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05PARIS7334	DETAILS OF EDF'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION [...] SUMMARY. The partial privatization of Electricite de France (EDF) will be done through an increase in EDF's capital and a sale of government shares to EDF's employees. The government will keep a substantial 85% stake in the company. The initial public offering of EDF's shares will start on O [...]	2005-10-26 17:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV ENRG FR

05PARIS734	FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...]	2005-02-04 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ IS FR
05PARIS7349	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency - [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7352	FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...]	2005-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR VE BL CO
05PARIS7355	OECD/EXPORT CREDIT: STRENGTHENED ANTI-BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on export credits and credit guarantees (ECG) met October 10 and 11 in Paris to consider proposals to enhance the November 2000 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export [...]	2005-10-27 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD EXIM OECD
05PARIS7360	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MICHEL ROCARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former prime minister Michel Rocard received Ambassador Stapleton October 24. Fresh off the early-October publication of his new book, "If the Left Had Known," and a recent trip to China, Rocard sees the November congress of his Socialist Party (PS) as a historic opportunity. Offer [...]	2005-10-27 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7373	FRENCH ELECTRICITY UTILITY GIANT EDF GETS "GREEN [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delays, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin confirmed on October 24 that France's state-owned power company Electricite de France (EDF) is to be partially privatized. To limit protests from trade unions, the GOF has pledged to maintain 85 percent owners [...]	2005-10-27 17:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7387	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 10:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7392	FRENCH ON BURMA UNSC - BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS7396	FRENCH RESPONSE TO SAFE HAVEN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM FR NU
05PARIS7397	IRAQ: GOF REACTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (C) We delivered ref A statement October 28 to Bernard Chappedelaine, the MFA's Iraq desk officer, and also asked him if France would not consider any additional bilateral programs for Iraq, given the approval of the referendum on the constitution. Chappedelaine raised the long-standing Frenc [...]	2005-10-28 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ FR
05PARIS7398	GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...]	2005-10-28 17:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IR FR
05PARIS7399	LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...]	2005-10-28 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR LE SY UNSC
05PARIS7401	USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]	2005-10-31 08:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7407	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 12:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7439	ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...]	2005-10-31 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IS FR
05PARIS7446	UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE [...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC),the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...]	2005-10-31 18:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI
05PARIS7454	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7461	UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S [...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]	2005-11-02 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS747	OFFICIAL GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF TOGO PRESIDENT [...] (U) Both President Chirac and the MFA issued brief communiques following the death on February 5 of Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema. Informal Embassy translations of both texts follow: 2. (U) Elysee Communique (February 5, 2005): BEGIN COMMUNIQUE: -- It is with profound sadne [...]	2005-02-07 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS7472	UNESCO and WSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...]	2005-11-02 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS749	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO [...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...]	2005-02-07 12:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7491	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-03 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7496	MFA EMPHASIZES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT ON DRAFT IRAQ [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the new Iraq UNSCR (reftel) November 2 with MFA UN/Iraq desk officer Nicolas Kassianides, who had sent instructions on the draft text earlier in the day to the French UN Mission in New York. Kassianides stressed [...]	2005-11-03 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ UNSC
05PARIS7506	FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7510	FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS [...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...]	2005-11-03 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS7521	FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]	2005-11-03 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS7525	PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...]	2005-11-03 18:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7527	VIOLENCE IN SUBURBS: COMMENTS OF TERRORISM [...] (S) During a conversation November 3 with terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard, Poloff asked for his analysis of recent violence in the suburbs (ref A). Ricard began by saying that no one in the French government should be surprised by what has happened. Successive governments ha [...]	2005-11-04 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS7528	TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON ONGOING [...] (S) Summary: Terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) discussed his office's ongoing C/T activities November 3, including the possible upcoming release of two ex-GTMO detainees and the continued investigation of three separate terrorist cells discovered in 2005. [...]	2005-11-04 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER FR
05PARIS7532	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-04 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7561	SET BACK FOR FRANCE'S NUCLEAR COMPANY AREVA [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Prime Minister de Villepin cancelled the planned partial privatization of French nuclear powerhouse AREVA, generating a flurry of journalistic commentary, mostly suggesting that the non-privatization will upset the company's planned expansion to take advantage of [...]	2005-11-04 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA EINV PGOV FR
05PARIS7573	AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS: FRENCH EFFORTS [...] Summary. The GOF continues to hone preparations for a future avian flu pandemic. On October 27, Research Minister Goulard made symbolic visits to some of France's most prestigious biological research facilities that could prove critical in any response to an H5N1 viral outbreak. On November [...]	2005-11-04 18:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR SOCI FR
05PARIS7574	USUNESCO: 33rd GENERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS [...] SUMMARY: UNESCO's 33rd General Conference adopted by consensus the Convention Against Doping in Sport, designed to strengthen efforts to keep sport fair and drug-free. The convention places particular emphasis on the education of amateur athletes and the fight against doping in sport by athl [...]	2005-11-07 09:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7577	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Paris Riots President Bush to [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-07 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7587	USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION [...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]	2005-11-07 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7595	PARIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING REGARDING [...] DCM convened the Paris CORE EAC this date to discuss the continuing spread of arson attacks throughout France. Attendees included; DCM, DCM UNESCO, RSO, CG, ACS, MGT, ORA, FBI, POL, PA, OSI, ICE, TSA, DATT, and ECON. 2. FOR BACKGROUND: RSO reiterated that over the last week there have bee [...]	2005-11-07 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC FR
05PARIS7597	MFA ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 discussion, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran Antoine Sivan affirmed that the GoF will view the next Iraqi government as fully sovereign, but gave no indication that the GoF will increase its assistance to Iraq after December elections. Sivan expressed satisfac [...]	2005-11-07 17:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR FR
05PARIS7598	WTO DEMARCHE: FRENCH MAINTAIN VIEWS ON AG TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs delivered ref A points to key French officials at the Elysee, the Trade Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, who continue to voice their objections to the Commission's revised proposal for the WTO Doha Round negotiations. The French approach seems to have changed very li [...]	2005-11-07 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV FR
05PARIS7599	RAMPAGE IN FRANCE CONTINUES FOR 11TH DAY [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding massive deployments of police and President Jacques Chirac's assurances that "the absolute priority is to reestablish security and public order," violent unrest in France intensified through the weekend, with November 6 marking the eleventh night of arson and clas [...]	2005-11-07 18:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7613	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Summit of the Americas [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 12:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7626	FORMER PM JOSPIN DEFLECTS SPECULATION ABOUT [...] (C) Over lunch with Ambassador Stapleton on November 2, former prime minister Lionel Jospin said that desire for change, along with widespread disappointment with the record of President Chirac and the center-right, "puts things in place" for a center-left victory in 2007. However, he also cau [...]	2005-11-08 13:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7630	NEW FRENCH BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE PARISOT ON [...] SUMMARY. France's new business spokesman Laurence Parisot believes France is still "quite competitive" despite the French public's negative perception of the private sector. Parisot, who was elected as first woman president of the French employers association MEDEF in July 2005, told Ambass [...]	2005-11-08 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB FR KBIO
05PARIS7658	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France - Suburban Violence [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 12:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7667	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC
05PARIS7675	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN: REMAIN FIRM, DON'T [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan assessed the Ahmadi-Nejad government as weakened by internal debate within Iran and lacking competence and experience, during a recent discussion with us. Sivan speculated that Ahmadi-Nejad's recent s [...]	2005-11-09 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IR FR
05PARIS7677	USUNESCO: UNESCO'S WSIS PREPARATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 presentation to member states on UNESCO preparations for WSIS, Assistant Director General Abdul Waheed Khan discussed Internet governance, the possibility of UNESCO and ITU leading roles in post-WSIS implementation, the UNESCO "brand" at WSIS, planned UNE [...]	2005-11-09 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS7682	THE FRENCH INTEGRATION MODEL: GOING UP IN SMOKE? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Continuing violent unrest in France -- only now diminishing after thirteen intense days -- has very publicly brought to light the ugly reality of France's persistent failure to integrate its immigrant population. Importantly, the violence has not taken on religious ove [...]	2005-11-09 18:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI ELAB FR
05PARIS7683	THE FRENCH VIEW IN INITIATING THE KABUL AGENDA [...] (C) On November 8 poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon explained that France agreed with U.S. views as outlined in the points, and said he was glad to see the prominence given to the United Nations' key leadership role in the country. He [...]	2005-11-10 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV
05PARIS7688	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-10 12:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7691	FRENCH INNOVATION EVENT: SEEKING U.S. PARTICIPATION [...] Summary: Eminent scientist and former French presidential scientific advisor Professor Jean Audouze called on Embassy recently to urge U.S. participation in the second European Research and Innovation Exhibition and associated conference to be held June 8-11, 2006 in Paris. The Embassy views t [...]	2005-11-10 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TPHY TNGD KPAO FR
05PARIS77	GOF WON'T BE JOINING INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points urging French support for the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) with MFA Iraq desk officer Bernard Chappedelaine January 5, after delivering reftel points to the GoF December 29. Chappedelaine reported that the GoF did not plan to participate in [...]	2005-01-05 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS7704	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Total executive notes decision-making void in Iran (para 2) -- Individuals flocking [...]	2005-11-10 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS771	FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE [...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...]	2005-02-07 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS7715	USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB [...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...]	2005-11-14 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SU UNESCO
05PARIS7716	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Azerbaijan Terrorism - Amman [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7725	NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP: [...] (U) On November 8, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Julien Turenne, Chief of the Bureau of Resources and International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish. Mr. Turenne understood the points delivered, and explained that GOF has no objection to Mr. Hog [...]	2005-11-14 13:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV AORC FR ICCAT
05PARIS7733	UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND [...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...]	2005-11-14 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO
05PARIS7737	PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005 [...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...]	2005-11-14 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL HA FR
05PARIS7742	USUNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON UNESCO'S [...] Summary. On Tuesday 8 November, the Director- General convened an information meeting on UNESCO's participation in the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP). The meeting, which was originally requested by the British Delegation during the 172nd Executive Board in September, was intended to review the [...]	2005-11-14 17:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EFIN IZ FR UNESCO
05PARIS7745	FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect),briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...]	2005-11-14 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR
05PARIS7749	FRANCE: IPR ISSUES UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French Intellectual Property (IPR) and cultural policy news. French Net pirates prefer U.S. films ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Almost 38 percent of French Internet users admit to illegally downloading movies, with a marked p [...]	2005-11-15 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR FR
05PARIS7752	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7767	USUNESCO: UNESCO - DIRECTOR OF HUMAN [...] This is an action request: see para. 6. 2. During a meeting on November 14, Dyane Dufresne- Klaus, Unesco's Director of Human Resources, told the Charge that she would like U.S. assistance in reforming the organization's human resource system. She indicated that the current system is ju [...]	2005-11-15 13:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN APER FR UNESCO
05PARIS7769	UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...]	2005-11-15 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS7771	FRENCH ECONOMY IMPROVING, BUT UNREST MAY LEAVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. While the recent unrest in France may have dominated the headlines, the GOF has attempted to counter the negative reports with good economic news. GDP growth increased 2.8% (annualized) in the third quarter, much more than expected. The unemployment rate decreased to 9.8%, and [...]	2005-11-15 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7772	USUNESCO: UNESCO SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES CULTURAL [...] SUMMARY and comment: UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector held an international symposium on "Cultural Diversity and Transversal Values: East-West Dialogue on Spiritual-Secular Dynamics" on November 7- 9. The symposium concluded with a communiqu identifying new directions for dialogue [...]	2005-11-15 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7777	ASSAULT OF FRENCH JOURNALIST IN TUNISIA PROMPTS MEDIA OUTCRY, DOMESTIC CRITICISM OF GOF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 09:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TS FR
05PARIS7779	FRENCH CUBA POLICY: WAITING FOR A GESTURE [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier clarified the French position on Cuba in the aftermath of FM Perez Roque's visit October 11 (reftel). Coffinier characterized the [...]	2005-11-16 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7785	ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON RESPONSE TO COE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) Amb. Stapleton received by fax a letter (full text para 4) from Dick Marty, whom the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has appointed to investigate the allegations of CIA secret detention centers in CoE member countries. The key [...]	2005-11-16 12:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PINS FR
05PARIS7787	MFA EUROPEAN DIRECTOR NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EU BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: MFA EU Affairs A/S-equivalent Briatta told us November 15 that he was not optimistic the EU would reach a budget deal by year's end, in part because of Blair's weakened domestic standing, and notwithstanding the UK's fears of increasing isolation within the EU and growing unhapp [...]	2005-11-16 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD FR ECON PGOV EUN
05PARIS7788	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to China Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7792	FRANCE ON CHAD: DEBY'S THE MAIN MAN [...] (C) Summary: For Michael Deslaimes, the French MFA Chad and Togo Desk Officer, Idriss Deby's Presidency is "indispensable" to the tenuous stability of a hodgepodge country in continual tribal ferment. Deslaimes told Africa Watcher November 15 that Deby is the right choice -- the only option [...]	2005-11-16 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN CD FR
05PARIS781	OECD SURVEY OF SPAIN'S ECONOMY: EROSION OF [...] The Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD conducted an economic review of Spain on January 31, 2005. The last such review was held in February 2003. Mr. Angel Torres, Director General at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Spain's previous EDRC delegate, led the Spanis [...]	2005-02-08 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN XG XT ZM SP
05PARIS7812	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7813	FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...]	2005-11-17 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN
05PARIS7814	CNIL UNLOCKS SOX [...] SUMMARY: Bowing to pressure, CNIL Commissioners announced on November 15 that they would allow US-listed companies to enact whistleblower provisions in France, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL published an "orientation document" and promised to grant blanket approval to firms t [...]	2005-11-17 13:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7828	PAKISTAN RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE: FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL PAK
05PARIS7831	FRENCH LUKEWARM TO SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. Parfait stated that the French did not share our analysis of the success of the disarmament camp [...]	2005-11-17 16:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER FR CO OAS
05PARIS7835	ANALYZING THE CIVIL UNREST -- THE ISLAMIC FACTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The perpetrators of the urban rampaging (refs) in France are by and large of Arab-African and Black-African background. In most cases, they are also Muslims, raising the question as to what extent their religious affiliation helps explain the explosion in France's immigrant subu [...]	2005-11-17 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7838	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - FRANCE [...] (U) Detailed GOF reactions and responses to date to the possibility of an avian flu pandemic are contained in reftels (B) - (E). The following paragraphs respond to reftel A queries. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. (U) Following news t [...]	2005-11-17 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL FR
05PARIS7844	FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR
05PARIS7850	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Prisons and [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7863	USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] There are 335 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) maintaining official relations with UNESCO. 5 NGOs have entered into official relations with UNESCO. 2 NGOs have ended official relations with UNESCO since last year's review. Mission notified IO/SHA Sylvia Hammond by fax and e-mail. 2. [...]	2005-11-18 12:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC SOCI PHUM
05PARIS7871	RECOMMENDATION OF WAIVER FOR FRANCE OF LIBERTAD [...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GoF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...]	2005-11-18 14:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC FR CU
05PARIS7873	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...]	2005-11-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7885	FRENCH CONFLICTED ON ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA, BUT [...] (S) Summary: Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel A points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi, and PolOff separately shared points with Admiral de Monval, responsible for Latin American iss [...]	2005-11-18 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	MARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS7896	FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN, [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...]	2005-11-18 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN
05PARIS7899	MFA CABINET MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: MFA Cabinet advisor on Maghreb/Arabian Gulf issues Francois Thoizy, during a November 17 discussion on GoF policy in the Gulf and Maghreb (septel),offered unusually frank observations on domestic integration and discrimination issues, referring frequently to his status as the fir [...]	2005-11-18 19:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI PINR XF
05PARIS7905	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 12:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7915	USUNESCO: UKRANIAN PRESIDENT AND FRENCH FM [...] Summary. In a ceremony at Unesco headquarters on November 16, Unesco marked its 60th anniversary. Featured speakers included Ukranian president Yushchenko, French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy and former directors general Amdaou-Mahtar M'Bow and Federico Mayor. A recurring theme in all the [...]	2005-11-21 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL ETRD UP FR UNESCO
05PARIS7920	FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...]	2005-11-21 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP
05PARIS7922	GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...]	2005-11-21 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7935	Unofficial translation of article from Le [...] Trade Minister Christine Lagarde has signed two recent op-ed pieces on the WTO round. The latest, published on November 21 in the Financial Times entitled "Big Cuts in Farm Tariffs are No Solution to Poverty" warns against "blindly slashing" agricultural tariffs, and proposes focusing on the [...]	2005-11-21 18:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS794	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO [...] SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO MIDDLE EAST - EUROPE 2. MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIK, SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION AND TO PARIS TODAY ARE PROMINENTLY FRONT- PAGED WITH ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH MAHMUD [...]	2005-02-08 11:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7947	CESR HOLDS HEARING ON MEDIATION OPTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a public hearing organized in Paris on November 21 by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),financial market participants aired differing opinions about how and whether CESR should institute a mediation procedure for national regulators. The idea is to not s [...]	2005-11-22 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7948	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel- [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7953	FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7954	FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...]	2005-11-22 14:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC

05PARIS7955	DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN trade shows 2007 [...] IN ANTICIPATION OF Euronaval 2006 and the PARIS AIR SHOW 2007, the Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy Paris Country Team strongly support and encourage FULL AND DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THese IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTs. 2. Exposure and Outcomes. EURONAVAL, scheduled fo [...]	2005-11-22 14:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD FR PINS MILI
05PARIS7961	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 20 OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary: On 20 October 2005, ESTH/NP officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the Spanish Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on reviewing results of the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid and on briefing partners on the a [...]	2005-11-22 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS7971	USUNESCO: COMMENTS ON HIGH LEVEL GROUP [...] Charge met November 22 with Peter Smith, ADG for Education. Smith made following comments in response to reftel points: -- Within 24 hours there will be two more countries on the Sherpas group: Japan and the US. This will be announced in Beijing but there will be a meeting on Sunday aft [...]	2005-11-22 18:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AID UNESCO UNGA
05PARIS7980	PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...]	2005-11-23 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7986	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Angela Merkel to France [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8002	TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP FR
05PARIS8016	CLIMATE CHANGE: FRENCH PREPARE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the UNFCCC/Kyoto meetings in Montreal, Embassy officers visited French environment officials to learn what was on their minds. All expressed praise for USG climate science and climate technology work, something of a change from mostly negative comments toward [...]	2005-11-23 18:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
05PARIS8022	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran CIA - Alleged [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8028	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. MAURITANIA 5. CHAD 6. GABON 7. RWANDA 8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS Â [...]	2005-11-25 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8029	NATO - FRENCH STILL RETICENT ON USE OF NAC-R [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, MOD Strategic Affairs officer Colonel Creux provided a very positive readout of Strategic Affairs Director Jean Ponton d'Amecourt's October 31 meetings at the Pentagon, the NSC, and the Department. While outstanding issues remain with the Pentagon, most notably the [...]	2005-11-25 14:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8032	DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN [...] (S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at close of business, Friday, November 25, after having reviewed the question with (unnamed) MFA and Presidency senior officials during the course of the day. Thib [...]	2005-11-25 18:25:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV FR SY
05PARIS8034	OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE [...] As a member of the Task Force that drafted the new EPOC Strategic Vision, the U.S. is a strong proponent of the Vision and successfully negotiated further refinements. The purpose of the Vision is to guide environmental work of the Committee over the next 5-10 years; to promote the implementat [...]	2005-11-28 08:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS8049	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Europe: Allegation of GWOT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 12:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8057	USUNESCO -- DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. The following is the draft declaration for the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus to be held in Argentina and Uruguay February 20-24, 2006. The meeting is being organized by Unesco's Social Science Sector as part of its Man [...]	2005-11-28 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AR UY UNESCO
05PARIS8062	FRANCE: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT SHARING PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agencies at post involved in our productive and extensive counterterrorism dialogue with the French have considered HSPD-6 requirements to explore obtaining terrorist watchlist information. We consider it highly unlikely the GOF would consent to unilateral sharing of its watchli [...]	2005-11-28 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER CVIS CASC PGOV PREL PINR FR EUN
05PARIS8063	FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1441/AME dated 24 November 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of [...]	2005-11-28 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
05PARIS8069	SOCIALIST PARTY ENDS MONTH-LONG DECISON PROCESS [...] France's Socialist Party (PS) -- in a convoluted, fiercely contested, but genuinely democratic process throughout November -- agreed on a document setting out the party's policy direction and renewed the membership of its governing institutions. It also created a "Presidential Commission" to [...]	2005-11-28 18:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS8071	NATO TOUR FOR YOUNG FRENCH POLITICAL LEADERS - OCTOBER 13-14, 2005 [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]	2005-11-29 09:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8072	DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]	2005-11-29 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8074	FRANCE: NASA/DAO MISSION CLEARANCE APPROVAL: [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS TSPA FR
05PARIS8075	FRANCE TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON NGO DRAFT LAW DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 22, Poloff delivered ref A demarche regarding a new Russian draft law on NGOs to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space. On November 29, Charles Denier, senior desk officer for Russia, told Poloff that France was, like the U.S., very c [...]	2005-11-29 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS PHUM PINR
05PARIS8076	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Climate Change - Montreal [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS808	FURTHER GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF EYADEMA [...] MFA spokesman on February 7 addressed the issue of Togo President Eyadema and the naming of his son as his successor (reftel). Informal Embassy translation of MFA spokesman's statement and response to questions follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: -- I recall to you the spokesman's declaration of [...]	2005-02-08 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS8081	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...]	2005-11-29 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8088	SARKOZY'S SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's security advisor, a 20-year plus veteran of the French National Police, said the recent unrest had taken the security establishment by surprise, but that the massive yet moderate response of the police prevented a major crisis of public order. [...]	2005-11-29 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR PGOV
05PARIS81	DONOR SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF: FRANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Working level French officials dealing with the tsunami are very pleased with and thankful for the excellent cooperation with the USG. France will be represented "most likely at the ministerial level" at the 11 January Geneva donors' conference, however the GOF has not decide [...]	2005-01-05 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR EAID EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS8103	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL KPWR EAID AF
05PARIS8116	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8120	USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] The Canadian mission officially notified the UNESCO Director General 23 November that Canada had accepted (ratified) the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, recently adopted by the biennial UNESCO General Conference at its October 2005 meeting. It also registered its acceptance with the [...]	2005-11-30 12:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UNESCO
05PARIS8123	USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...]	2005-11-30 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS8128	Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]	2005-11-30 14:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8137	FRENCH UNABLE TO SEND BOLIVIAN ELECTION MONITORS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Bolivia Desk Officer Philippe Letrillard on November 30. Letrillard underlined that the GoF fully supported efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections in Bolivia. However, he noted that the EU was unable to send observers and expressed doubt t [...]	2005-11-30 15:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FR BO
05PARIS8149	WTO TRADE TALKS: FRENCH BUSINESS BEGINS TO [...] SUMMARY. In a first public breach of the French position on agricultural trade, French business leaders -- with French Ministers of Economy and of Trade present -- openly criticized the GOF's support for the interests of the agricultural sector and maintenance of the EU's Common Agricultural [...]	2005-11-30 17:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PREL FR
05PARIS8150	DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: FRENCH [...] (C) Poloff discussed the President's major policy speech on Iraq and the just-released U.S. strategy paper on Iraq with MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan and MFA Iraq desk officer David Cvach November 30. Sivan welcomed our briefing, and said he would incorp [...]	2005-12-01 09:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV IZ
05PARIS8153	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Record fine for France Telecom (para 2); -- Hefty fines for French mobile phone operators (para 3); -- France Telecom fined fo [...]	2005-12-01 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS8162	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8171	NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...]	2005-12-01 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ SY IR FR
05PARIS8172	NAC COMMUNIQUE: DESPITE RESERVATIONS, FRANCE IS [...] (C) On December 1, we delivered ref A points to Arnaud Roux, MFA Counselor following the CFE/Istanbul discussions and who also will be present at the NAC on December 2. Roux confirmed that he was aware of the debate on the use of "either" versus "or" paragraph proposals. He expressed some su [...]	2005-12-01 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE FR NATO
05PARIS8173	MFA CABINET ADVISOR ON FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND [...] Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's advisor for Franco-German relations Heldt and German Ambassador Neubert, speaking about German Chancellor Merkel's November 23 inaugural visit to France, both predicted continuity in the Franco-German relationship while emphasizing more a marriage of reason than of [...]	2005-12-01 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GM PINR EUN
05PARIS8186	FRENCH CONTINUE TO BAN AL-MANAR, ALTHOUGH APPEAL [...] (S) We discussed reftel points on preventing Al Manar broadcasts with CSA (France's FCC-equivalent) and MFA contacts on December 2. We stressed the importance of France continuing its ban on Al Manar. 2. (S) Isabel Mariani, international affairs liaison at the CSA, confirmed that, as repor [...]	2005-12-02 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ASEC PREL PTER FR LE
05PARIS8192	USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...]	2005-12-02 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD UNESCO KSI
05PARIS8202	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...]	2005-12-02 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8203	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Allegations of CIA Flights [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8207	(C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON [...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...]	2005-12-02 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KTFN PTER LE SY FR
05PARIS8217	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-05 11:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8240	FRENCH REMAIN UNDECIDED ON MACEDONIA'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B points with MFA DAS-equivalent for External Community Relations Caroline Ferrari. Ferrari said that the GOF has not yet decided if it will support the granting of candidate status to Macedonia as recommended on November 9 by the Commission. Ferrari said that the [...]	2005-12-05 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GM FR MK DA EUN
05PARIS8245	USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT [...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...]	2005-12-05 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8246	FRENCH REACTION TO E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref points to the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. We spoke with Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division in the Ministry of Economy, who took note of the information but expressed skepticism that France could do anything about [...]	2005-12-05 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KTFN FR
05PARIS8247	USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO
05PARIS8248	USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH [...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8256	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 12:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8269	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French company Ixsea Oceano and spoke with CEO Thierry Gaiffe as well as Quality Director Nicolas Faussot. Both were very cooperative. Faussot thoroughly answered all of our questions. 2. First, Faussot confirmed that Ixsea ordered fo [...]	2005-12-06 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS8280	USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN [...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...]	2005-12-06 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	XA UNESCO
05PARIS8292	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 13:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8300	SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE MERCURY [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 14:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV FR
05PARIS831	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS [...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...]	2005-02-09 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8311	NEW FRENCH ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES ON THE WAY, [...] (SBU) French Interior Minister Sarkozy's anti-terrorism bill, approved by France's National Assembly on November 29, has moved to the Senate for final approval with surprising speed. The Bill will authorize video surveillance of more public places and give the government increased powers to [...]	2005-12-07 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON KTFN FR
05PARIS8313	TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE [...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Post received on December 6, 2005 faxed copy of a letter to the Secretary from the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Renee van der Linden. The transmittal sheet attached to the letter from van der Linden's Chief of Staf [...]	2005-12-07 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PTER PINR PHUM FR
05PARIS8314	MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC
05PARIS8318	USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE USGS DEVINE+1 [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for Senior Advisor for Science Applications James F. Devine and acting Director Patrick Leahy to travel to Paris (12/15-12/17) to meet with UNESCO Science Staff and U.S. Mission to UNESCO. 2. Control officer is Science Attach, Nancy Co [...]	2005-12-08 10:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV TBIO AORC FR
05PARIS8327	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8353	UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD [...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...]	2005-12-08 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8357	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE IN EUROPE - [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8368	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...]	2005-12-09 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8373	A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...]	2005-12-09 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC
05PARIS8374	FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. U.S. Investment in France is Up ---------------------------------- Â [...]	2005-12-09 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL FR EUN
05PARIS8386	WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] France's leading NGO dedicated to the support of terrorist victims and their families is S.O.S Attentats - S.O.S. Terrorisme. It was founded in 1986 by Franoise Rudetzki, herself a victim of terrorist attack. Its aim is to seek monetary compensation, psychological and medical care and judic [...]	2005-12-09 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KAWC SOCI FR
05PARIS8390	FRANCE: GOVERNMENT CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL BASIS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 meeting with a French official, Emboffs reviewed current arrangements for implementing the No-Fly system in France, and discussed GOF concerns about its legal basis in U.S. domestic law and ICAO conventions. Our contact also raised the potential applicability of [...]	2005-12-12 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR FR PTER
05PARIS8397	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 13:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8416	UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION: [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...]	2005-12-13 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8418	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria - Assassination of [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 12:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8426	FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR
05PARIS8435	GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...]	2005-12-13 18:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
05PARIS8441	FRENCH OFFICIALS STRESS THE POSITIVE TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Presidency and MFA officials stressed GoF support for Iraq's political process and the Arab League reconciliation effort during December 5 meetings with visiting Deputy Senior Iraq Advisor Deutsch. French officials expressed willingness to help support Iraqi rec [...]	2005-12-14 11:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8442	FRANCE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per reftel, enclosed is the 2005 country report on terrorism for France. Embassy point of contact is Poloff Peter Kujawinski, who can be reached on either the classified or unclassified e-mail systems. France - 2005 OVERVIEW In 2005, France continued to discover and dismantle terro [...]	2005-12-14 13:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR
05PARIS8445	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria-Lebanon Rice European [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8454	FRANCE FAVORS LIBERIAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL ETRD ETTC LI FR UNSC
05PARIS8456	UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US- [...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...]	2005-12-14 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR
05PARIS8457	FRANCE TO DELIVER DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS FR
05PARIS8458	USUNESCO: TEXT OF LETTER-UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] The following letter on Executive Board rotation was received December 14 from the Finnish delegation, the current chairs of electoral Group I. Please advise. QTE To Members of Electoral Group I Re: Meeting between the President of the General Conference and chairs of the various ele [...]	2005-12-14 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO FR
05PARIS8460	FRENCH GUARDED ON RUMORS OF SUBMARINE SALES TO [...] (S) Summary: In response to information indicating French-Venezuelan contacts to discuss potential arms sales, in particular the Scorpene submarine, DCM followed up on December 13 with the SGDN Deputy head Edouard Scott de Martinville, POL/MC with MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, U/S Joseph [...]	2005-12-14 17:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	MARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS8461	NON-COMMITTAL GOF RESPONSE ON WELCOMING IRAQI [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoF and local Iraqi embassy have no public events planned in conjunction with Iraq's December 15 elections. GoF officials stress that the GoF will wait and see how the elections unfold, paying particular attention to voter participation levels, before pronouncing [...]	2005-12-14 18:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8462	COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET [...] (C) Summary: Council of Europe Secretary General Davis warned the Ambassador December 12, citing NATO "unresponsiveness" to repeated written queries, that he intended soon "to go public" with respect to the alleged use of KFOR-run detention centers in Kosovo for secret CIA secret prisons (this [...]	2005-12-15 06:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR EUN
05PARIS8471	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran - Ahmadinejad's [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8483	GOF CONTINUES TO DECLINE COMMENT ON BOUTEFLIKA'S [...] (C) The GoF continues to stonewall on the health situation of Algerian President Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in Paris since November 27 (reftels). During a December 13 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reiterated he could provide no informatio [...]	2005-12-16 07:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG FR
05PARIS8487	UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...]	2005-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	VE FR UNESCO
05PARIS8490	BANKERS SHARE DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several senior French bankers have emphasized to the Ambassador their frustration at the slow pace of French structural reforms, albeit with grudging admiration for the efforts of Finance Minister Breton. They forecast continued weak GDP growth in 2006, and note the importance [...]	2005-12-16 11:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8499	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8502	UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY [...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...]	2005-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR UNESCO
05PARIS8503	USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]	2005-12-16 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO
05PARIS8505	Despite Obstacles French Corn Growers [...] SUMMARY: Despite a recent judicial decision suspending jail sentences for 49 people found responsible for test plot destruction and the absence of a French law on coexistence of biotech and non-biotech crops, French corn growers are determined to continue planting biotech corn. They planted [...]	2005-12-16 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS8509	USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]	2005-12-16 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO
05PARIS8511	ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD [...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...]	2005-12-16 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR
05PARIS8512	FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS, BUT SUGGESTS IRAQ [...] (C) The following is an informal translation of the French MFA spokesman's December 16 statement on Iraq's elections: Begin text. France welcomes the important mobilization of all the components of Iraqi society during the December 15 election for the National Assembly and marks its satisf [...]	2005-12-16 18:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
05PARIS8513	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTTON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. CHAD 8. NIGER 9. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 10. SUDAN Â [...]	2005-12-19 08:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8525	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8544	MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...]	2005-12-20 06:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE FR
05PARIS8548	FRENCH NAVAL COURTSHIP CREATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF, Thales, and state-owned shipbuilder DCN, have confirmed that the French defense electronics group has agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCN. Their messages echoed the widespread expectation that the Thales-DCN tie-in would be applauded by its architects as a first step towa [...]	2005-12-20 09:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND MARR MASS PARM ECON FR
05PARIS856	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE [...] SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LE FIGARO WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE "THREAT FROM RADICALISM" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER THE SHARM EL-SHEIK CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. "PUTTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK [...]	2005-02-10 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8560	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

05PARIS8561	AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRAN SEEKING GLASS-LINED [...] (S) On December 16, ESTH/NP Officers delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, who is responsible for chemical disarmament at the MFA. Mr. Sur understood the points delivered and conveyed his appreciation for the information and willingness to investigate the situation fu [...]	2005-12-20 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC FR IR CBW
05PARIS8571	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bolivia [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8573	FRENCH GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZES TOLL-ROAD COMPANIES [...] SUMMARY. The government announced winning-bidders for its stake in toll-ways companies, ASF, APRR and SANEF December 14. The sell-off, which aroused widespread overseas bid interest, encountered political opposition in the National Assembly. Bidders were selected on their price offers, but a [...]	2005-12-21 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8576	FRENCH MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] Summary. During the run-up to the eleventh Conference of the Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal November 28-December 9, the French press relentlessly criticized the U.S. and highlighted the "intransigent" attitude of the "world's largest polluter." Comment [...]	2005-12-21 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR
05PARIS8582	UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes [...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...]	2005-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8586	PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...]	2005-12-21 17:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS86	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN [...] IRAQ 2. TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN AID AND POLITICS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POLITICS AND HUMANITARIAN AID ARE TWO KEY WORDS IN MANY OF TODAY'S COMMENTARIES, WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE MOSTLY DEVOTED TO DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION IS AN EXCEPTION WITH ITS LEAD STORY ON IRAQ A [...]	2005-01-06 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8601	UNESCO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEANS OF ENHANCING [...] Summary and Introduction: An international conference on "The Introduction of History of Science in the Higher Education Level of the Muslim Countries" took place December 15-16, at UNESCO; the conference was organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector, with the participation of the Natural Science [...]	2005-12-22 10:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KSCA SOCI SCUL KISL TSPL FR
05PARIS8603	FRANCE SIGNS 80 PERCENT DEBT REDUCTION AGREEMENT [...] (U) On December 21, the GoF signed a bilateral debt reduction agreement with Iraq, in accordance with Paris Club terms agreed to in November 2004. The agreement offers an 80 percent cancellation of Iraq's debt between 2005 and 2008, disbursed in three tranches linked to implementation of Iraq [...]	2005-12-22 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8605	FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU [...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...]	2005-12-22 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR
05PARIS8606	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KEY SARKOZY ADVISOR FRANCOIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sarkozy advisor and former Education Minister Francois Fillon told the Ambassador December 20 that Sarkozy had a chance to buck the French predisposition to vote against the ruling party in 2007 by focusing his presidential campaign on the electorate's deep-seated desire for re [...]	2005-12-22 12:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI FR EUN
05PARIS8608	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran International [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8610	UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...]	2005-12-22 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF
05PARIS8613	U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO
05PARIS8619	FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION [...] Summary: Even though France's President Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...]	2005-12-22 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS8622	FRANCE REVISES 2005 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: The GOF revised its 2005 central government budget to include additional social expenditures and revised receipts including transfers to local authorities. The revised budget includes measures dear to President Chirac: a tax on airline tickets to help fund development aid, and tax cu [...]	2005-12-22 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8623	FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]	2005-12-22 17:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS8626	FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]	2005-12-23 06:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS8627	FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION DISSATISFIED WITH [...] Summary: Even though French President, Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...]	2005-12-23 06:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS8631	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER EU COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on December 21, former EU Commission president Jacques Delors underlined his feeling that Europe is currently in a deep crisis, in part because of the lack of visionary European leadership, but also because of Europeans' hostility to EU enlar [...]	2005-12-23 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR EUN
05PARIS8654	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Galileo [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-27 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8659	AIR FRANCE DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Emboffs December 21, Air France officials expressed concern about the cost of processing visas for crewmembers. Air France estimates that it requires approximately 6000 visas per year at a cost in lost crew time and other expenses it claims could reach five [...]	2005-12-27 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CVIS PTER FR
05PARIS8673	SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 December. While the Foreign Ministry was unaware and regretted the news that the loan had been approved, Finance Ministry officials said they see no scope for ov [...]	2005-12-28 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL FR SY
05PARIS8677	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ukraine Bush Administration [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8683	GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF
05PARIS8684	FRANCE CONTENT TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) Summary. French officials agree that the Russia- Ukraine gas dispute bears watching, but do not believe that intervention by European officials recommending gradual market solutions is warranted at this time. They suspect that commenting now might even be counterproductive. Dismissing co [...]	2005-12-29 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL UP RS FR
05PARIS8689	REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] Mission France is pleased to have the opportunity to provide an overview of those cultural programs that best support our MPP goals and objectives. While France - and Paris in particular - is center to the cultural world, hosting thousands of these events each year without our involvement, th [...]	2005-12-29 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS8692	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]	2005-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8698	AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN LONDON: PRELIMINARY FRENCH [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Jerome Walter, Counselor for Multilateral and Bilateral Financial Affairs at Cooperation (AID-equivalent),Ramon Fernandez, in Tresor's Office of Multilateral Affairs and Development, and to Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon at the MFA. Fernandez an [...]	2005-12-30 13:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL AF
05PARIS878	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-11 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS879	REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect),DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...]	2005-02-11 12:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IR IZ SY
05PARIS888	FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) On February 10, Hugues de Longevialle, MFA disarmament specialist responsible for IAEA issues, provided us with initial feedback on our initiative to strengthen the IAEA (reftel),which we had conveyed earlier in the week. Longevialle cautioned that a more formal French reaction was still [...]	2005-02-11 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM TRGY AORC FR IAEA
05PARIS89	IAEA: FRANCE HAS NOT TAKEN A DECISION ON A THIRD [...] (C) In the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent director for disarmament issues Francois Richier, we presented reftel demarche December 21 to the desk officer covering the office during the holidays. On January 5, we met with Richier's deputy, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, who voiced skepticism that IAE [...]	2005-01-06 11:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AORC PREL FR IAEA
05PARIS890	U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCUSSION OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks held fruitful meetings with Director of the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy (Rosatom) Alexandr Rumyantsev to discuss a possible U.S.-Russian joint statement on counter terrorism and preve [...]	2005-02-14 06:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ENRG PTER KNNP RU
05PARIS901	FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC PLEASED WITH U.S.- [...] (U) Summary: On February 9, 2005, the USEP Space Attache/NASA European Representative (NER) joined a European Space Agency (ESA) delegation to brief French President Jacques Chirac on the successful deployment of the European Huygens probe on the surface of the Saturn moon, Titan. Chirac wa [...]	2005-02-14 10:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA PREL FR
05PARIS904	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS [...] IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS 2. MUNICH SUMMIT - NATO - IRAN 3. TOGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES ARE FEATURED IN TODAY'S EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOGO (LE FIGARO),BUT THE IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO: "THE SHIITES [...]	2005-02-14 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS908	PUBLIC AFFAIRS OVERVIEW OF SECSTATE VISIT TO PARIS [...] Summary: Three dominant views emerged in the French media from a plethora of reaction to the Secretary's visit to Europe. Coverage of the Secretary's visit to Paris was extensive, and its tenor was quite warm, especially when contrasted with the Iraq-inspired chill in American-French relati [...]	2005-02-14 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS920	IRAN-EU3: FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BOLTON'S LETTERS [...] (C) Late on 11 February, French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye's office provided us with an advance copy of Laboulaye's response to U/S Bolton on the issue of Iranian violations of the November EU3 agreement with Iran. We were told a hard copy would follow under cover of diploma [...]	2005-02-14 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM FR
05PARIS938	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK KYOTO [...] LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK 2. KYOTO PROTOCOL 3. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI DOMINATE TODAY'S EDITORIALS AND FRONT PAGES. RADIO COMMENTATOR BERNARD GUETTA ECHOES MOST EDITORIALISTS WHEN HE TITLES HIS COMMENTARY: "SYRIA'S [...]	2005-02-15 11:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS952	TOGO: FRENCH SUPPORTERS OF EYADEMA INVOLVED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftel notes the current involvement of two French figures in the succession controversy following Togolese President Eyadema's death, Charles Debbasch and Michel Scarbonchi. Both are well-known longtime supporters and advisors of the former President, and both have had recent [...]	2005-02-15 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR TO FR
05PARIS953	GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...]	2005-02-15 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY FR
05PARIS963	BIE: NEW PITCH FOR U.S. TO REJOIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wu Jianmin, the President of the International Exhibitions Bureau (or BIE, the organization responsible for organizing World's Fairs and other global exhibitions) has requested that the USG reconsider its 2002 withdrawal from the organization. He said that within the past six [...]	2005-02-15 17:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP AORC FR
05PARIS964	FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...]	2005-02-15 18:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN
05PARIS965	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-15 18:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL HA XL FR UNSC
05PARIS974	FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORREL AFFAIR, WIDOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Jean-Christophe Belliard informed us on February 14 that Djibouti FM Farah's health was recovering following his stroke but that he would remain hospitalized for several weeks and would not be able to meet with FM Barnier on February 17 as ear [...]	2005-02-16 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL DJ FR
05PARIS985	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF [...] LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF HARIRI - SYRIA 2. KYOTO 3. U.S - EUROPEAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXECUTIVE LIFE IS TODAY'S TOP HEADLINE STORY, WITH LE FIGARO, LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS REPORTING THAT FRANCE IS READY TO PAY THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSION BETWEEN 525 AND 600 MIL [...]	2005-02-16 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS987	OECD TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON TRADE AND [...] On February 7, 2005, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a technical workshop intended to seek advice from outside experts on its draft report on trade and structural adjustment. The paper is to be completed in time for the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting [...]	2005-02-16 14:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD XG XT ZM ECON EFIN
05PARIS993	FRANCE ON U.S. VENEZUELAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venezuelan Desk Officer Hedi Picquart on February 16. Picquart did not have an immediate formal response to U.S. concerns about Russian weapons sales to Venezuela, but indicated that he would pass our points to French embassies in Moscow, Caracas, and B [...]	2005-02-16 15:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL FR VE CO
06PARIS1006	UNESCO: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONVENTION [...] SUMMARY: On February 9, 2006 UNESCO hosted an information session for member states on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Director General (DG),Matsuura and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Culture, Bouchenaki outlined the next steps for the impleme [...]	2006-02-16 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1007	FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TUNIS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, 2006 the UNESCO Director General (DG),Koichiro Matsuura, and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information, Khan, held an information session for UNESCO's permanent delegations to outline the implications for UNESCO of the World Information [...]	2006-02-16 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS1010	MFA OFFERS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON IRANIAN [...] (C) During a February 15 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan offered additional details on Iranian government manipulation of the Mohammed cartoon controversy, which he said led to a violent protest last week which targeted the French em [...]	2006-02-16 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KISL FR
06PARIS1011	FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...]	2006-02-16 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CT FR
06PARIS1020	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. NIGERIA 5. DROC Â [...]	2006-02-17 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1031	SEGOLENE ROYAL DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR 2007, TRIP [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party (PS) presidential hopeful, current media darling and president of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal left no doubt as to her determination to win election as president of France in 2007. She matter-of-factly assessed [...]	2006-02-17 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1036	DEBY BETTER OFF AFTER TRIPOLI. UN DROPPING THE [...] (C) Summary: The French Presidency is relieved at the outcome of the Tripoli summit, which has significantly defused tensions between Sudan and Chad. Elysee Africa Cell Deputy Labriolle reported that Libya was pleased to have demonstrated its diplomatic credibility and had laid the groundwo [...]	2006-02-17 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IV SU CD FR
06PARIS104	MFA, PRESIDENCY ADDRESS UPCOMING MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 discussion of ref A demarche, an MFA official indicated that President Chirac would urge Bolivian president-elect Morales January 7 to govern responsibly and inclusively. Chirac will counsel prudence in moving forward with stated plans to nationalize the natural g [...]	2006-01-06 18:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR BO CO
06PARIS105	MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]	2006-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1068	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS107	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. SIERRA LEONE 5. ZIMBABWE 6. UGANDA 7. RWANDA Â [...]	2006-01-09 08:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1103	FRANCE REPORTS FIRST CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN [...] Summary: French authorities confirmed on February 18 the first case of avian flu in a wild duck on French territory. The government has extended the confinement of poultry to all departments of continental France. Vaccination of fowl is imminent in areas where confinement is difficult to en [...]	2006-02-22 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1106	IPDC BUREAU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver spoke with the Ambassador of the Netherlands on February 17, 2006 and confirmed that the Dutch Ambassador still plans to run for the Group I seat on the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Bureau. In the meantime, the Greek Amb [...]	2006-02-23 06:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1113	UDF LEADER FRANCOIS BAYROU REVIEWS HIS CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on February 16, Union for French Democracy (UDF) leader Francois Bayrou reaffirmed "that France needs a centrist alternative" (ref B). He admitted, however, that the French persist in thinking in terms of "right and left," making it unlikely [...]	2006-02-23 12:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1118	TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...]	2006-02-23 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR
06PARIS1129	French Investment Flows Double in 2005 [...] SUMMARY. Based on preliminary data, direct investment flows both to/from France doubled in 2005. French companies continued to invest twice as much abroad than foreign companies invested in France. France plans to intensify economic relations with countries with high investment potential, n [...]	2006-02-23 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS1130	GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...]	2006-02-23 17:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR
06PARIS1137	FRANCE: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW YEAR 2006 [...] (SBU) In 2005, the French government stepped up its efforts to combat counterfeiting and piracy. In particular, 2005 was marked by an increase in joint activities with French companies and cooperation between the government and the private sector. The GOF has also worked closely with the pr [...]	2006-02-24 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON FR
06PARIS1138	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- EDF's appetite for takeovers grows as profits double (para 2) -- Italians again eyeing Ele [...]	2006-02-24 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1141	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1144	FIRST APPARENT CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN FRENCH [...] (U) Summary: Early on February 24, France's Agriculture Minister confirmed that a flock of domestic turkeys contained highly pathogenic H5 virus. Laboratory results, expected shortly, have yet to confirm definitively the H5N1 strain. However, the flock of turkeys - since culled - was locat [...]	2006-02-24 12:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1169	MTAG: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER FOR MTCR [...] (S) SUMMARY: On 15 February 2006, ESTH/NP Officer met with French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, and provided him reftel nonpaper. Although not named in the nonpaper, Bertol [...]	2006-02-24 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL FR MTCR
06PARIS1184	CHIKUNGUNYA EPIDEMIC ON REUNION ISLAND - [...] (U) Summary: A chikungunya (`chik') mosquito-borne viral epidemic in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become a serious political problem in Paris. Health Minister Bertrand in particular has been roundly criticized for "under-estimating" the epidemic. In an attempt to rein in th [...]	2006-02-24 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC FR
06PARIS1186	FRENCH ON FEBRUARY 27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol Deputy delivered points to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy chief of the MFA's CFSP unit, on February 17; poloff followed up with LeDeunff on February 24. According to LeDeunff, the GAERC will issue strong conclusions on Iran, but none on Iraq or the Israeli-Palestinian situation. END [...]	2006-02-24 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG FR EUN
06PARIS1187	GOF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) The GoF issued two statements, February 22 and 23, condemning the Al-Askariya Shrine bombing, and stressing the need for national reconciliation in Iraq (texts in paras 2 and 3). MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan told us the GoF statements were intended [...]	2006-02-24 18:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS1199	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq GWOT - Guantanamo - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 12:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS121	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1220	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION [...] On February 22, Senior OES Public Affairs Advisor Susan Povenmire met with Maria Zampaglione, Director of Communications of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),to discuss how the USG and the OIE might collaborate on avian flu public outreach efforts. US Mission for UNESCO Science [...]	2006-02-27 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS1222	FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR
06PARIS1224	MFA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points on considerations for an international tribunal for UNIIIC suspects with MFA UN action officer for Middle East issues Selina Grenet February 23. Throughout the discussion, Grenet stressed GoF support for an international tribunal, while emphasizing the need [...]	2006-02-27 19:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE KJUS FR
06PARIS1235	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Islam - Democracy - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1236	2/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]	2006-02-28 11:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1251	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE SHARES [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, former prime minister Raymond Barre cautioned against any overconfidence that right-wing, nativist and xenophobic sentiment in France might be something of the past. If anything, in Barre's view, popular reaction to urban unrest and other [...]	2006-02-28 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1264	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS128	PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]	2006-01-09 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1282	SUDAN -- URGENT DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Pol/MC discussed AMIS re-hatting (ref) with MFA Africa Bureau PDAS Elisabeth Barbier March 1. Barbier fully concurred with our analysis of the current situation, and undertook to review what the French might be able to do in support of the demarches we are making in Tripoli, Cairo and e [...]	2006-03-01 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1289	FRENCH DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to various MFA and MOD officials responsible for Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. On Iraq, the regional bureau described itself as "not opposed" to providing assistance but adduced a number of preconditions to be fulfilled that make assistance unlikely. [...]	2006-03-01 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06PARIS1293	SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...]	2006-03-01 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR
06PARIS1295	UNESCO: CARTOON ISSUE THREATENS TO HIJACK UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a guidance request, see para 7. On February 15 the UNESCO Ambassadors of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released a statement in response to the Danish cartoons. Among other things, the statement calls for the creation of a normativ [...]	2006-03-01 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL AORC KISL UNESCO
06PARIS1296	(C) MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO EU-3 ON [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary reaction to the U.S. white paper on Syria/Lebanon (ref A),MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Thibault sought to emphasize the positive, while offering a variety of legalistic arguments on why EU sanctions on Syria were inadvisable or unachievable at this juncture. Thiba [...]	2006-03-01 18:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
06PARIS130	FRENCH IMPRESSIONS OF MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Presidential diplomatic advisor for the Americas Dominique Boche characterized the 45 minute meeting January 7 between President Jacques Chirac and Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales as positive. Morales reassured Chirac that foreign investors would be provided a secure legal environme [...]	2006-01-09 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR BO
06PARIS1301	UNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE, UNESCO CHAMPIONS [...] SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: UNESCO has an array of programs related to celebrity advocates, such as goodwill ambassadors, who help focus the world's attention on UNESCO as an organization. The US Mission to UNESCO requests guidance on approaching Mr. Tiger Woods about becoming a UNESC [...]	2006-03-02 09:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS1304	PARIS CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Chirac can call his "Conference on Innovative Financing for Development" a success, at least by the standards the GOF had very likely set at the outset: during the Conference, eleven countries announced their intention to follow the French example and institute a tax [...]	2006-03-02 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS1306	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS131	MFA OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff (discussion of Bolivia and Colombia ref B),DAS-equivalent for Latin America Michel Pinard downplayed U.S. concerns about rumored discussions regarding the sale of Scorpene submarines to Venezuela. While acknowledging that [...]	2006-01-09 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM FR VE
06PARIS1312	VILLEPIN ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON FRENCH RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister de Villepin's cabinet economic advisor privately describes French-EU relations as being at "an all-time low" on economic issues and worries that the GOF has been unable to find much "traction" with the new German government of Angela Merkel. The advisor defended the openne [...]	2006-03-02 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS1322	FRANCE: AMBASSADOR AND MOT PERBEN DISCUSS US/EU [...] (U) Ambassador Stapleton had breakfast with Minister of Transport, Equipment, Infrastructure and Tourism Dominique Perben February 28. The Minister was accompanied by his Diplomatic Advisor Jacques Beltran and his Counsellor for Aviation Olivier Berthelot. Deputy Chief of Mission Karl Hofman [...]	2006-03-02 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL
06PARIS1330	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-02 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1331	IRAN/IAEA: FRENCH SHARE U.S. ASSESSMENT OF LATEST [...] (C) On March 2, we delivered ref A points, minus the "if asked" section, on U.S. views of the latest IAEA report to Etienne de Gonneville, an MFA action officer handling non-proliferation issues in the Strategic Affairs directorate. De Gonneville skimmed the U.S. text and remarked that our as [...]	2006-03-02 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR FR IAEA
06PARIS1335	FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART I [...] Answers below are keyed to section and para numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Kim Baker, bakerke@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 80 hours. FS-1 Deputy Political Counselor: 4 hours [...]	2006-03-03 11:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1338	FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1339	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

06PARIS1344	UNESCO: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) My staff and I held an off-site meeting February 14 to review the past two years of our engagement with UNESCO and to offer suggestions for the path ahead. We all agreed that we need to achieve tangible results for the USG by the October 2007 General Conference. That requires a realistic [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1347	2/27 STRAW - DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETING: MAINLY MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) Summary: UK embassy contacts described the February 27 Straw-Douste-Blazy working dinner as focused primarily on the two ministers' planned joint trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, with no agreement on timing. Douste-Blazy wants the trip to take place before Israeli electio [...]	2006-03-03 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL IS IR PARM ECON PINR UK AF FR
06PARIS1352	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. DROC 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. BURUNDI 6. MAURITANIA 7. UGANDA 8. KENYA 9. ZIMBABWE 10. NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-03-03 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1368	FRANCE ON UNDEF PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points March 3 with MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian and social affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen. Le Fraper said France's position tracked well with that of the U.S., although there were a few minor differences of emphasis. He [...]	2006-03-03 19:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL FR UNGA
06PARIS137	UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON INVITATION TO [...] This is guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The UNESCO Secretariat has asked permission via letter to Ambassador, to invite U.S. official Eugene Stakhiv (Army Corps of Engineers) to deliver a public lecture at the 8th Kovacs Colloquium. The Kovacs colloquium, entitled "Frontiers in F [...]	2006-01-10 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV TSPL EAID UNESCO KSI
06PARIS1370	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...]	2006-03-03 19:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR
06PARIS1387	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Moussaoui Trial - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1388	FRENCH DOWNPLAY SUMATE CONCERNS, OFFER NOTHING NEW [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard told us March 4 it would be improper for France to try to interfere in the Venezuelan government's case against Sumate, although it would maintain "vigilance," and encourage similar EU vigilance, in following the court proceeding [...]	2006-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL FR VE MARR
06PARIS1410	FRANCE NOT KEEN ON NORWEGIAN PROPOSAL FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Per reftel, on March 6 we informed the MFA of Norway's interest in initiating a broad security dialog with Iran and U.S. reaction against the initiative at this time. Nicolas Roche, who works on Iran-EU3 negotiations in the MFA's Strategic Affairs bureau, said the Norwegians had also share [...]	2006-03-06 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU NO FR
06PARIS1411	FM LIVNI VISIT REINFORCES UPSWING IN [...] (C) Summary: Israel embassy contacts stressed positive atmospherics during FM Livni's March 1 meetings with French PM Villepin and FM Douste-Blazy. Israeli contacts were struck by the degree to which Livni found common ground with French officials, Villepin in particular, despite differences [...]	2006-03-06 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL IR FR
06PARIS1428	PARIS-BASED HARIRI ADVISOR ON LEBANON INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion, Basile Yared, a leading Paris-based advisor to Sa'ad Hariri, praised the Secretary for delivering the right message in Beirut on the SIPDIS need for a peaceful, constitutional presidential transition in Lebanon. Yared speculated that it would take t [...]	2006-03-07 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1430	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Moussaoui Trial - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1431	SUDAN/AMIS: FRENCH SHARE U.S. VIEW [...] (C) MFA Sudan deskoff Jerome Robert on March 7 confirmed that France shared the U.S. position on transforming the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a UN operation. "We agree with you 100 percent on the need to turn AMIS into a UN mission," Robert stated in response to reftel demarc [...]	2006-03-07 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1455	FRENCH VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Prime Minister de Villepin received Polish President Lech Kaczynski on February 24 for his first visit to France since taking office. Chirac and Kaczynski discussed the future of the Weimar Triangle and the European constitutional treaty, and Chirac told Kaczy [...]	2006-03-07 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR PO EUN
06PARIS1465	New Visa Regulation [...] This message contains an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. During the course of their meeting January 31 in Paris, France's Trade Minister-delegate, Christine Lagarde asked Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick about a pending visa regulation. In sum, the minister understands that the US [...]	2006-03-07 17:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CVIS FR
06PARIS1468	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran UN Reform [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 11:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS147	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-10 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1486	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-08 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1487	SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE AND GERMANY: [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR
06PARIS1488	SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reftel points were delivered to French officials at the MFA and CEA (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique) who recommended to USG attention French President Chirac's immediate public statement in support of the U.S.-India agreement as well as his own visit to India a week prior to [...]	2006-03-08 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC IN FR
06PARIS1497	FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ ARE A MAJOR FRENCH CONCERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since 2004, French counterterrorism authorities have focused on the threat posed by foreign fighters going to Iraq. For those departing France for Iraq, the GOF fears that they will become hardened and experienced terrorists, and will eventually return to France to plan attack [...]	2006-03-09 09:35:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV CG XA XF XG XI FR
06PARIS1507	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1510	SOME MOD THINKING ON NATO, DARFUR, AND ARM SALES [...] (S) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, senior MOD officials affirmed that the French Government has embargoed arms sales to Venezuela, although the decision may still not be final. On Darfur, France is not opposed to a NATO assistance role, but officials cautioned that the West, whether NATO or EU, [...]	2006-03-09 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR FR EUN NATO
06PARIS1523	French Response to Discovery of AI in a [...] Summary : Following the discovery of the H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) virus in late February on a commercial poultry farm in the Ain district, 47 countries have placed partial or complete bans on French poultry imports, domestic poultry consumption has dropped more than 30 percent, poultry price [...]	2006-03-10 06:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS1526	FRANCE AND THE THIRD MEETING OF THE [...] In response to reftel, Paris AGR, ECON and ESTH officials transmitted the talking points to the French Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Ecology, the Fraud Control Office of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Jean-Louis Maurer, F [...]	2006-03-10 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FR EUN
06PARIS1529	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Human Rights Report [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 11:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1530	GOF REAFFIRMS NO CONTACT POLICY WITH HAMAS, WHILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 12:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR
06PARIS1550	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA EMIGRATION 3. AFRICA CORRUPTION 4. ALI FARKA TOURE 5. COTE D'IVOIRE 6. SENEGAL 7. BENIN 8. NIGER 9. SUDAN 10. UGANDA 11. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]	2006-03-10 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1556	GOF Reacts to EU Energy Green Paper [...] (SBU) Summary: In meeting with EB Energy Office Director Gallogly and EconOff, the GOF expressed "satisfaction" with the EU Energy Green paper even though they judged it to be "too cautious on some issues." The January 2006 episode involving gas transits through Ukraine woke up many EU membe [...]	2006-03-10 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS1568	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]	2006-03-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1573	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Milosevic Death - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1588	MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]	2006-03-13 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS1605	FRANCE ON GUATEMALA/VENEZUELA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for IO affairs Sylvie Bermann indicated March 10 that the GOF had not yet formulated a position on the contest between Venezuela and Guatemala for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While the MFA favors Guatemala, Bermann made clear that the fin [...]	2006-03-13 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1611	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Justice - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1620	AVIAN FLU: U/S DOBRIANSKY REVIEWS EFFORTS TO [...] Summary and Introduction: International Efforts to Counter Avian Flu were the focus of U/S for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianksy's February 28 meeting with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Director General Bernard Vallat. Stressing White House leadership on this issue, U/S Dobriansk [...]	2006-03-14 14:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA KFLU UNESCO
06PARIS1637	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1642	FRANCE CREATES INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY [...] France's Council of Ministers approved on February 22 the creation of a new, "independent," body, the High Authority for Nuclear Safety (HANS),"responsible for the control of nuclear safety, radioprotection, and information." This new administrative body will substitute for the existing Aut [...]	2006-03-15 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
06PARIS1656	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting devoted to Liberia (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire (February clash between French and Ivoirian forces in western Cote d'Ivoire was deliberately instigated by the Ivoirian side),Togo (Faure [...]	2006-03-16 08:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV TO CT FR
06PARIS166	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a non-controversial January 10 address to the assembled diplomatic corps, President Chirac touched on the foreign policy challenges of combatting terrorism, preventing nuclear weapons proliferation, fostering progress in the Middle East and Africa, strengthening European defens [...]	2006-01-10 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN FR
06PARIS1670	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Israel - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1680	CHAD: FRENCH OFFER FEW COMMENTS ON UNSUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: French response to the thwarted coup attempt in Chad, both from the GOF and in the press, has been muted. Isabelle Guisnel (deputy to the DAS-equivalent for West Africa at the MFA) said that France remained vigilant but that the attempted coup had produced little visible disru [...]	2006-03-16 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CD FR
06PARIS1681	SARKOZY ADVISOR ON FIRST EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, END [...] (C) Summary: Former Industry Minister and close Sarkozy advisor Patrick Devedjian predicted March 15 that student and labor union opposition to the First Employment Contract (CPE) was spreading and might yet become a major test for the government. In any event, he believed that PM de Villepin [...]	2006-03-16 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL FR SOCI PINR EUN
06PARIS169	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] This is the fifth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France to develop fourth-generation nuclear reactor (See Para 2); -- Peugeot Citroen to [...]	2006-01-11 10:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1697	Criticism Persists at Home and Abroad over French [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of the proposed merger of Gaz de France (GDF) with water and power utility Suez continues both at home and abroad. Domestically, unions and the left protest proposed GDF privatization. Abroad, Brussels, Italy and other EU member states denounce French "economic patr [...]	2006-03-16 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1699	FRENCH ON PM DE VILLEPIN'S MARCH 13 WORKING VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French MFA, counter-terrorism and energy policy were the two central topics of Prime Minister de Villepin's March 13 talks in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Zapateros. Prior to the ministerial, the French sent a strong message to the Spanish MFA on their dissatisfa [...]	2006-03-16 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP FR SY LE
06PARIS1700	FRENCH MFA AGREES ON NEED FOR GREATER EU [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials share U.S. concerns on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria, and have recommended that the GoF seek an EU presidency statement and joint EU demarche in Damascus to address the issue. MFA officials did not see much prospect for addressing Syria human rig [...]	2006-03-16 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE SY FR
06PARIS1706	LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 13 described Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's March 7-10 official visit to France as a success. France's primary interest in supporting Johnson-Sirleaf and stability in Liberia is to promote stability in neighb [...]	2006-03-17 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LI FR
06PARIS1711	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. National Security [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1713	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BENIN 4. CHAD 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7. DROC 8. MAURITANIA 9. UGANDA 10. KENYA 11. LIBERIA 12. SUDAN Â [...]	2006-03-17 13:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1715	FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France to ease restrictions on new EU workers --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced on March 13 that France would "gradually" open up its labor [...]	2006-03-17 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL FR EUN
06PARIS1719	(C) FRENCH MFA ON POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) On the margins of a March 15 discussion on human rights in Syria (reftel),MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot commented briefly on March 8-9 political consultations in Cairo between France and Egypt, for which the French delegation was led by MFA Political Director Stanis [...]	2006-03-17 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY EG KISL UNSC FR
06PARIS1720	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER RICHARD: INSIGHTS ON EU [...] (C) In a meeting March 9, Ambassador Stapleton and former defense minister Alain Richard exchanged views on the roles of NATO and the ESDP, on the steady continuity in France's defense policies under Richard's successor (current Defense Minister Michele Aliot-Marie),and on French domestic pol [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON MARR
06PARIS1721	SUDAN: FRANCE TO CONSIDER WAYS OF ENCOURAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF PDAS Elisabeth Barbier said on March 17 that France would consider whether and how best to encourage other countries to support a rapid conversion of AMIS into a UN operation for Sudan. She agreed with us that the AU decision to transition AMIS to a UN mission was not c [...]	2006-03-17 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI SU FR
06PARIS1732	FRANCE ON EXPANDING UN PARTICIPATION OF DEPENDENT [...] Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points on rights of dependent territories March 16 and again March 17 with MFA IO Political Affairs DAS-equivalent Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, whose office is also responsible for decolonization issues but does not deal directly with the UN Economic Commission f [...]	2006-03-17 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR PGOV ECON XL UNO ECLAC
06PARIS1733	UNESCO AND THE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services and Chair of the Memory of the World Programme International Advisory Committee met with the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector and the Director General (DG) on March 8, 2006 to discuss th [...]	2006-03-17 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1734	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - [...] As of 3/17, French authorities report no new cases of the H5N1 in domestic poultry since the sole case confirmed on 2/25 in a farm at Versailleux in Ain `departement'. 11,000 turkeys were culled (refs A and B). Since initial detection in a wild duck on 2/18, H5N1 has been found [...]	2006-03-17 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1735	FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...]	2006-03-17 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN
06PARIS1750	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Third Anniversary of [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1751	(S) SHIELD S59-05 FRENCH REPONSE TO AUSTRALIA [...] (S) On March 16 Embassy received the GOF's reponse to ref demarche delivered to MFA in January. The non-paper - in French and classified at the DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL level - confirms that the MFA followed-up the Iranian procurement of possible dual-use items from the French firm CILAS by the I [...]	2006-03-20 11:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR FR CBW
06PARIS1776	FRENCH AF DAS DISCUSSES SUDAN (AMIS/UN),DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Helen Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East and Central Africa, on March 20 said that France would take a low-key approach to lobbying Africans on the AMIS/UN issue, to avoid exacerbating anti-Western phobias. She stressed the importance of progress in the Abuja talks. An offici [...]	2006-03-20 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SU DJ CG FR
06PARIS179	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Bush Iraqi Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 11:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1799	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Belarus Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1817	Ambassador Harty learns France will produce e passport [...] Summary: Assistant Secretary Maura Harty, accompanied by Paris Deputy Chief of Mission Karl Hofmann and Consul General Donald E. Wells met on March 10 with Claude Gueant, the Cabinet Director at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to discuss the French government's progress in developing an electro [...]	2006-03-21 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS FR
06PARIS1818	U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE: [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG PREL FR
06PARIS1823	FRANCE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: JOB PROTECTIONISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Press reports claim that France has identified at least 20 firms, including ten blue chips, that merit GOF protection from foreign takeovers. Foreign takeovers have developed a strong political and social dimension, given the government goal of reducing unemployment before 200 [...]	2006-03-22 07:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS1832	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush's [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1843	MFA DAS DISCUSSES OFFENSIVE IN CHAD AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 21 discussed developments in Chad, notably the GOC's offensive against rebel forces that began early on March 21. Foucher said that, if successful, the offensive could solidify Deby's regime and reduce Sudan's ability to [...]	2006-03-22 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CD FR
06PARIS1847	FRANCE'S COPYRIGHT BILL PENALIZES ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A final text for France's new digital copyright law was voted by France's National Assembly on March 21, following months of fierce debate over how best to balance consumer rights against copyright in the Internet age. The complex draft bill, designed to bring France into lin [...]	2006-03-22 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS1851	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON SUDAN/AMIS/UN MISSION [...] (C) Per ref A, we provided on March 22 ref A talking points on Sudan and the AMIS/UN issue to MFA DAS-equivalent for Central and East Africa Helene Le Gal. In a follow-up discussion the same day, Le Gal said she considered the approach the U.S. intended to take with Arab states at the Arab [...]	2006-03-22 15:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU FR
06PARIS1855	FRENCH GOVERNMENT INTENDS DISTRIBUTION OF SECURE E- [...] SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty and Paris Consul General Donald E. Wells met with the Director of French consular services, Francois Barry Martin Delongchamps at France's MFA on March 10. Ambassador Harty learned the GOF intends to begin distribution of its e-p [...]	2006-03-22 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT ETRD CVIS FR
06PARIS1863	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1891	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ETA Cease-Fire [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1893	UPDATE ON "SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE" [...] (S/NF) Per reftels, following is an update to actions taken by post regarding the presence of the PKK on French soil. 2. (S/NF) DCM met with Turkish DCM Suleyman Ozyildiz to review our approaches. Ozyildiz traced the history of French openness to Turkish exiles and tendency to view more l [...]	2006-03-24 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU FR
06PARIS1899	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON VENEZUELA AND THE [...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met March 23 with President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) March 23 to press for French support for Guatemala's candidacy for the Latin American UNSC seat opening in January 2007 (refs),emphasizing in particular the harm Venezuelan mem [...]	2006-03-24 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1919	MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: "I'M READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gilchrist Olympio, Paris-based UFC chief and opposition leader, told us March 23 that he was prepared to engage in national dialogue with the Faure regime but asserted that the regime was blocking the dialogue by not agreeing on the naming of a mediator/facilitator of the talks [...]	2006-03-24 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PREF PINR TO FR
06PARIS1920	DONOR RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN [...] On March 21, ESTH Counselor and Science Affairs Specialist delivered reftel demarche to the French MFA Burma/Thailand desk officer Franck Vermeulen and Ambassador for Avian Influenza Preparedness Jean Garbe. Vermeulen stated that France has no bilateral assistance programs with Burma and it [...]	2006-03-24 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR EAID FR MBM
06PARIS1922	FRANCE WILL SUPPORT BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on expanding a visa ban against Belarusian officials to Antoine Gosset, the MFA's Belarus desk officer. Gosset said the MFA was examining the legal implications of extending the visa ban to include Aleksandr Lukashenka, given the lack of prece [...]	2006-03-24 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO FR EUN
06PARIS1924	CHIRAC'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON, IRAN [...] (C) Amb Stapleton took the occasion of a meeting March 23 with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) on another subject (septel),to discuss Middle East issues, focusing on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. Concerning Syria/Lebanon, MGM said the GOF continues t [...]	2006-03-24 18:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR SY LE SP UNSC
06PARIS1925	MIXED, BUT MOSTLY DISCOURAGING FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: In a preliminary response to U.S. designation of Al-Manar, senior Elysee officials reaffirmed GoF resolve in banning Al-Manar broadcasts in France due to hate speech concerns, while reiterating the GoFÂ´s desire for continued contact with, and opposition to EU designat [...]	2006-03-24 18:15:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL LE SY PTER ASEC ETTC FR
06PARIS1938	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Los Angeles Demonstrations - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 11:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1948	FOREIGN COMPANIES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE [...] SUMMARY. The paradox behind the rise of "economic patriotism" in France is the significant role of foreign companies in the French economy. The National Statistical Agency released a report documenting that foreign companies were responsible for 17% of value added, 30% of exports, and one em [...]	2006-03-27 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS1966	FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON A TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing characterized the current social upheaval in France over the First Employment Contract as the latest episode in France's deep-seated resistance to change ("in no way pre-revolutionary"). He argued [...]	2006-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB FR EUN PINR
06PARIS1967	FRANCE BRACES FOR ANOTHER DAY OF PROTESTS, AS [...] (SBU) The weeks of protest (ref A) against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) could well peak tomorrow, March 28. Leftist student associations, backed by the full organizational weight of France's major trade union federations and the center left Socialist Party (PS),h [...]	2006-03-27 18:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1976	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Demonstrations Against French [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS198	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (OIE) [...] Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) is pleased to accept the invitation, conveyed reftel, to the January 19 side meeting at the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza. 2. Dr. Vallat and other OIE deleg [...]	2006-01-11 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS200	FRANCE TO WORK WITH GERMANS ON WTO INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. France intends to work with Germany to develop a trade proposal for the EU that would be focused on services and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) according to Trade minister-delegate Christine Lagarde's staff. Trade Minister Lagarde's advisor Eric Peters (protect) told E [...]	2006-01-11 17:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR FR WTRO
06PARIS2005	UNESCO: MEETING THE FIRST LADY OF SENEGAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver met with the First Lady of Senegal, Viviane Wade, on March 23 at the request of the Senegalese Delegation. Mrs. Wade requested the meeting in order to explore USG and First Lady Laura Bush's interest in partnering with her to combat disease and promote vaccin [...]	2006-03-28 17:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2006	MARCH 28 PROTESTS SIZABLE -- ORGANIZERS VOW [...] (U) As of 1900 hours Paris time on March 28, preliminary police reports cite a turn-out for today's (ref A) nationwide demonstrations of over a million, double that recorded during previous protests against the Villepin government,s First Employment Contract (CPE). Earlier in the day, Prime [...]	2006-03-28 19:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2007	UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]	2006-03-29 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS201	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 17:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
06PARIS2027	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2046	FRANCE GDP FORECAST TO PICK UP in 2006 [...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency forecast that French GDP would rebound in the first half of 2006, increasing 2.4% (annualized) in Q1 and 2.0% in Q2, mainly led by household consumption. GDP growth could run at a pace close to 2.0% (annualized) in the first half, and in full year 200 [...]	2006-03-29 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS2048	AFTERMATH OF MARCH 28 PROTESTS: PRESSURE TO DEFUSE [...] (SBU) Following March 28's sizable demonstrations against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (refs A and B),there is a growing sense among both the French public and political class that leadership on both sides of the issue should find a way to defuse the burgeoning [...]	2006-03-29 19:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2059	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL SEAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS2060	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice To Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2067	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]	2006-03-30 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06PARIS2069	UPDATE/FAREWELL FROM TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE [...] (S) Summary: Jean-Francois Ricard, terrorism investigating judge for 12 years and deputy to renowned investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, is being promoted and transferred to the Ministry of Defense to work as chief magistrate for military penal affairs. Speculation abounds that Ricard is [...]	2006-03-30 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV FR IZ MO AG TS LY KISL
06PARIS2081	USUNESCO: GENERAL INFORMATION MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL MATSUURA ANTICIPATES THAT THE ANTI-DOPING CONVENTION WILL BE IN FORCE BY MAY 2006. UNESCO IS PREPARING A NEW COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM AIMED AT WORLD YOUTH TO HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF DRUG DOPING IN SPORT. MATSUURA BELIEVES THE CONVENTION WILL FOCU [...]	2006-03-30 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
06PARIS2083	FRENCH MFA OBJECTS TO CURTAILING NIGERIAN UNOCI [...] (C) Africa Watcher shared current U.S. thinking on how to reinforce the UN presence in both Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire during a March 29 meeting with AF Acting DAS-Equivalent Isabel Guisnel. Guisnel objected strongly to recalling the Nigerian mechanized company on loan from UNMIL to UNOCI. SC [...]	2006-03-30 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO LI IV FR
06PARIS2086	SUBURBAN UNREST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: HOW [...] (C) Summary: Unlike the anarchic violence of November, the current demonstrations by students and organized labor against the First Employment Contract (CPE) have largely proceeded peacefully despite violent acts by bands of underclass suburban youths directed against police and demonstrator [...]	2006-03-30 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON FR PINR CASC SOCI

06PARIS2095	CPE LAW DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL -- CHIRAC TO [...] (U) At 2000 local time March 30 France's Constitutional Council announced that it had decided that the Equal Opportunity Law -- including its controversial First Employment Contract (CPE) article -- did not/not violate the constitution (refs A and B). According to initial press reports, the [...]	2006-03-30 19:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2100	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France Iran Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 12:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS212	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Guantanamo Israel [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-12 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2127	IMPROMPTU "SMS GRAPEVINE" DEMONSTRATIONS BY [...] (U) During the day of March 31, most university and high school students who have mobilized against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (ref A) took in the news of President's Chirac's likely promolugation of the controversial law (ref B). Some however, engaged in a rang [...]	2006-03-31 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2130	UNESCO: PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 2006 VILNIUS [...] Summary: In preparation for the July 8-16 2006 meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, invited experts met at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the impact of climate change on World Heritage sites; (Their recommendations para 5). The meeting was held at the request of the July 2005 [...]	2006-03-31 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV RS XG UNESCO
06PARIS2136	DOHA : FRANCE MAINTAINS HARD-LINE [...] (SBU) Summary : Both PM De Villepin and AgMin Bussereau stated publicly their belief that other countries now need to respond to EU "Concessions" on agriculture in the Doha Development Round negotiations. FAS Paris contacts echoed these remarks and said that offered U.S. reforms were not "suf [...]	2006-03-31 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS2137	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports into Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) corruption, the GoF has launched investigations of a number of French nationals named in the IIC reports, though so far none have been charged with a crime. The GoF investigation is being l [...]	2006-03-31 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2138	UNESCO: CUBAN REPRESENTATIVE ATTACKS U.S. IN [...] Summary: Cuba's permanent representative to UNESCO took the opportunity to attack the U.S. today in a UNESCO committee charged with monitoring human rights cases. Ambassador Oliver responded with a short formal statement denouncing the Cuban intervention. End summary. 2. UNESCO's Commit [...]	2006-03-31 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNESCO
06PARIS2152	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS216	FRENCH CONCERNED WITH DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche January 12 to DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier, who said that the French Embassy in Washington had also appraised him of the issue. He stated that the GoF understood and shared our "political" concern [...]	2006-01-12 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR HA
06PARIS2166	FRENCH OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GDP GROWTH AND [...] SUMMARY. Higher-than-expected GDP growth and a lower- than-expected 2005 budget deficit prompted optimistic messages on economic growth and employment for 2006. Finance Minister Breton forecast 2006 GDP would grow 2.0- 2.5%, and the unemployment rate would fall to 9% by the end of 2006, dropp [...]	2006-04-03 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS217	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL [...] Summary: In Advance of the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, The Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is pleased with the level of cooperation among the various international organizations leading this effort (World bank [...]	2006-01-12 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SOCI SENV TSPL KSCA EAGR OIE
06PARIS2177	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATIVE JUDGE VISITS [...] (C) On April 3, poloff spoke with financial investigating judge Philippe Courroye, who heads the independent judicial inquiry into potential French involvement in Oil-for-Food Program corruption. Courroye said the Le Figaro article in para 3 of reftel was "behind the times," since he had alrea [...]	2006-04-03 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2187	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 11:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2195	THE FRENCH ARE STILL DELIBERATING ON ENGAGING [...] (C) Using reftel points, pol/mil officer sought on April 3 MFA support for NATO to begin Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions with Georgia. MFA DAS-equivalent director for NATO/ESDP issues, Nicolas Niemtchinow, received our points, but declined any substantive comment, indicating that [...]	2006-04-04 13:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR GG FR NATO
06PARIS2200	COE CYBERCRIME [...] Summary. The first meeting of the Council of Europe's Cybercrime Convention Committee took place March 20-21, 2006. The United States (Betty Shave, U.S. Department of Justice) was selected as vice-chair of the meeting. The key achievement of the meeting was adoption of an interpretation o [...]	2006-04-04 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS KCRM ECON ETRD FR COE
06PARIS2201	CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES AT THE U.S. NEVADA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL FR KTBT
06PARIS2207	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD CONSIDERS DG'S PLANS [...] THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST, SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: AT THE MARCH 29-31 MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL AND ADMMINSTRATIVRE EXPERTS' GROUP, A MEMBER OF UNESCO'S LEGAL OFFICE SAID THAT HIS OFFICE HAD ADVISED THE SECRETARIAT THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN WHICH UNESCO IS SUB-CON [...]	2006-04-04 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC BR UNESCO
06PARIS2217	FRANCE: CURTAILING USE OF NORTH KOREAN FLAG OF [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel points April 4 to MFA Office Director for Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure Nicole Taillefer, and MFA Office Director for East Asian Affairs Jean-Noel Poirier. Poirier asked how recent a development North Korean marketing of its flag was, and how many ships [...]	2006-04-05 09:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC EWWT KN FR
06PARIS2221	GOF STEPS UP ANTI-COUNTERFEITING PLAN [...] (U) The French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry launched an anti-counterfeiting campaign on April 3 designed to persuade consumers not to buy counterfeit goods through public service announcements on television and on the Internet, as well as on a special website (www.non- merci.com [...]	2006-04-05 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON FR
06PARIS2226	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Saddam Trial Moussaoui Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 11:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2242	VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES FROM MARCH 1 TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales traveled to France from March 1 to 4, 2006. He met with Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, Director of the DST; Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior; French Counter-terrorism Officials; Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol; Pascal Clement, M [...]	2006-04-05 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS FR PREL PGOV KCRM PTER
06PARIS2252	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Belarus, Russia and Darfur. Fried pressed French officials to remain open to offering Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan, and noted that French and U.S. analy [...]	2006-04-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS2253	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Hussein's Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 10:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2259	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL AFRICA ADVISOR OFFERS OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor for Africa Jacques Champagne de Labriolle on April 3 provided a broad overview of French Africa policy during a meeting with AF/W Director Phillip Carter. He made the following observations: -- Chad and Cote d'Ivoire were France's main concerns at prese [...]	2006-04-06 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA IV FR
06PARIS2260	FRANCE/WEST AFRICA: AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER'S MFA [...] (C) Summary: AF/W Director Carter clarified U.S. views on addressing security needs in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire in an April 3 meeting with MFA Acting A/S-Equivalent for Africa Affairs Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Foucher. Carter explained the significance in Monrovia of the Nigerian UNMIL com [...]	2006-04-06 13:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KFLU GV NI IV LI FR
06PARIS2267	MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...]	2006-04-06 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR VE BO CU HA
06PARIS2272	HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN COE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton received April 4 a letter from Congressman Wexler to COE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President van der Linden seeking to dissuade the parliamentary assembly from meeting with a Palestinian delegation of which one member belongs to Hamas. Embassy and CG St [...]	2006-04-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR PHUM PTER KPAL IS EUN COE
06PARIS2273	FRANCE RESIGNED ON PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel points March 28 with MFA European Affairs desk officer (filling in for an absent Romania desk officer) Virginie Bioteau March 28, who requested and received a copy of talking points for the purpose of coordinating an informed MFA response. She understood [...]	2006-04-06 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN CASC RO
06PARIS228	VISIT TO PARIS - DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL; U/S [...] (U) This message is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; protect accordingly. Message sent NIACT Precedence to the Departments of State and Energy Ops Centers to assure OOB 01/13/06 delivery to offices of Deputy Secretary Sell and U/S Joseph (ATTN Timbie). 2. (SBU) The Embassy has confirmed/con [...]	2006-01-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG KNNP UK FR RS JA OVIP AORC IAEA
06PARIS2300	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. FAMINE IN AFRICA 3. SENEGAL 4. TAYLOR 5. DROC 6. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...]	2006-04-07 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2304	FRANCE ON WMD PROLIFERATOR FINANCING [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS2305	FRANCE WRONGFOOTED ON LEVITZKY INCB CANDIDACY [...] (C) An abashed IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper confided to poloff on 4/7 that France had already pledged to back Belgian and German candidates for the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) prior to her learning from the Embassy on 3/27 of the USG request to support ambassador Levi [...]	2006-04-07 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AORC PREL FR UN
06PARIS2306	POLISH EMBASSY ON FRANCO-POLISH AND FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: Polish Embassy PolCouns described for us April 6 an improving Franco-Polish relationship and growing French interest in the Weimar triangle grouping of France, Germany and Poland. She attributed growing French activism to attempts to offset its waning influence both vis-a-vis G [...]	2006-04-07 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG
06PARIS2313	FRENCH ON HAMAS/COE: GIVE US UNTIL THE 4/10 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, post further discussed possible Hamas participation in upcoming Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meetings with MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow (responsible for CoE political affairs) and shared ref A points with DAS-eq [...]	2006-04-07 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR KHUM KTER COE EUN
06PARIS2314	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]	2006-04-07 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2315	FRENCH FULLY AGREE ON NEED TO PROTEST IRANIAN [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan confirmed the GoF's "full agreement" with reftel points on Iranian government mistreatment of religious minorities during an April 6 discussion with poloff. Sivan added that the GoF had recently sought insertion of langua [...]	2006-04-07 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR FR
06PARIS2317	USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety [...] On April 7, 2006, USDA Under-Secretary for Food Safety Richard Raymond met with recently-appointed Executive Director of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) Catherine Geslain-Laneelle in Paris. Ms. Geslain-Laneelle is currently Regional Director of Agriculture and Forestry for the French I [...]	2006-04-07 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS2318	SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]	2006-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS232	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Transatlantic [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2324	LUNAR AND MARTIAN SPECTRUM COORDINATION -- FIRST [...] Summary: The first technical preparatory meeting for intergovernmental coordination on a Spectrum Use Plan for Lunar and Martian Space Exploration was held March 20-23 in Paris. The meeting was hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and jointly chaired by ESA and NASA. All six of the spac [...]	2006-04-10 09:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS TSPA FR
06PARIS2343	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2348	TOGO: APRIL 5 MEETING WITH EX-MINISTER BOKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said during an April 5 meeting that the regime in Togo feared active U.S. intervention in Togo's affairs and that the U.S. could readily influence events in Togo if it chose to do so, and even compel the leadership to step down, as in Ha [...]	2006-04-10 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM TO FR
06PARIS2358	FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN [...] Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG participation. However, she admitted that she herself had urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait until 2007 [...]	2006-04-11 07:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS2362	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...]	2006-04-11 10:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS2391	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS C.A.R. AND CHAD WITH DRL/CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officers Charlotte Montel (C.A.R.) and Lt. Col. Marc Conruyt (Chad) briefed DRL/CAR desk officer Stuart Crampton on April 6. Regarding C.A.R., Montel noted limited but growing contact between French and C.A.R. parliamentarians and recent calls for increased government [...]	2006-04-12 07:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CT CD FR
06PARIS2405	FRANCE: AUSTRALIA GROUP MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 10:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS FR
06PARIS2406	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Oil For Food Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2422	FRENCH RESPOND WARMLY TO MCC CEO DANILOVICH'S [...] Summary. Senior French officials enthusiastically welcomed updates on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) activities presented by MCC CEO Danilovich. They applauded MCC's focus on accountability, support for democratic institutions, and reducing poverty. The French officials urged Danilo [...]	2006-04-12 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV FR
06PARIS2424	POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER EAGR FR PARM CI PREL BCW CBW
06PARIS2425	CABINDA/ANGOLA: FLEC CONFUSED ABOUT USG INTENTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 11 meeting, FLEC (Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda) representative Antonio Nzita Bembe (Nzita) revealed divisions in the ranks of the Cabinda "resistance" movement caused by the apparent defection of former FLEC/Renovada head Antonio Bembe (Bent [...]	2006-04-12 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PHUM AO FR
06PARIS2426	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORY -- GENERAL [...] (SBU) After two and a half years of advocacy by Embassy Paris, and considerable efforts on the part of Embassy Rome, General Electric (GE) has finally signed a contract to supply propulsion systems to the Franco-Italian Multi- Mission Frigate (FREMM) program. Letters from President Bush, Sec [...]	2006-04-12 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EIND EINV FR IT ETRA
06PARIS2437	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Afghanistan Italy [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2439	FRENCH SENATE VOTES BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, 22 and 23, the French Senate debated and approved a Biotech Bill presented by the Minister of Research, Francois Goulard. Significant outcomes from the debate included: further definition of the new French Biotech Council charged with evaluating and authorizing [...]	2006-04-13 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD FR EUN
06PARIS2450	FRENCH IN AGREEMENT ON BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: DAS Kramer met April 11 with interlocutors from the MFA and Treasury to discuss next steps on Belarus. The French agreed on the utility and necessity of targeted financial sanctions against key members of the Belarusian regime and believed that the EU would come to consensus on th [...]	2006-04-13 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR BO RU
06PARIS2476	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Chad [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2491	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE 4/14/06 [...] The twice-postponed French AI national exercise has been rescheduled for April 24- 25. This exercise is designed to test the GOF Avian Influenza National Plan. Along with the French Health, Foreign Affairs, and Interior Ministries, the WHO, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health, and [...]	2006-04-14 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS2499	CHAD: FORMER PM ALINGUE PREDICTS "WAR" IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister of Chad Jean-Bawoyeu Alingue called on us April 12 to discuss events in Chad and report on his activities in Paris. Alingue said he had met last week with Presidential AF Advisor Michel de Bonnecorse and MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert in Paris, but cl [...]	2006-04-14 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS2522	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran China Israel Suicide [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2553	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: AMBASSADOR WEISBERG'S APRIL 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador Robert Weisberg, MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that Republic of Congo (ROC) President Sassou Nguesso told the French prior to the African Union's April 13 communique on Chad that the AU would not condemn Sudan. A small group of RO [...]	2006-04-19 10:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VZ SU CF FR
06PARIS2578	CACOPHONY IN FRANCE'S FOREIGN TELEVISION POLICY [...] (SBU) France's foreign television policy, which plays a major role in the dissemination of French language and culture throughout the world, is going through a rocky patch. After the shaky start of France's proposed international all-news television station CII (REFTEL),to broadcast mostly [...]	2006-04-19 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR SCUL FR
06PARIS2587	SUDAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHE ELICITS MFA REMARKS ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points April 19 to IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel. In response, Simon-Michel reiterated French support for levying sanctions on the individuals in question, noting French co-sponsorship for the original UK list of names proposed for designation. 2. [...]	2006-04-19 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PREL SU FR UNSC
06PARIS2592	FRANCE ON NATO 'GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS' [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, Nicolas Niemtchinow, on April 10. On April 17, Niemtchinow responded that France appreciated receiving the points, especially the detailed explanation of what global partnerships are and what they are not. H [...]	2006-04-19 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO
06PARIS2593	FRENCH CONDEMN TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK, WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a disappointing response to reftel points seeking GoF condemnation of the Hamas justification of the April 17 Tel Aviv suicide attack, stressing that the GoF had chosen to "regret" Hamas' reaction rather than condemn Hamas, whom they did not hold responsible [...]	2006-04-19 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2606	SUDAN: FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU FR
06PARIS2607	MEDIA REACTION REPORT ran China Rising Oil Prices [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2610	COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: A somewhat subdued Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),meeting in Strasbourg April 10-14, continued to wrestle with its overlap with other EU institutions. The PACE dodged a potential minefield when Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) representati [...]	2006-04-20 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL COE
06PARIS2614	FRENCH UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS UN FINANCIAL [...] On April 12 reftel points were delivered to French MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon said that he was not optimistic that France would make a contribution to offset Afghanistan election cost shortfalls, noting that it would be more difficult now to generate enthusiasm for [...]	2006-04-20 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL AF FR
06PARIS2615	PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA action officer for PSI, Sebastien Jaunet, on April 12. Jaunet said that the French were preparing to make their own PSI demarche and noted that that the U.S. demarche did not include a number of countries that the French were considering approach [...]	2006-04-20 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS2633	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...]	2006-04-21 12:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2654	FRENCH DEMARCHE ON CHINA POUCH ISSUE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAS 6 & 7. 2. (SBU) French A/S-equivalent for Asia Herve Ladsous called in U.S. and UK Embassy representatives April 19 to share French thinking on next steps in dealing with the Beijing pouch problems. Political and Tri-Mission Management M-Cs attend [...]	2006-04-21 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT KREC CVIS ADPM CH FR GM JA UK EUN
06PARIS2660	FRANCE ON PRODI/HAMAS CALL: "SHOCKED," BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA officials responsible for EU CFSP and the Middle East told us April 21 that they were "shocked" by Prodi's agreement to receive a phone call from a political-level Hamas member. However, citing the fact that Prodi was not yet a government official at the time of the [...]	2006-04-21 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN IT KPAL
06PARIS2662	TERRORIST/WMD FINANCING: A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES U.S. [...] (C) French officials are interested in continuing and deepening collaboration with the USG on terrorist financing and WMD financing issues and will consider further cooperative efforts. They are open to exploring use of financial tools against WMD procurement networks. They would appreciate [...]	2006-04-24 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2663	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with GOF energy policy officials to discuss potential areas for bilateral and transatlantic cooperation to improve energy security. GOF officials emphasized the need to maintain pressure on Russia to open its oil and gas markets and, [...]	2006-04-24 10:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS2665	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Jaafari Guantanamo [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS267	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHINA AND AFRICA 3. AFRICAN MIGRANTS 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. CHAD 6. DROC 7. UGANDA 8. SUDAN 9 NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-01-13 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2683	FRANCE UNDERSTANDS NEED TO EXTEND CWC DESTRUCTION [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered to French MFA Director for chemical and biological weapons disarmament issues, Arnaud Roux, and desk officer, Etienne Sur. In follow up discussions April 24, Sur said that the French were well aware of the issue. He said that the GoF appreciated U.S. efforts [...]	2006-04-24 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR
06PARIS2684	FRANCE SUPPORTS WITH RESERVATIONS NATO'S MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, French MFA officials stated that France supported the establishment of NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) in principle, although they have serious concerns that it not draw resources away from existing NATO operations/programs, and believe that the p [...]	2006-04-24 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS2699	FRANCE: INPUT FOR LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and comment: France maintains a variety of investments in Cuba and is Cuba's 12th ranked supplier, down from fifth in 2001. France does not have a modern bilateral trade agreement with Cuba, and exchanges between the two countries are limited. France adheres to EU positions on C [...]	2006-04-25 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL FR CU
06PARIS2713	USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reason: 1.4 d. 2. (C) Summary and guidance request. The Director General (DG) sent the Deputy Director General, Marcio Barbosa, to see Ambassador Oliver on April 24 to pass the message that he has chosen Francoise Riviere, the DG's "Che [...]	2006-04-25 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS2717	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES FRENCH APPROACH TO "ECONOMIC [...] (C) A/S Wayne heard from a noted economic advisor to the French Government and the head of the local AmCham that one of the main reasons PM de Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda has resonated with the French people was because most people were shocked to learn that so much of the French [...]	2006-04-25 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2721	FRANCE HAS A NARROWER PERSPECTIVE FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) On April 24, in advance of the Informal Ministerial in Sofia, polmiloff followed up on reftel discussion on Global Partnerships with Nicolas Niemtchinow, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for NATO issues. Niemtchinow said France thought it timely to re-examine NATO's Partnerships, in discussion [...]	2006-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS2723	MFA DEMARCHE ON BADGES FOR FRENCH EMBASSY STAFF IN [...] This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) On April 25, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan called poloff to deliver an oral demarche on issue of DoD-issued badges for staff of the French embassy in Baghdad (reftels). Sivan exp [...]	2006-04-25 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR
06PARIS2733	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- De Ladoucette named head of French Energy Regulatory Authority (para 2) -- GOF Supports [...]	2006-04-26 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS2747	FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY: MORE MONEY FOR EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) On April 25, French President Jacques Chirac unveiled the first six industrial projects to receive public funding following their recent selection by the Agency for Industrial Innovation (AII) -- his weapon of choice for advancing his new industrial policy. Unsurprisingly, Chirac's pet [...]	2006-04-26 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ECPS TNGD TINT FR
06PARIS2750	MFA PERPLEXED AT CONTINUED SNAGS ON UNOCI [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials reacted with consternation at the formal U.S. request to revisit the French draft resolution to authorize additional UNOCI reinforcements (reftel). IO DAS-Equivalent Simon-Michel and AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher both told poloff on April 25 that they hoped AF [...]	2006-04-26 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR
06PARIS2772	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MINISTER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Junior Minister for Promotion of Equal Opportunities Azouz Begag provided the Ambassador April 19 with a candid assessment of the current situation of minorities in France. Begag blamed discrimination for unemployment levels as high as 40 and 50 percent in many of the ghetto-like [...]	2006-04-27 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL KISL PINR KPAO FR
06PARIS2774	UNESCO: 174th EXECUTIVE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FOR [...] Summary: The 174th Executive Board highlighted two major challenges that UNESCO faces in the Natural Sciences Sector. Firstly, the Secretariat needs to define a strategy for UNESCO's category two centers. Secondly, the Secretariat must respond to the demand from member states for cross-secto [...]	2006-04-27 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI
06PARIS2786	USUNESCO-- IPDC Donors Group Meeting [...] Summary: A fund raising kick-off meeting of donor states for the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) program was held at UNESCO on April 24 to announce pledges already made by member states and to encourage new pledges for the IPDC "Special Account" fund. The go [...]	2006-04-27 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS2790	UNESCO - SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTORS' SEARCH FOR NEW [...] DCM and health attach had a frank exchange of views March 31 with Wataru Iwamoto, Division Director of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences (SHS) sector. The meeting was organized at the request of Mr. Iwamoto who was tasked by the Director General (DG) to elicit Mission concerns about two SHS [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2791	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON EFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO adopted a decision on a Report by the Director-General on the Global Action Plan to achieve the Education For All (EFA) Goals at the 174th Executive Board. In late March, the U.K. together with Program and External Relations Commission chair Norway convened a working gro [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2796	USUNESCO: MEDIA FREEDOM - DANISH CARTOONS [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY: Executive Board Agenda Item 46, Title, was renegotiated by a working group during the Executive Board to address concerns about respect for culture and religion raised by the Danish cartoons of Mohammed published in [...]	2006-04-27 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS282	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO LIBYA FOCUSES ON PLIGHT [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's January 5 visit to Libya focused on French assistance offers to HIV-infected children in Benghazi, in an effort to help facilitate the release of Bulgarian/Palestinian medics wrongly con [...]	2006-01-17 06:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY BG FR
06PARIS2824	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: EMBASSY EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to our expressions of concern, the French government says it expects the Senate to improve some flawed elements of France's digital copyright legislation, but that it will probably not stiffen the decriminalized penalties for downloading and piracy. The bill, which [...]	2006-04-28 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS2834	FRENCH NATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA EXERCISE - "THANK GOD IT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of French authorities, on April 24-25 Embassy participated in their National Avian Influenza Exercise, together with the Prime Minister's Office responsible for security coordination (SGDN),numerous ministries, international organizations (OIE, WHO, EU, FAO, and [...]	2006-04-28 15:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AMGT AEMR AMED ASEC CASC FR
06PARIS2835	HRC: FRANCE WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR UNHRC FR
06PARIS2836	MDA: FRANCE LOOKING TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper told poloff on April 26 that the French MFA concurred with U.S. demarche points on the need for the June 19-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to amend its statutes to reflect the Third Additiona [...]	2006-04-28 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC ICRC SZ FR
06PARIS2837	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 4/28/06 [...] On April 24, Minister of Health Bertrand announced France's new public awareness campaign to minimize the impact of a potential avian influenza pandemic. The campaign called, "Adoptons les gestes qui nous protegent," translated as, "Taking the steps that will protect us," will debut in May. [...]	2006-04-28 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS2843	4/28 ABBAS-CHIRAC MEETING: GOF PROPOSES TRUST FUND [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary readout provided to poloff, Presidential Advisor for the Middle East Dominique Boche described the April 28 meeting between President Chirac and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as focused on two topics -- ways to increase international assistance [...]	2006-04-28 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2848	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO Expansion [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 10:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

06PARIS2868	CHINA AND TAIWAN AT THE OECD: HARDBALL OVER SOFT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SENV EU CH TW FR OECD
06PARIS2883	COTE D'IVOIRE: PROGRESS VITAL IF OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cote d'Ivoire must show progress soon on identification and disarmament if elections in October are to remain feasible, MFA Deskoff Olivier Richard stressed on April 28. The MFA was satisfied with the results of discussions A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert had in Washington concer [...]	2006-05-03 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IV FR
06PARIS2889	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East Bolivia - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2923	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2928	FRENCH MFA ANTICIPATES DONATION TO OAS ELECTION [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 4 to MFA Guyana Desk Officer Eric Amblard, who indicated that the GoF was troubled by the growing violence, instability, and likely electoral delays in Guyana. According to Amblard, the precarious situation was a driving force in Guyanese immigration [...]	2006-05-04 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS KDEM PGOV FR GY
06PARIS296	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - New Chilean President - Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-17 11:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2979	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2998	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/CHINA 3. DARFUR 4. CHAD 5. CAMEROON 6. UGANDA Â [...]	2006-05-05 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS3035	C.A.R.: FRENCH WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. Deskoff Charlotte Montel on May 5 expressed concern about a possible Sudanese presence in northeastern C.A.R., following the mysterious landing of a plane in the Tiringoulou area on April 25 (reftel). Locals reported that the 50-some soldiers who deplaned appeared to [...]	2006-05-09 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR CT FR
06PARIS3040	SLM DEPUTY COMING TO PARIS [...] (C) Discussing the prospects for bringing further Darfur rebel factions aboard the Abuja peace agreement, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Le Gal recommended in a May 9 conversation focusing on Abdulwahid Nur, the Sudan Liberation Moverment (SLM) leader who continued to reject the deal, given Abdulwahid [...]	2006-05-09 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID SU CD FR
06PARIS3049	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran America's Darfur [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS31	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3101	REPLY TO BEYOND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD QUESTIONS [...] The following items respond to Department's questions in reftels. 2. Next steps on Education for All Global Action Plan: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, was in New York City on April 27 for consultations on the EFA Global Action Plan. He and his UNESCO coll [...]	2006-05-10 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
06PARIS3110	FRANCE: RESPONSES TO USG POINTS ON NO-FLY AND DATA PRIVACY [...] (SBU) Summary: We have raised the issue of the proposed submission of airlines No-Fly screening to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) (refS A and B) in meetings with officials from the General Secretariat for State Security (SGDN) April 11, April 27 and May 9, the Civil Aviation Authorit [...]	2006-05-11 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL FR
06PARIS3114	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia Versus the U.S. - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 12:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3123	UNESCO - AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Ambassador Oliver met with Director General Matsuura on May 10. The DG informed the Ambassador that he has already chosen and informed Francoise Riviere that she will be the next Assistant Director General for Culture. He also said that the Chef de Cabinet position will be chosen internal [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO
06PARIS3124	USUNESCO - ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED FOLLOW-UP TO [...] (U) Summary: Wanting to touch base following last month's Executive Board at UNESCO, Israel's ambassador to UNESCO called on Ambassador Oliver to thank the U.S. for its work on the resolution regarding Jerusalem and on the "cartoon" issue. Strategy was discussed about best ways to work togethe [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	IS UNESCO
06PARIS3129	MFA MEETS WITH JEM REJECTIONIST KHALIL IBRAHIM [...] (C) African Affairs DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal advised Africa Watcher on May 10 that JEM rejectionist Khalil Ibrahim had arrived in France and requested meetings. The MFA decided that Le Gal should receive him May 11, but he would not meet with A/S-Equivalent Bruno Joubert or the French Pr [...]	2006-05-11 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CD SU FR
06PARIS3135	STATE-OWNED AIRPORTS AUTHORITY TO PARTIALLY PRIVATIZE [...] SUMMARY. The Paris Airports operator ("Aeroports de Paris" or ADP),the second largest European operator, is to launch an initial public offering of shares to raise 1.0-1.5 million euros, including 500-600 million euros by an increase in capital and a similar amount by a sale of government sha [...]	2006-05-12 08:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAIR PGOV FR
06PARIS3152	LAURENT FABIUS ON EUROPE AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PINR EUN
06PARIS3153	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: SENATE VOTES TO SOFTEN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 13 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The French Senate approved in the early hours of May 11 the GOF draft law on digital copyright, in a format which leaves unchanged the National Assembly's decriminalized penalty regime, the principle (if not the requirement) of [...]	2006-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS3167	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SHINER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris and the U.S. Mission to the OECD welcome Undersecretary Shiner's visit to Paris. The largest component of her visit will be with the head of Agence Francaise de Developpement, AFD, Jean-Michel Severino to discuss UN reform in the areas of development policy and humanitari [...]	2006-05-12 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL FR
06PARIS3178	CHIRAC/VILLEPIN/SARKOZY AND THE CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. As ref A Paris Points document, the "Clearstream" scandal has become a classic French "affaire d'etat," a scandal which threatens the life of the government and the careers of many leading political, judicial, and even military figures. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin continu [...]	2006-05-12 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR EUN PINR
06PARIS3179	MFA NEA-PDAS EQUIVALENT LIKELY TO REPRESENT FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI FR
06PARIS318	FRANCE: R/V ROGER REVELLE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] (U) This message confirms earlier e-mail correspondence. Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 48/AME dated 12 January 2006. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research camp [...]	2006-01-18 08:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
06PARIS3181	FRENCH ON MAY 15-16 GAERC - FOCUS ON AID TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal LeDeunff on May 10 and discussed them with him on May 12. LeDeunff said that the biggest issue for the GAERC would be the question of EU assistance to the Palestinians. He noted that the GoF was refusing to agree to inclusion o [...]	2006-05-12 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KPAL UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU
06PARIS3182	MAY 11 MFA MEETINGS WITH JEM KHALIL IBRAHIM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim seemed determined to oppose the Abuja accords on Darfur despite GOF advice that he sign them, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on May 12, following her meeting with him the previous day. Khalil Ibrahim did not seemed fazed by the possible [...]	2006-05-12 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PINS SOCI SU FR
06PARIS3183	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. CAMEROON 5. SOMALIA Â [...]	2006-05-15 08:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS319	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (OIE) [...] As reported ref B, Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) has accepted the invitation to the January 19 side meeting at the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza. 2. Ref A also requested comments on the [...]	2006-01-18 10:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS3208	OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [...] Chairman Mats Olsson opened the meeting, the agenda was approved, and noted that the Strategic Vision was approved and declassified on 1/30/2006. In his opening remarks Deputy Secretary-General Kiyo Akasaka noted that 2006 was the year for environment at OECD that included the successful launc [...]	2006-05-15 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
06PARIS321	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3226	MFA OPEN TO FURTHER INTERVENTIONS ON SYRIA HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant affairs Herve Besancenot May 15, urging a more forceful GoF public stance. While agreeing that SARG repression had increased, Besancenot conceded that the French em [...]	2006-05-16 10:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM SY FR
06PARIS3234	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq U.S. Issues - NSA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 12:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3247	PARIS CLUB - MAY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DEBT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) At the May 10-12 meeting of the Paris Club, Afghanistan's three creditors, Russia, Germany and the United States, took the first step toward fulfilling their pledges to cancel 100% of Afghanistan's debt by providing assurances of debt relief during the period of Afghanistan's new IMF progra [...]	2006-05-16 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS3255	UNESCO AND RICKY MARTIN PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ricky Martin Foundation (RMF),whose President, Puerto Rican singer and humanitarian Ricky Martin, was named a hero against trafficking in persons (TIP) by the U.S. Department of State in 2005 for his work to promote awareness and protect children from trafficking, has joined [...]	2006-05-16 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3258	CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION MOVES DOWN THE TRACKS [...] (U) Summary. The UNESCO secretariat says it intends to promote the Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (aka the cultural diversity convention) as part of a package of conventions dealing with cultural diversity broadly defined. End summary. [...]	2006-05-17 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS3269	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Immigration Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS328	GOF AMENDS ITS DIGITAL COPYRIGHT DRAFT BILL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a legislative misstep last month, the GOF has now decided to revise its copyright bill, which would transpose a 2001 European Union Directive on copyright into French law. The new texts, ordered by Prime Minister Villepin should address concerns expressed by consumer an [...]	2006-01-18 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS3282	S23B-04 IRANIAN RESEARCHER SEEKING DUAL USE [...] (S/NF) ESTH officer received non-paper from MFA in response to request contained in REFTEL. Regarding concerns about an Iranian scientist seeking dual-use research assistance from AG countries on AG-controlled toxins, the GOF paper provides five points (roughly translated): --First, the s [...]	2006-05-17 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC FR CBW
06PARIS3283	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO FR WHO
06PARIS329	UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] AS INSTRUCTED REF A, POST INFORMED BOTH UNESCO SECRETARIAT AND ICSU DEPUTY DIRECTOR THAT UNESCO FUNDS SIPDIS PROVIDED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE (ICSU) CAN NOT/NOT BE EXONERATED FROM RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF USG FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES IN LIBYA, IRAN, CUBA, BUR [...]	2006-01-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD UNESCO KSI
06PARIS3315	FRENCH FIRMLY SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF supports completely the U.S. position set forth in ref A, MFA Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert said on May 17. France will encourage non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement to sign it, and believes that Abdulwahid Al-Nur can be persuaded to sign the agreement, If no [...]	2006-05-18 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI EAID SU FR
06PARIS332	FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2006-01-18 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3322	WSIS - MULTI-LINGUALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a joint U.S. Mission to UNESCO and U.S. Mission Geneva cable. A joint ITU/UNESCO symposium on "Multi-lingualism in the Internet" was held in Geneva from May 9 to 11, 2006 followed by a UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Diversity (WSIS Action Line C8) and the Internet on May 1 [...]	2006-05-18 11:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID ECON UNESCO
06PARIS3344	MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO REGARDING [...] Guidance requested - see paragraph 6. 2. Poland's Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver this morning, May 18th at the US Mission, to request USG support in Poland's efforts to formally change the name of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp on the W [...]	2006-05-18 14:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PL UNESCO
06PARIS335	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: BRIEFING THE [...] (S) As requested by the Government of France (GOF) at the 16 January inter-agency meeting with U.S. delegation, on 18 January ESTH/NP officer briefed French MFA Actidyn PSI matter point-of-contact, Sebastien Jaunet, on the U.S. delegation visit to Actidyn Systemes on 17 January. ESTH/NP off [...]	2006-01-18 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
06PARIS336	FRENCH MFA WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON UN REFORM, [...] (SBU) Political Minister-Counselor discussed demarche points on January 18 with French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann (Ref A). Joining Bermann were desk officers Donatienne Hissard and Nicolas Kassianides, who respectively handle human rights issues and Security Council reform. Bermann and [...]	2006-01-18 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PHUM PARM KNNP IR FR UNSC UNGA EUN
06PARIS3360	DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN ON CLEARSTREAM, HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a remarkably wide-ranging tour de force equally remarkable for its candor, former finance minister and leading Socialist party presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn shared with Ambassador Stapleton May 16 his views that: the Clearstream scandal is far from over; the Soc [...]	2006-05-19 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON FR PINR EUN
06PARIS3362	UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION [...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...]	2006-05-19 08:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU
06PARIS3366	GOF INCLINED TO SUPPORT UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) Responding to a May 13 demarche by Australian, U.S., and New Zealand emboffs on the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP),MFA PDAS-equivalent for IO/UN Affairs Jean-Pierre La Croix described the GoF as inclined towards supporting the draft text, despite reservati [...]	2006-05-19 08:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UN FR
06PARIS3368	GOF INCLINED TO SUPPORT UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) Responding to a May 18 demarche by Australian, U.S., and New Zealand emboffs on the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP),MFA PDAS-equivalent for IO/UN Affairs Jean-Pierre La Croix described the GoF as inclined towards supporting the draft text, despite reservati [...]	2006-05-19 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UN FR
06PARIS337	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is delighted to welcome Secretary Chertoff to France. We enjoy a warm and productive relationship with the French Government on many issues of high priority to the USG, including counter-terrorism and law enforcement, transportation security, and immigration and customs en [...]	2006-01-19 06:32:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER CVIS EAIR OVIP
06PARIS3382	FRENCH COMMENT ON U.S. PROPOSAL REGARDING THE 1267 [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 19 with officials from the MFA to discuss proposals on UN sanctions issues, especially the U.S. proposal on procedural protections and fairness in the 1267 Committee. French officials had two primary concerns about the U.S. proposal: 1) a call for national governmen [...]	2006-05-19 13:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PGOV PREL FR UNSC
06PARIS341	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR USES JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by N. Cooper Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, reasons 1.4.(D) 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver's January 16 meeting with UNESCO DG MATSUURA focused on USG program priorities including literacy (and the Honorary Ambassador role of the First Lady) and [...]	2006-01-19 09:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SOCI UNESCO KSA
06PARIS3426	CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL: GETTING EVER CLOSER TO [...] (C) Summary: Still no smoking gun in the "Clearstream" affair aimed at smearing Interior Minister Sarkozy, but the circle of suspicion continues to tighten around Prime Minister de Villepin. A key player and Villepin confidant has now admitted to having furnished the documents that implicat [...]	2006-05-22 11:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON FR PREL PINR
06PARIS3429	USUNESCO HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAY CHIDIAC [...] Ambassador Oliver hosted a reception in honor of the well-known Lebanese television journalist May Chidiac yesterday evening, May 18th, at the Ambassador's residence. Chidiac was awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Day Prize in April in recognition of her courage in defending [...]	2006-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL LE UNESCO
06PARIS3447	EURONEXT: WHAT'S BEHIND THE CONSOLIDATION OF EUROPEAN [...] SUMMARY. EURONEXT, the Paris-based pan-European stock market that is poised to accept a merger offer from the NYSE, has been jockeying for a major merger operation for some time. EURONEXT's shareholders, the Paris financial community, and the French government all have an interest in maintain [...]	2006-05-22 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS3448	GOF WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) The following is an informal embassy translation of the French MFA statement issued May 22, welcoming formation of the new Iraqi government: Begin text: France welcomes the formation of a government in Iraq, the result of the December 15 elections and which should aim to ensure a balanc [...]	2006-05-22 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ FR
06PARIS3450	UNESCO REFORM: NEW STRATEGY UNVEILED ON VOLUNTARY [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 4. 2. Summary and Comment: UNESCO Extrabudgetary Funding Director Moller briefed Geneva Group members on the Director general's plans for a more strategic approach to extra-budgetary resources; these now account for more than half of UNESCO's funding. T [...]	2006-05-22 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3453	FRENCH SHARE USG CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian activities in South Ossetia to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, and Marie Dumoulin, Georgia desk officer. Dumoulin said on May 23 that France shares our "preoccupation" with Russian int [...]	2006-05-23 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV FR
06PARIS3455	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Montenegro Olmert to Washington [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS346	OECD: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOUTH [...] SUMMARY: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) hosted in Paris a Global Forum on 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2005, followed by two sessions of the Committee on Agriculture (CoAg). The Global Forum addressed the topic of Policy Coherence for Development in Agriculture. It was la [...]	2006-01-19 10:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD OECD
06PARIS3464	FRENCH GDP GROWTH ON A 2 PERCENT TREND [...] SUMMARY. Annualized French GDP growth of 2.0% in Q-1 shows stable but hardly dynamic improvement. The government is sticking to its GDP forecast range of 2.0-2.5% in 2006, accompanied by a decrease in the unemployment rate to 9% by the end of 2006. However, preliminary employment data showed [...]	2006-05-23 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS347	OECD: UNITED STATES CRITICIZED, BUT HOLDS FIRM [...] SUMMARY: The 55th session of the Working Party on Agriculture and Trade (JWP) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) concluded on November 7 after one full day of discussion at OECD headquarters in Paris. There actually was little contention among delegations fo [...]	2006-01-19 10:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD OECD
06PARIS3471	U.S.-FRENCH CONSULTATIONS ON UN ISSUES: UN REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS Jim Warlick's May 19 meeting with MFA IO A/S-equivalent Sylvie Bermann focused primarily on UN reform issues -- namely the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),Human Rights Council (HRC),and management reform -- with SYG elections, Darfur, Cote d'Ivoire, and UNSC elections dis [...]	2006-05-23 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC AORC SU IV FR
06PARIS3479	NSG PLENARY DISCUSSION OF IRAN - FRENCH COMMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP FR
06PARIS348	OECD: AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND MARKETS GROUP [...] SUMMARY: The 39th Session of the Working Group on Agricultural Policies and Markets (APM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met at OECD Headquarters in Paris 3-4 November 2005. The meeting proceeded smoothly even though it had a large work agenda. The Sec [...]	2006-01-19 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV OECD
06PARIS3482	(C) UK EMBASSY UPDATE ON KHADDAM TRAVEL TO UK, [...] (C/NF) UK Embassy First Secretary Tom Fletcher (protect throughout) updated poloff May 19 on the planned travel of former Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam to the UK, which has now been postponed to the last week of May/first week of June. Fletcher reported that Khaddam had delayed his [...]	2006-05-23 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UK SY FR
06PARIS3485	USUNESCO - PDAS WARLICK MEETING WITH DG MATSUURA [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting IO PDAS Jim Warlick called on UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura on May 19. During the discussion Warlick emphasized the need to show successes after the cultural diversity setback, and, in particular, to make effective use of the First Lady's interest in UNESCO an [...]	2006-05-23 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS3487	FRANCE SYMPATHETIC TO DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 22, we delivered reftel demarche to Xavier Chatel, MFA official working on NATO, noting that U.S. negotiations with the Kyrgyzs were ongoing. Chatel observed that our request that France make a demarche to Kyrgyzstan likely would be considered favorably by the GoF and promised to g [...]	2006-05-23 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO KG FR
06PARIS3497	UPDATE ON UNESCO ETHICS DIVISION [...] Summary and comment-U.S. Mission Health Attache met May 19 with Henk Ten Have, director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, which is located in UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences sector. Along with Ten Have were two of his staff, Sabina Colombo (bioethics) and Simone Scholze [...]	2006-05-24 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO
06PARIS3501	FRANCE PLANS LIMITED REACTION TO AHMADI-NEJAD'S [...] (C) On May 23, poloffs delivered to MFA officials reftel demarche on the implications of Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's attendance at the June SCO summit in Shanghai. Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, told poloff that France did not plan on de [...]	2006-05-24 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR
06PARIS3502	MONACO DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO ESTABLISH WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Monegasque Embassy Secretary Frederic Labarrere delivered to Acting PolCouns May 23 a diplomatic note (informal translation para 2) and curriculum vitae with the following main points: - Monaco intends to establish an Embassy in Washington, D.C. to strengthen its relations with the Un [...]	2006-05-24 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KREC PREL FR MN
06PARIS351	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ivory Coast - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-19 11:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3540	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO - Parliamentary Assembly - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3555	EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROADENS FOOTPRINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Summary: Environmental Protection Administrator Johnson engaged in public outreach and bilateral talks in Paris, May 16-17, in addition to OECD meetings (septel). In these events, the Administrator presented the range of U.S. environmental efforts, including innovative practices and new meas [...]	2006-05-26 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TRGY PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS357	" ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM " TAKES SHAPE IN FRANCE [...] (C) As reported reftels, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon,s &economic intelligence8 recommendations, as outlined in his 2003 report. The GOF issued a decree on December 31, 2005, to define which sectors merit protection from foreign control for &national [...]	2006-01-19 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON EUN PREL FR
06PARIS3571	MIXED FRENCH MFA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on U.S. views on Palestinian assistance and a proposed temporary international funding mechanism with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot May 30. Besancenot offered a mixed response to U.S. views. He agreed that the PA government bore prima [...]	2006-05-30 13:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL FR
06PARIS3584	FRANCE: HOLD IN 1267 SANCTION COMMITTEE TO REFUSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KVPR PREL CVIS EFIN ETTC PTER
06PARIS3594	FRENCH ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON IPR AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF,s economic advisor assured U/S Shiner on May 18 that the GOF would take US views into consideration as it shepherds its digital copyright bill through Parliament. He defended the GOF,s &economic patriotism8 policy shielding French firms from foreign investment, but invit [...]	2006-05-30 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KIPR ETRD ECPS PGOV FR
06PARIS3611	FRENCH URGE FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON BURMA DRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy reviewed the draft resolution and talking points with French MFA, which confirmed its backing for the USG initiative to raise Burma within the Security Council (Ref A). IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel observed May 26 that it was imperative to capitalize on the [...]	2006-05-31 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS3613	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom is Europe's largest single broadband provider (para 2); -- FT seeking revision of E.U. regulations (para 3); - [...]	2006-05-31 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS3619	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Alleged Massacre in Haditha [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3631	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3667	FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT [...] Late on May 31, in response to the Secretary's statement, which we had previously delivered, the MFA issued a supportive statement by French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy praising the U.S. decision to join the EU3's negotiations with Iran (see informal translation para 2). On June 1, the MFA [...]	2006-06-01 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM IZ FR
06PARIS3668	NO INCREASE IN FRANCE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR NATO
06PARIS3677	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3689	U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL DISCUSSES OLMERT VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones briefed French MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Jean-Francois Thibault May 26 on the PM Olmert visit to Washington; he also stressed the need to maintain consensus on Palestinian assistance, while reiterating U.S. opposition to payment of [...]	2006-06-02 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR
06PARIS3716	(C) MFA EXPRESSES PRIVATE CONCERN ON EMBASSY [...] (C) MFA Advisor for Religious Affairs Laurent Stefanini summoned Acting Pol M/C and poloff to his office June 1 to express concern about embassy Muslim outreach efforts, in generally polite but largely elliptical terms. Stefanini, who was accompanied by Deputy MFA Religious Affairs Advisor De [...]	2006-06-05 08:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PGOV PINR FR
06PARIS3721	USNATO AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SOCIALIST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Pierre Moscovici, the Socialist Party's National Secretary for International Relations, met May 29 with visiting Ambassador to NATO Nuland to discuss transatlantic relations in the context of France's 2007 presidential elections. Moscovici insisted that a PS Administra [...]	2006-06-05 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR NATO EUN
06PARIS3722	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Palestine - Hamas - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3776	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Iraq Elections in Peru [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3782	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 06/06/06 [...] French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Pasteur recently announced the preliminary, but encouraging, results of its Phase 1 trials for a pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine. The clinical study, involving 300 people, tested two formulations of the vaccine, one with and one without an adjuvant. The tests reve [...]	2006-06-06 12:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS3783	(C) MUSLIM LEADERS IN LYON STRESS UNITY AT [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the regional Muslim Council (CRCM) in Rhone-Alpes stressed a message of unity and moderation during a joint meeting with poloff in Lyon May 31. The CRCM leaders, who represent three rival factions within the national French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM),stresse [...]	2006-06-06 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR SOCI MO AG TU FR
06PARIS379	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iranian President in Syria - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3791	FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM FR
06PARIS384	UNESCO: GENEVA GROUP SETS WORKPLAN FOR COMING [...] This is a guidance request, please see Para 2. 2. AT THE JANUARY 12 GENEVA GROUP MEETING, CHAIRED BY THE UK, PARTICIPANTS GAVE PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT TO THE DRAFT WORK PLAN (SEE PARA 5) FOR THE COMING MONTHS. THIS IS TO BE A ROLLING DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT FUTURE MEETINGS AND U [...]	2006-01-20 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3843	FRENCH MFA CFSP CHIEFS ON EU DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 6 meeting, the MFA's CFSP chiefs lamented a certain absence of political will in the EU, but argued that the EU had largely succeeded, through an increase in ESDP operations, in recapturing some momentum following rejection of the EU constitutional treaty. They indicat [...]	2006-06-07 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN COE KPAL CY TU
06PARIS3844	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Guantanamo - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 13:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3870	FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN OSCE, [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told visiting EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins that France saw a "largely negative" context for the OSCE, primarily due to Russian intransigence. Generally speaking, the West had a radically different vision of the OSCE than Russia, and it was important, they said, that [...]	2006-06-08 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL FR CFE

06PARIS3872	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran CIA Renditions [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3875	ADDRESSING IRAN AT THE JUNE IAEA BOG - FRANCE IS [...] (C) On June 8, we discussed upcoming IAEA BOG meeting with Nicolas Roche, MFA counselor working on Iran nonproliferation, and shared non-paper with U.S. suggestions for inclusion in National Statements at the BOG. 2. (C) Roche expressed appreciation for our reftel suggestions and noted that [...]	2006-06-08 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IAEA IR FR
06PARIS3876	PRO-SEPARATIST CORSICAN LAWYER SAYS MOVEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Corsican lawyer Pascal Garbarini, who represents the majority of Corsicans imprisoned on terrorism-related charges, told poloff that the long-running separatist movement is ideologically impoverished, splintered into competing factions, evolving towards common criminality [...]	2006-06-08 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PTER
06PARIS388	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OUTGOING [...] The Ambassador met on January 16 with outgoing Culture Assistant Director General Mounir Bouchenaki. Bouchenaki and the Ambassador discussed the fact that the two key organizations for the World Heritage Program ICCROM (International Organization for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage) and [...]	2006-01-20 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS3891	France Nomination for FY-06 Benjamin Franklin [...] SUMMARY: Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to nominate a student for the FY06 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute. We believe this type of project complements and enhances post's efforts to reach out to younger audiences, particularly those from more diverse backgro [...]	2006-06-09 07:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS390	USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BRENNAN, [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for William Brennan, Thomas Laughlin, and Jennifer Winston from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)and attend the Third Global Conference on oceans, coasts, and islands - January 21-29, 2006. 2. Control officer for the visit [...]	2006-01-20 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV FR
06PARIS3901	SARKOZY ALLY ON CHIRAC'S ISOLATION AND SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Over lunch on June 1 with Ambassador Stapleton, center-right candidate for mayor of Paris and Sarkozy ally Francoise de Panafieu gave a somber portrait of President Chirac's growing isolation. She conveyed Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) legislators' growing apprehension that the publ [...]	2006-06-09 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS3902	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Death of Zarqawi Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 12:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3916	FRANCE AND THE FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 7 poloff delivered reftel demarche points to French MFA Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) action officer Etienne le Harivel de Gonneville. In a follow-up conversation on June 9, Gonneville explained that the GoF, like many other countries, is in favor of the FMCT. He added t [...]	2006-06-09 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL FR
06PARIS3919	FRANCE: CHARLES DE GAULLE AND WASHINGTON-DULLES AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) Post wishes to highlight an innovative proposed "sister-airport" link between Paris' Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport and Washington-Dulles airport. The idea -- for a limited information and "best practices" exchange -- was originally formulated in November 2005 by Dulles security offici [...]	2006-06-09 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER FR
06PARIS3921	SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN A DOCUMENTARY FOR FRENCH [...] Summary: Embassy Paris was approached by one of our best press contacts to seek Secretary Rice's participation in an hour-long biographical documentary series. The Embassy strongly endorses this request, and requests favorable consideration. We are ready to provide additional information should [...]	2006-06-09 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL FR
06PARIS3922	FRANCE ON JUNE 12 GAERC - RECOGNITION OF MONTENEGRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will announce at the June 12-13 GAERC that France recognizes Montenegro, according to MFA CFSP deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff. He listed as the most important topics at the GAERC preparation of the June 20-21 U.S.-EU summit, Montenegro, Cuba, Iran, I [...]	2006-06-09 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FR
06PARIS3927	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. MALI 5. COTE 6. MAURITANIA 7. SOMALIA 8. SUDAN 9. NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-06-12 08:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS393	UNESCO: SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTOR [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 11, Dr. Marc Renaud, former president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, outlined for selected delegations his recommendations regarding the future role of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector: to act as an "observatory"; [...]	2006-01-20 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3939	WEDGEWOOD DEMARCHE PROMPTS MFA REQUEST TO BACK [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered diplomatic note June 5 to MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman seeking support for Professor Wedgewood's reelection to the Human Rights Committee and followed up June 6 with IO Human Rights DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper, who in turn sought U.S. backing for the reele [...]	2006-06-12 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA US FR
06PARIS3940	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Suicides Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 11:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS396	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS ADG KHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador David A. Gross met with the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan and Director of the Informatio [...]	2006-01-20 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3978	CONSTRUCTIVE FRENCH MFA LINE ON MID-YEAR [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the June 15 UNSC review of the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-1) mandate and current DFI/IAMB arrangements with MFA Iraq desk officer Jean-Marie Safa and MFA UN Action Officer for Iraq Nicolas Kassianides June 12. Both Safa and Kassianides expected that th [...]	2006-06-13 13:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ FR
06PARIS3979	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Iraq - Camp David Talks [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS40	MFA ON JANUARY 4 CHIRAC-MUBARAK DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot previewed the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac working lunch, expected to focus on Syria/Lebanon. Mubarak will brief Chirac on his January 3 discussions in Riyadh, during which the Egyptian president was expected to press King Abdallah [...]	2006-01-04 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS4010	FRANCE WANTS TO JOIN SOMALIA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal demarched Africa Watcher on June 13 to convey displeasure at France's exclusion from the newly formed Somalia Contact Group. France is among the few nations in the European Union, including the UK, Sweden and Italy, which are actively engaged on Somalia [...]	2006-06-13 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SO FR
06PARIS4011	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: FRENCH OFFER VOTE PACT [...] (U) THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) The French MFA has formally proposed, by diplomatic note, a pact to exchange votes on behalf of U.S. and French candidates to the Human Rights Committee. Ref A related that MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Le Fraper sought U.S. backing for the c [...]	2006-06-13 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA US FR
06PARIS4017	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France's energy review recommends greater use of biofuels (para 2); -- .... and greater [...]	2006-06-14 08:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS402	FRANCE SUPPORTS DEMARCHE ON YEMENI 1267 VIOLATION, [...] (C) Following January 11 delivery of reftel demarche, Poloff received an update on the GOF response on January 20 from Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counterterrorism. Deruffe said France wholeheartedly supported the USG's demarche, and called the Yemeni government's violat [...]	2006-01-20 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AORC EFIN ETTC FR YM
06PARIS4033	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Olmert to Europe [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS404	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC),a UNESCO program established by the United States in the early 1980s to support the free flow of information in developing countries, will hold elections to its bureau in Ma [...]	2006-01-20 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS4046	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER FRENCH [...] (C) Using ref A talking points, we spoke June 8 and 14, with MFA expert on the NRF, Florian Escudie, to suggest France consider increasing its contributions or that it lobby its Eurocorps partners to make up existing gaps in the NRF-7 rotation. USNATO Ambassador Nuland and EUR/RPM Director Gar [...]	2006-06-14 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4053	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Foreign Policy - Iraq - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 11:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS406	CHIRAC UPDATES FRENCH NUCLEAR DEFENSE DOCTRINE TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a January 19 speech before an audience of MPs and military personnel at the L'ile Longue submarine base in Brittany, French President Chirac expanded on France's nuclear defense doctrine, last enunciated in 2001, suggesting the possibility of a nuclear response to t [...]	2006-01-20 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM PTER FR
06PARIS4080	NUDGING DEBY ON DIALOGUE. MFA REMARKS ON CHAD, [...] (C) Summary: French Minister of Cooperation Girardin will deliver a clear message to President Deby in Chad this week on the necessity for national dialogue, according to MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher. The unusual presence of French Presidential Africa Adviser Bonnecorse on Girardin's trip [...]	2006-06-15 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR IV CT TO CD FR
06PARIS4094	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4095	UNESCO-DISCUSSION OF ROTATION CAUSING CONSTERNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sharing worries about a threat to the status quo and the potential of a "rogue" proposition rising to open discussion and a possible vote, key donor nations from several electoral groups met for the first time to discuss their views on rotational representation on UNESCO bodies. [...]	2006-06-15 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU UNESCO
06PARIS4096	UNESCO CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS CONVENTION: FRANCE TAKES [...] (U) On June 8, in a unanimous vote across all party lines, the French National Assembly approved the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (also known as the cultural diversity convention, which was adopted by vote at UNESCO in October, 2005 [...]	2006-06-15 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO FR ECON ETRD EU
06PARIS4117	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Afghan Violence [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 10:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4128	FRANCE WANTS HRC ACTION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES [...] (C) Summary: MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen concurred with the U.S. view that the first session of the Human Rights Council should avoid country-specific resolutions. However, she said the MFA was puzzled by the U.S. call for the HRC to avoid "action on [...]	2006-06-16 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS413	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Bin Laden Video [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4151	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD, REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] The Executive Board will begin work on the C/4 and C/5 budget planning documents at its upcoming session (September 25-October 11). Mission has been informed that we will soon receive a letter from the Chairman of the EB requesting each electoral group to name three representatives to a draft [...]	2006-06-16 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
06PARIS4159	UK DELEGATION SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO'S ROLE IN [...] At a June 16 informal meeting of UNESCO delegates, the UK deputy informed Mission Officer that the UK is, in advance of Group I consultations in Athens on the medium-term strategy, seeking to achieve EU consensus on a non-paper on UNESCO's role. The aim of the UK paper is to encourage UNESCO t [...]	2006-06-16 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UK UNESCO
06PARIS416	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. AFRICAN UNION 4. MALI/SOCIAL FORUM 5. DROC 6. LIBERIA 7. SOUTH AFRICA 8. SUDAN Â [...]	2006-01-23 13:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS4173	(C) CHIRAC AND OLMERT DISCUSS RESUMPTION OF [...] (S) Summary: Elysee contacts described the June 14 Chirac-Olmert meeting as friendly and said the French president was favorably impressed by his first encounter with the Israeli PM. Presidential Middle East advisor Dominique Boche stressed that Chirac urged Olmert to resume negotiations with [...]	2006-06-16 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL IS KPAL IR LE FR
06PARIS4174	FRANCE AND WORKING GROUPS SUPPORTING THE SRI [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor and poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with French MFA A/S equivalent for Asia, Herve Ladsous. Ladsous said that the GoF had no objections in principle to forming the two working groups, though, he added, France would probably not insert itself into a leade [...]	2006-06-16 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS FR
06PARIS4175	(C) HARIRI ADVISOR ON RISING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 13 discussion, longtime Hariri family advisor Basile Yared put a positive spin on the recent Brammertz report, which he viewed as compounding pressure on Syria. Yared viewed the SARG as seeking to destabilize the GoL, via arms and money transfers to Palestinian mili [...]	2006-06-16 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR PINR PTER EAID FR
06PARIS4176	FRENCH TV TF-1 REQUEST TO INTERVIEW POTUS [...] SUMMARY. France's leading private television station has contacted the Ambassador to request an interview with President Bush in advance of the G-8 meetings. We strongly endorse this request and ask (para 6) Department concurrence and support in securing White House approval. END SUMMARY. [...]	2006-06-19 07:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL FR
06PARIS4183	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Diplomacy - Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4206	UNESCO: OVERVIEW OF UNESCO'S WORK ON DESERTIFICATION AND [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. At a June 13 information session, UNESCO secretariat experts discussed the continuing progress the organization has made with regard to desertification and arid zones. After outlining UNESCO's history of action in this area, panelists presented some of UNESCO's curre [...]	2006-06-19 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4213	UNESCO SEMINAR TACKLES ISSUE OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE WITH [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At a UNESCO International Seminar entitled "New Stakes for Intercultural Dialogue" academics, diplomats, and artists predominantly from Europe and the Arab world discussed cross-cultural communication, the role of the city in intercultural dialogue, and the unique experie [...]	2006-06-19 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KISL MU AORC UNESCO
06PARIS4214	FRANCE AND NATO ID FOR GEORGIA - IT'S ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) 1. Summary: A French decision on Georgia's candidacy for NATO Intensified Dialogue is under review, according to Presidency and MFA officials, and President Chirac will have the final say. Based on conversations with an Elysee contact, France continues to view Georgia's future through the [...]	2006-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO RU
06PARIS4215	FRANCE PRAISES U.S. TRANSPERENCY IN DRAFT DECISION [...] (U) Poloff delivered talking points June 16 to Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) action officer, Etienne Sur. In a follow-up conversation June 19, Sur said that the GoF was pleased with the language in the U.S. Request for establishment of a revised date for the final deadline for destructio [...]	2006-06-19 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW FR
06PARIS4218	AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2006 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE) [...] (C) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, June 12-15, 2006 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 48 presentations by 13 AG member states, and 2 presentations were pr [...]	2006-06-20 08:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4219	AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE [...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]	2006-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4221	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit Saddam Trial North [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 09:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4225	(C) PESSIMISTIC ELYSEE LINE ON LEBANON/SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Chirac's Middle East advisor Dominique Boche recently shared a pessimistic assessment of Lebanon/Syria developments, criticizing UNSYG Annan's passivity on the issue, and citing the potential for the Lebanese government to collapse, amid internal divisions and active undermining [...]	2006-06-20 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR PTER FR
06PARIS4243	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-06-20 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06PARIS4247	SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD [...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...]	2006-06-21 08:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4248	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 09:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4253	PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, [...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...]	2006-06-21 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4256	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan U.S. - EU Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4258	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and HHS Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social Scie [...]	2006-06-21 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG UNESCO UN IOM
06PARIS4277	STORMY DAYS AT EADS AND AIRBUS [...] (SBU) The furor surrounding EADS, recent plunge in the stock market, following revelations last week of further delays in Airbus A380 deliveries (see Paris Points of June 14, 15, 16),has plunged Airbus and its mother company EADS into one of the deepest crises in their history. Revelations [...]	2006-06-21 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS4278	FRANCE/VENEZUELA: NO DECISIONS YET ON ARMS SALE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 20, we raised ref A (possible French company arms deal with Spain for Venezuela) and ref B (Venezuelan anti-NGO bill) demarches with the MFA's PDAS and DAS-equivalents for Latin America. Regarding reports that the Spanish company Navantia has asked Thales France for pa [...]	2006-06-21 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV VE PARM
06PARIS4279	FY-2006 Voluntary Visitor Program: Pia IMBS (BOYLE). [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS4295	DEMARCHE TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON 2006 TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The director of France's Anti-Trafficking Office, Jean-Michel Colombani, discussed with us on June 13 the 2006 TIP report and vigorously defended France's commitment to combat trafficking in persons. It was evident that Colombani found the report's narrative on France quite cri [...]	2006-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG FR
06PARIS4296	(U) UNESCO PRIZES [...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]	2006-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS4298	DEAUVILLE WOMEN'S FORUM - AN OPPORTUNITY WE SHOULDN'T [...] Deauville France will host the second annual Women's Forum for the Economy and Society, October 5-7, 2006. The United States was underrepresented at this event last year, and I ask your help to take full advantage of this opportunity this year. 2. The Forum (www.womens-forum.com) is a ma [...]	2006-06-22 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KDEM PHUM KPAO FR
06PARIS4303	FRANCE WEIGHING FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with French officials on June 8 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the MFA held jointly with the French Economic Ministry, U/S Levey laid [...]	2006-06-22 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL
06PARIS4305	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS431	UNESCO AMBASSADORS ON POST WSIS SCENE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise V. Oliver met with a select group of UNESCO Ambassadors, including members of the Information for All Programme Council, to exchange view [...]	2006-01-24 06:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS4342	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relationship - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4360	(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]	2006-06-23 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4363	TRYING TO POSTPONE THE AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Israel is attempting to delay the Auschwitz name change issue from reaching UNESCO's World Heritage Conference for discussion or decision during the upcoming meeting in Vilnius next month. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO and current Charge d'Affairs for I [...]	2006-06-23 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PL GM IS UNESCO
06PARIS4381	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA - Terrorist Finance Tracking [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4386	DEPARTING MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT JEAN-FRANCOIS [...] (U) Post offers the following biographic report on Jean-Francois Thibault, newly named French Ambassador to Rabat, who leaves his current position as MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East on June 27, 2006 and is expected to arrive in Rabat shortly thereafter. His MFA successor has n [...]	2006-06-26 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR XF MO FR
06PARIS4390	UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND [...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]	2006-06-26 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4406	FRANCE WILL LIKELY SEND A/S-EQUIVALENT TO RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PGOV PHUM SOCI FR
06PARIS4407	EXECUTIVE BOARD EARLY PREVIEW [...] Summary: Executive Board Secretary Parsuramen met with Ambassador Oliver to review preparations for the 175th Executive Board. Deadline for new agenda items for the 175th Executive Board is 22 July. End summary. 2. Ambassador Oliver met on Thursday, 22 June, with the Secretary of the [...]	2006-06-26 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4411	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN: CHIRAC SHOULD REIN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confided to Ambassador Stapleton during a June 15 lunch that he was worried by President Chirac's waning authority. Raffarin said he had advised the president on the importance of restoring the respective roles of the presidency, prime minister an [...]	2006-06-26 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4415	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 10:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4417	FRENCH GDP GROWTH AROUND 2 PERCENT IN 2006 [...] SUMMARY. In its June overview of the French economy, the National Statistics Agency estimated 2006 GDP will increase 2 percent in 2006, the low end of the original government forecast range of 2.0-2.5 percent on which the 2006 budget was based. Any improvement in GDP growth above 2.0 percent [...]	2006-06-27 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4441	U/S JOSPEH, U/S LEVEY JUNE 20 MEET WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting between U/S Joseph and Treasury U/S Levey and French Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, a range of proliferation-related topics were covered, including the US-French-UK-German-Italian meeting later that day aimed at preliminary consultations regarding [...]	2006-06-27 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR KN IN FR
06PARIS4443	FRENCH CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy) SUMMARY: At a cordial, exploratory conference hosted by France on June 20, French, German, Italian, UK, and US participants committed to work together to implement the G8 Gleaneagles Statement to identify, track and freeze WMD proliferation-related assets and [...]	2006-06-27 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PREL KNNP ETTC PARM FR
06PARIS4448	FRANCE/CHAD: LOOKING FOR AFRICAN OPTIONS ON CAMP [...] (C) Summary: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert told visiting DASD Theresa Whelan on January 26 that France is exploring the use of 200-250 African gendarmes for refugee protection at 12 camps in eastern Chad. He said French troops would not be able to provide protection but would coordina [...]	2006-06-28 07:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO CD SU FR
06PARIS4449	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4458	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT COMPROMISE GUARANTEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the June 22 conciliation meeting of French Parliamentarians, a compromise draft of the copyright law has emerged to be approved by vote on June 30. The compromise text legitimizes the use of DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies to protect authors' rights, but [...]	2006-06-28 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS4477	FRANCE/UN: DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION USEFUL; TIME TO [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche points at opening of business on June 27 to MFA IO PDAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix, DAS-equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, and IO desk officer Nicholas Kassianides. Lacroix offered feedback on June 28 in which he emphasized French concurrence on [...]	2006-06-28 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA FR
06PARIS4482	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Surge of Violence in [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4511	UNESCO: STRIVING FOR RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT AT THE WORLD [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On May 30, 2006, consultant Bruno Lefevre gave a presentation about his work to institute Results Based Management (RBM) at the World Heritage (WH) Center. He was one of two consultants hired to examine the RBM framework and World Heritage System model, and propose [...]	2006-06-30 08:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV UNESCO
06PARIS452	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Rice Transformational [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4521	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4525	FRANCE TO ATTEND THE AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS4538	AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE ISSUE UNRESOVLED [...] (SBU) The Polish Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver yesterday afternoon, June 29th, to update her on the issue of the proposed name change of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, which was expected to be raised during the upcoming World Heritage Comm [...]	2006-06-30 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PO IS UNESCO
06PARIS4539	UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASED MAINLY DUE TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY. Job creation in the private and public sectors was boosted by an increase in government-subsidized contracts, and special government incentives. At least 700,000 jobs were created with the government's support in Q-1, which can explain the decrease in the unemployment rate to 9.1 per [...]	2006-06-30 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4546	FRENCH UNEMPLOYMENT: THE NEVERENDING STORY [...] Summary: The drop in the French unemployment rate to 9.1 percent could be due to GOF policies, as the GOF claims. It also might be due to an aging workforce beating an early retreat to retirement. And it might be due to statistical corrections. But the fact remains that the youth unemployment [...]	2006-06-30 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4549	THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT, Part I [...] SUMMARY. A government-commissioned report has warned that the current financial situation could spiral out of control unless a freeze is put on government spending over the next five years. The report recommendations are likely to become an issue leading up to the 2007 presidential elections. [...]	2006-06-30 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4557	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Afghanistan PARIS - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS456	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the January 18 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to raise Jordan's debt swap ceiling from 30% to 40%. The US and UK were the most vocal advocates, arguing that Jordan was an important ally facing serious economic vulnerabilities despite progress implementing key economic reforms. [...]	2006-01-24 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4580	FRENCH STILL CONSIDERING OSCE BID, BOUCHER TOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Concerned officials say they will tell Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokayev that Kazakhstan will have to meet higher standards if it wants to Chair the OSCE in 2009. But, they admit, the personal relationship between the two Presidents may carry the day. During other meetings in Pari [...]	2006-07-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN
06PARIS4586	FRENCH ADOPT NUCLEAR WASTE LAW -- DECISIVE STEP TOWARDS [...] Summary: In June, on time and non-confrontationally, the French Parliament adopted a key law to regulate nuclear materials and waste well into the future. The legislation confirms reversible, deep geological disposal as the reference solution for high-level, long-lived waste (HLLLW),with 201 [...]	2006-07-05 07:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
06PARIS4596	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo - Trial in Paris [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 10:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4610	IRAQI VP ABDEL-MEHDI MEETS WITH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY [...] (C) Summary and comment: While in France for personal reasons, Iraqi Vice-President Abdel Abdel-Mehdi met on June 26 with FM Douste-Blazy and President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. Abdel-Medhi also gave numerous press interviews during which he described the situat [...]	2006-07-05 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IZ
06PARIS4628	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

06PARIS4638	UNESCO: UPDATE ON RATIFICATION OF SIX CONVENTIONS [...] To date, only Canada, Mauritius and, most recently, Mexico, have deposited at UNESCO their Instruments of Ratification regarding the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. 2. In a series of written communications we have recently received, [...]	2006-07-06 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TREATY RATIFICATION
06PARIS4643	UNESCO: U.S. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVED WATER RESOURCES HIGHLIGHTE [...] THE OPENING DAYS OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAM (IHP IGC, JULY 3-7) HAVE ALREADY YIELDED SEVERAL IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF U.S. RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH UNESCO'S ACTIVITIES IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. 2. ON JULY 4, THE COUNCIL - IN WHICH TH [...]	2006-07-06 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4650	CAUTIOUS FRENCH INTEREST IN PARNERSHIP FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning (S/P) Director Dr. Stephen Krasner met with French officials and MFA consultants June 23-24 to discuss the nascent initiative for a "Partnership for Better Governance Group" (PBGG). Krasner explained the PBGG would be a multilateral effort with interested deve [...]	2006-07-07 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID UNGA FR
06PARIS4651	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4652	THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT: PART II [...] SUMMARY. The government's intention to decrease the public deficit in 2006 and 2007 appears to be the first step towards the ultimate goal of reducing the national debt to 60% of GDP by 2010, as outlined in the Pebereau report, but thus far the proposed changes to the national budget remain sh [...]	2006-07-07 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4659	UNESCO: N. SCOTT MOMADAY DISCUSSES CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] SUMMARY. UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Division of Foresight, Philosophy and Human Sciences hastily organized a June 22 symposium on human dignity and art with N. Scott Momaday, UNESCO Artist for Peace and Native American poet, novelist, painter, and story-teller, which focused on the im [...]	2006-07-07 12:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNESCO OEXC SCUL
06PARIS466	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR ON FRANCO-ALGERIAN TREATY, [...] (C) During a January 19 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Algerian Ambassador to France Missoum Sbih confirmed that the long-sought Franco-Algerian friendship treaty remains stalled over differences over historical issues, namely how to address French colonization of Algeria. Original [...]	2006-01-24 17:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO FR
06PARIS4663	GOF CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDF HOSTAGE CRISIS; WORRIED [...] (C) Summary and comment: An MFA contact told poloff July 6 that the GOF is closely following the Israeli/Palestinian crisis that began with the late June kidnapping of IDF soldier (and French/Israeli dual national) Gilad Shalit. Although the GOF has been rumored to be involved in negotiations [...]	2006-07-07 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR SY
06PARIS4666	FRENCH RESPONSE TO UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Stapleton, accompanied by Russian Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, delivered reftel demarche to French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy. The Minister gave a private preliminary statement of support in principle, noting France's own concerns about nuclear terrorism. France, Douste-B [...]	2006-07-07 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINS PTER KNNP AS CA CH FR GM IT JA
06PARIS4673	UNESCO REFORM: GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE UN "COHERENCE" [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 3. 2. At its July 12 meeting, the UNESCO Geneva Group of donor member states will focus on the ongoing exercise to enhance UN system-wide coherence in the areas of humanitarian assistance, the environment and development. The meeting will start with a [...]	2006-07-07 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS4674	UNESCO: BRIEFING ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, briefed representatives from the Executive Board's Group I countries on his plans for reform of UNESCO's Education Sector, July 6 at UNESCO headquarters. Smith announced that he has put the plan into action as of [...]	2006-07-07 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS4693	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Operation Summer Rain [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4714	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French Guiana firm Amazonie Loisirs as well as French authorities to verify the bona fides of the end-user. 2. Although we were not able to conduct the requested site visit, company owner Pierre Mendez responded to our list of questions [...]	2006-07-10 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS4724	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Death of Chechen Rebellion [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4745	DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: FRANCE LOOKING TO AVOID PRC [...] (C) Acting DCM spoke on July 11 with MFA Director for IO and UN Sylvie Bermann, briefing her on U.S. views per ref A. Bermann underlined that France shares the U.S. viewpoint on the gravity of the North Korean missile launches. Bermann, however, underscored the GoF concern about the importance [...]	2006-07-11 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KNNP KN FR UNSC
06PARIS4760	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Terrorist Attacks in Bombay - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 11:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4765	WTO DOHA ROUND : AFTER GENEVA, FRENCH AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with Agricultural Minister-Counselor, French Ministry of Agriculture officials stressed that they still expect a positive outcome of the Doha round of trade negotiations, despite the recent meeting in Geneva. In fact, they acknowledged that they are now more optimistic [...]	2006-07-12 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS4786	HAITIAN PRESIDENT'S JUNE 29-30 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Haitian President Rene Preval visited France June 29-30 and met with President Chirac, PM Villepin, and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie. According to an MFA contact, Preval underscored a consistent message in all his meetings: Haiti would focus on agriculture an [...]	2006-07-12 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR HA
06PARIS4793	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] In addition to checking with the French Prefect for French Guiana and with French Customs (ref B) regarding the bona fides of end-user Amazonie Loisirs for license application 05-999048, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer also contacted the French Foreign Ministry, which in turn requested an int [...]	2006-07-13 09:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS4795	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - P5 + 1 Meeting in Paris [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 10:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4812	FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT MTCR SMALL GROUP [...] (C) On July 10, we delivered to the MFA ref A invitation (and conference information) to attend the MTCR Small Group Consultations on the UAV/Cruise Missile proposal. On July 13, the MFA officer covering MTCR issues, David Bertolotti, provided the following list of French participants -- Da [...]	2006-07-13 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR MNUC ETTC FR
06PARIS4816	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG
06PARIS4817	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The visit of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow and the Iraq Compact delegation offers the best opportunity thus far to move the French toward significant involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. The GOF has been publicly supportive of the new Iraqi government. However, its respons [...]	2006-07-17 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID IZ FR
06PARIS4825	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - G8 Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4843	Transformation Diplomacy Project: Elected Afghan Women in [...] SUMMARY: EUR/PPD funding helped Embassy Paris partner with French NGOs and French local and national government sponsors to bring 30 Afghan women parliamentarians to Paris June 12-16, 2006, most of them outside their country for the first time. The parliamentarians addressed high-level and publ [...]	2006-07-17 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM FR
06PARIS4850	FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]	2006-07-17 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4854	PAKISTANI FM KASURI'S JULY 5 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri discussed a range of issues with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy in meetings in Paris on July 5. According to the MFA's Pakistan desk officer, Kasuri appeared stunned when Douste-Blazy requested a list of the sensitive techn [...]	2006-07-17 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IO PK PREL
06PARIS4855	FRENCH PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 15:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV IZ FR
06PARIS4864	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iran -G8 Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4889	TFLE01: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy traveled to Lebanon on July 17 to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and the local French community. In the absence of the PM's Diplomatic Counselor, Political Minister Counselor called on the PM' [...]	2006-07-18 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4913	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli-Lebanese Conflict - French [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4914	COURTESY CALL BY SENEGALESE AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO, AMADOU [...] (U) Summary: Senegal new Ambassador to UNESCO, Amadou Deme, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Oliver today, June 30th. The two Ambassadors discussed the need to work closely together to advance UNESCO capabilities to provide effective programs for Africa through all of UNESCO sectors. En [...]	2006-07-19 11:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL SG
06PARIS4939	TFLE01 CHIRAC ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY AID TO LEBANON; [...] SUMMARY: After meeting with the Cabinet on July 19, President Chirac announced France would be sending emergency aid to Lebanon and calls for "humanitarian corridors" to be opened. Chirac said that the GoF was cooperating closely with Lebanese officials on their needs. He also took the opport [...]	2006-07-19 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4944	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4951	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON JULY 20 BAGHDAD COMPACT [...] (SBU) Embassy provided reftel points to the offices of Foreign Ministry Political Director Stansilas de Laboulaye and Ministry of Finance Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy Xavier Musca to update them after their recent meetings with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Ki [...]	2006-07-20 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ ECIN OTRA
06PARIS4955	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN [...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]	2006-07-20 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS4960	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Finance Minister pushes privatization of Gaz de France (para 2) -- France is feeling th [...]	2006-07-21 07:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS4963	UNESCO: FIRST INTANGIBLE HERITAGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the first General Assembly (GA) of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Convention from June 27-29. The GA's most important accomplishment was the election, on the final day, of the meeting of 18 Convention S [...]	2006-07-21 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS4966	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4967	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICAN CONTINENT 6. WEST AFRICA 7. ANGOLA 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. BURKINA FASO Â [...]	2006-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS4970	EMBASSY PARIS PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] Amembassy Paris designates the following officers to participate in the USNATO/USEU POl-MIL Conference to be held October 3-6, 2006 in Brussels. -- Gus Recinos -- Pol/Mil Officer -- 10/29/52: -- TSI -- Tel: (33) 1 4312 2198; fax: (33) 1 4312 2663, email: recinosg@state.gov -- Arr [...]	2006-07-21 12:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PREL
06PARIS4979	FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow briefed French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on planning for the Iraq Compact on July 18. Laboulaye welcomed the initiative for an Iraq Compact as "encouraging", calling it a good [...]	2006-07-21 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS4980	IRAQ COMPACT: FRENCH FINANCE MINISTRY OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Philip Zelikow met July 17 with Xavier Musca, Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy in the French Ministry of Finance to discuss the Iraq Compact. Musca expressed support for the goals of the Compact, but expressed concerns abou [...]	2006-07-21 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ
06PARIS4982	TFLE01: DOUSTE-BLAZY TESTS "MODERATE ARAB" STATES' [...] (S) SUMMARY: Poloff met on July 21 with Douste-Blazy's acting Cabinet Advisor for the Middle East, Francois Thoizy, in order to get additional details on the FM's travel to Lebanon and other countries in the region. He said the FM would be visiting Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, [...]	2006-07-24 07:29:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4986	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4988	FRIDAY SERMONS AT PARIS GRAND MOSQUE: IN MIDST OF [...] (C) Days after the Grand Mosque of Paris issued a statement of sympathy to the Lebanese people in the wake of Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, Poloff attended the weekly Friday sermon on July 21 at the mosque. Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, annou [...]	2006-07-24 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER SCUL FR
06PARIS5000	MEMBER OF PROMINENT FRANCO-ALGERIAN FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mehdi Zerhouni, a member of a prominent Franco-Algerian family and a relative of Algerian Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni, told us July 22 that discrimination in France against young men of Arab extraction remains "a big problem" for the country. While acknowledging that Interio [...]	2006-07-24 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR FR
06PARIS5012	E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV
06PARIS5014	TFLE01: FRENCH FM RETURNS FROM MIDDLE EAST: LOOKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Political Minister Counselor met on July 24 with FM Douste-Blazy's Middle East Cabinet Advisor, Christophe Guilhou. Guilhou had returned earlier in the morning with the FM after visiting Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Discussions with leaders in the region, Guilhou said, had focus [...]	2006-07-24 18:20:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5020	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 11:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5024	PARIS CLUB - JULY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND AFGHAN DEBT [...] (SBU) At the July 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed on exceptionally generous debt relief for Afghanistan, which achieved three main objectives: (1) 92% of Afghanistan's debt stock will be canceled immediately; (2) all interest falling due between now and the end of the IMF pr [...]	2006-07-25 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS5028	UNESCO ETHICS PROGRAMS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT [...] Summary and comment. The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held an "extraordinary" session in Paris on June 27-28, 2006. This meeting was held to brief members on current activities and to obtain recommendations on next steps in three areas of "et [...]	2006-07-25 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO
06PARIS5051	BEATING THE HEAT: GOF ON ALERT [...] Soaring temperatures in France since mid-July are considered responsible for the death of at least 30 people. Anxious to avoid a repeat of the 2003 heat wave catastrophe (15,000 deaths, reftel),the GOF recently implemented an updated heat wave plan (Plan National contre la Canicule, or PNC). [...]	2006-07-25 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
06PARIS5053	FINANCE MINISTER DOWN ON DOHA, IRAN; BULLISH ON [...] (C) French Finance Minister Breton told the Ambassador on July 24 that turmoil in the Mideast resulting from Iran,s nuclear program and the war in Lebanon are of great concern to the world economy. Breton said negotiations in the Doha trade round are not working because the EU can go no fart [...]	2006-07-25 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS5057	(S) NIAG 6104: PAKISTANI NUCLEAR-RELATED PROCUREMENT IN FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 16:19:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC FR KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL
06PARIS5067	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5073	CONSUMPTION KEEPS FEEDING THE FRENCH ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY. The unexpected rise in French consumption of manufactured products in June confirms solid economic growth in the second quarter. The French Finance Minister said the data supports his 2006 GDP growth forecast of 2.0 to 2.5 percent. However, recovery of consumer spending in Germany a [...]	2006-07-26 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5078	FRENCH RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 26 to Natalie Morro in the MFA Archives Office and Claude Chavance in MFA Legal Affairs. Both interlocutors confirmed that the GoF did not anticipate any major obstacles to the ratification of the amendments. They noted the ratification of the text by [...]	2006-07-26 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KNAR FR
06PARIS5080	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5084	EDUCATION REFORM ATMOSPHERICS AND GATHERING STORM CLOUDS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's ADG for Education Peter Smith's information briefing on reform in the Education Sector provided an insight into the first signs of a deteriorating climate of consensus and goodwill at UNESCO. The repercussions of the current political situation in the Middle East are [...]	2006-07-27 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5103	PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF UNESCO'S [...] (U) Ambassador Oliver met today, July 27, with Mr. Kishore Rao, Deputy Director of the World Heritage Center (WHC) to discuss preparations for the management audit. 2. (U) The Ambassador said that several key elements are needed to ensure the audit would provide the results we need to impr [...]	2006-07-27 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5106	CHAD: FORMER FM SALEH KEBZABO CRITICIZES DEBY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Chad FM Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997) called on Africa Watcher July 6 to discuss current developments in Chad and the region. Kebzabo,s distaste for Deby and his government was easily discernible. Kebzabo saw little hope that Deby would engage with opposition figures. Kebza [...]	2006-07-27 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS5108	FRANCE CONCERNED AT FATE OF KEY SC PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Poloff relayed reftel demarche points on July 27 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon Michel, who expressed dissatisfaction that USG objections to the draft resolution would block a key deliverable for the French Security Council Presidency in July. He stressed that the initiative e [...]	2006-07-27 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CG FR
06PARIS5110	THE OECD BUDGET: GETTING TO ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious budget proposals by the new OECD Secretary General for the 2007-2008 biennium exceed the guidelines SIPDIS of the United States and other major contributors, resulting in a proposed increase in member contributions of 4.35 percent for 2007 that is simply unreali [...]	2006-07-28 06:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT EFIN AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5114	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. ETHIOPIA 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. BENIN 6. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Â [...]	2006-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS5116	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5139	WTO DOHA ROUND : GOF BLAMES U.S. FOR COLLAPSE; FARMERS WANT [...] (SBU) French Minister for Trade Christine Lagarde expressed regrets over the collapse of the Doha trade round in Geneva, stating that she does not expect further results. She explicitly blamed the United States' "hard line" stance on domestic agricultural support for the failure of the recent [...]	2006-07-28 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS5146	THE OECD BUDGET: PUSHING RUSSIA TO REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The role played by the OECD at the G8 summit is only one of many OECD activities aimed at strengthening the market economy and democratic governance in Russia. A comprehensive economic survey, scheduled for completion in September, will focus on innovation and reform of public [...]	2006-07-28 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5147	FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]	2006-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS5148	FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]	2006-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS5154	JUDICIAL DECISIONS FAVORABLE TO BIOTECH CULTIVATION [...] Summary: Two recent judicial decisions have been supportive of biotech cultivation in France. The first overturned a lower court ruling exonerating test plot destroyers. The second required Greenpeace to remove from its website names and locations of biotech corn growers. Both decisions wil [...]	2006-07-31 07:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EUN FR
06PARIS5157	61ST UNGA: FRANCE UNDECIDED ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 09:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR
06PARIS5163	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Israeli Attack on Cana - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5166	MICHEL ROCARD: DON'T RULE OUT A SURPRISE IN 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amb. Stapleton met with Michel Rocard on July 19 (see reftel for report on previous meeting). Rocard, who supports Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the Socialist Party (PS) presidential nomination, appeared resigned to a Royal victory in the party primary. He regretted that neither she [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5170	INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC/UNESCO) [...] Summary and Key Accomplishments: At the 39th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council -- which took place June 21-28, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal tra [...]	2006-07-31 14:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI IZ
06PARIS5176	FRENCH ON LEBANON FOR AUGUST 1 GAERC [...] (C) In response to reftel points, MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff told us July 31 that the Finnish Presidency had not/not submitted language for a draft conclusion. Given French need for language calling for an immmediate cease-fire, and British opposition to the same, LeDeunff said, the Frenc [...]	2006-07-31 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR
06PARIS5182	TOGO: MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: UPBEAT BUT [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Togolese opposition leader and UFC chief Gilchrist Olympio told us on July 27 that he agreed to the naming of Burkina Faso President Campaore as facilitator for political dialogue between the GOT and opposition political grou [...]	2006-08-01 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO FR
06PARIS5183	UNESCO: SESAME CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON CONTINUED MID EAST [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Council of the Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) convened for its eighth meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on July 10-11, 2006. The centerpiece of the program is a synchrotron light source, to be installed in Jor [...]	2006-08-01 09:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TPHY TSPA KISL SOCI XF JO
06PARIS5184	FRENCH APPROACH TO FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Economy Diplomatic Counselor Gilles Mentre told Econoff July 28 that France has taken steps to respond to criticism that its aid programs unjustly inflate aid figures with debt cancellation numbers. France has devised a scheme that ties debt cancellation more directly to po [...]	2006-08-01 09:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS5185	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel-Hezbollah Conflict - Iran's [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS520	UPDATED FRENCH AVIAN FLU PLAN [...] Summary. In its updated strategic plan to combat avian flu, the French government recognizes the six alert phases defined by WHO and details the roles and responsibilities of government agencies that would be involved in the event of a pandemic. The plan also underscores the importance of [...]	2006-01-26 11:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC AMGT FR KFLU
06PARIS5205	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR KSCA PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA
06PARIS5206	COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR FMCT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA
06PARIS5207	U.S. COMMENTS ON NORWEGIAN SEVEN-COUNTRY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM MNUC
06PARIS5216	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanese Crisis - Iran and [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 10:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5238	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE AND [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting on Chad and Sudan (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire and Togo. 2. (C) On Cote d'Ivoire, Foucher expressed strong dismay at the lack of progress in the identification, disarmament, demobilization, [...]	2006-08-02 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CI TO FR
06PARIS5239	FRANCE: ENDING CHAD'S SUPPORT TO DARFUR MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent Foucher said on August 2 that France shared the USG's concerns about Chadian support for militias in Darfur but believed that President Deby was not responsible for this support, which was being provided by other Chadians over w [...]	2006-08-02 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
06PARIS5242	COURT UPHOLDS FRENCH COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) The French Constitutional Court in a July 27 decision upheld the new copyright law, throwing out four provisions as unconstitutional. Specifically, the court ruled that collaborative file-sharing, contravention of protected works online, and bypassing of technical protective measures sho [...]	2006-08-02 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS5248	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli- Lebanese Crisis - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS526	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5262	FRENCH AGRICULTURE MINISTRY FIRMLY CONDEMNS BIOTECH CROP [...] On July 30, anti-biotech activists struck again in southwestern France destroying a Pioneer biotech test plot and, for the first time, commercial fields of biotech corn. Although activists are continuing to express their anti-biotech stance in this manner (reftel),we have noted that a growin [...]	2006-08-03 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EUN FR
06PARIS5276	U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE [...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]	2006-08-03 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LH
06PARIS5289	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel - Hezbollah Combat [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5305	TFLE01: FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEW: ABSOLUTE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche offered a measured and candid take on where we are on Lebanon late August 4. Stressing that Franco-American cooperation on the UNSCR was excellent, Boche said he nevertheless feared that some key differences -- deriving from the op [...]	2006-08-05 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR IS SY IR
06PARIS5309	PKK IN EUROPE: GOF ON SUSTAINING MOMENTUM [...] (S) Poloff followed up informally August 4 with MFA Turkey Desk Officer Pascal Schuster to discuss potential French interest in a trilateral working group concept as brainstormed in REF A. 2. (S) Schuster explained that, to his knowledge, the French embassy in Ankara had not yet reported [...]	2006-08-07 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER KFTN TU GM FR UK
06PARIS5311	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli - Lebanese Conflict: [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5320	FRANCE: STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Since we last reported on HSPD-6 in October 2005 (ref B),the GOF has continued to express reservations about it based on its experience with No-Fly watchlisting, pending issues regarding data privacy and doubts about the potential benefits of data exchange. It has been careful however [...]	2006-08-07 12:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5341	USG Delegation Report on 17th Meeting of the UNESCO [...] A US delegation participated in the 17th meeting of the UNESCO International Hydrology Program (IHP) Intergovernmental Council (IGC) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, July 3-7, 2006. The delegation consisted of: Mathew C. Larsen, U.S. Geological Survey (head of delegation),Verne R. Sch [...]	2006-08-07 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KS AORC TSPL EAID KSCI SENV SOCI
06PARIS535	PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK [...] (U) In a first official GOF reaction to Palestinian elections, Prime Minister Villepin said on January 26 that "we are in a situation that leads me to express my concern." He added that in order to work with the Palestinian government, certain conditions had to be met, including renunciation o [...]	2006-01-26 17:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR FR KPAL
06PARIS536	UNESCO: ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (U) This is a request for guidance, see para 7. 3. (C) I am very concerned that all indications are that Francoise Riviere, a French national who currently heads the Director General's cabinet, has the inside [...]	2006-01-26 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL SOCI UNESCO

06PARIS5360	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 11:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS537	UNESCO: ROLLS OUT EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM TO [...] Summary. UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, Peter Smith, held an information meeting regarding Education Sector reform on January 13, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to get buy-in for proposed Education Sector reforms from Member State Delegations. Unfortunately, the meet [...]	2006-01-26 18:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS5383	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and Health Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social S [...]	2006-08-08 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SMIG UN IOM
06PARIS5386	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5400	FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO FIGHT HRC SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns presented reftel points August 9 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, stressing the U.S. political concern that Human Rights Council (HRC) discussions of Lebanon could have a negative impact on discussions in New York on a Lebano [...]	2006-08-09 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL PTER FR IS LE
06PARIS5409	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Paris and Washington at [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 10:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS541	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Election Results [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 10:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5411	GOF RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON UNSCR [...] (C) DCM contacted MFA Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, to update him on USG demarches in UNSC capitals to gather support for the earliest possible adoption of a UNSCR on Lebanon. Vimont said that the GOF shared our urgency for a resolution that could bring a much needed end to hostilities. Vi [...]	2006-08-10 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IS LE PREL PTER UN
06PARIS5414	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S AUGUST 9 REMARKS ON LEBANON [...] President Chirac chaired an extraordinary meeting of concerned Ministers on Lebanon August 9 in Toulon, France (near which Chirac is vacationing). Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Minister of Defense Michle Alliot-Marie were all pres [...]	2006-08-10 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5423	EUR DAS BRYZA'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Matt Bryza met August 2 with French Deputy PolDir Baleine du Laurens to discuss developments in Georgia and Abkhazia. On Georgian reforms, Bryza countered a suggestion by Laurens that Georgia was regressing by pointing to continued improvements in press freedom, tr [...]	2006-08-10 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GG NATO KDEM
06PARIS5424	NATIXIS: A NEW FRENCH FINANCE NATIONAL CHAMPION [...] SUMMARY. The GOF has given the green light to a new joint subsidiary between the French Caisses d'Epargne and the Banque Populaire banking groups, creating NatIxis. With 500 billion euros (USD 640 billion) in assets managed, NatIxis has the potential to become a significant player in the fina [...]	2006-08-10 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5429	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON HCR SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns shared ref A points August 10 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen. Ref B reports the results of his initial, August 9 discussions with Le Fraper in accordance with ref C. Deputy PolCouns asked Le Fraper to bring to the attentio [...]	2006-08-10 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO UNHCR LE FR
06PARIS5440	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Foiled London Attack [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5454	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 5. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 6. MALI Â [...]	2006-08-11 13:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS5461	UNESCO STAFF SEE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY AS EXPANSION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Van Oudenaren, Senior Advisor for the Library of Congress (LOC) World Digital Library Initiative (WDL),held an informational meeting with working level UNESCO staff and two separate meetings on June 20 and 21 with staff from the UNESCO Director-General's (DG) office. Eliz [...]	2006-08-11 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5463	UNESCO: POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C)Charge Koss met August 10 with Lebanese Charge d'affaires Salim Baddoura to discuss the draft resolution (DR) on Lebanon for the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) coming up in late September/early October. Koss us [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO UNSC AL
06PARIS5480	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Resolution 1701 - Cease-Fire - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5495	FRENCH GDP GROWTH SURGED IN Q-2 [...] SUMMARY. GDP increased 4.5-4.9 percent in Q-2, mostly due to strong growth in domestic consumption and exports. The GOF indicated that GDP growth was running at a 3 percent pace at the end of the first semester, but officials are unlikely to revise upwards their 2006 GDP growth forecast beyo [...]	2006-08-16 05:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5512	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Lebanon - Hezbollah - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS552	FRENCH "OIL FOR FOOD" INVESTIGATING JUDGE SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Investigating judge Philippe Courroye met with Poloffs January 24 to request USG assistance regarding his planned trip to Baghdad to question four Iraqi nationals (including Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein) in his investigation into the UN's "oil for food" corruption scandal. Courr [...]	2006-01-27 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS FR IZ
06PARIS553	LONG ARM OF FRENCH LAW: INVESTIGATIONS IN AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TO DJ CI RW FR
06PARIS554	FRANCE AGREES WITH FOCUSING INTERNATIONAL MEDIA [...] (C) On January 27, Poloff met with Antoine Gosset, the MFA's desk officer for Belarus, to discuss reftel demarche encouraging international media attention on the March 19 Belarus presidential election. Gosset said the MFA agreed with the demarche points and furthermore, the MFA would be ramp [...]	2006-01-27 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL BO FR
06PARIS5544	TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on August 16 that he hoped the political dialogue in Ouagadougou between the Togolese government and opposition would be productive, but he believed the process would result only in cosmetic changes designed to improve the internat [...]	2006-08-17 09:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TO FR
06PARIS5546	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PATRICIA MOLLER [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for Ambassador Patricia N. Moller to travel to Paris, France, from August 22-25, 2006, to attend meetings with Embassy personnel and GOF officials. 2. Embassy point of contact for the visit is Political Assistant Robert Kaneda, [...]	2006-08-17 13:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA KE BY FR
06PARIS5555	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - U.S. Stance - GWOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 08:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5563	UNESCO: ADG KHAN ON WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) met with UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information Abdul Waheed Khan and staffer for Digital Libraries, Abdelaziz Abid to discuss UNESCO's cooperation on the World Digital Library (WDL). Khan, like o [...]	2006-08-18 08:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5574	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - International Force - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 11:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5594	UNESCO: REPORT ON NEGOTIATION OF DRAFT PRINCIPLES RELATING [...] Begin Summary. The UNESCO Intergovernmental Meeting on the Preparation of a Declaration of Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Connection with the Second World War took place in Paris on July 19-21, 2006. The United States delegation consisted of the Permanent Representative, [...]	2006-08-21 09:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM SCUL UN
06PARIS5595	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Cease-Fire Violation - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS560	FRENCH ON JANUARY 30 GAERC: HAMAS, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref (A) points on January 24th to MFA's deputy of CFSP unit, Pascal LeDeunff, and discussed the points with him on January 27th. 2. (C) Hamas Victory: LeDeunff referenced the January 27th Quartet statement and, echoing Prime Minister de Villepin's statement of January 2 [...]	2006-01-27 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL IS HIZ FR
06PARIS5608	UNIFIL: HELPING FRANCE MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (C) Summary: French-U.S. cooperation has been significant to the restoration of sovereignty and the progress of democracy in Lebanon over the past two years. We have an interest in preserving that partnership, even in the face of disappointment over France's modest contribution thus far to [...]	2006-08-21 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR LE KPKO UNSC
06PARIS5609	FRANCE: 61ST UNGA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 08:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR
06PARIS5611	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France in UNIFIL - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5622	FUZZY MATH COMPLICATES FIRST SEMESTER FRENCH BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: The central government budget deficit declined nearly 25 percent at the end of the first semester compared with the same period last year. However, the decrease was largely artificial, owing more to recent cosmetic reforms to the French finance law than to cuts in spending. Strong t [...]	2006-08-22 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5625	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - EU-25 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 10:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS563	TAORMINA INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL -- MOD [...] (C) On January 26, during the course of a previously scheduled meeting to discuss NATO issues, pol/miloff raised the recent unsuccessful debate at NATO on securing a NAC-PSC meeting on CT. In response, Camille Grand, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, said that the minister was also [...]	2006-01-27 18:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS5639	UNSC RESOLUTION 1695: FRANCE IS SUPPORTIVE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY and Action Request: In response to Embassy demarche (reftel),the MFA reiterated France's commitment to the implementation of the UNSC Resolution on North Korea, adding that the adoption of UNSC 1695 has accelerated internal French discussions between the Ministry of Finance and th [...]	2006-08-23 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD PTER FR
06PARIS5653	UNESCO: LEBANON UPDATE [...] Charge spoke August 23 with Lebanese Charge Salim Baddoura for an update on UNESCO?s involvement with Lebanon. Baddoura said that a UNESCO team arrived in Lebanon on August 22 and has already met with the Minister of Culture and will be meeting shortly with the Ministry of Education. The cu [...]	2006-08-23 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL LE IS
06PARIS5655	POSSIBLE CHINA IPR CASE: DEMARCHE TO FRANCE [...] (U) Economic Minister-Counselor met August 22 with Philippe Pegorier, technical advisor in the cabinet of Trade Minister Lagarde, and Bertrand Walckenaer, Finance Ministry desk officer for China, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (SBU) The GOF is very focused on intellectual property (IP) en [...]	2006-08-24 06:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO CH FR
06PARIS5657	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a delegation to France August 16-17 to discuss the Iraq Compact. French officials remained positive about the Compact's goals and were visibly engaged on the issue. Officials welcomed the briefing on USG discussions with Gulf countries, espe [...]	2006-08-24 07:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EIND EAID PREL IZ FR
06PARIS566	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MALI SUMMIT 5. CHAD 6. CONGO 7. DROC 8. KENYA 8. ZIMBABWE Â [...]	2006-01-30 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS5666	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5667	FRENCH UPDATE ON CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE [...] (C) On August 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Arnaud Mentre, MFA nonproliferation officer responsible for the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) issue. Mentre responded that France was involved in three demarches, either underway or planned, on CANWFZ: -- Today, on August 24 [...]	2006-08-24 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MARR PREL UN FR
06PARIS5668	LEBANON/UNFIL: CHIRAC TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (U) President Chirac will go on national television at 8:00 p.m. tonight, August 24, to announce the decision taken earlier today, in his meeting with concerned cabinet ministers (PM, MFA, MOD),regarding France's participation in UNIFIL-plus. 2. (C) In an August 24 meeting of CDA with in [...]	2006-08-24 12:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS568	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Elections Aftermath [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5697	FRENCH SHARE CONCERNS ON HRC; NOTE NOMINATION FOR [...] (C) Acting Polcouns shared ref A points August 21 with newly arrived MFA DAS-equivalent for UN Human Rights Affairs Jacques Pellet and discussed ref A demarche with him August 24, highlighting growing U.S. concerns with the Council's lack of balance and objectivity, particularly as demonstrate [...]	2006-08-24 17:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC FR
06PARIS5698	LEBANON/UNIFIL: CHIRAC ANNOUNCES 1600 ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Speaking on national television late August 24 reftel President Chirac pledged to contribute two more battalions at 800 soldiers each to UNIFIL, bringing the total French participation to 2,000 total. France will retain command on the ground and review the situation in six month [...]	2006-08-24 18:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5713	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France's Commitment [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5732	TERRORISM FINANCE: NOMINATION PROCEDURES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) TFCO held a meeting among relevant agencies at post on August 22 to reach agreement on internal procedures for nominating additional candidates for the second phase of the radical ideologue initiative (reftel). No names were sugge [...]	2006-08-25 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC FR
06PARIS5733	CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...]	2006-08-25 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR
06PARIS5734	GOF ON KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE 2009 CHAIRMANSHIP BID [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA DAS Equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, who was eager to discuss the U.S. position on Kazakhstan's candidacy for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship. Drawing on reftel points, A/Polcouns highlighte [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE FR
06PARIS5737	FM LIVNI'S AUGUST 22-23 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate read-outs of FM Livni's August 22-23 visit to France, French Middle East A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon and Israeli CDA Rafael Barak both emphasized that Livni was adamant on the need for full implementation of UNSCR 1701, given the explosive regional context. She [...]	2006-08-28 12:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS574	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission has obtained new information on possible Dutch and Greek candidacies for the International Program for the Development of Communication Bureau (IPDC). Mission has learned that although the Dutch have given 2 million USD to the program over the pa [...]	2006-01-30 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS5744	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel's [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5761	FRANCE: DONOR ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA Office Director for Humanitarian Intervention and Evaluation Christian Bernard. Points were also provided to MFA Development Office of Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction head Emmanuel Delloye. Christian confirmed that French assistan [...]	2006-08-28 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL FR LE
06PARIS5763	LEBANON/UNIFIL UPDATE: FRANCE SORTING OUT DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: French planners at the MOD and the MFA are meeting to assess how best to proceed with the deployment of French troops to Lebanon, as announced by President Chirac on August 24. With no specifics yet available on the composition of the deployment, as announced, the plan is to send [...]	2006-08-28 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC LE FR
06PARIS5764	UNESCO: DISCUSSION OF WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY WITH UNESCO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Wednesday June 21, Ambassador Oliver hosted a luncheon with selected UNESCO Ambassadors for John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) to introduce the concept of the World Digital Library (WDL). With Van Oudenaren, the Ambassadors discussed the possibilities of the [...]	2006-08-29 05:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5768	(U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...]	2006-08-29 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL UNSC AL
06PARIS5769	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon, Islam and the West [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5772	PRINCIPLES OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG IAEA FR
06PARIS5811	FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]	2006-08-29 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5815	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5819	LETTER FROM LEBANESE JOURNALIST MAY CHIDIAC TO SECRETARY [...] Following is text of a letter to the Secretary from May Chidiac, Lebanese journalist and recent winner of the UNESCO World Press Freedom prize. Ms. Chidiac was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by Ambassador Oliver in May. Letter was received by email from Ms. Chidiac and we are forw [...]	2006-08-30 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LE
06PARIS5824	CHIRAC/MERKEL FOCUS ON LEBANON, MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) Summary: The August 25 informal Blaesheim meeting between President Chirac and German chancellor Merkel and their foreign ministers focused on Lebanon and the situation in the Middle East. Merkel publicly supported France's position on lifting the Israeli air/sea blockade of Lebanon, wi [...]	2006-08-30 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE MARR MOPS PHUM XF
06PARIS5827	FRANCE: ACCEDING TO THE REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] Econoff discussed reftel with MFA Legal Affairs Law of the Sea officer Frederic Lepez August 29, following earlier inquiry with MOT Maritime Affairs International Affairs Office Director Daniel Silvestre. Neither was aware of any GOF position on accession to ReCAAP, but said they would make f [...]	2006-08-30 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIA EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS5829	SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: FRANCE LOOKING TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PTER FR
06PARIS5837	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...]	2006-08-30 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR
06PARIS584	IAEA DONOR CONFERENCE ON DECOMISSIONING OF IRAQ'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC FR IZ IAEA
06PARIS5848	FRANCE/BURUNDI: AMBASSADOR MOLLER'S AUGUST 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA and MOD officials expressed views on Burundi and the Great Lakes region similar to those of the U.S. during August 22 discussions with visiting U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Patricia Moller. MFA officials expressed concern about the recent arrests in Burundi in connect [...]	2006-08-31 10:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM BY FR
06PARIS5851	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Lebanon and the Middle [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5853	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE III [...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's first evaluation mission has returned from Lebanon. While the mission leader's first report uses dramatic language to describe the situation on the ground, the Director-General (DG) issued a press release on August 30 that is decidedly more neutral and lists the particu [...]	2006-08-31 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL LE
06PARIS5861	FRANCE WILL CO-SPONSOR DARFUR RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel confirmed that France will co-sponsor the draft resolution to extend UNMIS deployment to Darfur. France will also approach Congo-Brazzaville to request their co-sponsorship. 2. (C) Simon-Michel described the French decision as painful. [...]	2006-08-31 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO SU FR
06PARIS5862	REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) On 28 August, Embassy ESTH/NP Counselor and ESTH/NP officer jointly presented arguments and papers to French MFA Deputy Director for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Hugues De Longevialle concerning French support for the India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative at the October 2006 N [...]	2006-08-31 13:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY FR
06PARIS5865	FRENCH DISAFFECTION WITH THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: France's President, Foreign Minister and Minister-Delegate for European Affairs used their late-August remarks to France's conclave of ambassadors, each in his/her own way, to express their continuing concerns about the EU's perceived weaknesses. Chirac complained a [...]	2006-08-31 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU MARR PGOV
06PARIS5872	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON AVIATION SECURITY, THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftels' points August 10 to Luc Lapene, head of the International Coordination Office at the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). Lapene indicated that France would attend the Montreal ICAO AVSEC panel meeting, and would be represented by one of DGAC's technical e [...]	2006-08-31 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO FR
06PARIS5873	EU GYMNICH/IRAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU FR IR KNNP PARM PGOV UN
06PARIS5877	GUINEA-BISSAU: FRENCH MFA PROVIDES OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA deskoff Damien Syed on August 29 described Guinea-Bissau's political problems, primarily the opposition's refusal to accept the 2005 election results, and their negative effect on national unity and donor confidence. France is nonetheless crafting a Partnership Framework a [...]	2006-09-01 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU FR
06PARIS5885	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq, Elections and 9/11 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5895	AIR FRANCE DISCUSSION WITH ISRAEL ON RESUMPTION OF [...] (C/NF) A senior Air France executive (please protect) told Economic Minister-Counselor August 31 that Air France will receive two Israeli security officials this weekend to discuss the possibility of a resumption of Air France service to Beirut via Amman, Jordan. To date, Air France has flown [...]	2006-09-01 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON FR LE IS JO
06PARIS59	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5926	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Turkey in UNIFIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5944	FRANCE OFFERS UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR PUTTING [...] (C) We delivered reftel point on September 5 to Jeremie Petit, the Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, he reiterated France's staunch support for putting Burma on the U.N. Security Council's agenda. Petit said France is very concerned about Burma's ongoing conte [...]	2006-09-05 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS5958	AIR FRANCE ON PNR, NO-FLY AND CNIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Air France is confident that it will be able to transmit PNR data to the USG on October 1 with or without a new US-EU PNR agreement. The airline at present has no plans to file with the France Data Privacy Commission (CNIL) for approval of its current No Fly procedures, cont [...]	2006-09-06 08:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER ASEC FR
06PARIS596	CHIRAC MEETING WITH QATARI AMIR FOCUSES ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Elysee contacts reported that President Chirac's January 27 discussion with the visiting Qatari Amir focused largely on Iran, with the Qatari leader stressing concern over Iran's nuclear program and its negative regional role. On Syria/Lebanon, Elysee contacts stressed that Chirac [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA IR SY LE KPAL FR
06PARIS5964	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mexico - Aftermath of Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5974	FRENCH ELECTION 2007: NICOLAS SARKOZY -- THE [...] (C) Eight months before France's 2007 Presidential election, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy remains the best positioned of the many contenders for France's presidency. He is a markedly different presidential heavyweight, pro-American and committed to free-market principles. Notwithstanding [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS5975	INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY ON EVE OF HIS TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told Ambassador September 5 he was "proud and honored" to be meeting with President Bush on September 12. President Chirac had pressured him "not to go to the U.S.," Sarkozy said, but this would not stop him from "affirming my loyal friendship" for the [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS599	FORMER FM VEDRINE ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, EUROPE, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 26 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, former FM Hubert Vedrine provided a tour d'horizon on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (it all depends on Israel and, specifically, the eclipse of the Likud),Iran (the difficulties of preventing it from acquiring a nuclear [...]	2006-01-30 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN KNNP KPAL
06PARIS5990	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6007	MPAA CEO GLICKMAN "OK" ON FRENCH COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Movie Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO Dan Glickman informed Ambassador Stapleton September 7 that the U.S. film industry is in a better position on the French Copyright law, following the toughening up of penalties for copyright infringements by the French Constitution [...]	2006-09-07 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS601	ECOLOGY MINISTER RAISES SUITE OF ENVIRONMENT ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. On January 25, Ambassador and Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development Nelly Olin engaged on climate change-related issues, the Global Environmental Facility replenishment talks, the `World Environmental Organi [...]	2006-01-30 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL EAID PREL FR
06PARIS602	UNESCO: MORE ON COMPETITION FOR ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) The competition for the position of ADG Culture is getting more intense. Rumors stating that Francoise Riviere has been or soon will be chosen continue to gain strength, thereby causing increased concern by t [...]	2006-01-30 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL CA FR UNESCO
06PARIS6020	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on CIA Secret [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6040	GM RICE FOUND IN FRANCE BY GOF AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French Government is testing for the presence of GM rice in U.S. long grain products already on the French market, an action which goes beyond the EU Commission's decision to have Member States test rice imports for the presence of GM material. Tests revealed several lots th [...]	2006-09-08 14:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6041	TWO PKK MEMBERS INDICTED IN FRANCE [...] (S/NF) According to French Ministry of Interior officials, police arrested two men on July 24, 2006 with connections to the Kongra-Gel: Esref Yolcu (born May 1, 1971 in Varto) and Cemal Aslan (born January 2, 1965 in Varto). The two men were detained and questioned as they were attempting to [...]	2006-09-08 15:15:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR
06PARIS6042	FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S. ON SERBIA'S NEED TO [...] (C) French MFA officers responsible for the Balkans confirmed on September 7 that the GOF was "completely in line" with U.S. thinking on Serbia's need to demonstrate effective cooperation with the ICTY. France, he said, had been skeptical about the EU "Action Plan" from the start and was now [...]	2006-09-08 15:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI FR
06PARIS6044	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FR IS LE PREL
06PARIS6046	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ PREL
06PARIS6047	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6048	BIRMA/UNSC AGENDA: FRANCE CONFIRMS SUPPORT [...] In response to reftel demarche, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Hughues Simon-Michel indicated to Deputy PolCouns September 8 that France continues to support inscribing Burma formally onto the UNSC agenda. He was gratified to learn that the U.S. now believes it has ten vote [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR

06PARIS6056	FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL [...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and c [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6061	FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL [...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and ca [...]	2006-09-11 08:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6063	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6068	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global War on Terror - Fifth [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6073	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMING FRANCE OF OUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AG FR MO PGOV WI
06PARIS6075	TSA & FRENCH CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON AVIATION [...] (SBU). In a detailed September 5 discussion, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Kip Hawley and France DGAC Director General Michel Wachenheim discussed aircraft security in the wake of the recent foiled plot in the UK. [...]	2006-09-11 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER ASEC FR
06PARIS6082	EMPLOYERS UNION BOSS SAYS FRANCE AT AN INFLEXION POINT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 6 off-the-record breakfast MEDEF (French employers union) President Laurence Parisot told a group of business leaders and opinion makers that France was at a turning point. In a session that ranged from the Doha trade round, to relations with labor unions, to France [...]	2006-09-11 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS6095	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - 9/11 - Iraq Middle [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6118	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...]	2006-09-12 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL AL IS
06PARIS6125	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6145	DEMARCHE ON SYRIA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PREL SY
06PARIS6153	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, UNGA [...] (SBU) FM Douste-Blazy cabinet advisor Francois-Xavier Carrel-Billiard told us September 13 that FM Douste-Blazy at this time planned to attend the September 22 informal transatlantic lunch hosted by the Secretary, and would also attend the U.S.-EU ministerial meeting following. New Political [...]	2006-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL OPDC FR UNO UNGA
06PARIS6159	COMMERCIAL GM DESTRUCTIONS CONDEMNED; FARMERS STAND THEIR [...] Summary: In the past several months, anti-Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) groups have destroyed several commercial biotech corn plantings. The latest incidents occurred on July 30 (see reftel),and September 2. The French Ministry of Agriculture reacted strongly and quickly to condemn [...]	2006-09-14 05:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6165	USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY [...] See action request at paragraph 10. 2. In reftel report of the April 2006 (174th ) UNESCO Executive Board (EB) session, Mission reported (in para 30) on the possible need to review and revise the EB rules of procedure in the light of a novel European Union (EU) practice involving ambassadori [...]	2006-09-14 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO EUN PREL
06PARIS6166	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Latest Al-Qaida Video - [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 10:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS617	UNESCO: WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHERS GROUP [...] Summary and comment: on January 16, the French chair convened a meeting of Electoral Group I(Western Europe and others) to explore the issue of the rotation of Executive Board membership in the context of an October 2005 resolution calling on the GC president to hold consultations on this is [...]	2006-01-31 12:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FR UNESCO
06PARIS6172	FRENCH COMMEMORATIONS OF 9/11 5TH ANNIVERSARY [...] On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of September 11th, Post engaged a number of French institutions and government representatives to help commemorate this significant date. Below is a listing of the events in Paris and the provinces. Ceremonies included: a religious service at the Ameri [...]	2006-09-14 11:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS6176	EU/GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH TAKE ON BOARD, NO [...] (U) Post shared refs A and B points September 13 with new MFA Deputy Chief for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, Lebanon points with desk officer for Lebanon Remy Bouallegue, Israel-Palestinian points with DAS-equivalent Herve Besancenot, Iraq points with desk officer for Iraq Bernard Chappedelaine, and [...]	2006-09-14 13:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR PGOV UNBRO EU YI SR BO JK SU CG IS
06PARIS6177	FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR SYMINGTON'S PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials at the MFA, President's office, and MOD were uniformly supportive of close and cooperative U.S.-France policies on Djibouti during their September 7-8 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti W. Stuart Symington. They welcomed U.S. engagement in Djibouti, despit [...]	2006-09-14 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR PINS ER ET SO DJ FR
06PARIS6178	MFA COMMENTS ON COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO AND CHAD [...] Summary: MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Bruno Foucher on September 12 said President Chirac would call attention to the financial cost of French support for Operation Licorne in Cote d'Ivoire in upcoming UN meetings and indicate the possibility of an adjustment to French force deployment if the peac [...]	2006-09-14 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CD TO IV FR
06PARIS6179	EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]	2006-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS618	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Afghanistan - London [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 12:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6189	FRANCE WANTS MORE CONCRETE MEASURES TO GIVE TEETH [...] (C) Summary: MFA nonproliferation office, while reiterating France's steadfast support for international efforts to constrain North Korea's weapons program and enforce UNSCR 1695, expressed some concern about a perceived lack of concrete mechanisms -- whether in the Proliferation Security Init [...]	2006-09-14 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN KS FR
06PARIS6194	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 09:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6195	UNGA: FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN HAITI KEY PLAYERS [...] In response to reftel invitation, MFA Americas Bureau PDAS-equivalent Jean-Marc Laforet told us September 14 that France would be keenly interested in attending such a meeting. 2. On September 15, Laforet's office indicated that France would be represented by IO Assistant Secretary equival [...]	2006-09-15 10:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNGA HA FR
06PARIS6199	FRENCH OFFICIALS WARN OF INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the anniversary of September 11 as a backdrop, the threat of terrorism is once again on the minds of the French public. Though not the leading story in most print or television media, a dramatic front page article on September 14 in the widely circulated French daily, Le Fig [...]	2006-09-15 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR ASEC
06PARIS621	UNESCO: UNESCO-SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS AND [...] (SBU) Progress has been slow hiring Americans at UNESCO. We do not miss an opportunity to push for more American staff but we run up against a tight budget situation, a clamor from the staff union to compete more positions internally so that long-time employees can get promoted and UNESCO's [...]	2006-01-31 12:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KUNR PREL UNESCO
06PARIS6211	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): FRANCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 13:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV EPET FR IR
06PARIS6225	BRAZIL FIELD OFFICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Efforts by Brazil's ambassador to UNESCO to convince the US to have the Executive Board abandon its inquiries into alleged irregularities at the Brasilia field office did not go as planned, and could give new momentum to push the investigation further. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-09-15 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6230	FY 2007-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 09:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS6234	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and the West - Pope Benedict [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 10:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6244	FRANCE/DARFUR: MFA CURBS MOVEMENT OF DARFUR [...] (C) JEM leader and Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) rejectionist Khalil Ibrahim is effectively grounded on European territory (Schengen Zone),after the French MFA intervened in August with national civil authorities to block renewal of his laissez-passer, AF DAS-Equivlalent Helen Le Gal informed [...]	2006-09-18 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC CD SU FR
06PARIS6246	FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: NO EASY SOLUTION TO IMPASSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on September 15 expressed frustration with the stalled peace process and said there was no easy solution. Concerned countries had to continue efforts to move the process forward, however, in order to maintain some semblance of mo [...]	2006-09-18 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR IV FR
06PARIS6247	MINOR DAMAGE TO LEBANESE WORLD HERITAGE SITES [...] Summary: UNESCO officials reported that damage to key Lebanese World Heritage sites was much less than expected, based on an initial report by UNESCO experts. End summary. 2. A press conference was held this morning, September 18, at UNESCO headquarters to present the findings of a special [...]	2006-09-18 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL LE PREL
06PARIS6251	UNESCO -- A NEW VIEW ON ITS EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUTURE [...] Summary: A day long debate at UNESCO raised the profile on the growing importance of extra-budgetary funding for the organization, and the associated challenges and problems that come with such voluntary contributions. Craig Kennedy, President of the US German Marshall Fund, was among the best [...]	2006-09-18 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS6274	TURKISH FM GUL IN FRANCE: GOOD ATMOSPHERICS, NO [...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Embassy, Turkish FM Gul's September 13-14 meetings with President Chirac, FM Douste-Blazy and Minister-delegate Colonna produced nothing new in substance from the French side. The Turks nonetheless profess to have discerned some softening in French attit [...]	2006-09-19 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN TU CY MARR
06PARIS6275	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FRANCE WANTS A SYMBOLIC QUARTET [...] (C) Summary: In a June 18 meeting, MFA DAS-equivalent Herve Besancenot (protect throughout) said that President Chirac's repeated calls for a Quartet meeting on the margins of the UNGA were meant to provide an alternative to the UNSC ministerial meeting on the Middle East proposed by the Arab [...]	2006-09-19 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6292	MFA SURPRISED BY CHIRAC CALL FOR MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: When President Chirac announced Sept. 18 that he planned to call for an international conference on the Middle East, he caught the senior ranks of the MFA by surprise. For at least 24 hours, there was considerable confusion over what the French President meant. One MFA interlocu [...]	2006-09-20 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS630	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom preparing for difficult 2006 (para 2) -- Bad results followed by management shake-up (para 3) -- ARCEP raps Fra [...]	2006-01-31 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS632	UNESCO-AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of January 23, Ambassador Oliver met with the Ambassadors of Austria (current EU president),Finland (upcoming EU president),Italy (a major player at UNESCO) and Jordan to discuss US relations with EU states, UNESCO reform and a substantive agenda, as well as [...]	2006-01-31 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU IT FI AU IS XF UNESCO
06PARIS6323	PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 13 meeting of the Paris Club, Xavier Musca, the Chairman of the Paris Club, reported that Angolan Finance Minister de Morais had told him the previous week that Angola is still considering a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF, with the understanding that th [...]	2006-09-20 15:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS6326	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): TOTAL ON ITS [...] (C) Summary. Total has not yet made irrevocable decisions to invest in the Azadegan Project. Until the UN Security Council agrees on international sanctions, however, Total would consider geographical, technical, and political risks in evaluating investment possibilities in Iran, a senior To [...]	2006-09-20 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV EPET FR IR
06PARIS6338	FRANCE URGES COLLABORATION TO INSURE WIDESPREAD [...] (C). This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: The MFA's IO bureau, while reiterating France's support for a UN Security Council resolution on Burma, cautioned against moving too quickly absent sufficient support and given the possibility of a Chinese veto. IO Office Dire [...]	2006-09-21 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
06PARIS6340	FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI [...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...]	2006-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE
06PARIS6360	FRANCE HOLDS EU DISADVANTAGED BY UN SCALE OF [...] (SBU) In response to reftel points, MFA IO Acting A/S-Equivalent Marc Giacomini expounded on the disadvantages for the EU of the current UN scale of assessments in a September 19 meeting with poloff. Giacomini observed that the present 22 percent ceiling on the USG assessment of the UN budge [...]	2006-09-22 09:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC FR KUNR UNGA UNSC
06PARIS6376	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 09/22/06 [...] (U) Summary. France continues robust preparations for an avian influenza (AI) pandemic: The GOF recently updated its national plan, including with procedures to minimize economic disruption. After focusing on technical matters such as stockpiling of medicine and equipment, the GOF now acknowl [...]	2006-09-22 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
06PARIS6390	GOF TAKE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Daniel Parfait, A/S-equivalent for the Americas Bureau at the MFA, assured a visiting California State Senate delegation on September 21 that France and the USG are in complete agreement on the way forward with Iran. He said President Chirac,s determination to prevent Iran from acquiring [...]	2006-09-25 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6394	FRANCE TO REVIEW SHAREHOLDER LAW, STOCK-OPTIONS ABUSE [...] Summary: The National Assembly plans to review the law on employee shareholding in October. The government is anxious to address the issue before the June 2007 presidential elections, since it wants to promote investment as well as address the abuse of stock options by company executives, whi [...]	2006-09-25 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS6435	(U) USUNESCO ? ALARMING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a private, off-the-record meeting with John Parsons (please protect),the Director of UNESCO?s Internal Oversight Service (IOS),Mission learned this week of a variety of disturbing new allegations, as well as unsettlin [...]	2006-09-26 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6436	FRANCE AGREES WITH U.S. ON CUBA/HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CU FR UNHRC
06PARIS6442	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER: YES TO FRANCE, BUT NO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A week after he was replaced on September 17 as a vice president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM),the body created with the support of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in 2003 as a vehicle to represent French Muslims, National Federation of Muslims in [...]	2006-09-26 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PTER PGOV KISL FR
06PARIS645	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 12:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6498	FRANCE OPPOSES VENEZUELA UNSC SEAT BUT RELUCTANT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with poloff on other issues (prior to reception of ref A),MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini commented that Venezuela would do great harm to Security Council credibility, if elected. That said, Giacomini thought it significant that Venezuela had come up shor [...]	2006-09-28 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE UNSC FR MARR MASS
06PARIS6511	FRENCH MFA PLEADS FOR USG TO SEEK HRC SEAT [...] (C) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini welcomed reftel demarche with affirmations of broad agreement between French and U.S. positions on the Human Rights Council (HRC) during a 9/27 meeting with poloff (ref A). Giacomini concurred on the necessity of maintaining country-specific mandate a [...]	2006-09-28 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC PINR CU FR
06PARIS6512	MFA DENIES RUMORS OF RENEWED FRENCH OFFER TO TRAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi ambassador to France has picked up intimations that France may, during a visit in early November by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, renew its offer to train members of the Iraqi security forces -- this time perhaps in Jordan -- a rumor strenuously denied by the MFA. End [...]	2006-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
06PARIS6536	INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON 2007 UN [...] (C) On September 28, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA counselor for missile defense and disarmament issues David Bertolotti, who stated he would discuss our message with French panel member Francois Richier. As an aside, Bertolotti cautioned that Richier had just assumed a new position at [...]	2006-10-02 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNGA CDG FR
06PARIS6537	FRANCE/GUINEA: HOW WILL THE SUCCESSION PLAY OUT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The succession question in Guinea remains a focus of French concerns, according to MFA desk officer Damien Syed. President Conte, in ill health, has not done much to prepare for it, and the GOF is concerned that the military, led by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colone [...]	2006-10-02 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID GV FR
06PARIS6542	HEAD OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT USES VISIT TO FRANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Prime Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy during his first visit to France as speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Yunus Qanooni offered a pessimistic assessment of security, poppy cultivation and Afghan-Pakistan relations. Although Qanooni reportedly offered nothing new [...]	2006-10-02 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF FR
06PARIS655	USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Louise V. Oliver met with UNESCO's Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Assistant Director Gener [...]	2006-02-01 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAO ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS6554	FRANCE - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, post has created an interagency team on trade-related issues. The team includes representatives from the Economic Section, Foreign Commercial Services/U.S. Department of Commerce, and Agriculture. It will work closely with officers posted in France's two [...]	2006-10-02 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
06PARIS6557	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted the French company ACAL's Product Line Manager Philippe Bluteau and the end-user company SAGEM Defense and Security Transmission Drone (TACTDRONE) Activity Chief Pascal Paqueron. 2. ACAL's Bluteau confirmed that ACAL ordered SIRENZA it [...]	2006-10-02 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS6558	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- French PM calls for EU Energy Summit and EU Energy Chief (para 2) -- EU energy supplie [...]	2006-10-02 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ELAB EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6576	FRENCH FARMERS AND RESEARCHERS DEMONSTRATE IN FAVOR OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6594	TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETS WITH FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON [...] (S/NF) On September 12-13, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey led a Treasury-State delegation to Paris to meet with French officials and senior executives from France-based international banks to raise awareness of deceptive means employed by Iran-related banks, [...]	2006-10-04 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6611	NIGER/FRANCE: ENCOURAGING DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Encouraging the development of Niger's budding democracy is France's principal concern for that country, according to MFA desk officer Michael Deslaimes. France shares the U.S.'s general approach to Niger. In the GOF view, Niger enjoys relative stability when compared with its [...]	2006-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PINR PHUM KDEM NG FR
06PARIS6614	UNESCO REFORM: F/A EXPERTS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS BRASILIA [...] Summary and INTRODUCTION: At the September 27-29 meeting of UNESCO's Financial and Administrative (f/A) experts' group, the U.S, delegation: raised questions on the legal risks posed by the Brasilia office, underlining the Executive board's fiduciary responsibilities and urging that Brasilia [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC EAID
06PARIS6615	USUNESCO - A/S POWELL VISIT: PD SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: I am looking forward to your October 23 and 24 visit to UNESCO, and would like to suggest that UNESCO with its education, communication and culture mandates is the ideal platform to advance the Secretary's transformational diplomacy agenda. In this regard, I would like you to co [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS6618	LYON ISLAMIC SCHOOL CONTROVERSY: ATTEMPTS TO OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following weeks of controversy surrounding the decision by the Lyon school district to deny permission to the "al-Kindi" Islamic association to open France's second, and largest, Muslim high school, Muslim leaders in Lyon told APP Lyon Chief and visiting Poloff during October 3 m [...]	2006-10-04 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SCUL PREL PTER FR
06PARIS6619	POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) Post shared ref A points October 4 with MFA A/S equivalent for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, Political Director staffer Gael Veyssiere, and IO DAS-equivalent for Political Affairs Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel. Pending a more complete reaction, Ref B reports the MFA press spokesman's sta [...]	2006-10-05 05:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP FR
06PARIS6641	FRENCH PRESS REACTION TO THE WTO BIOTECH RULING [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6642	FRENCH MFA ON HIZBALLAH, ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS, [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PREL
06PARIS6655	FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: MFA COMMENTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) MFA Djibouti Desk Officer Francois Gautier on October 6 commented on the Borrel case and investigative judge Sophie Clement's recent decision to issue warrants against four Djiboutians for their alleged knowledge of or involvement in the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibo [...]	2006-10-06 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ICJ DJ FR
06PARIS666	INVITATION TO THE 36TH MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN [...] This is an action request with a 20 February 2006 deadline. See para 4. 2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 36th meeting of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) at the Council of Europe (COE) in Strasbourg, France, 1-3 March 2006. Working document [...]	2006-02-01 15:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	COE
06PARIS6668	THE GOF INTRODUCES ITS 2007 BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: French Finance Minister Breton unveiled the proposed budget for 2007, which includes tax cuts and measures to boost consumption (and please voters in a presidential election year). Spending priorities remain essentially unchanged from 2006: education, defense, safety, justice, employm [...]	2006-10-06 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS6669	FRANCE ON NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS [...] (U) Embassy raised reftel points on the National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy with senior MFA officials, and is sharing points with Ministries of Finance and Justice. MFA DAS-equivalent for International Financial Affairs Cyrille Pierre told us the French stance on [...]	2006-10-06 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EAID EINV KCRM FR
06PARIS6678	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW ENERGY BILL [...] (SBU) On October 3, the National Assembly approved an energy bill to: 1) open up the French gas and electricity markets to full competition by the EU deadline of July 1 2007, and 2) authorize the further privatization of the national gas utility, GDF. If supported by the Senate as expected, [...]	2006-10-10 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6679	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN/DPRK NUCLEAR GAMBIT; THE WEST AND [...] (SBU) In lieu of daily media reaction reporting, Embassy Paris offers this report of the week's major international stories. Two major stories emerged in the first week in October: the nuclear gambit of North Korea and Iran and questions linked to criticisms of Islam. Media coverage of Islam [...]	2006-10-10 09:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS6696	FRENCH SEEK STRONG UNSC RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) On October 6 we provided ref A elements for UNSC action to the MFA, meeting separately with the Koreas desk officer Clea Le Cardeur and IO-equivalent action officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee told us on October 10, following receipt of ref C points, that the MFA position was one of "total soli [...]	2006-10-10 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP UNSC KN FR
06PARIS6701	FRANCE/THAILAND: NO SUCCOR FOR COUP LEADERSHIP [...] (C) During October 6 and October 11 discussions, MFA Southeast Asia DAS-Equivalent Fabrice Mauries and Thai Desk Officer Jeremie Petit explained that France was taking care to avoid any signals of encouragement to the coup leadership, while remaining pragmatic and vigilant with regard to the [...]	2006-10-11 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH FR
06PARIS6709	RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA: FRANCE ON BOARD WITH USG [...] (U) In an October 10 interview on French radio, FM Douste-Blazy termed the situation with North Korea as "extremely serious," and emphasized the need for action by the UN Security Council. Toward that end, Douste-Blazy referred to the U.S.-proposed draft resolution, stating that France "wishe [...]	2006-10-11 14:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP UNSC KN FR
06PARIS6721	FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST: [...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1202/AME dated 11 October 2006. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of th [...]	2006-10-12 10:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
06PARIS6736	FRANCE/DPRK: READY TO CO-SPONSOR DPRK RESOLUTION, [...] (C) France plans to co-sponsor the DPRK nuclear test resolution, but worries that the rush to a vote may jeopardize the degree of PRC buy-in, MFA IO Asian Affairs Desk Officer Benoit Guidee confirmed to poloff on October 12. Guidee, following up on an earlier October 12 conversation by polof [...]	2006-10-12 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC KN FR
06PARIS674	INVITATION TO THE 3RD MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 3rd meeting of the Committee of Experts on the inclusion of gender differences in health policy (SP-SHF) at the Council of Europe (COE) in Strasbourg, France, 23-24 March 2006. Working [...]	2006-02-02 06:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	COE
06PARIS6740	EGYPTIANS PRESS FRENCH FOR DETAILS ON [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian officials have been pressing their French counterparts to follow up on President Chirac's call for an international conference on the Middle East by spelling out what he hopes to achieve. The Egyptians believe the French may be backing away from the idea of an internatio [...]	2006-10-12 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG FR IS SY
06PARIS6742	FRENCH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SENV EAID EAIR ETRD FR
06PARIS6743	US-FRANCE CONSULTATIONS ON NUCLEAR TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: In an October 9-12 consultation, a U.S. team led by DOE Deputy U/S for Counterterrorism Aoki met with French officials responsible for oversight and implementation of security for civil nuclear materials and facilities, focusing on security for nuclear materials being transported [...]	2006-10-13 05:04:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PTER FR
06PARIS6752	BERNARD KOUCHNER'S CANDIDACY FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Bernard Kouchner met with the Ambassador October 12 to lobby for his candidacy as Director General of the World Health Organization. His purpose was not to seek outright U.S. support for his candidacy, but rather support for including him on the short list of final candidates. Kouchner [...]	2006-10-13 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FR PGOV WHO
06PARIS6753	FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: ECOWAS MEETING FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Montel on October 10 expressed frustration that the October 6 ECOWAS summit accomplished little in moving the peace process forward, although she identified a number of points made by ECOWAS that were helpful (condemnation of Afi N'guessan, affirm [...]	2006-10-13 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM UNSC IV SF FR
06PARIS6781	ELECTION 2007 TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of France's next presidential election will take place on Sunday, April 22, 2007. Between now and then, the nomination of their candidates by the two major parties, the composition of the (long) list of participants in the first round of the election, and the [...]	2006-10-13 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS6785	MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK'S NUCLEAR TEST, UNEASE WITH RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Three major stories emerged this week: North Korea's nuclear test, fallout and international reactions to the slaying of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and western criticism of Putin's regime, and commentary on Al Gore's documentary film on climate change. French media unequivoca [...]	2006-10-13 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC SENV FR
06PARIS6786	FRANCE: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) Summary: In October 6 meetings with WHA Venezuela Coordinator Deborah McCarthy, French MFA officials reiterated French opposition to a Venezuelan seat on the UN Security Council but judged it remained a distinct possibility. DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard argued that overall the Chavez Admin [...]	2006-10-13 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO CU BL VE PGOV SNAR UNSC SP FR
06PARIS6787	FRENCH CONCERNS OVER ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS [...] (C) French military and civilian contacts have recently expressed serious concern to us over Israeli overflights over French UNIFIL forces, most notably the "buzzing" of French navy vessels off the coast of Lebanon on or about 25 September and on a few occasions since. According to DATT and M [...]	2006-10-13 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UN LE FR
06PARIS6788	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCE: POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared all ref A points October 11 with MFA DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, Balkans points with DAS-equivalent for the Balkans Edouard Beslay, and Middle East points with DAS-equivalent for Lebanon/MEPP Herve Besancenot and DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet. 2. (C) Ba [...]	2006-10-13 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU PGOV KPAL UNAUS YI SR BO MK SU
06PARIS6789	US-FRANCE WMD COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION: [...] (C) DOE Deputy Undersecretary for Counterterrorism Steven Aoki paid a courtesy call October 13 on Prefet Bernard Boube, Director, Protection and Security of the State, at the General Secretariat for National Defense (SGDN). Discussion focused on follow-up actions from the April visit to Washin [...]	2006-10-16 05:35:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PTER KFLU FR
06PARIS680	IRAN/IAEA: FRANCE REMAINS FIRM ON REFERRAL OF IRAN [...] (C) On Feb 2, post delivered reftel demarche to Nicolas Roche, deputy to Francois Richier in the MFA's Strategic affairs and Disarmament office, as well as to the Political Director's special assistant. Embassy Polmiloff conveyed U.S. rejection of a proposed Egyptian amendment to the resolut [...]	2006-02-02 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC EUN IR FR
06PARIS6811	FRENCH MOVING FORWARD ON NEW COPYRIGHT REGULATORY [...] (SBU) Embassy officers have completed a series of meetings with Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials regarding France,s Copyright law (ref A). French officials reiterated that they welcomed U.S. government and industry input regarding the implemen [...]	2006-10-16 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL WTO FR
06PARIS6816	2006 FRENCH GDP GROWTH REVISED UPWARD [...] SUMMARY: The National Statistical Agency revised upward from 2.0 percent to 2.3 percent its GDP growth forecast for 2006, after taking into account the jump in second quarter growth. INSEE's forecast is in line with the government forecast for 2006. END SUMMARY. GDP Increases 2.3 Percent [...]	2006-10-16 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS6820	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (C) Poloff shared reftel points 10/16 with Martin Guillard, the MFA's Office Director equivalent for the Levant (NEA/ELA). Guillard said the French are "absolutely in agreement" on the need to support PM Siniora and to pass a sobering message to Damascus. (He did not indicate whether the Fre [...]	2006-10-16 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6828	French agricultural official clashes with EU commission [...] (SBU) Summary : Debate between a GOF agriculture official and a representative of the European Commission at an October 10 seminar on agricultural risk management highlighted continuing differences over: - the date of the next round of CAP reform (2008 vs. 2013); - whether the EU needed to [...]	2006-10-16 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS683	INVITATION TO A MULTILATERAL CONSULTATION AMONG [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 1st Convention of Cybercrime for a Multilateral Consultation Among Contracting States (T-CY),at the Council of Europe (COE),Strasbourg, France, 20-21 March 2006. The meeting will begin at 09h30 o [...]	2006-02-02 12:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	COE

06PARIS6831	FRENCH SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ COMPACT, TALABANI VISIT [...] (C) We raised ref A points on the International Compact with Iraq with Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, the MFA,s Inter-Ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, on October 12. Guinhut reiterated strong French support for the Compact, although he stated that President Talabani,s visit t [...]	2006-10-17 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL

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