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| 02ROME1 |
IDENTIFYING FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN: NOW [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMMED ZEJJARI. AS WINTER FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE BEING MET BY WFP'S CURRENT OPERATION (ALMOST 120,000 TONS DISPATCHED [...] |
2002-01-02 05:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1011 |
LIBERIA: INSECURITY COUPLED WITH FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS), AND RESIDENTS OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY [...] |
2002-02-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME1015 |
EX-KING DETERMINED TO GO HOME, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY KHALILZAD CALLED ON FORMER KING OF AFGHANISTAN ZAHIR SHAH FEBRUARY 25. FOR MOST OF THE SESSION, GENERAL WALI, ROYAL SON MIR WAIS, GRANDSON MUSTAPHA, SULTAN GHAZI AND HAMID SIDDIQ JOINED. ZAHIR WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND APPARENT GOOD HEALTH, JOKING WITH [...] |
2002-02-27 05:54:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF IT IR AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1059 |
THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH BANKS, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPINIONS ARE MIXED ABOUT TH [...] |
2002-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT PAGE ROME OF |
| 02ROME1067 |
AMBASSADOR AND TRANSPORT MINISTER ON MALPENSA, ALITALIA, AND AVIATION SAFETY/SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON TRANSPORT MINISTER LUNARDI FEBRUARY 26 FOR A DISCUSSION CENTERED ON BILATERAL AVIATION ISSUES. THE AMBASSADOR PRESSED LUNARDI TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION OF U.S. CARRIERS AT MALPENSA AIRPORT, WHERE THEY ARE COMPETITIVELY DISADVANTAGED VIS A VIS EU CARRIERS [...] |
2002-02-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
| 02ROME1072 |
2002 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ITALY [...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY ROME RECOMMENDS THAT ITALY REMAIN ON THE 301 WATCH LIST. COPYRIGHT PIRACY LEVELS HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY SINCE 2000, WHEN ITALY'S NEW COPYRIGHT LAW WAS ENACTED. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS FAR MORE AGGRESSIVE. HOWEVER, PROBLEMS PERSIST, PARTICULARLY WITH THE JUDICIARY, CERTAIN MUNICIP [...] |
2002-02-28 18:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD IT |
| 02ROME1091 |
THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH ONLY A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH THE BANKING ASSOCIATION, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPIN [...] |
2002-03-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT EUN |
| 02ROME1182 |
SIERRA LEONE: A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01182 01 OF 13 070642Z FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALL [...] |
2002-03-07 06:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME1196 |
AS PREDICTED, ITALY’S HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: AS POST PREDICTED, THE U.S. COUNTRY REPORT FOR ITALY PROVIDED IMMEDIATE GRIST FOR DOMESTIC POLITICAL MILLS. PAPERS POUNCED ON THE REPORT TO TRUMPET "HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. "˜FLUNKS' ITALY;" "POLICE ABUSES IN ITALY;" AND ESPECIALLY "MISTREATMENT OF DETAINEES" BY THE ITALIAN POLICE DURI [...] |
2002-03-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OPRC IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME1220 |
FORMER KING ISSUES STATEMENTS REPUDIATING PRESS [...] THE OFFICE OF FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS ON MARCH 8, DESPITE THE DATE OF MARCH 7 THAT APPEARS ON THE STATEMENTS THEMSELVES. (COMMENT: THE KING'S OFFICE DID NOT HAVE CONTACT INFO FOR MANY JOURNALISTS/MEDIA OUTLETS, SO IT IS LIKELY THAT THE STA [...] |
2002-03-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC AF AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1229 |
GOI'S REACTION TO THE NEW ZINNI MISSION AND [...] (C) ON MARCH 8, POL MC AND NEA WATCHER DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS AND THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO LUCA FERRARI, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS. POL MC STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE EU AND THE US SPEAK THE SAME MESSAGE ON THE MEPP: IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR ARAF [...] |
2002-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF US IT UN |
| 02ROME1230 |
GOI SUPPORT FOR USG FRY PRIORITIES [...] (C) ON MARCH 7, POLOFF DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO MFA FRY DESK OFFICER ANDREA POMPERMAIER. AFTER CONSULTING WITH HIS SUPERIORS, POMPERMAIER TOLD POLOFF ON MARCH 8 THAT THE GOI APPRECIATED USG EFFORTS TO PUSH THE FRY ON THE VARIOUS ISSUES OUTLINED REFTEL. THE ITALIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE HAD [...] |
2002-03-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL SR KAWC UN |
| 02ROME1232 |
GOI ON EU/USG IMPASSE ON IDA GRANTS NEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE EU'S POSITION ON AN ENHANCED IDA GRANT PROGRAM IS CLEAR: SUCH A PROGRAM MUST BE VERY LIMITED IN SCOPE, TARGETED FOR BASIC NEEDS (E.G. HEALTH AND EDUCATION), AND TESTED OVER SEVERAL YEARS. LORENZO BINI SMAGHI, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL RELATIONS AT ITALY'S FI [...] |
2002-03-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IT IDA EUN |
| 02ROME1233 |
MINISTER MARZANO VISITS IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ENGAGED THE MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES ON IRAN, UNDERSCORING OUR CONCERNS WITH IRANIAN BEHAVIOR. MARZANO'S RELATIVE UNFAMILIARITY WITH OUR OBJECTIONS OR WITH THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL AND SHADOW GOVERNMENTS IN CONTROLLING IRAN SHOWS THE NECESSI [...] |
2002-03-08 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IT |
| 02ROME1239 |
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER: STRENGTHENING THE THIRD LEG [...] (C) VARIOUS PLAYERS IN THE DECISION FOR ITALY TO BECOME A PARTNER IN THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER HAVE PREVENTED U.S. INDUSTRY FROM BUILDING THE TRI-PARTITE COALITION NECESSARY TO SIGN ON TO JSF. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT SIGNING JSF IS A 'DONE DEAL', WE BELIEVE THAT ONLY TWO OF TH [...] |
2002-03-11 07:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EIND ETRD IT AVIATION |
| 02ROME1251 |
ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON ISAF/OEF PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY MAY EXTEND ITS PARTICIPATION IN ISAF UNTIL LATE JUNE IF REQUESTED, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO GRECO (PROTECT), DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO. GRECO CONFIRMED COMMENTS MARTINO MADE TO THE PRESS DURING A RECENT TRIP TO VISIT ITALIAN TROOPS IN THE PERSIAN [...] |
2002-03-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT MARR MOPS PARM PREL AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1335 |
REPORT OF IFAD 25TH GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: THE 25TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET FEBRUARY 19-20. NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S KEY NOTE SPEECH EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT -- ESPECIALLY PEACE -- IN ORDER TO ATTACK POVERTY. IFAD M [...] |
2002-03-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID IFAD |
| 02ROME134 |
REACTION TO DECEMBER 28 DECREE TO [...] SUMMARY. CONFAGRICOLTURA, ONE OF ITALY'S LEADING FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, TOLD AG MINCOUNSELOR THAT IT HAS A COMMITMENT FROM AGMINISTER ALEMANNO TO INTRODUCE A TOLERANCE OF 0.3-0.5 PERCENT FOR ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE IN CORN AND SOYBEAN SEEDS FOR PLANTING SHOULD THE ITALIAN SEED CERTIFICATION AS [...] |
2002-01-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME1393 |
ALBANIAN PM MAJKO'S MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI: [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 12, ALBANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY PELLUMB XHUFI GAVE POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN AND POLOFF JIM DONEGAN A READOUT ON ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER PANDELI MAJKO'S MARCH 6 MEETING IN ROME WITH PM BERLUSCONI. ACCORDING TO XHUFI, THE MEETINGS FOCUSED ON TWO ISSU [...] |
2002-03-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ENRG IT PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02ROME1396 |
ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO NATO ASPIRANTS [...] MAINARDO BENARDELLI, OF THE MFA ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED TO ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA. A- ALBANIA --------- MILITARY ASSISTANCE ------------------- 2. PER REF C, ITALY IS ALBANIAS MOST IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER, LARGEST INVESTOR, AND LARG [...] |
2002-03-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR ECON IT AL MC NATO |
| 02ROME1400 |
INVASIVE SPECIES: STILL AN EXOTIC PRIORITY IN [...] ON MAY 2, 2001, SCICOUNS DELIVERED A COPY OF THE U.S. NATIONAL INVASIVES MANAGEMENT PLAN (REFTEL) TO PATRIZIA DE ANGELIS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MOE NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICE. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01400 191528Z IN MID-MAY, DE ANGELIS TOLD US THAT INVASIVE [...] |
2002-03-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD TBIO IT FAO |
| 02ROME1402 |
SOMALIA: AIDID "AMBASSADOR" ACCUSES ITALIAN [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH FADUMA FARAH AIDID, THE SISTER OF "SOMALI PRESIDENT" HUSSEIN MOHAMED AIDID AND DAUGHTER OF THE ASSASSINATED WARLORD GENERAL AIDID FEBRUARY 20. HUSSEIN AIDID IS THE HEAD OF THE SOMALI RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION COUNCIL (SRRC) FACTION BUT HAS NO REAL CLAIM TO BEING P [...] |
2002-03-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ET SO IT |
| 02ROME1405 |
BIOTECH: SUGGESTION FOR GETTING ITALY'S ATTENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. POST SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OUR AGRICULTURE BIOTECH AGENDA FORWARD BY LINKING IT TO THE GOI HIGH-PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC INDICATOR (GI) AGENDA AND INVITES DEPARTMENT'S THOUGHTS ON SUCH A LINKAGE. THE GOI REGULARLY PREACHES THAT MORE THAN 200 PRODUCTS NAMED A [...] |
2002-03-19 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD IT WTO |
| 02ROME1416 |
FRG OFFERS KING ARMORED MERCEDES; SEEKS TO [...] (U) GENERAL WALI, SON-IN-LAW TO FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, TELEPHONED POLOFF MARCH 20 WITH AN URGENT REQUEST THAT THE USG FACILITATE (THE MORE ACCURATE TERM MAY BE "PROVIDE") DELIVERY OF AN ARMORED MERCEDES BENZ S600L REPORTEDLY BEING GIVEN TO THE KING BY THE FRG AND MERCEDES BENZ. ACCOR [...] |
2002-03-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF GM AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1442 |
REPORT OF IFAD FIRST CONSULTATION ON THE SIXTH [...] SUMMARY: THE FIRST CONSULTATION ON THE SIXTH REPLENISHMENT MET FEBRUARY 21. WHILE PARTICIPANTS DEVOTED MOST OF THEIR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE RECENTLY PROPOSED REVIEW OF IFAD'S IMPACT, A SIZEABLE NUMBER OF MEMBERS CONTINUED TO EXPRESS CONCERN AT IFAD'S INVESTMEN [...] |
2002-03-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID IFAD |
| 02ROME1457 |
ITALIAN WHITE PAPER ON AGRICULTURAL [...] SUMMARY: AN UNDATED WHITE PAPER ENTITLED "TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS AND AGRICULTURE: A TIME FOR CHOICES" WAS PUT INTO CIRCULATION IN ITALY AFTER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANNI ALEMANNO PRESENTED AN OUTLINE OF THIS STRATEGY AT AN AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PAPER RECOUNTS TH [...] |
2002-03-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME1461 |
OPCW ITALIANS CONCERNED ABOUT LINKAGE TO [...] (C) ITALY DOUBTS THE REMOVAL OF DG BUSTANI WILL BE SETTLED BY THE OPCW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND EXPECTS IT WILL HAVE TO BE RESOLVED AT THE STATES PARTIES MEETING THIS FALL, ACCORDING TO MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR ALESSANDRO CEVESE. CEVESE MET WITH POL-MIL OFFICER JUST AFT [...] |
2002-03-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IT CWC |
| 02ROME1511 |
ITALY ON ZIMBABWE: PEER PRESSURE BEST HOPE FOR [...] (C) MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS REPLIED TO OUR RECENT DEMARCHE AND LETTER ON ZIMBABWE. THE GOI SHARES THE EU POINT OF VIEW THAT CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS ARE NECESSARY. HOWEVER, MARINI BELIEVES THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY PROVE INSUFFICIENT TO FORCE CHANGE. THE ROLE [...] |
2002-03-25 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC OPDC SA ZI IT SADC |
| 02ROME1516 |
ITALIAN SCIENTOLOGIST REQUESTS (FURTHER) USG HELP [...] (C) A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN ITALY VISITED US 3/25, SEEKING FURTHER USG HELP IN BEHALF OF TWO SCIENTOLOGY MEMBERS CURRENTLY IMPRISONED IN EGYPT. HE HOPED FURTHER USG HELP WOULD BE DECISIVE AND SWAY GOE AUTHORITIES TO DEPORT THE TWO. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) FABIO AMIC [...] |
2002-03-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM KPAL EG IS IT UN |
| 02ROME1517 |
ITALY UPBEAT (SORT OF) ON STABILITY PACT [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI BELIEVES THAT SOUTHEAST EUROPE COOPERATIVE PROCESS STATES HAVE VERY RECENTLY BECOME MUCH MORE REALISTIC IN EVALUATING THE ORGANIZATION'S POTENTIAL AND THE SEECP, AS A RESULT, IS POISED TO BECOME A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR REGIONALISM BOTH WITHIN THE STABILITY PACT [...] |
2002-03-26 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON IT KSEI PREL |
| 02ROME1544 |
REPORT ON IDLI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES [...] SUMMARY: THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01544 01 OF 02 270916Z (IDLI) ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES MET IN ROME MARCH 20, 2002 TO APPROVE IDLI'S WORK PLAN, ENDORSE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND APPROVE CHANGES TO IDLI'S BASIC TEXT [...] |
2002-03-27 08:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KDEM IDLI |
| 02ROME1548 |
ITALY ON WASSENAAR HOS: NOT TO WORRY [...] (U) ITALY SEES NO REMAINING SUBSTANTIVE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT HEAD OF SECRETARIAT SUCCESSION ISSUE, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR TOLD ECONOFF ON MARCH 22. ITALY ACCEPTS THAT THE SWEDISH CANDIDATE, AMBASSADOR DANIELSSON, WILL BE THE NEXT HOS, AND DE MOHR SAID ITALY IS FULLY S [...] |
2002-03-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IT KSTC PARM EUN |
| 02ROME1556 |
58TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) IN THE ABSENCE OF OFFICE HEAD COUNSELOR EMANUELE PIGNATELLI IN GENEVA, POLOFF DISCUSSED REF A DEMARCHE POINTS 3/19 WITH MFA OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELOR ALBERTO CECCARELLI. ON SAME DAY (3/26) AMBASSADOR MET WITH MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI (SEPTEL), POLOFF SIPDIS [...] |
2002-03-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AORC IT UNHRC HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME1557 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON CHINA RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] (SBU) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS MARCH 21 TO MFA OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELOR ALBERTO CECCARELLI. DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, THE AMBASSADOR WROTE MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI MARCH 22, FOLLOWING-UP WITH A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 015 [...] |
2002-03-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IT UNHRC HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME1587 |
MEETINGS WITH WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ON FINANCIAL [...] A TEAM OF USAID/DCHA/FFP AND USAID/FM REPRESENTATIVES AND US MISSION/ROME PERSONNEL CONDUCTED TWO DAYS OF MEETINGS WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STAFF TO RESOLVE ISSUES RELATED TO THE CLOSING OF ACCOUNTS FOR COMPLETED USG-FINANCED ACTIVITIES. THESE MEETINGS WERE DE [...] |
2002-03-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP UN |
| 02ROME1589 |
BALKANS: GOI ON ASSISTANCE FOR BOSNIAN MILITARY [...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) THE MFA'S BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR, MAURIZIO MASSARI, TOLD POLOFF ON MARCH 27 THAT THE GOI WILL MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION'S PROGRAM TO HELP REINTEGRATE THE 10,000 BIH SOLDIERS TO BE DISCHARGED B [...] |
2002-03-28 17:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN |
| 02ROME1610 |
AMBASSADOR TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EU AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 26 COURTESY CALL ON EU AFFAIRS MINISTER ROCCO BUTTIGLIONE, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES SURROUNDING EU ENLARGEMENT. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE MINISTER'S RECENT UNHELPFUL COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...] |
2002-03-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV IT EUN |
| 02ROME1616 |
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE (IDLI) [...] U.S. MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH STAFF OF THE ROME- BASED INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE(IDLI)ON MARCH 27 TO DISCUSS IDLI'S PROPOSED LEGAL REFORM INITIATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN. IDLI ADVISED U.S. MISSION OF ITS ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE ON AFGHAN LAW, A COMP [...] |
2002-03-29 18:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AF IDLI AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1644 |
AFGHANISTAN: ZAHIR SHAH'S FUTURE PLANS, CLOSING [...] (C) ON A MARCH 11-12 VISIT TO ROME, SA/PAB DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE MCGANN MET WITH MFA OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, AND ZAHIR SHAH HIMSELF. MCGANN AND SA/PD DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUSAN HOVANEC CLOSED OUT AN ESF GRANT OFFERED TO THE KING'S ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE EM [...] |
2002-04-03 06:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1649 |
(C) ITALY: LUKEWARM SUPPORT FOR PROJECT VARELA [...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A DEMARCHE MARCH 26 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 01649 031054Z AMBASSADOR NICCOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. GORETTI IS A FORMER AMBASSADOR TO NICARAGUA. 2. (C) ACCORDING T [...] |
2002-04-03 10:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU IT UNHRC |
| 02ROME1695 |
ITALY'S MFA REQUESTS GEN. ZINNI TO SERVE AS [...] (C) ON APRIL 4, LUCA FERRARI, MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, CONTACTED NEA WATCHER TO EXPRESS THE GOI'S GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE SITUATION IN BETHLEHEM. ACCORDING TO FERRARI, TANZIM MILITANTS, PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS, AND THE GOVERNOR OF BETHLEHEM (WHOM HE DESCRIBED AS A "MODERATE CHR [...] |
2002-04-04 13:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS XF US IT MEPP |
| 02ROME1697 |
OUR MESSAGE ON BIOTECH: GOI NEEDS TO HEAR IT DIRECT [...] (U) THIS IS AN URGENT ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: I NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP THE GOI FROM SLIDING INTO THE ANTI-BIOTECH CAMP. SINCE THE OCTOBER 2001 EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER AND THE VISIT OF AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VENEMAN IN NOVEMBER, THE PM [...] |
2002-04-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL SENV TBIO EUN |
| 02ROME17 |
ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES 2002 BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: THE SENATE APPROVED ITALY'S 2002 BUDGET ON DECEMBER 22, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PASSED BY THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. THE E17 BILLION PACKAGE, EQUAL TO 1.3 PERCENT OF GDP, PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT/GDP RATIO TO 0.5 PERCENT, IN LINE WITH THE STABILITY PACT. THE 2002 BUDGET GRANTS [...] |
2002-01-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
| 02ROME1720 |
AMBASSADOR GALVANIZES SUPPORT FOR STRICT IPR [...] SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MEL SEMBLER HOSTED A RECEPTION, SPONSORED BY COPYRIGHT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS, TO SOLIDIFY SUPPORT FOR THE STRICT APPLICATION OF ITALY'S NEW ANTI- PIRACY LAW. BOTH THE AMBASSADOR AND DR. MAURO MASI, REPRESENTING THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, ARTICULATED A SHARED INTEREST IN [...] |
2002-04-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME1723 |
READOUT OF BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT [...] (C) ON APRIL 5, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, TOLD POLMINCOUNS TOM COUNTRYMAN THAT THE APRIL 2-3 BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RUSSIA-ITALY BILATERAL MEETING EVER HELD. PUTIN MADE CLEAR TO BERLUSCONI HIS DESIRE TO ENHANCE AND [...] |
2002-04-05 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL RS NATO MEPP |
| 02ROME1725 |
BERLUSCONI SEEKS SUPPORT FOR BUSH-PUTIN MEETING IN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ACCOMPANIED CODEL YOUNG TO AN APRIL 4 MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI, JUST HOURS AFTER THE PM RETURNED FROM HIS MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN IN MOSCOW AND SOCHI. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, BERLUSCONI PULLED THE AMBASSADOR ASIDE TO MAKE A ""PERSONAL REQUEST"" TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON NA [...] |
2002-04-08 04:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL RS NATO |
| 02ROME1726 |
ITALY'S WRONG TURN ON BIOTECH: WHAT WE SHOULD DO [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS COMPANION PIECE TO REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR SENIOR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS, AND POST ACTION STRATEGY IN RESPONSE TO THE DELIBERATELY MISLEADING WHITE PAPER ON BIOTECHNOLOGY PUT IN CIRCULATION BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. AMB [...] |
2002-04-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL TBIO WTO |
| 02ROME1744 |
TWO DEMONSTRATIONS DOWN, ONE GENERAL STRIKE TO GO [...] STRIKES AND LABOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN ITALY ARE MOUNTING. WORKING HOURS LOST TO STRIKES IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY WERE NEARLY 1,500 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN COMPARABLE MONTHS OF 2001. TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION CGIL ORGANIZED A RECORD MILLION- PLUS ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST IN ROME 3/23, FOLLOWED 3/26 BY [...] |
2002-04-08 13:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV IT |
| 02ROME1748 |
ITALY MAY LET PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ENTER LIBYA [...] (S) SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN OFFICIAL CHAIRING AN INTERMINISTERIAL LICENSING COMMITTEE IS "INCLINED TO SUPPORT" THE APPLICATION OF AN ITALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY FOR A LICENSE TO CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA TO REFURBISH FACILITIES AT RABTA, LIBYA IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEIR PRODUCTION OF [...] |
2002-04-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC IT PARM PREL |
| 02ROME1769 |
UNCHR: ITALIANS EXPECT INCREASED U.S. EFFORT TO [...] (C) MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA IS SCHEDULED TO MEET YOU 4/11, AFTER ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON 4/10. ARAGONA'S ROLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL, IF NOT DECISIVE, IN THE GOI'S DECISION TO POSTPONE ITS UNCHR CANDIDACY AND THEREBY MAKE WAY FOR THE U.S. TO RETURN TO THE COMMISSION IN 2003. ALTHOUG [...] |
2002-04-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IT US UNHRC |
| 02ROME1797 |
AFGHANISTAN: ALL SYSTEMS (STILL) GO FOR FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SON-IN-LAW TO THE FORMER AFGHAN KING SAID THREATS AND DISTURBANCES WILL NOT DETER THE KING AND HIS PARTY FROM THEIR RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN. THEY ARE PLEASED WITH ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE BY ITALY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AIA, THEY REMAIN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH CHAIRMAN KARZAI, A [...] |
2002-04-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1799 |
(U) IIR 7 300 0410: "ZAHIR SHAH HOPES FOR A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POST WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN REF IIR. THE SOURCE MAY HAVE REPORTED RELIABLY IN THE PAST, AND MAY HAVE CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOME ASPECTS OF AFGHANISTAN, BUT S/HE IS UNINFORMED ON THE FORMER KING'S PLANS AND THINKING. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION IS [...] |
2002-04-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PINS AF AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1818 |
SICHAN SIV ROME MEETINGS CONCERNING UNGASS ON [...] (SBU) ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFFS, AMBASSADOR TO THE UN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 01818 111403Z ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SICHAN SIV AND L/HRR MICHAEL DENNIS MET 4/10 WITH OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRIES OF LABOR/WELFARE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO DISCUSS ISSUES BEFOR [...] |
2002-04-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI IT EUN UNICEF UN |
| 02ROME1821 |
ITALY/ALBANIA - GOI CONDITIONS AID PLEDGE TO GOA: [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) ON APRIL 9, BALKAN OFFICE HEAD MAURIZIO MASSARI AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY ROBERTO ANTONIONE HAD "EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE AND ENCOURAGING" MEETINGS IN TIRANA WITH PRIME MINISTER MAJKO, FOREIGN MINISTER DADE, AND ECONOMIC MINISTER MEKSI. MASSARI TOLD PO [...] |
2002-04-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AL EAID ENRG IT PREL EUN |
| 02ROME1826 |
ITALY: COALITION CONTRIBUTIONS INITIATIVE [...] (U) EMBASSY ROME CONCLUDES THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE TO ITALY. THE GOI IS ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL, MILITARY, AND TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO OEF, THE STABILIZATION OF THE BALKANS, ISAF, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE FORMER [...] |
2002-04-12 06:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID IT |
| 02ROME1848 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE TO GALILEO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POST DISCUSSED REFTEL GALILEO TALKING POINTS WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA), THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY (ASI) AND THE MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION (MIT). THE OFFICIAL GOI RESPONSE WAS PROVIDED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ITALIAN GALILEO STEERING COMMITTE [...] |
2002-04-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA TSPL ECON IT EUN |
| 02ROME1851 |
HUBS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY [...] SUMMARY. MY STINT AS EST HUB OFFICER IN COPENHAGEN FOLLOWED MY ASSIGNMENT AS SCIENCE OFFICER IN TEL AVIV,AND PRECEDED MY CURRENT ASSIGNMENT AS SCIENCE OFFICER IN ROME. OF THE THREE, ONLY THE ROME ASSIGNMENT IS STRICTLY BILATERAL. REGIONAL WORK, WHETHER ORGANIZED INFORMALLY, AS IN TEL AVIV, OR [...] |
2002-04-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV |
| 02ROME1853 |
STEEL 201: ITALY NOT EXERCIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE GOI CONTINUES TO SPEAK WITH RESTRAINT ABOUT USG STEEL SAFEGUARDS -- DEFENDING LIMITED EU RESPONSIVE SAFEGUARDS AND LOOKING TO BRUSSELS FOR A LEGAL OPINION ON THE WTO-CONSISTENCY OF RETALIATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME CALLING FOR AVOIDANCE OF A PROTECTIONIST SPIRAL AND FOREGOIN [...] |
2002-04-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME186 |
DELIVERY OF ATLANTIC BIRD DEMARCHE TO GOI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO THE GOI AND ALENIA SPAZIO ON DECEMBER 18 AND 21, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD REFTEL MESSAGE THAT A PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER OF THE EXPORT CONTROLS REGARDING ATLANTIC BIRD WOULD BE HIGHLY UNLIKELY IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT CHINESE UN [...] |
2002-01-14 06:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ETRD TSPA PARM CH IT MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME19 |
WFP PLANS TO ASSIST THE AFGHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND [...] AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ITS NEXT EMERGENCY (EMOP) OPERATION APPEAL (FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 2002), WFP IS PLANNING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 270,000 PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOOD AID FOR TRAINING 50,000 TEACHERS, ASSISTANCE TO 75,000 ENROLLED IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, AND FOOD-FOR-WORK [...] |
2002-01-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1918 |
U/S GROSSMAN DELEGATION CONSULTS WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI AGREES THAT THE PRAGUE SUMMIT SHOULD BE A SUBSTANTIVE MEETING THAT COVERS MORE THAN JUST NATO ENLARGEMENT. MEETING WITH U/S GROSSMAN AND HIS DELEGATION IN ROME ON APRIL 16, SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ENDORSED THE IDEA OF REDEFINING THE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES INITIATIVE TO FOC [...] |
2002-04-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT NATO |
| 02ROME1942 |
MISSION-ITALY BIOTECH ACTION PLAN [...] MISSION ITALY'S BIOTECH WORKING GROUP (BWG) HAS MAPPED OUT ITS ACTION PLAN FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. UNCLASSIFIED IT REFLECTS THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF AGR, ECON, SCI, PA, FCS, LABOR, CG-MILAN, CG- NAPLES, AND CG-FLORENCE. BECAUSE MISSION ITALY SHARES MANY CO [...] |
2002-04-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD IT WTO |
| 02ROME1962 |
ITALY WON'T FORCE IRAN WTO ACCESSION ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. ITALY STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH USG POLICY ON IRAN'S POTENTIAL ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BUT DOES NOT INTEND TO PUSH THE EU TO FORCE THE ISSUE AT THE MAY 13 WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING OR THEREAFTER, ACCORDING TO MFA'S WTO COORDINATOR. ALTHOUGH THE ITAL [...] |
2002-04-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EU IT WTO |
| 02ROME1963 |
FAO LOCUST CONTROL EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] U.S. MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO LOCUST EXPERTS ON APRIL 17 TO DISCUSS FAO LOCUST CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. FAO PROVIDED A STATUS REPORT ON LOCUST CONTROL BY PROVINCE AND DISCUSSED CONCERNS OVER PRESSURES, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF AFGHANISTAN, FOR FAO AND COOPERATING PARTNERS TO [...] |
2002-04-22 04:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC FAO UN |
| 02ROME1964 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST LICENCE END USE [...] THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO POST-LICENSE END-USE CHECKS NO. 05-843909 AND 05-843912 FOR EXPORT OF GOODS TO THE ITALIAN ARMED FORCES VALUED AT $250,000.00 AND $81,875.00, RESPECTIVELY. 2. EMBOFF VISITED SELENIA 2000 AND SPOKE WITH UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME [...] |
2002-04-22 04:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 02ROME1982 |
UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON [...] THE UN'S INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC), WHICH MET IN ROME APRIL 9-10, EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA WILL REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN 2002. THE PRESENT FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN THE REGION IS ADJUDGED THE WORST [...] |
2002-04-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM WFP UN UNSC |
| 02ROME2005 |
FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN POST LICENSE [...] THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO REFTEL REQUESTS FOR POST- LICENSE CHECKS ON LICENSES 05-801368, 05-828803 AND 05-838504. THE FIRST TWO INVOLVE EXPORT OF OVER $100.000 WORTH OF PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS TO A.T.P. S.R.L. IN ITALY. THE LATTER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME [...] |
2002-04-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 02ROME2023 |
ITALY/MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: BERLUSCONI WITH [...] (C) ON APRIL 24, PM BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA TOLD EUR A/S ELIZABETH JONES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02023 241730Z THAT THE PREVIOUS DAY'S EU-MED MINISTERIAL IN VALENCIA HAD, OBVIOUSLY, NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING ISRA [...] |
2002-04-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT KPAL PREL MEPP |
| 02ROME2030 |
AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT AND USE OF PORT BIN [...] WFP'S INTERNATIONAL CARGO SURVEYOR IN KARACHI SUGGESTS THAT THE 1965 AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE PORT BIN QASIM. THIS MODERN PAKISTANI PORT FACILITY, BUILT IN THE MID-1970S, COULD HELP FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL FOR THE AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT. END SUMMARY. [...] |
2002-04-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME2065 |
MOUNTING CHALLENGES LAY AHEAD FOR THE U.N. [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR (SEC) IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13--20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU) AND TO LOOK AT [...] |
2002-04-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME2071 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: CODE OF [...] SUMMARY: A COALITION OF COUNTRIES (DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING)IS PROMOTING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER ENDORSEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A "DELIVERABLE" OF THE UPCOMING SUMMIT- LEVEL MEETING. THE UNITED STATES OBJECTED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE 1996 W [...] |
2002-04-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR FAO |
| 02ROME2188 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AT THE INSTIGATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIR OF THE FAO COUNCIL, A GROUP WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02188 061414Z MEET INFORMALLY MAY 18 TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER. GU [...] |
2002-05-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME2195 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION: U.S. SPEAKER FDNY CHIEF JOE [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: PA ROME HOSTED A NEW YORK FIREFIGHTER FOR TWO PROGRAMS, AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIREFIGHTER SAFETY, ORGANIZED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, AND A CEREMONY AND PROGRAM IN CIVITAVECCHIA, NEAR ROME, APRIL 18-20. 2. DATES: APRIL 18-20, FISCAL YEAR: FY [...] |
2002-05-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME2197 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: PA ROME ORGANIZED A TWO DAY SPEAKER PROGRAM FOR U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL BARONE, AUTHOR, SENIOR WRITER, U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, AND CO-AUTHOR OF THE "ALMANAC OF AMERICAN POLITICS", MARCH 18-19, 2002 IN ROME. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 18, BARONE SPOKE ABOUT HIS BOOK, "THE NE [...] |
2002-05-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME2216 |
MILITARY BASES IN ITALY: CGIL AND UGL [...] (C) IN MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR APRIL 22 AND 26 (REFTEL), CGIL AND UGL LEADERS BOTH REFERRED TO U.S. FORCE POLICY THAT EXCLUDES THESE TRADE UNION CONFEDERATIONS FROM REPRESENTING DIRECT-HIRE WORKERS AT BASES IN ITALY. WHILE CHARACTERIZING THE UNION'S RELATIONS WITH THE EMBASSY AS "EXCELL [...] |
2002-05-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL MARR IT FORCES IN ITALY |
| 02ROME2217 |
SUDAN CEASEFIRE: ITALY CANNOT CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH PAOLA IMPERIALE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST AFRICAN AFFAIRS, ON MAY 2 AT THE MFA. IMPERIALE HAD REQUESTED THE MEETING BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS BY TELEPHONE THE GOI'S ISSUES WITH FUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING UNIT FOR THE NUBA MOUNTAINS CEASE-FIRE. 2 [...] |
2002-05-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU IT UN |
| 02ROME2256 |
ITALY ON IRAN'S PASTEUR INSTITUTE: NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY AND IRAN HAVE BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAD BEEN AIMED AT LENDING ITALIAN KNOW-HOW TO VACCINE PRODUCTION EFFORTS AT IRAN'S PASTEUR INSTITUTE. THE ITALIAN MFA REPORTS THAT IRAN BALKED AT THE STRINGENT INSPECTION PROVISIONS ITALY INSISTED BE INCORPORATED INTO ANY GOI-GOI [...] |
2002-05-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC ETRD IR IT UN |
| 02ROME2257 |
ITALY SAYS IRAN MAY REALLY NEED SPEED BOATS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY. ITALY WILL INVESTIGATE REFTEL POTENTIAL SALE OF HIGH-SPEED BOATS TO IRAN BUT, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, DOES NOT NECESSARILY AGREE THAT THE SALES WOULD EITHER VIOLATE ITALIAN LAW OR WOULD COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WASSENAAR'S MUNITIONS LIST. MFA'S NONPROLIFERAT [...] |
2002-05-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC IR IT UN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME2321 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CONFIRMATION OF PRE-LICENSE [...] MISSION HAS CONFIRMED WITH OFFICIALS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME'S ("LA SAPIENZA") SAN MARCO PROJECT RESEARCH CENTER (CRPSM) THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE PARAMETERS OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (TAA) AG-272-96E REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF THE TECHNICAL DATA COLLECTED BY THEIR TRACKING STAT [...] |
2002-05-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC KE IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 02ROME2322 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON THE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: SENIOR ITALIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY AND CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (ENAC) OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS INFORMED SECTOR EXPERTS, AGREE THAT THE BILATERAL U.S.-ITALY OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL A NEW U.S.-EU AGREEMENT IS SIGNED. ITALIAN OFFICIALS EXPECT TO BE INVOLVED I [...] |
2002-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD IT AVIATION FAA |
| 02ROME2340 |
NORTH AFRICA: OUTLOOK FOR DEMOCRACY SUBJECT OF [...] SUMMARY: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA PRESENTED A CONFERENCE MAY 3-4 ON STRATEGIES FOR A PLURALISTIC FUTURE IN NORTH AFRICA. ACADEMICIANS AND PRACTITIONERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, AND NORTH AFRICA PRESENTED THE HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY CONTEXT IN WHICH DEM [...] |
2002-05-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM EAID XI IT UN |
| 02ROME2382 |
REPORT OF SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF IFAD'S [...] SUMMARY: THE SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) MET IN ROME CONDUCTED THEIR SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION IN ROME, APRIL 22-23, 2002. MARK JASKOWIAK (DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF T [...] |
2002-05-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID IFAD |
| 02ROME2387 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE NOTES DETERIORATING [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME MAY 6-10. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL EMPHASIZED THE LACK OF RESOURCES APPARENT IN THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEES, FORESHADOWING A CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AT THE UPCOMING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT; FIVE YEA [...] |
2002-05-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO |
| 02ROME241 |
BERLUSCONI,S FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS: ITALY REMAINS [...] (C) IN HIS JANUARY 14 FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AGAIN EMPHASIZED ITALY'S SOLID SUPPORT FOR AND COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WITHIN EUROPE. HE COMMENDED THE EURO AND REAFFIRMED THAT ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE A SEA CHANGE DURING HIS TIME AT T [...] |
2002-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME2413 |
PERES-BERLUSCONI MEETING: A READ-OUT [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH THE SPOKESMAN OF THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL IN ROME TO OBTAIN A READ-OUT OF THE MAY 10 ROME MEETING BETWEEN PERES AND BERLUSCONI. WE ALSO OBTAINED A READ-OUT OF THE SAME MEETING FROM THE MFA. BOTH READ-OUTS WERE CONSISTENT. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 R [...] |
2002-05-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS XF IT UN |
| 02ROME2415 |
REPORT OF IFAD SECOND CONSULTATION ON THE SIXTH [...] SUMMARY: THE SECOND CONSULTATION SESSION ON THE SIXTH REPLENISHMENT OF RESOURCES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) WAS HELD APRIL 18-19, 2002 IN ROME. MARK JASKOWIAK (DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY) REPRESENT [...] |
2002-05-16 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID IFAD |
| 02ROME2487 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY: AN INFORMAL MEETING WAS HELD AT THE FAO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING (WFS5YL) TO BE HELD IN ROME JUNE 10-13, 2002. PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO START FROM THE DRAFT LEFT UNFINISHED BY THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP [...] |
2002-05-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME2551 |
ALEMANNO TO SEMBLER: LESS OPEN ON BIOTECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MET MAY 17 WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO TO DELIVER SECRETARY VENEMAN'S LETTER ON ALEMANNO'S BIOTECH WHITE PAPER AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE MAY 27 MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI. ALEMANNO INDICATED THAT HIS POSITIO [...] |
2002-05-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON IT PREL TBIO WTO |
| 02ROME2565 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER:TWO WEEKS TO [...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE UPDATES ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING IN ROME, JUNE 10-13, 2002. SOME 50 HEADS OF STATE/HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ARE EXPECTED, MOSTLY FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ITALY, SPAIN, BELGIUM AND SWEDEN ARE THE ONLY OECD HEADS OF [...] |
2002-05-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME2602 |
ITALY SUPPORTS SOMALI PEACE, NOT PUNTLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA DENIES REF REPORT THAT ITALY HAS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02602 291334Z PROMISED MILITARY AID TO PUNTLAND. THE GOI HAS NO PLANS TO AID PUNTLAND BUT IS OFFERING AID FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE SOMALI PEACE PROCESS AND COULD EXTEN [...] |
2002-05-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SO IT UN |
| 02ROME2624 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR U.S. SPEAKERS WIDNEY [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: PA ROME BROUGHT TWO U.S. SPEAKERS KATHRYN MCMAHON, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING, COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING (CAST), AND WIDNEY BROWN, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR FOR THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS DIVISION, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, TO A CONFERENCE ENTITLED "21ST CENTURY SL [...] |
2002-05-30 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME2628 |
ITALYS LOCAL ELECTION SNOOZE [...] CONSULATES NAPLES, MILAN, AND FLORENCE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CABLE. 2. SUMMARY: ITALYS LOCAL ELECTIONS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02628 310712Z ATTENTION TO THE NATO-RUSSIA SUMMIT IN ROME. ELECTIONS WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH INCUMBENTS OR I [...] |
2002-05-31 07:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IT EUN |
| 02ROME2629 |
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSES OF POWER BY UN PERSONNEL IN HUMANITAR [...] |
2002-05-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2648 |
SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...] |
2002-05-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2660 |
POSSIBLE ITALIAN INDICTMENT OF MONTENEGRIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE APPARENT INTENTION OF THE INDEPENDENT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02660 01 OF 02 311621Z ANTI-MAFIA PROSECUTOR TO PROCEED WITH AN INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT DJUKANOVIC IS A NOT UNEXPECTED RESULT OF A YEARS-LONG PROBE, AND A MASSIVE ONGOING TRIA [...] |
2002-05-31 16:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT MW OPRC PGOV SR SRIT EUN |
| 02ROME2673 |
WFP POST-DELIVERY LOSSES IN BANGLADESH [...] IN BANGLADESHI PORTS DURING 2001, WFP SUSTAINED POST- DELIVERY LOSSES OF 2,824 METRIC TONS (VALUED AT USD 343,388). WFP HAS INSTITUTED A POLICY (CONTAINED IN ITS 2001-2005 COUNTRY PROGRAM OPERATIONAL CONTRACT WITH THE GOB) WHICH STIPULATES THAT FOR BULK WHEAT SHIPMENTS LANDED QUANTITIES WILL E [...] |
2002-06-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2694 |
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES WARNING SIGNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ANTONIO FAZIO HAS HARSHLY CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILURE TO REIN IN THE PUBLIC DEFICIT, WHICH HAS BALLOONED TO NEAR E41 BILLION. THE CRITICISM, THE FIRST OPENLY SOUR NOTE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT, WAS MADE AT THE BANK OF ITALYS ANNUA [...] |
2002-06-04 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IT EUN |
| 02ROME2706 |
ITALY ON STEEL: GIVE US SOMETHING TO WORK WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. ARMED WITH AN EVIDENT PRESIDENT BUSH-PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI UNDERSTANDING THAT UNILATERAL TRADE ACTIONS SHOULD BE AVOIDED, ITALY IS LOOKING TO DAMPEN EC AND MEMBER STATE CALLS FOR STEEL RETALIATION. ITALY'S ALTERNATE 133 REPRESENTATIVE, HOWEVER, TOLD VISITING EB ASSISTAMT SEC [...] |
2002-06-05 11:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME2727 |
WFP LOGISTICS-MOVING FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS IN [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13-- 20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU), AS WELL AS TO LOOK [...] |
2002-06-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME2729 |
MFA VIEW ON POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF DJUKANOVIC [...] (C) AS PROMISED REF A, POLOFF FOLLOWED UP WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S BALKAN OFFICE, MARIZIO MASSARI, TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02729 061321Z REGISTER THE MINISTRY'S VIEWS ON THE NEW INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT DJUKAN [...] |
2002-06-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC PGOV IT MW SR EUN |
| 02ROME274 |
MFA VIEW ON FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE AND THE GOI'S ROLE IN EU REFORM AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA'S DIRECTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS, GIUSEPPE BUCCINO, REITERATED TO POLOFF THAT THERE WILL BE NO/NO MAJOR CHANGES IN ITALY'S EUROPEAN POLICY. PM BERLUSCONI SEES NO CONTRADICTION IN PROTECTING AND ADVANCING BOTH NATIONAL AND COMMON EUROPEAN INTERESTS. T [...] |
2002-01-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PGOV PINR PREL |
| 02ROME2765 |
ITALY AND BIOTECH: COULD BE (HAS BEEN) WORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE BUILD-UP TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY 27-28 VISIT TO ROME, THE GOI GOT BUSY ON BIOTECH. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAD MFA GIN-UP AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO CONSIDER THE GOI CORN BAN, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE'S MISGUIDED WHITE PAPER, AND A POTENTIAL USG-GOI RESEARCH ACCORD. [...] |
2002-06-07 17:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON IT PREL TBIO TSPL WTO |
| 02ROME2772 |
ITALIAN POLICIES ON THE IMPORT, POSSESSION AND [...] THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' AUTHORIZATION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02772 101029Z UNIT FOR ARMAMENTS (UAMA) REGULATES EXPORTS OF ARMAMENTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC FIREARMS AND ASSOCIATED MUNITIONS. THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, DIRECTORATE OF A [...] |
2002-06-10 10:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME2794 |
BERLUSCONI'S FIRST YEAR ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. TWELVE MONTHS AGO, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI TOOK OFFICE WITH A PROMISE TO JUMPSTART THE FALTERING ITALIAN ECONOMY. A MUCH-HERALDED 100-DAY ECONOMIC PLAN WAS DESIGNED AS AN INITIAL STIMULUS, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MORE FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC REFORMS. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE, THE PRIME MIN [...] |
2002-06-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT |
| 02ROME2862 |
GOI TO NAME SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS; WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 10, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, MAURIZIO MORENO, AND DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN EUROPE, GIOVANNI RICCIULI, TOLD SPECIAL CYPRUS COORDINATOR TOM WESTON THAT ITALY WOULD APPOINT ITS OWN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CYPRUS, SOMEONE OF APPROPRIATE RANK AND [...] |
2002-06-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY GR IT TU EU EUN |
| 02ROME287 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION: DVC WITH ITALIAN NATIONAL [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: A DVC ON ECONOMIC ISSUES ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN PA ROME AND THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ECONOMICS AND LABOR (CNEL), A CONSULTING BODY TO THE PARLIAMENT AND TO THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON ECONOMIC AND LABOR ISSUES. PA MILAN WAS "PASSIVE" ON THE PROGRAM. [...] |
2002-01-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | DVC OIIP |
| 02ROME288 |
PROGRAM EVALUATION: PA ITALY "TRANSATLANTIC [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: ON DECEMBER 12, PA HELD A ONE- DAY SEMINAR ENTITLED "TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11," WHICH BROUGHT FOUR U.S. SPEAKERS AND 40 ITALIAN AND AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS TOGETHER TO DEBATE ECONOMIC, SECURITY AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE WAKE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS [...] |
2002-01-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PRC |
| 02ROME2912 |
ITALIAN RAILWAY LIBERALIZATION AND SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALY'S RAILWAY COMPANY, FERROVIE DELLO STATO (FS), WHOSE HOLDINGS INCLUDE THE NATIONAL RAILWAY SERVICE AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS, IS ON AN ECONOMIC UPSWING DUE TO A FAVORABLE MARKET AND SMART MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. TO BOLSTER ITS BOTTOM LINE, FS IS FOCUSING ON INCREASING [...] |
2002-06-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN KCIP IT ITELTN |
| 02ROME2947 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING [...] THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) CONVENED ITS SECOND INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CONFERENCE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS IN ROME, ITALY, ON APRIL 18 AND 19, 2002. THE CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER APPROXIMATELY 205 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING WFP TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS STAFF, REPRESENTATIVES FROM VA [...] |
2002-06-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP |
| 02ROME2958 |
ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JUNE [...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN ECONOMY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT WEAK OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO BE AN ANEMIC 1.3 PERCENT IN 2002. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO DAMPEN ITALIAN EXPORTS, AND HEIGHTEN CONSUMER UNCERTAINTY. THE CONVERSION TO THE EURO HAS PUSHED UP [...] |
2002-06-18 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME2977 |
ITALY'S NUANCED POLICY ON DUAL USE EXPORTS TO IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY INSISTS ITS POLICY PROHIBITING SALES OF WEAPONS AND SENSITIVE DUAL USE ITEMS REMAINS FULLY IN FORCE. HOWEVER, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR FLAGS A POTENTIAL LEGAL VULNERABILITY IN THE POLICY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE UNITED NATIONS' FAILURE TO ADOPT A [...] |
2002-06-18 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC ETRD IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME2982 |
DRC PRESIDENT KABILA SUPPORTS NEW REWARDS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA SAID THE NEW REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA PROGRAM (REFTEL) HAS 100 PERCENT OF HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT HE ADDED THAT THE PROGRAM MUST LEAD TO RWANDA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE DRC OR IT WON'T SUCCEED. END SUMMARY. 2 [...] |
2002-06-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS CG CF RW IT ICTR |
| 02ROME2990 |
PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNA [...] |
2002-06-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS RW |
| 02ROME2999 |
GOOD AND BAD SCIENCE TAKE CENTER STAGE IN BIOTECH [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSTIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERTET. 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR OES WHICH REQUESTS REPLY TO REF A TRANSMITTED APRIL 22, 2002. ALSO SEE PARA 19. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE ITALIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] |
2002-06-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TSPL TBIO EAID IT |
| 02ROME3006 |
KEY ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN ON EU FINANCIAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE EU'S FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTION PLAN (FSAP) REPRESENTS A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR EUROPE, ARGUED ALESSANDRO MARIA POGGIALI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, RENATO BRUNETTA. WITH DETAILS OF THIS ACTION EMERGING FR [...] |
2002-06-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EU IT |
| 02ROME3008 |
CHANGING CHAIRS IN ITALY [...] (U) THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY, SPECIFICALLY THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE, RECENTLY CHANGED ITS SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN THREE OF THE CORPORATIONS IN WHICH IT HAS A MAJOR INTEREST: ENI (ITALIAN HYDROCARBON AGENCY), ENEL (NATIONAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 030 [...] |
2002-06-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EAIR PINR IT ITEIND |
| 02ROME3010 |
CIVAIR HUSHKITS: ITALY ON OUR SIDE. [...] POST INFORMED VARIOUS CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS OF THE USG'S DECISION TO LIFT THE ARTICLE 84 CASE AGAINST ALL EU MEMBER STATES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BELGIUM (REFTEL). ALDO SANSONE, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT, ALFREDO ROMA, PRESIDENT O [...] |
2002-06-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON IT FAA AVIATION |
| 02ROME303 |
CONCERNS VOICED ON THE U.N. WORLD FOOD [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMED ZEJJARI TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SOON TO BE RELEASED NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR AFGHANISTAN. THE PR [...] |
2002-01-21 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME3031 |
WOMAN IN DEFENSE: ITALY'S EXPERIENCE AFTER TWO [...] SUMMARY. AS THE GOI ATTEMPTS TO RESTRUCTURE AND "PROFESSIONALIZE" THE MILITARY SERVICE, BRINGING FEMALES IN IS VIEWED AS ONE WAY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE ARMED FORCES. ITALIAN WOMEN, WHETHER FOR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03031 221235 [...] |
2002-06-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV IT NATO |
| 02ROME3034 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT-LEVEL CONSULTATIONS [...] MISSION DISCUSSED REFTEL TALKING POINTS WITH COUNSELOR GUICCIARDI OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION. ALTHOUGH GUICCIARDI DEMONSTRATED A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EUROPEAN PARTNER'S REQUEST FOR A GOVERNMENT-LEVEL MEETING IN THE UNITED STATES ON [...] |
2002-06-20 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA TSPA IT AVIATION |
| 02ROME3036 |
TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ASI PRESIDENT VETRELLA [...] SUMMARY: ESTOFFS MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY (ASI), PROFESSOR SERGIO VETRELLA, ON JUNE 6, 2002. VETRELLA PROVIDED UPDATES ON GALILEO, ITALIAN SPACE PLAN, COSMO SKYMED, AND THE BIDDING PROCESS FOR THE AGILE LAUNCHER. IN PARTICULAR, HE STRESSED THAT ALL EXISTING COOPER [...] |
2002-06-20 17:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA TSPA IT |
| 02ROME3067 |
ITALY ON LIBYA: RABTA GATHERS STEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY. HAVING VETTED THE MATTER THROUGH INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS TO ITS SATISFACTION, THE GOI HAS RESUMED CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF AN ITALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY TO CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA TO REFURBISH CHEMICAL FACILITIES AT RABTA TO ALLOW FOR THE PRODUCTION OF [...] |
2002-06-21 17:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL ETRD ETTC PARM IT SECRET PAGE ROME |
| 02ROME3093 |
REPORT OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) MET JUNE 6-9 AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03093 01 OF 05 241459Z CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING. THE UNI [...] |
2002-06-24 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR FAO |
| 02ROME3119 |
APPREHENDING GENOCIDAIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE [...] (U) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ROC), DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, ON JUNE 13 IN ROME, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A [...] |
2002-06-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS KAWC CG CF RW IT ICTR |
| 02ROME3127 |
GOI NOTE VERBALE ON BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] EMBASSY PROVIDES INFORMAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF A NOTE VERBALE WHICH IS DATED APRIL 18, 2001 BUT ARRIVED ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE ITALIAN TEXT WILL BE FAXED TO OES/SAT BRAIBANTI. 2. BEGINNING OF INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) PRESENTS ITS COMPLI [...] |
2002-06-26 07:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA PREL IT AVIATION FAA |
| 02ROME3174 |
LOOKING AHEAD TO FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC [...] SUMMARY: OPERATING AS THE INTERIM GOVERNING BODY (IGB) OF THE NEWLY-APPROVED INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, THE OCTOBER 9-18 FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WILL DISCUSS (AND POSSIBLY APPROVE), INTER ALIA, IGB RULES OF PROCEDURE AND TERMS OF REFE [...] |
2002-06-28 06:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR SENV FAO |
| 02ROME3175 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT - ITALY FACTUAL UPDATE [...] (U) PER INSTRUCTIONS (REF A), EMBASSY ROME SUBMITS TWO FACTUAL UPDATES TO ITS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED (REF B) 2002 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (IRF) REPORT. BOTH UPDATES INVOLVE SECTION II ("STATUS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM"), SUBSECTION "LEGAL/POLICY FRAMEWORK." 2. (SBU) 1ST FACTUAL UPDATE: [...] |
2002-06-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF IT EUN |
| 02ROME3213 |
"BANANA PEEL POLITICS" IN ITALY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN AN EMBARRASSING, INDELICATE, AND BADLY-TIMED SLIP, INTERIOR MINISTER SCAJOLA SEEMS TO HAVE CALLED THE RECENTLY MURDERED LABOR MINISTRY ADVISER, MARCO BIAGI, ROUGHLY A "PAIN IN THE ASS." THE REACTION WAS VINTAGE ITALIAN POLITICS -- OPPOSITION CALLS FOR HIS [...] |
2002-07-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME3214 |
OUTCOME OF WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER [...] SUMMARY: DESPITE POSTPONEMENT AND COMPETING EVENTS, THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED AND UNMARRED BY VIOLENT PROTESTS. 47 HEADS OF STATE ATTENDED, OF WHICH TWO WERE OECD COUNTRY LEADERS (SPAIN AND ITALY). THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY SECRET [...] |
2002-07-02 07:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME3217 |
ITALY: REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE GOI INITIALLY EXPRESSED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH ON THE MIDDLE EAST TEMPERED WITH CONCERN OVER ARAFAT'S ROLE. AFTER THE G8 SUMMIT, WHERE PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH PRESIDENT BUSH AND WAS REPORTEDLY "OVERWHELMED" BY THE EVI [...] |
2002-07-02 08:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS US XF IT UN |
| 02ROME3240 |
BERLUSCONI BACKS THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO HIS DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI REACTED VERY POSITIVELY TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH ON THE MIDDLE EAST. BERLUSCONI AGREED THAT THE PA NEEDED A NEW LEADERSHIP, AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF INSTITUTIONAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM FOR PALEST [...] |
2002-07-03 07:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IT IS XF |
| 02ROME3244 |
ITALY: GROWING CONCERN ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING A REPORT BY LIBYAN TV THAT LIBYAN AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03244 030828Z ITALIAN NAVAL UNITS WERE PERFORMING JOINT EXERCISES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN EARLY JUNE, POLMIL OFF MET JUNE 18 WITH ANTONIO BELLAVIA, THE MFAS DESK OFFICER FOR L [...] |
2002-07-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREL MOPS LY IT EUN |
| 02ROME3280 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): AD REF HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED AD REF HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT (HCA) IN TALKS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS JUNE 21. TEAM BELIEVES THAT AD REF HCA PROTECTS FULLY U.S. INSPECTION RIGHTS WHEN ITALY IS THE INSPECTED STATE PARTY (ISP) AND RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE ISP. END SU [...] |
2002-07-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM MARR KTIA IT CWC |
| 02ROME3296 |
GDIN PAVES WAY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 19-21, 2002, THE GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK (GDIN) HELD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ENTITLED "TAKING OFF: GDINS CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN HEALTH, SURVIVAL, AND WELL-BEING," AT THE SANTO SPIRITO MONUMENTAL BUILDING IN ROME, ITALY. EXPERTS WERE PRESENT FROM GOVERNMENT, IN [...] |
2002-07-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IT TSPL KSCA |
| 02ROME3299 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT ENVIGORATES ITALIAN BIOTECH [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT WORLD FOOD SUMMIT (WFS5YL) IN ROME PROMPTED THE ITALIAN MEDIA TO FEATURE A HEALTHY DOMESTIC BIOTECHNOLOGY/GMO DEBATE. WHILE FULL LIBERALIZATION OF BIOTECH TRADE WAS PERCEIVED AS A U.S. AGENDA, A NUMBER OF PROMINENT ITALIAN POLITICAL FIGURES QUESTIONED THE ANTI-GMO STANCE O [...] |
2002-07-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT |
| 02ROME3301 |
AMBASSADOR TALKS BUSINESS AT AMCHAM LUNCHEON [...] SUMMARY: THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (AMCHAM) IN ITALY HOSTED A JUNE 18 LUNCHEON FOR THE AMBASSADOR. IN HIS REMARKS, THE AMBASSADOR ASKED AMCHAM MEMBERS TO BECOME MORE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03301 01 OF 02 051439Z ACTIVE AND ASKED THAT THE AMCHAM AN [...] |
2002-07-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IT |
| 02ROME3313 |
GOI VIEWS ON FUTURE OF EU; PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 3, THE CHIEF OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, GUISEPPE BUCCINO, EXPRESSED TO POLOFF HIS CONCERNS ABOUT PROGRESS, OR THE LACK THEREOF, ON CRITICAL EU INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS. HE IS STILL HOPEFUL THAT THE CONVENTION DOCUMENT CAN BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE [...] |
2002-07-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT EUN |
| 02ROME3317 |
HELMS-BIDEN: PROGRAM EVALUATION AND SUNSETTING [...] FODAG HAS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF PROPOSING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BOTH REQUIRE EACH FAO PROGRAM TO BE EVALUATED AND EACH PROGRAM TO HAVE A SUNSET DATE (I.E. SO THAT THE PROGRAM WILL NOT BE RENEWED UNLESS THE EVALUATION SHOWS THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM) TO A [...] |
2002-07-08 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD FAO |
| 02ROME3319 |
DUTCH QUERY ITALIANS ABOUT ISRAELI PARTICIPATION [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR AND DCM IN ROME EXPRESSED CONCERN TO EMB OFFICERS REGARDING POSSIBLE ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN JSF. THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR MENTIONED THE ISSUE AT THE EMBASSY'S JULY 4 RECEPTION, AND THE DUTCH DCM, WILLIAM VAN EE, [...] |
2002-07-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR EAIR PREL IT UN |
| 02ROME3328 |
ITALY NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE RAVALOMANANA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN RESPONSE TO OUR JUNE 27 DEMARCHE ASKING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03328 090150Z THAT ITALY ACCEPT RAVALOMANANA AS PRESIDENT OF MADAGASCAR, THE GOI PROVIDED A NUANCED STATEMENT INDICATING THAT IT IS NOT YET CONVINCED THAT RAVALOMANANA CAN BE [...] |
2002-07-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MA IT UN |
| 02ROME3357 |
EU TAKES ON TERM LIMITS FOR FAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. THE EU PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE IN ROME TO SEEK SUPPORT AMONG ALL REGIONAL GROUPS FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FAO BASIC TEXTS TO REINSTITUTE DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS. THE EU INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS THE EXISTING GENEVA GROUP DECISION TO TAKE UP [...] |
2002-07-09 11:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR FAO |
| 02ROME3370 |
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN "SECRET" TALKS IN ROME: AN [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE MAYOR OF ROME FACILITATED SEVERAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03370 091535Z MEETINGS BETWEEN THE ISRAELI URI SAVIR AND THE PALESTINIAN ABU ALA LAST YEAR IN ROME. THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WAS NOT AWARE OF THESE MEETINGS BUT IS ALSO NOT UNDULY CONC [...] |
2002-07-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF IT UN |
| 02ROME3379 |
ITALY ON UNIFIL: REDUCE IT BUT DON'T DISMANTLE IT [...] (C) POL OFF DISCUSSED THE GOI'S ASSESSMENT OF UNIFIL WITH GIUSEPPE PERRONE, THE MFA'S DESK OFFICER FOR LEBANON AND ISRAEL AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST OFFICE. PERRONE SAID THAT THE GOI IS PLEASED WITH UNIFIL AND ITS MISSION SO FAR. GIVEN THE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAEL FROM LEBANON IN 200 [...] |
2002-07-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | LE IS KPKO MARR PREL SY IT UNIFIL |
| 02ROME3384 |
ITALY AND CHINA EXCHANGE VISITS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN MAY 28 AND JULY 5 MEETINGS, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS DEPUTY PROVIDED POLOFF WITH READOUTS ON RECENT VISITS TO ITALY BY THE PRC DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND TO CHINA BY THE GOI MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR ASIA AND H [...] |
2002-07-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID IT CH |
| 02ROME3390 |
ITALY SPLIT ON BIOTECH TRACEABILITY AND LABELING, [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPT.; SEE PARA 8. ESTCOUNS MET WITH MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EU AFFAIRS OFFICERS ON MAY 30 TO DISCUSS THE EU PROPOSALS FOR TRACEABILITY AND LABELING OF GMO EVENTS, AND TO DISCUSS ITALIAN VIEWS TOWARD EU CHEMICALS REFORM. 2. FINDING THE RIGHT GOI MINISTRY WITH [...] |
2002-07-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EU EAGR |
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USG OPPOSITION TO EU PROPOSAL TO [...] ITALY'S AGMIN PARTICIPANT IN THE 133 COMMITTEE MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT SPECIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03422 111258Z COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE REPORTS THAT THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL TO RECTIFY THE MARGIN OF PREFERENCE FOR GRAINS WAS SOLIDLY REJECTED BY MOST [...] |
2002-07-11 13:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME3433 |
ITALY COMMITS ITSELF TO RESEARCH COOPERATION IN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, SEEKING OES RESPONSE TO REFS A AND B. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. EMBASSY PROVIDES INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A LETTER SENT TO ESTCOUNS FROM ANTONIO CATRICALA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. THE LETTER IS DATED JUNE 24 BUT WAS RECEIVED O [...] |
2002-07-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD TBIO EAGR EAID IT FAO |
| 02ROME3477 |
ROME GENEVA GROUP:POST WFS5YL AND TERM LIMITS [...] SUMMARY. ROME GENEVA GROUP (MAJOR DONORS) MEMBERS CHARACTERIZED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) AS NEITHER A SUCCESS NOR A FAILURE. MEMBERS DISCUSSED WAYS TO REVITALIZE THE WFS5YL FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM IN ORDER TO AVOID HOLDING ANOTHER SUMMIT-LEVEL MEETING IN [...] |
2002-07-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR FAO |
| 02ROME3508 |
UN TO SEEK COMMON POLICY ON GMO FOOD AID? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FODAG HAS LEARNED FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (PLEASE PROTECT) THAT THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAS ASKED HIS UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS TO "TAKE THE LEAD IN FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTICULATION OF A COHERENT SYSTEM-WIDE POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF IMPO [...] |
2002-07-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP |
| 02ROME3534 |
NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN: SECTION 102 [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, THE U.S. MISSION/ROME HAS OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), THE WORLD FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03534 171134Z PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURE [...] |
2002-07-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN FAO WFP |
| 02ROME3551 |
ITALY: 4-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN 2003-2006 [...] SUMMARY. ITALY IS UNLIKELY TO ELIMINATE ITS DEFICIT BEFORE 2005, ACCORDING TO THE GOI'S RECENTLY RELEASED FOUR-YEAR BUDGET PLAN (DPEF). GOI PLANS FOR SUBSTANTIAL TAX CUTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, COMBINED WITH LESS OPTIMISTIC ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS, LIKELY RULE OUT A BALANCED BUDGET BEF [...] |
2002-07-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME3564 |
ITALY ON "FUTURE OF IRAQ" EXPERT WORKING GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI GENERALLY SUPPORTS OUR "FUTURE OF IRAQ" WORKING GROUPS PROPOSAL AND IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. WHILE ITALY VERY MUCH WANTS A DIFFERENT IRAQI GOVERNMENT IN POWER, IT IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED SADDAM. IN THE [...] |
2002-07-18 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID ECON PHUM IR IZ IT KWAC |
| 02ROME3566 |
REVISED UNHCR-WFP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] UNHCR AND WFP SIGNED A REVISED MEMORANDUM ON JULY 9 AIMED AT FURTHER STRENGTHENING COOPERATION IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD AID FOR REFUGEES AND RETURNEES WORLDWIDE. ON A PILOT ONE-YEAR TRIAL BASIS, WFP WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BASIC FOOD RATION IN FIVE REF [...] |
2002-07-19 06:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME3580 |
ICC: ITALY ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT TO PROTECT U.S. CITIZENS FROM THE ICC [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHILE MINDFUL THAT THE U.S. FACES A GREATER RISK OF ALLEGATIONS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) THAN DO OTHER STATES, THE GOI REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE ICC AND CRITICAL OF USG STEPS THAT APPEAR AIMED AT UNDERMINING THE COURT. THE GOI WILL STUDY CAREFULLY THE US PROPOSAL TO [...] |
2002-07-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT KICC |
| 02ROME3594 |
FAO INVOKES HELMS-BIDEN IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] SUMMARY. THE FAO'S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM BUDGET AND EVALUATION RESPONDED AT LENGTH IN WRITING TO THE U.S. DEMARCHE (REFTEL B) ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS HIS COMMENT: "I DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S. SHOULD REQUEST AN E [...] |
2002-07-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ETRD EAGR ECON FAO WHO |
| 02ROME3600 |
FRATTINI TO BE NAMED ITALY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) ON JULY 19, PAOLO DIONISI, DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI, INFORMED CDA THAT BERLUSCONI PLANS TO ANNOUNCE ITALY'S NEW FM AT THE END OF THE JULY 24-26 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03600 221426Z CONFERENCE OF ITALIAN AMBASSADORS TO BE [...] |
2002-07-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME3604 |
ITALY BELIEVES ZIMBABWE MUST BE INVITED TO EU-SADC [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE REQUESTING THAT ZIMBABWE BE EXCLUDED FROM THE NOVEMBER EU MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC), THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS STATED THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 RO [...] |
2002-07-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ZI IT UN |
| 02ROME3622 |
STEP FORWARD FOR CYBER-SECURITY IN ITALY [...] LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER OUR BILATERAL INITIATIVE ON THE SUBJECT, THE GOI IS TAKING A STEP FORWARD TO BETTER PROTECT KEY GOVERNMENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS FROM ATTACK (REF A). POST HAS LEARNED THAT ITALY IS CREATING A COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE AND LEAD PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PR [...] |
2002-07-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCIP IT EUN |
| 02ROME3639 |
BOSSI ON ITALIAN POLITICS, DEVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER (AND MINISTER FOR REFORM AND DEVOLUTION) BOSSI MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR JULY 17 FOR A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION OF ISSUES, INCLUDING DOMESTIC POLITICS, DEVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE EU. RELAXED AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, BOSSI EXPLAINED NEXT STEPS IN [...] |
2002-07-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ELAB IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME3641 |
NE ITALY'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE: [...] SUMMARY: THE NORTHEASTERN ITALIAN TRANSPORTATION CENTERS IN VENICE AND TRIESTE HAVE RELIED PRIMARILY ON INCREASED INTERMODALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE PORT OF TRIESTE, IN PARTICULAR, HAS STRONG LINKS TO THE ITALIAN RAILWAYS AND IS AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING INTERNATI [...] |
2002-07-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KCIP EAIR ELTN EWWT IT |
| 02ROME3645 |
COUNTING THE HUNGRY: FAO MEETING ON MEASURING [...] SUMMARY: THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) CONVENED AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF FOOD DEPRIVATION JUNE 26- 28, 2002 IN ROME. PARTICIPANTS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED FIVE WIDELY RECOGNIZED METHODS OF MEASURING FOOD DEPRIVATION AND UNDER-NUTRI [...] |
2002-07-24 08:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR FAO EAID ASEC |
| 02ROME3647 |
ITALY FULLY SUPPORTS DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EMANUELE PIGNATELLI TOLD POLOFF JULY 23 THAT THE GOI SHARES THE EU POSITION ON THE DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03647 240902Z ON TORTURE. STATING THAT THE GOI HAS [...] |
2002-07-24 09:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME3648 |
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH [...] SUMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND OTHERS) PARTICIPATING IN A JUNE 24-27 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE U.N.'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGA [...] |
2002-07-24 09:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO |
| 02ROME3652 |
THE ECB, NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS AND THE BANK [...] (SBU) THE BANK OF ITALY (BOI), LONG A CORNERSTONE OF THE ITALIAN ECONOMY, FACES CHANGED RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, THE BOI IS ONE OF THIRTEEN NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS WITH A VOICE IN THE SINGLE ECB MONETARY POLICY. THE ECB IS ORGANIZED WITH "CENT [...] |
2002-07-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON IT EUN |
| 02ROME3669 |
ITALY PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO CUBANS SELECTED BY [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI TOLD POLOFF JULY 23 THAT THE GOI PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO CUBANS AS PART OF A FIFTEEN-YEAR OLD CULTURAL-SCIENTIFIC ACCORD BETWEEN THE GOI AND GOC. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ACCORD, THE GOC CH [...] |
2002-07-25 07:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID CU IT UN |
| 02ROME3672 |
ITALY WILL GET OUT THE VOTE IN ECOSOC ON CHR CUBA [...] (C) ON JULY 23, IN SEPARATE MEETINGS AT THE MFA, POLOFF PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI AND EMANUELE PIGNATELLI, RESPECTIVELY OFFICE DIRECTORS FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. PIGNATELLI CONFIRMED THE GOI'S INTENTION TO VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION AGAIN AND TO [...] |
2002-07-25 11:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME3676 |
FAO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GMO FOOD AID [...] (C) SUMMARY. FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF IS EXPECTED TO SEND A LETTER TO UN UNDERSECRETARY OSHIMA CORRECTING HIS PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND STATING THAT THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DOES NOT STIPULATE MILLING OF GM COMMODITIES TO PREVENT PLANTING. COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO SOU [...] |
2002-07-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ETRD EAGR EAID MZ FAO WFP |
| 02ROME3680 |
PM BERLUSCONI WILL ALSO REMAIN FM BERLUSCONI "FOR [...] (SBU) DESPITE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUSINGS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE GOI (REPORTED REFTELS), PM BERLUSCONI WILL NOT RELINQUISH HIS POST AS INTERIM FOREIGN MINISTER ANY TIME UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03680 251544Z SOON. REFTELS REPORTED THAT THE PM WAS LIKEL [...] |
2002-07-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME3700 |
ITALIANS SUPPORT ALBANIAN AMMO INCINERATOR PROJECT [...] THE GOI SUPPORTS THE AMMUNITION INCINERATOR FOR ALBANIA BUT DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE NOW TO CONTRIBUTE, ACCORDING TO MAURIZIO MASSARI, HEAD OF THE MFA'S BALKAN AFFAIRS OFFICE. HE TOLD POL-MIL OFFICER IT WAS NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER ITALY WOULD CONTRIBUTE, BUT WHEN. ITALY CONSIDERS THE P [...] |
2002-07-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN |
| 02ROME3703 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ICC AND OEF TROOP REQUEST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH GIANNI LETTA, U/S AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ON JULY 26 TO PURSUE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REFTEL DEMARCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS. AMB. SEMBLER URGED THE GOI T [...] |
2002-07-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT KICC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME3706 |
PARTNERSHIP TO CUT HUNGER AND POVERTY IN AFRICA - [...] USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW NATSIOS, THE PRESIDENTS OF GHANA, MOZAMBIQUE AND UGANDA, STATE DEPARTMENT'S UNDERSECRETARY AL LARSON, PRESIDENT MCPHERSON OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, AND OFFICIALS OF USDA AND THE WORLD BANK - JOINTLY LAUNCHED ON JUNE 11 IN ROME A MAJOR U.S.-AFRICAN CONSORTIUM TO C [...] |
2002-07-29 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME3755 |
OLD AND NEW STYLE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS IN SICILY [...] SUMMARY. ON 24 AUGUST A/ECMIN VISITED THE PRIOLO INDUSTRIAL AREA IN SOUTHERN SICILY TO MEET WITH DOW ITALIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03755 01 OF 02 011426Z AND POLIMERI EUROPA, TOUR THEIR FACILITIES, AND ACQUIRE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPANIES TO PAVE THE [...] |
2002-07-31 14:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY ETRD SENV IT |
| 02ROME3757 |
FAO FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR TO REVIEW [...] THE FAO IS ORGANIZING AN INVITATION-ONLY FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR, OCTOBER 19-21 AND 21-23, RESPECTIVELY. THE TRIP WILL GIVE PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW FIELD-LEVEL PROGRESS IN THE FAO'S SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR FOOD SECURITY (SPFS). -------------------- BACKGROUND ----- [...] |
2002-08-01 05:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID EC GT FAO |
| 02ROME3795 |
ITALY WILL PROVIDE TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF OEF [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI WILL RECOMMEND TO PARLIAMENT THAT ITALY SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S TOP ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA. IN A MEETING WI [...] |
2002-08-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME3796 |
ICC: ITALY'S ENCOURAGING POSITION ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) ON AUG 1, THE AMBASSADOR AND ADCM MET WITH AMBASSADOR GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, THE DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI, TO DISCUSS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC). (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL.) THE AMBASSADOR DEPLOYED THE "SUPER-TALKER" POINTS ON THE ICC AND ARTICLE 98 AGRE [...] |
2002-08-01 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT KICC |
| 02ROME3849 |
ITALY'S SUPPORT FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH WITH U/S JOHN BOLTON AND EMBASSY, MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OTHER ISSUES (REPORTED SEPTEL), MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANCARLO ARAGONO REITERATED ITALY'S WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST THE US WITH EFFORTS TO SIGN AN ARTICLE 98 AGREE [...] |
2002-08-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT KICC |
| 02ROME3855 |
U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES WITH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON DISCUSSED HIS RECENT MOSCOW VISIT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS COUNTROL ISSUES, MISSILE DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (REF A) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH [...] |
2002-08-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR IT |
| 02ROME3880 |
IRAQ: MARTINO CAUSES STIR OVER ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO CAUSED A STIR AMONG ITALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMENTATORS BY SUGGESTING THAT ITALY WOULD "AUTOMATICALLY" SUPPORT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT ITALY WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT IF THERE IS "PR [...] |
2002-08-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME3899 |
FAO RELUCTANT TO CLARIFY POSITION ON GM FOOD AID, EVEN [...] SUMMARY - ACTING PERMREP AND AG COUNSELOR MET WITH TOP LEVEL FAO OFFICIALS TO EXPRESS GRAVE CONCERN WITH GUIDANCE THAT IS BEING DISSEMINATED IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY FAO REPRESENTATIVES. FAO'S MIXED MESSAGE HAS MADE LOCAL GOV'T OFFICIALS MORE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT U.S. FOOD AID LIKELY [...] |
2002-08-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN |
| 02ROME3934 |
57TH UNGA: ITALY SHARES U.S. GOALS [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH THE MFA'S ACTING OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR UN AFFAIRS, MARIO BALDI, POLOFF CONVEYED MESSAGES ON U.S. GOALS FOR THE 57TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) (REF D) AND ON THE CANDIDACY OF RUTH WEDGWOOD FOR THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (REF A). BALDI STATED THAT THE GOI SHARED USG G [...] |
2002-08-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PHUM ECON PARM EFIN IT UNGA UN |
| 02ROME3942 |
CAREFUL USG-GOI COORDINATION ESSENTIAL ON ITALIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) WE UNDERSTAND FROM E-MAIL TRAFFIC THAT THE USG PREFERS TO ACCEPT ITALY'S OFFER OF TROOPS FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) RATHER THAN THE GOI'S OFFER TO BACKFILL IN THE BALKANS (REF A). IT WILL TAKE CAREFUL HANDLING BY PRIME MI [...] |
2002-08-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME3954 |
AMBASSADOR TALKS TRADE, STEEL AND BIOTECH WITH [...] (U) THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE URSO ON AUGUST 8. AFTER DISCUSSION OF THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (SEPTEL), THE TWO DISCUSSED THE STATUS OF SEVERAL KEY TRADE ISSUES. 2. (U) FAST TRACK: URSO WAS PLEASED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FAST TRACK LEGISLATION IN TH [...] |
2002-08-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL IT EUN |
| 02ROME3959 |
ITALY AGREES ON LEVERAGING POLITICS OF AFGHAN AID [...] (SBU) A/DCM DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR, GIANCARLO ARAGONA. ARAGONA NOTED THAT MOST OF ITALY'S AFGHAN AID CONTRIBUTIONS ARE CHANNELED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (IOS) RATHER THAN DISPERSED DIRECTLY OR THROUGH NGOS. CAUTIONING THAT SUCH IOS CAN BE A CUMBERSOME MEC [...] |
2002-08-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AF EAID ECON EFIN IT PREL UNDP AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME402 |
WASSENAAR HOS: ITALY STILL MUMBLING BUT COMING [...] (SBU) UGO DE MOHR, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR, GAVE HIS VIEW OF THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE WASSENAAR HEAD OF SECRETARIAT ISSUE DURING A JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH ECONOFF. SIPDIS HE SEES, OR AT LEAST COUCHES, THE SITUATION IN PROCEDURAL TERMS: THE DECEMBER PLENARY HAVING ENDED WITHOUT SE [...] |
2002-01-25 17:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ETTC IT KSTC PARM EUN |
| 02ROME4031 |
GOOD ADVICE ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS FROM ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA URGED THE U.S. TO EXPLAIN THE EFFORT TO NEGOTIATE ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT "ROME TREATY" IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR ALLOWING CONTINUING USG INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT. "DON'T EMPHASIZE YOUR SEPAR [...] |
2002-08-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM RS IR IT KICC UNGA |
| 02ROME4048 |
DG DIOUF SPEAKS TO US PERMREP ON GM FOOD ISSUES [...] SUMMARY - US MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO DG JACQUES DIOUF TO DISCUSS FAO'S ROLE IN THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. WE URGED FAO TO TAKE A PUBLIC STANCE ON BIOTECH FOODS TO CLARIFY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF POLITICAL LEADERS BASED, AT LEAST IN PART, ON MISINFORMATION DISSEMI [...] |
2002-08-19 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN |
| 02ROME4053 |
KEY ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKERS ON GOI BUDGET ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE BALLOONING PUBLIC DEFICIT IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOI, SEVERAL KEY ECONOMIC POLICYMAKERS TOLD ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DURING A SERIES OF RECENT MEETINGS. DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER MARIO BALDASSARRI, FINANCE MINISTRY UNDER SECRETARY VITO TANZI, AND SENIOR RESEARCHER AT T [...] |
2002-08-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME4122 |
ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP (ISSWOG) WAS HELD IN ROME ON MAY 7. SENIOR US MILITARY OFFICIALS MET WITH EMBASSY ROME REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS ISSUES EFFECTING US PERSONNEL STATIONED AT MILITARY FACILITIES IN ITALY. PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA ITE [...] |
2002-08-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR FORCES IN ITALY |
| 02ROME4131 |
U.S. CONTRIBUTION FOR FAO FISHCODE: AGREEMENT [...] ON AUGUST 1, 2002 UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL HENRI CARSALADE SIGNED THE AGREEMENT FOR A USD 400,000 TWO-YEAR U.S. TRUST FUND PROJECT "FISHCODE: SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL [...] |
2002-08-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EFIS FAO |
| 02ROME42 |
AGRICULTURE MINISTER ORDERS SEED [...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ORDERED THE NATIONAL SEED CERTIFICATION ENTITY (ENSE) TO PROVIDE BY JANUARY 12 ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF GMO-FREE SOY AND CORN SEEDS FOR PLANTING. TO CONSIDER AN EXPANSION OF THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF NON-GM SEEDS FOR THE 2002 PLANTING SEA [...] |
2002-01-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME4208 |
WFP ACTIONS TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IS ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNICEF-OCHA TASK FORCE ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES, AS AGREED TO BY THE UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC) ON JUNE 20. A WFP-INTERNAL ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN FINALIZED [...] |
2002-08-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF AORC EU EAGR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4238 |
ARTICLE 98 AND AFGHANISTAN DEPLOYMENT: [...] (C) CHARGE FOLLOWED UP ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE (REFS) IN HIS INITIAL CALL ON PRIME (AND FOREIGN) MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISER, GIANNI CASTELLANETA, AUGUST 30. CASTELLANETA EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE INFORMATION ALREADY PROVIDED, FROM WHICH HE HAD DRAWN IN WORKING OUT THE GOI'S APPR [...] |
2002-08-30 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL KICC AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME4292 |
GPS/GALILEO CONSULTATIONS IN ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING 23-24 JULY CONSULTATIONS IN ROME, ITALIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDED A DIVERSE SET OF NUANCED RESPONSES TO US CONCERNS OVER THE POSSIBLE OVERLAY OF THE GPS M-CODE BY GALILEO PRS. WHILE ITALIAN TECHNICAL EXPERTS WORKING ON GALILEO EXPRESSED SOME SYMPATHY TO US CO [...] |
2002-09-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA TSPL ECON IT |
| 02ROME4303 |
ITALIANS RECEPTIVE TO MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON JULY 24, DOD DAS IAN BRZEZINSKI AND AN INTERAGENCY TEAM UPDATED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04303 01 OF 02 050734Z THE GOI ON THE US MISSILE DEFENSE (MD) PROGRAM, DISCUSSED THE NEW POST-SEPTEMBER 11 SECURITY EN [...] |
2002-09-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC IT CBW |
| 02ROME4341 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ITALIANS WAIT FOR EU [...] (U) ITALY WILL AWAIT THE RESULTS OF SEPT. 11 DISCUSSION AT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04341 061232Z THE EU CFSP HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL, INCOMING MFA HU [...] |
2002-09-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL EU EUN |
| 02ROME4424 |
HUNGARIAN PM ASSURES HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR [...] (S) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER MEDQYESSY ASSURED HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR RIDGE OF GOH SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON TERROR, INCLUDING ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO STEMMING FINANCIAL SECRET PAGE 02 ROME 04424 121327Z SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND TO HOSTING THE ILEA IN [...] |
2002-09-12 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS PREL HU IT IZ |
| 02ROME443 |
MISSION ITALY STRATEGY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY AND INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CONSULATES FLORENCE, MILAN, AND NAPLES. 2. SUMMARY: AS REPORTED REF A, THE GOI HAS ONLY RECENTLY STARTED TO COORDINATE GOVERNMENT-WIDE ITS PREPARATION FOR THE WSSD NEXT SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO MFA, ITALY WILL WORK H [...] |
2002-01-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA IT FAO |
| 02ROME4484 |
WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...] |
2002-09-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4485 |
WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...] |
2002-09-15 06:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4495 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SUBSTANTIVE PATENT [...] (U) ECONOFF MET ON 12 SEPTEMBER WITH COUNSELOR GIULIO PRIGIONI, THE NEWLY-APPOINTED ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO WIPO (REF.A) TO DISCUSS REF POINTS (REF. B). 2. (SBU) THE GOI AGREES WITH THE USG POSITION THAT THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED AND PRODUCTIVE, PR [...] |
2002-09-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EUN |
| 02ROME4499 |
FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR RECOMMENDS OVERHAUL OF [...] FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR, WHILE ISSUING AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION ON FAO'S BIENNIUM ACCOUNTS FOR 2000-2001, HAS RAISED CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ADEQUACY AND GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FAO'S INTERNAL AUDIT MECHANISM. THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR HAS OUTLINED A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED INCLUDING ES [...] |
2002-09-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4519 |
ITALY'S BARRIERS TO AG BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A, POST PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON ITALY'S BARRIERS TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. ITALY'S THREE NATIONAL BARRIERS TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ARE A BAN ON EU-APPROVED CORN VARIETIES, ITALY'S RESTRICTIVE THRESHOLD FOR ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE OF BIOTECH MATERIAL IN [...] |
2002-09-17 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO IT EUN |
| 02ROME4540 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST LICENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 02ROME4561 |
FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES CONSIDER [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002. THE MAIN TOPIC IN THE JOINT SESSION WAS THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN (MTP) 2004-09 AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESOURCES. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MADE A STRONG BID FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE [...] |
2002-09-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO |
| 02ROME4613 |
GOI: IF WE SANCTION ZIMBABWE, WHY NOT ERITREA? [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED TO MFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY-EQUIVALENT CABRAS REF A DEMARCHE ENJOINING THE EU SIPDIS NOT TO INVITE ZIMBABWE TO ITS FALL MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY [...] |
2002-09-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PHUM KDEM ZI ER IT SADC |
| 02ROME462 |
ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JANUARY [...] SUMMARY. ITALY'S ALREADY WEAK ECONOMY WILL REGISTER AN ANEMIC GDP GROWTH RATE OF ONE PERCENT IN 2002, WITH A MODERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPECTED ONLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. IN 2003, GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE TWO PERCENT. INVESTMENT WILL PROMPT THE VERY MODEST GROWTH IN 20 [...] |
2002-01-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME4625 |
PRESIDENT OF GOI'S PARLIAMENT'S DEFENSE COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 23, PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04625 241753Z COMMITTEE PRESIDENT LUIGI RAMPONI TOLD DCM THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UNSC MANDATED USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ WOULD HAVE STRONG, ACROSS THE BOARD SUPPORT IN THE CHAMBER. [...] |
2002-09-24 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4668 |
ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ: BERLUSCONI [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN HIS PRESENTATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT, ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES, UNDERSCORED THE THREAT FROM IRAQ'S WEAPONS CAPABILITIES, AND NOTED THAT MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO KEEP INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES [...] |
2002-09-25 17:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME468 |
FAO: HELMS-BIDEN - CURRENT STATUS [...] THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES THE CURRENT STATUS OF WHERE FAO STANDS REGARDING HELMS-BIDEN PROVISIONS ON (A) THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FUNCTION, (B) PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND (C) SUNSET PROVISIONS. MISSION REQUESTS DEPARTMENT'S GUIDANCE IF ANY FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED BEFORE A RECOMMENDATION COULD BE MAD [...] |
2002-01-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR FAO |
| 02ROME4724 |
UNDER SECRETARY FEITH MEETING WITH AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04724 01 OF 02 040006Z DOUGLAS FEITH MET WITH MOD FAHIM KHAN IN KABUL ON 29 SEPTEMBER. MOD FAHIM MET WITH THE U.S. DELEGATION IN PRESIDENT KARZAI'S OFFICE AND MADE THE FOLLOWING KE [...] |
2002-09-30 07:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PARM PREL AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME4727 |
SHIPOWNERS RAISE CSI AT AMVER AWARDS CEREMONY [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER RECOGNIZED THE INTERDICTION AND SAFETY EFFORTS OF ITALIAN SHIPPERS AT THE ANNUAL AMVER AWARDS CEREMONY ON SEPTEMBER 19. THE EVENT WAS WELL-COVERED IN THE ITALIAN PRESS. SOME PARTICIPANTS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE CONTAINER SECURIT [...] |
2002-09-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT IT MARITIME |
| 02ROME4735 |
ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT - SUSTANTIVE FOOD DEFICITS [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ETHIOPIA SEPTEMBER 16-20, AND TRAVELED IN DROUGHT AFFECTED WOREDAS OF EAST AND WEST HARARGE REGION. ASSESSMENTS OF THIS AREA, IN ADDITION TO TIGRAY, WOLLO AND THE SOUTHERN REGION - SHOW A SERIOUS EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPING AS THE MAJOR (MEHER) CR [...] |
2002-09-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME474 |
FINMIN VIEWS ON JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER, TERRORIST [...] (SBU) WHEN THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI, HE PRAISED ITALIAN ACTION IN FREEZING TERRORIST ASSETS, INQUIRED HOW ECONOMIC REFORM WAS PROGRESSING AND MADE A STRONG ARGUMENT THAT THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER WAS IN ITALY'S TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. TREMONTI [...] |
2002-01-31 08:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT FAS EAGR PREL |
| 02ROME4755 |
EC MEMBERSHIP IN FAO CODEX COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. MISOFF SHARED REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 04755 020543Z MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION WITH CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] |
2002-10-02 05:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR FAO |
| 02ROME4756 |
ERITREAN MAIN CROP SEASON DROUGHT - DIFFICULT TIMES [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ERITREA SEPTEMBER 20-26, AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN DROUGHT AFFECTED REGIONS. PROSPECTS FOR THE CURRENT MAIN "KIREMTI" HARVEST CROPS AND REGENERATION OF PASTURES ARE POOR FOLLOWING SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST GRAIN [...] |
2002-10-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME4766 |
GALILEO DISCUSSION WITH ALENIA'S VIRIGLIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: EST SECTION RECENTLY MET WITH GIUSEPPE VIRIGLIO, CEO FOR THE SPACE DIVISION OF ITALIAN AEROSPACE COMPANY ALENIA SPAZIO. THE EUROPEAN GALILEO GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT USG-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON GPS-GALILEO INTEROPERABILITY. VIRIGLIO [...] |
2002-10-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA TSPL ECON EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME4807 |
ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...] |
2002-10-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4821 |
UNIDROIT RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS [...] MISSION RECEIVED 10/02/02 A RESPONSE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE UNIFICATION OF PRIVATE LAW (UNIDROIT) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED PER REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS: 2. BEGIN TEXT: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 04821 041029Z DEAR MS. HEILEMAN, I [...] |
2002-10-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
| 02ROME4887 |
A/S RADEMAKER'S ITALY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) ITALIAN MFA ARMS CONTROL EXPERTS, MEETING WITH A/S RADEMAKER ON SEPTEMBER 25, WELCOMED THE NEW US POSITION ON THE 5TH BWC REVCON. AFTER RECEIVING CLARIFICATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY UNDERLYING THE US APPROACH TO THE BWC, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR SKEPTICISM THAT THE NAM WOULD ACCEPT AN AGREE [...] |
2002-10-08 07:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IT CBW |
| 02ROME4900 |
GOI ON TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 4 THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS PAOLO PUCCI TOLD POL MINISTER COUNSELOR THAT WHILE ITALY RECOGNIZED THE REFORMS PUT IN PLACE RECENTLY BY THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04900 082132Z TURKISH LEGISLATURE, IT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO [...] |
2002-10-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL TU IT EUN |
| 02ROME4911 |
IWC MEETING - ITALY UNLIKELY TO VOTE BUT STILL [...] ON OCTOBER 4, POST PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO SILVIA DE BERTOLDI, ASSISTANT TO GIUSEPPE AMBROSIO, THE ITALIAN IWC COMMISSIONER. DE BERTOLDI WAS CONFIDENT THAT ITALY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VOTE AT THE IWC SPECIAL MEETING SINCE THE FISHERIES DIRECTOR GENERAL HAD SIGNED THE IWC-ARREARS PAYME [...] |
2002-10-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV KSCA IT IWC |
| 02ROME4912 |
KUCHMA VISIT TO ITALY [...] (U) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) POL MINISTER COUNSELOR USED THE OPPORTUNITY OF HIS COURTESY CALL ON THE NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL (A/S EQUIVALENT) FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS PAOLO PUCCI TO UNDERLINE U.S. CONCERNS SECRET PAGE 02 ROME 04912 081516Z OVE [...] |
2002-10-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PARM IT UP IZ UN |
| 02ROME4937 |
GREEK VIEWS ON MARGIN OF PREFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 3 AGATTACHE AND AGSPECIALIST MET WITH MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY DIVISION SECRETARY GENERAL KORAKAS DG SARROS AND TWO OTHER MINAG EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIVISION OF ARABLE CROPS TO DISCUSS GREECE'S POSITION ON THE MARGIN OF PREFERENCE (MOP). GREECE WILL LIKEL [...] |
2002-10-09 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME4939 |
ICCROM RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON [...] MISSION RECEIVED 10/7/02 A RESPONSE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY (ICCROM) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED PER REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS: 2. BEGIN TEXT: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 04939 1002 [...] |
2002-10-10 01:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD ICCROM |
| 02ROME4959 |
ITALY ON VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS: GIVE GVN PROMISE [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 10 AT THE MFA, POLOFF MET WITH TIZIANA MARINI, DEPUTY OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS, TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE ON PROTECTING VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS. AS HER PREDECESSOR RESPONDED TO THE PREVIOUS DEMARCHE ON THIS ISSUE (REF B), MARINI SAID THAT THE GOI WAS ACTIN [...] |
2002-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL VM CB IT UN |
| 02ROME4963 |
CROATIA/ICTY: GOI SUPPORTS STRONG PRIVATE, NUANCED [...] (C) DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, POL MC ON OCTOBER 4 UNDERLINED TO DIRECTOR OF MFA BALKANS OFFICE MAURIZIO MASSARI USG'S VIEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA SHOULD COMPLY IMMEDIATELY AND IN FULL WITH THE INDICTMENT BY THE ICTY OF GENERAL BOBETKO. HE UNDERSCORED THE SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS OF NON [...] |
2002-10-11 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL PGOV HR IT UN EUN |
| 02ROME4989 |
PRESSING ITALIAN POLICYMAKERS ON EU BIOTECH ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DEMARCHES ON SENIOR GOI OFFICIALS OCTOBER 8-10, DCM, ECMIN, AGMIN AND SCIENCE COUNSELOR PRESSED THE U.S. POSITION ON EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING (T/L) AND FOOD AND FEED (F/F) PROPOSALS. EMPHASIZING THAT THE UPCOMING AGRICULTURE MINISTERS COUNCIL AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS COUN [...] |
2002-10-11 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR TBIO IT EUN |
| 02ROME5018 |
ICC: ARTICLE 98 DISCUSSIONS WITH ITALY [...] (C) IN MEETINGS AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE AND THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, THE ICC/ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING TEAM PRESENTED A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE U.S. POSITION AND RATIONALE FOR OUR DRAFT ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TEXT. ITALIAN COUNTERPARTS UNDERSCORED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE EU GUIDEL [...] |
2002-10-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT KICC |
| 02ROME5036 |
ITALY: POINTS FOR PM'S TRIP TO RUSSIA AND [...] (C) ON OCT 15 DCM BRIEFED PM BERLUSCONI DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR CASTELLANETA ON USG CONCERNS REGARDING RUSSIAN POLICIES TOWARD IRAQ AND IRAN, USING POINTS IN REF A, IN PREPARATION FOR THE PM'S OCT 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN IN MOSCOW. (NOTE: CASTELLANETA HAD REQUESTED THIS BRIEFING ON BEHALF OF [...] |
2002-10-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IT IR IZ RS EUN UN |
| 02ROME5049 |
THE 2003 BUDGET (PART I): A TIGHTROPE WALK [...] (U) THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES ON THE ITALIAN BUDGET. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A DIVIDED ITALIAN CABINET, AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT DEBATE, HAS AGREED UPON AND SENT TO PARLIAMENT THE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL 2003 BUDGET. THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET IS AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AN [...] |
2002-10-17 07:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EUN |
| 02ROME5058 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ZIMBABWE - "NO FAMINE - [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED ZIMBABWE OCTOBER 08-11 AND FOUND ZIMBABWE SLOUCHING TOWARD A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION IS NOW CLASSIFIED BY THE UN AS SERIOUSLY FOOD INSECURE (6.7 MILLION). WHILE EXACERBATED BY SUB-NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR, TH [...] |
2002-10-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5079 |
NORTH KOREANS SIGNAL NEW OPENNESS AT ENERGY [...] AT A RECENT CONFERENCE IN ITALY ON NORTH KOREAN ENERGY NEEDS, THE DPRK DELEGATION APPEARED TO SIGNAL UNUSUAL OPENNESS. ITS PRESENCE AT A CONFERENCE WITH USG AND ROK REPRESENTATIVES WAS ITSELF REMARKABLE, AND ITS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SHORTCOMINGS AND REFORMS WAS MORE SO. DPRK REPRESENTATIVE [...] |
2002-10-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EAID PARM KN IT |
| 02ROME5083 |
ITALYS 2003 GOI BUDGET (PART II) [...] SUMMARY: THE GOI PRESENTED ITS 2003 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT ON OCTOBER 2. REVISIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE BUDGET IN LATE DECEMBER. THE 2003 BUDGET TOTALS E619.1 BILLION (47.4 PERCENT OF GDP), WITH A DEFICIT OF E19.6 BILLION (1.5 PERCENT OF GDP). A PACKAGE OF E20 BILLION (1 [...] |
2002-10-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT KPRP |
| 02ROME5090 |
BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT [...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...] |
2002-10-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL IT IR IZ |
| 02ROME5093 |
GOI AGREES WITH USG ON NEED FOR SERBIAN ELECTION [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 16, MFA BALKAN OFFICE DIRECTOR MAURIZIO MASSARI TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI AGREED COMPLETELY WITH USG THE USG VIEW EXPRESSED REFTEL THAT THE IC MUST PUT PRESSURE ON SERB PM DJINDJIC TO RECONVENE PARLIAMENT IN ORDER TO AMEND THE ELECTORAL LAW IN LINE WITH ODIHR RECOMMENDATIONS. M [...] |
2002-10-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR MN IT OSCE |
| 02ROME5106 |
CLARIFICATION OF ITALIAN POSITION ON SECURITY [...] (C) POST READ WITH INTEREST REF A ON ITALY'S PIQUE ABOUT THE U.S. ENDORSEMENT OF A PERMANENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT FOR GERMANY. REF A'S COMMENT NOTED THAT THE GOI PERMREP "REFRAINED FROM MENTIONING ITALY'S HOPES FOR A PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT." HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT [...] |
2002-10-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM IT UNSC |
| 02ROME5117 |
MISSILE DEFENSE FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALIANS [...] (C) THE GOI IS INTERESTED IN CONTINUING BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ON MISSILE DEFENSE BUT WANTS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITHIN NATO TO DEVELOP FURTHER A COMMON CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THE PROGRAM, ACCORDING TO MINISTER CARLO TREZZA, MFA COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. NATO MEMBERS, AND [...] |
2002-10-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP IT NATO |
| 02ROME5125 |
ITALIAN MFA ON LEBANON-ISRAEL WATER ISSUE, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA REPORTS THAT THE ITALIAN WATER EXPERT CURRENTLY WORKING THE ISRAELI-LEBANESE WATER DISPUTE MAY SEEK TO HELP BROKER A LONGER-TERM, BROADER SHARING AGREEMENT, BUT AS AN EU INITIATIVE, NOT AN ITALIAN EFFORT. ROME RECEIVED THE PITCH FROM LEBANESE FINANCE MINISTER SINIORA ON THE EU [...] |
2002-10-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT IZ |
| 02ROME5131 |
OCTOBER 18 ITALIAN GENERAL STRIKE GENERATES [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) ILLUSTRATING BOTH ITS REACH AND DEPTH AS ITALY'S LARGEST TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, CGIL (THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF ITALIAN WORKERS) BROUGHT MUCH OF ITALY TO A CRAWL, IF NOT A COMPLETE HALT, DURING ITS ONE-DAY STRIKE OCTOBER 18. THE EIGHT-HOUR ACT [...] |
2002-10-22 04:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV IT |
| 02ROME5132 |
MADAGASCAR AFTER THE POLITICAL CRISIS: AVERTING [...] FODAG PROJECT BUDGET SPECIALIST VISITED MADAGASCAR SEPTEMBER 17-27 AND TRAVELED TO DROUGHT- AND CYCLONE- AFFECTED AREAS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE COUNTRY. ASSESSMENTS OF THESE AREAS, AND MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MADAGASCAR (GOM), THE DONOR COMMUNITY, THE WORLD F [...] |
2002-10-22 06:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP UN |
| 02ROME5133 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN MALAWI - "THE JOURNEY IS [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED MALAWI OCTOBER 11-13 AND FOUND THAT RELIEF PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND THE SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE ARE PROGRESSING WELL, ALTHOUGH THE NEED TO EXPAND AND ACCELERATE OPERATIONS REMAINS AS MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT FOOD. NEARLY THIRTY PERCENT [...] |
2002-10-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5134 |
GENEVA GROUP DISCUSSES TERM LIMITS [...] SUMMARY: THE GENEVA GROUP DISCUSSED TERM LIMITS ON OCTOBER 16. GERMANY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE ISSUE BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE FAO COUNCIL WHICH MEETS OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 2. ACCORDING TO THE GROUNDWORK DONE BY DENMARK AS PRESIDENT OF THE EU, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION TO TH [...] |
2002-10-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR FAO |
| 02ROME5139 |
FIAT IN CRISIS: GOI BETWEEN A ROCK ANDA HARD PLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT, ITALY'S LARGET CORPORATION AND NATIONAL ICON, IS IN THE MIDSTOF A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING CRISIS AS ITS SUBSIDIARY, FIAT AUTO, FACES TH CONSEQUENCES OF DECADES OF MOUNTING LOSSES AND EBT. THE CRISIS OF FIAT AUTO CRISIS IS HITTING IALY HARD ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY. LAB [...] |
2002-10-22 10:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND IT EIN |
| 02ROME5184 |
ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05184 01 OF 03 232138Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...] |
2002-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME5193 |
ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05193 01 OF 03 232006Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...] |
2002-10-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME5226 |
WFP BOARD DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH FOOD [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE OCTOBER 21, 2002 DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID AT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, EU MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ARGUED THAT WORKABLE ALTERNATIVES TO BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID MUST BE FOUND AND THAT THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT BIOTECH FOOD [...] |
2002-10-25 09:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR SENV FAO WHO |
| 02ROME5236 |
DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE [...] ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS PLANS TO LAUNCH A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE NEEDS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF THE DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE D'IVOIRE. THE EMOP WILL COVER THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1, 2002 THROUGH JAN [...] |
2002-10-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5252 |
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] |
2002-10-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR SENV FAO |
| 02ROME5255 |
GOI BRIEFS USEU AMB SCHNABEL ON EU PRESIDENCY [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT USEU/EMBASSY ROME CABLE. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN PREPARATION FOR ITALY,S PRESIDENCY OF THE EU DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2003, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE EU ROCKWELL SCHNABEL PAID INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON ITALIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND GIOV [...] |
2002-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN IR TU EU EAGR IT |
| 02ROME5308 |
THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...] |
2002-10-30 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5323 |
REPORT ON FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE NINTH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MET OCTOBER 14-19, CHAIRED BY ROB BERTRAM OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMISSION ENDORSED A DRAFT MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MT [...] |
2002-10-31 07:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR SENV FAO |
| 02ROME5324 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...] |
2002-10-31 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5337 |
ITALY-LIBYA: PM BERLUSCONI'S OCT. 28 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALIAN MFA SAYS THAT PM BERLUSCONI CONVEYED TO QADHAFI, AT OUR REQUEST, A STRONG MESSAGE ON THE NEED FOR LIBYA TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS REGARDING LOCKERBIE. THE TWO SIDES FAILED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A "COMPENSATION" PACKAGE THAT WOULD MAKE LIBYA DROP [...] |
2002-10-31 08:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IT LY PREL UN |
| 02ROME5355 |
GOI COMMITTED TO BUT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU-CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO A HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS NICOLO' GORETTI SHARED INFORMATION ON HOW THE GOI AND OTHER EU MEMBERS VIEWED CUBA AND THE EU DIALOGUE WITH IT. HE LOCATED ITALY IN A "PRO-ENGAGEMENT" GROUP ALONG WITH OTHER " [...] |
2002-10-31 14:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME5360 |
WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES IMPERILED BY LACK OF FOOD [...] AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MINURSO (UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA) ADDRESSED WFP'S DONORS ON OCTOBER 25. HE UNDERLINED THAT THE LACK OF FOOD AID AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING PRESENTLY THREATEN SOME 155,000 WESTERN SAHARAN (SAH [...] |
2002-10-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5421 |
LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS), AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...] |
2002-11-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5430 |
ITALY'S DEFENSE BUDGET - SPARED FOR NOW [...] (C) DESPITE INTENSIFYING BUDGET PRESSURES, DEFENSE SPENDING FOR 2003 WILL NOT BE CUT, FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO, TOLD ACTING ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ON OCTOBER 31. TRUPIANO CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAS REJECTED FINANCE MINISTER TREMON [...] |
2002-11-07 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT PGOV ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME544 |
WFP MONITORING - STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL [...] A FIVE COUNTRY STUDY OF ONGOING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONCLUDES THAT: WFP HAS STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF ITS OPERATIONS; THERE IS A CLEAR ROLE FOR CAREFULLY TARGETED DEVELOPMENT FOOD AID INTERVENTIONS; IN- KIND FOOD AID SHOU [...] |
2002-02-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5446 |
REPORT OF 123RD FAO COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZTION (FAO) COUNCIL'S 123RD SESSION (OCTOBER 28- OVEMBER 2), THE U.S. DELEGATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AN INTERSSSIONAL "FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR" GROUP ON DIRECTOR ENERAL TERM LIMITS DID NOT PREJUDGE THE OUTCOM [...] |
2002-11-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR KUNR FAO EAG |
| 02ROME5454 |
REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...] |
2002-11-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5458 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ITALIAN PREPARATIONS FOR [...] WE CONVEYED REFS A AND B POINTS TO ALESSANDRO FALLAVOLLITA, CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (AND CURRENT HEAD OF THE ITALIAN DELEGATION TO SEOUL). FALLAVOLLITA: - INDICATED ITALY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEND AN UNDERSECRETARY AS HEAD OF ITS DELEGATION; IF NOT, FALLAVOL [...] |
2002-11-07 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL IT EUN |
| 02ROME5470 |
PUERTO RICO'S ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP WITH FAO [...] SUMMARY: THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) HAS INFORMED FODAG THAT PUERTO RICO SEEKS TO REGAIN ASSOCIATE MEMBER STATUS WITH THE FAO (THIS STATUS HAVING LAPSED DUE TO PUERTO RICO'S INABILITY TO MEET ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS.) ACCORDING TO THE FAO STATUTES, ASSOCIATE MEMBER STAT [...] |
2002-11-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC RQ FAO |
| 02ROME5491 |
REPORT OF 56TH UNIDROIT FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY. THE 56TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE UNIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW (UNIDROIT) FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED A 2003 ORDINARY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 05491 120655Z BUDGET LEVEL OF EURO 1,802,550.00, A NOMINAL INCREASE OF 1 [...] |
2002-11-12 05:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
| 02ROME5511 |
GERMAN GOVERNMENT (BMZ) PROPOSES AN EXTERNAL [...] THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (BMZ) HAS PROPOSED AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WFP'S DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO AND EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT THE EVALUATION BE CONDUCTED WITH OTHER DONOR PARTNERS. DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE SUPPORTIVE. A TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) PAPE [...] |
2002-11-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5540 |
WFPASKS SUPPORT OF SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN TO [...] (SBU) WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECOR JAMES MORRIS IN A LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERL KOFI ANNAN (DATED OCTOBER 24) UNDERLINED THAT HE UN'S SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD JEAN ZIEGLER) IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE EFFORTS OFTHE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO FOOD CRISESAROUND THE WORLD, AND PART [...] |
2002-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5543 |
CUBA/UNGA: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO A DEMARCHE ON THE CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION, MFA COUNSELOR GORETTI STATED THAT THE GOI WOULD VOTE THE AGREED EU POSITION. HE DISAGREED WITH U.S. POINTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE EMBARGO, ITS IMPLEMENTATIO [...] |
2002-11-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME5560 |
ITALY MAINTAINS STATUS QUO AFTER ECJ OPEN SKIES [...] WE CONTACTED ALDO SANSONE, DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND MARIA LUISA TIMPONE, INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, ENAC (ITALY'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY) REGARDING THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (ECJ) DECISION ON MEMBER STATE OPEN SKIES AGREEMENTS WITH THE U.S. (RE [...] |
2002-11-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN FAA AVIATION |
| 02ROME5568 |
BETTER REGULATION: OMB ADMINISTRATOR GRAHAM [...] SUMMARY. REACTION TO OMB ADMINISTRATOR JOHN GRAHAM'S MESSAGE ON REGULATORY REFORM IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE RANGED FROM A LIVELY GIVE-AND-TAKE AMONG SENIOR GOI OFFICIALS, INCLUDING A NOTED EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, TO POLITE CURIOSITY AMONG BUSINESS LEADERS. WHILE BOTH AUDIENCES ACKNOWLEDGED THE UTILI [...] |
2002-11-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME5569 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE TO PRE- GAERC POINTS ON DPRK, [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 14, POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ROCCO ANTONIO CANGELOSI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. ON THE DPRK, CANGELOSI'S WANTED TO KNOW, "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THEM IN ORDER TO REOPEN THE DIALOGUE?" POLMINCOUNS REPLIED THAT WE HAD LOST CONFIDENCE IN ANYT [...] |
2002-11-15 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KN TU CY IT EUN |
| 02ROME5584 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR CENTRAL AMERICA - THREE YEARS (MARCH 2003-FEBRUARY 2006), VALUED AT USD 56.62 MILLION, TO ASSIST 690,000 BENEFICIARIES/ANNUM. SEVERE CORN CROP LOS [...] |
2002-11-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5589 |
NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY CLUSTER IN VENETO READY [...] SUMMARY. ESTCOUNS AND SCI SPECIALIST VISITED THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA NANOTECHNOLOGY PROJECT, A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP AN INTERNATIONALLY-COMPETITIVE HIGH-TECH CLUSTER IN VENETO (NORTHERN ITALY). THE PROJECT, CO-FUNDED BY THE RESEARCH MINISTRY, [...] |
2002-11-18 13:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA TPHY IT |
| 02ROME5595 |
IMMIGRATION: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN INTERIOR [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2.(U) INTERIOR MINISTERS FOR THE "ADRIATIC-IONIAN" REGION ANNOUNCED A NEW ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT CLANDESTINE IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE END OF A ONE-DAY MINISTERIAL IN LECCE NOVEMBER 13. THE ACTION PLAN WAS SIGNED BY MINISTERS FROM ITALY, ALBANIA [...] |
2002-11-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG ELAB PGOV IT |
| 02ROME5599 |
DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO PM BERLUSCONI [...] (S) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM, MET WITH PM BERLUSCONI AT CIAMPINO AIRPORT LATE EVENING OF 15 NOVEMBER TO DELIVER PRESIDENT BUSH'S MESSAGE ON THE PRAGUE NATO SUMMIT AND TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES (SEPTEL). BERLUSCONI WAS MAKING A SHORT SECRET PAGE 02 ROME [...] |
2002-11-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME560 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND [...] (SBU) IN HIS COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY STANCA, THE AMBASSADOR EXPLORED ITALIAN HIGH-TECH, PROMOTED THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AS HONING THE ITALIAN EDGE IN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, AND SOUGHT AN ALLY IN THE BIOTECH DEBATES. MINISTER STANCA, CAUTIOUS IN HIS NEWLY ES [...] |
2002-02-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR PREL AL IT JO MZ TS EUN |
| 02ROME5601 |
GREECE'S DOMESTIC COTTON PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: GREEK COTTON PRODUCTION IS SUSTAINED BY EU PRICE SUPPORTS WHICH VARY ACCORDING TO OVERALL PRODUCTION TARGETS. BECAUSE OF OVERPRODUCTION IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE AVERAGE PRICE PAID FOR SEED COTTON HAS VARIED FROM 62.50 EUROS PER 100 KG TO 88.0 EUROS PER 100 KG. 2. KE [...] |
2002-11-19 07:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EU GR IT USTR |
| 02ROME5602 |
CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...] |
2002-11-19 07:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME |
| 02ROME5624 |
ITALY ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, SOMALIA, ERITREA, COTE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 14, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA BRUNO CABRAS GAVE A READOUT OF THE EU-SADC MEETING, WHICH FOCUSED ON ZIMBABWE AND MADE NO PROGRESS; REQUESTED THAT THE SUDAN "TROIKA" BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE GOI; ARGUED FOR G [...] |
2002-11-19 14:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI SU SO ER IV ET IT |
| 02ROME563 |
FINANCE MINISTRY ON IDA REPLENISHMENT; GOI [...] ITALIAN OFFICIALS SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN IDA LENDING AS GRANTS RATHER THAN LOANS, BUT STILL ONLY AS MINOR SHARE OF OVERALL LENDING. IN A FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH FINMIN OFFICIALS, ECOUN AND ECONOFF PRESENTED PRESIDENT BUSH'S PROPOSAL THAT THE WORLD BANK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT BANKS DRAMATICALLY [...] |
2002-02-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IT IDA |
| 02ROME5662 |
CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...] |
2002-11-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME |
| 02ROME5697 |
REENGAGING PM BERLUSCONI ON BIOTECH [...] (C) JOINED BY AMBASSADORS HALL AND NICHOLSON I HAD DINNER NOVEMBER 12 WITH PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI, HIS PRINCIPAL ADVISOR GIANNI LETTA, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. WE USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPRESS UPON THE PM THE NEGATIVE EFFECT EU POLICY WAS HAVING ON THE WILLINGNESS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO DIST [...] |
2002-11-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD IT PGOV TBIO EUN |
| 02ROME5720 |
COMMUNICATIONS BILATERAL: UPDATE AND GOI REQUEST [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. ECONCOUNS MET WITH COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY SENIOR OFFICIALS NOVEMBER 20 AS A FOLLOW ON TO OUR OCTOBER 30 MEETING (REFTEL). PENDING RUBBERSTAMP BY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER GASPARRI, SECRETARY GENERAL VITTORIO STELO HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO POS [...] |
2002-11-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IT ECIP WTRO EUN |
| 02ROME5750 |
FIAT: WORKER PROTESTS CONTINUE; SICILIAN SOLUTION IN SIGHT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT AUTO, TRADE UNIONS AND THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE THEIR POSTURING AROUND THE AUTOMAKER'S PLAN TO CUT COSTS BY IDLING THREE PLANTS AND LAYING OFF OVER 8,000 EMPLOYEES. ALTHOUGH FIAT'S LENDERS APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY ONES CONTENT WITH THE PLAN AS CONCEIVED, WORKER ACTI [...] |
2002-11-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI IT |
| 02ROME5771 |
PROJECT MERCY - A PROVEN NGO IMPLEMENTING PARTNER [...] USMISSION AMBASSADOR TONY HALL HAS KNOWN MATRA GABRE- TSADICK AND HER HUSBAND DEME WHO RUN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL SIPDIS ORGANIZATION CALLED PROJECT MERCY IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (SNNPR) FOR MANY YEARS AND CONSIDERS THEM OUTSTANDING HUMANITARIANS. HE HAS VISITED THEIR PROJECT NEAR BUTAJIRA, IN T [...] |
2002-11-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5778 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR THE WEST AFRICA COASTAL REGION - ONE YEAR (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003), VALUED AT USD 56.81 MILLION, TO ASSIST 789,430 (INCLUDING 50,000 CONTINGENCY C [...] |
2002-11-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5788 |
WFP'S WEST AFRICA REGIONAL AIRCRAFT EXPANDS [...] THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) HAS ISSUED A NEW SPECIAL OPERATION (SO) FOR ITS WEST AFRICA PASSENGER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05788 01 OF 03 021338Z AIRCRAFT SERVICE AND LAST WEEK ISSUED A DONOR'S ALERT FOR THE SO. THE NEW SO REQUESTS 1.2 MILLION USD FOR [...] |
2002-12-02 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | |