than 100 people overflowed a conference room for a symposium on human trafficking sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights on October 30. Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson opened the symposium by declaring the GOI's unwavering suppo [...] | 2009-11-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK198 | ICELANDIC GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTIC PARLIAMENT WILL [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge and Econoff, Minister of Finance Steingrimur Sigfusson stated that he believes by next week the Icesave agreement will be out of committee and return to parliament for its second reading. He said that the government had learned from the last vote on Icesave and th [...] | 2009-11-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IC NE PGOV PREL UK |
09REYKJAVIK20 | ICELAND: GOVERNMENT FALLS, UNITY COALITION IN THE OFFING? [...] (U) Summary: Despite a weekend of frantic efforts by the leaders of Iceland's governing coalition to bring their parties to heel, Prime Minister Haarde announced January 26 that the governing coalition has fallen apart less than two years into its term. The immediate cause was the demand of t [...] | 2009-01-26 18:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON IC |
09REYKJAVIK200 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT IMO PHSA IC |
09REYKJAVIK201 | ICELAND CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ASSIST WHO WITH H1N1 SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered request contained in reftel to Sveinn Magnusson, Chief Medical Advisor at the Ministry of Health on November 3. Mr. Magnusson told Econoff that Iceland, as elsewhere, has been slow to receive the quantity of H1N1 vaccines ordered. Currently, the vaccine is available onl [...] | 2009-11-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KFLU WHO IC |
09REYKJAVIK202 | GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERS AMOUNT OF TAX FOR ENERGY USE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the government of Iceland (GOI),including a proposal to introduce a significant energy tax in the 2010 budget bill (reftel B),have raised concerns about the current environment for foreign investors. Implementing significant tax increases ex-post-facto, for exa [...] | 2009-11-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK203 | INDEPENDENCE PARTY LEADER SEEKS MEETING WITH WHITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK204 | OBSERVATIONS FROM A DANISH AMBASSADOR'S THREE [...] (C) Summary and introduction. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met November 13 with Soren Haslund, the newly arrived Danish Ambassador to Iceland, to discuss his time spent in Iran. Haslund served as the Danish Ambassador in Tehran for three years, arriving in 2006 and departing the country on July 26, [...] | 2009-11-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR IC |
09REYKJAVIK207 | POTENTIAL TRAVEL TO U.S. BY SENIOR ICELANDIC OFFICIALS IN [...] (SBU) Several high-level GOI officials have expressed interest in traveling to the U.S. in early 2010 to meet with officials at counterpart agencies. A visit prior to January is unlikely, as the government lacks the money to finance a trip at the moment and officials are finalizing the 2010 bu [...] | 2009-11-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK208 | ICELAND'S POSITION UNCHANGED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Post delivered points contained in reftel to Emil Breki Hreggvidsson, Counsellor in the Foreign Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 18. Hreggvidsson stated that the Government of Iceland has not changed its position of abstaining or being absent fro [...] | 2009-11-18 17:40:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE IC |
09REYKJAVIK211 | ICELAND TO MAINTAIN CURRENT ASSISTANCE LEVELS TO [...] (C) Charge drew on points contained in reftel in a discussion with Greta Gunnarsdottir, head of the International and Security Affairs Directorate at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 25. Gunarsdottir thanked Charge for the information and offered assurances that Aghanist [...] | 2009-11-25 17:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK213 | READOUT FROM THE ICELANDIC PARTICIPANT AT E-PINE MEETING [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires met with Greta Gunnarsdottir, Director General for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 30 to discuss her participation in the November 5 Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE) meeting in Washington. Gunn [...] | 2009-12-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK214 | REYKJAVIK OIG COMPLIANCE UPDATE/REUEST FOR EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Post is committd to closing Recommendation 2 in the OIG's 2003 eport (ref c) as soon as possible. Post continues to advise the OIG on the status of the Perimeter ecurity Upgrade Project in line with Recommendaton 2 in ref c. As previously reported, Post hasbeen denied a permit by the ci [...] | 2009-12-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG ASEC ABLD IC |
09REYKJAVIK215 | ICELAND: ACQUITTAL IN FIRST TIP COURT CASE [...] (U) In October, prosecutors indicted Catalina Ncogo, an Icelandic citizen of Equatorial Guinean origin, on charges of human trafficking, profiting from prostitution as a third party, and drug smuggling. The trafficking indictment was the first charge of such a nature in Iceland. On December 1 [...] | 2009-12-04 15:45:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK216 | REYKJAVIK OIG COMPLIANCE UPDATE/REQUEST FOR EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Post is committed to closing Recommendation 2 in the OIG's 2003 report (ref c) as soon as possible. Post continues to advise the OIG on the status of the Perimeter Security Upgrade Project in line with Recommendation 2 in ref c. As previously reported, Post has been denied a permit by t [...] | 2009-12-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG ASEC ABLD IC |
09REYKJAVIK218 | IMF: ICELAND NEEDS FINANCIAL AUSTERITY [...] (C) Summary. Mark Flanagan, leader of the IMF review team here in Reykjavik, believes Iceland's recovery could start in mid-2010, but he cautioned that that the government must take several critical steps to lay the necessary groundwork, including significant fiscal austerity. Prior to the nex [...] | 2009-12-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK219 | ICESAVE BILL LINGERS AS DIVISIVE FORCE IN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) Summary. The coalition government recently reached a negotiated settlement with the opposition that allows the Icesave bill to move to the next stage of the parliamentary process. The settlement was reached only after the opposition used filibustering techniques to stall the bill in the s [...] | 2009-12-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK221 | ICELANDIC DEFENSE AGENCY TO BE INTEGRATED INTO NEW [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, the Government of Iceland announced plans to dissolve the Icelandic Defense Agency (IDA) and to integrate its duties into a new Ministry of the Interior. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Secretary at the MFA later offered assurances that the merger w [...] | 2009-12-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK222 | ICELAND: 2009 COUNTY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Included is Embassy Reykjavik's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy POC for this report is Political Officer Joshua Rubin, office phone: 354 562-9100; email:rubinjn@state.gov. The Government of Iceland stated in its most recent terrorist threat assessment, con [...] | 2009-12-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IC |
09REYKJAVIK223 | PARLIAMENT PASSES A BEVY OF BILLS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR [...] (U) Summary: The Icelandic Parliament worked diligently in the days leading up to its holiday recess and passed a number of key pieces of legislation. Over the weekend of December 18-20, parliament passed 18 bills including a new environmental tax and amendments to the General Penal Code that [...] | 2009-12-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GTIP PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK225 | REYKJAVIK CIWG ANNUAL MEETING [...] (S/NF) On December 17, 2009, American Embassy Reykjavik convened a Counter Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) meeting. CDA Sam Watson chaired the meeting. In attendance were A/DCM, POL, PAO, CONS, ECON, IPC, MILREP, MGT and RSO. Ref A discusses Post's previous CIWG. Ref C discusses Post's pr [...] | 2009-12-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC IC |
09REYKJAVIK227 | ICESAVE VOTE DELAYED AGAIN [...] (U) The Icelandic parliament was expected to vote on the Icesave bill on December 30; however, new information emerged on the eve of the vote that may further delay a resolution to the issue. The media is reporting that the Icelandic negotiating team, which concluded the original Icesave agree [...] | 2009-12-30 16:11:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON IC |
09REYKJAVIK228 | PARLIAMENT FINALLY PASSES ICESAVE [...] (U) After months of debate, Iceland's parliament passed the Icesave bill late in the evening of December 30 by a vote of 33 to 30. Passage of the bill allows the government to provide a state guarantee for the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund's repayment of up to $5.5 billion to the [...] | 2009-12-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON IC |
09REYKJAVIK23 | ICELAND SIGNS TIFA, PUSHES FOR E VISAS [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Christopher S. Wilson and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Ossur Skarphedinsson signed a Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Reykjavik on January 15. The TIFA establishes a commitment to meet [...] | 2009-01-28 09:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CVIS IC |
09REYKJAVIK25 | ICELAND: OUTGOING MINISTER ALLOWS FOR LARGE FIN WHALE HUNT [...] (U) Action request: paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: On January 27, outgoing Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Einar K. Gudfinsson quietly issued an order potentially allowing a massive increase in Iceland's hunting of fin and minke whales. The order allowed commercial quotas of fin and minke [...] | 2009-01-30 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS PGOV IWC IC |
09REYKJAVIK27 | ICELAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the following Investment Climate Statement for Iceland for 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. This report has been sent by unclassified email to J. Nathaniel Hatcher in EEB/IFD/OIA per reftel instructions. The statistics portion at the end of this report was only sent by [...] | 2009-02-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR IC |
09REYKJAVIK28 | ICELAND: LEFTIST GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER THE REINS; BIO [...] (U) Summary: After a week of negotiations, Iceland's Social Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement announced a minority government on February 1. The new government, dependent upon the centrist Progressive Party for support, is headed by SDA Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland [...] | 2009-02-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IC |
09REYKJAVIK29 | NEW ICELANDIC PM PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 5 courtesy call, new Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir told Ambassador her government is committed to implementing the IMF's recovery program for Iceland. The first task is to rebuild the banking system, including the regulatory structure, while als [...] | 2009-02-05 17:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PGOV ECON NATO SENV IC |
09REYKJAVIK30 | ICELAND CENTRAL BANK CRISIS: ODDSSON'S NAILS FLAG TO MAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Iceland Central Bank's Chairman of the Board of Governors, David Oddsson, refused Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir's request to resign on Sunday. The Prime Minister made her request by letter of February 2, pending passage of a law allowing the government to dismiss the thr [...] | 2009-02-09 17:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CVIS IC |
09REYKJAVIK32 | ICELAND RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND [...] Per reftel cable, Post contacted the Ministry of Environment to determine whether Iceland would be sending a representative to the Group of the the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Meeting in Mexico City on Februar [...] | 2009-02-11 12:02:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD IS TBIO |
09REYKJAVIK36 | ICELANDIC FISHERIES MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON REVERSING [...] (SBU) Summary: At the head of a delegation of seven ambassadors, the Ambassador urged the new Minister of Fisheries February 7 to rescind the quota established by his predecessor last month that would allow a large commercial hunt for fin and minke whales over the next five years. The Ministe [...] | 2009-02-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK37 | ICELANDIC MINISTER CONFIRMS COMMERCIAL WHALING DECISION [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Minister of Fisheries Steingrimur J. SigfuQon announced on February 18 that his predecessor's controversial increase in whaling quotas for fin and minke whales will stand at least for this year (reftels). Ministry of Fisheries [...] | 2009-02-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC |
09REYKJAVIK39 | ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK HEAD PUBLICLY GOES ON DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Iceland's Central Bank Chairman of Board of Governors David Oddsson refused to accept blame for the October bank collapse and subsequent economic recession during his appearance on Icelandic State Television's current affairs program "Kastljos" on February 24. Well-prepared and often po [...] | 2009-02-25 17:07:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK41 | REYKJAVIK SEPQ RESPONSE - SPRING 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
09REYKJAVIK45 | ICELAND: FM WARNS OF POSSIBLE DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS [...] (C) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Skarphedinsson told Amb |