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07USUNNEWYORK37 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES EXPERTS' PANEL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met informally January 19 to discuss the appointment of three experts to fill vacancies on the Committee's panel of experts, as well as the extension of contracts of the five remaining experts. Committee Chairman Burian asked delegations to seek instru [...] | 2007-01-22 16:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK370 | SUDAN: BENCHMARKS FOR DARFUR - P3 AMBASSADORS MEET [...] U.S., U.K. and French ambassadors met with Under Secretary General Guehenno on Friday, May 4, to discuss benchmarks for Darfur. The three ambassadors conveyed the need to see quick progress on the political, security, and humanitarian fronts. They encouraged Guehenno to show results soon beca [...] | 2007-05-14 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK371 | CUBA FORMALLY COMPLAINS RE NGO REP'S VISA REFUSAL [...] Action request - see paragraph 3. 2. Cuba's UN Mission Permrep, Amb. Rodrigo Malmierca, has sent a Note Verbale (text in paragraph 5 below) to USUN Host Country Affairs expressing concern for the USG's decision to deny a visa to Mrs. Fabiola Mora (DPOB 31Jan1953, Cuba),a representative of [...] | 2007-05-14 19:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CVIS UN CU |
07USUNNEWYORK372 | ISLAMABAD OIC MEETING COULD ENDORSE BOSNIA FOR [...] (C) Mission has learned from Pakistani Ambassador Akram (currently in Islamabad) that there is a strong possibility that the OIC meeting convening May 15 in Islamabad could endorse Bosnia,s candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Akram indicated that he would be willing to move for the endors [...] | 2007-05-14 20:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM |
07USUNNEWYORK374 | IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...] | 2007-05-14 22:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK376 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 DISCUSS DRAFT RESOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting on May 11, P-3 PermReps told SYG Ban that the Council should act on the tribunal as soon as possible after it receives a clear request from the GOL and the SYG endorses the GOL position. Noting he planned to speak with PM Siniora on May 14, Ban reported that Syri [...] | 2007-05-14 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK378 | MOUSSA DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH AMB KHALILZAD [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa that focused exclusively on SIPDIS Iraq, Ambassador Khalilzad urged Arab League involvement that would reassure the Iraqi Shia and comfort the Iraqi Sunni and help create an Iraqi identity based not on sectarianis [...] | 2007-05-15 00:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK381 | IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...] | 2007-05-17 15:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK384 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AGREE ON DRAFT UNSCR AND [...] (SBU) The U.S., France, and the UK (P-3) reached agreement on a draft Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal on May 17. P-3 Permanent Representatives will share the text with all UNSC delegations either bilaterally or in joint approaches by close of business on May 1 [...] | 2007-05-17 21:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK385 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...] | 2007-05-17 23:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK389 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-5 PERMREPS DISCUSS DRAFT UNSCR [...] (SBU) P-5 PermReps met on May 17 to discuss the P-3 draft Chapter VII UNSC resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). French PR de la Sabliere introduced the draft resolution, noting that the co-authors preferred the "light" approach of deciding that the tribunal agreement and s [...] | 2007-05-18 19:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK391 | UNSC MISSION TO AFRICA WILL INCLUDE SUDAN [...] (SBU) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met on May 16 and 17 to discuss the draft itinerary and terms of reference (TOR) for its Mission to Africa in June. In the May 16 discussion Members agreed in principle that the UK and South Africa would co-chair the visits to Addis Ababa and A [...] | 2007-05-19 00:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK392 | UNSC LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: LEBANON, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad hosted the monthly lunch for Security Council Perm Reps with the Secretary-General. In addition to updating the Council on SIPDIS his discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan, SYG Ban used the opportunity to follow-up on Lebanese PM Siniora's letter requesting [...] | 2007-05-19 00:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IQ LE AF SY |
07USUNNEWYORK393 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...] | 2007-05-19 01:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK394 | UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE REVIVED IN THE GENERAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The debate on Security Council expansion has flashed hot again in New York, in the wake of the report of the most recent set of facilitators to tackle this long-running issue. Disappointed with the content of the report, the G-4 countries are seeking new facilitators [...] | 2007-05-21 11:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK395 | FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...] | 2007-05-21 15:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK397 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...] | 2007-05-21 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK399 | RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) PolMinsCouns and Poloff delivered ref A and B points to United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary General Hedi Annabi, DPKO Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov, DPKO Military Planning Service Chief Ian Sinclair and DPKO Office of Mission Suppo [...] | 2007-05-21 23:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PREL SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK4 | MEETING AND DISCUSSION WITH UNDP ON DPRK:UNDP [...] This message contains an action request. See para. 19. 2.(S) Summary. Per reftels A and B, as a follow-up to the demarche delivered to UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis by Ambassador Wallace on December 19, Ambassador Wallace and USUN/MR Officers met with Mr. Dervis and a team of UNDP official [...] | 2007-01-05 16:28:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK40 | HANDLING THE DPRK AT THE UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2.(C) Ambassadors Wolff, Wallace and Miller met with UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis and his senior management team Monday to discuss the way forward on DPRK. We have tentative agreement, subject to Department approval, on a package that in principle s [...] | 2007-01-23 00:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK400 | UNSC/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY ELIASSON TELLS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In back-to-back meetings with Ambassador Khalilzad and with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Five Members on May 17, UN Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Jan Eliasson recommended the Council set high markers for all parties to the Darfur peace process to help move [...] | 2007-05-21 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK401 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...] | 2007-05-22 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK405 | P5 WITH BAN, 5/18: SUDAN, DPKO RESTRUCTURING AND [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with P-5 Ambassadors on May 18. Ban noted that he had some way still to go to complete his high level appointments. He urged the Council to be cautious in moving forward with sanctions against Sudan lest it undermine the current "credible progr [...] | 2007-05-23 00:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR AORC UNGA SU |
07USUNNEWYORK407 | SYG ASKS USG TO HOLD OFF ON SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) This cable contains a recommendation; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a May 23 meeting, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon gave Ambassador Khalilzad the "good news" that he and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare had agreed earlier in the day on the draft [...] | 2007-05-24 00:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK408 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...] | 2007-05-24 00:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK41 | QUINT STRATEGIZES IN NEW YORK ON UN PROCESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of Quint countries (U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy) met in New York on January 18 to consider tactics for getting the Kosovo final status process to and through the Security Council. Participants considered: whether and how Special Envoy Ahtisaari's initial pro [...] | 2007-01-23 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK410 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN [...] (U) On May 21 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Somalia and Uganda. Holmes expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Somalia, wh [...] | 2007-05-24 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREF SO UG |
07USUNNEWYORK411 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DRAFT UNSCR DOES NOT YET HAVE [...] (C) P-3 PermReps, joined by Slovakia, agreed mid-afternoon May 24 that we do not currently have nine confirmed votes in favor of the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (Although USUN subsequently learned that we have support from a majority of Security Council c [...] | 2007-05-24 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK412 | PALESTINIANS SEEK SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON A [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting he requested on an urgent basis, Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour said that a delegation representing the Arab League, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) would shortly request a meeting with Ambassador Khalil [...] | 2007-05-25 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK415 | U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...] | 2007-05-25 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN |
07USUNNEWYORK416 | KOSOVO: MOSCOW HARD LINE SOFTENING IN NEW YORK? [...] (C) Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Churkin reiterated Moscow's official hard line on Kosovo to Ambassador Khalilzad, who replied that Moscow offers no basis for discussion. Churkin essentially agreed, suggesting that Ambassador Khalilzad and he leave aside red lines for the moment a [...] | 2007-05-29 14:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK417 | ARAB LEAGUE, OIC, NAM DELEGATION SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) As anticipated reftel, a joint Arab League/OIC/NAM delegation met May 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad in his capacity as President of the Security Council to request Security Council action to bring an end to the violence in Gaza. The delegation, headed by Egyptian PR Maged Abdelaziz [...] | 2007-05-29 18:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK42 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions dated November 30 and December 28, 2006 for the following: UN Regular Budget $235,000,000 UN Capital Master Plan 19,546,837 MONUC 27,000,000 UNOCI [...] | 2007-01-23 15:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK423 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: VOTE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 [...] (C) The UN Security Council discussed the draft resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the second time during closed consultations on May 29. After P-3 PermReps explained the revisions made to the draft resolution in response to concerns raised during UNSC consultations on May 25, [...] | 2007-05-29 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK429 | INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the UN Legal Counsel, Amb Wolff again urged that the Secretary General delay filling the soon to be vacant ICTY Prosecutor's job in order to allow time to identify another suitable UN position for the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (U [...] | 2007-05-31 23:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS UN XT ZL XF |
07USUNNEWYORK43 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE [...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 5. 2. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 19, 2007 concerning the financing of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory of Rwan [...] | 2007-01-23 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC UN |
07USUNNEWYORK430 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE SOMALIA PKO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sanders told DPKO's Africa Division chief that proper planning and preparation for a UN peacekeeping operation are essential to support any progress in the Somali political process. Titov reported that DPKO has begun limited military planning and will present a "range [...] | 2007-06-01 14:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL SO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK431 | DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...] | 2007-06-01 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK433 | UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...] | 2007-06-01 19:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK435 | NO SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1706 AS HYBRID BASIS FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad convened a June 1 meeting of the Security Council Permanent Three Members to deliver ref A points. Participating in the meeting were UK Permanent Representative (PR) Emyr Jones Parry, UN Counsellor Paul Johnston, French Charge Jean-Marie Lacroix, French Counsellor Nic [...] | 2007-06-01 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CT PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK436 | CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE: UNSYG'S "GREAT INTEREST" [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In a May 31 encounter, UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon expressed to PermRep his "great interest" in the President's climate change initiative (reftels),and his desire to ensure coordination between the U.S. and UN efforts. [...] | 2007-06-01 21:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG |
07USUNNEWYORK437 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/OFDA PUBLIC HEALTH [...] USUN WELCOMES MS. CAROLINE ABLA, MS. HEATHER PAPOWITZ, AND MR. IAN MOISE, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORS IN USAID'S OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA),TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 18-20 TO ATTEND UN-LED MEETINGS ON EMERGENCY NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND WATER/SANITATION. CLEARANCE IS ALSO GRANTED TO [...] | 2007-06-01 21:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM |
07USUNNEWYORK438 | BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON BERLIN QUARTET [...] Summary: In a private meeting with the Security Council held June 1, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon briefed on the May 30 meeting of the Quartet Principals in Berlin, tracking closely issues covered in the May 30 Quartet Statement. He also mentioned the situation in Lebanon, expressing concern [...] | 2007-06-01 21:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK439 | UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...] | 2007-06-01 21:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF |
07USUNNEWYORK44 | UN SEEKS CONCURRENCE FROM U.S. TO TRANSFER PART OF [...] This is an action request. See para. 4. 2. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC) a note from Assistant Secretary General/Controller for Management Warren Sach, addressed to Ambassador Wolff, dated January 15, 2007 notifying us that the United Nations Trust Fund in support of the delimita [...] | 2007-01-23 22:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK440 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1757 ON LEBANON [...] (U) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED 10-0-5 ON MAY 30 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1757, WHICH DECIDES UNDER THE COUNCIL'S CHAPTER VII AUTHORITY TO BRING INTO EFFECT THE SPECIAL PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0440 UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000440 TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. RUSSIA, CHINA, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDONESIA A [...] | 2007-06-04 11:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK441 | HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...] | 2007-06-04 20:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA |
07USUNNEWYORK442 | KOSOVO: CHURKIN CHAFES AGAINST SHORT MOSCOW LEASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Ambassador to the UN Churkin shared Moscow's latest hard line guidance on Kosovo with Ambassador Khalilzad on June 4. Churkin said Moscow wants: no reference to SYG Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal in the Security Council resolution; at least a year of further Belgrade-P [...] | 2007-06-04 21:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK443 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2007 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK445 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: US FAILURE TO DEPOSIT 2003 AND [...] GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN is transmitting two May 23 note verbales from the Secretary-General notifying the United States that the United Nations has voided check payments to the United States from 2003 and 2004 that have not been deposited. These payments represent a full refund to the United S [...] | 2007-06-05 19:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK446 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: US FAILURE TO DEPOSIT 2005 UN [...] GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN is transmitting a May 23 note verbale from the Secretary-General notifying the United States that the United Nations has voided its check payment to the United States from 2005 that has not been deposited. This payment represent a full refund to the United States for its [...] | 2007-06-05 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK447 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ALGERIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 4 to Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754, underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through their differe [...] | 2007-06-05 21:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK448 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MAURITANIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) During a June 4 courtesy by Mauritanian PermRep Mohamed Ould Tolba, Ambassador Khalilzad delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of the Security Council's Western Sahara initiative and inviting Mauritania to encourage the Polisario to participate positively in the June 18-19 talk [...] | 2007-06-05 22:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK449 | DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4 [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...] | 2007-06-05 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK45 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 22:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK451 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THREE [...] USUN has emailed to Department (EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 31, 2007 concerning the financing of three peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation [...] | 2007-06-06 16:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK455 | UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...] | 2007-06-07 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS |
07USUNNEWYORK458 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL - UN PREPARES TO SET IT UP [...] Summary. As June 10, the date of entry into force of the Lebanon Tribunal Agreement, approaches, the UN Secretariat is gearing up to put arrangements in place for its full implementation. In a June 6 meeting, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officials described preparations for the Tribunal [...] | 2007-06-07 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK459 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO POLISARIO TO COME TO TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 6 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754 and underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through the [...] | 2007-06-08 15:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK46 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $70,467,371 TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green an official note and invoice requesting payment of $70,467,371.34 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 (UNEP). As of January 10, [...] | 2007-01-23 22:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK460 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR DEBORAH KINGSLAND JUNE 12 [...] USUN WELCOMES MS. DEBORAH KINGSLAND, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF MULTILATERAL COORDINATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION, TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 12 TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA). [...] | 2007-06-08 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF |
07USUNNEWYORK467 | UNMIT SRSG KHARE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, UNMIT SRSG Khare updated the Security Council on the recent presidential elections, the Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30, and the future challenges in Timor-Leste. The Council was unanimous in its praise for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elect [...] | 2007-06-08 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO TL |
07USUNNEWYORK468 | UN SEEKS INSTRUCTIONS TO DEPOSIT BALANCE OF FUNDS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 20:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AFIN AORC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK469 | ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...] | 2007-06-11 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET |
07USUNNEWYORK47 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 22:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK470 | UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...] | 2007-06-12 16:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | BY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU |
07USUNNEWYORK473 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] In response to reference (a),country clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson and Special Assistants Matthew Lavine and Brendan Doherty to meet with tribunal officials on June 18, 2007 and to observe the June 18 UNSC tribunal session. The June 1 [...] | 2007-06-12 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD BK KAWC OTRA UN |
07USUNNEWYORK475 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE: JULY [...] (SBU) General Assembly President (PGA) Sheikha Haya al-Khalifa informed missions in a June 9 letter that the GA informal thematic debate "Climate Change as a global challenge" has now been officially scheduled for July 31-August 1. The GA debate had been requested by the New York Committee of [...] | 2007-06-13 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK48 | UNCDF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 22:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNCDF |
07USUNNEWYORK480 | KOSOVO: TIME FOR A GUT-CHECK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A P-3 meeting on Kosovo today found the UK and French United Nations missions without clear guidance from London and Paris about next steps in the face of resolute Russian opposition to the Ahtisaari settlement proposal. Both thought the recent Quint political directors meeting [...] | 2007-06-14 16:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK481 | JUNE 14 SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) On June 14, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council in consultations on his recent trip to Mogadishu and to London, Addis, Asmara and Cairo. While great difficulties remained, he believed that Somalia now had a "fighting chance" to regain stability. [...] | 2007-06-14 21:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET SO UK UNSC PREL PHUM |
07USUNNEWYORK483 | UN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE REFORM PLAN: AMBITIOUS [...] This is an action request - please see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. The two co-chairs of a UN environmental governance reform process released an Options Paper June 14 offering their summary of states' views on micro- and macro-reform, and recommending further action. The co-chai [...] | 2007-06-14 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK485 | UN MOVES TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Ref A described UN preparations for the Lebanese Tribunal. In a June 6 meeting, UN officials told USUN officers that they were working quietly to put arrangements in place for full implementation of resolution 1757 but were conscious of the fact that its provisions would not be effective [...] | 2007-06-15 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK486 | SECURITY COUNCIL STALEMATE ON IRANIAN STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Efforts to obtain a Security Council press statement condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's June 3 remarks threatening Israel's existence have foundered over Indonesian opposition, first announced to the Council on June 8. In a second Council discussions o [...] | 2007-06-15 14:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS IR |
07USUNNEWYORK489 | UN RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR WALLACE'S INQUIRY ON [...] USUN is transmitting a June 5 letter from Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute SIPDIS answering Ambassador Mark Wallace's May 11 inquiry into recent allegations of misconduct at the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). 2. Text of June 5 letter f [...] | 2007-06-15 20:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK49 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...] | 2007-01-24 15:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK490 | UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...] | 2007-06-15 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK492 | INDONESIA'S SUPPORT FOR AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy PolCouns delivered ON June 14 REFTEL demarche calling for Indonesian leadership on multilateral efforts in counterterrorism to Indonesian Deputy PermRep, Ambassador Hassan Kleib, who stressed that Indonesia's national interest due to repeated terrorist bombings ensures that [...] | 2007-06-15 22:20:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER ID |
07USUNNEWYORK495 | SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENTS ON LEBANON [...] (U) During the past week, the Security Council has issued three statements on the situation on Lebanon. The Council issued a press statement June 18 condemning the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel; a Presidential Statement (PRST) June 13 condemning the assassination of Lebanese parliam [...] | 2007-06-19 00:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK496 | UN INTERRELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) The UN has seen a number of initiatives recently to grapple with the "clash of civilizations" notion and the aftermath of last year's violence over Dutch cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The initiative with the most wide-spread backing is the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC),whi [...] | 2007-06-19 20:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL KISL UNESCO UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK497 | CHURKIN CONTINUES TO SAY NO ON AUTOMATICITY [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting at the Russian Mission, Ambassador Churkin yielded no ground on Russia's objection to Kosovo independence unless agreed by Serbia. Churkin stressed that the recent Quint meeting in Paris had "left a bad taste" in Russia's mouth as it gave the impression th [...] | 2007-06-20 00:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK498 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE - UK DRAFT PRST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2 below. The UK distributed the draft UNSCR Presidential Statement (PRST) contained in paragraph 3 below to the Special Court for Sierra Leone Management Committee on June 15. The UK indicated that since the June 8 UNSC meeting on the S [...] | 2007-06-20 14:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK499 | (ICTY) YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary: In a farewell call, ICTY Prosecutor Carla del Ponte described her work and plans for the months between now and September when her resignation from the Tribunal takes effect. Earlier she told the Security Council that, "the fact that four persons remain at large, in particular, [...] | 2007-06-20 15:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KAWC KJUS SR XH MW |
07USUNNEWYORK50 | UNDP ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR AD MELKERT PROVIDES [...] In a letter dated January 21, 2007, UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert responded to Ambassador Mark Wallace's letter of January 16, 2007. In this letter, the latest in a string of formal communication between USUN and UNDP, Associate Administrator Melkert attempts to explain away USG con [...] | 2007-01-24 16:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK502 | ISRAELI GENERAL DISCUSSES UNIFIL IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Israeli Brigadier General Udi Dekel visited New York June 13-20 to share with P-5 delegations and the UN secretariat an updated Israeli assessment of Hizballah SIPDIS activities in the UNIFIL area of operations (AO). While commending UNIFIL's valuable role in disrupting Hizballah's fr [...] | 2007-06-20 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK503 | CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...] | 2007-06-20 23:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK504 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ISN/MNSA OFFICER [...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN/MNSA officer William F. Menold Jr. to attend the first one-week session, beginning June 25, of the open-ended working group (OEWG) on convening a fourth special session of the UNGA devoted to disarmament (SSOD IV). 2. UNGA Resolut [...] | 2007-06-21 00:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK505 | SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT OVER SUPPORT FOR ABBAS [...] (SBU) In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Michael Williams, the recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the Middle East was in a time of crisis. Williams focused his briefing on recent events in Gaza and [...] | 2007-06-21 00:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL LE SY IS |
07USUNNEWYORK507 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)- [...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...] | 2007-06-22 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW |
07USUNNEWYORK509 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] (U) On June 20 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1761 (2007)--full text in para 2--renewing the mandate of the Cote d,Ivoire Group of Experts until October 31, 2007. The UN sanctions related to Cote d,Ivoire--an arms embargo, a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and a [...] | 2007-06-22 22:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CI PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK510 | UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS [...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...] | 2007-06-22 22:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
07USUNNEWYORK511 | RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...] | 2007-06-22 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK512 | WAN WALSUM'S PRIVATE READOUT ON JUNE 18-19 WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 20 meeting, Peter Van Walsum, the mediator of the June 18-19 Western Sahara peace negotiations, told USUN and NEA that the talks between Morocco and the Polisario had gone as well as he could have hoped. He said the role of pro-Moroccan Sahrawis in the talks was unhelpfu [...] | 2007-06-22 23:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK513 | ALGERIAN READOUT ON JUNE 18-19 WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 20 meeting with USUN and NEA, Algerian negotiators present at the June 18-19 Western Sahara peace talks praised the talks' atmospherics and results, complimented Van Walsum on his handling of the negotiations, and patted themselves on the back for the role that they had [...] | 2007-06-22 23:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK514 | BOARD OF AUDITORS REPORT ON STATUS OF UN CAPITAL [...] A well placed UN official shared with USUN M&R Ambassador Wallace a copy of a soon to be released report by the UN Board of Auditors (BOA) on the US $1.9 billion Capital Master Plan project. The report, expected to be released in two weeks, states that the project has been delayed by nearly a [...] | 2007-06-25 15:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK515 | UN PLANS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL CRYSTALLIZE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 22 discussion, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel described progress on implementing UN Security Council resolution 1757, which brought the provisions of the Tribunal Agreement between the UN and Lebanon into force on June 10. Michel and his task force have focused on the [...] | 2007-06-25 17:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK516 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR OPEN ENDED INFORMAL [...] In response to reference A, USUN grants country clearance for all members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Open Ended Informal Consultative Process for Oceans and Law of the Sea in New York from June 25-29, 2007. 2. Unescorted access within USUN is granted only to State Depart [...] | 2007-06-25 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC UN |
07USUNNEWYORK519 | 1540: UPDATE ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, USUN has solicited views from 1540 Committee Members on how to handle matrices more broadly and with specific regard to Iran. The Chair (Slovakia) has indicated that he intends to hold a meeting in late June to consider formally how matrices are handled. UNODA [...] | 2007-06-25 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM |
07USUNNEWYORK52 | UN BUDGET: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ADDITIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On December 22, 2006, the General Assembly (GA) adopted resolutions related to the program budget for the biennium 2006-2007: "Enhancing the role of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa" (A/RES/61/234) and "Questions relating to the program budget for the bien [...] | 2007-01-24 16:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK522 | CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS [...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...] | 2007-06-25 23:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK523 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/DG MS. JULIE [...] USUN WELCOMES MS. JULIE WERBEL, TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 29 TO ATTEND A UN-LED ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) BREIFING ON ITS RECENTLY PUBLISHED SECURITY SECTOR REFORM HANDBOOK. 2. TED MALY, USUN/ECOSOC, IS THE CONTROL OFFICER. MR. MALY'S DESK PHONE IS 212-415-43 [...] | 2007-06-27 14:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM |
07USUNNEWYORK528 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA/TAIWAN NOMENCLATURE AT [...] Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel demarche June 26 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe. Pascoe said that he was unaware of recent UN actions referred to in our demarche and of the possible shift in UN treatment of the China/Taiwan nomenclature. He said he would loo [...] | 2007-06-27 21:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK53 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES [...] SUMMARY: After several years of debate over how to finance the project, during which time the cost has significantly increased, the General Assembly (GA) decided that Member States should be directly assessed for their share of the total costs for the UN Capital Master Plan (A/61/251). The G [...] | 2007-01-24 17:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK532 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] As instructed in reftel, USUN joined consensus on the UK drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The PRST was adopted by the UN Security Council on June 28. KHALILZAD [...] | 2007-06-29 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK534 | AMB KHALILZAD MEETS SOMALI PM GEDI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a June 27 meeting at USUN, AMB Khalilzad told Somali Prime Minister Muhammad Gedi that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) needs to play a more constructive role in building Somali confidence in the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) and take immediate action t [...] | 2007-06-29 18:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL SO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK539 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S LUNCH WITH SYG BAN KI-MOON [...] (C) During a June 26 lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discussed: the UN Reform Group, SIPDIS UNDP and DPRK, the Capital Master Plan, personnel issues, Ban's Washington trip, and the Terms of Reference for the Blair appointment. 2. (C) On the Reform Group: [...] | 2007-07-02 14:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK541 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN [...] (U) On June 22, Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in an open session on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. His remarks included first-hand observations from recent field missions to Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, norther [...] | 2007-07-02 17:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC XA |
07USUNNEWYORK544 | PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...] | 2007-07-03 12:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK545 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche points July 2 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari urging serious and substantive Polisario engagement in the upcoming August talks with Morocco, underscoring international expectations of real progress between the parties, and notin [...] | 2007-07-03 13:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK546 | EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...] | 2007-07-03 14:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK549 | SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TERMINATE UNMOVIC [...] (U) Summary: The Security Council voted June 29 in support of the U.S.-UK resolution to terminate the mandates of UNMOVIC and the IAEA's Iraq Nuclear Verification Office, with 14 members voting in favor and one abstention (Russia). Russian PermRep Churkin attributed Russia's abstention to th [...] | 2007-07-03 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK55 | ACTION REQUEST:USUN PROPOSED COMMENTS TO UNDP ON [...] Per reftels, UNDP has delivered correspondence to USUN and made public statements on the UNDP DPRK country program. USUN proposes to respond with the letter below from Ambassador Mark Wallace to UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert at opening of business on January 25, prior to the UNDP Ex [...] | 2007-01-24 18:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNC PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK550 | UN AND U.S. AGREE TO SEEK TO EXPAND UNAMI MANDATE [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, S/I Ambassador David Satterfield led a discussion with the UN on Iraq (including the UN's role in Iraq) as part of an ongoing high-level dialogue. Both the U.S. and the UN agreed that the UN's mandate in Iraq should be updated and expanded, wherever possible. The UN e [...] | 2007-07-03 21:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK553 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR 1540 ASSISTANCE PROVIDER [...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN officers Pieter Ott, Yvette Wong, Thomas Wuchte and DoE officer Todd Perry to attend the July 11-12 meeting of the 1540 Assistance Provider Meeting. 2. Control officer will be USUN Mark Groombridge who will join delegates at the [...] | 2007-07-06 15:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCFE OTRA PARM PREL SC UN WMD |
07USUNNEWYORK554 | PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...] | 2007-07-06 20:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK555 | AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...] | 2007-07-06 20:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK556 | IRAQI REQUEST TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Secretariat provided USUN on May 3 with a preview of an Iraqi request to the Security Council's 1518 Committee to delist three individuals currently under sanctions for their affiliation with the former Saddam Hussein regi [...] | 2007-07-09 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK557 | DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...] | 2007-07-09 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG |
07USUNNEWYORK563 | AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...] | 2007-07-11 00:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK564 | SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...] | 2007-07-11 11:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK568 | UNSC: BRIEFING ON WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] Summary: In a July 11 closed briefing to the Security Council, the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum explained that he had included recommendations in his report that were eventually deleted in order to suggest a way for the parties to move beyond "atmosph [...] | 2007-07-12 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07USUNNEWYORK573 | U.S. OFFICIALS BRIEF UNSYG ON PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE [...] (C) White House CEQ Chairman Connaughton and Under Secretary Dobriansky briefed UN Secretary-General Ban on the SIPDIS President's May 31 climate change initiative (reftel) during a June 18 meeting at the UN. Connaughton and Dobriansky clarified the USG goals and how the initiative would c [...] | 2007-07-13 19:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KGHG SENV PREL KPKO SU |
07USUNNEWYORK574 | WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...] | 2007-07-13 19:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM |
07USUNNEWYORK575 | UPDATE ON UN EFFORTS TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff met with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorneys Mark Quarterman and Jerome de Hemptinne on July 12 to seek an update on efforts to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN Legal Adviser met separately with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel [...] | 2007-07-13 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK576 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. LISA ROTZ AND [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Lisa Rotz and Dr. Carol Linden, both of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to participate as an expert and an observer in an informal technical consultative group in preparation for the development of a single comprehensive database on biolog [...] | 2007-07-13 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UN PTER OTRA |
07USUNNEWYORK578 | RUSSIA TRASHES MINIMALIST KOSOVO DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin told co-sponsors of a revised draft resolution on Kosovo that Moscow's initial reaction to their text was thoroughly dismissive. He read guidance from Moscow characterizing the draft as calling for negotiations that would be mere formalities leading to aut [...] | 2007-07-13 22:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK579 | KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...] | 2007-07-16 22:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK58 | SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] 1. This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 13. 2. As reported reftel, the General Assembly (GA) agreed on December 22, 2006 to additional funding for 27 special political missions (SPMs),including the UN missions in Iraq and Afghanistan (A/RES/61/252 Section VII). Howeve [...] | 2007-01-25 15:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC KUNR PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK580 | UNSC/DARFUR: HYBRID JOINT SPECIAL REP SEEMS SHAKY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 16 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada offered no assurance that he would be able to reconcile competing strategic directives from the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) over administration of the hybrid o [...] | 2007-07-16 22:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK582 | MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE [...] Summary. On July 9, 2007 the Committee on Relations with the Host Country convened its 233rd meeting to address, inter alia, Host Country travel regulations, acceleration of immigration and customs procedures, and entry visas issued by the Host Country. Briefly mentioned were New York,s con [...] | 2007-07-17 11:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN CVIS SY |
07USUNNEWYORK583 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1765 [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1765 (2007) on July 16, renewing the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 15, 2008. The resolution requests UNOCI to support the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and encourages the Facilit [...] | 2007-07-17 16:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CI PREL UNSC KPKO PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK584 | UN NAMES CMP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) On Monday, July 2, 2007, Ban Ki Moon announced Michael Adlerstein as Executive Director of the Capital Master Plan, the $1.9 billion renovation project of the United Nations New York headquarters complex. The project will extend over the next several years. Adlerstein, a Harvard trained arc [...] | 2007-07-17 21:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK586 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ISN/MNSA OFFICER [...] Mission clearance is granted for ISN/MNSA officer Alexander T. Liebowitz to attend the second one-week session, beginning July 30, of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on convening a fourth special session of the UNGA devoted to disarmament (SSOD IV). 2. USUN POC is Bridget Lines at 212 [...] | 2007-07-18 14:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK588 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: JOHN SANDAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 19:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK590 | UNSC AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff met on July 9 with G7 counterparts and delivered REFTEL points regarding Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's delisting request. Nasreddin is currently under UN sanctions because of his association with al-Qaida. Nasreddin petitioned for delisting through the newly established focal poi [...] | 2007-07-18 21:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK592 | UN BOARD OF AUDITORS SKIRTS SERIOUS REVIEW OF UNDP [...] At the insistence of one member of the ACABQ (rumored to be the French member),the ACABQ met with the Board of Auditors (BOA) to discuss the Board's response to ACABQ's request to complete the audit of the UN's voluntarily funded programs in the DPRK. The US member and others made clear dur [...] | 2007-07-20 17:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AID AORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNICEF UNOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK595 | SECURITY COUNCIL PUTS KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following an hour of closed Security Council consultations during which Russia made clear an intent to veto the latest draft resolution on Kosovo if it were brought to a vote, sponsors of the resolution announced to the press that they would "put on hold discussions of a new reso [...] | 2007-07-20 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK596 | STILL NO CLEAR UN PLAN FOR CHAD/CAR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At July 13 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno revealed a revised proposal for deployment of UN civilian police and Chadian gendarmes in eastern Chad/northeastern CAR, based around a [...] | 2007-07-20 23:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK597 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: RESPONSE TO USG INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (SBU) On July 20 Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Margaret Vogt, Deputy Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Also present was DPA Africa I Division Political Officer Mamadi Toure and Poloff. (NOTE: DPA Under-Secretary-Ge [...] | 2007-07-20 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PBTS PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK598 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 19, USUN delivered ref A demarche and Note Verbale to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Office of Mission Support Assistant-Secretary-General Jane Holl Lute. Holl Lute shared USG impatience over stalled deployment of the two AMIS infantry batta [...] | 2007-07-20 23:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK6 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...] | 2007-01-09 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK601 | SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...] | 2007-07-24 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK602 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated May 31, 2007 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNDOF $ 5,198,550 UNIFIL 52,304,550 MINURSO 3,705,000 UNOMIG 2,539,466 UNFICYP 3,177,856 ICTY 2,680,06 [...] | 2007-07-24 20:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN ABUD UN |
07USUNNEWYORK603 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $205,200 TO THE REGIONAL [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice dated July 4, 2007 requesting payment of $205,200 for 2007 to the Regional Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP),of the United Nations Environment P [...] | 2007-07-24 20:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK605 | DPRK ATTEMPTS TO INSCRIBE AN ANTI-JAPAN ITEM ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) DECIDED, ON JULY 24, NOT TO INSCRIBE A NEW ITEM ENTITLED, "CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF XENOPHOBIA" ON ITS CURRENT AGENDA. ADDITION OF THE ITEM HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) WHICH SUBMITTED A MEMO CLAIMING THAT A NE [...] | 2007-07-24 22:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KN JA |
07USUNNEWYORK607 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...] | 2007-07-25 16:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK608 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-25 18:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK609 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $59 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $59,152,371.34 to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of the United Nations Environment Progr [...] | 2007-07-25 18:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK615 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 19:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
07USUNNEWYORK617 | FRANCE PROPOSES SECURITY COUNCIL SUMMIT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 00:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UNSC FR |
07USUNNEWYORK618 | UNSC: JULY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING/CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary: In his July Middle East Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Michael Williams highlighted both the positive and negative developments in the region over the past month. Positive developments include the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, renewed contact b [...] | 2007-07-27 15:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK619 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...] | 2007-07-27 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
07USUNNEWYORK62 | UNSC: JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK622 | US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...] | 2007-07-28 00:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK623 | DARFUR RESOLUTION: DPKO COOL TO PROPOSED TIMELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN presented Department's proposed edits to the Darfur hybrid draft resolution to UN Peacekeeping Undersecretary Guehenno and asked that he consider carefully our proposed phasing-in of UN ownership of the hybrid as a reasonable reflection of the realities of the AMIS-UNAMID tra [...] | 2007-07-28 01:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK626 | US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...] | 2007-07-30 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK629 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...] | 2007-07-31 21:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK63 | DPKO URGES PRESSURE ON BASHIR, KONARE TO ASSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN Ambassador Sanders delivered ref A points to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Hedi Annabi on January 25, stressing our interest in helping DPKO to identify and deploy as early as possible any and all elements of t [...] | 2007-01-26 00:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK630 | UNSC: QATAR AND INDONESIA DROP GAZA PRST [...] (SBU) Qatar and Indonesia formally abandoned July 30 an effort to push a UNSC Presidential Statement expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including a call to open the border crossings, after USUN advised the Council we would not be able to support the statement. USUN [...] | 2007-08-01 00:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL ID QA |
07USUNNEWYORK632 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION [...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...] | 2007-08-02 00:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK635 | UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 19, the UNGA,s Open-Ended Working Group on UNSC Expansion discussed the two recent reports on the issue prepared by facilitators appointed by UNGA President Khalifa. Although the debate on Security Council reform and expansion gained some momentum in the wake of these [...] | 2007-08-02 22:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK636 | DPKO SEEKS P5 HELP AGAINST SUDAN'S OBSTACLES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 1 meeting of P5 Ambassadors, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno solicited P5 bilateral engagement with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on the issue of GNU restrictions on movement of goods and flight clearan [...] | 2007-08-03 00:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK639 | RESOLUTION ON REVITALIZATION PASSES BY CONSENSUS [...] Requests the Secretary-General to submit an update to his report on the implementation of resolutions on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, in particular resolutions 58/126, 58/316, 59/313, 60/286 and the present resolution, at its sixty-second session; 2. Decides to [...] | 2007-08-03 18:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KUNR AORC |
07USUNNEWYORK640 | ACABQ COMPLETES REVIEW OF SYG'S PROPOSED BUDGET [...] Summary: The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) held its spring session May 15 - July 27 2007. The session primarily focused on the Secretary General's proposed budget for the biennium 2008-2009 (A/62/6). It held extensive hearings with Secretariat offici [...] | 2007-08-03 22:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK644 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWELVE [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Douglas Wake and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 15 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government for 12 operat [...] | 2007-08-06 21:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK646 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...] | 2007-08-07 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK647 | USUN MEETS WITH NEW CMP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 19:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK648 | CLIMATE CHANGE: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ATTESTS TO [...] Nearly 100 member states delivered remarks during the July 31-August 2 informal thematic debate of the General Assembly on climate change. The theme of "common but differentiated responsibilities" ran through the speeches with developed countries pledging continued reductions of greenhouse gas [...] | 2007-08-07 23:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV KGHG UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK650 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR LIBERIA SSR TEAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 21:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRS UN YI PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK651 | COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR [...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...] | 2007-08-08 23:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK655 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNMEE [...] USUN has emailed to Department EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of a note dated August 9, 2007 from the UN Secretary-General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed SIPDIS contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) for the period from July 1, 2007 to January [...] | 2007-08-09 20:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK656 | UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...] | 2007-08-09 23:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK659 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS GEORGIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on August 9, the Congolese Presidency raised Georgia's request for a Security Council meeting on the August 6 rocket attack on its territory. Russian PermRep Churkin announced that Russia preferred a "careful, joint investigation" with Georgia, and regret [...] | 2007-08-10 00:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK66 | UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING [...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...] | 2007-01-26 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK660 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets freeze on [...] | 2007-08-10 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | DRC PREL UNSC ETTC |
07USUNNEWYORK662 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: On Friday, August 3, 2007, Ambassador Wallace delivered a strong statement at the meeting of the GA Ad Hoc Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) (by UN staff or related pers [...] | 2007-08-10 22:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC UN |
07USUNNEWYORK664 | ACTION REQUEST: ADDRESSING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a Presidential Statement (PRST) adopted on August 3 (reftel),the UN Security Council reiterated its support for the Secretary-General,s request that Israel provide the UN detailed data on its use of cluster bombs in south Lebanon to aid in UN de-mining efforts. T [...] | 2007-08-10 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK666 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...] | 2007-08-14 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK667 | FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...] | 2007-08-14 15:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU |
07USUNNEWYORK67 | ARNAULT RAISES POSSIBLE REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting of the Security Council on October 6, United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed Council members SIPDIS [...] | 2007-01-26 22:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK670 | VAN WALSUM'S READOUT OF SECOND ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In an August 13 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, UN/SYG Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum said that the second round of Western Sahara negotiations had shown some engagement by the parties on peripheral substantive issues including natural resources and local administration, but t [...] | 2007-08-15 14:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07USUNNEWYORK671 | ALGERIAN READOUT ON AUGUST 10-11 WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Sanders, members of the Algerian delegation to the second round of the Manhasset talks between Morocco and the Polisario on Western Sahara expressed lower expectations of the progress of the talks than they had after the initial round. The Algerians s [...] | 2007-08-15 14:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK672 | POST CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRAVEL TO USUN [...] (U) Post clearance is granted per reftel request for travel to USUN on Thursday, August 16, for consultations on UNSCR 1769 and related issues. 2. (U) The tentative schedule for reftel delegation includes 0900-1200 DPKO meetings, a 1400-1530 UN Force Generation Service meeting, a 15:45-16:4 [...] | 2007-08-15 16:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK673 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $834,302 TO THE TRUST FUND [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $834,302 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of July 26, 2007 payments owed are as fol [...] | 2007-08-15 18:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK674 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $4.2 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $4,211,476 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MP),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of July 25, 2007 payments owe [...] | 2007-08-15 18:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK675 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 20:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
07USUNNEWYORK676 | READ-OUT OF MEETINGS WITH SYG BAN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) In an August 14 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon discussed his upcoming SIPDIS September 2-4 visit to Sudan, which would also include stops in Chad and Libya. The SYG hoped by the time of his trip, United Nations (UN) Special Envoy Eliasson and A [...] | 2007-08-15 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK677 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 23:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK678 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated June 29, 2007 confirming receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: Receipt No. Mission Amount($) ----------- ------- ---------- B072563 MINURSO 1,852,500 B072564 UN [...] | 2007-08-15 23:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK679 | UPDATE ON UN REFERENCES TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Upon his return to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a range of issues. On the issue of UN language on the status of Taiwan, Ban said he realized he had gone too far in his recent public statements, and confirmed that the UN would no longer use the phrase " [...] | 2007-08-16 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK680 | UN SYG BAN ON NEW AFGHANISTAN ENVOY [...] (C) Returning to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a number of issues, including the proposed new UN envoy for Afghanistan. Ban said there is as yet no consensus on whether to appoint an additional envoy. He noted that the Europeans are in disagreement about the [...] | 2007-08-16 15:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
07USUNNEWYORK685 | DPKO REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS OF NEW WEAPONS FLOWS [...] (C) Summary. During UNSC consultations on UNIFIL's mandate on August 16, DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi acknowledged that the situation in south Lebanon had changed as a result of recent attacks against UNIFIL, but rejected Israeli claims of Hizballah refortification and illegal weapons transfers int [...] | 2007-08-16 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK686 | UN PROPOSAL TO CARVE INVESTIGATION OUT OF OIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary-General has proposed to extract investigative responsibility from the UN Office of Internal Oversight (OIOS) and to create a new separate and independent entity to conduct investigations. A select group of Member States, including the U.S., with whom SYG Ban shared h [...] | 2007-08-17 13:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC |
07USUNNEWYORK688 | NETHERLANDS AGREES TO HOST SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (U) The UN Secretariat announced on August 17 that UN Secretary-General Ban had received a letter dated August 15 SIPDIS from Prime Minister Jan Balkenende informing him that the Government of the Netherlands is "favorably disposed" to hosting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, created pursu [...] | 2007-08-17 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE NE |
07USUNNEWYORK689 | RUSSIA STIFLES UNSC STATEMENT ON GEORGIAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia blocked Security Council consensus on two U.S.-led efforts to have the Council issue a statement of concern over the August 6 crash without detonation of an air-launched missile in Georgia. When the U.S. recrafted the initial Presidential Statement (PRST) criticizing "the [...] | 2007-08-17 23:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG PGOV PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK69 | ECOSOC 2007 ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION: AGENDA [...] Summary: See Action request para 6. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met January 17 and 22 for the first segment of its 2007 Organizational Session. After prolonged discussion in the second (exceptional) meeting of the session, the agenda we sought was adopted. Work on the core eleme [...] | 2007-01-29 17:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN KUNR ECOSOC |
07USUNNEWYORK695 | CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...] | 2007-08-21 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK696 | SOMALIA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS AMISOM, PREVIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 20, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the African Union to maintain its AMISOM mission in Somalia for an additional six months and setting the stage for a possible follow-on UN Peacekeeping Operation. Discussion in consultations prior [...] | 2007-08-22 18:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG PGOV PREL PHUM SO |
07USUNNEWYORK697 | OLA LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS TO [...] Begin Summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will lead a high-level UN delegation to the Netherlands in the next two weeks to discuss practical arrangements for the Netherlands to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Michel's Special Assistant Mark Quarterman advised USUN August 21. The [...] | 2007-08-22 23:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KCRM SY LE NE |
07USUNNEWYORK7 | THREE LETTERS SENT TO AMBASSADOR WALLACE FROM UNDP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 01:26:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK70 | 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES DIFFERENT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its informal meeting January 24, the 1540 Committee discussed, but did not reach decisions on several topics: (1) candidates to fill three current vacancies on the Committee's experts' panel; (2) disposition of the contracts of the Committee's five current experts (ref B),[...] | 2007-01-29 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK700 | 1540: UN SUBCOMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (U) At an August 21 meeting, Sub-Committee B of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") agreed to defer consideration of a matrix assessing Iran's implementation of resolution 1 [...] | 2007-08-23 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK704 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE AMID [...] (U) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1773 on 24 August 2007 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2008. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End Note.) [...] | 2007-08-24 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK705 | DPKO PRESENTS SYG'S REPORT ON MINUSTAH [...] (SBU) Summary. DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi briefed Friends of Haiti representatives on August 24 on the highlights of the SYG,s latest report on MINUSTAH. Although the SYG recommended no changes to MINUSTAH's mandate, he urged the UNSC to lower MINUSTAH,s troop strength by 140 and raise its polic [...] | 2007-08-24 22:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO HA |
07USUNNEWYORK706 | USUN: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S ABSENCE FROM POST [...] Ambassador Khalilzad temporarily departed post on Friday, August 24, 2007 at 1915 local time. Deputy Permanent Representative Alejandro Wolff has assumed charge. 2. Ambassador Khalilzad will return to New York on Tuesday, September 4, 2007. WOLFF [...] | 2007-08-25 00:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT OVIP |
07USUNNEWYORK708 | BRZAK/LUBBERS SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilizad met on August 24 with the UN Secretary General to discuss the Brzak case, making points SIPDIS contained reftel. The Secretary General said he would meet with his UN Legal team to discuss the options for dealing with this case. Subsequently, the UN Office of Legal [...] | 2007-08-27 22:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN |
07USUNNEWYORK71 | WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND THE UN PEACEBUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment Shirin Tahir-Kheli called upon UN Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie, who heads the recently created Peacebuilding Support Office of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). McAskie commended the Secretary's outre [...] | 2007-01-29 21:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO UNGA PHUM PREL BY |
07USUNNEWYORK711 | GAMBARI SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON BURMA [...] (C) UN Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari conducted three trips in July and August to build international support for pressure on the Burmese regime. Gambari sought to create consensus in support of his good offices mandate that he can exploit to obtain results on his next trip to Burma, tentat [...] | 2007-08-28 14:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM |
07USUNNEWYORK713 | UN ANNOUNCEMENT OF IRAQ AND SUDAN SRSGS [...] (C) UN SYG Ban phoned Amb Khalilzad August 28 to report that he had received agrement from GOS President Bashir to appoint Ashraf Qazi as SRSG for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). This decision frees Ban to announce the appointment of Staffan di Mistura as SRSG for the UN Assistance Mission [...] | 2007-08-28 23:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK715 | MEETING WITH THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO [...] 4 (b) and (d). Â [...] | 2007-08-29 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP CG UN |
07USUNNEWYORK717 | MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR [...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...] | 2007-08-30 22:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK718 | PROPOSED RAPE RESOLUTION AT UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 22:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI UNGA KFEM |
07USUNNEWYORK719 | ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...] | 2007-08-31 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UNSC ET ER |
07USUNNEWYORK725 | GAMBARI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting of the Security Council to finalize the program of work for September, Amb Wolff successfully rebuffed a Chinese request to delete the program's "footnote" reference to Burma, and confirmed Council agreement to receive a briefing during the month fr [...] | 2007-09-06 00:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK727 | INSTRAW VOLUNTARY FUNDING REQUEST [...] (U) Summary: Mission received the following note dated August 23, 2007, from the Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations addressed to Amb. Khalizad, raising the need for voluntary funding for the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancemen [...] | 2007-09-06 19:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID KWMN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK728 | 1540: COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING MATRICES [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At the August 29 meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),South Africa, Indonesia, and China agreed to seek instructions on a U.S. compromise concerning the posting of country-specific implementation matri [...] | 2007-09-06 20:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK729 | 1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 29 meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") discussed its work program, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad and Portuguese PermRep Salgueiro (on behalf of [...] | 2007-09-06 20:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK73 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS U.S. RESOLUTION [...] (U) Summary. On January 26, the day before the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a U.S.-sponsored resolution that condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. The resolution garnered the support of 103 UN co- [...] | 2007-01-29 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA IS IR |
07USUNNEWYORK731 | LIBERIA: SECURITY COUNCIL FOCUSES ON UNMIL DRAWDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIL SRSG Doss briefed the UN Security Council on progress on political and security fronts in Liberia, focusing most of his presentation on explaining the recommendations of the Secretary-General's August 8 report (S/2007/479) for a drawdown in UNMIL operations and personnel. [...] | 2007-09-07 01:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LI PGOV PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK733 | UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...] | 2007-09-08 00:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC CG SU |
07USUNNEWYORK736 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR DEPT. OF [...] Country clearance is granted for the following personnel to travel to New York for the meetings described in paragraph 2 of reftel. John B. Sandage Chief, Counterterrorism and Sanctions Policy Bureau of International Organization Affairs Department of State Arrives o/a September 10, depar [...] | 2007-09-10 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK74 | SYG BAN PROPOSES RESTRUCTURING OF DPKO [...] (U) Secretary-General Ban has proposed restructuring the Secretariat to downgrade the Department of Disarmament SIPDIS Affairs (DDA) and split the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) into two distinct departments. Ban has asked the GA to give its blessing to the proposals, which he [...] | 2007-01-30 22:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KUNR KPKO UN UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK740 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR UN [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and attachment dated August 31, 2007 from the Secretary-General requesting payment of U.S. assessed contributions to the UN Regular Budget and the Capital Master Plan which remain outstanding in the [...] | 2007-09-11 21:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK741 | 62ND UNGA PRESIDENT PLANS FOR TAIWAN ISSUE [...] Action Request Para 5. 2. Summary. UN General Assembly President-elect H.E. Mr. Srgjan Kerim convened informal consultations of the 62nd UNGA General Committee on September 6 to discuss procedures for considering the request for inscription of a new agenda item on Taiwan. The Chinese ur [...] | 2007-09-11 23:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | TW UNGA XE ZO |
07USUNNEWYORK744 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DR [...] (U) Summary. On September 11, UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in a closed session on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on his recent field visit to DRC, Holmes outlined continuing humanitarian [...] | 2007-09-12 21:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC CG XA |
07USUNNEWYORK745 | GEORGIA PROPOSES NEW IDEAS FOR NEW YORK ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Wolff and Georgian Permrep Alasania discussed next steps in reaction to the August 6 attack on Georgia. Alasania proposed holding some type of panel discussion in which the two Independent Expert Group (IEG) teams and Russian experts could participate inste [...] | 2007-09-12 22:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK747 | SYG BAN BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON UN/AU POL PROCESS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: SYG Ban Ki-Moon briefed the UNSC September 12 on his recent travels to Sudan, Chad and Libya and provided an update on UNAMID deployment. SYG Ban asked for UNSC members to support the planned meeting between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Darfur rebel groups to be [...] | 2007-09-13 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK748 | HAITIAN PERMREP PLEDGES HAITI WILL NOT PROVOKE [...] (C) During a meeting on September 10, Haitian PermRep Leo Merores told Poloff he did not expect China to object to a one-year extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) when it expires on October 15, 2007. (Note: China threatened to veto MINUSTAH's mandate in [...] | 2007-09-13 14:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK749 | UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO MAINTAINS THAT SOUTH [...] (C) During consultations in New York September 4-7 with the UN, troop contributing countries (TCC),members of the Security Council, and other interested delegations, UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano declared that Hizballah's arms pose the greatest threat to stability in Lebanon. But he mainta [...] | 2007-09-13 18:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK75 | UNSC/PBC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. The Security Council held closed consultations on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Tuesday, January 23, in advance of the January 31 open debate. The Russians, as Council President for January, sought to use the Council's engagement this month to exert leadership over a bod [...] | 2007-01-31 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK750 | UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND TIMELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPKO Military Planning Division Acting Director Major General (MG) Five briefed UNSC Military Advisors September 10 on UNAMID implementation. Topics included current status of deployments of the AMIS battalions, the Light Support Package (LSP),the Heavy Support Package (HSP) an [...] | 2007-09-13 19:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK751 | SERBIAN PERMREP SEEMS TO BACK OFF FROM TOUGH [...] (C) On September 11, Serbian Permrep Pavle Jevremovic met with Ambassador Wolff in the wake of Prime Minister Kostunica's statement to members of the Security Council (e-mailed to Department) that had called on them "to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia from the US p [...] | 2007-09-13 20:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC KV YI PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK752 | 1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WEBSITE, OUTREACH [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting September 12 of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),Slovak PermRep and Chairman Peter Burian announced that interested delegations were discussing proposals for reaching agreement on the langu [...] | 2007-09-14 13:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK757 | SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERMS OF RWANDA AND [...] The Security Council, September 14, adopted resolutions extending the terms of the Prosecutors for the International Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY). Resolution 1774 (ref A),which re-appointed Hassan Jallow as ICTR Prosecutor for a four year term, was adopted unanimously. [...] | 2007-09-14 21:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PHUM PREL UNSC ICTR |
07USUNNEWYORK759 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: PAUL DERGARABEDIAN AND BRUCE [...] (U) Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Paul Dergarabedian, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Department of the Treasury and Bruce Miller, DHS, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to lead a training workshop on trade-based issues involving money launderin [...] | 2007-09-17 15:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK760 | SYG BAN URGES UNSC TO EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE FOR [...] (U) During UNSC consultations on September 13, SYG Ban reported on his August 1-2 visit to Haiti and appealed to delegates to seize an "historic opportunity" to make progress in that country by staying the course and avoiding early disengagement. Recounting how he had walked through Cite Sole [...] | 2007-09-17 17:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA |
07USUNNEWYORK763 | BAN ON DARFUR, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, QUARTET [...] (C) During his monthly lunch with Security Council PermReps September 17, SYG Ban promised an increased UN role in Afghanistan and Iraq and reported the Italians may provide the aviation assets necessary to support UNAMID deployment. He also said the September 23 Quartet meeting should not be [...] | 2007-09-18 00:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPAL SU AF IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK768 | DARFUR: UN-P3 SHARE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. P3 representatives pushed UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under Secretary-General Guehenno for rapid deployment of UNAMID forces to Darfur and strategized about support for African troop contributing countries [...] | 2007-09-19 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK77 | UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-01-31 16:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK771 | PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES FOR THE AFRICAN UNION [...] Unclassified - entire text. 2. Ambassador Khalilzad has received a September 18 letter from AU Permanent Observer Ratsifandrihamanana requesting reinstatement of certain diplomatic privileges and immunities that the African Union (then the Organization of African Unity) lost in 1996. [...] | 2007-09-20 14:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN |
07USUNNEWYORK773 | UN DEBATE ON TAIWAN MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: When determining the agenda for the 62nd UN General Assembly September 19, the General Committee considered whether to include the agenda item "Urging the Security Council to process Taiwan's membership application pursuant to provision rules of procedure 59 and 60." Following a [...] | 2007-09-20 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CH TW |
07USUNNEWYORK776 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Mission clearance is granted for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief, Ambassador John J. Danilovich, Maureen Harrington, Vice President, Policy and International Relations, Jaroslav Dutkewych, Director, Country Relations; and Richard Biro, Chauffeur, for consultations at the UN with [...] | 2007-09-21 13:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ADM AMGT EAID RSO UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK779 | INDIAN UNSC REFORM GAMBIT: LOTS OF SOUND AND FURY, [...] (C) Summary. The last few meetings of the 61st UNGA session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC reform, held between September 11-14, featured much more controversy than usual in the fourteen-year history of the working group. After President of the General Assembly (PGA) Khalifa [...] | 2007-09-21 16:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR IN JA PK IT |
07USUNNEWYORK78 | UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: MORATORIUM ON GIFTS DURING [...] SUMMARY: USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 10 January 2007 from the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management noting that there will be a moratorium on gifts during the Capital Master Plan implementation period. Full text of note is below. 2. Begin Text: [...] | 2007-01-31 20:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK780 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL - PROGRESS REPORT [...] USUN Legal Adviser spoke with UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Larry Johnson, September 18, about progress on the appointment of a Prosecutor and Judges for the Lebanon Tribunal. He confirmed that UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has interviewed some prospects for the Prosecu [...] | 2007-09-21 16:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY |
07USUNNEWYORK781 | SEPTEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON [...] Summary: In delivering the UN's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East on September 20, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe characterized the continuing Olmert/Abbas dialogue, Secretary Rice's current trip to the Middle East and Quartet SIPDIS Representative Tony Blair's work as elements of a g [...] | 2007-09-21 17:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK782 | 62ND UNGA ADOPTS THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 17:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA PHUM CH TW |
07USUNNEWYORK783 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL BRIEFS SC ON LEBANON SPECIAL [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In a short briefing to the Security Council September 19, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel highlighted the UN's efforts to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational. The Netherlands has provided "full cooperation" since expressing its willingness to host the Tribunal, [...] | 2007-09-21 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | REINEMEYER WILCOX EMAIL |
07USUNNEWYORK786 | UNGA KEEPS TAIWAN UN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OFF [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly met in plenary session September 21 to consider the report of the UN General Committee containing its recommendations for the agenda of the new (62nd) UNGA session which opened September 18. The General Committee had decided not to inscribe the agenda it [...] | 2007-09-22 01:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CH TW |
07USUNNEWYORK788 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNIFIL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of a note dated September 11, 2007 from the UN Secretary-General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed SIPDIS contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for the period Sep [...] | 2007-09-24 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK789 | U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Mission Legal Adviser delivered reftel names of individuals interested in working with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson on September 24. On the margins of the meeting, Mi [...] | 2007-09-24 21:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY |
07USUNNEWYORK79 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 14 [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK790 | 62ND UNGA: SIXTH COMMITTEE INFORMATION BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee Secretariat held an information briefing on September 19 - 20 for delegates to discuss items on the Committee's agenda this fall. Highlights included briefings on Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission and the International [...] | 2007-09-24 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK794 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: CONSTANCE ARVIS TO [...] Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Constance Arvis, Deputy Director for Law of the Sea, Office of Oceans Affairs to visit USUN, New York to attend the UNGA negotiations on the Oceans Omnibus Resolution to be held from September 30 to October 6, 2007. 2 POC is James Donovan at [...] | 2007-09-25 13:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC EFIS EWWT UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK797 | SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...] | 2007-09-27 01:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK799 | NEW UN ENVOY TO IRAQ OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN's newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The Ambassador underscored strong U.S. support for de M [...] | 2007-09-27 21:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK8 | UNSC/BURMA: U.S. TABLES BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. formally tabled the draft resolution on Burma (reftel) in the Security Council on January 9, citing the need to empower the Secretary-General and his envoy to encourage the Burmese regime to take the concrete steps needed to address the international community's concerns. [...] | 2007-01-10 02:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK80 | UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL [...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KTIA UN |
07USUNNEWYORK802 | SYG BAN ON BURMA AND ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Secretary General Ban briefly on September 27. Topics included Burma, Zimbabwe and the prospects for a U.S. candidate for controller of the UN (septel). BURMA ----- 2. (C) Secretary General Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 27 that Special A [...] | 2007-09-28 16:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM ZI |
07USUNNEWYORK803 | UN/CMP REVISITS SINGLE PHASED APPROACH TO UN [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 8. 2. The CMP renovation project is reportedly over budget by $220 million. Over the past two weeks, senior level officers within the UN Secretariat, including the UN's Capital Master Plan Office, have told State Department officials and representative [...] | 2007-09-28 17:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD ACABQ AORC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK805 | RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 20 INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a rambling screed before the Security Council on September 26, Russia's PermRep Churkin accused the Government of Georgia of everything from warmongering to attempted murder. Finally focusing on the September 20 violence in Georgia that was the item he was ostensibly addres [...] | 2007-09-28 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK806 | BURMA: A/SYG WAHLSTROM ON HER PROPOSED VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following reftel request, on September 28 USUN ECOSOC Minister Counselor met with Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Margareta Wahlstrom to discuss her proposed trip to Burma. Wahlstrom's travel plans for mid-October include field trips to drought-affected a [...] | 2007-09-28 21:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PHUM BM |
07USUNNEWYORK807 | OSCE SIDESTEPS GEORGIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's annual briefing before the Security Council on September 28, Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos gave a generalized presentation that barely touched on Georgia. Prompted by Slovakia, Belgium, the UK and the US, Moratinos claimed that the OSCE had [...] | 2007-10-01 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE |
07USUNNEWYORK81 | INVITATION TO FRB CHAIRMAN BERNANKE TO ADDRESS THE [...] Action request. USUN received January 29 the following letter from Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis (Lithuania),incoming President of The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),inviting Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke to deliver a keynote address to the UN Economic and Social Council on the su [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECOSOC |
07USUNNEWYORK810 | IRAQI STATEMENTS ON MNF EXTENSION [...] (U) Recent press reports quote Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari as stating: "We will ask the (Security) Council to include an article that allows Iraq to enter into negotiations with the United States to reach long-term security arrangements to meet Iraq's security needs bilaterally." Deputy Fo [...] | 2007-10-01 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK814 | UNSC ADOPTS PRST CONDEMNING DARFUR ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the September 29 killing of 10 AMIS peacekeepers at a camp near Haskanita, South Darfur (please see paragraph 6 for PRST text). The PRST adoption followed two days of heated Security Council debate on October 1 and 2 [...] | 2007-10-03 21:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK815 | U/SYG PASCOE SAYS UN CYPRUS PLANS DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe said that if President Papadopoulos of Cyprus loses the election in February then he will push to appoint a new special envoy for the Cyprus conflict and work on brokering a new settlement plan. Pas [...] | 2007-10-04 13:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC CY GG |
07USUNNEWYORK816 | UNSC HEARS THAT GUINEA-BISSAU PROGRESS IS FRAGILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Secretary-General's representative, Shola Omoregie, told the Security Council on October 3 that the evident calm in Guinea-Bissau is deceptive. Political, security, and social tensions are rising beneath the surface and will likely rise further in the run-up to elections. O [...] | 2007-10-04 23:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GB |
07USUNNEWYORK818 | USUN REQUESTS GUIDANCE FROM DEPARTMENT ON THE UN [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. The UN Secretary General's proposed budget for the 2008-2009 biennium is $4.4 billion. This represents a 5% increase over the previous budget of $4.2 billion for the 2006-2007 biennium. In addition to the proposals contained in the proposed prog [...] | 2007-10-05 20:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK821 | UN PROGRESSES ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officers told USUN October 3 and October 4 that the UN wants to move quickly this month to appoint the next Commissioner of the UN International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),who would also serve as the Prosecutor for [...] | 2007-10-05 21:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK827 | 62ND UNGA: SIXTH COMMITTEE- UN SECRETARIAT NOTE [...] (C) USUN Legal Adviser contacted ASyG for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson October 5 to advise him, per reftel, that the United State would prefer that the UN not issue its draft note on "Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Missions" as an official document. Johnson [...] | 2007-10-08 13:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK829 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR US DELEGATION TO [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants country clearance for the five (5) individuals listed in para 2 below to attend the 62nd informal consultations on the UNGA sustainable fisheries resolution to be held at the United Nations headquarters October 8-11 and November 11-22. 2. Begin list: [...] | 2007-10-08 19:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHSA EFIS |
07USUNNEWYORK830 | FM LAM AKOL: U.S. SHOULD WORK WITH GNU TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol told AMB Khalilzad in an October 2 tte--tte that the U.S. should work with the Government of National Unity on a set of specific steps to improve U.S.-Sudan bilateral relations. FM Akol argued that Khartoum's ability to implement the Comprehensi [...] | 2007-10-08 20:10:00 | USUN New York | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK831 | GAMBARI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting October 8, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad that he needed staff to follow up on his recent mission to Burma and that he planned to form a core group comprised of the U.S., China, Japan, India, the Russian Federation, Singapore (as ASEAN ch [...] | 2007-10-09 13:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK832 | GAMBARI RAISES ISSUES FOR A TRANSITION IN BURMA [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) On October 8, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari to discuss next steps following the latter's return from Burma. Several issues emerged in the discussion, which could benefit from an NSC-led interagency review, w [...] | 2007-10-09 13:37:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK834 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DROPS TWO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (U) Summary: At the Oct. 8 opening session of the UNGA Third Committee, Benin, on behalf of the African group, called unexpectedly for the deletion from the draft agenda of two reports of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) on the human rights situation in Nepal and Uganda. Portugal [...] | 2007-10-09 19:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC UNGA UG NP |
07USUNNEWYORK838 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO IO/PSC JOHN SANDAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 22:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK839 | AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...] | 2007-10-09 23:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK840 | UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...] | 2007-10-09 23:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK844 | UNICEF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 18:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK845 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 18:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK847 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 18:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK848 | SYG BAN BRIEFS USUN ON CAPITAL MASTER PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a meeting on October 5, SYG Ban briefed Ambassador Khalilzad on his revised strategy for the UN's Capital Master Plan (CMP) -- the renovation of the UN's New York headquarters which is necessary in part to bring UN buildings [...] | 2007-10-10 23:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ACABQ UNGA KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK85 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 14 [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK851 | UNGA HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS AND [...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a UN General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, Oct. 4-8, stressed the value of dialogue and education in overcoming misunderstanding and the importance of respecting basic freedoms, particularly fr [...] | 2007-10-11 13:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF AORC UNGA XF XC XD NU CU |
07USUNNEWYORK852 | UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON LEBANON [...] Summary: The UN is moving to appoint the principal officers of the Lebanon Tribunal during October and November. UN Legal Counsel told Security Council members that a mechanism has been set up to identify the Tribunal Prosecutor and Judges before the end of the year. He explained that the [...] | 2007-10-11 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY |
07USUNNEWYORK854 | SOMALI D/PERMREP'S ASSESSMENT OF TFG POLITICS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Somali D/PermRep Idd Beddel Mohamed predicted that the expected parliamentary confidence vote would produce a new government led by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Commerce, Abdullahi Ahmed Afrah, or Minister of Interior, Mohamed Mohamud Guled Gamadhere. END S [...] | 2007-10-11 21:33:00 | USUN New York | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL SO |
07USUNNEWYORK856 | HARIRI SATISFIED WITH PACE OF UN EFFORTS TO SET UP [...] (C) Summary. During an October 8-9 visit to New York, Lebanese MP Sa'ad Hariri held meetings with UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon, other Secretariat officials, and UNSC members that focused largely on the need to speed up the set up of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Ambassador Khalilzad met Hariri on [...] | 2007-10-11 22:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK857 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR UNGA SESSION GRANTED [...] Mission clearance is granted for the following individuals for the UNGA session in New York at the US Mission. Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees Linda Lum - IO/RHS Thomas Johnson - IO/RHS Paul Birdsall - IO/RHS Douglas Rohn - IO/RHS Monika Meta - IO/RHS Elizabeth Wepler - IO/RHS Nicholas Ka [...] | 2007-10-11 22:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ADM AMGT EAID RSO PHUM PREL UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK859 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) An additional two hours of negotiations between China and the U.S., followed by China and the P-3, then joined by Indonesia, South Africa and the Russian Federation, produced a consensus presidential statement on the situation in Burma on October 11. While initially again rejecting refer [...] | 2007-10-12 00:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM BM |
07USUNNEWYORK86 | UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL [...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KTIA UN |
07USUNNEWYORK860 | UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2007 [...] (U) The 19-member UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 234th meeting on October 5, 2007. USUN Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. Over a dozen non-Committee Member States participated as observers. There were no requests for specific items [...] | 2007-10-12 19:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UNAUS IT SU IV |
07USUNNEWYORK861 | UNGA 62: USUAL SUSPECTS CRITICAL OF U.S. IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the United Nations General Debate, several member states praised the United States on a variety of issues, including peacebuilding, reconstruction, debt relief, and democracy. Several heads of state were outspoken in their harsh criticism of the United States, primar [...] | 2007-10-12 22:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK862 | SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...] | 2007-10-12 23:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK865 | UNGA: MOROCCO AND ALGERIA AGREE ON CONSENSUS [...] Summary. The UNGA Fourth Committee adopted its resolution on the Western Sahara by consensus October 15 following Moroccan-Algerian agreement on its text, which showcases support for the negotiating process launched in April, features constructive ambiguity on self-determination, and eschews a [...] | 2007-10-15 20:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNGA WI MO |
07USUNNEWYORK866 | UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OUTREACH ASSISTANCE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On October 10 the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)("1540 Committee") discussed a strategy for further outreach and a draft matrix states could use to submit assistance requests. Committee members also welcomed the Committee's October 9 [...] | 2007-10-15 20:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK868 | RUCKER WANTS LEGAL SCRIPT [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff on October 11, UNMIK SRSG Rucker said he had been holding meetings with the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) to discuss concerns regarding Kosovo future status. He said that in these meetings he had emphasized [...] | 2007-10-15 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KV PGOV PREL UNSC YI SR |
07USUNNEWYORK870 | PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL [...] At a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on October 15, 2007, Judges Dennis Byron, President of the ICTR, and Fausto Pocar, President of the ICTY, presented annual reports on the Tribunals. In his remarks to the General Assembly, Judge Byron indicated that the Tribunal's chambers c [...] | 2007-10-16 16:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ICTR ICTY |
07USUNNEWYORK871 | UNGA/C-6:OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department regarding draft resolutions on observer status in the General Assembly under consideration by the Sixth Committee (paras 2 - 6). Background information on each organization is contained in the UN documents referenced below. The f [...] | 2007-10-16 22:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK873 | UNOMIG CONSULTATIONS: SPARKS BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 UNOMIG SRSG Jean Arnault held a private meeting with the New York Friends (Friends plus Slovakia) to discuss the situation in Abkhazia. He reported that a recent study showed that deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Kodori Valley was feasible, but [...] | 2007-10-16 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK878 | BOARD OF AUDITORS (BOA) DECIDES NOT TO COMPLETE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-17 22:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNGA UNICEF |
07USUNNEWYORK879 | CRIME AND DRUGS DISCUSSED AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary: In an Oct.10-11 discussion in the "crime and drugs" segment of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (agenda items 106 and 107),speakers outlined current problems and their individual advances in combating crime, corruption and drug trafficking and abuse. Speaking for [...] | 2007-10-17 22:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UNGA XF XR XC |
07USUNNEWYORK88 | INVITATION TO FRB CHAIRMAN BERNANKE TO ADDRESS THE [...] Action request. USUN received January 29 the following letter from Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis (Lithuania),incoming President of The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),inviting Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke to deliver a keynote address to the UN Economic and Social Council on the su [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECOSOC |
07USUNNEWYORK880 | UNGA/C6: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: Seventy-four delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during the debate on counterterrorism on October 10 - 11. As in previous years, delegations strongly condemned acts of terrorism, called for measures to promote tolerance and eliminate the root causes of terrorism and rejected at [...] | 2007-10-17 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK881 | P5 DISCUSSES SUDAN AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During a P-5 meeting on October 16, Ambassador Khalilzad, supported by his British and French counterparts, pressed Russian PR Churkin and Chinese DPR Liu for coordinated pressure on Sudan to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, and to work together to get UN Special Adviser Gambari [...] | 2007-10-18 15:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK882 | UNGA PRESIDENT PROPOSES MECHANISM TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 17, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim proposed that he convene a "Group of Friends" to agree on the modalities and the substantive elements for the inter-governmental negotiations on UNSC reform set to begin in the [...] | 2007-10-18 19:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK883 | DARFUR: LSP HANDOVER CONCLUDED, AMIS SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN carried out reftel instructions on October 17, executing a Light Support Package (LSP) handover document and delivering a note verbale detailing extended U.S. assistance to AMIS during the transition to UNAMID. UN officials were fully cooperative regarding the handover docume [...] | 2007-10-18 22:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
07USUNNEWYORK884 | UNGA/C-6: ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS [...] ACTION REQUEST: Reftel requested instructions from the Department regarding observer status requests under consideration by the Sixth Committee. The General Committee will consider the inclusion of an additional item for observer status for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the G [...] | 2007-10-18 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK886 | SYG BAN PRESSES SUDAN TO ACCEPT HYBRID FORCE IN [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 18, SYG Ban Ki-Moon said he had urged AU Chair Konare, as well as Nigerian, Egyptian, Senegalese, and Rwandan officials, to press Sudanese President Bashir to accept the hybrid troops on offer. He also said he plans to urge South Afric [...] | 2007-10-19 14:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
07USUNNEWYORK888 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs (OLA) Nicolas Michel updated Ambassador Wolff on October 17 on the UN's work to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational soon. Michel reported that the selections panel for the judges and prosecutor w [...] | 2007-10-19 16:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK890 | RUSSIANS SEEK ADOPTION OF WORKING PAPER ON [...] (U) Action Request: para 8. 2. (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Russians have circulated a paper, entitled "Working paper on the basic conditions and standard criteria for the introduction and implementation of sanctions and other coercive measures," (A/AC.182/L.114/Rev.2) and proposed that the G [...] | 2007-10-19 16:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK893 | 62ND UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE - SECOND MEETING [...] At a meeting on October 19, the General Committee recommended to the General Assembly the following action on inscription and allocation of agenda items: (a) Inclusion of an item "Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte" (A/BUR/62/1) - consideration deferred to the 63rd General Assembly [...] | 2007-10-19 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK895 | DARFUR: RWANDANS DRIVING HARD APC BARGAIN WITH UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With United States Air Force C-17's standing by on October 19 in Kigali to facilitate transport to Darfur, a Rwandan infantry battalion balked at boarding. The Rwandans wanted an assurance that any damage in Darfur to the 18 armored personnel carriers they were bringing with th [...] | 2007-10-20 00:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
07USUNNEWYORK896 | U.S. RAPE RESOLUTION: STATE OF PLAY AS OF OCT. 19 [...] (U) Summary: The United States tabled its anti-rape resolution in the UNGA Third Committee on Wednesday. The resolution has attracted considerable opposition from certain African, Middle Eastern, and other delegations who correctly perceive it as targeting, inter alia, the Government of Suda [...] | 2007-10-20 01:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN UNGA KWMN SOCI |
07USUNNEWYORK899 | UNAMI, MNF-I BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: At the October 19 debate on Iraq in the Security Council, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Council members that the UN was focused on implementing its expanded role as authorized in Security Council Resolution 1770. Pascoe emphasized that the UN "must be give [...] | 2007-10-22 21:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK90 | SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...] | 2007-02-01 23:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK900 | UNGA/C-6:DEBATE ON CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 15 Sixth Committee debate on criminal accountability of UN officials and experts on mission, delegates discussed short and long-term measures available to address criminal accountability, what categories of UN personnel should be included in a system of crimina [...] | 2007-10-22 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK901 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH PGA KERIM TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 13:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR UNGA UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK903 | UNSYG BAN'S PRE-BALI CLIMATE CHANGE BRIEFER FROM [...] (SBU) In an October 18 briefing memo to the UN Secretary-General summarizing events and possible actions SIPDIS leading up to the December ministerial in Bali, Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official, says he expects an Indonesian-hosted pre-ministerial in Bogor October 23-25 to r [...] | 2007-10-23 16:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KGHG SENV |
07USUNNEWYORK904 | USUN: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S ABSENCE FROM POST [...] Ambassador Khalilzad temporarily departed post on Monday, October 22, 2007 at 2049 local time. Deputy Permanent Representative Alejandro Wolff has assumed charge. WOLFF [...] | 2007-10-23 17:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT OVIP |
07USUNNEWYORK905 | UN: PROPOSED LETTER FROM KEY GENEVA GROUP MEMBERS [...] Following the conclusion of the Geneva Group CLM on October 2, 2007, Stephen Pattison (Director, International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom) and Ambassador Mark Wallace consulted, in their capacity as co-chairs as to what deliverable could be produced from the day' [...] | 2007-10-23 20:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK907 | UNGA/C-6 ADOPTS OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS [...] The Sixth Committee adopted without a vote the draft resolutions requesting observer status in the General Assembly for the organizations listed in para 2 on October 23, 2007 (refA). Per refB, USUN joined consensus in support of these organizations. Information on the organizations and the [...] | 2007-10-23 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK909 | FALKLANDS: ARGENTINA SUGGESTS UNGA ACTION TO FORCE [...] (C) On instructions from Buenos Aires, Argentine PermRep Jorge Arguello approached Amb Wolff on October 22 to indicate that Argentina is "thinking" of sponsoring action in the UNGA to encourage UK-Argentina negotiations on the issue of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) during the [...] | 2007-10-24 13:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AR UK |
07USUNNEWYORK91 | SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...] | 2007-02-01 23:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK910 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA OFICIALS [...] Mission clearance is granted for USAID/OFDA Sureka Khandagle, Anita Malley and David Lillie for consultations with USUN and the UN in New York to discuss USAID/OFDA's programs in East Chad and Darfur. 2. USUN Control Officer for the visit is Ted Maly, office 212-415-4398, cell 917-385-847 [...] | 2007-10-24 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ADM AMGT EAID RSO UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK912 | LIBYAN MISSION QUESTIONS SECONDARY SCREENING FOR [...] Unclassified - entire text. 2. The Libyan Mission to the UN has sent USUN an October 18 diplomatic note protesting what it characterizes as an instruction from the Department of Homeland Security that nationals of certain countries - including Libya - be subjected to secondary inspection [...] | 2007-10-24 17:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP LY UN |
07USUNNEWYORK914 | UNGA/C-6:ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST A CONVENTION ON [...] During the October 19 debate on diplomatic protection the following delegations addressed the Sixth Committee: Canada (on behalf of CANZ),Norway (on behalf of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland),Portugal, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, China, Poland, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Aus [...] | 2007-10-24 22:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK915 | UNGA/C-6:PRAISE FOR THE WORK OF UNCITRAL'S 40TH [...] SUMMARY: The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) presented the report of its 40th session to the Sixth Committee on October 22. Twenty-seven delegations addressed the Sixth Committee and took note of UNCITRAL's achievements in harmonizing international trade law. Concerning t [...] | 2007-10-24 22:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNCITRAL UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK916 | USUN: AMB. KHALILZAD'S RETURN TO POST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AFIN OVIP |
07USUNNEWYORK918 | U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...] | 2007-10-25 20:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR |
07USUNNEWYORK923 | UN BRIEFS U.S., UK ON UNAMI/IRAQ ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trilateral with the UK Mission and the UN on Iraq October 24, the UN announced that Staffan de Mistura, incoming SRSG and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),would formally assume his position on October 30. The UN also said deputy SRSG Michae [...] | 2007-10-26 17:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK924 | IAN MARTIN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: During an October 25 update for the Security Council, Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Nepal SIPDIS (UNMIN),told Council members that the recent postponement of Constitutional Assembly elections had thrust Nepal into "the [...] | 2007-10-26 22:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC NP |
07USUNNEWYORK926 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:DEMARCHE TO HEADS OF UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNGA UNICEF |
07USUNNEWYORK927 | SYG BAN: UN NEEDS HELP WITH BASHIR, UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: SYG Ban Ki-Moon told AMB Khalilzad in a October 25 meeting that the UN needs assistance in convincing Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with UNAMID deployment and to convince troop contributing countries to provide additional aviation and transport capabili [...] | 2007-10-29 14:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK928 | OCHA RESPONDS TO USUN DEMARCHE ON IRIN SHAME OF [...] (SBU) As reported in reftel C, on September 24th Amb. Wallace delivered the demarche as instructed in reftel B objecting to the anti-US distortions in the IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) report "The Shame of War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict." During th [...] | 2007-10-29 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK929 | ACTION REQUEST:RE-APPOINTMENT OF THE USG TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 18:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK93 | DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: [...] (U) Representatives of the Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. Missions met February 1st to discuss the way forward on the looming consultations on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("DRIP"). Though the co-sponsors and the African group have begun meeting to discuss [...] | 2007-02-02 15:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK930 | SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, a ba [...] | 2007-10-29 21:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK931 | BAN WANTS U.S. HELP TO ENGAGE SAUDIS WITH BASHIR [...] (C) Over lunch on October 29, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Ambassador Khalilzad discussed Sudan, Burma and UN reform (septel). ----- SUDAN ----- 2. (C) SYG Ban said he was losing patience with President Bashir. Ban has asked a wide range of member states including South Africa [...] | 2007-10-29 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM SU |
07USUNNEWYORK932 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH [...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...] | 2007-10-30 21:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC NL PGOV PREL SL |
07USUNNEWYORK935 | 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CUBA EMBARGO [...] (U) On October 30, 2007, the General Assembly (GA) adopted the Cuban-sponsored resolution on the U.S. embargo by a vote of 184-4, with one abstention. The U.S. was joined by Israel, Palau, and the Marshall Islands in voting against it. Micronesia abstained. Albania, El Salvador, and Iraq we [...] | 2007-10-31 17:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PHUM UN CU |
07USUNNEWYORK936 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON [...] (U) On October 26, the Third Committee of the General Assembly heard reports from the Special Rapporteurs on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions; Freedom of Religion or Belief; the Human Rights of Migrants; and the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK, Burundi and the DRC. The U.S. [...] | 2007-10-31 17:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNGA KIRF |
07USUNNEWYORK937 | MEETING WITH RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) PRESIDENT SIR [...] On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Ambassador Wallace and USUN Legal Adviser met with Judge Dennis Byron who was in New York to address the General Assembly. Byron was accompanied by Spokesperson of the Tribunal, Roland Kouassi G. Amoussouga. Recognizing the serious violations of humanitarian law [...] | 2007-10-31 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN UNGA KJUS KAWC ICTR |
07USUNNEWYORK939 | FOREIGN AID DOMINATES UN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary. Debate over the alleged failure of developed countries to meet their Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments took center stage at the third biennial UN High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development (FFD),held October 23-24. Speaking on behalf of the G-77 and China, P [...] | 2007-10-31 20:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN SENV UN |
07USUNNEWYORK941 | UNGA PRESIDENCY 2008: THWARTING GRULAC CONSENUS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2 & 7. 2. (C) Summary. Many GRULAC permreps remain uneasy about the prospects of Nicaragua emerging as the GRULAC candidate for (and likely occupant of) the 2008 UNGA Presidency (PGA),but are reluctant to take action to identify an alternative. Ba [...] | 2007-10-31 22:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK942 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IO/EDA STAFF TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 22:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER |
07USUNNEWYORK943 | UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THE FIFTH COMMITTEE - [...] This is a guidance request. See para 3. 2. Summary: The Fifth Committee will hold elections on Friday, November 2, 2007, for the following offices: Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ),Committee on Contributions (CoC),Board of Auditors (BoA),United Nati [...] | 2007-11-01 01:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK944 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On October 24, Professor John Dugard, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, briefed the Third Committee of the General Assembly on his latest report, UN document A/62/275 of 17 August 2007. Israel called the report one-s [...] | 2007-11-01 13:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA KPAL IS |
07USUNNEWYORK946 | WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council October 31 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to April 30, 2008. The resolution takes note of the two rounds of negotiations held under the auspices of the Secretary-Ge [...] | 2007-11-01 17:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK947 | KOREAN PENINSULA RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS [...] (U) Summary. On October 31, 2007, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on "Peace, Security, and Reunification in the Korean Peninsula," co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Khalilzad delivered the U.S. [...] | 2007-11-01 20:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN KS UN |
07USUNNEWYORK949 | SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...] | 2007-11-01 21:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK950 | WAIVER OF IMMUNITY REQUESTED RE TANZANIA MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: NYC asks that USUN request the TanzaniaMUN (GOTanzania) to waive the immunity of Adolf Katanda, age 19, and Julius Ktanda, age 16, two sons of TanzaniaMUN Minister Counselor Isaack Katanda so that NYC can prosecute Adolf for a Class A misdemeanor (posssession [...] | 2007-11-01 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN PREL TZ |
07USUNNEWYORK951 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...] | 2007-11-01 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN |
07USUNNEWYORK952 | ANTI-RAPE RESOLUTION UPDATE [...] (C) Negotiations on the text of the U.S.-initiated anti-rape resolution are heading into the end-game. Over 50 countries, including the European Union and others from various regions, have signed on as co-sponsors of a compromise text that asks for action to eliminate rape generally, "includi [...] | 2007-11-01 23:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM KFEM UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK953 | UNGA/C-6: RULE OF LAW DEBATE [...] SUMMARY: Fifty delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during its October 25 - 26 debate on the rule of law at the national and international levels. Many delegations underscored the importance of rule of law activities and their contribution to human rights and international peace and secu [...] | 2007-11-02 18:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK955 | DAVID WALKER WINS INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY [...] (U) Summary: Fifth Committee elections were held on Friday, November 2, 2007. As reported in ref B, the WEOG positions on the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) were the only contested elections. All other [...] | 2007-11-02 19:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK957 | LIBERIA SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE ON MEETINGS WITH PA [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Liberian Permanent Representative Milton Barnes met with AMB Khalilzad on November 11 to discuss President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's mid-November state visit to Israel. AMB Barnes said that the Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had instructed [...] | 2007-11-05 21:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LI |
07USUNNEWYORK958 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE ACKNOWLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 19:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK959 | UNIFEM ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 19:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNIFEM |
07USUNNEWYORK96 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM TASK FORCE IN HIGH GEAR [...] Action Requests paras 7 and 8. 2. Summary: In a January 31 meeting with UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr, head of the Secretary General's SIPDIS Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF),Orr described current activities and future projects of the group. Orr said that he expects t [...] | 2007-02-02 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK960 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 19:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK961 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THREE [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 31, 2007 concerning the financing of three peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fo [...] | 2007-11-06 19:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
07USUNNEWYORK963 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING UNSC ACTION AGAINST [...] (C/NF) AMB Khalilzad delivered reftel points on November 6. SYG Ban agreed to distribute the July 5 letter from International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Mitropoulos to the Security Council. Ban said he supported Security Council action to address the worsening piracy situ [...] | 2007-11-06 21:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK964 | DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO TRAVELING TO ADDIS FOR MEETING [...] (C) UN SYG Ban informed Amb Khalilzad Nov 6 that U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno is traveling shortly to Addis Ababa to meet with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub to discuss technical issues related to the implementation of UNAMID. Ban and Guehenno are cautiously optimistic that this meeting c [...] | 2007-11-06 22:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
07USUNNEWYORK965 | AUSTRALIA WANTS UNSC MANDATE FOR MNF-I FOR SEVERAL [...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 2, Australian PermRep Robert Hill said his government would want a Chapter VII UNSC mandate for its troops in Iraq for several years to come (other issues reported septel). Hill was reassured by Amb Khalilzad that the UNSC would extend the C [...] | 2007-11-07 14:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AS PM IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK966 | AUSTRALIAN PERMREP PUSHES UNSC REFORM AND [...] (SBU) During a meeting on November 2 with Amb Khalilzad, Australian PermRep Robert Hill sought clarification about whether the U.S. had adopted a more forward-leaning approach on UNSC reform after President Bush's speech to the UNGA (other topics covered septel). Amb Khalilzad told him the U. [...] | 2007-11-07 14:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNSC KDEM |
07USUNNEWYORK967 | UN: ICJ PRESIDENT HIGGINS LOBBIES FOR EQUAL PAY [...] SUMMARY: Justice Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),met on November 2 with Ambassador Wallace to request USG assistance in redressing the "invidious situation" created by the General Assembly's decision in Resolution 61/262 to establish a different pay sca [...] | 2007-11-07 18:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNGA KJUS PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK968 | UNGA: SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES ILC ARTICLES ON [...] SUMMARY: During the October 23 Sixth Committee debate, delegations delivered statements on the consideration of prevention of transboundary harm from harmful activities and allocation of loss in the case of such harm, and the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts. The key [...] | 2007-11-07 19:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK969 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),presented the Court's annual report at a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on November 1, 2007. He briefly outlined recent developments at the Court and spoke about the importance of con [...] | 2007-11-07 19:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK97 | KOSOVO: USUN RUNS INTERFERENCE AT UN FOR AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN has delivered strong messages at several UN levels making clear our conviction that Special Envoy Ahtisaari should have the last word on the composition of his own settlement proposal and report. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe Director Harland reassur [...] | 2007-02-02 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK971 | LEBANON: UNSC AGREES THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a private meeting of the Security Council November 5, UNSC Resolution 1559 Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen reported that the political crisis that had "paralyzed" Lebanon since November 2006 had made it very difficult to achieve further progress towards the implementatio [...] | 2007-11-07 22:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO SY LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK972 | FINDING FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (C) Absent U.S. intervention, the UN will soon begin the process of requesting Member State approval of approximately 190 million dollars under the UN's 2008-2009 regular budget for const [...] | 2007-11-07 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK974 | UPDATE ON GAMBARI'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Wolff in a November 7 telephone conversation that Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari was departing Nay Pyi Taw November 8 for Rangoon, where he planned to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),the NLD Executive Committee and the UN Country Team. Gambari will [...] | 2007-11-08 11:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK975 | UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 31, 2007 [...] Summary: At its 235th meeting on October 31, 2007, the 19-member UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country adopted the annual draft Report of the Committee summarizing Committee meetings during the previous year and including recommendations and conclusions. USUN Minister-Counselor for H [...] | 2007-11-08 21:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN |
07USUNNEWYORK976 | RUSSIA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISAF RENEWAL [...] (C) Russian DPR Dolgov, emphasizing that he was acting on instructions, informed Amb Wolff November 8 that Moscow remained troubled by the negotiating process for UNSCR 1776, the Security Council resolution adopted in September that extended ISAF's authorization for another year. Russia beli [...] | 2007-11-08 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AF |
07USUNNEWYORK978 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN PLANS TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff on November 7, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu reported that the SYG plans to appoint the next UNIIIC chief and prosecutor-elect during the w [...] | 2007-11-08 22:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK979 | UN DISCOUNTS BRAMMERTZ COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (C) Summary. During a November 7 meeting to discuss efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu (septel),USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff mentioned that in the c [...] | 2007-11-08 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK980 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...] | 2007-11-08 23:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK985 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met November 2 with the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter SIPDIS van Walsum, who, following the October 31 renewal of the MINURSO (Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate, was consulting the "parties" (Morocco and the Polisar [...] | 2007-11-09 16:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
07USUNNEWYORK986 | BURMA, ZIMBABWE DISCUSSED AT SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN [...] (U) The Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security on November 6, 2007. The adoption was preceded by an open debate, in which the Secretary-General, all Coun [...] | 2007-11-09 18:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BM |
07USUNNEWYORK987 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts (agenda item 78) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions must [...] | 2007-11-09 19:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK988 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Criminal accountability of UN officials and experts on mission (agenda item 80) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions m [...] | 2007-11-09 19:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK989 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT OMNIBUS [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft omnibus resolution on the Report of the International Law Commission (agenda item 82) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions must be t [...] | 2007-11-09 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK99 | CTC DEFERS DISCUSSION ON BORDER CONTROL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Under the new chairmanship of Ambassador Arias of Panama, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 179th meeting February 1, discussing several topics: 1) the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate's (CTED) preliminary conclusions on its 2006 visits to [...] | 2007-02-05 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK990 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (agenda item 85) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text. The tex [...] | 2007-11-09 19:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK991 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the UN Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (agenda item 79) contained in para 3, or substantially [...] | 2007-11-09 19:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK992 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the consideration of prevention of transboundary harm from hazardous activities and the allocation of loss in the case of such harm (agenda item 84) contained in para 3 [...] | 2007-11-09 19:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK993 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Diplomatic protection (agenda item 83) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text. The texts of all draft resolutions are due in the Sixth Committee by Novembe [...] | 2007-11-09 19:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK994 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Measures to eliminate international terrorism (agenda item 108) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The texts of all draft resolutions must be tabled b [...] | 2007-11-09 19:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK995 | UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES DISCUSSES IRAQ, [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),discussed the subject of Iraq's internally displaced persons and refugees with Ambassador Khalilzad. Later in the day, Guterres met with members of the UN,s Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG),w [...] | 2007-11-09 19:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ PHUM KREF |
07USUNNEWYORK996 | PALESTINIAN COMPLAINT - REMOVAL OF POLICE POST [...] Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine, called Ambassador Wolff on November 9 to register his concern with the New York Police Department's decision to reduce and then eliminate police coverage in the security booth located in front of the PLO Mission to the UN. Mansour sa [...] | 2007-11-09 19:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP ASEC PLO UN |
07USUNNEWYORK997 | BUILDING THE UN'S LONG-TERM COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: USUN and UK poloffs met November 8 with representatives from the UN,s Departments of Political Affairs, Safety and Security, and Management to discuss the development of the UN,s proposal to build an integrated compound in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the headqu [...] | 2007-11-09 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK998 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fortieth session (agenda item 81) contained in para 3, or substantially simila [...] | 2007-11-09 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK999 | DPKO: SUDAN QUIETLY SLOWING COMPONENTS OF UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Officials have reported to USUN that the Government of Sudan (GOS) is hindering UNAMID deployment in a variety of ways. Per DPKO, Sudanese officials have delayed agreement on force composition, failed to facilitate land and water rights in many areas [...] | 2007-11-09 22:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
08EFTOUSUNNEWYORK457 | CHILD OF MICRONESIAN MISSION DIPLOMAT REPORTS [...] (SBU) On May 12 Leah Jeanette Jeem (Lippwe),12 year old daughter of Micronesian Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR),Minister Jeem Lippwe, informed school officials that her stepmother, Lerina Rhayn Lippwe, on the night of May 11 pushed her against a wall, slapped her, pulled her hair, and p [...] | 2008-05-21 19:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL FM |
08USUNNEWYORK10 | UN BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS [...] Summary: In the early morning hours of December 22, 2007, the General Assembly passed the 2008-2009 biennium budget, along with resolutions on the financing of two newly established peacekeeping missions. After intense negotiations, the General Assembly adopted a final appropriation of $4,1 [...] | 2008-01-04 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD ACABQ AFIN AORC PGOV UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1000 | UNSC: UNSCR 1559 CONSULTATIONS - UN ENVOY CITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council October 30 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559 with the election of Lebanese President Sleiman, the adoption of a Lebanese electoral law, and the Lebanese-Syrian agreement to establish di [...] | 2008-10-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL UNSC LE SY IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1001 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND (UNDEF): OCT. 23 ADVISORY BOARD [...] Summary: The UNDEF Advisory Board met Oct. 23 and as expected decided to proceed with a third round of projects. Applications will be accepted Nov. 10-Dec. 30. Regarding procedures, UN officials told the Board the Secretary-General wants the Permanent Missions of countries where UNDEF is fun [...] | 2008-11-01 00:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM |
08USUNNEWYORK1002 | NATO BRIEFS UN SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) At a Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) meeting, October 30, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Martin Erdmann told SC members that NATO is taking a concrete and practical approach to countering terrorism. He reported that coordination of NATO members [...] | 2008-11-03 16:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UNGA PREL PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK1004 | MONUC REQUESTS 2,785 MORE TROOPS, AIR ASSETS FOR [...] (SBU) See ACTION REQUEST, paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wrote to the Security Council on October 31 (text forwarded to IO),asking for expeditious consideration of MONUC's request for additional security assets. The request, drafted by the UN's Department of Peac [...] | 2008-11-03 22:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
08USUNNEWYORK1005 | UN DEMOCRACY CAUCUS [...] Action requested: please see paragraph 6. 2. The Permanent Representatives of 14 UN Member States met over lunch Oct. 27 at the Mission of India "to discuss issues of mutual interest relating to Democracy," as Indian Ambassador Nirupam Sen wrote in his invitation. Although not calling th [...] | 2008-11-03 22:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK1006 | UNGA PANEL ON FINANCIAL CRISIS CALLS FOR REFORMS; [...] (U) Summary: Columbia University's Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, chair of the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) new task force on the international financial system, harshly criticized U.S. financial policies and the U.S. Government's response to the financial crisis at an October 30 "Interacti [...] | 2008-11-03 23:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PREL IMF UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1007 | KOSOVO: SERBIAN FM JEREMIC CONFIDANT OF EULEX DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 23:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK SR |
08USUNNEWYORK1008 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...] | 2008-11-04 00:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK |
08USUNNEWYORK1009 | UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PATTERN OF [...] On Friday, October 31, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) held formal consultations on agenda item 121: Pattern of Conferences. Member States considered The Secretary-General's (SYG's) report on pattern of conferences (A/63/119 and A/63/119 Add.1),[...] | 2008-11-04 19:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK101 | WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL DISAPPOINTED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 23:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK1010 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 31, 2008 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fo [...] | 2008-11-04 19:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1011 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING U.S. ASSESSMENTS [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated 10 October 2008 from the Secretary-General requesting payment of U.S. assessed contributions which remain outstanding. Amounts assessed but not yet paid are reflected in the attached sum [...] | 2008-11-04 19:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK1013 | UN FINANCE: INSTRUCTIONS REQUESTED FOR [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. USUN has received a note from USG for Political Affairs Mr. B. Lynn Pasco, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad dated 22 October 2008 notifying us that the Trust Fund for the Settlement of the Question of East Timor (TYA) will be closed. As of 30 S [...] | 2008-11-04 21:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK1014 | UN MANAGEMENT: FIFTH COMMITTEE CRITICIZES [...] Summary. In session from October 7 to 27, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) received reports on construction projects underway in Vienna, Nairobi and Addis Ababa. Despite serious reservations about the latter two, Secretariat officials recommended [...] | 2008-11-04 21:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OARC |
08USUNNEWYORK1017 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON - TRANSITION FROM [...] (U) Action request in paragraph eight. 2. (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General/Legal Counsel Patricia O'Brien and International Independent Investigation Commissioner Daniel Bellemare have agreed that Bellemare should seek a two-month extension (beyond its December 31, 2008 mandate expi [...] | 2008-11-04 23:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EAID UNSC LE |
08USUNNEWYORK1018 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FOUR AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on other weapons of mass destruction on October 17. The Chair of the Panel of Governmental Experts on the issue of missiles in all its aspects and the Chair of the 2008 Meeting of States P [...] | 2008-11-05 13:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1019 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...] | 2008-11-05 13:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK102 | OIC OBSERVER MISSION REQUESTS DIPLOMATIC [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note dated January 22, 2008 from the Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of the Islamic Conference requesting diplomatic recognition for the Mission. The request is made pursuant to the final communiqu of the annual coordination meeting of OIC Foreign [...] | 2008-02-05 17:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP OIC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1020 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY SEVEN OF [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on other disarmament measures and international security on October 22. Representatives from the following states spoke: Indonesia on behalf of the Nonaligned Movement (NAM),Russia, Sing [...] | 2008-11-05 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1021 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY EIGHT, NINE [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on disarmament machinery on October 23, 24, and 27. This summary comprises all three days of the debate. On the first day, representatives from the following states spoke: France on behal [...] | 2008-11-05 14:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1022 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY SEVEN OF [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. This cable covers the final day of thematic debate on conventional weapons, October 22. The following states spoke on October 22: Gabon, Chi [...] | 2008-11-05 14:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1023 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY NINE OF [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on regional disarmament and security on October 24. Representatives from the following states spoke: Brazil on behalf of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Associated States, Angola [...] | 2008-11-05 14:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1024 | UNRWA REPORT AND GENERAL DEBATE: SITUATION IN [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on October 29-30. Two UNRWA officials opened the session with reports [...] | 2008-11-05 14:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK1026 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (U) Summary: UNGA's Sixth Committee held its debate on agenda item 77, "Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives," on October 24. Many statements noted that concrete preventative measures were i [...] | 2008-11-05 21:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1027 | UNGA: IRAN REBUTS UNITED STATES ON HOLOCAUST [...] Summary: Iran was recalcitrant in the November 3 UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate in reaction to U.S. remarks on Iran's denial of the Holocaust, and complained generally of a UN conspiracy. End summary. 2. Citing the lessons of the Holocaust, U.S. Public Delegate Cheryl Halpern commend [...] | 2008-11-05 22:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM UNGA IR IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1028 | UN BUDGET: SECRETARIAT RESPONDS TO MEMBERS' [...] Summary. At the request of the Group of 77 and China, Secretariat officials on November 3 appeared before the Fifth Committee to answer questions about the Secretary-General's plan to identify efficiency savings in preparation for the UN's proposed budget for 2010-2011. The planned 30-minute [...] | 2008-11-05 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AORC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1029 | PECDAR [...] (SBU) Legoff met with Mr. Nakamura at the Japanese Mission on November 4 and delivered the points contained in Reftel. Nakamura said that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) had requested that Japan reach out to the United States through diplomatic channels to try to facilitate a [...] | 2008-11-06 14:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNDP PREL PGOV JA KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK103 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CURRENT DONORS TO TRIBUNAL [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Seeking to resolve differences over how the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will reach decisions so the Committee can be established and make key decisions needed to bring the Tribunal into operation, USUN has met counterparts over the past week f [...] | 2008-02-05 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK1030 | UNGA VOTES FOR COOPERATION WITH PREPCOM, OTHER [...] The UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered on November 3 its agenda item on UN cooperation with other international organizations, and passed five resolutions by consensus and one voted text calling for cooperation with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty O [...] | 2008-11-06 19:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OARC KNNP KISL |
08USUNNEWYORK1033 | UN/AU PANEL PUSHES ASSESSED FUNDS ENVELOPE [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Although UNSCR 1809 expressly recognizes "the challenges in accessing United Nations assessed contributions for funding regional organizations," Romano Prodi and his colleagues on the UN/AU "Panel of Distingui [...] | 2008-11-06 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1034 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH IIIC COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad met with IIIC (International Independent Investigation Commission) Commissioner Daniel Bellemare November 4 to discuss the status of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) at Bellemare's request. The discussion focused on Bellemare's request that the start [...] | 2008-11-07 00:08:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1035 | UPDATE ON AIRLIFT AND MISSING ASSETS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Summary: USUN Military Staff Committee (MSC) Political Officer and Senior advisor for Special Envoy's office spoke with UN Secretariat Staff regarding the US airlift offers and the Ethiopian helicopter pledge. UN officials told USUN (1) 60% deployment by year end is contingent upon US airli [...] | 2008-11-07 15:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK1036 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON VIOLENCE [...] On October 23, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee took action on the following draft resolutions: A/C.3/63/L.2, entitled "Preparations for the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;" A/C.3/63/L.4, entitled "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly o [...] | 2008-11-07 21:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1037 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR DAVID [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Ambassador David Balton listed as noted in para 2 below to chair consultations on November 12 to prepare for the Informal Consultations of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on Fish Stocks. The meeting will take place o [...] | 2008-11-07 21:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS OTRA PHSA |
08USUNNEWYORK1038 | UN FINANCE: INSTRUCTIONS REQUESTED FOR [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. USUN has faxed IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt a letter and attachments dated 17 October 2008 from UN Assistant Secretary-General, Controller Jun Yamazaki to Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad notifying us of the closure of the Trust Fund for the Police Assistance P [...] | 2008-11-07 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK1039 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2. USUN has faxed to IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt a note from the United Nations dated 1 October 2008 requesting payment in the amount of $338,541.00 for the third session of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties of the Treaty on the Non-Prolife [...] | 2008-11-07 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK104 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: USUN AND LEBANESE SHARE RISK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Seeking to resolve differences over whether the Lebanese judges will receive risk-related compensation for their service, Amb. Wallace and Lebanese PermRep Salam discussed options on January 31 (per reftel) and then [...] | 2008-02-05 23:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK1040 | VENEZUELAN DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR UN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4 below. 2. (U) Mission received the following note from the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, putting forward a draft resolution on the World Financial Crisis. Text of note from Venezuela follows: The Permanent Mission of t [...] | 2008-11-07 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1041 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE PASSES [...] SUMMARY: On November 5, 2008, the United Nations General Assembly's Sixth Committee adopted draft resolutions on observer status for the South Centre and the University for Peace. Both resolutions were adopted by consensus. END SUMMARY. ----------------------- Observer Status for the South [...] | 2008-11-07 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | LG UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1042 | UPDATE ON SAUDI INTERFAITH DIALOGUE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Post met with the Saudi Mission to discuss changes to the Saudi draft statement about the interfaith religious dialogue that will to be discussed during the General Assembly (GA) plenary on November 12-13 (reftel). The resulting text, which incorporates virtually all of the USG changes, [...] | 2008-11-07 22:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNEP KISL SA |
08USUNNEWYORK1044 | UNGA: UN 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS FIVE JUDGES [...] (U) Summary: The 63rd General Assembly held elections November 6 for five vacancies on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for terms of office to begin February 6, 2009. The Security Council held simultaneous elections, per the Statute of the Court. The Statute requires an absolute majo [...] | 2008-11-07 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1045 | UNSC PRESSURES COTE D'IVOIRE FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (Ref. B) on November 7 urging all Ivorian parties to cooperate fully to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections as soon as possible. This was in response SRSG Choi's report to the Council on October 27 which noted elections in C [...] | 2008-11-08 00:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IV |
08USUNNEWYORK1047 | FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: The UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved nine resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian situation on November 7: four under agenda item 29 "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East" (UNRWA) and five under agenda i [...] | 2008-11-10 13:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1048 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: UNGA's Sixth Committee debated agenda item 79 "The Rule of Law at the National and International Level" from October 13-14. During the debate, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro presented remarks. Many delegations commended the UN Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group [...] | 2008-11-10 14:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1049 | SAUDIS AND PGA ON REVISED STATEMENT FOR INTERFAITH [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad and Saudi FM Prince Saud discussed a revised draft statement (see text and action request in paragraph 5) that reflects changes requested by the EU. (Comment: The statement appears to retain all the elements specifically requested by the Depa [...] | 2008-11-10 17:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNEP KISL SA |
08USUNNEWYORK105 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: FRANCE PROPOSES COMPROMISE ON [...] (SBU) Action request: At a February 5 experts' meeting with the U.S., Germany, and the Netherlands to discuss issues relating to the formation of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, France withdrew its proposal that the Committee should be based in The Hague. Instea [...] | 2008-02-06 00:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK1050 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES OCT SYG REPORT ON UNMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on the SYG's October 20 report on Sudan in an open meeting. In the discussion that followed, Council members discussed the ICC indictment of Bashir, pending elections, Abyei, oil revenue sharing, and reconfiguration of [...] | 2008-11-10 18:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AF |
08USUNNEWYORK1051 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS:COMMITTEE DIVIDED ON EXPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the Sudan Sanctions Committee discussed possible Committee response to the recommendations made by the Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) in its final report. The Committee reviewed POE recommendations that the Committee should encourage Sudan to cease its violations of t [...] | 2008-11-10 19:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK1053 | UNGA: SYG HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH AMBASSADORS ON G-20 [...] SUMMARY: United Nations Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon briefed UN General Assembly (UNGA) Members on the latest developments in the Middle East peace process, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),his recent visit to Asia and other pressing issues in a November 10 meeting. On the finan [...] | 2008-11-12 15:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KPKO KUNR KPAL PWBG UNGA IS CG SU |
08USUNNEWYORK1054 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] On November 11, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee took action on the following draft resolutions: A/C.3/63/L.56, entitled "Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;" A/C.3/63/L.17/Revision 1, entitled "Indigenous issues;" A/C.3/63/L.21, entitled "Regional arrang [...] | 2008-11-12 16:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1056 | UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE DECIDES TO DEFER ADOPTION OF [...] On November 5, the Fourth Committee held a plenary session to take action on draft resolutions A and B, amendment A/C.4/63/L.8 and draft decisions as contained in document A/63/21 regarding agenda item "questions relating to information." 2. During the spring 2008 session of the Committ [...] | 2008-11-12 17:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AMGT KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1058 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ALCY R. FRELICK, [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants Mission clearance to Alcy Frelick, Chief of EAP/ANP, to participate in meetings with Pacific Island Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors, November 17 and November 18. Control officer is Jeff Reneau, who can be reached at office tel: 212-415-4361; cell: [...] | 2008-11-12 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1059 | UNGA'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON [...] Summary: UNGA's General Assembly adopted by consensus the "Report of the International Criminal Court" on November 11. Dutch Deputy Permanent Representative Piet de Klerk introduced the draft resolution under agenda item 69. In his remarks he called the ICC "the most significant development i [...] | 2008-11-12 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK106 | SYG BRIEFS UNSC ON KENYA, SUDAN, CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on February 5 on his recent trip to Africa. Ban reported on the critical nature of the situations in Kenya, Sudan, and Chad, highlighting recent progress in mediations in Kenya and in SOFA discussions with the Government of Sudan, [...] | 2008-02-06 15:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UNSC CD KE SO SU XA XW ZF |
08USUNNEWYORK1060 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held its general debate on agenda item 74, "The report of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) on the work of its resumed 40th and 41st session," on October 20. The Chair of the 41st session summarized the topics discussed by the com [...] | 2008-11-12 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1061 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: The 63rd UNGA Sixth committee held its debate on agenda item 73, "Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission," on October 10. Many delegations supported the UN zero tolerance policy with respect to serious crimes committed by its officials and experts [...] | 2008-11-12 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1062 | UN ON DRC: GIVE TROOPS, PRESSURE KAGAME; 85 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Le Roy on November 11 called on the Security Council to approve rapidly the UN request for more MONUC troops. He warned MONUC was "all alone" in the east and reinforcements were desperately needed to defend Goma and protect civilians. Le Roy said Co [...] | 2008-11-13 00:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
08USUNNEWYORK1063 | UNGA: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ICJ IN THE UN 63RD [...] SUMMARY: President Rosalyn Higgins presented the annual Report of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (A/63/4) to the General Assembly on October 30. She gave an overview of action on key cases during what she called the ICJ's "most productive year." The Court delivered four substantive [...] | 2008-11-13 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1065 | UNSC REFORM: OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP MEETS; PGA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) during the 63rd UNGA session, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) reiterated his October 10 letter to the membership about launching intergovernmental negotiations November 21, though he had previously indicate [...] | 2008-11-13 23:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA KUNR IN BR IT JP GM |
08USUNNEWYORK1066 | UNGA CONSIDERS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] On November 10-11, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered the following agenda items: strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance; cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States (LAS); the situa [...] | 2008-11-13 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM XF GT UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1067 | UNGA: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] Summary: President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Judge Philippe Kirsch, presented the ICC's annual Report (A/63/471) to the General Assembly on October 30. Kirsch outlined the Court's progress in the four situations before it last year. Kirsch called for increased ratification o [...] | 2008-11-13 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1069 | UNGA'S LATEST FINANCIAL CRISIS PANEL MORE BALANCED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee held a panel discussion to examine the causes and impact of the global financial crisis on November 11. In contrast to the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) October 30 panel on the crisis (reftel),this latest discussion w [...] | 2008-11-13 23:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PREL ENRG UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1073 | UN SEEKS AGREEMENT FROM U.S. TO DEPOSIT BALANCES [...] This is an action request. See para. 4. 2. USUN has faxed to the Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt) a letter and attachments from Assistant Secretary General/Controller for Management Mr. Jun Yamazaki addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad, dated 10 November 2008 notifying USUN that balances fro [...] | 2008-11-17 15:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK1074 | UN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 4 - 6 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (the Special Committee). The debate inclu [...] | 2008-11-17 15:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1075 | UN FINANCES: UNITED STATES SINGLED OUT FOR UNPAID [...] Summary: In formal session on November 6, UN Controller Jun Yamazaki presented a financial update to the General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary). Despite intervening payments, the UN's financial situation remains mixed, and may have to borrow from the reserve [...] | 2008-11-17 17:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KUNR CU |
08USUNNEWYORK1076 | IRAN UN AMBASSADOR PROTESTS VISA DELAY/DENIAL AT [...] (U) Action request - See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) At the October 31, 2008, meeting of the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country, the Committee quickly adopted its annual report, including the recommendations and conclusions (previously faxed to IO/UNP). The Iran Mission's Deputy Perm [...] | 2008-11-17 22:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP CVIS PREL IR |
08USUNNEWYORK1077 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES UNAMI/MNF-I [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council received a quarterly briefing on November 14 from Staffan de Mistura, head of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),and from Ambassador Khalilzad, on behalf of MNF-I. Iraqi PR Bayati also addressed the Council. All participants, including members of the [...] | 2008-11-17 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1079 | UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE CHOSES MEMBERS OF [...] Summary: On November 7, the UN General Assembly Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) held its elections for officers of subsidiary organs, the Committee on Contributions (CoC),the Investments Committee (ISSC),the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),the Staff Pension Co [...] | 2008-11-17 23:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KUNR |
08USUNNEWYORK1080 | UNGA DEBATES SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY: On November 10, the UN General Assembly considered the situation in Afghanistan, and adopted by consensus a resolution reaffirming international commitment to rebuilding the country. Virtually every speaker expressed strong concern over the increase of attacks against humanitarian a [...] | 2008-11-17 23:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC AF UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1086 | UNGA: EVO MORALES CALLS FOR A DEMOCRATIZED GLOBAL [...] Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma addressed the 63rd UN General Assembly November 17 to express thanks for the support of the international community during Bolivia's recent political and civil crises. Morales used the speech as an opportunity to call the United Nations to democra [...] | 2008-11-18 22:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA BL |
08USUNNEWYORK1087 | UNGA: 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON [...] During its November 17, morning session, the 63rd General Assembly held a debate on agenda items 107, follow up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit; 44, integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences; and 112, strengthening of the UN [...] | 2008-11-18 22:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC ECON EFIN VE |
08USUNNEWYORK1088 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS "EL NINO" RESOLUTION [...] The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee considered draft resolution A/C.2/63/L.36 entitled "International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Nino phenomenon", submitted under Agenda item 49(c) during its November 18 session. The Committee Chairperson noted that the resolu [...] | 2008-11-18 22:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ECIN UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK109 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: OLA AND LEBANESE NEARING [...] (SBU) UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson advised Amb. Wallace on February 6 that the Lebanese Government is provisionally amenable to the new proposal described in ref A for compensating the Lebanese judges for the risk associated with their service to the Special [...] | 2008-02-06 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK1091 | UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on Nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 12. The Chairs described their respective committee's accomplishments [...] | 2008-11-19 14:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK1092 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] The 63rd UNGA's Sixth Committee held its general debate on agenda item 72, "Nationality of Natural Persons in Relation to the Succession of States," on October 21. Countries affirmed nationality as a fundamental human right and the key to legal protection. Delegations emphasized that this ri [...] | 2008-11-19 18:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1094 | UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part one of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 27-28. Part one's topics included: Chapters 1-3, "Introductory Chapters;" Chapter 4, "Shared Natural Resources;" Chapter 5, "Effects of armed [...] | 2008-11-19 22:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1095 | UNSC REFORM: PGA GIVES OEWG "TIME AND SPACE IT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) announced the cancellation of the November 21 launch of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion in an informal plenary of the General Assembly, reversing his October 10 decision. He agreed that bot [...] | 2008-11-20 18:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNGA KUNR |
08USUNNEWYORK1096 | MORE TROOPS, POLICE FOR MONUC APPROVED BY UN [...] (U) The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1843 on November 20, authorizing a temporary increase of MONUC's military strength by up to 2,785 military personnel and the strength of its formed police unit by up to 300 personnel. The vote was 15-0. France, Costa Rica, Belgium, the United Kin [...] | 2008-11-20 18:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
08USUNNEWYORK1097 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee adopted five resolutions by consensus on procedural matters for the upcoming Financing for Development (FfD) Review conference during its November 5 session. This action came after the Committee Chair brokered a compromise to [...] | 2008-11-20 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECIN UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1098 | COUNTER TERRORISM - UN DISBANDS WORKING GROUP ON [...] Summary. At a November 20 meeting, convened to discuss a proposal to establish a pilot information and Referral Center on Policies to Counter the Appeal of Terrorism at the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) in Turin, Italy, UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Or [...] | 2008-11-20 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA AA |
08USUNNEWYORK1099 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, [...] SUMMARY: From October 6-21, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed social development, advancement of women, rights of children, and indigenous issues. The broader themes discussed under these topics reflected those raised during the UN General Assembly General Debate, nam [...] | 2008-11-20 23:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KOCI UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK11 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED UN [...] (S/NF) Per reftel instruction, USUN PolOff informed UK PolOff that the USG would be submitting the names of Badran Turki Hishan Al Mazidih and four members of his network for sanctions in the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaeda) Committee, and sought the UK's co-sponsorship of the designation. UK PolOff a [...] | 2008-01-07 11:24:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1100 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RACISM, [...] SUMMARY: From November 3-5, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, the right of peoples to self-determination, and the report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Speakers from several Islamic nations noted a trend [...] | 2008-11-20 23:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG PNAT PBTS KPAL KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK1104 | UN BRIEFS ON BHUTTO COMMISSION OF INQUIRY [...] (C) SUMMMARY: Pakistan is pushing the UN to announce a Commission of Inquiry into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, said UN officials on November 19. Although they remain opposed to any Security Council action, they have accepted the principle of an exchange of letters between the Secretar [...] | 2008-11-21 23:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PK |
08USUNNEWYORK1105 | ZIMBABWE AT THE UN: POWER SHARING STALLED, COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN A/SYG Menkerios told the Security Council on November 20 Zimbabwe's power sharing negotiations were stalled. He warned of dire humanitarian and economic crises, and said the control of the police was the most pressing issue. South Africa, Russia, China, and Viet Nam suppor [...] | 2008-11-21 23:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZU |
08USUNNEWYORK1106 | SOMALIA: COUNCIL FRUSTRATED AT LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A downbeat briefing on political developments combined with continued lack of progress toward a Multinational force (MNF) or peacekeeping operation (PKO) led to frustrated reactions from Council members in a November 20 meeting on Somalia. Several members noted that the prospect [...] | 2008-11-22 00:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ET |
08USUNNEWYORK1107 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 14:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1108 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS PALESTINIAN RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted four resolutions on November 20. Per reftel instructions, the United States called for a vote and voted against the resolution entitled, "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the [...] | 2008-11-25 11:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAL UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1109 | UNGA: AT 63RD UNGA, THE NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT CALLS [...] The UN 63rd General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 110, "Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly," on November 20. The following delegations delivered interventions: France (on behalf of the EU),Algeria (on behalf of the NAM),Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Eg [...] | 2008-11-25 13:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC |
08USUNNEWYORK1110 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 14:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1111 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE ICESCR [...] SUMMARY: On November 18, the UN General Assembly Third Committee took action on five draft resolutions, adopting four by consensus, including a draft resolution on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Russia's draft resolution on racism [...] | 2008-11-25 16:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1112 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE ADOPTS 14 [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA's Sixth Committee held its final meeting November 14. The Committee on Relations with the Host Country presented its report. During the meeting, the Sixth Committee adopted by consensus 14 draft resolutions. End Summary. REPORT OF THE HOST COMMITTEE --------------- [...] | 2008-11-26 13:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1113 | MEMBER STATES CONTINUE CRITICISM OF THE [...] SUMMARY. A second discussion on the two-percent savings exercise took place in the Fifth Committee on Nov. 17 under the agenda item "accountability" during informal consultations. The Controller, Jun Yamazaki, was present to answer questions posed to him regarding the exercise. Mr. Yamazaki [...] | 2008-11-26 14:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AORC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1114 | UN INTERNAL JUSTICE SYSTEM UNDER THE GAVEL [...] Summary: On November 20, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) discussed mechanisms for resolving staff employment grievances. The Committee received reports from Under Secretary-General for Management Angela Kane (A/62/748, A/62/782, A/63/314, and A [...] | 2008-11-26 15:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KUNR |
08USUNNEWYORK1115 | UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part two of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 29-30. The discussion in part two included Chapter 6, "Reservations to Treaties;" Chapter 7 "Responsibility of International Organizations;" [...] | 2008-11-26 16:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1117 | UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part three of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 31- November 5. Part three's discussion consisted of Chapter 9, "Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters;" Chapter 10, "Immunity of [...] | 2008-11-26 17:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1118 | UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT; CALLS FOR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The General Assembly met November 18-20 to discuss Security Council expansion (Septel),as well as the annual Report on the Security Council. Unlike in the past, a large number of member states devoted significant time to discussing the Report. President of the Gen [...] | 2008-11-26 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1120 | UNGA: 63RD UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL AND [...] The 63rd UNGA held its debate on agenda item 16, "The Question of Palestine," and agenda item 15, "The Situation in the Middle East," from November 24-25. Over 50 countries spoke; paragraph 8 gives a complete list. The President of the General Assembly (PGA),Miguel D'Escoto opened the debat [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1121 | UNGA TAKES ACTION ON GLOBAL HEALTH; AND UN [...] On November 26, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus the following draft resolutions: A/63/L.28, entitled "Global health and foreign policy;" A/63/L.38, entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community" (CARICOM); and A/63/L.40, entitled, "Cooperation [...] | 2008-12-01 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1123 | UNIFEM EVENT HIGHLIGHTS WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT TO [...] On November 25, UNIFEM hosted a high-level event at the U.N. headquarters entitled "United Voices Say NO To Violence Against Women." The event featured seven distinguished speakers, including SYG Ban Ki-moon and UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman. The event was held as part of UNIFEM's [...] | 2008-12-01 21:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM UN UNIFEM |
08USUNNEWYORK1124 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS 15 RESOLUTIONS, [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted 15 resolutions during its November 25 and 26 sessions. Per reftel A, the United States called for a vote and voted against the draft resolution entitled, "Oil slick on Lebanese shores," which [...] | 2008-12-02 14:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SENV PREL PREF UNGA LE IS TX |
08USUNNEWYORK1126 | UN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: MEMBER STATES REJECT [...] Summary: President Bush and approximately 80 heads of state, senior government officials, and other representatives gathered November 12 - 13 for an "Interfaith Dialogue" as part of the United Nations General Assembly (GA) plenary session. Saudi King Abdullah bin AbdulAziz al-Saud, the drivin [...] | 2008-12-02 20:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1127 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Security Council held its monthly briefing and consultations on the Middle East on November 25. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed on the "landmark" Quartet meeting November 9 with the two parties. He stressed that the biggest challenges to a lasting peace agreement [...] | 2008-12-02 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1128 | UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS - [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Assistant Secretary-General Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on the SYG's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Williams noted the improved political climate in Lebanon but emphasized [...] | 2008-12-02 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC IS LE SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1129 | MONUC AT UN: GIVE US CLEAR DIRECTIONS FOR DRC-AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Alan Doss asked the Security Council on November 26 for clear operational guidelines for MONUC, especially regarding use of force. He also said a temporary stabilization force is sorely needed as we await the additional MONUC troops the Council recently authorized. He sa [...] | 2008-12-03 00:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC XA BY CG |
08USUNNEWYORK113 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] (U) Mission welcomes the proposed visit on February 07 (reftel) of S/WCI Deputy Director Milbert Shin and S/WCI officer Jason Gorey to accompany USUN/MR representative to meeting of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee. This meeting, to be hosted by the Canadian Mission, as Man [...] | 2008-02-07 16:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK1130 | ICC’S OCAMPO: BASHIR ARREST WARRANT IN JANUARY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo on December 2 spoke with Ambassador Wolff at the UN on the situation in Sudan. Ocampo said the arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir would be issued in January or February. He said Arab leaders were frustrated with Bashir, and French President Sarkoz [...] | 2008-12-03 21:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AX CG UG |
08USUNNEWYORK1131 | UN/SOMALIA SANCTIONS: [...] (C) This is an action request -- please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: The UN Monitoring Group (MG) for Somalia has just released its latest confidential report on the implementation of the general arms embargo which includes a number of key findings likely to influence the policy debate o [...] | 2008-12-04 15:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO XW UNSC PGOV PRO ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK1132 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROMOTION AND [...] SUMMARY: From October 21-30, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the promotion and protection of human rights, and on October 31, the Committee heard the report of the Human Rights Council. Key themes from the two-week discussion included freedom of expression, freedom [...] | 2008-12-04 15:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1133 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON PALESTINIAN [...] In the afternoon meeting on November 20, the UN General Assembly Third Committee took action on 12 draft resolutions. The following draft resolutions were adopted by consensus: A/C.3/63/L.23, entitled "National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights;" A/C.3/63/L.25, ent [...] | 2008-12-04 15:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAL AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1134 | SUDAN: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE SPLITS ON PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Sanctions Committee on December 2 discussed two separate proposals for action: first, a Belgian suggestion to invite the Permanent Representatives of Chad and Sudan to discuss with the Committee the last Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) report (ref A),and second, an offer fr [...] | 2008-12-04 20:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK1137 | ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC [...] SUMMARY: In his December 3 briefing to the Security Council (SC),International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo provided a detailed chronology of the three investigations conducted pursuant to UNSCR 1593, which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC. Ocampo's remarks focu [...] | 2008-12-04 23:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA |
08USUNNEWYORK1138 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed by vote draft resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Delegations opposing the draft resolutions argued that the Human Rights Council, rather than the Gen [...] | 2008-12-05 14:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL AORC UNGA IR BM KN |
08USUNNEWYORK1139 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON DEFAMATION OF [...] On November 24, the UN General Assembly Third Committee adopted two draft resolutions by consensus and adopted six others by vote, including three resolutions on which the United States was the sole opponent. The draft resolutions adopted by consensus were A/C.3/63/L.58/Revision 1, entitled " [...] | 2008-12-05 14:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK114 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 07 [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Updates on UNAMID TCC deployments including police units; helicopter update; contractor issues and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). END SUMMARY 3. (C) UNAMID Deployment: --Egypt: The heavy transport un [...] | 2008-02-07 23:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK1140 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON RELIGIOUS [...] On November 25, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed the following draft resolutions by consensus: A/C.3/63/L.34/Revision 1, entitled "Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief;" A/C.3/63/L.39/Revision 1, entitled "Protection of human r [...] | 2008-12-05 14:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1141 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON PROGRAMME 19, [...] On November 26, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee passed draft decision A/C.3/63/L.79, entitled "Programme planning," in a vote of 167 in favor, two against (U.S.),and two abstentions. The Committee Chair was the initial sponsor of the draft, but withdrew it after the Israeli de [...] | 2008-12-05 14:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1142 | UNSC: COUNCIL MEETS AT LIBYAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) The Security Council met December 3 at Libya's request to discuss the Israeli Navy's action to deny entry of a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian assistance to the port of Gaza. The Council invited both Israeli and Palestinian representatives to participate in the meeting. The Libyan [...] | 2008-12-05 21:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG |
08USUNNEWYORK1145 | U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] Summary: On December 3, UN Under Secretary General for the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent trip to Chad and Sudan (November 21 - 30). Holmes said that he left Chad with more optimism than expected, but claimed that [...] | 2008-12-06 00:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREF PREL PHUM UNSC CD CT SU |
08USUNNEWYORK1146 | SOMALIA: PKO POSSIBLE; MORE WORK NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In response to reftel A instructions, USUN consulted with the UK and other interested delegations on December 4 and 5 on the possibility of quickly rehatting the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as a UN pea [...] | 2008-12-06 00:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK1147 | US STAFF OFFICERS NEED CUSTOMS CLEARANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: After months of waiting USUN Military Staff Committee (MSC) was notified on 17 NOV by UN Force Generation Services (FGS) that the 8 US Military Staff Officers deploying in support of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been issued letters of approval by the GOS for visas on [...] | 2008-12-08 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK1148 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission Clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Milbert Shin, and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty to visit USUN on December 11-12. The purpose is to hold meetings on the margins of the ICTY/ICTR briefings to the UN Security Council, [...] | 2008-12-08 20:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS OTRA UNSC XA XH |
08USUNNEWYORK1149 | UNSC: UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS BRIEFS THE [...] (SBU) The United Nations Under Secretary-General/Legal Counsel Patricia O'Brien, briefed the Security Council December 4 on the progress made toward establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and the transition between the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) and [...] | 2008-12-08 20:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK115 | UN FUNDS AND PROGRAMS: AN UPDATE ON THE [...] SUMMARY: As reported in reftels, in April 2007 USUN pursued the UN Transparency and Accountability Initiative (UNTAI) for the UN System. The initiative addressed the following eight areas: - Availability of internal audits and other reports, e.g. evaluations, investigation, etc. to Member [...] | 2008-02-08 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNGA UNICEF |
08USUNNEWYORK1150 | UNSC: COUNCIL AGREES ON ELEMENTS FOR PRESIDENCY TO [...] (SBU) In consultations late on December 5, the Security Council agreed not to meet formally in response to requests by the Palestinians through the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab Group for a Council meeting on recent settler violence in the Hebron area of the West Bank. In lieu of a meetin [...] | 2008-12-08 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1151 | BAN PROPOSES "PAUSE" IN GOOD OFFICES MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a meeting of the Group of Friends of Burma and revealed that he received "no productive response" to proposals, which included his own visit, from the Burmese regime. He proposed a "pause" to recalibrate the overall framewo [...] | 2008-12-08 22:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK1152 | UNGA ADOPTS ALL FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS; FOUR [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted 22 resolutions and four draft decisions included in the reports of the UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) on December 6. Resolutions and plenary votes are in paragraph two (most passed with significant margins [...] | 2008-12-09 15:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF SENV UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1158 | UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF (GOLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on December 10, the Secretariat briefed on the activities of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),which supervises the cease-fire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights. He referred to the Secretary-General's November 26 report t [...] | 2008-12-10 21:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1159 | FINANCING OF ITY AND ICTR [...] SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee will begin discussing the financing of International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ITY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday, December 15, 2008. Member States will consider the First Performance Report for ITY (A/63/559) and [...] | 2008-12-10 23:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN KUNR ICTY ICTR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK116 | USUN STRATEGY ON BURMA [...] (C) In response to a request in the February 7 Deputies Committee meeting, USUN provides the following plan of action on Burma over the next few weeks. USUN will continue to engage the Secretary General, the P-3 and other Council members to build support for stronger steps. 2. (C) In a dis [...] | 2008-02-08 20:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK1160 | DRC: UN SANCTIONS EXPERTS CONFIDE FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Group of Experts (GOE) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) expressed privately to USUN their frustrations in carrying out their mandate to monitor compliance with UN sanctions and the arms embargo in the DRC. The Group particularly discussed concerns about insu [...] | 2008-12-11 15:39:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC PGOV EFIN ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK1162 | SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS THEMATIC DEBATE ON "THREATS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. Summary. On December 9, the Security Council held a thematic debate on the item "Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts." President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia chaired the meeting, and UN Security General B [...] | 2008-12-11 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1163 | UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY FOR CENTRAL ASIA SRSG [...] (SBU) Head of the Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventative Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Ambassador Miroslav Jenca delivered a well-received statement on December 10 to the Security Council on UNRCCA activities and outlined plans for the future. In response to questions from [...] | 2008-12-11 23:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KRAD PREL ENRG SENV ZK AF |
08USUNNEWYORK1164 | NEW YORK: DFI NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Iraqi PR Bayati on December 9 to discuss a draft Security Council resolution renewing immunities for Iraqi assets including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and extending the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The Ambassador encouraged B [...] | 2008-12-11 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1165 | USUN: COUNCIL RESPONSE TO SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, USUN circulated our draft resolution on Somalia piracy to the P3 on the evening of December 9 and to the broader Council on December 10. Initial expert-level consultations wer [...] | 2008-12-12 00:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW |
08USUNNEWYORK1166 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIXTH COMMITTEE [...] Summary. On December 11, after consideration of the reports of the Sixth Committee, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote fifteen resolutions and two decisions. In its explanation of vote on the terrorism resolution, India reserved the right to introduce, at any time, a proposal und [...] | 2008-12-12 00:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1167 | GUINEA-BISSAU AT THE UN-DEBATE EXPECTED ON 6 VS. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Head Omoregie briefed the Security Council on December 11. He asked for a panel of experts to identify those involved in drug trafficking, since the rise of trafficking and attendant corruption were major destabilizing [...] | 2008-12-12 14:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PU XY |
08USUNNEWYORK1168 | UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON OCEANS AND THE [...] (U) Summary: The 63rd UN General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 70, "Oceans and the Law of the Sea," on December 4. The General Assembly considered two resolutions relating to this agenda item, both of which were co-sponsored by the United States. The resolution on Oceans and the Law [...] | 2008-12-12 14:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA SENV EWWT PHSA PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK1169 | UNGA/C-5: PATTERN OF CONFERENCES DISCUSSIONS FOCUS [...] (U) Summary: Member States in the Fifth Committee have been engaging in informal consultations on agenda item 121: "pattern of conferences." The G77 and China, Japan, and USDel have all put forth language that would amend the draft resolution as presented by the Committee on Conferences (CoC [...] | 2008-12-12 16:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK117 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: ESTABLISHING MANAGEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel Michel briefed Amb. Wolff on February 8 on developments relating to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. First, Michel said the UN has not been informed that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab [...] | 2008-02-08 21:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK1170 | DFI/IAMB RESOLUTION: DEC 12 UPDATE FROM NEW YORK [...] (SBU) The Security Council met at expert-level on December 12 to discuss renewal of the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Discussion went smoothly, and substantive requests were largely as predicted. Russia requested language calling fo [...] | 2008-12-13 01:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1172 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK BY ADOPTING [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee concluded its work by adopting 15 draft resolutions - 14 by consensus and one by vote - on December 11. As instructed, the United States called for a vote and voted against the resolution entitled, "Toward a New International Economic [...] | 2008-12-15 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EFIN UNGA CU |
08USUNNEWYORK1173 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...] | 2008-12-16 00:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
08USUNNEWYORK1174 | IRAN/SANCTIONS: MUTED COUNCIL SESSION HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 11, the Chair of the 1737 (Iran) Sanctions Committee updated the Council on the Committee's activities during the last ninety days, highlighting a briefing by the United States on the transfer of goods and technology to Iran and a briefing by Norway on a planned nucl [...] | 2008-12-16 17:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK1175 | ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...] | 2008-12-16 19:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM XF EG |
08USUNNEWYORK1176 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS OFFICIALS ADDRESS [...] Summary. The Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) reported to the UN Security Council progress made on prosecutions and administrative matters. Tribunal officials focused on efforts to move forward on the strategy for c [...] | 2008-12-16 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS UNSC ICTY ICTR PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK1177 | UNGA COMMEMORATES UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in New York on December 10. Despite some initial uncertainty about which states would be permitted to speak, the commemoration, which included two panel discussions and [...] | 2008-12-17 10:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AG MO IS NU UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1178 | UNGA: FOLLOW-UP TO MILLENNIUM SUMMIT AND [...] The UN General Assembly (UNGA) convened on December 15 a meeting focused on development, as called for in Resolution A/62/265 on the follow-up to the development outcome of the 2005 World Summit. UN Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro and speakers from France (on behalf of the EU),[...] | 2008-12-17 10:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ECIN UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK118 | SE ELIASSON AND USYG GUEHENNO BRIEF THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy for the Sudan Jan Eliasson and UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno briefed the Security Council February 8 on the latest developments on the Darfur peace process and UNAMID deployment. Eliasson reported that while he has ma [...] | 2008-02-08 23:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNSC SU MOPS PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK1180 | BURUNDI AT THE UN: CONSENSUS TO RENEW BINUB; SOUTH [...] (SBU) The United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) was before the Security Council on December 11. The Burundian PermRep told the Council the names of an independent electoral commission will be announced "in the coming days," a critical step for the organization of 2010 elections. [...] | 2008-12-17 19:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO BY ZF |
08USUNNEWYORK1181 | GEORGIA SRSG VERBEKE CONSIDERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgia SRSG Johan Verbeke told Ambassador DiCarlo on December 16 he would likely propose a more robust UN mandate for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when drafting the next periodic report on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia. The report will be complet [...] | 2008-12-17 19:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
08USUNNEWYORK1182 | UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FINANCING [...] Summary: On December 15 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) began discussions of financing the international criminal tribunals. African and European representatives endorsed the Secretariat's calls for additional funding. The French delegate (on b [...] | 2008-12-17 21:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KWCI RW YI |
08USUNNEWYORK1183 | NEGOTIATIONS ON HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REFORM [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: After more than a dozen negotiating sessions, the Fifth Committee has reached an impasse on streamlining of contracts and harmonization of conditions of service for UN staff. In an effort to reach a compromise, the U.S. submitted revised proposals (see para 4 below). Those pr [...] | 2008-12-18 22:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1184 | UN SECRETARIAT CONSIDERS CHANGES TO GEORGIA MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The UN Secretariat is leaning toward recommending an enhanced mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when the SYG releases his periodic report in February 2009. The report will likely recommend a small peacekeeping mission for Georgia/Abkhazia of about 700 troops [...] | 2008-12-18 23:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
08USUNNEWYORK1185 | MONUC AT UN: WE ONLY HAVE PLEDGES FOR HALF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary-General Le Roy on December 15 told the Security Council that diplomatic efforts are thawing the relationship between the DRC and Rwanda. He said direct talks between the DRC and Nkunda's CNDP stalled, but were set to resume December 17. Le Roy said he had r [...] | 2008-12-19 00:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC XA BY CG |
08USUNNEWYORK1187 | WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS [...] The Security Council on December 19 adopted (15-0-0) a resolution (Ref B) (SC res 1855) to authorize the International Tribunal for Rwanda to raise the number of ad litem judges from a limit of 9 to 12. 2. The Council also issued a Presidential Statement (Ref A) concerning the completion [...] | 2008-12-19 19:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTR ICTY KJUS UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1188 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE MEETS [...] On December 19, the UNGA Credentials Committee considered the credentials of representatives to the sixty-third session of the General Assembly and found them to be acceptable. The Committee recommended the following (para 2) decision to the General Assembly. The Assembly is expected to tak [...] | 2008-12-19 19:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1189 | UNGA ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AND TWO [...] Summary: On December 19, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) took final action on the remaining draft resolutions and decisions adopted by the Second Committee (Economic and Finance) - approving three resolutions by vote and adopting 31 resolutions and one decision by consensus. The UN [...] | 2008-12-19 19:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECIN AORC SENV KPAL UNGA LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1190 | UNSC: OUTGOING PERM REPS ANALYZE AND DISSECT BODIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, outgoing Security Council Perm Reps from Italy, South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Panama provided the Council with analysis, personal reflections and "lessons learned" about their Chairmanships of UN Security Council Subsidiary Bodies. The Belgian Perm Rep la [...] | 2008-12-19 19:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK1191 | UNGA TAKES ACTION ON CONFLICT DIAMONDS, SPORT FOR [...] The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus 10 resolutions and a text on December 11. The resolutions and report were as follows: U.S. co-sponsored "The Role of Diamonds in Fueling Conflict" (A/63/L.52),"Sport as a Means to Promote Education, Health, Development and Peace" (A/63/L.51 [...] | 2008-12-19 21:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1192 | UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 63RD [...] (U) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African Group includes the st [...] | 2008-12-19 21:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
08USUNNEWYORK1193 | UNSC: COUNCIL EXTENDS IIIC MANDATE FOR TWO-MONTHS: [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1852, extending the mandate of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) until the end of February 2009 to maintain the momentum of the investigation and allow its smooth transfer to the Hague [...] | 2008-12-19 22:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1194 | BURMA STATE OF PLAY AT THE UN [...] (C) During a P-3 meeting with Ambassador DiCarlo on December 18, UK and French Permanent Representatives voiced strong concern about pressing for an arms embargo resolution in the Security Council. UK PR Sawers said an embargo would likely result in a double veto by Russia and China, which wo [...] | 2008-12-19 23:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK1196 | UNSC CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS ON LIBERIA/DRC SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council (UNSC) on 17 December heard briefings from the chairs of the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee and the UNSC Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee detailing recent reports from the UN expert bodies tasked with monitoring implementation of th [...] | 2008-12-22 11:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK1197 | UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...] | 2008-12-22 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
08USUNNEWYORK1198 | UNGA 63: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Robert J. Smolik who served as Senior Area Advisor for Western European Affairs to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) During the fall session of the 63rd UNGA, EU and European Free Trade Association states generally aligned with U.S. objectiv [...] | 2008-12-23 19:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB |
08USUNNEWYORK1199 | UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...] | 2008-12-23 19:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG |
08USUNNEWYORK12 | SERBIAN FM PLEADS FOR JANUARY 16 UNMIK MEETING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) Summary: On January 4, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolcott that Serbia has unhappy memories of closed Security Council meetings in 1999 and asked for U.S. support for a public meeting format for the January 16 UNMIK meeting so th [...] | 2008-01-07 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
08USUNNEWYORK120 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) USUN delivered reftel points to all Security Council members regarding the upcoming USG designation of Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidih and three members of his network in the UN 1267 (Taliban/al-Qaeda) Sanctions Committee. The UK and France will both co-sponsor the request. Russia request [...] | 2008-02-08 23:59:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1200 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: LOW-KEY PLENARY DEBATE GIVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly met November 18-20 to discuss Security Council expansion, as well as the annual Report on the Security Council (reported ref A). Given the November 11 and 17 meetings of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) (ref B),the plenary debate on Council expansion wa [...] | 2008-12-23 19:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1202 | SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS DFI PROTECTIONS FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 22 the Security Council unanimously passed resolution 1859, providing for a one-year extension of protections for Iraqi assets, including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and a Security Council review of all resolutions pertaining to Iraq since the adoption of re [...] | 2008-12-23 21:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK1203 | CHISSANO TO UN: KONY WON'T GO TO ICC; TO U.S.: TRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council issued a Presidential Statement on December 22 condemning the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks and LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony's failure to sign the Final Peace Agreement. Special Envoy Chissano told the Council on December 17 that Kony would "rathe [...] | 2008-12-23 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG UG SU XA |
08USUNNEWYORK1204 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACCEPTS ALL CREDENTIALS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 16:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1205 | UNSC DISCUSSES DEC SYG REPORT ON UNAMID [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 19, U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra briefed the Security Council on the SYG's December 12 report on Sudan. The Sudanese Permanent Representative also spoke. In the consultations that followed, Council members discussed the security and humanitarian situation in Darfu [...] | 2008-12-24 17:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
08USUNNEWYORK1207 | UNGA TAKES ACTION ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] SUMMARY: On December 18, the UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions, adopting 39 draft resolutions by consensus and 17 by vote. Five remaining resolutions, which had budget implications and needed review by the Assembly's Fifth Committee, were adopted on December 24. [...] | 2008-12-24 18:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM KSOCI KDEM |
08USUNNEWYORK1209 | COPY OF LETTER SENT TO AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD FROM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad received the following letter from the Grand Conference of the Afghans Organizing Committee, forwarded to him by Hekmatyar's son-in-law, Mr. Jarir. The text of the correspondence is included below. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Dear Excellency, Some time ago Mr. Jari [...] | 2008-12-31 21:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF |
08USUNNEWYORK122 | SUDAN CONTACT GROUP AGREES TO FOCUS ON SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 15:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK123 | CDG MINUS COUNTRIES UNITED IN CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The Coordinating and Drafting Group Minus Russia (CDG-1) on February 8 discussed the run-up to a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI) and its aftermath. There was agreement that there should be no pretext provided for Russian efforts to de-legitimize Kosovo's independence. The [...] | 2008-02-11 16:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC YI |
08USUNNEWYORK127 | LEBANON: RISING CONCERN ABOUT UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, the Israeli Mission, Secretariat officials, and departing UN Special Coordinator SIPDIS for Lebanon Geir Pedersen have expressed concern to USUN about increasing risks to the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as attention in Lebanon has largely been focused on th [...] | 2008-02-11 22:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK13 | CUBANS PROTEST DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MISSION [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note (No. NV-6237 of 12/19/07) from the Cuban Mission protesting a demonstration that occurred on December 10 directly across the street from that Mission. The note, text of which appears in paragraph 3 below, notes that the demonstration took place in an unaut [...] | 2008-01-07 17:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK130 | RESEARCH REQUEST TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITIONS ON [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: In Resolution 62/228, adopted on December 22, the General Assembly decided to establish a new system of administration of justice for the UN but deferred decisions on several issues that are critical to meaningful syste [...] | 2008-02-12 16:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK132 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: S/WCI Deputy Milbert Shin and USUN/MR represented the U.S. at a February 7 meeting of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee that focused on issues expected to be addressed during the Committee's upcoming February 14-22 trip to The Hague and Freetown. Shin and USUN/ [...] | 2008-02-13 16:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK133 | 62ND UNGA/FIFTH COMMITTEE: CONTINUING TO PURSUE [...] (U) This is a guidance request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The first resumed session of the Fifth Committee is scheduled to begin on 4 March. The most important items on the agenda relate to UN management reform proposals. These include proposals relating to the proposed new IT sy [...] | 2008-02-13 16:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK134 | UNGA 63: NICARAGUAN CANDIDACY FOR PGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 19:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA XK XL XM BR DR GT PA PM |
08USUNNEWYORK136 | GEORGIAN PERMREP ALASANIA DISCUSSES GENEVA MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgian Permrep Alasania told Ambassador Wolff on February 11 that he looks forward to the Friends of Georgia meeting as an opportunity to launch a UN-led review of the Abkhazia peace process. Alasania hoped to avoid giving Russia any pretext for harmful actions. Ambassador W [...] | 2008-02-14 00:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
08USUNNEWYORK137 | EU MEMBERS OF CDG-1 CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. Several EU states shared with USUN on February 13 concern that the EU may have difficulties producing a "common platform" enabling member states to bilaterally recognize Kosovo's sovereignty following Kosovo's declaration of independence (DI). All appreciate that delay between DI [...] | 2008-02-14 12:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KOSOVO |
08USUNNEWYORK139 | U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...] | 2008-02-14 13:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU |
08USUNNEWYORK14 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2008 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated December 28, 2007 from the Secretary General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN regular budget for 2008 in the amount of $453,338,391. The note also refers to ou [...] | 2008-01-07 20:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK140 | UNSC CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Radhika Coomaraswamy on February 12 urged the Council to implement targeted measures against persistent violators against children. She also called for the Council to add rape/sexual violence as a trigger to list a country in the ann [...] | 2008-02-14 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC BM FR |
08USUNNEWYORK141 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL REVIEWS SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN seeks Department position on developing a list of names for targeted sanctions in the DRC Sanctions Committee. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The Security Council met on February 13 to review the sanctions regime concerning the Democratic Republic of the Con [...] | 2008-02-14 16:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK142 | UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: UK, FRANCE, SOUTH AFRICA, [...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN seeks Department guidance on ending the mandate of the Rwanda Sanctions Committee. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: During an informal lunch of experts of the DRC and Rwanda Sanctions Committees hosted by the Indonesian Mission on February 6, several delegations indicated an in [...] | 2008-02-14 16:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | RW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK146 | VIETNAM UN MISSION/CONSULAR DUAL ACCREDITATION [...] Vietnamese PermRep Loung Minh Le has sent Ambassador Khalilzad an informal note requesting his support for the Vietnamese Government's decision to appoint two persons at its Mission to the UN to provide visa services. Attached to the informal note was a undated diplomatic note from the Vietn [...] | 2008-02-14 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP VN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK147 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) informed USUN that the Egyptian Contingency Owned Equipment for the heavy transport unit was released from the Port of Sudan on February. The UN will convene a bidders conference February 16-22 for companies to replace PA&E. DPKO [...] | 2008-02-14 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK148 | KUWAIT DELEGATION REINFORCES IRAQ COMPENSATION [...] (SBU) A Kuwaiti delegation headed by Khalid al-Mudhaf, the Chairman of the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation related to Iraq,s 1990 invasion (PAAC),visited New York February 6-8 and met with key Security Council delegations, as well as the UN Comptroller. The Kuwaiti message in [...] | 2008-02-15 16:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KU IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK149 | COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1779 [...] (SBU) The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1779 renewing the sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until March 31. This resolution was a technical extension of the sanctions regime designed to allow time for the French to amend the regime as a whole to improv [...] | 2008-02-15 16:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK15 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2008 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated January 4, 2008 requesting payment SIPDIS of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2008 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note [...] | 2008-01-07 20:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN CMP AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK150 | SYG BAN CONVENES SECOND GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING [...] (SBU) UN Secretary-General Ban convened a second meeting of the Group of Friends on Burma February 13 attended by Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe, UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari, and all 14 members of the Group of Friends. Ban said that he had received "positive [...] | 2008-02-15 18:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK151 | CLIMATE CHANGE: UNGA TO KEEP BUSY TEMPO [...] (U) The General Assembly's February 11-13 thematic debate on climate change highlighted the role of the UN system in responding to the global challenges and potential solutions to that problem. Several delegations directed comments, both good and bad, at the U.S., with island states providing [...] | 2008-02-15 19:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK152 | UNAMI EXPANSION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the January visit to Baghdad of UN Under Secretary for Safety and Security David Veness, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has been given permission to raise its international staff ceiling to 140, which means an increase of 19 professional staff. [...] | 2008-02-15 21:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK153 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SYG ESTABLISHES MANAGEMENT [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UN marked another milestone in its efforts to bring the Special Tribunal for Lebanon into operation February 13, with the Secretary-General's February 13 statement confirming his "belief in the irreversibility of the establishment of the Tribunal." He also announced th [...] | 2008-02-15 23:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK154 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED TO ATTEND [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance to Andrew Keller, Attorney Adviser, L/LEI to participate in meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee Established by UNGA Resolution 51/210 of 17 December, 1996 (Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism) which will meet on February 25-26 at UN [...] | 2008-02-15 23:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER |
08USUNNEWYORK155 | FM JEREMIC ARGUES BEFORE 76 UN MEMBER STATES THAT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council met in a private session on February 14 at the request of Russia and Serbia to discuss Kosovo. Sixty-one non-Council members attended as observers. Serbian FM Jeremic, after failing in a last-minute attempt to convince the U.S. to agree to televise the sess [...] | 2008-02-16 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK |
08USUNNEWYORK157 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 21:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
08USUNNEWYORK158 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $69 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $68,986,679.01 to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment [...] | 2008-02-19 21:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
08USUNNEWYORK16 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR HUMANITARIAN ADVISOR FIONA [...] (U) In response to reftel request, USUN grants clearance for Fiona Shanks to travel to New York beginning January 13 to assist in Mission's coverage of humanitarian affairs. 2. (U) USUN POC is Ted Maly (ECOSOC) at 212-415-4398 (cell 917-385-8472). Wolcott [...] | 2008-01-07 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK160 | UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] I have received a February 5 letter from Vijay Nambiar, SYG Ban's chief of staff, in which he asks me for assistance in arranging engagement between the UN and the USG "at the highest level" to ensure operational cohesion and "prudent planning in the event of a security crisis" presumably re [...] | 2008-02-20 14:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP AEMR AMGT UN |
08USUNNEWYORK162 | PRESIDENT TADIC PROTESTS "HISTORIC INJUSTICE" OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a public meeting of the Security Council on February 18, SYG Ban said the situation on the ground in Kosovo remained calm following of the February 17 declaration of independence. Ban said he would continue to view UNSCR 1244 as the basis for UNMIK's operations, but may be re [...] | 2008-02-20 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK163 | BAN TO USUN ON KOSOVO: HELP ME TO HELP EU [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting on February 20 with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon compared the UN's remaining tenure in Kosovo to a movie fade-out, but complained that EU leadership is complicating UNMIK's transition strategy. Ban cited in particular comments -- attributed i [...] | 2008-02-20 23:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
08USUNNEWYORK164 | UN HOSTS NEW YORK MEETING OF JCMB COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat hosted a meeting in New York for representatives from Joint Coordination and Monitoring Group (JCMB) countries February 19 to deliver a readout of the recent meeting in Tokyo, and to discuss the upcoming Security Council renewal of the mandate for the United N [...] | 2008-02-21 17:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK165 | GAMBARI UPDATES AMB WOLFF ON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) UN Special Adviser Gambari suggested to Ambassador Wolff in a conversation on February 21 that if the Security Council discusses Burma before he visits Burma, the United States could underscore that Burma's referendum is not credible unless it is inclusive and transparent. Given the regim [...] | 2008-02-21 18:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK166 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) reported that the Egyptian heavy transport unit is scheduled to arrive in Darfur by March 31. The advance party of the Ethiopian infantry battalion will deploy between March 24 and April 4. In anticipation of the April 1 termination of [...] | 2008-02-21 21:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK167 | ERITREAN PERMREP: WHAT FUEL PROBLEM? [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN D/POL Counselor met with Eritrean PermRep Desta February 21 in advance of Security Council session consultations on UNMEE to discuss Eritrea's rationale for blocking UNMEE's access to fuel (UNSC session reported septel). Desta described the fuel crisis as a technical issue a [...] | 2008-02-22 13:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK168 | REGULAR BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM 2008-2009 [...] (SBU) We have received informally a copy of a note from the Controller to the SYG's Chef de Cabinet that identifies an additional potential $1.1 billion in "add ons" to the 2008-2009 biennium budget. (See Paragraph 2). We understand that other Member States have also received the note or the [...] | 2008-02-22 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC AFIN ABUD UNGA PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK169 | SLOVAKS PLAN COUNTER-TERRORISM WORKSHOP IN [...] Ambassador Khalilzad met on February 22 with the Slovak Permanent Representative Peter Burian and Swiss Deputy Permanent Representative Andreas Baum to discuss their project, "the International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Co-operation" (Process). Burian said that the purpose of the P [...] | 2008-02-22 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XH |
08USUNNEWYORK17 | P3 AGREE TO PRESSURE CHINA ON UNAMID COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott and USUN poloffs convened a P3 meeting on January 4 to discuss next steps on Darfur. AMB Wolcott delivered the U.S. message on the need to persuade China to intervene with Khartoum regarding cooperation with UNAMID deployment. UKUN AMB John Sawers said that the P3 s [...] | 2008-01-07 23:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK170 | CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...] | 2008-02-22 20:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR |
08USUNNEWYORK171 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] BEGIN SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UN Office of Legal Affairs consultant Robin Vincent briefed the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on February 19 and 21 concerning proposals for refurbishing the future Tribunal building and for compensating Tribunal staff. Describing measu [...] | 2008-02-22 21:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK172 | DESA, UNCTAD AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMISSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: USMISSION Geneva recently raised concerns about a proposal they have heard is part of the larger effort by the Secretary General (SYG) to restructure DESA, UNCTAD and the regional economic commissions. The restructuring prop [...] | 2008-02-22 21:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
08USUNNEWYORK173 | P-3 PUSHES DPKO TO FIELD A MORE ROBUST UNMIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 deputy permanent representatives told U/SYG Guehenno on February 22 that UNMIK and KFOR need to robustly deter violence and Serbian efforts to establish de facto partition of Kosovo during the transition period. DPKO agreed to bar Serbian minister Samardzic from entering Koso [...] | 2008-02-22 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIKI YI |
08USUNNEWYORK175 | UNSC CONDEMNS ERITREA, UNCERTAIN ON NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 21 A/SYG Mulet told the Security Council that UNMEE was well along in its staging of personnel near Asmara for departure and urged Council members to consider next steps for the mission. Mulet implied that restructuring would be unwarranted because UNMEE had become [...] | 2008-02-25 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK176 | ICELANDIC PRESIDENT GRIMSSON PITCHES CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) On February 22, Icelandic President Grimsson told Ambassador Khalilzad that he had been "personally engaged" since last year in Iceland's race against Austria and Turkey for a seat on the Security Council in 2009-2010. Grimsson said Iceland had been offering potential supporters coopera [...] | 2008-02-25 22:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC IC |
08USUNNEWYORK177 | NICARAGUAN PR SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUA'S [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Nicaraguan PermRep Chamorro told Amb. Khalilzad on February 25 that Nicaragua welcomes the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) recent decision that it has jurisdiction to hear the maritime and territorial dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia. Asserting that the ICJ had f [...] | 2008-02-25 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA ICJ CO NU |
08USUNNEWYORK178 | ARMENIAN PERMEP WILLING TO WORK WITH AZERBAIJAN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad told Armenian Permrep Martirosyan on February 25 that the U.S. would not support the text tabled by Azerbaijan on February 20 under its General Assembly agenda item on "the Situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan." Martirosyan expressed willingn [...] | 2008-02-25 22:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
08USUNNEWYORK179 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR THE [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated February 15, 2008 requesting payment SIPDIS of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) for the period [...] | 2008-02-26 19:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK180 | UNSC: GAZA SITUATION UNDERMINING ANNAPOLIS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry and UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Holmes provided SIPDIS the Security Council on February 26 with a detailed description of the situation in the Palestinian territories, a [...] | 2008-02-27 00:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IS LE KPAL KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK182 | U.N. U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] SUMMARY. On February 25 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Kenya and cautioned that the current situation is evolving into a protracted humanitarian crisis. Holmes stressed the need to address the root causes of [...] | 2008-02-27 21:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC KE |
08USUNNEWYORK183 | APPLICABILITY OF FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT [...] Summary and Action Request - USUN seeks Department's guidance in responding to an inquiry from an American citizen working as a (non-diplomat) Adviser/Press Officer at the Iraq Permanent Mission to the UN (PMUN) whether the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) (22 U.S.C. Section 611 et seq., [...] | 2008-02-28 13:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP |
08USUNNEWYORK184 | WIESENTHAL CENTER APPEALS FOR UNGA ACTION AGAINST [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center appealed for Amb. Khalilzad's help in pushing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to convene a special session devoted to condemning the scourge of suicide bombing. In a meeting at USUN February 26, they also expressed concern about th [...] | 2008-02-28 15:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER |
08USUNNEWYORK185 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JUSTICE PRESENTATION [...] In response to Reftel, Country Clearance is granted for U.S. Department of Justice personnel to give a presentation to the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) to explain how the U.S. prosecutes terrorism cases and to engage CTED in discussions regarding USG and CTED coordination in [...] | 2008-02-28 16:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK188 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) reported that the Egyptian infantry battalion advance party will complete deployment into Darfur by March 15. The main body of the Ethiopian infantry battalion is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Sudan on March 29. DPKO will recon [...] | 2008-02-28 21:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK19 | SECOND CUBAN PROTEST REGARDING MISSION SECURITY [...] Paragraph 2 of reftel describes a December 26, 2007 incident in which a Cuban emigre threw a rock through a glass door at the Cuban Mission and was subsequently arrested by the New York Police Department. USUN has received a diplomatic note dated January 7, 2008 (text follows in paragraph 2 [...] | 2008-01-09 15:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK190 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNAMID SUPPORT FOR U.S. FIELD [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 20 to UN DPKO officials, Max Kerley and Fouzia Abass, requesting UNAMID formalize arrangements for medical assistance and emergency evacuation assistance to the American field officers deployed to Darfur. 2. (SBU) On February 28, USUN [...] | 2008-02-29 00:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK193 | USUN: STRATEGY FOR MORE EFFECTIVE PEACEKEEPING [...] Sensitive but unclassified - entire text. This is an Action Cable; please see paragraphs 9 and 11. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UN peacekeeping effectiveness has diminished in the wake of proliferating deployments into increasingly challenging geographic, security and political environments. [...] | 2008-02-29 20:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS UNSC KPKO |
08USUNNEWYORK194 | CUBA PROTESTS DELAY IN OFFICIAL VISA ISSUANCE [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: USUN seeks Department's guidance in replying to Cuba's note verbale (text in paragraph 3) which protests the USG's delay in issuing a visa to Cuban government expert Jose Rufino Menendez Hernandez, who had made timely application to attend an official UN meeting [...] | 2008-02-29 21:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP CVIS CU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK196 | SECOND OIC REQUEST FOR DIPLOMATIC STATUS IN NEW [...] During a brief meeting on February 28, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Permanent Observer to the UN Ambassador Abdul Wahab handed Ambassador Khalilzad a letter in which he reiterates and expands upon an earlier request (see reftel) that his UN observer office be granted diplomati [...] | 2008-03-03 21:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP OIC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK198 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ADOPTS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. UN Legal Counsel Michel advised the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on February 29 that the UN has not received any new contributions to the Tribunal since Saudi Arabia provided $5 million earlier in the month. Although the UN has not received [...] | 2008-03-04 18:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK199 | CANADIAN PERMREP URGES MORE UN INVOLVEMENT ON [...] (C) The Canadian Mission to the UN hosted a select meeting of PermReps from key coalition countries active in Afghanistan on March 3 to consider how to improve the effectiveness of the UN role in Afghanistan and to ensure UN leadership in New York dedicates more attention and resources to its [...] | 2008-03-04 22:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK2 | UN - GA DECIDES ON FINANCING OF 26 SPMS - [...] (U) Summary: On December 21, 2007, the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the GA completed its consideration of the proposed 2008 budgets for 26 Special Political Missions (SPMs) by approving funding in the amount of $386.6 million. Consideration of the SYG's proposal to bui [...] | 2008-01-02 20:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK20 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 16:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK201 | IRAN PROTESTS HOST COUNTRY DELAY IN VISA ISSUANCE [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: USUN seeks Department's guidance in replying to Iran's diplomatic note (text in paragraph 5) which protests the USG's delay in issuing visas to Iranian delegates who were to attend the 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) February 25 - Ma [...] | 2008-03-05 17:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CVIS IR |
08USUNNEWYORK204 | BRIEFING OF GENEVA GROUP ON UNITED NATIONS [...] UN Controller Warren Sach provided members of the Geneva Group on March 3, 2008, a paper identifying $1,062,772.9 billion dollars in potential "add ons" to the current biennium budget of $4.17 billion. See para. 2. On March 5, 2008, Ambassador Wallace hosted a meeting of the JUSCANZ which d [...] | 2008-03-05 21:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN ABUD UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK207 | INDIA AND MONGOLIA WANT NY PROPERTY TAX ISSUE [...] Cypriot Ambassador Mavroyiannis, Chairman of the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country, has informed USUN that the Indian and Mongolian Ambassadors have asked him to convene an emergency meeting of the Committee with a view toward a General Assembly request to the International Court [...] | 2008-03-06 15:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP UN |
08USUNNEWYORK208 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR US DELEGATION TO [...] In response to Reftel, Country Clearance is granted for U.S. Department ofQe and U.S. Department of Commerce personnel to participate as the U.S. Delegation to informal consultations of States Parties to the UN Fish Stocks Meeting on March 10-12, 2008. 2. The following personnel are appro [...] | 2008-03-06 15:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHSA |
08USUNNEWYORK209 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: BELGIANS REQUEST U.S. [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff met with Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, who sought the meeting, on March 3 to discuss the U.S. hold on Belgium's 2005 request to delist two Belgian citizens, Nabil Sayadi and Patricia Vinck. Verbeke highlig [...] | 2008-03-06 22:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK21 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 16:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK210 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) informed USUN Military Staff Committee (MSC) rep that at least one TCC is refusing to deploy to alternate locations directed by the UNAMID Force Commander LtGen Agwai. UNAMID plans an air movement exercise to test the GOS-approved pr [...] | 2008-03-06 22:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK211 | TIME TO EUTHANIZE UNMEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Undersecretaries Pascoe and Guehenno separately told Ambassador Wolff on March 4 that UNMEE will complete the relocation home of most personnel by mid-March, leaving in place a residual force to watch over the mission's heavy equipment until it can be redeployed. A [...] | 2008-03-07 13:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ER ET KPAL MOPS PREL UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK212 | SYG BAN AND U/SYG GUEHENNO DISCUSS SUDAN WITH SE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson met with Secretary-General Ban and U/SYG Guehenno at the United SIPDIS Nations on March 5. SE Williamson underscored President Bush's commitment to help to alleviate the suffering in Sudan, and emphasized the importance of more rapid UNAMID deployme [...] | 2008-03-07 16:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK213 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Andrew Haviland, Deputy Director, Office of Economic and Development Affairs (IO/EDA),Christine Harbaugh, Financial Economist, Office of Development Finance (EEB/IFD/ODF),Marlene Sakaue, Director, Office of Monetary Affairs, U.S. Department of State and [...] | 2008-03-07 17:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAID EFIN ECON |
08USUNNEWYORK217 | GUEHENNO REPORTS HE WAS TOUGH WITH JEREMIC ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 6 USUN joined several EU missions in telling U/SYG Guehenno that the UN must take a firm stance in Kosovo in the face of Serb provocations. Guehenno said customs points in northern Kosovo will be re-opened soon and staffed for the time being by international civil servant [...] | 2008-03-07 22:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK218 | AZERBAIJAN ADAMANT ON PUSHING RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 6, Ambassador Wolff joined by Minsk Group co-chairs France and Russia gave Azerbaijani Permrep Mehdiyev our views on Azerbaijan's draft General Assembly resolution on "The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaij [...] | 2008-03-07 22:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA AJ AM |
08USUNNEWYORK22 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 16:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK220 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TACKLES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UN's efforts to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational continue to move forward, with the Management Committee's adoption of terms and conditions of service for the judges of the Tribunal and decision in principle on the terms and conditions of service for [...] | 2008-03-07 23:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY |
08USUNNEWYORK222 | LEBANON: COUNCIL DIVISIONS HARDEN ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on March 10, senior UN Secretariat officials reported that the continuing Lebanese political crisis had blocked meaningful progress on UNSCR 1701 implementation. They praised continued UNIFIL-LAF cooperation; noted the significant increase in I [...] | 2008-03-11 15:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK223 | NY PROPERTY TAX AND THE HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 17:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP IN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK224 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: APPOINTING AND PROTECTING [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: As the UN continues to prepare for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to begin functioning, a series of issues remain concerning the appointment of the 11 judges who will serve on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The Secretary-General selected the judges last fall but, to p [...] | 2008-03-11 19:14:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK226 | G-77 AND NAM SUBMIT AMENDMENTS TO BAN'S DPA [...] Summary: Mission has received an advance copy of a letter dated March 6, 2008 from the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) (of the G-77 and China (chaired by Antigua and Barbuda) and the NAM (chaired by Cuba)) to Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, calling on the Secre [...] | 2008-03-12 20:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK227 | UN DPKO A/SYG MULET: UNAMID NOT MAKING PROGRESS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary General Edmond Mulet told the Security Council in a March 11 briefing that the UN has not been able to make significant progress on any of the three tracks of the Darfur peace process. Mulet reported that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) had launched a large-sc [...] | 2008-03-12 22:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK228 | CUBA QUERIES DELAY IN VISA ISSUANCE FOR FORMER [...] (SBU/NOFORN) Action request - USUN seeks Department's guidance in replying to the Cuban Mission regarding the delay in visa issuance to diplomat and former Cuban represenative on the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country--a/k/a the Host Country Committee),Juana Elena Ramos Rodriguez [...] | 2008-03-13 18:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL CVISU CU |
08USUNNEWYORK23 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated November 30, 2007 confirming receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: Mission Receipt No. Amount ($) --------- ----------- ----------- UNIFIL B074342 92,000,000 B [...] | 2008-01-10 16:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK230 | GUIDANCE REQUEST:THE WAY FORWARD ON MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 00:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK231 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S FEB. 27 MEETING WITH UNGA [...] (C) Summary: Kerim told Ambassador Khalilzad he hoped the First Lady could attend the General Assembly's June 10-11 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS and said he hoped U.S. immigration restrictions on HIV-positive visitors would not prevent several invited speakers from attending. On UN managem [...] | 2008-03-14 00:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL ECON CVIS AJ KV AIDS |
08USUNNEWYORK232 | 62ND UNGA: GUIDANCE REQUEST - FIFTH COMMITTEE'S [...] (U) This is an guidance request - see para 12. 2. (U) Summary: The Fifth Committee is soon to consider the conditions of service and compensation for judges of the ICJ and other Tribunals i.e. ICTY and ICTR. Though some technical matters relating to pension schemes, education benefits an [...] | 2008-03-14 00:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK233 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ATTEND ICP [...] In response to Reftel, Country Clearance is granted for the individuals listed in para 2 to attend the March 18 informal preparatory meeting for the upcoming session of the United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS). 2. The following personnel are [...] | 2008-03-14 14:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHSA |
08USUNNEWYORK234 | THIS JUST IN: SERBIA OPPOSES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 11 Security Council public meeting, Serbian FM Jeremic criticized Kosovo's declaration of independence (DI) as an assault on the international system, asking countries who had recognized Kosovo to reconsider and encouraging those who had not to hold off. He condemned [...] | 2008-03-14 18:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK236 | UN OFFICE IN BELGRADE FEARS NATO WILL BE MIA IN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with Ambassador Wolff, the UN Office in Belgrade's Acting Director Richard Wilcox said that Belgrade believes it will control northern Kosovo and is looking for a deal with the EU on Serb enclaves in the rest of Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff responded that Belgrad [...] | 2008-03-14 20:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK238 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES AFGHANISTAN; UNAMA [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On March 12, the Security Council held an open debate on Afghanistan, with newly appointed Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) Kai Eide in attendance. All 32 countries that spoke during the debate (including thel 15 members of the Security Council [...] | 2008-03-14 23:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK239 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: On March 13 the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon discussed: the appointment of the Registrar, plans to transfer contributions from the UN Trust Fund to a separate Tribunal account, the building that will house the Tribunal, proposals for providing [...] | 2008-03-15 01:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK24 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 16:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
08USUNNEWYORK240 | INDIA AGREES TO BILATERAL TALKS ON PROPERTY TAX [...] As instructed reftel, Ambassador Wolff met with Indian DepPermRep Ajai Malhotra March 14 to deliver reftel talking points and ask that the Indian Mission consider engaging in bilateral talks on the issue of New York property tax rather than bringing the issue before the UN Committee on Relatio [...] | 2008-03-17 18:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL IN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK241 | ACTION REQUEST ON LEBANON TRIBUNAL: EMERGENCY [...] (S) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: Dutch Mission Legal Adviser Brechje Schwachofer convened UK, French, and USUN counterparts on March 14 to discuss options under consideration for ensuring the security of the Lebanese judges on the Special Tribun [...] | 2008-03-17 19:23:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK242 | UNSC QUALIFIED ANGER AT ERITREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 13 U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council that UNMEE has completed the relocation of personnel and equipment from the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) to Asmara. Guehenno listed several incidents that he described as Eritrean attempts to "humiliate" UNMEE during the ev [...] | 2008-03-17 19:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK243 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN and the Canadian Permanent Mission co-chaired the first working-level meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" on March 13. Discussion focused on how members of the group can work in partnership with the UN to help identify and remove impediments to UNAMID deployment. On the marg [...] | 2008-03-18 15:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK244 | SYG BAN MAKES FURTHER CONCESSIONS TO BASHIR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the March 17 monthly luncheon of Security Council PermReps, SYG Ban Ki-Moon reported on his meeting with Sudanese President Hassan al-Bashir on the margins of the Organization of the Islamic Conference meeting hosted in Dakar. According to Ban, Bashir continues to push bac [...] | 2008-03-18 17:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK246 | UN - FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF BAN'S [...] Summary: The Fifth Committee of the General Assembly, on March 17th, began its consideration of Secretary-General Ban's proposal to strengthen the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) (A/62/521 and Corr.1). U-SYG Barcena of the Department of Management introduced the report (see paragraph [...] | 2008-03-18 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK248 | UNHQ UPDATES ON UNAMI ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a regularly scheduled trilateral with the U.S. and UK on March 13, the UN,s Iraq team provided updates on UNAMI,s revised proposal for a long-term compound, a request for MNF-I protection during construction of support facilities for UNAMI at the Baghdad International air [...] | 2008-03-18 21:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK250 | GAMBARI BRIEFS USUN ON RECENT TRAVEL TO BURMA [...] (C) In a meeting on March 17 to discuss his recent trip to Burma, UN Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Wolff that he met with eight ministers, including the Minister of Information, the Minister of Planning and the Foreign Minister. He also met with the Referendum Convening Committee an [...] | 2008-03-19 01:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK251 | CAMEROON PROPERTY TAX CASE: JUDGE WANTS PERMREP TO [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN has received an advance faxed copy of a diplomatic note from the Cameroon Mission expressing its concern at what it believes is the District Court's demand that the Permanent Representative or his designee appear [...] | 2008-03-19 18:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL CM UN |
08USUNNEWYORK252 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNITED [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated March 14, 2008 requesting payment of SIPDIS the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) for the period f [...] | 2008-03-19 21:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK253 | NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON TRIBUNAL: TRANSITIONING FROM [...] (C) Summary. During meetings in New York the week of March 10-14, UNIIIC Commissioner and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor-designate Daniel Bellemare argued that UNIIIC's mandate, which is scheduled to expire June 15 absent action by the Security Council, should be extended until [...] | 2008-03-19 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PARM PINR PREF MASS SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK254 | UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: CHAIRMAN DELIVERS QUARTERLY [...] (C) On March 17, Belgian PermRep and Iran Sanctions Committee Chair Johan Verbeke presented his fifth quarterly report on the Committee's work to the Security Council. From December 19 to March 17, the Committee received one report on the implementation of UNSCR 1737, bringing the total to 88 [...] | 2008-03-20 00:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK255 | USUN CONCERNED WITH UN ACTIONS IN ALGIERS PRIOR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 10:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK256 | NEED FOR DECISION ON APPROACH TO UN BUDGET [...] (C) This is a guidance request - see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Secretariat has presented UN Member States with additional budget items ("add-ons") to the 2008-2009 biennium budget adopted in December 2007. A small number of these add-ons are expected to be decided by the membership th [...] | 2008-03-20 19:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR ACABQ AMGT UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK257 | 1540: NEGOTIATIONS ON MANDATE RENEWAL RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Russian and Chinese experts provided initial reactions to the consolidated P-3 comments on Russia's draft resolution to renew the 1540 Committee's mandate (ref A) at a P-5 experts' meeting on March 19. Both emphasized their preference for a simple, technical resolution [...] | 2008-03-20 22:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK258 | UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...] | 2008-03-20 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK |
08USUNNEWYORK26 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 10 [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID force generation problems continue with no TCC for helicopters or transportation units. Jordan, Norway and Sweden withdrew their offers of troops for UNAMID. DPKO rejected Pakistan's offer of an aerial reconnaissance and Gambia's offer of a sector reconnaissance company du [...] | 2008-01-10 22:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK261 | UN - FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF [...] The Fifth Committee of the General Assembly, following formal introduction on March 17th of Secretary-General Ban's proposal to strengthen the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) (A/62/521 and Corr.1) and the related report of the ACABQ (A/62/7/Add.32),continued its consideration of the pr [...] | 2008-03-21 17:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK262 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD ATTENDS INFORMAL PLENARY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 17:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNC KUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK265 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SYG BAN PREVIEWS REQUEST FOR [...] (C) During a luncheon between P-5 PermReps and SYG Ban on March 19, Council President Russian PermRep Churkin raised the issue of the transition between the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Noting that the setup of the S [...] | 2008-03-24 20:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK268 | GAMBARI ADMITS NO PROGRESS IN BURMA BUT CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In both the Group of Friends meeting and during his briefing to the Security Council on March 18, UN Special Adviser Gambari admitted that his recent visit to Burma did not result in "an immediate, tangible outcome" but reported that the Burmese regime, Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK),[...] | 2008-03-25 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK269 | 63RD UNGA - ICJ ELECTION - FRENCH CANDIDATE RONNY [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of France requesting member states' support for the re-election of Ronny Abraham, French candidate to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at elections to be held during the 63rd UNGA. 2. USUN has forwarded copy of French [...] | 2008-03-26 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICJ PREL PGOV UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK27 | DPKO LIST OF SUDANESE IMPEDIMENTS TO UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
08USUNNEWYORK271 | P-3 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. P-3 PermReps met on March 20 to discuss Sudan, Kosovo, Burma, and Tibet. On Sudan, the three agreed that specific benchmarks are essential to UNAMID deployment progress and tasked mission experts with drafting them. On Kosovo, AMB Khalilzad suggested a P-3 strategy review. The [...] | 2008-03-26 18:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNMIK KV YI BM SU |
08USUNNEWYORK278 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UAE CONTRIBUTION RECEIVED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 00:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC LE AE |
08USUNNEWYORK279 | UNSC DIVIDED AND CONFUSED ON SOMALIA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20 SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah and A/SYG Edmond Mulet briefed the Security Council on the recently published UN reports on Somalia, the Integrated UN Task Force Strategic Assessment and the Department of Peace [...] | 2008-03-28 00:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK280 | RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...] | 2008-03-28 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE |
08USUNNEWYORK282 | U/SYG PASCOE TELLS P-5 CYPRUS SPECIAL ENVOY WILL [...] (SBU) On March 27, U/SYG For Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the P-5 in advance of a mission he will lead next week to Cyprus. Pascoe said that because the successful meeting of two leaders on Cyprus last Friday provided new hope, next week's mission is aimed at helping the parties instead o [...] | 2008-03-28 18:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CY UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK285 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: BROAD SUPPORT IN COUNCIL BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel delivered a largely technical briefing to the Security Council on March 28 about the SYG's efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) per UNSCR 1757. Recalling all the steps that have been taken since the SYG's last report in Septem [...] | 2008-03-28 23:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK288 | 63RD UNGA/C-6: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON STATUS [...] The Secretary-General has written a diplomatic note to USUN (para 3),referring to the request in General Assembly resolution 61/30 of 4 December 2006 (&Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts8) for th [...] | 2008-03-31 21:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK289 | UNGA COUNTER-TERRORISM (CT) STRATEGY - [...] Summary. The Working Group on Radicalization, one of eight CT Task Force Working Groups set up to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/60/288),has started work on an in depth study of radicalization and its relation to terrorist activity. The working group is led by represe [...] | 2008-04-01 11:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK292 | WFUNA COMPLAINT RE DENIAL OF VISA FOR CUBAN [...] Action Request: Department's guidance is requested in replying to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)'s MarQ 27, 2008, letter to the U.S. Representative to the UN, Ambassador Khalilzad (text in paragraph 3 below). 2. WFUNA has complained to Ambassador Khalilzad conce [...] | 2008-04-02 17:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL CVIS CU |
08USUNNEWYORK294 | FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DECISION SETTING NEW [...] (U) Members of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and budgetary),including USUN as instructed (ref a),formally approved a decision March 28 (full text - see para 10) to set the annual net base salary of members of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and judges and ad litem judges of the [...] | 2008-04-02 21:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK295 | CUBAN MISSION QUERIES VISA RENEWAL DELAYS RE [...] (SBU) Action request - USUN seeks Department's guidance in responding to the Cuban Mission regarding the delay in visa renewals for Cuban Permanent Representative, Ambassador Rodrigo Malmierca and Cuban Mission officials referred to below.. 2. (SBU) Amb. Malmierca (10 October 1956, Cuba) ha [...] | 2008-04-02 21:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDPQIS PREL CU |
08USUNNEWYORK296 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS [...] The Security Council adopted resolution 1807 on March 31 by a vote of 15-0. Resolution 1807 terminates all restrictions on the ability of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to import arms and expands the criteria for individual sanctions to those targeting women in conflic [...] | 2008-04-02 22:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK297 | UNAMID: PRESSURE BUILDING AT UN FOR KARAKE DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations senior leadership reportedly believes they must decide soon whether to remove Rwandan General Karake as UNAMID deputy force commander in the aftermath of his indictment by a Spanish court and the issuance of a related Interpol notice. Our contacts with the UN Depar [...] | 2008-04-02 23:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW |
08USUNNEWYORK298 | GUEHENNO SAYS DPKO WILL LIMIT SAMARDZIC TRAVEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Quint mission representatives delivered to UN U/SYG Guehenno demarche points (ref) on Kosovo transition issues. Guehenno said any dialogue UNMIK conducts needs to include key stakeholders and that DPKO takes preventing violence seriously, but called for practical engagement in [...] | 2008-04-03 16:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNMIK YI UNSC KV |
08USUNNEWYORK3 | UN - GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS BUDGET FOR HYBRID [...] (U) After five weeks of often acrimonious, politicized debate, the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee, on December 21, 2007, adopted the first budget for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for the period July 07/June 08 in the amount of $1.276 bi [...] | 2008-01-02 20:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KPKO PREL SU UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK30 | SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON MEETS WITH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch January 10 with Security Council Ambassadors, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed Sudan, Burma, Kosovo, and several other issues. On the margins of the meeting, Ban,s deputy chief of staff Kim Won Soon said South Korea is willing to provide helicopter pilots to [...] | 2008-01-11 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK300 | CONDEMNING SUICIDE BOMBING [...] Condemns, strongly and unequivocally, terrorist attacks by suicide bombers committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes; 2. Calls upon states to act in accordance with their international obligations to deny safe haven and to bring to justice any person who supports, facilita [...] | 2008-04-03 23:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK301 | UPDATE ON UN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ; UN REQUESTS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: USUN and UKUN met April 3 with the UN,s Iraq team to discuss substantive and logistical issues involving the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI). The UN pressed for USG approval to assign a U.S. military advisor to the UNAMI team; the UN is actively looking to expand its pres [...] | 2008-04-04 16:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK302 | UN WESTERN SAHARAH REPORT WILL INCLUDE ENVOY'S [...] (C) Summary: The UN has confirmed that the Secretary-General's upcoming report on the Western Sahara SIPDIS will include a realistic assessment of the state of play by Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum, including his determination that neither a referendum with independence as an option nor [...] | 2008-04-04 20:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS UNSC MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK303 | 1540: RUSSIANS SHOW NO FLEXIBILITY ON RESOLUTION [...] (C) Amb. Wolff raised U.S. objectives (consistent with ref A) for the resolution to renew the mandate of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004) with Russian Deputy PermRep Constantin Dolgov on April 3. Dolgov responded that he has firm instructions from "high l [...] | 2008-04-04 21:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK304 | LETTER FROM UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON [...] Action requested: On April 3, 2008, Ambassador Khalilzad received the following letter dated March 24, 2008 from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Please provide guidance in SIPDIS responding no later than April 14, 2008. Begin Text: 2. Excellency, As you know, the post of United Na [...] | 2008-04-04 21:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AORC |
08USUNNEWYORK307 | 62ND UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES RESOLUTION TO [...] Members of the Fifth Committee formally approved a draft resolution (full text - para 4) on March 28 aimed at strengthening investigations within the UN. The resolution welcomes efforts already being made by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) to improve the conduct of investiga [...] | 2008-04-04 22:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK308 | NEW YORK STILL IN DISARRAY ON KOSOVO END GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the February 19 and March 17 violence in Kosovo, UN component parts (DPKO, UNMIK, OLA) have been warily eyeing one another and approaching the UN-EU transition with different perspectives. Quint missions collectively have had little strategic guidance to offer [...] | 2008-04-04 23:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK31 | GUEHENNO ON DARFUR: UNAMID SO FAR IS REHATTED AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG Guehenno presented a previously scheduled briefing on Darfur to the Security Council on January 9 and used the occasion to strongly criticize Sudanese military forces for the ambush of a UNAMID convoy on January 7 that left one driver seriously injured and damaged several [...] | 2008-01-12 00:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
08USUNNEWYORK310 | PGA KERIM REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS ON INTERMEDIARY [...] (U) This is an action request for Department guidance before the April 10 OEWG session. Please see para 6. 2. (U) Summary. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on April 4 to discuss UNSC reform. Noting that he had received several p [...] | 2008-04-07 14:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK |
08USUNNEWYORK311 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: LIBERIA SEEKS END TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: USUN PolOff met with Liberian PermRep Milton Barnes on March 12 at his request to discuss Liberia's view of the way forward on the Liberia sanctions regime. Barnes said Liberia is seeking to remove individuals from the sanctions list and to terminate the mandate [...] | 2008-04-07 22:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
08USUNNEWYORK313 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: ARAB AND PAKISTANI SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior officials representing the intelligence and security services of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen have complained to the UN that the Security Council has thus far failed to impose sanctions on alleged al-Qaida terrorists that these governments [...] | 2008-04-07 23:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK314 | 1540: RUSSIANS QUESTION U.S. PROPOSALS FOR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: On the margins of the Security Council 1540 Committee's meeting on April 4, Russia's 1540 expert, Dmitry Feoktistov, advised USUN that Moscow has reviewed the UK, French, and U.S. amendments to Russia's draft resolution to renew the Committee's mandate for two years. Reit [...] | 2008-04-07 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK316 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER BELLEMARE APPEALS [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UNIIIC Commissioner and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare told Amb. Khalilzad privately on April 4 that the UNIIIC mandate, which is scheduled to expire June 15 absent action by the Security Council, should be extended at least until [...] | 2008-04-08 17:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK317 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CANADA TO CONTRIBUTE 1 MILLION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 19:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK319 | LEBANON: FRENCH THREATEN TO CIRCULATE SHORT 1701 [...] (C) The French held expert-level consultations on April 7 on their draft UNSC Presidential Statement (PRST) on resolution 1701 (reftel). Libya, South Africa, China, and Panama objected to the draft statement but expressed a willingness to consider a shortened version that simply reiterates su [...] | 2008-04-09 00:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK32 | DEMARCHE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel, USUN met with the UK, French, German, Canadian and Italian delegations to discuss the proposal that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appoint Lord Paddy Ashdown as the new Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Senior Envoy for Afghanistan. SIPDIS Up [...] | 2008-01-12 00:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK320 | U.S. CITIZEN SPOUSE OF AFGHAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS [...] This message is unclassified but sensitive - please treat accordingly. 2. USUN Host Country Law Enforcement Coordinator was recently contacted by NYPD regarding a report of domestic violence it received from Lalla Khan-Amin, the U.S. citizen wife of Afghan Mission Second Secretary Wahidulla [...] | 2008-04-09 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN AF PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK321 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Ntions dated March 24, 2008 confirming receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: Mission Receipt No. Amount($) ------- ----------- --------- UNOCI B075630 1,747,246 UNMI [...] | 2008-04-09 19:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK322 | 1540: JOINT P-3 DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 20:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK323 | 1540: INDONESIA EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS ABOUT U.S. [...] (SBU) Indonesia's representative to the Security Council's 1540 Committee told USUN on April 8 that Indonesia will support Russia's technical resolution to renew the 1540 Committee's mandate, arguing that the Council should not seek to expand the Committee's mandate or introduce "controversia [...] | 2008-04-09 20:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK326 | 1540: COMMITTEE AT LOGGERHEADS OVER REPORT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met again on April 4 to seek to complete negotiations on its draft report to the Security Council, which resolution 1673 requires the Committee to submit by no later than April 27. Despite multiple Committee meetings, extensive changes requested by Ru [...] | 2008-04-10 00:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK327 | ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR SERGE BRAMMERTZ MEETS WITH [...] (U) Summary: Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with Ambassador Khalilzad on April 1 in New York. The visit was Brammertz' first in his current capacity after heading the UN Independent International Investigatory [...] | 2008-04-10 00:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK328 | SWITCHING TACTICS ON BURMA PRST [...] (C) During a one on one meeting with UN Special Advisor Gambari on April 9, Ambassador Khalilzad conveyed reftel points and reminded Gambari that his mission will be judged by how consistently he pushes for change and how honestly and realistically he assesses its efforts and results. Gambari [...] | 2008-04-10 00:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK329 | LEBANON: MOST UNSC MEMBERS BACK UNIIIC EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary. During a public briefing and then closed consultations of the Security Council on April 8, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner and Prosecutor-designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daniel Bellemare asked for a six-month exten [...] | 2008-04-10 00:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK330 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY JOHN YATES [...] Mission clearance is granted for U.S. Special Envoy John Yates, Counselor for Somali Affairs, Nairobi, to attend meetings at the UN from April 15 through April 19. Special Envoy Yates has been invited to participate at the UNSC session on Somalia. 2. USUN Control Officer is Jesse Levinson [...] | 2008-04-10 16:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA UNSC PREL SO |
08USUNNEWYORK337 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 11 [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a 3 April Friends of UNAMID meeting, Max Kerley, Director of Logistics for Force Generation Service, addressed self-sustainment issues previously raised by Special Envoy Williamson. Kerley outlined a plan that would allow for TCCs to deploy without achieving the level of self-s [...] | 2008-04-11 21:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK339 | 63RD UNGA - ICJ ELECTION - SOMALI REPUBLIC [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Somali Republic requesting support for Dr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, candidate from the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at elections to be held during the 63rd UNGA. 2. [...] | 2008-04-11 21:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SO ICJ PREL PGOV UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK34 | 63RD UNGA PRESIDENCY: GRULAC INACTION WOULD LIKELY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Although many in the GRULAC remain uncomfortable with the prospect of Nicaraguan Miguel D'Escoto as their candidate (and defacto winner) for the presidency of the 63rd General Assembly (PGA),no one within the group, at least [...] | 2008-01-14 21:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK340 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN Legal Adviser Willson and USUN/MR participated in an April 9 meeting of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Management Committee to discuss how best to provide retirement, death and disability benefits to Tribunal employees, as required under Dutch law, including the poss [...] | 2008-04-11 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK341 | CHILD OF TIMOR LESTE PERMREP REPORTS ABUSE [...] On April 8, 2008, the school teacher of the six year-old son of Timor Leste's PermRep, HE Ambassador Nelson Santos, noticed marks indicating abuse. In response to the teacher's inquiries about the marks, the child stated his father had hit him with a belt. The teacher reported this to the Ne [...] | 2008-04-11 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN TT PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK342 | KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK [...] USUN Legal Adviser met on April 9 with David Tolbert (US),newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General and Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT),his assistant Michael Pan (U.S.) and Giovanni Basra (Italy) an attorney assigned to the Tribunal in Cambodia. T [...] | 2008-04-11 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CB KJUS PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK343 | UNSC REFORM: MOSTLY PROCESS AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on April 10 to discuss the four proposals he received as a basis for inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform -- the Cypriot paper, Italian letter, African [...] | 2008-04-11 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC BR IN JA GR |
08USUNNEWYORK344 | UNGA/C-6 AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL [...] (U) Begin Summary: The second session of the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly on criminal accountability of UN officials and experts on mission was held April 7-9,11, 2008, in accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly Resolution 62/63 of December 6, 2007. The Ad Hoc Committee [...] | 2008-04-11 23:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK345 | 1540: NAM SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) USUN has learned that the PermReps of Non-Aligned Movement states on the Security Council (Indonesia, Panama, South Africa, Libya, Burkina Faso, and Vietnam) have agreed to support only a two-year renewal of the mandate of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004 [...] | 2008-04-12 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK346 | UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING RWANDA [...] (C) Summary: During informal consultations of the UNSC Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda, delegations agreed to the Indonesian Chair's proposal to recommend termination of the committee, which has been largely inactive for the past decade. The UK, China [...] | 2008-04-14 17:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | RW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK347 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary. A call for more information on implementation of the General Assembly Counter-Terrorism Strategy dominated a meeting hosted by the Egyptian Mission at which UN Assistant Secretary-General Robert Orr briefed on the activities of the Counter-Terrorism Task Force Working Groups. [...] | 2008-04-14 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UN PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK348 | SYG BAN STRUGGLING WITH UNMIK'S PHASE-OUT, ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad told UN Secretary-General Ban this evening that Washington is SIPDIS concerned about recent UN actions on Kosovo that apparently were not coordinated with Quint capitals or with the Government of Kosovo. The Ambassador told Ban that the Quint remains stea [...] | 2008-04-15 03:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK353 | GAMBARI UPDATES P-3 ON BURMA [...] (C) The P-3 sought an update April 14 from Special Advisor Gambari on his effort to return to Burma to press for a free and fair referendum (reftel). In a meeting with P-3 Deputy PermReps, Gambari said that as of April 14, the Burmese had not responded to his proposal to travel to Burma or to [...] | 2008-04-16 19:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK355 | PASCOE DELIVERS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the Security Council on his March 30 to April 2 assessment mission to Cyprus. Pascoe said that both parties had expressed willingness to reach a comprehensive settlement and engage in good faith with th [...] | 2008-04-17 00:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC CY |
08USUNNEWYORK356 | RUSSIAN UN PERMREP CHURKIN CRITICIZES GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In April 14 Security Council consultations on the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG),A/SYG Edmund Mulet reported that the situation in UNOMIG's area of responsibility has remained generally calm with the exception of recent incid [...] | 2008-04-17 00:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
08USUNNEWYORK357 | CAMEROON COUNSELOR'S FAMILY: VISA AND STATUS [...] (U) Entire text is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) USUN seeks Department's views in this complicated case. 3.(SBU) USUN met April 15 with Cameroon Mission Counselor Nganje Kinge Monono and his wife, Priscilla Jemea Misodi Nganje Kinge, who seek USUN assistance. Reftel describes in deta [...] | 2008-04-17 14:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL KREC CM |
08USUNNEWYORK360 | UNITED NATIONS JUDICIAL YEARBOOK [...] Action Request para 2. 2. USUN received the following (para 3) letter from the UN requesting information for inclusion in the UN 2007 Juridical Yearbook. Action Request. Please send response to USUN for transmittal to the UN by July 1, 2008. 3. Begin Text. The Secretary-Gener [...] | 2008-04-17 17:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK361 | MBEKI WANTS PRESIDENT BUSH TO KNOW HE IS TRYING ON [...] (C) On the margins of the April 16 High Level Meeting of the UN Security Council on Africa (reported septel),South African (SAG) President Thabo Mbeki pulled aside Ambassador Khalilzad and asked him to convey a message to President Bush. Mbeki said he was concerned the President might think [...] | 2008-04-17 19:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SF ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK362 | SUPPORT FOR INCENTIVES TO STRENGTHEN UNAMA [...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: SYG Ban is seeking U.S. support for a special allowance for UN staff serving at the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to address ongoing compensation disparities in order to reduce UNAMA's current vacan [...] | 2008-04-17 20:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA KPKO AF |
08USUNNEWYORK365 | FRANCE TO PROPOSE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Benoit Guidee, the expert on Afghanistan issues for the French Mission to the UN, told Poloff April 16 that France would like to adopt a Security Council resolution on the trafficking of chemical precursors in Afghanistan. France will push to adopt such a resolution before the June 12 conf [...] | 2008-04-18 17:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK366 | COSTA RICA PLACES HOLD ON OIL FOR FOOD LETTER [...] (SBU) On March 28, the Russian Presidency of the Security Council circulated a draft response to the Secretary-General on closing down the Oil for Food program (OFF). The draft was derived from a Department-drafted nonpaper, and enjoyed the support of the P5. On April 1, Costa Rica placed a h [...] | 2008-04-18 21:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ CS |
08USUNNEWYORK367 | SYG BAN LEANING TOWARD UNMIK SURGE FOR LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Responding to Ref A letter from the Secretary, UN Secretary-General Ban assured Ambassador Wolff SIPDIS and German PermRep Matussek on April 18 that the UN is confining its dialogue with Belgrade to operational aspects of the UN's role in Kosovo. Ban repeatedly called for all [...] | 2008-04-21 19:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK370 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INL/I BILL BRENCICK [...] Mission clearance is granted for INL/I Director Bill Brencick and INL/I Police Unit Chief Amy Kirshner to meet with DPKO and DPA on April 24 to explore the UN,s views on police reform and development in Iraq. 2. USUN POC is Peter Kujawinski, at 212-415-4373. Khalilzad [...] | 2008-04-22 22:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK371 | UNSC HOLDS FIRST POST-INDEPENDENCE KOSOVO MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Joachim Rucker told Ambassador SIPDIS Khalilzad on April 21 he hopes for deployment of EULEX and the International Civilian Office (ICO) by June. Rucker later told the full Security Council that UNMIK will continue to op [...] | 2008-04-23 18:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
08USUNNEWYORK372 | SUDAN ENVOY INSISTS KHARTOUM READY TO MAKE DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sudanese Special Envoy Ismail told Ambassador Khalilzad on April 18 that Sudanese President Bashir is interested in reaching a package settlement of outstanding issues with the USG and international community that would include a roadmap for resolving Darfur-related issues, mediat [...] | 2008-04-23 23:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SU |
08USUNNEWYORK373 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: LEGACY PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: Former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone Joe Melrose (Ret.),currently serving as a consultant to the Sierra Leone Special Court on legacy issues, briefed members of the Special Court Management Committee on April 22 regarding possible uses of the Court facilities in Freetown once the [...] | 2008-04-24 15:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK375 | STRATEGY ON UN HARMONIZATION AND SPECIAL [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: USUN proposes to employ a two-track approach to reaching an agreement on harmonization of conditions of service for UN field staff. One track is to seek concurrence of member states, particularly the G-77, on the harmonizat [...] | 2008-04-24 22:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR ACABQ AMGT UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK379 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MONTHLY DISCUSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Japanese PermRep Takasu on April 17 to discuss a range of issues, including Burma, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, UN Security Council Reform and UN Budget and Management. Takasu said Japan was "very worried" about the situation in Burma, and was d [...] | 2008-04-28 20:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC JP |
08USUNNEWYORK38 | MANHASSET III: ALGERIAN READOUT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 10 meeting, the Algerian delegation to Manhasset III told NEA/DAS Gordon Gray and NEA/I Chris Ross that the Moroccans had arrived with and had maintained a negative attitude, that positions of both sides had hardened and yet Personal Envoy van Walsum, asserting his au [...] | 2008-01-15 21:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK380 | RANGE OF ISSUES RAISED AT UN HOST COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: At the April 22 Host Country Committee meeting, member states discussed chronic visa delays that negatively affect their representation at official UN meetings, NYC taxing UN Mission staff residences, unauthorized blocking of Ecuadorian Mission diplomats' bank accounts, problems of UN [...] | 2008-04-28 23:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CVIS PREL CU IN MG EC SY |
08USUNNEWYORK381 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DUTCH SHARE NEW IDEA FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is considering when the judges should hold their first meeting to begin preparing the rules of procedure and evidence. Committee members acknowled [...] | 2008-04-29 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE |
08USUNNEWYORK382 | BULGARIAN MISSION DEMANDS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST [...] This message in unclassified but sensitive - please protect accordingly. 2. This is an action message for the Department - please see paragraph 3. 3. USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Bulgarian Mission regarding an incident during which Tsvetan Vasilev, the Mission's Chef, [...] | 2008-04-29 15:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL BU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK383 | CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE PRESIDENT: HAITI [...] (U) U.S. Mission, New York transmits this letter dated 22 April 2008 from UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon to President Bush regarding assistance for Haiti. BEGIN TEXT: Excellency: I am writing to seek your urgent assistance to address the situation in Haiti, where a rapid deterioration in socio-econ [...] | 2008-04-29 20:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON HA PREL UN |
08USUNNEWYORK384 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: BUILDING PROPOSAL APPROVED [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: On April 29, the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) approved the proposal for building a courtroom and holding cells and otherwise refurbishing and equipping the AIVD Building, which the Dutch government is providing to house the STL. The Comm [...] | 2008-04-30 14:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK385 | (SBU) DPKO PROPOSES NEW KOSOVO GAME PLAN [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe and America's Director David Harland told USUN on April 28 that DPKO is about to table a Kosovo game plan under which the UN will unilaterally withdraw partially [...] | 2008-04-30 15:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
08USUNNEWYORK388 | CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE PRESIDENT: MILLENNIUM [...] USUN received via fax on April 30 a letter dated 25 April 2008 from UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon and President of the General Asembly Dr. Srgjan Kerim to President Bush. The letter invites the President to a September 25, 2008 high-level event on the Millenium Development Goals. Text of letter follows [...] | 2008-05-01 19:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON PREL UN |
08USUNNEWYORK389 | SUPPORT FOR U.S. SPONSORED SOMALIA PIRACY SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 3,4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) USUN presented a draft resolution on acts of piracy off the Somali coast to the Security Council on April 28. France, UK, and Panama have already agreed to co-sponsor the text. In p [...] | 2008-05-01 22:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM SO |
08USUNNEWYORK39 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED UN [...] (S) Per ref A instructions, USUN PolOff informed Russian and Iraqi counterparts separately that the USG will submit the names of Badran Turki Hishan Al Mazidih and four members of his network for sanctions in the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaeda) Committee. USUN PolOff also requested that Iraq co-sponso [...] | 2008-01-15 23:42:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK390 | UNDPKO UNVEILS PLAN TO SPEED DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operation's Enhanced Integrated Deployment Plan (EIDP) seeks to populate Darfur with badly-needed engineering assets from all available sources, to include borrowing from the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS),hiring through local contractors and requesting [...] | 2008-05-01 23:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AF SU |
08USUNNEWYORK392 | SIERRA LEONE: ENSURING UNIOSIL CLOSES THE RIGHT WAY [...] This is an action request. See paras 2-3. 2. (U) The United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) was extended until September 30, 2008 by UNSCR 1793 (2007). UNSCR 1793 required that a completion strategy for UNIOSIL be set out by January 31, 2008, and that the Secretary Gen [...] | 2008-05-02 15:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SL |
08USUNNEWYORK393 | ETHIOPIA PM WANTS HELP GETTING OUT OF SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told A/S Frazer on April 17 that a lack of qualified TFG and AMISOM troops was putting in jeopardy his hopes of redeploying Ethiopian troops this summer. He downplayed reports that Somalia President Yusef was intent on removing Prime Minister Nur Ad [...] | 2008-05-02 18:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL MOPS PREL UNSC SO ET ER |
08USUNNEWYORK394 | MIDDLE EAST: USUN LEADS WALK-OUT AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNSC held its monthly discussion on the Middle East on April 23. Following last month's rancorous debate (reftel),SC members agreed to a public briefing by the UN Secretariat, followed by closed consultations. DPA A/SYG Angela Kane briefed on recent attacks in Gaza and s [...] | 2008-05-02 20:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG KPKO UNSC SY IS LE LY |
08USUNNEWYORK395 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IO/PSC ROGER MORAN [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance to Roger Moran, Counter-terrorism Chief, IO/PSC to participate in consultations with mission staff involved in sanctions and counter-terrorism issues, to participate in a May 5 meeting of the 1267 Committee, and to participate in the May 6 J [...] | 2008-05-02 20:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK396 | UNAMI AND MNF-I BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: As mandated by resolution, the Security Council held a debate April 28 to discuss the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),as well as the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed for the UN, and painted a [...] | 2008-05-02 21:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK397 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS BURMA PRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) May 2, in advance of Burma's upcoming constitutional referendum, calling on the regime to permit the participation of all political actors and demonstrate respect for fundamental political freedoms. This action follo [...] | 2008-05-02 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK4 | PAKISTAN OPPOSES UN INVOLVEMENT IN BHUTTO [...] (C) Farukh Amil, Pakistan,s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, met on January 2 with Ambassador Wolcott to convey his government's opposition to a UN role in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Amil said he had been instructed to meet with P-5 members as well as the res [...] | 2008-01-02 20:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08USUNNEWYORK403 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN CALLS FOR RELOCATION PLAN FOR [...] (S) Summary. United Nations U/SYG for Safety and Security David Veness briefed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Management Committee members May 1 on risks facing STL judges. Noting recent al-Qaeda threats against the UN, the assassination of a Lebanese official working with UN Internation [...] | 2008-05-05 21:17:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE NL |
08USUNNEWYORK404 | SECURITY COUNCIL INTEREST IN ZIMBABWE GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed Security Council members on April 29 on the situation in Zimbabwe, describing a pre-election period marked by threats of violence from government officials, a relatively open and fair elections process, and a post-election surge in governm [...] | 2008-05-05 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZM |
08USUNNEWYORK407 | DPKO'S UNMIK PLAN: STATE RECONFIGURATION INTENT, [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, the EU Council, and NATO had an extensive exchange with UN U/SYG Guehenno and his team on May 1 about the future international community role in Kosovo. Guehenno said the UN wants to leave Kosovo as quickly [...] | 2008-05-07 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UNSC YI KV |
08USUNNEWYORK408 | CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540 [...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on May 6, 2008, in the ninth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Verbeke of Belgium (12 [...] | 2008-05-08 00:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PTER KNNP EFIN KTFN |
08USUNNEWYORK411 | RWANDANS READY TO REINFORCE UNDERSTRENGHT UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN/Government of Rwanda (GOR) negotiations for the participation of three Rwandan troop battalions in Darfur went smoothly Monday, May 5th, paving the way for the deployment of new Rwandan soldiers and equipment to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in 2008. The negotiated Memora [...] | 2008-05-08 21:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AF SU |
08USUNNEWYORK412 | UN REQUESTS INFORMATION ON COUNTERING THE USE OF [...] Action Request: Please see para 2. 2. USUN has received the following (para 3) letter from the UN which requests information concerning terrorist use of the internet and measures being taken by the U.S. to combat this problem. Action Request. Response to UN requested by June 16. 2 [...] | 2008-05-08 21:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC PREL AA |
08USUNNEWYORK413 | UNITED NATIONS - ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE - AD [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: An Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly, made up of Sixth (Legal) Committee experts, met April 10-18, 21, and 24 to consider the legal aspects of the reform of the system of justice. The Committee focused on draft statutes for the UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and the UN Appe [...] | 2008-05-09 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK414 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON WOMEN, PEACE AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 13 and 14 below. SUMMARY 2. (C) During the U.S. presidency of the Security Council in June 2008, USUN will focus attention on the role of women in conflict, with an emphasis on the escalating problem of sexual and gender-based violence [...] | 2008-05-09 00:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR KWMN UNSC CG |
08USUNNEWYORK416 | UN/IRAQ SANCTIONS: SEEKING DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE ON [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) USUN PolOff was approached on May 6 by Iraqi Counselor Jwan Tawfiq for an update on the status of Iraq's request, first relayed in June 2007, to remove three individuals--Nabil Victor Karam, Tarek Nasser al-Obaidi, and Hikmat Jar [...] | 2008-05-10 00:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK417 | STATUS OF SENIOR PERSONNEL AT UN HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) Summary. Over the coming months, the departure of several senior UN Secretariat personnel currently serving in the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) in New York is expected. These expected turnovers offer the U.S. Government an opportunity to evaluate its approach to the recruitment of [...] | 2008-05-12 15:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK418 | KUDOS FOR SKILLFUL HANDLING OF THE UNSCR ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 16:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | MO PBTS WI AG UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK419 | HELPING ZIMBABWE NO EASY TASK [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN's soundings of the UN Secretariat and UKUN show a common frustration about how best to assist Zimbabwe. The UN's elections division is prepared to immediately deploy eminent persons to help calm fears and to deploy a full team of elections observers within weeks on Zimbabwe [...] | 2008-05-12 16:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZM |
08USUNNEWYORK42 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES [...] (S) USUN PolOff met with counterparts from France, UK, Canada, and Pakistan to deliver reftel demarche and seek co-sponsorship on the upcoming USG designation for sanctions of four Lashkar e-Tayyiba senior operatives in the UN 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaeda) Sanctions Committee. Both France and Canad [...] | 2008-01-17 00:04:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK421 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DELISTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council representatives to the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee met May 5 with representatives of Denmark, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Switzerland, at their request, to discuss the Committee's procedures for lifting sanctions against individuals (or, delisting pr [...] | 2008-05-12 18:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK422 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: UNODC BRIEFS COMMITTEE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Paul Laborde, Chief of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee in a formal session on April 21 on cooperation between the UNODC and the Committee. When visiting countries to provide [...] | 2008-05-12 18:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK423 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COUNCIL CONSIDERS NON-COMPLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke briefed the Council on April 24 on issues related to non-compliance with the 1267 sanctions regime. The Committee's discussions of specific instances of possible non-compliance were incon [...] | 2008-05-12 18:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK424 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: BRIEFINGS BY SRSG CHOI AND [...] (C) Summary: SRSG for Cote d'Ivoire Choi briefed the Security Council on April 28 on political developments in Cote d'Ivoire since January, noting that the Ivorian parties and the international community were making a serious commitment to facilitate upcoming elections on November 30, which ha [...] | 2008-05-12 18:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK431 | HANDICAPPING UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Action requested: please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In our view, Japan, South Korea and Pakistan are likely to prevail in the May 21 General Assembly elections to the Human Rights Council. All have the benefit of incumbency. Pakistan's UN Mission tells us the OIC (56 or 57 votes) has e [...] | 2008-05-13 19:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | FR SP UK PHUM UNGA AORC |
08USUNNEWYORK433 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL COMPLAINS ABOUT VISA DELAY [...] This is an action request for the Department. USUN requests guidance for a reply to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel who sent Ambassador Khalilzad a letter complaining that the host country did not issue an official visa in time to permit UNIDO Legal Adviser Behrouz Moradi (an Iranian nationa [...] | 2008-05-14 16:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS UN |
08USUNNEWYORK435 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its meeting on May 9, the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) continued to make progress on issues relating to staffing and funding, as well as the management of construction needed to prepare the building that will house the STL. The UN [...] | 2008-05-14 23:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK436 | DEMARCHE TO UNFPA ON 6TH CHINA COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] ECON Minister-Counselor Hagen met May 14 with UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid, her deputy Mari Simonen, and Asia-Pacific Deputy Director Neelakanthi Jayaratnam. In response to the demarche in reftel, Obaid said UNFPA's Executive Board would discuss the issue of access to audits at its [...] | 2008-05-14 23:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN KUNR PREF SOCI PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK437 | SLOVAK FM KUBIS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) In a May 13 meeting, Slovak FM Jan Kubis told Ambassador Khalilzad that he had just returned from a joint trip to Afghanistan with Dutch FM Verboken. Kubis said he had found the situation in Afghanistan "unclear and unresolved." Kubis speculated that the local Afghan population is unha [...] | 2008-05-15 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC AF UNMIK IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK438 | NEED FOR SECURITY FOR UN IN IRAQ AFTER MNF-I [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Conscious of the upcoming expiration of the Security Council's MNF-I mandate at the end of calendar year 2008, the UN is looking to the United States and the Government of Iraq to initiate discussions about follow-on security [...] | 2008-05-15 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK439 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THREE [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 14, 2008 concerning the financing of three peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follow [...] | 2008-05-15 22:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK44 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: USUN and other members of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met January 15 to discuss ongoing challenges facing the Court, including uncertainties over the source of adequate voluntary contributions to sustain Court activity throughout 2008 and continued tensions b [...] | 2008-01-17 15:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK440 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 22:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK442 | P-3 DISCUSSION ON NEXT STEPS IN BURMA [...] (C) UK DPR Pierce convened the P-3 on May 16 on instructions from London to discuss informally possible contingencies for Burma, including the prospects for a regionally led air and sea operation combined with Western assistance. She also proposed arranging some type of meeting on the Burma e [...] | 2008-05-16 22:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK446 | CONNAUGHTON, DOBRIANSKY BRIEF SYG ON MAJOR [...] (SBU) In a May 6 meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban, CEQ Chairman Jim Connaughton and U/S Dobriansky briefed on progress in discussions within the Major Economies Meeting process toward a Leaders Statement in July. They also shared details on new U.S. domestic legislation and the recently [...] | 2008-05-19 22:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV KGHG TRGY TSPL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK447 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH UN SYG ON BURMA [...] (S) On May 19, Ambassador Khalilzad met with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the latest developments concerning international assistance to Burma. The Secretary General is scheduled to depart for Burma on May 20. He will be accompanied by UN staffers and journalists from seve [...] | 2008-05-20 00:11:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | BM PHUM PREL UNSC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK45 | UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING [...] (U) On December 14, 2007, the Advisory Board of the United Nations Democracy Fund held its sixth meeting. The Advisory Board heard a briefing on the response to and modalities for the second round, discussed the proposed evaluation strategy, the preliminary calendar for 2007-2008, the administ [...] | 2008-01-17 20:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK450 | DPKO HOPES CLARIFICATION OF KOSOVO PLAN WILL EARN [...] (C) SUMMARY. DPKO's European Chief Harland told DepPolCouns and Poloff on May 16 that Secretary-General Ban has asked him to clarify his proposed way forward on Kosovo in the aftermath of what Under Secretary-General Guehenno reported as a very difficult May 9 conference call with Quint politi [...] | 2008-05-20 16:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI |
08USUNNEWYORK451 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: SEEKING GUIDANCE ON ALGERIAN [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Algerian PolOff El Hadj Lamine informed USUN on May 14 of Algeria's intention to request the designation four individuals associated with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) for sanctions in the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committ [...] | 2008-05-20 21:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC AG |
08USUNNEWYORK452 | HIGH REP LAJCAK BRIEFS UNSC ON BOSNIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Miroslav Lajcak told the Security Council that the situation in BiH had improved significantly since his November 2007 briefing, pointing to BiH's imminent signing of a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) [...] | 2008-05-21 01:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BK UNSC KV YI |
08USUNNEWYORK453 | HIGH REP LAJCAK BRIEFS UNSC ON BOSNIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Miroslav Lajcak told the Security Council that the situation in BiH had improved significantly since his November 2007 briefing, pointing to BiH's imminent signing of a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) [...] | 2008-05-21 12:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BK UNSC KV YI |
08USUNNEWYORK456 | ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] USUN RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM JORGE SAMPAIO, UN HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS, IN RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM EUR A/S VOLKER (REFTEL). BEGIN TEXT Dear Assistant Secretary Volker Thank you for your letter dated 22 April regarding Sec [...] | 2008-05-21 19:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PREL SP TU OIIP |
08USUNNEWYORK458 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES POST-CONFLICT [...] SUMMARY: With a May 20 open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding led by UK Foreign Minister David Miliband, the UK used their Security Council Presidency to launch a re-examination of UN support for post-conflict countries. Common themes in statements by Council members included: 1) support [...] | 2008-05-21 22:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SOCI UNSC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK459 | LEBANON: SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES DOHA AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on May 22 welcoming the agreement between Lebanese leaders reached in Doha, Qatar one day earlier. The text of the PRST is contained in paragraph 2. Although USUN pushed hard for language calling for full implementation of [...] | 2008-05-23 16:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK460 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, USUN notified Security Council members of the USG intention to request in the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee the designation for sanctions of three individuals. USUN also invited Council members to co-sponsor our request. USUN will report any subst [...] | 2008-05-23 19:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK461 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND [...] (SBU) USUN has notified all UN Security Council members of the USG's intention to request reftel designation for sanctions pursuant to UNSCR 1267, and has invited Council members to cosponsor the request. USUN will report septel any substantive reactions to our request. Khalilzad [...] | 2008-05-23 20:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK465 | UN WANTS USG GREEN LIGHT ON ITS KOSOVO PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In the past two days, DPKO's David Harland has indicated to USUN that DPKO is recommending to SYG Ban Ki-Moon that he reconfigure UNMIK to allow deployment of EULEX even if this must be done in the face of strong Russian and Serbian opposition. Harland and UNMIK's Belgrade Office [...] | 2008-05-23 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK UNSC KV YI PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK467 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SCT AMB DAILEY AND [...] In response to Reftel, USUN welcomes the visit of Ambassador Dell Dailey, U.S. Coordinator for Counter-terrorism and Darcy Anderson, Acting Office Director, Office of Trans-Regional Affairs, Office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism for discussion of U.S. counter-terrorism policy on May [...] | 2008-05-27 23:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK468 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Robin Vincent, Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),told members of the STL Management Committee on May 22 that he is finalizing the initial budget for the STL's first year and hopes the Committee can approve it by July 11. Vincent estimated the budget [...] | 2008-05-27 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK469 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - WORKING GROUPS [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: Calls for the UN Counter-Terrorism Task Force (CTITF) Working Groups to involve Member States in their activities and statements of support for the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/RES/60/288) dominated comments at a briefing on the CTITF's activities on May 21. Mem [...] | 2008-05-27 23:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER USUN PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK471 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DUTCH PRESS FOR DECISION ON [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: Dutch Mission Legal Adviser Brechje Schwachofer pressed members of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on May 22 to make a decision as soon as possible on how the judges' long-term accommodations in The Hague should be selected since the Dut [...] | 2008-05-27 23:36:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK475 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 20:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK477 | U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED [...] (SBU) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council May 27 on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In addition to members of the Security Council, 21 other member states participated in the public discussion. Most voiced sup [...] | 2008-05-29 23:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UNSC XA UN PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK478 | MIDDLE EAST: UNSC MEMBERS WELCOME REGIONAL PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on May 28. UNSCO Robert Serry briefed in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed the issue in closed consultations. Serry welcomed "fragile" progress on the Israeli-Syrian, Lebanese, and Israeli [...] | 2008-05-29 23:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL SY LE IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK48 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 17 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The UK Permanent Mission to the UN (UKUN) hosted a donors meeting on January 16 to solicit TCCs for the UNAMID shortfalls of helicopters and transportation assets. The Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to obstruct [...] | 2008-01-17 21:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK482 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 30 the UN Security Council held a special session on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia's (UNOMIG) report on the shootdown of a Georgian UAV on April 20. Georgian Permrep Alasania stated that he had come to discuss a direct threat to the sovereignty and territorial inte [...] | 2008-05-30 23:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GG UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK484 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its tenth meeting on May 29, the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) agreed to adopt a phased approach to approving the STL's first-year budget, briefly considered staffing for the STL, heard more about STL Registrar Robin Vincent's plan to [...] | 2008-06-02 23:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK485 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES JUDGES' [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its tenth meeting on May 29, the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) agreed in principle that a working group of the Committee would select apartments in The Hague for the Lebanese judges, based on preliminary recommendations that Dutch secur [...] | 2008-06-02 23:13:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK486 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO [...] (C) USUN met with UK and French counterparts on June 1 to discuss their positions on reftel US proposal to seek sanctions in the Sudan Sanctions Committee on Khalil Ibrahim, Daoussa Deby Itno, Ahmad Muhammed Harun, and Awad Ibn Auf. According to UK PolOff David Whineray, London will support ou [...] | 2008-06-03 01:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU EFIN KTFN PTER |
08USUNNEWYORK487 | UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, NYC MAYOR [...] SUMMARY: New York City Mayor Bloomberg hosted UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and USUN Ambassador Khalilzad on May 19th at Gracie Mansion to discuss security issues related to the $1.9 billion UN renovation project known as the Capital Master Plan (CMP). During the meeting Mayor Bloomberg ind [...] | 2008-06-03 16:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK489 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JARED COHEN TO MEET [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance to Jared Cohen of the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff (S/P) to meet with UN ASG Bob Orr on May 30 to follow-up on collaboration to build networks of victims of terrorism. 2. POC for Mr. Cohen is James Donovan, USUN (212-415-4300). Kha [...] | 2008-06-03 19:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV AMGT UN |
08USUNNEWYORK490 | REASSESSING U.S. POSTURE AND TACTICS TOWARD THE CPC [...] SUMMARY: With the start of the 48th session of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) scheduled for June 9, USUN believes the time is appropriate to reassess our current posture toward CPC with a view to determining what steps, if any, we can take to make CPC a more effective enti [...] | 2008-06-03 20:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK498 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEPHEN TOWNLEY TO [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance to Stephen Townley of the Office of the Legal Adviser (L/EMP) to attend informal consultations on the outstanding issues relating to the draft statues of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal. 2. POC [...] | 2008-06-05 21:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK499 | UNSC CONCERNED ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S DETENTION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: USUN convened emergency Security Council consultations on June 5 to discuss the illegal detention and harassment of U.S. and British diplomatic personnel in Zimbabwe. Security Council delegations agreed to elements of an oral press statement expressing concern about the incident [...] | 2008-06-06 00:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ZI KDEM |
08USUNNEWYORK5 | 62ND UNGA: GA EXTENDS PTF FUNDING FOR 2008 AND [...] SUMMARY: Early on the morning of December 22, 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/62/234 to extend financing for the Procurement Task Force (PTF) for 2008 in order to permit the PTF to continue its investigation of 289 pending cases. Member States endorsed the SYG's request fo [...] | 2008-01-02 21:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UUNR UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK500 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON REQUEST TO FACILITATE GOS AND [...] (C) USUN Poloffs delivered reftel points to Spanish First Secretary Ana Maria Mora and Rwandan First Secretary Alfred Ndabarasa on June 3. 2. (C) The Spanish Permanent Mission indicated that they were willing to do the meeting and promised to follow up with the Rwandan Mission independently [...] | 2008-06-06 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK507 | PAKISTAN MISSION DELIVERS REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan PermRep Akram told Ambassador Khalilzad on June 6 that he met with the Secretary-General on the same day, and had given him a letter (included below) asking the UN to establish an "international commission" to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir [...] | 2008-06-09 23:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PK |
08USUNNEWYORK510 | SRSG ZERIHOUN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNFICYP [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun reported to the Security Council on June 9 on recent developments on Cyprus. He said that since the election of President Christofias in February there is a new spirit of cooperation on the island and Christofia [...] | 2008-06-10 21:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CY UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK511 | LEBANON: IDF GENERALS BRIEF UNSC MEMBERS ON [...] (SBU) IDF Generals Yossi Baidatz and Yossi Heymann briefed UNSC delegations June 5 on Israel's assessment of the situation in south Lebanon and the performance of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers. They said Hizballah had fully re-armed in south Lebanon since summe [...] | 2008-06-10 22:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SY LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK514 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI OFFICER JASON [...] Mission clearance is granted for S/WCI officer Jason S. Gorey to attend a Special Court for Sierra Leone Management Committee meeting, 2. POC is Andrew Hillman 212-415-4304 and James Donovan 212-415-4300. Khalilzad [...] | 2008-06-11 15:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
08USUNNEWYORK515 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] Mission clearance is requested for the U.S. delegation to the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board to attend the Annual Session of the Executive Board which takes place in Geneva from June 16 until June 27, 2008. 2. Delegation members are as follows: Representative Andrew Haviland Deputy Dire [...] | 2008-06-11 16:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNDP UNFPA |
08USUNNEWYORK516 | UN ECOSOC COMMITTEE ON NGOS: THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary and action request: On June 6 ECOSOC's NGO Committee, acting at the behest of the Cuban delegation, rejected an application for consultative status from a New York-based NGO called the Human Rights Foundation. The Cuban delegate called one of the Foundation's board members, former Cu [...] | 2008-06-11 16:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CU PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK519 | MIDDLE EAST: ARABS PUSHING UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) USUN has learned that the Arab Group at the UN met at the expert-level on June 11 to discuss a Saudi proposal to table a draft resolution in the UN Security Council criticizing recent Israeli settlement activity. According to friendly delegations in the Arab Group, the Palestinian Obser [...] | 2008-06-11 21:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK522 | GA COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY REVIEW - MEETING [...] (U) Summary. The "Facilitator" for the General Assembly Counter-terrorism Strategy Review told Amb. Wolff that he expects the September review will result in adoption of a resolution re-committing but not re-opening the Strategy. He summarized the views expressed during a series of consulta [...] | 2008-06-13 22:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UN |
08USUNNEWYORK523 | PALESTINIAN NY REP URGES USG SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (C) Palestinian Amb Riyadh Mansour met at his request June 13 with Council President Amb Khalilzad to express Palestinian support for a Saudi draft of an UNSC resolution calling on Israel to freeze settlement activity. Mansour argued that there is an international consensus on the substance [...] | 2008-06-13 22:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK524 | ZEBARI BELIEVES MALIKI HAS TURNED AGAINST SOFA, [...] (S) Following the mid-year Security Council review of the MNF-I and DFI mandates June 13, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari spoke privately to Amb Khalilzad on the margins of a lunch with Security Council PermReps. Zebari shared his assessment that Prime Minister Maliki no longer seeks [...] | 2008-06-13 22:52:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK525 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: PROGRESS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Work to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) continues to progress, with the Management Committee's adoption of financial regulations and rules for the STL and the conclusion of the lease agreement for the building in The Hague that will house the STL. With new [...] | 2008-06-16 14:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK526 | UN SECURITY CHIEF DISCUSSES SECURITY FOR IOM, UNAMI [...] (SBU) Per ref A demarche, D/Political Counselor met with Under Secretary-General for Safety and Security David Veness June 11 to request UN approval of a plan to provide IOM caseworkers with housing, office space and security coverage by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Veness said he had only rec [...] | 2008-06-16 15:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK527 | UNSC AGREES TO ZEBARI REQUEST TO CONTINUE MNF-I [...] (SBU) As mandated by UNSCR 1790, the Security Council discussed June 13 the mandate of MNF-I and arrangements regarding DFI and the IAMB, and agreed to their continuation for the remainder of the calendar year. Amb Khalilzad reported on behalf of MNF-I, highlighting the decrease in security [...] | 2008-06-16 19:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ECON UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK528 | GAMBARI PLANS JULY TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari asked to meet P-3 Deputy PermReps June 13 to report that he is currently in discussions with the Burmese, Indians and Chinese on the timing and substance of his next trip to Burma, although he does not yet have a concrete date. Gambari speculated the earlie [...] | 2008-06-16 19:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK530 | UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS JUNE 4 - 10, 2008. [...] On June 13, Security Council President Khalilzad (United States) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of June 4-10, 2008. 2. Begin text of briefing note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 9 June, Government and FNL delega [...] | 2008-06-16 20:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC MOPS KPKO |
08USUNNEWYORK531 | SETTLEMENTS: ARAB GROUP SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT OR [...] (C) Summary. An Arab Group delegation consisting of representatives from Mauritania, Iraq, the Palestinian Observer Mission, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Arab League requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on June 16 to formally present a draft resolution -- initiated by Saudi Arabia an [...] | 2008-06-16 23:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK532 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its eleventh meeting on May 29, the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) briefly discussed, but did not decide upon, a proposal to pay the Lebanese judges a stipend during the period after they are relocated from Lebanon but before they begin w [...] | 2008-06-17 14:06:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK535 | LAKHDAR BRAHIMI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lakhdar Brahimi, Chairman of the Independent Panel on Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel and Premises, briefed Ambassador Khalilzad June 9 on the major findings of the Panel's just-completed report that was prepared in the aftermath of the December 2007 bombing of a U [...] | 2008-06-17 17:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK536 | BURKINABE PRESIDENT COMPAORE ON CURRENT UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Khalilzed met Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore June 10 to discuss current issues facing the UN Security Council. Khalilzad asked Burkina Faso to support the U.S. initiative on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. Khalilzad told Compaore that Burkina Faso could [...] | 2008-06-18 00:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI SU KDEM UNSC IV |
08USUNNEWYORK537 | LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS [...] On June 18, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution 1819 (see text in para 2),which extends the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts for six months. 2. BEGIN RESOLUTION: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions and statements by its [...] | 2008-06-18 19:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI |
08USUNNEWYORK540 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Mission clearance is granted for Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution Timothy R. Shortley, and Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary Frazer Fatuma Sanneh, to attend the Secretary's Roundtable o [...] | 2008-06-18 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC OVIP |
08USUNNEWYORK541 | ARRIA FORMULA MEETING ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: As part of a US-led initiative to bring more attention to the problem of sexual violence in armed conflict, the UK hosted a meeting on June 11 to bring together members of the Security Council, NGO representatives and UN officials to discuss the role of peacekeepers in protecting [...] | 2008-06-19 16:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN |
08USUNNEWYORK542 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI SPECIAL [...] (U) Mission clearance granted for S/WCI Special Advisor Joe Mellott to travel to New York on June 20 to accompany USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson to the Group of Interested States (GIS) meeting to discuss the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) budget proposal. 2. P [...] | 2008-06-19 20:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN OTRA |
08USUNNEWYORK543 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL CARTER TO [...] Mission clearance granted for Michael Carter, Director, Office of the Environment, Maritime Administration, of the U.S. Department of Transportation to attend a presentation on June 25 by the World Ocean Council on "The World Ocean Council: Industry Leadership and Collaboration in Ocean Susta [...] | 2008-06-19 20:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHSA |
08USUNNEWYORK545 | UNSC REFORM: MEMBER STATES SPLIT ON BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on June 17 to discuss the report prepared by his four-person Task Force with suggestions on moving forward towards inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform. Major p [...] | 2008-06-20 20:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JA GM AR SP KS |
08USUNNEWYORK547 | UPDATE ON SETTLEMENTS UNSCR [...] (C) This is an Action Request. USUN requests authorization to engage the Arab Group in New York, in response to a Saudi initiative to seek an UNSCR on Israeli settlements, on a discussion of elements for such a resolution. Proposed elements are in para 3. The primary objective of such eng [...] | 2008-06-20 23:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK549 | UNSCR 1540: EU MEMBERS BRAINSTORM ON COOPERATION [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN Legal Officer met with UK and French representatives to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") on June 18 to share information concerning U.S.-European Union coordination to promote implementation of resolution [...] | 2008-06-23 14:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO UNSC KNNP UK FR |
08USUNNEWYORK550 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] Summary. Informal consultations on the General Assembly's Counter-terrorism Strategy follow-up focused on plans for the September review. Delegations struck a positive tone and comments were generally constructive. The current trend is toward a resolution reaffirming the Strategy. Some de [...] | 2008-06-23 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UN |
08USUNNEWYORK551 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: BELLEMARE JUSTIFIES STAFFING [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: STL Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare, who heads the UN International Independent Investigative Commission (UNIIIC),briefed the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on June 19 on his request for 114 staff for the Office of the Prosecutor (OT [...] | 2008-06-24 16:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK552 | UN ON PREPARATIONS FOR IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: USUN deputy political counselor Molly Phee met June 19 with the UN Director of the Electoral Assistance Division (EAD),Craig Jenness, to discuss EAD's support for elections in various countries, including upcoming provincial elections in Iraq. Jenness, who led the UN elections [...] | 2008-06-24 17:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK553 | UN VIEWS ON SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) UN DPKO U/SYG Guehenno shared a downbeat report on his recent trip to Afghanistan and the UN perspective on the outcome of the recent Paris Conference in a June 19 meeting with PermReps from key coalition countries. In comparison to his last visit in 2005, Guehenno described a sense of [...] | 2008-06-24 17:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK555 | SAUDI KING ABDULLAH PROPOSES UNGA SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) In a June 20 meeting with Amb Khalilzad, UN SYG Ban raised his recent visit to Saudi Arabia (June 14-15). Ban said Saudi King Abdullah asked for the SYG's help in arranging a special session of the upcoming UN General Assembly (fall 200 [...] | 2008-06-24 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL SA |
08USUNNEWYORK557 | AU COMMISSIONER PROPOSES INTERIM MNF FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Khalilzad met African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, June 18 to discuss AU/UN cooperation in Sudan and Somalia. Khalilzad asked Lamamra to use AU influence with Sudan to expedite the deployment of UNAMID forces and increase the effectivenes [...] | 2008-06-24 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU KDEM UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK558 | UN PLANS TO LET GO WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN WALSUM [...] (C) UN DPA U/SYG Lynn Pascoe provided Amb Wolff June 24 with an update on the UN approach to the Western Sahara. Pascoe said he had collaborated with the SYG's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Peter Van Walsum, on a memo of options now before SYG Ban. Pascoe said the memo proposed three al [...] | 2008-06-24 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AG MO WS |
08USUNNEWYORK559 | SYG BAN AND UNSC MEMBERS DISCUSS SOMALIA, SUDAN, [...] (SBU) Summary. As President of the UN Security Council for June, Amb Khalilzad hosted SYG Ban Ki-Moon for the monthly lunch with UNSC Ambassadors on June 23, for a discussion that focused mostly on Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, and Burma. Based on his conversations with African leaders, Ban said [...] | 2008-06-24 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO KHUM SU BM AF |
08USUNNEWYORK56 | TADIC: "WE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON KOSOVO" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Serbian President Tadic warned Ambassador Khalilzad on January 16 that independence for Kosovo could turn Serbia against integration with Europe. Tadic said he is trying to reach a compromise with Kosovo Albanians on final status within a context of substantial autonomy and sug [...] | 2008-01-18 20:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV TV YI |
08USUNNEWYORK560 | STRATEGIC/OPERATIONAL PLANNER FOR USUN MILITARY [...] USUN requests LtCol. Glenn J. Sadowski, USMCR xxx-xx-xxxx, be activated to serve as the strategic/operational planner on the USUN Military Staff Committee (MSC) from 1 October, 2008 to 30 September 2010, per DJSM 0393-07 dated 4 MAY 2007 (REF A). 2. LtCol. Sadowski is the lead strategic/op [...] | 2008-06-25 18:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO AF SU |
08USUNNEWYORK562 | UNITED NATIONS - SIXTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: General Assembly Sixth (Legal) Committee experts continued to consider the draft statutes for the new UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and the UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) at two rounds of informal consultations held on May 12-16 and June 9-11. Delegations remained divided on num [...] | 2008-06-25 21:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK565 | UN HIGH LEVEL COORDINATOR ON IRAQ-KUWAIT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Gennady Tarasov, the recently appointed UN High Level Coordinator (replacing deceased Russian diplomat Vorontsov) for the repatriation or return of Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq, met privately with the Security [...] | 2008-06-25 22:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC KU IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK567 | UNSC ICTR/ICTY WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES EXTENSIONS [...] (U) Summary: The UN Security Council Working Group (WG) on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met June 25 to discuss draft elements of a UNSC resolution on residual issues and the extensions for sever [...] | 2008-06-27 14:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK569 | UNSCR 1540: COMMITTEE NEARS AGREEMENT ON REPORT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 ("1540 Committee") agreed ad referendum on June 25 on revisions to the Committee's draft report to the Security Council on States' compliance with resolution 1540 (2004). Per ref (C),USUN also proposed th [...] | 2008-06-27 17:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK571 | ACTION REQUEST: SYG BAN PROPOSES SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (C) SYG Ban Ki-Moon told Amb Khalilzad on June 26 that he intends to appoint South African judge Navanethem Pillay to be the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Pillay, who is of Indian origin, has served as a judge on both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the [...] | 2008-06-27 23:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK572 | SPECIAL AFGHANISTAN ALLOWANCE APPROVED [...] THE UN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY MATTERS (ACABQ) TODAY APPROVED THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S (SYG) REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STAFF SERVING IN THE UN ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN (UNAMA). THIS WAS THE SYG'S SECOND REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL UNAMA ALL [...] | 2008-06-28 00:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PGOV UNGA UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK573 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: LIBYA TABLES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on June 27. Lisa Buttenheim, Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs, briefed the Council in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed regional events i [...] | 2008-06-28 00:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK574 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK575 | UNIFEM ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNIFEM |
08USUNNEWYORK577 | USUN/UKUN/UN TRILATERAL MEETING ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) On June 26, UN Team Leader for Iraq Darko Mocibob met with USUN and UKUN for a regularly scheduled trilateral meeting on Iraq. Mocibob provided updates on UNAMI security, logistics and mandate issues. On the UN's long-term compound, Mocibob confirmed that Iraq had formally approved the [...] | 2008-06-30 20:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREM UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK578 | U.S.-UN HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON IRAQ - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The UN has proposed holding the next session of the UN-U.S. high level strategic dialogue on Iraq July 11 at UN headquarters in New York. The UN presented a draft agenda to USUN June 26, proposing for the first time to treat both political and security subjec [...] | 2008-06-30 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK58 | COUNCIL ADOPTS STATEMENT REGRETTING LITTLE [...] (SBU) After a heated Security Council debate January 17 on the question of whether Burma had responded to the demands of the international community, Council members adopted a press statement reiterating support for UN Special Advisor Gambari, including a call for his early return to Burma, [...] | 2008-01-18 23:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK580 | ALGERIA COMPLAINS TO UN COMMITTEE OVER AIRPORT [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph 2. 2. Youcef Yousfi, Algeria's Ambassador to the UN, has written the Chairman of the UN's Committee on Relations with the Host Country to complain that Algerian diplomats accredited to the UN are singled out for additiona [...] | 2008-06-30 21:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL AG UN |
08USUNNEWYORK581 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) continued to discuss the draft staffing proposal for the STL at its fourteenth meeting on June 26. While agreeing that the Committee should approve the staffing proposal as soon as possible, many members s [...] | 2008-07-01 00:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK583 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION [...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...] | 2008-07-01 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN |
08USUNNEWYORK584 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEPHEN TOWNLEY TO [...] Mission clearance is granted for Mr. Stephen Townley, Attorney Adviser L/EMP to attend the third session of the consultations on the Administration of Justice for the Sixth (Legal) Committee on July 2, 2008. 2. POC at USUN is Elizabeth Wilcox 212-415-4220. Khalilzad [...] | 2008-07-01 19:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK585 | UN HEADQUARTERS SUPPORTIVE OF SRSG EIDE'S REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador Khalilzad spoke with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guehenno regarding UN Headquarters support for the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) and SRSG Kai Eide. Guehenno said DPKO supported Eide,s reque [...] | 2008-07-01 21:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK586 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SURVEY OF [...] (U) Summary: Mike Smith, the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Director presented the report of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the implementation of UNSCR 1373 (2001) during informal consulations of Security Council Members June 30. The report includes a survey that [...] | 2008-07-01 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CT PARM PREF |
08USUNNEWYORK588 | 63RD UNGA - ICJ ELECTION - REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon requesting support for Professor Maurice Kamto, candidate for election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Election will take place in the Security Council and General Assembly in October [...] | 2008-07-02 15:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICJ PREL PGOV UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK589 | UN/SOMALIA SANCTIONS: NEW SANCTIONS MONITORING [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: The newly reestablished Monitoring Group on Somalia briefed the Somalia Committee on how they plan to implement their mandate. Matt Bryden, coordinator of the group, spoke about recent trends, the ongoing peace process, and t [...] | 2008-07-02 22:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ETTC DTFN UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK59 | UNSC CONSIDERS UNMIK: DRAMA BUT NO DIRECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a January 16 Security Council session on UNMIK, Serbian President Tadic said before the media that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo sovereignty but would not resort to violence under any circumstances. In a much longer non-public session: SRSG Rucker lauded the recent [...] | 2008-01-21 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI |
08USUNNEWYORK590 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS TO CONSIDER BROADENING [...] (SBU) Libya convened a second UNSC experts meeting on July 2 to discuss its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. (Note: During the first experts meeting on June 30, several delegations expressed support for the draft text, but others including USUN and UKUN said they had [...] | 2008-07-02 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC PA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK591 | USUN CLEARANCE FOR U.S. EXPERTS FOR THIRD SESSION [...] U.S. Mission clearance is granted for the following individuals to participate in the Third Session of UN Group of Governmental Experts on Ammunition in Surplus at the United Nations for July 7-11, 2008: Steven Costner; Deputy Director of the State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and [...] | 2008-07-03 16:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CDG ETTC MAS MCAP PARM UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK592 | 1540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIANS SEEK TO REPLACE RUSSIAN [...] (C) Russian Deputy Permanent Representative Shcherbak approached USUN on June 25 to request U.S. support for a Russian candidate to replace the Russian national currently serving on the 1540 Committee's Group of Experts, Viktor Slipchenko. Shcherbak said the Russian Federation wants to handl [...] | 2008-07-03 18:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK593 | USUN INTRODUCES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN presented the draft resolution on Zimbabwe sanctions during Security Council consultations on July 3. The UK, France, Belgium, Italy, and Croatia voiced strong support for the draft resolution. Burkina Faso voiced support for the idea of a sanctions resolution but said they [...] | 2008-07-03 21:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK594 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PR [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on July 1, Pakistani PR Akram made several requests. Akram asked for U.S. assistance to ensure that SYG Ban tells FM Quereshi when he visits New York on July 9 that the UN will proceed with a commission of inquiry into Bhutto's death. Secondly, Akram [...] | 2008-07-03 21:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK595 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS PUT TEXT IN BLUE FOR VOTE [...] (SBU) Following the July 2 UNSC experts meeting on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements (reftel),the Arab Group decided on July 3 to put their draft text in blue on July 7 and call for a vote latest on July 11. The Arabs also decided to keep the focus of the resolution on [...] | 2008-07-03 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC PA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK596 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PR [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on July 1, Pakistani PR Akram made several requests. Akram asked for U.S. assistance to ensure that SYG Ban tells FM Quereshi when he visits New York on July 9 that the UN will proceed with a commission of inquiry into Bhutto's death. Secondly, Akram [...] | 2008-07-03 23:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK598 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN PLANS TO INTRODUCE [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met with the Arab Group on July 7 about the draft resolution on Israeli settlements. He urged the group to delay putting the text in blue for 48 hours so that the Arabs could consider U.S. elements for a comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UNSC e [...] | 2008-07-08 15:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK599 | NY PROPERTY TAX: LIBERIA NEAR FINAL SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | LI OFDP PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK6 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 3 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The scheduled Transfer of Authority (TOA) from AMIS command to UNAMID command took place as scheduled on December 31. On December 27, Acting UN Military Advisor Major General Five briefed the P-5 on the results of the High Ranking Operational and Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) [...] | 2008-01-03 20:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK601 | 1540 COMMITTEE ADOPTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 22:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK602 | UNSC: D/SYG MIGIRO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK603 | SOUTH AFRICA OPPOSED TO TIMING AND CONTENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo met with AMB Khalilzad July 7 to request that the U.S. consider an "intermediate option" before moving forward with sanctions on Zimbabwe. Kumalo said the content and timing of the U.S. draft resolution will not meet its intended objective o [...] | 2008-07-08 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK605 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN REQUESTS DEMARCHE TO PARIS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Arab Group decided on July 8 to put their revised draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements in blue, "so that it can be voted on soon," according to the press release they put out after their meeting. (Note: The text of the [...] | 2008-07-09 01:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK610 | RUSSIA THREATENS ZIMBABWE VETO, P-3 DISCUSS [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad discussed the Arab settlements UNSCR with British and French PermReps on July 9. After previously saying they would offer only weak amendments to the preambular Arab text, the French said they now had clearance from Paris to present additional operative paragraphs as well th [...] | 2008-07-09 17:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC ZI RS IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK611 | SOMALIA UN AMB RESIDENCE - REQUEST TO REMOVE [...] The City of New Rochelle, NY, has contacted USUN/HC and sent a letter to both OFM/NY and USUN/HC requesting assistance to remove the diplomatic immunity from the Somalia UN Mission official residence at 250 Elk Avenue (see text of letter in para 2 and action request in para 5, below). [...] | 2008-07-09 21:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL SO |
08USUNNEWYORK612 | UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL: COMMITTEE ON NGOS [...] Summary: At its resumed session May 29 - June 6 and June 25, ECOSOC,s Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) recommended ECOSOC consultative status for a number of U.S. NGOs, including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the Hudson Institute. Action on the Democracy Coali [...] | 2008-07-09 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM USUN |
08USUNNEWYORK613 | SRSG KAI EIDE'S REQUESTS TO UN HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) Summary: In advance of SRSG Kai Eide,s meetings in Washington, below is a summary of what he needs from UN Headquarters, what USUN has done to support him, and what we plan to do in the future. End summary. WHAT EIDE NEEDS 2. (C) Eide has requested UN Headquarters action on two broad [...] | 2008-07-10 00:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
08USUNNEWYORK614 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE [...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...] | 2008-07-10 02:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK616 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON 1701 REPORT: MEMBER STATES [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed consultations on July 9, UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, briefed the Council on the June 27 SYG report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. U/SYG Pasco [...] | 2008-07-11 00:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK617 | DPKO BRACES FOR ICC INDICTMENTS; CHINA THREATENS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a series of P5 and P3 meetings on July 10, UN Secretariat officials expressed concern for the implications of pending ICC indictments, which reportedly included Sudanese President Bashir, for peacekeeping operations ( [...] | 2008-07-11 00:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK618 | UN/SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB 1267 LISTING; MONITORING [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (S) Per ref A, USUN raised with Somali UN Deputy PermRep Idd Mohamed the possiblity of Somali co-sponsorship of a request to the Security Council's 1267 Committee to add the al-Shabaab organization to the Committee's list of individua [...] | 2008-07-11 01:21:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK619 | UNSC-ZIMBABWE: RUSSIA PROMISES VETO, CHINA CLAIMS [...] (C) In a meeting convened by the UK on July 11, Russian PermRep Churkin announced to the P5 that Russia had finally received instructions on the U.S.-backed Zimbabwe sanctions resolution. Russia was prepared to engage in negotiations on the basis of the "former South African text" reported in [...] | 2008-07-11 18:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK62 | REQUEST FOR MISSION CLEARANCE: UNSC EXPERT [...] Mission clearance is granted for Erin Crowe (IO/PSC),Steve Bondy (EEB/ESC/TFS),Roopa Rangaswamy (S/CT),Maegan Conklin (L/UNA),Paul Lurie (Treasury/OFAC),and Brian Wilson (Treasury/OFAC) to travel to New York on 1/23 to meet with USUN sanctions officers and working-level experts from the d [...] | 2008-01-22 23:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK620 | UNSC TERMINATES REMAINING RWANDA SANCTIONS [...] On July 10, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously resolution 1823 (2008),which terminates all remaining sanctions on Rwanda and dissolves the Rwanda Sanctions Committee (text at para 2). No delegation delivered a statement at the session. 2. BEGIN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1823 [...] | 2008-07-11 22:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
08USUNNEWYORK621 | UN: RUSSIA, CHINA VETO ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (U) On July 11 Russia and China vetoed the adoption of the U.S.-authored draft Security Council resolution that would have imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Zimbabwe and subjected fourteen senior members of the Zimbabwean government most responsible for the campaign of violence against t [...] | 2008-07-12 02:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK623 | SRSG EIDE AND U/SYG HOLMES BRIEF SC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, the Security Council met to discuss Afghanistan, following the Secretary-General's special report on the outcome of the June 2008 Paris Conference. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari [...] | 2008-07-14 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK625 | SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 22:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK626 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH MAY GO WOBBLY [...] (C) French PR Ripert called Amb Khalilzad on July 14 to discuss the way ahead on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. Having successfully delayed action on the resolution until after the Euro-Med summit, which concluded on July 14, Ripert said he now had to give [...] | 2008-07-14 23:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK629 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: As part of its work to finalize the first-year budget for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),the STL Management Committee continued to discuss staffing levels for the STL on July 3 and 8. STL Registrar Robin Vincent has requested 315 staff, at an estimated cost of USD [...] | 2008-07-15 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK630 | CHINA, RUSSIA OUTLINE THINKING ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese PermRep Wang told P-5 counterparts this morning that Beijing had instructed him to veto last weekend's Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe after South African President Mbeki called Chinese President Hu to complain that the U.S. and UK were actively discouraging the Zi [...] | 2008-07-16 01:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU ZM |
08USUNNEWYORK631 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRANCE AND UK TO PROPOSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) P-3 Ambassadors met in the evening of July 15 to discuss a response to the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. French Amb Ripert reported that earlier in the day Qatari Amb Nasser had agreed, on behalf of the Arab [...] | 2008-07-16 01:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK633 | U.S.- U.N. HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 11 the U.S. and the U.N. conducted a High-Level Strategic Dialogue on Iraq, comprised of a political component chaired by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and a security component chaired by Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Sir [...] | 2008-07-16 16:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREM IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK634 | UN SECRETARIAT ON DARFUR: VERY BAD, GETTING WORSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council on July 16 that the security situation in Darfur is dire. He described widespread and generalized violence, disregard of the Darfur Peace Agreement, 200,000 additional civilians displaced this year, fragmentation and proliferation of rebe [...] | 2008-07-17 00:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK635 | DPM/FM KHIEM OFFERS "FAVORABLE CONDITIONS" ON [...] (C) During a meeting on July 16, Vietnamese DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem requested that Khalilzad "work with the State Department" to grant Vietnam permission to buy property in New York for their permanent mission to the United Nations. According to Khiem, the USG was delaying the purchase until the [...] | 2008-07-17 16:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP PREL KREC VM UN |
08USUNNEWYORK64 | GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council held a public debate January 22 on the situation in Gaza. Public statements were delivered by UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe, all Security Council members, Israel, the Palestinians, neighboring states, the Arab League, OIC, and NAM. Amb Khalilad's intervention exp [...] | 2008-01-23 00:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK640 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1822 [...] (U) The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1822 on June 30 (see full text in paragraph 5),setting out the Council's strategic vision for the sanctions regime concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban, established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999),and extending the mandate of the 1267 [...] | 2008-07-18 14:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK641 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH JAPANESE PERMREP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Japanese PermRep Takasu on July 16 as part of regularly scheduled consultations. Takasu began with a review of the G8 Summit and said Japan wanted to continue to discuss the issues raised there in New York. He touted a September 24 high-level event [...] | 2008-07-18 17:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK646 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT [...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...] | 2008-07-19 00:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK647 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER BELLEMARE EXPRESSES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UNIIIC Commissioner and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare asked Amb. Khalilzad in a July 16 private meeting for the United States to provide the UNIIIC with experienced analysts to assist in the investigation. Bellemare also called f [...] | 2008-07-21 16:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK648 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: PENSION FUND APPLICATION [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN LegalOff represented the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in a videoteleconference with the Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund on July 17. The Board was considering the Management Committee's application for the STL to join the F [...] | 2008-07-21 17:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK649 | UNIFIL: DPKO EMPHASIZES DIMINISHING LAF [...] (SBU) POL officers met with Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, on July 21 to discuss issues related to the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Weisbrod-Weber said he wanted to reiterate the "very strong statements" he made during the July 9 Security Council consu [...] | 2008-07-21 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC LE |
08USUNNEWYORK65 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR SIX [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 18, 2008 concerning the financing of six peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...] | 2008-01-23 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK650 | UN/SOMALIA: FRANCE OPPOSES AL-SHABAAB LISTING [...] (C) On July 16, the French UN mission conveyed to USUN that France is not in favor of listing the Somali organization "al-Shabaab" under UNSCR 1267 (Terrorism/Al-Qaeda sanctions) (ref A and B). Acting on instructions from Paris, the mission explained that France's opposition is based on its [...] | 2008-07-22 16:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK653 | UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Ambassador Khalilzad July 22 he had spoken to Judge Pillay, his candidate for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after Secretary Rice's phone call. Regarding Pillay's reported problematic statement claiming "an international right to abortion," B [...] | 2008-07-22 22:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK654 | UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM PLANS TO LAUNCH [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgan Kerim told the Ambassador in a July 21 meeting that he planned to submit a report to the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) recommending that the General Assembly adopt a resolution that th [...] | 2008-07-22 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR |
08USUNNEWYORK655 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 21, 2008 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...] | 2008-07-23 17:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK656 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SECURE HOUSING ARRANGED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 18:17:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK657 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DEPUTY PROSECUTOR SELECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 18:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK66 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 14:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK660 | ISRAEL AND ARABS EXCHANGE BARBS IN MONTHLY DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on July 22. Pascoe outlined encouraging developments in the region, highlighting the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon, indirect talks between Israel and Syria, and the [...] | 2008-07-24 01:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK662 | FRIENDS GROUP EXPRESSES BROAD SUPPORT FOR UN'S [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a meeting of the Friends of Burma on July 23, in advance of a July 24 briefing on Burma in the Security Council, and in advance of Special Envoy Gambari's planned mid-August visit to Burma. The SYG urged broad support for Gambari's mission as [...] | 2008-07-24 18:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK664 | SOMALIA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR NEW TARGETED SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 24 meeting of the UN Sanctions Committee for Somalia, members voiced broad support for imposing new targeted sanctions against individuals and entities who undermine the peace process in Somalia. Visiting SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah told the committee such targeted measur [...] | 2008-07-25 14:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK666 | GAMBARI BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari briefed the Security Council in advance of his mid-August trip to Burma. Gambari reviewed the same message and themes as during his July 23 meeting with the Friends of Burma (reftel). Among P5 members, the U.S., UK and France said Gambar [...] | 2008-07-25 20:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK667 | LAUNCH OF UN EARLY RECOVERY APPEAL FOR SICHUAN [...] (U) On July 25, 2008, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the UN China Appeal for Early Recovery Support to Assist Wenchuan Earthquake Victims. The appeal was announced July 16 in Beijing (see reftel.) In an historic move, the Chinese government requested the support of [...] | 2008-07-25 22:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON EFIN EIND PHUM UNDP |
08USUNNEWYORK668 | SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKS TO GET ACTIVE ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on July 23, several Security Council members echoed the U.S.'s call for a more detailed briefing from DPKO on peacekeeping scenarios by August 15. Council members voiced concern over the size, mandate and composition of a potential force, and the options presen [...] | 2008-07-25 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK669 | SWISS COUNTER-TERRORISM "PROCESS" CHALLENGES U.S. [...] (U) Summary. In November 2007, Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey launched a series of meetings described as the "International Process on Global Counter-terrorism Co-operation (Process)" (reftel). On July 24, they circulated a final document which states that the purpose of [...] | 2008-07-25 22:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UN SZ |
08USUNNEWYORK67 | UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 14:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNRWA |
08USUNNEWYORK670 | FOCUSING THE UN ON THE SAFE HAVEN TERRORISM PROBLEM [...] (C) Begin Summary. Ambassador Dell Dailey (S/CT) met with UN Counter-Terrorism and Sanctions representatives July 15 and 16. The exchanges included a discussion of using the UN to focus on the "safe haven" terrorism problem in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwest Paki [...] | 2008-07-25 23:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREF PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK671 | BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIA PR ON DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Indian PermRep Sen on July 24. They discussed possible initial members in the UN democracy caucus and shared concern regarding UN budget practices. India offered to do more on Afghanistan if needed, and pointedly asked when the U.S. would be as open [...] | 2008-07-28 16:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF AA |
08USUNNEWYORK676 | SUDAN: AU COMMISSIONER PROPOSES AD HOC LEGAL [...] This is an action request -- sees paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. African Union Commissioner Lamamra suggested to Ambassador Khalilzad on July 25 that the Security Council should suspend International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings against Sudanese President Bashir before the ICC rules on a [...] | 2008-07-29 22:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU |
08USUNNEWYORK681 | GUIDANCE REQUEST:PACIFIC ISLANDS-DRAFTED GA [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4. 2. (U) In a July 29 briefing for UN delegations, the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) announced their intention to conclude bilateral consultations by Thursday, July 31, on their draft General Assembly resolution calling on th [...] | 2008-07-30 16:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA UNSC KGHG SENV |
08USUNNEWYORK682 | A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...] | 2008-07-30 23:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK |
08USUNNEWYORK683 | SERBIA FM JEREMIC ON ICJ: "I HAVE NO DISCRETION" [...] (C) In a July 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuc Jeremic insisted that Serbia has no choice but to activate a request through the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Koso [...] | 2008-07-30 23:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KOC SE |
08USUNNEWYORK684 | 1540 COMMITTEE - REPORT, LETTER TO G8 [...] (U) Per reftel A, USUN has advised the Costa Rican delegation that the U.S. would like to see the UN issue a press release and hold a press event in connection with the release of the 1540 Committee's report to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1810 (2008). The Costa Ricans respond [...] | 2008-07-30 23:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK685 | A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...] | 2008-07-31 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK |
08USUNNEWYORK686 | UNITED NATIONS - LEGAL EXPERTS COMPLETE FINAL [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: General Assembly Sixth (Legal) Committee experts considered the draft statutes for the new UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and the UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) from June 30-July 3. While delegations made progress, they did not reach agreement on all provisions of the statutes. T [...] | 2008-07-31 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK689 | SOMALIS PUSH STABILIZATION FORCE, UN RESISTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: In meetings during the week of July 21-25, Somali representatives and UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) officials offered sharply different perspectives on prospects for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) [...] | 2008-07-31 21:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK69 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT TO THE TRUST FUND FOR THE [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $966,231 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of November 22, 2007 payments owed ar [...] | 2008-01-23 14:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
08USUNNEWYORK692 | UN - UNAMI COMPOUND TO BE CONSIDERED BY GENERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) As reported REFTELS B-E, despite several demarches, we have not been successful in obtaining a firm commitment from the Government of Iraq (GOI) regarding the size of the contribution they will provide to build the proposed new [...] | 2008-08-01 22:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK693 | SUDAN "VERY HAPPY" WITH UNAMID EXTENSION; U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Security Council renewed the mandate for the UN/AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for an additional 12 months by a vote of 14-0 with the U.S. abstaining. Intense consultations preceded the 9:45 PM vote, ending when the UK rejected the possibility of a 5-da [...] | 2008-08-01 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SU |
08USUNNEWYORK695 | PACIFIC ISLANDS ELABORATE ON DRAFT GA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Eight Pacific states described in a July 31 meeting with USUN their desire for Security Council engagement on climate change, specifically to acknowledge its linkage to peace and security. They recognize the risks involved, but believe the upside worth it given that traditional UN fora [...] | 2008-08-01 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG UNSC UNGA SENV AORC |
08USUNNEWYORK696 | DEMARCHE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND NICARAGUA PROJECT [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff made reftel demarche to the SG's deputy chief of staff, Kim Won-soo, on July 30. Kim said he had given no instructions to UNDEF to cancel the MpN project in Nicaragua. He agreed the Nicaraguan complaint needs to be resolved in a way that preserves UNDEF's ability to fund [...] | 2008-08-01 22:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK697 | UN BRIEFS ON UNAMA'S STRUCTURE, EXPANSION, AND [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY: On 30 July, the UN briefed members of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) on the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA),specifically with regard to UNAMA's budget proposal, UNAMA's expansion, and aid coordination and effective [...] | 2008-08-04 15:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
08USUNNEWYORK7 | UN - GA ADOPTS STRATEGY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO [...] A working group of the General Assembly concluded its week-long session on December 7, 2007 by adopting the UN Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by UN Staff and Related Personnel (including members of peacekeeping contingents) ( [...] | 2008-01-03 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA KPKO |
08USUNNEWYORK70 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: PROSECUTOR RAPP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp (American),in New York for press briefings, meetings with UN officials, and non-Court business, met January 22 with members of the Special Court Management Committee, including USUN. Rapp reported that the prosecution w [...] | 2008-01-23 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK700 | UN: ENGAGE MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK701 | UN OFFICIAL SUGGESTS U.S. ENGAGE ANGOLA, [...] (C) Joao Honwana, Director of the Africa Division in the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) told poloffs on August 4 that Zimbabwe talks had restarted on August 3 but lamented that resident DPA representative Vladimir Zhagora was not being allowed to interact closely with the meetings' S [...] | 2008-08-05 16:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK704 | UN/IRAQ: RUSSIA'S BLOCK ON LISTINGS IN 1518 [...] (SBU) On August 4, Amb. Wolff delivered reftel demarche to Russian Deputy Perm Rep Igor Shcherbak regarding Russia's opposition to listing six new individuals in the 1518 (Iraq) Sanctions Committee. 2. (SBU) Shcherbak replied that there had been no change in Russia's position and that the [...] | 2008-08-06 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ETTC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK705 | VICTIMS OF TERRORISM MEETING SCHEDULED FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Secretary-General plans to convene a meeting of victims of terrorism at the UN on September 9. Among the featured speakers will be Colombian/French terrorist hostage Ingrid Betancourt, U.S. 9/11 victims leader Carrie Lemack and non-U.S. citizen survivors of the Kenya and Tan [...] | 2008-08-06 20:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK706 | DPKO ON UNMIK TRANSITION: WE ARE LEAVING, WHERE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Senior UN officials insist to USUN that UNMIK is on track for a minimum 70 percent drawdown by October, 2008. They say further drawdown this year or next depends on EULEX willingness to deploy because the UN and EU have agreed that UNMIK will not withdraw from [...] | 2008-08-06 22:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK |
08USUNNEWYORK71 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DIFFERENCES AMONG PRINCIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) Under Secretary-General Michel convened major donors to the Special SIPDIS Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) to discuss the steps that need to be taken in order to establish a Management Committee to ov [...] | 2008-01-23 15:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK711 | ARE THE "FRIENDS OF UNAMID" TRUE FRIENDS? [...] (C) This is an action request see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The July 24th meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" (FoU) was a follow up to the July 2nd meeting of the FoU at which UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) of the Department of Field Support (DFS),Malcorra asked the FoU for sp [...] | 2008-08-07 23:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AF SU |
08USUNNEWYORK713 | SOMALI PERMREP'S RESIDENCE: OBTAINING TFG APPROVAL [...] Action request - See Paragraph 3. 2. During U.S. Deputy Permrep Wolff's meeting August 7 to discuss political developments (septel) with Somali UN Mission Deputy Permrep Idd Beddel Mohamed, Ambassador Wolff raised the long-standing problem of serious health and safety hazards at the unoccup [...] | 2008-08-07 23:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL SO |
08USUNNEWYORK716 | UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING [...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...] | 2008-08-08 20:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR |
08USUNNEWYORK717 | UN OPPOSES RENEWAL OF VAN WALSUM CONTRACT [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on August 7 met with Undersecretary for UN Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to deliver points in ref A. He urged Pascoe to recommend extension of Peter Van Walsum's term as the SYG's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara or at a minimum to allow Van Walsum to remain in his post [...] | 2008-08-09 00:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UNSC MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK718 | DARFUR: NEW JOINT MEDIATOR BASSOLE BRIEFS USUN [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) On August 8, UN-AU Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur Djibril Bassole briefed Amb. Wolff on his strategy to revitalize the political process in Darfur. Bassole said that ICC prosecutor Ocampo's move against President Bashir had " [...] | 2008-08-09 00:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK720 | GEORGIA CHALLENGES RUSSIA, SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UN Security Council failed on August 8 to reach a consensus on a press statement in reaction to the developing conflict in South-Ossetia, Georgia. In a dramatic public session, the Georgian PermRep asked the Russian PermRep whether Russia was prepared to call off the bomber [...] | 2008-08-09 03:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG PGOV PREL RS |
08USUNNEWYORK721 | TOUGH DAY FOR RUSSIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 00:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RU GG UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK722 | UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: BANK SEPAH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) USUN delivered ref A demarche on August 11 to Cui Wei, attach at the Chinese Mission to the UN, about China's recent authorization of payments from Bank Sepah of Iran (ref B). USUN requested that China provide more information about these transactions, including the types of contract or [...] | 2008-08-11 20:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK723 | U/SYG PASCOE BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMI REPORT, SC [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6 the Security Council met to discuss the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe noted UNAMI's expanded role [...] | 2008-08-12 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREM IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK724 | 1540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIANS INSIST ON ADDING NINTH [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Security Council's 1540 Committee remains divided over Russia's proposal to add a ninth member to its Group of Experts. Many members support Russia's initiative, the unstated goal of which is to guarantee that a new Russian expert (Antonin Litavrin) [...] | 2008-08-12 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK726 | SOMALI MISSION WAIVES INVIOLABILITY OF RESIDENCE [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Somali Mission to the UN waiving the inviolability of the PermRep's residence in New Rochelle so that the City can enter to make necessary repairs to mitigate the existing health and safety hazards. Text of the Somali note appears in paragraph 2 b [...] | 2008-08-13 16:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL SO UN |
08USUNNEWYORK728 | SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON UPCOMING VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met with United Nations Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari one-on-one August 12 to discuss Gambari's upcoming visit to Burma and Singapore. Gambari hopes to jump-start the political process in Burma and assist in the development of the country's election commission. Th [...] | 2008-08-13 21:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK729 | 1540 COMMITTEE REMAINS BLOCKED OVER EXPERTS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 12 meeting, the Security Council's Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004) remained deadlocked over Russia's proposal to add a ninth member to its Group of Experts (ref A),with the P-3 opposing the proposal. A representative of the UN Office of Di [...] | 2008-08-13 21:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08USUNNEWYORK731 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY [...] Action request para 4. 2. Summary. Consultations on a resolution on the Counter-terrorism strategy review concluded August 11 with tentative agreement on the text. Member states met during early August under the Chairmanship of Guatemalan Permanent Representative Gert Rosenthal to prepa [...] | 2008-08-13 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK732 | UNIFIL: USUN RAISES EMBASSY BEIRUT SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 20:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE |
08USUNNEWYORK733 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT IN NICARAGUA [...] (C) Ambassador McMahan delivered ref A demarche to UNDEF director Roland Rich on August 8, and UN Office of Partnerships (UNOP) head Amir Dossal and Indian DPR Ajai Malhotra on August 12. All agreed with US position that host countries should not have the power to veto proposed UNDEF project [...] | 2008-08-14 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM |
08USUNNEWYORK734 | HOW GAMBARI SEES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) During a meeting on August 13, UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari (protect) provided Ambassador Wolff with a copy of the confidential letter from Secretary-General Ban to Indian Prime Minister Singh. In the letter, SYG Ban expressed his intention to return to Burma later in the year "prov [...] | 2008-08-14 23:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK735 | 2008 MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 27-March 7, 2008. Th [...] | 2008-08-15 00:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PTER PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK736 | MAXIMIZING U.S. LEVERAGE IN THE 63RD UNGA [...] (C) Summary. The 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) offers an opportunity to maximize U.S. influence within the UN by promoting targeted initiatives and reducing, without compromising U.S. policies or principles, the number of resolutions where we vote in or nearly in isolation. This [...] | 2008-08-15 18:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON UN |
08USUNNEWYORK737 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BRIEFS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UK Chair of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon briefed Member States August 13 on progress relating to the STL. The Chair discussed the Management Committee, its functions, and composition, as well as developments concerning the building t [...] | 2008-08-15 21:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
08USUNNEWYORK738 | UNIFIL: GENERAL GRAZIANO CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT [...] (C) Summary: UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Graziano told Ambassador Khalilzad August 14 that he prefers a simple, technical roll-over of UNIFIL's mandate since it will take a few months to assess how Lebanon's new political realities may impact UNIFIL's mandate. He expressed concern o [...] | 2008-08-15 22:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP KPKO LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK74 | P5 DISCUSSION SHOWS CONTINUED DIVISIONS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: P5 Permanent Representatives met on January 22 to discuss next steps on UNAMID deployment. The P5 PermReps agreed to request a briefing from SYG Ban upon his return from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa and to begin discussion in the Sanctions Committee on responses to th [...] | 2008-01-23 22:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC IR |
08USUNNEWYORK741 | SERBIA REQUESTS AN ICJ RULING ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Quint Missions in New York have made informal soundings among Member States to gauge interest in fighting Serbia's request for an advisory opinion (AO) from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. We have found little interest among [...] | 2008-08-19 00:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA SR |
08USUNNEWYORK745 | SUDAN: UNMIS SRSG DEFLECTS CRITICISM ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18 Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi briefed the Security Council on the situation in Sudan. He maintained that CPA implementation remained on track and that cooperation between the parties "shows signs of improvement" despite recent f [...] | 2008-08-19 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK75 | GAZA: UNSC DEFERS PRST DISCUSSION UNTIL THURSDAY [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met on January 23 to continue discussions on the draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza prepared by the Arab group in New York and tabled by Libya. Following a meeting of UNSC political coordinators the morning of January 23, in which USUN a [...] | 2008-01-23 22:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK753 | UN DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS SAYS SAUDIS [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs Asia and Pacific Division Director Lisa Buttenheim told Poloff August 18 that Saudi Arabia has not formally requested an UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue. Poloff delivered the points contained in r [...] | 2008-08-20 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA |