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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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07AMMAN3242 | REGENT TELLS STAFFDEL GROVE: NEED UNITED FRONT [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Regent stressed to STAFFDEL Grove the need for urgent movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in order to enable a united front against Iran to emerge. Discussions with interlocutors during the STAFFDEL's visit also focused on U.S. financi [...] | 2007-08-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ IR |
07AMMAN3260 | Ozomatli's Music and Message Attract Thousands of [...] SUMMARY: The three-time Grammy award-winning Los Angeles-based Latino funk and hip-hop band "Ozomatli" performed a series of concerts to highly-receptive audiences during a visit to Jordan last week, captivating more than 3000 young Jordanians during their tour of the Kingdom. Ozomatli thril [...] | 2007-08-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
07AMMAN3284 | JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: "A WEDDING FOR [...] (SBU) In contrast to 2003 (in which all mayors and half of municipal council members were appointed; ref C),this year's municipal elections generated a high national turnout and high enthusiasm, as well as some controversy that resulted in scattered disruptions and violence in the country. Th [...] | 2007-08-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO |
07AMMAN3286 | CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: JORDAN'S AVIATION PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: Several privatization and restructuring efforts continue in Jordan's aviation sector with the support of the King and Parliament (ref A). The Cabinet approved privatization of 74% of Royal Jordanian's stock shares. A contract has been signed for the expansion and private manageme [...] | 2007-08-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN3288 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CO-SPONSORSHIP OF SUBMISSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC JO |
07AMMAN3291 | JORDAN SEEING INCREASE OF FAKE DRUGS IN ITS MARKETS [...] (U) Summary: Jordan has seen a disconcerting increase in fake medicine in its markets in 2007. Jordan Customs has made eight significant seizures of such products this year, the largest and most recent involving $500,000 worth of fake blood pressure pills. The Jordan Food and Drug Administrat [...] | 2007-08-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KTIA PGOV JO IPR |
07AMMAN330 | GOJ TO TAP NORWEGIAN NGO TO CONDUCT STUDY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
07AMMAN3308 | PRISON ESCAPEE CAPTURED [...] (U) Police announced August 4 the capture of Ma'adh Breizat, one of two inmates who escaped from Jordan's Jweideh prison on June 19 (ref A). According to Public Security Directorate spokesman Major Basheer Daaja, Breizat was arrested on the Zarqa-Mafraq highway several days after his escape; [...] | 2007-08-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
07AMMAN3311 | JORDAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FALLOUT: IAF AND [...] (SBU) The political clash and war of words pitting Islamists against the Government following municipal elections held on July 31 has intensified. The Islamic Action Front (IAF),Jordan's active and legal Islamist political movement, continued over the weekend its public repudiation of the el [...] | 2007-08-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
07AMMAN3322 | MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE LETTER TO COMMERCE [...] The Commercial Section received on August 6 a letter, dated July 19, 2007, from H.E. Minister of Industry and Trade Mr. Salim Al-Khazaleh, addressed to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, concerning the proposed January 2008 Trade and Investment Conference in Jordan. Full text of the letter follows [...] | 2007-08-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3326 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR JORDAN'S GROWING FILM INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary: After several years with few major film productions, Jordan has been the site of eight feature films in 2007, bringing in approximately $10 million and creating thousands of freelance jobs. The Royal Film Commission (RFC) hopes to benefit from the number of Iraq War-themed movies a [...] | 2007-08-07 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR SCUL JO |
07AMMAN3328 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALEX BURKART AND JODY DANIEL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of ISN/NESS Deputy Director Alex Burkart and ISN/RA Jody Daniel to Jordan August 8 - 10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Jordan's interest in developing a nuclear energy program. All visitors to Jordan [...] | 2007-08-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP OTRA ENRG PARM JO |
07AMMAN3336 | WELCOME UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the Jordan transit of Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and Kristen Hecht on August 9, 2007. Embassy officers will meet the travelers upon arrival at Queen Alia International Airport and transport them to the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge on the Jordan-Is [...] | 2007-08-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA OVIP PREL JO |
07AMMAN3351 | CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Khalid Takhayneh, Head of the MFA's Disarmament Section. Takhayneh expressed familiarity with the United Nations Committee Against Torture (Committee) and stated that he would be the Government of Jordan's nominee to the committee. He accept [...] | 2007-08-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA |
07AMMAN3352 | UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 8 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of the July 26 Refugee Working Group (RWG),local press discussed the burden of assistance to Iraqis, suggesting the U.S. and its allies should pick up the tab, but also supporting the King's decision to allow all Iraqi children here access to public schools. Meanwhi [...] | 2007-08-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV IZ JO |
07AMMAN3353 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Soo Hoo and Paul Ebel of Sandia National Laboratories, and Ian Gross of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to Amman, Jordan from August 25 - 31, 2007 to conduct training for the Iraq Radioactive Source Regulatory Aut [...] | 2007-08-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3355 | Country Clearance for Mr. Steven Welker [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the August 8 - 12, 2007 travel to Jordan of Mr. Steven Walker, Agricultural PRT Advisor in Iraq, to attend a meeting in Amman with New Mexico State University representatives. The traveler should carefully review this message, especially the thr [...] | 2007-08-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3356 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSSA EMPLOYEES SANSOT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Walter Sansot and Douglas Dahl to Amman, Jordan from August 31 - September 07, 2007, as requested reftel. The team will conduct activities in support of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative Program. Travelers shoul [...] | 2007-08-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3365 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JULY 2007 [...] On July 9, EXBS Advisor met with Jerry W. Rowe, Regional Advisor-Africa & Middle East, Department of Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement (DOT-OTAFE),and Joe E. Parker, Advisor Financial Enforcement, DOT-OTAFE to discuss the EXBS program in Jordan and the region. Adv [...] | 2007-08-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
07AMMAN3366 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] During July, Regional Advisor discussed the status of the MEGAPORTS Initiative MOU between Department of Energy and Yemen. There has been little change since last month. Yemeni officials continue to expect an affirmative response from the GoY concerning the MEGAPORTS Initiative MOU. B. TRA [...] | 2007-08-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP XF |
07AMMAN3369 | GOJ RAPIDLY PREPARING SCHOOLS FOR IRAQI STUDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MoE) sent a letter to all public school principals on August 6 instructing them to allow Iraqi students to register in public and private schools regardless of residence status for the 2007-08 school term. Major Jordanian daily newspapers prominently r [...] | 2007-08-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN3392 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-SALAH SOCIETY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN JO |
07AMMAN3393 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN JO |
07AMMAN3397 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR PARKER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Advisor Mr. Joe Parker, to Jordan September 1-8, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit [...] | 2007-08-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EFIN PREL JO |
07AMMAN3400 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA ANDERSSON, GHANBARI, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Christina Andersson, Farajollah Ghanbari, Adriane Littlefield, and Reeve Daren of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to Amman, Jordan from Augus [...] | 2007-08-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3402 | JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WOMEN MAKE GAINS [...] (SBU) Women made considerable gains in the July 31 municipal elections as compared with 2003. Almost eight times more women ran as candidates in 2007 than in 2003 (355 versus 46),and women will hold at least 241 seats in municipal councils (as opposed to 97 in 2003). The election also resul [...] | 2007-08-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KWMN SCUL KMPI JO |
07AMMAN3435 | TRADE LEAD, JORDAN [...] COUNTRY: 511.... NO. OF COMMODITIES: 1 2. ATTACHE NO.07.... FOREIGN FIRM COUNTRY: 511 3. DEADLINE: 08/28/07 4. CMDTY: 01131070 5. DR. MUNTASSER AL OKLAH 6. CHAIRMAN OF TENDER COMMITTEE 7. MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY & TRADE - P.O. BOX 830 - FAX: 5684979 - TEL: 5602121/5662734 - A [...] | 2007-08-15 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR JO |
07AMMAN3436 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to Jordan, August 31 - September 07, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control office [...] | 2007-08-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO |
07AMMAN3441 | WELCOME CODEL SHELBY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Shelby to Jordan from August 29-31, 2007, as requested reftels. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Dr. Deborah "Duffy" Winters [...] | 2007-08-16 07:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO OTRA |
07AMMAN3463 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Forest Service Assistant Director John Carpenter to Jordan, August 25 - 31, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Contro [...] | 2007-08-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3472 | JORDAN SEES SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRADE DEFICIT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan saw its trade deficit widen slightly to USD 3.4 billion during the first half of 2007, due to imports that more than doubled rising exports. Despite an overall increase in total national exports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) reported that apparel exports to [...] | 2007-08-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO |
07AMMAN3476 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS TELL CODEL BAIRD PM MALIKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 visit to Jordan, Representatives Baird (D-WA) and Shays (R-CT) met with three Iraqi Sunni deputies resident in Amman; the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan; and Vice President al-Hashimi. The deputies shared the view that progress in Iraq could only be achieved th [...] | 2007-08-20 08:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR JO |
07AMMAN3477 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMMAN FSN AGRICULTURAL [...] FAS AMMAN REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR FSN AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST MOHAMMED KHRAISHY TO VISIT ISTANBUL, TURKEY, AUGUST 27-30, 2007, TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION (ASA) REGIONAL CONFERENCE. NO ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED. 2. (U) USDA FAS REGIONAL OFFICE IN CAIRO HAS SUFFECIENT GA FUN [...] | 2007-08-20 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA JO TU |
07AMMAN3482 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection employees Joyce Gouge, Jackie Ramsey, and Ronald Kihnel to Jordan, August 22 - September 01, 2007, for the purpose of conducting International Seaport Interdiction Training [...] | 2007-08-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3516 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE JOE HARFORD [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Joe Harford, to Jordan, September 1-5, 2007, for the purpose of conducting a site visit to the Jordan Cancer Registry. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the thre [...] | 2007-08-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TBIO OTRA JO |
07AMMAN352 | GOJ ACCEPTS OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO PKO TRAINING [...] (U) MFA informed post in a note dated January 24 that Jordan accepted reftel offer of assistance under the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI). The operative paragraph of the note is provided below. Brigadier General Awni Al-Adwan, Director of Military Training, in a letter of [...] | 2007-01-28 06:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS JO |
07AMMAN3545 | UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minster Khatib confirmed that the Governments of Iraq and Jordan agreed in principle to implement a process for issuing visas to Iraqis seeking to enter Jordan. Jordanian schools began on August 19, though with far fewer Iraqis then expected. USAID, UNICEF, UNHCR and [...] | 2007-08-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN3557 | FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER DECISION TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Summary: A government decision to maintain fuel subsidies, for now, has prompted the August 21 resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz. Fariz had sought an immediate end to the subsidy in favor of direct cash payments to low-income families, to lessen the di [...] | 2007-08-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN EPET EAGR PGOV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN3565 | Jordan: New Environmental Police Swings into Action [...] Summary: The Ministry of Environment's (MOE) recently formed enforcement corps of environmental rangers, known as the Environmental Police Department (EPD),has gotten off to an active start. The local press reports the EPD has issued over 4,000 violations since the beginning of the year. Th [...] | 2007-08-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3579 | SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the Ministry of Labor (MOL) published a Plan of Action in March 2007, Jordan has been making slow but steady progress on labor issues in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). For the first time, a Jordanian court found supervisors in one factory guilty of physical abu [...] | 2007-08-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD EAID JO QIZ |
07AMMAN3581 | IN PROOF OF PRINCIPLE, U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT [...] (S) In a proof of principle operation, 30 Defense Logistics Agency-leased containers transporting excess water purification units, trailers, and Humvees from Camp Taqaddum in Iraq, bound for the United States, reached the Jordan-Iraq border on August 18 at Trebil-Karama. The containers then a [...] | 2007-08-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MARR MOPS JO IZ |
07AMMAN3582 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI, [...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...] | 2007-08-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER JO IZ |
07AMMAN3583 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI, [...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...] | 2007-08-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER JO IZ |
07AMMAN3584 | JORDAN'S FEED SUBSIDY PROGRAM: ANIMAL CENSUS IS FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) recently concluded a livestock census, the first serious attempt since 1998 to determine the number of ruminants - sheep, goats, camels, and cattle - in Jordan. Officials told the press the survey was part of a broader effort to establish the geographic [...] | 2007-08-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN3598 | JORDANIAN PRISONERS INJURE THEMSELVES PRIOR TO [...] (U) According to Jordanian media reports, during an August 26 visit by a Human Rights Watch (HRW) delegation to Swaqa correctional facility, approximately 100 prisoners injured themselves. A Public Security Directorate (PSD) spokesperson said that prisoners used ceramic and wood objects broken [...] | 2007-08-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
07AMMAN3599 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE COLLINS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins to Jordan, August 30 - September 16, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mon [...] | 2007-08-28 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3612 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS TEJTEL AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials Marc Tejtel and Sana Akili to Jordan, September 07 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of meeting with the Judicial Institute of Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this mes [...] | 2007-08-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3615 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS FILPI AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials James Filpi and Gregory Howell to Jordan, September 03 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending an OECD working group meeting to facilitate development of commercial law programs in th [...] | 2007-08-28 05:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3618 | IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: GOJ TO TAKE DECISION SOON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO IZ |
07AMMAN3624 | JORDAN TO MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT IRAQI LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ AL XF |
07AMMAN3626 | RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER SETS BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: The resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz and the government's decision to postpone liberalization of fuel prices do not bode well for the future plans of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC),according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. [...] | 2007-08-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
07AMMAN3627 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE MOHAGHEGHI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Amir Mohagheghi to Jordan, August 30 - September 05, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mo [...] | 2007-08-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3629 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG [...] (SBU) Ref A requested country clearance for Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to travel to Jordan August 31 - September 7, 2007. Ref B approved the request for country clearance for this travel. Ref C advised that travel to Jordan will now take place September 7 - 20. 2. (SBU) Embassy A [...] | 2007-08-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO |
07AMMAN3631 | ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO JO |
07AMMAN3632 | JORDAN'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PLAYS ELECTION BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) The rhetorical clash between the GOJ and Islamists continues, with the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),milking accusations of government fraud in the July 31 municipal elections to position itself for fall parliamentary elections. The [...] | 2007-08-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
07AMMAN3642 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Jennifer Peterson, Liza Paqueo, and Howard Horton, to Jordan, September 4-11, 2007, for the purpose of providing technical assistance to Jordan's Badia Research and Development Center and coordinating with other Jorda [...] | 2007-08-29 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3647 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE SHADEN KAMHAWI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, to Jordan, September 5-16, 2007, for the purpose of visiting the Sand Fly Project field site and meeting with collaborators at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. All vis [...] | 2007-08-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OTRA KSCA JO |
07AMMAN3654 | E-GOVERNMENT: LOTS OF POTENTIAL BUT LITTLE ACTUAL [...] (U) Summary: After years of effort with few results, Jordan launched several e-government projects this summer, including those that will allow businesses to check their tax records online and citizens to review draft legislation. Among the projects in development are an online business tradem [...] | 2007-08-30 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT PGOV TINT KMPI JO |
07AMMAN3656 | JORDAN WELCOMES MOU ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND PROPOSES [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Khaled Touqan will represent the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial, and has proposed signing the Memora [...] | 2007-08-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV EPET JO |
07AMMAN3657 | ICRC CLAIMS IT CONVINCED GOJ TO ALLOW TWO IRANIAN [...] (SBU) ICRC Deputy Director Kim Gordon-Bates told poloff and PRM Project Management Specialist on August 16 that ICRC succeeded in convincing the Jordanian Ministry of Interior to permit two Iranian Kurds to transit Jordan to receive medical treatment: a critically-ill woman in her 40's and her [...] | 2007-08-30 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IZ JO |
07AMMAN3661 | END OF FEED SUBSIDY PROGRAM PROVOKES PROTESTS AND SLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN3666 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ EMPLOYEE GUNNISON [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Justice employee Michael Gunnison to Jordan, September 04 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending meetings on terrorist financing. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especiall [...] | 2007-09-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC AMGT JO |
07AMMAN3697 | LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS IN THREE [...] (U) As expected, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit announced September 2 the names of three ministers to replace vacancies left by recent resignations (reftels). All three new ministers are considered technocrats by observers: the new Minister of Finance was promoted from Secretary General (the nu [...] | 2007-09-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO PGOV SENV EAID EFIN PINR |
07AMMAN3729 | American Basketball Clinics and English Language Programs [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Amman recently concluded its first Youth Enrichment Program. Under the auspices of this R initiative, PA Amman hosted two basketball and English-language camps in August for more than 200 underprivileged Jordanian boys and girls from several different regions of the country. [...] | 2007-09-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
07AMMAN3731 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VALI YALDA BIBO [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit to Jordan of Embassy Baghdad Economic Section employee Vali Yalda Bibo from September 12 - 23, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. ( [...] | 2007-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA APER IZ JO |
07AMMAN3732 | SHAKR AL-ABSI'S DEATH BARELY NOTED IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) The reported death of Fatah Al-Islam (FAI) leader and Jordanian national Shakr al-Absi in the fighting at Nahr al-Barid camp in Lebanon (ref A) has prompted a limited degree of media attention in Jordan, but with the focus on familial reaction rather than any political implications. 2 [...] | 2007-09-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
07AMMAN3752 | A/S SAUERBREY CONGRATULATES GOJ ON PROVIDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey congratulated the GOJ for its recent decision to expand enrollment of Iraqi schoolchildren, and focused local and international media attention on the broader needs of Iraqi refugees in the region during her August 26-29 visit. Her announceme [...] | 2007-09-09 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KPAL IZ JO |
07AMMAN3755 | UNABLE TO OBTAIN ITS WHEAT NEEDS FROM SYRIA, JORDAN [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan, represented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT),signed an agreement with the Syrian government on September 5 to purchase 50,000 tons of Syrian wheat. This purchase is part of an ambitious January 2007 agreement between the two countries for GOJ purcha [...] | 2007-09-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PREL JO SY |
07AMMAN3762 | FOLLOW-UP ON INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA JO |
07AMMAN3767 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Inspector General Howard J. Krongard to Jordan from September 17 - 19, 2007, as requested reftel. Travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Man [...] | 2007-09-11 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC ASIG OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3770 | JORDAN'S EXPANDING MOBILE TELEPHONY SERVICES PROVIDE [...] (U) Summary: In a country with just 5.6 million people, Jordan has over 4 million mobile phone subscribers. Four companies provide mobile service - 3 GSM providers and 1 push-to-talk/iDEN provider. The two largest providers just underwent large rebranding efforts (from "Fastlink" to "Zain" and [...] | 2007-09-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINV JO |
07AMMAN3772 | JORDAN ASSIGNS MCC POINT OF CONTACT, REASSIGNS [...] Over the course of August, Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit issued a series of decisions restructuring GOJ management of MCC issues. All responsibilities previously delegated to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) have been transferred to the Prime Ministry, includin [...] | 2007-09-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV ECON JO MCC |
07AMMAN3787 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP LORIA AND DOHERTY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sean Doherty and Richard Loria of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Jordan, September 22-25, 2007, for the purpose of conducting C-TPAT validations. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, e [...] | 2007-09-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA APER JO |
07AMMAN3796 | WELCOME CODEL BAUCUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Baucus to Jordan from September 16-17, 2007, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Mark Wilson, Economic [...] | 2007-09-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3797 | CREDIBLE MUSLIM VOICES IN JORDAN [...] (S) Per reftel, the Embassy has identified the persons listed in paragraph 2 as credible Muslim voices. While the persons identified in this message would not approve of all or even many U.S. foreign policies, they do share a general position that terrorism and violent extremism are contrary t [...] | 2007-09-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KPAO KISL JO |
07AMMAN380 | MFA DELIVERS LAST RESPONSES TO LONG-PENDING [...] (C) The legal office of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry delivered to LEGATT January 28 the final outstanding tranche of documents responding to pending Department of Justice requests for judicial cooperation. 2. (C) LEGATT obtained custody of 15 binders of certified documents. The majorit [...] | 2007-01-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL SNAR JO |
07AMMAN3806 | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Balancing Development and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) manages the city of Aqaba and its surrounding 26 kilometers of Jordanian coastline. Roughly 30 percent of this strategic and precious real estate is a protected marine habitat. During meetings regarding environmental issues in [...] | 2007-09-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3811 | JORDAN'S PRINCE GHAZI STRIVES TO PROMOTE MODERATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 10, Prince Ghazi Bin Muhammad, Special Advisor to King Abdullah and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, stressed that the King is committed to supporting forces of moderate Islam. Jordan, he said, ac [...] | 2007-09-13 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINR JO |
07AMMAN3812 | PRIVATIZATION IN JORDAN: MOVING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (U) Summary: Having begun privatization of its significant assets in 1999, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) currently has projects underway in energy, grain storage, and water. The nature of these efforts has begun changing from privatization to "public-private partnerships (PPP)" due to a decli [...] | 2007-09-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN3813 | KING CALLS FOR LOWER FOOD PRICES DURING RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices have been rising dramatically in Jordan in the run-up to Ramadan. Merchants and animal breeders are citing rising fuel and feed costs, but government officials question whether merchants are taking advantage of increased consumption during Ramadan to reap greater pro [...] | 2007-09-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON KISL SOCI JO |
07AMMAN3814 | UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) This message contains action request for State, USDA, and USTR; please see paragraphs 5, 7, 10, and 15. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) seeks responses to several trade proposals under the rubric of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA),as well as flexibility on a [...] | 2007-09-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
07AMMAN3815 | JORDAN ISSUES FIRST JAIL SENTENCE FOR SOFTWARE PIRACY [...] (U) Summary: Jordanian judge Nihad al-Hisban, a recipient of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) training, recently issued the first-ever jail sentence and a significant fine for software piracy in Jordan. This represents a tremendous step forward for prosecution of intellectual property [...] | 2007-09-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3817 | JORDAN'S STONE AND MARBLE INDUSTRY: BETWEEN A ROCK [...] Summary: Exports to the U.S. from Jordan's stone and marble industry reached $1.3 million in 2006, representing one of the few Jordanian goods besides garments to enter the U.S. market, but still only a small fraction of the $1.4 billion in total Jordanian exports to the U.S. Although the co [...] | 2007-09-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EAID JO |
07AMMAN3819 | Jordan Still Waiting for Iraqi Oil [...] (SBU) Jordan has been anticipating oil shipments from Iraq since August 2006, when an agreement was signed with the Iraqi government for Jordan to import an initial 8,000 barrels/day (approximately 1,370 tons/day) with an eventual target of 30,000 barrels/day. Reportedly the agreement set a sp [...] | 2007-09-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV JO |
07AMMAN3822 | (SBU) REQUEST FOR HEBREW TEST FOR MIRIAM SCHWEDT [...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency Hebrew Test be sent to Amman. 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Miriam Schwedt XXX-XX-4507 State Hebrew October 9 by DVC POL: Jack Doutrich 3. (U) Testing materials can be sent via Federal Express to: Embassy of the USA [...] | 2007-09-16 07:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFSI APER |
07AMMAN3825 | ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS SPLIT CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ICAO JO |
07AMMAN3826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB OFFICER MANU [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for ESTH Hub Officer Manu Bhalla to visit Tel Aviv, Israel, September 23-26, 2007, to meet with ESTH Counselor Paul Rohrlich, tour MERC projects and have meetings regarding ESTH issues in Israel. 2. (U) Traveler requests Embassy assistance with hotel re [...] | 2007-09-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA IS |
07AMMAN386 | BURST OF PROGRESS AHEAD OF DEMINING MEETING [...] (C) Jordan cleared in 2006 nearly one-half of its minefields. However, the GOJ is concerned about conventional and terrorist threats from Syria, and may delay plans to remove mines along its northern border. Jordan will host the 2007 Meeting of States Parties to the demining treaty, at whic [...] | 2007-01-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP JO |
07AMMAN3869 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SLAC EMPLOYEE TANTAWI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center employee Sami Tantawi to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of presenting a lecture at the 6th User Meeting for Sesame. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review t [...] | 2007-09-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3870 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE HENRY WALKE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Henry Walke to Amman, Jordan, September 22 - 28, 2007, for the purpose of teaching classes to Iraqi Ministry of Health staff in Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especia [...] | 2007-09-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3871 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN ENROLLING AT A MODERATE PACE; [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi enrollment in Jordanian schools reached 21,000 as of September 15, with the GOJ agreeing to extend enrollment through September 30. No consensus has emerged to fully explain the low enrollment totals. UN agencies and NGOs are actively engaged in a last-ditch effort to cla [...] | 2007-09-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN3876 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman),to visit Beirut, Lebanon from October 18 - 21, 2007, to participate in Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute (NKBCI) dedication activities a [...] | 2007-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER LE |
07AMMAN3877 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS EMPLOYEES LARSEN AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of USGS employees Matthew Larsen and Verne Schneider to Jordan, September 22 - 26, 2007, for the purpose of reviewing the USGS program in Jordan. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially t [...] | 2007-09-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SENV JO |
07AMMAN3880 | Jordan: Planning the S&T Joint Commission Meeting [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (U) Background and summary: The U.S.-Jordan S&T Agreement entered into force on June 12, 2007 (reftel). The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is keen to hold the first Joint Commission Meeting (JCM). Dr. Walid Al-Turk, Secretary General of [...] | 2007-09-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL SENV TBIO TPHY ETRD KTIA JO |
07AMMAN3881 | MENA OECD STEERING GROUP MEETS IN AMMAN TO PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) The Steering Group of the MENA OECD Investment Program met in Amman, Jordan on September 5 to review progress and prepare for its ministerial meeting. The Egyptian Prime Minister will open the November 28 Ministerial and its Investment Minister will chair the meeting. The initiative, n [...] | 2007-09-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV XF |
07AMMAN3889 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN |
07AMMAN3902 | ENCOURGING JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3903 | JORDANIAN MORAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the Director of the Foreign Minister's Office, Thamer Al-Adwan, on Steptember 18. Adwan noted that the GOJ supports the Tribunal, but because of regional sensitivities, is taking a wait and see attitude and wants its support to be as "neutral" as poss [...] | 2007-09-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER JO |
07AMMAN3905 | JORDAN AGREES ON NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN WIPO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC WIPO JO |
07AMMAN3907 | IRAQI ENROLLMENT IN JORDANIAN SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) In response to lower-than-expected enrollment of Iraqis and anecdotal reports of stumbling blocks to Iraqi registration in Jordanian public schools (ref A),UNCHR and UNICEF convened a standing-room only meeting of NGOs and donors on September 18 to identify outstanding obstacles to Iraq [...] | 2007-09-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN3909 | Jordan's Economic Zones Aim to Attract Investment and [...] Summary: Jordan has taken an approach of developing geographically delineated, policy-favored commercial zones to attract investment and promote economic development. In addition to industrial estates and free zones, King Abdullah recently announced the launch of a fourth economic developmen [...] | 2007-09-23 04:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3910 | JORDAN'S GROWING DATE PALM INDUSTRY INCREASES REVENUES AND [...] (U) Since the mid-1990's, Jordan's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has encouraged Jordan Valley farmers to substitute conventional farming crops and methods with new cash crops that use water more efficiently, are environmentally friendly, and reap greater profits. This policy has paid off with [...] | 2007-09-23 04:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV JO |
07AMMAN3917 | JORDAN APPEARS OPEN TO BACKING U.S. UNCAT NOMINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
07AMMAN3949 | American Foreign Policy Scholar Walter Russell Mead [...] SUMMARY: During a two-day speaker's program September 3-4, Council on Foreign Relations scholar Walter Russell Mead adroitly discussed many U.S. foreign policy issues, and disabused his influential audiences of several misperceptions they held concerning the motives and processes behind the f [...] | 2007-09-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO SCUL JO |
07AMMAN3989 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SAYS IT WILL TAKE PART IN [...] (C) The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan announced on September 25 that its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),will take part in parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on November 20. Yesterday's announcement followed months of IAF threats to boycott the parliamentary poll [...] | 2007-09-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
07AMMAN3992 | Jordanian Labor Minister Continues to Focus on Improving [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paras 6-7. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem provided an update on labor issues, noting that despite some intermittent problems, dramatic improvements have been made, particularl [...] | 2007-09-27 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4015 | FIRST UNSCR 1540 OUTREACH IN ARAB REGION PROMOTES [...] (U) Summary. The Regional Seminar, "Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) for Arab States," took place on 4-5 September 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Jordan hosted the workshop jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) in close cooperation w [...] | 2007-09-27 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP EU OSCE ARF |
07AMMAN4019 | JIPTC RETURNED TO GOJ, WILL CONTINUE AS JIPTC [...] (C) The Ambassador and Jordan's Public Security Directorate Chief took part in a ceremony returning control of the Jordan International Police Training Center to the GOJ. The PSD Chief said that JIPTC would continue its mission as an international police training center, and that Jordan was i [...] | 2007-09-27 14:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MASS KPAL JO IZ |
07AMMAN4037 | JORDAN TO JOIN NEGOTIATIONS ON ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Minister of Industry and Trade Salem Al-Khazaleh informed the Embassy, through a letter dated September 24 (text below),of Jordan's general support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). NOTE: A copy of the letter was also faxed to USTR/Rachel Bae. [...] | 2007-09-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4038 | Jordan's Textiles and Apparel Production: Still Competitive [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref D, Post provides below updated statistics and information on the textile and apparel industry in Jordan. Jordan's exports of textile and apparel slightly decreased during the first half of 2007 to USD 568 million, with over 90% going to the U.S. market. The [...] | 2007-09-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX JO |
07AMMAN4043 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMEMBASSY CAIRO AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Agricultural Minister Counselor Peter Kurz to Jordan, October 08-11, 2007, for a supervisory visit. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...] | 2007-10-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN4045 | JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON RAPE AS POLICY RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Chief Ayman al-Aamiry and his deputy Hussam al-Husseini on September 27. Aamiry predicted the resolution would garner wide backing, though neither made an explicit commitment to support it. Both noted [...] | 2007-10-01 10:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JO |
07AMMAN4056 | GOJ OFFERS PRELIMINARY SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (S) The Ambassador and U.S. Security Coordinator Lt. General Dayton met with the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief Mohammad Dahabi October 1 to discuss plans for training 700 Palestinian National Security Forces in Jordan, scheduled to begin in late January 2008. Dahabi made it cle [...] | 2007-10-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL SNAR KPAL JO |
07AMMAN4060 | STRIKES IN JORDAN'S QIZ FACTORIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers, predominately Bangladeshi, have gone on strike at two factories in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). The Ministry of Labor (MOL) has been monitoring situations at both factories and facilitating negotiations with management. Following receipt of informatio [...] | 2007-10-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4072 | DELTA AIR LINES ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS TO AMMAN [...] (U) Summary: Delta Air Lines recently announced it plans to operate direct service between Amman's Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) and New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport beginning June 2008. This will be the only non-stop service to the United States operated by a U.S. carrier. [...] | 2007-10-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4074 | GULF TRAVELERS CONTRIBUTE TO A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER TOURISM [...] (U) Summary: As of the end of August 2007, the number of Gulf state-based tourists visiting Jordan had increased 3.4% compared to the same 8-month period in 2006. Gulf tourists visit Jordan primarily in the summer for the relatively temperate weather, family entertainment, and common culture. [...] | 2007-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND JO |
07AMMAN4075 | DAMAN Pre-inspection Program Terminated; Jordan Institutes [...] (U) Director General of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) Dr. Yaseen Khayaat confirmed to EconOffs September 30 that the long-running DAMAN pre-inspection program expired on schedule on September 1, 2007 (reftel). Khayaat added that with the end of the program, Bureau [...] | 2007-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD JO |
07AMMAN4094 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KFTN PREL JO |
07AMMAN4102 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE OLEG BILUKHA [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Oleg Bilukha to Amman, Jordan, October 28 - November 05, 2007, for the purpose of facilitating a coordination meeting on the pilot project of injury surveillance in Iraq. 2. (SBU) Control officer for t [...] | 2007-10-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA TBIO JO |
07AMMAN4109 | JORDANIAN FM SEEKS DEPARTMENT "STATEMENT OF [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib on October 4 formally requested that the Ambassador convey the GOJ's desire that the USG file a "Statement of Interest" to the relevant U.S. court in response to Ahmad Chalabi's appeal of the August 2007 dismissal of his lawsuit against Jordan. [...] | 2007-10-08 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
07AMMAN4111 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD FISSURES SHOW AS ELECTION NEARS [...] (S) As Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) names its candidates for its party (the Islamic Action Front - IAF) for November parliamentary elections, rifts between hawks and doves in the movement emerged in the media, with the doves appearing to be gaining the upper hand. A moderate-laden party [...] | 2007-10-08 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
07AMMAN4112 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman),to visit Dubai, UAE, October 28-30, 2007, to participate in the Knowledge Conference to launch the first project of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al- [...] | 2007-10-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER TC |
07AMMAN4129 | JORDAN: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the development of our initial democratic reform strategy for Jordan (REF A),the GOJ has made progress on a wide variety of the goals set out. Post made substantial contributions to democratic reforms in Jordan through focused, well-funded programming efforts, advocacy w [...] | 2007-10-09 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV PREL |
07AMMAN4158 | FORMER MP ABBADI SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR [...] (U) On October 9, Jordan's State Security Court sentenced former MP Ahmed Oweidi Al-Abbadi to a two-year prison sentence and a fine of 30 JD (USD 42) for undermining the country's reputation. Abbadi has been in custody for five months, since his publication (purportedly; see paragraph 3) of a [...] | 2007-10-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM JO |
07AMMAN4166 | STRIKES OF BENGALI WORKERS CONTINUE IN JORDAN'S [...] (SBU) Representatives from Jordan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) and the Bangladeshi Embassy in Jordan tried to facilitate October 8 negotiations between management at the Cotton Craft factory in al-Tajamouat Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) and Bengali workers who have been on strike since mid-Se [...] | 2007-10-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4174 | Jordan Continues to Strengthen Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met October 9 with representatives from the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to share information on avian flu preparedness. The meeting focused on: tracking the progress of avian flu; surveillance and detection training; and preparedn [...] | 2007-10-11 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
07AMMAN4190 | RESTAURANT INDUSTRY GROWING IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Revenues from Jordan's restaurant industry have grown 42 percent since 2006, and the total number of restaurants has increased by 18 percent. The restaurant sector currently employs about 11,000 people in Jordan, and government officials and restaurant owners believe the industr [...] | 2007-10-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EIND JO |
07AMMAN4199 | PROPOSED G11 OBJECTIVES FROM JORDAN FOR SUMMIT OF G8-G11 [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) provided the Ambassador the following list of its four key objectives for the summit to be held in Berlin on November 14, 2007 between King Abdullah, as the President of the G11 Lower-Middle Income Countries, and Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the G8 Presiden [...] | 2007-10-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN JO |
07AMMAN4202 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE AND SNL EMPLOYEES COLLINS, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins, and Sandia National Laboratories employees Amir Mohagheghi, and Ruth Duggan to Jordan, November 2 - 13, 2007, for t [...] | 2007-10-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN4203 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE BERKLEY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory staff scientist Zahid Hussain to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of chairing the 6th Sesame Beamlines Committee. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review th [...] | 2007-10-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG AORC ASEC KSCA OTRA TRGY JO |
07AMMAN4205 | JORDAN APPRECIATES U.S. POSITION ON DEBT BUYBACK; [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered on October 16 ref C demarche on the U.S. decision to support Jordan's debt buyback proposal in the Paris Club to Bassem Awadallah, the King's Office Director, by phone (Awadallah was in Paris). Awadallah responded that the GOJ was appreciative of U.S. support and fu [...] | 2007-10-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
07AMMAN4207 | REMITTANCES EQUAL ONE-FIFTH OF JORDAN'S GDP [...] (U) Summary: An estimated 260,000 Jordanians currently work abroad, many in information technology (IT) in the Gulf due to more opportunities and higher salaries. In 2006, remittances totaled $2.54 billion, equaling 19.6% of Jordan's gross domestic product, more than any single industry, and a [...] | 2007-10-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI JO |
07AMMAN4217 | OVER 40 TRUCKS OF IRAQI OIL HAVE ARRIVED AT [...] (SBU) During October 17 meetings with Econoff, senior officials at the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) confirmed that 40 trucks carrying approximately 1,200 metric tons of Iraqi crude oil had reached the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) in Zarka as of Septemb [...] | 2007-10-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV JO IZ |
07AMMAN4226 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SNL EMPLOYEES HORAK, HAYCRAFT, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Karl Horak, Debbie Haycraft, and Gaurav Rajen to Jordan, November 1 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of hosting a Web Access for Civil Society Initiatives meeting at the Cooperative M [...] | 2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO |
07AMMAN4227 | Israeli Embassy, Japanese, and Jordanian views on Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Israeli President Peres' late September briefing of Ambassadors Jones and Hale and subsequent request for the U.S. to encourage Jordanian progress on implementing elements of the Peace Valley Project, Post has engaged Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, representativ [...] | 2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
07AMMAN4235 | Strong Jordanian Interest in Attending WIREC 2008 [...] Post highly recommends that Jordan be invited to join the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) scheduled for March 2008. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has expressed strong interest in attending the WIREC, as renewable energy is key to its national energy strategy, and [...] | 2007-10-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EINV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN4274 | Construction Underway for Al-Mushatta Qualifying Industrial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly established Al-Mushatta Industrial City, a designated Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) on the outskirts of Amman, aims to be the first "green" QIZ in Jordan. Al-Mushatta has partnered with an environmental services organization to screen prospective investors in the [...] | 2007-10-21 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4277 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN JORDAN: A PRIMER [...] (U) Summary. Preparations are well underway for November 20 elections in Jordan, in which voters will select members of the lower house (Chamber of Deputies). These elections are the second to take place under a reformed election law from 2001. 110 seats are at stake, among them six seats s [...] | 2007-10-21 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO PGOV KDEM |
07AMMAN4278 | Iraqi Jordanian Transport Company Claims Lack of Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General of the Iraqi Jordanian Land Transportation Company (IJLTC) Ghassan Farkouh confirmed that as of October 18, 40 of 166 trucks of Iraqi oil had reached Jordan's sole refinery in Zarka, and another 23 were about to cross the border (reftels). The whereabouts of t [...] | 2007-10-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD JO IZ |
07AMMAN4294 | JORDAN: PARTIAL SOLUTION EMERGING FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On October 19, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit issued a long-awaited statement on the ability of civil society organizations to monitor the upcoming November 20 election. While Bakhit effectively annulled earlier vague Interior Ministry prohibitions, by announcing that some form of [...] | 2007-10-22 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV |
07AMMAN4320 | JORDAN: WHY VOTE? [...] (C) Summary. Contacts across the political spectrum are showing apathy towards the November 20 parliamentary elections in Jordan. Reasons include: mistrust of the government following claims of improprieties during July's municipal elections, a perception that the parliament has no power t [...] | 2007-10-24 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV |
07AMMAN4324 | NOMINATION FROM EMBASSY AMMAN FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Embassy Amman is pleased to nominate Jordanian attorney Reem Abu Hassan for the Secretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. Ms. Abu Hassan has used her legal expertise to champion equal rights and legal protection for Jordanian and Arab women as well as children, [...] | 2007-10-25 04:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM JO |
07AMMAN4325 | Jordanian Media Accused of Publication Offenses [...] (U) Summary: Two newspaper editors accused of publication offenses were recently questioned by Jordanian prosecutors. If indicted, they would be the first such cases since the amendment of the main press law passed by parliament in the spring which eliminated some categories of forbidden subj [...] | 2007-10-25 04:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PGOV |
07AMMAN4328 | JORDAN: MCC INDICATOR SCORECARDS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Reftel points were delivered to Nasser Shraideh, Secretary General at the Ministry of Planning, on October 23 SIPDIS by visiting MCC Director of Threshold Programs Maria Longi, accompanied by DCM and USAID officers. MCC representative Longi explained the rationale of the scorecards, [...] | 2007-10-25 06:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC |
07AMMAN4338 | DESPITE INCREASED REVENUES, SECOND BUDGET SUPPLEMENT NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's 2007 budget and initial supplementary annex estimated USD 5.6 billion in total revenues, including foreign grants, and USD 6.1 billion in expenditures. While the GOJ's revenue projections are on-track, skyrocketing fuel subsidy costs have necessitated an additional USD 7 [...] | 2007-10-25 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4339 | UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA JO |
07AMMAN434 | GOJ COMMITED TO RESOLVING LABOR PROBLEM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GoJ officials continue to pledge their commitment to resolving labor issues in Jordan. In response to Ambassador's warnings that congressional and U.S. investor concern is deepening, the labor minister highlighted positive steps taken to date and plans for the coming months, pa [...] | 2007-02-01 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
07AMMAN4369 | KING ABDULLAH DISCUSSES IRAQ AND REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah said October 28 that Jordan sought strategic consultations and close coordination with the USG in the effort to help to restore stability to Iraq. He told visiting Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker that Jordan would continue to work with PM Maliki and planned to send [...] | 2007-10-29 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV JO IZ |
07AMMAN4377 | DEMARCHING JORDAN ON ARAB DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) On October 28, PolCouns conveyed reftel points to Thamer al-Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, noting U.S. support for greater Arab engagement on the Darfur issue, and urging that such contributions be in support of existing international efforts. Adwan said that [...] | 2007-10-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL JO |
07AMMAN4378 | Jordan Completes First Privatization Deal in its Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) finalized the privatization sale of the Central Electric Generating Company (CEGCO) - the first in Jordan's energy sector as part of a privatization program underway since 1996 (ref A). No immediate lay-offs of CEGCO's 1,600 employe [...] | 2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4379 | FY08 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer. He is supported by regional environmental specialist Rana Safadi, who has served with the Hub for eight years. Key Priorities and Work Items ----------------------- [...] | 2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN438 | SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT FRANCES TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO [...] ( C ) The Jordanian government and Embassy Amman are looking forward to your visit February 3-5. Jordan is a key partner on counterterrorism and other top U.S. priorities. King Abdullah views U.S. success in Iraq as essential to his own success; he also shares our concerns on Iran and is look [...] | 2007-02-01 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER PREL JO |
07AMMAN4380 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON CUBA EMBARGO: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PHUM UNGA UN CU JO |
07AMMAN4392 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES ISTANBUL SIDE [...] (C) Thamer Adwan, Director of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office, reported on October 30 that the FM (currently in China with King Abdullah) welcomes the opportunity to participate in the proposed Istanbul side meeting on Lebanon (reftel). 2. (U) Adwan noted that Khatib's schedule in [...] | 2007-10-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07AMMAN4393 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES ISTANBUL SIDE [...] (C) Thamer Adwan, Director of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office, reported on October 30 that the FM (currently in China with King Abdullah) welcomes the opportunity to participate in the proposed Istanbul side meeting on Lebanon (reftel). 2. (U) Adwan noted that Khatib's schedule in [...] | 2007-10-30 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY JO |
07AMMAN4395 | JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON REVISED RAPE AS POLICY [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) to the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Deputy Director, Hussam al-Husseini, on October 30. Husseini said he had yet to be briefed on the initial intra-GOJ consultations on the original text, but would follow up with his colleagues and consu [...] | 2007-10-31 08:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA JO |
07AMMAN4409 | King Abdullah Publicly Declares His Optimism About [...] Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah has publicly expressed his full support and hope about the Annapolis conference on three different occasions recently. The first came following his October 18 meeting with the Secretary in London, followed by statements he made October 28 in Bahrain and October [...] | 2007-11-01 07:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PREL |
07AMMAN4426 | ROYAL JORDANIAN IPO ON SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines president Samer Majali said that RJ's initial public offering is on schedule for completion in 2007. Majali expects that 60 percent of shares will be Jordanian-owned. RJ selected the GEnx engine for its previously-ordered Boeing 787s due in 2010. RJ [...] | 2007-11-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4429 | JORDAN WILL NOT ATTEND NOVEMBER 5-7 BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL AL IS JO |
07AMMAN4430 | FROM THE TRIBES TO THE STREET: THE ANATOMY OF A [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's campaign season is in full swing. Many candidates start their campaigns on the tribal level, where they compete for endorsements and the support of a unified tribe. Not all receive a unanimous verdict, but most can count on some form of tribal base. Campaign teams (both [...] | 2007-11-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
07AMMAN4439 | EMBASSY WELCOMES VISIT OF MG STONE TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes the upcoming visit to Jordan of Multi-national Force Iraq (MNF-I) Deputy Commanding General for Detainee Operations MG Stone (ref A). Post strongly supports MNF-I's efforts to rehabilitate young Iraqis detained for insurgent activities. 2. (C) As noted ref B and [...] | 2007-11-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PINS PREF PREL SMIG IZ JO |
07AMMAN4441 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Daniel Whalen to Jordan, November 1, 2007 - April 24, 2008, to undertake a TDY assignment to the Cooperative Monitoring Center-Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully re [...] | 2007-11-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP FARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN4442 | First Lady's Visit to Jordan Gives Boost to [...] Summary: First Lady Laura Bush's October 25-26 visit to Jordan generated tremendous goodwill among Jordanian officials and garnered extensive, positive coverage in the local and regional media. Her meeting with King Abdullah and her visit to the King Hussein Cancer Center to promote the Breas [...] | 2007-11-01 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PREL |
07AMMAN4444 | DESPITE CONCERNS, SENIOR OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings with senior Jordanian government officials on October 28, Ambassador Crocker noted that the surge had been successful, stressed that opportunities remain to constrain Iran, and emphasized the importance and potential impact of an Arab diplomatic presence [...] | 2007-11-01 18:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ JO PGOV PREL |
07AMMAN445 | KING AND FM ON DISPLACED IRAQIS: A NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and FM Khatib spoke recently of the movements of displaced Iraqis as a national security concern. If the USG seeks GOJ cooperation in addressing the issue of displaced Iraqis, we should factor in Jordanian sensitivity toward refugee flows, and be careful not to har [...] | 2007-02-01 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF CVIS IZ JO |
07AMMAN4453 | UNHCR AND NGOS OUTLINE ADMISSIONS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit to Amman, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues Ambassador James Foley, accompanied by DHS Senior Advisor for Iraqi Refugees Lori Scialabba, discussed admission and assistance priorities with senior United Nations refugee officials, NGOs, and Jordania [...] | 2007-11-04 10:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN446 | GOJ VIEWS ON NATO COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: A mid-level MFA official said the GoJ was "positive" on the concept of a NATO security cooperation center, but Jordan will "let the concept evolve." The GoJ continues to view NATO financing as essential. The GoJ welcomes NATO's offer to establish a Partnership for Peace Trust [...] | 2007-02-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JO |
07AMMAN4463 | JORDANIAN NATIONALS FROM GTMO TRANSFERRED TO GOJ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER KAWC JO |
07AMMAN4464 | JORDAN RESPONSE TO FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN AND U.S. [...] (C) EconCouns discussed the mid-October Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on deficiencies in Iran's anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime and also delivered ref B demarche on U.S. domestic designation of Iranian entities and individuals to Acting Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PARM KNNP IR JO |
07AMMAN447 | FOREIGN MINSTER SAYS GOJ IS WORKING TO RELEASE [...] (C) Recent public statements imply that the GoJ is ready and willing to receive Jordanian detainees from Guantanamo, but privately GOJ officials insist they need more information from the USG. According to press reports on January 31, Foreign Minister Khatib told two members of parliament that [...] | 2007-02-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4477 | JORDAN WILL ATTEND INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR JO |
07AMMAN448 | ALLEGATIONS THAT GOJ TORTURES, AND RUNS SECRET [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN RAPPORTEUR MANFRED NOWAK AGAIN PUBLICLY ACCUSED THE GOJ OF TORTURING. HIS REPORT MAY ALSO INCLUDE CHARGES THAT THE GOJ COLLABORATES WITH THE USG IN RUNNING SECRET PRISONS. MEANWHILE, A MAN ON TRIAL FOR PLOTTING TO SIPDIS KILL AMERICANS ACCUSED JORDAN,S INTELLIGENCE SERVICE [...] | 2007-02-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN JO |
07AMMAN4499 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOWARD PASSELL AND JESSE ROACH [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Howard Passell and Jesse Roach to Jordan, November 09 - 24, 2007 for the purpose of holding a workshop with Iraqi engineers and hydrologists on the use of system dynamics modelin [...] | 2007-11-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO |
07AMMAN4525 | BLUE LANTERN PRE LICENSE CHECK CASE 05-050070921 [...] (SBU) EconOff met with Suleiman Aqarbeh, Security Director at the Le Royal Hotel Amman, on November 8. At the site visit, Aqarbeh verified his hotel's order for one Fido XT Handheld Explosives Detector plus Starter Kit, with a license value of USD 24,012. Aqarbeh confirmed that he placed the o [...] | 2007-11-12 05:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JO |
07AMMAN4545 | NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE GROWTH OF RESOURCE [...] (SBU) Jordan, unlike its southern and eastern neighbors, is virtually devoid of natural resources. Reports of probable oil reserves have not been proven, and the GOJ is hopeful that eventual development and exploitation of shale deposits will help to alleviate its dependence on imported fuel [...] | 2007-11-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4547 | JORDANIAN ELECTIONS: WOMEN CAMPAIGN HARD FOR [...] (C) Summary. In the November 20 parliamentary elections, voters will select the six seats (out of 110) in Jordan's lower house that are reserved for women. Activists and the NGO community failed to secure six additional quota seats they petitioned for, and as a result competition is fierce [...] | 2007-11-13 10:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
07AMMAN4558 | JORDAN TO BACK RESOLUTION ON RAPE AS POLITICAL, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA JO |
07AMMAN4559 | JORDAN ELECTIONS: ECONOMY THE MAIN ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The economy seems to be the number one issue on the minds of voters and candidates in the thick of Jordan's campaign season. Despite real economic growth, rising prices and unemployment numbers show that popular perceptions of economic difficulties have some foundation. As a re [...] | 2007-11-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO ECON KDEM PGOV |
07AMMAN4561 | CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING, [...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...] | 2007-11-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
07AMMAN4567 | IRAQ/IRAN: IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC KHOE,I SAYS IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Anti-Iranian Iraqi Shi'a cleric Jawad al-Khoe'i (strictly protect) described to Emboff his views on Iranian perceptions of Iraq and the U.S., the current situation in Iraq and Iran (where he has been studying for ten of the last twelve years),political developments, ongoing Ir [...] | 2007-11-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ IR JO |
07AMMAN4571 | CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING, [...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...] | 2007-11-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
07AMMAN4575 | DRAFT 2008 BUDGET EXPECTS HIGH INFLATION AND SLOWING GDP [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's 2008 budget now being prepared is expected to include raises for public sector employees and pensioners, and to exclude fuel subsidies, which have necessitated budget annexes in 2007. The draft budget assumes a slow-down in GDP growth to four percent in 2008 after three [...] | 2007-11-15 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4578 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) From 2005 through 2007, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has held a series of meetings with Iraqi officials to assist them in preparing for accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (Ref A). The Technical Secretariat (TS) hosted the fourth and final me [...] | 2007-11-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC IZ JO |
07AMMAN4584 | JORDAN ELECTIONS: PALESTINIANS AND THEIR [...] (C) Summary. Jordanians of Palestinian origin face difficult choices in the November 20 elections for Jordan's lower house of parliament. Candidates of Palestinian origin talk about unfairness in Jordan's electoral system and within Jordanian society, both of which lead to under-representati [...] | 2007-11-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV PREL |
07AMMAN4592 | JORDAN ELECTIONS: CHRISTIAN CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. With nine designated seats in Jordan's parliament, Christian candidates are competing for votes within their own communities and among Muslim voters as well. This causes many to run a broad campaign focused on a national agenda rather than local or Christian specific concerns. [...] | 2007-11-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
07AMMAN4599 | USPTO PROGRAM IN JORDAN BUILDS IPR AWARENESS AND NETWORKS [...] The United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) conducted successful training on Law and Policy for Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Enforcement from November 5-8 in Jordan with the assistance of the Embassy and USAID. Over 100 representa [...] | 2007-11-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO IPR |
07AMMAN4604 | JORDAN'S RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Jordanian Foreign Abdelelah al-Khatib November 18. The FM told Ambassador that the GOJ is moving to post an ambassador in Baghdad, and is currently drafting its agrement request for retired Jordanian Armed Forces General Zuhair Damour to be the next [...] | 2007-11-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
07AMMAN4612 | JORDAN ELECTIONS: ON ELECTION EVE, POLITICS IN AN [...] (C) Summary. In the stretch of slums and refugee camps that lies to the south and east of Amman, the campaign for Jordan's November 20 elections has a markedly different flavor than elsewhere in the country. Candidates here speak frankly about the issues that matter to their constituents: p [...] | 2007-11-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM ECON SENV KPAL |
07AMMAN4621 | JORDAN ELECTIONS: "STACKED" DISTRICTS CREATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Candidates and voters are gearing up for election day after a smooth campaign season. The alleged transfer of voter registrations from one district to another has emerged as a major issue in the campaign leading up to Jordan's parliamentary elections on November 20. [...] | 2007-11-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV |
07AMMAN4622 | JORDAN IN NEED OF GSM-102 PROGRAM OR OTHER EXPORT CREDIT [...] This message contains an action message for the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the Small Business Administration, and USDA. Please see paragraphs 3 and 6. 2. Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Secretary General Montasser Oklah told EmbOffs and visiting representatives from the Foreign Agricu [...] | 2007-11-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON JO |
07AMMAN4623 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ELECTION STRATEGY PUT TO THE [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is fielding 22 candidates in the November 20 election for the 110-seat lower house of parliament under the banner of its political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),with the slogan, "Islam is the Solution." IAF successes or failures in the polls will [...] | 2007-11-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
07AMMAN4625 | JORDAN ELECTIONS: THE BIG PICTURE - A STEP FORWARD [...] (C) More than two million Jordanians have the chance to vote in the election for Jordan's next parliament on November 20 (refs F and G). As the campaign season ends and voting begins, Jordanian democracy has taken significant steps forward in terms of the role of women candidates and civil so [...] | 2007-11-19 17:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
07AMMAN4628 | U.S.-SPONSORED WORKSHOP HELPS TO ESTABLISH VISION AND SET [...] Summary: In a strong interagency showing, five USG agencies collaborated to hold a November 12-15 workshop for the Ministry of Environment's (MOE) one-year old enforcement corps of environmental Rangers. With over 50 participants on each of the three days, the workshop resulted in a draft str [...] | 2007-11-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4638 | JORDANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION INITIAL RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preliminary - but unofficial - election results released the day after Jordan's November 20 parliamentary election saw decisive victories for independent candidates, and a crushing defeat for candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood's party, the Islamic Action Front, which failed to [...] | 2007-11-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
07AMMAN4663 | ON ANNAPOLIS, FLEETING HOPE LEAVENS LOW [...] (C) Summary: As the Annapolis conference approaches, we have been pulsing our Jordanian contacts on their expectations for the event, speaking to a broad range of Palestinians and East Bankers. While few of our contacts evinced optimism about the meeting, neither complaints about its expecte [...] | 2007-11-21 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO IS |
07AMMAN4674 | BAKHIT RESIGNS, DAHABI FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) On November 22, Prime Minister Marouf Al-Bakhit submitted his resignation to King Abdullah, paving the way for a new government in the wake of parliamentary elections on November 20. On November 23, the King designated Nadir Al-Dahabi as the new Prime Minister. The new cabinet, listed b [...] | 2007-11-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO PGOV PREL |
07AMMAN4676 | JORDAN'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: SALAH BASHIR [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's new, young, U.S.-educated Foreign Minister, Salah Bashir, is one of Jordan's leading reformists, and therefore a controversial figure among traditionalists threatened by change. As a dynamic, reforming Justice Minister, Bashir suffered a backlash against his merit-based [...] | 2007-11-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR JO |
07AMMAN4678 | U.S. Remains Jordan's Top Trading Partner as Jordan Builds [...] Summary: Jordan's trade deficit increased 12.3 percent to JD 3.807 billion (USD 5.377 billion) during the first nine months of 2007. Although exports to the United States have slightly decreased in 2007, Jordan has increased imports of American goods by approximately 8.1%, yielding an overa [...] | 2007-11-25 14:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
07AMMAN4692 | JORDAN'S NEW KAMIKAZE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's new, technocratic cabinet is led by a Prime Minister with a track record of delivering on the King's economic reform agenda. His cabinet colleagues include some of Jordan's best-known reformists, among them four women. The poor showing of the King's main opposition, t [...] | 2007-11-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JO |
07AMMAN4693 | BIOGRAPHIES FOR JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In the wake of November 20 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit submitted his resignation to the King November 22, paving the way for a new government. On November 23, the King designated Nader Dahabi as the new Prime Minister, and the new cabinet was sworn in on November 25. [...] | 2007-11-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | JO PGOV PINR |
07AMMAN4712 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ JO |
07AMMAN4717 | WIMAX ROLLS OUT IN JORDAN WITH GOAL OF HIGHER BROADBAND [...] (U) Summary: Telecommunications companies Umniah and Batelco Jordan jointly launched Jordan's first WiMAX Internet service (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) on November 12. Service is now available in Amman and Aqaba, with plans to expand to two other cities. A second WiMAX eff [...] | 2007-11-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS EINV TINT JO |
07AMMAN4732 | KING ABDULLAH UPDATES CODEL INOUYE ON SYRIAN [...] (S) CODEL Inouye accompanied by Ambassador met with King Abdullah on November 28 and discussed developments in Iraq, the Annapolis meeting and a potential opportunity to change Syrian behavior. End Summary. 2. (U) Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens, Ambassador, and Minority Staff Direc [...] | 2007-11-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL SY JO |
07AMMAN4733 | WHY JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS LOST GROUND IN [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Action Front (IAF) party suffered a crippling defeat in the November 20 parliamentary elections. As Jordan's political landscape realigns, the IAF is spinning its defeat several ways in the media. It is joined by the chattering classes, who have [...] | 2007-11-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM KISL |
07AMMAN4736 | Jordan Media Reaction to the Annapolis Meeting [...] "Annapolis: Before and After" Columnist Samih Ma'aitah in the independent, pro-business Arabic daily Al-Ghad commented November 29, "There is no need to fear that the Annapolis meeting will waste Arab and Palestinian rights. The meeting was not required to resolve the Palestinian issue but t [...] | 2007-11-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR |
07AMMAN4737 | JORDAN'S OLD NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: As Jordan's new parliament convenes, early indications are that experienced members will at least initially guide the large numbers of newcomers. Five members will return as key players in the new parliament, and the race for speaker is not quite a done deal, but previous speake [...] | 2007-11-29 17:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4738 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN UPDATE - NOVEMBER 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hale urged new Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, Minister of Planning Suhair al-Ali, and Chief of Royal Court Bassem Awadallah to regularize the status of Iraqis in Jordan. The Ambassador attended an Iraqi Chaldean mass on November 25 and offered continued embassy [...] | 2007-11-29 17:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO |
07AMMAN4762 | CODEL ROHRABACHER MEETS WITH JORDANIAN ROYAL COURT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah and NGOs who work with Iraqi refugees, Codel Rohrabacher heard about Jordan's struggle to cope with increased demands on its overburdened infrastructure. While describing Jordan's economic direction as posit [...] | 2007-12-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KPAL SENV |
07AMMAN4764 | JORDANIANS ON ANNAPOLIS: WE WANT TO BELIEVE [...] (C) Jordanian reaction to Annapolis has been marked by the same mix of positive official comments and private cynicism and hope that was on display in the run-up to the conference (ref a). 2. (C) Public, official commentary has been positive, reflecting King Abdullah's strong public support [...] | 2007-12-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
07AMMAN4772 | KING RAISES THE BAR IN OPENING SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah opened the first session of Jordan's newly elected parliament on December 2. His top issue was the economy and the imperative to improve the standard of living, followed closely by political reform. On both issues, the King challenged legislators in both houses t [...] | 2007-12-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KISL JO KDEM |
07AMMAN4773 | View That Iraqis in Jordan Are Only a Burden on the Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prevailing view shared by the Jordanian public and government officials is that the Iraqi presence has further strained Jordan's already stretched budget, with a significant negative impact on the education and health systems, and an inflationary impact on prices. After rev [...] | 2007-12-05 06:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREF PGOV JO IZ |
07AMMAN4777 | Coordinated Programming for 60th Anniversary of [...] As mentioned in Reftel, Embassy Amman has begun planning several high-impact events to commemorate 60 years of U.S.-Jordanian diplomatic relations. (While actual U.S. diplomatic recognition came in January 1949, we intend to begin our celebratory events in the summer 2008.) Given Embassy Tel [...] | 2007-12-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO IS KPAO KMDR PREL |
07AMMAN4790 | JORDAN REQUESTS $1.9 BILLION IN ECONOMIC AND [...] In his first meeting with the Ambassador on November 27, new Prime Minister Nader Dahabi said that Jordan sought an immediate increase of ESF for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah subsequently conveyed a more detailed funding proposal through letters dated [...] | 2007-12-05 16:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREF JO |
07AMMAN4793 | CONGRESSWOMAN MCCOLLUM DISCUSSES IMPACT OF IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 24-27 visit to Jordan of Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN),Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials described the strain that approximately 500,000 Iraqis have been placing on the Jordanian infrastructure. All stressed that while Jordan has opened up public [...] | 2007-12-06 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON PREL IZ JO |
07AMMAN4808 | JORDAN SUPPORTS IMMEDIATE LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY JO |
07AMMAN4816 | STAFFDEL WELLS EXAMINES CONDITIONS OF IRAQIS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their five-day visit to Jordan, Staffdel Wells spoke with senior GOJ officials, refugee processing agencies, and NGOs in an effort to (1) better understanding the socioeconomic situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan; (2) review refugee processing efforts and outcomes; and [...] | 2007-12-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV SOCI EAID JO IZ SY |
07AMMAN4820 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT APPLAUDS GOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 5 visit to Jordan, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt emphasized that Jordan's economic reform program made it possible for the U.S. to support the GOJ proposal to the Paris Club to buy back some of its debt. He encouraged continued reforms, especially eliminat [...] | 2007-12-09 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ |
07AMMAN483 | GOJ OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON PRIVATIZATION, PESSIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chairman of Jordan's Executive Privatization Commission (EPC),former Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour, painted an optimistic view of the progress of privatization in Jordan. After a record year for privatization in 2006, 2007 should also register major progress, inclu [...] | 2007-02-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4862 | PERSONAL FINANCE IN JORDAN: SAVING LESS, BORROWING MORE [...] (U) Summary: On average, Jordanian households spend $1900 more than they earn annually, and pay for the gap with loans, real estate sales, and remittances. Consumer use of banks is high, more as a vehicle for debit and credit cards than for savings. Mortgages continue to grow in popularity a [...] | 2007-12-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV JO |
07AMMAN4884 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN UPDATE - DECEMBER 10 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR signed a USD 11 million agreement with the Jordanian Ministry of Health to assist the GOJ in providing primary care services to Iraqis at equivalent costs to non-insured Jordanians. UNHCR hopes that increased Iraqi usage of Jordanian primary care facilities will allow the [...] | 2007-12-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO |
07AMMAN4885 | CAN NATIONALISM FILL JORDAN'S POLITICAL VOID? [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the recently concluded election season, Post was exposed to an undercurrent of discontent with the structure of Jordan's political system. Urban elites and tribal notables alike recognized that the current fractured, incoherent political discourse prevents progress o [...] | 2007-12-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KPAL JO |
07AMMAN4923 | JORDAN MARKETS ITSELF TO CHINA AS A PORTAL TO IRAQ AND THE [...] (U) King Abdullah made his fifth trip to China in late October-early November, a visit that highlighted Jordan's sustained effort to attract increased Chinese investment. China is currently Jordan's third largest foreign trade partner -- China imports chemicals, leather, and agricultural pro [...] | 2007-12-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL JO CH |
07AMMAN4953 | NEW UNITED NATIONS COORDINATION STRUCTURE FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings in early December with the UNHCR Donor Mission, a Baghdad-Amman VTC with donors, and the recent USAID/OFDA conference in Amman on IDPs, Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary General (DSRSG) in Iraq David Shearer presented his main priorities for the Unit [...] | 2007-12-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KUNR JO IZ |
07AMMAN4961 | GOVERNMENT GETS RESOUNDING VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AS [...] (C) Summary. After presenting its platform to the newly elected parliament, the Dahabi government had its vote of confidence - by a historically high margin. Pledged to phase-out fuel and fodder subsidies early in 2008, the government is already facing skepticism in some quarters about its [...] | 2007-12-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
07AMMAN4962 | Jordan's Pharmaceutical Industry Increasing Exports 50 [...] Summary: Pharmaceuticals continue to play a key role in bolstering Jordan's economy, particularly exports. During the first ten months of 2007, pharmaceutical exports increased almost 50 percent, reaching JD 253 million ($358 million). With over 40 years experience in the region and growing [...] | 2007-12-18 05:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BTIO EINV KIPR JO |
07AMMAN4971 | WHO'S YOUR DAHABI? [...] (C) Summary. There are now two Dahabis at the center of Jordanian political life. Nader Dahabi is the Prime Minister, and his brother Mohammed is entering his third year as director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). While there is little public conversation on the subject, it i [...] | 2007-12-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
07AMMAN4991 | Jordan Seeing More Illegal and Violent Strikes in QIZ [...] (SBU) Jordan's garment factories in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) have been experiencing strikes five to six times a month, often led by Bengali workers, according to the Jordanian Ministry of Labor (MOL). MOL inspectors have seen strikes become more "illegal" in nature, normally oc [...] | 2007-12-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
07AMMAN4993 | Jordan's Garment Association Cites Shortage of Labor as [...] (U) This contains an action request for USTR. See para 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Jordanian garment exports to the U.S. fell 6.4% during the first nine months of 2007. During a December 13 lunch, the newly elected Board for the Jordan Garments, Accessories, Textiles Exporters' Association (J [...] | 2007-12-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
07AMMAN5012 | Jordan at Maximum Alert for Avian Influenza Monitoring [...] Despite press reports suggesting an outbreak, Jordan has been at a maximum alert for monitoring avian influenza since late October. The alert level was activated with the onset of the annual wild-bird migratory season and also as a precaution to avert a possible spillover of bird flu from neig [...] | 2007-12-26 05:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
07AMMAN5023 | WELCOME CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Representative Lincoln Davis and delegation to Jordan on January 12, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control Officer for this visit is Co [...] | 2007-12-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5026 | WELCOME CODEL SCHUMER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Schumer to Jordan from December 29, 2007 thru January 2, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2007-12-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5049 | WELCOME CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Price to Amman, Jordan from January 9-12, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] | 2007-12-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5051 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA JO |
07AMMAN5057 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...] | 2007-12-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5058 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departm [...] | 2007-12-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5060 | WELCOME CODEL WOLF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Wolf to Jordan from January 4-5, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearan [...] | 2007-12-31 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5061 | JORDAN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION NOT YET READY [...] (C) Summary. Passed as part of a raft of reforms in October 2006, Jordan's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is still trying to get on its feet. A seven-member body protected by limited immunities, the ACC has the power to investigate claims and assemble cases for transfer to the Ministry of [...] | 2007-12-31 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV JO |
07AMMAN51 | FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...] | 2007-01-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR JO |
07AMMAN519 | GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR RESPOND POSITIVELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USTR Middle East Director met with the Ministers of Industry and Trade, Justice, and Labor and with private-sector representatives to discuss labor conditions in Jordan's garment sector during a visit January 31-February 1. With government officials, USTR emphasized three key po [...] | 2007-02-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
07AMMAN52 | FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...] | 2007-01-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR JO |
07AMMAN528 | LOWER HOUSE ENDORSES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT REFORM [...] (SBU) Jordan's lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, endorsed the government's municipal government reform bill. If also approved by the Senate and the King, the bill will lead to municipal elections in early summer. During the debate, Prime Minister Bakhit announced that his g [...] | 2007-02-06 07:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KDEM JO |
07AMMAN542 | FIRST GOVERNMENT SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] SUMMARY: Queen Rania inaugurated a shelter for victims of domestic abuse in Amman, to be run by the Ministry of Social Development. The shelter provides emergency housing for abused women over fourteen years of age and their young children. The shelter is the first government-run facility of [...] | 2007-02-06 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KWMN JO |
07AMMAN543 | NEW CENTRIST PARTY TO COUNTER ISLAMISTS [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: Establishment politicians are planning a new party to counter the Islamic Action Front (IAF) in 2007's elections. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Chamber of Deputies speaker Abdel Hadi al Majali told Ambassador January 31 that he was organizing with other establishment politicians [...] | 2007-02-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
07AMMAN551 | GOJ TO REQUEST SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Increasingly concerned by violence in the Palestinian areas and in Iraq, and by prospects that both conflicts could further destabilize the region, senior Jordanian officials have told Ambassador that the GOJ will soon ask the U.S. for supplemental military and economic assistan [...] | 2007-02-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MASS EAID JO |
07AMMAN586 | SOMALIA SUPPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SO JO XF |
07AMMAN606 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INL TEAM TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Robert Byrnes, Gary Alexander, Michael Perez, and Hal Meawad to Amman, Jordan from February 10-15, 2007, to discuss extension of operations at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC),as requested reftel. All vis [...] | 2007-02-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR JO |
07AMMAN611 | KING REAFFIRMS INTENT TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: KING ABDULLAH SAID HE REMAINS DETERMINED TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON SCHEDULE IN 2007. BUT THE ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE UNDER THE SAME STATUTE THAT GOVERNED THE LAST PARLIAMENTARY POLL, IN 2003. END SUMMARY. BACKGROUND: ADVOCATES FOR DIVERGENT COURSES ------------ [...] | 2007-02-08 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PTER JO |
07AMMAN644 | JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER: TRAFFIC DECREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Traffic at the Jordan-Iraq border has declined in recent months, but remains considerable. The decline appears to be due to the danger of traveling to Jordan by road, and to Jordanian officials' continuing exercise of their discretion in a case-by-case adjudication of requests fo [...] | 2007-02-12 08:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PTER JO IZ |
07AMMAN648 | DETAINEE INFORMATION PASSED TO FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Poloff passed ref A biographic data to Mahmoud al-Hamoud, head of the Foreign Ministry's legal office, and Thamer Adwan, head of the Foreign Minister's private office on February 11. Hamoud thanked Poloff for the data. Adwan added that it would be useful to have photos or copies of the [...] | 2007-02-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
07AMMAN662 | WELCOME CODEL KYL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes CODEL Kyl to Amman, Jordan from February 17-18, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Matthew Eussen, Political-Military Affairs Officer. Cont [...] | 2007-02-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS JO |
07AMMAN668 | Unity Dam on Syria-Jordan Border Storing 3 MCM of Water, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Al Wehdah (Unity) Dam on the Yarmouk River along the Jordan-Syria border was completed in November 2006. The dam can store 110 million cubic meters (MCM) of water, but it currently holds only 3 MCM. When filled, the reservoir is designed to supply 50 MCM of drinking water [...] | 2007-02-13 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PGOV SY JO |
07AMMAN669 | ARABSAT AND AL-ZAWRAA TV [...] (C) Polcouns made ref B points February 12 to Thamer Adwan, the Foreign Minister's office director. Adwan, although not familiar with Al-Zawraa, agreed that the Al-Zawraa's broadcasts polcouns described were harmful to both the U.S. and to moderate Arab states like Jordan. He noted that Jord [...] | 2007-02-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC IZ JO |
07AMMAN676 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) King Abdullah and Embassy Amman look forward to your return to Jordan. He welcomes your personal engagement on Israeli-Palestinian issues. He is also looking forward to his upcoming visit to the U.S., which will include an address to a joint session of Congress March 7. 2. (C) Since y [...] | 2007-02-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL IS IR JO |
07AMMAN679 | IRAQIS SWAMP UNHCR OFFICES IN JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Crowds of Iraqis flocked to UNHCR offices in Amman February 12. Word appears to be spreading of UNHCR's recent policy shift, under which it now treats all south- and central-Iraqis outside Iraq as having a prima facie case that they are refugees, and as therefore eligible for refe [...] | 2007-02-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PTER JO IZ |
07AMMAN680 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Lawrence Butler and Bryan Payne to Amman, Jordan from February 18-20, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control of [...] | 2007-02-13 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KU IZ JO |
07AMMAN687 | KING'S TOP ADVISORS AGREE PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
07AMMAN700 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S//NF) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is unlikely to object to the proposed designation of Human Appeal International (HAI). While the GOJ does not yet have clear legal authority to administratively freeze the economic resources of persons designated pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutio [...] | 2007-02-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON |
07AMMAN701 | FURTHER RESPONSE FROM GOJ ON UNSCR 1727, IRAN AND [...] (C) Elaborating on the GOJ's response (ref a) to ref B demarche, Bassem Awadallah, the director of the King's office, told Ambassador February 14 that the King made it "quite clear" to visiting Russian President Putin that Iran was a threat to the region and not to be trusted. Putin reportedl [...] | 2007-02-14 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR RU JO |
07AMMAN702 | REACTION TO PUTIN'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MET WITH KING ABDULLAH ON REGIONAL ISSUES AND ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION DURING HIS VISIT FEBRUARY 12-13. PUTIN ALSO MET SEPARATELY WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) SEE SEPTEL FOR AN INITIAL READOUT ON PRESIDENT PUT [...] | 2007-02-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPAL IS RS JO |
07AMMAN720 | UN RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE RELEASES REPORT [...] (SBU) The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) publicly released February 11 Special Rapporteur Manfred Nowak's report on torture in Jordan. Based on interviews with current detainees and observations of detention centers, Nowak alleged in his report that Jordan's General Intelligence [...] | 2007-02-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PTER UN JO |
07AMMAN726 | RUN ON UNHCR OFFICES IS REGIONAL [...] (U) This message was cleared with Embassies Beirut, Cairo and Damascus. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref A reported that UNHCR's office in Amman is experiencing a spike in applications from Iraqis. UNHCR's offices in Damascus, Beirut and Cairo are also experiencing similar surges as UNHCR implements it [...] | 2007-02-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PTER SY LE EG IZ JO |
07AMMAN728 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Anne Patterson and Melanie (Brooke) Darby to Amman, Jordan from February 20-21, 2007 and Febraury 23-26, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragrap [...] | 2007-02-16 09:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IZ JO |
07AMMAN75 | ROYAL JORDANIAN SELECTS BOEING 787 DREAMLINER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national airline Royal Jordanian (RJ) announced it has selected Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to replace its wide-body Airbus A340's. As a first step, RJ will lease four or five of the aircraft starting in 2010. Boeing is optimistic that the leasing arrangements will lead t [...] | 2007-01-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD BEXP JO |
07AMMAN786 | LOCAL UNHCR OFFICIALS APPEAL FOR HELP ON IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR officials in Jordan and Syria warn that the surge of Iraqis approaching their offices is starting to overtax their capacity. Even with increased staff and resources, UNHCR Jordan was forced to turn away hundreds of Iraqis seeking to register on February 19 so it could focus [...] | 2007-02-21 07:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV SY IZ JO |
07AMMAN873 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO JORDAN, FEBRUARY 3-5 [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND COUNTERTERRORISM (APHSCT) FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND AND HER DELEGATION MET SEPARATELY WITH PRIME MINISTER BAKHIT, PRINCE FAISAL, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR DAHABI, MAJOR GENERAL JAMAL SHAWABKAH (COMMANDER OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS [...] | 2007-02-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR JO IS KPAL |
07AMMAN878 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SHERYL SMITH INL/RM/MS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance to Sheryl Smith to Amman, Jordan from February 28 to March 9, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Matthew Eussen, Political-Military [...] | 2007-02-27 06:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AMGT JO |
07AMMAN888 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1737 - JORDAN [...] (C) Per ref's A and B, Ambassador and other senior embassy officers have engaged the director of the Office of King Abdullah, the director of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate, the Foreign Minister, and the director of the private office of the Foreign Minister on ensuring effective i [...] | 2007-02-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN PREL JO IR |
07AMMAN898 | SCENESETTER FOR JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT [...] (C) King Abdullah left Amman February 27 for London. He will arrive in Boston February 28, and in Washington March 4. He is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress March 7. He met with Secretary Rice February 20. 2. (C) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will again be at the top [...] | 2007-02-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IR IZ JO |
07AMMAN930 | MONITORING THE ENFORCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ASPECTS [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GoJ) customs authority uses an automated, transparent electronic system to apply customs tariffs to all products from all origins; this system has been updated and enforced for all U.S. products. 2. Monitoring the statistics related to enforcement of the [...] | 2007-03-01 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JO |
07AMMAN944 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
07AMMAN968 | JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Miriam Schwedt, phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 48 hours preparing the report. Political Analyst Manal Hashweh spent 16 hours preparing the [...] | 2007-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
07AMMAN971 | KING REAFFIRMS 2007 ELECTIONS CALENDAR [...] (SBU) King Abdullah publicly reiterated his support for GOJ plans to hold parliamentary elections late this year, preceded by municipal elections in mid-2007. In an interview with Jordanian television March 2, the King repeated previous statements of his desire to see the two elections take pl [...] | 2007-03-05 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
07AMMAN98 | JORDANIAN SECURITY FORCES KILL ONE, CAPTURE [...] (U) Jordanian security forces engaged in a three-hour gun-battle with two gunmen early on January 9 in Irbid, Jordan's second largest city, 52 miles north of Amman. According to media, Sulayman Ghayyad al-Anjadi - a Jordanian of Palestinian origin - was killed, and another Jordanian, Ramadan [...] | 2007-01-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN1000 | AQABA DEVELOPMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: In March, the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) was honored at the Jordan Economic Forum for its achievements, including its ability to attract $8 billion in investment pledges in seven years. Tourism accounts for about 70 percent of all investment in this port city, c [...] | 2008-04-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID JO |
08AMMAN1019 | AFTER SLUGGISH START, AQABA'S INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NOW SHOWS [...] (U) Summary: Investment in the southern town of Aqaba has traditionally focused on tourism (ref A). Aqaba's Special Economic Zone, however, offers an industrial estate, the Aqaba International Industrial Estate (AIIE),which provides significant tax advantages for businesses and is also desig [...] | 2008-04-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID JO |
08AMMAN1020 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING DUAL-USE ITEM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JO |
08AMMAN1022 | IRANIAN PROLIFERATORS: GOJ CLOSELY MONITORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC JO |
08AMMAN1029 | HRC NORTH KOREA SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL JO KN |
08AMMAN1030 | POLL SHOWS PM'S POPULARITY STEADY DESPITE ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: According to a recent opinion poll, public confidence in the government of PM Nader Al-Dahabi held steady in the first 100 days of his administration - reportedly the first time in the history of the poll that a PM has not suffered an initial drop in popularity. The depth of thi [...] | 2008-04-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JO |
08AMMAN1032 | UNRWA EMPLOYEES IN JORDAN STAGE ONE DAY STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: Local employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) across Jordan stayed home from work on April 8 in a one-day protest over compensation. They are demanding a wage increase that will keep their salaries competitive with employees of the Jordanian government, along with ad [...] | 2008-04-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ECON ELAB KPAL JO |
08AMMAN1034 | JORDAN'S GRAIN SUBSIDY PROGRAM: INSIDERS CALL FOR CASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Government of Jordan's broader economic reform program, plans exist to completely liberalize the grain and feed trade, but public opposition has thwarted attempts to eliminate subsidies. A partial lift of the barley subsidy in the fall of 2007 led farmers to feed [...] | 2008-04-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON JO |
08AMMAN104 | JORDANIAN GID DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) Summary: Following reports of deportations and residency refusals of foreign missionaries, the Ambassador asked Jordan's Intelligence Director in early January for an explanation. Dahabi replied in writing on January 7 affirming Jordan's commitment to hosting minority religious sects and [...] | 2008-01-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOF KIRF JO |
08AMMAN1049 | Few Iraqis in Jordan Working; Many Running Out of Funds [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqis in Jordan have long relied on personal savings and remittances from families in Iraq or abroad to make ends meet, but rising inflation, the end of subsidies, and uncertainty about the length of their tenure in Jordan have contributed to a steady deterioration of their fin [...] | 2008-04-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ |
08AMMAN1051 | Jordan's Nomination for the International Transit and [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Colonel Hassan Mahmoud Al Otoum, Director of Petra Police, to participate in the International Transit and Transshipment Conference to be held in Tangier, Morocco, May 20-22, 2008. 2. Colonel Otoum's biodata follows: Personal Information: A. Fu [...] | 2008-04-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
08AMMAN1057 | JORDANIAN MFA PREVIEWS BORDER SECURITY WORKING [...] (C) Poloff outlined reftel objectives for the April 13 meeting of the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in Damascus with Nawaf Tell, the MFA's Negotiations Bureau Director. According to Tell, the GOJ delegation will be headed by Ministry of Interior Secretary General Mukhaimer Abu Jammous [...] | 2008-04-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA |
08AMMAN1058 | JORDAN LIKELY TO SEND FOREIGN MINISTER TO GCC+2 IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
08AMMAN106 | WELCOME STAFFDEL THIELMANN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mr. Gregory Thielmann, Mr. Paul Matulic, Ms. Jacqueline Russel, Ms. Jennifer Wagner, and Lt. Col. Peter Bloom to Jordan from January 16, 2008 through January 18, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, espe [...] | 2008-01-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AU IAEA IS LB JO |
08AMMAN1063 | JORDAN APPROVES NEW RULES FOR QIZ GOLDEN LIST AND SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) approved new regulations for employing foreign workers in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) on April 2. The regulations set the parameters for a new "Golden List" of QIZ factories which abide by best practices regarding labor rights. Compa [...] | 2008-04-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
08AMMAN1067 | JORDAN PROMOTES IPR FOR NEW PLANT VARIETIES [...] SUMMARY: Jordan is pursuing several initiatives to protect agriculture-related intellectual property rights (IPR). Most recently, the Jordanian private and public sectors hosted a regional conference to promote protection of new plant varieties. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) and local agric [...] | 2008-04-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KIPR JO |
08AMMAN1083 | JORDAN'S ASPIRING JOURNALISTS DISCUSS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over two hundred aspiring young journalists discussed bleak employment prospects and fears over censorship at Jordan's first Youth Media Forum. The forum featured frank panel discussions among professional journalists, academicians, and students about issues of press freedoms in [...] | 2008-04-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SCUL JO |
08AMMAN1098 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD COMPLETE TRAINING [...] (SBU) The first group of Palestinian Authority Presidential Guard (PG) personnel to train at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) completed their two-month training program in Jordan and took part in a graduation ceremony on April 13. United States Security Coordinator Lt. [...] | 2008-04-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL JO IS |
08AMMAN1103 | WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME: MAIL DELIVERY IN JORDAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Historically, Amman has had an underdeveloped street naming and numbering system that has forced businesses to develop independent mapping systems based on landmarks. The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) is actively verifying that all Amman streets have names; confirming that stre [...] | 2008-04-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS SOCI JO |
08AMMAN1104 | EVANGELICALS DISCUSS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) The Ambassador met April 7 with two long-time American evangelical leaders whose residencies had been revoked and then reinstated over the preceding six months (ref A). Bob Robertson, a 33-year resident of Jordan and member of the Evangelical Free Church, and Charles Kohl, a nearly 20-ye [...] | 2008-04-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF CASC JO |
08AMMAN1107 | Jordan's Implementation of the International Health [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) held a meeting March 31 of focal points from all relevant GOJ ministries, and local representatives of concerned non-governmental organizations and international organizations, to discuss requirements under the International Health Regulations (IHR). Jordan's Mi [...] | 2008-04-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL AORC WHO JO |
08AMMAN1121 | JORDAN AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Jordan's security interests in a Palestinian state are manifold, and felt very deeply both at the senior levels and in the street. The GOJ rejects any suggestion that Jordan assume security responsibilities in the West Bank, or that the fulfillment of Palestinian national aspirations be [...] | 2008-04-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO |
08AMMAN1128 | EXTRADITION TREATY RAISED WITH SENIOR GOJ OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA JO |
08AMMAN1136 | Additional Jordanian Nominations for the International [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Mr. Hassouni Mheilan, Director of Trade and Storage, Ministry of Industry and Trade; Engineer Ibrahim Al Nawayseh, Assistant Director General for Technical Affairs and Projects of the Aqaba Ports Association; and Mr. Khaldoun Al Saket, Assistant Director [...] | 2008-04-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
08AMMAN1139 | OVER HALF OF JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES DISBAND AS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's new political parties law came into effect on April 15. The law requires parties to re-register with 500 "founding" members, up from the previous requirement of fifty. So far, eleven parties have made the cut, and six are anticipated to join them. Nineteen other pre-ex [...] | 2008-04-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
08AMMAN1140 | EMBASSY AMMAN REQUEST FOR SCIENCE FELLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests an Embassy Science Fellow from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist the Jordanian Ministry of Environment (MOE) with environmental remediation at the Russeifah landfill. The science fellow would build upon the work that former EPA science fellow Tha [...] | 2008-04-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA EAID TSPL TPHY OTRA JO |
08AMMAN1142 | HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY VISIT TO JORDAN BOLSTERS MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy's March 30-April 2 visit to Jordan included the high-profile groundbreaking for the King Hussein Institute for Biotechnology and Cancer (KHIBC) with King Abdullah and Queen Rania. In other meetings, Troy discussed Jorda [...] | 2008-04-17 07:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TBIO ETRD KIPR JO |
08AMMAN1149 | GOJ WORKS TO LESSEN IMPACT OF CONTINUED INFLATION; CUTTING [...] (U) Summary: Inflation in Jordan increased by 1.73% in March due to the continued rise in electricity and food prices. The government has responded by lowering customs and taxes on several food stuffs; by making its commissary stores not-for-profit; and by executing a deal with the Government [...] | 2008-04-17 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAGR ENRG JO |
08AMMAN1153 | AS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE DEADLINE PASSES, MANY [...] (C) Summary: Under Jordan's Financial Disclosure Law adopted in 2006, parliamentarians and other government officials had until April 13 to disclose their assets to the Ministry of Justice. As of the deadline, 63% of MPs have met the requirement. MPs we talked to were mostly resigned to com [...] | 2008-04-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR JO |
08AMMAN1159 | GOJ RENEWS URGENT REQUEST FOR USG STATEMENT OF [...] (SBU) On April 14 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted to Post a diplomatic note again urging expeditious USG intervention in the Chalabi case. Text of note follows (PDF of Arabic original sent via email to NEA/ELA). 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hashe [...] | 2008-04-17 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN1161 | Restructuring of Jordan's Oil Sector Lagging [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's plans to open up the oil sector to competition are running behind schedule. The draft Minerals and Petroleum Law -- the main legislation that will set up a regulatory framework for opening up the sector -- is still pending Cabinet and parliamentary approval. Before com [...] | 2008-04-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV JO |
08AMMAN1163 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1164 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- COSTA+3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of COL CHRISTOPHER COSTA+3 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1165 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- PRINS+7 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MAJ FREDERICK PRINS +7 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1166 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- BERG+2 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CPT CHRISTOPHER BERG +2 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1167 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1168 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- KLUCKHUHN+1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of LCDR CHRISTOPHER KLUCKHUHN+1 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 21 APR 08 - 27 APR 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depart [...] | 2008-04-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1169 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1170 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- KLUCKHUHN+1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of LCDR CHRISTOPHER KLUCKHUHN+1 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 21 APR 08 - 27 APR 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depart [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1171 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1172 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- COSTA+3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of COL CHRISTOPHER COSTA+3 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1173 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- PRINS+7 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MAJ FREDERICK PRINS +7 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1174 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- BERG+2 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CPT CHRISTOPHER BERG +2 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN120 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Somnath [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Somnath Bhattacharyya to Jordan from 15 - 22 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic [...] | 2008-01-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1208 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON ANNUAL PKK MEETING DELIVERED [...] (S) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh said he would inform the Minister and advise his counterpart at the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). 2. (S) Post is following up directly with GID. HA [...] | 2008-04-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN PREL PTER IZ TU JO |
08AMMAN121 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Robert Hays and James [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Robert Hays and James Rennie to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Sta [...] | 2008-01-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1214 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE UAEG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI JO MO BA AE JA |
08AMMAN1215 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL JO |
08AMMAN122 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Perry Tillman [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Perry Tillman to Jordan from 17 January to 5 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic c [...] | 2008-01-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN123 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Samuel Helland + 9 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Samuel Helland, Ronald Coleman, Kevin Kelley, Rhonda Martin, Peter Dahl, Dennis Reed, Daniel Burs, Raphael Sanchez, Raymond Terlaje and Aaron Labertew to Jordan from 11 - 12 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully revie [...] | 2008-01-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1232 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] (C) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh noted Jordan's support for peacemaking efforts, and said that Foreign Minister Bashir would lead the Jordanian delegation in London. He added that Jordanian Minist [...] | 2008-04-23 06:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EU KPAL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN1233 | FM BASHIR DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, LEBANON WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 discussion with Foreign Minister Salah Bashir, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to return an ambassador to Baghdad in order to gain a clearer understanding of political developments. In respons [...] | 2008-04-23 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IR IZ JO LE TU |
08AMMAN124 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Mark Pruitt and Frank [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Pruitt and Frank Fuller to Jordan from 20 - 25 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...] | 2008-01-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1248 | QUARTET ENVOYS DISCUSS GAZA, HAMAS, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: The Quartet Envoys met in Amman on April 17 in preparation for the May 2 Principals meeting in London. The Gaza situation dominated, with all sides agreeing that the volatility there impedes peace prospects. The UN's Robert Serry presented a plan Serry said was proposed by Pales [...] | 2008-04-24 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KWBG PREL IS JO |
08AMMAN125 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Timothy Hill + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Timothy Hill, David Baker, Hugh Sutherland and Mark Engen to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...] | 2008-01-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1262 | CIRCUMSTANCES OF REMAINING VIETNAMESE WORKERS AT [...] (SBU) On April 24 PolCouns paid another visit to W&D Apparel Company in the Tajamouat Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) to follow up on the conditions of the remaining 101 Vietnamese laborers after the departure from Jordan of over 150 Vietnamese (refs A and B) and in light of continuing accusa [...] | 2008-04-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM TIP JO VM |
08AMMAN1265 | ROYAL COURT CHIEF AWADALLAH TELL S/I SATTERFIELD [...] (C) Summary: In a discussion with Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah on April 17, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to consider the significant accomplishments the Baghdad government has made recently, particularly the resp [...] | 2008-04-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | IR PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN131 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Edwin Kobeski [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Edwin Kobeski to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...] | 2008-01-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN132 | JORDAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CERD CANDIDATE, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA JO |
08AMMAN1325 | 2008 SWANEE HUNT AWARD NOMINATION [...] Per Reftel, post nominates Ms. Basma Amawi, senior Cultural Affairs Specialist at U.S. Embassy Amman. Citation: "For advancing the public role of Jordanian women and helping empower them in the judicial and political spheres. Ms. Amawi undertook sustained, outstanding, and creative use of ex [...] | 2008-04-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AMGT APER JO |
08AMMAN1326 | JORDAN WELCOMES SPECIAL 301 RESULTS FOR 2008 [...] (U) Econoffs delivered reftel points on April 29 to Montaser Okla, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT),commending Jordan's efforts on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection, and urging continued engagement with the USG on outstanding IPR issues. Okla expr [...] | 2008-04-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR JO |
08AMMAN1329 | MODERATE ISLAM - PROMOTING THE AMMAN MESSAGE, FOUR [...] (SBU) Jordanian Islamic scholars, in close cooperation with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, continue to propagate the themes of moderation and authentic Islam represented by the Amman Message and its sequel, the Amman Interfaith Message. The Amman Message seeks to promote [...] | 2008-04-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
08AMMAN133 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Eduardo Granados + 6 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eduardo Granado, John Fejerang, Paul Davis, Andre Sterling, Frank Shirley, John R. Smith and John L. Smith to Jordan from 9 - 14 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat asses [...] | 2008-01-14 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1354 | May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] Amman believes that an Op-Ed authored by a senior USG official which details the human rights situation in Cuba and the plight of Cuban refugees would be the most effective way to commemorate the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People in Jordan. Post will work to gain the widest possible plac [...] | 2008-05-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO |
08AMMAN1359 | JORDAN: ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman is in constant contact with democracy and human rights activists within Jordan, and has occasional contacts with the small numbers of dissidents (mainly Syrian) who reside in Amman. Post is actively engaged in promoting the spread of democratic practices and values at all [...] | 2008-05-06 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM JO |
08AMMAN136 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANA AKILI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce Officer Sana Akili to Jordan from January 30 to February 03, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of her visit is to attend meetings with CLDP interlocutors on MEPI and Iraq programs. The travelers should carefully revie [...] | 2008-01-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OTRA JO |
08AMMAN1374 | SIXTH FATAH GENERAL CONGRESS NOT YET READY FOR [...] (C) Salim Zanoun, Speaker of the Palestine National Council and longtime Fatah member, told poloff in mid-April that the Fatah Preparatory Committee met "day and night" in Amman from April 6-10 to discuss plans for a meeting in the coming months of the Sixth Fatah General Conference. Zanoun [...] | 2008-05-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL JO IS |
08AMMAN138 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPIC OFFICERS DRUMHELLER AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of OPIC Officers Robert Drumheller and Mary Mervenne to Jordan from January 21-25, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the trip is to attend meetings with clients regarding IMMDF, and discuss potential housing finance projects for OPIC. The [...] | 2008-01-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OPIC OTRA JO |
08AMMAN1384 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AORC KIPR WIPO JO |
08AMMAN1385 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SHURA COUNCIL ELECTS HAWKISH [...] (C) After holding membership elections in March and April, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's Shura Council, its highest body, met on May 2 after multiple delays and elected a hawk, Hammam Saeed, as Controller General, ousting Salim Al-Falahat, considered a dove. Saeed is the first Controller [...] | 2008-05-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN139 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Brian Kulley [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Brian Kulley to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1392 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -- JORDAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Jordan is a net importer of food, and the global increase in food and agricultural commodity prices could not have come at a worse time. Jordan recently embarked on an ambitious economic reform program, buying back debt to lower debt service and eliminating fuel subsidies. Add t [...] | 2008-05-08 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PGOV JO |
08AMMAN1393 | DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL JO IZ |
08AMMAN1394 | JORDANIAN CONVERT CHARGED WITH APOSTASY, FLEES TO [...] (C) Summary: Mohammad Abbad Abdel-Qader Abbad, brought before the Suweileh Shari,a Court on charges of apostasy on March 24, 2008 for his conversion to Christianity, has subsequently fled Jordan with his wife, Muna Khader Naseef Al-Habash, and two children to Cyprus, where he is seeking asylu [...] | 2008-05-08 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF JO CY |
08AMMAN1395 | THE PILLARS OF OFFICIAL ISLAM IN JORDAN [...] (C) Official Islam in Jordan -- or government-sanctioned and -controlled Islamic institutions -- consists of three main pillars that run the Islamic affairs of the state: 1) the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites; 2) the Department of the Supreme Justice; and 3) the National Fatw [...] | 2008-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
08AMMAN140 | (C) POLL DATA CONFIRM POOR SHOWING OF IAF, BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Tracking and exit polls were conducted by the International Republican Institute-supported Jordan Center for Social Research on Jordan's November 2007 parliamentary elections. The data confirm what the Islamic Action Front denies - that the Islamists' overall poor showing i [...] | 2008-01-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV KISL JO |
08AMMAN1428 | VISIT OF IRAQI PM MALIKI TO JORDAN IN THE WORKS [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Dahabi told Ambassador on May 10 that he was working out a date for Iraqi PM Maliki to visit Jordan very soon. Maliki had approached Jordanian FM Bashir at the Kuwait Neighbors meeting to propose a visit. The Jordanians are also trying to work out visits by Maliki [...] | 2008-05-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ JO |
08AMMAN1430 | JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SEEK STRONG ARAB, U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Senior Jordanian officials aired their views of the Lebanon crisis in separate May 10 meetings with Ambassador (Ref A). Both Prime Minister Nader Dahabi and Foreign Minister Salaheddin al-Bashir urged the U.S. to take a more active role and appeared to lack confidence that the [...] | 2008-05-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO LE |
08AMMAN1446 | SOMETIMES THE WEAK SURVIVE - JORDAN'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a new political parties law, the number of parties in Jordan has been cut in half. The public financing envisioned by the law has yet to appear, and the parties are wary of the strings that may be attached to it. Fourteen parties remain - five liberal reformist p [...] | 2008-05-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1447 | UNEASE IN JORDAN OVER LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials have reacted to the latest outbreak of violence in Lebanon with consternation and with a strong statement of support for the legitimate government of Lebanon. They have urged the U.S. to take a more active role in de-escalating the crisis and are ramping up t [...] | 2008-05-12 16:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO LE |
08AMMAN1455 | LAND DEALS GENERATE A DEBATE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary: Three recent land deals by the state to foreign investors have raised questions among the public about transparency in Jordan. The alleged sale of the King Hussein Medical Center (and an adjoining military complex),the cancellation of a deal to construct a casino on the Dead Se [...] | 2008-05-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR AE JO |
08AMMAN1458 | JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR [...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...] | 2008-05-13 12:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN1459 | JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR [...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...] | 2008-05-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN146 | JORDAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] Since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne in 1999, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward- oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in the info [...] | 2008-01-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR |
08AMMAN1464 | DEMARCHE ON RETENTION OF THE OFFICIAL SMALLPOX VIRUS STOCKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 06:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO JO |
08AMMAN1465 | REVISED LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament will likely consider the new draft of an associations law during a June extraordinary session. The previous draft, widely criticized as too restrictive, was withdrawn by the PM in January. As currently written, the new law consolidates responsibility for reg [...] | 2008-05-14 06:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1466 | CITIZENSHIP OF MANY JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS STILL [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after Jordan severed its legal and administrative ties to the West Bank, the repercussions are still being felt, and not merely in the central peace process assumption that the West Bank will become the core of a Palestinian state. Through vague regulations and opaqu [...] | 2008-05-14 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PREF KDEM KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN1474 | JORDANIAN MFA'S IO DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS SIGNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PHUM JO |
08AMMAN1483 | JORDAN WORRIED MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE WILL HARM TIES [...] (C) Summary: Director of Policy Planning and Research at the Foreign Ministry Omar Nahar - supported by representatives from the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites as well as the Department of Antiquities - briefed PolOffs May 14 on the latest developments surrounding different [...] | 2008-05-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
08AMMAN1486 | JORDANIAN HORSETRADING DELAYS DECISION ON SUPPORT [...] (C) PolCouns revisited the subject of Ambassador Swing's candidacy for IOM Director General May 14 with Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh, consulting on the spot with the head of the MFA's Bureau of International Organization Affairs, assured Pol [...] | 2008-05-14 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG IOM ICJ JO |
08AMMAN1487 | ROYAL FALCON ASPIRES TO SERVE U.S. MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's cargo and charter carrier Royal Falcon Air Services currently operates from Amman's Marka airport to destinations in Azerbaijan, Europe, and Africa and wants to begin charter passenger service to the U.S. The airline's plan was based on a business plan developed togethe [...] | 2008-05-15 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON JO |
08AMMAN149 | JORDANIAN ELITES WELCOME PRESIDENT,S ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of President Bush's visit to Israel and the West Bank, Jordanian officials and observers have voiced what ranges between cautious optimism and tempered pessimism that the revitalized peace process will bear fruit this year. Officialdom has voiced the gre [...] | 2008-01-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
08AMMAN1497 | May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO |
08AMMAN1511 | U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR JO |
08AMMAN1516 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE: INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA MARR MOPS IZ JO |
08AMMAN1523 | WOMEN'S ROLE IN JORDANIAN ECONOMY GROWING, SOME SAY NOT [...] SUMMARY: Significant financial, cultural, and social challenges face women who seek employment in Jordan, resulting in less than 15% of Jordanian women being active in the formal economy. Traditional roles within the family heavily affect a woman's decision to work. Many businesses and human [...] | 2008-05-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KWMN ELAB SOCI EAID JO |
08AMMAN1525 | AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED - JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER JO |
08AMMAN1533 | DEBATE OVER PUBLIC GATHERINGS LAW BALANCES CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is working on a new public gatherings law which will replace the much-criticized statute now in force. As the system currently operates, requests for demonstrations and public meetings must be approved by the regional governor. The criteria by which those re [...] | 2008-05-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1534 | BETWEEN EXTREMISTS AND STAR ACADEMY: [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Hayat FM" founder and chairman Musa Saket plans to expand his Islamic-oriented radio station's broadcast range from its current central Jordan media markets in Amman and Zarqa to the northern and southern parts of the country in the next few months. His station, which he founde [...] | 2008-05-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL KISL KPAO KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1535 | JORDAN SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH TO LEBANON, SINIORA [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on support for Lebanon to Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Foreign Minister Salaheddin al-Bashir on May 18. Awadallah and Bashir agreed to both the U.S. approach to Lebanon, and to the need for complete support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad [...] | 2008-05-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
08AMMAN1540 | May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO |
08AMMAN1549 | JORDAN EARTH DAY 2008 PROGRAMMING ENGAGES YOUTH, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman organized three successful events for Earth Day 2008: a high-profile April 19 beach and dive clean-up in Aqaba; speaking engagements by Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, a renowned speaker on environmental issues from the Union of Concerned Scientists; and a regional MEPI-funde [...] | 2008-05-22 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL KPAO JO |
08AMMAN155 | JORDANIAN MEDIA REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Jordanian press commentary has focused this past week on President Bush's visit to the region and his meetings with Arab and Israeli leaders. Opinions in Jordanian editorials were mixed. While there was praise for the symbolism of the President's visit, particularly to the West B [...] | 2008-01-16 05:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR |
08AMMAN1558 | JORDANIAN TOURISM EXECUTIVES SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT INDUSTRY [...] Summary: The World Economic Forum (WEF) in its second annual Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report ranked Jordan 53rd out of 130 rated countries, a drop from 46th in 2007. During a conference sponsored by USAID, 200 tourism executives criticized the report's methodology and discussed the i [...] | 2008-05-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EAID SOCI JO |
08AMMAN1565 | Rebuild Iraq 2008 Conference - Less Than Meets the Eye [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Project Rebuild Iraq 2008 (not to be confused with the similarly named look-alike tradeshow, IRAQ BUILD 2008, which took place in Amman in April 2008) has in previous years been a major event among those interested in development in Iraq. While seemingly professional [...] | 2008-05-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD JO IZ |
08AMMAN1567 | JORDAN TO GET MORE EGYPTIAN GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced a new agreement with Egypt in April 2008 on the supply of Egyptian natural gas to Jordan through the Arab Gas Pipeline. The new deal will allow Jordan to purchase up to 2.7 billion cubic meters (BCM) at a preferential rate through 2012, [...] | 2008-05-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EFIN JO |
08AMMAN1569 | PARLIAMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION - A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament is expected to reconvene in mid-June for an extraordinary session following a directive from the King. Among the thirty-three laws up for consideration are a major reform of the social security system, a landmark law governing the operations of civil society, [...] | 2008-05-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
08AMMAN157 | DOES JORDAN NEED AN OMBUDSMAN? [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian parliament's Legal Committee is currently considering a draft law which would establish a national ombudsman's office. The ombudsman was conceived as an anti-corruption tool, as well as a vehicle to provide more efficient services to citizens. In an unusual proced [...] | 2008-01-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1570 | THE IAF'S ENTOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: The Higher Coordinating Committee of National Opposition Parties (HCCNOP) is a group of seven Jordanian political parties which is dominated by the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood. The committee, originally formed to counter Jordan's [...] | 2008-05-22 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1571 | DRAFT LAW ESTABLISHING A CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE TO BE [...] (U) Summary: After years of delay, a draft law establishing a Chamber of Agriculture (CHoA) in Jordan will be introduced to an extraordinary session of parliament, scheduled to start in mid-June. The proposal to create an independent umbrella organization to promote agribusiness is part of Jor [...] | 2008-05-26 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV JO |
08AMMAN1579 | KING AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS PEACE PROCESS, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, a delegation of eleven Congressional staffers met with King Abdullah and Queen Rania as part of a trip organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The King was relatively downbeat on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Lebanon. He identified events [...] | 2008-05-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KWBG IS IZ LE JO |
08AMMAN159 | Jordan Holds its First Tabletop Exercise to Develop [...] (U) On January 7 and 8, the Government of Jordan (GoJ) held its first tabletop exercise to develop a pandemic influenza preparedness plan in Jordan. The Jerash Governorate hosted the workshop in Jerash city, 25 miles north of Amman. The GoJ already has a comprehensive avian influenza (AI) pr [...] | 2008-01-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
08AMMAN160 | LIMITED OPERATIONS AT MARKA AIRPORT, AMMAN, JORDAN [...] (SBU) THE MARKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (OJAF/OJAM) AMMAN, JORDAN WILL BE LIMITED TO PASSENGER-ONLY OPERATIONS FROM 15 FEBRUARY 2008 THROUGH 15 APRIL 2008 DUE TO THE JORDANIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES EXHIBITION (SOFEX08). 2. (SBU) THE MILITARY RAMP (GOLF RAMP) AT MARKA AIR BASE (OJAM) WILL [...] | 2008-01-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MASS PREL JO |
08AMMAN161 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Johnson + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Johnson, Daren Baker and Wanda Bisbal to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...] | 2008-01-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1610 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - [...] (SBU) EconCouns and FAS FSN delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Yaseen Khayyat, Director General of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) who heads Jordan's National Codex Committee (and is the Chairperson of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for the Near East),on May 27. Kh [...] | 2008-05-27 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PINR JO |
08AMMAN1612 | GROWING DEMAND AND PRICES FOR POTASH AND PHOSPHATE: JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: With growing world demand and rising prices, the combined exports of fertilizer, potash, and phosphate replaced apparel as Jordan's top export worldwide in the first quarter of 2008. The Chairman of the Arab Potash Company (APC) confirmed rapidly growing profits, prices, and stoc [...] | 2008-05-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD JO |
08AMMAN1613 | U.S. AND RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS DELIVER GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hale and Russian Ambassador Alexander Kalugin jointly delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Salaheddin al-Bashir on May 27. Bashir said he was unaware of the reasons behind Jordan's earlier decision not to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kal [...] | 2008-05-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PTER KNNP JO |
08AMMAN1614 | TRIBULATIONS OF JORDAN'S "PEACE CAMP": ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: Sixty years after Israel's establishment and 14 years after the formal establishment of Israeli-Jordanian peace, the Jordanian atmosphere outside government circles remains hostile to advocates of reconciliation with Israel, and to those who interact with Israelis and Israeli ins [...] | 2008-05-28 09:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
08AMMAN1616 | JORDAN TESTING A RANGE OF PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE MORE ANIMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's current animal feed subsidy program is based on an inaccurate count of sheep and goats, and consumes a steadily increasing share of the Government of Jordan's (GOJ) budget. An animal tagging project is expected to decrease the fodder subsidy by USD 87 million. As it mo [...] | 2008-05-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN JO |
08AMMAN163 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Reber, Shaun [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Reber, Shaun Mahaffey and John Walmsley to Jordan from 20-21/22-24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...] | 2008-01-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1639 | Jordan Strikes Deal for Israeli Water Assistance; Domestic [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is preparing for a rough summer of water supply constraints, a result of the recent winter providing less precipitation than expected. To mitigate the impact, Jordan has reached an agreement with Israel in which the latter will provide an additional 11 million cubic mete [...] | 2008-06-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PGOV PREL JO IS |
08AMMAN164 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ghassan Aldebs to Jordan from 18 - 29 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...] | 2008-01-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1657 | JORDAN HOPES TO ATTEND MADRID CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Salah al-Bashir told Ambassador on June 1, and Director of Bashir's Private Office Jamal Shamayleh later informed A/DCM and PolCouns, that the MFA's legal department is reviewing expeditiously the Global Init [...] | 2008-06-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PTER KNNP JO |
08AMMAN1658 | GOJ TAKES STEPS TOWARD IRAQ, AND COMMENTARIAT ASKS [...] (S/NF) Summary. The King's deep dismay over the absence of an effective, moderate Arab strategy to deal with Iran's manipulation of conflicts in the Arab world has focused him on improving Arab states' relations with Iraq, using Prime Minister Maliki's action against Iranian interests as cause [...] | 2008-06-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN1665 | JORDAN WILL JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Jamal Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office, told Polcouns June 3 that Bashir has endorsed Jordan's joining the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftels). The MFA is seeking a final, seemingly pro-forma approval from the Prime Ministry, which it h [...] | 2008-06-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP JO |
08AMMAN1666 | STAFFDEL DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, REGIONAL EVENTS, [...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Jordan organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a ten-member U.S. congressional staffdel met with a variety of senior figures, including Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, Advisor to the Chief of Defense [...] | 2008-06-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KIRF KPAL IS SY IZ IR LE JO |
08AMMAN1717 | UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION IN JORDAN: DELTA STARTS DIRECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delta Air Line's first flight from New York JFK to Amman arrived June 6. The arrival of the first U.S. carrier in Amman is one of many changes underway at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) including the creation of a new government-owned company which will own QAIA and wil [...] | 2008-06-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN ECON JO |
08AMMAN1723 | EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELEGATION BRIEFS GOJ ON PROPOSED [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Embassy Baghdad delegation briefed senior Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials on the proposed site of the new Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad following King Abdullah's announcement that the GOJ would send an ambassador to Iraq. In separate meetings on June 5, Embassy Baghdad Man [...] | 2008-06-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ASEC PGOV PINS PTER IZ JO |
08AMMAN1724 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN, PART 1: THE REFUGEES AND THEIR WORLD [...] (SBU) Note: This is the first of a four-part series of cables examining the world of Jordan's Palestinian refugee camps. Part one will focus on the different categories of refugees, and the basic structure of the camp system as it exists in Jordan. Part two will examine the isolation of the ca [...] | 2008-06-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF KPAL JO |
08AMMAN1725 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN, PART 2: [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second cable of a four-part series examining the world of Jordan's Palestinian refugee camps. Part one focused on the different categories of refugees, and the basic structure of the camp system as it exists in Jordan. Part two will examine the isolation of the camps [...] | 2008-06-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PREF JO |
08AMMAN1730 | ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS OF JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jamal Shamaylah, Director of the FM's Private Office on June 9. Shamaylah confirmed that FM Salah Al-Bashir will attend the June 23 conference in conjunction with a trip to Berlin for a similar conference on Palestinian refugees. The FM was similarly [...] | 2008-06-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA |
08AMMAN1731 | JORDAN TRANSPARENCY ROUNDUP - AS ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary. Institutions designed to increase transparency and accountability in Jordan are starting to flex their bureaucratic muscles. The audit bureau released a report outlining its activities in 2007, and the Anti-Corruption Commission announced that it had referred its first cases fo [...] | 2008-06-10 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR JO |
08AMMAN1736 | SATELLITE GARMENT FACTORIES BEING ESTABLISHED TO [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has started a pilot project with garment companies already established in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) to build satellite factories with 100% Jordanian workforces outside the QIZs in rural areas of high female unemployment. The goal is to [...] | 2008-06-10 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KTEX PGOV JO |
08AMMAN1737 | HOW ISLAMISTS INFILTRATED JORDAN'S BAR ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Bar Association is controlled by the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB),even though most of the country's lawyers are not Islamists. The JMB maintains its position in the Bar by exploiting the lack of political engagement on the part of pro-government lawyers and buildi [...] | 2008-06-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL JO |
08AMMAN1744 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN, PART 3: THE [...] (SBU) Note: This is the third of a four-part series of cables examining the world of Jordan's Palestinian refugee camps. Part one focused on the different categories of refugees, and the basic structure of the camp system as it exists in Jordan. Part two examined the isolation of the camps [...] | 2008-06-11 07:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KPAL KREF JO |
08AMMAN1750 | BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN CIVIL [...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Jamal Shamaylah, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office on June 9. Shamaylah reported that Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir will attend the June 24 Berlin Conference subsequent to the June 23 conference in Vienna on the reconstruction of the Na [...] | 2008-06-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN |
08AMMAN1752 | Media Supports Launch of Harrison Ford Public Service [...] (U) In celebration of World Environment Day, Embassy Amman, in cooperation with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN),organized the launch of Harrison Ford's Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on wildlife trafficking at the Wild Jordan Nature Center on June 5. Forty indivi [...] | 2008-06-12 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ETRD PREL KPAO JO |
08AMMAN1753 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN, PART 4: [...] (SBU) Note: This is the fourth cable of a four-part series examining the world of Jordan's Palestinian refugee camps. Part one focused on the different categories of refugees, and the basic structure of the camp system as it exists in Jordan. Part two examined the isolation of the camps - h [...] | 2008-06-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAL KISL KREF JO |
08AMMAN1754 | Fourth Consecutive Increase In Jordan's Fuel Prices Since [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced on June 9 new prices of petroleum products, which rose by four to 13.5% over last month depending on the product. This represents the fourth increase since the GOJ liberalized fuel prices in February 2008. An interagency committee determines prices ba [...] | 2008-06-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
08AMMAN1765 | Workshop Provides "How To" Advice on Maximizing the [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),in coordination with the USAID-funded Jordanian Business Development Center, held a practical workshop June 3-4 for importers and exporters on how to maximize the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Approximately 120 participants f [...] | 2008-06-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
08AMMAN1789 | MALIKI'S VISIT TO AMMAN SETS A POSITIVE TONE [...] (C) Summary. The King and his senior team members separately have told us of their great satisfaction with the June 12-13 visit to Jordan by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. All of the Jordanians' key objectives were met: a turning of the page in the relationship, acknowledgment by Maliki [...] | 2008-06-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IZ JO |
08AMMAN1821 | JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO G/TIP REPORT: SURPISED AT [...] (U) Summary: Following Post delivery of Ref A points and an advance copy of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Jordan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there has been moderate press coverage and limited civil society reaction. The general feeling among media, civil society, and go [...] | 2008-06-19 11:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM QIZ JO |
08AMMAN1833 | CONVEYING THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN - [...] (S/NF) Reftel points were delivered to FM Salah Al-Bashir by NEA/IR Acting Director Philo Dibble on June 15 (Ambassador was present). In general, the FM portrayed Iran's nuclear program as nothing more than a bargaining chip, saying that Iran has been "studying" and "declaring" its nuclear i [...] | 2008-06-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP MNUC IR JO |
08AMMAN1834 | CHECKS AND BALANCES IN JORDAN, PART 2 - [...] (SBU) This cable is part two of a series which examines the peculiar system of internal checks and balances that serves as an accountability mechanism for Jordan's government. The first part looked at the Legislative Bureau, where all of Jordan's laws and regulations are written. This cable [...] | 2008-06-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1856 | CHECKS AND BALANCES IN JORDAN, PART 1 - THE [...] (SBU) This cable is part one of a series which will examine the peculiar system of internal checks and balances that serves as an accountability mechanism for Jordan's government. The first part looks at the Legislative Bureau, where all of Jordan's laws and regulations are written. The sec [...] | 2008-06-23 05:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1859 | JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO G/TIP REPORT: SURPISED AT [...] (U) Summary: Following Post delivery of Ref A points and an advance copy of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Jordan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there has been moderate press coverage and limited civil society reaction. The general feeling among media, civil society, and go [...] | 2008-06-23 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM QIZ JO |
08AMMAN1871 | TRIBAL CONSERVATIVES PUSH PUBLIC GATHERINGS LAW [...] (C) Summary: On the strength of a bloc of tribal conservatives, the lower house of parliament has endorsed amendments to Jordan's public gatherings law. The pro-government bloc pushed the bill through despite several attempts by a coalition of Islamists and liberals to either water it down [...] | 2008-06-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
08AMMAN1882 | WORLD BANK RED-DEAD FEASIBILTY STUDY COMMENCES AS THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Red Sea - Dead Sea conveyance pipeline to move water from the Gulf of Aqaba into the shrinking Dead Sea has long been discussed in the region as a savior for the region's water woes (reftels). The USG and several other donors have contributed to the World Bank feasibility s [...] | 2008-06-25 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PGOV PREL JO IS |
08AMMAN189 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BATTLING OVER THE FUTURE OF THE [...] (C) Disarray within Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) continues to be aired in the public sphere. Since its drubbing in parliamentary elections on November 20, the Islamic Action Front (the MB's political arm) called on an MB member of the Jordanian Senate to resign; the MB Shura Council disb [...] | 2008-01-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1903 | LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT PASSES SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Lower House of Parliament passed a 500 million JD ($705 million) supplemental budget for 2008 in early June. The supplement includes funds for fuel subsidies provided in January and February, wheat and fodder subsidies, increased civil servant salaries, and some c [...] | 2008-06-29 07:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO |
08AMMAN1911 | "TOO SOPHISTICATED FOR JORDAN:" PUBLISHER PULLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pulp Magazine, a youth-oriented English-language monthly magazine known for tackling controversial subjects including sexuality, drug use, and abortion, was discontinued after 13 months of publication because the publisher found the magazine "too sophisticated for Jordan." Pulp [...] | 2008-06-29 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL SOCI KISL JO |
08AMMAN1915 | JORDAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO JO |
08AMMAN1917 | CHECKS AND BALANCES IN JORDAN, PART 3 - [...] (SBU) This cable is part three of a series which examines the peculiar system of internal checks and balances that serves as an accountability mechanism for Jordan's government. The first part looked at the Legislative Bureau, where all of Jordan's laws and regulations are written. The seco [...] | 2008-06-30 05:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1924 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPKO UN EU KV JO |
08AMMAN1927 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: ARAB BANK PLC, CAIRO AMMAN [...] As requested in reftel, this cable provides information on Arab Bank PLC, Cairo Amman Bank and the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance. Post is not aware of any recent events in Jordan that would prohibit OPIC from providing financing to the three banks. All three borrowers are reputable membe [...] | 2008-07-01 04:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN JO |
08AMMAN1982 | JORDAN NAMES AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) On June 30, the GOJ swore in Nayef Fantoul al-Zeidan as Ambassador to Iraq, following through on last month's pledge to finally appoint a representative in Baghdad, after a long gap (reftel). This is the latest in a series of steps suggesting that the King is having success reorienting hi [...] | 2008-07-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN1983 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN POLICY REACHES INTO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Jordan, with the heavy personal engagement of King Abdullah, has been reaching beyond the Middle East for partners on a variety of energy, economic, and political issues. Of particular note are the efforts expended on improving and expanding ties with former Soviet republics in [...] | 2008-07-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON KISL ZK ZJ TU IR JO |
08AMMAN1984 | KING LASHES OUT AT CONSERVATIVE CRITICS IN A BID [...] (C) Summary: In an extensive interview with the quasi-official Petra News Agency, King Abdullah defended Jordan's economic opening while acknowledging the squeeze it temporarily places on average citizens. Facing off against armchair critics, the King gave a detailed rationale for land sale [...] | 2008-07-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KCOR JO |
08AMMAN1989 | IRAQI RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN JORDAN FACE SIMILAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqis residing in Jordan representing the Chaldean, Assyrian, Sabean, and Yezidi communities claim to be targets of discrimination and attacks in Iraq and do not envision ever being able to return safely to Iraq. They report financial and personal difficulties while residing i [...] | 2008-07-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KIRF PHUM SOCI JO IZ |
08AMMAN1990 | JORDANIAN FM STRESSES GOJ GENEROSITY TO IRAQIS, [...] (C) Summary: Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues Ambassador James Foley briefed Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir June 21 on his meetings with UNHCR and others in Jordan to assess the needs of Iraqi refugees. Ambassador Foley and Ambassador Hale expressed the USG's appreciati [...] | 2008-07-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV JO IZ |
08AMMAN1991 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PHSA PINS PREL SMIG ASEC JO |
08AMMAN1992 | ANTI-NORMALIZERS THREATEN JORDAN MUSIC FESTIVAL, [...] (C) Local and regional press over the past couple of weeks had reported mounting pressure on the Jordanian government to cancel the upcoming Jordan Festival, in the face of apparently unfounded accusations that a French company involved with organizing the festival also had a hand in Israel's [...] | 2008-07-06 09:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL JO |
08AMMAN1997 | Jordan's Electricity Sector Providing High-Quality Service [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Electricity demand in Jordan grew 13% in 2007 to reach 2,100 megawatts (MW). In response to rising fuel prices, the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) raised electricity tariffs in mid-March 2008, which has hel [...] | 2008-07-07 08:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON KPAO JO |
08AMMAN2004 | JORDAN WELCOMED AS PARTNER TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and accompanying documents to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on July 7. Post was unable to coordinate delivery with the Russian Embassy before the due date, but will inform contacts there that we have [...] | 2008-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RS JO |
08AMMAN2009 | SOLICITING DETAILS ON JORDAN'S EXPECTED ATTENDEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 06:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA JO |
08AMMAN2015 | ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Post contacted the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology to follow up on reftel demarche. Jordan currently serves as a rotating member on the Arabsat board. Its representative there is Mr. Afram Jameel, who works for the Ministry. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of conta [...] | 2008-07-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER JO |
08AMMAN204 | JORDAN REVISES ECONOMIC AID REQUEST, SEEKS UP TO $500 [...] On January 20, Prime Minister Nader al-Dahabi presented to the Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director an ESF request for USD 500 million annually for fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011. The new request (sent electronically to NEA/ELA) supersedes the GOJ's December request for USD 450 million [...] | 2008-01-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREF JO |
08AMMAN2051 | A TWELVE YEAR OLD'S INDISCRETION LEADS TO MINOR [...] (SBU) Limited violence, probably sectarian in nature, flared in Irbid on July 6 after some Muslims' religious sensibilities were apparently offended by a local boy. Coverage of the event, especially in the print press, has been spotty, and the Jordanian daily al-Ghad was careful to avoid ment [...] | 2008-07-10 08:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF KISL JO |
08AMMAN2052 | ISLAMIST WEEKLY SEEKS TO CHALLENGE MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fact International ("al-Haqiqa al-Duwlia") Chairman Zakaria al-Sheikh told us recently that his Islamist weekly newspaper seeks to challenge the dominance of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Islamist press. While his newspaper criticizes the Muslim Brotherhood and aims to "portray [...] | 2008-07-10 10:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SCUL SOCI JO |
08AMMAN2062 | PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's lower house of parliament has passed a new law on associations which places restrictions on civil society. The law passed in spite of vocal protests from a broad spectrum of civil society leaders. In the end, tribal conservatives flexed their political muscles in parli [...] | 2008-07-10 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2064 | KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 10 to Mohammad Al-Khalidi, Director of the Arab and Middle East Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry. Khalidi estimated that Jordan has only disbursed roughly $1 million of the cash amount pledged to the Palestinian Authority at the Arab Lea [...] | 2008-07-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL ECON PINR JO |
08AMMAN2066 | Fifth Consecutive Increase in Jordan's Fuel Prices since [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced new prices of petroleum products, effective July 10. Prices rose by four to nine percent over last month depending on the product, representing the fifth increase since the GOJ liberalized fuel prices in February 2008 (reftels). An interagency committ [...] | 2008-07-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
08AMMAN2080 | USSC LTG DAYTON'S JULY 1 MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (SBU) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton met with King Abdullah on July 1 to discuss the ongoing training of Palestinian security forces at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). LTG Dayton was accompanied by the Ambassador, the Defense Attache and the [...] | 2008-07-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KPAL KWBG MAS PREL |
08AMMAN2093 | PALESTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER ZANOUN DEFENDS [...] (C) Summary: Palestine National Council Speaker Salim al-Zanoun provided his version of the intra-Palestinian political dispute described ref A, in which he was pressured to allow the selection of new members to the PLO Executive Committee without convening the PNC. While his account was not [...] | 2008-07-14 10:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN210 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ronald Oswalt + 15 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ronald swalt, Tommy Evans, David Snodgrass, Charles Bowers, Daniel Woodward, Vickie Whiteaker, Eileen White, Lynn Burmeister, Terri Riley, Erin McCarter, Charles Pace, Romeo Victorio, Eugene O'Sullivan, Betty Taylor, Donald Clarke and Richard Wag [...] | 2008-01-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN211 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Kabran Johnson + 5 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Kabran Johnson, Nicky Baggett, Peter Leary, Mark Decamp, Michael Keller and Lawrence Gump to Jordan from 10 - 14 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragrap [...] | 2008-01-22 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2132 | Jordan's Jewelry Sector Has Potential to Export More to the [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to USTR inquiries on opportunities for Jordan to increase exports of gold and silver jewelry to the U.S. (ref A). Jordan has registered about 275 factories and workshops of gold and other jewelry, which are mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that cat [...] | 2008-07-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JO |
08AMMAN2133 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR JULY 22 VISIT OF CODEL REED [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the visit to Jordan of CODEL Reed. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East, and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) King Abdullah is ap [...] | 2008-07-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2139 | JORDAN'S FIRST INDEPENDENT TV STATION CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nearly one year after its scheduled on-air debut, Jordan's first independent television station, ATV, has not yet begun broadcasting despite its second change of ownership in less than one year. In the midst of a week-long sit-in staged by employees complaining that they have not [...] | 2008-07-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPAO KMDR JO |
08AMMAN2147 | JORDAN FEELS STYMIED ON MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Jordan, though it took a relatively conciliatory approach to the Mughrabi Gate Ascent issue at the recent meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Quebec, remains concerned that its equities are being ignored and that Israeli unilateralism will lead to a negative backlash. Note: Per ref [...] | 2008-07-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG |
08AMMAN2154 | U.S.-Jordan Joint Committee Meeting Forms Seven Working [...] Summary: The first meeting of Jordan-United States Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation (JCM) resulted in new energy initiatives, enhanced collaboration on environmental issues, and the formation of seven separate working groups on water, environment, energy, agriculture, ed [...] | 2008-07-17 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL SENV PREL EAID TBIO TPHY ETRD JO |
08AMMAN2160 | JORDAN: NAM - IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office. Shamayleh agreed that Iran should not be allowed to use the NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting to shore up its diplomatic position, but was not able to offer a more substant [...] | 2008-07-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL KNNP IR JO UR |
08AMMAN2161 | AMMAN EAC ON 17 JULY 2008 [...] (SBU) CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 17 July 2008 to review the Mission's security posture in light of a shooting incident that occurred last night at Al Hashimiyah Square in Amman. All agencies and sections were represented. 2. (SBU) RSO briefed the EAC on the event [...] | 2008-07-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER JO |
08AMMAN2171 | PARLIAMENT ENDS ITS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION; [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian parliament closed its extraordinary session on July 9, having passed all but one of the bills placed before it by the King and the government. The session provided the first true insight into voting blocs and policy preferences in the lower house. Tribal conservati [...] | 2008-07-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR KDEM KISL JO |
08AMMAN2177 | Jordan Takes Measures to Provide Relief to Agricultural [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has recently taken measures to provide some relief from rising costs of production, reduced competitiveness within the agricultural sector, dry local growing conditions, and the rise in global commodity prices (refs C and D). These measures inclu [...] | 2008-07-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2184 | JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT JUNE MEK CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: Media in Jordan and Iran have reported the attendance of thirty-three Jordanian MPs and journalists at a Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) conference in a Paris suburb June 26-30. The incident prompted a diplomatic protest from Tehran, and an awkward response from Amman. A post contact w [...] | 2008-07-21 05:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IZ IR BE JO |
08AMMAN2187 | JORDAN ON DARFUR: JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, BUT HOW? [...] (C) In a July 20 meeting with Charge, Foreign Minister Bashir - just returned from the July 19 Arab League (AL) Ministerial in Cairo - stressed that the AL had found the "unbalanced" position of International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Ocampo vis-a-vis Sudan to be "unacceptable" (re [...] | 2008-07-21 06:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU JO |
08AMMAN2202 | GOJ: NO POLICY CHANGE ON IRAQI REFUGEES DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a recent media report that the GOJ would no longer grant or extend residence permits to Iraqis living in Jordan, there is no indication that the GOJ has, in fact, altered its procedures, and local media subsequently reported an MOI denial of any change. In a July 20 meeti [...] | 2008-07-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF JO IZ |
08AMMAN2206 | LABOR LAW: WORKER PROTECTION IMPROVED, BUT FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Four of six proposed amendments to Jordan's Labor Law - including one expanding its coverage to domestic and agricultural workers - were endorsed by the Parliament during its special session. However, an amendment that would have allowed Jordan's legal foreign workers - 450,000 [...] | 2008-07-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2221 | NAM FM'S MEETING IN TEHRAN: "JORDAN WILL NOT FALL [...] (C) Charge followed up on ref B demarche July 20 with Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir. Bashir, who had just returned from an overseas trip, did not offer a substantive comment but promised to study the issue. On July 23, Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the FM's private office, offered few s [...] | 2008-07-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL KNNP IR JO |
08AMMAN2225 | JORDAN ON IAEA BOG: FOCUSING ON ARAB GROUP PROCESS [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir on July 20. Bashir, who had just returned from a lengthy overseas trip, did not offer a substantive response but noted that Jordan's independence of action could be limited by Arab Group protocol. He wondered out loud w [...] | 2008-07-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY JO |
08AMMAN2231 | RESIGNATION OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ahmed Obeidat, head of the quasi-governmental National Center for Human Rights, was recently asked to resign for signing a widely disseminated letter to the GOJ criticizing its economic reform and privatization program. Former Prime Minister Adnan Badran has been appointed as O [...] | 2008-07-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
08AMMAN224 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Susan Myers and Kelly [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Susan Myers and Kelly Porscheke to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State ele [...] | 2008-01-22 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2262 | IAEA BOG: JORDAN MFA BELIEVES THAT SYRIA HAS ARAB [...] (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office, told PolCouns on July 29 that it appeared the Arab League had already endorsed Syria's candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors. Reading from a June 28 communique from the Jordanian Embassy in Vienn [...] | 2008-07-29 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KNNP AORC SY JO |
08AMMAN228 | JORDAN AND SYRIA SIGN 12 AGREEMENTS TO BOOST BILATERAL [...] (U) Jordan and Syria signed 12 agreements designed to strengthen bilateral relations following up on the 12th session of the Joint Jordanian-Syrian Higher Committee which concluded December 31. The agreements address economic integration, trade, agriculture, water, health, industry, transport [...] | 2008-01-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EAGR PREL SENV JO SY |
08AMMAN2292 | "WHAT ABOUT OUR PRISONERS?" JORDANIANS ASK AFTER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordan's front pages have been crowded over the past two weeks with demands from local figures and advocacy groups for the release of four Jordanians, currently detained in Jordanian jails, who were turned over by Israel in July of 2007 (Ref A). These groups, includi [...] | 2008-07-31 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER JO IS |
08AMMAN2300 | DOES JORDAN'S NEW ASSOCIATIONS LAW COVER THE [...] (C) Summary: A sub-plot in the debate over the new law on associations (Ref A) has been the issue of whether it applies to the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB). The JMB insists that it is more than a mere NGO, and has a "special status" as a result of its long-standing relationship with the [...] | 2008-07-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2305 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 4 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Refugee Working Group (RWG) met July 29 to discuss developments regarding Iraqi refugees in Jordan. Later in the day, USAID participated in a joint international organization/donor meeting at the Ministry of Planning to discuss the Iraq refugee-related stresses on Jorda [...] | 2008-08-04 05:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IZ JO |
08AMMAN2316 | KING'S HOUSING INITIATIVE FOR LOW-INCOME CITIZENS ENHANCED [...] (U) Summary: King Abdullah dubbed 2008 the "Year of Housing" for Jordan, and has launched a housing initiative with the goal of building 20,000 units per year. The initiative will include government-provided land and infrastructure, privately-constructed units, and bank-provided mortgages targ [...] | 2008-08-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV SOCI JO |
08AMMAN2317 | Jordan Securities Commission Adopts AML Regulations [...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Securities Commission Board of Commissioners issued anti-money laundering (AML) regulations for securities activities on June 23. The regulations went into effect on July 31, following their publication in the Official Gazette. The regulations are consistent with both t [...] | 2008-08-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO |
08AMMAN2328 | IAEA BOG: JORDAN CANNOT THROW ITS HAT INTO THE RING [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with Charge, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir affirmed that Syria has the Arab League's (AL) endorsement for the IAEA BOG MESA seat, putting Jordan in "an extremely awkward position" were it to nominate itself at this point. He also cited strong regional perceptions [...] | 2008-08-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KNNP AORC SY JO |
08AMMAN2337 | POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENTS - MAJALI TRIES AGAIN, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian lower house of parliament speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali has been planning for some time to transform his "National Democratic Trend" from a parliamentary bloc into a full-fledged political party. Now that the initial uncertainty surrounding Jordan's political parties law [...] | 2008-08-10 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2349 | DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALS UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR JO |
08AMMAN2354 | First Semi-Reduction in Jordan's Prices of Fuel Products [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced new prices of petroleum products, effective August 10 (see para 5). While newspaper headlines said prices decreased by about five percent, the full story reveals that prices of only three distillates went down -- gasoline (all grades),kerosene, and di [...] | 2008-08-12 04:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
08AMMAN2356 | INFORMING JORDAN THAT MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 06:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ JO |
08AMMAN2358 | JFDA CONTINUES EFFORTS TO FIGHT COUNTERFEIT DRUGS [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian government has bolstered its efforts against counterfeit drugs, which the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) believes has helped cause a drop in fake medicine coming across Jordan's borders since last year (ref B). Most recently, in a high profile case, Jor [...] | 2008-08-12 09:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIPR JO |
08AMMAN2359 | CIVIL SOCIETY WATCHES AND WAITS FOR ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: One month after the end of the parliamentary session, Jordan's new law on associations is still awaiting royal signature (Refs A-C),but local and international NGOs are already starting to look at how the new law will be implemented. Minister of Social Development Hala Latouf is [...] | 2008-08-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2366 | Jordanian Request for Assistance to Address Food Security [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Jordan is a net importer of food, and the continuing global increase in food and agricultural commodity prices could not have come at a worse time. Government of Jordan (GOJ) efforts to lower its debt burden, such as buying back $2 billion in debt from Paris [...] | 2008-08-12 10:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON SOCI JO |
08AMMAN2369 | JORDAN'S INFLATION RATE FOR JULY 2008 PEAKS AT 19 PERCENT [...] (U) Inflation in Jordan continues to rise. Jordan's Department of Statistics (DOS) reported a 2.3% increase in the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) between June 2008 and July 2008, the largest increase since February 2008 when the cessation of fuel subsidies resulted in a 6.5% increase (reft [...] | 2008-08-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI JO |
08AMMAN238 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Benkert + 2 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Benkert, Melissa Henton and Jeffrey Cima to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...] | 2008-01-23 08:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2381 | AFTER IRAQ VIST, JORDAN'S KING TO PUSH PEERS TO [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and the senior officials who accompanied him to Iraq on August 11 consider the visit a success, and one that will lead to intensified bilateral contacts. The King also hopes to use the example he has just set to convince other Arab leaders to follow suit. Our cont [...] | 2008-08-13 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EPET IZ JO |
08AMMAN2383 | AQABA FACES THE CHALLENGES OF GROWTH [...] (C) Summary: Aqaba has grown rapidly and consistently since 2001 when it was placed under a special administrative model designed to encourage investment, growth and development. This growth has come at something of a price when it comes to local governance; locals complain that they lack a [...] | 2008-08-14 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KPAL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN239 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Lontos + 45 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Lontos, Kimberly Mitchell, Leif Eckholm, Michael Terry, Janis Simmons, Joseph Rachal, Francis Rodriguez, Martin Shulman, Robert Neal, Kelly Porscheke, Ebert Donald, Jeffrey Mintzlaff, Steven Miller, Mary Land, William Jensen, Jerome Barret [...] | 2008-01-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2395 | GOJ TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORDER AND [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Transportation has ambitious plans for the future, including a possible regional railway link, developing the al-Karama Free Trade Zone project, and the planned relocation of the Jordan-Iraq border post further into Jordanian territory. Jordan is also inter [...] | 2008-08-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT ECON PREL JO |
08AMMAN2414 | IN REVERSAL, JORDAN SET TO RELEASE "QAFQAFA FOUR" [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian government appears set to release soon the four prisoners whom Israel turned over to Jordan in July 2007. The government justifies the move - which on the surface seems to contradict a bilateral Israeli-Jordanian understanding that they were to remain in jail for 1 [...] | 2008-08-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER JO IS |
08AMMAN2420 | JORDAN IPR UPDATE: PROGRESS IN REVISING LAWS AND [...] (U) Summary: Jordan has continued to take a number of steps to enhance its legislation and increase its capacity to protect intellectual property rights (IPR). With USG assistance, the National Library drafted new amendments to its copyright law to bring it into full compliance with the U.S.-J [...] | 2008-08-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR JO |
08AMMAN2421 | Jordan Puts Oil Shale Projects on Hold to Pursue Uranium [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan released a new national energy strategy in December 2007 that identified various areas for increasing indigenous energy resources and reducing dependency on foreign oil (ref A). Given recent hikes in world crude prices, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) has faced pressure [...] | 2008-08-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
08AMMAN2422 | JORDAN NOMINATES TALEB RIFAI FOR SECGEN OF WORLD [...] (U) On August 17, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry informed Post via dipnote of its nomination of Dr. Taleb Rifai for the post of Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization. Post's informal translation of dipnote follows. Begin translated text: The Foreign Ministry of the Hashe [...] | 2008-08-19 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA JO |
08AMMAN2424 | JORDANIAN OFFICIALS MEET WITH HAMAS AND THE MUSLIM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Jordanian media outlets have reported in recent weeks that Lieutenant General Mohammad Dahabi, the head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),has held a series of separate meetings with members of the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political party [...] | 2008-08-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL JO |
08AMMAN2439 | GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE AT USG ESF [...] (C) In an August 14 meeting with RefCoord, Imran Riza, Country Representative for UNHCR in Jordan, reported that, on the margins of a meeting at the Foreign Ministry, officials raised the issue of the Jordan ESF supplemental appropriation with him. According to Riza, the officials said the USG [...] | 2008-08-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IO JO |
08AMMAN2453 | JORDANIAN FM CONVENES P5 AMBASSADORS ON HARAM [...] (C) Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, in a meeting convoked with less than a day's notice on August 21, convened the P5 Ambassadors in his office to convey Jordan's great concern that Israel was preparing - within the next month - to take unilateral steps to begin construction of a new ascent [...] | 2008-08-21 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG |
08AMMAN2457 | FORWARD MOMENTUM, BUT IRAQ STILL A BITTER PILL FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordanian officials have conveyed to us their satisfaction with the recent mutual measures between Jordan and Iraq to improve strained ties. Most notable have been the King's August 11 trip to Iraq, which made him the first Arab leader to do so since the fall of Sadda [...] | 2008-08-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR JO |
08AMMAN2459 | JAPANESE EMBASSY IN JORDAN ORGANIZED FORUM ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Jordan organized the "First Japan-Iraq Business Forum" in Amman in early July. Iraqi Vice President Tariq Al-Hashmi attended the event and urged Japanese companies to "invest in Iraq today" in order to secure future Iraqi oil supplies. The Iraqi Deputy [...] | 2008-08-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ENRG IZ JA JO |
08AMMAN2460 | SHARED HOPES FOR A JORDANIAN-IRAQI FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. The Jordanian Free Trade Zones Corporation seeks to establish a mutual Free Trade Zone with Iraq in the Karama/Trebil border area by 2010. An investment forum to discuss the topic took place in late May in Amman. A prime developer expressed frustration that Jordan is dragging it [...] | 2008-08-21 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV IZ JO |
08AMMAN2483 | MFA SEES ISRAEL AS NONRESPONSIVE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) PolOff spoke on August 25 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Planning and Research Director Omar Nahar, the MFA's pointman on the subject of a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate. The conversation took place days after Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir's convocation of the P5 and ot [...] | 2008-08-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG |
08AMMAN2484 | KING'S RUSSIA VISIT AIMS TO BOLSTER TIES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: King Abdullah, accompanied by Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, has just wrapped up an August 21-24 trip to Russia, where he met with both President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to discuss a range of bilateral and Middle Eastern issues. Coming on [...] | 2008-08-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU JO |
08AMMAN2490 | PLANS FOR INCREASING COMPETITION IN JORDAN'S MOBILE PHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of mobile phone subscribers in Jordan has risen to 4.8 million and represents an 84% penetration rate with possible room for growth. Jordan is currently served by four incumbent providers who view amenities as new ways to generate revenue. The Telecommunications Regu [...] | 2008-08-26 08:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV TINT JO |
08AMMAN2506 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN JO |
08AMMAN2522 | JORDAN AND IRAQ REVIEWING OPTIONS OTHER THAN PARIS [...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Charge d'Affaires Rubinstein urged the GOJ to offer Paris Club debt relief terms to Iraq. Bashir responded that Jordan and Iraq had discussed the issue during a recent meeting, but because the debt is to the Central Bank of Jor [...] | 2008-08-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN255 | JORDANIAN NGOS QUESTION THEMSELVES AND RESOLVE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ withdrew two highly controversial bills on professional associations and NGOs from Parliament on January 9. Minister of State for Media Affairs Nasser Judeh told the press that the withdrawal reflected "the government's keenness to proceed with political development an [...] | 2008-01-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2564 | UNHCR Jordan: No Plans for Large-Scale Iraqi Repatriations [...] (SBU) Summary: A press report that Iraqi-chartered planes would fly Iraqi refugees home from Jordan before the end of Ramadan is an exaggeration. UNHCR-Jordan and the GOI discussed possible repatriation methods during a late August 2008 meeting. However, neither party committed to plans for [...] | 2008-09-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID IZ JO |
08AMMAN2566 | SECRETARY'S WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP: MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA JO |
08AMMAN2567 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 2. Aamiry called the issue a "tough one" for Jordan, pointing to the impression of a double standard on the issue in light of Kosovo. While asserting tha [...] | 2008-09-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RU JO |
08AMMAN257 | JORDANIAN CONDEMNATION OF AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials up through King Abdullah and the Queen have reacted with dismay - and portions of the public (egged on by the Islamic Action Front) more angrily - to the intensification of Israel's "siege" of the Gaza Strip. The government has condemned Israeli policies and d [...] | 2008-01-23 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
08AMMAN2575 | JORDAN WARM TOWARD REGIONAL "QUINTET" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 12:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN2576 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08AMMAN2577 | DELIVERY OF ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JO |
08AMMAN2578 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION: JORDAN NEITHER ENCOURAGES [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 2. Aamiry did not offer a substantive response but noted that the GOJ would not "publicly encourage" the resolution, although "it would like to see the ma [...] | 2008-09-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL UNGA KV UN |
08AMMAN2579 | JORDAN'S REACTION TO MAURITANIA COUP LINKED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AG EG IS JO KDEM LY MO MR PREL QA SA |
08AMMAN2582 | IRAQI REFUGEES GAIN ACCESS TO JORDANIAN PUBLIC [...] On August 31, 2008, representatives of USAID met together with UNHCR, UNICEF, the European Commission, and the Jordanian Ministries of Education and Finance to discuss education programs for Iraqi refugees. Dr. Akour, Director of General Education, chaired the meeting. 2. The Ministry o [...] | 2008-09-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID JO |
08AMMAN2585 | MAJALI RALLIES HIS NEW POLITICAL PARTY, AND [...] (C) Summary: The National Trend bloc of Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali is now well on the road to becoming a political party. Despite some last minute defections, the group has held its organizing conference and is currently drawing up the necessary paperwork to formally register as [...] | 2008-09-07 05:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2599 | UNHCR Jordan Budget and Program planning for [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Jordan Deputy Representative Arafat Jamal told RefCoord September 3 that the UNHCR 09 budget would be approximately 44 million USD. Some of those funds, he noted, would go directly to Jordanian line ministries that provide services to Iraqi refugees. Food distribution wo [...] | 2008-09-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID JO |
08AMMAN26 | GOJ ELIMINATES CUSTOMS DUTIES AND TAXES ON 13 FOOD ITEMS IN [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's Cabinet agreed on January 2 to abolish customs fees and sales tax on 13 common foodstuffs in response to rising world food prices. Prime Minister Dahabi also called upon the private sector to lower its prices and profit margins on these products or risk government pricing. F [...] | 2008-01-06 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV BTIO JO |
08AMMAN2600 | Workers Strike at Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry [...] (SBU) Approximately 1,080 foreign workers at the Emirati Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI) factory in Ad-Dulayl Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) went on strike August 31. They have demanded the end of a JD 25 ($35.31) monthly deduction for food from their base salary, which was [...] | 2008-09-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
08AMMAN261 | Labor Ministry Closes Cotton Craft Factory Due to Repeated [...] (U) On January 16, Jordan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) shut down the "Cotton Craft" factory in al-Tajamouat Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) in Sahab after repeated labor violations were identified during MOL inspections and cited in National Labor Committee (NLC) reports (reftels). 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-01-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX ECON JO |
08AMMAN2628 | JORDAN ARMED FORCES SEES OPPORTUNITY IN ISF [...] (C) Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Director of Strategic Planning Brigadier General Mohammad Farghal welcomed news of the USG plan to strengthen the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF; reftel). After being briefed September 3 by DATT and Poloff, Farghal offered assistance in the form of third-party transf [...] | 2008-09-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ JO MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS |
08AMMAN2632 | KING: JORDAN MAY BRING MUGHRABI GATE TO [...] (C) King Abdullah voiced his concerns to Ambassador on September 7 about Israel's plans for a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif. Repeating and emphasizing points that Jordanian officials have raised with increasing urgency over the past few weeks (re [...] | 2008-09-10 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN2633 | GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government announced on September 8 its intention to revisit the controversial Law on Associations (Refs A-D). PM Dahabi convened civil society leaders to manage expectations and chart a way forward. Initial indications are that civil society remains split on how far to [...] | 2008-09-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2636 | IMC Syria Satisfied with Programming but Troubled [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, 2008, RefCoord Frederick and Project Management Specialist Halasa met with International Medical Corps (IMC) Syria Director Hussein Ibrahim in Amman. Ibrahim said he was satisfied with the progress of IMC programming in Syria. Clinics are operational and recei [...] | 2008-09-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID JO |
08AMMAN264 | STAFFDEL CAMMACK VIEWS IRAQIS IN JORDAN THROUGH [...] (C) Summary: During their January 6-7 visit to Amman, Staffdel Cammack (Senate Committee staff members Perry Cammack and Sharon Waxman) visited with senior GOJ officials and were shepherded though Amman by UNHCR, which gave them open access to its registration office, community centers, medic [...] | 2008-01-24 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO |
08AMMAN2649 | JORDANIAN PROSECUTOR PURSUES CASE CRIMINALIZING [...] (C) Dr. Hassan Al-Abdallat, the Prosecutor General in Amman, is pursuing a criminal case against 12 Europeans, including Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and Dutch MP (and film maker) Geert Wilders, for criticizing Islam. The lawsuit was brought by Zakaria al-Sheikh, founder of "The Prophe [...] | 2008-09-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN265 | CODEL PRICE DISCUSSES JORDANIAN POLITICAL REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: During the January 9-11 visit to Jordan of Codel Price (comprising Representatives David Price, Harold Rogers, Dennis Rehberg, James Moran, Michael Simpson, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, all of the House Appropriations Committee),the group and their staffers met with Chief of the [...] | 2008-01-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO IS SY IZ |
08AMMAN2653 | GOJ LAUNCHES PUBLIC FINANCING FOR POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Jordan's cabinet approved regulations which allow the launch of a public fund for political parties. Ever since a new law on political parties went into force in April, the fund has been the subject of much speculation among the parties and wrangling between dif [...] | 2008-09-14 05:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2654 | Jordan's Trade Deficit Doubles During First Half of 2008; [...] Summary: Jordan's trade deficit nearly doubled to $5 billion during the first half of 2008. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) attributes the expanding trade gap to a significant increase in imports, which reached $8.61 billion due largely to the price increase for crude oil imports. The Greate [...] | 2008-09-14 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
08AMMAN2658 | Health Minister to Attend October 25-26 IPAPI Meeting in [...] (SBU) Jordan's Minister of Health, Salah Mawajdeh, is expected to attend the October 25-26 international conference on avian and pandemic influenza hosted by Egypt (Ref A). Assistant Secretary General for Primary Health Care Dr. Adel Belbeisi told ESTHOff that while the details of the Jordania [...] | 2008-09-14 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU JO |
08AMMAN266 | PALESTINIAN NSF ARRIVE IN JORDAN FOR TRAINING AT [...] (SBU) On January 23, head of the Public Security Directorate Major General Mazen Al-Qadi and Ambassador Hale signed the latest amendments to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) Letter of Agreement that provide for the training of Palestinian Authority National Security Forc [...] | 2008-01-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KPAL MASS JO |
08AMMAN2669 | SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET NEEDED FOR SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has drafted a temporary law for a second supplemental budget of $106 million to cover additional social safety net payments to civil servants, retirees, armed forces members, and welfare recipients. The supplement will be funded by an equivalent $106 mil [...] | 2008-09-15 09:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO |
08AMMAN2671 | KBR TRAFFICKING LAWSUIT GENERATING WIDE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: A lawsuit recently filed in California against Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., and Jordanian firm Daoud & Partners for allegedly trafficking 13 Nepalese into Iraq has generated wide interest. Commentators are demanding that the GOJ investigate, prodded along by spurious allegations th [...] | 2008-09-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTIP NP IZ JO |
08AMMAN2672 | MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IMPROVES BUT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: One year after the passage of the 2007 Municipalities Law (Ref A),the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MoMA) and local officials generally view it as a successful reform of the 1955 law. Direct election of local officials has improved governmental accountability, a [...] | 2008-09-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2673 | AWADALLAH FACES MORE HITS FROM THE RUMOR MILL [...] (C) Summary: Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, long an object of anti-Palestinian, anti-reformist anger and resentment, is facing yet another round of malicious gossip and slander designed to compel his ouster. This time, the allegations focus on a guilt-by-association link between Awadall [...] | 2008-09-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KCOR JO |
08AMMAN2675 | JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR DEPARTS FOR BAGHDAD [...] (C) The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has informed Post that the new Jordanian Ambassador to Iraq, Nayef Fantoul al-Zeidan, departed for Baghdad on September 14th. Zeidan will be Jordan's first representative in Baghdad in several years (Ref A). 2. (C) Zeidan, a career diplomat, served as [...] | 2008-09-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN2680 | JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO PRESENT [...] (C) Nayef al-Zeidan, the Jordanian Ambassador to Iraq (Ref A),has delayed his departure for Baghdad until after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which ends October 3rd. Muhammad al-Khalidi, the newly appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, informed Poloff on September 16 tha [...] | 2008-09-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN2683 | CONTINUED HIGH WORLD PRICES LEAD TO RECORD REVENUES FOR [...] (U) Summary: Growing world demand and rising prices resulted in rapid growth in Jordanian exports of fertilizer (up 126%),potash (52%) and phosphate (75%) in the first seven months of 2008 (ref A). Correspondingly, revenues and profits at Arab Potash Company (APC) and Jordan Phosphate Mines C [...] | 2008-09-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EMIN EINV JO |
08AMMAN2684 | AMBASSADOR BEECROFT'S MEETING WITH UNHCR COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 courtesy call, Imran Riza, Country Representative for UNHCR, told Ambassador that UNHCR had a good relationship with the Government of Jordan, and that UNHCR continued its efforts to reach Iraqi refugees in Jordan. He thanked the USG for its continued support, [...] | 2008-09-16 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PREL JO |
08AMMAN2685 | CIVIL SOCIETY SUGGESTS CHANGES TO ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Jordan's civil society are negotiating with the government on amendments to the Law on Associations (Refs A-E). Possible obstacles include tribal conservatives and the security services seeking to protect their equities, and civil society confronting its own i [...] | 2008-09-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN269 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Ledeboer + 6 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Ledeboer, James Allen, Sheila Hansen, Tarik Samman, Jacek Stawiski, Anurag Chhabra and Thomas Cooley to Jordan from 31 January - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the th [...] | 2008-01-27 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2690 | Amman Hosting Regional Conference on Investigative [...] Well known Jordanian journalist Rana Sabbagh, the Executive Director of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ),is organizing a regional conference November 28 - 30 on investigative journalism which is scheduled to include big name media figures such as Yusri Foda of Al Jazeera and [...] | 2008-09-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO PREL |
08AMMAN2696 | DESPITE SLOWDOWN IN CEMENT DEMAND, JORDAN'S PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: After five years of 10-15% growth in cement demand and 3.8% growth in production, domestic demand for cement in Jordan has begun to drop due to inflation and a slow down in construction. Despite this trend, Jordan's annual cement production is set to double from 4.5 to 11 million t [...] | 2008-09-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV JO |
08AMMAN27 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Alex Williams + [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Alex Williams, Keith Thompson, Dane Kaley, Alfredo Ferrer, Charles Langston, Rodney Walters and Stephen Kennedy to Jordan from 3 February through 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especiall [...] | 2008-01-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN270 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Allen and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Allen and Albert Rodriguez to Jordan from 23 February - 12 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...] | 2008-01-27 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2700 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations, Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 18. Aamiry did not offer a substantive reaction. 2. (SBU) Aamiry informed PolOff that he would be moving on shortly to a new position as Assistant for H [...] | 2008-09-18 13:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JO |
08AMMAN2701 | ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS: A COMPARATIVE VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Civil society's suggested amendments to the Law on Associations are ambitious and far-reaching. Many of them touch on sensitive areas which may produce an adverse government reaction. The amendments would largely take the power of government oversight away from cabinet ministe [...] | 2008-09-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2702 | ASSOCIATIONS LAW: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Civil society's proposed amendments to the Law on Associations are ambitious and worthy of our support, but contain within them a potential problem. By pursuing an all-or-nothing strategy that ignores Prime Minister Dahabi's explicit tamping down of expectations, civil society ma [...] | 2008-09-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2712 | JORDAN-- WORKSHOP FINDS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [...] Summary: On August 31, 2008, the Mental Health and Psychosocial working-group for Iraqis in Jordan met in Amman under the chairmanship of Save the Children and International Medical Corps (IMC). The workshop examined case studies and reaffirmed the findings of previous meetings. The partic [...] | 2008-09-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID JO |
08AMMAN2715 | Jordanian Business Associations Revive Tijara Coalition to [...] Summary: The Tijara coalition of 16 Jordanian business associations has begun to implement a new one-year strategy to promote U.S.-Jordan trade through policy forums and trade capacity-building workshops funded by USAID. In a September 17 policy forum with the Ambassador and Government of Jo [...] | 2008-09-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR JO |
08AMMAN2716 | ASSOCIATIONS LAW: PM RETURNS AMENDMENTS, ASKING [...] (S) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi told Ambassador September 21 that he was sending civil society's list of associations law amendments back to the group of activists that produced them; he is insisting that they identify their priorities on the list. Dahabi asserted that he needs this prioritiz [...] | 2008-09-22 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2717 | GC VOTE ON IAEA BOG MESA SEAT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to Nabil Masarweh, Acting Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office, on September 21. (Note: Bashir departed for UNGA on Friday and was unavailable to receive the demarche. End note.) Masarweh agreed that neither Iran nor Syria were appropriate [...] | 2008-09-23 03:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC JO |
08AMMAN2754 | UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche September 25 to Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah. Awadallah said that he is in daily contact with FM Salah Al-Bashir, currently in New York for UNGA, and would relay the points. Awadallah said that Jordan will try to be helpful to the extent it can. [...] | 2008-09-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG KPAL UNSC JO |
08AMMAN2756 | PARLIAMENT'S FALL SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's parliament will return for its ordinary session on October 5. The first order of business will be the election of the speaker, a vote that current speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali seems to have clinched already. Economic issues are set to dominate the agenda, with complica [...] | 2008-09-28 05:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2757 | PARLIAMENT'S FALL SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's parliament will return for its ordinary session on October 5. The first order of business will be the election of the speaker, a vote that current speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali seems to have clinched already. Economic issues are set to dominate the agenda, with complica [...] | 2008-09-28 06:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2770 | KING CONTINUES BROADENING JORDAN'S REACH WITH [...] (SBU) Jordan's King Abdullah visited China on September 17-18, his sixth trip to the country, as part of his ongoing effort to broaden Jordan's ties with central Asia and beyond (Ref A). During meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other officials, the Jordanian delegation, including [...] | 2008-09-29 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JO CH |
08AMMAN2779 | JORDAN: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 12:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ARM CDG PREL UNGA JO |
08AMMAN278 | TOURISM IN JORDAN IN 2007: REVENUES UP, MORE EUROPEANS, [...] Summary: Revenues from Jordan's tourism industry have grown 13 percent since 2006. The number and duration of European visitors is growing but Arab tourism is declining. Among Jordanian cities, Petra is experiencing the fastest growth, but low-budget hotels there continue to suffer from heavy [...] | 2008-01-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND JO |
08AMMAN2780 | Jordan Reacts to Iraq Cholera "Outbreak" with Heightened [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reports of isolated cases of cholera in various areas of Iraq, the Government of Jordan had directed the medical screening of people arriving from Iraq. It has also imposed a temporary ban on the import of non-canned food products from Iraq. The number of report [...] | 2008-09-29 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL ETRD JO IZ |
08AMMAN2781 | MEDIA REPORTS FURTHER GOJ CONTACT WITH THE MUSLIM [...] (U) Media outlets reported recently that the director of the General Intelligence Department (GID),LTG Mohammad Dahabi, held a third round of meetings with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and spoke on the phone with HAMAS Political Bureau Director Khaled Meshal in mid September. Islamist-leaning [...] | 2008-09-29 14:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KISL KPAL PGOV |
08AMMAN2782 | BROADBAND COMPETITION STILL SLUGGISH BUT FUTURE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 21% of Jordanians use the internet but only 3% of the population subscribes to an internet service. Jordan is currently served by 20 internet service providers (ISPs) which resell service from Jordan Telecom Group/Orange (JTG). Jordan's broadband service remains expe [...] | 2008-10-05 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO |
08AMMAN2783 | FY09 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997 and supports 17 countries in the NEA region. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer and is supported by a regional environmental specialist (currently vacant). The Amman Hub advances a wide range of regional [...] | 2008-10-05 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2788 | JORDAN SAYS QATARI NATIONAL AL-SUBAYI HAS NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER PREL JO |
08AMMAN279 | MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 17 meeting with environmental attorney Diane Bodman (wife of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman),Minister of Environment Khaled Irani provided a historical perspective on Jordan's environmental issues, the strong relationship of the government with environmental NGOs, [...] | 2008-01-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2798 | KING SHUFFLES THE ROYAL COURT, CALLS PARLIAMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Last week saw the culmination of recent rumors as Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah stepped down and was replaced by East Banker Nasser Al-Lozi. In Lozi, King Abdullah has found the desired centrist, establishment figure to rebuild relationships following the departure of his c [...] | 2008-10-06 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2799 | FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES CONTINUE TO RISE AFTER MARCH'S [...] (U) The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) announced that its foreign currency reserves had risen to $7.56 billion by the end of August 2008, a 13% increase over the $6.69 billion level in August 2007. These current reserves are equivalent to about five months of Jordan's import of goods and service [...] | 2008-10-07 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV JO |
08AMMAN28 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Lovelace + 4 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Lovelace, William Miracle, William Huggins, Philip Archer and Shane Tuttle to Jordan from 7 - 8 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...] | 2008-01-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN280 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Carl Stubbert to Jordan from 10 - 13 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...] | 2008-01-28 05:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2804 | JORDAN ARMED FORCES BRIEFED ON IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) PolCouns and DATT delivered Ref A demarche to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Khaled Sarayreh on September 29. Emboffs paid special attention to the ramifications for Jordan's field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq, and its Special Operations Forces protecting the hospital. Em [...] | 2008-10-08 07:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | IZ JO MOPS |
08AMMAN2810 | IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR MNUC PARM JO |
08AMMAN2812 | JORDANIAN FM TO ATTEND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (C) PolOff on October 8 delivered the draft "Partnership Between G8, BMENA Governments and Civil Society" document (ref) to Ambassador Mohammad Shahankari, Director of the Negotiations Coordination Bureau in the MFA, and GOJ point person on the Forum for the Future. Shahankari made a quick s [...] | 2008-10-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KMPI JO |
08AMMAN2819 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 12-14 VISIT OF ISN PDAS [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the October 13-14 visit to Jordan of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau PDAS McNerney. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement [...] | 2008-10-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL PGOV JO |
08AMMAN282 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Keith Riggle [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Keith Riggle to Jordan from 3 - 6 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...] | 2008-01-28 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2820 | Government of Iraq Repatriates Approximately 116 [...] (U) Summary: according to an Iraqi diplomat in Jordan, the Government of Iraq carried out two repatriation operations in Jordan, one on September 28, and a second on October 6. The GOI reportedly repatriated approximately 116 in the two operations. UNHCR subsequently confirmed that the mov [...] | 2008-10-09 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID JO |
08AMMAN2822 | JORDAN DECLARES COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING TIP DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) discussed steps taken by the GOJ to eliminate trafficking conditions in Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and solutions to deal with trafficking-relate [...] | 2008-10-09 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP BG ID CE RP IN JO |
08AMMAN2823 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO |
08AMMAN283 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jonathan Maddock + [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jonathan Maddock, Michael Ledeboer, Thomas Chrzanowski, Thomas Cooley, Anurag Chhabra, Sheila Hansen, James Heidt, Emaan Osman, David Prosen, Tarik Samman, Stephen Sheehy, Jacek Stawiski, Stephen Williamson, Jesse Wintjes and Alan Young to Jordan [...] | 2008-01-28 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN284 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Eric Christopher [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eric to Jordan from 1 - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearance [...] | 2008-01-28 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN285 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Max Krupp + 11 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Max Krupp, Steven Brackin, Joshua Curtis, John Meadows, Michael Guiso, Jesse Byrd, Jimmie Cusick, Christian Wallace, Mark Watson, Jerry Wilson, Rick McIntosh and Shaun Smith to Jordan from 30 January - 29 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The [...] | 2008-01-28 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2852 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 06:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO |
08AMMAN2884 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO BEIJING OLYMPICS MUTED [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians viewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics through the lens of their national teams' performance. The Games received fairly straightforward coverage from the major Jordanian news outlets provided, for the most part, by a small number of reporters who accompanied the Jordan [...] | 2008-10-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV JO |
08AMMAN2885 | JORDAN WILLING TO PROVIDE M113S TO YEMEN IF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered Reftel points October 15 to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi. After consulting King Abdullah, Al-Lozi responded October 16 that Jordan has the M113s and would be willing to provide them to Yemen if compensated financially. 2. (S) Note: Jordan owns over 300 refurbis [...] | 2008-10-16 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR YE JO |
08AMMAN2888 | JORDAN JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON USE OF [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) delivered a Strategic (Task Force) Approach to the Investigation and Prosecution of Organized and Financial [...] | 2008-10-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO |
08AMMAN2898 | DOE/NNSA/NA242/NNTRAV/EXBS: DIPLOMATIC NOTE SENT TO GOJ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
08AMMAN29 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...] | 2008-01-06 09:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2928 | PYRAMID SCHEME HIGHLIGHTS PAST REGULATORY FAILURES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent of the U.S. sub-prime crisis and the global financial crisis, as many as 70 Jordanian firms falsely claiming to broker and manage funds composed of financial instruments listed in markets outside Jordan collapsed in late September. Such "brokerage" firms were not reg [...] | 2008-10-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SOCI JO |
08AMMAN2929 | JORDAN IPR UPDATE: SLOW PROGRESS IN REVISING LAWS AND [...] (SBU) Jordan described in September, as part of the World Trade Organization Trade Policy Review process, its unrealized plans to establish an umbrella IPR organization; Jordan had first announced these plans at the September 2006 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meetings in Amman. K [...] | 2008-10-26 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR JO |
08AMMAN2941 | MAJALI SPREADS THE WEALTH IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament spent the first week of its ordinary session electing its leadership. Abdulhadi Al-Majali comfortably won re-election to the speakership, and his National Democratic Trend parceled out leadership jobs and committee chairmanships with the National Fraternal Blo [...] | 2008-10-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
08AMMAN2945 | INFLATION PUSHES WOMEN IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff recently met with forty women in the Wahdat and Zarqa Palestinian refugee camps to talk about the impact inflation is having on their daily lives. While the conservative culture of the camps is still a barrier to employment, economic necessity is pushing an increasing n [...] | 2008-10-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ECON PGOV KPAL KWMN JO |
08AMMAN295 | JORDAN TO ATTEND FEBRUARY 7 PSI OUTREACH EVENT IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Khalid Takhayneh from the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Takhayneh said he received last week the UK's invitation to the February 7 Proliferation Security Initiative meeting in London, and that his office had [...] | 2008-01-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PARM PREL KNNP ZR JO |
08AMMAN2957 | Iraqis in Jordan Allege Mosul Violence Linked to Kurds, not [...] (SBU) At the request of the Charge of the Apostolic Nunciature in Amman, Embassy EconOff Iraq-Watcher and Religious Freedom PolOff recently met with a group of Iraqis originally from the Mosul area. The delegation of approximately fifteen, consisting of both Sunni Muslims and Christians, prese [...] | 2008-10-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL JO IZ |
08AMMAN2958 | Jordan: Iraq Embassy Reports Repatriation [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, more than 100 Iraqis returned from Jordan via an Iraqi-chartered aircraft. The October 25 flight appears to be the first planeload of Iraqis to return from Jordan following similar operations from Egypt, and Syria earlier this year. Neither the GOJ nor UNHCR [...] | 2008-10-28 05:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID JO |
08AMMAN296 | JORDAN'S SUBSIDY-FREE 2008 BUDGET PASSES LOWER HOUSE OF [...] (U) On January 24, Jordan's lower house of parliament approved the 2008 budget by a vote of 87-11, with three abstentions and nine absentees. Three days of discussion in the parliament focused on the impact of financial reform, particularly the end of fuel subsidies, on limited income citizens [...] | 2008-01-29 05:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO |
08AMMAN2965 | IMPLEMENTING MUGHRABI GATE PROJECT REMAINS [...] (C) The MFA's Director of Policy Planning and Research, Omar Nahar - Post's primary GOJ contact on the matter of planned construction of a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount - gave PolOff a readout of the GOJ's latest views on October 21. The meeting [...] | 2008-10-28 11:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN2970 | JORDANIAN CANDIDATE FOR ICJ, INCUMBENT JUDGE AWN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA UNSC JO |
08AMMAN2973 | JORDANIAN POET ON TRIAL FOR BLASPHEMY [...] (SBU) Charges against a Jordanian poet, Islam Samhan, for allegedly defaming and insulting religion through Quranic verses and prophets in his book of poetry, "Grace Like a Shadow," has pitted religious leaders against public calls for greater freedom of expression. Eight months after the book [...] | 2008-10-29 10:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI JO |
08AMMAN2974 | CARE-Jordan Hits Temporary Snag in PRM Project Proposal [...] (SBU) Summary: At CareQs Request, RefCoord intervened with the GOJ to appeal the GOJ rejection of the USG-funded psychosocial project. The GOJ agreed to review the decision after discussing the journalism component of the project with CARE-Jordan. The GOJ continues to be leery of any pr [...] | 2008-10-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID JO |
08AMMAN2977 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (SBU) As part of Embassy Amman's continuing engagement on the Law on Associations (Ref A),the Ambassador hosted a tea for eleven civil society leaders on October 20. Post previously reported that Prime Minister Nader Dahabi was planning to return civil society's suggested amendments and ask [...] | 2008-10-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN2981 | ARAB LEAGUE ESTABLISHES IPR OFFICE AND HOSTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab Federation for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (AFPIPR),an intellectual property rights (IPR) organization affiliated with the Arab League, opened its Jordan office earlier this summer and received diplomatic accreditation on October 9. On October 28, AF [...] | 2008-10-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR JO AL |
08AMMAN2982 | Jordan's 2009 Budget Grows Deficit with Bonuses and [...] (U) Summary: The Finance Ministry presented the $8.69 billion 2009 central budget to Parliament on October 26. The budget is 8.2% larger than 2008 because of growing capital expenditures including the King's housing initiative, as well as bonuses for civil servants and pensioners. This budge [...] | 2008-10-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO |
08AMMAN2986 | JORDAN NONCOMMITAL ON CO-SPONSORING COMPLIANCE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Salaheddine Al-Bashir reiterated Jordan's support of the compliance resolution (reftel) to visiting Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Paula DeSutter and indicated he would consider joining as a co-sponsor, but made no further commitment. D [...] | 2008-10-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | CDG JO PARM PREL UNGA |
08AMMAN2988 | JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SCRAMBLES TO PRIORITIZE [...] (C) Minister of Social Development Hala Lattouf met with civil society leaders on October 29, returning their suggested amendments to the Law on Associations and asking once again for a prioritized list (Refs A and B). NGO leaders were given until November 2 to resubmit their changes to Latto [...] | 2008-11-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN299 | TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR AMMAN FSN AGRICULTURAL [...] FAS AMMAN REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR FSN AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST MOHAMMED KHRAISHY TO VISIT DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, FEBRUARY 23-28, 2007, TO ESCORT JORDANIAN TRADERS TO THE AMERICAN PAVILION OF THE GULFOOD EXHIBITION. NO ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED. 2. USDA FAS REGIONAL OFFICE IN CAIRO HAS SUFFE [...] | 2008-01-29 09:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR JO OTRA TU |
08AMMAN2994 | GOJ Officials Confirm to ISN PDAS Jordan's Commitment to [...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashi [...] | 2008-11-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO |
08AMMAN2999 | Jordan Water Conference Cancelled Because of Israel-Arab [...] (SBU) Summary: Host country Jordan cancelled the Euro-Med Partners Ministerial Conference on Water scheduled to begin on October 28 over disputes about the participation of the Arab League (AL). A Jordanian Foreign Ministry (FM) contact and diplomats in Jordan said the dispute was over the A [...] | 2008-11-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAID PGOV JO AL |
08AMMAN30 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland and Peter [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departmen [...] | 2008-01-06 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN300 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jodie Kunkel + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jodie Kunkel, Jeremy Harper, Jeffrey Patterson and Gabriel Dicola to Jordan from 9 February - 30 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On Oc [...] | 2008-01-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN3002 | MAJALI REJECTS ELECTORAL REFORM CHATTER [...] (SBU) Jordan's electoral system has recently emerged as a topic of discussion, first in background chatter and now in comments in the official media. Lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali offered a surprisingly blunt rejection of changes in Jordan's electoral system in a wide-ranging inter [...] | 2008-11-03 07:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAL JO |
08AMMAN301 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...] | 2008-01-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN3011 | Red-Dead Feasibility Grapples with Funding Problems as [...] (C) The World Bank led Red-Dead Feasibility Study (RDS),grappling with a $3.5 million funding shortfall at its May 2008 launch, continues to wrestle with money-problems. Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) Assistant Secretary General (and Red-Dead Project Manager) Fayez Bataineh told ESTH [...] | 2008-11-04 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID PGOV JO |
08AMMAN3012 | IRANIANS RAISE SOFA AT IRAQ NEIGHBORS SECURITY [...] (U) The fifth annual rotating conference of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's Neighboring Countries took place in Amman, October 23-24, with participation from the Ministers of Interior of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. The official closing stateme [...] | 2008-11-04 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ JO PGOV PREL |
08AMMAN3013 | JORDAN'S ISRAEL WATCHERS LIKE LIVNI, SEE HER LOSING [...] (C) Summary: The political tumult in Israel has grabbed the attention of Jordan's Israel-watching cadre. Most of our contacts - largely supportive of, if pessimistic about, the peace process - were pleased Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had won leadership of the Kadima Party (particularly given [...] | 2008-11-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS JO |
08AMMAN3017 | U.S. Pharmaceutical Company Pulling Out of Jordan Creates [...] (U) Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Senior Vice President Frank Pasqualone told EmbOffs October 30 that BMS will be closing its nine-person Jordanian sales operation and BMS drugs will no longer be available for direct sale in Jordan. Pasqualone said this closing is part of a larger corporate str [...] | 2008-11-05 05:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BTIO KIPR JO |
08AMMAN3022 | Jordan 2009 National Trade Estimate [...] Per reftel, below is the text of Jordan's 2009 National Trade Estimate, also sent, as requested, to USTR as a Microsoft Word document. 2. Begin Text: TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Jordan was $261 million in the first 11 months of FY 08, a decrease of $248 million fr [...] | 2008-11-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN JO |
08AMMAN304 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...] | 2008-01-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN3048 | JORDAN--STAFFDEL WAXMAN TO GOJ--ESF IS FOR IRAQIS [...] (C) Summary: In her meeting with Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Ali, Kennedy Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Sharon Waxman delivered a strong, polite signal that U.S. Congressional leadership were keen to see USG economic support funds (ESF) used to make progress in [...] | 2008-11-06 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PREL |
08AMMAN3079 | Jordan Media Reaction to Obama Election [...] Summary: nearly all columnists and editors writing in the Jordanian press today welcomed the election of Senator Obama as the next U.S. President, with the dominant theme being that he would bring very positive change to an America allegedly tarnished by the bush presidency. Following are exc [...] | 2008-11-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PREL |
08AMMAN3080 | FM BASHIR AND A/S HOOK DISCUSS HAMAS TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir and IO A/S Brian Hook discussed Jordanian talks with Hamas, the Mughrabi Gate issue, and other regional developments during a lunch on November 1. Addressing recent interactions with Hamas, Bashir maintained that Jordanian policy had no [...] | 2008-11-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3084 | JORDAN UNDECIDED ON IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION [...] (C) Ambassador and IO A/S Hook raised the issue of no-action motions with Jordanian FM Bashir on November 1 (septel). A/S Hook urged Jordan to vote with the U.S. to allow a resolution condemning Iran's human rights record to go forward to a vote. If Jordan was unable to do so, Hook counsele [...] | 2008-11-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JO |
08AMMAN31 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Greenwich + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Tom Greenwich, Jeffrey Platz, William Cox and Travis Riffle to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...] | 2008-01-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN3105 | Jordan's King Speaks Out on Press Freedom [...] (U) Summary: In an interview conducted November 9 with the editors in chief of the four major Arabic dailies and the Jordan Times, King Abdullah II expressed his "prohibition" of imprisonment of journalists for publication crimes. The king's statements come barely a week after the detention of [...] | 2008-11-12 05:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO JO |
08AMMAN3116 | TWO YEARS ON, PROGRESS ON DEMOCRACY GOALS FALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Agenda, issued in 2006, remains the primary guide for political and economic reform in Jordan. The agenda's 10-year vision is ambitious, tackling many structural and cultural issues to pave the way for modernizing Jordan's political system. Opposition to that vi [...] | 2008-11-13 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN JO |
08AMMAN3117 | JORDAN'S ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS FACE CRITICS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's cabinet debated amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on November 12, with reform-minded cabinet officials having met for a prep session the day before. Our contacts in parliament remain either uninformed about the need for amendments or hostile to their [...] | 2008-11-13 16:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN3120 | EPA Administrator Johnson Visit to Jordan Bolsters [...] Summary: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's October 17 - 22 visit to Jordan, the first-ever such visit by an Administrator, included the high-profile signing of a Statement of Intent with Environment Minister Khaled Irani to bolster environmental enforceme [...] | 2008-11-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO SENV JO |
08AMMAN3121 | KING DECLARES 2009 THE YEAR OF AGRICULTURE: WATER USE AND [...] (U) King Abdullah announced during an early October field visit to the rural Al Arda area that 2009 would be "The Year of Agriculture." Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi reiterated the message during a mid-October meeting with Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) officials. The plan, still in develop [...] | 2008-11-17 06:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO JO |
08AMMAN3122 | JORDANIAN-QATARI RELATIONS START TO THAW IN BUSINESS AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi led a high-level November 8-9 delegation to Qatar which included the Ministers of Labor, Industry and Trade, and Media Affairs. According to press reports, Jordan and Qatar agreed to establish a joint investment fund, with up to $1 billion from Qatar, and to se [...] | 2008-11-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO QA |
08AMMAN3123 | IN PRESS ROUNDTABLE, KING ASSERTS CLEAR COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) King Abdullah II reaffirmed his commitment to eliminate all forms of violence against women and children in a November 8 meeting with editors of local daily newspapers stating that such crimes would not be tolerated as they threaten the country's future by undermining its young people. T [...] | 2008-11-17 07:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KOCI KWMN JO |
08AMMAN3125 | IRAQI MEDIA OUTLETS BASED IN JORDAN: PROFILES [...] (U) A number of Iraqi satellite television channels have established operations in Amman since 2005. These channels offer news and entertainment programming aimed at primarily Sunni audiences in Iraq and in neighboring countries. Following is a profile of the major channels, based on intervie [...] | 2008-11-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR IZ JO |
08AMMAN3136 | Two-Day Strike by Truckers Results in Some Fuel Shortages; [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixty-five Jordanian oil transportation companies held a two-day strike on November 13 and 14 in protest of what they consider to be low transportation fees paid by the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JRPC) and an alleged unfair bidding process for the transport of oil from I [...] | 2008-11-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN EPET JO IZ |
08AMMAN3139 | Jordan Improves Road Safety Traffic Record in 2008 [...] Summary: Although Jordan continues to have one of the highest traffic accident rates in the world, it has witnessed a significant gain in improving its road-traffic safety record in 2008, reducing fatality rates by almost 40%. Several high-profile traffic fatalities focused considerable atte [...] | 2008-11-19 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL PGOV JO |
08AMMAN315 | JORDAN'S FIRST INDEPENDENT TV STATION STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Six months after its scheduled on air debut, and two years after its initial establishment, Jordan's first independent television station, ATV, remains off the air despite new ownership. ATV's new management predicts the station will go on air "soon," perhaps by the middle of 200 [...] | 2008-02-03 07:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPAO KMDR JO |
08AMMAN3164 | JORDAN FEARS IT WILL BEAR BURDEN OF FAILURE (OR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: With some frequency over the past several months the local commentariat has expressed anxiety that Jordan risks becoming the alternative Palestinian homeland, given Palestinian disunity and perceived Israeli and U.S. duplicity. Officials have publicly reaffirmed thei [...] | 2008-11-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3165 | NOTES FROM JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT: ALLIANCES WAX AND [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the allocation of parliamentary committee chairmanships and leadership positions, the alliance between parliament speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali's National Democratic Trend and the business-oriented National Fraternal Bloc (Al-Ikha) was dissolved. A new bloc of MPs [...] | 2008-11-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
08AMMAN3166 | JORDAN ARMED FORCES WAITING FOR IRAQI REQUEST TO [...] (S) Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) number two and Joint Operations Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Suleiman Al-Raoud told visiting SOCCENT Commander Major General Charles Cleveland on November 20 that the JAF is waiting for the Government of Iraq (GOI) to indicate that they would like the JAF [...] | 2008-11-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | IZ JO MOPS |
08AMMAN3167 | U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian Foreign Ministry hosted senior department officials and Embassy Amman for the kick-off of a strategic policy dialogue on November 17. The dialogue is an offshoot of the assistance Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in September with the GOJ, outlining furthe [...] | 2008-11-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN3171 | JORDAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past six months, Jordan made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons. Progress includes an increase in trafficking-related cases being tried, the approval of a joint labor inspector and police investigation unit, the creation of a Humanitarian and L [...] | 2008-11-23 06:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN IZ IS SY ID |
08AMMAN3172 | VCI A/S DESUTTER DISCUSSES WMD, IRAN, AND NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In conversations with GOJ officials during her October 25-29 visit to Jordan, visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter discussed the importance of countering Iranian and North Korean weapons of mass destruction (W [...] | 2008-11-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PARM PINS KNNP KTIA JO |
08AMMAN3173 | IN SPITE OF GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES JORDANIANS ARE [...] (U) Summary: After years of steady GDP growth near 6% and inflation near 5%, skyrocketing inflation in Jordan in 2008 has dwarfed wage growth and created new challenges for GOJ. While wages have increased an estimated 25% since 2002, the Consumer Price Index has increased an average of 44%, an [...] | 2008-11-23 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI JO |
08AMMAN3177 | JORDAN INDICATES IT WILL SUPPORT FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered on November 23, reftel demarche to Ayman Aamiry, the MFA's head of International Organizations. Thanking him for Jordan's support for the first committee resolution on compliance, she encouraged Jordan to back the measure in the plenary session. Aamiry said that Jor [...] | 2008-11-24 05:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC UNGA JO |
08AMMAN3184 | JORDAN EXPLAINS THE DIFFICULTY IT FACES IN [...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered on November 23 reftel demarche and talking points to Ayman Aamiry, director of international organizations at Jordan's MFA. Aamiry listened closely to the talking points and accepted the list of 2007 resolutions with an anti-Israeli bias. He noted that the message "h [...] | 2008-11-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY JO |
08AMMAN3189 | GOJ LEADERS TALK AID, REFORM, PALESTINIANS, LEVANT [...] (C) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, who was in Amman to participate in the U.S.-Jordan Political Dialogue (Ref A),spent November 18 in separate meetings with King Abdullah, Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Senate President Zeid [...] | 2008-11-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL SY IS LE AE MO JO |
08AMMAN3194 | JORDAN RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered on November 25 points in reftel demarche to the FM's Office Director, Nabil Masarweh, who promised to pass the information to his minister, scheduled to leave later in the day for Cairo. 2. (C) After the meeting, Masarweh called to say that the main subject of the [...] | 2008-11-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL JO |
08AMMAN32 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gonzalo Gonzalez [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gonzalo Gonzalez to Jordan from 11 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] | 2008-01-06 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN3206 | Proposal on Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV JO |
08AMMAN3219 | JORDAN'S ASSOCIATIONS LAW LIKELY TO TAKE EFFECT AS [...] (C) When the King endorsed Jordan's controversial Law on Associations in September, he exacted a promise from PM Nader Al-Dahabi to amend the bill before it becomes the law of the land (Ref A). With that date (December 15) now just around the corner, civil society and government contacts are [...] | 2008-12-01 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN3262 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS PUSH THE LIMITS WITH GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) has recently launched a campaign to lift the siege on Gaza with a series of rallies and petitions and the proposed dispatch of a ship of humanitarian supplies. On December 3, IAF members staged a walkout in Parliament when [...] | 2008-12-04 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KISL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3266 | AMMAN EAC OF 12/06/2008 [...] (S) Ambassador convened a core meeting of the Amman Emergency Action Committee on December 6, 2008, to discuss new information regarding the threat described in reftel A and courses of action for Post. 2. (S/NF) GRPO presented the EAC with tearline language which they will pass to the Gener [...] | 2008-12-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER JO |
08AMMAN3267 | Jordan Garment Factories Face Declining Sales and [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordanian apparel exports fell 13.5% in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007 and are expected to continue falling, primarily due to the slowing U.S. economy. Press reports announced the imminent closure of several factories, but government officials [...] | 2008-12-08 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
08AMMAN3280 | JORDANIAN COURT DELIVERS STRICTER HONOR CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The criminal court handed down on December 1 uncharacteristically strict seven-and-a-half-year sentences in two separate cases in which the defendants each claimed they murdered female relatives because they tainted their family's honor. Until these rulings, perpetrators of such [...] | 2008-12-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI JO |
08AMMAN3292 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT OF [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the December 14-16 visit to Jordan of Codel Dorgan. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summa [...] | 2008-12-11 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC JO OREP PGOV PREL |
08AMMAN3298 | JORDANIAN AIR CHARTER COMPANY BEGINS SERVICE TO IRAQ'S [...] (U) Jordan Aviation (JA),Jordan's largest charter airline, flew a test flight to Najaf in southern Iraq on December 6 and began charter service to Najaf International Airport on December 12. According to press reports, JA Chairman Captain Mohammed Al-Khashman said that JA will dedicate three p [...] | 2008-12-14 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON JO IZ |
08AMMAN3301 | Participants in Jordan-hosted Third Neighbors Conference on [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan hosted the Third Iraqi Refugees Neighbors (host countries) Conference on November 20, bringing together representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the UN, the Arab League, and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent. Observers included the U.S., led [...] | 2008-12-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PREL JO |
08AMMAN3311 | Monitoring Cooperative Agreement SPRMO08CA097, [...] (U) On December 14, Antares Foundation-Jordan held the first of a series of workshops in Amman for NGO staff working in psychosocial/mental health programming. RefCoord attended the opening session of the PRM-funded workshop. Attendance exceeded AntaresQ expectations with 26 participants att [...] | 2008-12-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF JO |
08AMMAN3312 | KOSOVO DEMARCHE: JORDAN REMAINS APPREHENSIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
08AMMAN3313 | ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE: JORDAN SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC JO |
08AMMAN332 | JORDAN CRACKS DOWN ON PIRACY WITH MORE JAIL SENTENCES AND [...] (U) In 2007, Jordan's National Library Department (NLD) referred 357 cases of IPR violations to the courts, bringing the total number of cases since 2000 to 1,936. Jordanian courts have become increasingly stricter with IPR crimes by issuing more jail sentences and higher fines (Reftel). [...] | 2008-02-04 05:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
08AMMAN3327 | JORDANIAN MEDIA JOIN BANDWAGON HAILING SHOE THROWER [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's media over the past two days have focused, like their counterparts in other Arab countries, on the shoe throwing incident against President Bush in Iraq. Daily newspapers carried front-page coverage of the incident, with an enormous number of editorial commentary, cartoons, a [...] | 2008-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR KWBG |
08AMMAN3329 | U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE ADDRESSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Following the signature of a joint MOU on assistance September 22, the first session of a U.S.-Jordan political dialogue convened in Amman on November 17 (Reftel). Jordan was represented by FM Salah Al-Bashir and members of his staff, while the American side was represented by S [...] | 2008-12-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IS JO |
08AMMAN3335 | JORDAN: THE DAHABI GOVERNMENT, ONE YEAR ON [...] (C) Summary. A year after taking office, Jordan's PM Nader Dahabi and his government enjoy strong support from the political elite and average Jordanians. Ongoing concerns about the economy remain, but Dahabi and his government have successfully explained the need for restructuring in the fa [...] | 2008-12-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
08AMMAN3336 | JORDAN'S 123 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Chief of the Royal Court, Naser Lozi, on December 13 and discussed progress on Jordan,s 123 Agreement. Lozi explained that Jordanian officials were still reviewing the points that the U.S. had proposed Jordan use in its letter of assurances (ref b). He acknowledged th [...] | 2008-12-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
08AMMAN3353 | KING'S DECENTRALIZATION PLAN HAS MANY CRITICS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The King is pushing the Jordanian government to revive an ambitious decentralization plan. While the plan's stated goal is to respond more effectively to local concerns, the King may also be pushing the plan for some of its political side-effects, including changes in Jordan's e [...] | 2008-12-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KPAL JO |
08AMMAN3354 | UNESCO DG ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 16:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO JO |
08AMMAN3359 | Proposed QIZ Satellite Garment Factories Adhering to [...] (U) As requested ref A, Emboffs have sought to verify that the ten proposed Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) satellite factories are creating new job opportunities for rural Jordanians and not currently exporting garments under the QIZ agreement. 2. (U) Of the ten areas identified by the G [...] | 2008-12-23 03:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX JO |
08AMMAN3360 | JORDAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In its public statements and security measures, the Government of Jordan continued to place a high priority on its fight against violent extremism in 2008. This occurred against a backdrop of low support among Jordanians for terrorism. The Pew Research Center Global Attitudes survey of 200 [...] | 2008-12-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN3361 | U.S. AND JORDAN SIGN MEGAPORTS AGREEMENT [...] (U) Following more than two years of negotiation, the Ambassador and Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Director General Dr. Jamal Sharaf signed on December 16 the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch the Megaports Initiative designed to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferatio [...] | 2008-12-23 04:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC JO |
08AMMAN3363 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES JORDAN,S CHIEF OF ROYAL COURT [...] (S) In meetings December 18 and 20, Ambassador followed up on his earlier discussion with the Foreign Minister (reftel) by separately pressing Chief of the Royal Court Nasser al-Lozi and Prime Minister Nader Dahabi to have Jordan recognize Kosovo. Both agreed that Jordan should and would rec [...] | 2008-12-23 10:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL JO |
08AMMAN3365 | POSSIBLE CABINET SHUFFLE WOULD CONTINUE TRADITION [...] (C) Summary: PM Nader Dahabi has prepared a list of names for a new cabinet to discuss with the King, with the aim of announcing a new government in the coming weeks. In historical terms, the Dahabi government represents an unusual period of continuity, particularly given the cabinet's frequ [...] | 2008-12-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN3366 | ACTING A/S WITTEN ENCOURAGES JORDAN TO GRANT IRAQI [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir on November 19, PRM Acting A/S Witten raised the issue of increased residence and employment rights for Iraqis in Jordan. Witten told the FM that the USG wanted to see Iraqis have access to residence status, work permits, and vocationa [...] | 2008-12-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID JO |
08AMMAN3367 | JORDAN CAUTIOUS ABOUT PROCESSING WALID PALESTINIAN [...] (C) In separate November 19 meetings with Jordanian Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Al-Ali and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleh Al-Bashir, PRM Acting A/S Witten asked about the possibility of processing in Jordan the Iraqi-Palestinians from the Walid camp on the Ir [...] | 2008-12-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO |
08AMMAN3368 | IPR PIRACY AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THREATEN GROWTH AND [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's Information Technology (IT) sector grew 15% in 2007, but 2008 statistics, when released, are expected to reflect a decline because of the worldwide economic slowdown. Nevertheless, for a country which lacks natural resources, but has an abundance of educated human capital [...] | 2008-12-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ETRD KIPR JO |
08AMMAN3369 | JORDAN WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ISAF ON ELECTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi on December 18. Lozi responded to the Ambassador on December 21, agreeing in principle that Jordan would enhance its planned contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan to support [...] | 2008-12-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL NATO JO |
08AMMAN3370 | JORDAN TO CONSIDER ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER PBTS PHSA JO |
08AMMAN3371 | ACTING A/S WITTEN PRESSES JORDANIAN MINISTER TO DO [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Acting A/S Samuel Witten met on November 19 in Amman with Minister for Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali to press the GOJ to be more creative on vocational training, status and work permit issues for Iraqi refugees in Jordan. Minister Ali told Wi [...] | 2008-12-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID JO IZ |
08AMMAN3372 | KING ABDULLAH OUTLINES A REGION IN TRANSITION WITH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah, in a December 14 meeting with CODEL Dorgan, discussed the importance of keeping the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at the center of U.S. Middle East policy during the transition and the next administration. The King also outlined for Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Coch [...] | 2008-12-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
08AMMAN3384 | Monitoring and Evaluation for Save The Children- [...] (U) RefCoord attended on December 27, the first graduation ceremony for students attending Save The Children-supported Ta'leem classes in Amman, Jordan. RefCoord met with Jason Erb, Deputy Program Director for Save the Children-Jordan, and with trainers and volunteers for the Taleem program. [...] | 2008-12-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID IZ JO |
08AMMAN3385 | SUCCESSFUL JORDANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT STUDY TOUR [...] SUMMARY: A ten-person Jordanian delegation from the Ministry of Environment (MOE),the Environmental Rangers, and the Royal Society for Conservation of Nature (RSCN),participated in an October 22-November 4, 2008, Inspection and Enforcement study tour in the U.S. The comprehensive study tour [...] | 2008-12-28 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
08AMMAN3386 | JORDAN'S PM SUPPORTS AMENDING ASSOCIATIONS LAW BUT [...] (C) Ambassador urged Prime Minister Nader Dahabi in a December 20 meeting to move forward rapidly on amending the restrictive law of associations, which went into effect on December 15. Ambassador also raised the issue with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser al-Lozi in a December 21 meeting, br [...] | 2008-12-28 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN3387 | JORDAN FM SUMMONS P5 AMBASSADORS TO PROTEST [...] (C) Ambassador and the representatives of other P5 countries were summoned the afternoon of December 27 by Jordan's Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, who registered his country's protest of Israel's "disproportionate" and "indiscriminate" bombing in Gaza. Ambassador pointed out that the stri [...] | 2008-12-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
08AMMAN3388 | JORDAN'S CABINET APPROVES ANTI-TIP LAW; NEXT STOP [...] (C) Jordan's cabinet has just approved a draft anti-trafficking-in-persons law, which is expected to be submitted to Parliament the last week of December, according to Jordan's PM Nader Dahabi in a December 24 phone call with the Ambassador. The PM expressed his hope that the law will be passe [...] | 2008-12-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP JO |
08AMMAN3389 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3390 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3402 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION TO SITUATION IN GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Since the weekend, Jordanian media outlets have focused all but exclusively on events in Gaza involving Israeli air strikes on militant positions. Coverage has been accompanied by gruesome photos taken of casualties in Gaza. Events dominate editorial commentary as well as front and i [...] | 2008-12-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
08AMMAN3405 | JORDANIAN GID'S DAHABI REPLACED WITH A SPECIALIST [...] (S) In a development surprising for its timing, given intense ongoing public and parliamentary anger at Israel's raids on Gaza, Lieutenant General Muhammad Al-Dahabi has been replaced as Director of the General Intelligence Department, ending just over three years in the post. A Royal Decree [...] | 2008-12-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR JO |
08AMMAN3408 | CODEL DORGAN DISCUSSES REGION WITH JORDAN,S FM [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir discussed the strength of the U.S.-Jordanian relationship and the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestinian issue, as well as Jordan's support for Iraq and Lebanon, with Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Cochran and Whitehouse. He also spoke of the ne [...] | 2008-12-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
08AMMAN3417 | JORDAN: FM RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM JO |
08AMMAN3418 | JORDAN ISLAMISTS PROTEST GAZA EVENTS AND ARAB [...] (SBU) An estimated 2,000 protesters attended a December 30 demonstration organized by the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, half a mile from the U.S. Embassy on Cairo Street in the upper class commercial area of Abdoun. Speakers, including Muslim Broth [...] | 2008-12-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KISL JO |
08AMMAN347 | ISLAMISTS RAMP UP ANTI-NORMALIZATION RHETORIC TO [...] (C) Summary: After losing two-thirds of its parliamentary representation in November's elections, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) is pulling out the stops to rebuild its base. In the past six weeks, the IAF has sought to capitalize on popular unhappiness with the situation in Gaza with a serie [...] | 2008-02-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
08AMMAN390 | HABASH DEATH DRAWS JORDAN'S GAZE BRIEFLY; SOME SEE [...] (C) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine founder George Habash, whose calls for the overthrow of the Hashemites and brazen, terrorist airline hijackings here in 1970 ran afoul of the Jordanian Government and precipitated the crackdown on Palestinian groups known as Black September, d [...] | 2008-02-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KPAL PTER JO IS |
08AMMAN391 | THE RIGHT OF RETURN: WHAT IT MEANS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: The right of return for Palestinians is one of the issues at the heart of the debate over what it means to be Jordanian. Though our GOJ interlocutors insist that the theoretical option of return remains, they are now more engaged with the issue of compensation, both for individua [...] | 2008-02-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KPAL JO |
08AMMAN393 | REMINDER OF FEBRUARY 11 DEADLINE TO NOMINATE [...] Embassy Amman would like to remind action addressees of the February 11 deadline for submitting the names of candidates for the Interdiction and Investigation of Bulk Cash Smuggling (BCS) seminar to be delivered in Amman, Jordan from March 10-13, 2008 (reftel). The seminar will be presented b [...] | 2008-02-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF |
08AMMAN394 | A/S WELCH AND JORDANIAN FM DISCUSS ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met with Salaheddin Al-Bashir, Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs. Speaking about the ongoing Annapolis process, Bashir and Welch agreed that regional conferences could help create more positive atmospherics to keep momentum go [...] | 2008-02-06 16:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN396 | CHAD: JORDAN CONCERNED ABOUT INSTABILITY, OUTSIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JO |
08AMMAN407 | JORDAN'S SUBSIDY-FREE BUDGET SIGNED INTO LAW; PRICE [...] (U) On February 6 Jordan's 2008 state budget law was enacted, a decision that sets into motion an unpopular, but fiscally responsible, plan to eliminate subsidies for petroleum products and barley. The new law was published in a special edition of the Official Gazette, the final legal step fol [...] | 2008-02-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO |
08AMMAN408 | Status of Jordan's WIREC Participation [...] (U) Jordan is expected to send an official delegation to WIREC 2008, but needs additional time to finalize its participation. The Ambassador has conveyed the invitation to Foreign Minister Al-Bashir per refs A and B. Additionally, through a diplomatic note to the relevant ministries, the Emb [...] | 2008-02-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAID EPET KGHG OPDC TRGY JO |
08AMMAN409 | Jordan Prepares for Potential Summer Drought - Again [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretaries General of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) and the Jordan Valley Authority conveyed to ESTH Officer in separate January 24 meetings a clear sense of an impending summer water crisis. Lower than average rainfall has led to Jordanian dams being filled a [...] | 2008-02-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS |
08AMMAN41 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN410 | PHILIPPINE GOVERMENT BARS WORKERS FROM JORDAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 17, the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment announced a temporary ban on Filipino workers going to Jordan due to the "growing number of distressed Filipino workers being housed in the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Jordan". Philippine diplomats in Amm [...] | 2008-02-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM JO RP CE |
08AMMAN411 | UN.GIFT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN413 | AMMAN DISTRIBUTES PAYMENTS OF TEMPORARY TRANSITION ALLOWANCE STIPEND TO FORMER EMBASSY BAGHDAD STAFF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-10 05:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AMGT AFSN IZ JO |
08AMMAN42 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Saeed Sooudi and Garry [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Saeed Sooudi and Garry Scroggins to Jordan from 18 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN424 | A/S WELCH DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, GAZA, LEBANON [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 6 meeting with Mohammed Dahabi, head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),NEA A/S David Welch discussed the peace process, Gaza, and Lebanon. Dahabi's reading of the Gaza situation was that it was a victory for Hamas. On the Annapolis process, Dahabi [...] | 2008-02-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EG IS JO KWBG LE PREL |
08AMMAN43 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN433 | KING NEITHER ACCEPTS NOR DECLINES INVITATION TO [...] (S) On February 10, shortly after the departure from his office of visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, the King briefed the Ambassador alone on the discussion. The purpose of the visit was to extend formally an invitation to the King to attend a March Arab League summit in Damas [...] | 2008-02-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPKO JO SY LE |
08AMMAN44 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Azzam Hassan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Azzam Hassan to Jordan from 11 - 26 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN446 | JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN448 | JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 05:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN455 | JORDANIANS WILL CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN JO |
08AMMAN456 | KOSOVO: JORDAN WAITING ON OIC, AL SUMMITS TO [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...] | 2008-02-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO |
08AMMAN473 | KOSOVO: FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON JORDAN'S POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador had a second conversation with Foreign Minister Salah al-Bashir on February 12, regarding Jordan's position on recognizing Kosovo independence. Bashir indicated that Jordan understood the logic of the U.S./EU stand, but would be unable to act prior to the OIC and Arab League s [...] | 2008-02-13 16:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO |
08AMMAN479 | CORRECTED COPY OF AMMAN 456: KOSOVO: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...] | 2008-02-14 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO |
08AMMAN485 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD ARRIVE IN JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KPAL MASS JO |
08AMMAN486 | IRAQI IN JORDAN UPDATE - FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR ramped up referrals to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in early 2007. UNHCR staff began pilot testing of a new database to link its assistance programs with those of partners and its resettlement efforts; if successful, UNHCR will go live with the system by l [...] | 2008-02-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SOCI EAID JO IZ |
08AMMAN504 | GROWING NUMBERS OF JORDANIANS INVEST IN STOCK MARKET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Approximately 15 percent of Jordanians own shares in companies traded on the Amman Stock Exchange. The exchange saw rapid growth in 2003 to 2005, followed by a steep decline in 2006 and quick growth in 2007. 245 companies are listed on the exchange, which now has 65 brokerage fi [...] | 2008-02-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV JO |
08AMMAN51 | GOJ REQUESTS SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR A LOCAL FIRM TO EXPORT [...] This is an action request for USDA. Please see para 5. 2. Post received January 2 a dipnote requesting the U.S. give favorable consideration to a petition from the Jordanian private food processing company Nabil Food to export to the U.S. "ethnic" food produced in Jordan, but containing me [...] | 2008-01-07 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JO |
08AMMAN516 | TRAVEL ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR KUNDER, [...] USAID/Jordan requests ISU Kuwait expeditor assistance for Deputy Administrator James Kunder, DAA James Bever and Technical Advisor David Wall on February 25 and 26; and again on February 28 and 29 for Mr. Kunder. 2. Purpose of travel is transit through Kuwait to Iraq for the U.S.-Iraq Dialo [...] | 2008-02-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA JO IZ KU |
08AMMAN518 | JORDAN TO COMPENSATE FARMERS FOR CROP LOSSES DUE TO RECENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) decided on February 12 to allocate USD 14 million for compensation to farmers who sustained financial losses due to a two-week frost spell in January, the worst to hit the kingdom in over a decade. 5,000 farmers, and 12,000 of 30,000 hectares of crop [...] | 2008-02-18 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV JO |
08AMMAN527 | U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE - [...] (C) In the absence from the country of Foreign Minister Bashir, Charge delivered ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister (and regularly, Minister of State for Media and Communication Affairs) Nasser Joudeh February 19. Joudeh said he would consult with others in the GOJ and convey any feedb [...] | 2008-02-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI KV JO |
08AMMAN532 | UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER REVIEWS HIS TRIP TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres highlighted UNHCR's pleasure with the growing "consolidation of asylum space in the region" for Iraqi refugees in a February 18 meeting with the diplomatic and donor communities in Amman. The "relation of confidence" UNHCR has developed [...] | 2008-02-20 05:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM SOCI EAID JO IZ SY LE |
08AMMAN535 | AS NEW POLITICAL PARTY RULES LOOM, JORDANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In April, a new law regulating political parties will come into effect in Jordan. This law will require parties to broaden their membership in return for (still theoretical) financing, in the hope that Jordan's irrelevant political formations will become national political play [...] | 2008-02-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV JO |
08AMMAN536 | JORDANIAN CONCERNS ON THE OLD CITY'S MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Jordan is actively engaged in discussions with Israeli and UNESCO officials about plans to replace the access ramp leading up to the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in the Old City of Jerusalem, but remains concerned that Israel will disregard archeological finds of sign [...] | 2008-02-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PINR JO IS |
08AMMAN551 | Jordan's Trade Deficit Widens Significantly [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's trade deficit increased 23.4% to $7.8 billion in 2007, equivalent to about one-half of its GDP (reftels). Jordanian economists attribute the expanding trade gap primarily to a 17.2% increase in imports, which reached $13.5 billion. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) reported [...] | 2008-02-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
08AMMAN56 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Light Ronald [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Light Ronald to Jordan from 11 - 13 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-07 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN560 | ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NO COMMENT ON INCORPORATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP JO |
08AMMAN563 | Jordan Exempts Departing Iraqis From Fees; Introduces New [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced February 13 it would fully exempt departing Iraqis from overstay fines, and would waive 50 percent of the fines for Iraqis who choose to stay in Jordan providing they correct/update their status by March 17, 2008, a date extended until A [...] | 2008-02-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ |
08AMMAN565 | JORDAN-KUWAIT WARMING TREND CONTINUES WITH VISIT [...] (C) The mid-February visit to Jordan of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah (and several other ministers) is the latest public sign of healing - at the government/royal family level, at least - of relations strained throughout the 1990s because of Kuwait's linge [...] | 2008-02-21 16:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV JO KU ETRD |
08AMMAN57 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gary Groves [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gary Groves to Jordan from 11 - 21 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...] | 2008-01-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN573 | OPIC CEO Reviews Projects Supporting King's Initiatives in [...] (SBU) Summary: OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher discussed ongoing and potential OPIC investments in Jordan worth $750 million with senior Jordanian officials on the margins of the February 10-11 Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference held in Amman. In 2007, OPIC [...] | 2008-02-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG OPIC JO KWBG |
08AMMAN580 | DOES JORDAN NEED A CONSTITUTIONAL COURT? [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the government's withdrawal of a recent controversial draft law regulating civil society (Ref A),there is renewed talk in Jordan about the necessity of founding a Constitutional Court. Long a part of internal reform discussions, the idea has historically been push [...] | 2008-02-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN600 | JORDAN-BASED PNC LEADERS SEE PLANS TO CONVENE [...] (C) Summary: Arab media outlets have in recent weeks reported discussions in Ramallah of the possibility of convening the Palestine National Council (PNC) in the coming months, either in Ramallah, Amman, or Cairo. Post's PNC contacts including Speaker Salim al-Zanoun confirm moves are afoot, [...] | 2008-02-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL JO IS |
08AMMAN602 | JORDAN FY 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) As requested reftel, Embassy Amman's submission for the FY 2008 congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency follows. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is firmly committed to fiscal transparency and accountability, and continues to institute new controls [...] | 2008-02-26 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL JO |
08AMMAN603 | JORDAN STARTS SHIFT TO UNLEADED GASOLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan has begun implementation of a long-awaited decision to switch from regular to unleaded fuel, a change that officially went into effect February 8 when the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) announced it had stopped providing gas stations with leaded fuel. The Gover [...] | 2008-02-26 05:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET ETRD PGOV JO |
08AMMAN604 | JORDAN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is showing tentative signs of life. The ACC's chair told Post that the institution is now digging into casework after securing a new building and a full complement of staff. Some in the donor community, however, are deeply skeptical of t [...] | 2008-02-26 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM JO |
08AMMAN605 | AS FUEL SUBSIDIES VANISH, JORDANIAN POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary: Now that Jordan's parliament has endorsed a budget free from fuel subsidies (Refs A & B),politicians are beginning to talk about how the decision will impact the political world. Among members of parliament, the government gets high marks for preparing public opinion for the re [...] | 2008-02-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JO |
08AMMAN606 | KOSOVO: FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES INCLINATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KV UNMIK YI JO |
08AMMAN612 | EVANGELIZING, PROSELYTIZING, AND SHEEP-STEALING IN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ's recent expulsion of a number of missionaries (reftel) has provoked a media and political firestorm, exposing major rifts between the Christian communities in Jordan and generating a highly defensive tone on the part of the government. The "traditional" churches of Jorda [...] | 2008-02-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI JO |
08AMMAN62 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPIC OFFICERS MONTGOMERY, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of OPIC Officers Danielle Montgomery, Nancy Rivera, Mary Boomgard and Alexander Evans to Jordan from January 10-18, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the trip is to perform due diligence for the Disi project. The travelers should carefully [...] | 2008-01-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OPIC OTRA JO |
08AMMAN626 | ELECTRONIC JIHAD: MAINSTREAM ISLAMIST WEBSITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A year-old Jordanian web site, Islamouna, conveys strong criticism of U.S. foreign policy in Iraq and the Middle East, while simultaneously criticizing al-Qaeda and takfirism for "distorting Islam" and "confusing Muslims about their religion." According to Islamouna,s editor, the [...] | 2008-02-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER KPAO SOCI JO |
08AMMAN628 | Jordan Feeling the Impact of Increased Fuel Prices [...] (SBU) Summary: After the decision to lift remaining fuel subsidies went into effect on February 8, the prices of fuel derivatives were set to market prices, rising by 3% to 110.9% (Ref B) depending on the product. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will remain partially subsidized until April, whe [...] | 2008-02-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
08AMMAN632 | Jordan's Official Delegation to WIREC [...] (U) Jordan's official five-member delegation to WIREC 2008 will be led by Minister of Environment Khaled Irani and include the following officials: -- Mr. Maher Matalka, Head of the Economic Department, Royal Hashemite Court; -- Mr. Malek Kabariti, Head of the National Energy Research Cente [...] | 2008-02-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EAID EPET KGHG OPDC TRGY JO |
08AMMAN633 | Embassy Avian Influenza Task Force Meeting - Jordan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met February 20 to review the status of avian flu tracking and preparedness in Jordan. Jordan has not reported any new cases of AI since March 2006. Jordan has also participated in regional preparedness planning exercises through the Middl [...] | 2008-02-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU JO |
08AMMAN638 | JORDAN PLANNING TO ATTEND THE ARAB [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh was not aware of the issue, but after a quick phone call to the Jordanian parliament's Secretary General, confirmed that Jordan's parliament was SIPDIS p [...] | 2008-02-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN639 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN: ECONOMIC CRISIS, DROP BY DROP [...] (C) Summary: NGOs and Iraqis increasingly describe the deteriorating economic circumstances of Iraqi refugees in Jordan and their continued reluctance to seek essential services. While the Jordanian government remains responsive to our requests to ensure the provision of services, the measure [...] | 2008-02-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID SOCI JO IZ |
08AMMAN651 | EMBASSY AMMAN INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY REPORT [...] In response to reftel, this message provides information on Embassy Amman's organization and resources regarding energy-related work: A. Sections of the Embassy Handling Energy -- Economic Section: 8 Total Staff -- Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) - 2 Total Staff -- [...] | 2008-02-28 16:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD ECON JO |
08AMMAN655 | DOMESTIC IT SECTOR GROWS DESPITE LURE OF DUBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian information technology (IT) sector grew an estimated 25 percent in 2007, and is exploiting strong technical, entrepreneurial and Arabic cultural awareness skills. A growing mobile and broadband internet telecommunications sector is a strong complement, and the govern [...] | 2008-03-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EINV TINT JO |
08AMMAN663 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL KCRM UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JO |
08AMMAN670 | RISING PRICES REINFORCE VIEW AMONG SOME THAT AMMAN IS THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Amman has recently been rated as one of the most expensive cities in the Middle East by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Prices in Jordan continue to rise as a result of rising world fuel and food prices and Jordan's peg to the weakening U.S. dollar. Jordan's Consumer Price Averag [...] | 2008-03-03 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI JO |
08AMMAN674 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION LINKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
08AMMAN682 | JORDAN TO SUPPORT AMB. SWING WITH OIC LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Poloff met on February 27 with the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Deputy Director Hussam al-Husseini to deliver reftel demarche urging Jordanian support for the candidacy of Ambassador William Swing for Director General of the International Organization for Migration. Huss [...] | 2008-03-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG JO |
08AMMAN688 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO EVENTS IN GAZA [...] (U) SUMMARY: JORDANIAN MEDIA FOCUSED WITH INCREASING INTENSITY THIS PAST WEEKEND ON EVENTS IN GAZA INVOLVING CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND PALESTINIAN MILITANTS. COVERAGE OF EVENTS HAS COMPETED WITH THE KING'S U.S. VISIT FOR PRE-EMINENCE ON THE FRONT PAGES, AND HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY GRA [...] | 2008-03-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR KWBG |
08AMMAN69 | JORDAN MAINTAINS HIGHEST ALERT STATUS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Following Israel's announcement of the discovery of the H5N1 virus at a poultry farm, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) has reviewed and maintained its highest level of alert status for the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) (ref A). Israeli authorities reported the inciden [...] | 2008-01-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR ETRD JO |
08AMMAN691 | JORDAN: MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref A demarche March 3 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Note: FM Bashir is currently in the United States accompanying King Abdullah on his official visit. Jordan's Ambassador to Egypt Omar Rifai will lead the Jordanian delegatio [...] | 2008-03-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO LE SY KV AL IZ |
08AMMAN692 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: DEMARCHE ON UN PRESENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC JO |
08AMMAN693 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BEGIN INTERNAL ELECTIONS; HAWKS [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has begun to conduct internal elections for its Shura Council, the MB's highest leadership body. The vote for the 50-member council lasts from late February until mid-March. The election pits "hawks" against "doves" from within the MB, though their policy [...] | 2008-03-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN698 | JORDAN TO HOST NEIGHBORS REFUGEE WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office Jamal Al-Shamayleh informed Polcouns on March 3 that Jordan will host the next Iraq neighbors' working group on refugee issues either March 17 or 18. MFA staff subsequently confirmed that they are planning to host delegations from Iraq, i [...] | 2008-03-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL JO IZ |
08AMMAN705 | JORDANIAN IDENTITY POLITICS TRUMP GENDER CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The issue of who can and cannot transmit citizenship is an ongoing concern of many women in Jordan, and was revived in the public consciousness during recent parliamentary elections. Jordanian women married to non-Jordanian men do not transmit citizenship to their children. This create [...] | 2008-03-05 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN KPAL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN706 | JORDAN ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV JO |
08AMMAN708 | UNSCR 1803: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC IR JO |
08AMMAN727 | Jordan Waives Overstay Fees for 6,000 Workers in QIZ [...] (U) The Jordanian Cabinet approved February 27 a request by the Ministries of Labor and Interior to waive approximately JD 6 million (USD 8.5 million) in overstay fines for over 6,000 foreign workers in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),mainly from South Asia. According to the Ministry o [...] | 2008-03-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
08AMMAN729 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO KING'S U.S. VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian media gave high visibility to King Abdullah's working visit to the United States, focusing today and yesterday on his meetings with the President, the Vice President, and Congressional leaders. Coverage drew strictly from Government of Jordan official news accounts. Wit [...] | 2008-03-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR |
08AMMAN755 | NEW JORDANIAN WEEKLY STRESSES ITC INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Jordanian weekly newspaper known for running feature stories and investigative reports, al-Sijjl ("The Record"),hit newsstands in November, 2007. Al-Sijjl's executive managing editor told us recently that his publication aims to provide an alternative to a Jordanian press [...] | 2008-03-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PTER SOCI JO |
08AMMAN76 | STAFFDEL DIAMOND DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA, [...] (C) Summary: During the visit of Staffdel Diamond to Jordan January 6-7, the group discussed the peace process, Jordanian relations with Syria, Iraqi refugee issues, and nuclear energy with Jordanian officials. Interlocutors stressed the need for concrete steps that would create immediate t [...] | 2008-01-09 07:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ENRG JO IS SY |
08AMMAN772 | JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...] | 2008-03-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN776 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...] | 2008-03-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
08AMMAN78 | JORDAN REAPS $232 MILLION FROM ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES IPO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan sold 71 percent of national air carrier Royal Jordanian's (RJ) shares in a recent IPO and raised $232 million. During the IPO road show, RJ President Samer Majali highlighted RJ's growth in a growing region and the profitability of its Iraq routes. Since [...] | 2008-01-09 08:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KPRV JO |
08AMMAN785 | Jordan Sets New, Higher Fuel Prices for March 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 07:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
08AMMAN79 | GOJ TO APPLY TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced in December 2007 that it will enforce during the first quarter of 2008 the mandatory adoption of technical standards for Jordanian fruit and vegetable exports. The standards apply to all fresh produce and address quality, size, transpo [...] | 2008-01-09 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JO |
08AMMAN802 | JORDAN REVERSES DEPORTATION DECISIONS FOR THREE [...] (C) Jordan's General Intelligence Director Lt. General Mohammad Dahabi agreed to reverse deportation orders for three American Evangelical missionaries (reported ref B) during a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador. Dahabi told the Ambassador that these individuals, if outside Jordan, would be [...] | 2008-03-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI CASC JO |
08AMMAN81 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gregory Staton + 1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gregory Staton and Ranji Matthew to Jordan from 14 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN813 | Promoting the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary: Although total U.S.-Jordan trade has continued to grow, Jordanian exports to the U.S. under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) represented a mere 23% of total exports to the U.S. in 2007, and grew only modestly over 2006. Garment exports, primarily shipped under the Qua [...] | 2008-03-13 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
08AMMAN815 | NEARLY SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION IN ONE MONTH REFLECTS FUEL [...] (U) Jordan's Department of Statistics reported a 6.54 percent increase in the monthly Consumer Price Average (CPA) between January 2008 and February 2008 - the largest monthly jump in several years - in its March 10 monthly report. This increase follows a 0.7 percent one-month increase from De [...] | 2008-03-16 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON JO |
08AMMAN816 | LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM UNDERWAY TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GoJ) has completed part one of a three-stage process to register and tag all ruminant animals, including sheep, goats, camels, and cattle. One goal of the project, which began mid-February and is scheduled to be completed by April 2008, is to create an animal tr [...] | 2008-03-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO JO |
08AMMAN824 | JORDAN CONSIDERING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF U.S./EC TAFT GOODS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON JO |
08AMMAN832 | ISLAMISTS PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) Summary: The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has led a group of parliamentarians in filing a petition which suggests undoing several provisions of the political parties law passed in April 2007. The proposed amendments would allow at least some of Jordan's smaller, irrelevant political parties [...] | 2008-03-17 13:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
08AMMAN856 | PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: INVITATION DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 09:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP KSTC JO |
08AMMAN867 | HAWKS REPORTEDLY WIN JORDANIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) Muslim Brotherhood (MB) hawks have reportedly won a majority in the new MB Shura Council following internal elections. Speculation now turns to who will hold the position of MB Controller General, the top spot in the MB. Despite continuing internal fissures, the new council will work hard [...] | 2008-03-19 16:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN869 | KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR [...] (C) Speaking to members of an Jordanian MFA-organized delegation of staffers from the U.S. Senate, King Abdullah and Queen Rania stressed the threat Iran poses to security and stability in the region, and linked the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the rise of Iranian influence in the region. The Ki [...] | 2008-03-19 17:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IR JO |
08AMMAN870 | ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 17:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO |
08AMMAN871 | KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 17:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IR JO |
08AMMAN872 | ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with a visiting Senate staffdel (whose trip was arranged by the Jordanian MFA),Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Jordan's place in the regional political order, political reform, and economic issues. Awadallah reiterat [...] | 2008-03-19 17:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO |
08AMMAN884 | JORDAN AMENDS LAWS TO ESTABLISH NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Parliamentary approval of amendments to two nuclear energy laws, a Royal Decree was issued on March 12, 2008 to appoint five commissioners to the newly established High Commission on Nuclear Energy. All the commissioners are U.S.-educated in nuclear energy or physics, [...] | 2008-03-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON KNNP TRGY JO |
08AMMAN902 | GOJ WORKING TO REPATRIATE STRIKING VIETNAMESE [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Labor is actively working with 176 striking Vietnamese workers, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to resolve any impediments to their voluntary return from Jordan to Vietnam. Minister of Labor Salem is fr [...] | 2008-03-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM SMIG JO VN |
08AMMAN93 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Peter Leary and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Peter Leary and Manuel Rangel to Jordan from 18 - 23 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...] | 2008-01-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN94 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Rodrigue Aleandre [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Rodrigue Aleandre to Jordan from 26 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] | 2008-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN949 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DISI WATER PSC [...] (SBU) Summary: In order to foster greater efficiency in Jordan's water sector, post recommended a series of conditions precedent (CPs) related to water reform as part of the annual cash transfer portion of ESF to the Government of Jordan (GOJ),which the GOJ has agreed in principle to implement [...] | 2008-03-31 09:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV SENV JO |
08AMMAN96 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Thomas Tennant and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Thomas Tennant and Joseph Pestar to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN976 | STRIKING VIETNAMESE WORKERS GO HOME [...] Sibbel explained that the remaining ten workers changed their minds, and decided to remain in Jordan and return to work at the factory. Sibbel confirmed that MOL inspectors verified that all departing workers had been paid according to their contracts before leaving. He also said that the MO [...] | 2008-04-01 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JO VM |
08AMMAN99 | INVITATION TO ATTEND MARCH BULK CASH SMUGGLING SEMINAR IN [...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (DHS-ICE and CBP) will jointly deliver a [...] | 2008-01-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF |
08AMMAN998 | JORDAN NOT YET PREPARED TO DISCUSS HCA ON CWC; MFA [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Khaled Takhayneh, head of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Section. Takhayneh indicated on April 3 that the delegation to the CWC Second Review Conference starting on April 7 would be Jordan's Ambassador to the Hague, Ahmad al-Hasan. However, Hasan w [...] | 2008-04-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS JO KTIA |
09AMMAN1006 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH JORDAN'S [...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah discussed with CODEL McConnell the peace process, Iran, and Syria, as well as Iraq and Qatar. The King stressed the importance of immediately pursuing a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, emphasized that the Arab states could support the U.S. in con [...] | 2009-05-03 05:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR IS IZ JO |
09AMMAN1007 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN [...] (S) Summary: CODEL McConnell met April 9 with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali jointly. Ali expressed her hope that the Senators would help Jordan obtain supplemental economic support. The Foreign Minister stressed th [...] | 2009-05-03 05:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1022 | CHANGES AFOOT IN JORDAN'S PERSONAL STATUS LAW [...] (C) Summary: The head of Jordan's Islamic courts is working on a package of amendments to the personal status law, which governs marriage, divorce, the status of women, and inheritance issues. The initial read on the amendments is that they would represent a step forward in the promotion of women's [...] | 2009-05-04 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1024 | JORDAN PLEASED WITH SPECIAL 301 RESULTS FOR 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Econoffs delivered ref A points separately to Minister of Industry and Trade Amer Hadidi and Director General of the National Library Mamoun Talhouni, noting that Jordan would not be listed in the Special 301 report and urging continued engagement with the USG [...] | 2009-05-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR JO |
09AMMAN1027 | DISI WATER PROJECT CONTINUES TO ENCOUNTER POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) The Disi water conveyance, one of Jordan's largest infrastructure projects with a $800 million budget, proposes to convey 100 million cubic meters (MCM) per year from the Disi fossil aquifer on the Jordanian-Saudi Arabia border to Amman. Recent test results indicate that Disi aquifer wa [...] | 2009-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PGOV PREL IS SA JO |
09AMMAN1035 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL PELOSI TO AMMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the May 7-8 visit to Jordan of CODEL Pelosi. Jordan is one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. In line with the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah. We expect that the topics of discussi [...] | 2009-05-05 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN1053 | Exports to Iraq Increased 52 Percent in Early 2009, But [...] (SBU) Jordan's Department of Statistics (DOS) announced exports to Iraq rose to JD 117.9 million (USD 166.5 million) for January-February 2009, up 52.1 percent from JD 77.5 million (USD 109.5 million) during the same period in 2008. This accounted for approximately 15 percent of all Jordanian [...] | 2009-05-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND ELTN JO IZ |
09AMMAN1054 | ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED PUBLICLY, [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Minister of Social Development convened donors and international organizations on April 29 to discuss forward-looking amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society. She has been lobbying tribal conservatives and [...] | 2009-05-07 05:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1055 | AMMAN'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 06:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT JO PINR |
09AMMAN1058 | TFFLU01 -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVAL OF JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) EconOffs delivered May 7 ref B demarche urging the lifting of Jordanian trade bans on pork products to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Secretary General Dr. Montasser Okla and MOIT Director for Foreign Trade Policy Maha Al-Ali. Okla clarified that the ban, reported in the press, [...] | 2009-05-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED |
09AMMAN1070 | JORDAN'S TOURISM SECTOR LIKELY TO DECREASE IN 2009 TO 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's tourism sector revenues grew 28% in 2008 to a record $2.97 billion from $2.31 billion in 2007. While officials had hoped for similar growth in 2009, the industry now expects that revenues may return to their 2007 levels due to the slowing worldwide economy. Business tr [...] | 2009-05-11 04:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EAID JO |
09AMMAN1109 | VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP -- [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 07:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV JO |
09AMMAN1113 | KING ABDULLAH HAS MOMENT IN THE SUN, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts saw King Abdullah's visit to Washington as a success, focusing on how it enhanced his standing among his Arab peers more than on the substantive outcome of his conversations with President Obama. Most thought the King returned from the United States newly empo [...] | 2009-05-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SA SY JO |
09AMMAN1115 | Pope's Visit Brings "Twitter", Tight Security, and Hopes [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Pope concluded his four-day visit to Jordan, which took him to Christian and Islamic historical sites and included a mass attended by around 20,000 people. An increased security presence was seen throughout the city with a show of force from both the Jordanian Pol [...] | 2009-05-13 12:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO VT |
09AMMAN1116 | ATHENS RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. The second donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) led by the World Bank convened in Athens on May 4. The RDS, which started in May 2008, is studying the feasibility of rehabilitating the Dead Sea, generating hydropower, and constr [...] | 2009-05-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1117 | KING ABRUPTLY ENDS DRIVE FOR DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's long-standing drive for decentralization of government services came to an abrupt halt on May 3, when he announced that the plan to create three new regional authorities would be dropped in favor of a vague plan to empower existing provincial governors. Little w [...] | 2009-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1118 | CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN, REFORM [...] (C) Summary: During their May 7-8 visit to Amman, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Representative Rush Holt (R-NJ) met with King Abdullah, Senate President Zaid Al-Refai, and Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali. They heard optimism about the President's engagement on the Isra [...] | 2009-05-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO |
09AMMAN112 | JORDAN: JANUARY 13 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Gaza news coverage by Jordanian media outlets on Tuesday described Israel's "methodical destruction" and the fierce battles between Palestinian militants and IDF units. Arab and international diplomatic efforts also received attention, specifically King Abdullah's consultations with [...] | 2009-01-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
09AMMAN1121 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN1125 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAIRD'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN1128 | DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post requests deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to plan, conduct and execute information programs coordinated through the Embassy Public Affairs Section. MIST programs will support goals of the Embassy's MSP. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) The MIST team will provi [...] | 2009-05-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS PGOV PREL KPAO JO |
09AMMAN1129 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAIRD'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the May 15-18 visit to Jordan of CODEL Baird. In line with the CODEL's request, we have arranged a meeting with His Excellency Eng. Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court, and advisor to King Abdullah II. Since your last visit in February, His Ma [...] | 2009-05-14 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN1130 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the May 15-16 visit to Jordan of CODEL Kerry. In line with the CODEL's request, we have arranged an audience with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. Since your last visit in February, the King had a lengthy and domestically well-received vis [...] | 2009-05-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN1157 | USG ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP IN AMMAN LEADS NATIONS TO [...] (U) The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),the Department of Justice's Office of International Assistance (OIA),and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently delivered in Amman the workshop "Addressing the Challenges of Corruption" to explore and discuss method [...] | 2009-05-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PGOV PINS SOCI SNAR XF |
09AMMAN1176 | UNRWA WORKERS IN JORDAN STAGE ANOTHER STRIKE OVER [...] (C) UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees in Jordan went on strike from May 12 to May 15 to demand pay increases to compensate for the decline in the value of UNRWA's pension funds. UNRWA Jordan's already tight operational budget will be trimmed further in the coming year and may forc [...] | 2009-05-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ELAB KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1177 | Jordan's QIZ Garment Factories Continue to Close or [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's apparel sector has been hard hit by the recession in the U.S., where most of its exports are destined, and competition with Egypt (ref A). The Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported that Jordanian garment exports produced in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) pe [...] | 2009-05-21 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX EAID JO |
09AMMAN1179 | Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI) in [...] (SBU) Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI),an Emirati-owned garment factory in Ad-Dulayl Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ),is currently under liquidation after suffering significant financial losses. Since a strike in September 2008 (ref A),MRAI had been having financial difficul [...] | 2009-05-21 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
09AMMAN1181 | Regional Leaders Urge U.S. to Push for Progress on [...] Summary: "If you had just two minutes with President Obama, what would you ask of him and what would you offer in return?" This was the first question posed to political leaders participating in a May 17 World Economic Forum (WEF) panel on regional security held in Jordan. Participants in t [...] | 2009-05-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON PARM XF |
09AMMAN1182 | MANY JORDANIANS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction from our contacts and the Jordanian press on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington has been typically pessimistic. While President Obama's engagement on the issue is praised, many believe that Netanyahu is not committed to peace and can rely upon pro-Israel [...] | 2009-05-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR JO |
09AMMAN1188 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN JORDAN [...] (U) In response to ref A, the Embassy is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). 2. (U) The first claim was included in the 2007 and 2008 reports (refs B and C). This dispute is presumed to have ended with the Claimant's cessatio [...] | 2009-05-26 07:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV JO |
09AMMAN1191 | ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attaches delivered ref A demarche to Al-Moutasem K. Alsaket, Director General of the Jordan Maritime Authority (JMA),and several members of his staff in Aqaba on May 18. This meeting also served as the introductory courtesy call by DHS [...] | 2009-05-26 07:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KHLS JO |
09AMMAN1202 | JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 1: LOYALTY, [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Jordan's social contract is based on tribes pledging loyalty to the King in exchange for access to the resources of the state. The tribes exercise influence through both national po [...] | 2009-05-27 06:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KPAL KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1203 | JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 2: SHEIKHS [...] Summary: This cable is the second of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Sheikhs are the backbone of the tribal community, acting as informal mediators, employment agencies, moral guides, and the state's eyes and ears in the community. Sheikhs rise to leade [...] | 2009-05-27 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1204 | JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 3: TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third of a three part series on internal governance structures in Jordan's tribal system. Tribal law acts as an alternative to Jordan's formal legal system. It deals with cases that range from social mediation to first-degree murder. Sheikhs work closely with [...] | 2009-05-27 06:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1219 | ISRAELI EMBASSY IN JORDAN QUESTIONS JORDAN,S WATER [...] (C/NF) Jordan and Israel, which both suffer from water shortages, have enjoyed a healthy collaboration on this critical issue. The 1994 peace treaty stipulated water exchange provisions between the two countries and as recently as the summer 2008 drought, Israel loaned Jordan extra water (ref [...] | 2009-05-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO IS |
09AMMAN1232 | AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN: JORDAN HAS NO MI-17 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 09:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PARM PK JO |
09AMMAN1236 | KNESSET RESOLUTION ON "JORDAN OPTION" GENERATES [...] (C) Jordanian officials, media, and politicians continue to denounce a resolution currently pending in the Israeli Knesset that would recognize Jordan as the Palestinian state. FM Nasser Judeh convoked the Israeli Ambassador on May 26 to deliver a "harshly worded" message designed for public [...] | 2009-06-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS JO |
09AMMAN1246 | Child Abuse Fatalities Spark Outrage and Prompt Royal Push [...] (U) The recent deaths of two Jordanian children due to child abuse has sparked a media firestorm regarding domestic violence and generated widespread community outrage, including strong public statements from the King and Queen. Queen Rania expressed concern that Jordan has "failed" to adequat [...] | 2009-06-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO |
09AMMAN125 | JORDAN: JANUARY 14 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Clashes between Hamas fighters and IDF units competed for attention with King Abdullah's statements in Wednesday's newspapers published in Jordan. The King reiterated again the urgency of enforcing UNSCR 1860 on Israel and subsequently reaching a two-state solution. Demonstrators nu [...] | 2009-01-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
09AMMAN1260 | FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN [...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...] | 2009-06-04 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO |
09AMMAN1261 | JORDAN: MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTION TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) Post held a viewing of President Obama's speech for approximately thirty students, academia, and civil society at the American Language Center. The speech was followed by a discussion. During the speech, the audience showed very little reaction, except when the Koran was quoted, which was [...] | 2009-06-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1262 | GICNT: JORDAN WILL ATTEND AND PRESENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PGOV PINR PREL |
09AMMAN1263 | JORDAN: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian government officials and members of parliament lauded the tone and content of the President's speech during a lunchtime viewing and discussion at the DCM's residence. Contacts were laudatory of the speech's frankness and sense of balance. While noting the speech's bro [...] | 2009-06-04 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1264 | JORDAN: JOURNALISTS BOTH PRAISE AND CRITIQUE CAIRO [...] (SBU) Ten of Jordan's leading journalists joined the Ambassador for a luncheon to view and discuss the President's speech in Cairo. All responded favorably to the overall substance and tone of the speech. This group also focused in great detail on the language used to deny the legitimacy of [...] | 2009-06-04 15:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO JO |
09AMMAN1265 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS JO |
09AMMAN1266 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO |
09AMMAN1267 | JORDAN: CODEL ACKERMAN FOCUSED ON REGIONAL [...] (C) On May 27-28, Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX, Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN, and Subcommittee Staff Director Howard Diamond visited Jorda [...] | 2009-06-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO |
09AMMAN1278 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S JUNE 11 VISIT [...] (S) Your visit to the region will be viewed by Jordanians as the first follow-up to the President's speech in Cairo. Despite widespread admiration and praise for the speech, Jordanians at all levels of society believe concrete actions must follow in the next few months before optimism about the [...] | 2009-06-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN128 | JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD [...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...] | 2009-01-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1287 | JORDAN: PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PROMPTS CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian contacts continue to focus primarily on language pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The President's citation of Islamic scriptures and respect for Islam's cultural contribution throughout history was seen as a [...] | 2009-06-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KWBG JO |
09AMMAN129 | GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...] | 2009-01-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO |
09AMMAN1313 | LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER LAUNCHES NATIONAL TREND PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali officially launched the pro-establishment National Trend Party on May 30. While many in Jordan support the idea of a party to counterbalance the influence of Islamists, deep skepticism remains about Majali's ability to effectively lead th [...] | 2009-06-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
09AMMAN1318 | JORDAN: TEN HONOR KILLINGS TO DATE IN 2009; [...] (S) Summary: Recent honor killings continue to spark efforts to end the practice and adequately prosecute perpetrators. Outraged by the recent killings, the King has stated he will push for legislative changes to strengthen judicial sentencing. A new book on honor crimes raises awareness on [...] | 2009-06-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL KWMN SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1319 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-14 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA JO |
09AMMAN1337 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN ON UNSC 1718 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-14 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KNNP KN JO |
09AMMAN1339 | PARLIAMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah called for an extraordinary session of parliament to start on June 11. The extraordinary session will deal with a crowded slate of political and economic measures, including a revised tax law, amendments to the penal code, amendments to the controversial law on as [...] | 2009-06-15 06:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM ELAB JO |
09AMMAN134 | JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertak [...] | 2009-01-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO |
09AMMAN1340 | PRINCE HUSSEIN INFORMALLY BEGINS OFFICIAL ROLE AS [...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah marked ten years as Jordan's monarch on June 9 with a parade through Amman which culminated at the city's main soccer stadium. The Minister of Education, who was responsible for organizing the spectacle, resigned on June 11 in what some are calling a reaction t [...] | 2009-06-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1349 | JORDAN: IRANIAN ELECTION RESULTS VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts believe the large electoral gap between President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Mir Hossein Moussavi may be a legitimate reflection of Iranian popular sentiment. Many blamed Moussavi's loss on his alleged connections to corrupt previous officials and a poor elector [...] | 2009-06-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR JO |
09AMMAN1354 | JORDANIANS URGE ACTING A/S FELTMAN TO BE CLEAR [...] (C) On June 14, Acting A/S Feltman visited Amman to discuss regional issues with Chief of the Royal Court (CORC) Nasser Lozi and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. The Jordanians said that they were pleased with the election results in Lebanon and believe that the opposition will relinquish claim [...] | 2009-06-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY JO |
09AMMAN1356 | JORDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION REJECTS PROPOSED [...] (S/NF) Summary: Econoffs delivered ref A points on June 8 to Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Khaled Toukan and JAEC Commissioner Kamal Araj, reiterating that the U.S. hopes to conclude a 123 Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Jordan in the near future and urgi [...] | 2009-06-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN136 | FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS JORDAN IN SPITE OF DOMESTIC FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Jordan's conservative banking and mortgage practices have partially protected the country from the international financial crisis, Jordan's economy is still suffering from a credit crunch; falling real estate prices and cancelled development projects; a general business [...] | 2009-01-15 10:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EAID KTEX JO |
09AMMAN1364 | JORDAN INCHES TOWARDS RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador again urged Jordan to recognize Kosovo during meetings with PM Nader Dahabi, FM Nasser Judeh, and Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi in recent conversations. All three reiterated the point that recognition was "only a matter of time" and hinted that it would likely occur in J [...] | 2009-06-18 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV ID TT JO |
09AMMAN137 | DELAYED END OF RENT CONTROL HIGHLIGHTS HOUSING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government is currently drafting amendments to the Tenants and Landlord Law which was set to end Jordan's de facto rent control as of December 31, 2010, by cancelling and requiring the renegotiation of all rental contracts. The amendments, which are backed by the King and PM [...] | 2009-01-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1378 | Jordan's Trade Deficit Has Decreased 35 Percent in 2009 [...] (U) Summary: After hitting a historic high in 2008, Jordan's trade deficit narrowed by 35 percent to $2.048 billion between January and April 2009, compared to $3.15 billion during the same period in 2008. This is largely due to a significant drop in the price of fuel, which led to a 60.6% d [...] | 2009-06-18 12:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
09AMMAN1379 | JORDAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) POL Off delivered reftel demarche on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),emphasizing U.S. opposition to the formation of an international tribunal to prosecute suspected pirates and soliciting the Jordanian view on the subject. Although [...] | 2009-06-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JO |
09AMMAN1391 | JORDAN: DELEGATION FOR GINCT PLENARY AND RESPONSE [...] (C) POLOff delivered reftel demarches on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) Per reftel B, Ambassador Mousa Breisat, head of the International Organizations section at the MFA, led the Jordanian delegation to the 2009 Plenary Me [...] | 2009-06-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC JO |
09AMMAN1393 | JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT REJECTS MINOR TAX MEASURE IN A [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament rejected a minor tax-related measure on June 17 in an assertion of independence from the cabinet and Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali, who had listed the measure as a key priority. Majali's rivals led the charge in an effort to embarrass him and demon [...] | 2009-06-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1394 | JORDAN BRIEFS ISRAEL ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: After consistent prodding from Post since 2007 for the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to engage the Israelis on its nuclear energy plans, Jordanian officials briefed an Israeli delegation on June 11 about the development of Jordan's nuclear energy program (reftels). According to Is [...] | 2009-06-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN1397 | JORDAN: PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS FEATURE LIMITATIONS [...] (SBU) A package of over 100 amendments to Jordan's penal code will be discussed in parliament's extraordinary session that began on June 11 (Ref A). The Ministry of Justice has led a lengthy inter-ministerial consultative and drafting process over the past year that resulted in proposed compr [...] | 2009-06-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KJUS JO |
09AMMAN1399 | JORDAN REPORTS 13 H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES [...] (U) Jordan has reported thirteen H1N1 cases as of June 22. The first two cases were reported on June 15, followed by 8 cases of Jordanian and Palestinian students returning from the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program (ref A). Thermal scanning sensors at Amman's Queen Alia International Air [...] | 2009-06-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09AMMAN1402 | JORDAN: TRYING TO SET A POSITIVE TONE AT THE ARAB [...] (C) PolChief shared reftel points with Ambassador Bisher Al-Khasawneh, Director of Foreign Minister Judeh's private office. Khasawneh confirmed that FM Judeh had been instrumental in postponing the date of the Arab League (AL) ministerial by one week. "We knew that Netanyahu would be giving [...] | 2009-06-24 02:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1404 | JORDAN: CITIZENS CONTINUE TO LACK CONFIDENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: Public confidence in parliament remains very low according to several polls released recently. Two polls showed that less than 13 percent of Jordanians were satisfied with the performance of the current lower house of parliament and 81 percent could not name a single parliamentary [...] | 2009-06-24 02:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL JO |
09AMMAN1408 | FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund Proposal for Jordan [...] Summary: The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Jordan has requested Taft Fund assistance to purchase medication and equipment. The grant would support the operations of an existing health care clinic in Amman, which serves Iraqi refugees and Jordanians in need. The Church has been [...] | 2009-06-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID IZ JO SY LE |
09AMMAN1412 | JORDANIAN MEDIA ENDS RETALIATORY BOYCOTT OF [...] (C) Summary: Newspapers ended a short-lived boycott of parliamentary sessions but maintained their criticism of the legislature in the wake of the lower house's rejection of a bill which would have lifted a tax on media revenues (Ref B). The government has forwarded the bill to the royally [...] | 2009-06-25 05:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1414 | JORDAN: AFGHAN ELECTION DEMARCHE PASSED [...] (C) On June 24, the Ambassador met with Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Court to share a copy of the President's statement about the start of the Afghan election campaign season. Lozi agreed that a level playing field for all candidates was important and that impartiality on behalf of the int [...] | 2009-06-25 09:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF JO |
09AMMAN1418 | JORDAN TO LIFT TRADE BAN ON PORK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 10:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON JO |
09AMMAN1419 | JORDAN SUPPORTS GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 10:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL JO |
09AMMAN1423 | ANXIETY OVER PEACE PROSPECTS PROMPTS ONLINE [...] (C) Summary: An online column that criticized Palestinians in Jordan for failing to protest an Israeli proposal to turn Jordan into an alternative Palestinian homeland continues to reverberate locally. A June 10 column in Ammonnews touched a nerve in the country where Palestinians are the m [...] | 2009-06-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAL PREF JO |
09AMMAN1424 | JORDAN: LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS NOT INCLUDED ON [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to Jordan's labor law to give foreign workers the ability to more freely join unions and bring the law in line with international standards were unexpectedly left off of parliament's extraordinary session agenda. The cabinet had already approved the amendment package a [...] | 2009-06-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP JO |
09AMMAN1425 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the June 27-30 visit to Jordan of Codel Schiff. The Codel's visit comes at a time of heightened expectations of Middle East peace. The President's Cairo speech and PM Netanyahu's response are foremost on the minds of your interlocutors. Domestically, [...] | 2009-06-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN1426 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the June 27-30 visit to Jordan of Codel Schiff. The Codel's visit comes at a time of heightened expectations of Middle East peace. The President's Cairo speech and PM Netanyahu's response are foremost on the minds of your interlocutors. Domestically, [...] | 2009-06-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN1428 | JORDAN WELCOMES U.S. MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (U) EconCouns delivered ref A demarche on possible U.S. membership in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Director for Renewable Energy Engineer Eng. Ziad Jibril on June 24 and to Minister of Environment Khaled Irani on June 25. ESTH [...] | 2009-06-28 03:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENG KGHG AORC PREL JO |
09AMMAN1449 | UNHCR-JORDAN: IRAQI REFUGEES WILL ONLY RETURN HOME [...] (C) Summary: Reftel recently established voluntary repatriation as the goal of U.S. assistance policy for Iraqi refugees and asked post to approach government and IO officials to present the policy. In response to the action request, the Ambassador met with UNHCR Country Representative Imr [...] | 2009-06-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM IX JO |
09AMMAN145 | JORDAN: JANUARY 15 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Beneath sorrowful images from Gaza, banner headlines in today's Jordan-based newspapers focused on the apparent disagreement among Arab League member states. King Abdullah's meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon topped local coverage. Public protests were few as the Islamist [...] | 2009-01-15 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
09AMMAN146 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN STRESSES THAT ARAB [...] (SBU) EconCouns reviewed reftel on the Arab Economic Summit in Kuwait with Finance Minister Dr. Hamed Kasasbeh on January 15. Kasasbeh, who was in Kuwait, welcomed U.S. views on economic integration and the global financial crisis and reported that central bank governors had discussed these [...] | 2009-01-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD KPAL PREL AL JO |
09AMMAN147 | JORDAN GAZA ROUNDUP, JANUARY 15 [...] (C) Summary: Marches and protests continue across Jordan, with further demonstrations planned for after Friday prayers on January 16. Islamists announced that they are pondering a "million man march" to the Israeli border and a separate event to burn American and Israeli goods. Following t [...] | 2009-01-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KISL IS JO |
09AMMAN1472 | GOJ SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the ongoing multilateral World Bank led Red Sea - Dead Sea Feasibility study (RDS),on May 17 Jordan announced a unilateral $10 billion Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP). The GOJ sees a Red Sea - Dead Sea conveyance mechanism as the best way forward to solve its [...] | 2009-07-01 04:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS |
09AMMAN1480 | CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...] | 2009-07-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF |
09AMMAN1483 | JORDAN'S KING, FM DISCUSS MIDEAST PEACE AND IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran dominated Codel Schiff's discussions with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh during a June 27-30 visit to Jordan. The King and FM detailed confidence building measures Arab states would offer in the run-up to final statu [...] | 2009-07-02 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KWBG IS IR SA SY JO |
09AMMAN1489 | JORDAN STILL OBJECTING TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE [...] (C) Summary: The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) briefed a U.S. congressional staffdel on June 29 on the development of Jordan's nuclear energy program. In response to a question about what was impeding a 123 agreement with the U.S., JAEC Chairman Khaled Toukan gave many of the same [...] | 2009-07-02 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PGOV JO |
09AMMAN1493 | Jordan Promises to Implement Regulations to Ease Entry and [...] (SBU) The Iraqi-Jordanian Technical Trade and Investment Committee announced on June 22 that the GOJ would apply "softer entry and residency procedures" for Iraqi businessmen and investors. The announcement followed a February 2009 decision by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to issue more leni [...] | 2009-07-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV JO IZ |
09AMMAN15 | GAZA GROUND INVASION FANS JORDANIAN PUBLIC ANGER [...] (C) Summary: In the face of rising public Jordanian anger over events in Gaza, PM Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Parliament January 4 to say that the government reserves the right to evaluate all of its relations with any side, particularly Israel. Thousands of Jordanians protested over the week [...] | 2009-01-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PHUM PREL JO |
09AMMAN1507 | JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH NAMES HIS TEENAGE SON [...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah designated his eldest son Hussein as Crown Prince on July 2. Most saw the move as inevitable, as the throne was already set to pass to Hussein according to the line of succession laid out in Jordan's constitution. Our contacts had no strong opinions about the [...] | 2009-07-06 12:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1509 | JORDANIAN LEADERS REVEAL DIVISIONS ON HONOR CRIMES [...] (S/NF) Summary: The issue of honor crimes was a central theme in the parallel visits of Codel Schiff and a Nodel of Congressional staffers sponsored by the MFA in late June. King Abdullah noted his deep concern with the issue, but blamed poor leadership in the judiciary for lack of action. F [...] | 2009-07-06 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KWMN KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1512 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 04:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA JO |
09AMMAN1518 | JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING [...] (U) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of International Media Training arranged for a one-week workshop June 14-18 on Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills at the offices of Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV). The training was provided under a ten-year technical support and mainten [...] | 2009-07-07 06:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO KPAO OIIP PREL |
09AMMAN1519 | JORDAN: SWEDISH AMBASSADOR OUTLINES LOCAL PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Swedish ambassador to Jordan outlined her mission's plans to support national objectives for the EU Presidency, which began on July 1. Internationally, Sweden plans to take a leadership role in the preparations for the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhage [...] | 2009-07-07 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SENV EUN ECON KWMN SW JO |
09AMMAN1520 | JORDANIAN INTERIOR MINISTER RE-OPENS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi disputed in a June 24 interview recent critical speeches by former ministers that the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians was under review. Nevertheless, in recent years, the security services have reportedly engaged in a [...] | 2009-07-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN1521 | PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER DETAILS FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian National Council (PNC) Speaker Salim Zanoun, whose main office is in Jordan, told Poloff on July 6 that preparations for the upcoming Fatah 6th Congress on August 4 were moving forward. Palestinian and Israeli leaders are coordinating access for members living abroad [...] | 2009-07-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1523 | JORDAN: INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON [...] (C) In courtesy calls to three chief editors, Acting Information Officer asked whether freedom of expression had increased or decreased over the past year in Jordan. All three editors separately acknowledged that journalists routinely practice self-censorship on sensitive topics, including t [...] | 2009-07-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1528 | JORDAN FORMALLY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 10:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV JO |
09AMMAN1529 | JORDAN: POET'S PRISON SENTENCE FOR "SLANDERING [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian poet Islam Samhan was sentenced on June 22 to one year in prison and fined 14,000 USD for using Koranic verses in his published book of poetry. He was charged with "slandering Islam" and "insulting religious sentiment," although he says many of the prosecution's witness [...] | 2009-07-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KJUS JO |
09AMMAN1549 | EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF TEMPORARY LOAN REQUEST [...] (S) This cable provides information requested by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) related to the temporary loan of NVDs to deploying Jordanian forces. The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to receive 388 sets of AN/PVS-7B Night Vision Devices (NVDs) from Central C [...] | 2009-07-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MCAP MASS PREL JO |
09AMMAN1550 | EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR NIGHT [...] (SBU) This cable provides additional information requested by Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) related to the FMS sale of NVDs to Jordan. The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase several types of Night Vision Devices (NVDs) through Foreign Military Financing. [...] | 2009-07-09 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MCAP MASS PREL JO |
09AMMAN1558 | HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN: THE TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tribal leaders have a unique perspective on the issue of honor crimes in Jordan. In their role as mediators of community disputes and exemplars of morality, sheikhs frequently prevent domestic squabbles from escalating into honor crimes. The tribal leaders we talked to criti [...] | 2009-07-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1561 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO |
09AMMAN1570 | JORDAN CREATES TASK FORCE TO FIND COMMON GROUND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has created a high-level, interagency Task Force to consider USG-proposed changes on the bilateral 123 Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement (NCA). This development appears to be the result of the Ambassador going over Toukan's head and speaking [...] | 2009-07-13 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP ECON PGOV PREL JO |
09AMMAN1576 | JORDAN'S LOWER HOUSE APPROVES ASSOCIATIONS LAW [...] (SBU) Jordan's Lower House of parliament approved amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on July 12. MPs voted to retain the requirement that foreign-origin funding for NGOs operating in Jordan be approved by the full cabinet, rejecting a government proposal which would have de [...] | 2009-07-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF JO |
09AMMAN1579 | Jordanian-Iraqi Technical Committee Discusses Ways to [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian-Iraqi Joint Technical Committee met on June 22 to discuss efforts to advance bilateral trade and economic ties. Jordanian officials viewed the meeting as important for building upon growing bilateral trade levels, as evidenced by Iraq receiving 20 percent of Jord [...] | 2009-07-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JO IZ |
09AMMAN1581 | Jordanian Government Puts a Six Billion Dollar Railway [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced that a USD 6 billion national railway project had been placed on hold due to a lack of funding and interested bidders. Despite the hold on the national railway network, MOT officials stated that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) [...] | 2009-07-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD ECON EINV PGOV JO |
09AMMAN1589 | JORDAN: STATE SECURITY COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE [...] (SBU) On July 14, the Jordanian press reported that Muammar Ahmad Yusuf Al-Jaghbir had been sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the 2002 murder of Laurence Foley, a USAID employee at Embassy Amman. This ruling represents the third legal decision that has been issued in this case. [...] | 2009-07-15 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC JO |
09AMMAN1611 | Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement [...] The Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (ANECE) was established during a regional meeting held June 18-19 in Jordan. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),ANECE aims to increase the [...] | 2009-07-19 04:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL ECON AORC KMPI XF JO |
09AMMAN1618 | JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS [...] (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the first case, the woman had previously been placed in protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after he pro [...] | 2009-07-20 05:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO |
09AMMAN1619 | JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT ON TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS PTER |
09AMMAN1620 | JORDAN'S SENATE APPROVES ASSOCIATIONS LAW [...] (U) Jordan's royally appointed Senate approved the amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on July 19. The amendments came from the lower house, which last week changed them in order to require cabinet approval of foreign funding for civil society organizations (reftel). Upon th [...] | 2009-07-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1633 | Jordan Increases Fuel Prices [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) on July 16 announced new fuel price increases, effective July 17. Prices were raised between 1.6% and 10.2% compared to mid-June prices. Since August 2008, the GOJ has implemented eight price reductions followed by four consecutive price increases includi [...] | 2009-07-22 08:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
09AMMAN1637 | RUMORS CIRCULATE ABOUT LAWSUIT AGAINST JORDAN'S [...] (S/NF) Summary: A London-based website often used to circulate rumors and gossip in the Arab world reported on July 13 that former General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief Mohammed Dahabi was or will be questioned in connection with a lawsuit filed by a former MP, Ahmed Oweid Al-Abaddi. [...] | 2009-07-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KINR JO |
09AMMAN164 | JORDAN: JANUARY 19 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Ceasefire announcements along with rescue and recovery efforts led Jordanian media coverage of developments in and around Gaza over the long weekend. The U.S. - Israel MOU also received front-page attention. King Abdullah's participation at the Sharm El-Sheikh meeting headed local c [...] | 2009-01-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
09AMMAN1646 | JORDAN'S BUDGET DEFICIT BALLOONS, A RESULT OF [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has revised its projected year-end 2009 budget deficit from $975 million to $1.56 billion or 7.3% of GDP. GOJ officials have pointed to the global recession as a main cause for their fiscal dilemma, saying it has caused GDP growth to slow to 3.2%. [...] | 2009-07-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO |
09AMMAN165 | JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON FIFTH GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 05:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER KGIC JO |
09AMMAN1659 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF [...] (S) Jordan is increasing its contributions in Afghanistan and to regional security efforts, reaching out to Syria to provide an alternative to Iranian influence, and maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The King is able to carry out this ambitious [...] | 2009-07-23 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS JO |
09AMMAN1661 | JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF FROM FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is attempting to distance itself from the controversy surrounding inflammatory statements issued in Amman by Fatah Central Committee Member Faruq Qaddumi about the circumstances of Yasser Arafat's death. Qaddumi was reportedly asked by Jordan's government no [...] | 2009-07-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1664 | USG AML WORKSHOP FOR JUDGES IN AMMAN RAISES AWARENESS OF [...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered four, two-day workshops in Amman on "Adjudicating Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Cases" to 86 Jordani [...] | 2009-07-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1667 | JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS CITIZENSHIP [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi has changed his public stance on the practice of citizenship revocation for Palestinian-origin Jordanians. While he denied the existence of such a policy as recently as June 24, Qadi is now vigorously defending it in domestic and regional [...] | 2009-07-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1673 | JORDAN: FAMILIES THAT KILL AND THE LAW THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Reform of the penal code to ensure that perpetrators of honor crimes face harsher prison sentences has long been a topic of discussion in Jordan. Recently, however, judges have abandoned the use of Article 98, which permitted sentences as low as six months when the perpetrator [...] | 2009-07-27 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS KMPI JO |
09AMMAN1674 | WHY JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT WILL LIKELY DEFEAT OR [...] (S) Summary: Despite royal and government support, Jordan's parliament is likely to defeat amendments to the penal code which would increase the penalties associated with honor killings. The amendments related to honor crimes are part of a larger penal reform package which includes a reduct [...] | 2009-07-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN1675 | JORDAN AND IRAQ RENEW AIR TRANSPORT MEMORANDUM [...] (SBU) Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) President Suleiman Obeidat confirmed to Embassy DHS Attache that CARC and the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority had renewed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) on July 23, expanding air transportation cooperation between the two countries, and com [...] | 2009-07-27 11:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON JO IZ |
09AMMAN1676 | EMBASSY AMMAN'S FOLLOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in refs D and E, the President's June 4 speech in Cairo was generally well received in Jordan. Most Jordanian audiences focused on language related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but they nevertheless expect and look for increased engagement stemming from the [...] | 2009-07-27 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1689 | JORDANIAN SOCCER GAME HALTED AMIDST ANTI-REGIME [...] (S) Summary: Anti-Palestinian hooliganism and slogans denigrating the Palestinian origins of both the Queen and the Crown Prince led to the cancellation of a July 17 soccer game between the rival Faisali and Wahdat clubs, who traditionally represent the East Banker and Palestinian communities, resp [...] | 2009-07-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KDEM SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1690 | JORDAN'S ENERGY STRATEGY: MUCH TALK, LITTLE ACTION [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian government points to the energy sector as a main source of its economic woes. With no oil and limited natural resources, Jordan imports over 96% of its energy needs. Given significant rises in energy demand in Jordan over the last few years, the Government of J [...] | 2009-07-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG ECON EINV KNNP EPET PGOV PREL JO |
09AMMAN1695 | THE JORDAN INSTITUTION FOR STANDARDS AND METROLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the new facilities of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) on July 16 where he commended JISM's activism and restated U.S. support for JISM's efforts through the award of INCLE funding for equipment. Though hampered by a weak legal fra [...] | 2009-07-29 10:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO |
09AMMAN1724 | JORDAN'S LOWER HOUSE AND SENATE AT ODDS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Senate and Lower House remain at odds over an amendment to the controversial Associations Law which would restrict the operation of non-Muslim religious charities to those of certain Christian denominations only. The amendment was proposed on the floor of the Lower Hou [...] | 2009-07-30 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KIRF JO |
09AMMAN173 | JORDAN ALERTED TO U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1730 | HOW JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY DROPPED THE BALL ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite a promising start for the NGO coalition which worked with Jordan's government to amend the overly restrictive Law on Associations, the group effectively dissolved at the critical moment that the amendments reached parliament. Egos and personality conflicts of local NGO [...] | 2009-08-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1739 | GOJ DETERMINED TO CONTINUE WITH JORDAN-ONLY RED [...] (C/NF) Post continues to engage Jordanian officials on various plans to use the Red Sea to address the country's dire water needs. Minister of Water and Irrigation Abu Saud reiterated Jordan's commitment to implementing the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) in a July 22 meeting with OP [...] | 2009-08-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS |
09AMMAN1746 | JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT TORTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian government, with assistance from several European donors, has embarked on an extensive reform program designed to root out torture in the prison system. The reform plans are impressive and include a wide range of initiatives including placement of the prison system [...] | 2009-08-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CACS KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1749 | AQABA PORT STRIKE LEADS TO SECURITY CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Summary: Gendarmerie forces in the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba used violence to break up a sit-in by workers at the general cargo port on July 31. Despite intense negotiations to end the dispute, an agreement has proven elusive. Sixty-five protesters were taken into custody and th [...] | 2009-08-04 08:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM ELAB JO |
09AMMAN1757 | JORDAN: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Amman has learned the following about Jordanian attendance at the UN General Assembly. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein II -- While his departure and arrival times are unknown, the King has accepted an invitation to address t [...] | 2009-08-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KSEP CVIS OVIP OTRA UNGA JO |
09AMMAN1758 | JORDAN: DINNER PARTY RESULTS IN UNEXPECTED MEETING [...] (S/NF) PolChief and PolOff were invited to the home of a Jordanian newspaper columnist on August 3. Unbeknownst to us, the host, a regular political section interlocutor, had also invited two active members of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action [...] | 2009-08-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KISL JO |
09AMMAN1761 | PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN CITIZENSHIP: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The current debate in Amman about the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians centers around regulations connected to Jordan's 1988 unilateral disengagement from the West Bank. Some of the regulations left the residency requirements for certain groups vague. This [...] | 2009-08-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF KPAL KDEM KWBG SMIG IS JO |
09AMMAN1762 | JORDAN: ISLAMIST EDITOR SAYS TALK OF PEACE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Acting Information Officer, the editor of the Islamist daily Al-Sabeel newspaper lauded U.S. outreach to Muslims but asserted there had been no developments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to convince Jordanians that the U.S. would deal with both sides equa [...] | 2009-08-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL KDEM KISL JO |
09AMMAN1764 | JORDAN'S KING CHASTISES "RUMORMONGERS" ON MIDEAST [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a vaguely worded but politically loaded statement, King Abdullah warned against "rumormongering" about the peace process and internal politics on August 5. The King attempted to calm fears about an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal coming at Jordan's expense while stating hi [...] | 2009-08-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KPAL KDEM KWBG JO |
09AMMAN1779 | SUCESSFUL JORDAN BIOMETRIC PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Jordan's Ministry of Interior and General Intelligence Directorate held a conference on the Regional Biometric Partnership Initiative on 4-5 August in Amman. The conference successfully brought together counter-terrorism and forensics experts from twelve countries in the region, inclu [...] | 2009-08-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL KINR JO |
09AMMAN1782 | JORDAN CONTINUES TO RAID IPR VIOLATORS, AFFIRMING ITS [...] (U) Recent anti-computer software piracy raids by Jordan's National Library (NL),the agency mandated with enforcing Jordan's copyright laws, demonstrate that Jordan is continuing to take credible steps to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) in the country. The National Library's Deputy [...] | 2009-08-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO |
09AMMAN1786 | JORDAN: KING SACKS FOUR TOP GENERALS, UPSETTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah sacked four senior members of the Jordanian military during an emergency meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on August 4. The firings have so far not been made public. In an unprecedented step, the King did not immediately announce replacements for the f [...] | 2009-08-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MCAP MOPS JO |
09AMMAN1787 | JORDAN EXTENDS HOURS OF ISRAEL AND WEST BANK CROSSINGS [...] (SBU) Recent press reports touting round-the-clock opening of the main West Bank crossing to Jordan for the benefit of Palestinian commerce are exaggerated. According to Post contacts, Israel made the announcement without full coordination with the GOJ. Jordan has nevertheless taken action an [...] | 2009-08-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG JO IS |
09AMMAN1793 | JORDAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FACES MULTIPLE ROADBLOCKS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's new transportation strategy for 2009-2011 aims to make the country a regional transportation hub. The approach outlines plans to improve infrastructure, ease traffic flow, and encourage private investors to participate in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) arrangements. Long [...] | 2009-08-09 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN PGOV JO |
09AMMAN18 | JORDAN: JANUARY 4 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: Over the New Year's holiday weekend, developments in Gaza continued to dominate front and inside pages as well as op-ed pages of Jordanian media outlets. Coverage gave equal treatment to Jordanian public demonstrations and to efforts by King Abdullah and government officials to stop I [...] | 2009-01-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
09AMMAN1803 | JORDAN: FIRINGS OF TOP GENERALS LEAD TO A [...] (S/NF) Summary: Following the firings of four top generals and over 230 other military officials on August 4, Jordan's political elite is searching for an explanation (Ref A). There is a fundamental lack of information about why they occurred and their ultimate political meaning. In the ab [...] | 2009-08-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV MOPS MCAP JO |
09AMMAN1804 | JORDAN'S KING PREMATURELY DISSOLVES PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah decreed a surprise early end to the Jordanian parliament's extraordinary session, effective as of August 10. Unhappy with amendments to a comprehensive tax reform bill, the government requested the premature recess so it can regroup in the fall. The early recess [...] | 2009-08-10 09:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1807 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE PASSED ON POSSIBLE IRANIAN ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MASS AEC MU SA IR SU |
09AMMAN1813 | JORDAN'S PM STRESSES NATIONAL UNITY IN MEETING [...] (U) Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi convened Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi, provincial governors, and directors of the security services on August 10. In the meeting, the PM reiterated comments made by the King on August 4 about the importance of national unity and domestic political stabili [...] | 2009-08-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC JO |
09AMMAN1821 | JORDAN: SPECIALIZED HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 28, the Chief Judge of Jordan's Criminal Courts unveiled plans for a special criminal court tribunal to hear all honor crime cases. Many activists see the creation of the tribunal as a step forward to unify verdicts in these cases and ensure perpetrators are prosecuted [...] | 2009-08-12 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS KMPI JO |
09AMMAN1827 | JORDAN: GOJ SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT [...] (S) The Charge discussed ref B points with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Lozi and senior Court official Jaffar Hassan on August 13. Lozi stated that GOJ was sensitized to the issue of illicit arms shipments and supportive of USG efforts to prevent such deliveries. Lozi told the Charge that h [...] | 2009-08-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PARM ASEC ETTC MASS PREL IR IS SU SY |
09AMMAN1860 | JORDAN: GOJ AUTHORITIES REPORT DENIAL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PARM ASEC ETTC MASS PREL IR IS JO SU SY |
09AMMAN1866 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS TALK ABOUT CAIRO SPEECH, [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a dinner on August 3, which unexpectedly included Islamist politicians, conversation focused on the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian electoral politics, and Embassy engagement with Islamist groups (Ref A). The Islamists welcomed the Cairo speech and spoke about a p [...] | 2009-08-19 03:54:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KISL JO |
09AMMAN1867 | Boycott Planned to Protest Rising Meat Prices; GOJ Takes [...] (SBU) The private Jordanian Consumer Protection Society (JCPS) has called for a week-long national boycott of the purchase and consumption of red meat in protest of what it described as the "unjustified rise in red meat prices." Historically, food prices in Jordan rise during the run-up to th [...] | 2009-08-19 04:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1880 | Changes in Jordan's S&T Establishment Likely to Impact U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Secretary General at the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST),and other changes in Jordan's S&T establishment will challenge us to maintain the momentum under the U.S.-Jordan S&T agreement, which has had mixed success. Jordan's Scientific Research Fund, esta [...] | 2009-08-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL SENV PREL EAID TBIO TPHY ETRD PINR JO |
09AMMAN1884 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIMES 101 [...] (SBU) This cable serves as an overview of honor crimes in Jordan, Post efforts to address the issue, and an analysis of the Jordanian establishment's response to the problem. More detailed reporting has been provided by post in reftels. End Summary. Defining Honor Crimes ----------------- [...] | 2009-08-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS PREL KMPI JO |
09AMMAN1885 | JORDAN: POTENTIAL HONOR CRIME VICTIMS JAILED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Jordan's Juwedeh women's prison on July 23, PolChief, Consul, RSO, and Emboffs met with the prison warden and prisoners to discuss Jordan's practice of administratively detaining women at risk of becoming victims of honor crimes. Jordan uses its Crime Preventi [...] | 2009-08-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS KMPI JO CASC |
09AMMAN1886 | JORDAN: OFFICIALS WARN JOURNALISTS AGAINST RUMORS [...] (SBU) In recent days and in the wake of King Abdullah's August 4 speech against rumor-mongering (reftel A),two top Jordanian officials have publicly called on journalists to stop reporting on potentially divisive issues. On August 13, PM Nader Al-Dahabi warned chief editors of Jordanian daili [...] | 2009-08-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN189 | 2008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has taken some positive steps recently to combat child labor, including the development of a national strategy to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A number of existing laws seek to prevent child labor and provide punishments for those who ex [...] | 2009-01-22 09:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID JO |
09AMMAN1892 | Agricultural Trade between Jordan and Iraq Reportedly [...] (SBU) Iraq has reportedly reopened its market to Jordanian fruits and vegetables after a three-month closure. Representatives of the Jordanian Exporters and Producers of Fruits and Vegetables Association (JEPA) maintain the ban was imposed to facilitate the Iraqi import of Iranian produce, a [...] | 2009-08-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL JO |
09AMMAN1896 | TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN AJLOUN SPARKS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The murder of a man by a rival tribesman led to a series of riots in the northern city of Ajloun on August 21 and 22 after efforts by tribal leaders to mediate a compensation agreement failed. The violence prompted security forces to establish a cordon around Ajloun and the Int [...] | 2009-08-24 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM JO |
09AMMAN19 | JORDAN'S FM CONVOKES P5 AMBASSADORS OVER GROUND [...] (S) FM Salah Al-Bashir on January 4 convoked the P5 Ambassadors to register Jordan's protest over Israel's ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, lamenting that Israel had escalated its attack at a time when moderate Arab states were engaged in trying to find a comprehensive solution to the confl [...] | 2009-01-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL MOPS JO |
09AMMAN190 | JORDAN: MTCR PLENARY READOUT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MTCRE JO |
09AMMAN1915 | GOJ MUDDIES THE FACTS TO PAINT A POSITIVE PICTURE [...] (C/NF) In an August 18 meeting with visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and the Ambassador, Minister of Water and Irrigation (MWI) Raed Abu Saud reiterated Jordan's commitment to implementing the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) and noted that Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh is [...] | 2009-08-25 05:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS |
09AMMAN193 | AFTER A TOUGH YEAR OF PRICE INCREASES, JORDANIAN INFLATION [...] (U) Summary: After peaking at 19% inflation in July, Jordan's year-over-year inflation rate fell to 10% by the end of 2008, with steady decreases in October, November, and December (ref A). Although falling international commodity prices have helped ease the inflation rate in Jordan, consumers [...] | 2009-01-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JO |
09AMMAN1932 | GOJ REQUESTS EXPEDITED DISBURSEMENT OF BILATERAL [...] (C) The Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) has requested that the cash transfer from USAID scheduled for the end of September be expedited to the beginning of the month to help the GOJ meet its August payroll. MOPIC officials have repeatedly contacted the USAI [...] | 2009-08-27 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL ECON PGOV EFIN JO |
09AMMAN1942 | EXPAT REMITTANCES AND OTHER ECONOMIC INDICATORS FALL; [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis continues to hit Jordan. Jordanian remittances fell 4.4% during the first half of 2009. Other economic indicators, including foreign direct investment, imports, and exports, are also all down for the first half of 2009. Jordan's currency reserves a [...] | 2009-08-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JO |
09AMMAN1943 | USG WORKSHOP FOR MILITARY JUDGES PROMOTES PROSECUTING AND [...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered two, two-day workshops in Amman on "Prosecuting and Adjudicating Terrorism Finance Cases" to 38 Jordanian State Sec [...] | 2009-08-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1945 | EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Night Vision Devices (NVDs) through Foreign Military Financing (FMF) as part of their Jordan Border Security Plan (JBSP) FMS Case (JO-B-WAW). The NVDs will enhance Jordan's border security b [...] | 2009-08-27 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MASS PREL JO |
09AMMAN1955 | Exports to Iraq a Rare Bright Spot for Jordanian Trade [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's Department of Statistics reported that during the first six months of 2009 exports were down almost 12% and imports fell 23% over the previous year. Jordan's trade deficit, currently at $3.35 billion, has decreased almost a third compared to 2008. Despite the gloomy ov [...] | 2009-08-30 04:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
09AMMAN1968 | JORDAN CONSIDERING ORAL STATEMENT FOR ICJ ADVISORY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 05:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV JO |
09AMMAN197 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS SEND CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO [...] (U) Zaki Bani Irsheid, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) party, sent a letter via the U.S. Embassy to the President on January 21, urging him to be "open to suggestions and willing to debate the political forces that represent the Islamic world." Irsheid pub [...] | 2009-01-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL JO |
09AMMAN1977 | JORDAN REPORTS 150 H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES [...] Jordan has reported a total of 150 H1N1 cases as of August 27. Most cases have been concentrated in the metropolitan Amman area. The first H1N1 case reported outside the Amman area was a Saudi man studying at Mu'tah University in the Karak area. 2. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has institut [...] | 2009-09-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR AMGT KFLU KFLO KSAF |
09AMMAN1979 | UNRWA AT 60 EVENT: JORDAN DEBATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Samer Naber, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 31. Naber said that no final decision had yet been made about Jordan's stance on the UNRWA at 60 event, but indicated that interagency discussions on the issue had been he [...] | 2009-09-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL UNGA JO |
09AMMAN198 | GEN. DAYTON TALKS JAF TRAINING FOR PALESTINIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton met on January 19 with Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces HRH Lieutenant General Prince Faisal bin Al-Hussein, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Khaled Sarayreh, and Commander of the Joint [...] | 2009-01-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PTER MAS PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1985 | JORDAN'S CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DROPS; CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) The consumer price index (CPI) in Jordan dropped 0.1% over the first seven months of 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008, according to Jordan's Department of Statistics (DOS). The DOS figures show that the drop in CPI for the first seven months of 2009 is due to a drop in prices [...] | 2009-09-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1988 | MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Jordan has not received any Israeli offer that would allow a survey team to measure the site of the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The King raised Mughrabi Gate directly with Israeli PM Netanyahu during a July visit, and Jordan's FM raised it durin [...] | 2009-09-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN20 | 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Embassy Amman's submission for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) follows. Information was provided by the Jordan Public Security Directorate's Anti-Narcotics Department (PSD-AND). --------------- Part I: Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) Jordan's [...] | 2009-01-05 05:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC JO |
09AMMAN2000 | JORDAN: SCANDAL THREATENS TO END BASSEM [...] (C) Summary: Bassem Awadallah, former Royal Court Chief and champion of reform, is getting a divorce after allegedly beating his wife of four months. Many who had tapped Awadallah as the next Prime Minister now see him as a liability whose political career may be over. The scandal may have [...] | 2009-09-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN2001 | JORDAN: BORDER DEMARCATION WITH SYRIA BECOMES [...] (S) Summary: Despite a promising border demarcation agreement between Jordan and Syria reached on July 26, the implementation has become mired in rhetoric on regional politics that threatens to derail the effort. Jordan was initially impressed with Syria's flexibility in talks leading to t [...] | 2009-09-02 09:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR JO |
09AMMAN2012 | FORMER AMBASSADOR OUTLINES JORDAN'S RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Former Ambassador to Iran Bassem Al-Umush described the contours of the official relationship between Jordan and Iran during a September 1 meeting with PolOff. Jordan maintains a minimal diplomatic presence in Tehran to reflect the lack of substantive relations. Iran's efforts t [...] | 2009-09-03 05:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON KINR IR JO |
09AMMAN2013 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS WARN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE; [...] (C) Iraqi Parliamentarian Dr. Saleh al-Mutlaq repeated to Emboffs previous allegations of continuing extensive corruption in the Iraqi government and wide-spread influence by Iran. Mutlaq claimed that the Iraqi government, military, and media, are all under the influence of Iranian-supported [...] | 2009-09-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JO IZ |
09AMMAN2018 | JORDAN: POST FIGHTS FOR BAHA'I BIRTH CERTIFICATE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The approximately 1,000 Baha'i in Jordan face several forms of official discrimination, including the non-recognition of their faith and assembly, inability to register schools and places of worship, and difficulties in obtaining official documentation. One of the Baha'is immed [...] | 2009-09-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2032 | ZARQA: URBAN BLIGHT AND TENTATIVE REFORM IN [...] (C) Summary: Zarqa, Jordan's second largest city, is a symbol of urban decline. The city's unplanned growth, largely the result of migrant and refugee flows, strains the city's insufficient infrastructure and has created an acute housing crunch. A new housing development on the eastern fla [...] | 2009-09-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAL KISL PINR JO |
09AMMAN2039 | JORDANIAN MFA ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL, SOMALI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Samer Naber, Director of the Americas Department at the MFA. On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Naber said that Jordan's goal at the Arab League Ministerial was to "keep momentum going, avert negativity, and be as positive as possible." [...] | 2009-09-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IS SA SO JO |
09AMMAN2053 | RE-ENGAGING WITH JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Amman is moving forward with a strategy to re-establish political contact with Islamists in Jordan. Engagement with the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),languished in the wake of September 11, 2001, and eventua [...] | 2009-09-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
09AMMAN2054 | LET MY PEOPLE GO: TRAVEL HOLDS IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Travel holds are the legal mechanism which allow Jordanian officials to prevent travelers from departing the country. The legal framework for travel holds in Jordan is full of loopholes. These allow abuses of the system which have the effect of restricting the travel of Jord [...] | 2009-09-10 07:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CASC KWMN JO |
09AMMAN2064 | Jordan Secures $300 Million World Bank Loan to Help Close [...] (U) Ministry of Finance officials confirmed to the press on September 8 that Jordan will receive $300 million in soft loans from the World Bank in the fourth quarter of this year to address its increasing budget deficit (ref E). Finance Minister Bassem Salem explained that under the terms of t [...] | 2009-09-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID JO |
09AMMAN2072 | JORDAN NONCOMMITAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC |
09AMMAN2073 | JORDAN: NEW DOMESTIC WORKER REGULATIONS ENDORSED [...] (U) Jordan's cabinet endorsed new regulations on August 25 aimed at protecting the rights of domestic workers, some of the workers most vulnerable to forced labor and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in Jordan. The regulations had been under development since July 2008 when Jordan's Labor Law was [...] | 2009-09-10 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KTIP KCRM JO |
09AMMAN2074 | JORDAN: RANGE OF OPINIONS EXPRESSED DURING [...] (U) In an effort to engage students on the issues of domestic worker abuse and human trafficking, the Embassy recently hosted three viewings of the documentary "Maid in Lebanon II." The documentary, produced by a Lebanese filmmaker, depicts the lives of domestic workers in Lebanon, details th [...] | 2009-09-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB JO |
09AMMAN2097 | PARLIAMENT: "THE SCUM OF JORDAN" [...] (S) Summary: Following an early end to parliament's extraordinary session, many in Jordan are again questioning the professionalism and drive of MPs. Jordan's media, political leadership, and public opinion are united in their condemnation of legislators, whose gaffes only add to the widesp [...] | 2009-09-15 06:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN2098 | IS DISSOLUTION OF JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT AN OPTION? [...] (S/NF) Summary: In the face of ongoing debates about the effectiveness and legitimacy of the Jordanian parliament, many in Amman are starting to believe that it should be dissolved. Government officials have privately confided to the Ambassador that they are open to the possibility of disba [...] | 2009-09-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN2104 | JORDAN PRESSED ON ISRAELI SPEAKING ROLE AT UNRWA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL JO |
09AMMAN2105 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA |
09AMMAN211 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY [...] (S) Foremost on the mind of King Abdullah will be his desire for assurance that the U.S. has reinvigorated its pursuit of a two-state solution. The King pins the blame for the Gaza crisis on three factors: the perceived political vacuum during our presidential transition, doubts about a weake [...] | 2009-01-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2113 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 15 to Samer Naber, Chief of the Americas Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber appreciated the invitation, and noted that Jordan was currently celebrating its twentieth anniversary of participation in UN peacekeeping operations. (N [...] | 2009-09-15 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPKO JO |
09AMMAN2114 | JORDAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN, IAEA MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC JO |
09AMMAN2125 | ABSENT A NEW ENERGY LAW, JORDAN GRANTS EXISTING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan granted the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) and its future strategic partner 15-year exclusivity rights on selling refined petroleum products in Jordan. An energy law that remains in draft form would have opened up the petroleum sector and JPR [...] | 2009-09-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV JO |
09AMMAN2126 | MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN SET TO REMAIN OBSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With the standoff over Mughrabi Gate as intractable as ever, Jordan is again opting for a strategy of obstructionism. Prior to his departure for the UNESCO meetings in Paris, MFA Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber again indicated that Jordan would not respond to Israeli overture [...] | 2009-09-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IS JO KWBG PREL UNESCO |
09AMMAN2127 | SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes as Jordanian officials and the King continue to eagerly anticipate the launch of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Jordanian-Israeli relations are cordial, although the growing controversy over Mughrabi Gate remains a sore point. Many of our interlocut [...] | 2009-09-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2141 | A New Strategy to Curb Rising Food Prices: GOJ to Enter [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ has announced a three-part strategy to confront increasing commodity prices: amending laws, directly entering the market with a government trading company, and a public awareness campaign on curtailing consumption. Commodity traders were skeptical that the GOJ strategy [...] | 2009-09-17 04:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAGR SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2143 | ROYAL DECREE DELAYS OPENING OF JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary: The opening of the Jordanian parliament's fall session was delayed for two months following a royal decree on September 16. The decree came as a surprise to our contacts in parliament and the government. The primary reason for the delay is the budget. With foreign assistanc [...] | 2009-09-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
09AMMAN2144 | JORDAN ALIGNED WITH IPCC AND G77 BUT OBSERVES [...] (SBU) Jordan is largely aligned with the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the G77 negotiating block as it prepares for the COP15 in Copenhagen. While Jordan will not be represented at the September 22 UN Climate Summit, Minister of Environment Khaled [...] | 2009-09-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KGCC JO |
09AMMAN2150 | ENGAGING THE JORDANIAN DIASPORA [...] (U) Post offers the following in response to reftel B, paragraph 15 questions: A) The Jordanian Diaspora working in the Gulf providing remittances are Substantial and are closely tracked by Jordan's Department of Statistics and the Central Bank of Jordan. Outside the Gulf region though, Dia [...] | 2009-09-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG BTIO EAID |
09AMMAN2151 | ENGAGING THE JORDANIAN DIASPORA [...] (U) Post offers the following in response to reftel B, paragraph 15 questions: A) The Jordanian Diaspora working in the Gulf providing remittances are Substantial and are closely tracked by Jordan's Department of Statistics and the Central Bank of Jordan. Outside the Gulf region though, Dia [...] | 2009-09-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG BTIO EAID |
09AMMAN2155 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ZERO NOMINAL GROWTH IN FAO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR JO |
09AMMAN2156 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN NONCOMITTAL ON U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS JO |
09AMMAN219 | ARE JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS STRONGER IN THE WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Islamists are seeking to parlay a string of highly organized demonstrations on Gaza into broader political influence. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have been increasingly direct in their criticism of the [...] | 2009-01-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KWBG KPAL KDEM JO |
09AMMAN2190 | JORDAN'S LIGHT RAIL PLAN STILL LACKS FUNDING; REVIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan continues taking small steps to implement its plans to establish a light railway linking its two largest cities, Amman and Zarqa. The project has been fraught with financial difficulties due in part to the domestic impact of the global financial crisis as well as to Jord [...] | 2009-09-28 12:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN EINV PGOV JO |