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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 06PARIS6835 |
UNESCO: PHILANTHROPY EXPERT SPEAKS ON PRIVATE SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: On September 14, 2006 Craig Kennedy, President of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, participated in UNESCO's Day of Reflection and Dialogue on Extrabudgetary Activities where he emphasized the need for UNESCO to develop more effective ways to build private-sector p [...] |
2006-10-17 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO UNESCO |
| 06PARIS6836 |
POLISH AMBASSADOR ON RUSSIA AND FRENCH/EU TIMIDITY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Polish Ambassador to France Jan Tombinski expressed concern about the increasing concentration of power in the Kremlin and criticized President Chirac for French reluctance to confront the Russians over their increasingly negative p [...] |
2006-10-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR RU EU GG MD |
| 06PARIS6837 |
UNESCO: BRASILIA FIELD OFFICE INVESTIGATION NOW OF [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary. On Friday, October 13, the U.S. Mission was discreetly provided a copy of a letter addressed to UNESCO Director-General Matsuura signed by two Brazilian Federal Prosecutors who informed the D-G that the previously civil inv [...] |
2006-10-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO SCUL BR |
| 06PARIS6842 |
MFA DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S) Summary: In a meeting on October 16, MFA DAS-equivalent for Security in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, Pierre Thenard, outlined generally positive French views on the Terrorist Inciters/Facilitators Initiative. Thenard inquired about [...] |
2006-10-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
| 06PARIS6843 |
FRENCH PONDER NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: While the French MFA's NEA and IO equivalents are convinced of the need to support PM Siniora, implement UNSCR 1701, and ensure UNIFIL's credibility, they have not yet ironed out differences in their thinking on potential next steps -- and may be seriously overestimating the poten [...] |
2006-10-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS6844 |
FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 06PARIS6845 |
CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER ON UNSC ELECTIONS, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: DCM met with Presidential African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 12 to follow up on French advocacy with Francophone sub-Saharan Africans to bolster the Security Council candidacy of Guatemala. Bonnecorse confirmed his intervention with the AU President and wi [...] |
2006-10-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SU IV FR |
| 06PARIS685 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - State of the Union [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS686 |
FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France's foreign trade deficit widened in 2005 --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) France's trade deficit widened last November, leading many experts to conclude that France is heading for [...] |
2006-02-02 12:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR |
| 06PARIS6896 |
FRENCH DEFENSE BUDGET STABLE AMID WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's 2007 budget would increase defense spending a modest 2.2 percent to 47.7 billion euros, according to the draft budget presented by Finance Minister Thierry Breton on September 27. The draft budget dispels earlier rumors that defense spending could diminis [...] |
2006-10-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP EFIN PINS KCFE FR |
| 06PARIS6906 |
FRENCH CAUTION GOI AGAINST LAUNCHING BROADER GAZA [...] (S) Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Levant, told us Oct. 19 that the Quai is alarmed by "multiple indications" that Israel intends to launch a broad Gaza offensive immediately after the Eid al-Fitr holiday (approximately October 26). The Quai fears that Prime Minister Olmer [...] |
2006-10-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IS PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS6907 |
TALABANI VISIT ON TRACK [...] (C) On Oct. 19, PolMC briefed Iraqi Ambassador Mouaffak Abboud on the results (reported Ref B) of our latest demarche to the French on supporting the Iraq Compact. PolMC noted that the UK Embassy delivered a similar demarche to the French in mid-September and urged Abboud to also raise the po [...] |
2006-10-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD FR IZ PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS6908 |
FRANCE/UNSC VOTE: NO BENEFIT TO PRESSURE ON ITALY, [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini in absence of IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman, who had earlier discussed the Italian abstention with Political Minister-Counselor (ref B). Giacomini relayed that the Italian delegation in New York, in response to a French approach, h [...] |
2006-10-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC IT FR |
| 06PARIS6921 |
TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, EB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total International Relations Senior Vice President Hubert Loiseleur des Longchamps on Total's prospective investments in Iran. Simons explained that Congress had recently passed the Iran Freedom [...] |
2006-10-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EINV EPET FIR IR |
| 06PARIS6938 |
FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...] |
2006-10-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS6943 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK SANCTIONS, IRAQ AND FRENCH-TURKISH [...] (SBU) This week's commentary led with items on potential sanctions following North Korea's nuclear test and the difficulty of finding a balance between a firm stance and China's concerns over the "disintegration" of North Korea (DPRK), with a number of media linking the DPRK and Iran. Iraq sta [...] |
2006-10-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
| 06PARIS6945 |
FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...] |
2006-10-20 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS6946 |
MFA A/S-EQUIVALENT PESSIMISTIC ON TURKEY-EU TRAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S-equivalent for European Union affairs Gilles Briatta told us October 20 that Turkey understood that the French National Assembly's passage of legislation criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" was only a first parliamentary step, and that Turkey had managed the [...] |
2006-10-23 06:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EU TU CY PGOV RS ENRG ETRD |
| 06PARIS6968 |
FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR [...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...] |
2006-10-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV FR |
| 06PARIS6969 |
FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR [...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...] |
2006-10-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV FR |
| 06PARIS6986 |
FRENCH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND NEW DELHI [...] (C) On October 23, we conveyed U.S. support for and encouraged French attendance at the New Delhi Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) to Pierre Fournier, Afghanistan desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fournier responded that Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy woul [...] |
2006-10-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS6993 |
PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT [...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...] |
2006-10-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS6995 |
YOUNG FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER HIGHLIGHTS GENERATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ahmed Gouffi, a young French-born Muslim civic leader, criticized the leaders of France's main Muslim organizations as out of touch with young Muslims born in France. His comments echo those of other young French Muslim contacts, and highlight a generational divide between Frenc [...] |
2006-10-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL INR PTER SCUL FR |
| 06PARIS7013 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-25 10:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PHUM PREL PTER UNGA |
| 06PARIS7021 |
UNESCO SEMINAR EXPLORES ACCESS TO ENERGY FOR DEVELOPING [...] Summary: Representatives from UNESCO, private companies, government agencies, and NGOs gathered for the seminar "Access to Energy for All." The conference, attended by 30 people, took place at UNESCO, but was actually organized by an NGO with ties to UNESCO. Several UNESCO secretariat members d [...] |
2006-10-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO ENRG PHUM |
| 06PARIS7023 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-25 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS PREL UNGA |
| 06PARIS7024 |
SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S NOVEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) When you meet him, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's focus will be on some of the same subjects that are currently preoccupying us: Iran, Syria/Lebanon and NATO (global partnerships, Afghanistan.) We would expect MGM to be in his usual cooperative, problem-solving mode on the first two, wher [...] |
2006-10-25 17:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR NATO KNNP IR IZ LE SY IS RS GG |
| 06PARIS7025 |
FRANCE/CHAD: STORM HAS BLOWN OVER [...] (C) Bruno Foucher, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent assured Africa Watcher late October 25 that the rebel attacks near Mongo had petered out and the rebels were dispersing -- some headed toward the southern border with the Central African Republic, others toward the north. Foucher, who leaves in Novemb [...] |
2006-10-25 17:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CD FR |
| 06PARIS7054 |
HAGUE CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEETING MISFIRES [...] The first meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict at UNESCO ended practically before it got started today, after member states complained that the key document to be considered had not been distributed in sufficient time for consultations [...] |
2006-10-26 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
| 06PARIS7056 |
FRENCH MFA ON IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING, TALABANI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, and Bernard Chappedelaine, Iraq desk officer, on October 26. Chappedelaine said France would be represented at the 10/31 Preparatory Group meeting by Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, Inter-Ministerial Coordinato [...] |
2006-10-26 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN FR IZ PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS7057 |
EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...] |
2006-10-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR |
| 06PARIS706 |
SCENESETTER FOR PARIS VISIT HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome you to Paris to meet with Health Minister Bertrand and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Alice Dautry. The Embassy works closely with the Ministry of Health on a range of matters, including avian flu, AIDS and the Global [...] |
2006-02-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL ECON SOCI FR |
| 06PARIS7076 |
NOTE FROM U/S JOSEPH ON STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP RS UK FR |
| 06PARIS7084 |
THE FUSE AND THE POWDER KEG: FRANCE ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after violent unrest lit up France's underclass suburbs for three weeks, the country's poor suburban neighborhoods remain troubled. Religious identity in these largely Muslim areas was not a significant causal factor then, nor has it become one now. Instead, failure [...] |
2006-10-27 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB FR PGOV |
| 06PARIS7086 |
SERBIA PUSHING FRANCE TO REOPEN SAA NEGOTIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: (S) Serbian Senior Presidential Advisor Vuk Jeremic held talks in Paris at the MFA and French Presidency on October 25-26 to push for a reopening of EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) negotiations with Serbia, lay out President Tadic,s vision for elections, and plead for [...] |
2006-10-27 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI FR |
| 06PARIS7090 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: SUBURBAN UNREST; IRAN'S REACH INTO SHIITE [...] (SBU) A number of media outlets commented on recent vandalism and violence in the Paris suburbs in conjunction with the anniversary of last year's suburban unrest and discussed the undercurrents of lingering tensions. Commentators analyzed the situation in the light of a confidential intellige [...] |
2006-10-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
| 06PARIS7094 |
UNESCO -- EDUCATION ISSUES AT THE 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) EDUCATION SECTOR REFORMS In September, the First Lady hosted her highly successful Literacy Conference in New York City, attended by the President and UNESCO's Director General Matsuura. Despite the goodwill generated by the conference and interventions by most members of the Executive [...] |
2006-10-27 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL KPAO |
| 06PARIS7095 |
MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY ISSUE AT UNESCO 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (U) MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY The Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for 2008-2013 (34 C/4) was the source of hours of discussion and a major "thematic" debate on UNESCO's role in the world. (Comment: we know of no other organization that is as self-absorbed as UNESCO and wastes as much time discussing i [...] |
2006-10-27 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL PO IS BR LE CU EU |
| 06PARIS7096 |
G/TIP: FRANCE MAKES CASE FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jean-Michel Colombani, Chief of the Interior Ministry's Central Office for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, made the case during an October 25 meeting that France has a strong record in preventing and addressing the trafficking of persons and continues to make significant [...] |
2006-10-27 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KWMN FR |
| 06PARIS7098 |
(U) USUNESCO - MORE INFORMATION ON BRASILIA OFFICE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss for reason 1.4 (d) 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Powell delivered her talking points on Brasilia to Director-General (DG) Matsuura during their meeting on October 24. Following that meeting, Ambassador Oliver had a private session with the DG to dis [...] |
2006-10-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO SCUL BR |
| 06PARIS7101 |
FRANCE CONFIRMS TO S/CRS HERBST THAT IT HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: October 19, visiting S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met with both working and senior-level French counterparts to share the USG experience in establishing a central coordinating office for reconstruction and stabilization activities and to encourage creation of a similar structure [...] |
2006-10-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FR |
| 06PARIS7102 |
DAS BRYZA AND MOI DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Minister of Interior Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor, David Martinon, expressed interest in U.S. thinking on Muslim integration in Europe and highlighted the various ways in which the GOF has approached the problem in recent years. Sa [...] |
2006-10-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER FR TU PINS XT |
| 06PARIS7104 |
AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE AND NATO: EVOLVING FRENCH [...] (C) In a follow up to the widely-rumored, but not yet publicly announced, French decision to withdraw its Special Forces (SOF) contribution to OEF in Afghanistan, we inquired of MOD and MFA contacts as to France's commitment to ISAF and OEF. MFA Strategic Affairs Advisor in the Cabinet Francoi [...] |
2006-10-30 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF FR |
| 06PARIS7108 |
MFA SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF TALKS BETWEEN POLISARIO [...] (C) Summary: The MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, Christian Testo, assessed there was little likelihood either Morocco or Algeria would agree to direct Moroccan-Polisario talks in the near future. In Testo's analysis, both Algeria and Tunisia were obsessed with their respective presidential [...] |
2006-10-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG FR MO PGOV |
| 06PARIS7109 |
FRANCE: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA [...] (C) Summary: In October 18-19 meetings with WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA affairs Parfait agreed that Cuba was likely entering a period of transition and needed international support in evolving toward democratic governance, while cautioning against interference in Cuban [...] |
2006-10-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CU FR NU VE EAID ETTC PHUM PREL |
| 06PARIS7118 |
ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON [...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...] |
2006-10-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7119 |
FRENCH TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS FROM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: GOF Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry Information and Communications Technologies Director Emmanuel Gabla told us on October 19 that he was discussing with EU counterparts whether to regulate next generation fiber networks used for broadband and cable TV. Gabla admitted [...] |
2006-10-30 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON FR |
| 06PARIS7126 |
MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO'S 175th EXECUTIVE BOARD (FALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY With the military conflict between Israel and Lebanon still very much on the minds of delegates, the UNESCO Executive Board was set to face the always sensitive issues of Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. This time, with the scars of war still open and emotions running hig [...] |
2006-10-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS LE |
| 06PARIS7127 |
EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION [...] (U) The question of EU ambassadorial delegation switching - which provoked strong, negative reactions at the Spring 2006 Executive Board session - was followed up with determination by the Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) States (led by India and Japan, and joined by Afghanistan, China, Indonesia) to have [...] |
2006-10-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN |
| 06PARIS7135 |
2007 INCSR REPORT FOR FRANCE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) FOR THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN: I. SUMMARY French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of St. Martin, and St. Barthe [...] |
2006-10-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR FR |
| 06PARIS7139 |
MINISTER CONVOKES AMBASSADOR OVER COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Minister Girardin convoked the Ambassador October 31 to urge U.S. support for the French draft Security Council resolution on Cote d'Ivoire, pleading that France was in a very difficult situation. After taking into account core U.S. objections, the draft now represented [...] |
2006-10-31 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC IV FR KPKO |
| 06PARIS715 |
EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-03 07:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR MARR MCAP PREL |
| 06PARIS7151 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) Poloff delivered Under Secretary's letter (reftel) October 30 to Benoit Guidee, IO office director-equivalent at the MFA. Guidee reiterated France's "total solidarity" with the U.S. and agreed that the U.N. Security Council must maintain a firm stance on the North Korean nuclear tests. The [...] |
2006-10-31 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FR KN |
| 06PARIS7153 |
TOGO: GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio on October 23 told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn that the UFC would be willing to participate in Togo's government of national unity under certain conditions, such as naming a UFC member to head a notional new ministry charged with over [...] |
2006-11-02 07:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
| 06PARIS7177 |
FRANCE SEES POST-DEBY CHAD APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse admitted to visiting U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall in an October 20 meeting that Deby's Presidency could be nearing its close, with assassination a growing possibility. The manner and place of Deby's demise - [...] |
2006-11-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KPKO SU CD FR |
| 06PARIS7178 |
FRANCE PROMISES VIGILANCE TOWARD KOMID AND OTHER [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 3. Poloff called November 2 upon Arnaud Mentre, desk officer for non-proliferation in the MFA's bureau of strategic affairs, to deliver demarche (reftel A). Mentre said France is aware of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) and [...] |
2006-11-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM FR MNUC KNNP KN |
| 06PARIS718 |
EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...] |
2006-02-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MCAP FR |
| 06PARIS7182 |
TOGO: FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR'S OCTOBER 26 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Africa Advisor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 26 said that the recently announced Togolese government was a "reasonable formula," in a meeting with transiting Ambassador David Dunn. He characterized Gilchrist Olympio, his UFC associates, and other non-participant [...] |
2006-11-03 07:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
| 06PARIS719 |
EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MCAP FR |
| 06PARIS7199 |
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: -- SFR takes over Tele2 and becomes the second fully integrated operator after France Telecom (FT)(para 2) -- Neuf Cegetel acquir [...] |
2006-11-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 06PARIS720 |
EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MCAP FR |
| 06PARIS7200 |
TOGO/FRENCH MFA: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn, MFA DAS-equivalent Bruno Foucher said that Togo was evolving well. He complained that German caution was impeding the unblocking of EU funding for Togo; resuming economic assistance rapidly would help prevent To [...] |
2006-11-03 13:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
| 06PARIS7201 |
PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...] |
2006-11-03 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH |
| 06PARIS7202 |
TOGO/FRENCH MOD: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn met with French Ministry of Defense officials on August 24. The discussion focused on Togo's military and how to decrease its involvement in internal security affairs, which should be handled by the police and gendarmerie. However, defining a [...] |
2006-11-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR TO FR |
| 06PARIS7206 |
UNESCO - MUSEUM PROGRAMS UPDATE [...] The Ambassador met on 3 November with Laurent Levi-Strauss, Director of UNESCO's Museums Section. Levi-Strauss also provided us with a memo (which will be forwarded separately by e-mail) detailing the current status of UNESCO's museum pilot program. 2. Levi-Strauss described the 11 pilot pr [...] |
2006-11-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
| 06PARIS7208 |
FRENCH FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: A number of environmental developments have occurred in France recently: - The release of State of the Environment IFEN Report 2006; - President Chirac's announcement of an international conference to be held in Paris in early 2007 to press for a UN Environment Organization; - [...] |
2006-11-03 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7209 |
CESR CHANGES OPERATIONAL TASKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has amended its charter in response to a report issued by the EU Council of Ministers earlier this year. The move is part of a broader effort to promote regulatory convergence and improve supervision of the financial markets [...] |
2006-11-03 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7210 |
UNESCO - EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD [...] Summary. Mission has picked up some murmurs about the desire of a few UNESCO member states to have UNESCO draft a convention that would treat education as a public good and attempt to remove education from the purview of the WTO, much along the lines of what was attempted during the drafting [...] |
2006-11-03 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL ETRD |
| 06PARIS7211 |
"WE'RE STUCK": FRENCH GLUM ON LEBANON, [...] (S) Summary: In an Oct. 31 meeting with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Jean Felix-Pagagnon said FM Douste-Blazy was unlikely to attend the November 30 session of the Forum For the Future in Jordan. Felix-Pagagnon went on to offer a remarkably [...] |
2006-11-03 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7212 |
U/S LAVIN RAISES COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION CONCERNS WITH GOF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR |
| 06PARIS7213 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, NATO'S [...] (SBU) Speculation about the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections and the impact of the war in Iraq elicited widespread conjecture about the prospects for a new U.S. strategy for Iraq. President Talabani's visit to Paris prompted additional discussion of the need for international support for his c [...] |
2006-11-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
| 06PARIS7228 |
CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI AT THE OECD: RAISING THE BAR? [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: China and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) continue to spar over Taiwan's participation, as a non-member, in the work of the OECD -- work for which statehood is not a requirement. In recent developments, Chinese Taipei has applied to participate in the activities of t [...] |
2006-11-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SENV EU CH TW OECD FR |
| 06PARIS7242 |
MFA POLICY PLANNER SEES YEARS OF VIOLENCE AHEAD IN [...] (C) Christian Nakhle, head of the Middle East and North Africa cell at the Centre d'Analyse et de Prevision (i.e., the "CAP," the Quai's S/P-equivalent), shared his views of Lebanon and Iraq with NEA Watcher on 11/3. Nakhle, whose analyses are distributed within the MFA but do not constitute [...] |
2006-11-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7243 |
UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In a November 3 meeting, Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, expressed general support for the U.S.-led UNGA resolution on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. Bouchez expressed surprise, however, that the U.S. had already sent a demarche t [...] |
2006-11-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR |
| 06PARIS7251 |
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: FIRST IN A SERIES ON THE FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for the 2006-2007 to determine the appropriate attention to keep on traditional print media while pivoting to expand our efforts with radio and TV media, as well as with the new Internet media. This analysis of French [...] |
2006-11-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
| 06PARIS7256 |
UNESCO - PILOT PORTAL PROJECT PROPOSAL ON RECOGNIZED HIGHER [...] Summary. On November 13-14, 2006, UNESCO is hosting a meeting of the pilot project steering committee for the UNESCO portal on recognized higher education institutions. Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, is the designated US steering committee member. [...] |
2006-11-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
| 06PARIS7266 |
DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel November 3 to Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Bouchez commented that the suspension of the Chisinau rail link came as a surprise to France, which had expected Russia to avoid provocations on Transnistria in order to d [...] |
2006-11-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP FR |
| 06PARIS7269 |
(S/NF) G7 CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] SUMMARY: (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada) France hosted an experts-level meeting on October 25 with G7 partners and the EU to discus how to implement the G8 Gleneagles commitment to develop financial measures to combat WMD proliferation. Participants exchanged information on [...] |
2006-11-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7278 |
FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted the French company CEO Jean-Marc Gardin regarding export license DA1023-06, involving the export of components for flight simulators to Canadian firm CAE. According to Garden, the distribution agreement between Thales Electronics, BE [...] |
2006-11-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR CA |
| 06PARIS728 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and Democracy - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS7282 |
USUNESCO - AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT INAUGURATION [...] SUMMARY: On October 3, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura joined Ambassador Oliver and architectural historian & photographer John Margolies, to inaugurate the "American Roadside Architecture" exhibit at UNESCO Headquarters. The exhibit featured over 50 photographs of mid-twentieth cent [...] |
2006-11-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KPAO |
| 06PARIS7284 |
USUNESCO - FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell, gave remarks at the Closing Plenary Session of the Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) Symposium in at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 24, 2006. The Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsu [...] |
2006-11-08 09:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KPAO SCUL EAID |
| 06PARIS7290 |
HAL - FRANCE'S PORTAL FOR SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS [...] All major French research organizations, the conference of university presidents (CPU), the conference of 'Grandes Ecoles' (France's elite universities), and the Pasteur Institute recently signed a Joint Draft Agreement defining a coordinated approach, at the national level, for open-access [...] |
2006-11-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TINT TNGD FR |
| 06PARIS7302 |
FRANCE UNLIKELY TO GRANT FURTHER DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Embassy raised reftel points on Iraqi debt forgiveness with the head of France's Inter-ministerial Mission for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, on November 6. Guinhut said there would be considerable resistance to going beyond the 80% forgiveness France had committed t [...] |
2006-11-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EZ FR |
| 06PARIS7318 |
INTERNATIONAL UNION'S LUNG CONFERENCE - PUNCHING ABOVE ITS [...] SUMMARY: The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease convened the 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health from October 31 to November 4, 2006 in Paris, France. The Union's annual conference is the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts dedicate [...] |
2006-11-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV KFLU FR |
| 06PARIS7321 |
EGYPTIAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL: NABIH BERRI IS A JOKE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Paris NEA Watcher met 11/7 with his Egyptian counterpart, Yahya Oda, and 11/8 with Lebanese Charge d'Affaires Ghady al-Khoury (protect), to discuss political developments in Lebanon. While Oda predicted the current dialogue between the March 14 Group and Hizballah/Aounist [...] |
2006-11-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7322 |
FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...] |
2006-11-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7325 |
U.S. Organics Program Presented to French Audiences [...] Summary: On October 26, Katherine DiMatteo, representing the U.S. Organic Trade Association (OTA), met with two French agricultural journalists and participated in a round table with 20 people from the French organic industry and regulatory services. In these events, organized by FAS and PAO [...] |
2006-11-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 06PARIS7327 |
VIOLENCE ESCALATES AROUND BIOTECH CORN [...] Summary: On November 4, anti biotech activists, including Jose Bove, damaged 2,000 MT of GM corn worth at least 365,000 Euros at a farm near Bordeaux. The concerned farmer reacted by firing shots in the air and using his vehicle to damage demonstrators' vehicles. While the police briefly det [...] |
2006-11-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 06PARIS7328 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, VERDICT [...] (SBU) Debate over the impact of the war in Iraq continued to fuel widespread speculation prior to November 7 about a "lame duck presidency," while most commentary on the results concluded that the vote had "punished" President Bush's Iraq policy. Journalists analyzed the verdict in the Saddam [...] |
2006-11-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
| 06PARIS7329 |
FRANCE 2007 INCSR Report, Part II [...] (SBU) Below is the proposed 2006-2007 INCSR Report for France, Part II, Financial crimes and money laundering. 2. (SBU) France France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods [...] |
2006-11-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN FR |
| 06PARIS7335 |
TOGO: MEETING WITH ERIC AMERDING (UFC) [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senior UFC member Eric Amerding on November 8 said that he had discussed Togo with EU Commission members on November 7, in response to an EU request for UFC views on developments in Togo. Amerding told the EU representatives that the Faure regime was not acting in [...] |
2006-11-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
| 06PARIS7337 |
FRANCE/GAERC: GOF MAD ON LEBANON; SKEPTICAL ON [...] (U) We shared reftel points November 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Herve Besancenot, DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet, DAS-equivalent for Nonproliferation (Iran) Philippe Errera and Deputy David Bertolotti, and DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet. Separately, we raised [...] |
2006-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK CG IS |
| 06PARIS7339 |
UNESCO - Literacy Prizes [...] Summary. On Friday, November 3, 2006, UNESCO awarded the 2006 Literacy prizes to literacy programs in Pakistan, Turkey, Cuba, India, and Morocco. A program in China received an Honorable Mention. Pakistan received the International Reading Association Literacy Prize. IRA is a U.S. associatio [...] |
2006-11-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
| 06PARIS7340 |
FRENCH AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING REFORM [...] (C) French DAS-equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, confirmed on November 3 that France would continue strongly to support reform efforts in the Ukraine, particularly in the defense field. Bouchez noted that although France in theory was in favor of a NATO m [...] |
2006-11-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS UP FR |
| 06PARIS7341 |
USUNESCO - A/S POWELL MEETS DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting characterized as "highly positive" by the UNESCO Secretariat, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and raised the First Lady's Literacy conference, Powell's upcom [...] |
2006-11-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO KPAO |
| 06PARIS7345 |
France Ponders 2007 Social Security Budget [...] SUMMARY: As part of efforts to reduce the overall budget deficit to 2.5 percent of GDP in 2007, Health Minister Xavier Bertrand unveiled a 2007 social security budget with a cap on health spending, reducing the social security deficit to 8.0 billion euros (12.2 billion dollars). The social se [...] |
2006-11-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7358 |
CSTD PARIS PANEL MEETING ON WSIS OUTCOME PRODUCES GUIDANCE [...] (U) Summary: The November 6-8, 2006 Paris Panel Meeting of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Panel Meeting on WSIS outcome "Promoting the building of people-centered, development-oriented, and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital oppo [...] |
2006-11-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS TINT KWWW PREL FR |
| 06PARIS7363 |
CHAIRMAN,S SUMMARY ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7364 |
FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal provided the following biographical information to Africa Watcher on Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (Ref A). Le Gal confirmed on November 7 that Ibrahim remains in France, where he has been unable to renew his tr [...] |
2006-11-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PTER PINS CD SU FR |
| 06PARIS738 |
S/CRS DELEGATION FINDS FRENCH IN LISTENING MODE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: French interlocutors were in active listening mode during 24-25 January briefings by Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Marcia Wong and NSC Director for Stabilization Clint Williamson. Wong and Williamson invited feedback on the non-pa [...] |
2006-02-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA CT FR |
| 06PARIS7393 |
COTE D'IVOIRE/FRANCE: INVESTIGATION OF NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's judicial investigation of the November 6, 2004, bombing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire by the Ivoirian Air Force may be drawing to a close, according to recent developments reported by the press. Nine French military personnel and an Amcit civilian were killed in t [...] |
2006-11-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IV TO BO RS UP FR |
| 06PARIS7394 |
ARMS TRADE TREATY: FRANCE VIEWS IT AS A GOOD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal discussion, an MFA DAS-equivalent contact expressed qualified support for the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), even though France believes such a treaty, to be acceptable to all, would be initially weaker than the strong export control regimes already in place [...] |
2006-11-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EIND ETTC KTIA FR |
| 06PARIS741 |
TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko on January 31 discussed Togo-Cote d'Ivoire arms trafficking (planes piloted by Belarusian mercenaries were involved in the November 2004 bombings in Cote d'Ivoire and had transited Togo, but France did not pursue information Boko says [...] |
2006-02-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO FR |
| 06PARIS7417 |
FRENCH HOPEFUL ON NABIH BERRI, CAUTIOUS ON [...] (C) On November 15, Damien Loras, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor on the Middle East, said the Quai d'Orsay was encouraged by Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's role in trying to bridge the gap between Hizballah and the March 14 forces. Loras conceded that the resignati [...] |
2006-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7419 |
FRENCH RESPONSES TO SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 9 Poloff delivered demarches seeking French support for defeating any procedural moves that could prevent voting on the substance of any resolution before the Third Committee, and defeating retaliatory resolutions brought by Iran and Belarus against Canada and the United State [...] |
2006-11-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CA FR IR BM KN BO UZ |
| 06PARIS7422 |
FRENCH ENERGY BILL PRIVATIZES GDF, FREEZES ELECTRICITY AND [...] (SBU) On November 14, the European Commission announced that the French energy conglomerate Suez and the 70 percent GOF-owned Gaz de France (GDF) had satisfied concerns about the proposed merger's impact on competition after the two firms promised to sell off some prime assets in Belgium. GDF [...] |
2006-11-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7424 |
SEGOLENE ROYAL'S VICTORY MOVES HER CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Segolene Royal's overwhelming first-round victory in the November 16 Socialist Party (PS) presidential primary makes it official -- she will be the candidate of the center-left in next year's presidential election, likely in a tight race against the center-right's Nicolas Sarkozy. [...] |
2006-11-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 06PARIS7425 |
FRANCE: PARIS AIRPORT SECURITY UNDER INCREASING [...] (U) Airport security has come in for increasing public scrutiny with the airing by the Euronews network November 15 of a September videotape purporting to show holes in security arrangements at Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport (CDG). The footage demonstrated how cleared airport baggage handle [...] |
2006-11-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER PREL KHLS FR |
| 06PARIS7435 |
MFA ADVISOR WORRIED ABOUT BULGARIAN NURSES, ASKS [...] (C) Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's Advisor for the Persian Gulf and North Africa, told NEA Watcher November 16 that he was seriously concerned about the outcome of the re-trial of the Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV (some t [...] |
2006-11-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LY PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS7436 |
FRENCH MOD COORDINATOR FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Admiral Jean-Marie Van Huffel, France's Coordinator for Military Assistance to Lebanon, told Emboffs November 17 that he looks forward to cooperating with the USG on meeting the equipment needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces. He spoke highly of his Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) c [...] |
2006-11-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM LE MARR PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7437 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA action officers for Middle East UN issues Nicolas Kassianides and Selena Grenet on November 17. Grenet noted that -- due to the opposition of the UK and Germany -- the EU had been unable to come to a common position with respect to the text referred [...] |
2006-11-17 16:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS PREL UNGA |
| 06PARIS7439 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS/ MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) The U.S. mid-term election results fueled speculation about a possible shift in U.S. Middle East policy beyond Iraq. Commentators used the occasion of the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Washington and the Beit Hanoun incident to discuss Washington's support to Israel in the context of [...] |
2006-11-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
| 06PARIS744 |
ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...] |
2006-02-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ FR |
| 06PARIS7444 |
IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] (C) David Bertolloti, office director in the MFA's Bureau of Disarmament and Non-proliferation, said the GoF "completely subscribes" to the U.S. approach toward Iran's proposed IAEA technical cooperation proposals (ref A). He said that the MFA also regards the Arak heavy water research reacto [...] |
2006-11-17 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC FR |
| 06PARIS7445 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 17 to Nicolas Kassianides, MFA action officer for UN Middle East issues. Kassianides said that France wanted to be helpful, and that the MFA agreed "almost fully" with the draft text. He noted that the French Mission to the UN had already sugge [...] |
2006-11-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IZ PARM PREL |
| 06PARIS7446 |
UNESCO-MEETING ON PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN [...] Summary. A two-day workshop, "Re-engineering Development: Engendering ICT" was held November 13-14 at UNESCO. Though sponsored by UNESCO, the event was organized by the Centers for Women and Information Technology; Women in Global Science and Technology; and the European Association of Women [...] |
2006-11-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI TNGD PHUM |
| 06PARIS7448 |
UNESCO HIGHER EDUCATION PORTAL MEETING [...] Summary. U.S. delegation to the first meeting of the "Steering group of the UNESCO Portal on Recognized Higher Education Institutions - Pilot Project" (Nov. 13-14) played a key role in having the meeting reach consensus on an approach that is consistent with one of the USG's key objectives for [...] |
2006-11-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO UNESCO |
| 06PARIS7450 |
UNESCO GENEVA GROUP UPDATE [...] UNESCO's Geneva Group met November 15, and was briefed by two senior UNESCO staff members on the status of the drafting of the 34 C/4 Medium Term Strategy (MTS) and 34 C/5 Program and Budget documents which will provide the foundations for the direction and funding of the organization during th [...] |
2006-11-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN |
| 06PARIS7451 |
UNESCO: MAN AND BIOSPHERE COORDINATING COUNCIL PONDERS [...] Summary. The 19th session of the MAB Coordinating Council focused on the need to define the program's future, particularly in the context of the formulation of the new UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013. Issues debated included: the need to devise an appropriate approach to identifying t [...] |
2006-11-20 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI SENV EAID SP |
| 06PARIS7455 |
UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The November 7 meeting of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee focused on the agenda for the Committee's June 23-July 2, 2007 meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Bureau heard progress reports from the WH Secretariat on a policy paper on the effects of climate change on Wor [...] |
2006-11-20 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO |
| 06PARIS7461 |
UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...] |
2006-11-20 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO KPAO |
| 06PARIS7462 |
UNESCO AND ITS RIGHT TO THE CITY PROGRAM [...] Summary. Despite concerns raised by the U.S. Mission, UNESCO continues to pursue its "Right to the City" program and will be holding a December 11-12 meeting on "Urban Policies and the Right to the City." Despite UNESCO's support of this program, it is clear from a recent meeting with the org [...] |
2006-11-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO UNESCO |
| 06PARIS7477 |
FRENCH GDP STAGNATES IN THIRD QUARTER [...] SUMMARY: Based on a French National Statistical Agency preliminary estimate (which may be subject to revisions), GDP growth stagnated in Q-3. The results disappointed the government, which was counting on growth to reduce unemployment ahead of the April 2007 presidential elections. However, [...] |
2006-11-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7478 |
DEMARCHE TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points November 14 to MFA Office Director-equivalent for Asylum and Immigration Pierre Brethes, MFA Desk officer-equivalent for the United States Sameh Safty, and MFA Desk officer-equivalent for Cuba Othman El Kashtoul, urging the French government to consider re [...] |
2006-11-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF FR SMIG SZ |
| 06PARIS7481 |
REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO MEET WITH PLO REP HIND [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) During a November 20 conversation with Ambassador Stapleton, French Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou offered to host a lunch for the Ambassador and Ms. Hind Al-Khoury, the PLO General Representative to Paris. Montesquiou argued forcefully that [...] |
2006-11-21 14:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KPAL PREL |
| 06PARIS7482 |
FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...] |
2006-11-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR |
| 06PARIS7483 |
URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin), continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...] |
2006-11-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR |
| 06PARIS7484 |
TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] |
2006-11-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
| 06PARIS7485 |
URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin), continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...] |
2006-11-21 14:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR |
| 06PARIS7486 |
TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] |
2006-11-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
| 06PARIS7490 |
FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...] |
2006-11-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR |
| 06PARIS7491 |
PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...] |
2006-11-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS7493 |
FORMER SUDANESE FM ISMAIL ASSURES SUDAN ENVOY THAT [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios met with Bashir presidential advisor and former Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail in Paris on November 18. Natsios, who arrived from the Addis Ababa consultations on Darfur, sought an unambiguous public statement of GoS support for the Addis [...] |
2006-11-21 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO FR SU |
| 06PARIS7504 |
FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted Rockwell Collins France regarding export license 05-1001634 involving the delivery of helicopter parts and communication system components. The Department was concerned about the excessive number of intermediate consignees. Rockwell [...] |
2006-11-22 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 06PARIS7507 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS equivalent for the Levant. In response, Besancenot made the following three points: First, the isolation of the Hamas-led PA government is radicalizing the Palestinian population; second, a continuation of the st [...] |
2006-11-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PGOV PREL SP SY |
| 06PARIS7508 |
APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...] |
2006-11-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO |
| 06PARIS7511 |
TELECOM ATTORNEY ON FRANCE'S ICT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 16, Hogan and Hartson Attorney (and long-time observer of the French telecoms sector) Winston Maxwell told us that poor consumer protection and nonpublic frequency management were the two areas detracting from France's otherwise robust implementation of EU directives [...] |
2006-11-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON FR |
| 06PARIS7517 |
UNESCO'S D-G URGES MEMBER STATES TO RATIFY THE 2001 [...] (U) Action requested: see paragraph 10 below. 2. (U) Summary. At a well-attended information meeting hosted at UNESCO's Headquarters on November 21, 2006, and personally chaired by Director-General Matsuura, the D-G issued an appeal to UNESCO Member States to move with greater speed to incr [...] |
2006-11-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO UNESCO |
| 06PARIS7523 |
ASMARA FACILITATION IS A NON-STARTER, SLM LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met SLM Abdulwahid El-Nur on October 18. Nur said he and the SLM felt shunted aside by the U.S. and appealed for a strategic alliance to end the genocide in Darfur. SE Natsios emphasized the need to unify Darfur rebel factions and bring DPA non-sig [...] |
2006-11-24 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ER SU FR |
| 06PARIS7533 |
POSSIBLE RE-TRANSFER OF USML FROM FRANCE TO FRENCH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 06PARIS7534 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: SYRIA AND IRAN IN MIDDLE-EAST POWER PLAY, [...] (SBU) The media speculated at great length about Syria's role in the assassination of Lebanese Pierre Gemayel and on its broader agenda in the Middle East. By November 24, right-of-center Le Figaro warned that "Washington would pay dearly for Iraq when it turned to Tehran and Damascus to help [...] |
2006-11-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
| 06PARIS754 |
CONTROVERSY OVER MUHAMMAD CARICATURES CONTINUES IN [...] (C) Summary: France has joined Denmark, but to a lesser degree, as a target of ire in Muslim countries following a French daily's February 1 publication of Danish-origin Muhammad caricatures (ref A), which have since appeared in other French media. Palestinian militants threw a grenade at the [...] |
2006-02-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL XF FR |
| 06PARIS7541 |
FRENCH STRESS REGIONAL FALL-OUT OF DARFUR, PLEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios and Ambassador Stapleton met on November 18 with French Presidential Africa Counselor Bonnecorse and MFA/AF A/S-Equivalent de Gliniasty Bonnecorse stressed French concern at the regional fallout of the Darfur catastrophe. The Sudanese program of [...] |
2006-11-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO PINR CD CT SU FR |
| 06PARIS7548 |
CHAD: FRENCH BELIEVE REBEL OFFENSIVE HAS RUNS ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials on November 27 said that the rebel offensive in Chad seemed to be subsiding after gains that peaked during the weekend. They believed that rebel elements were withdrawing eastward towards Sudan. President Deby, in contact with French officials in N'djamena, seeme [...] |
2006-11-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PINS CD FR |
| 06PARIS7549 |
RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO" [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-27 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RW FR |
| 06PARIS755 |
MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...] |
2006-02-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7551 |
HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...] |
2006-11-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR AF PK |
| 06PARIS7553 |
UNESCO - FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF INTANGIBLE [...] (U) Begin Summary. The first meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers November 18-19, 2006. The UNESCO D-G laid out a detailed timetable of proposed IGC and General Assembly meetings over the next two years t [...] |
2006-11-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL UNESCO KPAO |
| 06PARIS7562 |
UNESCO: JOINT EXPERT GROUP DEBATES RIGHT TO EDUCATION [...] Summary: Experts from UNESCO's Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR) and the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) convened the fifth Joint Expert Group Session on the right to free education at UNESCO Paris on November 17, 2006. During discussions on the framew [...] |
2006-11-28 12:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL PHUM LAW |
| 06PARIS7567 |
SIGIR Stuart Bowen's PD Program in France, Nov 20 - 22, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) took advantage of the visit to France of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen, November 20-22, 2006, to program him as a "target of opportunity" speaker in both Paris and Lille. Presenting updated informati [...] |
2006-11-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KDEM IZ FR |
| 06PARIS7568 |
FCC AND ARCEP COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS NEXT GENERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Tate discussed telecommunications regulatory issues with her French counterpart telecommunications regulator Autorite de Regulation des Communication Electronique et des Postes (ARCEP) Commissioner Gabrielle Gauthey on November 10. Ga [...] |
2006-11-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON FR |
| 06PARIS7575 |
FRANCE: AIR TRANSPORT FOR AFGHANS TO HAJJ DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Nicole Taillefer, Head of the Energy, Transport and Infrastructure Department in the MFA's Economics Directorate. She was unaware of any Government of Afghanistan request for support in transportation of Hajjis, but said she would follow [...] |
2006-11-28 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EAIR FR AF |
| 06PARIS7579 |
GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...] |
2006-11-29 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
| 06PARIS7580 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PARIS RSI PARTICIPANTS [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for visiting USG officials participating in the Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative Chiefs of Mission Conference to travel to Paris, France from December 4 to December 8, 2006. The RSI conference will bring together [...] |
2006-11-29 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER FR |
| 06PARIS7581 |
ITER JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR $10 BILLION FUSION [...] Summary: On November 21, representatives of the European Union, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States signed the agreement creating the ITER international organization charged with building, operating and dismantling, at a cost of some $10 billion, a first-o [...] |
2006-11-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7584 |
FRENCH SERIOUS ABOUT CARBON TAX PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND SENV PGOV WTRO FR |
| 06PARIS7586 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GOF UPSET OVER GBAGBO'S TAKE-OVER [...] (C) MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on November 29 said that the GOF was extremely upset over Cote d'Ivoire President Gbagbo's recent actions that in effect represented a take-over of the RTI broadcasting station, Cote d'Ivoire's state-owned and principal radio and television [...] |
2006-11-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV FR |
| 06PARIS7604 |
France Energy Policy Maker on energy independence, energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Energy Director General Dominique Maillard told us that France has diversified its energy sources so that it is not dependent on any one overseas market. A large proportion of its energy comes from nuclear energy, and no more than one- [...] |
2006-12-01 05:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET FR |
| 06PARIS7612 |
UNESCO: AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION SWITCHING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Reftel reported on a recent UNESCO Executive Board (EB) decision (175th session, fall 2006) with respect to a controversial European Union-initiated practice of ambassadorial switching (or surrogate representation among ambassadors) dur [...] |
2006-12-01 05:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL UNESCO KPAO XG |
| 06PARIS762 |
FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR AN EU ENERGY POLICY [...] (U) As part of an on-going EU debate on an integrated energy policy, France recently presented a memorandum highlighting the contribution of nuclear power to the security of supply and the fight against climate change. France also stressed the importance of energy-saving initiatives and grea [...] |
2006-02-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET SENV EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7623 |
IVLP ALUMNI BREAKFAST DISCUSSES DIVERSITY IN FRANCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently hosted a breakfast discussion for IVLP returnees, the eighth in a series that has now become an established routine here. This latest event brought together eight recent IVLP and VolVis alumni - including government officials, researchers, entrepreneurs, and NG [...] |
2006-12-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PGOV KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7625 |
IVLP ALUMNI BREAKFAST DISCUSSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently hosted a breakfast discussion for IVLP returnees, the seventh in a series that has now become an established routine here. This latest event brought together eight recent IVLP alumni who are locally elected officials from different regions and cities in France [...] |
2006-12-01 11:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PGOV KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7633 |
French Digital Copyright Law Demarche [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A, Embassy officers have reiterated USG concerns relating to the proposed decree (Ref B), which would implement France's controversial new copyright legislation. We will use the upcoming visit of DUSTR Veroneau December 8 to underscore the importance of this issue for th [...] |
2006-12-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR |
| 06PARIS7635 |
WEEKLY MAGAZINES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2006-2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of French weekly magazines is the second in a series of cables ana [...] |
2006-12-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7636 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: NATO SUMMIT AND AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY--THE [...] (SBU) The NATO Summit in Riga and President Bush's support for a Global Partnership Initiative elicited commentary highlighting divergent French and American views, while discussion on Afghanistan illustrated the "urgent need to help NATO reverse the growing impression it was losing its grip." [...] |
2006-12-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7639 |
GOF EXTENDS BAN ON GM RAPESEEDS [...] On November 24, the Government of France extended its ban on two biotech-rapeseed products to April 18, 2007, despite the WTO decision that Member State bans were not supported by scientific evidence and were inconsistent with WTO rules. These decrees are available at: www.legifrance.gouv.fr. [...] |
2006-12-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SIPDIS EU FR |
| 06PARIS7641 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ESS REGISTER OF DAMAGES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-01 17:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA FR IS |
| 06PARIS7642 |
PARIS III UPDATE FROM JOUYET [...] (C) Summary: Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chirac's Special Envoy for the Lebanon Donors' Conference (i.e., Paris III), told us on November 30 that he anticipates holding a Core Group meeting in Paris between January 8 and 10, prior to the conference on January 25. Chirac issued invitations on November [...] |
2006-12-04 05:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS7657 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7661 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 1 to Arnaud Pescheux, MFA desk officer for Iran. Pescheux agreed with our analysis of the circular nature of the Iranian system. He also agreed that the new Iranian elections would likely fail to meet international standards of fairness and openne [...] |
2006-12-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IR KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS7666 |
U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...] |
2006-12-05 08:47:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR |
| 06PARIS7668 |
FRENCH MFA EVER MORE PESSIMISTIC ON LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: Damien Loras, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East, told us December 4 that he was "quite pessimistic" about Lebanon's future and doubtful that PM Siniora's government would survive. Nevertheless, he said the MFA was not inclined at present to favor [...] |
2006-12-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7680 |
FRANCE'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL POSTPONES GDF [...] (SBU) On November 30, the French Constitutional Council indicated that the GOF energy bill was constitutional with two changes: 1) the Suez-Gaz de France (GDF) merger cannot legally take place before July 1, 2007, when GDF loses its monopoly to supply gas to private homes; 2) the GOF energy bi [...] |
2006-12-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7684 |
DOD U/S EDELMAN'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH CHIRAC'S [...] (S) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with DoD U/S Edelman devoted primarily to Syria/Lebanon, French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) assessed that Syria was the weakest link in the Hizballah-Syria-Iran axis and wondered whether Israel could apply more pressure on Syria, a questi [...] |
2006-12-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7698 |
LEBANESE DIPLOMAT THINKS HIZBALLAH HAS THE UPPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEBANESE A/DCM GHADY EL-KHOURY TOLD US DECEMBER 6 HE BELIEVED HIZBALLAH HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON THANKS IN LARGE PART TO ITS DOMINATION OF LEBANON'S SHI'A COMMUNITY. EL-KHOURY ASSESSED THAT MANY LEBANESE SHIITES WITH NO LOVE OF NASRALLAH'S IDEOLOGY -- IN [...] |
2006-12-07 11:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7699 |
DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...] |
2006-12-07 11:54:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR |
| 06PARIS77 |
USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] Mission received a message today from the French delegation (new chair of Electoral Group I) convening a meeting on January 16 to discuss Executive Board rotation. The meeting is an outgrowth of the General Conference resolution (33/RES/92) that invites the President of the General Conferenc [...] |
2006-01-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO |
| 06PARIS7705 |
EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...] |
2006-12-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV FR |
| 06PARIS7712 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on December 7 to Salina Grenet, MFA IO action officer for the Middle East. Grenet said that Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy had not yet decided whether to attend the thematic meeting due to a scheduling conflict (he has another engagement in Asia); she hinted t [...] |
2006-12-07 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS PREL UNSC |
| 06PARIS7714 |
FRANCE PROPOSES INTELLIGENCE-SHARING CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: (C) According to the MFA non-proliferatio officer, France shares the U.S.'s conviction that financial and transportation networks that facilitate North Korea's proliferation activities must be curbed. To that end, the GoF believes there is room for more coordination and intelligence [...] |
2006-12-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN FR |
| 06PARIS7715 |
INTEGRATION AND "REPUBLICAN CITIZENSHIP" IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Garay, the avowedly leftist mayor of Les Mureaux, a town of 32,000 inhabitants 25 miles northeast of Paris where October civil unrest left seven police officers injured and two automobiles destroyed, explicitly rejected economic, racial, and religious explanations as t [...] |
2006-12-08 12:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PGOV PHUM |
| 06PARIS7716 |
NEA DAS GORDON GRAY'S DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Franck Gellet, the MFA DAS-equivalent for the Persian Gulf, observed that the Gulf states were privately alarmed by Iran's nuclear ambitions, although their public discourse was not particularly helpful. He asked whether the U.S. h [...] |
2006-12-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 06PARIS7724 |
Widespread interest in US crop insurance programs [...] Summary: James Callan, Associate Administrator, Risk Management Agency, USDA, visited Paris November 13 and 14 and met with representatives from various agricultural sectors and French parliamentarians to discuss the US crop insurance program. All interlocutors expressed strong interest in US [...] |
2006-12-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 06PARIS7727 |
ISRAELI FM LIVNI'S DECEMBER 5-6 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Livni had a fairly terse exchange with FM Douste-Blazy on the status of the Sheba Farms and the need for the Palestinians to explicitly accept the Quartet principles. Douste-Blazy, to the surprise of his MFA underlings, asked Livni to consider entering into secret talk [...] |
2006-12-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7729 |
MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED, CASTRO FADES; FOREIGN [...] (SBU) The Chavez re-election and Raoul Castro's "gesture" towards Washington illustrated French views on Latin America's relationship with the U.S. during the first part of the week, while a fierce domestic debate raged about Socialist presidential candidate Royal's controversial trip to the Mi [...] |
2006-12-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7731 |
FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT [...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points), DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo), DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...] |
2006-12-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
| 06PARIS7732 |
TERRORIST LISTS - FRANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER FR |
| 06PARIS7755 |
A/S FRIED AND FRENCH NSA-EQUIVALENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried's December 7 meeting with presidential diplomatic advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) focused largely on Russia, with France in a defensive posture. MGM raised the aborted Putin-Chirac dinner on the margins of the NATO Riga Summit, saying it had been instigated b [...] |
2006-12-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN NATO RS UNO SR YI TU CY |
| 06PARIS7756 |
AMBASSADOR GODEC'S DECEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Robert Godec held bilateral meetings on December 7 with Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa, and Jean-Pierre Filiu, Associate Professor at Sciences Po and former French DCM in Tunis. Testo and Filiu each described their Tunisian interlo [...] |
2006-12-12 13:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM PGOV PREL TS |
| 06PARIS7770 |
A/S FRIED AND MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and MFA Political Director Araud on December 6 discussed whether Russia would wield a veto at the UNSC to thwart Kosovar independence. Araud called for a resolution that would facilitate a Russian abstention. A/S Fried agreed, but insisted there must be a common diplomat [...] |
2006-12-12 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RU TU SR FR |
| 06PARIS7780 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS PASSING UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) We delivered December 13 reftel demarche to Fabrice Mauries, DAS-equivalent for Southeast Asia at the MFA. Mauries said France fully supports a UNSC resolution on Burma and agrees with the U.S. assessment that like-minded members of the Security Council must move forward to pass the res [...] |
2006-12-14 07:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
| 06PARIS7781 |
FRANCE AVAILABLE FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS AT WILTON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-14 07:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR |
| 06PARIS7787 |
CHIRAC ADVISER HINTS AT SOFTENING IN FRENCH [...] (S) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Dominique Boche (President Chirac's Middle East adviser) hinted at a possible softening in France's position on establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon. Boche said that France would support whatever position the Government of Lebanon (GOL) too [...] |
2006-12-14 10:09:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7788 |
LILLE INSTITUTE CONCEIVED TO PROMULGATE MODERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: APP Lille Consul and Embassy Poloff called November 29 on Mohamed Bechari, Chairman of the recently inaugurated Institut Avicenne des Sciences Humaines (IASH), a multi-disciplinary private educational establishment devoted to the study of Islamic theology, history and the Arab [...] |
2006-12-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PGOV PHUM SCUL |
| 06PARIS7795 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH JACQUES [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Fried met with recognized intellectual and long-time Segolene Royal confidant Jacques Attali on December 6. Attali underlined that Royal, even though she is a leading contender for France's presidency in next spring's elections, has had very little experience making and [...] |
2006-12-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EUN PINR SOCI ECON PREL FR |
| 06PARIS7796 |
USUNESCO - BRASILIA OFFICE UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During a meeting on 6 December by Mission Political Assistant with Mrs. Lamia Salman-el Madini, Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Field Coordination, the subject of the Brasilia field office was raised, as she had [...] |
2006-12-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL UNESCO BR |
| 06PARIS7800 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Poloff and Russian counterpart delivered reftel to Hughes de Longevialle, French deputy coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Longevialle welcomed the various papers and agreed to initiate an interagency process to develop possible French proposals for the pl [...] |
2006-12-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL AS CA CH RFE GM IT JA |
| 06PARIS7802 |
GOF TO BE CONDEMNED BY EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE [...] On December 12, the EU Commission proposed that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) fine the GOF a lump sum of 38 million euros and a daily penalty of 366,744 euros for not transposing EU Directive 2001/18 (the EU legal framework on the deliberate release of biotech products into the environme [...] |
2006-12-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 06PARIS7803 |
HARIRI ALLY SEES MARCH 14 IN STRONG POSITION [...] (C) Basile Yared, Sa'ad Hariri's representative in Paris, told Poloff on December 14 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa had a "difficult" meeting with Hizballah and Amal officials late December 13. According to Yared, Hizballah stunned Moussa by insisting not only that it obtain a blocking minor [...] |
2006-12-15 05:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06PARIS7805 |
USUNESCO: THIRD WORKING GROUP SESSION ON THE RIGHT TO THE [...] Summary: Participants in the Third Working Group Session on the "Right to the City," a joint project between UNESCO and UN Habitat, developed a project plan for the next two years leading up to the Nanjing, China World Urban Forum in 2008. Participants agreed to undertake regional inventories [...] |
2006-12-15 09:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL KPAO |
| 06PARIS7806 |
USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS [...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...] |
2006-12-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR |
| 06PARIS7813 |
WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PINOCHET'S DEATH; IRAN AND THE [...] (SBU) French Media coverage of ex-Chilean President Augusto Pinochet's death was unanimous in lamenting his "escape from justice" but noted that Chile had "turned a page" with the election of Michele Bachelet. A few commentators argued that overall, Latin America was on the road to democracy. [...] |
2006-12-15 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7815 |
GDP GROWTH CONFRONTS GLOBAL 2007 SLOWDOWN [...] SUMMARY: In its December overview of the French economy, the French National Statistical Agency forecast GDP growth to rebound to 3.6 percent (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2006 after no growth in the third quarter. The forecast puts 2006 GDP growth at 2.1 percent, the bottom of the 2. [...] |
2006-12-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7828 |
UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR PONDERS POTENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Executive Director Susanna Connaughton used her December meetings with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector to query them on the ongoing review of the Sciences sectors, and on how they assess the impact of their programs. Her interlocutors, [...] |
2006-12-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID |
| 06PARIS7835 |
PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...] |
2006-12-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS7844 |
GOF SUPPORTIVE OF ROBUST MONITORING OF OECD BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) with MFA DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre on December 14. Pierre said France was fully supportive of U.S. efforts to continue with a robust post-Phase II monitoring mechanism. Parties to the Conventi [...] |
2006-12-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD KCOR FR |
| 06PARIS7847 |
S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...] |
2006-12-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL FR IR |
| 06PARIS7858 |
Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER FR |
| 06PARIS7861 |
FLURRY OF FRENCH CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] Summary: To reach Kyoto Protocol commitments, the government of France recently announced: -- Its updated 'National Plan' to fight climate change (PNLCC) aimed at saving an extra 6 to 8 million tons equivalent CO2 per year (MtCO2) for the period 2008-2010. -- In the context of the EU Emis [...] |
2006-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG FR |
| 06PARIS7864 |
OECD: COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET, MAY MINISTERIAL AS WELL AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OECD Council met all day on December 14 for its last regularly scheduled session in 2006. PermReps considered the program of work and budget (PWB) for 2007-2008 (see reftel), enlargement and enhanced engagement as well as planning for the May 2007 Meeting of the Council at [...] |
2006-12-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EFIN ETRD EAID |
| 06PARIS7873 |
UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENT OF FRENCH UAVS TO LEBANON [...] (C) On December 20, we met with Alexandra Novosseloff, desk officer in the MOD's Crisis Management bureau, to clarify the status of France's deployment of reconnaissance drones (SDTI) to Lebanon (reftels). She noted that, contrary to press reports, the drones have not yet been deployed in Leb [...] |
2006-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE FR |
| 06PARIS7882 |
FRANCE'S NEW SCIENTIFIC/INNOVATION SYSTEM [...] Summary: In the past two years France has undertaken remarkable reforms in its scientific/innovation system. These include the creation of a High Council for Science and Technology, a National Research Agency, and numerous 'competitiveness clusters,' among other structures. The government has [...] |
2006-12-21 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7884 |
FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...] |
2006-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO |
| 06PARIS7885 |
FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...] |
2006-12-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF FR |
| 06PARIS7887 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCE DECLINES REQUEST TO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered answers to follow-up questions from reftel A. on Cuban and Haitian protected migrants (see also reftels B. and C.) on December 8 to Pierre Brethes, MFA officer in the Office of Asylum and Immigration. Brethes responded that illegal immigration to France from its oversea [...] |
2006-12-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PREF CU HA SOCI |
| 06PARIS7892 |
SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE NYSE-EURONEXT MERGER [...] SUMMARY: As expected, NYSE and Euronext shareholders voted in favor of a merger, clearing the most significant remaining hurdle to creating a transatlantic stock exchange. Opposition to the merger largely crumbled after NYSE's surging stock price made its offer too attractive to refuse, and a [...] |
2006-12-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS7898 |
WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: HAMAS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR; LE [...] (SBU) The threat of civil war in Gaza and Palestinian President Abbas's proposal for new elections led to speculation about the Middle East as a spawning ground for civil strife. France's National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen received widespread attention in the context of an alleged "softer [...] |
2006-12-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS7902 |
FRENCH UPDATE ON THE TFTP [...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains cautious about the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP). It is still debating internally how to respond to the European Commission's queries, mindful of the priority to ensure that counter-terrorism cooperation continues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Drawing on po [...] |
2006-12-26 06:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON FR |
| 06PARIS7904 |
S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND [...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...] |
2006-12-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM FR |
| 06PARIS7918 |
FRENCH DOUBT GOA/POLISARIO WILL AGREE TO A REFUGEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb on December 28. Testo agreed that resolving the number of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria is "a critical question," but doubted that the Polisario would agree to a census outside the context of a final res [...] |
2006-12-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AG FR PREF PREL |
| 06PARIS792 |
WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...] |
2006-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA |
| 06PARIS7928 |
THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...] |
2006-12-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO |
| 06PARIS798 |
DEPSEC ZOELLICK REVIEWS INVESTMENT BARRIERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Zoellick reviewed French economic reforms, new GoF restrictive investment rules, and the current state of the Doha Round trade negotiations with Christine Lagarde, France's Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade. Lagarde said France was "open for business", and [...] |
2006-02-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL OTRA ETRD EINV EFIN EUN FR |
| 06PARIS8 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS823 |
FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24 [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...] |
2006-02-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS |
| 06PARIS824 |
FRANCE: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 25 MEETING [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met French Minister of the Interior Nicholas Sarkozy for the first time in Paris on January 25. Sarkozy was accompanied by Diplomatic Advisor David Martinon, National Police Director General Michel Gaudin, and Director of the MOI Office [...] |
2006-02-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER FR CVIS |
| 06PARIS827 |
FRENCH ON TURKISH PLAN FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France not only sees nothing new in the January 24 "Gul proposal," but considers it essentially as a step backward, according to MFA DAS-equivalents responsible for Cyprus in the EU and UN. In their view, Turkey is already obliged to fulfill its Ankara protocol commitments on o [...] |
2006-02-08 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU FR EUN |
| 06PARIS840 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS846 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...] |
2006-02-09 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF IV CD SU FR |
| 06PARIS850 |
UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE [...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...] |
2006-02-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CU VE UNESCO |
| 06PARIS851 |
France and ISTA Executive Committee [...] Per REFTEL, FAS/Paris sent the talking points to Joel Lechappe, French Delegate to the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), and discussed the points with him in a follow-up conversation. 2. Joel Lechappe said that he will be the French Delegate at the ISTA Executive Committee m [...] |
2006-02-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV TBIO FR WTRO EUN |
| 06PARIS853 |
MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...] |
2006-02-09 18:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS FR |
| 06PARIS854 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE [...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...] |
2006-02-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG |
| 06PARIS862 |
MOD BACKGROUND COMMENTS ON FRANCE'S EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: MOD Diplomatic advisor Camille Grand reiterated Feb 8 that President Chirac had not sought to break significant new ground on France's nuclear deterrence strategy in his January 19 speech, but rather was adapting French deterrence policy to the evolving "strategic environment." F [...] |
2006-02-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC MARR PREL PTER FR |
| 06PARIS887 |
SEEKING USG PARTICIPATION IN MICHELIN [...] Michelin senior representatives contacted Embassy to urge U.S. participation in the next Michelin Challenge Bibendum that will take place in Paris from 9 to 12 June 2006. This event, which has gained international recognition as the premier "clean and safe vehicle event" worldwide provides an [...] |
2006-02-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY ELTN SENV KPAO FR |
| 06PARIS891 |
UNESCO MARTI PRIZE, REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance?see para. 4. 2. (C) Though the newly arrived Brazilian ambassador has told Ambassador Oliver that he wants to put the negative atmosphere of the cultural diversity convention behind us and work with USDEL, his nomination of Hugo Chavez for the Marti prize [...] |
2006-02-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CU UNESCO |
| 06PARIS892 |
U.S.-FRENCH GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: U.S. and French delegations met to discuss the U.S. proposal for a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Both sides made presentations on their R&D agendas on closing the fuel cycle. The French side expressed strong support for the direction of the U.S. GNEP proposal, and a [...] |
2006-02-10 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY FR |
| 06PARIS897 |
FRENCH APPRECIATE USG OVERTURE ON WTO TRADE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. French services negotiators told USG negotiators they appreciated the visit by the USG's WTO services negotiators and told them that France shared the United States' high-level of ambition. GOF officials told acting Assistant USTR Christine Bliss February 2 that they saw consi [...] |
2006-02-13 11:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON FR WTRO |
| 06PARIS907 |
PSI: INTERAGENCY BILATERAL MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. An interagency delegation met in Paris with French officials on January 16 to discuss the pending export to China of a vibration/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) by the U.S. company Data Physics and the French Company Actidyn Systemes. French technical experts disagreed wit [...] |
2006-02-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR CH |
| 06PARIS91 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mideast: Sharon's Health and [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS915 |
FRENCH MUSLIM PROTESTS OF MOHAMMED CARTOONS GROW [...] (C) Summary: Two weekend protests in Paris and Strasbourg were the largest so far in France on the cartoon controversy, but the gatherings remained peaceful and took place without incident. Both gatherings were initiated by groups outside the mainstream of French Muslim organizations, which h [...] |
2006-02-13 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KDEM PTER IR TU FR |
| 06PARIS929 |
FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN Q4 2005 [...] SUMMARY. France's Q-4 GDP growth of 0.8% (annualized) means that GDP only increased 1.4% in 2005, down from 2.1% in 2004. Foreign trade contributed negatively to GDP growth, posting a record deficit. The Government reiterated it still would meet its objective to reduce the budget deficit to [...] |
2006-02-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS937 |
PRESIDENT CHIRAC SPURS MICROCREDIT DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: As another way to quiet the unrest in French suburbs, President Chirac personally turned his attention to the development of micro-credit, notably in disadvantaged areas. At a recent roundtable, Chirac proposed giving more money to the social cohesion fund ("Fonds de Cohesion Sociale [...] |
2006-02-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS945 |
MFA CONTACTS STRESS GOF POSITION ON HAMAS [...] (C) In conversations with us February 13, senior MFA contacts stressed that the GoF position on Hamas remained unchanged and they downplayed press reports suggesting that the GoF had endorsed Russia's initiative to invite Hamas leaders to Moscow. MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herv Besan [...] |
2006-02-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL PTER FR |
| 06PARIS953 |
EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...] |
2006-02-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 06PARIS955 |
EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...] |
2006-02-14 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR |
| 06PARIS96 |
2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...] |
2006-01-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN FR |
| 06PARIS963 |
SUDAN/AMIS RE-HATTING: FRENCH ON BOARD, YET FACE [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IO/PSC Director Anderson and Embassy Africa Watcher shared the non-paper on AMIS re-hatting with the French Presidency and the MFA, encouraging France to engage in a complementary effort with AU partners (reftel). Presidential Advisor Labriolle maintained France was on [...] |
2006-02-14 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU FR |
| 06PARIS98 |
USUNESCO - DG'S SURPRISE CHRISTMAS SHAKE-UP [...] Just before UNESCO closed for the Christmas holidays, Director General Matsuura, on December 23, issued an internal memorandum shaking up parts of both the education and social science sectors. In a surprise move, the DG reassigned Wataru Iwamoto (Japan), the head of the Education Sector's S [...] |
2006-01-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL FR UNESCO |
| 06PARIS984 |
French Conclusions to WTO Panel Decision [...] SUMMARY: While there was no official reaction by the GOF to the recently announced WTO interim panel decision on the biotech case, the national press covered the issue widely. The French biotech bill was presented to the Council of Ministers the day after the WTO ruling was released, fuelin [...] |
2006-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
| 06PARIS986 |
COMOROS PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES U.S. FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Comoros President Assoumani Azali underscored to the Ambassador his cooperative relationship with the USG, including signature of an Article 98 agreement and counter-terrorism efforts. He regretted the absence of an accredited American ambassador to the Comoros. Azali related [...] |
2006-02-15 18:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PTER CN FR |
| 06PARIS99 |
2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This is part 1 of the INCSR submission for France. A section on the French Caribbean and French Guiana follows at the end of this message. I. SUMMARY: France is a transshipment point for drugs moving into, from and within Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduit [...] |
2006-01-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR FR |
| 06PARIS993 |
UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL PARRIES WITH EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: On January 19, 2006 the UNESCO Executive Board met for an information meeting with UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura. Members of the Executive Board were invited to submit questions in advance of the meeting. Rather than answer questions directly, the DG read prepared remarks t [...] |
2006-02-16 11:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL AORC SOCI UNESCO |
| 07PARIS1 |
WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE; [...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...] |
2007-01-03 05:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS1011 |
UNESCO DG REACTS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS [...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura continues to engage member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." At a March 9 question and answer session with member states, the D [...] |
2007-03-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID |
| 07PARIS1026 |
ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] |
2007-03-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1027 |
WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PRESIDENT BUSH IN LATIN AMERICA; [...] (SBU) In a week dominated by President Chirac's address to the nation (March 11), domestic politics led the national agenda, whether questions about Chirac's legacy, centrist presidential candidate Bayrou's rise in the polls, or the essence of French identity. On the international front, Presi [...] |
2007-03-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS1033 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...] |
2007-03-16 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR |
| 07PARIS1034 |
EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...] |
2007-03-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU |
| 07PARIS1038 |
ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] |
2007-03-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1040 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...] |
2007-03-16 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR |
| 07PARIS1062 |
FRANCE/DARFUR: ALIGNMENT ON HSP, DIVERGENCE ON [...] (C) Africa Watcher met March 16 with MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal to discuss Sudanese President Bashir's rejection of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur (Ref A). Le Gal expressed French concurrence with the USG effort to muster public denunciations of the Bashir letter, and she [...] |
2007-03-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR |
| 07PARIS1063 |
DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...] |
2007-03-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE |
| 07PARIS1065 |
TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total Exploration and Production President Yves-Louis Darricarrere to discourage Total's prospective energy sector investments in Iran. Darricarrere said that Total would not make a final in [...] |
2007-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV EPET FR IR |
| 07PARIS1066 |
(SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION [...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...] |
2007-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS |
| 07PARIS1067 |
FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: LINKING THE OUAGA ACCORD TO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA AF DAS-Equivalent for West Africa Francis Blondet reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire during a March 14 meeting with AF/W Deputy Donald L. Heflin. Blondet did not deviate from the supportive French stance toward the Ouagadougou Accord; however, he reiterated French c [...] |
2007-03-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR IV FR |
| 07PARIS1074 |
INTERNET RIGHTS FORUM DISCUSSES PROPOSED INTERNET [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 07PARIS1075 |
FRANCE?S COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF is promoting the establishment of competitiveness clusters ("poles de competitivite" in French), combining the efforts of enterprises, research entities, and higher education institutions to develop technologies into products with practical applications. The GOF hopes t [...] |
2007-03-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ECPS EAIR ENRG EIND TNGD TRGY |
| 07PARIS1076 |
FRANCE'S AEROSPACE CLUSTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: As part of France's new scientific and innovation policy (see ref a), France embarked on an ambitious program of naming competitiveness clusters throughout the country (ref b). Possibly the most visible of these clusters focuses on aerospace and embedded systems in the Midi-Pyrene [...] |
2007-03-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL EINV EAIR TSPA TNGD EIND ECON PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS108 |
DOWNSIDES TO CHIRAC'S FEBRUARY 2-3 ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The French Embassy in Washington recently invited Interior Secretary Kempthorne and EPA Administrator Johnson to attend the Conference for Global Ecological Governance to be held in Paris in early February. Given the characterization of agenda issues and the s [...] |
2007-01-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC PREL FR |
| 07PARIS1090 |
FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...] |
2007-03-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
| 07PARIS1103 |
FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...] |
2007-03-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
| 07PARIS1104 |
FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: LOOKING FOR AFRICANS TO TAKE THE [...] (C) MFA interlocutors report a shift in French thinking on Zimbabwe and greater readiness to engage and bring pressure to bear on the regime through multilateral fora. France nonetheless emphasizes the importance of getting Africans into the lead and holds out hopes that SADC will take a stro [...] |
2007-03-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC UNO IR KNNP ZI FR |
| 07PARIS1111 |
GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...] |
2007-03-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MNUC PARM FR |
| 07PARIS1115 |
GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...] |
2007-03-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MNUC PARM FR |
| 07PARIS1116 |
OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...] |
2007-03-22 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS1119 |
PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) The March 14 meeting of the Paris Club reviewed the debt status of 24 countries, taking steps to prepare for debt treatments in the coming months for the Central African Republic (likely in April), the Gambia (in May), Sao Tome and Principe (in May), and Liberia. Creditors confirmed the [...] |
2007-03-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS112 |
FRENCH SHARE VIEWS ON LEBANON CONFERENCE, UNSCR [...] (S) Summary: EB PDAS Liz Dibble and NEA DAS Robert Danin met with the MFA's Herve Besancenot (DAS-equivalent for the Levant) and the Elysee's Dominique Boche (Chirac's Middle East advisor) on January 9 to discuss preparations for the January 25 Lebanon conference (septel to follow) and options [...] |
2007-01-10 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 07PARIS1137 |
MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...] |
2007-03-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC |
| 07PARIS1146 |
WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MISSILE DEFENSE; IRAQ--FOUR YEAR [...] (SBU) Most media outlets portrayed the issue of U.S. missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland as splitting Europe on its 50th anniversary. The four year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq was also cause for reflection on the status of the conflict and the U.S [...] |
2007-03-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS1154 |
TALIBAN EXCHANGE: FRANCE AGREES SERIOUS; [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarche March 23 to DAS-equivalent for Security Affairs Pierre Thenard and desk officer Francois Revardeaux, highlighting (also to dispel some press rumors that have circulated) failed U.S. attempts to dissuade the Italians and Afghans from proceeding with suc [...] |
2007-03-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PREL AF IT NATO FR EUN |
| 07PARIS1155 |
ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LEADERS HOLDING STEADY ONE [...] (U) With one month to go before the April 22 first round of France's presidential election, the campaigns of all twelve candidates are in high gear. Nicolas Sarkozy, who leaves his post as Interior Minister on March 26 to dedicate himself full-time to the presidential race, continues to lead [...] |
2007-03-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1157 |
UNSCR 1267: FRENCH REACTION TO UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL UNSC FR |
| 07PARIS1170 |
FRENCH AGREE CIRCUMVENTION OF HRC WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-26 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PHUM PREL UNHCR |
| 07PARIS1173 |
FRANCE LOBBIES STATE OFFICIALS ON GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION [...] Summary : On March 9 to 13, the Government of France (GOF) invited four state agricultural officials to France to convince them that France's approach to the Geographic Indications (GI) Issue could benefit their constituencies as well. Agricultural officials from Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas a [...] |
2007-03-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 07PARIS1190 |
OECD: AMBASSADOR MORELLA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON THE PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Ambassador Morella briefed the OECD Council March 20 on the status of the U.S. initiative for a "Partnership for Democratic Governance" (see speaking notes in Para 5 below). Due to the late hour, discussion was limited; however, several key OECD Members expressed strong support for the [...] |
2007-03-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS1192 |
UNESCO INTERNAL AUDITOR ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary. In an off-the-record conversation (please protect), UNESCO's Director of Internal Oversight Services (IOS): (i) offered a harsh professional view of the overall quality of the External Auditor's recent report on contracting procedures used to carry out UNESCO Education Sector refo [...] |
2007-03-26 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNESCO |
| 07PARIS1193 |
FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...] |
2007-03-26 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR |
| 07PARIS1220 |
FRANCE/GYMNICH: FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT ON ALL ISSUES [...] (U) We shared reftel points with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet (all points), Bosnian desk officer Michel Clerx (Bonsia points), and Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume (Serbia and Kosovo points). 2. (C) Bosnia: Clerx said Bosnia is not on the Gymnich agenda. That said, the French agre [...] |
2007-03-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR |