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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 03USUNNEWYORK298 |
UN/IRAQ: IRAQ SENDS LETTER PRE-EMPTIVELY TAKING [...] (U) IRAQI FM NAJI SABRI SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL (S/2003/132), CONCERNING THE U.S. PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 5. THE FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER FOLLOWS IN PARA 2. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS CAL [...] |
2003-02-06 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM UNSC IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK299 |
UNSC/IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL MAKES THE CASE; THE [...] (U) SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE-PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 5 TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) IN WHICH HE OUTLINED, IN DETAIL: IRAQI EFFORTS TO DEFEAT UNMOVIC AND IAEA INSPECTIONS; IRAQ'S FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR WMD AND OTHER MATERIALS IT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED; AND IRAQ'S [...] |
2003-02-06 01:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PTER UNSC IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK300 |
UN/IRAQ: COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENTS FOLLOWING THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: COUNCIL MEMBERS, STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS FOLLOWING SECRETARY POWELL,S PRESENTATION CLOSELY REFLECTED THE CONTENT OF THEIR PREPARED NATIONAL STATEMENTS MADE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, AND LARGELY FELL ALONG PREDICTABLE LINES. WHEN ASKED IF SECRETARY POWELL,S PRESENTATION CONVINCED HIM [...] |
2003-02-06 02:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PARM IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK633 |
UN/IRAQ:SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN QUESTIONS [...] (U) SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN, IN THE HAGUE MARCH 10 FOR CYPRUS UNIFICATION TALKS, ADDRESSED THE PRESS ON IRAQ. WHEN ASKED IF AN ATTACK ON IRAQ WITHOUT SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION WOULD VIOLATE THE UN CHARTER, ANNAN SAID "IF THE U.S. AND OTHERS WERE TO GO OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL AND TAKE MILITAR [...] |
2003-03-10 21:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PARM IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK634 |
UN/IRAQ:TEXT OF UNDECIDED SIX "COMPROMISE PROPOSAL" [...] (C) IN A DISPLAY OF THE INCREASING DISCOMFORT WITH THE DECISION BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON IRAQ, THE UNDECIDED SIX (U-6) HAVE PREPARED A "COMPROMISE PROPOSAL" WHICH THEY PLAN TO PUT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN THIS DRAFT (TEXT AT PARA 2), WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY A FRIENDLY U-6 MEMBER, WI [...] |
2003-03-10 21:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PARM IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK707 |
UN/IRAQ: UNDECIDED SIX INITIATIVE DEAD [...] (C) CAMEROONIAN PERMREP BELINGA-EBOUTOU REPORTED THAT THE U-6 INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAD HIT A DEAD END, BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF A MEETING BETWEEN U-6 PERMREPS EARLY AFTERNOON ON MARCH 14. CAMEROON, ANGOLA, GUINEA AND PAKISTAN HAD ALL DECLINED TO [...] |
2003-03-14 22:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ ETTC |
| 03USUNNEWYORK716 |
UN/IRAQ:GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN MARCH 15 JOINT [...] (U) ON MARCH 15, GERMAN PERMREP PLEUGER CIRCULATED THE FOLLOWING GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN JOINT DECLARATION ON IRAQ AS AN ANNEX TO A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN JOINT DECLARATION. -- THE SHARED GOAL OF THE INTERNATI [...] |
2003-03-17 15:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PARM IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK718 |
UN/IRAQ: ELEMENTS OF UK/U.S./SPAIN STATEMENT ON IRAQ [...] (U) IN COMMENTS TO THE PRESS BEFORE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS, MARCH 17, UK PERMREP GREENSTOCK, ACCOMPANIED BY SPANISH PERMREP ARIAS AND AMBASSADOR NEGROPONTE, ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT ON IRAQ. FOLLOWING GREENSTOCK'S COMMENTS, AMBASSADORS NEGROPONTE AND ARIAS PROVIDED STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS. [...] |
2003-03-17 16:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM UNSC IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK727 |
UN/IRAQ: NO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION; SUBDUED COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SUBDUED SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN INFORMALS ON MARCH 17 TO RECEIVE WORD THAT THE U.S., UK, AND SPAIN HAD CHOSEN NOT TO BRING THEIR RESOLUTION TO A VOTE, BUT WOULD INSTEAD "RESERVE THEIR RIGHT TO TAKE THEIR OWN STEPS TO SECURE THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ." SYG ANNAN AND MOST COUNCIL M [...] |
2003-03-17 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK746 |
UN/IRAQ: SYG REPLIES TO IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (U) SYG ANNAN CIRCULATED TO THE COUNCIL HIS MARCH 17 RESPONSE LETTER TO IRAQI FM NAJI SABRI AL-HADITHI'S MARCH 13 AND 16 LETTERS REQUESTING THAT UNIKOM NOT BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE DMZ (REF A AND B). THE SYG RESPONDED THAT ALL UN PERSONNEL WOULD BE TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN FROM IRAQ, THEREFORE SUSP [...] |
2003-03-18 20:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KPKO UNSC IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK766 |
UN/IRAQ: SYG MAKES STATEMENT TO COUNCIL ON IRAQ, [...] (U) IN REMARKS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL MARCH 19, SYG ANNAN EXPRESSED REGRET THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT REACH A COMMON POSITION ON IRAQ, CALLING IT A "SAD DAY" FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. ANNAN STATED THAT "THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT FALLS ON THE BELLIGERENTS; I [...] |
2003-03-19 21:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM UNSC IZ |
| 03USUNNEWYORK768 |
UN/IRAQ: COUNCIL CLOSES ONE CHAPTER IN IRAQI DISARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A FRANKLY ANTI-CLIMATIC CONCLUSION TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE IN DEBATING THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ, THE COUNCIL HELD AN OPEN SESSION MARCH 19 ATTENDED BY MINISTERS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA, SYRIA, AND GUINEA. (GUINEAN FM FALL WAS IN NEW YORK TO PRESIDE OVER THE COUNCIL [...] |
2003-03-19 23:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
| 04USUNNEWYORK2570 |
59TH UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE [...] Summary. On November 11, the United Nations General Assembly marked the passing of Yasser Arafat. Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and GA President Jean Ping both made statements of condolences as did the leaders of the various regional groups. Gambia, on behalf of the African States; In [...] |
2004-11-12 21:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 04USUNNEWYORK494 |
UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS MADRID BOMB ATTACKS [...] CONDEMNS IN THE STRONGEST TERMS THE BOMB ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, PERPETRATED BY THE TERRORIST GROUP ETA ON 11 MARCH 2004, IN WHICH MANY LIVES WERE CLAIMED AND PEOPLE INJURED, ANDD REGARDS SUCH ACT, LIKE ANY ACT OF TERRORISM, AS A THREAT TO PEACE AND SECURITY; 2. EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST SY [...] |
2004-03-11 23:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL SP |
| 06EFTOUSUNNEWYORK1560 |
SYRIAN AMBASSADOR STOPPED AT JFK INTERNATIONAL [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. ACTION REQUEST: USUN has received a note verbale from the Syrian Mission to the UN which requests an explanation for the delay experienced by Syrian PermRep Ja'afari on arrival at Kennedy Airport on July 6. Acco [...] |
2006-08-17 15:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP SY UN JA AFARI BASHAR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1003 |
UNSC/SOMALIA: SHARIA COURT MILITIAS THREATENING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant-Secretary-General (A/SYG) Kalomoh urged Security Council Members at May 15 consultations to intensify their contacts, especially within the Contact Group and the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs), on the diffe [...] |
2006-05-17 12:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO UNSC XW |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1006 |
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 17,2006 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Oper [...] |
2006-05-18 09:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1007 |
UN/IRAQ: MAY 12 TRILATERAL ON UNAMI STAFF AND [...] (C) Summary. In the May 12 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN interlocutors gave an update on UN staff numbers and details of constitutional and electoral assistance and the Peace Building Initiative. UN HQ has asked SRSG Qazi to flesh out plans for this initiativ [...] |
2006-05-18 09:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1008 |
UN/IRAQ: S/I AMBASSADOR JEFFREY ON AN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Begin Summary. S/I Ambassador Jim Jeffrey briefed UN U/SYG Gambari and SRSG for Iraq Qazi May 9 on the proposal to develop an "Iraq Compact," whereby UNAMI would work closely with the newly elected Iraqi government to help al-Maliki's cabinet expand Iraq's partnership with the internation [...] |
2006-05-18 09:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1010 |
UNMIK/KOSOVO: AHTISAARI BRIEFS CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari briefed the Coordinating and Drafting Group (Contact Group plus Greece, Slovakia and Denmark) May 12 on his upcoming consultations in June and his plans for the parties to meet in Ju [...] |
2006-05-18 14:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV UNMIK YI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1013 |
UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS FOLLOW-ON [...] The Security Council May 17 adopted a follow-up resolution to urge progress on the implementation of UNSCR 1559 (2004). Drafted by the UK, U.S. and France and co-sponsored by Slovakia and Denmark, UNSCR 1680 (2006) was adopted by a 13-0-2 vote, with Russia and China abstaining. 2. Reflectin [...] |
2006-05-18 17:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1014 |
UN/IRAQ: IRAQI CHARGE ON MNF REVIEW, UNAMI AND [...] (C) MNF Review: In a May 16 meeting, Ambassador Bolton and Iraqi Charge Estrabadi discussed the upcoming June UNSC review of the mandate for the Multi National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). Estrabadi said he had heard rumors of Russian proposals that would derail the mandate review and wanted to make [...] |
2006-05-18 17:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1015 |
UN: OIOS REPORT ON FRAUD AND CORRUPTION [...] Summary. The report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on the investigation conducted by the Investigations Task Force (ITF) into fraud and corruption allegations at Pristina Airport (A/60/720) will be considered by the Fifth Committee during its 2nd resumed session that beg [...] |
2006-05-18 19:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1016 |
INDIA REJECTS UNSC BRIEFING ON NEPAL AS WELL AS UN [...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting on Nepal hosted by UK PermRep to the UN Sir Emyr Jones Parry and attended by Special Adviser to SYG Annan Vijay Nambiar and USUN Deputy PermRep Wolff -- but not Indian PermRep Nirupam Sen, who decided at the last minute not to attend -- the UK pushed for a [...] |
2006-05-18 20:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV UNSC NP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1017 |
DARFUR RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH SOME [...] (C) After three rounds of working-level negotiations and an eleventh-hour Ambassadorial exchange over timing of adoption, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously May 16 to adopt Resolution 1679 (2006), Chapter VII reference and all (text in Paragraph 7). Congo, Denmark, France, [...] |
2006-05-18 20:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1018 |
WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 joint call with SRSG for Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli, Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, noted the Security Council's April rollover of the MINURSO mandate and its failure to take action on the Secretary General's recommendation of direct talks bet [...] |
2006-05-18 21:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1033 |
INDIAN DPR PLEDGES TO COOPERATE WITH USG ON NEPAL, UN BUDGET, AND SYG SELECTION [...] (C/NF) During a May 19 lunch with USUN Deputy PermRep Wolff, Indian Deputy PermRep Ajai Malhotra (protect) reported that he had been sent to New York with instructions from Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran to cooperate with the USG on the broad range of issues facing both countries at the UN. [...] |
2006-05-19 21:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC KUNR AORC NP IN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1035 |
AMBASSADOR WISNER'S MEETING WITH UNMIK SRSG SOREN [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting at the Brook Club in New York, Ambassador Wisner and UNMIK SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen discussed recent developments in the Kosovo status process and progress towards standards implementation. (Note: As the Brook Club does not allow note taking on its premises, thi [...] |
2006-05-19 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1039 |
COUNCIL APPEARS READY TO DOWNSIZE UNMEE, BUT SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acknowledging the failure of the May 17 meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) to produce a breakthrough in the border standoff between Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members finally expressed their readiness to downsize the UN M [...] |
2006-05-23 13:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1040 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - WHERE ARE THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the Secretary General's counter-terrorism strategy (ref A) continued May 15-18 in General Assembly informal consultations. Delegations were divided among those who urged the Assembly to craft a strategy from the elements on which all could agree and those who s [...] |
2006-05-23 13:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1041 |
DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...] |
2006-05-23 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1042 |
DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...] |
2006-05-23 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1043 |
BALKAN PERMREPS MEET AMBASSADOR WISNER TO TALK [...] (C) Romanian Ambassador Mihnea Motoc hosted a dinner on May 16 for U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner to discuss the future status of Kosovo. Other invitees included the permanent representatives from Greece, Slovakia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and S [...] |
2006-05-23 20:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI EU SR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1062 |
SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL TO HOLD "INFORMAL [...] (C) P5 Permanent Representatives (PRs) met May 18 to discuss next steps in the Security Council's efforts to select the next UN Secretary-General (SYG). Based on P5 agreement, the French will host "informal informals" of the Security Council on Thursday, May 25. The P5 have agreed that Franc [...] |
2006-05-23 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1065 |
SYG SELECTION: INDIA PUSHES UNHELPFUL GA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. The Indians are reportedly leading an aggressive General Assembly (GA) effort by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to advocate for a GA resolution that would demand the Security Council recommend more than one candidate to be the next Secretary-General. The proposal, which seeks to capi [...] |
2006-05-24 13:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN IN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1066 |
EGELAND TELLS UNSC NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jan Egeland told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on May 19 that while 2005 was a 'lost' year in terms of peace and reconciliation in the Darfur crisis, 2006 was looking up, [...] |
2006-05-24 13:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1067 |
UN REFORM: G-77 URGES POSTPONEMENT OF ECOSOC [...] (U) The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened an opening round of informal consultations on a review of its mandates on May 23 pursuant to the Secretary-General's report (A/60/733) and General Assembly guidelines for UN mandate review. Haiti's Permrep Leo Merores, who is ECOSOC Vic [...] |
2006-05-24 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1070 |
UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'S 14TH [...] (U) Summary: Building on reforms advanced since the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the May 1-12 fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) successfully focused on practical approaches to increase access to modern energy services. An interagency U.S. [...] |
2006-05-25 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENRG EAID TRGY ECON UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1071 |
UN FINANCES: 2006 PAYMENTS ARE SLOW [...] SUMMARY: On May 24th, UN Controller Warren Sach updated the Fifth Committee on the current financial situation of the United Nations. He noted that the overall financial situation in 2005 was better than 2004, but that 2006 payments thus far on the regular budget were below payments made this [...] |
2006-05-25 17:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1072 |
MAY 24 INFORMALS ON ENVIRONMENT HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Co-chairs of the informal consultation process on the framework of the UN's environment activities, Ambassador Maurer of Switzerland and Ambassador Berruga of Mexico, convened a one hour meeting May 24 to brief New York delegations on the outcome of their recent trips to Nairobi and Geneva [...] |
2006-05-25 20:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR SENV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1073 |
EGYPT AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The prevailing atmosphere at the UN is one of increasing polarization between the UN's top donors (chiefly the U.S., Japan, Europe and CANZ) and the G-77. This sharpening divide manifests itself in debates across the full spectrum of reform issues: administrative, bu [...] |
2006-05-25 21:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR EG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1075 |
UN SECRETARIAT SAYS NEPALIS SUPPORT EXPANDED UN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 23 meeting with visiting IO/UNP Deskoff and USUN Poloff, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Tamrat Samuel briefed on his recently-completed visit to Nepal and India and outlined his views of a possible expanded role for the UN in Nepal. Samuel said ne [...] |
2006-05-26 13:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO NP IN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1077 |
UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 228th meeting on May 17, 2006. USUN Minister Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. In keeping with past practice, the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps [...] |
2006-05-26 16:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1078 |
1267 COMMITTEE: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. PAPER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Mission stressed its desire to work closely with the USUN to reach agreement on how to revise listing and de-listing procedures in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee. French Mission officials met with USUN on May 22 to respond to our April 27 d [...] |
2006-05-26 18:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1079 |
DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PAUSE AS G77 DEPARTS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 19:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1081 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY: USUN CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary. Ambassador Wolff met May 26 with the Co-Chairmen of the General Assembly Counter-terrorism Strategy consultations to discuss the next phase of work on the strategy. They plan to produce a discussion paper for consideration by the Group and sought U.S. views on some of the most sens [...] |
2006-05-26 20:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1083 |
CHANGE IN POE RESTRICTIONS FOR CUBANS AT THE UN [...] This is a request for guidance -- see paragraph 3. 2. Reftel lists designated ports of entry for Cuban nationals with G-1 visas as "Entry at: New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C. (Dulles only), Miami and Houston." Beginning in January 2006, however, SAO clearance reports (applicable to indivi [...] |
2006-05-26 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS OFDP CU UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1086 |
SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMALS, MAY 25, [...] (C) Summary. Security Council PRs met May 25 in "informal informals" to discuss next steps in the process of selecting the Secretary-General. Basic agreement was reached that the Council would seek to announce in June its intention to "begin the process" in July, though the form of that anno [...] |
2006-05-30 15:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1088 |
UNSC: MAY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] Summary: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council held May 24, U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari addressed the following subjects: developments on the Quartet's support for an EU funding mechanism for Palestinian assistance; the impact of Israeli closures, barrier construction and settlement activ [...] |
2006-05-31 13:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1093 |
UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Members of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee communicated May 25 via videoconference with Court Registrar Lovemore Munlo and other Court officials to discuss the proposed $26.8 million budget projected for July 2006-June 2007, progress in the three trials now underw [...] |
2006-05-31 18:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1119 |
SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMALS MAY 31, [...] (C) Security Council Ambassadors met May 31 in "informal informals" to continue last week's discussion on the process of selecting the next Secretary-General (reftel) and to agree on the text of a letter from the incoming Security Council President (Denmark) to the President of the General Asse [...] |
2006-06-01 18:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN DA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1120 |
HUNGARY: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Prof. Dr. Andrea Peto for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010. The elec [...] |
2006-06-01 18:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM HU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1123 |
HAITI: UN SECRETARIAT SOLICITS VIEWS ON CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, Director of the UN DPKO Europe and Latin America Division, convened Friends of Haiti experts on May 26 to outline preliminary UN views and solicit feedback on possible changes to the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) after UNSCR [...] |
2006-06-02 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1124 |
UN REFORM: JUSCKANZ AMBASSADORS DISCUSS STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Bolton convened a meeting of JUSCKANZ ambassadors (Note: South Korea recently joined JUSCKANZ discussions) the afternoon of May 23 to coordinate a strategy aimed at achieving meaningful results on mandate review and UN management reform before the $950 million spending aut [...] |
2006-06-02 18:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1137 |
UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...] |
2006-06-05 15:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1142 |
LESSONS LEARNED FROM UNMEE'S 'RIGHTSIZING' [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, after almost seven hours of continuous, mostly ambassadorial-level negotiations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted as a Presidential text resolution 1681, which reduced the military component of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) [...] |
2006-06-05 21:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1148 |
ICTY PRESIDENT POCAR PREVIEWS JUNE 7 ADDRESS FOR [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY. Appealing for continuing U.S. support, Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), previewed his June 7 address to the Security Council for Ambassador Wolff on June 5. Pocar said he would focus on the ICTY's work [...] |
2006-06-06 20:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC NL BK |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1149 |
CHINESE LOOK FOR INCREASED COOPERATION AS SC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Annabi gave the Security Council June 2 an overview of the current situation throughout Sudan in advance of the UNSC's Mission to Sudan, Addis Ababa and Chad. The most notable part of [...] |
2006-06-06 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1154 |
PAKISTAN AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: This cable, which focuses on Pakistan's opposition to U.S. positions and interests at the UN, is the second in a series. Like Egypt -- the first UN member state reviewed by USUN (reftel) -- Pakistan is one of a handful of countries (including India, Brazil, and South Afri [...] |
2006-06-06 21:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR UNGA UNSC PK |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1156 |
HAITI SRSG MULET CALLS FOR MAINTAINING MINUSTAH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi convened Friends of Haiti (U.S., France, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile) on June 1 to meet newly-appointed Special Repres [...] |
2006-06-06 22:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1157 |
SYG ANNAN DISCUSSES IRAN, DARFUR, SOMALIA AND UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting convened at his request, Secretary-General (SYG) Annan gave Ambassador Bolton a SIPDIS read-out of his recent conversation with head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Larijani on the incentives package just presented by European Union High Representative [...] |
2006-06-06 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT AORC CM IR NI PGOV PREL PTER SO SU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1158 |
A/SYG ANNABI BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on June 2, A/SYG Annabi briefed Council members on the latest report on UNFICYP and reiterated the Secretariat's position that the situation on Cyprus is not yet ripe for another political mission aimed at final resolution of the conflict. A/S [...] |
2006-06-07 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC CY UNFICYP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1161 |
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL 2006 ASSESSMENT [...] USUN has faxed to Department IO/S-David Leis and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated June 6, 2006, requesting payment of SIPDIS additional U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2006 in the amount of $5,170,000. The note also [...] |
2006-06-07 15:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1163 |
UN FINANCES: G77 RAISES LIFTING OF SPENDING CAP IN [...] SUMMARY: The normally routine discussion on the UN financial situation turned heated on June 1st when the G77 raised the issue of lifting the spending cap and linked it to late payments by some Member States. Delegations stated that the cap had been imposed on the Organization by a few Member [...] |
2006-06-07 15:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1174 |
UNSC/SOMALIA: UN URGES AGAINST SUPPORTING FACTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 8 briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Department of Political Affairs Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Kalomoh warned Members 'this is not the time to abandon Somalia,' given what he called the 'tense military stand-off' between militias of the U [...] |
2006-06-08 22:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SO UNSC IGAD |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1180 |
ICTY/ICTR PRESIDENTS, PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Presidents of and Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed the Security Council June 7 on their progress toward implementation of the Completion Strategy of the re [...] |
2006-06-09 19:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC ICTR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1181 |
UN REFORM: U.S. HOSTS LUNCH TO DISCUSS WAYS FORWARD [...] Summary. In the latest in a series of lunches on reform in New York, Ambassadors and representatives from fourteen key countries on June 6 acknowledged that time was getting short and that it was critical to seek agreement on measures to strengthen the UN. At the lunch, hosted for the first [...] |
2006-06-09 22:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1191 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A [...] SUMMARY: As requested in resolution 60/256, the Secretary-General has prepared a report providing a business SIPDIS analysis on the possibility of constructing a new permanent building on the North Lawn. The report states that there is a cost advantage in the long-term to constructing a bu [...] |
2006-06-12 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1196 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1683 ON LIBERIA [...] On June 13, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1683, which amends the arms embargo in Liberia. The new resolution allows the Government of Liberia to procure a limited number of weapons for vetted and trained security personnel. 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Security Council, [...] |
2006-06-13 22:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1197 |
SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1687 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-13 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTR KJUS UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1198 |
UN SECRETARIAT OUTLINES STEPS TO ESTABLISH HARIRI [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Department laywers and USUN Political and Legal officers on June 9, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) lawyer Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu said they believed they had reached agreement with Lebanese judges Chouc [...] |
2006-06-13 23:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PINR KISL UNSC LE SY UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1199 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated May 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNMEE $ 2,795,946 UNMIL $47,535,464 UNMIS $60,080,750 2. Copy of receipts have been faxed to IO/EX/OB-Alice Green and IO/PSC- [...] |
2006-06-14 14:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1208 |
PERMREP EMPHASIZES CHINA'S OPPOSITION TO SC [...] (C) During the Security Council's meeting this morning, Chinese Ambassador Wang asked Ambassador Bolton to step out of the briefing on the Council's recent trip to Sudan and Chad. Wang, on instructions from Beijing, said that China opposed any consideration of Burma in the Council, seeing no [...] |
2006-06-15 18:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1222 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1223 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN OCHA UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1224 |
DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION NEGOTIATIONS SHIFT INTO NEW [...] (u) The current phase of negotiations on the development resolution in follow-up to the World Summit Outcome ended at midnight Thursday (6/16-17) without an agreed text. Facilitator Paul Lolo of Nigeria will no longer be available and responsibility for further progress will revert back to th [...] |
2006-06-16 19:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1225 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATE FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The UNSC held public and private sessions on June 15 to review the mandate of the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) as well as to review Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) arrangements. Council members voiced unanimous support fo [...] |
2006-06-16 21:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1226 |
UNSC EXTENDS UNIIIC MANDATE AND ALLOWS BRAMMERTZ [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council voted unanimously on June 16 to adopt UNSCR 1686 (text contained in ref A), which extends the mandate of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) until 15 June 2007 and "supports the Commission's intention" to extend further its [...] |
2006-06-16 21:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1227 |
PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel), agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...] |
2006-06-16 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1228 |
DRC SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE CHAIR CALLS FOR MORE [...] (C) DRC Sanctions Committee Chairman, Peruvian PermRep de Rivero, recently called on members of the Committee to submit new names of individuals and entities for sanctions under resolution 1596. Both France and the UK would like to respond to the Chairman,s call and submit new names for listi [...] |
2006-06-16 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG EFIN ETTC PGOV UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1229 |
PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel), agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...] |
2006-06-16 21:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1235 |
1267 COMMITTEE: BELGIAN DE-LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Mission recently provided more information to USUN about the background of two individuals for whom Belgium has requested de-listing from the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee's sanctions list. The information w [...] |
2006-06-19 20:17:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1241 |
GA MANDATE REVIEW DISCUSSIONS [...] Summary: General Assembly mandate review discussions continued in light of the Co-Chairs proposal to focus remaining discussion, at least initially, on those mandates that are older than five years and have not been renewed. Co-Chair Rock opened the meeting by addressing the Co-Chairs letter, [...] |
2006-06-20 20:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1244 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1689 ON LIBERIA [...] On June 20, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1689, which lifts timber sanctions in Liberia. If the Liberian Congress fails to pass necessary forestry legislation within 90 days, resolution 1689 expresses the Council's determination to reinstate the timber ban. The new res [...] |
2006-06-20 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1245 |
NOTE TO SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE FROM [...] Mission received the following note dated June 15, 2006, from Kjell Magne Bondevik, UN SYG's Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, requesting a meeting on June 26, 2006, to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USUN is in discussion with IO/RHS on how to faci [...] |
2006-06-21 13:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM XW |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1248 |
UNSC/SOMALIA: MOST MEMBERS ANXIOUS FOR ACTION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At June 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations on Somalia, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Fall discussed humanitarian, political and security aspects of the current crisis, outlining five possible scenarios that could result from the powe [...] |
2006-06-21 16:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SO UNSC IGAD |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1249 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 20:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1250 |
UN REFORM: SECURITY COUNCIL MANDATE REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. The Security Council has begun the process of reviewing its mandates as called for by heads of state at last year's World Summit. The review process will proceed in two phases, the first of which will identify areas of consensus among Council members for early action. As part of [...] |
2006-06-21 20:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO KUNR UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1251 |
RUSSIA CHALLENGES POSITIVE JESSEN-PETERSEN REPORT [...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK), SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen praised new Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Agim Ceku for action on reforms and accelerated progress on standards implementation, [...] |
2006-06-21 20:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1252 |
UN BUDGETS: ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION NEEDED FOR [...] SUMMARY: In Security Council resolution 1662 (2006), the Council extended the mandate of UNAMA for one year until March 22, 2007, and the General Assembly approved $13,616,900 in funding for the Mission for the period of January 1 - March 31, 2006, in its resolution 60/255. The Secretary-Gene [...] |
2006-06-21 20:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1254 |
INDIA AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED [...] (C) Summary and Comment. India's positions on key issues of importance to the U.S. in New York do not appear to have kept pace with the increasingly strong bilateral ties developing in New Delhi and Washington. India is perceived as one of a handful of countries (which includes Egypt, Pakistan, B [...] |
2006-06-21 22:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON AORC KUNR UNSC IN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1255 |
SPECIAL ADVISER ON AFRICA LEGWAILA: 'UN CAN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 14 courtesy call, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa Legwaila Joseph Legwaila (formerly Special Representative of the SYG for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) shared his 'professional peacekeeper' views with Ambassador Bolton on the proliferat [...] |
2006-06-21 22:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XW ZF KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1263 |
UN OVERSIGHT: OIOS EVALUATION CONCLUDES DPA NEEDS [...] This is an action request. Mission seeks guidance on the subject evaluation report in time for the next session of CPC, beginning August 14. 2. Summary: In its report on the UN's Department of Political Affairs (DPA), issued as E/AC.51/2006/4, the Office of Internal Oversight Services (O [...] |
2006-06-23 20:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1264 |
UN OVERSIGHT: EVALUATIONS NEED IMPROVEMENT [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN seeks Department guidance on the OIOS report summarized in this cable in time for the 46th session of the Committee for Program and Coordination (CPC), which begins August 14, 2006. 2. SUMMARY: In its biennial report covering the period 2004-2005 on strengthening the r [...] |
2006-06-23 20:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1265 |
UN REFORM: OIOS CHIEF WARNS NEW STUDY COULD LEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Inga-Britt Ahlenius met privately June 9 with Ambassador Wallace to present her vision of a strengthened, more independent OIOS, but warned the soon-to-be released independent external evaluation of UN oversight prepared by Price-Wate [...] |
2006-06-23 20:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UUNR UNGA ASIG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1266 |
UN OVERSIGHT: JIU LACUNAE REPORT (A/60/860) [...] This is an action request. USUN seeks Department guidance on the JIU Report on "Oversight Lacunae in the United Nations System" summarized below in time for imminent discussions in the Fifth Committee on UN oversight and accountability. 2. SUMMARY: The UN Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) has re [...] |
2006-06-23 21:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR ASIG UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1268 |
UNSC: JUNE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] Summary: During the monthly briefing on Middle East issues to the Security Council June 21, UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari reviewed recent events, including intra-Palestinian political developments and the welcome prospect of an imminent Olmert-Abbas meeting; an increase in violence resulting in dea [...] |
2006-06-23 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1269 |
SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON ADMISSION OF [...] The SC Committee on Admission of New Members met June 20 to consider the application of Montenegro for membership in the United Nations. The Committee recommended that the Council adopt a resolution recommending that Montenegro be admitted to UN membership. On June 21, the Council adopted the [...] |
2006-06-26 14:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | MW PNAT PREL SR UNGA UNSC XG XH ZL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1270 |
LOOTED IRAQI STATUE? [...] USUN has received a June 21 diplomatic note (text in para 2 below) from the Iraqi Mission to the UN requesting USG assistance in returning a statue reportedly looted from the Iraqi Museum. As the note refers to information provided by AmEmbassy Baghdad, perhaps action is already underway. US [...] |
2006-06-26 15:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP IZ UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1283 |
SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Security Council members joined by 16 other representatives of UN Missions debated the topic of the Security Council and international law on June 22, 2006. Nicolas Michel, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, and President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Ro [...] |
2006-06-29 13:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KJUS UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1287 |
NEPAL: INDIA SUPPORTS UN ROLE IN MAOIST DDR BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary. Indian Mission to the UN diplomat Harsh Shringla told Poloff June 20 that while his government supports the early establishment of a UN mission in Nepal to monitor Maoist disarmament, New Delhi would greatly prefer to avoid adding Nepal to the UNSC agenda for discussion -- lest [...] |
2006-06-29 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO NP IN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1297 |
UNGA: JUNE 28-30 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE UN [...] Summary: General Assembly members gathered for informal consultations on the draft UN Global Counter-Terrorism strategy from June 28-30. Many had detailed line-in, line-out comments while reserving the right to provide additional comments separately to the co-chairs of the discussion. The [...] |
2006-07-03 18:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PTER |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1298 |
UN REFORM: SYG'S REPORT EXPLAINS ACCOUNTABILITY [...] SUMMARY: In Addendum 6 to the report of the Secretary-General, &Investing in the United Nations for a SIPDIS stronger Organization worldwide,8(A/60/846) the definition of accountability, clear accountability mechanisms, and parameters for the enforcement of accountability are addressed, as [...] |
2006-07-03 19:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1299 |
SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO DRC: SOME FINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11-12 the Democratic Republic of Congo hosted a Security Council mission led by France and with eight other members participating. The U.S. was the only other P5 member represented. DPKO and mission delegations drafted a detailed account of the Council mission and th [...] |
2006-07-03 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC CG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1315 |
CPC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING [...] SUMMARY: USUN Management Reform (M/R) officer represented the U.S. Delegation at a June 21st organizational meeting of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) to discuss preparations for the 46th CPC session, scheduled for August 14 - September 8, 2006. Jamaica was elected by acclima [...] |
2006-07-05 21:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AMGT AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1318 |
GA REVITALIZATION DEBATE TO CONTINUE; NO AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary. The working group on GA revitalization continues to debate the co-Chairs' proposed report and recommendations, including language related to the selection process of the Secretary-General. The most recent group meeting, on June 29, revealed divergent positions on a number of issu [...] |
2006-07-05 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1321 |
UN ADMINISTRATION: U.S. MEMBER REPASCH TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-06 17:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1323 |
WRAP-UP OF UN CHARTER COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL [...] SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee") held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from April 3 to 13, 2006. The Charter Committee adopted a Japanese working paper regarding the Commit [...] |
2006-07-06 21:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1334 |
UN COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE HOLDS 167TH MEETING [...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met on July 6 to discuss: 1) feedback from subcommittees on their use of the Preliminary Implementation Assessments (PIAs) and the draft Chairman's paper on how the CTC should use the PIAs to update its working methods, 2) prel [...] |
2006-07-10 10:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1335 |
PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: FIRST MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY. UN officials, international financial representatives and 31 member states inaugurated the Peacebuilding Commission on June 23. The Angolan permrep took the chair, and announced the selection by consensus of Norway and El Salvador as vice chairs. Each will lead country-specific [...] |
2006-07-10 17:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAID PREL UNSC KPKO KCRS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1336 |
PLANNING FOR THE UNIFIL RENEWAL: ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. Israeli Mission to the UN Political Counselor Gilad Cohen told Poloffs the week of June 26 that the GOI believes the upcoming UNSC resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) should urge the Lebanese Government to deploy forces to thre [...] |
2006-07-10 21:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1337 |
UN BUDGET: APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION [...] Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of Special Political Missions (SPMs) authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council, as well as the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), on [...] |
2006-07-10 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1340 |
UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ALL [...] Summary. The Fifth Committee considered over 60 reports related to the budgetary, administrative and policy issues for UN peacekeeping at its second resumed 60th session from May 22 to June 30, 2006. By the end of the session, the Committee had agreed to financing resolutions for all 13 acti [...] |
2006-07-11 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1342 |
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated July 7, 2006 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Ope [...] |
2006-07-11 20:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1343 |
UN REFORM: UN STAFF UNION REPORT CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: The UN Staff Union's Report of the Commission of Experts (CE) on Reforming Internal Justice at the United Nations concludes that the UN is in breach of the international human rights standards, because: it does not provide a level playing field for staff involved in administrative or [...] |
2006-07-11 20:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1344 |
UN OVERSIGHT: CONFLICT OF INTEREST INVESTIGATION [...] SUMMARY: This report, which was requested by USUN under the provision that allows Member States to obtain copies of OIOS reports, details the findings of an OIOS investigation launched in response to the allegations of two UN Joint Staff Pension Fund staff members that procurement irregulariti [...] |
2006-07-11 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASIG KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1345 |
UN OVERSIGHT: AUDIT REVEALS UNAUTHORIZED POSTAL [...] SUMMARY: An OIOS audit of the United Nations Postal Administration (OIOS Audit No. AH2005/213/02) for the bienniums 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 found concerning evidence of poor management, inaccurate financial information, procedural violations, and substantial vulnerability to contingent liabil [...] |
2006-07-11 20:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1346 |
UN/MANAGEMENT REFORM: U.S. JOINS CONSENSUS IN JULY [...] (U) USUN, as instructed (ref e-mails), joined other General Assembly members July 7 in adopting by consensus a resolution (A/C.5/60/L.67) supporting a number of management reform measures recommended by the Secretary-General in his report on "Investing in the United Nations for a Stronger Orga [...] |
2006-07-11 20:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1347 |
SYG SELECTION: STRAW POLL IN JULY [...] (C) Summary. The Security Council has agreed on the next stage of the Secretary-General selection process, including the modalities of the straw polls to begin in July and the means by which the Council will notify candidates of the results. Incoming President of the Council, French PR de La [...] |
2006-07-12 11:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1349 |
UNSC/SUDAN: PROPOSED WAY FORWARD IN SECURING [...] (C) In the wake of Sudanese President Al-Bashir's public expressions of categorical opposition to a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force in Darfur, we face considerable challenges in securing a resolution to mandate such a presence. While the majority of UN Security Council (SC) Members fa [...] |
2006-07-12 17:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1350 |
TERRORISM - CO-CHAIRMEN DISCUSS UN [...] Action request para 6. 2. Summary. The Co-Chairmen of the informal consultations on the UN Counter-Terrorism Strategy plan to produce a third draft of the strategy before the end of July and convene the next round of discussions during the week of August 21. Prior to completing the next [...] |
2006-07-12 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1351 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES [...] SUMMARY: After several months of discussion, the General Assembly approved Strategy IV (phased approach) for the Capital Master Plan, and also converted into an appropriation the existing commitment authority of $77 million. The resolution (currently found in A/C.5/60/L.66) provides the CMP o [...] |
2006-07-12 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1365 |
CHINESE SHOW FLEXIBILITY ON FATF IN CTC [...] The Chinese expert on the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) advised USUN LegalOff on July 13 that China would not object to having the CTC include the 40 Recommendations on Money Laundering and the 9 Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing of the Financial Action Tas [...] |
2006-07-14 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1366 |
LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL REPORTS OLA/LEBANESE NEAR [...] (SBU) Begin summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel told the P-3 on July 12 that UN lawyers and Lebanese judges Ralph Riachy and Choucri Sadr achieved progress last week in negotiating a draft agreement and statute to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of fo [...] |
2006-07-14 21:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1367 |
US VETOES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION [...] The U.S. July 13 cast a no vote -- its first in nearly two years -- to veto an unbalanced Qatari-sponsored resolution on the current Palestinian-Israeli situation in the Middle East. The final vote was 10-1(US)-4(UK, Denmark, Slovakia and Peru). Ambassador Bolton's Statement ---------------- [...] |
2006-07-17 15:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1372 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE [...] Mission was requested to forward the following letter to Secretary Rice. The letter was also faxed to IO/S. SIPDIS Begin text: 20 June 2006 Dear Secretary Rice, Last week I met with Senator Coburn about the Capital Master Plan (CMP) of the United Nations, our $1.6 billion plan to [...] |
2006-07-17 20:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1373 |
UN: SG SEEKS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST FUND FOR [...] USUN received a letter dated 30 June 2006 from the UN's Department of Safety and Security (DSS), soliciting contributions to the Trust Fund for Security of Staff Members of the United Nations System. Begin text of letter: The Secretariat of the United Nations presents its compliments to the [...] |
2006-07-17 20:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1374 |
UN BUDGET: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-17 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1375 |
TAGLIAVINI'S LAST UNSC APPEARANCE ON ABKHAZIA: [...] (C) Summary: Speaking before the Security Council in a private meeting about the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on July 11, Georgian Parliament President Nino Burjanadze delivered a powerful political rebuke of the policies of the Russian Federation on practically every level. Burja [...] |
2006-07-17 20:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1378 |
SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI BRIEFS UNSC ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Security Council met for a briefing by Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari on his progress on overseeing the Kosovo Future Status Talks. The unusual format for the day involved three separate events: a private meeting of the Security Council, closed consultations in wh [...] |
2006-07-18 02:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1379 |
UNSC UNANIMOUSLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES, [...] The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday, July 15 to condemn the recent North Korean missile launches. Resolution 1695 (2006) demands that North Korea "suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile programme" and calls on member states to prevent "missile and missile-re [...] |
2006-07-18 13:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KNNP PARM UNSC KN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1392 |
SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES LEBANON; SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on July 17, the UN Security Council heard briefings from DPA U/SYG Gambari and DPKO A/SYG Lute on the situation in Lebanon and discussed possible reaction from the Council. Gambari and Lute condemned Hizballah attacks on Israel, expressed concerns abo [...] |
2006-07-19 15:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO LE IS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1395 |
GA COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - DISCUSSION OF [...] Summary In a meeting with Singapore Permanent Representative Menon, a Co-Chairman of the Counter-terrorism Strategy consultations, Amb. Wolff discussed the key issues, timing and prospects for adopting a GA Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Menon commented on his efforts with other delegations d [...] |
2006-07-20 21:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1404 |
GAMBARI, KALOMOH, GUEHENNO, EGELAND ATTEND CORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Under Secretary-General (U/SYG) for the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, hosted a meeting of members of the Core Group for Northern Uganda, composed of the U.S., UK, Norway, and Netherlands, with Canada also in attendance, to discuss the [...] |
2006-07-25 13:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV SU UG UNSC XA XW |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1405 |
GUEHENNO BRIEFS ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 13, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) Guehenno briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on discussions held on July 5 in Cote d'Ivoire between Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and African leaders regarding the region's peace pro [...] |
2006-07-25 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IV PGOV UNSC XA KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1407 |
PACIFIC ISLAND STATES APPEAL FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and its Executive Directorate (CTED) hosted a meeting on July 21 between representatives of Pacific Island States, potential donor nations, and select international organizations to discuss the Pacific Island States' technical [...] |
2006-07-25 20:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1409 |
UN COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE NEAR AGREEMENT ON [...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met on July 20 to discuss: 1) preliminary conclusions of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) visit to Malaysia and the CTED Executive Director's visit to Paraguay, 2) CTED's Semi-Annual Report and the draft dire [...] |
2006-07-25 20:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1410 |
1540: P-5 EXPERTS NEAR AGREEMENT ON DRAFT [...] Begin summary: P-5 experts met informally July 24 to discuss a UK draft of the 12-month program of work for the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) (ref A). USUN stressed the U.S. desire for the Committee to agree upon a work program soon and urged the [...] |
2006-07-25 20:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER AORC KNNP UNSC PGOV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1416 |
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 26, 2006 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Ope [...] |
2006-07-26 20:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1417 |
SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-26 20:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1418 |
UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-26 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1419 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-26 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1421 |
UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-28 20:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1428 |
1540: RUSSIA BLOCKS ADOPTION OF WORK PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) met informally July 27 to discuss the status of reporting, outreach activities, and the adoption of a new 12-month program. After no delegation commented on the draft work program during the informal m [...] |
2006-07-31 12:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM UNSC AORC KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1429 |
DANISH PRESENTATION ON BUILDING STATES' [...] Summary: At a July 19 meeting hosted by the Danish Mission to the UN, COWI A/S, an international consulting firm, and the Fourth Freedom Forum, a U.S. non-governmental organization, presented a working paper proposing strategies for counterterrorism capacity building and implementation of UNS [...] |
2006-07-31 13:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1430 |
1267 COMMITTEE PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS AND FAIRNESS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) For the past few weeks, USUN and the French Mission have been working quietly on bridging our differences in the "due process" debate currently underway in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee ( [...] |
2006-07-31 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1434 |
UNSC/UNMEE: MEMBERS FEAR SPREAD OF CONFLICT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov updated the Security Council at July 27 consultations on the status of UNSCR 1681 (2006) implementation and on the situation on the ground between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Members looked forw [...] |
2006-08-01 13:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL SO UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1435 |
AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY. The Chairman of the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Argentine Ambassador Cesar Mayoral, held an open briefing and question and answer session for the general UN membership on July 26. This was the first such session conducted by Mayoral. The goal w [...] |
2006-08-01 14:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1436 |
CTC CHAIRMAN APPEALS FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Danish PermRep Ellen Margrethe Loj, the Chairman of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), told Amb. Bolton, Wolff, and Sanders on July 28 that she fears the CTC is foundering and appealed for the United States to articulate consistent, clear goals for the CTC. Loj ar [...] |
2006-08-01 14:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA UNSC KFTN KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1437 |
FOLLOW UP ON HMONG MINORS ISSUE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Per Ref A, ECONOFF delivered talking points to Laos Desk Officer at the UN Department of Political Affairs (UNDPA). Reponse was that a request for a high-level visit to Laos was made by the UN Country Team and remains "under serious consideration." No decision has yet been [...] |
2006-08-01 14:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM LA UNICEF |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1438 |
NHLAPO BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON LRA AND NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On July 28, the Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Welile Nhlapo, updated the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the threat of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. He noted that the progress of peace talks in Juba, Southern [...] |
2006-08-01 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UG UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1440 |
USUN/NEA MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 26 meeting at USUN with Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, NEA/DAS Gordon Gray explained current U.S. thinking on Western Sahara: encouragement of the submission of a robust Moroccan autonomy plan before the October expiration of the MINURSO mandate and [...] |
2006-08-01 19:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1441 |
LORD CARLILE SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON DEFINING TERRORISM [...] This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. In a videoteleconference with USUN LegalOff, Department attorneys, and UKUN legal advisers on July 31, Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew Q.C., the UK,s independent reviewer of the Terrorist Act, sought U.S. views on the negotiations of the Compr [...] |
2006-08-02 13:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV UNSC KTFN UNGA UK |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1457 |
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL 2006 ASSESSMENT [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/S-David Leis and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated July 31, 2006, requesting payment of SIPDIS additional U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2006 in the amount of $16,940,000. The not [...] |
2006-08-02 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1458 |
UNIFEM CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF FINAL 2005 U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-02 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNIFEM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1459 |
UN REFORM: GAO TEAM ASSESSES PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: A four-member GAO team (Government Accountability Office, International Affairs and Trade Section) already engaged in an ongoing analysis of UN reform efforts visited New York July 17-19 to assess progress to date on management reform and mandate review initiatives. They met with a [...] |
2006-08-02 19:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASIG KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1480 |
POST CLEARANCE: USDEL FOR THE AUGUST 2006 [...] Mission grants post clearance and warmly welcomes the proposed visit of the members of the U.S. delegation to USUN. Control Officer is LAURIE SHESTACK, available at office telephone (212) 415-4204, email SHESTACKLL@state.gov, cell phone (646) 245-4308. 2. Mission is currently arranging b [...] |
2006-08-03 21:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC SOCI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1485 |
JAPANESE VFM YAMANAKA'S AUGUST 2 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary. Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akiko Yamanaka told Ambassador Bolton on August 2 that the GOJ was extremely appreciative of U.S. support for strong Security Council action following the DPRK's missile launches in July. She reiterated Japanese support for aggressive UN reform, in [...] |
2006-08-04 14:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR UN JA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1488 |
UNSC EXPANSION: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES PRODUCES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. During more than ten hours of speeches over July 20 and 21, eighty-six delegations spoke in the General Assembly on Security Council expansion and working methods reform. Proponents of expansion cited the large number of speakers as evidence of continued support for [...] |
2006-08-04 21:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KUNR UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1493 |
UN DEMOCRACY FUND REVIEWS FIRST PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-07 17:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN KDEM KUNR PHUM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1505 |
STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS IN NEW YORK ON FRENCH-US [...] (SBU) Posts will recall from reftels that on August 5 the French and American delegations in New York tabled a draft resolution calling for a full cessation of hostilties between Lebanon and Israel. Discussions were then held on the draft August 6 in New York. All Security Council delegati [...] |
2006-08-07 23:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1506 |
UNICEF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-09 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNICEF |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1519 |
UPDATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) The U.S. and France continue to work intensively and urgently in New York and in capitals to reach agreement on a draft UNSC resolution calling for a full cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. Ambassador Bolton and French Permanent Representative de la Sabliere met again [...] |
2006-08-10 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1527 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING DPRK FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-11 13:48:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | AORC KN KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1532 |
1540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIAN VIEWS ON PROGRAM OF WORK [...] USUN LegalOff delivered ref A points, concerning the 1540 Committee's draft program of work, to Russian Mission First Secretary Denis Paletskiy on August 10. While acknowledging SIPDIS that Victor Slipchenko, the Russian on the 1540 Committee's team of experts, might have originated the ob [...] |
2006-08-11 21:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1533 |
UNDP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 13:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNDP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1534 |
UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $41 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to IO/EX/OB-Alice Green and IO/S-Steven Johnston an official note and invoice requesting payment of $41,104,704.67 to the Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF), of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNE [...] |
2006-08-14 13:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1536 |
ELEMENTS FOR UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON THWARTED [...] (C) In response to reftel, USUN Polmincouns met his UK counterpart on August 14 to discuss a possible UNSC press statement on the thwarted plot to bomb transatlantic airliners. USUN provided a copy of the suggested press statement elements to UK Counselor Paul Johnston and Polmincouns noted [...] |
2006-08-14 21:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1538 |
UNSC/SUDAN: SO CLOSE YET STILL SO FAR AWAY FROM [...] (C) Expectations are mounting ahead of August 17 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations on Darfur, and the question remains of how to proceed on the draft resolution authorizing transition of the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN operation. The draft is stuck in [...] |
2006-08-15 12:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1539 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 16:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1540 |
S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with South Korean Perm Rep Choi Young-jin to discuss North Korean human rights resolutions this fall at the UN General Assembly Third Committee and the UN Human Rights Council. They also discussed refugees, the Kaesong Industrial Complex and a poss [...] |
2006-08-15 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL UNGA UNHCR UNHRC KN KS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1542 |
S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with Vietnamese Perm Rep Le Luong Minh to discuss North Korean refugees. While professing a lack of knowledge about North Korean refugees in Vietnam, Perm Rep Minh took note of our interest in this issue and said he would report this to his capital [...] |
2006-08-15 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS VM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1544 |
UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...] |
2006-08-15 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1545 |
UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...] |
2006-08-15 22:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1546 |
AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH MINSK GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Acting General Assembly President August 14 to discuss the Azerbaijani draft resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endo [...] |
2006-08-16 13:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1549 |
UN SEEKS FUNDS FOR EXPANDED UNIFIL MISSION [...] The Security Council, by its resolution 1701 (2006) of August 11, 2006, decided to supplement and enhance the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations, thereby authorizing an increase in the force strength of UNIFIL from 2,000 to a [...] |
2006-08-16 19:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO AORC ACABQ IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1550 |
DPKO BRIEFS A/S HILLEN ON EXPANDED UNIFIL FORCE [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with PM A/S Hillen on August 16 in New York, UN DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi expressed deep concern that potential unwillingness by France to commit substantial forces to an expanded UNIFIL might have a "chilling effect" on other potential troop contributing countries ( [...] |
2006-08-17 12:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1569 |
TERRORIST BOMBINGS CONVENTION: U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-17 21:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EG KTIA OPDC PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1570 |
UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: MEMBER STATES [...] (U) Summary. During a meeting with current and potential troop contributing countries (TCCs) to an expanded UNIFIL force in south Lebanon on August 17, UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown made an impassioned SIPDIS appeal to member states to help secure a lasting peace by committ [...] |
2006-08-18 01:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1572 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING DPRK ABUSE OF THE [...] As a follow up to the demarche Mission delivered on August 8th to acting UN Controller Jay Karia concerning currency transactions between United Nations agencies and the government of North Korea (DPRK) (ref B), Mission asked the following UN entities whether they have ongoing activities in DP [...] |
2006-08-18 16:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KN KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1581 |
SOMALIA: FALL BRIEFS AND UNSC DISCUSSES DRAFT [...] Stresses the obligation of all Member States to comply fully with the measures imposed by resolution 733 (1992), in particular paragraph 5, and further elaborated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1425(2002); 2. Decides that those individuals and entities designated by the Committee [...] |
2006-08-18 21:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1593 |
POST CLEARANCE: AMBASSADOR SHIRIN TAHIR-KHELI [...] Mission grants post clearance and warmly welcomes the proposed visit of Ambassador Tahir-Kheli to New York on August 25. Control Officer is John Barry, available at office telephone (212) 415-4091, email BARRYJP@state.gov. BOLTON [...] |
2006-08-21 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1595 |
MEETING OF MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS WITH AZERI [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Azeri PermRep Aliyev August 18 to discuss the Azeri draft GA resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endorsed by the oth [...] |
2006-08-21 18:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1597 |
UN PRESENTS SYG,S 1701 REPORT ON THE FIRST WEEK [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations August 21 on SYG Annan,s report on the first week of implementation of UNSCR 1701, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi reported on the "encouraging" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) [...] |
2006-08-21 23:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1598 |
UNSC/DARFUR: ANNABI BRIEFS AND DRAFT RESOLUTION IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 17 Security Council consultations, Assistant Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations Annabi painted a bleak picture of the current situation in Darfur as a result of the faltering Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and the weak African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). [...] |
2006-08-21 23:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1599 |
STATE OF PLAY ON NEGOTIATIONS ON UK-US DARFUR [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. This cable outlines the views of key Security Council delegations on the UK-U.S. draft resolution authorizing the transition from an African Union (AU)-led to a UN-led force in Darfur. Russia, China and Fr [...] |
2006-08-22 00:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1609 |
WAR ON TERRORISM - THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE - [...] Summary: UN efforts to counter terrorism have increased significantly since September 11, 2001. Pre-9/11 focus on negotiating conventions in the General Assembly has shifted to more robust and aggressive counter-terrorism measures mandated by the Security Council. Although the General Asse [...] |
2006-08-22 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA UNSC KTFN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1610 |
UNSC/DARFUR: NEGOTIATIONS STALLED OVER TIMING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Negotiations on the UK-U.S. draft Darfur resolution are at a standstill after the second Experts Meeting August 22. There are disputes over both the timing and content of our draft. Some delegations failed to provide formal comments pending external input. Others, including the [...] |
2006-08-22 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1611 |
UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Summary. Recalling recent UNSC focus on Lebanon, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari used a monthly UNSC public debate on the Middle East held on August 22 to call for a renewed international effort to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc [...] |
2006-08-23 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1612 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GAO DISCUSSES TIMEFRAME [...] SUMMARY: During the week of Aug. 7th, representatives from the Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C. traveled to New York to meet with representatives of the Capital Master Plan (CMP) Office regarding the CMP schedule and draft graphic to be included in an upcoming report. CMP [...] |
2006-08-23 20:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1613 |
UNSC CONSULTATIONS: BRIEFING ON KINSHASA VIOLENCE [...] Summary: On August 22, Assistant SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi briefed the Security Council on the violent clashes of feuding forces in Kinshasa on August 21 and 22 and on efforts by UN officials and CIAT ambassadors to restore calm. Annabi confirmed that representatives of the [...] |
2006-08-23 21:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNSC KPKO CG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1614 |
RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNMIS DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Reftel points were delivered August 23 to Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. Mr. Michael Heller Chu of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations was also in attendance. We left a non-paper outlining r [...] |
2006-08-23 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1619 |
KOREA TO WITHDRAW FROM SECURITY COUNCIL RACE TO [...] (C) Korean Deputy Permanent Representative Oh Joon called USUN Ambassador Mark Wallace on Thursday August 24 to inform USUN that Seoul would be withdrawing its candidacy for the Asian non-permanent seat on the Security Council. Oh Joon said that Korea would inform the Asian group next week of [...] |
2006-08-24 16:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1620 |
UN ADMINISTRATION: PENSION BOARD APPROVES [...] Summary. At its meeting held in Nairobi July 13-21, the 33-member Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund considered several dozen reports on a range of topics, including: the Fund's actuarial valuation; management of the Fund's $32 billion of investments; and the creation of an Audit Commi [...] |
2006-08-24 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA ASIG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1621 |
UNSC/SUDAN: COUNCIL MEETING WILL PROCEED DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council agreed August 24 to go forward with a meeting on Darfur scheduled for August 28, despite the fact that Sudanese President Bashir, the Arab League, and the Organization of Islamic Conference declined the Council's invitation to participate in the session. Th [...] |
2006-08-25 00:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1622 |
UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: A/S HILLEN PRESSES [...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings with UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown and Department of SIPDIS Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi on August 24, PM A/S Hillen emphasized the importance of ensuring that the international community helps [...] |
2006-08-25 18:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1660 |
UNSC/DARFUR: COUNCIL INCHING TOWARD ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an August 28 meeting of the Security Council on Darfur, the majority of delegations said that the dire situation in Darfur argued for swift Council action to finalize and adopt the UK-U.S. draft resolution by August 31, although delegations acknowledged that the Governme [...] |
2006-08-28 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1665 |
FOLLOW-UP TO UNDP DEMARCHE:DPRK ABUSE OF THE UN [...] (S) As a follow up to the demarche Mission delivered on August 16th to Darshak Shah, Director and Comptroller of UNDP and Julie Anne Mejia, UNDP Treasurer, concerning currency transactions between United Nations agencies and the government of North Korea (DPRK) (ref B), Mission met with Mr. Sh [...] |
2006-08-30 20:02:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | AORC EAID KN KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1666 |
RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) EXTENSION OF TENURE OF AD [...] The Security Council on August 29 adopted (15-0-0) Resolution 1705 (2006) extending Judge Bossa's term on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until June 24, 2007. 2. Following the Council's action the General Assembly decided to endorse the extension of Bossa's term. BOLT [...] |
2006-08-30 21:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AF AORC PREL RW UNSC ICTR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1667 |
1540 COMMITTEE: UK VIEWS ON PROGRAM OF WORK [...] USUN LegalOff met with UKUN First Secretary Samantha Purdy on August 29 to discuss the draft work program for the 1540 Committee, which the Russian delegation blocked on July 27 after presenting last-minute amendments it said would avoid "politicizing" the Committee's work (reftels). Purdy s [...] |
2006-08-30 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1675 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL AUTHORIZES IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO [...] In his 17 August 2006 letter to the President of the General Assembly (A/60/986), Secretary-General Kofi Annan outlined the series of extraordinary measures he has authorized in order to meet the needs of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expansion as per Security Council r [...] |
2006-09-01 13:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1689 |
UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (SBU) The UN's Electoral Assistance Division hosted a discussion August 31 in New York on electoral assistance to Timor-Leste. Finn Reske-Nielsen, newly named deputy SRSG (Reconstruction, Development, Humanitarian Affairs) to Timor-Leste, outlined his plan to closely coordinate with local Emb [...] |
2006-09-01 15:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM TT PO GV EAID |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1702 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: 2005 BOARD OF AUDITORS [...] SUMMARY: The Board of Auditors latest report on the Capital Master Plan, for the year ended December 31, 2005, raises concerns regarding the cost impact of delays in project implementation, the CMP office's adherence to the UN Procurement Manual and the submission of certain contract delivera [...] |
2006-09-01 19:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1703 |
COUNCIL APPROVES UN DARFUR FORCE BY COUNT OF [...] (U) In an August 31 formal meeting, the Security Council adopted the UK-U.S. draft resolution expanding UNMIS' mandate into Darfur. The draft included nine co-sponsors: Argentina, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Slovakia, Tanzania, the UK and the U.S. The final vote count was 12 votes in favo [...] |
2006-09-01 19:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1716 |
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS) TAKE [...] (U) Summary: Least Developed Countries (LDCs) continue to press for a contentious draft outcome document, which would require laborious negotiation, for adoption during the LDC High Level Meeting at UN headquarters September 18-19, immediately preceding the General Debate of the 61st General [...] |
2006-09-01 22:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNGA UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1717 |
AMB WOLFF AND UN U/SYG GAMBARI DISCUSS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DPR Amb Wolff advised UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari August 31 that the USG is highly skeptical about a Security Council ministerial on the peace process at this time. Amb Wolff noted, moreover, that since the Arab League has been unable to explain the purpose of the meeting, has fail [...] |
2006-09-01 22:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1718 |
SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION: THE FUTURE OF THE [...] (U) The Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council Reform (officially "The OEWG on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council") will meet on Friday, September 8 to approve this ye [...] |
2006-09-05 13:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1720 |
1540: COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEEKS MOVEMENT ON WORK [...] Summary: Slovak PermRep and 1540 Committee Chairman Peter Burian consulted Ambassador Bolton and Ambassador Sanders August 31 on how to end the 1540 Committee's deadlock over its draft work program. The Russian delegation blocked the UK-drafted program on July 27, despite the P-5 experts' p [...] |
2006-09-05 15:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1725 |
UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: DEMARCHE TO EUROPEAN UNION [...] In advance of the 61st UN General Assembly, USUN has learned that a Fifth Committee formal session for the introduction of national positions on the scale of assessment may be scheduled for as early as October 9th. USUN has also learned that the European Union is attempting to reach a group po [...] |
2006-09-06 16:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1756 |
UN BUDGET: CONSTRUCTION IN ADDIS ABABA AND VIENNA [...] SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee, under the agenda item "program budget for the biennium 2006-2007," will take up two reports in the coming weeks related to the construction of additional facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (A/61/158) and at the Vienna International Ce [...] |
2006-09-07 18:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1758 |
GAMBARI BRIEFS UNSC: COUNCIL SILENCE BROKEN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 29, following a briefing by Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari, Security Council members -- in a small, but welcome step forward -- agreed to a press statement that broke the Council's silence on the Cyprus issue for the first time since the [...] |
2006-09-07 20:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY GR TU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1759 |
SYG SELECTION: NEW CANDIDATE(S?) AND A STRAW POLL [...] (U) Summary. In the past week, at least one candidate (Jordan's Prince Zeid) has joined the four candidates for Secretary-General already notified to the Security Council. SIPDIS A second additional candidate, European Parliamentarian Nirj Deva, has also informed the Council of his nominati [...] |
2006-09-07 21:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1763 |
HARIRI TRIBUNAL: UN LEGAL COUNSEL WELCOMES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN Legal, accompanied by French Mission political officers, delivered points (ref A) regarding the draft Hariri tribunal agreement to UN Legal Counsel Michel on September 5. We noted USG support for his return to Lebanon that evening. In addition per ref B request, U [...] |
2006-09-07 22:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM LE MOPS PINR PTER SY UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1768 |
LIECHTENSTEIN REQUEST IN 61ST UNGA GENERAL [...] Action Request. Para 2. 2. Liechtenstein Mission is circulating a proposal to inscribe a generic item on the General Assembly agenda under which all requests for UNGA Observer Status could be considered . They are proposing that the item be allocated to the Sixth Committee. The Sixth Co [...] |
2006-09-08 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA XG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1769 |
UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: EXPERT-LEVEL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) On September 7, USdel (UNMR) met with Finnish Fifth Committee delegate Katja Pehrman, in her capacity as EU president, to discuss positions and approaches to the UN scale of assessment methodology. USdel emphasized the need for the major financial contributors to work towards a common a [...] |
2006-09-08 21:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1770 |
UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: JAPAN AND US SHARE VIEWS [...] On September 8, Japanese Amb. Toshiro Ozawa demarched Amb. Wallace on the UN scale of assessment for the period 2007-2009, raising two specific areas of interest: 1) China's role in scale of assessment and 2) the debate over the length of the base period to be used in the methodology. ----- [...] |
2006-09-08 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1778 |
CTC DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON UNSCR 1624, CTED TRIPS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 169th meeting on September 7, the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) discussed its draft report to the Security Council on resolution 1624 (2005), the Counter-Terrorism Committee's Executive Directorate's (CTED) July visit to Malaysia, CTED's upcoming [...] |
2006-09-11 20:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV AA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1779 |
SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR CANDIDATES - [...] As instructed reftel, USUN Legal Adviser contacted UN Deputy Legal Counsel Larry Johnson to share US views on candidates to replace Desmond de Silva as Prosecutor for the Sierra Leone Special Court. Earlier in the day, the same information had been passed to UK Legal Adviser Huw Llwellyn who [...] |
2006-09-11 21:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1780 |
UNSC/SUDAN: UN PATIENCE WEARING THIN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Secretary-General Annan set a somber tone at the September 11 Security Council Debate on Darfur, beseeching the Council to assert itself in response to the 'death and suffering, perhaps on a catastrophic scale' confronting the people of Darfur. SYG Annan had harsh words for the [...] |
2006-09-11 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1789 |
1540: RUSSIANS CIRCULATE "COMPROMISE" ON WORK [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On September 8, the Russian Mission circulated new compromise language for the 1540 Committee's work program (ref A), revising amendments it had presented after blocking adoption of the draft work program on July 27. Russia's new language proposes that th [...] |
2006-09-12 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1790 |
UNGA 61: PRESIDENT-ELECT KHALIFA LAYS OUT HER [...] (U) On September 11, Ambassadors Bolton and Wallace called on incoming President of the General Assembly Haya al Khalifa at the Bahraini Mission to the UN. Khalifa had, just hours before, been ceremoniously handed the gavel by outgoing President Eliasson in the General Assembly Hall. Bolton [...] |
2006-09-12 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN EAID KUNR UNGA BA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1793 |
SYG SELECTION: FIJI AGAIN RENOUNCES DEVA NOMINATION [...] (C/NF) In response to a further request for clarification from Security Council President Vassilakis of Greece, the Fijian Permanent Representative has firmly renounced the earlier letter from his Foreign Minister that nominated Nirj Deva to the Council as a Secretary-General candidate (reftel [...] |
2006-09-13 14:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN FJ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1816 |
UNGA ADOPTS COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. Implementing the mandate contained in the Summit Outcome Document (para 82), the General Assembly adopted September 8 a resolution entitled, "The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy." The draft was presented by the General Assembly President and adopted without a vo [...] |
2006-09-14 15:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1818 |
SYG SELECTION: STRAW POLL SEPTEMBER 14 [...] (C) The Security Council conducted its second straw poll on candidates for Secretary-General on September 14. Though the results were communicated only to Council members, the candidates and their sponsoring delegations, an accurate account of the vote was on the internet within an hour. The [...] |
2006-09-15 14:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1822 |
UNSC/DARFUR: DEPUTY SYG CALLS FOR AFRICAN, ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown convened a September 14 meeting of P5 Ambassadors plus the Greek Ambassador (as current UN Security Council President) to discuss the way forward on Darfur, based on the briefing SRSG Pronk gave to Darfur Partners in Khart [...] |
2006-09-15 21:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1823 |
FIRST UNSC KOSOVO MEETING FOR JOACHIM RUCKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 13, in his first appearance at a Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), SRSG Joachim Rucker praised Kosovo's leadership for having "now achieved most of the priorities on standards implementation." Kosovo Pr [...] |
2006-09-16 14:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1834 |
FINAL WEEKS OF THE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA CONTEST FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. The General Assembly vote to decide the contested Latin American seat on the Security Council for 2007-2008 is less than a month away -- October 16. As we gear up in New York for the final stages of this campaign, it is time to take stock of the approach and strategy most lik [...] |
2006-09-18 21:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN GT VE XM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1838 |
SYG SELECTION: VIKE-FREIBERGA JOINS THE RACE [...] (C) Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga told Ambassador Bolton on September 18 that she aimed to make a statement on behalf of Eastern Europe and all women "simply by the fact of my candidacy" for UN Secretary-General. She candidly noted that it was a difficult decision to enter the race, [...] |
2006-09-19 19:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN LG ZB |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1839 |
CONFERENCE ON UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: NGOS [...] SUMMARY: On September 5, civil society think tanks, NGOs, and UN mission representatives discussed next steps for the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) during a German NGO-sponsored symposium on "Getting the Peacebuilding Commission off the Ground - How to Include Civil Society on the Ground." [...] |
2006-09-20 13:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO EAID SOCI BR SL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1845 |
UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON [...] Among its first actions to be taken in the 61st General Assembly, the Fifth Committee is expected to consider requests by Member States for exemption to Article 19 of the UN charter. Exemptions to Article 19 (loss of vote) are considered in light of requests of individual delegations and any [...] |
2006-09-20 18:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1846 |
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated August 31, 2006 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...] |
2006-09-20 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1847 |
UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL [...] Summary. On September 15, Ambassador Wallace met with Ambassador Tom Gronberg (Austria) who will negotiate the scale of assessment this fall on behalf of the European Union. Wallace and Gronberg engaged in a state of play discussion on US and EU positions (both of which remain under discussio [...] |
2006-09-20 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1848 |
UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: EXPERT LEVEL MEETING WITH [...] (C) On September 20, USdel met with UK Fifth Committee delegate Wasim Mir to discuss the UN scale of assessment methodology. Mir emphasized that the European Union collectively is assessed well beyond its capacity to pay, and the group's bottom line is to ensure that it does not see any incre [...] |
2006-09-21 19:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1849 |
TANZANIA REPORTEDLY ABSTAINS IN ERROR ON BURMA [...] (C) After the September 15 Burma vote, Ambassador Bolton approached Tanzanian Counselor Begum Taj to express surprise over her abstention on the vote. She assured the Ambassador that she had received explicit instructions from her capital to abstain on the procedural vote, implying that her [...] |
2006-09-22 13:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM TZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1853 |
UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 8 [...] (SBU) On September 22, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1709, renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) for a period of two weeks. Delegates from the Chinese, Qatari and Russian Missions reiterated concerns in consultations immediately prece [...] |
2006-09-22 20:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1855 |
UN SEEKS FUNDING FOR WOMEN'S WEBSITE [...] (U) USUN has received a letter from Carolyn Hannan, Director, Division for the Advancement of Women, dated August 25, 2006, providing banking details for contributions to the WomenWatch Website. Text in paragraph 2 below. BEGIN TEXT 2. (U) Excellency, The joint United Nations website on [...] |
2006-09-25 14:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1856 |
A/S FRIED'S 9/20 MEETING WITH TURKISH PM CHIEF [...] (U) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Director Judy Ansley met with Ambassador/Chief Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu September 21 for 90 minutes on the margins of the UNGA general debate in New York. Following recounts the meeting's substance by theme. PKK ------ 2. (C) [...] |
2006-09-25 17:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PREL PTER TU UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1860 |
LUKEWARM UNSC RESPONSE TO ANNAN'S 30 DAY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on September 18, UN Secretary-General Annan outlined his one-month report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701, which led to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah, and reviewed the results of his recent visit to the region. Pra [...] |
2006-09-26 16:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1865 |
UN LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL REVIEWS STATUS OF TREATY [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with UN Legal Adviser Nicolas Michel on September 25 to review progress towards a draft treaty establishing a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese PM Hariri, Ambassador Wolff praised the efforts of the UN Office of Legal Affa [...] |
2006-09-26 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1869 |
SIXTY-SECOND UNGA - SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE [...] The Chairman of the Sixth Committee, Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo (Mexico) convened a meeting of member state delegates on September 27 to discuss plans for the Sixth Committee session which begins on October 10. Gomez Robledo called the group's attention to the tentative calendar of work (A/C. [...] |
2006-09-27 20:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1873 |
UN SAFETY AND SECURITY: MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPROVE [...] In its resolution 59/276 the General Assembly established the Department of Safety and Security and, while recognizing "the operational difficulties linked to cost-sharing by organizations", decided to maintain existing arrangements with regard to UN system cost-sharing for safety and security [...] |
2006-09-29 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1879 |
UN BUDGET: DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT FUNDING [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests guidance on this issue for upcoming discussions in the Fifth Committee. 2. SUMMARY: In paragraph 14 of General Assembly resolution 60/246, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide recommendations on how additional resources in the area of $5 mill [...] |
2006-09-29 19:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1880 |
61ST UNGA LAUNCHES GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] On September 19, the UN launched the "Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" at a meeting chaired by General Assembly President Khalifa. The "launch" attracted a number of Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors. The strategy, called for in the 2005 World Summit Outcome document was the result of se [...] |
2006-09-29 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1881 |
SYG SELECTION: SEPTEMBER 28 STRAW POLL RESULTS; [...] (C) Summary. Ban Ki-Moon increased his lead over his nearest competitors in the third Secretary-General straw poll, though one delegation that had previously encouraged Ban's candidacy slipped to the "no opinion" category. The Security Council - in a contentious meeting the previous day - ag [...] |
2006-09-29 21:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1882 |
UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), 1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on September 28, 2006. The three Chairs described their committees' accomplishments over the [...] |
2006-09-29 21:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ETTC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1883 |
SYG SELECTION: ASHRAF GHANI MAKING THE ROUNDS IN NY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bolton met briefly with Afghan candidate for Secretary-General Ashraf Ghani on Friday, September 29. Ghani said that he had met with A/S Silverberg in Washington on 9/28, but was just beginning his rounds in New York. Ambassador Bolton expressed appreciation for Ghani's willin [...] |
2006-09-29 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UN AF |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1887 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT, STANDARDS OF [...] Summary. On October 16, 2006 the following reports are expected to be introduced in the Fifth Committee under agenda item 117, Programme Budget for 2006-2007, "Standards of Accommodation for Air Travel"; report of the Secretary-General (A/61/188) and the report of the Joint SIPDIS Inspecti [...] |
2006-10-02 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1888 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN (CMP): IMPACT OF CMP ON [...] SUMMARY: In paragraph 9 of resolution 60/282, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to offer proposals at its sixty-first session, through the Committee on Conferences (CoC), on the possible modification of meeting schedules for the period of the implementation of the capital m [...] |
2006-10-02 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1898 |
SYG SELECTION: "COLORED BALLOTS" SECURE BAN AS [...] (C) Summary. Ban Ki-Moon cemented his lead in the fourth Secretary-General straw poll, the first to use differentiated SIPDIS ballots to identify the votes of Permanent Members. FM Ban received fourteen "encouraging" votes, with one elected member of the Council expressing "no opinion". E [...] |
2006-10-02 22:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1899 |
ACTION REQUEST: FINALIZING THE UN-LEBANON TREATY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting between P-3 legal and political officers on October 2, French experts reported that the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) had revised the draft treaty establishing the Hariri tribunal to delete any re [...] |
2006-10-03 13:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1900 |
UNSC WELCOMES LATEST BRAMMERTZ REPORT BUT DIFFERS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-03 13:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1901 |
AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH SECRETARIAT [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met with Deputy-Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown, Under-Secretary-General for Management Chris Burnham, Assistant-Secretary-General and Controller Warren Sach and Officer-in-Charge of the Capital Master Plan John Clarkson on Monday, September 25th. The Secreta [...] |
2006-10-03 14:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1902 |
UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: ARTICLE 19, MULTIYEAR [...] Summary. Beginning the week of October 9, in addition to the consideration of exemptions to Article 19 (reftel), the Fifth Committee is expected to consider the reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly SIPDIS resolutions 55/235 and 55/236 (A/61/139) relating [...] |
2006-10-03 15:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1907 |
UNSC WELCOMES LATEST BRAMMERTZ REPORT BUT DIFFERS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a public briefing to the UNSC on September 29, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to the contents of his latest report to the UNSC to document progress in the investigation into the murder of former Lebanese [...] |
2006-10-04 14:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1908 |
WRAP-UP OF UNDP/UNFPA EXECUTIVE BOARD SESSION, [...] The Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) met in New York September 11-13, 2006. This cable reports on the UNDP segment. UNFPA segment will follow septel. 2. Begin Summary. Twenty-seven program documents (www. [...] |
2006-10-04 15:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNDP UNFPA ECON SOCI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1911 |
SUDAN MISSION IN NEW YORK THREATENS POTENTIAL [...] (U) A friendly delegation shared with USUN October 4 a copy of a diplomatic note circulated October 3 by the Sudanese mission in New York to missions that participated in a September 25 meeting hosted by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations to discuss the prospective transition from [...] |
2006-10-05 00:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC SU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1919 |
DPKO OFFICIAL ASKS THE U.S. TO SPEAK TO SOUTH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi contacted Deputy Political Counselor on September 29 to raise concerns about finding a workable resolution to the discord over post-October political arrangements in Cote d'Ivoire. Annabi expressed frustration that the Se [...] |
2006-10-05 23:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1920 |
UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE [...] Summary: At the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board meeting in New York on September 11-13, UNFPA Executive Director Obaid stressed the importance of equity and human rights for the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people. She said reproductive health, women's empowerment, and gender equality re [...] |
2006-10-06 00:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREF PREL UNFPA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1930 |
UN AND CT: DENMARK, BELGIUM, ARGENTINA SHARE VIEWS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: In meetings on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Crumpton exchanged views on how to invigorate the UN's counterterrorism efforts with Ambassador Ellen Loj, Danish PermRep and Chairman of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terr [...] |
2006-10-10 14:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC PREL KNNP KTFN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1932 |
UNSC/DPRK: COUNCIL MEMBERS CONDEMN TEST, PREPARE [...] (C) Summary. The Security Council met on the morning of October 9 to discuss the DPRK's announced test of a nuclear weapon. It took less than thirty minutes for each of the Council's fifteen members to condemn, without reservation, the DPRK's actions. Ambassador Bolton introduced elements of [...] |
2006-10-10 18:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM UNSC KN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1933 |
SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] (U) On October 9, the Security Council adopted Resolution 1715 (text below) by acclamation, recommending to the General Assembly that South Korean FM Ban Ki-Moon be appointed the next Secretary-General of the UN. Prior to the Council's decision, all other candidates for the position had withdr [...] |
2006-10-10 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UN KS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1934 |
SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SYG ANNAN ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with UN SYG Kofi Annan, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios underscored the importance of moving forward with UN support for AMIS and persuading Sudanese President Bashir to back down from his rejection of a UN peacekeeping force in [...] |
2006-10-10 22:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1935 |
QATAR PERMREP: WE CAN BEST HELP WITH DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with US Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios at the United Nations, Qatar PermRep Nassir Abdul Aziz al-Nasser said Qatar is eager to play an expanded role in creating a solution to the crisis in Darfur and can best influence the Government of Sudan [...] |
2006-10-10 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1936 |
CHINESE AND RUSSIAN PERMREPS TELL NATSIOS TO TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 visit to the United Nations, Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios met separately with the Permanent Representatives of the PRC and Russia. Both envoys welcomed Natsios' role and broader mission, taking the opportunity to urge the USG not to pursue sanctions o [...] |
2006-10-10 22:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC SU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1937 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: JAPAN CANNOT PAY UNTIL [...] The Secretary-General's report on the Capital Master Plan (CMP) is not yet final, but it is expected that the General Assembly will be asked to approve a financing plan for the CMP construction phase that includes direct assessments over a five year period, with assessments beginning in Januar [...] |
2006-10-10 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1939 |
PROCESSING OF G VISAS AND MEETING U.S. HOST [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. The USG's time frame for responding to SAO clearance requests for G visa applicants appears to some governments and UN lawyers to conflict with USG obligations as host country to the UN not to impede travel of individuals coming to the UN on official business [...] |
2006-10-11 19:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OFDP CVIS UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1944 |
SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting in New York with Arab League Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios urged the Arab League to use its influence over the Government of Sudan (GOS) to persuade President Bashir to accept the UN Peacekeeping fo [...] |
2006-10-12 00:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1945 |
SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios pushed DPKO to move quickly on implementing the UN support package for AMIS. Guehenno voiced cautious optimism regarding recent developments related to Dar [...] |
2006-10-12 00:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1953 |
UN OVERSIGHT: OIOS RECOMMENDS IMPROVEMENTS TO [...] SUMMARY: The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has conducted a review (A/61/61) of the program and administrative management of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). OIOS notes that ESCWA consistently uses results-based management, and is one of the most adv [...] |
2006-10-12 16:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1974 |
UN COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE (CTED) LOOKING BACK [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1975 |
SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: ARTICLE 19 EXEMPTIONS [...] On October 12, the Fifth Committee and the General Assembly Plenary adopted Article 19 exemptions in document A/61/512 for the following nine member states: the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, the Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, and Tajikistan. Ac [...] |
2006-10-13 22:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1976 |
US/UK/UN TRILATERAL ON UN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The UN met with the UK and U.S. missions October 12 to discuss the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI), the Iraq Compact and related issues. UNAMI has temporarily withdrawn most staff from its Basrah office after MNF-I withdrew assets, although it plans on returning once their [...] |
2006-10-13 23:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ PINS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1978 |
UNSC/DPRK: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] On Saturday, October 14 the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1718, in response to the proclaimed test of a nuclear weapon by the DPRK on Monday, October 9. Following negotiations on the morning of October 14 among the P-5 and Japan, the draft resolution was introduced to the Cou [...] |
2006-10-14 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KNNP KN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1979 |
ICTR RESOLUTION AND USUN VOTING IN NEW YORK [...] Per instructions (reftel) U.S. joined other SC members in supporting the draft resolution (reftel para 1), adopted (15-0-0) as Security Council resolution 1717 (2006). The resolution was requested by the Tribunal in order to extend the term of office of the Ad Litem judges until the end of [...] |
2006-10-16 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL RW TZ UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1983 |
NOVEMBER 30 UNMEE REVIEW GETS ETHIOPIA'S ATTENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Deputy PermRep Kebret called on USUN to express concern about a provision of the resolution renewing UNMEE's mandate that calls for a Security Council review by November 30. Kebret argued that Ethiopia was powerless to prevent Eritrean frustration of UNMEE's mission [...] |
2006-10-16 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL ET ER UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1985 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP - [...] Action request, para 5. 2. For the past two years Danish Permanent Representative, Ellen Loj has energetically chaired the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), a subsidiary body of the Security Council. When Denmark's term as a non-permanent member of the Council ends on December 31, she w [...] |
2006-10-17 14:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1986 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated August 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNMIK $25,819,150 UNMIL $19,521,100 UNMIS $64,999,600 2. Copy of receipts have been scanned and emailed to EUR/IO/BUD-Robert [...] |
2006-10-17 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1987 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-17 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1988 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated August 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: ICTY $2,515,324 ICTR $2,225,500 2. Copy of receipts have been faxed to EUR/IO/BUD-Alice Green. BOLTON [...] |
2006-10-17 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1990 |
UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-17 20:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1992 |
SYG SELECTION: BAN UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED TO FIVE [...] (U) Partially overshadowed by the Security Council's negotiations following the DPRK's nuclear test, the General Assembly on Friday, October 13 unanimously appointed South Korean FM Ban to be the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, for an initial term of office from January 1, 2007 [...] |
2006-10-17 21:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UN KS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1998 |
UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREAN TSZ INCURSION [...] (SBU) UN DPKO Deputy Hedi Annabi briefed the UNSC on the unprecedented incursion of Eritrean military forces into the UN Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) (reftel). Following a brief discussion of a draft press statement presented by the Permanent Mission of Greece, the UNSC unanimously adopted th [...] |
2006-10-18 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ER ET |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2032 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS LIBERIA SANCTIONS [...] The UN Security Council, per resolution 1689, reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting October 20. Danish PermRep Ellen Loj (Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee) delivered a summary of committee discussions and the views of the Panel of Experts, which monitors sanctions impl [...] |
2006-10-23 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2039 |
UN BUDGET: SECRETARY-GENERAL REQUESTS FUNDING TO [...] In coming weeks, the Fifth Committee will consider the Secretary-General's proposal of a renovation to his residence SIPDIS in order to bring it up to modern safety and construction codes. In his report to the General Assembly, he notes the malfunctions and life safety concerns associated [...] |
2006-10-25 14:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2042 |
GENERAL COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE HUMAN [...] The General Committee met on October 25 to consider the allocation of agenda item 68 "Report of the Human Rights Council". The item had been inscribed on the item in September but the Committee deferred the decision on allocation pending further consultations The GA President, Chairman of t [...] |
2006-10-25 23:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | HR PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2044 |
AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH UN A/SYG ANGELA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 22nd, Ambassador Wolff met with UN A/SYG Angela Kane to discuss U/SYG Gambari's scheduled visit to Burma on November 9th through 12th. Viewing his first visit as a success, the UN believes the second trip is an important confidence building dialogue. Gambari will not [...] |
2006-10-26 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEAN UNSC BM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2046 |
UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO CONCLUDE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Legal Adviser John Bellinger and Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and his deputy, Larry Johnson, October 25, to discuss Lebanese and key Council members' views on the draft statute and agreement to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for [...] |
2006-10-26 20:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2049 |
FRANCE AND AFRICANS PRESS FOR EARLY ADOPTION OF A [...] Summary: During Security Council consultations on October 25, France, with support from African members, introduced a wide-ranging draft resolution on Cote d'Ivoire. Departing from last year's practice when the Council endorsed an AU decision to extend the transition period, this draft resol [...] |
2006-10-28 04:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2050 |
UN SYG REQUEST FOR AMIS SUPPORT [...] (U) Please find below the text of a letter from UN SYG Kofi Annan requesting USG material and financial assistance for the AMIS support package. The UN SYG has approached other delegations, including the EU, with similar requests. DPKO has promised to convene a meeting before November 3 to up [...] |
2006-10-30 16:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2053 |
SINGAPORE PURPLE IN UN OVER INDONESIA [...] (U) The perennial problem of South Asian haze fed by illegal timber clearing in Indonesia (reftel) spilled into normally docile UN Second Committee debates on October 25-26 during plenary discussions on sustainable development. Singapore devoted nearly the entirety of its October 25 statement [...] |
2006-10-30 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY TBIO KTIA ID SN UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2073 |
UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO FOR SIX [...] The Security Council October 31 extended the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to April 30, 2007. UNSCR 1720 (2006), based on a draft text developed and sponsored by Friends of Western Sahara (U.S., UK, France, Russia and [...] |
2006-11-01 16:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2074 |
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] On October 30, as instructed Reftel, USUN delivered to the UN Treaty Office, diplomatic note (copy faxed to L/T) and the United States instrument of ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. BOLTON [...] |
2006-11-01 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM KTIA US |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2075 |
UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FIVE [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 31, 2006 concerning the financing of five peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] |
2006-11-01 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2077 |
UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON THE SUDAN 10/27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 27 briefing to the UNSC on the Sudan, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean-Marie Guehenno called for "creativity" to break the diplomatic impasse with Khartoum regarding a UN peacekeeping deployment in Darfur. UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry presented a UK compromise proposal for a [...] |
2006-11-01 22:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2084 |
SYG CONVENES P-5 TO SEEK EARLY AGREEMENT ON TEXTS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Secretary-General Annan met with the P-5 ambassadors on November 1, appealing to the P-5 to show flexibility and reach agreement within the next few days on the draft GOL/UN agreement and accompanying statute to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassinati [...] |
2006-11-02 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2085 |
SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS UNSCR 1559 GOALS AMID [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 30 closed-door briefing to the Security Council on the SYG's latest report on UNSCR 1559 implementation, SYG Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen praised the "historic" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to south Lebanon, but highlighted the unfulfilled [...] |
2006-11-02 20:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE SY |
| 06USUNNEWYORK209 |
TEST CABLE MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-03 13:41:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | APER IMO JA LI PHUM PREF PREL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2095 |
UNSC MINURSO CONSULTATIONS: ON TRACK FOR SIX-MONTH [...] Summary: DPKO Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi and the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum summarized for the Security Council October 25 the UN's latest assessment of the situation in the Western Sahara. Speaking for the United States, Ambassador Sand [...] |
2006-11-02 23:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2107 |
JUMBLATT PRESSES FOR QUICK ESTABLISHMENT OF HARIRI [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Bolton and USUN officers on November 2, Lebanese Druze leader and MP Walid Jumblatt and two aides argued that the tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri must be established by November 13, at which point Hizballah SYG Nasral [...] |
2006-11-03 15:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2111 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] ACTION REQUEST PARA 6. 2. ON NOVEMBER 16, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL HOLD ELECTIONS TO FILL ALL 34 SEATS ON THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION. THE U.S. HAS NOMINATED FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DEPUTY LEGAL ADVISER MICHAEL MATHESON FOR ONE OF THE EIGHT VACANCIES IN THE WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHE [...] |
2006-11-03 19:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ODIP ILC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2112 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2113 |
UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2114 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated September 29, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: ICTR 2,225,514 ICTY 2,515,325 2. Copy of receipts have been faxed to EUR/IO/BUD-Alice Green. BOLTON [...] |
2006-11-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2116 |
UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: REQUEST FOR GENERAL [...] ACTION REQUEST: Discussion on the capital master plan (CMP) is expected to begin as early as the week of November 13. USUN requests guidance on all items highlighted in this cable in time for Fifth Committee discussions. 2. SUMMARY: The fourth annual report on the capital master plan, av [...] |
2006-11-03 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2117 |
UNSC/DPRK: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE AGREES ON CHEM/BIO [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK Sanctions Committee has agreed on a list of chemical and biological weapons-related items to be included under the sanctions provisions of Resolution 1718. The Committee will now move to a discussion of its own internal guidelines, while simultaneously considering amendm [...] |
2006-11-03 22:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UNSC KN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2118 |
MOZAMBIQUE SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN ILC ELECTION [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff met November 2 with Ambassador Filipe Chidumo, Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations, who requested U.S. support for Ambassador Pedro Comissario Afonso's campaign for re-election to the International Law Commission (ILC). Elections f [...] |
2006-11-03 23:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ILC MZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2123 |
UNSC/IRAN: NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING P5 PLUS ONE [...] Summary: The P5 plus one met on Friday, November 3, at the UK Mission at 11:30 to discuss the EU3 draft resolution on Iran. Russia reiterated its complaints about the EU3 text and circulated its extensive &corrections8 (emailed to State and NSC), which Ambassador Churkin described as consist [...] |
2006-11-06 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL UNSC PGOV IR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2124 |
UN OVERSIGHT: OIOS REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), in response to General Assembly resolution 60/255, conducted an audit of the management of special political missions by the Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Special political missions are involved in the prevention and control a [...] |
2006-11-06 18:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2126 |
MNF-I RENEWAL: STATE OF PLAY IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Discussions regarding a renewal of UNSCR 1637, which authorizes the MNF-I and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB), are beginning in New York. Informal soundings of P-5 members indicate they remain willing to support a renewal resolution in response to a speci [...] |
2006-11-06 18:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | |