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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06BAMAKO1114MALI'S UNFUNDED ROAD TO THE FUTURE
[...] SUMMARY: Mali's road system, particularly to the north and east, is inadequate to promote either security or economic development. The Malian government has addressed this concern with a comprehensive fifteen year building plan, but is able to fund little more than maintenance on the current [...]
2006-10-06 14:10:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID ML
06BAMAKO1154EXCLUDED FROM ELECTORAL COMMISSION, IBK'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 16:50:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS PARM ML
06BAMAKO1198RPM FANS FEARS THAT TOURE PLANS PRESIDENCY FOR LIFE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 15:58:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
06BAMAKO1237MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 14:06:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1243SECOND TUAREG - GSPC BATTLE PLACES ALGIERS ACCORDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 07:40:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1244TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 08:20:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1290SCENESETTER FOR ATT'S TRIP TO U.S. TO WITNESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 17:29:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
06BAMAKO1348MINISTER KONE REVISES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 11:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1359MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 17:05:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1361CALCULATIONS SHIFT AS FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 09:36:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1372MOROCCO PUSHES SDAR OUT OF BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) A diplomatic offensive by Moroccan Ambassador to Mali Moulay Idriss Fadhil paid off when Mali reportedly compelled the AU organizers to not extend an invitation to the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (SDAR) to attend the Fourth International Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (ref [...]
2006-12-01 11:59:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALEAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID ML
06BAMAKO1373RPM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1415CANVASSING BAMAKO VOTERS: T-SHIRTS, CASH AND COLD
[...] Summary: The Embassy called on fish vendors in the heart of Bamako's largest market to measure grassroots support for newly proclaimed presidential contender Soumeylou Boubey Maiga. Echoing the sentiments of local fruit sellers (reftel),fish vendors regard Maiga as an attractive presidenti [...]
2006-12-15 08:29:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EAGR PGOV KDEM ML
06BAMAKO1417GRAMMY WINNER JOINS CALL FOR MALI TO DEFEND IPR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 12:11:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV ML
06BAMAKO1423Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews
[...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API),including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...]
2006-12-19 10:08:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML
06BAMAKO1432POLICE OFFER TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO UNION LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the National Union of Higher Education (SNESUP),who have accused Minister of Education Mamadou Lamine Traore of attempts at intimidation during their month-long strike, were pleasantly surprised by a local police offer of enhanced security for strike leaders. While [...]
2006-12-20 09:04:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV ECON ML
06BAMAKO1433WHEN POLITICS AND COINCIDENCE COLLIDE: MALI'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 09:05:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO401LEGISLATIVE BY-ELECTIONS LEAVE OPPOSITION PARTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, March 26, Mali celebrated a "Day of Democracy" to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 uprising that overthrew former dictator Moussa Traore. In Mopti and Bamako's fifth district, Democracy Day coincided with legislative by-elections to fill two vacat Nation [...]
2006-04-04 19:25:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML
06BAMAKO421 ELECTORAL LOSSES AND LOW TURNOUT TRIGGER ANGRY
[...] (U) Summary. One week after a poor showing by the Rally for Mali (RPM) in legislative by-elections, RPM leader and National Assembly President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) opened the April session of the National Assembly with an extremely critical speech decrying the state of Malian democra [...]
2006-04-07 13:27:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML
06BAMAKO443THE "FRERE GUIDE" QADHAFI CAUSES A STIR IN MALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Libyan leader Mouammar Qadhafi arrived to great fanfare in Mali on April 6 to celebrate the April 11 prophet Mohammed,s birthday (Mawloud). After a two-day stay in Bamako, Qadhafi and Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) headed on a 2-day road trip to Timbuktu. In a contr [...]
2006-04-17 13:01:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV EINV LY ML
06BAMAKO520PROSPECTORS PREDICT MALIAN OIL BY 2008
[...] (C) Summary: One and a half years after oil and gas exploration in northern Mali resumed, those searching for &black gold8 may be on the brink of success. To date, the Malian government has opened approximately 700,000 square kilometers of land to oil prospecting. Recent estimates by Austral [...]
2006-05-08 12:46:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EPET ML PGOV PINS PREL SENV
06BAMAKO521FALLOUT FROM QADHAFI'S VISIT CONTINUES AS TUAREGS
[...] (C) Summary. The fallout from Qadhafi's tumultuous mid-April visit to Timbuktu (ref A) continued to spread as members of the National Assembly expressed concern over Libya's intentions and some Tuareg leaders requested autonomy for Kidal. On April 19 a group of National Assembly Deputies sug [...]
2006-05-08 16:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV EINV ASEC ML
06BAMAKO576SARKOZY MAKES FEW FRIENDS IN BAMAKO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 18 French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy completed a candid and at times confrontational two-day visit to Mali. Hyped as a chance for Sarkozy to articulate his vision of future France-Africa relations and hone his image as a French presidential candidate, the visit [...]
2006-05-23 13:43:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ECON ML
06BAMAKO577ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL -
[...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...]
2006-05-23 13:44:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BAMAKO578EAC DECISIONS REGARDING ATTACKS IN KIDAL AND
[...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting at 1400 following reports of apparently coordinated attacks on Malian military bases in Kidal and Menaka. The results of the EAC meeting are noted below. 2. (C) The Embassy's RSO confirmed that no tier one tripwires have been re [...]
2006-05-23 17:11:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BAMAKO914AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 16:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML
07BAMAKO1006GUNFIGHT IN THE DESERT: A TUAREG DESCRIBES COMBAT
[...] (C) Tuareg leader Dayti ag Sidimou described the fire fight between Tuareg tribesmen and the Al Qaida of the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM) that occurred October 23, 2006 (reftel A) to Embassy officers. Sidimou says that he was present and wounded during the encounter, and reported that Tuareg forces [...]
2007-09-12 11:09:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER MARR ML
07BAMAKO1028MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS BILATERAL WITH
[...] During a meeting to discuss the situation in northern Mali with the Ambassador September 18 (septel),Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane reiterated his intention to attend the UNGA in September (reftel). He also requested a bilateral meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, either in Wash [...]
2007-09-18 16:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL USUN ML
07BAMAKO1029WAITING FOR ALGERIA: MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane asked to see the Ambassador on September 18 to discuss the situation in northern Mali, and to underline Mali's appreciation for U.S. diplomatic and material support, particularly the recent airlift of food supplies to its besieged garrison at Tinzawaten. The [...]
2007-09-18 17:13:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL ASEC PINS ML
07BAMAKO1128NEW MALIAN CABINET NAMED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 15:22:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
07BAMAKO1196SITUATION OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN BAMAKO
[...] Mamadou Sidibe, the acting director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugee's (UNHCR) office in Mali, told the Embassy on October 10 that UNHCR was unable to provide further assistance to the 27 Congolese refugees now in Bamako, effectively abandoning the Congolese to their fate on [...]
2007-10-18 12:36:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM ML
07BAMAKO1205A HERBICIDE BY ANY OTHER NAME KILLS JUST AS SWEET:
[...] SUMMARY: An ongoing legal case brought by U.S. based Dow Chemical Company against a Chinese competitor demonstrates the difficulties posed by trademark infringement and corrupt judicial practices to Western importers in Mali. Dow's product, a herbicide labeled Gallant Super, found itself up [...]
2007-10-22 15:06:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
07BAMAKO1222TUAREG LEADERS STILL WAITING FOR BAHANGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 16:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINR PINS PREL ML
07BAMAKO1223"WAHHABIS" AND ISLAM IN MALI
[...] Summary: Some external observers have become increasingly concerned over a segment of Malian Muslims frequently described as "Wahhabi" (ref A),fearing that those so labeled are likely to advance a radical agenda. This concern stems from confusion, rooted in expedient if inaccurate labels d [...]
2007-10-22 16:19:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKISL EAID SOCI PHUM IFR PTER PINR PGOV ML
07BAMAKO1254MALIAN SOLDIERS KILL TUAREG GENDARME IN GAO
[...] On October 17 Assaleh ag Mohamed, an ethnic Tuareg and former rebel who was integrated into the Malian gendarmarie in 1996, was killed by members of the Malian regular army in Gao. Unofficial sources in Gao report that the killing occurred in a garage area within the confines of a Malian mi [...]
2007-10-25 14:11:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC PINS ML
07BAMAKO1255MALIAN SOLDIERS KILL TUAREG GENDARME IN GAO
[...] On October 17 Assaleh ag Mohamed, an ethnic Tuareg and former rebel who was integrated into the Malian gendarmarie in 1996, was killed by members of the Malian regular army in Gao. Unofficial sources in Gao report that the killing occurred in a garage area within the confines of a Malian mi [...]
2007-10-25 14:14:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC PINS ML
07BAMAKO1261DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR IAAC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN ML
07BAMAKO1262DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:54:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN ML
07BAMAKO1263DEMARCHE ON UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:55:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA ML
07BAMAKO1264DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:56:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU ML
07BAMAKO1274UNHCR REFUSES TO CLARIFY ITS ROLE OR MAKE
[...] The Embassy contacted UNHCR/Mali's Director Adama Kouyate on October 29 to inquire about the status of humanitarian assistance supposedly earmarked by UNHCR's Geneva headquarters for the 27 Congolese refugees now in Bamako (ref A). Director Kouyate claimed he was unaware of UNHCR Geneva's de [...]
2007-10-29 17:12:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM ML
07BAMAKO1276MALI TRAVEL ALERT: BAMAKO AIRPORT CLOSURES AND
[...] The Community of Democracies Ministerial Conference is scheduled for Bamako, Mali from Nov. 14-17. The Conference is expected to attract between 1500 and 3000 attendees, and visitors are likely to encounter significant difficulties making hotel and flight reservations during this time. 2. [...]
2007-10-30 16:45:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SOCI OVIP OTRA CASC ML
07BAMAKO1279MALI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 15:54:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AORC UNGA
07BAMAKO1296PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS TO MCC CRITERIA CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 15:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV ECON EAGR ML
07BAMAKO1316MALI BLOCKS TAIWAN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador had several conversations with officials at the Foreign Ministry about Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) participation in the NGO portion of the Bamako Community of Democracies ministerial. In a November 2 discussion, Dr. Oumar Makalou the coordinator of the civil society [...]
2007-11-07 10:28:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TW ML
07BAMAKO1321FOR WHOM THE WHISTLE BLOWS: AN OFFICE DU NIGER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 07:32:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCOR EAGR PGOV KDEM ML
07BAMAKO1322A SURE BET: HORSE-BETTING FILLS MALI STATE'S
[...] Summary: On October 25 off-track horse-betting fans in Mali were able, for the first time, to place bets on real-time horse races beamed direct from race tracks in France. The two live-feed offices complement what has become, since 1994, one of the most profitable state-owned enterprises in [...]
2007-11-09 07:32:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN ML
07BAMAKO1324DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 11:39:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON ML
07BAMAKO1325DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MALI ON FAO EVALUATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 12:44:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR FAO UN ML
07BAMAKO1336MUSLIM LEADERS CHALLENGE ATT OVER DEATH PENALTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 15:42:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKISL SOCI PHUM KWMN PINR ML
07BAMAKO1347TRANSLATION REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 10:45:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ML
07BAMAKO1348ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR MALI
[...] In response to reftel, Post proposes to grant 175,000 dollars to NDI to provide support for the municipal elections, planned for March 2009. The April 2007 presidential elections posed many challenges, including the use of the single ballot and voter registration problems. The participation r [...]
2007-11-21 14:59:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO1356POLICE IN GAO FOIL ALLEGED ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 16:22:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINR ML
07BAMAKO1357POLICE TEAR GAS ISLAMIC GROUP IN BAMAKO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 16:23:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SOCI PHUM PINR PGOV ML
07BAMAKO1361THE DEPUTY SECRETARY IN MALI - MEETINGS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 10:52:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS ASEC ML
07BAMAKO1363VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE TO MALI,
[...] Summary: The Deputy Secretary's November 14-15 visit to Mali as head of the U.S. delegation to the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial reaffirmed our strong bilateral ties and sent a clear message of support for Mali's CD Presidency. During the CD Meeting, the Deputy met with represen [...]
2007-11-28 11:03:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
07BAMAKO1364ATT: HOSTAGES WILL BE RELEASED IN TWO, THREE OR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 09:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINR PREL ML AG
07BAMAKO1365READOUT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS TOURE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 15:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINR PREL PINS AL
07BAMAKO1366TUAREG REBEL LEADER AG GHALI ASSIGNED TO SAUDI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 15:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINR PREL PINS ML
07BAMAKO1367AMBASSADOR DANILOVICH'S VISIT TO MALI: MCC SCORECARD,
[...] Summary: During his recent visit to Mali, MCC CEO Ambassador Danilovich discussed the MCC's Scorecard with Malian Prime Minister Modibo Sidibe November 14. MCC officials held a series of follow-on meetings with Malians to develop plans to address issues raised by the scorecard. Danilovich a [...]
2007-11-29 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA ML
07BAMAKO1384CHAPLAINS' VISIT SPURS INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND BETTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The visit of three U.S. military chaplains to Mali launched useful discussions with military and civilian leaders that emphasized the positive role of religion in America and countered impressions held by some that the United States was anti-Muslim. The chaplains, including t [...]
2007-12-05 14:58:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV ECON EAGR KISL ML
07BAMAKO1389HOSTAGE RELEASE RUMORED FOR DECEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 14:42:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINR PINS PREL ML
07BAMAKO1397TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCO)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 16:07:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER KTFN ML
07BAMAKO1404SURGE IN MALIAN DRUG BUSTS
[...] SUMMARY: A large recent number of significant drug seizures despite no appreciable resource increase to the woefully underfunded and undermanned Anti-Drug Brigade points to a rapid increase in drug-trafficking through Mali. Many of the drug-traffickers detained were Nigerians traveling to E [...]
2007-12-13 15:42:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ETRD ECON ML
07BAMAKO161A ROCKY FUTURE 30 METERS DOWN--MORE THAN GOLD IN
[...] SUMMARY: The Kayes region of western Mali offers significant mining opportunities beyond the gold reserves already under production, but for the moment exploitation rests with artisanal miners producing small quantities of Garnet, Prehnite, and Agate. The Ministry of Mines has encouraged the [...]
2007-02-13 17:22:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN EFIN ECON ML
07BAMAKO166MALI ON AFRICOM: PUT THE HEADQUARTERS HERE
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on the establishment of AFRICOM to the Chief of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Diarra, on February 12. Diarra welcomed the move; when told no decision had been made on the location of the headquarters, his immediate response [...]
2007-02-14 15:52:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
07BAMAKO167ALGERIAN OIL COMPANY LANDS EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 15:54:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EPET ETRD ML
07BAMAKO169ATT ELEVATOR INCIDENT TRIGGERS SECURITY
[...] (U) On February 10 President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT),Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi Maiga, and Health Minister Maiga Zeinab Mint Youba spent 30 uncomfortable minutes trapped in the elevator of Bamako's newly renovated Gabriel Toure hospital. The Malian government spent approximately USD [...]
2007-02-15 16:54:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ML
07BAMAKO170INTERNAL CORRUPTION REPORT TARGETS OPPOSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 11:50:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
07BAMAKO374KIDAL FORUM BRINGS CLOSURE TO TUAREG REBELLION
[...] (C) Summary: The Kidal forum, organized to bring closure to a Tuareg uprising in May, 2006, brought together senior Malian government officials, including the President and Prime Minister, Tuareg leaders, and representatives from a broad range of donor countries to address the persistent po [...]
2007-04-03 14:13:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
07BAMAKO394SOCEUR AIRLIFT PROMOTES PEACE IN NORTHERN MALI
[...] Cable provides text of letter from Ambassador McCulley to RADM William H. McRaven, Commander SOCEUR, concerning airlift support provided to the Kidal Forum in Northern Mali from 23-24 March: Dear Admiral McRaven: I write to thank you and the US Special Operations Command for your suppor [...]
2007-04-05 16:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO505ALL IS NOT QUIET ON THE NORTHERN FRONT
[...] (C) A flurry of press releases and internet blogs indicating that the Tuareg militant group ADC (Alliance Democratique du Mai 23 pour le Changement),frustrated over the slow implementation of the Algiers Accords, has returned to the hills is likely limited to only to Ibrahim Bahanga and a fe [...]
2007-05-10 17:05:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO522CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONFIRMS PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY
[...] The Malian Constitutional Court on June 9th confirmed President Toure's victory in the April 29th election (reftel) with 71 percent of the votes cast. 2. The decision by the Constitutional Court makes President Toure's victory official. Security forces were in heightened alert around Bam [...]
2007-05-14 14:35:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO524BANDITRY OR REBELLION: TUAREGS AND MALIAN MILITARY
[...] (SBU) The confrontation between Ibrahim Bahanga and the Malian army (reftel) in Tin-zawatene turned violent 11 May when Bahanga allegedly launched an early morning attack; embassy sources indicated that three Malian soldiers were killed and two wounded. Bahanga's casualties were not reporte [...]
2007-05-14 15:03:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO55THE WRONG PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING: ELECTORAL
[...] All of Mali's major political parties were among thirty-four signatories in a ceremony January 11 to inaugurate an electoral "Code of Conduct." The code was developed in conjunction with the National Democratic Institute and a Dutch NGO in advance of Mali's 2007 Presidential and Legislative [...]
2007-01-18 16:09:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
07BAMAKO554UPDATE ON MAY 11 ATTACK AT TINZAWATENE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 17:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO559MALIAN MILITARY LOOKING FOR 3000 NEW RECRUITS
[...] (U) Col. Abdoulaye Coulibaly, the Malian military's Director of Information and Public Relations, told the Embassy on May 23 that the Malian military hoped to enlist 3000 new soldiers during the 2007 recruiting drive that ended last week. Local newspapers reported that many potential recrui [...]
2007-05-24 11:41:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALMARR ASEC MCAP ML
07BAMAKO587REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI ON BAHANGA, ALGIERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-31 16:34:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ML
07BAMAKO594ALL IN THE FAMILY: LEGISLATIVE POLITICS IN KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-01 15:17:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ML
07BAMAKO675COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 07:46:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA ML
07BAMAKO676PRESIDENT TOURE'S INAUGURATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 07:54:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PGOV PTER ML
07BAMAKO696GOVERNMENT WORKERS STRIKE OVER COST OF LIVING
[...] Government and some private sector workers went on strike June 26 to protest the failure to address cost of living and pay issues agreed to during collective bargaining negotiations in 2006. The UNTM (National Union of Malian Workers) called for the two day "warning strike" after discussions [...]
2007-06-27 10:28:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PGOV ECON ML
07BAMAKO70ALL THE TEA IN MALI; A LOOK AT CHINESE ECONOMIC
[...] Summary: Chinese tea imports have captured nearly the entire Malian market in just one generation, replacing prior sources and trade routes that existed for several centuries. In a story line that reveals much about China's emerging dominance in consumer goods in Africa, Chinese traders helped [...]
2007-01-23 10:44:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR ML
07BAMAKO717CHILD TRAFFICKERS AWAITING COURT DECISION
[...] Alleged Ivoirian child traffickers Bernard Assouman Yao and Simon Djehi Bi Ta remain in custody in Sikasso following their arrest in March 2007 for allegedly attempting to traffic 46 young men from Cote d'Ivoire to Europe. If convicted, they will be the first traffickers punished under Mali [...]
2007-07-03 13:08:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
07BAMAKO74LONG-AWAITED MALIAN CABINET SHUFFLE APPEARS
[...] (U) A long-anticipated cabinet reshuffle may finally be here, according to a recent article likely written by Minister of Communications Gaoussou Drabo. The article, under the pseudonym "Khalifa," indicated that "things should clarify soon" and enter the terminal phase of the pre-electoral p [...]
2007-01-25 16:43:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO782MALI EXPLORING CONTRIBUTION OF TROOPS FOR THE
[...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered jointly by DATT and POLOFF to Brigadier General Salif Traore, the Secretary General for the Malian Ministry of Defense. Embassy made clear that it understood Mali was under pressure to address conflicting priorities, specifically given the need to dedicate r [...]
2007-07-24 16:43:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL UNSC MASS ML
07BAMAKO878CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONCEDES FRAUD BUT VALIDATES
[...] The Malian Constitutional Court announced the final decisions for the July National Assembly Elections (reftel),overturning some results in Koulikiro, Timbuktu, and Goundam. The changes did not significantly alter the overall results that left ADEMA and the URD with the lion's share of the 1 [...]
2007-08-13 17:14:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ML
07BAMAKO931FIFTEEN MALIAN SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED EAST OF KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ML
07BAMAKO960TUAREGS AND ARABS CLASH OVER DRUGS AND CASH IN
[...] (C) Sources in Kidal reported to us that a two vehicle convoy carrying cocaine under the protection of Kidal-based smuggler Hama Moussa was reportedly stopped in Mauritania sometime between 13-15 August near the Mauritanian village of Arikchach (actual location and/or spelling unknown) by Ber [...]
2007-08-31 07:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PINS PREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO961TUAREGS AND ARABS CLASH OVER DRUGS AND CASH IN
[...] (C) Sources in Kidal reported to us that a two vehicle convoy carrying cocaine under the protection of Kidal-based smuggler Hama Moussa was reportedly stopped in Mauritania sometime between 13-15 August near the Mauritanian village of Arikchach (actual location and/or spelling unknown) by Ber [...]
2007-08-31 07:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PINS PREL PGOV ML
08BAMAKO168MALI'S INPUT ON WEST AFRICA ICT CONFERENCE
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy discussed the upcoming West Africa ICT conference in Accra with Dr. Mamadou Diallo, Telecommunications Specialist at the Ministry of Communications, who also attended the last ICT conference in San Francisco. He stated that mobile phone technology is the fastes [...]
2008-02-19 07:49:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS ECON ML
08BAMAKO199ALL THAT GLITTERS COULD BE ZINC: ARRESTS HIGHLIGHT
[...] SUMMARY: Gold has become the centerpiece of the Malian government's budget, but the recent arrest of gold smugglers highlights the risky nature of exporting gold. Three foreign nationals were caught red-handed trying to smuggle what may - or may not - have been three bags of gold through Cust [...]
2008-02-27 12:17:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ML
08BAMAKO204UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 14:56:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ML
08BAMAKO209AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF HELP BENEFICIARIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 05:59:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ML
08BAMAKO217GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 09:35:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR
08BAMAKO219GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH MALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 13:46:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR
08BAMAKO221(S/NF) MALI'S REGULATION OF EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS
[...] (S/NF) Mali does not yet have a law place to regulate the purchase, concentrations, and use of referenced explosive precursors (reftels). However, according to Mr. Abdramane Sidibe, the Chief of the Regulation and Control Division at the Ministry of Agriculture, the Council of Ministers appr [...]
2008-03-03 15:12:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPINR EAGR PTER ML
08BAMAKO222IRANIAN NONCOMPLIANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 15:12:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA ML
08BAMAKO223MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 15:12:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC ML
08BAMAKO236MALI'S INPUT ON REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 08:54:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL ML
08BAMAKO238MALI NAMES NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 14:14:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ML
08BAMAKO239TRIBAL FAULT LINES WITHIN THE TUAREG OF NORTHERN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 14:21:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ML
08BAMAKO243DOW CHEMICALS V. CHINA: A WEST AFRICAN IPR CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 08:18:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
08BAMAKO256BAHANGA RELEASES PRISONERS AFTER QUIET NEGOTIATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 15:42:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ML
08BAMAKO288LEADER OF MALIAN HAMALLIYYA DISCUSSES AQIM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 14:30:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SOCI PTER ML
08BAMAKO290AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO FOLLOW AQIM HOSTAGE CRISIS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 14:36:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO292DPRK MANDATE RENEWAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 10:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ML
08BAMAKO295MALIAN ARMY RUNS INTO BAHANGA, AND LOSES, AGAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 11:15:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO299MALI TALLIES ITS LOSSES FOLLOWING LATEST BATTLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 11:42:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO305MALI NEGOTIATES WITH BAHANGA AS NEW GROUP ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 06:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PTER ML
08BAMAKO312MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA
[...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...]
2008-04-01 07:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
08BAMAKO313MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA
[...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...]
2008-04-01 07:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
08BAMAKO320BATTLE WITH BAHANGA BREWING NEAR KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 15:48:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO325MALI USES HELICOPTERS TO ATTACK BAHANGA NEAR KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 11:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO339TUAREG LEADERS FROM GAO AND TIMBUKTU: TIME FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 13:38:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO346MALIAN MUSLIMS PEACEFULLY PROTEST AGAINST DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 07:02:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP KISL ML
08BAMAKO353MALI BEGINS SIX MONTH CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 16:53:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ML
08BAMAKO357ENGAGING WITH MALI ON NORTHERN INSECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Concerned by continuing instability in the north and the absence of a clear path towards its resolution, the Ambassador called separately on President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) and Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane on April 8 and 9 to exchange views on the evolution of the situation [...]
2008-04-11 12:26:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS ML
08BAMAKO364AS NORTHERN CRISIS DEEPENS, MALI DRIFTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 14:15:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO366EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 15:28:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO371BERABICHE AND AQIM IN NORTHERN MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 11:36:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO375UPDATE ON SECURITY IN KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 11:19:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO385COMMISSION OF TUAREG LEADERS TO MEET WITH ADC AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 16:03:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO391PRICES RISE IN MALI: BAD, BUT NOT YET CRITICAL
[...] SUMMARY: Urban consumers are becoming increasingly concerned as prices of basic commodities skyrocket in Bamako while the government attempts to implement measures to reduce pressure on the cost of living. An informal survey in the local markets gives a picture of the extent of the price hi [...]
2008-04-23 17:02:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN PGOV ML
08BAMAKO396EFFORTS CONTINUE TO SAVE MALI'S ELEPHANTS
[...] SUMMARY: An estimated 550 to 700 elephants in Mali's Gourma region are threatened by drying climate, landscape degradation, and increasing human contact. The Malian herd is the northernmost group of elephants in west Africa and the only surviving group in the Sahel. International conservat [...]
2008-04-24 16:21:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV ML
08BAMAKO414MALIAN MILLITARY CONVOY REPELS ATTACK BY BANDITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 15:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR MASS MARR PREL ML
08BAMAKO415UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 15:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO419ADC ATTACKS MILITARY POST NORTH OF SEGOU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 16:47:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO435BANDITS ATTACK GENDARMARIE IN ANSONGO WHILE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 17:00:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO446TUAREG CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS FOR RECENT ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 12:04:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO462OF TUAREGS AND TERRORISTS: A REBEL'S VIEW OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 14:18:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO463TUAREG REBELS OVERRUN GARRISON IN ABEIBARA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 16:02:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO469MALI'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 16:10:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO ML
08BAMAKO482MALI USING TUAREG MILITIAS TO COMBAT TUAREG REBELS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 12:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO484MALI'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO END FOOD EXPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 13:03:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON TBIO ML
08BAMAKO485WORKING WITH THE MALIANS ON SAHEL SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 13:03:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PREL ML AG
08BAMAKO491SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MOSS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 10:54:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAGR ML
08BAMAKO493U.S. PARTICIPATION IN MALI'S JUNE 12-13 DONOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 16:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD AORC EAID ML
08BAMAKO507A FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 15:53:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PREL
08BAMAKO558FOREIGN MINISTER OUANE SAYS REGIONAL SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 10:36:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO559AGOA FORUM INVITATIONS IN MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 11:29:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETRD EINV EFIN EAID ML
08BAMAKO567TUAREG REBELS SEEK UNITY AS FOOD CRISIS IN KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 15:55:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PHUM PREL ML
08BAMAKO569PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PRESS STATEMENT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 16:35:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EUN PREL ML
08BAMAKO574THE ANSAR DINE MOVEMENT AND ISLAM IN MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 12:17:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL PHUM SOCI PTER ML
08BAMAKO575MALI HOLDS ROUNDTABLE IN BAMAKO FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 12:18:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD AORC EAID ML
08BAMAKO589PRIVATIZATION OF MALI'S STATE-OWNED COTTON COMPANY
[...] Summary: On May 28 Mali's Council of Ministers' passed a draft law authorizing the sale of government stock in the cotton parastatal, Malian Textile Development Company (CMDT),marking a major step in the World Bank-sponsored reconstruction of the Malian cotton sector. The text now goes to [...]
2008-06-24 14:04:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD ML
08BAMAKO599AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON A DISCOURAGED
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's June 20 farewell call on the Minister of Territorial Administration found General Kafougouna Kone upbeat about the Mali-U.S. relationship, but discouraged on prospects for peace in northern Mali. Kone, who is extraordinarily close to President Amadou Toumani To [...]
2008-06-27 11:47:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER
08BAMAKO606SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY MICHAEL O. LEAVITT'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 16:52:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ML
08BAMAKO610DISTANCES AND DISORGANIZATION HAMPER ASSESSMENT OF
[...] Summary: On June 26 the Embassy met with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Andreas Schmidt to discuss the living conditions of populations displaced by fighting in northern Mali. A hand-written report sent to the Embassy by the Director of the Malian Red Cross in Kida [...]
2008-07-01 15:03:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID SOCI ML
08BAMAKO623FORMER BERBICHE REBEL ALIGNS WITH TUAREG ADC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 15:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO624NEGOTIATING THE NEGOTIATIONS: ALGERIA PRIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 15:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO627TRIPARTITE MEETING ON ALGIERS ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 14:38:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AG ML
08BAMAKO633DEMARCHE ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 16:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO ML
08BAMAKO634DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 16:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EUN PREL UN KDEM ML
08BAMAKO636AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH PRESIDENT TOURE
[...] (C) Summary: President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) effusively praised the state of U.S.-Malian relations during the Ambassador's July 3 farewell call, citing specifically the Millennium Challenge Compact and bilateral military cooperation. The president said he was reluctant to see an exchan [...]
2008-07-07 16:32:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID ML
08BAMAKO639NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER: ONE CARJACKING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 15:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO648UNHCR REPORT FINDS TUAREG REFUGEES NOT REFUGEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 09:00:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO650MALI'S PARTICIPATION IN THE AGOA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 08:05:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PODC EINV EFIN EAID ML
08BAMAKO660NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES TERRORISM LAW BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 08:50:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PTER PHUM EAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV
08BAMAKO666MALIANS AND TUAREG REBELS PREPARE FOR DIRECT TALKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:46:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO667DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 08:30:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM ML
08BAMAKO675TUAREG BANDITS ATTACK TESSALIT WHILE MALI AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 15:03:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO676SAHEL-SAHARA SECURITY SUMMIT NOW SCHEDULED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 15:05:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL ML
08BAMAKO684FIVE MALIAN SOLDIERS RELEASED FOLLOWING TALKS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 13:48:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO695MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 17:24:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML
08BAMAKO696PRESIDENT TOURE TO ATTEND UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 08:09:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ML
08BAMAKO702JUSTICE SLOW FOR VICTIMS OFSLAVERY IN NORTHERN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 21:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOI ELAB ML
08BAMAKO707MALIANS RELEASE FIVE CHILD TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS
[...] On June 20 Malian judicial authorities the western town of Kita released three individuals arrested in March for allegedly trafficking 26 children (Ref. A). The individuals were released on their own recognizance in advance of their trial date, which has not yet been set. The public prosecu [...]
2008-08-05 14:37:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS ML
08BAMAKO712DETAILS ON RECENT HOSTAGE RELEASE AND NEXT STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 15:50:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO721TUAREG LEADERS TRY TO SECURE PRISONER RELEASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 15:18:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO722NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PRIVATIZATION OF COTTON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 16:25:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV PGOV KDEM ML
08BAMAKO735MALIAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNS COUP TO MAURITANIAN ENVOY
[...] (C) During his August 19 meeting with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt (septel),Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) said that he had spoken to the Mauritanian military and expressed his condemnation of their actions. ATT told them that he, too, had been a soldier wh [...]
2008-08-19 15:54:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR ML
08BAMAKO758MALI ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND
[...] (C) Dueling Demarches: Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Lamine Keita August 29 to discuss reftel demarche urging that Mali join in rejecting Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Ambassador Keita pointed to a paper on his coffee table, and said it [...]
2008-09-02 07:34:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG RU KV
08BAMAKO759CHILD PROTECTION OFFICIALS DISAPPOINTED WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 07:34:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ML
08BAMAKO778NEW MILITIA GROUP ALLEGEDLY BEHIND MURDER OF FOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 16:04:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO779MALI AND ADC CONTENT TO LEAVE BAHANGA BEHIND IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 16:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO785BAHANGA RELEASES MOST - BUT NOT ALL - MALIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 15:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO786MALI ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES
[...] (C) Charge discussed issues in reftel with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ambassador Keita on September 5. The Ambassador had in previous meetings looked forward to active consultation with the U.S. on UNGA positions, and so welcomed in particular the consultative nature of sev [...]
2008-09-11 15:45:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN ML
08BAMAKO787FALL 2008 SEPQ RESPONSE-BAMAKO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bamako responses to the security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) are as follows: --------------------------- 2. (S) Political Violence --------------------------- DEMONSTRATIONS: A. Are there any ethnic or religious groups in country that are capable of carryin [...]
2008-09-11 15:48:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC
08BAMAKO796MALIAN DELEGATION TO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 13:48:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL ML
08BAMAKO798MALI'S MCC COMPACT ENTERS IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 15:51:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV ECON EAGR ML
08BAMAKO799MALI GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNAIDS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 16:17:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV UNGA
08BAMAKO800POLICE ROUND UP MORE GANDA-IZO SUSPECTS AND RAID
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 16:17:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO806FY07 SELF HELP REPORT FOR MALI
[...] Summary. The Embassy Self Help Committee used its FY 07 allocation of USD 80,000 to fund 15 projects in the areas of education, health, food production, income generation and economic development. Direct beneficiaries of these projects totaled more than 77,000 people. An estimated 65 percen [...]
2008-09-23 09:55:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SOCI PHUM ML
08BAMAKO812OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER'S TALLY OF PUBLIC OPINION IN
[...] Summary: On September 18 Info-Matin, a Malian daily often highly critical of President Amadou Toumani Toure, published the results of its annual pseudo-scientific public opinion poll. The poll asked readers' opinions on a variety of issues including President Toure's management of the Tuareg [...]
2008-09-26 07:09:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ML
08BAMAKO817MALI: REQUEST FOR 1206 EQUIPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 12:21:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC MASS PTER PREL ML
08BAMAKO821MALI CREATES UNIT FOR COUNTERING TERRORIST
[...] On September 25 the Embassy met with former Minister of Housing Modibo Sylla and Customs Inspector Seydou Diawara to discuss Mali's newly created financial information unit (CNTIF). The CNTIF was created in May 2008 to comply with requirements of the West African Monetary Union (UEMOA) and s [...]
2008-10-01 14:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTFN SNAR PTER ML
08BAMAKO822MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINES RESIGNS AMID FRAUD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 14:15:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR ML
08BAMAKO824FOLLOW UP ON TUAREG INSURGENTS IN MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 10:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PREL PINS ASEC ML NG
08BAMAKO831NEW NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF POLICE SHAKES UP POLICE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 11:09:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS SOCI ML
08BAMAKO835HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 05:45:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI TBIO KHIV ML
08BAMAKO846DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 14:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP MNUC IR ML
08BAMAKO867ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEW OF SECURITY SUMMIT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 06:56:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BAMAKO875CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 15:44:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP
08BAMAKO876UPDATE ON DOW CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 07:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM EINV ELAB ML
08BAMAKO881BURKINA TSCTP MEMBERSHIP AND LATEST ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-10 15:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER XA XI ML
08BAMAKO883US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAPTURE MINDS AND HEARTS OF MALIAN AUDIENCES
[...] Summary: U.S. Embassy Bamako's public outreach on the 2008 Presidential elections began in May 2008 in the northern city of Gao and culminated in a festive election night party attended by several hundred Malian notables on November 4. The election night party attracted many of Mali's senior [...]
2008-11-12 13:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO ML KISL PINR
08BAMAKO884US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAPTURE MINDS AND HEARTS OF MALIAN AUDIENCES
[...] Summary: U.S. Embassy Bamako's public outreach on the 2008 Presidential elections began in May 2008 in the northern city of Gao and culminated in a festive election night party attended by several hundred Malian notables on November 4. The election night party attracted many of Mali's senior [...]
2008-11-12 14:35:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO ML KISL PINR
08BAMAKO888THE LIBERATION OF AQIM'S AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES: AN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-14 10:26:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO889BAMAKO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On November 14, the Ambassador chaired Bamako's Emergency Action Committee (EAC). In attendance were the acting DCM, RAO, Pol/Econ, Con, USAID, DAO and RSO. 2. (S/NF) RAO briefed EAC members that the Government of Mali (GOM) authorities briefed their office that AQIM had acquired 2 [...]
2008-11-14 11:37:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC
08BAMAKO896THIRD COMMITTEE AND UNAIDS DEMARCHE RESPONSES
[...] The Embassy delivered reftel A to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs, Sekouba Cisse, on November 17. Director Cisse said Mali would take our recommendation regarding no-action motions into account and promised to relay this information to his superiors. 2. We als [...]
2008-11-18 08:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EAID KHIV UNGA ML
08BAMAKO897A MEETING OF THE MINDS, BUT NOT HEADS OF STATE, ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 14:34:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO898ARAB-TUAREG TENSIONS IN LERE RISE AFTER SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 16:04:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO901NORTHERN MALI: ALGIERS ACCORDS OPTIMISM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 14:54:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO902ADC MEMBER WARNS HOSTAGE TAKING IS NORTHERN MALI'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 14:59:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO907MALI'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO MAURITANIA IN HOLDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 08:29:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ML
08BAMAKO908MALI: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AND
[...] The Embassy delivered demarche on UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Amadou Toure, the Deputy Director of Political Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, on November 24 (Ref. A). Toure said he would pass the information on to his superiors, but made no substantive comment beyond noting that [...]
2008-11-25 08:29:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL UNGA
08BAMAKO918TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 10:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML
08BAMAKO920GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM LAW ENACTED IN MALI
[...] On November 13, the Malian National Assembly passed legislation regulating the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Mali. Originally submitted to the Assembly in 2006, the GMO legislation had sparked controversy due to the complexity of the issue and the opposition of Mali's well- [...]
2008-12-01 12:18:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EAGR PGOV TBIO ML
08BAMAKO932TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 09:45:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO937MALI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2008 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftels. 2. No terrorist attacks occurred in Mali. Disparate Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali attacked Malian military forces on several occasions, but none of these incidents we [...]
2008-12-12 10:13:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM ML
08BAMAKO938MALI: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A UNITED NATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 11:04:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL PGOV ML
08BAMAKO942NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 15:00:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO943MALI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITOR HAS AUDIT PROBLEMS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 15:00:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM ML
08BAMAKO954(S) MALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM PRESENCE OF KIDNAPPED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 14:25:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO955MALI: DEMARCHE ON HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 14:25:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA
08BAMAKO956MALI: AU PSC TO RAMP UP PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 14:25:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL USAU MR ML
08BAMAKO957MALI: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 14:25:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO ML
08BAMAKO960ASSESSING BAHANGA'S ATTACK ON NAMPALA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 12:56:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PGOV PINR ML
08BAMAKO968EFFORTS TO SAVE ALGIERS ACCORDS ACCELERATE AS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 16:38:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BAMAKO970GOVERNMENT OF NIGER QUIETLY LOOKING FOR MISSING UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 16:46:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PTER PINR ML
08BAMAKO971PRESIDENT TOURE MEETS CNDD DELEGATION FROM GUINEA
[...] Senior members of Guinea's newly formed National Council for Development and Democracy (CNDD) met with President Amadou Toumani Toure in Bamako on December 30. The Guinean delegation was led by CNDD vice president Brigadier General Mamadou "Toto" Camara. According to Mali's state-run media, [...]
2008-12-31 10:13:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ML
09BAMAKO104A SPOONFUL OF CHINESE SUGAR SOURS U.S. INVESTORS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 11:20:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO105A TUAREG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2012?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 14:09:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR ML
09BAMAKO106A FAMILIAR NAME SURFACES IN SEARCH FOR CANADIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 15:20:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PINR PINS PREL ASEC ML
09BAMAKO107THIS WEEK IN NORTHERN MALI: REBEL DISARMAMENT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 15:23:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PTER PREL ML
09BAMAKO111BLACK TAMACHEKS LOBBY FOR ANTI-SLAVERY LAW IN MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 16:52:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI ELAB ML
09BAMAKO112JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES IN KITA DISCUSS 2008 CHILD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 16:56:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KJUS KTIP PGOV ML
09BAMAKO118A CHINESE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER NIGER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 11:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID CH ECON EIND ETRD EINT ML
09BAMAKO12TALKS BETWEEN MALI AND TUAREG REBELS BREAK DOWN IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 09:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS ASEC ML
09BAMAKO122MALI: EXTENDING THE AMBASSADOR'S GIRLS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 08:06:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINS ASEC KPAO ML
09BAMAKO125MALI: U.S. IRAQ POLICY TALKING POINTS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 13:27:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS ML IZ
09BAMAKO128WITH EYE ON 2012, SECOND LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 16:50:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO135(S) TUAREGS LOOKING TO ARREST KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 10:53:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PINS PINR ML
09BAMAKO138MALI: PARTICIPATION IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 06:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ML
09BAMAKO141AQIM TACTICS FORCE RED CROSS TO RECONSIDER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 11:20:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PINS PINR ASEC ML
09BAMAKO145CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (C) Post is not aware of any critical infrastructure or key resources in Mali that meet the criteria laid out in reftel. MILOVANOVIC [...]
2009-03-10 16:23:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ML
09BAMAKO146PRESIDENT TOURE'S BOOSTERS FACE IDENTITY CRISIS AS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 11:28:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ML
09BAMAKO15WHAT ARE WE MARCHING FOR? ANTI-ISRAELI PROTESTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 11:17:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL SMIG ML
09BAMAKO151MALI FORECASTS A CHANCE OF OIL FOR 2009
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Five years into its renewed push for oil exploration (Ref. A),Mali has yet to strike black gold. During a January 4 speech to the nation, however, President Amadou Toumani Toure served up a rather optimistic New Year's resolution: Malian oil would flow by the end of June 2009. T [...]
2009-03-13 09:33:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO155MAYOR OF ANDERAMBOUKANE DISCUSSES AQIM KIDNAPPINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 09:18:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PINS PREL ASEC ML
09BAMAKO163PROMINENT TUAREG'S VIEW OF ARAB MILITIAS,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 15:33:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR PREL ASEC ML
09BAMAKO167MALI'S REALITY: WHAT MOTIVATES ATT?
[...] (S/NF) Summary: This is the first of two messages addressing the role of the Government of Mali with regard to the ongoing hostage crisis in the north and the more general presence of Al Qaeda linked terrorists in parts of northern Mali. This cable, intended as a guide to interpreting and f [...]
2009-03-19 12:39:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO170MALIAN PRESS COVERAGE OF DEATH OF ALLEGED AQIM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 16:41:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PINR PGOV ASEC ML
09BAMAKO171MALIANS REPORTEDLY ARREST KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS NEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 17:04:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO172IN FOOTBALL STADIUM FULL OF FOLLOWERS, ROCK STAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 15 celebration of the Muslim holiday of Mawloud at one of Bamako's largest football stadiums, imam and preacher Cherif Ousmane Madani Haidara praised U.S. support for Mali's Muslim community before a crowd of 35 to 40,000 followers. Haidara, who routinely attract [...]
2009-03-20 07:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KDEM KISL KIRF ML
09BAMAKO173POLITICAL PARTIES FINALIZE THEIR LISTS FOR APRIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 08:38:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO182MALI NABS TWO KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS BUT MISSES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 10:56:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO186TUAREGS CAPTURE THIRD KIDNAPPING SUSPECT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 09:03:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO194FORM OVER FUNCTION: MALI'S FIGHT AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 13:02:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KTIP ML
09BAMAKO195MORE CRITICS TAKE AIM AT MALI'S EMBATTLED AUDITOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 13:20:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML
09BAMAKO199PRIME MINISTER FACING POLITICAL FALLOUT FOLLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 09:52:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML
09BAMAKO200MALI STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:58:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL ML IR
09BAMAKO203MALI BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] This cable is U.S. Embassy Bamako's response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. Mali is a recipient of U.S. foreign assistance and is expected to receive such funding in FY09. 3. Mali's National Assembly approves the budget each December. It is then published and distributed by the M [...]
2009-04-01 13:21:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO211TUAREG LEADER: FORGET THE ACCORDS, JUST GIVE US
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 13:39:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO213LIFE TO GO: RWANDAN GENOCIDAIRES DOING TIME IN MALI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mali's penitentiary system is home to 14 Rwandans, including former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda and two other Ministers, convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Eight of the Rwandans in Mali are serving life sentences. Under the term [...]
2009-04-08 11:03:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ML
09BAMAKO217LOCAL ELECTIONS TRUMP TUAREG REBEL CONCERNS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 14:21:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PREL ML
09BAMAKO221TUAREG BOUNTY HUNTERS LOOKING FOR SECURITY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 10:56:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO225GOLD INDUSTRY LURES INVESTORS GOOD AND BAD
[...] Summary: Comprising an estimated 70 percent of Mali's exports, gold is frequently cited as the country's most important financial resource and a key engine for its economic growth and development. In light of this, Mali held its third annual mining and petroleum conference in Bamako from Mar [...]
2009-04-14 16:37:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO226SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR
09BAMAKO232MALI ARRESTS ITS OWN AUDITOR GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 13:40:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM ML
09BAMAKO234Eager Malian Audiences Learn about U.S. Civil Rights from
[...] Summary. From March 22 - 27, ARS/IIP Speaker Sheldon Austin delighted Malian audiences with lectures on the American Civil Rights movement from the early days of slavery through the inauguration of President Obama. Whether part of an audience of 600 students or at a roundtable of journalists, [...]
2009-04-17 09:16:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM KPAO ML
09BAMAKO235MALI: UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] Per reftel, Embassy nominates as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Manoela G. Borges Economics/Commercial Officer Office Phone: 223 2070 2436 Unclass email: borgesmg@state.gov Class email: borgesmg@state.sgov.gov Embassy nominates as Deputy TFCO: Frederick Noyes P [...]
2009-04-17 10:38:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ML PINR PINS PREL PTER
09BAMAKO24GAO POLICE BLOTTER: MORE GRENADES AND CARJACKINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 16:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
09BAMAKO245FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER RENEWS PLEDGE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 16:55:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO246MALI RELEASES SOME TUAREG PRISONERS AND ONE MURDER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 16:58:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML
09BAMAKO247MALI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW DELIVERED
[...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Hamadou Albachir Toure, Chief of the Europe and Americas Desk at the Malian Foreign Ministry, on April 21. Mr. Toure thanked the Embassy for relaying this information but made no further comment. LEONARD [...]
2009-04-21 15:20:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM ML
09BAMAKO251MALI'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS STYMIED BY ITS OWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, Malian authorities destroyed 20 tons of counterfeit goods - including fake toothpaste, soap, and other products valued at USD 40,000 to 60,000 - seized from local markets. The joint effort by the Regional Directorate of Trade and Competition (DRCC),law enforcement, [...]
2009-04-21 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO256MALI: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP BID
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 13:23:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL KV ML
09BAMAKO257TUAREG CLAIMS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AS ICRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 09:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL PTER PGOV ML
09BAMAKO259LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MALI: A QUIET DAY AT THE POLLS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 16:23:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO262DECODING ANOTHER LIBYAN SUPPORTED TUAREG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 13:53:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO266MALI ANSWERS INTERPOL'S CALL BY ARRESTING DRUG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 09:48:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS PREL ML
09BAMAKO267MALI'S ONLY ISLAMIC POLITICAL PARTY FALLS ON HARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 12:28:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KISL KDEM KIRF ML
09BAMAKO268MORE TUAREG PESSIMISM OVER ACCORDS AND AQIM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 14:53:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR ASEC PGOV PREL ML
09BAMAKO27MALI SETS APRIL 26 DATE FOR 2009 LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 16:31:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO277LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS SET STAGE FOR 2012
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 11:42:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM ML
09BAMAKO280ELECTORAL TENSIONS IN TARKINT: WHERE AQIM, ARAB
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 11:05:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO281DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE: NO ONGOING MILITARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 16:08:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINR PINS ASEC ML
09BAMAKO288AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ATT: MALI'S SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) on May 8 to inquire about Mali's plans for addressing northern security in a theoretical post-hostage situation future and his views of how the U.S. might best assist these efforts. ATT spoke of the dynamics surroundi [...]
2009-05-12 14:58:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO295MALI: DEMARCHE ON NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 16:28:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO3A NORTHERN MALI NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL: GRENADES,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 16:42:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML
09BAMAKO302SURPRISED WINNERS AND SORE LOSERS: SMALL TIME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 10:36:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINS ML
09BAMAKO317MALIAN POLICE PREVENT MEETING OF HOMOSEXUALS IN
[...] Summary: On April 13 Malian police prevented a gay and lesbian group from holding a meeting on the margins of an HIV/AIDS conference supported by a local NGO in Bamako. Although police dissuaded the group from meeting, erroneous local newspaper reports to the contrary prompted a group of sen [...]
2009-05-27 14:44:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL ML
09BAMAKO321IN HASTE, MALI POSTS FLAWED LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 16:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO340MALI'S COTTON SECTOR STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tiena Coulibaly, Director of the parastatal Malian Textile Development Company (CMDT) and former Director of Mali's Cotton Privatization Agency provided the Embassy a sobering account of Mali's flailing cotton sector. Heavily saddled with debt and unable to fund Mali's upcoming [...]
2009-06-02 15:43:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EAGR ECIN EIND ML
09BAMAKO349IMF FORESEES STABLE MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 16:26:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO355NORTHERN MALI'S REACTION TO EXECUTION OF BRITISH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:10:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PINS PGOV ML
09BAMAKO36TUMULT WITHIN TUAREG REBEL ADC FOLLOWING FAILED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 14:26:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS ASEC ML
09BAMAKO37ONE OF EIGHT CAPTURED TUAREG REBELS DIES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 14:58:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINS ML
09BAMAKO375STRIKE OUT! MALI'S MAGISTRATES RETURN TO WORK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 16:29:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KJUS ML
09BAMAKO383ARMED ASSAILANTS ASSASSINATE COL. LAMANA OULD BOU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 15:41:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PINS PHUM PGOV ASEC ML
09BAMAKO387PRESIDENT TOURE READY TO TARGET AQIM, WITH HELP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 11:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML
09BAMAKO399NORTHERN MALIAN ARABS TAKE DEMOCRACY HOSTAGE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 16:17:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS ASEC KDEM ML
09BAMAKO401ATT: "WE'RE ACTING ON AQIM - NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 17:10:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO402ATT'S ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE: "NO KIDDING,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 09:54:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER PINR KDEM ML
09BAMAKO405Mali Telecoms Company Privatization In Limbo
[...] Summary: The long-awaited privatization of Mali's telecommunications company, Sotelma, seemed nearly complete in February when the Malian government announced that Maroc Telecom was the highest bidder. Since then, the process has been at a standstill. The Malian government claims that the CF [...]
2009-06-22 12:17:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD ML
09BAMAKO415RUNNING ON FUMES: MALI'S SOLDIERS EXPOSED IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 15:18:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO43DROUGHT THREATENS MALI'S MIGRATORY ELEPHANT HERD
[...] Summary: In meetings on January 13 and 21, representatives of international conservation groups Save the Elephants and the WILD Foundation told the Embassy that prolonged drought is severely threatening the estimated 400 to 600 elephants in Mali's Gourma region. This herd is the only survivi [...]
2009-01-22 15:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ML SENV
09BAMAKO432POTUS ADDRESS TO THE MUSLIM WORLD INSPIRES MALIAN MUSLIM
[...] Summary. The June 4 POTUS address to the Muslim world was extremely well received by Malian Muslim leaders. While a variety of anecdotal evidence indicated that the speech resulted in public blessings for the President and the United States in Friday prayers around Bamako, two letters from im [...]
2009-07-01 07:30:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL ML
09BAMAKO435DASD HUDDLESTON MEETS ATT: THE WAY FORWARD AGAINST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Africa Ambassador Vicki Huddleston and Ambassador Milovanovic called on President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) June 29 to discuss the state of Mali,s recent efforts against AQIM and avenues of U.S.-Malian cooperation in support o [...]
2009-07-01 15:37:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO44YOUTH GROUP LEADER ARRESTED AFTER CALLING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 15:22:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ML
09BAMAKO441THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF ARTISANAL GOLD MINING IN
[...] (U) Summary: Artisanal gold mining accounts for four percent of Mali's total gold production. In contrast to industrial mining, artisanal mining is unregulated by the Malian government and plagued with problems such as the use of child labor as well as the use of mercury in the process of gol [...]
2009-07-02 10:07:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO445AMBUSH: AQIM INFLICTS HEAVY LOSSES IN BATTLE WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 16:09:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO452MALI: UN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On July 7, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Americas and Europe Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamadou Nimaga. Nimaga thanked Embassy for its comments, and said that Mali fully supported United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874. Nimaga further stated that Mali is [...]
2009-07-08 14:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO453MALI: ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on July 7. Desk Officer for the Americas and Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mahamadou Nimaga thanked Embassy for its remarks. Nimaga said the Ministry would communicate the USG's concerns to the Malian government's representative at the International [...]
2009-07-08 14:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO460LICKING ITS WOUNDS: MALI REGROUPS, HOSTAGE RELEASED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 07:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO47MALI ARMY BATTLES TUAREGS NORTH OF KIDAL AS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 12:04:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPINR PINS PTER ASEC PREL ML
09BAMAKO479A TALE OF TWO RIOTS IN WESTERN MALI
[...] Summary: During the week of July 13, authorities were faced with two outbreaks of violence in western Mali. On July 15, youth groups in Kita looted and burned public buildings when the news spread that tax officers had killed a transporter who refused to stop at a security checkpoint. Severa [...]
2009-07-16 14:11:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR PINS ECON ML
09BAMAKO5AN INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF MALI'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 14:36:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
09BAMAKO504MALI FINDS NEW ALLIES AGAINST AQIM
[...] (U) Embassies Algiers and Tripoli have cleared on this message. 2. (C) Summary: During a pause in Mali's offensive against Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM),Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) has been active in lining up new allies for that fight. On the margins of a confere [...]
2009-07-29 14:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO509ARBITRARY DETENTION: ATT ORDERS ACQUITTED MAN TO
[...] (C) Summary: On May 27, the Supreme Court of Mali reversed the conviction for embezzlement of Mamadou Baba Diawara, the former CEO of one of Mali's largest banks, and ordered that he and an accomplice be released from prison. The Minister of Justice, on orders from President Amadou Toumani Tou [...]
2009-07-31 09:39:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ML
09BAMAKO51DOW CHEMICALS V. CHINA: DOW WINS, FOR NOW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 16:46:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO511MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RELEASES 2009 REPORT
[...] (SBU) On July 13, Mali's Office of the Auditor General (BVG) released its fourth annual report. Notwithstanding a tumultuous year for the office and the Auditor General, the BVG was able to conduct 49 audits in 2008, up from 33 in 2007. Among the 25 entities audited, the BVG identifed 98 bi [...]
2009-08-03 15:39:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO52(S) EFFORTS TO LOCATE NEW EUROPEAN HOSTAGES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 20:00:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PINR ASEC PREL ML
09BAMAKO53LOCAL ELECTIONS, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 09:01:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC
09BAMAKO538MALI USING SPECIALIZED UNITS IN FIGHT AGAINST AQIM
[...] (U) This report is a joint effort of the Pol/Econ section and the Office of the Defense Attache. 2. (S) Summary: Faced with mobile enemies on harsh terrain, the Malian Army has created a number of specialized units known as Echelons Tactiques Inter Armes, or ETIAs. The ETIAs are small, mob [...]
2009-08-12 18:26:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO543MALI: A NEW TOURIST DESTINATION?
[...] Summary: Tourism has become Mali's third largest export after gold and cotton, showing steady growth in 2008 in spite of the global economic downturn. Malian tourism officials are optimistic about continued growth in 2009, but private sector operators say the effects of the worldwide recessi [...]
2009-08-13 13:33:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO55MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RESISTS PRESSURE TO RESIGN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 13:51:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR ML
09BAMAKO551MALI APPROVES NEW FAMILY CODE: ISLAMISTS UPSET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 16:28:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO566SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL VISIT TO MALI
[...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome CODEL Marshall's upcoming visit to Mali. The CODEL?s visit will provide an important opportunity to highlight U.S. support for a moderate, majority Muslim democracy that stands as an example for West Africa and beyond. Mali is a strong opponent of terrorism a [...]
2009-08-26 13:52:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MASS ML
09BAMAKO567KIDAL TUAREGS DISCUSS THEIR ROLE IN CHANGING
[...] (C) Summary: On August 4, EmbOffs met with Kidal Iforas Tuareg leaders Ahmada ag Bibi, Deputy of Abeibara and head of the Tuareg alliance, Democratic Alliance for Change (ADC); Alghabass ag Intallah, Deputy of Kidal; and Presidential Advisor Acherif Ag Mohamed. The three presented themselves [...]
2009-08-26 14:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS ML
09BAMAKO58BAHANGA RELEASES LAST THREE MALIAN SOLDIERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 16:40:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS ASEC PREL ML
09BAMAKO580NOT SO FAST: ATT SENDS FAMILY CODE BACK TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 15:47:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO598NORTHERN MALIAN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES MEET IN AGOUNI,
[...] (C) Summary: On August 1-2, the Berabiche Arab community of Timbuktu organized and hosted a rare meeting of representatives of all Northern Malian ethnic communities, (the first such meeting in 10 years),to discuss the threat posed by Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). G [...]
2009-09-14 16:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS ML
09BAMAKO602MALIAN UNGA AND AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) UNGA: PolCouns delivered reftel demarches and invitations to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas/Europe Bureau Chief Hamadou Albachir Toure and took the opportunity to speak both about UNGA objectives and the Africa-South America Summit (SASA) hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. [...]
2009-09-15 18:37:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNGA ML VE
09BAMAKO608 CODEL MARSHALL MEETS WITH MALIAN PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 08:45:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PINS MASS ML
09BAMAKO619PRESIDENT TOURE READY TO TARGET AQIM, WITH HELP
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Milovanovic met with President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) on September 17 to reinforce the need for Malian cooperation with the extensive program of training and equipping the Malian Army to confront Al Q,Aeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the North of [...]
2009-09-24 11:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML
09BAMAKO623RFI REPORTED MALIAN ARMY SEIZURE OF ARMS AND DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary: Radio France International (RFI) reported on September 17 that the Malian Army seized arms and drugs from a three vehicle caravan heading across the Malian desert to Mauritania. The report was reprinted in a few Malian newspapers, however, not the official government newspaper, [...]
2009-09-25 12:59:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER ML
09BAMAKO63(S) OBSERVATIONS ON UNFOLDING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 17:13:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PREL PINS PINR ML GM SZ UK CA
09BAMAKO640MALI: DEMARCHE ON AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] On October 1, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Chief of the Europe and America Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamadou Albachir Toure, and to Colonel Amadou S. Gueye, Counselor in charge of Military Cooperation at the Ministry of Defense. Both Toure and Gueye indicated enthus [...]
2009-10-05 22:07:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC KE ML
09BAMAKO642MALIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA CRISIS
[...] (C) Mali is increasingly concerned with the situation in Guinea. High-level meetings have taken place over the past few days, most recently in the Foreign Ministry on the morning of October 5, with participants at the Deputy and Under-Secretary-equivalent level. Americas Bureau Chief Albachi [...]
2009-10-06 07:28:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF XY GV ML
09BAMAKO643MALI REACHES OUT TO ITS DIASPORA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 11:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BAMAKO645EMBASSY FORWARDING LETTER FROM ATT TO PRESIDENT
[...] On October 2, the Embassy received a letter from Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure addressed to President Barack Obama regretting ATT's inability to attend the President's working lunch with African leaders in New York on September 22, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. [...]
2009-10-07 11:49:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ML
09BAMAKO666COSMETIC CHANGES IN STORE FOR THE MALIAN JUDICIARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 13:02:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM ML
09BAMAKO669AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER MUELLER MEETS WITH
[...] (S) On October 14, Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) met with the Ambassador to discuss U.S. security assistance to the government of Mali. 2. (S) Admiral Moeller noted that, after CENTCOM, counterterrorism priorities currently make AF [...]
2009-10-19 07:32:00Embassy BamakoSECRETMARR ML PGOV PREL PTER
09BAMAKO67BFIF: FY 2009 PROPOSALS FROM MALI
[...] This message serves as Embassy Bamako's FY 2009 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) proposals. 2. Embassy proposes to obtain BFIF funding to undertake the programs enumerated below. The first project reflects guidance in reftel regarding commercial training for Post Commercial Of [...]
2009-02-02 11:55:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO AMGT ETRD EINV ML
09BAMAKO679A STOLEN MILITARY VEHICLE? DEPENDS WHO YOU TALK TO
[...] (C) Several POL contacts recently reported that on September 29 militia elements close to a Malian Army Colonel stole a vehicle from the Malian Army's base in Kidal city. The contacts said about five to seven armed perpetrators entered the base in broad daylight and with no resistance from Arm [...]
2009-10-20 16:23:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV MARR MCAP ML
09BAMAKO68INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALI: FY 2009
[...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Mali. 2. Investment Climate Statement: A. Country Investment Policies and Practices. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment: The Malian government has made efforts to encourage foreign investment. It [...]
2009-02-02 14:09:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD EIND EAID EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB
09BAMAKO680MALI'S LARGEST PARTY PREPARING FOR 2012
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the next presidential elections are over two years away, Mali's political scene is already gearing up for what is expected to be a wide-open campaign. As the first declared candidates announce the start of their campaigns, Mali's largest political party, the Alliance for [...]
2009-10-20 18:47:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM ML
09BAMAKO686A TRIP TO GAO HIGHLIGHTS MISSION OBJECTIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 09:25:00Embassy BamakoSECRETMARR ML PGOV PHUM
09BAMAKO69FROM THE LIBYAN PEOPLE: A TUAREG "DISARMAMENT"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 14:15:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC ML
09BAMAKO694MANEUVERING CONTINUES AROUND FAMILY CODE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 16:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO695THE HIGH ISLAMIC COUNCIL - A VIEW FROM THE
[...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with the Embassy, Kidal's representative to the national High Islamic Council (HCI),Moussa ag Ali, noted the presence of internal tensions between the provincial and national level of the HCI and between ethnic groups represented in the HCI. Moussa's account i [...]
2009-10-27 16:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI ML
09BAMAKO696PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY
[...] (U) On October 20 DCM and POL/ECON Chief met with Malian Minister of Agriculture Aghatam Ag Alhassane to deliver the letter from the Secretary regarding the opportunity of the November 16-18 World Food Summit to build on the momentum of the September 26 event through timely endorsement of the f [...]
2009-10-29 16:24:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ML
09BAMAKO697NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SLOWLY RAMPING UP
[...] (SBU) The Northern Mali Development Agency (ADN) announced in July 2009 the start of its economic reinsertion program for Northern Malian youth who were participants in the 2006 rebellion. The program is starting with CFA 1.1 billion (USD 2.4 million) of a total CFA 22.6 billion (USD 50.2 [...]
2009-10-29 17:00:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL ML
09BAMAKO70DISORGANIZATION AND LACK OF FUNDS MAY DELAY LOCAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 15:30:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO700MALI: ENCOURAGING AU PSC TO ACTION ON NIGER
[...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director of Political Affairs Sekouba Cisse on Oct 29. Cisse expressed Mali's concern over the recent undemocratic developments in Niger, and assured Embassy of Mali's support of ECOWAS's decision to suspend Niger until a constitutionally legiti [...]
2009-11-02 08:29:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ML NG
09BAMAKO701MALI: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 3RD COMMITTEE 2009
[...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Americas Bureau Director Albachir Toure on Oct 26. Toure did not have substantive comments regarding the upcoming votes on human rights resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee, however, he said he would pass the message to Mali's UN representatives. [...]
2009-11-02 08:30:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ML
09BAMAKO71(S) ANOTHER NORTHERN LEADER CLAIMS CONTACT WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 10:28:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PREL PINR PINS ML
09BAMAKO711MALI ADDRESSES LOW TIP RANKING
[...] Summary: Over the past several weeks, the Embassy held meetings with GOM officials to address Mali's Tier 2 Watchlist ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Mali's anti-TIP standing has been affected by the GOM's failure to prosecute alleged traffickers. A Justice Ministry [...]
2009-11-02 16:50:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
09BAMAKO713SEASONAL ETHNIC VIOLENCE ALONG MALI-NIGER BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: Malian press reports of violence between Tuareg and Peuhls along the Mali-Niger border reflect a seasonal phenomenon routine since the mid-1980s, but according to contacts from the Gao region scarce resources, differing pastoral cultures, and politics in Niger have aggravated the [...]
2009-11-03 13:33:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PBTS ML NG
09BAMAKO725FRAUD SUMMARY - BAMAKO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 11:37:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ML
09BAMAKO73FREE TO BE: OPPOSITION LAMBASTS GOVERNMENT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 10:58:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO741MALI: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] POL Chief previously delivered the message contained in reftel on two separate occasions to MFA Americas Chief Albachir Toure and Director of Political Affairs Sekouba Cisse. POL also provided to MFA STATE/IO-drafted non-papers in French on the country specific resolutions. MFA has informed [...]
2009-11-18 10:48:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA ML
09BAMAKO748RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 12:50:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR PINS ML
09BAMAKO749BAMAKO'S EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] On November 18, the Ambassador convened Bamako's Emergency Action committee (EAC). In attendance were RAO, Pol/Econ, RMO, PAO, Con, Peace Corps, USAID, CDC, and RSO. 2. (S/NF) The Ambassador begin by briefing the EAC on the recent threat situation in the North and the latest Travel Warni [...]
2009-11-19 13:10:00Embassy BamakoSECRETAPER ASEC
09BAMAKO754AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALIAN PRESIDENT AMADOU
[...] (S) On November 21 the Ambassador met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) to discuss security in Northern Mali in the context of U.S. Africa Command General William E. ("Kip") Ward's planned November 27 visit, follow-up to the November 19 hard landing 65 miles from Bamako of a [...]
2009-11-23 17:00:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC PINR PREL PTER
09BAMAKO77LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRISONS, AND JUSTICE IN MALI: A
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to detention centers in Bamako, Mali's Public Prosecutor for the Court of Appeals Mahamadou Boire met with staff and inmates to verify prison conditions, identify areas of concern, and propose potential solutions to the two most pressing problems facing [...]
2009-02-06 09:07:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PGOV ML
09BAMAKO771IMF REVIEW: CONTRASTING VIEWS ON MALI'S
[...] Summary: On November 11, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of Mali's performance under the poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) and gave Mali a generally clean bill of financial health. The IMF noted that the GOM was well positioned to reach its 2009 tar [...]
2009-11-30 21:05:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINT EAGR EAID ML
09BAMAKO776AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL WARD MEET WITH MALIAN
[...] (S) On November 27 the Ambassador and Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, General William E. ("Kip") Ward, met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) to discuss security in Northern Mali. ATT reiterated his commitment to take action against Al Q'Aida in the Lands of the Islamic Mag [...]
2009-12-01 16:39:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC ML PGOV PINR PREL PTER
09BAMAKO788RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 09:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO794NORTHERN RECONCILIATION EFFORTS YIELDING SOME FRUIT
[...] (C) Summary: The ethnic communities of northern Mali met October 31 to November 2 to discuss security and development problems in their region. All northern communities participated, including former caste groups such as the Bellah. A follow-up commission was formed to dialogue with the cen [...]
2009-12-10 15:29:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ML
09BAMAKO806MALI'S SECOND LARGEST UNION LEFT OUT IN THE COLD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 14:02:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO813AMBASSADOR ATTENDS CLOSING CEREMONY OF JCET
[...] (S) On December 10 the Ambassador participated in the closing ceremony of a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) exercise of Malian Army Echelon Tactique Interarme (ETIA) 6, in Segou. ETIA 6 is based in Tessalit, a town in the Kidal Region of Northern Mali. Captain Jason van Camp and Maste [...]
2009-12-16 16:29:00Embassy BamakoSECRETMARR ML PINR PREL PTER
09BAMAKO815CLOSING CEREMONY OF JCET TRAINING OF MALIAN ARMY
[...] (S) On December 11 the DCM and DATT participated in the graduation ceremony of a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) exercise of the Malian Army Echelon Tactique Interarme (ETIA) 4, in Gao. ETIA 4 is based in Timbuktu. The 10th Army Special Forces Group out of Fort Carson, Colorado, and le [...]
2009-12-17 15:36:00Embassy BamakoSECRETMARR ML PREL PTER
09BAMAKO820MALIAN MILITARY COULD MAKE GOOD USE OF CESSNA
[...] (C) I understand questions have arisen regarding funding of two Cessna Caravan surveillance/transport aircraft to Mali. This is the second year Embassy Bamako has requested support for this program. It remains, we believe, a vital step toward Malian efforts to regain control of the vast, und [...]
2009-12-21 06:42:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALMARR ML PINR PTER
09BAMAKO821AMBASSADOR SEEKS AUTHORIZATION FROM MALIAN
[...] (S) The Ambassador met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) on December 15 to request that the Government of Mali allow Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents to interview Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) detainees in Mali. ATT agreed to the interviews but re [...]
2009-12-21 06:44:00Embassy BamakoSECRETML PTER
09BAMAKO822DAWA MEETING IN KIDAL NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In early November the Dawa movement - also known as Jama,at al-Tabligh - hosted an international meeting in Kidal, Mali. Dawa arrived in Mali in the early-1990s and has not been able to attract a significant number of adherents. While a fundamentalist ideology, Dawa in Mali [...]
2009-12-21 06:45:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNKISL PINS PTER PGOV ML
09BAMAKO839ARREST AND RELEASE OF A CHILD TRAFFICKER IN NIORO
[...] (SBU) On December 17, Enda-Tiers Monde, an NGO that combats trafficking in children in west Africa, informed the Embassy that Malian authorities in Nioro du Sahel, Koulikoro Region arrested child trafficker Sidamar ag Cherif and rescued eight Tuareg children originally from Kidal. Ag Cherif w [...]
2009-12-30 07:32:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ELAB KFRD SOCI ML
09BAMAKO842MALI: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2009 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftel. 2. In contrast to 2008, 2009 saw offensive terrorist activity on Malian soil. On May 31, Al-Qa,ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) executed a British citizen, Edwin Dyer, who had [...]
2009-12-31 08:34:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO85IS THE REBELLION OVER? MALI BEATS BACK BAHANGA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 12:28:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML
09BAMAKO9MALI'S UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2008 update of the worst forms of child labor information. ---------------------------------- A) CHILD LABOR LAWS AND REGULATION ---------------------------------- 2. Article 187 of the Malian Labor Code of 1992 and Article 20 of the Malia [...]
2009-01-07 16:36:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM USAID ML
09BAMAKO962008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 15:04:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
09BAMAKO97MALI: INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 15:32:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC ML
09BAMAKO98OFF AGAIN ON AGAIN REGIONAL HEAD OF STATE SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 16:57:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS PGOV ML
10BAMAKO102MALIAN PRESS REPORTS THAT GOM RELEASED AQIM
[...] (SBU) On February 19, the Malian newspaper l'Independant carried a front page news story stating that in an extraordinary session beginning at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of February 18, the judge presiding over the court of first instance of Bamako's Commune III released four Al Qaeda in the L [...]
2010-02-19 13:36:00Embassy BamakoSECRETML PREL PTER
10BAMAKO11MALIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (C) Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) followed his annual formal New Year,s greeting to the diplomatic corps with a lengthy private discourse on the problems he is facing in the north of Mali. While acknowledging Mali's own shortcomings and without mentioning particular nations [...]
2010-01-07 15:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALML PGOV PREL PTER
10BAMAKO114MALI'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 15:57:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ECPS ML
10BAMAKO13 MALI SEEKS AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE MAMADOU
[...] (SBU) The Embassy received on January 8 a diplomatic note (dated January 4) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali in Bamako. The note seeks the USG's agrement for the appointment of Mamadou Traore as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotent [...]
2010-01-11 14:26:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OFDP ML
10BAMAKO17AQIM SEEKING INTERMEDIARY IN MAURITANIA VIA MALIAN
[...] (S/NF) Presidential advisor Kader Bah called PolCouns on the evening of 01/05/10 to inform that he had received a request from AQIM via Mohamed ould Mataly to facilitate contact with someone in Mauritania close to President Aziz who could be an intermediary for negotiations. By way of backgro [...]
2010-01-12 14:50:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL ML
10BAMAKO26RADIO KAYIRA JOURNALIST ARRESTED, THEN FREED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2009, police in Kita, Mali, arrested Noumouke Sidibe, a journalist for the opposition Radio Kayira group of radio stations. Local authorities accused Sidibe of having used his radio show to incite the July 15, 2009 riots in Kita that occurred following the shoot [...]
2010-01-15 12:08:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO31TOWN HALL MEETING: 2009 FORUM GIVES MALIANS
[...] (U) On December 10, 2009, the 14th Democracy Forum was held at Bamako International Convention Center. Started in 1992 by then-President Alpha Oumar Konare, the Forum is the Malian equivalent of an American town hall meeting - an opportunity for citizens to present questions and complaints di [...]
2010-01-21 13:33:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO44DEPUTY NIAID DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT AMADOU
[...] (C) On January 13, Charge and the Deputy Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),Dr. Hugh Auchincloss, met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT). ATT was accompanied by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mrs. Siby Ginet [...]
2010-01-27 14:31:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALSOCI NIH ML
10BAMAKO46CHARGE AND MCC SENIOR ADVISOR CASSANDRA BUTTS MEET
[...] (C) On January 14, Charge and Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Cassandra Butts met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT). The President was accompanied by his Secretary General, Mr. Diango Cissoko, the Chair of the MCA-Mali [...]
2010-01-28 11:46:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON MCC ML
10BAMAKO48MALI - GHFSI DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY
[...] (U) Embassy Bamako is pleased to submit its Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) diplomatic strategy paper. Post has a robust plan to foster agricultural development. It coordinates closely with the Government of Mali (GOM) and international donor partners. We have identified s [...]
2010-01-29 11:11:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PREL ML
10BAMAKO49MALI APPROVES A CONTENTIOUS 2010 BUDGET
[...] Summary: Mali's National Assembly approved the 2010 budget, also known as the finance law, on December 18. The law passed by a wide margin in spite of concern in the preceding weeks from opposition political parties about the irregular way the GOM was accounting for revenue from privatized par [...]
2010-01-31 11:12:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID EINT PREL PGOV
10BAMAKO52KIDNAPPING AND LIBERATION OF KOUNTA LEADER
[...] (S) Summary: In the early morning of Jan 22, Kounta traditional chief and Mayor of Anafis Baba ould Sidi Elmoctar was kidnapped from his residence in Anafis in theKidal region. POL sources concur that Telemsi Arab smugglers kidnapped the octogenarian leader as a reprisal for an ambush ould Sidi Elm [...]
2010-02-01 11:22:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER KCRM PINS PGOV ML
10BAMAKO53MALI APPROVES A CONTENTIOUS 2010 BUDGET
[...] Summary: Mali's National Assembly approved the 2010 budget, also known as the finance law, on December 18. The law passed by a wide margin in spite of concern in the preceding weeks from opposition political parties about the irregular way the GOM was accounting for revenue from privatized par [...]
2010-02-01 11:23:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID EINT PREL PGOV
10BAMAKO54NEW INFORMATION ON CRASHED DRUG PLANE
[...] (S) On January 12, [name redacted], provided PolCouns with copies of documents from the civil aviation authorities of Saudi Arabia and Guinea-Bissau he believed pertained to the Boeing 727 that crashed on take-off near the town of Tarkint in Northern Mali at the beginning of November 2009. The firs [...]
2010-02-01 11:59:00Embassy BamakoSECRETKCRM PGOV PINS SNAR ML
10BAMAKO59MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) On February 1 Charge met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Al-Maamoun Keita to highlight U.S. efforts to mobilize diplomatic engagement with Iran in 2009, underscore the lack of a meaningful Iranian response, outline U.S. view of the necessity of increasing pressure on Iran [...]
2010-02-01 17:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALIR PARM PREL UNSC
10BAMAKO66MALI RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: 2009 REPORT
[...] This cable responds to Reftel A requests for information on child labor and forced labor for DOL congressional reporting requirements. Tasking 1 / TVPRA 2. The following answers, keyed toquestions in paragraph 15 of 2009 State 131995, are provided below: 1A) GOOD: As per paragraph 14 o [...]
2010-02-03 08:18:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID ML
10BAMAKO75MALIAN SECURITY SERVICE ARRESTS CHEIBANI OULD HAMA
[...] (S) On February 2, 2010, Malian security forces apprehended Cheibani ould Hama (a.k.a. Alhassan ould Mohammed). Cheibani has been accused of participating in the kidnappings of four western tourists along the Mali/Niger border in late December 2008/early January 2009. These were later sold [...]
2010-02-09 09:27:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL PTER ML
10BAMAKO77MALI'S COURTS TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN SPECIAL SESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: From December 30, 2009 to January 29, 2010 the Court of Appeals of Bamako held a special session to try a series of corruption cases. Twelve cases were presented involving 52 defendants accused of having stolen a total of USD 3.7 million of public money. The cases covered a wid [...]
2010-02-09 09:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO79YOUTH WING OF MALI'S LARGEST PARTY ELECTS NEW
[...] On January 23-24, the youth wing of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (ADEMA) held its third general congress in Bamako, with 250-300 delegates in attendance. By way of background, ADEMA is the party of former Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare and is the largest in the National Assembly. [...]
2010-02-09 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO8ATT LAYS OUT PLANS IN NEW YEAR ADDRESS
[...] (U) On December 31, Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) delivered his annual New Year's Address to the nation. The centerpiece of ATT,s address was the discussion of plans, first summarized on the occasion of his inaugural anniversary speech on June 8, 2009, for a constitutional revisi [...]
2010-01-06 13:20:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV ML
10BAMAKO90CIVIL AVIATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 16:39:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ML
10BAMAKO98NEW ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (S) The new Algerian Ambassador to Mali, Nourredine Ayadi, paid what turned out to be much more than a courtesy call on the Ambassador on February 10. Ayadi said Algeria's and Mali's fate were tied together by history and geography. Unfortunately, the two countries have a very different app [...]
2010-02-19 12:50:00Embassy BamakoSECRETMARR ML PREL PTER
10BAMAKO99NEW ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (S) The new Algerian Ambassador to Mali, Nourredine Ayadi, paid what turned out to be much more than a courtesy call on the Ambassador on February 10. Ayadi said Algeria's and Mali's fate were tied together by history and geography. Unfortunately, the two countries have a very different app [...]
2010-02-19 12:50:00Embassy BamakoSECRETMARR ML PREL PTER
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