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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 04ROME2590 |
ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) MFA SYRIA DESK OFFICER ALESSANDRA PASTORELLI TOLD POLOFF THAT ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERNS OVER THE RECENT UPTICK IN POLITICALLY RELATED DETENTIONS IN SYRIA. THE SUBJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN DEPTH AT EU MIDDLE EAST WORKING GROUP (COMEM) MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS. AT NEXT WEEK'S COMEM, ITALY WI [...] |
2004-07-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME2630 |
NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES ITALIAN STYLE: FINANCE [...] (C) FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI WAS FORCED OUT OF OFFICE JULY 2 BY DEPUTY PM FINI, WHO THREATENED TO QUIT THE GOVERNMENT ABSENT TREMONTI'S RESIGNATION. FINI'S PUSH FOR MORE POWER OVER ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING HAD BEEN STYMIED BY TREMONTI. BERLUSCONI, IN A SURPRISE MOVE, NAMED HIMSELF A [...] |
2004-07-06 18:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME2631 |
ITALIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A DELEGATION LED BY LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR., A/S FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS, DISCUSSED ITALY-SPECIFIC GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW (GPR) PROPOSALS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS FROM THE DEFENSE GENERAL STAFF AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON JUNE 16. CHIEF OF DEFENSE (CHOD) ADMIRAL GI [...] |
2004-07-07 05:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME2643 |
UPDATE ON WFP DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION [...] THE FIELD PHASE OF THE JOINT EVALUATION OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) ENABLING DEVELOPMENT POLICY (EDP) IS NEARLY COMPLETE. THE NEXT AND FINAL PHASE OF THE EVALUATION IS TO BE CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER 2004. DESPITE PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE EVALUATION ITSELF, AS WELL AS MISSION EFFORTS TO [...] |
2004-07-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ADRC WFP |
| 04ROME2653 |
BERLUSCONOMICS - THE RECORD UNDER TREMONTI'S [...] SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO STAY AT THE HELM OF ITALIAN ECONOMIC DECISION- MAKING, FOLLOWING THE FORCED RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI (REF A). WHILE THERE IS PRESSURE FOR THE PM TO APPOINT A PERMANENT SUCCESSOR SOONER, BERLUSCONI HAS H [...] |
2004-07-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME2657 |
BIOTECHNOLOGY: WFP INTERNAL GUIDANCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN AN INTERNAL "CORPORATE MESSAGE" RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED TO ITS STAFF WORLDWIDE, SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) STRESSED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS NEUTRAL IN THE DEBATE ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS. EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT (1) WFP [...] |
2004-07-08 07:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD SENV AORC WFP |
| 04ROME2659 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM REPORTS ON USAID-FUNDED JUNIOR [...] FOLLOWING HER MEETING IN WASHINGTON, DC, WITH USAID FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER CARELL LAURENT, WFP HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER ANNA COPE REPORTED TO US PROGRESS IN WFP'S EFFORTS TO SECURE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM USAID TO FUND ADDITIONAL WFP JPOS. THE MEETING, WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 1, 2004, WAS A [...] |
2004-07-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ADRC WFP |
| 04ROME2690 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA: IRAQ TO DOMINATE [...] (C) MFA DIRECTOR FOR EU CFSP LUIGI MATTIOLO PREDICTED THAT FMS WILL FOCUS ON IRAQ AT THE JULY 12-13 GAERC, POSSIBLY EATING INTO SOME OF THE TIME CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. HE NOTED THAT IRAQI PM ALLAWI "PLUS A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION" FROM THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT WILL ATTEND A WO [...] |
2004-07-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME2692 |
ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME [...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...] |
2004-07-12 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME2745 |
ITALY - HIGH-LEVEL CONCERN RE UNSC REFORM [...] (C) This cable contains action requests. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Italy is becoming increasingly concerned about any UN reform that could result in a permanent UNSC seat for Germany and/or Japan. The Italians fear that an increase in the number of peranent U [...] |
2004-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC |
| 04ROME2746 |
World Food Program Update on Opening New [...] (SBU) As requested ref A, Mission spoke 07/12 with WFP and conveyed information. WFP has not been considering the shipment of commodities from Libya (Al Kufrah) by road directly into northern Sudan down to Darfur because of serious security constraints, which would require substantive Sudanese [...] |
2004-07-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2763 |
ITALY SAYS CURRENT ICJ/SECURITY BARRIER RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories Luca Sorgi told poloff that Italy found unacceptable a number of paragraphs in the current Arab Group draft resolution calling for UNGA endorsement of the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier. He mentioned speci [...] |
2004-07-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS IT UNGA ICJ |
| 04ROME2765 |
ITALY - DOUBTS ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FORCE [...] (C) Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, expressed doubts and concerns regarding an expanded international protection force for Darfur. He stated that introducing such a force at this stage may be premature and that internationalizing the presence on the ground may not be wise. He s [...] |
2004-07-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME2768 |
WFP'S VIEW ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP senior officials on Iraq food commodity operations on June 27 and July 2. If current ration levels are maintained, the Iraq Public Distribution System (PDS) is likely to experience shortages in a number of commodities throughout the coming months, according t [...] |
2004-07-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2774 |
ITALY - FOLLOW UP ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) After consulting on ref A demarche with MFA colleagues and the Dutch EU Presidency, Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, toned down the skepticism expressed in ref B by stating that Italy and the EU are pr [...] |
2004-07-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT EUN |
| 04ROME2781 |
WFP BRIEFING ON DARFUR AND SOUTHERN SUDAN - JULY 13 [...] (SBU) WFP conducted a Sudan humanitarian needs briefing for Rome-based permanent representatives at its Headquarters on July 13. Security remains a profound concern, with examples of humanitarian workers being detained anywhere from a few hours to a few days. WFP estimates that 1.2 million peo [...] |
2004-07-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2789 |
GOI PASSED PASSES A DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] As previously announced by PM Berlusconi, the Italian Cabinet passed on July 9 by decree law a euro 7.5 billion, or 0.6 percent of GDP deficit reduction package, as under pressure from the EU European Commission had requested. The package includes euro 4.2 billion in structural spending cuts, [...] |
2004-07-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN |
| 04ROME280 |
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: TREATY COULD ENTER [...] SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE FAO SECRETARIAT, AS OF 26 JANUARY SOME 34-35 COUNTRIES HAD SUBMITTED RATIFICATION INSTRUMENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY (IT) FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. THE EC IS EXPECTED TO DO SO IN MID MARCH 2004, CONCURRENTLY WITH AT LEAST A HANDFUL [...] |
2004-01-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV KIPR AORC FAO |
| 04ROME2810 |
RIGHT TO FOOD: INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: The third (and supposedly final) session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome from 5 to 10 July 2004. [...] |
2004-07-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN FAO |
| 04ROME2815 |
ITALY: AN INTERLUDE IN THE UNENDING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Italy's governing coalition may have reached a moment of respite from disagreements, which have plagued it since the spring elections. The interlude may not endure long, but as one contact joked, "Berlusconi would certainly make history if his were the first government to fall during [...] |
2004-07-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME2829 |
U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) On June 23, 2004, U.S. and Italian goverment delegations held consultations on a range o export control and technology transfer issues, s a follow-up to discussions held in July 2003. Bth sides appeared satisfied with the quality of he information exchange. Discussion included the EU/China [...] |
2004-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL EIND PARM TSPA IT CH IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2836 |
Treasury DG Domenico Siniscalco Appointed New [...] (SBU) After two weeks' debate within the Coalition following former Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation, PM Berlusconi appointed Domenico Siniscalco, Treasury Department Director General since 2001, as new Finance Minister on July 16. Over this two-week period, Coalition parties could no [...] |
2004-07-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME2839 |
WFP AND FAO EFFORTS TO IMPROVE WORLDWIDE EMERGENCY [...] Summary. The recent G8 summit at Sea Island, Georgia, ended with a pledge by G8 leaders that their governments would coordinate with FAO and WFP to improve worldwide emergency assessment and response systems. FAO and WFP continue to work with stakeholders to improve emergency needs assessmen [...] |
2004-07-22 10:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF UN |
| 04ROME2845 |
UPDATE ON USG/WFP CARGO PREFERENCE EXEMPTION FOR [...] Summary. WFP, USAID and USDA are close to reaching an agreement on a mechanism to implement separate tracking of US cargo preference premium payments to conform to WFP auditor recommendations and ensure that WFP does not apply its indirect support cost (ISC) rate against the cargo preference [...] |
2004-07-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC EWWT WFP ACABQ MARITIME |
| 04ROME2853 |
RUSSIA/ITALY: LAVROV REASSURES FRATTINI ON UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their July 15 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and Russian FM Lavrov reviewed preparations for the annual Russia-Italy Summit, which will take place in Moscow "sometime in November." Frattini underlined Russia's need to "adopt western standards" concerning business regulations [...] |
2004-07-22 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IT UNGA RU |
| 04ROME2854 |
JAPANESE DONATION OF 250,000 METRIC TONS FOR WFP'S [...] (SBU) WFP advised US Mission that Japan will donate 250,000 tons of cereals to WFP's 2004 emergency operation (EMOP) in North Korea, with delivery over the period August- September/October 2004. The value of the donation is up to U.S. $80 million. Final details of the transaction have been sen [...] |
2004-07-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN |
| 04ROME2867 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONSIDERS INSURANCE-BASED [...] WFP convened an informal briefing at its headquarters on the topic of hunger insurance on July 13. The purpose of the briefing was to gauge donor sentiment towards the idea of funding such insurance through premiums in an effort to shift risks associated with natural disasters away from crisi [...] |
2004-07-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ADRC WFP |
| 04ROME2872 |
World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of [...] (SBU) US Mission has received copy of the World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the transit of humanitarian assistance through Libya into Chad, Sudan and other African countries, signed in Tripoli on July 15, 2004. The MOU permits all forms of humanitarian assis [...] |
2004-07-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2873 |
FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: DIOUF STACKS THE [...] (C) Summary: At the FAO Conference in November 2005, member governments will elect a Director General (DG) for a six-year term, beginning January 2006. The incumbent, Jacques Diouf (Senegal), who has been in office since 1993, as a still-unannounced candidate, has already garnered endorsem [...] |
2004-07-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAGR PREL KUNR FAO |
| 04ROME2874 |
SUDAN: ITALY SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION DRAFT AND [...] (SBU) MFA East Africa Office Director Stefano Dejak told poloff that Italy appreciated the strong US interest in the Darfur crisis and was looking forward to continued and enhanced cooperation bilaterally and through the EU. He had reviewed the UNSC resolution draft and confirmed that Italy w [...] |
2004-07-26 05:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SU IT EUN |
| 04ROME2875 |
ITALY WARNS AGAINST MARGINALIZATION OF THE EU IN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA warned that US "acquiescence" in Israel's efforts to exclude the European Union from engagement in the peace process is undermining the EU's credibility in the region, which will impede progress on the Roadmap and serve to further the divide between the Israelis a [...] |
2004-07-26 05:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IT EU UNGA |
| 04ROME2876 |
ITALY: ROBERTO CALDEROLI NEW MINISTER FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As expected, Prime Minister Berlusconi named Northern League National Coordinator and Senate Vice President Roberto Calderoli the new Minister for Reform and Devolution on July 20. Calderoli replaces League Secretary Umberto Bossi, who resigned the previous day to [...] |
2004-07-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME2885 |
GOI RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III [...] (C) Summary. Italy judged PrepCom III as failing to deliver on both substantive and organizational issues. The GOI welcomed US explanations of the US Article VI record, but suggests that the US now should also seek more concrete steps to convince Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries of its [...] |
2004-07-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IT NPT |
| 04ROME2893 |
GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER, [...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...] |
2004-07-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2912 |
ITALIAN SUGGESTIONS ON COALITION STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Embassy Rome delivered ref A message and draft statement July 27 to MFA officials Deputy PolDir Bisogniero and Director-General (A/S equivalent) for Middle East Sessa. Because both officials were occupied with the current Italian Chiefs of Mission conference, they conferred and delivered t [...] |
2004-07-28 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2913 |
ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: MIL PLANNING FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Following the NAC decision reported in ref A, operational planning has accelerated for the deployment of one Italian NRF land battalion plus a command element to provide election security support in Afghanistan. Italian military officials have told ODC Rome that the 3rd Alpini battalion b [...] |
2004-07-28 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME2926 |
FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: INDIA'S PERMREP FLOATS POSSIBLE INDIAN CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 10 below. 2. (C) Summary: Indian Permrep Himachal Som requested a meeting with Ambassador Hall on July 26 to discuss options for a possible Indian candidacy to succeed Senegal's Jacques Diouf as Director General (DG) of FAO. Som said the GOI support [...] |
2004-07-28 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAGR PREL KUNR IN FAO |
| 04ROME2933 |
WFP'S SCHOOL FEEDING EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) WFP's school feeding programs in Iraq are ongoing. During the academic year 2003-2004 in the three northern governorates, WFP provided technical assistance to the local authorities to guarantee a smooth continuation of school feeding activities targeting over 700,000 students. Between Ma [...] |
2004-07-29 04:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC EFIN IZ WFP |
| 04ROME2935 |
UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...] |
2004-07-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2961 |
ITALY'S VIEWS ON NEW AGENDA [...] (C) POLMILOFF on July 29 conveyed reftel points to MFA Nonproliferation/Arms Control Office Director Filippo Formica, Formica's deputy Piero Sardi, and MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. Brauzzi said he fully agreed with our point that NATO Allies should use the High Level Group (HLG) [...] |
2004-07-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL RS NATO UNGA |
| 04ROME2962 |
FMCT: ITALY WELCOMES U.S. PROPOSAL BUT STICKLER ON [...] (C) POLMILOFF on July 29 conveyed ref A points to MFA Nonproliferation/Arms Control Office Director Filippo Formica. Formica welcomed the U.S. proposal, noting that it was an important evolution in the USG's approach to nonproliferation. He said that it was essential to move forward with neg [...] |
2004-07-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PARM PREL TSPA IT CDG |
| 04ROME2964 |
FAST BOATS TO IRAN: COMPANY PRESSES GOI [...] (S) The Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) continues to be pressed by Italian fast boat manufacturer FB Design to allow it to resume business with Iran, according to Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements - Foreign Trade. Teti himself contacted econoff July 28 to [...] |
2004-07-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EIND PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2967 |
WFP EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR KENYA [...] Summary. WFP is soliciting contributions for its new emergency operation (EMOP), "Food Assistance to Drought-affected People in Kenya," covering the period from August 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005. The estimated cost of $42.9 million would provide 166,000 metric tons of commodities for 2. [...] |
2004-07-30 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF KE WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2969 |
WFP SCHOOL MILK PROPOSAL FOR CHINA [...] WFP plans to phase out its operations in China at the end of 2005, and remains hopeful that China will become a major food aid contributor in the future. In 2001, WFP approached USDA related to a one-time 100,000 metric ton donation of Dry Skimmed Milk powder to support Chinese school feeding [...] |
2004-07-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR CH WFP UN |
| 04ROME2993 |
INFORMAL PRIVACY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON INTRA-EU [...] (SBU) On July 16, Italy,s Privacy authority hosted an informal meeting, in preparation for a formal session in Brussels this fall, to address PNR issues. Participants included EU Privacy Authorities, the European Airline Association and several European airlines. The morning conference, whi [...] |
2004-08-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS IT EUN |
| 04ROME3024 |
PROJECT ONE BILLION - PATRONAGE FROM THE UN [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. Background: Project 1 Billion (P1B) - named for the more than 1 billion persons affected by mass violence embodied in the experience of war, ethnic conflict, torture and terrorism - has been under way since an initial meeting of officials fr [...] |
2004-08-05 04:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA IT UN |
| 04ROME3055 |
ITALIAN LABOR UNIONS HAVE CONDEMNED HUMAN AND [...] (U) Italy has three primary labor union confederations, the General Confederation of Italian Labor (CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions (CISL), and the Italian Union of Labor (UIL). All three are more or less left-leaning, with CISL (with roots in Catholic social doctrine) t [...] |
2004-08-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU IT ILO HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME3060 |
JUDICIARY HAMPERS B767 ENGINE FIRE INVESTIGATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV IT ICAO AVIATION |
| 04ROME3061 |
US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...] |
2004-08-09 12:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT |
| 04ROME307 |
CHR-60: ITALIANS SHOP STRATEGIES ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) Italian MFA Human Rights Director Giuseppe Calvetta reviewed with us January 27 ministry thinking on several CHR-related elements following the January 21 meeting of EU human rights experts (COHOM). Iran ---- 2. (C) The Irish presidency would be contacting Tehran in the coming days [...] |
2004-01-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME3092 |
AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR U.S. FIRMS WITH INTERIOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Interior Minister Pisanu July 29 to discuss the DOE Megaports Initiative (septel). He used the occasion to advocate for three U.S. firms with business before the Ministry of Interior: Lion Apparel, Motorola, and MD Helicopters. Lion Apparel ------------ 2 [...] |
2004-08-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP IT ECIP |
| 04ROME3105 |
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: MATERIAL TRANSFER [...] Summary: The Expert Group on the Terms of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) will hold its first meeting on 4-8 October in Brussels, hosted by the European Commission (EC). The standard MTA will specify the terms for access and benefit sharing under the multilateral system envis [...] |
2004-08-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO |
| 04ROME3115 |
ITALY SHARES US CONCERNS OVER RISING TENSIONS IN [...] (SBU) On August 10, MFA Russia/NIS desk officer Lucia Pasquilini told poloff that Italy supports a more active EU role in addressing the growing tensions in Moldova/Transnistria. Italy supported and awaits the conclusions from EU Director General Cooper's fact finding mission to Moldova Augus [...] |
2004-08-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PBTS MD IT UN |
| 04ROME3116 |
U/S BOLTON'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH LIBYAN OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary. U/S Bolton July 10 told Libyan officials that Libya had to end military cooperation with Iran as a sine qua non of concluding Phase III cooperation. The Libyans responded that all ongoing activity was linked to closing out existing contracts, which would be terminated on Septemb [...] |
2004-08-11 19:16:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC LY IAEA |
| 04ROME3125 |
ITALIAN AGRICULTURE: MIXED [...] Summary. Reactions of Italian agricultural opinion leaders to the WTO framework agreement reached in Geneva July 31 were generally positive. The majority hold tenaciously to the hope that geographical indications should be addressed in the WTO. Government, farmers' organizations, political [...] |
2004-08-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EU IT FAO |
| 04ROME3135 |
ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR 59TH UN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 11:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON IT KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA UN |
| 04ROME3136 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON UNSC REFORM, WEOG ROTATION FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy appreciates the Ref C enunciation of USG views on UN Security Council reform, which it views as a matter of vital national interest, and fully agrees that effectiveness be the standard by which reform is judged. Italy also will support the USG goal (Ref A) of reaching agree [...] |
2004-08-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL IT UNSC |
| 04ROME3138 |
DEMARCHE ON US GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] (C) A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Italian MFA and Prime Minister's office on August 13. The MFA, which was already aware of the main elements of GDPR, urged that the President's and other USG public statements stress that decisions will be made in close consultation with [...] |
2004-08-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3153 |
ITALY RENOMINATES FAUSTO POCAR TO ICTY; REQUESTS [...] On August 13, Embassy received a Note Verbale (see para 2) from the MFA requesting USG support for the reelection of Prof. Fausto Pocar to the International Criminal Tribunal for the ex-Yugoslavia (ICTY). The MFA also transmitted an updated curriculum vitae for Pocar, which post has faxed to [...] |
2004-08-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT ICTY |
| 04ROME3166 |
ITALIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. President Bush's speech on military transformation received limited initial government reaction and media coverage in Italy. Most headlines focused on US troop reductions in Europe, with several articles commenting that the planned changes signify NATO's decreased importance in [...] |
2004-08-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3190 |
BLAIR-BERLUSCONI VACATION-VISIT CONTINUES - NO [...] (C) Prime Ministers Berlusconi and Blair and their wives continue to enjoy their vacation at Berlusconi's home in Sardinia. Italian press has reported extensively on their activities. Despite speculation from throughout the Italian media that the PMs discussed a role for Italy as "mediator" [...] |
2004-08-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3200 |
ITALY: EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR BIOMETRIC [...] Consul General informed Min. Adriano Benedetti, MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Political Migration, July 26 that Congress had passed legislation granting a one-year extension of the Visa Waiver Program biometric passport requirement and that the bill had gone to President Bush f [...] |
2004-08-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL IT |
| 04ROME3224 |
ITALY WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT IRAN ON OUT OF [...] (U) Post conveyed ref points in the MFA to the Office of Iranian Affairs, the Office of Under Secretary for Asia Margherita Boniver, and to Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Enrico De Maio. We also delivered the points to the Prime Minister's office. 2. (C) De Maio said [...] |
2004-08-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR IT UN |
| 04ROME3232 |
SINISCALCO UNVEILS ITALY'S CONTROVERSIAL FOUR-YEAR [...] The July 29 release of Italy's four-year economic blueprint opens Italy's annual budget process. The release follows the political turmoil surrounding Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation and the appointment of the new Minister Siniscalco. The DPEF, which sets budgetary guidelines for the [...] |
2004-08-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 04ROME3239 |
ITALY ENGAGED IN TEHRAN IN EFFORTS TO SECURE OUT [...] Post received further information regarding Italy's efforts to secure Iranian cooperation for out of country voting for the upcoming elections in Afghanistan from the MFA's desk officer for Iran, Federica Ferrari Bravo, on August 23. Ferrari Bravo said that Italy is well aware of the problem [...] |
2004-08-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF IR IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME3240 |
ITALY SUPPORTS ASEM PARTICIPATION FOR BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM IT EUN |
| 04ROME3262 |
Civair: Italian Response to U.S.-Linate [...] On July 23, Embassy delivered ref A talking points on U.S. carrier complaints regarding Alitalia/Air France codeshare operations at Milan's Linate Airport to Aldo Sansone, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transport. In Sansone's response, he denies illegitimate and disc [...] |
2004-08-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME3283 |
Parmalat Tussles With Major Creditors and Former [...] Following GOI approval of a restructuring plan based on a debt-to-equity swap in late July, Parmalat Commissioner Enrico Bondi opened his legal campaign in August against some of the world's largest banks for their alleged role in helping Parmalat Finanziaria (or "Parmalat," Parmalat's holding [...] |
2004-08-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR IT KPRP |
| 04ROME3285 |
IAEA: ITALY AGREES TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA continues to prefer a strategy that avoids risking breaking off all dialogue with Iran, but at the same time acknowledges that the situation in the IAEA is getting worse. While Italy did not explicitly say it would vote against a referral to the UNSC, it does not [...] |
2004-08-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL IT IAEA |
| 04ROME3381 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Charge, accompanied by PolOff, met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo and NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi on September 1 to convey points from Ref A demarche. Italy shares US views on most of the issues that EU Foreign Ministers w [...] |
2004-09-03 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IT EUN |
| 04ROME3399 |
ITALY TALKING TOUGH ON IRAN -- WITH THE EMPHASIS [...] (C) Pol M/C discussed Ref A non-paper with Paolo Dionisi, Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi, on September 3. Dionisi, commenting that the US always delivers a tough message on Iran, said that Italy also will send a tough message to Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council R [...] |
2004-09-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL IT IAEA |
| 04ROME3401 |
ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...] |
2004-09-07 08:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3465 |
GOVERNMENT OF ITALY OBJECTIONS TO U.S. AIR CARRIER [...] Econoff and post FAA representative met September 7 with Ente Nazionale per L'Aviazione Civile (ENAC) Deputy Director General Sciacchitano to deliver reftel points. Sciacchitano confirmed to Econoff that ENAC had "suspended" its attempts to force Delta and Northwest Airlines, among other airli [...] |
2004-09-10 06:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT FAA AVIATION |
| 04ROME3477 |
ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL FUND FOR AIDS [...] (SBU) Information received by the Office of the Global Fund (GFF) for AIDS has raised questions about whether the Government of Italy will fulfil its 2004 pledge of a E 100 million contribution to the fund. Post has been actively working with contacts throughout the Government to find out th [...] |
2004-09-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID TBIO IT UN |
| 04ROME3480 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE TO 9/13 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A/DCM and A/PolMinCouns discussed Ref A points with MFA Deputy Political Director Claudio Bisogniero on September 10, as did PolOff with MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo on September 9. We have also raised Ref A with various other Italian government interlocutors (Refs B [...] |
2004-09-13 04:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME3520 |
ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...] |
2004-09-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA |
| 04ROME3527 |
PROPOSED SUPPORT TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY [...] Embassy Rome strongly supports Johns Hopkins University's request on behalf of the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center for an FY 2005 ASHA grant of $100,000 to procure books and journals and to pay the salaries of three professors (reftel). ConGen Florence and Embassy Rome have long had a [...] |
2004-09-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IT |
| 04ROME3530 |
ITALY ON LARGE AIRCRAFT SUBSIDIES TALKS WITH EU [...] On September 13, Economic Minister Counselor presented the demarche on large commercial aircraft subsidies to Foreign Ministry Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation, Giandomenico Magliano, and Office Director Diego Ungaro. EcMin also conveyed the demarche separ [...] |
2004-09-14 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD IT EUN FAA AVIATION |
| 04ROME354 |
ICAO CAEP 6: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SALVATORE MINEO, ITALY'S CAEP REPRESENTATIVE AND ENAC (NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY) DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, MET JANUARY 30 WITH SENIOR FAA REPRESENTATIVE AND SCIENCE COUNSELOR. MINEO IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CAEP 6 DUE TO ILL HEALTH, BUT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY PAOLO [...] |
2004-01-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV IT AVIATION |
| 04ROME3541 |
SPECIAL TRUST FUND FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PLANT [...] Summary and Recommendation: U.S. Mission received a letter dated 26 August 2004 from FAO's Assistant Director for Technical Cooperation, soliciting USG support for the newly established Special Trust Fund for the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). The concept of a voluntary f [...] |
2004-09-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD AORC ABUD IPPC FAO |
| 04ROME3567 |
ITALY-ERITREA: MESSAGE ON BORDER ISSUE FALLS ON [...] (U) Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA East Africa Office Director, briefed PolOff on the recent meeting between Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini and Eritrean Foreign Minister Ali Said Abdella. Pignatelli said that the ministers focused primarily on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia [...] |
2004-09-17 06:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ET ER IT UNMEE |
| 04ROME3570 |
MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS FAO EVALUATION, KEY [...] (U) Summary: At a "Geneva Group" meeting for Rome- based representatives of major donor governments convened by the U.S. Mission on 14 September, participants strongly supported a U.S.-led proposal for an independent external review of FAO, although they expressed some differences on tactic [...] |
2004-09-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR EAID PREL KUNR FAO |
| 04ROME3590 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN PLANS FOR TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy may not be able to make its planned Euro 10 million disbursement to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) prior to the Tokyo meeting due to chronic budget difficulties. Our judgment is that this is a matter of timing, and that the 2004 pledge is [...] |
2004-09-20 04:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3591 |
FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Agusta Westland September 9 regarding the order of helicopter spare parts for Italy. According to Paolo Colombo Speroni, the head of Agusta's spare parts sales department, there is no employee at Agusta named Mario Beretta; Agusta did not place any such order for spare [...] |
2004-09-20 04:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 04ROME3592 |
REPATRIATING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL FROM ITALY - [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. ---------------- SUMMARY ---------------- 2. This report is further to ref A report of Secretary Abraham's call on Prime Ministry Under Secretary Letta August 25. In that call, U/S Letta asked Secretary Abraham's personal help to p [...] |
2004-09-20 04:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL KNNP KSCA IT |
| 04ROME3593 |
ITALY AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS: ENGAGING [...] Summary: EcMin presented MFA officials with Ref. B diplomatic note seeking better cooperation on aviation incident investigations and laid out possible operational solutions. MFA officials noted that the independence of the Italian judiciary made it difficult for the MFA to prescribe a specif [...] |
2004-09-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME3642 |
ITALY MOVING ON EU BATTLEGROUPS WITH AN EYE TOWARD [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT NATO EUN |
| 04ROME3647 |
ICAO - ITALY'S ADDITIONAL RESPONSES TO BUDGET AND [...] Italy's civil aviation authority (Ente Nazionale per L'Aviazione Civile (ENAC)) Deputy Director Salvatore Sciacchitano provided Econoff with the following additional written responses (in English) to Ref A and B points. Embassy has edited the text for readability. 2. Begin text -We agree [...] |
2004-09-22 08:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR IT ICAO |
| 04ROME3666 |
SOMALIA: ITALY SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN JOINT [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) Bruno Cabras, MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, requested a meeting with A/DCM on September 21 to request U.S. participation in the protocol joint monitoring committee designed to supp [...] |
2004-09-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT UN |
| 04ROME3669 |
Sparring with FAO over Locusts [...] (U) Summary. Over the past several weeks we have been active in promoting a better international response to the Sahel desert locust emergency. On September 10, 2004, USUN Rome invited permanent representatives of potential donor countries and countries affected by the current outbreak of d [...] |
2004-09-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO |
| 04ROME3670 |
CWC/ITALY'S SCHEDULE 2 FACILITY AGREEMENTS: [...] (U) Summary. Most of the USG's suggestions (reftel) for improving Italy's facility agreements (FAs) were judged by Foreign Ministry technical experts to be either superfluous (because already covered by the FAs) or undesirable (because they would introduce unwanted flexibility into the conduct [...] |
2004-09-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CW IT CWC |
| 04ROME3681 |
Exchanging Letters with FAO over Locusts [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the text of Ambassador Hall's letter to FAO DG Diouf on September 16, 2004 follows: "I am writing to express the United States' concern over FAO's response to the locust plague in the Sahel. While I know that other donors share aspects of this concern, these views are not [...] |
2004-09-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO |
| 04ROME3698 |
ITALY/TURKEY: CONFIDENT TURKEY WILL RECEIVE A [...] (C) On September 23, MFA Director for Turkey/Cyprus Affairs Renato Ricci told poloff that while his government was still confident that Turkey would receive a "yes" on a date to begin EU accession negotiations at the December Council, recent moves to include criminalizing adultery in the cou [...] |
2004-09-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IT TU EUN |
| 04ROME3708 |
(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS ON OPPOSITION REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (CHP) (C-RE9-01066) [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING ON THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (AKP) AND OPPOSITION BEFORE AND AFTER LOCAL ELECTIONS PROVIDED BY EMBASSY ANKARA AND CONGEN ISTANBUL. ANALYSTS HAVE USED THE REPORTING IN AN ARRAY OF CURRENT PRODUCTION AND BRIEFINGS TO P [...] |
2004-09-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL ETTC EIND IT GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3767 |
PEACE CORPS FAO COOPERATION: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome received a response letter to its September 10th, 2004 letter (reftel) regarding the termination of the 1962 Agreement between the United States and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the Use of Peace Corps Volun [...] |
2004-09-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO |
| 04ROME3774 |
CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bloomfield, and delegation to visit Rome from October 5-6, 2004. To secure hotel accommodations, please provide fiscal data for charge purposes or credit card information for each individ [...] |
2004-09-29 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3792 |
GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...] |
2004-09-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3832 |
ALITALIA: RESTRUCTURING PLAN CLOSE TO APPROVAL [...] (U) Summary: Alitalia, the Italian government, and labor unions are expected to sign a final agreement soon on the restructuring of Italy's flag carrier. The airline will be split into two companies, one to continue the core flight operations, the other to take over Alitalia's ground service [...] |
2004-10-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB EU IT KPRV PGOV FAA AVIATION |
| 04ROME3841 |
30TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] Summary. The annual session of FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) discussed the world food security situation and follow-up to the World Food Summit (WFS), noting uneven progress among countries and regions. The Committee: -- asked that a working group of experts be convened to [...] |
2004-10-05 08:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC ETRD EAID PHUM FAO |
| 04ROME3847 |
EU/LIBYA ARMS EMBARGO - ITALY WON'T RISK [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiol/ told poloff on October 1 that he saw "little or no chance" that the October 11 GAERC will not approve the COREPER recommendation that Qhe EU arms embargo be lifted in its entirety. Qrocess to partially l ift September in an effort tools it needed [...] |
2004-10-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IT EUN |
| 04ROME3849 |
ITALIAN PRT/FSB ON BACK BURNER FOR NEAR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Facing budget cuts and with a military straining to meet its current obligations overseas, Italy will not consider deploying a PRT/FSB in the near term. However, Italy has not ruled out leading a PRT/FSB at some point in the future. Italy will keep the possibility on the back bu [...] |
2004-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME385 |
ITALY: STATUS OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (SBU) Finance Ministry officials provided Embassy with updated list of Iraqi assets frozen and held in Italy. This list was reviewed and approved by the inter-ministerial Financial Security Committee at its January 29 meeting. 2. (SBU) Information is presented below as follows: bank in Ita [...] |
2004-02-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3862 |
G8 SUMMIT COMMITMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY [...] Summary. USUN-Rome organized a panel discussion entitled, "Planting the Seeds for Africa's Future: G8 Partnerships to Raise Agricultural Productivity Through Capacity Building," on Sept. 21 in the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on World Food Security (CFS). [...] |
2004-10-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID AORC ETRD KPAO KSUM XA FAO |
| 04ROME3882 |
ITALY ASKS FOR AFRICAN FOCS AND FURTHER U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-06 10:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT |
| 04ROME3885 |
30TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] Summary. The annual session of FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) discussed the world food security situation and follow-up to the World Food Summit (WFS), noting uneven progress among countries and regions. The Committee: -- asked that a working group of experts be convened to [...] |
2004-10-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC ETRD EAID PHUM FAO |
| 04ROME3911 |
ITALY: LIBYAN JEWISH COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation of Italian Jews, expelled from Libya in 1970 and now Italian citizens, has accepted an offer to visit Tripoli October 10-14. The will discuss possible compensation for property and monies seized when Jews were expelled after 1967. Qadhafi's son Sa'adi offered the [...] |
2004-10-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT KIRF LY PHUM PREL |
| 04ROME3917 |
ITALY AGREES ON NEED FOR IMMEDIATE AID FOR CYPRUS, [...] (C) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told Poloff on October 4 that Italy concurs with the US view (REFTEL) that increased economic development in North Cyprus will aid reunification. To that end, Italy supprts rapid disbursal of the Commission's propoed Euro 259 million aid pack [...] |
2004-10-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECIN TU CY IT EUN |
| 04ROME3927 |
EU GAERC - ITALY CONFIRMS MINISTERS WILL ENDORSE [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo confirmed to poloff that EU Ministers would endorse the COREPER decision to lift completely the ban on arms exports to Libya at the October 11 GAERC. Mattiolo underlined that this would not mean a rush of sales of lethal weapons to Tripoli. There [...] |
2004-10-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM IT EUN |
| 04ROME3933 |
IRAQ/ITALY- ITALIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON PLANS [...] (C) At their Oct. 6 meeting with Italian MFA DG Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn discussed Iran and Iraq, as well as Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) issues (septel). Massolo underscored Italy's concern with Iranian nuclear ambitions. He sought details on the mix of MNF and Iraqi f [...] |
2004-10-12 08:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IR IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3955 |
BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary: The Italian Coast Guard confirms receipt of focal plane arrays. End summary. 2. Per reftel this message provides information regarding post-shipment end-use check on License 05-888338 for authorizing export of twenty indium antimonide focal plane arrays to the Italian Ministry of [...] |
2004-10-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 04ROME3958 |
APPROACH TO ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON CHINA ARMS [...] (S) Summary: MFA officials told PM DAS Suchan and JCS BG Remington that while Italy is "not out in front" it will likely join EU consensus to lift the China embargo, assuming that a review of China's human rights situation shows that "the conditions are right." PM Berlusconi's diplomatic advi [...] |
2004-10-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PHUM CI IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME3969 |
ITALY DEFENDS ITS NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a political imperative to stop waves of illegal immigrants, the Italian government has stepped up cooperation with Libya and adopted a policy of quickly returning to Libya immigrants who land illegally in Sicily. Responding to UN, NGO and opposition criticism, Italian [...] |
2004-10-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PREL PREF IT LY EUN |
| 04ROME3979 |
LOCUST EMERGENCY: DONORS' MEETING AT FAO, [...] Summary: At FAO Headquarters on 13 October, Director General Jacques Diouf and FAO Secretariat staff briefed representatives of donor governments and affected states on progress in bringing the locust emergency under control. FAO reported that the locust plague is "the worst in fifteen year [...] |
2004-10-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC MASS SENV XI XY FAO |
| 04ROME3985 |
GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO [...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...] |
2004-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3989 |
IRAN: ITALY APPRECIATES US THINKING ON UNSC OPTIONS [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel non-paper with Giovanni Iannuzzi, head of the MFA's nonproliferation office, on October 15. Iannuzzi responded very positively to the non-paper, which he had shared with MFA DG for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo the evening before Massolo's depart [...] |
2004-10-15 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL IT IAEA |
| 04ROME3990 |
CIVAIR: ITALY STAYS FIRM ON LINATE CODESHARE [...] (U) Acting Ecmin, Econoff and Econ FSN met October 8 with Aldo Sansone, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transportation, to deliver Ref A follow-on demarche regarding Italian refusal to allow U.S. carriers to conduct third-country code-share operations between the U.S. an [...] |
2004-10-15 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME3992 |
MEETING OF UNIDROIT FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on October 8 to consider the organization's 2005 budget. A draft resolution on arrears was considered but eventually dropped after lengthy discussion. U.S. did not block consensus [...] |
2004-10-18 04:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
| 04ROME3998 |
ITALY REGARDING U.S. ACTIONS TO TERMINATE LARGE [...] (U) Post delivered ref A demarche on October 6 to senior Italian government trade officials Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA); Federico Eichberg, Senior Advisor to Foreign Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso; and Sandro Fanella, Direct [...] |
2004-10-18 04:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IT EUN |
| 04ROME3999 |
ITALY SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING OSCE SPECIAL REP FOR [...] On October 15, MFA OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told EUR/OHI Director Don Braum (in Rome for the Holocaust Education Task Force) that Italy fully supports US view that a special representative for anti-Semitism should be established in the OSCE. EU representatives met at 25 to discus [...] |
2004-10-18 07:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IT OSCE EUN |
| 04ROME4000 |
BUREAUCRATICS WILL KEEP ITALY FROM SECONDING [...] (SBU) OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told poloff that a bureaucratic complication would make it impossible for Italy to second observers to monitor upcoming elections in Ukraine. He said that Italian legislation authorizing such funds came with a string attached - money for transportatio [...] |
2004-10-18 08:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UP IT OSCE |
| 04ROME401 |
IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REF B, EMBASSY REPORTED THAT THE GOI WAS NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE ITS MADRID-PLEDGED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY FOR IRAQ (REF E). WE HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED ITALY'S OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES [...] |
2004-02-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME402 |
PM BERLUSCONI LOOKING FOR EXIT STRATEGY ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The end of Italy's EU Presidency has compelled PM Berlusconi to address longstanding demands by two junior coalition partners for more say over policy making. The painstaking attempt to appease them without a major cabinet reshuffle may finally be drawing to a close. Vice PM [...] |
2004-02-04 17:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4026 |
MINI PRESSURIZED LOGISTICS MODULES (MPLMs) -- [...] Action request: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has contacted Embassy Science Section seeking the U.S. response to an Italian Note Verbale dated April 18, 2001 (see paragraph 2) that would implement the U.S.-Italy MOU on mini pressurized logistics modules, signed in Rome by the I [...] |
2004-10-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA IT |
| 04ROME403 |
ARGENTINE BONDS - ITALIAN BANKERS TAKE A TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: All we want is for Argentina to agree to fair and equitable negotiations with foreign bondholders, Nicola Stock (please protect), president of the Global Committee of Argentina Bondholders (GCAB), told econoffs February 3. However, the GCAB seriously doubts Argentin [...] |
2004-02-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON IT |
| 04ROME4035 |
RSVP EXTRANCHECK PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NIKON INSTRUMENTS [...] ON OCTOBER 15, 2004 DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER LINDA ARCHER AND COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST BARBARA LAPINI VISITED THE COMPANY NIKON INSTRUMENTS SPA AND MET WITH LORENZO VANNINI, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR, AND ENGINEER GIANCARLO CAPPANI, CONSULTANT. 2. CS ITALY OFFICIALS WERE WELL RECEIVE [...] |
2004-10-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC IT BEXT |
| 04ROME4039 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON COMPANIES [...] Per reftel request, post completed Blue Lantern checks on the following Italian defense brokers. Post can provide additional documentation on these four companies and conduct additional inquiries as needed. Please contact AmEmbassy Rome Blue Lantern Coordinator Gregory May, maygc@state.gov. [...] |
2004-10-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 04ROME4056 |
ITALY SYMPATHETIC ON VENEZUELA BUT PREFERS EU TO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4058 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP |
| 04ROME4059 |
TRIPOLI ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR [...] (C) Summary: The delegation of Italian-Libyan Jews who visited Tripoli October 10-14 described their trip as a success and were jubilant at having seen and been welcomed in their homeland. The trip provided the Libyans with an opportunity to evaluate their visitors; the group did not meet w [...] |
2004-10-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IT LY |
| 04ROME4060 |
ITALY INSISTS CODE OF CONDUCT AND "TOOLBOX" WILL [...] (C) MFA Office Director for North Africa Pasquale D,Avino told Poloff that Italy shares the same goals and concerns as the U.S. (reftel) regarding Libya, with slight differences in approach. Rome therefore won't take any "imprudent" actions towards Tripoli in terms of providing arms, but at [...] |
2004-10-20 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM LY IT EUN |
| 04ROME4093 |
ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB - [...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...] |
2004-10-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4106 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-25 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP |
| 04ROME4141 |
ITALY/BIOTECH: PROPOSED COEXISTENCE DEGREE COULD [...] (C) Summary. Agriculture Minister Alemanno has once again asked the Italian Council of Ministers to approve a decree-law on the coexistence of GM and non-GM seeds planted in Italy. Like the draft that Alemanno attempted (unsuccessfully) to push through in November 2003, the vague text of the [...] |
2004-10-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA IT |
| 04ROME4165 |
CUBAN RESOLUTION AGAINST US EMBARGO: EU/ITALY WILL [...] (U) Paolo Miraglia, MFA Central America and Caribbean Office Director, told PolOff that, although highly concerned about the human rights situation in Cuba, Italy will support the EU position and vote in favor of the Cuban resolution. Miraglia stated that the Dutch presidency will deliver an e [...] |
2004-10-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4180 |
ITALIAN POSITIONS ON NOVEMBER 2 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that the PSC was busy preparing documentation on Iraq for the GAERC and follow-on Council meeting. He also confirmed that Iraqi PM Allawi will have lunch with the Council at 25 plus 3 on November 5. Member States are firming up an econ [...] |
2004-10-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME4186 |
127TH FAO COUNCIL, 22-27 NOVEMBER 2004: LOOKING [...] (U) Summary: The upcoming FAO Council will provide an opportunity principally for members to review the world's food and agricultural situation, to track progress in the activities of FAO and the World Food Program (WFP), and to discuss FAO program, budget and administrative issues. The we [...] |
2004-10-29 09:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO |
| 04ROME4194 |
The Italian Banking Sector: a Decade of [...] Since the mid-1990s, the Italian banking sector has undergone significant consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among major banks. The consolidation was the largest in Europe in terms of assets, and was driven in large part by domestic privatization efforts, Italy's entry into the Eu [...] |
2004-10-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 04ROME4198 |
ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4216 |
ITALIAN CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C met with MFA Office Director for the Gulf States Luigi Maccotta on October 29 to discuss Iraqi PM Allawi's November 3-4 visit to Rome and the upcoming international conference on Iraq in Egypt. Maccotta had requested the meeting to present Italy's non-paper for the confe [...] |
2004-11-03 08:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IT NATO |
| 04ROME4252 |
NATO/IRAQ: ITALY OPPOSED TO CAVEATS ON NATO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Pol-Mil Officers discussed reftel demarche with Giovanni Brauzzi, head of the MFA's NATO office, on November 4. Brauzzi said that Italy agrees with the principle that NATO member states should not impose national caveats on agreed NATO missions, but noted that in practical terms [...] |
2004-11-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4263 |
IRAQ: ITALY URGES MORE EU INVOLVEMENT, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary. In their November 4 meeting in Rome, and on the eve of Iraqi PM Allawi's Brussels meeting with EU leaders, Italian PM Berlusconi and his Iraqi counterpart held a friendly meeting in which they discussed the current situation in Iraq and strategies for securing greater EU and othe [...] |
2004-11-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4268 |
TOUGH BARGAINING ON ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIOS [...] (C) Negotiations to fill Government positions, including that of Foreign Minister, resulting from Rocco Buttiglione's nomination and subsequent withdrawal as Italy's European Commissioner are caught up in domestic politics, especially an internal coalition struggle over the Government's tax [...] |
2004-11-05 17:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4276 |
ITALIAN PRT/FSB BACK IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 4 discussion with PolMil Officers, MFA NATO Office Director said that Italy is going forward with plans to contribute to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and/or Forward Support Base (FSB) in Afghanistan. He stressed, however, that Italy cannot go it alone and [...] |
2004-11-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4280 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON ISRAELI WEOG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C discussed reftel demarche with key MFA officials on November 5. While our Italian interlocutors are sympathetic to Israel's membership in consultative groups at selected UN agencies, it is unlikely to take action in the absence of EU consensus and pending the outcome of UN [...] |
2004-11-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL AORC KIPR IS IT UNEP WIPO ILO IAEA |
| 04ROME4296 |
FAO COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS: COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT [...] Summary. Over the past several months one of this Mission's highest priorities has been to achieve Permrep and Secretariat agreement to launch a comprehensive independent SIPDIS external evaluation of the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Through such an evaluation, we hope to [...] |
2004-11-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO |
| 04ROME43 |
ENERGY U/S CARD VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BILATERAL ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: Department of Energy Undersecretary Robert Card stopped in Rome December 10 to meet with key Italian energy sector officials, en route to the COP-9 conference in Milan. Key issues discussed included generation choices, gas supply, greenhouse gas emissions, dependency on energy imports [...] |
2004-01-08 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG IT |
| 04ROME430 |
IRAQ: UPDATE ON ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS [...] (C) ECONOFF MADE REF B POINTS FEBRUARY 5 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, URGING GOI SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING FACILITY FOR IRAQ. MACCOTTA NOTED THAT WHILE THE GOI WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL- [...] |
2004-02-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4313 |
GIANFRANCO FINI: ALMOST CERTAINLY ITALY'S NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, both Deputy Prime Minister Fini and Prime Minister Berlusconi's personal assistant confirmed that Fini will be named Italy's next Foreign Minister. We expect Fini to be a reliable replacement for Franco Frattini and to maint [...] |
2004-11-09 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4320 |
ITALY FULLY BACKS U.S. ON THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4375 |
ITALY'S SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION REMAINS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IT EUN |
| 04ROME4376 |
FRENCH DEFMIN AT ROME'S NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE - [...] (SBU) French Minister of Defense Michele Alliot Marie addressed the NATO Defense College in Rome November 12. She urged concerted efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to narrow the transatlantic gap, citing the urgency of our common challenges and the importance of tackling them together. A [...] |
2004-11-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IT NATO EUN |
| 04ROME4404 |
EU STRATEGY ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Middle East director outlined the state of discussion among EU members for an initiative on Israeli-Palestinian peace. Italy is seeking to insert stronger messages to the initiatives: for Israel, the need to publicly declare readiness for negotiation, and for the Pale [...] |
2004-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT KPAL PREL EUN |
| 04ROME4406 |
CODEL LANTOS MEETINGS IN ROME ON LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. En route to Tripoli, Congressman Lantos met with Italian officials responsible for Libya, the Italo-Libyan Jewish community, and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome. Italians reaffirmed their commitment to abide by the EU code of conduct in selling equipment to Italy and expressed [...] |
2004-11-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM LI IT EUN |
| 04ROME4412 |
ITALY: IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERDUE LABOR MARKET [...] Summary: The Italian Ministry of Labor has approved regulations to implement much-needed labor market reforms designed to increase flexibility and reduce illegal employmen. Through a system of public and private contract options, part-time and contract worker will now be eligible to receiv [...] |
2004-11-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL IT |
| 04ROME4421 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Russia/CIS Office Director Marco Marsilli agreed with US views (ref a) that if activities in the run-up to and during the second round of elections do not meet OSCE/ODIHR standards, the US and EU must coordinate on raising concerns with Ukrainian officials and the Central Election Commissi [...] |
2004-11-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP IT EUN |
| 04ROME4426 |
GIANFRANCO FINI IS (FINALLY) ITALY,S NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gianfranco Fini was (finally) appointed Italy's new Foreign Minister on November 18, following constant speculation on this outcome since the October 30 resignation of Rocco Buttiglione as Italy's nominee to the new European Commission and his replacement by ex-FM Franco Fratti [...] |
2004-11-18 18:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4430 |
ITALY CREATES NEW OFFICE TO COMBAT RACIAL [...] (U) At a well-attended press conference November 16, Stefania Prestigiacomo, Minister for Equal Opportunity, announced the creation of a new office in her ministry to combat racial and ethnic discrimination in Italy. The Ufficio Nazionale Antidiscriminazioni Razziali (UNAR), which was found [...] |
2004-11-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4431 |
ITALY CONCURS ON NEED FOR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told poloff that Italy was already working with its EU partners on a "substantial" voluntary contribution for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Italy views this effort as part of a broader stabilization program, which includes [...] |
2004-11-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY IT EUN UNFICYP |
| 04ROME4443 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-19 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV IT |
| 04ROME4444 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 22 GAERC [...] (C) EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo said that ministers would have an extended discussion of Middle East issues over lunch on November 22, including a wide-ranging exchange of views on how the EU should enhance its role in the Quartet post-Arafat. Italy's views on the content of the Council s [...] |
2004-11-19 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME4454 |
ITALY: HHS A/S HORN PROMOTES TIP INITIATIVES [...] This is an action request. G-TIP, please see para 8. 2. Summary: HHS A/S for Children and Families visited Rome to discuss pro-family initiatives and trafficking in persons with Italian and Vatican officials and NGOs. A lunch hosted by the DCM prompted several TIP initiatives, including [...] |
2004-11-22 17:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IT |
| 04ROME4471 |
IPR: COMMERCIALIZING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, ITALY [...] Summary: The GOI, hoping to encourage more innovation at Italian universities, is considering its own version of the Bayh-Dole Act. The Economist has described the Bayh-Dole Act as "possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century." Enacted [...] |
2004-11-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR IT |
| 04ROME4474 |
ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Mission believes renewing the Title III Libertad Act waiver would enhance the possibility of increased US-Italian cooperation on Cuba and have a positive impact on already strong bilateral relations with Italy. Italian policy towards Cuba follows the EU Common Position, which is b [...] |
2004-11-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT UN |
| 04ROME4534 |
ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE ON OSCE MONITORING [...] (U) MFA OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told poloff that an OSCE election observer mission for Iraq as proposed reftel was in line with Italy's view that the organization's expertise should be exploited for "out of theater" missions. He agreed that ODIHR could provide invaluable assistance [...] |
2004-11-30 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ IT OSCE |
| 04ROME4542 |
ITALY HOSTS INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel demarche, Poloff attended the November 25 inauguration ceremony of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome. The one-hour event, which drew a wide-range of Ambassadors from various Middle East and North African countri [...] |
2004-11-30 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMPI KDEM IT UNGA |
| 04ROME4544 |
IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...] |
2004-11-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS |
| 04ROME4562 |
AFGHANISTA: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref Q and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Qrauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would shae them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. Q0. On Brauzzi noted that ItRT force [...] |
2004-12-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4563 |
CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ |
| 04ROME4580 |
AFGHANISTAN: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref A and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would share them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. 30. On the PRT and FSB, Brauzzi note [...] |
2004-12-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4582 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL'S TRIP TO DARFUR [...] Ambassador Tony Hall led a delegation of staff and journalists to Sudan's Darfur states on November 18 through 20. The purpose of the visit was to witness first-hand the dire situation and to observe U.N. operations, principally those of the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricul [...] |
2004-12-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO |
| 04ROME4599 |
ITALY'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] The underground economy has been a consistent part of post-war Italy, and is a result of the country's systemic inefficiencies, in particular its bureaucracy, high taxation, and rigid labor market. Recent estimates place the size of the underground economy at about 15-17 percent of Italian G [...] |
2004-12-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 04ROME4620 |
IN THE DESERT OF LIBYA, AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL [...] During a visit to al-Kufrah on November 22, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed the first shipment of U.S. food assistance moving through the "Libyan Corridor" on its way to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The first 40 truckloads of an estimated 350 made their way on the 2,800 kilometer journey start [...] |
2004-12-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO |
| 04ROME4646 |
EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO; MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi told DCM that there was "nothing new" in what Italy said to the Chinese on the EU arms embargo during the Italo-China Summit. He said that Italy would support lifting the embargo in Brussels, but that support would be linked to positive signals [...] |
2004-12-06 18:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR IT CI EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4648 |
ITALIAN REQUEST TO UPDATE NICKEL EXPORT AGREEMENT [...] Action Request -- See Paragraph 5. 2. The GOI recently contacted embassy regarding their interest in updating a 1982 agreement on issuance of certificates of origin for the export of nickel-bearing material to the U.S. The agreement was intended to ensure that such exports did not contain [...] |
2004-12-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETTC IT CU EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME4673 |
USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...] |
2004-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 04ROME4678 |
Italy: WTO Government Procurement Agreement Market [...] This message responds to reftel A request for our suggestions on possible areas for expansion of Italy's market access commitments under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). 2. The following are Embassy responses to questions A to D of reftel A para 5. [...] |
2004-12-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IT WTO |
| 04ROME4682 |
ITALY ON EU GAERC/COUNCIL AGENDA: TURKEY WILL [...] (C) The MFA's Director for EU Integration, Michele Quaroni, told poloff that consensus was building around a Council conclusion with an unconditional date to begin Turkish accession negotiations. He was not sure whether the date would be during the first or second semester of 2005. France may [...] |
2004-12-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG RW IT EUN |
| 04ROME4699 |
ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: ENCOURAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4719 |
ITALY: TIP UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Laborcouns delivered ref a points on TIP benchmarks for 2005 to representatives of the Ministries of Justice, Interior and Equal Opportunity, stressing the importance of Washington's interest in improved statistics and expanded victims' assistance and public awareness campaigns. [...] |
2004-12-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF IT |
| 04ROME4769 |
FAO/NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] At a Briefing Session at the FAO on December 15, 2004, member countries were invited to send participants to the "FAO/Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!", to be held in The Hague,January 31 -February 5, 2005. The stated conference aim is the [...] |
2004-12-16 17:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AORC EAGR NL FAO |
| 04ROME4793 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE V - ITALY ON BOARD WITH VISA [...] (S) MFA Balkans Office Director Andrea Orizio told Poloff on December 17 that Italy was "on board" with USG view that imposing travel entry/travel bans and freezing assets of PIFWC's and their material supporters are important tools for achieving our shared objective to stabilize the region. I [...] |
2004-12-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK IT ICTY EUN |
| 04ROME4796 |
FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALY AFTER MEETING OF IRAQI DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has disbursed approximately Euro 65 million ($86.3 million) in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq for 2003-2004, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials responsible for Iraq reconstruction aid. This total includes Italy's long-delayed 2004 paym [...] |
2004-12-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4797 |
ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree result from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italian b [...] |
2004-12-20 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO |
| 04ROME4809 |
ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree resulted from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italia [...] |
2004-12-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO |
| 04ROME4840 |
ITALIAN POSITION ON EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE [...] On December 20, Franco Macor of the Italian Mandatory Consortium for Spent Batteries and Lead Waste (known by the Italian initials COBAT) responded to reftel request for information on Italy,s views regarding the EU battery directive. 2. What is Italy's position on the ban of lead/cadmium [...] |
2004-12-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD EUN |
| 04ROME4856 |
IRAQ: SUMMARY OF ITALIAN RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY [...] Luigi Maccotta, Deputy Director of the Iraq Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided Econoff with the following summary, in English, of Italian humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq. This document updates a previous summary Maccotta passed to Econoff in Jan [...] |
2004-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4872 |
CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY - ITALY [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Per ref A, on December 10, SCI Specialist discussed Italy's views on biosafety with Marco Vetrano, Director of the Biosafety Division of the Italian Ministry of Environment. Vetrano stated that Italy ratifi [...] |
2004-12-27 06:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD TBIO EAID IT |
| 04ROME4888 |
ITALY - NAMES TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Information below responds to questions and formatting instructions reftel. 3. (SBU) COUNTRY: Italian Republic DATE: 12/27/04 HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LAST NAME: Berlusconi FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Silvio CONVE [...] |
2004-12-28 06:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IT |
| 04ROME4908 |
TFXO01: EARLY WFP RELIEF EFFORTS - CREATION OF [...] USUN Rome Humanitarian Affairs Counselor Earl Gast and Program Specialist Philip Lamade were briefed by senior World Food Program (WFP) management on December 28, 2004. WFP apprised USUN Rome of its active engagement in mobilizing a task force in response to the disastrous tsunami following th [...] |
2004-12-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS EAGR XO WFP |
| 04ROME4915 |
AIREUROPE SUBSIDIARY OF BANKRUPT VOLARE GROUP [...] On November 19, Italian authorities shut down the insolvent Volare Group Airlines, including the regional budget carrier VolareWeb and the charter carrier AirEurope. On December 27, the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) granted AirEurope a provisional license to commence international [...] |
2004-12-29 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME4922 |
AT ELEVENTH HOUR, ITALY APPROVES 2005 BUDGET [...] ON DECEMBER 29, PARLIAMENT PASSED THE 2005 BUDGET AFTER A LONG DEBATE TO RECONCILE THE COMPETING DEMANDS OF GOVERNING COALITION PARTNERS FOR PORK; PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOR A TAX CUT; AND FINANCE MINISTER SINISCALCO FOR A 2005 BUDGET DEFICIT BELOW THE STABILITY PACT THREE-PERCENT BUDGET [...] |
2004-12-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 04ROME540 |
TRILATERALISM: ITALY NOT ANNOYED, BUT, FOR NOW, [...] (C) Summary: The last thing Europe needs is a new troika. That's the consistent line taken by Italian government officials, in both public statements and conversations with Embassy Rome staff. The UK-French-German "trilateral" initiative (as described reftel) is divisive, diverts attention [...] |
2004-02-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME548 |
ITALIANS SHADOWBOXING OVER UNSC REFORM [...] (C) FOR SOME AS-YET UNKNOWN REASON, THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT IS ALARMED THAT UNSC REFORM EFFORTS MAY AGAIN BE GATHERING STEAM. OUTGOING MFA POLDIR GIANCARLO ARAGONA CHOSE TO OPEN A SESSION WITH VISITING U.S. G-8 POLDIR DAVIES ON PLANS FOR THE U.S. G-8 CHAIRMANSHIP (SEPTEL) WITH A LENGTHY RIF [...] |
2004-02-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME549 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...] |
2004-02-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN |
| 04ROME561 |
ITALY: COLOMBIA NEEDS TO BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE ITALIAN MFA'S VIEW, COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT URIBE RETURNED TO BOGOTA WITH MIXED RESULTS FROM HIS EUROPEAN VISIT. HIS ADDRESS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED DUE TO CONTINUED EUROPEAN INSISTENCE ON BETTER PERFORMANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES. [...] |
2004-02-13 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME563 |
ITALIAN BIOTECH POLICY [...] SUMMARY. Italian biotech policy and policy-making appears to growing less transparent and more confused. The NK603 dossier is only the latest example. The Embassy believes it is unlikely that a Feb 17 GOI interagency meeting of technical experts will develop a consensus view. In our e [...] |
2004-02-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ETRD EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME568 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR WTO TALKS IN 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the European Commission's lead, the GOI generally agrees with USTR Zoellick's initiative, as expressed in his January 11 letter to trade ministers, to ensure that 2004 not be a lost year for trade negotiations. However, Italy was disappointed that the letter made no m [...] |
2004-02-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IT WTO |
| 04ROME59 |
SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) ON JAN. 7 ECON COUNSELOR CALLED ON GABRIELE CHECCHIA, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (INDUSTRY) MARZANO, TO CONTINUE REFTEL A DISCUSSION OF FB DESIGN'S EXPORT TO IRAN OF FOUR FAST BOATS. ECON COUNSELOR SAID WE UNDERSTOOD TWO BOATS WERE ALREADY IN IRAN, AND THAT TH [...] |
2004-01-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME610 |
GOI PLANS TO PROVIDE LIMITED FUNDS FOR SIERRA [...] (C) SEBASTIANO FULCI, MFA WEST AFRICA OFFICE DIRECTOR INFORMED POST THAT ITALY PLANS TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 150,000 EURO FROM ITS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS BUDGET FOR THE SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT. ITALY PROVIDED 180,000 EURO IN 2001 AND 260,000 EURO AT THE END OF 2003. 2. (C) FULCI EXPLAI [...] |
2004-02-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PINS EAID SL IT KWCI UNSC |
| 04ROME620 |
AD-HOC TASK FORCE ON ANIMAL FEED MEETING IN MAY [...] SUMMARY: THIS IS A BACKGROUND MESSAGE FOR THE SUBJECT MEETING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 17-19, 2004 IN COPENHAGEN. THIS TASK FORCE IS DRAFTING A CODEX CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR ANIMAL FEEDING. THE LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT CODEX DOCUMENT INCLUDES PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH US APPROAC [...] |
2004-02-19 10:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD FAO |
| 04ROME624 |
PM BERLUSCONI SAYS HE IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 17, ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI SAID HE WOULD BE A CANDIDATE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY (EP) ELECTIONS IN JUNE, BUT THAT, WIN OR LOSE, HE WOULD REMAIN IN HIS POSITION AS PRIME MINISTER. ITALY HAS NO LAW THAT PREVENTS A MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT FROM RUNNING FOR [...] |
2004-02-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME638 |
ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY [...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...] |
2004-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME639 |
UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL -- ITALY STRAPPED FOR FUNDS [...] (C) POL M/C DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI. FERRARI WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT COULD COME UP WITH MORE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE UNWRA, GIVEN THAT IT IS ALREADY STRAPPED TRYING TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS MISSIONS ABROAD, [...] |
2004-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IT UNRWA |
| 04ROME647 |
EU-CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - ITALIANS PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFFS MET WITH AND DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA U/S FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS, MARGHERITA BONIVER. BONIVER AGREED THAT CHINESE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY AND THAT LIFTING THE EMBARGO AT THIS TIME WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE C [...] |
2004-02-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM CH TW IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME659 |
IRAQI ASSETS: ASSISTANCE IN RECOVERING RAFIDAIN [...] (U) INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REF A WAS DELIVERED TO ROBERTO CICIANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON MONEY-LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES, FINANCE MINISTRY, ON FEBRUARY 20. HE INDICATED HE WOULD SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ITALY'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, THE UFFICIO ITALIANO DEI CAMBI (UIC). [...] |
2004-02-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ IT UNSC |
| 04ROME667 |
IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] ITALY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS, COSIMO CALIENDO, AND HIS DEPUTY, DR. GIORDANO, WHO REPRESENTED ITALY AT THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING, TOLD SCIENCE COUNSELOR FEBRUARY 17 THAT ITALY HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING ON THE BALLAST WATER TREATY. THEY FELT THA [...] |
2004-02-23 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO |
| 04ROME668 |
MFA U/S BONIVER ON AFGHANISTAN: PRT, RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Charge, MFA U/S Boniver conveyed the GOI's irritation at the USG's last-minute request that Italy lead a PRT in Afghanistan somewhere other than Ghazni, despite months of planning prompted by a specific U.S. request. She said Italy hoped to mainta [...] |
2004-02-24 05:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME688 |
PSI: ITALY STUDYING SUA AMENDMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-24 17:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IT MARITIME |
| 04ROME703 |
ITALY TO PROPOSE A NATO POLITICAL STRATEGY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his speech to the NAC scheduled for March 3, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini plans to present a comprehensive set of priorities for NATO, according to MFA contacts. Many of the points addressed in Frattini's speech, and the Italian concept paper it is based on, are li [...] |
2004-02-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME709 |
MISSION ITALY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 watch list. Overall frequency of copyright piracy has remained essentially stable since 2000, when Italy's copyright law was enacted. Nonetheless, total losses due to piracy are mounting, and Italy's piracy and counterfeiting ra [...] |
2004-02-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD IT |
| 04ROME731 |
ITALY'S ONGOING CONCERNS REGARDING U.S. [...] Summary. GOI officials continue to raise concerns about the U.S. Bioterrorism Act (BTA), in particular the burden it places on Italian small- and medium-size exporters, whose products make up a significant portion of Italys food exports. Officials from three ministries emphasized to Embassy [...] |
2004-02-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME740 |
NEW FORM OF BSE DISCOVERED IN ITALY [...] Summary. Researchers from several Italian institutions published, in the National Academy of Science, findings that they have identified a second type of mad cow brain- wasting disease, BASE. The U.S. press has given this story much more attention than the Italian press. Italian media report [...] |
2004-02-27 06:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EU IT |
| 04ROME758 |
ITALY SUPPORTS UNDC "IMPROVEMENT SESSION" [...] (C) POLMILOFF MET WITH MFA DISARMAMENT AND NONPROLIFERATION OFFICE DIRECTOR FILIPPO FORMICA AND COUNSELOR PIERO SARDI ON FEBRUARY 28 TO DISCUSS REFTEL DEMARCHE (CONVEYED ON FEBRUARY 24). FORMICA OPENED BY EXPRESSING HIS FRUSTRATION THAT ITALY, WHICH CHAIRED THE UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION LAS [...] |
2004-02-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL IT UNDC CDG |
| 04ROME77 |
ITALY POISED TO CONTRIBUTE PRT FOR GHAZNI [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY IS LIKELY TO STAND-UP A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO COVER PARTS OF GHAZNI PROVINCE, ACCORDING TO MOD AND MFA CONTACTS, BUT WOULD PREFER TO DO SO UNDER NATO COMMAND. ITALY WOULD LIKE USG INPUT (AND WILL SEEK NATO/SHAPE INPUT AS WELL) ON THE LI [...] |
2004-01-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME770 |
ITALIAN HEALTH MINISTER POSITIVE ON PRESIDENT'S [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE TO SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE ITALIAN MOH, MINISTER OF HEALTH GIROLAMO SIRCHIA WROTE TO EMBASSY SCIENCE COUNSELOR ON FEBRUARY 25, REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF. 2. BEGIN TEXT (INFORMAL TRANSLATION): I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE RECE [...] |
2004-02-27 17:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID PREL IT |
| 04ROME776 |
ITALIAN MINISTRY TRIES TO BLOCK FUTURE FAST BOAT [...] (S) SUMMARY: With FB Design's fast-boat contract with Iran effectively fulfilled, the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities has sent a stern letter to the company, warning it to do no further business with Iran without formal ministerial review. The legal force of the letter is unclear, [...] |
2004-03-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME792 |
IRAN/IAEA: ITALY (STILL) SEES THE GLASS AS HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALTHOUGH ITALY HAS NOT YET FORMED A FINAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DG'S FEBRUARY 24 REPORT ON IRAN, THE HEAD OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR DISARMAMENT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE ARE SOME "VERY DISTURBING" BREACHES. ITALY WILL CONSULT FURTHER WITH ITS EU PARTNERS BEFORE DRAWING ANY FINAL CONCLUSI [...] |
2004-03-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IT IAEA |
| 04ROME798 |
ITALY SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON PRT LOCATION [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. Italy has requested clarification of the USG's position regarding the location of an Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Giovanni Brauzzi, MFA NATO Affairs Office Director, called Pol-Mil Officer on March 1 to say that comments made by State [...] |
2004-03-02 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME8 |
US MISSION/ROME 2003 SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS - AS [...] (SBU) Kim: Thanks for the opportunity to lay out our past year's accomplishments. In short, it was an extraordinary year where our Mission, like many other IO posts, found ourselves in the middle of some of the most difficult challenges on our country's foreign policy agenda. In 2003 US Missio [...] |
2004-01-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF |
| 04ROME80 |
EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...] |
2004-01-09 18:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME801 |
NINTH SESSION OF FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE HELD ITS NINTH SESSION IN BREMEN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 10-14, 2004. GREG SCHNEIDER (U.S.) WAS ELECTED TO CHAIR THE MEETING; RICHARD SISSON OF AUSTRALIA SERVED AS RAPPORTEUR. THE FAO SECRETARIAT PRESENTED A REPORT ON THE RECEN [...] |
2004-03-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD EAGR AORC FAO |
| 04ROME815 |
FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The WFP Board first regular session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs. In 2003, WFP received U.S. dollars (USD) 2.6 billion in donor contributions in support of its operations worldwide (plus an additional USD 1.2 billion from the Oil- for-Fo [...] |
2004-03-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME818 |
GEORGIAN FOOD PIPELINE CONCERNS [...] SUMMARY: WFP HAS PROVIDED A FUNDING PROPOSAL TO THE US MISSION ROME THAT PROPOSES AN EXCEPTIONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO GEORGIAN HOUSEHOLDS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY RISING WHEAT FLOUR AND BREAD PRICES. WITH THE PRICE OF BREAD KEPT ARTIFICIALLY LOW AND THE SUPPLY OF SMUGGLED FLOUR DWINDLING, A SHORT [...] |
2004-03-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF GG WFP |
| 04ROME849 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES INDONESIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Indonesia. The project 10069.1, entitled Assistance to Recovery and Nutritional Rehabilitation, is for three years (July 2004-June 2007), and covers 2.1 million benef [...] |
2004-03-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME855 |
ITALY OPPOSES SANCTIONS FOR BURMA [...] (C) MFA SOUTHEAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR, MARCO DELLA SETA, REPORTED THAT ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON BURMA. SINCE BURMA HAS A TRADITIONAL ECONOMY AND IS NOT A MAJOR TRADING PARTNER WITH THE EU, THE GOI BELIEVES SANCTIONS WOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE GOVERNMENT AND INSTEAD, HU [...] |
2004-03-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM IT EUN |
| 04ROME860 |
AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...] |
2004-03-04 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME868 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES ARMENIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Armenia. The project 10053.1, entitled Relief and Recovery Assistance for Vulnerable Groups, is for two years (July 2004-June 2006), covering 110,000 beneficiaries pe [...] |
2004-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME876 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES SUDAN (ERITREAN REFUGEES) [...] (SBU) The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Sudan (Eritrean refugees). The project 10122.1, entitled Food Assistance for Eritrean Refugees, is for two years (April 2004 - March 2006) with a total cost to [...] |
2004-03-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME879 |
WFP BOARD PPROVES NEPAL PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Execuive Board, at its first regular session (Februar 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Nepal. The project 10058.3, entitle Food Assistance to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal,is for twelve months (July 2004-June 2005), and overs 99,600 beneficiaries. Total cos [...] |
2004-03-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME887 |
BLAIR REASSURES BERLUSCONI: "NO DIRECTORATE" [...] (C) UK DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION SCOTT WIGHTMAN TOLD POLMIN THAT WHILE REF REPORTS ON PM BERLUSCONI'S MARCH 4 LUNCH WITH PM BLAIR IN ROME ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AN AMICABLE ENCOUNTER, BERLUSCONI DID VENT HIS ANGER AT BLAIR OVER THE FRENCH-GERMAN-BRITISH "TRILATERAL" INITIATIVE TO STEER EU POLI [...] |
2004-03-05 18:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT UK EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME896 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES CAMBODIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Cambodia. The project 10305.0, entitled Assisting People in Crisis, is for thirty months (July 2004- December 2006), and covers 2,491,710 beneficiaries. Total cost to [...] |
2004-03-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME897 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES REPUBLIC OF CONGO PROTRACTED [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for the Republic of the Congo (ROC). The project 10312.0, entitled Assistance to Populations Affected by Conflicts, is for two years (July 2004 - June 2006) with a total [...] |
2004-03-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME902 |
MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...] |
2004-03-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME927 |
ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...] |
2004-03-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME936 |
ITALIAN LOWER HOUSE SET TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME952 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES BENIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT VALUED [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved Benin's development project 10308.0 entitled Promotion of Formal and Non-Formal Education of Children and Youth. The project is for five years (July 2004-June 2009), with a total cost to WFP of USD 16.5 million, a [...] |
2004-03-11 12:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME955 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES THE GAMBIA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved The Gambia development project 10311.0 entitled Support to Basic Education in Rural Vulnerable Regions. The project is for three years, with a total cost to WFP of USD 6.92 million. Beneficiaries are estimated at [...] |
2004-03-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME960 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) POST DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, AMB. ENRICO DE MAIO, AND ALSO DISCUSSED THEM WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR, COUNS. ALESSANDRO GAUDIANO. WE ALSO DELIVERED THE POINTS TO THE OFFICE OF MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA MARGHERITA BONIVER. ITALY S [...] |
2004-03-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME969 |
ITALY: FUNDS FOR MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD APPROVED [...] AS EXPECTED, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MARCH 10 APPROVED EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL ITS MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ (REF. B). THE CHAMBER DID NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE ON FEBRUARY 18 (RE [...] |
2004-03-11 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME973 |
IRAQ: WFP WARNS OF POSSIBLE BREAKS IN FOOD PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: During February 26 meetings in Rome with the Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, officials of the World Food Program (WFP) warned that difficulties in the management and coordination of food contracts and deliveries with authorities in Baghdad, if [...] |
2004-03-12 07:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME978 |
ITALY UPGRADES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MEASURES AND [...] The GOI approved February 13 a legislative decree implementing the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2001/97/CE). The legislative decree requires notaries, lawyers, auditors, certified public accountants, accountants, and labor advisers to report suspicious financial activity to the Uffi [...] |
2004-03-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME987 |
CHR-60: ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND SHARES BROADLY U.S, OBJECTIVES FOR CHR-60, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE CALVETTA REITERATED TO US MARCH 11. THE U.S. DEL TO THIS YEAR'S SESSION OF THE COMMISSION WOULD SEE STRONG AGREEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM ITS ITALIAN COUNTERPART, HE PREDICTED. 2 [...] |
2004-03-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM AORC IT UNCHR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME994 |
ACTIVITY REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE POLITICAL, POL-MIL AND LABOR SECTIONS FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT IT |
| 05ROME1005 |
ITALY-CHINA: FINI - LI MEETING DOOMED AFTER EU [...] (C) Summary. The March 18 meeting of Foreign Ministers Fini and Li was a disappointment for both sides, according to the Italian MFA. Li made no headway in pushing for a lifting of the EU arms embargo, getting instead public and private lectures from Fini on human rights. So, he gave nothin [...] |
2005-03-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1012 |
SOMALIA - ITALY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON SITUATION; [...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. According to the MFA, U.S. and international concerns regarding frontline state participation in IGASOM (ref A) had been heeded by IGAD. An unofficial draft report (paragraph 7) on the March 22 core group [...] |
2005-03-24 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT |
| 05ROME1018 |
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: ITALY PASSES ITC GAVEL TO [...] On March 15, Italy formally passed the chairmanship of the International Task Force for Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) to Poland. Attendees at the ceremony included the Polish Ambassador, representatives of the Italian Jewish communities in Rome and Milan, [...] |
2005-03-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PO IT |
| 05ROME1021 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REQUESTS - [...] (S) Summary: Ref A requests that Embassy Rome, Department and OSD discuss whether the Italian criminal investigation team looking into the March 4 shooting by US forces of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari should be supported based on the terms of reference (Ref D) or other arrangem [...] |
2005-03-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1023 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador in Rome on March 24, on instructions from FM Fini. End summary. 2. (C) MFA Director General for the Mediterranean and Middle East, Riccardo Sessa, phoned [...] |
2005-03-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1024 |
IRAQ: US/ITALY JOINT INVESTIGATION - LOOKING AHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: We have gotten past Italian nervousness (Ref A) about participating jointly in the full range of Gen. Vangjel's investigation into the March 4 death of Nicola Calipari. PM Berlusconi's office, which is tightly managing the Italian public stance on this issue, remains concerned ab [...] |
2005-03-25 06:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | IT IZ KJUS MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1027 |
ITALIAN NGO PROPOSES NEW COLLABORATION TO REALIZE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: --------------------------- 2. On March 4, Embassy Economic and Science officers met with an Italian NGO planning a meeting in Venice on May 26- 27, 2005 to explore possible U.S.-Italian-EU-Russian cooperat [...] |
2005-03-25 07:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA IT |
| 05ROME1043 |
ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES BILL TO [...] On March 4, the Chamber of Deputies approved, and sent to the Senate for consideration, the reform of Italy's fragmented financial markets oversight system. The government promised the reform one year ago in the wake of the Parmalat scandal. The current bill addresses conflict of interest b [...] |
2005-03-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 05ROME1058 |
ITALY'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS: THE LAUNCH OF THE [...] (C) Italians will vote April 3-4 to elect new governments in 14 of Italy's 20 regions. Most polls suggest that PM Berlusconi's center-right coalition will lose in at least two of these regions. These elections are not direct predictors for next spring's national elections for Parliament a [...] |
2005-03-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1123 |
INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF FAO: STEADY [...] (U) Summary: In its February and March meetings, the Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO took significant steps to move the IEE process forward: (1) designation of a regionally balanced Bureau with a U.S. vice chair, (2) agreement on crite [...] |
2005-04-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO |
| 05ROME1125 |
ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006 [...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...] |
2005-04-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1127 |
EU COMMISSIONER FRATTINI PREDICTS BIG CABINET [...] (C/NOFORN) During Ambassador Sembler's April 1 farewell courtesy call, EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (and former Italian FM) Franco Frattini (strictly protect) predicted that PM Berlusconi's program of tax cuts and infrastructure improvements would win his center-right coalition [...] |
2005-04-04 07:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1142 |
FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...] |
2005-04-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO |
| 05ROME1145 |
CHR 61: ITALY ON CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT UNHCR EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME1150 |
ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH CHINA: [...] There are divided views in Italy on trade and investment in China and whether China is a threat or an opportunity. Although Italian exports to China have increased recently, they pale compared to the sharp increase of Chinese imports into Italy. Italy's direct investment in China remains quit [...] |
2005-04-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME117 |
MTAG:ITALIAN FIRMS COOPERATING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-13 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC IT PARM PREL CH MTCRE |
| 05ROME1174 |
DRIFTNETS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: WORLD [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Embassy recently received a letter from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mediterranean Programme Office in Rome that alleged illegal driftnet activity by Morocco, Algeria, France, Italy and Turkey in the Mediterranean hi [...] |
2005-04-06 19:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV KSCA ETRD AG FR IT MO TU ICCAT |
| 05ROME1222 |
NATO-AFGHANISTAN:ITALY WILL CONSIDER DROPPING [...] (C) On April 12, PolMilOff conveyed Reftel points requesting that Italy lift its ISAF caveat to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi and to MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Brauzzi, who has the lead on NATO issues, immediately asked the Italian military Joint Operational Command (C [...] |
2005-04-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME1263 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON MAYOR OF ROME [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell call on Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, the Ambassador lauded the city's handling of the Pope's funeral and its support for the Embassy over the years. On the political front, Veltroni, a member of the Democrats of the Left (DS) and potential center-left candida [...] |
2005-04-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IT MGMT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1264 |
A REPORT BY USUN ROME AMBASSADOR TONY HALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Tony Hall, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, traveled to Ethiopia and Uganda from March 16 through 23, 2005, to investigate humanitarian issues in both countries. In Ethiopia Ambassador Hall visited USAID-funded projects for HIV/AIDS orphans and mothers, observ [...] |
2005-04-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR ET UG UN |
| 05ROME1270 |
CALIPARI: ITALY PROPOSES SPLITTING JOINT REPORT FROM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian government officials tell us they will refuse signature or endorsement as a "joint report" of any MNF-I AR 15-6 inves contains the unqualified conclusion that personal responsibility for th cannot be assigned and U.S. forces did not violate their ROE. They say a political [...] |
2005-04-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1291 |
ITALY: UDC WITHDRAWS ITS MINISTERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The centrist Union of Christian Democrats of the Center (UDC) announced on April 15 that it would withdraw its ministers from the Berlusconi Government. UDC leader Marco Follini assured the Government that his party would continue to support the majority from outside the coal [...] |
2005-04-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1365 |
MEETING OF UNIDROIT SUB-FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the sub-Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on April 11 to consider the first estimates for the organization's 2006 budget. Although a majority of participants favorably viewed the draft budget proposal of 2.03 million (a [...] |
2005-04-21 11:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
| 05ROME1374 |
ITALY TO PROVIDE FIVE MILLION EURO TO UN FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID AF IT UNSC AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME1385 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE TO CRITICISM ON REFUGEE TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary. In the face of criticism by UNHCR, the European Parliament and center-left politicians, the Italian Government continues to defend its policy of quickly returning illegal immigrants to Libya. Ministry of Interior officials insist the immigrants are being properly processed for [...] |
2005-04-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG IT UNHCR |
| 05ROME1389 |
ITALY: ARE BERLUSCONI'S TROUBLES MORE SERIOUS [...] (S) Italian Senate President Pera alleged that President Ciampi, together with the center-left and Chamber President Casini, was plotting a "constitutional coup d'etat" against Berlusconi, attempting to force June elections. In a separate, earlier meeting, however, Casini accused PM Berlusc [...] |
2005-04-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1390 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON APRIL 25 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that during the April 25 EU GAERC, FMs would discuss preparations for the June US-EU conference on Iraq. Italy wants to be sure Baghdad authorities views are also incorporated into the preparation phase of the conference. ---- MEPP ---- [...] |
2005-04-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU IT EUN |
| 05ROME1391 |
ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE [...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Italian plans to sell an "Air Defense Integrated System" (ADIS) to Syria. Castellaneta said that the Italian firm Finmecannica (a defense industry conglomerate, 3 [...] |
2005-04-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1392 |
IRAQ/ITALY: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION AND THE VIEW [...] (S) Summary: Based on what senior GOI officials have told us in the past 48 hours, we believe there is little chance that we can achieve a joint report in Baghdad on the March 4 Calipari shooting. We should prepare a public affairs strategy for that outcome now. The GOI's national security [...] |
2005-04-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1409 |
ITALY: BERLUSCONI III SWORN IN; LIKELY TO BE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A new Berlusconi Cabinet was sworn in by President of the Republic Ciampi on April 23. If confirmed as expected by both chambers of Parliament, this will be Berlusconi's third governmen [...] |
2005-04-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1442 |
ITALY: BERLUSCONI ANNOUNCES MAY 2006 ELECTIONS, [...] PM Berlusconi told journalists April 26 that Italy's next national elections would be held in May 2006. Berlusconi said he had already discussed the date with President Ciampi. In fact, if the current Parliament completes its full term, Italy in 2006 will face an unprecedented situation, wit [...] |
2005-04-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1446 |
ITALY: NEW BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Italian Government led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received its final confidence vote from the Senate on April 28. The Chamber of Deputies gave the new Government its confidence on April 2 [...] |
2005-04-28 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1450 |
SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...] |
2005-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1451 |
PESTICIDE OVERSTOCKS: FAO LETTER TO LOCUST [...] Summary. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted USUN Rome to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling desert locusts, via a letter (see below) to affected countries and the donor community to en [...] |
2005-04-29 06:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO |
| 05ROME1452 |
19TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON [...] Summary. The Nineteenth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Agriculture (COAG) met in Rome April 13-16, 2005. The Committee reviewed and provided recommendations on FAO's program of work in the food and ag | ||||