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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09USUNNEWYORK969 |
NORWEGIAN FM HOSTS BREAKFAST TO DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jonas Gahr Store, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, hosted a breakfast meeting on September 24 to discuss the application of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in regard to the "protection of civilians". High-level representatives from France, Indonesia, the United States, the U [...] |
2009-10-30 18:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER SC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK97 |
IRAN/CYPRUS: NEXT STEPS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-09 18:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP CY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK970 |
64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: NUCLEAR [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 13 to 15. This summary comprises statements from all three days. The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the Secretary General of the Conference [...] |
2009-10-30 19:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK971 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL RENEWS SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1893, which renewed the arms embargo, asset freeze, travel ban, and diamond embargo in Cote d'Ivoire, as well as the mandate of the Group of Experts, for an additional twelve months. Cote d'Ivoire's Perm Rep, Al [...] |
2009-10-30 23:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETTC UNSC CDI |
| 09USUNNEWYORK972 |
UNGA: CONTINUED CALLS FOR RETURN OF ZELAYA AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) met to discuss the political situation in Central America. The plenary focused on the CICIG (the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala), adopting a resolution, with U.S. co-sponsorship, commending [...] |
2009-11-01 18:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA KCRM KJUS KDEM GT HO |
| 09USUNNEWYORK975 |
THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES INDIGENOUS ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: Addressing the Committee for the first time as Special Rapporteur on human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya said the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP), adopted by the General Assembly two years ago, provided a clear normative framew [...] |
2009-11-02 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA BH MY WS VE CO |
| 09USUNNEWYORK976 |
SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During emergency consultations with Security Council members, Secretary-General Ban addressed the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN staff, and discussed the broader implications of the incident on the near-term safety and security of UN staff in Afg [...] |
2009-11-02 21:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OPVIP |
| 09USUNNEWYORK977 |
ALBANIA CONFIRMS STRONG RELATIONS WITH U.S.; URGES [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 27 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, Albanian Permanent Representative Hoxha underscored Albania's strong relationship with the U.S. and praised the Obama administration's philosophy of greater UN engagement. Hoxha stressed that increasing the number of [...] |
2009-11-02 21:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AL KO SR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK978 |
HHS SECRETARY SEBELIUS - SYG BAN CALL ON [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke via teleconference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Director-General of the World Health (WHO) Organization Margaret Chan, the Executive Director of the UN Fund for Children (UNICE [...] |
2009-11-02 21:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNICEF WHO EAID SOCI UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK979 |
AU-UN: SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON UN ASSESSED [...] SUMMARY. In an October 26 open debate on support for African Union peacekeeping, Security Council members expressed divergent views on whether UN assessed contributions were a viable option to finance AU peacekeeping operations authorized by the Security Council. Uganda, Libya and Burkina Fa [...] |
2009-11-02 21:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO AU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK98 |
UNMIS CONSULTATIONS AND THE ICC [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 5, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). SRSG Qazi stressed that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) [...] |
2009-02-10 01:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK980 |
AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UK FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice on October 27 met with 14 members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament. The Parliamentarians, who represented the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, raised Iran, the Middle East, U.S. relations with Russia, Afghanistan, and concern ove [...] |
2009-11-02 22:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UK IR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK981 |
AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH ICC PRESIDENT SONG [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice met with the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Sang-Hyun Song on Thursday, October 29. Song hoped that the United States would participate in the ICC Review Process in Kampala in May of 2010, and raised concer [...] |
2009-11-03 00:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA KJUS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK982 |
UNGA: UN PASSES 18TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 18th annual resolution condemning the United States economic and commercial embargo on Cuba. The Foreign Minister of Cuba delivered a hostile, cold-war style intervention, blaming the United States for pr [...] |
2009-11-03 14:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ECON UNGA CA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK983 |
FUNDING THE UNGA'S TASK FORCE ON COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8 below. 2. (U) The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (Strategy), GA resolution 60/288, welcomed the intention of the Secretary-General to institutionalize, within existing resources, the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task For [...] |
2009-11-03 19:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL CT |
| 09USUNNEWYORK984 |
QAZI URGES COUNCIL TO CURB AVAILABILITY OF WEAPONS [...] Summary: In his last briefing before the Security Council, SRSG Qazi labeled mistrust between the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as the biggest challenge to its implementation. Qazi discussed the increasing tribal violence in the south and urged the Security Council to ad [...] |
2009-11-03 20:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK985 |
SYG BAN BRIEFS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OCTOBER 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a briefing to the UN General Assembly on October 30, Secretary-General Ban addressed the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN staff, and discussed the broader implications of the incident on the near-term safety and security of UN staff in Afgha [...] |
2009-11-03 21:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP |
| 09USUNNEWYORK986 |
SOMALIA 1844 DESIGNATIONS: USUN REQUESTS TO ENGAGE [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paras 6-8. 2. (C) Summary: Per Department instructions (REF A), USUN has shared with the P-3 a list of names we would consider designating under UNSCR 1844 (2008), the Somalia UN targeted sanctions regime established in November 2008. This list in [...] |
2009-11-03 22:26:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK987 |
REPORTS ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS FOR [...] Summary: On October 8 the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reported to the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) on the progress of their respective courts. Interventions followed from ten Member St [...] |
2009-11-03 22:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK988 |
SIXTH COMMITTEE: GENERAL DEBATE ON RULE OF LAW [...] Summary: On October 14, General Debate began on Sixth Committee Agenda Item 83: Rule of Law at the National and International Levels. Over fifty delegations (including the United States) and two Observer Missions addressed the Sixth Committee with most delegations making similar points on the [...] |
2009-11-03 22:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK989 |
GENERAL DEBATE AND RESOLUTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: On October 29, Judge Sang-Hyun Song updated the General Assembly on the activity of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Twenty-eight Member States addressed the General Assembly on the issue. Most countries pledged support for the ICC and commended Chile and the Czech Republic [...] |
2009-11-03 22:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK99 |
PALESTINIANS PRESSING SYG TO BROADEN SCOPE OF [...] (C) Palestinian Permanent Observer Ambassador Mansour told Ambassador Wolff February 6 that he was exploring ways for the UN to investigate the conduct of the Gaza conflict. He cited as precedent UNSCR 1405 (2002) which "welcomed the initiative of the Secretary-General to develop accurate inf [...] |
2009-02-10 01:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK990 |
DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE PLEDGES SUPPORT TO PANEL OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") met on October 30 with the newly-established Panel of Experts (POE), a team of UN contractors mandated with helping monitor and improve UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. POE members introduced themselves and [...] |
2009-11-03 23:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK991 |
64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: OTHER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-04 13:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK994 |
UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 25 AM) [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Debate continued on September 25 on a range of topics from climate change to UN reform (particularly Security Council membership), the Israel-Palestine dispute and multilateralism. The following heads of state or government spoke: Zimbabwe; Nauru; Palau; Estonia; Cote [...] |
2009-11-05 23:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO US ZI NR PS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK995 |
64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: OUTER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-05 23:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK996 |
64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: OTHER [...] (U) Summary: The UN Disarmament and International Security Committee (First Committee) conducted its thematic debate on other disarmament measures and international security on October 21. 2. Netherlands (U) The Netherlands presented updated versions of its draft resolutions on transpare [...] |
2009-11-05 23:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK997 |
U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 24, PM): [...] (U) SUMMARY: The afternoon session of the 2nd day of the UNGA General Debate on September 24 opened with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticizing the United States, dissecting the intentions of President Obama, and extolling the merits of socialism. Latin American leaders from Venezuela, C [...] |
2009-11-05 23:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA VE SI GY CS PA TZ LG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK999 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Representative Joseph Mutaboba on November 5 told the Security Council in an open session that there has been progress on national reconcliation, especially sinc [...] |
2009-11-06 20:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA |
| 10USUNNEWYORK1 |
AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH ICTY'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), met with Ambassador DiCarlo December 1 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. Brammertz focused his discussion on recent developments with respect [...] |
2010-01-05 18:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PREL UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK10 |
USUN MEETS WITH SPECIAL ENVOY TO PAKISTAN RIPERT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jean-Maurice Ripert, UN Special Envoy for Assistance, met with Ambassador DiCarlo on January 6 to discuss organization and next steps for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) group, the UN's capacity and security constraints, and donor coordination. Ripert outlined his re [...] |
2010-01-11 21:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
| 10USUNNEWYORK101 |
UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-24 14:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK102 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for the individuals listed below to attend and participate as the U.S. Delegation in the meeting of the Ninth Round of Informal Consultations of States Parties to the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United National Convention on the La [...] |
2010-02-24 17:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA OTRA EFIS SENV |
| 10USUNNEWYORK103 |
PREPARING FOR THE 12 - 16 APRIL MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (C) Summary. Negotiations on the CCIT will resume April 12 through 16 in New York. Discussions within the UN General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee on the CCIT last October resulted in no movement towards consensus on a [...] |
2010-02-24 21:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN KJUS |
| 10USUNNEWYORK104 |
AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on February 22 met with Filipino Ambassador Libran Cabactulan, President-elect of the Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to be held in May, 2010. Cabactulan said he is gauging expectations of the States Part [...] |
2010-02-24 23:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC UNSC IR RP |
| 10USUNNEWYORK105 |
U.S.MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR REQUEST TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-25 00:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ |
| 10USUNNEWYORK106 |
DPRK: IMPROVING THE UN'S RESPONSE TO DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., UK, French and Japanese missions have urged the UN Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") to streamline and improve its response to reported sanctions violations. Missions have urged the chair (Turkey) to encourage vigorous Committee investiga [...] |
2010-02-25 00:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK107 |
DPRK: SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa has confidentially reported to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a sanctions violation involving the transfer of North Korea-origin conventional arms to the Republic of Congo via China and Malaysia. According to this report, i [...] |
2010-02-25 00:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK109 |
RICE TELLS GOSS OFFICIALS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, Ambassador Rice met with Ezekiel Gatkuoth and David Choate from the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) mission to the United States at their request. Gatkuoth said his purpose in coming to New York was to communicate with the UN and key countries that they mus [...] |
2010-02-25 01:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
| 10USUNNEWYORK11 |
SRSG KAI EIDE BRIEFING AND UNAMA OPEN DEBATE [...] (U) Summary: On January 6, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA). SYG Ban, SRSG Eide and Afghan PermRep Tanin addressed the Council. Ban called Afghanistan an on-going "main priority" for the UN in 2010, and focused on the need to [...] |
2010-01-12 13:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO AF PK |
| 10USUNNEWYORK111 |
READOUT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary-General met with Israeli Defense Minister Barak in New York on February 24. According to a UN staff readout, UN colleagues were disappointed that Barak did not come with anything new on Gaza for the Secretary-General, who had hoped to get GOI concurrence to move ma [...] |
2010-02-26 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE IR |
| 10USUNNEWYORK115 |
URUGUAYAN FINANCE MINISTER SAYS UN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance Alvaro Garcia requested a meeting with Ambassador Wolff to express Uruguay's concern about the UN's late disbursements to Uruguayan peacekeepers. Garcia said Uruguay has been contributing to UN peacekeeping operations for years, regardless of th [...] |
2010-02-26 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR UNSC UY |
| 10USUNNEWYORK12 |
U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR U/S WILLIAM J. [...] U.S. Mission grants clearance for the following individuals to attend the P5 1 meeting in New York January 15-16, 2010: William J. Burns (Under Secretary for Political Affairs) Robert Waller (Special Assistant (P) ) Ambassador Steven Mull (Special Advisor (P) ) 2. U.S. Mission POC is USU [...] |
2010-01-13 15:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL |
| 10USUNNEWYORK14 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT SENIOR ADVISOR [...] (U) Mission clearance granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement. Mr. Rosand will participate in the first informal meeting of the Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) under the new CTC Chair (Turkey). Mr. Rosand will outline USG views on the CTC going forward. Mr [...] |
2010-01-13 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PTER KTFN AORC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK16 |
UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2010 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note from the Secretary-General, dated 24 December 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2010 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note also refers to [...] |
2010-01-14 15:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN CMP |
| 10USUNNEWYORK17 |
UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2010 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note from the Secretary-General, dated 31 December 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations regular budget for 2010 in the amount of $517,133,507.00. The note also refers [...] |
2010-01-14 15:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK19 |
MISSION CLEARANCE FOR GTIP DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAN KENNELLY [...] Mission clearance is granted to Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director of the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) for a series of bilateral meetings regarding the Global Plan of Action on Trafficking in Persons on January 14-16 in New York. 2. Brian Young, ECOS [...] |
2010-01-15 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KTIP OTRA PHUM PREL |
| 10USUNNEWYORK22 |
MEETING WITH NEW TURKISH COUNTER TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: Turkey, the new chairman of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) hosted an informal meeting at its mission on January 14, 2010, to outline its main objectives for its 2010 chairmanship and to exchange views with other committee members on the way forward. These p [...] |
2010-01-19 14:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ETTC KTFN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK24 |
SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY. The Security Council held a debate on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organizations on January 13, following a two day retreat hosted by the Secretary-General for the heads of some regional organizations. Participants offered their support for greater cooperat [...] |
2010-01-19 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK25 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH OUTGOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met on January 12 with outgoing UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano to thank him for his leadership and seek his candid assessment of the current situation. General Graziano emphasized that an opportunity exists to press for a permanent cease-fire given that [...] |
2010-01-19 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 10USUNNEWYORK26 |
SOMALIA: TERRORISM THREAT OF UNSTABLE SOMALIA; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 14, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. He focused on the terrorism threat posed by Somalia and urged the international community to boost financial support to both AMISOM and the TFG's securit [...] |
2010-01-20 00:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO |
| 10USUNNEWYORK27 |
UN SRSG FOR SOMALIA PLEADS FOR FUNDING TO THWART [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 12 meeting with Ambassador Rice, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah underscored Somalia's potential as a terrorist incubator, citing the presence of foreign fighters and the TFG's inability to provide security. He said that two things are needed to def [...] |
2010-01-20 10:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO |
| 10USUNNEWYORK28 |
DPRK: EXPERTS INVESTIGATE SANCTIONS VIOLATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Panel of Experts (POE), a team mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea, has launched investigations into the four sanctions violations reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 [...] |
2010-01-20 19:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK3 |
MISSION CLEARANCE FOR S/SRAP HUMANITARIAN ADVISER MAUREEN [...] Mission clearance is granted to S/SRAP Humanitarian Adviser Maureen White and PRM/Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas, Director Eleanor Nagy for January 6-7, 2010 to attend briefings with high-level USUN/UN officials in New York. 2. Doug Mercado, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN [...] |
2010-01-05 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK32 |
UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL - JANUARY [...] SUMMARY: The Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, Karin Lundgren, briefed the Security Council on the activities of UNMIN and the latest developments in Nepal on January 15. Lundgren highlighted a number of new, positive developments which have recently occurre [...] |
2010-01-21 14:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP |
| 10USUNNEWYORK33 |
FIFTH COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE 2010-2011 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: The main session of the 64th General Assembly (GA) concluded early on the morning of December 24, 2009 with the adoption of a $5.16 billion 2010-2011 biennium budget. The Secretary-General initially proposed a 2010-2011 budget of $4.88 billion. However, at the time of his initial [...] |
2010-01-21 14:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT AORC UN KUNR |
| 10USUNNEWYORK35 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR [...] Mission clearance granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement. Mr. Rosand, together with USUN officials, will discuss CTC revitalization with representatives of China, Russia and Turkey. Mr. Rosand and USUN officials will meet with UN Department of Political Affa [...] |
2010-01-22 10:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OTRA PTER KTFN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK36 |
DPRK: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE PRESSES ON 1874 [...] (C) The UNSC's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") met on January 20 to push forward on a number of items related to implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. China opened the meeting with a lengthy statement reaffirming its support for sanctions implementation, but insis [...] |
2010-01-22 12:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK37 |
AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS NPT PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador DiCarlo on January 18 met Libran Cabactulan, the Filipino President-elect of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, to convey USG priorities on strengthening the NPT and to elicit his views on managing the Review Conference (RevCon) process. Ambassador DiCarlo said the USG se [...] |
2010-01-22 17:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM RP |
| 10USUNNEWYORK38 |
U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR U/S THOMAS A. [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission grants clearance for Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, to meet with USUN/POL and to assist visitors from the George Washington University Law School in facilitating GWU's offer of pro bono legal assistance for 1540 implementation. An additional meeting with the UN Offi [...] |
2010-01-22 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL ETTC PARM PGOV PTER UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK39 |
COUNCIL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (SBU) UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council in an open briefing on January 21 that challenges in implementing the "Ouagadougou IV" reunification plan could hamper the electoral process. Choi also said that the creation of a second electoral list by the Independ [...] |
2010-01-22 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI UV |
| 10USUNNEWYORK4 |
MISSION CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR UNDC [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted to the following UNDC Representatives: Susan Burk, Scott Davis and Giovanni Snidle to visit New York January 6-7, 2010, to conduct meetings at the United Nations in preparation for the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May 2010. [...] |
2010-01-06 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM UNDC ASEC OTRA |
| 10USUNNEWYORK43 |
UN ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 15:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK44 |
SWITCHING USG CONTRIBUTION FROM CTITF TO UNICRI [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph three below. 2. (U) In September, 2007, the United States pledged $403k to the United Nations Implementation Task Force (CTITF): $226k towards the working group titled "Addressing Radicalization and Extremism That Lead to Terrorism", and $1 [...] |
2010-01-25 18:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK45 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ATTEND MEETING OF THE [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for the individuals listed below to attend and participate in the meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (BB [...] |
2010-01-25 19:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHSA |
| 10USUNNEWYORK46 |
U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR IO/UNP [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission grants clearance for Andrew L. Morrison IO/UNP Multilateral Affairs Officer for consultations. These consultations will take place in New York on January 27, 2010. 2. (U) U.S. Mission POC is Political Adviser, Amy Schedlbauer, Tel: 212-415-4226, room 619, BB: 646-510-003 [...] |
2010-01-26 16:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA |
| 10USUNNEWYORK47 |
UNMIK: TADIC AND HYSENI SPAR ON KOSOVO DURING [...] SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council during a January 22 quarterly debate that the security situation remained stable, but fragile, in northern Kosovo due to politicization of issues such as municipalelections and energy delivery. Serbian President Boris Tadic calle [...] |
2010-01-26 17:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNMIK SR KV |
| 10USUNNEWYORK48 |
EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 64TH GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-27 20:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA AL AM AJ BO BK BU HR CY EN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK49 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR [...] Mission clearance is granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement for visit on January 28 - 29. Mr. Rosand plans to attend a G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG)/UN Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) joint meeting. He will also meet with representat [...] |
2010-01-28 18:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PTER AORC KTFN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK5 |
UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: US ACHIEVES OBJECTIVES IN [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before midnight on 23 December 2009, Permanent Representatives from approximately two dozen UN Member States concluded nine hours of negotiations to resolve the impasse over the scales of assessments in the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee. The meeting, which [...] |
2010-01-07 15:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UN UNGA KUNR |
| 10USUNNEWYORK51 |
TURKEY CHAIRS ITS FIRST UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkish Permrep Ertugrul Apakan chaired his first UN Security Council CTC meeting January 21. The agenda included the CTC's work program for the next six months and a thematic discussion on implementation and assessment of Security Council resolution 1624 (2005). As there ar [...] |
2010-01-29 00:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK52 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson to participate in meetings on February 1-2 with Security Council experts from the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals concerning the USG proposal to p [...] |
2010-01-29 13:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OTRA KJUS PHUM UN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK53 |
MINURCAT MANDATE RENEWAL -- CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the French mission held an informal meeting with Security Council experts and a Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) team prior to its January 26 trip to Chad to discuss the Government of Chad's (GoC) ob [...] |
2010-01-29 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF UNSC CD CT SU |
| 10USUNNEWYORK54 |
UNMIS ENTERS CRITICAL PHASE; COUNCIL URGES [...] Summary: On January 26, U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). Le Roy acknowledged that difficult issues still must be resolved and noted that the upcoming African Union Summit in Addis would provide an opportunity to harmonize strategies. Council mem [...] |
2010-01-29 19:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
| 10USUNNEWYORK55 |
UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...] |
2010-01-29 23:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE |
| 10USUNNEWYORK56 |
1267 COMMITTEE FALLS BEHIND ON 1822 REVIEW OF [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-01 15:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK57 |
FOLLOW-UP TRILATERAL DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Per reftel, U.S., Russian and U.K. Deputy PermReps on February 1 delivered the second trilateral demarche to the Deputy PermRep of Libya, Ibrahim Dabbashi, requesting that Libya withdraw its proposed amendments to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Ambassador Wol [...] |
2010-02-02 10:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UK RS LY |
| 10USUNNEWYORK58 |
MISSION CLEARANCE FOR PRM DAS REUBEN BRIGETY [...] Mission clearance is granted to PRM DAS Reuben Brigety, to attend consultations in New York on February 4, 2010. 2. Doug Mercado, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN. Mr. Mercado's office phone # is 212-415-4398, cell # is 571-332-5794. Rice [...] |
2010-02-02 23:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OTRA PHUM PREF |
| 10USUNNEWYORK59 |
UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session [...] (U) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the flagship UN development agency with a billion-dollar annual operating budget, to which the United States contributes around $100 million yearly. UNDP works in over 130 countries, focusing on poverty, governance, environment/energy, cris [...] |
2010-02-03 15:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNDP UNFPA EAID ECON |
| 10USUNNEWYORK60 |
UNICEF Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session [...] (U) Summary: The UNICEF January 12-14 first regular session dealt with a light menu of routine items (budgeting and final approval of a few country programs), but took place against the backdrop of the Haiti earthquake disaster and Executive Director Ann Veneman's announcement that she would no [...] |
2010-02-03 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNICEF EAID ECON TZ |
| 10USUNNEWYORK61 |
UNGA: SC REFORM: FOURTH ROUND ENDS; CHAIR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on January 19 and 20 for its second and final meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations to discuss "areas of convergence." While the 52 delegations and one observer who spoke covered the subject of the meetin [...] |
2010-02-03 15:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK63 |
1267: UK SOUNDS ALARM ON TARDY REVIEW OF AL QAEDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Deputy Perm Rep Parham expressed concern to Amb. Wolff about the 1267 Committee's disappointingly slow progress on its one-time review of all names on the Al Qaeda / Taliban sanctions list. Parham expressed frustration that the 1267 Committee still had 400 out of 488 names lef [...] |
2010-02-05 16:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK65 |
GOLDSTONE: ANTICIPATED NEXT STEPS IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: On February 4 the Secretary General released his report on Goldstone as requested by the November 5 General Assembly resolution. The Secretary General's report is brief, but attaches the submissions of the Israelis, Palestinians, and the Swiss (as depository of the Geneva Convent [...] |
2010-02-05 23:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL PHUM IS KPAL |
| 10USUNNEWYORK66 |
UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE [...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 4. 2. USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 20, 2010 concerning the financing of the international Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory [...] |
2010-02-08 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK67 |
UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 13 [...] 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 26, 2010 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] |
2010-02-08 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 10USUNNEWYORK68 |
UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $37.9 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 $37,925,192.67 pledged by the U.S. Government to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, of the [...] |
2010-02-08 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
| 10USUNNEWYORK69 |
UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $855,655 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 $855,655 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 January 21, 2010 payments owed are [...] |
2010-02-08 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
| 10USUNNEWYORK7 |
UN - GA FUNDS SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS FOR 2010 [...] (U) Summary: On December 24, 2009, the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the GA completed its consideration of the proposed 2010 budgets for 27 Special Political Missions (SPMs) by approving funding under the regular budget of $569.5 million, a reduction of $30 million (5%) i [...] |
2010-01-07 21:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
| 10USUNNEWYORK70 |
UN AND UNEP ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-08 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN UNEP |
| 10USUNNEWYORK71 |
SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON RECENT TRAVELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary-General (SYG) Ban briefed the Council in closed consultations on February 3, reviewing his travel to the January 28 conference on Afghanistan in London, to Cyprus, and to the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, and an update on Haiti. Ban's overview of the London Conference on A [...] |
2010-02-09 14:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AF HA CY SU YM |
| 10USUNNEWYORK72 |
NIGERIAN PERM REP OFFERS TO HELP ON SUDAN, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice hosted a lunch for Nigerian PermRep Ogwu and the Nigerian Security Council team on February 1 to enlist support for U.S. priorities. PR Ogwu expressed reservations over a possible Council trip to Khartoum but committed to considering whether it could make the visi [...] |
2010-02-09 20:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO XY XA NI IR SU PARM |
| 10USUNNEWYORK73 |
FY2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Per the request in reftel, USUN has undertaken a thorough review and certifies that ECOSOC, UNICEF and UNDPI have not granted any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes or condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia. Mission est [...] |
2010-02-09 23:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI |
| 10USUNNEWYORK75 |
AMB. RICE'S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY 3, [...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...] |
2010-02-11 15:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PHUM PREF SU |
| 10USUNNEWYORK76 |
UNSC: DPKO BRIEFS ON RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UNIFIL's Strategic Military Cell (SMC) briefed Security Council members at an informal meeting on February 5 on the key conclusions and recommendations of the Joint UNIFIL-DPKO Technical Review. The review envisions no radic [...] |
2010-02-11 19:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 10USUNNEWYORK77 |
AMBASSADOR RAPP (S/SWCI) HOLDS MEETINGS IN NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Stephen Rapp (S/WCI), held meetings in New York February 1, 2 and 5 to take the pulse of the P5, Austria, and Rwanda on the possibility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) transferring cases to Rwanda's national judicial system where an internat [...] |
2010-02-11 22:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ICTY PARM PREF PREL UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK8 |
DRC UN MISSION: PARTIAL PAYMENT OF RENTAL ARREARS [...] On January 6, Vornado Realty Trust provided USUN/HC with a copy of a check it received from the DRC Mission to the UN (DRCMUN) for $100,000. The check, dated January 5, was partial payment for outstanding arrears owed by the DRCMUN for its office space at 866 UN Plaza, Suite 511, New York, N [...] |
2010-01-07 22:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CG OFDP PREL |
| 10USUNNEWYORK80 |
MISSION CLEARANCE FOR S/SRAP HUMANITARIAN ADVISER MAUREEN [...] Mission clearance is granted to S/SRAP Humanitarian Adviser Maureen White and PRM/Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas, Director Eleanor Nagy for January 6-7, 2010 to attend briefings with high-level USUN/UN officials in New York. 2. Doug Mercado, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN [...] |
2010-02-12 11:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM |
| 10USUNNEWYORK81 |
MISSION CLEARANCE FOR GTIP DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAN KENNELLY [...] Mission clearance is granted to Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director of the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) for a series of bilateral meetings regarding the Global Plan of Action on Trafficking in Persons on January 14-16 in New York. 2. Brian Young, ECOS [...] |
2010-02-12 11:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KTIP OTRA PHUM PREL |
| 10USUNNEWYORK85 |
AMB. RICE,S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY [...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...] |
2010-02-16 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU |
| 10USUNNEWYORK86 |
NEWLY APPOINTED SRSG ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE WALLSTROM [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-16 15:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG |
| 10USUNNEWYORK88 |
AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN PERMREP [...] Summary: During a February 8 lunch hosted by Ambassador Rice for Brazilian PermRep Viotti, the U.S. and Brazil were in agreement on priorities for and approaches to dealing with Haiti. On Sudan, Viotti said she believes there is "a measure of convergence" in the SC on what needs to be done t [...] |
2010-02-16 21:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IAEA BR IR HA SU |
| 10USUNNEWYORK89 |
SECURITY COUNCIL LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: MINURCAT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a lunch hosted by the French Mission for Security Council members on February 12, Secretary General Ban discussed the future status of the UN Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT), Cote D'Ivoire and Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe's recent trip to [...] |
2010-02-17 23:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD LY SU CT KN IV |
| 10USUNNEWYORK9 |
THE 2010 SECURITY COUNCIL: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The votes and actions of incoming Security Council members Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will be more challenging than their predecessors and will require close management on some issues. On the key priority of non-proliferation, Brazil's efforts to d [...] |
2010-01-08 17:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK92 |
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHARTER COMMITTEE WILL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph five below. 2. (U) Summary. Last December the Sixth (legal) Committee of the General Assembly (GA) adopted resolution A/RES/64/115 titled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the R [...] |
2010-02-18 17:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK94 |
PEACEKEEPING: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra told the Security Council in an informal briefing on February 17, that the need for strong Council unanimity of political support, the lack of adequate resources from TCCs/PCCs to match Council mandates, and the increasing complexity of modern peacekee [...] |
2010-02-20 00:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK95 |
USUN AND TURKISH MISSIONS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 27. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Apakan and DPR Corman and Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo engaged in a wide ranging discussion of issues before the Security Council at lunch on February 5. They covered Cyprus, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, the [...] |
2010-02-20 02:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK96 |
DPRK: THAILAND PERM REP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai Perm Rep Sinhaseni briefed Amb. Wolff on Thailand's actions following its December seizure of arms being shipped from North Korea in violation of UNSCR 1874. Sinhaseni explained that Thailand had reported the incident to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee [...] |
2010-02-22 18:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK97 |
UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSION - MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on February 18. He emphasized that the two parties were seriously considering Special Envoy Mitchell's proposal to move to proximity talks and sai [...] |
2010-02-22 19:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY |
| 10USUNNEWYORK98 |
UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has e-mailed 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 February 18, 2010 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as f [...] |
2010-02-22 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
| 89USUNNEWYORK3978 |
TFPM02: MEETING WITH SC PRESIDENT ON PANAMA [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. AMB PICKERING MET WITH SC PRESIDENT (COLOMBIA) DEC 20 TO ASK THAT A LETTER SETTING FORTH THE REASONS FOR U.S. ACTIONS IN PANAMA AND A COPY OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT BE CIRCULATED AS OFFICIAL UN DOCUMENTS. PICKERING ALSO ARGUED AGAINST PREMATU [...] |
1989-12-20 18:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XK UNSC OAS PM |
| 90USUNNEWYORK2143 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 14-0-0 WITH ONE MEMBER, YEMEN, NOT PARTICIPATING, A RESOLUTION (SC RES 660) CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE ALL-NIGHT SC SESSION, CALLED BY THE U.S. AND KUWAIT, HEARD THE KUWAITI PERMREP EXPRESS SHOCK AND "BITTERNESS" OVER [...] |
1990-08-02 17:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ UNSC PINS |
| 92USUNNEWYORK2987 |
IRAQ DECIDES NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN UN BOUNDARY [...] FOR THE RECORD WE PROVIDE THE FULL TEXT OF THE IRAQI FM'S JULY 12 LETTER (S/24275, FAXED TO IO/UNP), SUMMARIZED REFTEL, IN WHICH IRAQ ANNOUNCES THAT IT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE UN BOUNDARY DEMARCATION COMMISSION IN NEW YORK. 2. BEGIN TEXT: LETTER DATED 12 JULY 199 [...] |
1992-07-16 01:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS UNSC KU IZ |
| 92USUNNEWYORK5825 |
TFSOOL - UN WOULD LIKE TO CONSULT WITH US ON [...] CONFIDENTIAL: ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN DECEMBER 7 MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR PERKINS, THE SYG AND USG GOULDING ASKED THE US TO CONSULT WITH THE UN ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS BEFORE MAKING FINAL DECISIONS. END SUMMARY. 3. IN SUCCESSIVE MEETINGS DECEMBER 7 BOUTROS GHALI AND USG GOULDING U [...] |
1992-12-08 21:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC MOPS PHUM SO |
| 98USUNNEWYORK1622 |
PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 28 THE SECURITY COUNCIL COULD NOT ISSUE A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT "STRONGLY DEPLORING" THE MAY 28 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST. DESPITE MAY 28 LATE NIGHT SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS OF THE WHOLE, THE CHINESE SAID THEY WERE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. DURING EARLIER INFORMAL CONSULT [...] |
1998-05-29 04:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN |
| 98USUNNEWYORK1638 |
SECOND PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: UN SECURITY [...] (C) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN EMERGENCY SESSION MAY 30 AT THE REQUEST OF JAPAN TO RESPOND TO THE SECOND SET OF PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR OWADA, UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS GOVERNMENT, TABLED A DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (TEXT IN PARA 7), CO-SPONSORED BY SWEDEN [...] |
1998-05-30 21:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN |
| 98USUNNEWYORK2600 |
UN: COUNCIL REVIEWS SUDAN LETTER OF PROTEST [...] (C) ON AUGUST 24, COUNCIL PRESIDENT TURK (SLOVENIA) NOTED RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM SUDANESE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS RORIC CONDEMNING THE AUGUST 20 DESTRUCTION OF THE EL-SHIFA PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY BY U.S. MISSILES (REF A). AMBASSADOR BURLEIGH EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THE JUSTIFICA [...] |
1998-08-24 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SU |