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07PRETORIA3939	(C) ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the ANC national conference 16-20 December, allegations of bribes and intimidation directed at ANC branch members and Polokwane delegates are surfacing from Zuma, Mbeki, and Sexwale camps. Press reports allege that ANC branch members in North West are being intim [...]	2007-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF

07PRETORIA3948	GRASSROOTS ANC WANT CONSENSUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ANC policy coordinator Michael Sachs told EmbOffs on 12 November that grassroots ANC members are "sick at heart" over the current bitter succession race and would accept a compromise ballot. However, he admitted that the battle looks more and more like it will come down to ANC P [...]	2007-11-15 08:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4105	ANC SUCCESSION: ZUMA HAS EDGE, BUT IT'S NOT OVER [...] (C) With only two weeks to go before the ANC elects its next President the field has narrowed to a tight race between ANC President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Jacob Zuma, with Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa trailing far behind. Some still hold out hope that the animosity generated bet [...]	2007-12-03 14:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4109	TSVANGIRAI FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF PROGRESS IN SADC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of the SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe. The SIPDIS MDC has made significant concessions, but received nothing in retur [...]	2007-12-04 10:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA4166	ZUMA CAMP CONFIDENT IN LEAD UP TO POLOKWANE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Advisors to ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma are confident that their candidate will defeat ANC President Thabo Mbeki at the December 16-20 national conference, although they acknowledge that Mbeki may yet have "tricks up his sleeve." Mbeki is trying to buy delegate votes, the Zum [...]	2007-12-10 13:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4178	TOKYO SEXWALE JOINS ZUMA'S CAMP [...] (U) After two weeks in the U.S., UK, and India, Zuma has returned to South Africa more buoyant and aggressive than ever. During an international human rights day lecture at the University of Witwatersrand on 10 December, Zuma made numerous thinly veiled attacks against Mbeki's leadership styl [...]	2007-12-12 12:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4180	ANC ELECTION: IDEA OF COMPROMISE STILL ALIVE, BUT [...] (SBU) Efforts within the ANC to find a "compromise candidate" for ANC president have devolved into finding simply a compromise between Mbeki and Zuma, and not a very obvious one at that. Press reports on 09 December noted that former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has launched a last-mi [...]	2007-12-12 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4196	MBEKI CAMP UPBEAT [...] (C) According to Mbeki camp lobbyists, Mbeki has succeeded in changing the minds of enough delegates to win the ANC Presidency for a third term. On 12 December, PolAsst received a text message on his phone, allegedly from the national coordinator of the Mbeki lobby (Andile Nkuhlu),stating, " [...]	2007-12-14 05:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4217	ANC ELECTIONS: ZUMA WINS PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Results of elections for the six ANC leadership positions were released at 20:30 local (13:30 EST),revealing a clean sweep for the Zuma camp. Winners are as follows: President: Jacob Zuma (previous ANC Deputy President) won with 2,329 votes. Mbeki received 1,505 votes; there were 8 [...]	2007-12-18 19:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4218	NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The election of Jacob Zuma as African National Congress (ANC) President (Ref C) will not result in any immediate changes in South Africa's foreign policy. Should Zuma become national president following parliamentary elections in early 2009 -- not a foregone conclusion with corru [...]	2007-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA4242	ZUMA CAMP DOMINATES ANC NEC ELECTION; MBEKI ALLIES [...] (SBU) Supporters of newly-elected African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma dominated the elections for the party's National Executive Council (NEC),the ANC's central policymaking body (see para 6 for full results). Winnie Madikizela-Mandela received the most votes for the NEC (2,8 [...]	2007-12-21 16:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4243	ANC CONFERENCE: CHAOTIC, DISORGANIZED, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In spite of innumerable logistical problems and delays, the ANC's 52nd national conference ended successfully with voters clearly choosing Jacob Zuma as ANC President in a transparent and democratic process. Allegations of vote-buying circulated throughout the conference, but vo [...]	2007-12-21 16:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4248	MEYER ON IRAQ, KOSOVO, COLOMBIA, AND BASQUE PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former South African Government (SAG) minister and conflict resolution expert Roelf Meyer updated A/PolCounselor and PolOff December 20 on his various international peace initiatives and gave his views on the recent ANC election (septel). Meyer will participate in the second mee [...]	2007-12-27 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINR IZ YI CO SP SF
07PRETORIA4251	MEYER SAYS ZUMA ELECTION OFFERS WINDOW OF [...] (C) Former South African Government (SAG) minister and businessman Roelf Meyer told A/PolCouns and PolOff December 20 that he is not "overly concerned" about the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC President (ref A). Zuma is unlikely to move South Africa "dramatically to the left," at least in the [...]	2007-12-28 07:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRISTINA104	KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...]	2007-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA113	KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...]	2007-02-12 11:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA115	KOSOVO: THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN VOTING IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have seen in recent high-profile Kosovo Assembly deliberations, the use of secret ballots combined with weak party discipline and back-bencher discontent has greatly complicated our ability to get key legislation passed. Working with the leadership of the Assembly and oth [...]	2007-02-12 12:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA118	COM REACHES OUT TO KOSOVO SERBS IN TOWN HALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a town hall meeting in Gracanica, Kosovo Serbs shared their practical concerns about implementation of the Ahtisaari package, economic development, security, and returns with the COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom. COM described the many provisions in the doc [...]	2007-02-13 17:31:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA141	KOSOVO: DACI CONVENES "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The break-away faction of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) held its first political convention on February 17, endorsing ex-Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci as its leader and approving his hand-picked slate of deputy presidents. The party chose the name "Democratic League [...]	2007-02-26 14:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA142	KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...]	2007-02-26 17:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA151	KOSOVO: USOP HELPS BUILD KOSOVO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite initial hurdles, the Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) is taking shape under USOP leadership and will help fill a gap in prosecutions for sensitive cases. One special prosecutor started work in January, three others transferred on February 28, and a fifth was s [...]	2007-02-28 15:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA159	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Status fever continues to grip all residents of Kosovo, with ethnic Albanians focused on the conclusion of the Ahtisaari process and Serbs grimly wondering how they will cope once the outcome is clear. With careful management and assiduous courting of both Albanian and Serb leade [...]	2007-03-01 18:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA161	KOSOVO: MEDIA CAMPAIGN/PUBLIC OUTREACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since President Ahtisaari's February 2 presentation of the final status settlement package for Kosovo, efforts to explain the package to both Kosovar Albanians and Serbs include a USAID-funded media campaign, televised educational programs, radio call-in shows, community round [...]	2007-03-02 16:18:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KPAO
07PRISTINA162	KOSOVO SERB JOURNALISTS LOOK TO UNOSEK AND USG TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion on March 1 with COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom, Kosovo Serb journalists shared their concerns about the lack of protections for Serb media in the status package, and offered their proposal for additional guarantees. COM assured them [...]	2007-03-02 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL EAID KDEM SOCI UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA163	UPDATE ON KOSOVO PRIORITY STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are finding it difficult to close the book on the remaining Contact Group (CG) Priorities for Standards. We believe all CG offices here would agree that at least nine of the 13 Priorities are complete and that the onl [...]	2007-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA164	KOSOVO: CASE EMERGING AGAINST ALBIN KURTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, following the violent February 10 protest led by the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),in which two people were killed and approximately 80 injured, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) detained SDM leader Albin Kurti for 30 days based on the ruling of an international pr [...]	2007-03-02 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA168	KOSOVO: SDM MARCH 3 PROTEST PEACEFUL, RESULT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Self-Determination Movement (SDM),virulently opposed to President Ahtisaari's final status package for Kosovo and continued UNMIK presence, held a peaceful protest March 3 in the center of Pristina that attracted fewer than 3000 participants. No serious incidents, injuries [...]	2007-03-05 12:14:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA180	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly's ad-hoc Investigative Committee presented its report on financial wrongdoing to the full Assembly, which dutifully adopted it on February 22. The report was essentially a watered-down version of the Auditor General's earlier findings, and was even less firm in [...]	2007-03-08 08:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA181	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 08:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA187	KOSOVO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Post has identified the five most influential women in the Kosovo, per Ref A, as well as three Kosovo women who are influential among their respective minority communities. Political officer Heidi Barrachina is POC for women's issues at post: (381) 38-549-516 x3104; barrachinahh@state. [...]	2007-03-12 11:50:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK PHUM SOCI KWMN
07PRISTINA188	KOSOVO: VILLAGE LEADERS WILLING TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 7 visit by the USKFOR Polad to Debelde, a town affected by the 2001 border agreement between Macedonia and the then-FRY, suggests that village leaders there talk a tough game on not giving up their land, but are actually quite willing to discuss compensation. Indeed, thes [...]	2007-03-12 12:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA200	KOSOVO: DISCIPLINED ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its February 9 marathon session that ended in only half-hearted support for the Ahtisaari proposal and the work of the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team"),the Assembly on March 14 warmly received the report of three Unity Team members on the last "elephan [...]	2007-03-14 18:07:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA206	KOSOVO: NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER INTENDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New UNMIK Police Commissioner Richard Monk told COM March 14 that he will work to maintain UNMIK Civpol's strength throughout the transition period to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) rule of law mission. The same day, EU Planning Team Head Casper Klynge said the [...]	2007-03-16 15:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA208	KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...]	2007-03-16 17:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA259	KOSOVO: RECENTLY LAUNCHED PILOT KPC REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK's Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) launched a pilot reintegration program for 80 separated Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members in January 2007. The program, which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is managing, assists participants with finding new jobs or [...]	2007-04-04 09:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA261	KOSOVO: UNIFIED ASSEMBLY DECLARES OVERWHELMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a show of overwhelming unity, the Kosovo Assembly declared its support April 5 for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's report, committed to implement fully its provisions, and welcomed without reservation the international civilian and security presence that will be established in Ko [...]	2007-04-05 12:51:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA264	KOSOVO: ANOTHER PRIORITY STANDARD FULFILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government approved a report requested by Prime Minister Agim Ceku evaluating the costs to repair 23 commercial properties (18 owned by Serbs or other minorities and 5 owned by Albanians) damaged during the March 2004 anti-S [...]	2007-04-06 16:40:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA27	KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH WORKING GROUP PREPARES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Working Group on Public Outreach, chaired by OSCE Ambassador Wnendt and supported by USOP, has agreed to a two-phased approach in relation to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's presentation of the final status package: an initial, "simple message" campaign -- via billboards and PSAs -- [...]	2007-01-12 14:13:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
07PRISTINA273	KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS MOVE FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nine transition working groups set up by UNMIK, the core team for the post-UNMIK International Civilian Office, USOP, and the Kosovo government have focused attention on necessary actions required to be taken by the Kosovo government in time for UNMIK's departure. The first [...]	2007-04-11 15:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA281	KOSOVO: GROWING PRESSURE ON AND FROM KOSOVO SERBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent instances in which Kosovo Serb officials have refused to accept U.S. assistance if Kosovo Albanians are involved in the projects or in the provision of USOP/USAID security suggest that these communities are coming under increased and deliberate pressure from Belgrade and t [...]	2007-04-12 08:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA29	KOSOVO: DACI AND HIS SUPPORTERS CREATE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly president Nexhat Daci and his supporters announced January 12 the creation of a new political "entity" called the Democratic League (LD). Daci told reporters the Democratic League will be "a continuation of the party created and run by former President Ib [...]	2007-01-12 17:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA293	KOSOVO: UNMIK REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) UNMIK CivPol Commissioner Richard Monk has asked USOP for assistance in persuading the governments of Denmark and Norway to extend the tours of two civilian police officers deemed mission-essential. We concur with Monk that the extension of these two officers, and possibly additional pers [...]	2007-04-13 12:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA303	KOSOVO: CODEL ROHRABACHER SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo April 14-15, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) conveyed a strong message of support for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's package, saying it was past time for Kosovo's status to be resolved. In meetings with Kosovo officials, UNMIK, OSCE and US KFOR, Rohrabacher also stressed th [...]	2007-04-18 11:03:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA304	KOSOVO DELEGATION PRAISES EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Directors Malcolm Brown and Ekrem Hajdari, upon return from their highly rewarding participation in a U.S.-funded conference, queried us on the status of what they described as an EXBS offer to provide Kosovo with a mobile scanner in 2007. They were delighted wi [...]	2007-04-18 11:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA323	KOSOVO SERBS REACT POSITIVELY TO USG-FUNDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, COM inaugurated three USAID projects in Serb-majority northern Kosovo. These included renovations to both the Technical Sciences faculty and the technical high school in northern Mitrovica, along with the construction of a new water reservoir and water distributio [...]	2007-04-24 16:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA348	KOSOVO: BALKAN WATCHERS' CONFERENCE BRINGS USG [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade-US Office Pristina message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16-18, Balkans watchers from Embassies Berlin, Paris, Rome, Skopje, USEU, and USNATO participated in familiarization visits to both Belgrade and Pristina. Co-hosted by Embassy Belgrade and US Office [...]	2007-05-03 15:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA349	KOSOVO: 3,000 RALLY IN PRISTINA FOR FORMER PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: An estimated 3,000 people rallied peacefully in Pristina during lunch hour on May 2 in support of ICTY indictee and former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Some high-level officials of Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party participated, as well as prominent m [...]	2007-05-03 16:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA362	KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...]	2007-05-07 15:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA379	KOSOVO ALBANIANS COMMEMORATE KOSOVO'S NEW MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo government officially recognized April 27 as Missing Persons Day. By changing the date from the internationally-observed August 30 to the anniversary of one of the largest massacres of Kosovo Albanians in 1999, the government scored some unnecessary PR points again [...]	2007-05-15 12:38:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA380	KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM SET TO APPROVE INTERIM PASSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much prodding from UNMIK and USOP, the Kosovo government has scrapped plans to produce an expensive biometric passport in favor of an interim solution, far more practical, that essentially represents a revision of the current UNMIK travel document. UNMIK sources tell us the [...]	2007-05-15 15:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA386	KOSOVO CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION UNDER ATTACK BY SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. The work of Kosovo's highly successful Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) is grinding to a halt due to attacks from the hardline Serbian government representative on the commission, in coordination with the intractable Ser [...]	2007-05-17 15:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA392	KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a May 10 briefing in Pristina on what it said was an "urgent requirement" to fund the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),an UNMIK organization, for one year after status. KPC Coordinator Major General Syk [...]	2007-05-18 16:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA407	THE ROAD AND THE WALL: GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two issues that have seen recent negative developments -- plans to construct a road near the Decani Monastery, linking western Kosovo to Montenegro, and controversy over the building of a security wall around the Pec Patriarchate -- foreshadow the difficulties regarding implement [...]	2007-05-22 15:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA413	KOSOVO SERB AND ALBANIAN FAMILIES OF THE MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in over a year, family members of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians met jointly with representatives of the Government of Serbia, the PISG, and UNMIK at a May 16-17 conference in Macedonia, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons [...]	2007-05-25 09:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA414	KOSOVO: REAL WORK ON NOVEMBER ELECTIONS NEEDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Transition Working Group on Elections has finished work and submitted a report of its four months of deliberations at the May 21 meeting of the Strategic Group on Transition, headed by UNMIK SRSG Joachim Ruecker. While there was early agreement on proportional voting based on [...]	2007-05-28 15:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA444	KOSOVO: FIVE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS RECEIVE A TOTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo media reported on May 29 that the Pristina Regional Court sentenced five people accused of trafficking in persons (TIP) to a total of 19 years in prison, ranging from 7.6 years for the group's ringleader to 2 years for a Moldovan woman whom the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) [...]	2007-06-05 17:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	GTIP KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA453	KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...]	2007-06-08 17:19:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA464	KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...]	2007-06-13 11:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA477	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina June 14-17, USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Amb. Frank Wisner delivered a message to Kosovo Albanian national and local political leaders, businesspeople, media, academics, and religious figures that the quality of Kosovo's independence is as important as the speed at whi [...]	2007-06-19 14:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA492	KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...]	2007-06-25 07:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA50	KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...]	2007-01-19 17:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA503	KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...]	2007-06-29 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA504	KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...]	2007-06-29 14:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA506	KOSOVO: FAST-TRACKING PLAN UNDERWAY FOR TRANSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the Ahtisaari Plan, the Kosovo Assembly must pass a number of laws during the established 120-day transition period. The Assembly's normal pace of doing business is inadequate to do this, so the OSCE, EAR, and NDI, working together as the Assembly Support Initiative (ASI [...]	2007-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA51	KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ON AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its work to garner public support for the final status package in advance of the expected February 2 visit of UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari, the Public Outreach Working Group, composed of OSCE, USOP/USAID, UNMIK, ICO, the Kosovo government and governing and opposition political [...]	2007-01-19 17:49:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA536	KOSOVO: EXBS ADVISOR FOR KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) USOP concurs with ISN/ECC's selection and assignment of Robert Burright to the position of Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program advisor in Kosovo. USOP also concurs with the plan to hire Burright as a pers [...]	2007-07-11 14:17:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA54	SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: NO INCIDENTS, RADICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs voted peacefully at polling stations throughout Kosovo in the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. There were no significant incidents. Preliminary results indicate that Kosovo Serb support for the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has fallen markedly since th [...]	2007-01-22 14:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA543	KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...]	2007-07-13 09:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA557	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...]	2007-07-16 12:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA56	KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...]	2007-01-23 12:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA577	KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA KPS CHIEF EVINCES GUARDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Mitrovica Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Commander Milija Milosevic, speaking for the first time directly with USOP on July 18, maintained that his officers would continue to do their job regardless of the outcome of Kosovo status. Eager to show goodwill, he asserted that, at [...]	2007-07-26 11:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA591	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINAL STATUS DEBATE ENDS WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly held a marathon July 31 session to hear an update on final status from Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) upon the latter's return from Washington. Speaking of the expected 120-day period of further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, President Sejdiu said the UT would [...]	2007-07-31 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA592	KOSOVO: NORTHERN POLITICIANS DISCUSS STATUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two Serb politicians from Leposavic and Zubin Potok evinced a desire to cooperate with the international community on security and stability, but also continued reluctance to cooperate with the PISG. Both stressed that relations with KFOR are currently good and emphasized their [...]	2007-07-31 15:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA611	KOSOVO: PDK HANGS TOGETHER DESPITE DIFFERENCES, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As a possible election season approaches, the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is hanging together despite internal fault lines. PDK MPs are frustrated with the Unity Team and have criticized party president Hashim Thaci's leadership. Thaci himself is reportedly b [...]	2007-08-08 05:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM UNMIK KV YI
07PRISTINA616	KOSOVO: KLINA PROPERTY DECISIONS FINALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the mayor and CEO of Kline/Klina municipality to challenge two high-profile Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) decisions in favor of Kosovo Serbs sent disturbing signals about the property restitution process (especially for Kosovo Serbs) and the general rule of law [...]	2007-08-09 13:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA621	KOSOVO: AUDITOR'S REPORT ON ASSEMBLY SEES IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly has shifted from lavish misuse of government funds in 2005 to less glaring weaknesses in procedural controls in 2006, according to an independent audit released August 9. Although the Auditor General was not satisfied with the Assembly's fiscal management in [...]	2007-08-13 15:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA622	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...]	2007-08-13 16:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA640	KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...]	2007-08-23 12:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA643	KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING [...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...]	2007-08-24 13:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA644	KOSOVO: MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER THACI WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition leader Hashim Thaci reiterated to us August 23 his position that elections had to happen during their constitutionally-mandated timeframe and noted that Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) had already agreed to holding them by the third week of November. Thaci promised that [...]	2007-08-24 14:14:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA669	KOSOVO: DEMINING REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) published a report in July 2007 on landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Kosovo and the local capacity to address it. The report, the result of a February GICHD mission to Kosovo to review prog [...]	2007-09-06 15:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA671	KOSOVO: SPECIAL PROSECUTORS' OFFICE MAKES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) now has six prosecutors pursuing complex cases and beginning to file indictments in serious cases; however, it is facing significant obstacles that threaten its future viability. Among these are a lack of resources and unhelpful atti [...]	2007-09-06 15:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA68	KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...]	2007-01-25 18:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI
07PRISTINA683	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...]	2007-09-12 12:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA686	KOSOVO: USOP WORKS TO REASSURE STRPCE SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nestled in the Shar mountains, Strpce municipality - the southernmost Serb-majority area in Kosovo - holds great potential for economic development, but is also faced with several critical issues: delayed privatization of a potentially lucrative ski area that has stalled economi [...]	2007-09-14 10:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA687	KOSOVO ELECTIONS: 64 PARTIES, INCLUDING SOME SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After extending the deadline twice, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) received applications late September 12 from 64 political parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates for the November 17 elections at the central and municipal levels. Albanian p [...]	2007-09-14 14:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA694	KOSOVO: USOP INTERVENTION STOPS SERB PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY (C) Despite USOP's recent intervention in a pair of property disputes involving Kosovo Serbs in Klina (reftel),the municipal government has since attempted to repossess the property known as the "Youth Center." After initial attempts to use expropriation (similar to eminent domain i [...]	2007-09-19 13:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA697	KOSOVO: TREPCA AND THE NEED FOR SOUND ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August, the Kosovo Assembly was poised to pass an ill-advised resolution mandating that the debt-ridden Trepca mining and minerals company be designated a publicly-owned enterprise (POE) rather than a socially-owned enterprise (SOE). The move would have been a disastrous one, [...]	2007-09-21 14:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA705	KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]	2007-09-26 08:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA706	KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]	2007-09-26 08:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA707	KOSOVO: TRANSITION PLANNING MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first Strategic Transition Group meeting since the August recess, SRSG Ruecker on September 20 urged a renewed focus on the transition process and reaffirmed UNMIK's support for the Ahtisaari plan as the blueprint for moving ahead on transition implementation. Progress r [...]	2007-09-26 12:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA711	KOSOVO: VIOLENCE OVER PROPERTY SALES LEAVE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The multiethnic north Mitrovica neighborhood of Little Bosnia, or Bosniak Mahalla, is on edge as a result of a series of recent criminal incidents, including explosions, an arson attack and newly-planted unexploded ordnance (UXO). The incidents date back to January 2007 and appe [...]	2007-10-01 14:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA714	KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]	2007-10-02 16:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA715	KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]	2007-10-02 16:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA723	KOSOVO: ELECTIONS PLANNING GAINS TRACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An approaching November 17 elections date and clear signals from UNMIK, OSCE and others to get to work have compelled Kosovar politicians and election officials to focus more energy on necessary organizational issues and less on public grandstanding about the alleged deficiencies [...]	2007-10-04 15:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KV
07PRISTINA734	KOSOVO: ROMA CAMPS CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The lead-contaminated Roma IDP camp Cesmin Lug remains open more than three months after UNMIK committed to closing it (reftel). Funding is running out at Osterode, the alternate and safer camp, for services essential to preserving the health of Roma children vis-a-vis their lead [...]	2007-10-09 08:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KZ
07PRISTINA756	KOSOVO: K-ALBANIAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The six Kosovar Albanian political parties with a realistic chance of passing the five-percent parliamentary threshold are scrambling to prepare for the coming election campaign, which formally begins on October 26. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hopes to remain the larg [...]	2007-10-25 17:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA757	POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF BELGRADE DISCONNECTS KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Various scenarios exist if Serbia, in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, chooses to disconnect Kosovo from its energy grid. Our USAID energy experts tell us that the most likely scenario would have Kosovo muddling through, but only if both its aging l [...]	2007-10-26 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA764	KOSOVO: AHTISAARI-MANDATED CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING [...] (C) Summary. A three day off-site planned for November 1-3 should see the culmination of seven months of intense discussions by the so-called "Pre-Constitutional Working Group" -- whose activities have been closely monitored and guided by USOP and ICO -- and result in a first rough draft of [...]	2007-10-31 15:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KV

07PRISTINA768	KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...]	2007-11-05 16:35:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA778	KOSOVO: EU PLANS FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the August 2007 escape of seven of Kosovo's most dangerous criminals from Dubrava Prison (reftel),which highlighted security problems in Kosovo's penitentiary system, the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) shared with USOP its assessment of Kosovo's prisons [...]	2007-11-14 15:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA782	KOSOVO: CALM CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three-week campaign period ended on November 15 with most talk of Kosovo's status being successfully kept out of the fray. The pre-election deal struck among the main K-Albanian parties held and kept the tone of discussion of non-status issues positive for much of the campaig [...]	2007-11-16 17:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA783	KOSOVO ELECTIONS PROCEED CALMLY: PDK WINS BIG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars went to the polls on November 17 to elect their central and local assemblies, as well as mayors in Kosovo's 30 municipalities. USOP observer teams, plus the Council of Europe mission and local NGOs, all reported technically sound balloting. KFOR, UNMIK and the Kosovo P [...]	2007-11-19 11:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM
07PRISTINA786	KOSOVO ENERGY: PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL BELGRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Planning for the potential of Belgrade disconnecting Kosovo from its energy grid, Kosovo energy transmission experts have begun quiet talks with their Macedonian, Albanian and Greek counterparts to coordinate action to preserve the stability of the regional energy system. In oth [...]	2007-11-20 16:22:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA793	KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI'S TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial resumed on November 15. The atmosphere, again, was circus-like, with Kurti trying to make political statements and the presiding judge repeatedly yelling at him to "get to the point" and "move on." It star [...]	2007-11-26 13:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA804	KOSOVO: ELECTION RESULTS ALLOW FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the preliminary results in and 3,297 ballots counted for Serb parties contesting the Assembly vote, Kosovo Serb participation in the November 17 elections appears greater than in 2004. The ten Assembly seats set aside for Serbs were split between six small Kosovo Serb part [...]	2007-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA81	KOSOVO: BREAK-AWAY "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE" FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the break-away Democratic League (LD) on January 12, LD leader and former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci and his allies have tried to portray the party as a significant force that has hived off a good portion of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Ho [...]	2007-01-29 15:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA811	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS BRING IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Ruecker certified the results of the November 17 Kosovo Assembly election on December 5. Among the Albanian parties, seat distribution of the 120-seat Assembly comprises the following (previous number of seats in parentheses): Hashim Thaci's PDK 37 (30),President Sejdiu's L [...]	2007-12-07 18:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA813	KOSOVO ELECTIONS: PDK WINS MORE MAYORSHIPS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to preliminary results issued December 9 by the OSCE, Hashim Thaci's PDK party won 14 of the 23 municipalities up for grabs in the December 8 mayoral run-offs in Kosovo. President Sejdiu's LDK party won 6 -- including Pristina -- while Ramush Haradinaj's AAK party won [...]	2007-12-10 15:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA91	KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATE AID PROJECT, URGES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the inauguration of a U.S.-funded town hall and road rehabilitation project in northern Kosovo on February 1, COM urged Kosovo Serbs to listen carefully to Ahtisaari's proposal, saying that it will contain significant rights and guarantees for Kosovo's Serbs. In a priva [...]	2007-02-02 12:25:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA93	KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...]	2007-02-02 18:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA96	KOSOVO: POSITIVE KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction by Kosovo Albanian leaders and the media to the final status package, as presented in Pristina by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari on February 2, has been positive. The Unity Team welcomed the package and issued a statement saying they were committed to continuing the process [...]	2007-02-05 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07QUITO1992	ECUADOR: PROPOSALS ILLUMINATE KEY ISSUES FOR [...] (C) Ecuadorian political parties and civil society groups have put forward a variety of proposals for the new constitution, which will be drafted by the Constituent Assembly to be elected on September 30. Some of the major issues Assembly members are likely to address include the extent of s [...]	2007-08-30 21:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL EC
07QUITO2217	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] (SBU) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared U.S. objectives on the Community of Democracies. Puma said that Ecuador would definitely not attend the meeting on the margins of the UNGA chaired by Mali on October 1. She doubted [...]	2007-09-28 15:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV EC
07QUITO2536	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 4TH COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 19:28:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA EC
07QUITO554	ECUADOR: INSTITUTIONAL BRINKMANSHIP PROVOKES NEW [...] (C) Summary: Culminating a series of moves of dubious legality by the Correa Government, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and Congress, the TSE stripped 57 members of Congress (from the center-right opposition coalition of PRIAN, PSP, PSC and UDC) of their political rights for one year, [...]	2007-03-08 18:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07QUITO565	ECUADOR: CONGRESS SEEKING WAY OUT OF CRISIS; [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to footage of the beating of one opposition deputy by radical leftist protesters on March 8, influential media and other civil society leaders reacted strongly on March 9. Denouncing political infighting among Congress, the Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and the Correa gove [...]	2007-03-09 22:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07RABAT1112	CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS ELECTION OBSERVERS AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]	2007-07-06 10:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1122	CORRECTED COPY: CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS [...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]	2007-07-09 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1155	MOROCCO ELECTIONS: AMBITIOUS PARTY PLATFORMS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Less than two months before Morocco's lower house elections, political parties have just begun to promote their platforms, but this is still earlier than in previous cycles. All parties have put more emphasis on their platforms, which generally are more detailed, and they have wo [...]	2007-07-17 12:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1248	MOROCCO: ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS HEAT UP IN FES, MEKNES [...] (C) Summary: On a pre-election tour of the Moroccan "heartland," poloffs found broad cynicism towards elections and expectations of low voter turnout, even among some politicians. Fes, a spiritual center with a medieval core, and its imperial twin Meknes are politicized but less modernized t [...]	2007-08-02 14:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1249	MOROCCO MOVES FORWARD ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to add Morocco's first-ever international elections observation to the existing domestic monitoring of the elections are gaining steam, but running against the clock. The Interior Minister publicly affirmed the mandate of the Human Rights Consultative Council (CCDH) to [...]	2007-08-02 14:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO EU EAID
07RABAT1255	KING'S THRONE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI's July 30 Throne Day speech focused on his commitment to gradual reform as well as the two most pressing national issues: the Western Sahara and upcoming parliamentary elections. He reaffirmed Morocco's intention to negotiate on the basis of autonomy, but "noth [...]	2007-08-03 15:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO KDEM IZ LE SO SU XI
07RABAT1265	MAGAZINES SEIZED AND EDITORS CONVOKED FOR DISRESPECTING THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Moroccan authorities seized, on orders of PM Jettou, the most recent editions of TelQuel and Nichane, weekly current affairs magazines on August 4 for violating laws that forbid criticism of the mona [...]	2007-08-07 14:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL KDEM EAID PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT1274	MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: OPTIMISM FROM ACROSS THE ATLAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ FSN visited the largely Berber, rural-oriented Atlas and trans-Atlas towns of Azrou, Midelt and Errachidia preliminary to the September 7 parliamentary elections. Among the business associations, non-government organizations (NGOs),local government officials, [...]	2007-08-10 08:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT1293	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MOROCCAN PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI PREL
07RABAT1331	INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION BEGINS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The organization of Morocco,s first-ever international election observation kicked off with a week-long pre-election assessment mission organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). In meetings with embassy and an August 15 press conference, the delegation recognized po [...]	2007-08-22 17:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO
07RABAT1335	STAFFDEL CAMMACK:THE MOROCCAN ELECTORAL ORCHESTRA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 14:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO OREP OVIP
07RABAT1340	STAFFDEL CAMMACK: CAN MOROCCO BE FRANCHISED? [...] (SBU) During an August 8-10 visit, Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack heard that reformers in Morocco, unlike in many other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, already have a safe space within which to operate, and are working to expand existing [...]	2007-08-23 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO OVIP
07RABAT1392	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1393	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1394	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1395	MOROCCO'S EASTERN PROVINCE UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: During a pre-election visit to Morocco,s eastern province emboffs found a broad lack of enthusiasm toward parliamentary elections, particularly among youth and women. Youth of the region feel they have no role in the current political system, and consequently, do not plan to vot [...]	2007-09-04 17:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT141	COURT RULING SETS BACK KING'S EFFORT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a decision that could lead to enhanced separation of powers in Morocco, the Constitutional Court has struck down a provision of the bill revising the electoral code that would have required small parties to either merge with larger parties or sit out the 2007 parliamentary ele [...]	2007-01-26 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN MO
07RABAT1419	MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: ISLAMISTS TO GROW BUT NO GREEN [...] (C) Summary: We project the September 7 election for the Lower House of Parliament will return only a modest change in the Chamber, though it could produce a different-looking government. We expect 17 parties in the new House, none with a majority, none even with more than half the seats in a [...]	2007-09-07 12:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT1421	MOROCCO ELECTIONS: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1300 GMT [...] (SBU) General parliamentary elections, Morocco's first in five years, are being staged today, September 7. Polling stations opened across the country at 0800 GMT. 10 teams from Embassy Rabat and Consulate Casablanca deployed to the field are reporting apparently light to moderate turnout. [...]	2007-09-07 13:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT1429	MOROCCAN MINORITY RETURNS EXISTING MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: A paltry third of the Moroccan electorate returned the current majority parties in the September 7 parliamentary elections. The vote was fair and transparent. The low turnout of 37 percent and high number of blank or protest ballots are a sharp critique of the political parties, [...]	2007-09-10 10:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT1495	KING NAMES ISTIQLAL PARTY HEAD EL FASSI NEW PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Local media report that King Mohammed VI named Abbas El Fassi as the new Prime Minister on September 19. Abbas is the Secretary General and leader of the "nationalist" Istiqlal Party, which won the most seats in Parliamentary elections a fortnight ago. Abbas, as Minister of St [...]	2007-09-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT1504	MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: MORE TRANSPARENT BUT A SOUR [...] (C) As the dust settles after Morocco's 2007 Parliamentary elections, we are hearing increasing complaints, despite the government's continued openness after polls hailed internationally for their unprecedented transparency. Two factors are leaving a sour aftertaste. First, the low participa [...]	2007-09-21 13:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL MO
07RABAT1690	VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FORMALLY INVESTS A SHAKY [...] (C) Summary: An October 31 parliamentary vote of confidence formally invested Prime Minister El-Fassi's cabinet with full constitutional authority to govern. Due to the absence of almost one quarter of the members, the government was confirmed with less than a majority of the 325 seats in the [...]	2007-11-02 13:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT1731	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche to the GOM MFA General Director of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani. Amrani said the GOM, and he personally, remained very supportive of the Community of Democracies (CD). However, he was concerned about any panel discussions [...]	2007-11-09 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1864	MOROCCO: KING CRITICIZED AT ELECTION ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The final reports of the international and domestic election observation efforts praised the Government of Morocco's (GOM) execution of the September 7 elections. Speakers at the roll-out, hosted by the royally sanctioned human rights council, were blunt in their criticism of parties and [...]	2007-12-19 15:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT360	MOROCCO: ELECTION DATE SET, REDISTRICTING PLAN [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOM announced on February 22 that elections for the lower house of parliament will be staged on September 7. Most political parties, including those from the majority who supported a July bal [...]	2007-02-23 18:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT606	PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER DEFENDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 27 meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohamed Said El Alami told Ambassador that new legislation before parliament will require senior GOM officials to declare their assets. Contrary to the charges of some members of parliament and press speculation, the Minist [...]	2007-04-06 14:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT742	MOROCCO: UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) is supporting "Promoting Women's Role(s) in the Transitional Justice Process in Morocco" with a $350,000 grant for a two-year period (reftel A). This project is being implemented by UNIFEM North Africa in coordination with the Consultati [...]	2007-04-26 09:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL OIIP MO
07RABAT852	MOROCCO: VOTER REGISTRATION LAGGING [...] (C) Summary: Poorer than expected results have prompted the GOM to extend by another week open season for voter registration. So far less than half of the anticipated three million new and updated registrations have been processed. This could be an early indicator of voter apathy, or worse, [...]	2007-05-11 18:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT994	DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES OUTLOOK FOR ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During his June 4-6 visit, NEA DAS Scott Carpenter discussed the outlook for Morocco's September legislative elections a range of GOM and non-governmental contacts. There was broad consensus that the elections will be generally transparent and free of systematic fraud. Most civi [...]	2007-06-13 10:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MO
07RABAT996	DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Communications Benabdellah told visiting DAS Carpenter during a June 6 meeting that the latest and presumably final draft of the revised press code reduced from 24 to four the number of categories of offenses that could land journalists in jail. He emphasized [...]	2007-06-13 11:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL MO
07REYKJAVIK277	Iceland: Press in New York for a position on Partnership [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs remains noncommittal on Iceland's involvement in the OECD Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG),despite repeated overtures from Post. Embassy believes this may be a result of uncertainty about the form and objectives of the PDG as w [...]	2007-09-21 17:13:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM OECD UNGA PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK279	Iceland: Priorities for Community of Democracies Delivered; [...] (U) Pol Chief discussed reftel points with the Icelandic MFA's Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan on September 19. Hannigan was appreciative of the briefing but noted that Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs will have departed the U.S. prior to the [...]	2007-09-21 17:27:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA PGOV IC
07RIGA411	LATVIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - A TRAGIC-COMEDY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) will vote May 31 for a new President to replace Vaira Vike-Freiberga as she completes eight years in office. The outcome remains unclear. The coalition candidate, Valdis Zatlers, has no political experience, has been underwhelming in press and pu [...]	2007-05-29 16:03:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR LG
07RIGA590	LATVIA ALSO CONCERNED WITH DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 14:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EUN AJ LG
07RIGA833	LATVIA WILL NOT ATTEND CD MINISTERIAL IN BAMAKO, [...] (C) Pol-Econ Off delivered reftel demarche on November 7, to Sarmite Danne, First Secretary in the MFA's International Organizations Division. Danne stated that Latvia will not be sending a delegation to the November 14-17 Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako, Mali, due to lack of MF [...]	2007-11-07 15:40:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA LG
07RIYADH1412	GROWING PAINS: IMPROVEMENTS IN SAUDI MEDIA [...] (C) In the past five years, there have been significant and positive changes in the Saudi media thanks to King Abudullah, gains by moderates in the SAG, and subsequent ministry restructuring. There are more moderate commentary in the press, more reporting done on previously taboo subjects, [...]	2007-07-02 13:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH1659	MAJLIS EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH CONGRESS; REQUESTS [...] (C) PolCouns met with Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council) member Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Aiban recently to discuss the possible participation of Majlis members in the new International Visitor Leadership Program for Saudi regulatory body members, including the Capital Market Authority, C [...]	2007-08-08 10:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SA
07RIYADH1822	SAUDI EDITION AL-HAYAT CROSSES THE LINE, GETS [...] (C) Summary: According to KSA's most influential newspaper editor, Turki Al-Sudairi, Al-Hayat has been shut down for three days for implying a connection between respected religious scholars and a Saudi university, and Al-Qaeda Iraq in a Monday, August 27 article. While an unusual shut-down [...]	2007-08-29 15:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH1891	FOLLOW-UP ON SAUDI "REFORMERS" [...] (S//NF) The international media recently published several articles about a ten-page petition addressed to King Abdullah demanding that the SAG release a group of nine "reformers" arrested on February 2-3, 2007 in Jeddah. The articles focused on the legitimate fundraising efforts of certain [...]	2007-09-10 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA
07RIYADH1981	PROMINENT SAUDI SCHOLAR PUBLICLY CRITICIZES BIN [...] (U) On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabian Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-Awdah posted a letter on his popular internet website, www.islamtoday.com, strongly criticizing Al-Qa'ida for its militant ideology and targeting of innocent civilians. In [...]	2007-09-25 13:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM KPAO PHUM SA
07RIYADH2051	DRL DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPANDING TIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 4-7, 2007, to discuss with SAG officials opportunities for legal and legislative exchanges, as well as possible programs for technical support [...]	2007-10-03 15:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH2085	UPDATED DEMOCRACY STRATEGY FOR SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Per Ref A request, this constitutes Post's updated strategy for supporting reform in Saudi Arabia. To bolster and advance reform in Saudi Arabia, we need to assist the Majlis Al-Shoura and municipal councils in efforts to expand their role to include oversight, increase independence, and [...]	2007-10-10 15:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH228	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP VISITS KING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue on December 4 [...]	2007-02-04 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SA
07RIYADH2429	SAG ALSO ENCOURAGING RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Arab Department Ambassador Dr. Saleh al-Koheimi on December 8. Al-Koheimi stated that the SAG also supports the encouragement of immediate Lebanese presidential elections without condition, and he asserted that the Saudi [...]	2007-12-09 08:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE SA
07RIYADH36	RUMORED SAG CABINET CHANGES [...] (S) Abdul Wahab Al-Faiz, Editor-in-Chief of several Saudi newspapers and magazines, told PolOff on January 6 that within the next month or two (approximately before the end of March),the King will announce major changes in the SAG Cabinet. He said these changes will be in accordance with t [...]	2007-01-09 13:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH373	U.S.-SAUDI ARABIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the Majlis Al Shoura on December 4, 2006. Secretary General [...]	2007-02-24 14:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF KDEM SA
07RIYADH497	ARREST OF SAUDI "REFORMERS" [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On February 2-3, the SAG internal security service (Mabahith) arrested ten men in Jeddah on the suspicion that they were collecting donations illegally and distributing them to unspecified "suspicious" persons (reftel). The Mabahith initially charged these individuals with [...]	2007-03-12 07:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA
07RIYADH581	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On December 5, 2006, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica J. Barks-Ruggles had separate meetings with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). These meetings followed up on meetings on Septem [...]	2007-03-24 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM SA
07RIYADH635	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH SAG JUSTICE [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Justice Minister Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Shaikh on March 25. The Minister reflected on changes during the past three years and announced that in the next two months, the SAG will establish a separate court for terrorism and national sec [...]	2007-03-28 16:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH651	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]	2007-04-01 08:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07ROME1122	ITALY ON SYRIA'S SHAM PRESIDENTIAL "REFERENDUM" [...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel points to Luciano Pezzotti, Director of the MFA Office for Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. PMC urged an Italian and/or EU statement addressing Syria's pending presidential referendum. He said the Syrian Government should [...]	2007-05-24 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN IT
07ROME1559	ITALY WILL MAINTAIN CONSENSUS FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Office Director for OSCE Brunella Borzi Cornacchia July 20 and urged Italy to help maintain the consensus achieved in the June Community of Democracies Convening Group meeting. He also raised the possibility of extending an invitation to Taiwan to [...]	2007-07-20 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IT
07ROME1598	ITALY SHARES CONCERN ABOUT MEDIA FREEDOM IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Europe Marco Clemente July 25 and discussed recent troubling developments in regard to media freedom, freedom of assembly and due process in Azerbaijan. Poloff urged Italy to maintain its [...]	2007-07-26 14:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ IT
07ROME1844	SYRIA: ITALY SUPPORTS EU ACTION ON SEIF; WILL [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East, Marco Carnelos, and to the MFA's Acting Office Director for Near East Affairs, Michele Tommasi August 29. Tommasi said the GOI was well aware of the Seif case and supported the EU's plan to appr [...]	2007-08-30 08:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EUN SY IT
07ROME2088	ITALY PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Marco Midolo, the MFA Middle-East Directorate's Deputy Chief of Staff, who confirmed that Italy plans to participate in the October 22-23 G8-BMENA Forum for the Future Subministerial. He said the GOI would send Sergio Scarantino, PDAS-equivalent in the Italian MFA's Midd [...]	2007-09-28 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM GM EUN IT
07ROME2218	EU FMS TRIP: ITALY PROMOTING "CONSENSUS" [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Levant Office Director Danielle Bosio October 18. Bosio said Italy agreed with reftel points on non-interference in Lebanese politics with one exception. Bosio agreed on the need for the three FMs to remain impartial, but explained that I [...]	2007-10-19 16:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IR IT KDEM LE PGOV PREL SP SY
07ROME2302	ITALY PREPARING FOR COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME2445	ITALY SUPPORTS RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 17:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY IT
07ROME572	ITALY FAVORS USING EU TO PRESSURE SYRIA ON HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East office director, Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti said Italy shared our concern over the human rights situation in Syria; however, Italy was not planning on issuing any statements concerning the election. He said Italy would support a [...]	2007-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM SY IT
07SANAA1099	DAS CARPENTER AND SALEH FOCUS ON FORUM FOR FUTURE [...] This is an action request; see paragraph five. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Carpenter met with President Saleh on June 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future, which Sanaa will host this December, and U.S.-Yemeni relations, with a focus on assistance. The President also r [...]	2007-06-12 09:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MOPS PGOV LY IR YM
07SANAA1220	MEPI: PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS [...] SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding, combined with our diplomatic clout, has enabled the USG to shape Yemen's national reform efforts of the past 18 months. MEPI's flexibility, responsiveness to post needs, and support for Embassy goals have brought positive change to [...]	2007-07-03 12:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2313	FOURTH PARALLEL FORUM LAUNCHES NEW ERA OF HOPE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Over 300 people, representing over 200 civil society groups, met at the Fourth Civil Society Parallel Forum in Sana'a on November 30-December 2 in order to tackle the issues of freedom of expression, the legal environment for NGOs, education, women empowerment, youth political parti [...]	2007-12-16 13:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL YM
07SANJOSE1791	U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] On September 26, PolOff met with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Chief of the United Nations Specialized Agencies Section and Candidacies Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and delivered reftel information. 2. Ms. Vargas indicated that Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno, already in [...]	2007-09-28 15:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07SANJOSE1829	RELEASE OF 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] PolOff hand delivered a copy of the 2007 Costa Rica Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) to Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Deputy Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to Viviana Tinoco, Human Rights Director of the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA, [...]	2007-10-10 22:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS KDEM KIRF KPAO OPRC PGOV PHUM SOCI
07SANJOSE277	MONTEVIDEO CIRCLE MEETS IN COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Costa Rica hosted the Montevideo Circle, a discussion forum for current and former presidents of Latin America, on January 27-28, 2007. The group's topic of discussion was: "Democratic Stability and Opening: Unpredictable Factors for Latin America in the 21st Century," and the p [...]	2007-02-12 21:57:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM XM CS
07SANJOSE553	COSTA RICA: UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT [...] On March 12, Poloff, Cultural Affairs Officer, and foreign service national met with Maria Eugenia Bujanda of the Omar Dengo Foundation (FOD),the Costa Rican UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) grantee. FOD is a non-profit organization dedicated to national development through improvements and innovat [...]	2007-03-20 22:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL CS
07SANSALVADOR1452	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) Poloffs met with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of foreign Affairs (MFA) to raise reftel points. Rivera responded that El Salvador is fully supportive of the US position on the participation in the Community of Democracies. 2. (U) Rivera agr [...]	2007-07-30 16:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ES TW
07SANSALVADOR1485	FALLOUT FROM SUCHITOTO ARRESTS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: GOES handling of the arrest and prosecution of fourteen individuals who participated in violent demonstrations in Suchitoto on July 2 continues to reverberate throughout the Salvadoran political landscape and to attract attention from U.S.-based NGO's. The GOES decision to prosec [...]	2007-08-01 23:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ES
07SANSALVADOR2248	EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS U.S. AGENDA AT COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) On November 5 Poloff delivered demarche requested reftel to Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, El Salvador's Director General of Foreign Policy. Ambassador Melendez informed poloff that unforeseen staffing shortages preclude Salvadoran representation at the November 14-17 Bamako conference. [...]	2007-11-07 16:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07SANSALVADOR980	EL SALVADOR ON IRAQ'S STATUS AT THE COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 22:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ES
07SANTIAGO983	A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON COUNTERING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Hugo Chavez,s effort to expand his influence into the Southern Cone was the subject of ref A. This, part two in a series of joint cables from Southern Cone embassies, looks at ways the U.S. can counter Chavez and reassert U.S. leadership in the region. From posts' perspectives, there are [...]	2007-06-18 14:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM AR BO BR PARM UY VE CI
07SANTODOMINGO2215	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This report a [...]	2007-09-27 17:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KDEM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2544	DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Advancing the Democracy Agenda at the 4th Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako, Mali" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols took our views on board but had no immediate reply. Note: Trullols [...]	2007-11-09 13:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PHUM DR
07SAOPAULO1002	SAO PAULO CONTACTS RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING RISING HATE [...] (SBU) Brazil's image of a racially and culturally harmonious country contrasts with the reality that deeply-held prejudices and stereotypes are contributing to a rise in hate crimes. Contacts tell us that while a national movement has not yet taken root, skinhead gangs and racist websites are [...]	2007-12-21 15:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KCRM BR
07SAOPAULO1004	DESPITE CORRUPTION SCANDALS, MAJORITY CAMP WINS IN WORKERS' [...] (SBU) Federal Deputy Ricardo Berzoini won the second round of internal voting in President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) presidential elections on December 16. The results maintain the distribution of political power within the PT's national directorate and consolidates President Lula's faction, [...]	2007-12-21 17:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV KDEM BR
07SAOPAULO496	PT SHOWS ITS UNDEMOCRATIC SIDE [...] (SBU) On May 30, Workers Party (PT) President Ricardo Berzoini signed an amorphous "Party Cooperation Agreement" with Syria's Baath Party. On June 4, while senior politicians and commentators across Brazil's political spectrum were expressing outrage over Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's de [...]	2007-06-08 18:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BR
07SAOPAULO895	BRAZIL: NOT A MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL PARADISE [...] (SBU) Discrimination against Afro-Brazilians tarnishes Brazil's international reputation as a tolerant and welcoming country home to hundreds of indigenous groups and immigrants from every corner of the world. In Brazil the issue is extremely divisive with many claiming that racism does not e [...]	2007-11-06 17:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KPAO BR
07SAOPAULO949	LULA ASSOCIATE CALLS THIRD TERM TALK A MEDIA INVENTION [...] (SBU) Devanir Ribeiro, a federal deputy who is a long-time personal friend and political associate of President Lula, dismissed as an invention of the media rampant speculation that Lula may seek to amend the Constitution to allow him to run for a third term in 2010. Ribeiro denied reports t [...]	2007-11-30 15:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV KDEM ELAB BR
07SAOPAULO961	PT INTERNAL ELECTIONS HEAD TO SECOND ROUND [...] (U) Results in the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) internal elections on December 2 confirm that the old centrist Majority Camp, associated with President Lula and the inner circle of his first term, no longer commands a majority of the party faithful or the leadership, but non [...]	2007-12-06 13:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV KDEM ELAB BR
07SAOPAULO976	SAO PAULO PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTIES AND AFRO-BRAZILIANS [...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based contacts, Brazil's political parties are slowly beginning to see the value in pursuing initiatives to ameliorate racial inequality in the country especially through programs that directly support the Afro-Brazilian community. Local civil society leaders often [...]	2007-12-14 10:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM BR
07SARAJEVO1849	BOSNIA: PROMOTING DISCUSSIONS OF THE COMPLEMENTARY [...] (C) Per reftel, post recommends the following individuals as possible Bosnian interlocutors on the complementary nature of Islam and Democracy: Government Officials and Political Leaders: - Sulejman Tihic, former Bosniak member of the Presidency and current president of the Party for Democ [...]	2007-08-30 05:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BK

07SEOUL1313	ROK BACKS IRAQ PARTICIPANT STATUS FOR CD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 05:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNGA KS
07SEOUL1817	MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EUN KS IR
07SEOUL2044	DPRK DEFECTOR FILES: THE UNTAPPED SOURCE [...] (S) The USG possesses an enormous trove of information about the DPRK that has been almost entirely untapped. The files contain over 9,180 Korean-language debriefs, spanning 1997 to the present, of North Korean citizens who escaped from the DPRK and were accepted by the ROKG for resettlement [...]	2007-07-09 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	CH ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF KN KS KWMN PGOV PHUM
07SEOUL2241	ROK LEANING TOWARD INCLUDING RUSSIA, NIGERIA, [...] (SBU) On July 18, poloff delivered reftel points to Jang Hyun-cheol, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. On July 23, Jang replied that, while the ROK agrees with the USG's views concerning the state of democracy in Russia, Venezuela, and Nigeria, the ROK belie [...]	2007-07-25 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM UNGA
07SEOUL2297	MOFAT WILL RELAY AZERBAIJAN HR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On July 31, poloff delivered reftel points about recent human rights issues in Azerbaijan to Kim Pil-woo, First Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. Poloff requested that MOFAT encourage its mission in Baku to actively coordina [...]	2007-07-31 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KS
07SKOPJE781	MACEDONIA: MFA ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 09:26:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV MK
07SOFIA1152	BULGARIA SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 10:55:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07SOFIA1292	BULGARIA PREPARING PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 15:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07SOFIA1356	BULGARIA TO ATTEND UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:46:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1357	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON THE PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1358	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1359	BULGARIA WILL TRY TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH EU VIEWS AT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1395	DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 11:11:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	KDEM CASC
07SOFIA185	BULGARIA: NO PROGRAMS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 13:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL IR BU
07SOFIA735	BULGARIA EXPRESSES CONCERN TO IRAN ON [...] (C) On June 14 POL/ECON Officer delivered reftel points on detained/missing American citizens in Iran to Oleg Doychinov, Iran Desk Officer from MFA's Asia Directorate. Doychinov was sympathetic and said he would convey Bulgarian and USG concern for the American citizens to his Iranian counterp [...]	2007-06-15 12:51:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EUN KDEM IR BU
07STATE118576	US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) As part of the high-level democracy dialogue between the USG and the GOAJ, in an August 3 DVC, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron, EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed media freedom, human rights, civil society, democratic elections, and rule of [...]	2007-08-23 17:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE129031	DEMARCHE: CONDEMN DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department asks that post strongly protest the deportation of five UNHCR-recognized refugees from Turkey in August 2007 and seek clarification of the circumstances surrounding this possible case of refoulement. The Department appreciates post,s action to date and seeks a for [...]	2007-09-13 21:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM IR TU IZ
07STATE129764	U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 - 5. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On October 1, 2007, on the margins of this year,s UN General Assembly (UNGA),Mali, the Chair the Community of Democracies (CD),will host a short meeting of Ministers that will set the stage for its bi [...]	2007-09-14 20:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07STATE147950	NEPAL STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw on the points in para 2 during the discussion by Council members following the report of SRSG Ian Martin on October 24. 2. Begin points: -- The United States strongly supports the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),commend [...]	2007-10-23 22:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL KDEM NE
07STATE151024	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-18. The CD Ministerial in Bamako, November 14-17, will have five thematic and five regional roundtables. We ask that Posts inquire as to the priorities of host government for the ministerial and each roundtable, and share the U.S. prio [...]	2007-10-31 17:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07STATE152799	STEERING GROUP NON-PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The Partnership for Democratic Governance was successfully rolled out at a well-attended high level event co-hosted by OECD and UNDP in New York on October 1, 2007. The Department appreciates Posts' support and effort [...]	2007-11-05 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AU BR CA CI EAID ET JA KDEM KS MX NL NZ PL PO
07STATE154555	DEMARCHE: EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The EU has recently expressed interest in resuming its human rights dialogue with Iran. This cable provides guidance on supporting that dialogue providing certain conditions are met, and requests that post demarche the EU to issue statements on two Iranian political activists. [...]	2007-11-09 12:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IR PREL EUN PGOV KDEM
07STATE154557	(SBU) DEMARCHE: RECENT ARRESTS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department is concerned about the growing number of political prisoners in Iran, and a recent series of arrests specifically targeting human rights defenders. Department requests posts ask that host government,s embassy personnel in Tehran inquire about the arrest of politi [...]	2007-11-09 12:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IR UK SZ PREL KDEM
07STATE156011	PDAS KELLY CALLS IN BOLIVIAN AMBASSADOR GUZMAN [...] (C) PDAS Craig Kelly called in Bolivian Ambassador Gustavo Guzman November 9 to express USG dissatisfaction about the Bolivian Government's (GOB) repeated verbal attacks against the USG. PDAS Kelly warned Guzman that GOB actions could negatively impact Bolivia's requests for trade preferences [...]	2007-11-14 14:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO EUN KDEM PGOV PREL
07STATE166405	DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]	2007-12-13 02:52:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BA CASC IR IZ JO KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV
07STATE166406	DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]	2007-12-13 03:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AS CA CASC CH EU EZ FR GM IN IR IT JA JO KDEM
07STATE19737	PORTUGAL'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the following is guidance on the Community of Democracies (CD),the role the U.S. can play in shaping both the work of the GOP-led CD Working Group "Regional and Interregional Cooperation for Democratic Governance," and priorities for Portugal's upcoming C [...]	2007-02-16 18:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM PO
07STATE19832	PORTUGAL'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the following is guidance on the Community of Democracies (CD),the role the U.S. can play in shaping both the work of the GOP-led CD Working Group "Regional and Interregional Cooperation for Democratic Governance," and priorities for Portugal's upcoming C [...]	2007-02-16 19:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM PO
07STATE2659	SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Background: Department wishes to gain current information about EU member states, efforts to promote democratic reform in Iran, including civil society, respect for human rights, and freedom of information. Through its Freedom [...]	2007-01-09 19:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN
07STATE29741	U.S. PARTICIPATION IN OPENING MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. At the Santiago CD Ministerial in April 2005, participants established four working groups to [...]	2007-03-08 22:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM MX PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA
07STATE35083	PORTUGAL SEEKS REPLACEMENT LEADER FOR COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal's announcement, as detailed reftel, that it would no longer lead the Community of Democracies (CD) Working Group (WG) on Regional and Interregional Cooperation for Democratic Governance is a disappointing development. Department understands the Portuguese are not to b [...]	2007-03-20 19:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PO
07STATE52621	GUIDANCE ON FARHAD ALIYEV AND ALI INSANOV CASES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 22:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ KCOR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE58915	REQUEST FOR AZERBAIJAN-SPECIFIC STATEMENT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 13:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE60237	DEMARCHE: CONVENING GROUP COALITION MEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. Based upon a set of participation criteria, countries are invited to the ministerial as full participa [...]	2007-05-03 21:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07STATE68161	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: The Department requests that post ask the GOJ to engage the Iranian government on the case of Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. Dr. Esfandiari was arreste [...]	2007-05-17 22:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IR PREL PGOV KDEM
07STATE68180	REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE BY AMBASSADOR ON HUMAN [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The Department is seriously concerned about ref a report on the conduct of the opening stages of the Farhad Aliyev trial, and, separately, by a series of reports (e.g. ref b) on new prosecutions or convictions of (primarily opposition) journalists fo [...]	2007-05-17 23:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE73184	US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) In their March 22 bilateral Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed a variety of issues related to human rights, rule of law, democratic political processes, media freedom, and civil society. The FM c [...]	2007-05-29 14:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07STATE76354	SURVEYING FRIENDLY COUNTRIES ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Begin Background. (U) Through its Freedom Agenda and diplomatic engagement with like-minded governments and NGOs, the Department is engaging in programs throughout Iran to promote civil society, respec [...]	2007-06-04 14:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR
07STATE76884	DEMARCHE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER BAMAKO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. As Chair of the CD for the last two years, Mali has been charged with setting the agenda, leading the Co [...]	2007-06-04 20:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07STATE77328	DEMARCHE: DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department understands that the GOJ has expressed a willingness to raise the case of detained AmCit Kian Tajbakhsh with Iranian officials in Tokyo, but has asked for a formal request from the USG to do so. Based on the Department's request to raise the case of Dr. Hale [...]	2007-06-05 15:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IR PREL PGOV KDEM
07STATE80300	DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department asks that addressee posts raise the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran with their host governments and request that host government contacts reach out to their Iranian interlocutors regarding the speedy return of these individuals to their fam [...]	2007-06-08 21:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN
07STATE98670	DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONVEYING USG PRIORITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 - 16. 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. Based upon a set of participation criteria, countries will be invited to the ministerial as full participants, as ob [...]	2007-07-16 21:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07STATE99391	A COORDINATED APPROACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights in Azerbaijan, a geo-strategically important, secular Muslim country, is a high USG priority. In December 2006, DRL A/S Lowenkron met with President Ilham Aliyev to launch a formal senior-lev [...]	2007-07-17 21:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07STOCKHOLM1169	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: SWEDEN'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 09:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID PREL PGOV SW
07STOCKHOLM183	SWEDEN - INFO ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) On February 15, Poloffs met with Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Deputy Director at the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department, to discuss Sweden's efforts to promote civil society and democracy in Iran. Per reftel, Poloffs shared information on U.S. democratization efforts in Iran. Ulf Lind [...]	2007-02-20 10:01:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN KPAO KDEM IR SW
07TALLINN344	ESTONIA HAS NO PLANS TO COMMENT ON SYRIAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 13:45:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN EN
07TALLINN397	ESTONIA: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) On June 11, we delivered reftel points concerning the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran to Marin Mottus, MFA Director for Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, and Reen Liivat, MFA U.S. Desk Officer. On June 12, Mottus and Liivat expressed to us their regrets ove [...]	2007-06-14 11:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EN
07TALLINN498	ESTONIAN CONCERNS OVER AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) On July 26, we delivered reftel points to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, concerning USG concerns over the state of democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Lukk responded that the GOE fully shares U.S. concerns and is keen on doing more in Azerbaijan and [...]	2007-07-30 13:39:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM AJ EN
07TALLINN565	ESTONIA INTERESTED IN UNSCR 1737 TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 13:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY EN
07TALLINN567	ESTONIA'S FULLFILMENT OF OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In post's judgment, Estonia fulfills the accession criteria for membership in the OECD. Estonia is an active, prosperous and developed member of many international organizations, including NATO, the European Union and the WTO. It demonstrates a broad respect for the values of [...]	2007-08-29 13:26:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV SENV OECD EN KDEM
07TALLINN568	CORRECTION: SYRIAN AVCTIVIST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 06:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY EN
07TALLINN628	ESTONIA: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA EN
07TALLINN732	ESTONIA ON RUSSIA'S OSCE COMMITMENTS [...] (C) On November 9, PolEcoff delivered reftel points to Lauri Kuusing, MFA Russia Desk Officer. Kuusing said the GOE is pleased to see that the U.S. position is in line with that of the EU. He also stated that the GOE, along with its EU partners, finds it 'unacceptable' that the Government of [...]	2007-11-09 15:05:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM RS EN
07TASHKENT1732	REGISTERED PARTIES NOMINATING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan nominated President Karimov as its candidate for the December presidential election at an October 4 plenary session. The four other political parties represented in parliament, all compliant and largely pro-government, have also begun no [...]	2007-10-04 11:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS UZ
07TASHKENT1751	SELF-DECLARED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOLD PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: While the five officially registered political parties nominated candidates, including President Karimov, last week for the presidential election in December (ref A),four human rights activists and self-declared presidential candidates held their own press conference in Tashke [...]	2007-10-10 12:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM UZ
07TASHKENT1810	UZBEKISTAN-CONTROLLED MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Uzbek media coverage and official statements have extolled democratic principles while the election field has grown to an unprecedented six candidates that include Uzbekistan's first female and "independent" presidential candidates, though we doubt that President [...]	2007-10-19 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1843	NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GROWS...BUT IS [...] (C) Summary: The field of presidential candidates for the December election continues to widen with reports that an independent initiative group has nominated National Human Rights Center Director Akmal Saidov. According to its leaders, the Birlik opposition party may also still nominate its [...]	2007-10-24 10:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM UZ
07TASHKENT1888	ERK PARTY TALKS WITH HIZB UT-TAHRIR LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif, who claimed that Erk was to hold a meeting in Istanbul on October 27 with leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) and other religious extremist factions on coordinating their opposition to President Karimov [...]	2007-10-30 14:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR RS TU UZ
07TASHKENT2060	ODIHR TEAM COMPLETES RUSHED NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: Two officials from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) conducted a hastily organized needs assessment mission from November 28 - 30 in Uzbekistan, immediately after MFA stopped dragging its feet on issuing visas. The ODIHR team met with each of the [...]	2007-12-03 08:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2164	PRESIDENT KARIMOV "REELECTED" WITH 88 PERCENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek President Islam Karimov was re-elected December 23 to a third term, by a reported 88.1 percent of the vote. The OSCE's ODIHR limited election observation mission released a statement December 24, saying the election failed to meet most norms for free and fair elections. Thi [...]	2007-12-26 13:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2182	ODIHR LIMITED OBSERVER MISSION TO UZBEKISTAN WAS [...] (C) Summary: On December 26 Ambassador and DCM had an outbrief with Ambassador Walter Siegl, who headed the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) limited election observer mission for the Presidential elections in Uzbekistan. Siegl reported that, although the com [...]	2007-12-29 06:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
07TBILISI1101	SPEAKER BURJANADZE ON OPPOSITION, CONFLICTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with Ambassador, Speaker Burjanadze said she was frustrated by opposition New Rights party MP David Gamkrelidze's decision to withdraw from an inter-faction parliamentary group established to draft a new law on property rights. Burjanadze said Gamkrelidze [...]	2007-05-11 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
07TBILISI1476	FREEDOM HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS GEORGIAN PROGRESS ON [...] The 2007 Nations in Transit report released this week by Freedom House highlighted significant progress by Georgia in consolidating democratic reforms. Georgia received a "Democracy Score" of 4.68, an improvement from 4.86 in 2006 (Note: Nations in Transit ratings are based on a 1 to 7 scale, [...]	2007-06-19 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI1477	OSCE AMBASSADORS GROUP UPBEAT ON ELECTION REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting, the OSCE Ambassadors Group on Elections offered a glowing report on GOG efforts to implement suggestions delivered to Speaker Burjanadze and MP Giga Bokeria on May 2 (reftel). Council of Europe (COE) Ambassador Igor Gaon said there has been "good progres [...]	2007-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2030	DEPUTY SPEAKER MACHAVARIANI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: During a July 24 meeting with Poloff, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mikheil Machavariani, discussed the upcoming 2008 elections. He said that he will be the campaign chairman for the ruling National Movement (UNM) party and lead its nationwide campaign. He advised that the major [...]	2007-08-13 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
07TBILISI2074	USAID SURVEY REVEALS POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD NATIONAL [...] Summary: On July 19, the USAID-funded National Integration and Tolerance in Georgia (NITG) program implemented by the UN Association of Georgia (UNAG) (http://www.una.ge/eng/) presented the results of a survey of national minorities in Georgia. The survey revealed that the overwhelming major [...]	2007-08-17 12:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI2614	GEORGIA: REACTION TO 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (U) Government reaction. On September 20, 2007, Emboff presented a copy of the International Religious Freedom (IRF) report text to Irakli Machitidze, the U.S. desk officer in the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and offered to address any questions or concerns. Machitidze noted with sati [...]	2007-10-22 06:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI3096	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE DECEMBER 14 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of December 1-14. Georgian Politicians React to Medvedev -------------------------------------- 2. Georgian political figures reacted immediately -- and unanimously -- to Russi [...]	2007-12-14 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
07TBILISI3099	GEORGIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final list of the seven registered candidates for the January 5 pre-term presidential elections. Several candidates, however, have been actively campaigning for as long as a week, meeting daily with Tbilisi res [...]	2007-12-14 12:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3101	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/14/07 [...] (C) On December 13, the OSCE/ODIHR Monitoring Team briefed the diplomatic community on its series of meetings with civil society, political parties, and government representatives. ODIHR reviewed election concerns to date with "misuse of administrative resources" being one heard frequently. [...]	2007-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3112	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/17/07 [...] (C) In a meeting December 14, the Ambassador told NSC Chairman Alexander Lomaia that we had done a comprehensive feasibility evaluation and found that we could not sponsor and mount a proper exit poll (factoring in an adequate amount of time for voter education) in the short time before the Ja [...]	2007-12-17 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3137	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/19/2007 [...] (C) In a meeting December 18, United National Council of opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told Ambassador he was certain the elections would go to a second round, and he expected Saakashvili to gain at most 15 -20% in the first round. Gachechiladze said during UNC d [...]	2007-12-19 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3145	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: TWO COMPETING WORLDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Black Sea town of Batumi in the autonomous region of Adjara December 11-13 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, election-monitoring organizations and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap presidential election. Opposition pa [...]	2007-12-20 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3148	GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO AKHALKALAKI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Armenian minority region of Akhalkalaki in Javakheti December 18-19 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOs, press and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap Presidential elections. This impoverished region traditionally [...]	2007-12-21 10:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3149	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/21/07 [...] (C) At the 21 December meeting of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group, the Chairman of the Election (CEC) Levan Tarkhnishvili addressed the group. He discussed the following points: - Cameras at the polling stations: The CEC distributed a press release explaining the purpose of video su [...]	2007-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3151	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary: As the Georgian Presidential election campaign gears up for its final two weeks, a number of themes have emerged on the campaign trail. The most glaring is the brutal blood sport aspect of the Georgian campaign, with each political party battling to the death for dominance. The [...]	2007-12-21 12:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GG
07TBILISI3177	OPPOSITION GEARING UP FOR THE DAY AFTER GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign enters its final week and following a series of events that have strengthened former president Saakashvili's bid to win the January 5 presidential elections, it is increasingly clear that most opposition parties are planning not for victory on election d [...]	2007-12-28 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3178	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGNS SPAR OVER PROCESS IN [...] (C) During a December 19-20 pre-election visit to Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city, we found opposition campaigns focused almost exclusively on alleged government plans to intimidate voters or to manipulate the results. Some of the charges contained credible-sounding details, especially [...]	2007-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI3179	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/28/2007 [...] (U) ODIHR's second report was released on December 28 and notes that the campaign environment has been soured by allegations of use by Saakashvili of budgetary funds, unequal campaign conditions, intimidation, and vote buying. OSCE ODIHR has received information and first hand accounts which [...]	2007-12-28 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1870	BOTH LIBERAL AND NATIONALISTS WORRY PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week, representatives of both the opposition National Party (NP) and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's own Liberal Party have expressed concern with Zelaya's possible desires to extend his mandate. On a recent trip to the countryside, Zelaya was quoted as [...]	2007-12-06 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR KDEM VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1909	UN MAY PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN NEXT HONDURAN [...] On December 13, 2007 The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Rebeca Arias, called a meeting of the G-16 plus the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the November 2009 general elections in Honduras. Since 2005, the OAS has been assisting the Supreme [...]	2007-12-14 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1915	SUPREME COURT VOTES TO ALLOW PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12 the Constitutional Court was unable to muster a unanimous decision in the President of Congress Roberto Micheletti case. President Manuel Zelaya was able to manipulate this outcome and saw this as a personal victory. This forced the case to go to the entire plenary [...]	2007-12-17 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1945	HONDURAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PASSES MIXED BAG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran National Congress approved new electoral reforms on December 20, 2007, in late-night, closed-door discussions only a few days after the Supreme Court ruled that the President of Congress, Roberto Michelleti, could run for President (ref. A). With substantive changes [...]	2007-12-27 22:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA472	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON ENGAGING NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Acting Polcouns delivered demarche to Foreign Vice Minister Enrique Reina and Ambassador Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Exterior Affairs, on March 15, 2007 (reftel) on engaging Nicaragua. Polcouns made it clear that the demarche was not/not in relation to the mariti [...]	2007-03-16 22:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL NU HO
07TELAVIV1376	COALITION SURVICES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTES; BARAK AND NETANYAHU [...] (U) PM Olmert kept the Kadima Party and the coalition together despite last week's resignation of the coalition chairman, Avigdor Yitzhaki, and shaky support from the Labor Party, defeating opposition attempts to pass no-confidence votes on May 7. Olmert's supporters bruited the possibility o [...]	2007-05-11 04:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
07TELAVIV2834	ISRAEL SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES, CANNOT [...] (SBU) On September 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on priorities for the Communities of Democracies (CD) to Ron Adam, Director of the UN Political Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which also handles the CD portfolio. Adam expressed Israel's support for the Community [...]	2007-09-24 16:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07THEHAGUE1448	NETHERLANDS/AZERBAIJAN: SUPPORT BUT LIMITED [...] On July 27, Poloff delivered non paper to Thymen A. Kouwenaar, Department Head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division in the MFA, on Dutch coordination with the USG on promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Kouwenaar mentioned that while the Dutch support the USG position [...]	2007-08-03 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07THEHAGUE145	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) In response to ref A, poloff followed up with MFA Human Rights Division Policy Officer Sonja van der Meer Jan 25. Van der Meer, who in December provided information (ref B) on the Netherlands' 13 million Euro Iranian media diversity program, promised to seek details on an additional 1 mi [...]	2007-01-29 09:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR NL
07THEHAGUE1584	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DUTCH WILL [...] (U) Econoff delivered on August 16 ref A & B points and principles for the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Aart Jacobi, Director, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, and Peace Building, and Jan Huesken, Senior Policy Officer in the same [...]	2007-08-29 12:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM OAS OECD NL
07THEHAGUE1800	NETHERLANDS/CD: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Ruth Emmerink, Senior Policy Officer in the Department of Human Rights and Peacebuilding at the Dutch MFA. Emmerink indicated that Ambassador Piet de Klerk, formerly ambassador for human rights and now deputy permrep at the UN, would represent the Netherl [...]	2007-09-27 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07THEHAGUE184	DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS IN IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Dutch embassy in Tehran is responsible for administering approximately one million Euros annually in human rights program funding. Details are included below. This is in addition to 13 million Euros of Iran media [...]	2007-02-01 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EUN KDEM PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE194	DUTCH-FUNDED MEDIA PROGRAMS FACE IRANIAN HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Three participants in a Dutch-sponsored media diversity program were arrested Janaury 27, on their way to a training session in India. They were released the next day. Iranian authorities have reportedly filed charges and accused the Dutch government of acting as a conduit for [...]	2007-02-01 16:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN KDEM KPAO PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1978	NETHERLANDS/CD: VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Ruth Emmerink, Senior Policy Officer in the Department of Human Rights and Peacebuilding at the Dutch MFA. Due to obligations before parliament, Development Minister Koenders is unlikely to lead the Dutch delegation to Bamako. Instead, Ms. Emmerink and D [...]	2007-11-09 10:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA NL
07THEHAGUE1980	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: PRESSING RUSSIA TO ABIDE BY [...] (C) Summary: The GONL shares our concerns regarding the Government of Russia's decision to significantly restrict the ODIHR observation mission for the upcoming Russian parliamentary elections to 70 persons for short-term observation only. MFA Special OSCE Advisor Tony van der Togt said Dutc [...]	2007-11-09 16:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS NL
07THEHAGUE1991	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PM BALKENENDE HOPEFUL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is cautiously optimistic that the Cabinet can reach agreement before the end of the month to extend the Dutch troop deployment in Uruzgan for at least another 18 months. Serious questions remain, however, on the length, financing, and composition o [...]	2007-11-15 12:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU NL
07THEHAGUE1992	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: BALKENENDE MIXES BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 5-8 visit to Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende engaged Russian President Putin on tough issues such as Kosovo, Iran, and human rights in addition to announcing a major multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal (reported septels). Balkenende believes that strong e [...]	2007-11-15 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU KO NL
07THEHAGUE2086	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: LEVINSON DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 16:03:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KJUS KDEM CASC NL IR
07TOKYO2245	DEMARCHE ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN HALEH [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo political officer May 18 delivered reftel background points to officials at MOFA's First North American Division and Second Middle East Division, and requested Japan to engage with Iranian officials to urge the prompt release of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. In addition, politica [...]	2007-05-18 05:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2358	FM ASO TELEPHONES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI; RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki May 24 to urge Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities and to take a constructive approach in coming talks with the United States. Aso raised with Mottaki the subject of detained Iranian-American citizens and sai [...]	2007-05-25 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2534	DEMARCHE ON DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM IR JA

07TOKYO2630	NO JAPANESE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's involvement with Iranian civil society is limited to the work of two non-governmental organizations that focus on refugee relief efforts. In addition, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently involved in four projects which provide technical assistan [...]	2007-06-12 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EAID IR JA
07TOKYO3451	JAPAN WELCOMES ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 17 meeting with Deputy Special Envoy Christian Whiton, MOFA Regional Policy Division Director Kazutoshi Aikawa indicated initial support for the proposed Asian Democracy Partnership while saying that GOJ deliberations were ongoing and that they would provide a list of [...]	2007-07-27 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL XB JA
07TOKYO3719	JAPAN CONSIDERING INVOLVEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PREL JA
07TOKYO372	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner on January 12, Japanese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada welcomed the possible participation of the OECD in the Partnership for Democratic Governance initiative. He noted that ho [...]	2007-01-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM OECD JA
07TOKYO3831	JAPANESE OFFICIAL "NOT HOPEFUL" ABOUT FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 17 with MOFA Aid Policy Planning Division Yukiko Okano to discuss Japan's contribution to the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). Okano said that Japan definite [...]	2007-08-20 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PREL JA
07TOKYO4057	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RIAD SEIF TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche and a copy of Department's statement on Riad Seif to MOFA First Middle East Division Syria officer Hitoshi Ishizuka, who replied that the Japanese Embassy in Damascus is in the process of checking the details of Seif's case and tha [...]	2007-08-31 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM EUN SY JA
07TOKYO4558	JAPAN APPROVES PDG DECLARATION OF PRINCIPALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM OAS JA
07TOKYO4561	JAPAN TO PLAY A PASSIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JA
07TOKYO5193	JAPAN OPPOSES RESTRICTING PDG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Japan opposes restricting membership in the Partnership for Democratic Governance, MOFA Aid Policy Planning Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiko Okano told Embassy Tokyo November 9. At the time of the October 1 PDG planning meeting, membership was open to any country willing to subsc [...]	2007-11-09 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM JA
07TUNIS1004	HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE OPTIMISTIC AMID SOME SIGNS OF [...] (C) During a July 23 meeting, Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi told the Ambassador that the LTDH was open to any solution the GOT could offer to the League's crisis. The LTDH's only conditions would be the continued (political) independence of the League and its abi [...]	2007-07-26 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1040	FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION MAIN ISSUE FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with Mohamed Harmel the outgoing Secretary General of the Renewal Movement (Et-Tajdid) party. Harmel spoke at length about the need for greater freedom of expression in Tunisia, including media access and public debate. Referring to President Bush's June [...]	2007-08-02 07:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1044	MOHAMED ABBOU TO CONTINUE ACTIVISM FOR FREEDOM IN [...] (C) On July 31, EmbOffs met with Mohamed Abbou, a political prisoner released on July 24 after serving over two years of a three-and-a-half year sentence. He and his wife Samia expressed their appreciation for USG support of them and their family during Abbou's incarceration. Abbou discuss [...]	2007-08-03 08:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS1058	OCTOBER 18TH MOVEMENT: FOCUS ON 2009 ELECTION [...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with five civil society activists involved in the October 18th movement (an alliance of disparate human rights and political activists that includes moderate Islamists). The October 18 group expressed deep concern about the lack of freedom of expression an [...]	2007-08-03 15:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1064	TUNISIA: PROMOTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (SBU) Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda is Post's number one Mission Strategic Plan goal. As part of our push on freedom in Tunisia, the Ambassador and other Embassy officers meet frequently with democracy and human rights advocates, opposition political party members, and civil societ [...]	2007-08-06 14:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1068	THE TUNISIAN SECULAR STATE: A MODEL FOR THE MUSLIM [...] (C) Following independence in 1956, Tunisia has witnessed the development of a largely secular system of government that maintains a strict separation of mosque and state. Former President Bourguiba implemented policies that, building on Tunisia's secular leanings, established Tunisia as one o [...]	2007-08-07 14:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL PTER KDEM TS
07TUNIS1069	MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. As requested in Ref C and reported in Ref A, Post undertook a number of activities in June and July to promote the Freedom Agenda and draw attention to President Bush's Prague speech. While many in civil society expressed their appreciation for the USG's ongoing support for polit [...]	2007-08-07 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS1075	OPPOSITION PARTY REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY [...] (C) Requests for more American assistance and cooperation are not something we normally hear from Tunisian opposition parties, but it was exactly what the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) wanted to talk about during the Ambassador's August 8 meeting. MDS Secretary General Ismail Boulahia ha [...]	2007-08-09 15:05:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1076	PRO-GOT HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE FACTION OPEN TO A [...] (C) On August 1, the Ambassador met with the pro-GOT faction of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH),which sued the Executive Committee of the LTDH to protest the consolidation of LTDH branches. The ensuing legal battle has virtually suspended all LTDH activities since 2005 (Ref B). The [...]	2007-08-09 16:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1095	FRENCH AMBASSADOR,S VIEWS ON TUNISIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) French Ambassador Serge Degallaix told Ambassador Godec August 8 that the French Government believes the GOT is making progress on democracy and human rights, albeit slowly. Degallaix also said: -- President Sarkozy's visit to Tunisia was excellent, but major changes in French policy vis--v [...]	2007-08-14 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER FR TS
07TUNIS1133	TUNISIAN JOURNALIST SAYS DEFAMATION TRIAL [...] (C) On August 16, Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his second court appearance in his ongoing trial for defamation. During an August 14 meeting, Mestiri opined that irregularities in the proceedings suggest that his trial is politically motivated. Mestiri was charged soon after he wro [...]	2007-08-21 15:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1225	PLAINTIFF DROPS DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST TUNISIAN [...] (C) After Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his third court appearance in his defamation trial on August 28, the plaintiff suddenly dropped his complaint and the case was dismissed. However, Tunisian prosecutors have the power to appeal the case months or years after the fact, even in su [...]	2007-09-05 15:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1248	TUNISIAN ACTIVIST CLAIMS OFFICE FIRE IS ARSON [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting, attorney and political activist Ayachi Hammami told PolOff he believes the fire that ravaged his office on August 31 was deliberately set by representatives of the government. Hammami speculated that the attack was prompted by his drafting a report on the T [...]	2007-09-13 18:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1263	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 2: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Learning from early experience (reftel),MEPI has adopted a two-track approach to promoting reform in the Arab World: timely and flexible response to short-term reform opportunities are wedded to longer-term efforts at building and strengthening the next generation of democratic reformer [...]	2007-09-18 09:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM PGOV PREL XF EAID
07TUNIS1273	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 3: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since MEPI's launch in 2002, we have learned a great deal about public-diplomacy efforts towards reformers in the Arab world. Building trust and name recognition has required on-the-ground engagement by posts and the MEPI Regional Office. The primary challenges have been iden [...]	2007-09-19 09:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1280	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 4: SMALL GRANTS - THE SECRET [...] (SBU) The MEPI Small Grants program is a highly effective tool for promoting democratic reform from the ground up in the Arab world. Small Grants allow us to respond quickly to opportunities as they emerge, have an immediate impact at the grassroots level, and link up with groups the USG often [...]	2007-09-20 09:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1283	101 WAYS TO DENY AN NGO'S EXISTANCE [...] (C) What defines an NGO? Naturally, the answer to this question varies by country. But in Tunisia the essential question is not about affiliation, size, or whether an NGO is domestic or international; rather, the defining question is, "Are they registered?" Registration status determines t [...]	2007-09-20 16:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1293	TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY [...] (C) Even non-French-speaking observers of Tunisian politics use the phrase, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" to describe the country in recent years. As we review our democratic reform strategy, despite some minor achievements, our two main objectives remain promoting increased free [...]	2007-09-21 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1294	OPPOSITION PARTY TURNS TO HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced that as of September 20 PDP leaders began a hunger strike to protest what they deem a politically motivated eviction from their Tunis headquarters. During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, PDP Secretary General Maya J [...]	2007-09-21 15:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1329	AMBASSADOR VISITS OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKERS [...] (C) As they entered day nine of their hunger strike, opposition PDP Secretary General Maya Jribi and former PDP Secretary General Nejib Chebbi both appeared wan but in good SIPDIS spirits. Jribi and Chebbi started a hunger strike on September 20 to protest their landlord,s effort, almost [...]	2007-09-28 16:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1340	COURT ORDERS OPPOSITION PARTY EVICTED FROM [...] (SBU) On October 1, a Tunisian court handed down a decision evicting the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) from its party headquarters. The PDP's landlord began eviction proceedings in April (Ref A),saying the lease agreement had been violated. The eviction proceedings prompte [...]	2007-10-02 16:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1353	DRL DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) On October 3, visiting DRL/NESCA Deputy Director Kari Johnstone met with opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) hunger strikers Maya Jribi and Nejib Chebbi, the President of the governmental Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties Moncer Rouissi, and members o [...]	2007-10-05 14:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1355	BEN ALI REPORTEDLY APPROVES DISCUSSIONS ON GOOD [...] (C) According to the Dutch Ambassador in Tunis, President Ben Ali has approved quiet discussions with the UNDP and Dutch Embassy on possible steps to increase political freedom and improve governance in Tunisia. The Dutch Ambassador, Rita Dulci Rahman, briefed Ambassador Godec and French Amba [...]	2007-10-05 17:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NL UN TS
07TUNIS1358	TUNISIAN ATTENDANCE AT G8-BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] (U) On October 9, MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Moez Sinaoui told PolOff that Tunisia will most likely be represented at the G8-BMENA Forum for the Future Subministerial by Tunisian Ambassador to Germany Moncef Ben Abdallah. However, Sinaoui stressed no official decision had been taken [...]	2007-10-09 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM TS
07TUNIS1371	TUNISIAN HUNGER STRIKE GATHERS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) During PolOff,s October 9 visit, opposition Progressive Democratic Party Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi indicated that their hunger strike (which began on September 20) will continue at least until November 7, the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidin [...]	2007-10-10 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1378	RECENT GOT PRESSURE ON TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Pressure on civil society activists seems to have increased in the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's November 7, 1987, assumption of the Presidency. Though generally targeted in one way or another, in recent weeks the President of the Tunisian Journal [...]	2007-10-11 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS138	AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS1399	OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE: POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN [...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) held a press conference on October 19 to mark their hunger strike's first month. Though the conference had been planned for days, the topic du jour was two articles that appeared in the October 19 editions of the private (but GOT influenc [...]	2007-10-19 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1404	OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS FOLLOWING COMPROMISE [...] (C) Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General SIPDIS Nejib Chebbi on October 20 ended their month-long hunger strike, which had been undertaken to protest their party,s near simultaneous eviction from nine regional offices and i [...]	2007-10-22 15:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1443	UNEMPLOYMENT IN TUNISIA: FOR WANT OF A JOB... [...] (C) Tunisia's official unemployment rate has hovered around 15 percent for almost forty years despite sustained GDP growth and continued GOT efforts to diversify the economy and promote investment that should spur new employment. Low domestic and international investment, as well as strict la [...]	2007-10-30 13:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON SMIG PTER KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS1452	TRANSLATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1454	CIVIL SOCIETY EMBARKS ON ANOTHER HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) On November 1, Poloffs spoke with journalist Slim Boukhdhir who announced that he and attorney Mohamed Nouri had begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions. Among their examples: a judge recently upheld a decision that bars Nouri from traveling, Boukhdhir has be [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1463	EU SEEKS GREATER COOPERATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, acting head of the European Commission and key members of the two mission teams met in advance of the November 12 EU-Tunisian sub-committee meeting on human rights. The US and EU missions shared the view that Tunisia has made too little progress in recent years [...]	2007-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1470	20 YEARS OF BEN ALI RULE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? [...] (C) After much preparation and speculation, President Ben Ali celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his November 7, 1987 palace coup with a major public speech that announced several political, judicial, economic and cultural initiatives, including supporting opposition political parties. I [...]	2007-11-09 14:10:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1478	TRANSLATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 07:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1486	HUNGER STRIKE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED [...] (C) Mohamed Nouri and Slim Boukhdhir announced during a November 14 press conference that they would temporarily suspend their strike while negotiations with ruling party representatives took place. They also told PolOff that their families have been harassed as a result of their campaign. [...]	2007-11-15 17:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1501	OPPOSITION PSL PARTY TOES THE (RULING) PARTY LINE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Tunisia's political scene with opposition Social Liberal Party (PSL) Secretary General Mondher Thabet on November 5. Thabet expressed his support for President Ben Ali,s policies, called for increased bilateral economic cooperation and denounced the recent PDP h [...]	2007-11-21 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1503	EU PUTS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE TABLE [...] (C) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on November 15 that he was encouraged that the November 12 EU-Tunisian Sub-Committee on Human Rights had taken up several serious issues, including torture and the 2009 elections. Philippe noted, however, there were a few missed [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1525	HUNGER STRIKER ARRESTED [...] (C) Journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who recently engaged in a hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions (Ref A),was arrested on November 26 while traveling to Tunis from Sfax. According to local contacts, Boukhdhir is facing charges of verbally insulting a police officer, not presenting hi [...]	2007-11-27 16:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1531	JOURNALISTS OF TUNISIA (TRY TO) UNITE [...] (C) The unrecognized Tunisian Journalists Syndicate (SJT, reftel) claims that its efforts to join the umbrella General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) are being blocked by the GOT. In addition to discouraging the UGTT from working with the SJT, the GOT is purported to have manufactured the [...]	2007-11-29 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1548	TUNISIAN ISLAMISTS CONCERNED BY EXTREMISM, SEEK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with PolOffs, former an-Nahdha leader Ziad Daoulatli said that the GOT has created a climate of fear that discourages Tunisians from political participation. The lack of freedom of expression and association, said Daoulatli, is increasingly driving Tunisians t [...]	2007-12-03 14:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1555	GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: ATTORNEY GAINS RIGHT TO [...] (C) On December 4, a Tunisian court sentenced ex-hunger striker Slim Boukhdhir to a year in prison. Boukhdhir was initially arrested November 26 on charges of insulting a police officer, using foul language, and not presenting his national ID card to security officials (Ref B). Meanwhile, [...]	2007-12-05 16:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1556	EU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE GOT COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on December 4 that the November 19 Association Council meeting with Tunisia, which was preceded by the November 12 Sub-Committee Meeting on Human Rights, had given a "boost" to EU-Tunisian relations. Philippe said the two meetin [...]	2007-12-05 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM PGOV PTER ECON PREL TS
07TUNIS1566	JOURNALISTS: TUNISIA'S MOST WANTED? [...] (C) From its actions, one might think Tunisia's governing regime regards independent journalists as threats to stability. In the past six months alone, journalists have been followed, harassed, assaulted, prosecuted, and jailed; all apparently for the "crime" of writing articles for online [...]	2007-12-07 16:35:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1567	TUNISIAN INTELLECTUALS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Ambassador discussed global and local human rights issues with a group of independent Tunisian intellectuals on December 6. Though the discussion began with local concerns about the rights of Guantanamo detainees and the situatio [...]	2007-12-07 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1575	TELLING IT LIKE IT IS: TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS [...] (C) On December 10, Matt Shelley, Director of the MEPI-funded International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Middle East North Africa (MENA) Media Project, held a roundtable discussion with Tunisian journalists on the local media environment and IREX activities in the region. Several jou [...]	2007-12-13 12:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1599	IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH [...] (C) On December 18, the Ambassador met with Mongi Khamassi, Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress (PVP) to discuss the Tunisian political landscape and US foreign policy. The smallest of the "loyal" opposition parties, the PVP emphasized the need for gradual political progress a [...]	2007-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1620	30 CONVICTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007 [...] (C) On December 30, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced 30 Tunisians to punishments from death to five years in prison for their involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. Many of the defendants, known as the "Soliman Group," denied their involvement and allege [...]	2007-12-31 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
07TUNIS230	FOREIGN MINISTER CONCERNED BY HUGHES CANCELLATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 13, Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked Ambassador to express his concern about the cancellation of a planned visit to Tunisia by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes. Abdallah referred to an internal "report" prepared by MFA Secretary of State Chtioui t [...]	2007-02-14 16:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS246	UNION LEADER HIGHLIGHTS SHARED VALUES, DISILLUSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's February 16 courtesy call, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Secretary General Abdessalem Jerad stressed the shared values between Tunisia and the United States. Jerad explained that the UGTT membership is representative of all political, economic and s [...]	2007-02-22 07:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM KDEM ECON TS
07TUNIS291	NEW LABOR UNION STYMIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A YEAR-LONG EFFORT TO CREATE A NEW LABOR CONFEDERATION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY THE GOT AND HAS GARNERED LITTLE SUPPORT FROM TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY. IN MID-2006, FORMER GENERAL UNION OF TUNISIAN WORKERS (UGTT) ACTIVIST HABIB GUIZA BEGAN WORK TO ESTABLISH THE GENERAL TUNISI [...]	2007-03-05 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS389	TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: I HAVE A DREAM -- DEFERRED [...] (S) Fifty years after independence, Tunisia's freedom deficit is impeding its political, economic and social modernization. For years, Tunisia was a model for Arab and African countries. Tunisians took pride in having established many of the political institutions of a modern democracy and s [...]	2007-03-28 14:40:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS404	NO POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) Traditionally, President Ben Ali has announced the release of prisoners around two holidays: March 20, Tunisian Independence Day; and November 7, the holiday commemorating the palace coup that brought Ben Ali to power in 1987. These releases have in past years included members of the Isla [...]	2007-03-30 13:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TS
07TUNIS409	TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: EYES ON THE PRIZE (PART II) [...] (S/NF) Tunisia is ready for freedom. But Tunisia today is also a country at risk, near a key crossroads. As reftel described in detail, Tunisia could go either way -- further down the road of repression, lack of freedom, and greater instability and extremism; or it could begin to embrace -- [...]	2007-04-02 16:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS47	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS CARPENTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome your visit on January 10-12, 2007. The Tunisian security services' December 23 and January 3 operations against a reported group of armed Salafists form the immediate backdrop to your visit. Although much about the gr [...]	2007-01-05 18:06:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV OVIP KDEM TS
07TUNIS52	DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS INITIATIVES PRESENTED TO [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Director General Hatem Atallah on December 28, Charge presented new USG initiatives to support human rights defenders (refs A and B). Atallah replied that the MFA would read over the new initiatives carefully. He acknowledged that the USG and Tunisia had different [...]	2007-01-08 17:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL TS
07TUNIS522	TWO BOLD POLITICAL ARTICLES IN MAINSTREAM PRESS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A RECENT ONE-WEEK PERIOD, TWO ARTICLES FEATURING BOLD POLITICAL COMMENTARY APPEARED IN MAINSTREAM TUNISIAN FRENCH-LANGUAGE PRESS. THE ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIANS, CONSTITUTED SOME OF THE MOST FRANK, OPEN DISCUSSION OF POLITICALLY SENSITIVE THEMES IN RECENT [...]	2007-04-25 15:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS545	OPPOSITION PDP PARTY LEADERS: TUNISIANS DESERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEADERS OF THE INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LAMENTED THE COMPLETE POLITICAL "BLOCKAGE" IN TUNISIA IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON APRIL 26. PDP LEADERS, SAID THAT A MOVE TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS AND RAISE ITS PROFILE DOMESTICALLY HAS BEEN MET WITH [...]	2007-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TS
07TUNIS595	RHETORIC VS. REALITY IN TUNISIA ON WORLD PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A SPEECH COMMEMORATING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY MAY 2, PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI TRUMPETED TUNISIA'S RECORD ON PRESS FREEDOM, "AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS." ON MAY 1, NGO FREEDOM HOUSE RELEASED ITS OWN ASSESSMENT OF TUNISIA'S PRESS FREEDOM RECORD, AS PART OF T [...]	2007-05-15 07:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PREL KDEM TS
07TUNIS699	BEN ALI TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CODEL TANNER [...] (C) In a meeting May 31 with Congressman John Tanner (D-TN) and nine other Representatives, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali emphasized his commitment to close ties with the United States. He also: -- asked for more US economic engagement; -- insisted the ruling political party is too str [...]	2007-06-05 12:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS708	US NGO REPORTS GOT HARASSMENT OF SAMIA ABBOU, [...] (C) GOT measures to limit civil society's activities seem to apply to international and local activists alike. Representatives of the American NGO Human Rights First and the international NGO Frontline Defenders met with Pol/Econ Chief and PolOff on May 23 to discuss their joint trip to Tuni [...]	2007-06-06 12:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KPAO PREL KDEM TS
07TUNIS722	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH'S VISIT [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH'S UPCOMING JUNE 11-15 VISIT TO WASHINGTON PRESENTS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE USG TO ENGAGE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOT, AS OFFICIAL VISITS TO WASHINGTON ARE INFREQUENT. WHILE ABDALLAH WILL LIKELY TRY TO EMPHASIZE GENERALITIES ABOUT THE US-TUNISIAN L [...]	2007-06-07 14:36:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM TS
07TUNIS839	BEN ALI GIVES INDEPENDENT NGO CASH GIFT [...] (C) In early June, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues, received a TD 50,000 (approximately US $40,000) gift from President Ben Ali. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have [...]	2007-06-26 14:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
07TUNIS84	DAS CARPENTER'S MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah on January 11. DAS Carpenter briefed Abdallah on the President's January 10 speech on Iraq. Abdallah stressed the importance of rooting out te [...]	2007-01-17 15:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS840	GOT DISCOURAGES CIVIL SOCIETY ANTI-DEATH PENALTY [...] (C) On June 14, a group of prominent Tunisian NGOs, led by the Tunisian chapter of Amnesty International, announced they were launching a coalition against the death penalty in Tunisia. This move is an anomaly because the Tunisian chapter of Amnesty International usually refrains from repor [...]	2007-06-26 14:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS841	RCD VP LAUDS PARTY INFLUENCE, BEMOANS OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a June 25 courtesy call with the Ambassador, ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party Vice President Hamed Karoui argued that the party was behind much of Tunisia's political, social and economic progress. The Ambassador noted that while social and economic achievements are n [...]	2007-06-26 14:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ECON EINV TS
07TUNIS86	DAS CARPENTER'S MEETING WITH ATCE DIRECTOR ROMDHANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JANUARY 10-12 VISIT TO TUNIS, NEA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY J. SCOTT CARPENTER MET WITH OUSSAMA ROMDHANI, DIRECTOR OF THE TUNISIAN EXTERNAL PRESS AGENCY (ATCE),ON JANUARY 11. DAS CARPENTER BRIEFED ROMDHANI ON THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 10 SPEECH ON IRAQ. ROMDHANI SAID [...]	2007-01-17 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS869	REGIME INSIDER OUTLINES TUNISIA'S CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's June 29 courtesy call, President of the Economic and Social Council and Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party stalwart, Sadok Chaabane presented his views on trade, extremism, and democracy. Chabaane stressed the importance of reducing economic depen [...]	2007-07-02 13:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD KDEM TS
07TUNIS904	AN OPPOSITION LEADER'S TAKE ON DEMOCRACY IN TUNISIA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Secretary General of the Democratic Forum for Labor and SIPDIS Liberty (FDTL),to discuss Tunisia's political situation, the link between opposition parties and human rights, and President Bush's Freedom Agenda on July 3. Although the FDT [...]	2007-07-09 10:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS932	TUNISIAN BAR ASSOCIATION RETAINS INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On July 1, Bechir Essid was elected President of the Tunisian Bar Association. Essid's election was a surprise to many, as the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) had opposed him and strongly backed other candidates. Other independents were also elected to the Bar Association's [...]	2007-07-13 12:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS936	WOMEN'S NGO URGES US ACTION ON FREEDOM DEFICIT, [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 11 courtesy call on the independent Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),Executive Board members outlined challenges for independent civil society and urged the USG to take greater steps to promote freedom of expression and association. The [...]	2007-07-16 07:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL TS
07TUNIS938	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE LOYAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) On July 10 the Ambassador met with three opposition party leaders: Mohamed Bouchiha (Secretary General of the Popular Unity Party or PUP),Mongi Khamassi (Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress or PVP),and Mondher Thabet (Secretary General of the Liberal Social Party or PSL). [...]	2007-07-16 09:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS939	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ARE THE NEWS FOR JUNE [...] (C) Rather than just reporting the news, a series of incidents involving Tunisian journalists became news during late May and June. In brief: -- On May 18, plainclothes policemen barricaded the entrance to an online newspaper and reportedly assaulted several journalists. -- On June 22, pl [...]	2007-07-16 09:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS958	GOT INSIDER SAYS TUNISIA READY FOR FASTER [...] (S) During a ninety-minute courtesy call with the Ambassador on July 12, Arab League Deputy Secretary General and GOT insider Chedli Neffati told the Ambassador that, while security concerns had slowed reform in the 1990s, Tunisia today is ready for more political liberalization. However, "we [...]	2007-07-17 13:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
07TUNIS985	TUNISIAN FM ADMITS MORE FREEDOM NEEDED [...] (S) Foreign Minister Abdallah used a July 24 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics to express his concern about Post's engagement of independent opposition figures. Ambassador reminded Abdallah of the USG's commitment to the Freedom Agenda and encouraged greater political reform. In a f [...]	2007-07-24 16:00:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS986	MOHAMMED ABBOU RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Lawyer and civil society activist Mohamed Abbou was released on July 24 and, for the first time in over two years, returned home to his family. Abbou told Pol/EconCouns he was extremely grateful to the United States for keeping his case alive and for looking after his family. Th [...]	2007-07-25 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07ULAANBAATAR286	Mongolia Mulling Iraq's Community of Democracies [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 06:04:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM EAID PGOV MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR428	MONGOLIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON CD MINISTERIAL AND [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a demarche by the DCM to the Mongolian MFA on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial, the MFA expressed no objection to the U.S. positions on Venezuela and Nigeria. However, Mongolia will not support Taiw [...]	2007-07-24 05:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MG
07USEUBRUSSELS2753	EU ON RIAD SEIF [...] (C) PolOff approached European Council Secretariat officials covering Syria and human rights August 27, requesting public statements supporting Riad Seif's request for travel to Germany as well as a demarche to Damascus on Seif's case. The Charge followed-up in an August 31 meeting with Chri [...]	2007-08-31 14:38:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN JA SA SY
07USUNNEWYORK1009	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UN SUPPORT FOR NEW AND [...] (U) On November 5, the General Assembly considered Agenda item 12, Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Qatar introduced draft resolution A/62/L.9, which outlines the outcomes of the Sixth International Conf [...]	2007-11-13 17:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA KDEM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1053	LEBANON: SYG BAN PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTION SOLUTION [...] (C) During a luncheon with UNSC PermReps on November 20, SYG Ban Ki-Moon reported that he had telephoned Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at about 12:15 p.m. EST that day to urge him to work towards a solution in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election. Berri claimed he had not yet m [...]	2007-11-20 21:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK21	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. SUMMARY: In the coming weeks, the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee will convene a series of meetings, including a day-long discussion to be hosted by the UK Mission on January 17, to consider a series of issues that will impact th [...]	2007-01-12 22:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK49	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...]	2007-01-24 15:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK607	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]	2007-07-25 16:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK629	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]	2007-07-31 21:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK646	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...]	2007-08-07 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK966	AUSTRALIAN PERMREP PUSHES UNSC REFORM AND [...] (SBU) During a meeting on November 2 with Amb Khalilzad, Australian PermRep Robert Hill sought clarification about whether the U.S. had adopted a more forward-leaning approach on UNSC reform after President Bush's speech to the UNGA (other topics covered septel). Amb Khalilzad told him the U. [...]	2007-11-07 14:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNSC KDEM
07VATICAN63	HOLY SEE ON VENEZUELAN ASYLUM CASE OF NIXON MORENO [...] (C) Summary. Charge raised case of Nixon Moreno with the Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin, who confirmed March 23 that Moreno is in the Papal Nunciature in Caracas. Parolin said Moreno would probably eventually go to a third country such as Canada; the GOV is presently opposed but mi [...]	2007-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM VE VT
07VIENNA1648	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: MISSING/DETAINED [...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 13 with Ralph Scheide, the Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-level) to convey USG concerns (reftel) about the recent pattern of harassment of AmCits in Iran. Scheide expressed support for the USG position, adding that he had recen [...]	2007-06-20 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IR AU
07VIENNA1927	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: A COORDINATED APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) On July 19, Acting EconPol Counselor and PolUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Georg Heindl from the MFA's Human Rights Department. Heindl agreed that the USG and EU should speak with one voice to the GOAJ on reftel concerns. Heindl pointed to the strong human rights and de [...]	2007-07-20 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EUN KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL AU AJ
07VIENNA2305	AUSTRIA STILL LUKEWARM TOWARDS PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 08:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PREL AU

07VIENNA2326	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SA SY AU
07VIENNA2366	AUSTRIA'S POSITION ON IAEA ISSUES: ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. Austria supports a consensus outcome that would eliminate the Israel-specific agenda at the IAEA BoG and expects the EU to work toward this outcome. However, Austria is unlikely to raise any concerns regarding the Iran-IAEA "work plan" at the BoG. Rather, it wishes to protect I [...]	2007-09-10 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC AADP AROC KNNP KDEM PARM PREL IAEA AU
07VIENNA2780	AUSTRIA: ODIHR MONITORING OF RUSSIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor met Nov. 9 with Austrian OSCE PermRep Margit Waestenfelt to discuss reftel demarche. Waestenfelt seemed at a loss as to how to respond to the Russian "game." She expected the Russians to continue to drag the process out and make it impossible for even the 70 observers i [...]	2007-11-09 18:00:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS AU
07VIENNA85	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) On January 11, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor met with Helfried Carl, the MFA's Deputy Director in the Middle East and Africa Division, to outline USG democratization programs for Iran and to inquire about similar Austrian efforts. Carl welcomed the information, adding that it would be importa [...]	2007-01-17 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AU IR
07VIENTIANE397	WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: DCM DISCUSSES U.S. JOURNALISM AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Press Freedom Day, the DCM spoke with a group of roughly 15 college students at the Lao-American Center on May 2 about the history of press freedom in the United States and the ethical dilemmas faced by media organizations. This was a timely subject, since the Lao N [...]	2007-05-15 06:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL KPAO LA
07VILNIUS25	LITHUANIA ON IRAN: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WITHOUT [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Jurate Ramoskiene, First Secretary in the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division, on SIPDIS January 11. She said that the GOL is "absolutely" supportive of a "two-dimensional approach" to Iran, including both sanctions and pro-democracy efforts. She said t [...]	2007-01-11 17:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL IR LH PL
07VILNIUS531	LITHUANIA AGREES HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 09:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE AJ LH
07VILNIUS621	LITHUANIA: APPRECIATES INFO ON TRAVEL BAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 13:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM LH
07VILNIUS808	LITHUANIA ON THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 13:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM LH
07VILNIUS877	LITHUANIAN PRIORITIES FOR THE DECEMBER 10 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania will seek to include a statement on energy security in the summit conclusions at the GAERC meeting on December 10. FM Vaitiekunas will also emphasize the importance of helping Moldova and the inadequacy of the Black Sea Energy group for the countries in the European Nei [...]	2007-12-10 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY LH
07WARSAW1383	MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN: POLAND UNDERTAKES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) After Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juliusz Gojlo, MFA Head of the Iraqi Task Group, PolCouns was asked to meet June 15 with Gojlo and Iran Deskoff Andrzej Lysiak to discuss a related demarche made by the Iranian Embassy. Ly [...]	2007-06-15 14:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW1428	IRANIANS TELL POLES THAT SITUATION OF DETAINED [...] (C) MFA Iraq Task Force Chief Juliusz Gojlo informed PolCouns June 21 that he had met the previous day with a counselor from the Iranian Embassy to inquire about the status of American citizens detained in Iran (Ref A) and to provide Iran our views on the "Irbil Five"--the Iranians detained i [...]	2007-06-21 10:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW2395	POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...]	2007-12-19 10:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
07WARSAW321	POLAND: SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL [...] (C) Post apologizes for the delay in responding to Reftel demarche on Iran Civil Society and Democracy programming. Due to internal reorganization and a near 100 percent turnover in staff, The Polish MFA Department for Africa & Middle East was unable to meet with us over the past several weeks [...]	2007-02-09 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN PL
07WELLINGTON435	DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (C) ADCM and A/P-E Counselor delivered demarche points in Ref A and B on June 13 to Darryl Dunn, Director of Middle East and African Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Mr. Dunn expressed appreciation for the background and indicated he understood the import [...]	2007-06-13 23:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO NZ IR
07WELLINGTON653	ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP PITCHED TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 and 24, National Security Council Senior Director William Inboden and Senior Advisor Paul Lettow from the State Department's Global Affairs Bureau briefed the U.S. proposal for an "Asia Democracy Partnership" (ADP) (reftel) to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),the Ministry [...]	2007-08-30 19:47:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NZ KDEM
07WELLINGTON751	NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES FOR UPCOMING PACIFIC [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Pacific Division views Fiji's return to democracy, the status of RAMSI in the Solomon Islands, and support for the Regional Integrated Framework (RIF) as the GNZ's key issues for discussion at the PIF. New Zealand worries that [...]	2007-10-11 19:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM NZ
07WELLINGTON774	BURMA DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO GNZ [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Counselor passed the information and suggestions outlined in reftel demarches to Bernadette Cavanagh, who recently began work as the Head of the Southeast Asia Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Cavanagh thanked the Embassy for the update on the latest [...]	2007-10-25 19:06:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM NZ BM
07WELLINGTON796	NEW ZEALAND AND THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES; APDP [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Counselor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT Director of the Americas Division Carl Worker on October 31 and discussed the Community of Democracies meeting in Bamako in mid-November as well as GNZ participation in the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) [...]	2007-11-04 19:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM NZ
07WELLINGTON824	NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/Econ Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director of the Americas Division, Paul Willis, to discuss the issues regarding Venezuela and upcoming developments related to the country's constitution. While recognizing that Venezuel [...]	2007-11-20 05:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NZ VE
07WELLINGTON832	NEW ZEALAND'S CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Electoral Finance Bill, a highly-controversial Government bill to reform New Zealand's campaign finance rules, aims to place restrictions and spending limits on non-party political advertising. The legislation has survived two readings and is likely to pass before the parl [...]	2007-11-28 19:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
07WELLINGTON839	Ambassador Herbst Discusses Stabilization/Reconstruction [...] (U) Summary. During a November 27 visit to New Zealand, S/CRS Ambassador Herbst met with a range of GNZ officials in the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, as well as police and NZAID representatives to discuss his office's approach to coordinating USG resources in post-conflict stat [...]	2007-12-02 22:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM NZ
07YAOUNDE106	CAMEROON: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS [...] (U) Poloff met with Felix-fils Eboa Ebongue of Foreign Ministry (MINREX) on January 17 to discuss points outlined in reftel. Ebongue said he would convey the U.S. concerns to the Ministry. He pointed out that NGOs receive protection under the new penal code, which was promulgated January 1. [...]	2007-01-25 12:38:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM KDEM PHUM PREL
07YEREVAN1000	EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...]	2007-08-07 10:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN1032	TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU
07YEREVAN104	"AND THEY'RE OFF!" -- OUR OVERVIEW FOR THE ELECTION SEASON [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kocharian's January 29 decree announcing the May 12 parliamentary election is the first step in the election process, and comes two days ahead of the 100-day advance notice prescribed by Armenian law. Following is an overview and projected timeline of key dates for the [...]	2007-01-31 05:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1048	SPECIAL ELECTION WILL TEST GOAM'S DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) The August 26 race to fill the District 15 parliamentary seat may be a small harbinger of Armenian authorities' commitment to election integrity, looking ahead to the 2008 presidential election. The race will also either strengthen or deal a setback to Heritage Party leader Raffi Hova [...]	2007-08-24 12:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1049	SPECIAL ELECTION WILL TEST GOAM'S DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) The August 26 race to fill the District 15 parliamentary seat may be a small harbinger of Armenian authorities' commitment to election integrity, looking ahead to the 2008 presidential election. The race will also either strengthen or deal a setback to Heritage Party leader Raffi Hova [...]	2007-08-24 12:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1050	EX-PRESIDENT TER-PETROSSIAN TESTING THE COME-BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA's courtesy call on Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) found the former president candid, in high spirits, and eagerly exploring his chances to unify Armenia's opposition under his own banner for the 2008 presidential election. LTP evaluated his chances as slender, but worth trying, gi [...]	2007-08-24 13:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1055	RULING PARTY CANDIDATE WINS COMMANDING PLURALITY [...] (C) Polling and vote tabulation proceeded fairly smoothly during the August 26 special election for the district 15 parliamentary seat. The Republican candidate was declared the winner with about 46 percent. His formerly-Prosperous Armenia rival came in second with almost 29 percent. The Da [...]	2007-08-28 02:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1069	OPPOSITION PARTY INTRODUCES BILL TO RECOGNIZE [...] (U) Fresh from his stinging defeat in the TEC 15 parliamentary election, on August 28 Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian introduced a bill into parliament which would extend Armenian recognition to the self-declared "Republic of Nagorno Karabagh." To date, no country, including Armenia, [...]	2007-08-30 05:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1094	SUSPICION OVER THE FUTURE OF THE OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE [...] (SBU) OSCE Office in Yerevan 's outgoing Economic and Environmental Officer and current Acting Deputy Head Jeannette Kloetzer revealed to Poloff that there seems to be some confusion over her successor once she leaves her current position September 27 to become DCM at OSCE's Office in Kazakhsta [...]	2007-08-31 12:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN1105	ARZUMANIAN DETENTION EXTENDED TO TWO MORE MONTHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former FM Aleksander Arzumanian's AmCit wife, called on CDA August 31 to brief him on the status of the case. Arzumanian remains in the National Security Service (NSS) lock-up, under investigation for money-laundering. Coincidentally, on the same day, the courts approved an add [...]	2007-09-05 10:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN114	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH NGOS, [...] (C) Visiting EUR DAS Bryza received two previews of the upcoming parliamentary elections on January 26. Opposition leaders predicted that the May elections would be the worst yet in Armenia's post-Soviet history, and complained that U.S. and European leaders had done too little to push for de [...]	2007-02-01 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1241	SCENESETTER FOR PM SERZH SARGSIAN'S WASHINGTON [...] (C) Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian's visit to Washington October 17-23 is his chance to see and be seen with Washington leaders in the run-up to his February 2008 presidential election bid. With his extensive defense and security background, Sargsian now needs to show himself as a world leade [...]	2007-10-16 02:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP SERZH SARGSIAN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1279	APPARENT CRACKDOWN ON TER-PETROSSIAN SUPPORTERS [...] (SBU) Armenian police on October 23 detained 12 opposition activists as they publicly called for an opposition rally in support of the candidacy of Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-petrossian in the approaching presidential election. Police scuffled with, and then detained the activists, af [...]	2007-10-24 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1282	JUDGE OHANIAN BROUGHT DOWN BY CORRUPTION [...] (C) The case of fired judge Ohanian (reftel) came up during a conversation with David Harutyunian (protect). Harutyunian currently chairs the parliamentary committee on State and Legal Affairs, but was justice minister prior to the May 2007 elections. Harutyunian confirmed that top law enfo [...]	2007-10-25 11:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1302	MEDIA REACTION: COVERAGE OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S RALLY [...] (SBU) Almost all Armenian broadcast media and much of the printed press failed to report fully and accurately the most significant event so far in the presidential campaign. On October 26, 2007, several opposition parties organized a rally in Liberty Square at which former president Levon Ter- [...]	2007-10-30 14:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO KMDR KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1303	POLICE FILE CHARGES AGAINST TER-PETROSSIAN SUPPORTERS [...] (U) On October 30, Armenian police filed criminal charges against five supporters of former president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) who were detained October 23 (reftel). The charges include "hooliganism committed by a group," and "violence against a representative of the authorities." If proven [...]	2007-10-31 04:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1346	ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ANNOUNCED FOR FEBRUARY 19, [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 13:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1347	DELIVERING MCC SCORECARD TO PM, WITH A SIDE ORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on Prime Minister Sargsian to present the MCC FY08 scorecard, and discuss its implications. He acknowledged the message that Sargsian had heard in Washington from MCC CEO Danilovich, that Armenia should not be "punished" for having graduated to a higher national income [...]	2007-11-12 14:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1359	PM STAFF GIVE AND TAKE ON TURKEY, ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM had a long and fruitful conversation with two of PM Sargsian's close advisers. The two men affirmed the PM's desire to start a process to reconcile with Turkey, even before he become president. They agreed that a string of recent events against pro-opposition figures damag [...]	2007-11-19 04:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TU IR AM
07YEREVAN1362	AUTHORITIES DOG ARMENIAN TV STATION FOR COVERAGE [...] (C) On November 7, Emboffs visited GALA TV in Gyumri to learn more about its ongoing run-in with authorities, widely attributed to GALA's October 14 airing of a critical speech by former president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). According to GALA's owner, the authorities' threats before airing the [...]	2007-11-19 10:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1365	PRO-OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST SEVERELY BEATEN [...] (SBU) On Thursday November 15 Narek Galstian, a student activist, was attacked by three men and severely beaten. The attack came two days after police reportedly detained him for posting leaflets advertising the upcoming Levon Ter-Petrosian rally on Friday, November 16. Galstian and oppositio [...]	2007-11-19 14:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1383	THE TER-PETROSSIAN SCENARIO: A LONG SHOT, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) has become the leading opposition candidate for president. His chances of success -- whether at the ballot box or with a street protest strategy after the fact -- remain small, but he should not be dismissed prematurely. LTP enjoys unique [...]	2007-11-27 16:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1384	MIXED, LARGELY SANGUINE REACTIONS TO ARMENIA'S ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) With the presidential election set for February, parliament swiftly enacted electoral code changes that took effect November 20. Over the course of two day-long readings, the parliament amended almost one third of the articles of Armenia's electoral code. IFES and other election monitor [...]	2007-11-28 04:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
07YEREVAN1394	ANOTHER BROADSIDE FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON [...] (C) Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian called in CDA November 27 to renew Kocharian's visceral objections to Radio Liberty (RL) programming which, according to Gevorgian, has been "turned into a mouthpiece for (former President) Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) by the director of the RL Arme [...]	2007-11-30 09:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1413	ARMENIA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SLATE NOW SET [...] (SBU) December 6 was the nomination deadline for Armenian presidential candidates. Nine persons have been nominated to participate in the February 19, 2008 election. In addition to Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian and ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian, the widely acknowledged front-runners, the [...]	2007-12-11 06:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1438	CEC CHAIRMAN BRUSHES OFF KEY PARTS OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA, accompanied by AIDoff and Polchief, called on Central Election Commission Chairman Garegin Azaryan in a bid to persuade Azaryan not to refuse key elements of USAID implementer IFES' election assistance program. Azaryan was stubborn, smug, and unmoved. He suggested, speciou [...]	2007-12-18 03:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1439	BRIEFING THE PRESIDENCY ON EXIT POLLS, IFES/CEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: USAID briefed presidential aide Vigen Sargsian, at government request, about plans for a USAID/IRI-sponsored exit poll for the upcoming presidential election. Sargsian pressed for more details about the methods and partners involved, and expressed great skepticism both personall [...]	2007-12-18 03:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
07YEREVAN1446	ARMENIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER) [...] (U) Headlines in this round-up: -- MONITORING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COVERAGE -- CIVIL PROTEST OVER INFORMATION POLICY OF PUBLIC TV -- CONTINUING REPORTS OF MEDIA CLAMPDOWN -- THE ONGOING TRAVAILS OF GALA TV -- TER-PETROSSIAN'S PRE-ELECTION MONITORING REPORTS -- HOUSING CERTIFICATES FOR 1 [...]	2007-12-18 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ELAB KDEM KJUS KWMN HSTC
07YEREVAN1448	CDA RAISES DEMOCRACY PROGRAM CONCERNS WITH PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and polchief called on the PM December 4 to discuss our ongoing election assistance programs (highlighting IRI plans to conduct an exit poll),raise concern about residence permits for USAID anti-corruption program staff, and to review the Radio Liberty (RL) issue with the PM [...]	2007-12-18 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM KPAO AM
07YEREVAN1467	ARMENIA: PRESIDENCY STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT IRI [...] (C) Although less hostile to the idea of an exit poll during the upcoming presidential election than he was a week ago, Presidential aide Vigen Sargsian still expressed significant concerns about the poll's format and possible fall-out. After being briefed by IRI staff on the poll's technical [...]	2007-12-21 13:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
07YEREVAN192	PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY CONGRESS A SUCCESS, REAL [...] (C) Prosperous Armenia (PA),the new oligarch-founded party that has taken Armenia's political scene by storm (but whose agenda is still unclear),held its long-awaited pre-election congress on February 15. The congress hall was packed, and also drew a number of sour-faced senior government o [...]	2007-02-23 11:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN21	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN'S NEW YEAR'S EVE REMARKS [...] SUMMARY: President Kocharian's New Year's Eve remarks reiterated his call for free and fair parliamentary elections in 2007, and for deepening Armenia's political and economic reforms, especially for competitive markets, judicial reform, and anti-corruption. He said that government-paid salari [...]	2007-01-08 11:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN256	ELECTIONS LIKELY TO BRING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE [...] (SBU) One relative bright spot on the political stage when party lists were released March 1: the potential for a 100-percent increase in the number of parliamentary seats held by women. A National Democratic Institute (NDI) analysis of the lists shows that women make up an average of 22 per [...]	2007-03-06 11:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN385	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN DISCUSSES IRAN, TURKEY, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian President Kocharian met for over an hour with EUR DAS Bryza following the funeral of PM Margarian on March 28. On Iran, Kocharian explained that Armenia, in its precarious geopolitical situation, must carefully think through the consequences of every step it takes with it [...]	2007-03-30 13:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR AJ AM
07YEREVAN397	THREE KILLED IN AMBUSH OF GYUMRI MAYOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 03:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCRM AM
07YEREVAN398	THREE KILLED IN AMBUSH OF GYUMRI MAYOR [...] (SBU) Unknown gunmen wounded the Gyumri mayor, Vartan Ghukasian, and deputy mayor, Gagik Manukian, in a bold highway attack that killed three in the two-car convoy, including Ghukasian's driver. Gyumri is Armenia's second largest city. The mayor and his entourage were attacked from two ca [...]	2007-04-04 05:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCRM AM
07YEREVAN47	FONMIN OSKANIAN CONFIRMS MAY 12 ELECTION DATE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 12 meeting to update the Foreign Minister on Iraq strategy (septel),CDA and Pol/Econ Chief were able to cover a range of issues, including election planning, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ambassador-designate Hoagland's nomination, Armenia-Turkish relations, and Iran. As of [...]	2007-01-12 14:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AM AJ IR
07YEREVAN471	A REAL LIVE CAMPAIGN SEASON, AS BOMBINGS SEEM QUICKLY [...] (SBU) Armenia's campaign environment has ratcheted into high gear, with a vibrant rainbow of political ads posted everywhere you look. The April 12 bombings of two Prosperous Armenia (PA) offices (ref A) seem quickly to have disappeared from political relevance, after virtually all parties con [...]	2007-04-19 04:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN485	AMID ELECTORAL IMPROVEMENTS, VIOLENCE PUNCTUATES SCENE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Campaign events around Armenia this week have been largely uneventful; several parties - including opposition -- successfully staged rallies without government interference, garnering modest attendance despite poor weather. The Police announced significant progress in their wo [...]	2007-04-20 12:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN490	NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES OPPOSITION CONVERSATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, Golos Armenii a government-leaning Russian language newspaper, published a transcript of a clandestinely-recorded conversation between an opposition leader and a British diplomat. The piece claimed that the opposition politician -- former parliament speaker and Ori [...]	2007-04-23 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN522	ELECTION HOMESTRETCH -- WITH SIXTEEN DAYS LEFT, WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: We called on President Kocharian to deliver some messages for the final stage of the pre-election campaign. We urged him to galvanize prosecutors against electon-related fraud. We also protested sharply the apparent clandestine taping, and subsequent publishing, of a British d [...]	2007-04-26 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN555	ODIHR MISSION HEAD DISCUSSES PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) CDA met May 2 with Ambassador Boris Frlec, the head of OSCE/ODIHR,s Election Observation Mission (EOM) for a discussion on the pre-election period in Armenia. Frlec evaluated the pre-election period as broadly competitive, despite flaws. He saw a relatively even playing field, albeit wh [...]	2007-05-03 10:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN559	ARMENIA POLITICAL PARTY PRIMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a basic reference to the political parties in the May 12 parliamentary race. Out of seventy-four registered political parties in Armenia only 24 parties and one bloc registered to participate in the parliamentary election, and two have since dropped out. END [...]	2007-05-04 03:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN560	KOCHARIAN ACCUSES BAGHDASSARIAN OF BETRAYAL [...] (U) President Kocharian blasted opposition leader Artur Baghdassarian during an address to local university students on April 27, accusing him of "betrayal." "I don't want to use legal terms. For me, this is a real manifestation of betrayal," Kocharian told students at Yerevan State Universi [...]	2007-05-04 03:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN564	ARMENIA ELECTIONS: KOCHARIAN CONVOKES OSCE CHIEFS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 3, President Kocharian convoked all Chiefs of Mission of OSCE Member States resident in Yerevan regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections. He sought to convey to the dip corps that his administration was doing all it could to ensure an election process which should me [...]	2007-05-04 12:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN571	VAYOTS DZOR REPUBLICANS STRONG FOR ELECTION DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Embassy pre-election trip to the sparsely-populated Vayots Dzor province on 27 April found an electoral calm much attributed to the popularity of the Republican marzpet (governor) headquartered in Yeghanadzor and the relatively favorable image he exudes of the Republican Par [...]	2007-05-07 11:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN585	GEGHARKUNIK MARZ PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Post dispatched two officers on April 26 and 27 to the Gegharkunik region, which wraps around Armenia's largest body of water -- Lake Sevan. Gegharkunik region, like every other region of Armenia outside of the capitol, is in dire economic straits. Summer tourism to Lake Sevan, potato far [...]	2007-05-08 12:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM KDEM PGOV PHUM
07YEREVAN586	ARMENIAN ELECTIONS: VIEWS FROM ARAGOTSOTN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Characterizing the pre-election campaigning as "boring," governmental, non-governmental, political party and international observers in the Aragotsotn region of Armenia foresee a parliamentary election devoid of significant fraud in their area. Interlocutors tell us that there [...]	2007-05-08 12:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN587	INCREASING TENSIONS EXPECTED IN LORI, MORE [...] (C) Embassy officers on May 4 visited Vanadzor (Lori Region),the largely-impoverished third-largest city of Armenia to examine pre-election conditions. Typically, pro-government officials claimed there were no problems in the run-up to 12 May while opposition and NGO figures noted otherwise [...]	2007-05-09 11:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC AM
07YEREVAN588	FM OSKANIAN DEFENDS VISA REFUSAL OF TURKISH OSCE [...] (C) CDA and the German Ambassador each protested (during a scheduled meeting with CDA and EU chiefs of mission late May 8),Armenia's refusal to grant visas to Turkey's contigent of seconded OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission short-term observers (STOs). Each associated themselves with [...]	2007-05-09 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE TU AM
07YEREVAN592	PRO-GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPERS EXPRESS RULING ELITE'S [...] (C) In the weeks leading up to the May 12 parliamentary election, two pro-government newspapers regularly published articles highly critical of the United States and other Western missions and NGOs. Hayots Ashkhar and Golos Armenii newspapers have denounced the United States for interfering i [...]	2007-05-10 12:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO AM
07YEREVAN594	ARMENIA'S SOUTHERNMOST REGION ON ELECTIONS: SO [...] (C) In a late April visit to Syunik marz, the most remote and one of the poorest of Armenia's regions, Poloffs learned that the voting public is engaged and is generally looking forward to the May 12 polls. This despite a widespread sense of intimidation amongst the populace and trepidation to [...]	2007-05-11 06:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN607	ARMENIAN ELECTION SCENESETTER [...] (C) The stage is set for this election to go far better than other recent polls in Armenia, but we have not, by a long shot, seen a fundamental change in political culture here, and things could still go very wrong on Election Day. We are cautiously optimistic that Armenia's parliamentary ele [...]	2007-05-11 13:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN608	OPPOSITION FIGURE'S ARREST DRAWS PROTEST MARCHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 7 arrest of a minor oppostion personality led to a protest march on the National Security Service headquarters May 9. Police were poorly prepared for the unscheduled event. When several officers unwisely interposed themselves in front of -- then got swallowed by -- the c [...]	2007-05-11 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC AM
07YEREVAN609	OBSERVERS GIVE ARMENIA'S ELECTION A PASSING GRADE, [...] (C) Armenia's Parliamentary elections took place on May 12. Preliminary results show a strong victory by PM Sargsian's Republican Party. These same early results show that the new oligarch-led "Prosperous Armenia" party ran a distant second and three other parties -- including two oppositi [...]	2007-05-13 14:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM AM
07YEREVAN640	JUDGING ARMENIA'S ELECTIONS - GOOD ENOUGH, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We judge Armenia's May 12 election an improvement over previous elections, although this is faint praise. The combined International Election Observation Mission has issued an upbeat preliminary assessment. ODIHR seemed to feel keenly the institutional pressures. If the Europe [...]	2007-05-16 11:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN642	PM SARGSIAN'S REPUBLICANS STRENGTHEN HOLD ON POWER [...] (C) Armenia's ruling Republican Party, led by PM Serzh Sargsian, is set to have a slim majority in the new National Assembly to be seated May 31. Results will not be made official until May 19, but it seems clear that the Republicans will take 68 out of 131 seats of the new parliament. Runn [...]	2007-05-16 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN662	"WE ARE NOT BORN YESTERDAY": OSCE/ODIHR OBSERVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission (EOM) chief of mission, Ambassador Frlec, and deputy COM, Ian Gorvin, were markedly more sour on Armenia's May 12 election in a dinner at CDA's residence, and less-markedly so in the semi-public forum of their last OSCE member state chiefs [...]	2007-05-23 05:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN691	CDA'S LUNCH WITH DEPUTY PG AND ANTI-TIP WORKERS [...] (C) We gathered together post's most reliable anti-TIP interlocutors in the Armenian government for a May 29 lunch at the CDA's residence. The guest list included Deputy Prosecutor General Gevorg Danielyan and two other members of the PG's staff, as well as the heads of the MFA's Internationa [...]	2007-05-30 07:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KCRM HSTC AM
07YEREVAN692	ARSON AGAINST OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) On May 28, Larisa Paremuzyan, regional chairwoman of Stepan Demirchian's People's Party of Armenia (PPA),survived a late night arson attack on her apartment in the northern town of Alaverdi (Shirak Region). Paremuzyan blamed the attack on Karen Saribekian from the governing Republican P [...]	2007-05-30 08:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM AM
07YEREVAN696	FIRST PARLIAMENT SESSION POSTPONED [...] (SBU) Parliament staffers and political party sources tell us that the scheduled May 31 inaugural session of the new National Assembly has been postponed until June 7. It is expected that the inaugural session will see the election of the new parliament chairman (or speaker),two deputy chair [...]	2007-05-30 11:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN748	ARMENIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES WITHOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Armenia's newly-elected parliament convened for the first time on June 7, after a coalition arrangement was signed on June 6. PM Sargsian's Republican Party will lead a "two plus one" coalition, with the tycoon-led "Prosperous Armenia" as a coalition partner and the ARF-Dashna [...]	2007-06-07 12:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN764	PRESIDENT NAMES NEW CABINET, A LOT LIKE THE OLD ONE [...] (U) President Robert Kocharian named the new cabinet in a decree published late June 8; well ahead of the Constitutional deadline. The Constitution requires that the new cabinet must submit its program to the National Assembly within 20 days, i.e. by June 28. the parliament will then have fi [...]	2007-06-11 13:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN777	KOCHARIAN PLEDGES CONTINUED REFORM TO MCC'S [...] (C) In a June 12 meeting with President Kocharian, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Ambassador John Danilovich said that the good progress toward international standards shown during Armenia's May 12 parliamentary elections was good news for MCC and would certainly be welcomed by MC [...]	2007-06-14 13:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN783	CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESTRUCTURES INVESTIGATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian law enforcement is grappling with a major restructuring that strips the powerful Prosecutor General's or "Procuracy" organization of all its investigative functions and staff, transferring the investigators themselves into police agencies. The reform is an excellent one [...]	2007-06-15 12:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM KDEM KTIP HSTC
07YEREVAN794	ARMENIAN COURTS RULE ON ELECTION VIOLATION CASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian courts continue to deliver verdicts for election fraud, with a total of six cases, affecting 15 individual defendants, now adjudicated. Verdicts have now been announced in five more cases. Three persons were sentenced to imprisonment for one or two years; one person wa [...]	2007-06-18 13:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
07YEREVAN840	PRESSING THE CASE AGAINST LAW AIMED AT RADIO [...] (SBU) CDA worked the phones June 27-28 to raise our concerns about pending legislation that appears aimed at shutting down RFE/RL broadcasts in Armenia. He spoke with president chief of staff Armen Gevorgian, twice with State and Legal Affairs Committee chair David Harutyunian, and finally w [...]	2007-06-29 01:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM
07YEREVAN870	RADIO LIBERTY REPRIEVE: PARLIAMENT VOTE FAILS FOR [...] (SBU) Controversial draft amendments to the Radio and TV Law and State Duty Law (reftels),apparently aimed at RFE/RL, died in the National Assembly when the chamber failed to maintain a quorum. Sixty-six votes were necessary for the drafts to pass, the chamber was one voting-member shy, as a [...]	2007-07-06 12:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN884	NEW CHALLENGE TO RADIO LIBERTY BROADCASTS [...] SUMMARY: Radio Liberty's Armenian Service is again in jeopardy, as the state radio service gave 30 days notice of its intent to pull Radio Liberty off the air. The notice implies that the reason is Radio Liberty's unpaid bills to the public radio service, which now amount to either $76,000 ( [...]	2007-07-10 12:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO AM
07YEREVAN888	NEW CDA CALLS ON DFM KIRAKOSSIAN: RADIO LIBERTY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires met Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian for initial GOAM courtesy call, (with FM Oskanian abroad),which then delved into substance. Kirakossian said he and his minister fully agreed with us on Radio Liberty, but urged CDA to raise it at higher levels. Kirakoss [...]	2007-07-12 05:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HSTC KTIP AM TU
07YEREVAN896	PRIME MINISTER ENCOURAGING ON RADIO LIBERTY; NOT [...] (C) CDA paid an introductory courtesy call on Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian July 12, accompanied by DCM and pol/econ chief. Sargsian joked that he had expected to get a permanent U.S. Ambassador, but failing that, he was very pleased to see CDA in Yerevan again. CDA affirmed that Washingto [...]	2007-07-13 10:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MASS EAID KDEM AM IR
07YEREVAN914	FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES RADIO LIBERTY, NDI, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his initial call July 16, CDA renewed our concerns about forced stoppage of Radio Liberty (RL) broadcasts, but mentioned that the Prime Minister's reply had been somewhat encouraging on this. He highlighted ongoing Washington concerns about Armenia's relationship with Iran, [...]	2007-07-17 13:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN926	PRIME MINISTER UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sargsian hosted CDA and DCM to a private dinner July 18, for a long evening of vodka toasts and frank conversation, by way of welcome to CDA and farewell to DCM. The overarching message of the event was the Prime Minister's clear intent to sustain a close working r [...]	2007-07-20 10:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN935	KOCHARIAN ON RADIO LIBERY, NDI, HR CASES, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an almost 90 minute introductory call by the CDA, President Kocharian defended his positions on Radio Liberty, NDI, and human rights cases in a friendly but unbending manner. He was determined to move Radio Liberty broadcasts from state radio to a private network, but emphat [...]	2007-07-23 14:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM IR
07ZAGREB626	ENGAGING CROATIA OVER AMCIT ISSUES IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 15:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN HR
07ZAGREB879	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] Ref demarche was delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department for the United Nations on September 19, 2007. The GOC had no substantive comment. WALKER [...]	2007-09-21 12:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA HR PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM
08ABIDJAN104	GOVERNMENT LOOSENS CONTROL OF STATE MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Gbagbo nominated new Boards of Directors for the state newspaper and radio and television network on January 23. The respective Boards on January 28 elected Viviane Zunon Kipre as Chairperson for the organization that publishes the newspaper and Honore Koffi Guie as C [...]	2008-02-11 17:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP KDEM IV

08ABIDJAN120	PATH TO TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS FRAUGHT WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on February 19 with Independent Electoral Commission (Commission Electorale Independante - CEI) President Mambe to discuss the status of election preparations. Some progress has been achieved. Mambe told Ambassador all political actors have accepted the 2000 electo [...]	2008-02-21 12:13:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN290	ELECTORAL COMMISSION LAYS OUT TIMELINE FROM NOW TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent Electoral Commission President Mambe briefed Ambassador May 2 on the Commission,s timeline for meeting the November 30 election date. Voter registration will take place for a 45 day period in July-August; the time before and after will be devoted to ensuring that th [...]	2008-05-06 17:01:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM IV
08ABIDJAN336	PRESIDENT KICKS OFF 2000 SESSION OF NATIONAL [...] (SBU) President Gbagbo presided over the April 30 opening ceremony of the first session of the 2008 National Assembly, held in the political capital of Yamoussoukro. Two hundred parliamentarians attended the ceremony. National Assembly president and ruling Ivoirian Popular Front party (Front [...]	2008-05-28 08:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UN IV
08ABIDJAN337	OBSERVANCE OF NOVEMBER 30 ELECTION DATE FEASIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary. AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty held meetings in Abidjan May 15-16 with representatives from across Cote d'Ivoire's political spectrum. His conversations indicate that the political will exists to observe the scheduled November 30 election date and that it is technically feasib [...]	2008-05-28 14:14:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL EAID IV
08ABIDJAN439	COTE D'IVOIRE: JUSTICE FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's judicial system is broken and not likely to be fixed soon. The President of the Ivorian Bar Association told Ambassador that the judiciary is filled with corrupt judges. Court decisions are not published and judges' copies of their decisions are sent to persons out [...]	2008-07-07 18:40:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN486	STATUS OF ELECTORAL PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has made some progress on its preparations for the presidential election scheduled for November 30. However, much work remains to be done. Many Ivoirians, as well as members of the international community, are beginning to question whether the government [...]	2008-07-24 10:12:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN492	PARTIES IN FN-HELD TERRITORIES ORIENTED AROUND [...] Summary. DCM, Econ Chief and Political Specialist traveled July 15-18 to Seguela and Bouake in Forces Nouvelles-held territory. During the course of the trip, Emboffs met with representatives of the country's three major political parties (FPI, RDR, PDCI). Discussions with party representat [...]	2008-07-25 15:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IV
08ABIDJAN51	STATUS OF IDENTIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire is moving forward on the identification process, which is a critical stage in the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) and at the heart of the country's political crisis. All 111 audiences foraines teams that are to issue bir [...]	2008-01-23 15:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IV
08ABIDJAN520	FORCES NOUVELLES VIEWS ON IDENTIFICATION, [...] (C) Summary. During a recent Embassy visit to Bouake and Seguela, senior interlocutors from the Forces Nouvelles (FN) and regional leaders of the RDR political party raised concerns about how the process of identification would proceed. FN political leaders went to great lengths to reject [...]	2008-08-04 10:37:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV
08ABIDJAN591	PDCI SAYS TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS IN 2008 A MUST, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 2 meeting, PDCI (Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire) Secretary General Alphonse Djedje Mady told Ambassador that Cote d'Ivoire must hold elections in 2008. If it does not, the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) will be defunct and a new government framework will [...]	2008-09-04 18:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IV
08ABIDJAN611	CEI SAYS VOTER REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 15 [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) Robert Mambe told Ambassador that the identification and voter registration processes will begin September 15. Although not all 11,000 sites are ready, operations will begin in those sites that are and commence in others [...]	2008-09-08 16:46:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IV
08ABIDJAN77	AMBASSADOR MEETS FORMER PRESIDENT BEDIE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on January 31 with Henri Konan Bedie, former President of Cote d'Ivoire and current leader and presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (Parti Democratique de la Cote d'Ivoire - PDCI). Bedie expressed doubt about whether President Gbagbo is tru [...]	2008-02-01 18:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IV
08ABIDJAN822	PRESIDENT GBAGBO DISCUSSES ELECTION DELAY, DDR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with Ambassador, President Gbagbo said he was disappointed that elections have been postponed again but does not see what he can do to speed up the process; the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) needs to work more quickly and effectively. He was calm a [...]	2008-11-19 15:40:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID IV PGOV
08ABIDJAN870	WAR OF WORDS OVER DISARMAMENT PROCESS LINKED TO [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo's political party, the FPI, and Prime Minister Soro's Forces Nouvelles (FN) movement have clashed verbally over the past few weeks with the FPI insisting, once again, that disarmament be completed before elections and the Forces Nouvelles accusing the FPI of wanti [...]	2008-12-11 08:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IV
08ABIDJAN879	FORCES NOUVELLES SPOKESMAN DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT [...] (C) Summary: Moussa Dosso, who headed the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) delegation that met with President Gbagbo on Dec. 9, told Ambassador that the FPI wants a truncated disarmament process which is unacceptable to the FAFN. Dosso said that after 5-6 years of loyal service, the FAFN cannot ask its [...]	2008-12-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM EAID IV
08ABUDHABI1189	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YEMENI FM ABU BAKR AL-QIRBI [...] (S) Summary: Meeting on the margins of the October 19 Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte heard from Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi that Yemen was committed to parliamentary elections in spite of the "headache" of democracy. He blamed the emer [...]	2008-10-20 15:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KDEM PTER YM
08ABUDHABI1192	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YEMENI FM ABU BAKR AL-QIRBI [...] (S) Summary: Meeting on the margins of the October 19 Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte heard from Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi that Yemen was committed to parliamentary elections in spite of the "headache" of democracy. He blamed the emer [...]	2008-10-20 16:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KDEM PTER YM
08ABUDHABI1217	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MOROCCAN FM FASSI-FIHRI; [...] (C) Meeting on the margins of the October 18-19 Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and NEA A/S Welch held a cordial exchange with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi-Fihri on three core issues: the Forum for the Future, the Western Sahara negotiation process [...]	2008-10-22 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI XI MO MR WI
08ABUDHABI1370	UAEG AVOIDS AID RELATED TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In addition to conversations noted Ref A regarding UAEG aid to Afghanistan, Post reiterated Ref B request for assistance to ensure smooth 2009 Afghan elections as a diplomatic note. The MFA's formal reply (text in para two) reiterates the UAEG's preference for humanitarian aid without p [...]	2008-12-01 08:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM MASS AF AE
08ABUDHABI1392	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT EXTENDS FNC TERM WITHOUT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments to the UAE constitution announced December 2 extend the term of the advisory Federal National Council (FNC) from two years to four, essentially delaying further elections to that body while incrementally expanding its role. Also announced was a limitation on the comm [...]	2008-12-10 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KMPI AE
08ABUDHABI187	UAE MFA ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) On February 10, Charge queried UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali about the apparent UAE commitment of $5 million to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A). Al-Sha'ali said he thought the commitment was firm, but wanted to know the precise mechanism [...]	2008-02-11 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE AE
08ABUDHABI289	DAS KENT PATTON DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: On a February 24-25 visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, DAS Kent Patton spoke with government leaders and civil society figures about expanding political space in the UAE. With MFA he focused on fall 2008 plans for Forum for the Future meetings in Abu Dhabi, stressing the importance [...]	2008-03-05 06:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI KPAO ELAB AE
08ABUDHABI549	DUBAI'S ARAB MEDIA FORUM: HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND LOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dubai Press Club organized the Arab Media Forum April 23 and 24, 2008, focusing on the theme "Bridging Arab Media Through Technology". Well-attended workshops covered the spectrum of technological change in regional media. UAE government officials declared the Forum a succ [...]	2008-05-05 05:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMDR SCUL PGOV KPAO AE
08ABUDHABI731	First Female Judge Appointed in UAE [...] Summary: On March 26, 2008, UAE President and Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan appointed the first female judge in the UAE. This landmark decision to break the gender gap in the judiciary was received matter-of-factly in the UAE, and the idea seems to have sufficient tractio [...]	2008-06-20 04:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL KDEM KWMN KMPI AE
08ABUDHABI755	FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SEEKS MORE POWERS BUT MAY SKIP [...] (SBU) The members and leaders of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) are urging the UAEG to expand the FNC's power in two ways: 1) a stronger mechanism for ensuring the implementation of FNC recommendations, and 2) increased oversight authority over cabinet members. Both would enhance the " [...]	2008-06-26 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KMPI AE
08ABUDHABI761	UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA GIVES RARE INTERVIEW -- MINIMIZES UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who rarely addresses the press, gave an interview with Lebanese newspaper Al Nahar June 28, touching on UAE security, Lebanon, UAE policy toward Iran, sovereign wealth funds, Arab labor in the UAE, nuclear cooperation, and the propos [...]	2008-06-30 05:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AE
08ABUDHABI983	UAE MFA VIEW ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points on Mauritania via diplomatic note, reinforced in an August 27 conversation with Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan. The senior diplomat on duty, al-Haidan told the Charge and A/DCM that MFA had been visited by the Mauritanian Ambas [...]	2008-08-28 13:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR AE
08ABUJA1016	(S/NF) NIGERIA: xxxxxxxxxxxx [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: xxxxxxxxxxxx contended that Yar'Adua began experiencing symptoms of acute renal failure in late 1999, and traveled at that time to Mainz, Germany, to consult with kidney specialists. xxxxxxxxxxxx claimed, that in 1999, German doctors told Yar'Adua to undergo dialysis treatment, and [...]	2008-06-02 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SOCI NI
08ABUJA1023	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-runs -- Corruption -- Human Rights, TIP -- National Assembly -- Narcotics and Law Enfo [...]	2008-06-03 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA1081	NIGERIA: TRIAL UPDATE - BAUCHI CROSS-DRESSERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Poloffs attended a meeting of gay, lesbian, and transgender rights organizations regarding the case of 18 young men from Bauchi State arrested in August 2007 for allegedly displaying homosexual behavior. Defense attorney Ralph Monye elaborated on the case to date, as [...]	2008-06-11 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1095	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Military Matters --Environment --Energy --Aviation --Debt --Fiscal Responsibility -- [...]	2008-06-12 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI
08ABUJA1151	NIGERIA: MOVES TO CREATE NEW OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met May 17, 28 and 29 with politicos who claim that members of various opposition parties and disaffected members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are planning to join forces and attempt to create a new opposition party to confront the PDP. Though the allegedly [...]	2008-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA119	NIGERIA: ANOTHER MEETING ON ELECTION REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua held a "consultative meeting on the electoral process" at the Presidential Villa in Abuja January 16. Participants included state governors, legislators, political parties, representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( [...]	2008-01-18 09:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1201	NIGERIA: BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL AND REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, 2008, Polcouns and Poloff met with Tony Eze, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) East and Central Africa Division, to discuss the MFA's views of the August 14 completion of Nigeria's withdrawal from the Bakassi peninsula. Eze affirmed the GON's overall c [...]	2008-06-23 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI
08ABUJA1245	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- The Presidency -- Niger Delta -- Oil and Gas -- General Economic News -- Other Important Issues [...]	2008-06-26 09:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI
08ABUJA1287	NIGERIA: CODEL BERMAN VISITS HOUSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, a CODEL, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Chairman Howard Berman and the Ambassador visited the Nigerian National Assembly to meet with members of the Nigerian House of Representatives. Discussions included the progress and challenges of electoral reform [...]	2008-07-03 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM OREP NI
08ABUJA1315	NIGERIAN ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE COMPLETES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) completed its public hearings on June 27, 2008. The ERC visited 14 major cities in all six of Nigeria's geo-political zones to receive recommendations from the general public, governments, political parties, electoral commissions, securi [...]	2008-07-10 07:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1337	NIGERIA: UNHCR AND ICRC ON BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Post contacted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives in Abuja to discuss the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Bakassi Peninsula and to ask about contingency plans [...]	2008-07-15 08:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM ICRC UNHCR CM NI
08ABUJA1482	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-16 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-31 06:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA1584	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 17-31, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 17-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --National Assembly --Pol/Mil --PDP Politics --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas NATIONAL ASSEMBLY --------------- [...]	2008-08-11 09:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA1695	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------------------------------- [...]	2008-08-25 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS NI
08ABUJA1715	NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE RECEIVES [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, The Guardian newspaper reported that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua announced a four month extension of the Electoral Reform Committee's (ERC) mandate. The deadline extension is not surprising given the committee's delay of several months before beginning its work and [...]	2008-08-28 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08ABUJA176	NIGERIA'S SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO VISIT THE U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole (of the ruling People's Democratic Party) hosted a working lunch for Ambassador, PolCouns, EconCouns, PolOff and USAID Officer. Bankole expressed interest in [...]	2008-01-25 13:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EINV NI
08ABUJA178	PDP: WINDS OF CHANGE? [...] (C) Post reported (reftels) that forces within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) were hoping to gradually reduce former President Obasanjo's control over the party and his influence on the government, but that steps to reduce his influence had to be taken slowly and gradually. The PD [...]	2008-01-26 07:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1827	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 16-31, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Military, Security, and Bakassi --Economic and Business --Southern Political --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------- [...]	2008-09-09 13:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ETRD KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI
08ABUJA183	NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL MAY CLOSE [...] (C) Summary: Closing arguments in the consolidated Atiku/Buhari challenge to Nigeria's April 2007 presidential election will be heard February 4, at which time the justices of the Presidential Election Tribunal will set a date to deliver their verdict. Lawyers for both the petitioners and re [...]	2008-01-29 16:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1836	NIGERIA: DRL A/S KRAMER, DAS KRILLA MEET ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with eight members of the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) including the committee chairman, former Chief Justice Muhammadu Uwais. They discussed the ERC's p [...]	2008-09-10 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08ABUJA1838	NIGERIA: DRL A/S KRAMER, DAS KRILLA MEET INEC [...] (C) Summary: On September 9 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Chairman Maurice Iwu and four additional members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Though the purpose of the meeting was to expres [...]	2008-09-10 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08ABUJA1887	GOVERNMENT SHUTS CHANNELS TV AFTER REPORT THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, democracy in Nigeria took another step backward with the shutting down of the private broadcast outlet Channels TV after it reported that President Yar'adua may resign on health grounds after completing the upcoming reshuffle of his cabinet, which is now scheduled [...]	2008-09-22 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM KPAO OPRC NI
08ABUJA1898	POLITICAL MANEUVERING DELAYS DECISION ON PICK FOR [...] (C) Governor of Bayelsa State, Timpre Silva, told Ambassador September 17 that the position of the Niger Delta (ND) Minister, in the recently created ND Ministry, is causing a lot of political jockeying. The ND Ministry was created recently by ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua as part of [...]	2008-09-22 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM KDEM NI
08ABUJA1907	NIGERIA: MEND DECLARES CEASEFIRE FOLLOWING WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Following a September 13 raid by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Elem Tombia area (south of Port Harcourt, Rivers State),the armed group MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) mounted a week-long string of attacks against oil interests in the Niger Delta region. Howev [...]	2008-09-22 16:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET KDEM NI
08ABUJA1929	NIGERIA: CODEL JOHNSON VISITS ABUJA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional Delegation, led by Congressman Hank Johnson and including Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, visited Abuja on August 19. The Codel discussed bilateral relations, mutual security issues, foreign investment and future cooperation between the GON and USG with members of Niger [...]	2008-09-30 14:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA1950	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of September 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Trafficking in Persons --National Assembly --Oil and Gas --Southern Politics ----------- [...]	2008-10-06 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI
08ABUJA1989	NIGERIA: U.N. CALLS FOR NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 24, PolCouns, USAID Director, and PolOff (notetaker) attended the "Development Partners' Consultations on the Niger Delta" at the United Nations House in Abuja. Also present were the Dutch and Norwegian Ambassadors, European Commission Charge d'Affaires, and other re [...]	2008-10-09 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET KDEM NI
08ABUJA2047	NIGERIA: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES [...] (U) Summary: On October 9 Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole named new chairmen of the House's Standing Committees (reconstituting those he dissolved in July) and increased the number of committees from 72 to 84. Nearly all of the former chairmen retained their seats, but [...]	2008-10-16 15:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR NI
08ABUJA2079	TRIP REPORT: ADAMAWA GOVERNOR TALKS NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, the Ambassador (accompanied by StaffAide, notetaker) met with Adamawa Governor Admiral Murtala Nyako during her first trip to Adamawa State in Northeastern Nigeria. The governor spoke candidly about democracy, development, North/South politics, and President Yar'Adu [...]	2008-10-21 17:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2091	NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT HEARS FINAL ARGUMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, The Supreme Court heard final arguments in the appeal of presidential candidates Mohammadu Buhari (ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (AC) against the ruling of the Electoral Tribual (a panel of Appeals Court Judges) upholding the April 2007 election of President Umaru Musa [...]	2008-10-23 16:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR NI
08ABUJA2095	35 NIGERIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW: OUR TOP FIVE IN [...] (C) Introduction: Understanding who matters, not what matters, is often the half the battle in Nigeria. Perhaps more than any other country on the subcontinent, Nigeria has hundreds upon hundreds of politicians, businessmen, retired military generals, and traditional leaders who wield tremend [...]	2008-10-24 09:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR NI
08ABUJA2122	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 1-15, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Politics --Delta Kidnappings Economic and Business News ------------------- [...]	2008-10-28 12:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA2124	NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) On October 28 Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a lead counsel on Yar'Adua's legal team, called PolAssistant. Turaki said that according to reports his office has received, the Supreme Court Justices are suspending deliberations on all other cases to focus on completing their judgment on the appeal c [...]	2008-10-29 06:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV NI
08ABUJA2147	FORMER NIGERIAN PRES GOWON - NO NEED FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon (1966-1975) on October 28 to discuss the Supreme Court case on the 2007 presidential elections and President Yar'Adua's health (Poloff was notetaker). Gowon assured the Ambassador there is "no reason for concern." He be [...]	2008-10-30 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2206	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEA EXPULSION FROM [...] (C) On November 11, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Second UN Division. Ibrahim suggested that the situation in Bolivia is linked to existing tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and note [...]	2008-11-10 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR NI
08ABUJA2212	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 16-31, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Fishing and Agriculture --Environment --Health --Financial News --Education --Labor --Corruption --Political/Int [...]	2008-11-12 08:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2247	NIGERIA: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and International Republican Institute (IRI) hosted a workshop on "Mainstreaming People with Disabilities into Political Parties" in Abuja on October 30. During the workshop, House of Representatives Member and Chair of the Human Rights Commit [...]	2008-11-14 13:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA2253	MISSION USES INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTIONS TO PROMOTE ITS [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Mission took advantage of the extremely high interest among Nigerians in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections to promote its policies as outlined in the joint U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership. In several speaking engagements the Ambassador highlighted the Mission [...]	2008-11-17 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI
08ABUJA2269	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT SUBMITS MINISTERIAL NOMINEES [...] (SBU) On the evening of November 17, Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua submitted a list of 13 ministerial nominees to Senate President David Mark for confirmation. Mark presented the list at the opening of the November 18 Senate session. The 13 nominees are expected to fill positions lef [...]	2008-11-18 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
08ABUJA2270	PD OCTOBER ROUND-UP - MISSION NIGERIA PROGRAMS SUPPORT [...] Summary: In the month of October, public diplomacy activities of the U.S. Mission to Nigeria supported each of the four pillars of the U.S. - Nigeria Framework for Partnership: Governing Justly and Democratically, Investing in People, Economic Trade and Growth, and Peace and Security. Headlin [...]	2008-11-18 15:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KDEM ECON EFIN NI
08ABUJA2278	TRIP REPORT: NO-NONSENSE GOVERNOR OF TARABA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 15:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA23	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...]	2008-01-07 07:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI
08ABUJA2325	MEETING WITH YAUKU ON RIBADU AND OTHER ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 17:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2333	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --HIV/AIDS --HUMAN RIGHTS --CORRUPTION --FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY --SOUTHERN ECONOMIC NEWS --DELTA INCIDENTS --OIL AND GAS HIV/AID [...]	2008-12-01 09:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA2354	NIGERIA: ANPP OFFICIAL ON PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff met with Sule Hamma (strictly protect),All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP) Presidential Campaign Council Director General, on November 28 to discuss the pending Supreme Court decision on ANPP candidate General Mohammadu Buhari's election tribunal appeal and reports of diss [...]	2008-12-02 17:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
08ABUJA2372	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 15-30, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 15-30 political and economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: - - CORRUPTION - - DELTA INCIDENTS - - OIL AND GAS - - AVIATION - - FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY - - HEALTH - - ECONOMIC - - POLITI [...]	2008-12-05 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2405	NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 11 press event, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) presented its final report to President Yar'Adua, citing the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) lack of independence as the key deficiency in the electoral process. Chairman of the ERC, Former [...]	2008-12-12 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA2438	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of December 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Southern Economic News --Delta Security Incidents --Oil and Gas --Human Rights --Labor --Corrupti [...]	2008-12-16 14:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
08ABUJA253	NIGERIA: KOGI GOV. UNSEATED, NEW POLLS WITHIN 90 [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the first time in Nigeria's history, a governorship election will be rerun. The Abuja Court of Appeals upheld the earlier decision of the Election Tribunal in Kogi State (located in the Middle Belt, near Abuja) and annulled the election of Governor Ibrahim Idris (of the rul [...]	2008-02-08 11:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA254	NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL CLOSES, [...] (U) On February 5, the Presidential Election Tribunal heard closing arguments in the joint petition filed by Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) contesting President Yar,Adua,s (People,s Democratic Party, PDP) April 2007 election. A str [...]	2008-02-08 12:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA255	NIGERIA: BUHARI STILL HOPEFUL TRIBUNAL WILL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Muhammadu Buhari, All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) presidential aspirant challenging the election of President Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP) at the Presidential Election Tribunal contended the justness of his petition against Yar,Adua should override considerations [...]	2008-02-08 12:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA286	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KWARA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 4, the Ambassador and DCM had dinner with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insider and member of President Yar'Adua's inner circle, Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State. Saraki discussed his views on the current political climate in Nigeria, the internal politics of the [...]	2008-02-13 07:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KFRD KIRF NI
08ABUJA313	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...]	2008-02-20 07:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET PHUM EFIN ETRD KCOR KDEM ELAB MOPS
08ABUJA322	NIGERIA: KOGI BY-ELECTION MARCH 29 [...] (U) Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the gubernatorial by-election in Kogi State will be held March 29. This will be the first time a gubernatorial poll has been re-run in Nigeria, and its conduct will set precedent for other state races, and possibly, [...]	2008-02-21 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA343	PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL VERDICT DUE FEB 26 [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja announced February 21 that it would deliver its verdict on February 26. On the same day, the Benue State Election Tribunal revealed that it will convene on Saturday, February 23 to announce its ruling in the petition against Senate Pr [...]	2008-02-22 14:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA355	NIGERIA: TRIBUNAL OVERTURNS SENATE PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) The Benue State Election Tribunal nullified the election of Senate President David Mark (People's Democratic Party, PDP) February 23, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh polls in two of Benue-South's nine local government areas (which constitu [...]	2008-02-25 17:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA364	NIGERIA: TRIBUNAL UPHOLDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) On February 26, the Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja upheld the April 2007 election of President Musa Umaru Yar'Adua and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan (People's Democratic Party - PDP). In a packed courtroom surrounded by tight security, Justice Abdulkadir Abubakar Jega spent t [...]	2008-02-26 16:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA401	LOCAL DEMOCRACY, NIGERIAN STYLE [...] (C) Embassy's FSN Political Specialist, who is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),recently attempted to take part in a local PDP congress in his home town. Such congresses were, on paper, supposed to take place across the country before February 21 to select delegates to [...]	2008-02-29 09:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA408	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEB 15-29, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 15-29, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Niger Delta -- Human Rights, Labor, TIP -- Economic News -- Oil [...]	2008-03-03 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM EPET ETRD KDEM ELAB KIRF NI
08ABUJA456	(S/NF) NIGERIA: PDP POLITICO ON YAR'ADUA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Isyaku Ibrahim (strictly protect),a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and PDP Board of Trustees member, but also a strong critic of the party's current ruling group, alleged that President Yar'Adua directed Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petrol [...]	2008-03-07 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA457	(S/NF) NIGERIA: ATIKU TELLS YAR'ADUA NO DEAL UNTIL [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: While the Presidential Election Tribunal ruled to uphold President Yar'Adua's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) April 2007 election, conversations with Garba Shehu (strictly protect),a confidant of Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, suggest that Yar'Adu [...]	2008-03-07 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA485	NIGERIA: KOGI STATE PREPARES FOR BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited Lokoja, capital of Kogi State March 4-5 to meet with government officials, political activists, and civil society ahead of the state's upcoming March 29 gubernatorial by-election. While the Governor's Chief of Staff and an Independent National Electoral Commissio [...]	2008-03-12 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI
08ABUJA579	REWRITING THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS: [...] (C) A two-page advertising supplement in the March 24 International Herald Tribune trumpets the decision by the Presidential Election Tribunal to uphold President Yar'Adua's election, and includes lengthy excerpts from the official election report of the Independent National Electoral Commissi [...]	2008-03-31 16:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
08ABUJA624	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAR 17-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 17-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Labor -- Economic News -- Military Affai [...]	2008-04-04 13:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS MASS ELBR KDEM
08ABUJA686	NIGERIA: KOGI BY-ELECTION SEES LITTLE IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 29 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election was better organized than the April 2007 general elections, but was still plagued by problems including missing voting materials, late opening of polling stations, underage voting, poorly organized voter registers, and some viole [...]	2008-04-14 18:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
08ABUJA715	NIGERIA: PDP WINS FCT BY-ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA73	NIGERIA: STATE TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST PDP, CITES [...] (U) On December 11, 2007 the Enugu State Election Tribunal nullified the elections of two People's Democratic Party (PDP) senators, Ayogu Eze and Patrick Asadu, on grounds of irregularities, intimidation of voters, unlawful cancellation of opponents' votes, falsification of results, and other [...]	2008-01-11 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI ELECTIONS
08ABUJA760	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- National Assembly -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Other News [...]	2008-04-24 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA779	(C/NF) NIGERIA: ATIKU SEEKS COMEBACK, REBUFFS IBB [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: After losing his April 2007 presidential bid, and the subsequent election tribunal case against President Yar'Adua (though this is still being appealed),former Vice President and Action Congress (AC) candidate Atiku Abubakar seeks to regain a place in national politics. In an [...]	2008-04-25 14:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA780	(C/NF) NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURT REVERSES TRIBUNAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, the Kaduna Court of Appeal, which heard all appeals to electoral tribunal rulings in Nigeria's North-West zone, reversed the Kebbi State Election Tribunal decision to overturn Usman Dakin-Gari's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) gubernatorial election. The next day [...]	2008-04-25 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA799	NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SUPREME COURT MAY [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Supreme Court convened its inaugural session in the appeals of presidential candidates Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) against President Umaru Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Chief Justice [...]	2008-04-30 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA811	NIGERIA: INSIDERS VIEW OF ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) General Secretary and Electoral Reform Commission (ERC) member John Odah (strictly protect) told Poloff on April 14 that the ERC has been active despite maintaining a low profile in the press. Odah confirmed that the commission has remained out of the press t [...]	2008-05-05 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB KDEM NI
08ABUJA812	NIGERIA: PDP WINS CREDIBLE ADAMAWA RE-RUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 26, PolOffs and PolSpec observed the gubernatorial by-election in the north-eastern state of Adamawa. Though not totally without problems, PolOffs agree with the popular assessment that the election was, for the most part, free and fair. With an estimated turnout of aro [...]	2008-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI

08ABUJA863	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 16-30 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-Runs -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Economi [...]	2008-05-12 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA892	NIGERIAN LABOR SUPPORTS OSHIOMHOLE, CRITICIZES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Abuja May Day celebration (May 1),cosponsored by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC),was in general a lackluster and unenthusiastic event, with only half-hearted cheers from the crowd to "aluta continua" (the fight continues). The arrival of fo [...]	2008-05-16 07:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM NI PHUM
08ABUJA951	NIGERIA: NDI HOSTS USG-FUNDED WORKSHOP FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 5-6, the USAID-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) hosted a workshop for officials and staff of the 22-member Electoral Reform Committee (ERC). The ERC was formed by President Yar'Adua in September 2007 to address both domestic and international concerns about Niger [...]	2008-05-27 14:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV NI
08ACCRA001382SUSPECTEDDUPLICATE1	GHANA PRE-ELECTION POLLING-- A WIDE MARGIN FOR [...] (U) Summary. There is limited polling data available ahead of Ghana's December 7 presidential election. The polls that are available show a tight race between the ruling New Patriotic Party and the opposition National Democratic Congress, with neither party strong enough to win a first round e [...]	2008-10-23 13:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
08ACCRA1048	GHANA VOTER REGISTRATION --LONG LINES AND SUSPECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Ghana's long delayed voter registration exercise ended August 13, marked by long lines, insufficient materials, and accusations of partisan tampering with the process. EMBOFFs toured voter registration centers in Accra, Ashanti, Central and Western regions, finding long lines of [...]	2008-08-14 15:56:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV KDEM GH
08ACCRA1103	GHANA--EC CRITIQUES REGISTRATION, NPP LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission expressed concerns about the recently finished voter registration exercise. He acknowledged questions about the integrity of the voter roll following allegations of under-age and multiple registrations. The New Patriotic Part [...]	2008-08-26 10:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF KDEM PREL PHUM GH
08ACCRA1169	VOTER REGISTRATION: ELECTORAL COMMISSION ADMITS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman Afari-Gyan began a September 5 meeting of the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) by admitting that there were problems with the registration exercise, which saw 290% more new registrants than a similar exercise two years ago. He asserted that [...]	2008-09-11 10:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
08ACCRA1174	GHANA CIVIL SOCIETY, CLERGY AND PARTY LEADERS [...] (U) Summary: Civil religious and political leaders have consistently called for peaceful elections and calm and reemphasized their message following recent incidents of violence in Northern Ghana that saw several killings and the destruction of property (REFTEL). The calls for calm are receiv [...]	2008-09-12 08:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM GH
08ACCRA1317	CLEANSING THE VOTER REGISTER -- STRONGER SOAP [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than 2,000 polling stations throughout Ghana opened on October 5 to give parties and citizens the opportunity to challenge the eligibility of registrants. As the week set aside for this process draws to a close, the response has been totally underwhelming. For all of the [...]	2008-10-10 11:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KDEM GH
08ACCRA1360	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON QOSITIOQANDIDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Prof. John Atta-Mills, presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congess (NDC),the major opposition party in Ghana's December 7 election. Atta-Mills spent much of the meeting vociferously denouncing the campaign tactics of President John Kufuor and [...]	2008-10-17 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR KDEM GH
08ACCRA1383	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AKUFO-ADDO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP),to underline USG's expectation for free and fair elections in Ghana. Akufo-Addo assured Ambassador that the NPP was a party steeped in democratic principles, a [...]	2008-10-23 16:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1386	GHANAIAN ELECTIONS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for December 7. This cable provides background for the framework and process. END SUMMARY. 2. Ghana is governed by the 1992 constitution that created the Fourth Republic. It is a constitutional democracy with a [...]	2008-10-23 16:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL
08ACCRA1420	GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated stra [...]	2008-11-03 16:40:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1421	GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated strat [...]	2008-11-03 17:05:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1426	THE POLITICS OF THE GHANAIAN HAJJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. After two consecutive years of Ghanaian pilgrims missing the Hajj and being left to camp out on the fringes of Accra's airport, rival factions in Ghana's Muslim community met in Ghana's high court on November 3 to determine which group would have the right to organize this year' [...]	2008-11-05 15:53:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1448	GHANA ELECTIONS: BUSSING STUDENTS FOR POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party in Cape Coast physically prevented a group of university students from transferring their voting district to this university town in Ghana's Central Region early this week. According to NDC party officials, the [...]	2008-11-14 09:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1462	GHANA ELECTIONS: THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES [...] SUMMARY. For the first time in its history, Ghana has held two nationally-televised presidential debates in which the candidates for both major parties, along with the two minor parties that currently hold seats in Parliament, came together to answer questions on the issues facing the country. [...]	2008-11-14 13:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1466	EC: PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTION CONTINUE, VOTER [...] (U) Summary. The Chairman of Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, told a November 13 meeting of the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) that progress was being made in cleaning the voter rolls, with nearly 350,000 names deleted in an on-going program. Afari-Gyan told t [...]	2008-11-14 13:36:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
08ACCRA1471	PARTY YOUTH LEADERS ADVOCATE FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 13:32:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM GH
08ACCRA1472	GHANA'S ELECTIONS: AN NPP PARTISAN TAKES AIM AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Kwesi Aning, a researcher at Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC),told PolOff that post-election violence could still take place if the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) perceives that it is losing the election. He expects the elections to be free [...]	2008-11-19 15:53:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR
08ACCRA1473	GHANA ELECTIONS: POLLSTER SEES A SQUEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Independent pollster and newspaper editor Ben Ephson predicted that the presidential elections will require a runoff, but that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will pick up at least 14 Parliamentary seats to close the gap with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP),[...]	2008-11-20 10:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM GH
08ACCRA1476	JERRY ON JERRY: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FLT. LT. [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on former Ghanaian president Jerry J. Rawlings as part of his outreach efforts to convey U.S. neutrality vis a vis the Ghanaian elections to all major political parties. In a marathon session that lasted more than two hours, Rawlings gave an Oscar-worthy perfo [...]	2008-11-20 16:57:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1477	AMBASSADOR MEETS PNC CANDIDATE EDWARD MAHAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Teitelbaum discussed the up coming election with People's National Convention (PNC) presidential candidate Dr. Edward Mahama. Mahama is making his fourth run for president as the PNC's candidate, although he has never received over three percent of the national vote [...]	2008-11-24 09:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
08ACCRA1509	GHANA ELECTIONS: POLITICAL PUNDIT PREDICTS NDC WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Political commentator Kwesi Pratt (Protect) predicts an NDC win in a runoff election. He says that NPP candidate Akufo-Addo has Libyan backing, lacks party support in funding his campaign, is less corrupt than others in the Kufuor government, and is innocent of charges that he ha [...]	2008-11-28 09:03:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1510	GHANA ELECTIONS: ALL THEY ARE SAYING, IS GIVE [...] SUMMARY. If Ghana's December elections somehow go awry, it won't be for lack of trying to focus the attention of the populace on peace. For the past two months, the call for peaceful elections has been omnipresent and inescapable, even drowning out discourse on political platforms and the eve [...]	2008-11-28 09:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1525	GHANA ELECTIONS: WHAT MAKES PAPA RUN? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Papa Kwesi Nduom, presidential candidate for the Convention Peoples Party (CPP),has managed to offend most of the party's organizational leaders, and is running his campaign with very little support from the rank and file. According to Ivor Greenstreet, CPP's general secretar [...]	2008-12-03 08:00:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1530	GHANA'S NORTH- HOLDING CALM PRIOR TO ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The people of Northern Ghana are preparing for the December 7 election with the same mix of campaigning, rallies and calls for peace as the rest of the nation. The north's history of violence-- including some campaign related clashes earlier this political season-- is a source of [...]	2008-12-04 14:54:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM GH
08ACCRA1538	GHANA ELECTIONS: FINAL OPINION POLL PREDICTS A [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 17:56:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM GH
08ACCRA1543	CALM PREVAILS AS GHANAIANS GO TO THE POLLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghanaians voted last Sunday for President and members of Parliament in an election that was remarkably orderly and peaceful. The Electoral Commission, true to its word, was well prepared, and very few problems were reported throughout the day. The presidential election, two day [...]	2008-12-09 15:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1544	GHANA ELECTIONS: NDC SPREADS MORE RUMORS [...] (C) Embassy was approached by two advisors to National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate John Atta-Mills, Edward Nunoo and Sylvanos Tamakloe, who told Poloffs that Electoral Commission (EC) Director Kwadwo Afari-Gyan was being pressured by the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP) to annou [...]	2008-12-09 18:39:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1545	GHANA ELECTIONS: HEADING FOR A RUNOFF DECEMBER 28 [...] (U) The Electoral Commision has announced that Ghana's next president will be determined by a runoff election on December 28. EC Chairman Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan announced the results of the December 7 Presidenial race at a December 10 press conference. With all 230 constituencies reporting, th [...]	2008-12-10 17:24:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS GH
08ACCRA1559	GHANA ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENTARY KINGMAKERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although results have not yet been confirmed, it appears certain that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win a minimum of 113 seats in Parliament, while the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP) is certain to win 108. Candidates outside the two major parties a [...]	2008-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1581	CODEL NELSON CALLS ON MINISTER, MEETS ELECTION [...] (U) Senator Bill Nelson called on Ghana's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Abraham Ossei-Aidooh, on December 14 to congratulate the Minister and the Ghanaian people on their recent successful presidential and parliamentary elections and to assure the Minister of continued U.S. support for [...]	2008-12-17 16:59:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1616	A/S FRAZER MEETS WITH CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with presidential candidates Nana Akufo-Addo of the NPP and John Atta-Mills of the NDC on December 27, one day before the Ghana's runoff election. At each meeting, she underlined the need for both candidates [...]	2008-12-30 10:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1617	GHANA ELECTION: ATTA-MILLS VICTORIOUS (ALMOST) [...] (U) The Director of Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, announced the results of the December 28 presidential runoff election at 4:55 pm on December 30. National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate John Atta-Mills polled 4,501,466 votes (50.13%),and New Patriotic Party [...]	2008-12-30 18:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1624	GHANA ELECTIONS: AKUFO-ADDO NOT READY TO CONCEDE [...] (U) On December 31, one day after the Electoral Commission (EC) announced the results of the presidential runoff election, New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Nana Akufo-Addo called a press conference at his residence in East Legon to announce that his party had compiled the evidence to back [...]	2008-12-31 17:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA187	WHAT KENYA MEANS TO GHANA AND THE 2008 ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22 Professor Emmanuel Gyimah Boadi of the Center for Democratic Development (CDD),a leading Ghanaian think tank, said he does not expect a political crisis similar to Kenya's after Ghana's 2008 election. He said Ghana's democracy is more "mature" than Kenya's, and Gh [...]	2008-02-06 15:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON GH
08ACCRA188	ELECTORAL COMMISSION PREPARATIONS FOR 2008 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 16 meeting with Kwadwo Sarfo-Kantanka, Deputy Chairman of Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),Sarfo-Kantanka said preparations for the election are going well and that the EC should begin to update the voter registers in March or April following the purchase of camer [...]	2008-02-06 16:00:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM GH
08ADDISABABA1000	ELECTIONS HERALD 7: THE INEVITABLE - OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, just over one week before the initial polling date (April 13) in Ethiopia's local elections, the largest participating opposition party, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) formally outlined seven demands that they insist must be met by the National Electio [...]	2008-04-10 14:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1065	ELECTIONS HERALD 8: A TALE OF TWO TURNOUTS [...] (SBU) Ethiopia voted on April 13 in the first round of local elections. With only a handful of unknown or apparently-partisan domestic election observer organizations authorized by the National Electoral Board (NEB) and a pointed statement to diplomats and foreigners not to loiter or linger a [...]	2008-04-17 06:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1111	ELECTION HERALD 9: ELECTIONS FULFILL EPRDF PROPHECY [...] (SBU) April 20 marked the second round of polling in Ethiopia's local elections and will decide the make-up of the thousands of kebele (district) administrations, as well as the few remaining federal parliamentary by-elections seats not chosen in the first round. As was the case on the April [...]	2008-04-23 06:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1154	REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRACY! [...] (C) Understanding Ethiopia's domestic political (and economic) actions, and developing a strategy for moving the ruling party forward democratically, requires understanding the ruling Tigrean People's Liberation Front's (TPLF) prevailing political ideology: Revolutionary Democracy. Hard-line T [...]	2008-04-28 14:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA1223	DRAFT CIVIL SOCIETY LAW CLAMPS DOWN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On May 6, in a hastily called "consultative" meeting, Minister of Justice Assefa Kessito outlined for a group of several hundred NGO leaders the many changes outlined in the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) draft law governing civil society released on May 2. In th [...]	2008-05-07 15:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM KJUS ET
08ADDISABABA1259	ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ON 2010 NATIONAL [...] (SBU) During a nearly three hour meeting on May 9 held jointly with the Ambassadors of France and the UK, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador Yamamoto that his administration fully supported ethnic diversity and the importance of democratic values and good governance in conjunction [...]	2008-05-12 07:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
08ADDISABABA1416	PARTY-HACK ANOINTED MAYOR OF ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Following its landslide victory in the April 2008 local elections, the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) appointed Defense Minister Kuma Demeksa, an opportunistic 50-year old party loyalist, as mayor of Addis Ababa. In a conference held at the City Hall on M [...]	2008-05-22 05:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PINR PGOV PREL PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA145	THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT CHEWS THE CUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the course of the week of January 7, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEB) hammered what appear to be the final nails in the coffin of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) party. Since their surprise showing in the 2005 elections, gaining enough sea [...]	2008-01-17 15:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1531	EPRDF MOVES TO FURTHER STRIP POWER OF FORMER CUDP [...] (SBU) At the May 21 quarterly address by PM Meles Zenawi to Parliament, leader of the former Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP),Temesgen Zewdie, attempted to present his response and questions following the PM's speech, as is traditionally allowed for party leaders. However, befor [...]	2008-06-04 14:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM KJUS ET
08ADDISABABA1564	ERITREAN OPPOSITION UNITES, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 5-11, 2008 Eritrean political opposition congress in Addis Ababa reformed and expanded the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) to serve as the umbrella organization for all Eritrean opposition groups. Embassy officers spoke with more than a dozen opposition leaders and [...]	2008-06-09 10:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER
08ADDISABABA1674	DISMANTLING ETHIOPIA'S POLITICAL SPACE [...] (S/NF) This is the first in a series of cables outlining policy options on U.S.-Ethiopia relations in light of recent restrictions on political and democratic space (Refs. A and B). 2. (S/NF) The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power in 1991 under mu [...]	2008-06-19 08:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET
08ADDISABABA1733	UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE (UDJ): KEEPING HOPE FOR [...] (SBU) On June 24, 2008 PolCouns met with Dr. Yacob Hailemariam, the Head of Foreign Affairs of the newly formed opposition political party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ). UDJ is unique as its supporters represent most major ethnic groups and its leadership is composed of most major lea [...]	2008-06-25 14:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA1746	"FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE IN ETHIOPIA": A NEW [...] (U) On June 24, 2008, representatives from the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF),Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM),Somali Democratic Alliance Forces (SDAF),Arena Tigray for Democracy and Sovereignty (Arena),former President of Ethiopia Dr. Negasso Gidada, and former Defens [...]	2008-06-26 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA2078	A DIALOGUE ON ETHIOPIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION: DRL A/S [...] (C) In a broad-ranging 90-minute conversation, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer effectively noted senior Washington concerns about recent developments in Ethiopia's progress toward democratization with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on July 23. In response, the Prime Minister conveyed the mo [...]	2008-07-29 07:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2103	DRL A/S KRAMER NOTES U.S. CONCERN ON CSO LAW [...] (SBU) DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer highlighted significant U.S. concerns over the likely impact and potentially unintended consequences of Ethiopia's draft Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law in meetings with Prime Minister Meles, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, [...]	2008-07-31 08:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2105	Prime Minister Meles set on new CSO/NGO law in autumn [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the UK, France and US on July 30 during the third of a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Organizations Law (CSO) has become so politicized that it has exacerbated animosities within the Central Committe [...]	2008-07-31 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2112	U.S.-ETHIOPIAN RELATIONS MESHED IN UNEASY INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) The growing independence in bilateral policy discussions by hard-liners within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party -- including members of the Central Committee and Executive Committee or "Politburo", as well as by powerful outsiders like military [...]	2008-08-01 11:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET
08ADDISABABA2116	GOVERNMENT RELEASES POLITICAL PRISONER ON [...] (SBU) Seven days after Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor David Kramer asked senior Ethiopian Government (GoE) officials to grant political detainee Assefa Abraha parole in accordance with standard Ethiopian judicial practice, the GoE released the former senior offic [...]	2008-08-04 09:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA214	PM'S ADVISOR BEREKET DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND VOA [...] (C) In a broad-ranging discussion with visiting Africa Bureau PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield on January 17, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bereket Simon, offered his version of history and less than wholly accurate assurances to comfort the USG that the Government and ruling Ethiopian Pe [...]	2008-01-29 04:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAO PREL ET
08ADDISABABA215	PM'S ADVISOR BEREKET DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND VOA [...] (C) In a broad-ranging discussion with visiting Africa Bureau PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield on January 17, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bereket Simon, offered his version of history and less than wholly accurate assurances to comfort the USG that the Government and ruling Ethiopian Pe [...]	2008-01-29 05:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAO PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2159	PRESS FREEDOM - OPPRESSIVE OR PERMISSIVE: DRL A/S [...] (SBU) During his July 23-25 visit to Addis Ababa, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer met with media professionals and civil society leaders on the state of press freedom in Ethiopia and engaged senior Ethiopian Government (GoE) leaders on press fre [...]	2008-08-08 06:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA216	ERITREAN OPPOSITION PARTIES AGREE TO FORM NEW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 24, Ambassador and Embassy Officers met with the newly appointed three-man Liaison Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) Secretariat--Hussein Khalifa of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF),Mengesteab Asmerom of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (EL [...]	2008-01-29 10:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER
08ADDISABABA2482	GOVERNMENT SET TO PASS CSO LAW [...] (SBU) The release of a minimally altered, near final version of Ethiopia's highly contentious Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law suggests that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) is preparing to rush the bill through Parliament this Fall. The impact of the law on U.S. foreign assistance program [...]	2008-09-08 12:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID PREL ET
08ADDISABABA249	STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tekeda Alemu, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield asked about Ethiopia's SIPDIS outlook for the new Somali government, the Ethiopian relationship with Sudan, as well as noted the importan [...]	2008-02-04 07:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA250	OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS LOCAL ELECTIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with opposition party leaders, Africa Bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield asked about preparations SIPDIS for upcoming local elections, progress in democratization in Ethiopia, as well as the recent turmoil regarding the [...]	2008-02-04 08:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA2560	HAILU SHAWAL: NO NEED FOR COALITIONS FOR NOW [...] (C) Ethiopian opposition parties should "get their own houses in order" and not form coalitions at this time, disgruntled former Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) stalwart Hailu Shawal told the Ambassador. Hailu disparaged the efforts of other opposition parties and contended that his A [...]	2008-09-17 13:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ET
08ADDISABABA2561	ETHIOPIA BRACES FOR AN UNCERTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles told the Ambassador during a private two hour meeting September 13 that Ethiopia is committed to U.S. relations as the cornerstone for its security and development, but many ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party members and non-party [...]	2008-09-17 13:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET
08ADDISABABA260	ETHIOPIA'S JUDICIAL DUE PROCESS, SEVERELY IN [...] (C) Ethiopian elders informed Post that Prime Minister Meles has indicated that the two prominent civil society advocates from the NGO ActionAid, Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, will not be released at the end of their sentences (May 1 and May 8 respectively) as decreed by the federal cou [...]	2008-02-04 10:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	KJUS KDEM PGOV PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA261	ELECTIONS HERALD #1: LOCAL ELECTIONS HEADED FOR [...] (C) This is the first in a series of reports analyzing the run-up to, and conduct of, Ethiopia's April 13 and 20 local elections. Four weeks into the voter registration process and two weeks into the candidate registration process, the prevailing environment in Ethiopia is marked by success by [...]	2008-02-04 11:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA2846	ETHIOPIA'S CSO/NGO LAW READY FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the U.K., France and U.S. during the fourth in a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law) will be sent, after further minor modifications, to the Council of Ministers this Friday, Octob [...]	2008-10-15 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA3	ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TRIAL WRAPS UP, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 26, the trial of civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie came to a conclusion after nearly two years of proceedings. In a bittersweet ending, the two remaining defendants from among the 131 originally charged in the political trial of Hailu Shawel [...]	2008-01-02 10:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA3011	PARTIAL CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) On October 30, the Ethiopian parliament approved the appointment of nine ministers presented by Prime Minister Meles. Five of the nine ministers were members of the former cabinet and four are newcomers. Four of the outgoing ministers remain without role in the government. The following i [...]	2008-11-03 08:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM ET
08ADDISABABA3066	USAU: AU, PARTNERS KEEPING PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...] (U) Summary: The African Union and its international partners agreed on November 10 in Addis Ababa to issue a communique warning the Mauritanian junta of sanctions and isolation should they fail to respond to the international community's demand for the immediate unconditional liberation of Pr [...]	2008-11-12 05:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KDEM AU MR
08ADDISABABA3100	WITH CSO LAW, GOE TELLS DONORS TO BACK OFF [...] (U) After months of U.S. and donor engagement (Ref. A) with the Ethiopian Government (GoE) to mitigate the impact of a draft Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law),the GoE released on November 7 what is expected to be the final draft of the law before it is submitted to Parliament. Th [...]	2008-11-14 09:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA3159	GOE CLAMPS DOWN ON OROMOS, OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (C) Over the past two weeks, the Ethiopian government (GoE) has arrested at least 53 ethnic Oromos (some reports are as high as 200) and supporters of the mainstream political opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) for alleged support to the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). [...]	2008-11-20 11:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3185	USAU: AU TO LEAD DELEGATION TO MAURITANIA [...] (U) Summary: A high-level delegation from the African Union (AU) and partner international organizations will travel to Mauritania within the next three weeks to meet with ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and junta leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to find a way out of [...]	2008-11-24 07:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNSC EU AU
08ADDISABABA335	ETHIOPIA: TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SHUT DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest set-back for civil society in Ethiopia, the independent Ethiopian Teachers, Association (ETA),which claims to represent the bulk of Ethiopia's teachers, has had its doors shut once and for all by the judicial system. On February 7, the Supreme Court ruled that the [...]	2008-02-11 13:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA3370	REVISED POLITICAL PARTIES REGISTRATION PROCLAMATION [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's revised Political Parties Registration Proclamation (reftel) came into effect on September 24, 2008 instituting additional new reporting requirements that will further dampen opposition parties' ability to raise funds and compete in Ethiopia's ever-shrinking political space. [...]	2008-12-17 12:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3371	OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...]	2008-12-17 12:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3372	OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...]	2008-12-17 12:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3373	OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...]	2008-12-17 12:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3376	USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TO ADDRESS DRC, SOMALIA, [...] (U) Summary: The African Union,s Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold a ministerial meeting on December 22 to address the situations in Eastern Congo, Somalia, and Mauritania. At this point, ministers from Zambia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Nigeria, and Gabon are expected to attend. The cu [...]	2008-12-17 14:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AU
08ADDISABABA3381	ENGAGING PARLIAMENT ON CSO LAW [...] (SBU) With the draft Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO Law) submitted to Parliament on December 2, Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with the Speaker of Parliament and Chairmen and representatives from the Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Legal Affairs, and Social Affairs on Dec [...]	2008-12-18 08:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA3400	ANECDOTES ON RULING PARTY RIFTS [...] (S/NF) In a series of recent conversations with individuals close to the government and/or to individuals within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition, we have heard reports of several looming rifts and internal tensions within each EPRDF sub-party. W [...]	2008-12-22 05:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL ET
08ADDISABABA3460	HARASSING THE OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) In the most overt case of harassment of the political opposition since the April local elections, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has detained Birtukan Mideksa, Chairperson of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, three times in the three weeks and today arrested her. Birtukan [...]	2008-12-29 14:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KJUS PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA3476	ETHIOPIA UNCOMPROMISING ON REJAILING OF OPPOSITION [...] (S/NF) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Meles on December 31 in an effort to secure the release from prison of prominent opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa, who had been jailed on the evening of December 29 (Reftel). Birtukan was arrested on alleged charges of violating the terms of her [...]	2008-12-31 15:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA4	ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TRIAL WRAPS UP, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 10:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA585	ELECTIONS HERALD 2: SLOW NEB PROGRESS; WILL [...] (SBU) In a February 14 meeting with Ambassador, National Electoral Board (NEB) Chairman Dr. Merga and Vice Chairman Dr. Adissu commented on the positive progress that the NEB has made since being appointed. While the NEB has made positive progress toward implementing the April 13 and 20 local [...]	2008-03-03 11:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID ET
08ADDISABABA596	ELECTIONS HERALD 3: SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From January 28 to February 1, Poloff and senior political FSN visited several areas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and the southern portion of the Oromiya region, to meet with opposition leaders, government administrators and NGOs in order to [...]	2008-03-04 06:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA667	ELECTION HERALD 4: EPRDF WINS OROMIYA ELECTIONS BY [...] (C) The Ambassador's February 25-27 trip to western Oromiya highlighted a deep frustration among opposition supporters, party officials, and candidates, as well as resignation among the general public on the lack of choice for the upcoming local elections in April. This marks a sharp departur [...]	2008-03-07 09:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA783	ELECTION HERALD 5: EPRDF SANGUINE IN SNNPR, [...] (C) Supporters of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and opposition United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) provided differing accounts of the registration and campaign process in the run-up to April's local elections during the Ambassador's March 17-18 visi [...]	2008-03-21 12:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ET
08ADDISABABA838	ETHIOPIA: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TO BE PARDONED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly two and half years in prison, civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, the final two political prisoners from the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) trial, are set to be granted a pardon and released from prison. Though they are now only about [...]	2008-03-28 08:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA84	ERITREA: OPPOSITION GROUPS EXPLORING FORMATION OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 9, PolCouns and PolOff met with Noor M. Idris, Chairman of the opposition Eritrean Nahda Party (ENP),to discuss current opposition efforts to form a new, more inclusive umbrella group. Noor explained that at least 11 opposition parties would hold a conference in [...]	2008-01-11 08:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER
08ADDISABABA852	ELECTION HERALD 6: ANRDF DISENCHANTED WITH [...] (C) Afar National Revolutionary Democratic Front (ANRDF) Chairman Salih Ali Hodele alleged that hundreds of ANRDF candidates for local elections have been dropped from registration sheets by National Electoral Board (NEB) personnel who belong to the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Demo [...]	2008-03-31 10:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
08ALGIERS1053	SENATE PRESIDENT ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, THIRD TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian Senate president said September 29 that, press reports notwithstanding, there had been no official movement on a constitutional revision paving the way for a third term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Senate President Abdelkader Bensalah [...]	2008-09-30 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1087	INTERIOR MINISTRY SNUFFS EBERT CENTER EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of October 4, the interior ministry quietly informed the Friedrich Ebert Center in Algiers that the political discussion it had organized for the following morning would not take place and "was not appreciated." The October 5 event, a debate on the 20th anniversa [...]	2008-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS111	POLITICAL ELITES LINING UP BEHIND THIRD TERM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the week of January 24, a series of high-profile political leaders came out publicly in support of constitutional change to allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a third term. They included key members of the presidential coalition, the speaker of parliament and [...]	2008-01-30 14:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1145	FRUSTRATED HARRAGA PARENTS ARRESTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A demonstration outside the Tunisian consulate in Annaba led by parents of youths who disappeared while trying to flee Algeria in boats ("harraga"; reftel) turned violent on October 20. Police arrested 14 of the protesters and charged three with violating the laws controlling pub [...]	2008-10-22 14:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1163	BOUTEFLIKA LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced on October 29 that he will convene a special session of parliament in the coming weeks to effect a partial and limited revision of the Algerian constitution. The changes he outlined would open the way for him to seek a third term as presi [...]	2008-10-29 16:42:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1208	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATE [...] (C) Algeria's new constitution was ratified in a special November 12 joint session of the Algerian parliament, during which senators and MPs voted overwhelmingly to approve the constitutional amendments proposed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (ref A). After an introduction by Senate Presid [...]	2008-11-12 17:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL AG
08ALGIERS1280	CODEL HASTINGS PRESSES ALGERIA ON ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL) urged that Algeria invite international observers for the April 2009 presidential elections. He met with positive but carefully hedged responses from his Algerian government interlocutors. The parliamentarians he met were generally warm to t [...]	2008-12-07 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1288	FLN LEADER SEES MORE REFORM, HOPE FOR CLOSER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Liberation Front (FLN) Secretary-General (and former Prime Minister) Abdelaziz Belkhadem, now the leader of the alliance pushing for a third term for President Bouteflika, believes there is a hope for closer economic and political relations with the U.S. He told the Amba [...]	2008-12-10 19:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG

08ALGIERS1296	ALGERIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ON BOUTEFLIKA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliamentarians told Codel Hastings on December 2 that they believed the international community must play a greater role in resolving the Western Sahara question and that a third term for President Bouteflika is necessary for the well-being of Algeria. The Minister of Parliame [...]	2008-12-15 07:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OREP PBTS MO AG
08ALGIERS1306	RIFTS WITHIN THE "POUVOIR" MAKE RARE HEADLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An extremely rare public and personal exchange between a former president and a retired general has broken the omerta code usually observed by Algeria's ruling elite, exposing divisions within the "Pouvoir" that have persisted since the struggle for independence. The bitter excha [...]	2008-12-18 08:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1314	STOP THE PRESS: JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-20 11:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS1319	STOP THE PRESS: JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) marked its celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by voicing concern that basic freedoms in Algeria were slipping, not improving as Algeria's human rights ombudsman Farouk Ksent [...]	2008-12-20 17:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS141	SENIOR ALGERIAN MFA OFFICIAL DOWNBEAT ON LEBANON, [...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher (A/S equivalent) told Ambassador February 6 that the political situation in Lebanon looked deadlocked and that the Algerian Government was not hopeful that the Arab League would succeed in paving the way for a presidential election. Bouzaher [...]	2008-02-07 08:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM LE AG
08ALGIERS223	BOUTEFLIKA LOOKS TO THE LEVANT WITH A/S WELCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a three-hour tour d'horizon with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika provided his candid opinions on a wide range of issues (septel),but spoke at length about the Levant. He revealed his personal views on Syrian interference in Lebanon, the [...]	2008-02-29 10:11:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS248	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 13:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS251	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 13:21:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS252	BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika SIPDIS stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermo [...]	2008-03-03 13:23:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS255	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS259	BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermore, accor [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS261	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS27	THIRD TERM PUSH FOR BOUTEFLIKA STEAMROLLS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The move to amend the constitution to allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for an unprecedented third term in 2009 is now gathering steam. Almost immediately after the November 29 local elections, Prime Minister Belkhadem began painting the elections as a clear popular cal [...]	2008-01-10 11:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS274	MFA OFFICIAL CALLS GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There was more media clamor on March 5 about the Algerian government accusations that the U.S. Embassy and the Ambassador of "interference" in internal Algerian affairs (ref A). Government spokesman Boukerzaza told the press March 4 that there was no diplomatic crisis with the Em [...]	2008-03-05 19:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS334	MFA BLASE ABOUT MEDIA ATTACKS ON EMBASSY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a period of relative calm, government use of the press to attack Embassy activities (refs A and B) heated up again on March 15 when Arabic-language daily El Khabar featured front page headlines proclaiming that the Interior ministry had issued an order forbidding NGOs to meet [...]	2008-03-20 09:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS357	DECODING PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS LEAKS ATTACKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The publisher of an Arabic-language daily told the Ambassador on March 24 that the paper's March 22 front page story alleging that the Ambassador had refused to appear at the MFA when convoked by the Foreign Minister was printed as a result of direct pressure from the Prime Minis [...]	2008-03-26 11:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS361	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO HUMAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane convoked Ambassador on March 26 to relay the GOA's dissatisfaction with the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report on Algeria. She complained that the report depicted the human rights scene in Algeria as "static" when it is, she claimed, [...]	2008-03-27 09:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS388	ACCUSED JOURNALISTS SOBERED BUT UNBOWED BY [...] (C) On March 26 Pol/Econ Chief and PAO visited the Algiers offices of the French-language daily El Watan to discuss the press defamation case against El Watan Director Omar Belhouchet and columnist Chawki Amari (ref A). Editor-in Chief Zine Cherfaoui and Amari told us that the paper was able [...]	2008-04-02 15:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV AG
08ALGIERS434	INTERIOR MINISTER CRITICIZES NGOS AS UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Speaking during a parliamentary session held April 9, Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni stated that "international NGOs coming to Algeria are neither helping nor building the country." He asked MPs why they would work with such NGOs since they only came to Algeria for money. Zer [...]	2008-04-20 16:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS437	PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is scheduled to hold its next presidential election in April 2009. Parliamentary and local elections in 2007 saw very low turnout and our contacts warn us of broad disinterest in the political system. In order to help avoid radicalization of some elements of the disench [...]	2008-04-21 16:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AG
08ALGIERS466	MUSLIM PARTY TRIES NEW APPROACH TO DECRIMINALIZE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),the Muslim Brotherhood party that is one of the members of the ruling coalition in Algeria, proposed in parliament on April 22 to cancel a 2001 law that constitutes the basis for the criminalization of religious and journalistic speech. T [...]	2008-04-24 11:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS492	MORE GOVERNMENT VENOM DIRECTED AT NGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algerian political figures continue to attack foreign NGOs working in Algeria. The April 27 press featured the head of the government's Human Rights Commission blaming Al-Jazeera TV and foreign NGOs for "threatening the country's national reconciliation program." Meanwhile, rh [...]	2008-05-01 06:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS504	FORM OVER FUNCTION: SURVIVING AS A NEWSPAPER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking back on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's second term, many of our press contacts have told us of their concerns that press freedoms and competence are shrinking. At the time of Bouteflika's re-election in 2004, French-language daily Liberte was considered an aggressive re [...]	2008-05-05 10:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS522	EMBASSY URGES DECRIMINALIZATION OF PRESS DEFAMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day May 3, the Ambassador gave a major speech urging Algeria to decriminalize press defamation. The message received positive media coverage and was coupled with an emphasis on training to elevate the standards and ethics of responsible jou [...]	2008-05-08 10:09:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO SCUL AG
08ALGIERS617	CONTAINING POLITICAL ISLAM: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As its tumultuous three-day party congress drew to a close at the end of April, the (Muslim Brotherhood) Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),one of the three parties in the ruling coalition, re-elected Bouguerra Soltani as its leader after a power struggle between Soltani and hi [...]	2008-05-27 10:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS625	JUDGE DEFERS DECISION IN HIGH-PROFILE RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30 Habiba Kouider, an Algerian who converted to Christianity approximately four years ago, was charged in the western Algerian town of Tiaret with illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion. On May 27 the Tiaret court delayed giving a final verdict in the case, choosing [...]	2008-05-30 17:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV AG
08ALGIERS750	KEY OFFICIALS SAY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Algerian press over the past nine months has regularly trumpeted that constitutional change was coming any day, June 30 conversations with new Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, parliamentary Speaker Abdelaziz Ziari and prominent senators and MPs suggested that the effort [...]	2008-07-02 10:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS800	CODEL MCCOLLUM MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 meeting with Codel McCollum, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia proved surprisingly forthcoming about Algeria's past mistakes and his own aggressive anti-Islamist credentials, while professing support for WTO accession and religious freedom within Algeria. His offered some [...]	2008-07-16 14:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS848	BOUTEFLIKA LASHES OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a speech to local officials on July 26, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stunned his audience by admitting that his government's economic policies have failed and blaming that failure on both foreign influence and mismanagement at all levels of government. The president scol [...]	2008-08-02 06:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON SOCI AG
08ALGIERS85	FRENCH AMBASSADOR: BOUTEFLIKA MAY NOT NEED TO [...] (C) French Ambassador Bajolet told the Ambassador on January 23 that he and the French government are worried that Algeria is gradually headed towards more instability, but they do not see an alternative to Bouteflika's remaining in power for a third term beginning in 2009. Bajolet, who served here [...]	2008-01-25 11:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR AG
08AMMAN1083	JORDAN'S ASPIRING JOURNALISTS DISCUSS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over two hundred aspiring young journalists discussed bleak employment prospects and fears over censorship at Jordan's first Youth Media Forum. The forum featured frank panel discussions among professional journalists, academicians, and students about issues of press freedoms in [...]	2008-04-13 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SCUL JO
08AMMAN1139	OVER HALF OF JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES DISBAND AS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's new political parties law came into effect on April 15. The law requires parties to re-register with 500 "founding" members, up from the previous requirement of fifty. So far, eleven parties have made the cut, and six are anticipated to join them. Nineteen other pre-ex [...]	2008-04-16 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN1214	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE UAEG [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 10:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI JO MO BA AE JA
08AMMAN1354	May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] Amman believes that an Op-Ed authored by a senior USG official which details the human rights situation in Cuba and the plight of Cuban refugees would be the most effective way to commemorate the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People in Jordan. Post will work to gain the widest possible plac [...]	2008-05-05 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO
08AMMAN1385	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SHURA COUNCIL ELECTS HAWKISH [...] (C) After holding membership elections in March and April, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's Shura Council, its highest body, met on May 2 after multiple delays and elected a hawk, Hammam Saeed, as Controller General, ousting Salim Al-Falahat, considered a dove. Saeed is the first Controller [...]	2008-05-08 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN140	(C) POLL DATA CONFIRM POOR SHOWING OF IAF, BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Tracking and exit polls were conducted by the International Republican Institute-supported Jordan Center for Social Research on Jordan's November 2007 parliamentary elections. The data confirm what the Islamic Action Front denies - that the Islamists' overall poor showing i [...]	2008-01-14 14:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV KISL JO
08AMMAN1446	SOMETIMES THE WEAK SURVIVE - JORDAN'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a new political parties law, the number of parties in Jordan has been cut in half. The public financing envisioned by the law has yet to appear, and the parties are wary of the strings that may be attached to it. Fourteen parties remain - five liberal reformist p [...]	2008-05-12 16:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1465	REVISED LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament will likely consider the new draft of an associations law during a June extraordinary session. The previous draft, widely criticized as too restrictive, was withdrawn by the PM in January. As currently written, the new law consolidates responsibility for reg [...]	2008-05-14 06:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1466	CITIZENSHIP OF MANY JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS STILL [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after Jordan severed its legal and administrative ties to the West Bank, the repercussions are still being felt, and not merely in the central peace process assumption that the West Bank will become the core of a Palestinian state. Through vague regulations and opaqu [...]	2008-05-14 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PREF KDEM KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN1497	May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 12:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO
08AMMAN1533	DEBATE OVER PUBLIC GATHERINGS LAW BALANCES CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is working on a new public gatherings law which will replace the much-criticized statute now in force. As the system currently operates, requests for demonstrations and public meetings must be approved by the regional governor. The criteria by which those re [...]	2008-05-20 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1534	BETWEEN EXTREMISTS AND STAR ACADEMY: [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Hayat FM" founder and chairman Musa Saket plans to expand his Islamic-oriented radio station's broadcast range from its current central Jordan media markets in Amman and Zarqa to the northern and southern parts of the country in the next few months. His station, which he founde [...]	2008-05-20 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL KISL KPAO KDEM JO
08AMMAN1540	May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO
08AMMAN1569	PARLIAMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION - A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament is expected to reconvene in mid-June for an extraordinary session following a directive from the King. Among the thirty-three laws up for consideration are a major reform of the social security system, a landmark law governing the operations of civil society, [...]	2008-05-22 16:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN157	DOES JORDAN NEED AN OMBUDSMAN? [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian parliament's Legal Committee is currently considering a draft law which would establish a national ombudsman's office. The ombudsman was conceived as an anti-corruption tool, as well as a vehicle to provide more efficient services to citizens. In an unusual proced [...]	2008-01-16 10:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1570	THE IAF'S ENTOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: The Higher Coordinating Committee of National Opposition Parties (HCCNOP) is a group of seven Jordanian political parties which is dominated by the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood. The committee, originally formed to counter Jordan's [...]	2008-05-22 17:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN1579	KING AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS PEACE PROCESS, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, a delegation of eleven Congressional staffers met with King Abdullah and Queen Rania as part of a trip organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The King was relatively downbeat on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Lebanon. He identified events [...]	2008-05-26 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KWBG IS IZ LE JO
08AMMAN1834	CHECKS AND BALANCES IN JORDAN, PART 2 - [...] (SBU) This cable is part two of a series which examines the peculiar system of internal checks and balances that serves as an accountability mechanism for Jordan's government. The first part looked at the Legislative Bureau, where all of Jordan's laws and regulations are written. This cable [...]	2008-06-19 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1856	CHECKS AND BALANCES IN JORDAN, PART 1 - THE [...] (SBU) This cable is part one of a series which will examine the peculiar system of internal checks and balances that serves as an accountability mechanism for Jordan's government. The first part looks at the Legislative Bureau, where all of Jordan's laws and regulations are written. The sec [...]	2008-06-23 05:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1871	TRIBAL CONSERVATIVES PUSH PUBLIC GATHERINGS LAW [...] (C) Summary: On the strength of a bloc of tribal conservatives, the lower house of parliament has endorsed amendments to Jordan's public gatherings law. The pro-government bloc pushed the bill through despite several attempts by a coalition of Islamists and liberals to either water it down [...]	2008-06-24 05:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN189	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BATTLING OVER THE FUTURE OF THE [...] (C) Disarray within Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) continues to be aired in the public sphere. Since its drubbing in parliamentary elections on November 20, the Islamic Action Front (the MB's political arm) called on an MB member of the Jordanian Senate to resign; the MB Shura Council disb [...]	2008-01-17 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN1917	CHECKS AND BALANCES IN JORDAN, PART 3 - [...] (SBU) This cable is part three of a series which examines the peculiar system of internal checks and balances that serves as an accountability mechanism for Jordan's government. The first part looked at the Legislative Bureau, where all of Jordan's laws and regulations are written. The seco [...]	2008-06-30 05:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1984	KING LASHES OUT AT CONSERVATIVE CRITICS IN A BID [...] (C) Summary: In an extensive interview with the quasi-official Petra News Agency, King Abdullah defended Jordan's economic opening while acknowledging the squeeze it temporarily places on average citizens. Facing off against armchair critics, the King gave a detailed rationale for land sale [...]	2008-07-02 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KCOR JO
08AMMAN2062	PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's lower house of parliament has passed a new law on associations which places restrictions on civil society. The law passed in spite of vocal protests from a broad spectrum of civil society leaders. In the end, tribal conservatives flexed their political muscles in parli [...]	2008-07-10 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2139	JORDAN'S FIRST INDEPENDENT TV STATION CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nearly one year after its scheduled on-air debut, Jordan's first independent television station, ATV, has not yet begun broadcasting despite its second change of ownership in less than one year. In the midst of a week-long sit-in staged by employees complaining that they have not [...]	2008-07-17 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAO KMDR JO
08AMMAN2171	PARLIAMENT ENDS ITS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION; [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian parliament closed its extraordinary session on July 9, having passed all but one of the bills placed before it by the King and the government. The session provided the first true insight into voting blocs and policy preferences in the lower house. Tribal conservati [...]	2008-07-20 11:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN2300	DOES JORDAN'S NEW ASSOCIATIONS LAW COVER THE [...] (C) Summary: A sub-plot in the debate over the new law on associations (Ref A) has been the issue of whether it applies to the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB). The JMB insists that it is more than a mere NGO, and has a "special status" as a result of its long-standing relationship with the [...]	2008-07-31 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN2337	POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENTS - MAJALI TRIES AGAIN, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian lower house of parliament speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali has been planning for some time to transform his "National Democratic Trend" from a parliamentary bloc into a full-fledged political party. Now that the initial uncertainty surrounding Jordan's political parties law [...]	2008-08-10 06:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2359	CIVIL SOCIETY WATCHES AND WAITS FOR ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: One month after the end of the parliamentary session, Jordan's new law on associations is still awaiting royal signature (Refs A-C),but local and international NGOs are already starting to look at how the new law will be implemented. Minister of Social Development Hala Latouf is [...]	2008-08-12 10:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2383	AQABA FACES THE CHALLENGES OF GROWTH [...] (C) Summary: Aqaba has grown rapidly and consistently since 2001 when it was placed under a special administrative model designed to encourage investment, growth and development. This growth has come at something of a price when it comes to local governance; locals complain that they lack a [...]	2008-08-14 05:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KPAL KDEM JO
08AMMAN255	JORDANIAN NGOS QUESTION THEMSELVES AND RESOLVE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ withdrew two highly controversial bills on professional associations and NGOs from Parliament on January 9. Minister of State for Media Affairs Nasser Judeh told the press that the withdrawal reflected "the government's keenness to proceed with political development an [...]	2008-01-23 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM JO
08AMMAN2579	JORDAN'S REACTION TO MAURITANIA COUP LINKED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AG EG IS JO KDEM LY MO MR PREL QA SA
08AMMAN2585	MAJALI RALLIES HIS NEW POLITICAL PARTY, AND [...] (C) Summary: The National Trend bloc of Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali is now well on the road to becoming a political party. Despite some last minute defections, the group has held its organizing conference and is currently drawing up the necessary paperwork to formally register as [...]	2008-09-07 05:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2633	GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government announced on September 8 its intention to revisit the controversial Law on Associations (Refs A-D). PM Dahabi convened civil society leaders to manage expectations and chart a way forward. Initial indications are that civil society remains split on how far to [...]	2008-09-10 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2649	JORDANIAN PROSECUTOR PURSUES CASE CRIMINALIZING [...] (C) Dr. Hassan Al-Abdallat, the Prosecutor General in Amman, is pursuing a criminal case against 12 Europeans, including Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and Dutch MP (and film maker) Geert Wilders, for criticizing Islam. The lawsuit was brought by Zakaria al-Sheikh, founder of "The Prophe [...]	2008-09-11 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2653	GOJ LAUNCHES PUBLIC FINANCING FOR POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Jordan's cabinet approved regulations which allow the launch of a public fund for political parties. Ever since a new law on political parties went into force in April, the fund has been the subject of much speculation among the parties and wrangling between dif [...]	2008-09-14 05:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2685	CIVIL SOCIETY SUGGESTS CHANGES TO ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Jordan's civil society are negotiating with the government on amendments to the Law on Associations (Refs A-E). Possible obstacles include tribal conservatives and the security services seeking to protect their equities, and civil society confronting its own i [...]	2008-09-16 14:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2700	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations, Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 18. Aamiry did not offer a substantive reaction. 2. (SBU) Aamiry informed PolOff that he would be moving on shortly to a new position as Assistant for H [...]	2008-09-18 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JO
08AMMAN2701	ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS: A COMPARATIVE VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Civil society's suggested amendments to the Law on Associations are ambitious and far-reaching. Many of them touch on sensitive areas which may produce an adverse government reaction. The amendments would largely take the power of government oversight away from cabinet ministe [...]	2008-09-18 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2702	ASSOCIATIONS LAW: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Civil society's proposed amendments to the Law on Associations are ambitious and worthy of our support, but contain within them a potential problem. By pursuing an all-or-nothing strategy that ignores Prime Minister Dahabi's explicit tamping down of expectations, civil society ma [...]	2008-09-18 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2716	ASSOCIATIONS LAW: PM RETURNS AMENDMENTS, ASKING [...] (S) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi told Ambassador September 21 that he was sending civil society's list of associations law amendments back to the group of activists that produced them; he is insisting that they identify their priorities on the list. Dahabi asserted that he needs this prioritiz [...]	2008-09-22 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2756	PARLIAMENT'S FALL SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's parliament will return for its ordinary session on October 5. The first order of business will be the election of the speaker, a vote that current speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali seems to have clinched already. Economic issues are set to dominate the agenda, with complica [...]	2008-09-28 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN2757	PARLIAMENT'S FALL SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's parliament will return for its ordinary session on October 5. The first order of business will be the election of the speaker, a vote that current speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali seems to have clinched already. Economic issues are set to dominate the agenda, with complica [...]	2008-09-28 06:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN2941	MAJALI SPREADS THE WEALTH IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament spent the first week of its ordinary session electing its leadership. Abdulhadi Al-Majali comfortably won re-election to the speakership, and his National Democratic Trend parceled out leadership jobs and committee chairmanships with the National Fraternal Blo [...]	2008-10-26 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN2977	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (SBU) As part of Embassy Amman's continuing engagement on the Law on Associations (Ref A),the Ambassador hosted a tea for eleven civil society leaders on October 20. Post previously reported that Prime Minister Nader Dahabi was planning to return civil society's suggested amendments and ask [...]	2008-10-30 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2988	JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SCRAMBLES TO PRIORITIZE [...] (C) Minister of Social Development Hala Lattouf met with civil society leaders on October 29, returning their suggested amendments to the Law on Associations and asking once again for a prioritized list (Refs A and B). NGO leaders were given until November 2 to resubmit their changes to Latto [...]	2008-11-02 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3002	MAJALI REJECTS ELECTORAL REFORM CHATTER [...] (SBU) Jordan's electoral system has recently emerged as a topic of discussion, first in background chatter and now in comments in the official media. Lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali offered a surprisingly blunt rejection of changes in Jordan's electoral system in a wide-ranging inter [...]	2008-11-03 07:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL JO
08AMMAN3116	TWO YEARS ON, PROGRESS ON DEMOCRACY GOALS FALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Agenda, issued in 2006, remains the primary guide for political and economic reform in Jordan. The agenda's 10-year vision is ambitious, tackling many structural and cultural issues to pave the way for modernizing Jordan's political system. Opposition to that vi [...]	2008-11-13 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN JO
08AMMAN3117	JORDAN'S ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS FACE CRITICS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's cabinet debated amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on November 12, with reform-minded cabinet officials having met for a prep session the day before. Our contacts in parliament remain either uninformed about the need for amendments or hostile to their [...]	2008-11-13 16:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN315	JORDAN'S FIRST INDEPENDENT TV STATION STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Six months after its scheduled on air debut, and two years after its initial establishment, Jordan's first independent television station, ATV, remains off the air despite new ownership. ATV's new management predicts the station will go on air "soon," perhaps by the middle of 200 [...]	2008-02-03 07:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAO KMDR JO
08AMMAN3165	NOTES FROM JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT: ALLIANCES WAX AND [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the allocation of parliamentary committee chairmanships and leadership positions, the alliance between parliament speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali's National Democratic Trend and the business-oriented National Fraternal Bloc (Al-Ikha) was dissolved. A new bloc of MPs [...]	2008-11-20 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN3167	U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian Foreign Ministry hosted senior department officials and Embassy Amman for the kick-off of a strategic policy dialogue on November 17. The dialogue is an offshoot of the assistance Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in September with the GOJ, outlining furthe [...]	2008-11-20 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3219	JORDAN'S ASSOCIATIONS LAW LIKELY TO TAKE EFFECT AS [...] (C) When the King endorsed Jordan's controversial Law on Associations in September, he exacted a promise from PM Nader Al-Dahabi to amend the bill before it becomes the law of the land (Ref A). With that date (December 15) now just around the corner, civil society and government contacts are [...]	2008-12-01 06:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3262	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS PUSH THE LIMITS WITH GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) has recently launched a campaign to lift the siege on Gaza with a series of rallies and petitions and the proposed dispatch of a ship of humanitarian supplies. On December 3, IAF members staged a walkout in Parliament when [...]	2008-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3329	U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE ADDRESSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Following the signature of a joint MOU on assistance September 22, the first session of a U.S.-Jordan political dialogue convened in Amman on November 17 (Reftel). Jordan was represented by FM Salah Al-Bashir and members of his staff, while the American side was represented by S [...]	2008-12-17 09:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS JO
08AMMAN3335	JORDAN: THE DAHABI GOVERNMENT, ONE YEAR ON [...] (C) Summary. A year after taking office, Jordan's PM Nader Dahabi and his government enjoy strong support from the political elite and average Jordanians. Ongoing concerns about the economy remain, but Dahabi and his government have successfully explained the need for restructuring in the fa [...]	2008-12-17 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN3353	KING'S DECENTRALIZATION PLAN HAS MANY CRITICS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The King is pushing the Jordanian government to revive an ambitious decentralization plan. While the plan's stated goal is to respond more effectively to local concerns, the King may also be pushing the plan for some of its political side-effects, including changes in Jordan's e [...]	2008-12-18 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KPAL JO
08AMMAN3365	POSSIBLE CABINET SHUFFLE WOULD CONTINUE TRADITION [...] (C) Summary: PM Nader Dahabi has prepared a list of names for a new cabinet to discuss with the King, with the aim of announcing a new government in the coming weeks. In historical terms, the Dahabi government represents an unusual period of continuity, particularly given the cabinet's frequ [...]	2008-12-23 10:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3386	JORDAN'S PM SUPPORTS AMENDING ASSOCIATIONS LAW BUT [...] (C) Ambassador urged Prime Minister Nader Dahabi in a December 20 meeting to move forward rapidly on amending the restrictive law of associations, which went into effect on December 15. Ambassador also raised the issue with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser al-Lozi in a December 21 meeting, br [...]	2008-12-28 14:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN535	AS NEW POLITICAL PARTY RULES LOOM, JORDANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In April, a new law regulating political parties will come into effect in Jordan. This law will require parties to broaden their membership in return for (still theoretical) financing, in the hope that Jordan's irrelevant political formations will become national political play [...]	2008-02-20 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV JO
08AMMAN580	DOES JORDAN NEED A CONSTITUTIONAL COURT? [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the government's withdrawal of a recent controversial draft law regulating civil society (Ref A),there is renewed talk in Jordan about the necessity of founding a Constitutional Court. Long a part of internal reform discussions, the idea has historically been push [...]	2008-02-25 07:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN604	JORDAN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is showing tentative signs of life. The ACC's chair told Post that the institution is now digging into casework after securing a new building and a full complement of staff. Some in the donor community, however, are deeply skeptical of t [...]	2008-02-26 06:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM JO
08AMMAN693	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BEGIN INTERNAL ELECTIONS; HAWKS [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has begun to conduct internal elections for its Shura Council, the MB's highest leadership body. The vote for the 50-member council lasts from late February until mid-March. The election pits "hawks" against "doves" from within the MB, though their policy [...]	2008-03-04 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN705	JORDANIAN IDENTITY POLITICS TRUMP GENDER CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The issue of who can and cannot transmit citizenship is an ongoing concern of many women in Jordan, and was revived in the public consciousness during recent parliamentary elections. Jordanian women married to non-Jordanian men do not transmit citizenship to their children. This create [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KPAL KDEM JO
08AMMAN832	ISLAMISTS PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) Summary: The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has led a group of parliamentarians in filing a petition which suggests undoing several provisions of the political parties law passed in April 2007. The proposed amendments would allow at least some of Jordan's smaller, irrelevant political parties [...]	2008-03-17 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN867	HAWKS REPORTEDLY WIN JORDANIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) Muslim Brotherhood (MB) hawks have reportedly won a majority in the new MB Shura Council following internal elections. Speculation now turns to who will hold the position of MB Controller General, the top spot in the MB. Despite continuing internal fissures, the new council will work hard [...]	2008-03-19 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08ANKARA120	TURKISH ADVISOR ON GUL VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu briefed Ambassador January 22 regarding President Gul's visit January 19 to Damascus. As noted ref a, the proximate cause was a Syrian invitation to an "Arab Cultural Capital of 2008" event. According to Davutoglu, Gul decided [...]	2008-01-22 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU
08ANKARA1352	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST LEADERS SAY AKP CLOSURE UNLIKELY TO SPUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) stronghold in Eastern Anatolia, contacts from diverse political persuasions told us AKP's closure would set back Turkey's democratization and send the wrong message to the international community. Citing [...]	2008-07-29 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1371	LOVE FOR SALE - THE TAUDRY TALE OF TURKISH MEDIA OWNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM TU
08ANKARA1373	TURKEY'S RULING PARTY FINED BUT NOT CLOSED BY [...] (U) In a six to five vote, Turkey's Constitutional Court decided July 30 not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),ending weeks of uncertainty and speculation about Turkey's political future. While six judges voted for closure, the constitution requires that at least seven [...]	2008-07-30 16:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TU

08ANKARA1374	TURKEY RELIEVED AT COURT DECISION NOT TO CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turks breathed a collective sigh of relief July 30 as the Constitutional Court released its decision to fine but not close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for anti-secular activities (reftel). Announced after three days of deliberations, the ruling came [...]	2008-07-31 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TU
08ANKARA1404	TURKEY: KURDISH VIEWS ON AKP NON-CLOSURE, ERGENEKON [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Kurds in Turkey,s southeast expressed relief but not elation that the Constitutional Court declined to ban the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). AKP support remains high in conservative parts of the southeast, but nationa [...]	2008-08-06 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1449	TURKEY: KURDS TIRING OF ANKARA'S BIG STICK [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations in southeastern Turkey suggest that, regardless of GOT military successes against the terrorist PKK, sympathy for "the organization" is unwavering. Developments in 2008 ) stepped-up military operations, human ri [...]	2008-08-12 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1508	HOW TURKEY'S YOUTH VIEW THE US: LOSING A [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Turkey faces a "demographic window of opportunity," with 60% of its population under the age of 30. Politically disengaged and generally neglected as a resource by political parties (refA),young Turks face high unemployment and a country struggling to balance tradit [...]	2008-08-21 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1650	TURKEY: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA TU
08ANKARA1819	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: ELECTIONS, AFGHAN SPEAKER [...] (C) Turkey views upcoming Afghan elections as an important opportunity to strengthen Afghan national identity, MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol told us October 17. President Gul and PM Erodgan underscored this point with Afghan National Assembly Speaker Kanuni during Kanuni's October [...]	2008-10-20 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1987	TURKEY: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL TU
08ANKARA2085	TURKEY: MFA ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08ANKARA237	TURKEY: SUPPORTS LEBANON, NOW AND ALWAYS, BUT [...] (C) We conveyed reftel points on support for Lebanon February 8 to MFA Department Head for Middle East Kerem Kiratli and Lebanon/Syria Desk Officer Cem Ulusoy. Kiratli said he would convey the substance of the demarche to Deputy Under Secretary Sinirlioglu and Under Secretary Apakan. He emph [...]	2008-02-11 06:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV LE SY TU
08ANKARA494	TURKEY: IRAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: NO STATEMENT [...] (C) It is not Turkish practice to issue a statement on any country's elections, MFA Iran deskoff Mehmet Sekerci told us March 12, and he was confident Turkey will not do so following Iran's parliamentary elections. He pledged, however, to convey our points to his superiors. Turkish Parliame [...]	2008-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR TU
08ANKARA852	TURKEY WILL PLEDGE AT PARIS AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT [...] (C) The GOT expects to make a fresh pledge at the June 12 Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan, MFA Pakistan/Afghanistan Section Head Ilhan Sener told us May 1. He promised to convey reftel points to his superiors; we will continue to monitor Turkey's position in advance of the conference [...]	2008-05-02 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF TU
08ANKARA898	TURKEY: MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) To commemorate May 21 Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, post plans to feature on our website the Department's statement on solidarity with the Cuban people, and appropriate background information. Additionally, two post political officers who previously served at USINT Havana plan [...]	2008-05-09 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU TU
08ANKARA948	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU TU
08ANTANANARIVO157	Mission to Anjouan - Bacar Still Intransigent [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar remained intransigent before an international delegation delivering an ultimatum February 27. The delegation later informed Union President Ahmed Sambi who was unsurprised, disappointed, and intent on a military solution to restore the [...]	2008-02-28 08:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO179	ISLANDS TENSELY AWAIT MILITARY ACTION [...] (U) The three islands in the Union of the Comoros tensely await impending military action. African Union (AU) Representative Mourad Taiati told international reporters in Moroni on March 4 that, "Today, everyone has taken our [AU] position. [Mohamed Bacar] is isolated and the military operati [...]	2008-03-06 14:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO192	Comoros: Colonel Bacar Letter to Secretary Rice [...] (SBU) In an apparent response to the Ambassador's March 7 op-ed in the Comoran media endorsing Union and African Union actions, Anjouan's Colonel Bacar sent Post a letter for Secretary Rice on March 11. In it, Bacar repeats the same legal-constitutional arguments he made during 2007 in Cape T [...]	2008-03-12 09:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO195	Why We Should Help the Comoros with Maritime Logistical [...] (SBU) As I write this, AU troops from Tanzania and Senegal, and perhaps also Sudan and Libya, are arriving in Moroni, on Grande Comore Island, by various means. According to the Union government, over 1,000 foreign troops are expected to come augment their own "Army of National Development" [...]	2008-03-13 09:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO198	MADAGASCAR "REGIONAL COUNSELOR" ELECTIONS MARCH 16 [...] In the final days before the March 16 elections for 147 regional counselors, the fifth election Madagascar has seen in just 15 months, campaign season is finally picking up some speed. Voters around the country have expressed fatigue and a general lack of understanding regarding the role of r [...]	2008-03-13 12:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO200	Comorans Describe Transport Needs; Op Plan Pending [...] (SBU) Union of the Comoros Defense Minister Dossar sent the Ambassador March 13 a two-page fax outlining "characteristics of the boat needed" to support the combined Comoran/AU military action against Anjouan (complete translation below). While helpful, this is clearly insufficient detail and [...]	2008-03-13 13:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO212	"RAIDS" ESCALATE TO ARMED CONFLICT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Comoros report a Union Army (AND) "raid" on Anjouan beginning March 15 has turned into a series of battles. Having reportedly freed eight prisoners and taken two minor casualties, part of the AND landing force returned to its staging point in Moheli. However, a small AND [...]	2008-03-17 14:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO228	SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Actions Requested: Post recommends the Department issue a statement setting the record straight on the Anjouan problem in the Comoros. Suggested points in para 4. Post also recommends the Department pursue efforts to support Comoros' request that the UN Security Council not take up th [...]	2008-03-20 12:24:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO230	FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI POSITIONS HIMSELF [...] (SBU) With increasing political and military activity in the Union of the Comoros (REFTEL),former Union President Assoumani Azali has stepped up his communication with Embassy Antananarivo. The latest was a statement from his political party, the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) [...]	2008-03-20 12:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO235	OPERATION TO TAKE BACK ANJOUAN MEETS LITTLE RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Post has confirmed a force composed of Union Army soldiers and 80 to 100 Tanzanian soldiers under the African Union (AU) aegis landed on the Comoran island of Anjouan overnight from March 24 to 25 to take back the island from recalcitrant leader Colonel Mohamed Bacar. The assault began a [...]	2008-03-25 09:34:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO236	TIM SWEEPS MADAGASCAR'S "REGIONAL COUNSELOR" ELECTIONS [...] (U) Unofficial results from Madagascar's first-ever elections for regional counselors on March 16 show the ruling TIM party won almost all of the 147 seats throughout the country. In a number of regions, only TIM candidates ran. Results are still being counted, but the average participation r [...]	2008-03-25 11:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO242	ANJOUAN CALM, FRENCH IN HOT WATER IN MORONI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan remains calm following Union of the Comoros and African Union deployment to the island with no resistance from Colonel Bacar's forces (REFTEL). Union Vice President Ikililou will lead an interim island government in Anjouan until elections can be held. Rumors continue [...]	2008-03-27 10:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO25	PRESIDENT SAMBI DETERMINED TO LIBERATE ANJOUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer,s first visit to the Union of the Comoros (septel),Ambassador Marquardt held a number of meetings with President Sambi, high-level Union Government officials, and members of the international community to discuss the possibility of a [...]	2008-01-14 15:49:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CN
08ANTANANARIVO257	COMOROS QUIET BUT TENSE AS IT PONDERS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the swearing in of the Interim President of Anjouan (reftel),African Union (AU) and Union Army troops remain on alert against potential violence on the island of Anjouan. The mood in the Comoros is quiet but tense as people await France's decision regarding the legal [...]	2008-04-03 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO31	COLONEL BACAR CRACKS DOWN ON ANJOUAN RESIDENTS [...] (U) Tension continues to escalate throughout the Union of the Comoros. With the possibility of a Union Army landing to take back Anjouan growing every day (refs),Colonel Mohamed Bacar is consolidating his control over the island. He is reportedly positioning his forces at the hospital in the [...]	2008-01-15 14:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO319	COMORAN FOREIGN MINISTER INTERVIEWED IN REUNION [...] (U) In a televised interview during a visit to Reunion on March 22, Comoran Foreign Minister Ahmed Jaffar declared that deposed Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar "should face the justice system in his country [the Union of the Comoros] to respond for his actions on the charges levied against him and [...]	2008-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO325	TIM SHARES SENATE WITH TOKEN OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) Madagascar's new Senate, reduced from 90 to 33 members, is now official. On April 25, the High Constitutional Court announced the names of the 22 senators, one for each of the 22 regions, chosen in indirect elections on April 20; all hail from the ruling TIM party. In a surprise move -- r [...]	2008-04-28 14:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO332	RAVALOMANANA RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (U) President Ravalomanana announced a new cabinet late April 30, naming five new Ministers and minor organizational changes. This second reshuffle in six months was expected after the recent Senate election (REFTEL). The complete new line-up is in Para 6. 2. (U) Both Minister of Decent [...]	2008-05-02 06:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO39	MALAGASY MFA VIEWS ON COMORAN IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Malagasy Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mboara Andriarimanana and Cabinet Director Michel Martin Rajoelina shared their views on the current Comoros impasse with the Ambassador January 16. Both were very well "read-in" on the Comoran state of play, having followed reports from the Ma [...]	2008-01-16 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID MOPS PINR CN MA
08ANTANANARIVO4	DUELING NEW YEARS ADDRESSES IN COMOROS [...] (U) In his annual New Year's Eve speech addressing the nation, Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi called the crisis on Anjouan one of the defining events of 2007. However, he reassured the people, "the liberation of Anjouan" is due in early 2008; his next speech will announce the day the Nat [...]	2008-01-03 13:42:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO40	COMOROS REQUESTS FOLLOW-UP ON BILATERAL TALK REQUESTS [...] (U) Ambassador Marquardt met with Acting Foreign Minister Mourad Said Ibrahim January 11 for a review of bilateral relations in the wake of A/S Frazer's visit, which had focused on the Anjouan crisis (REF A). After reaffirming the mutual hope that USG involvement will assist in resolving that [...]	2008-01-16 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO439	ANJOUAN ISLAND ELECTIONS CALM, RUNOFF SCHEDULED [...] (U) Official results from the Anjouan island presidential elections released by the Constitutional Court (CC) on June 18 show candidates Mohamed Djaanfari and Moussa Toybou well ahead of the other three candidates. Djaanfari won 44.18 percent of the vote, while Toybou came in a close second w [...]	2008-06-19 14:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO464	JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN MADAGASCAR [...] Starting May 28, the Malagasy Supreme Court weekly session began to examine more than 220 complaints regarding reported irregularities in the mayoral elections of December 12, 2007. To date around 70 complaints have been addressed, with the majority dismissed for not following correct legal p [...]	2008-07-01 11:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO499	COMOROS RESHUFFLE PORTENDS FEW CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi reshuffled his cabinet with only minor changes. Main embassy interlocutors remained largely the same, with the exception of Abdourahim Bacar, who was downgraded from Minister of Education to Minister of Post and Te [...]	2008-07-14 13:46:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO523	COMOROS REJECTS CITIZENSHIP BILL FOR STATELESS ARABS [...] (U) The Union of the Comoros' Parliament recently rejected a bill that would confer Comoran citizenship on people in exchange for financial investment in the real estate market. According to Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim, in 1997 the Kuwaiti Government approached the Comoros with a propos [...]	2008-07-29 09:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO638	MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) On September 19, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and Misalintsoa Irodia, Acting Secretary General, at the Malagasy MFA. Rabemananjara said she would pass our key points to the Malagasy mission in New York, but caut [...]	2008-09-22 07:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MA
08ANTANANARIVO644	GROWING OPPOSITION FOCUSED ON CAPITAL FEUD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prompted by the recent involvement of increasingly higher-profile opposition leaders, President Ravalomanana and his allies have been forced to publicly confront growing discontent with the administration, if not address its causes. In the capital, a nine-month battle between t [...]	2008-09-24 09:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MA XW
08ANTANANARIVO692	UNDP Comoros "Millennium Island" Project [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Comoros has a proposal for the island of Moheli (population 40,000) to be a UN "Millennium Village." By significantly increasing interventions and coordinating the efforts of all partners, the Millennium Village concept seeks t [...]	2008-10-09 13:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV KDEM PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO78	ANJOUAN'S COLONEL BACAR ON FRANCOPHONIE VISIT [...] (SBU) In a public announcement, Anjouan's renegade Colonel Bacar offered his spin on talks with La Francophonie Envoy Salifou January 23. Bacar said he held talks with Salifou on "the crisis born of the Union Government's arbitrary decision to postpone island elections in Anjouan and other [...]	2008-01-30 12:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08APIA47	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-06 01:16:00	Embassy Apia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM WS
08ASHGABAT1007	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CSTC-A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1008	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1026	TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTION REVISION PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's review of proposed additions or changes to the constitutional draft is nearly complete, and it appears that almost all stakeholders have had a chance to make their suggestions. The Constitutional Commission will receive the final proposed draft before the e [...]	2008-08-06 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1049	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER 6-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-12 14:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KDEM MARR SCUL SOCI SNAR
08ASHGABAT1051	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our continuing bilateral dialogue. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-13 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1055	TURKMENISTAN: IDHR DIRECTOR AKHMEDOVA'S JULY 5-12 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova led a delegation to the UK July 5-12 to explore UK best practices in human rights, civil society regulation, and penal, judicial, and legal reform. Akhmedova told her hosts that the meetings were all very useful an [...]	2008-08-13 11:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KJUS TX
08ASHGABAT1066	TURKMENISTAN: GTZ LEGAL REFORM SEMNAR FEATURED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The typical front page of the official Neutralniy Turkmenistan newspaper features the activities of President Berdimuhamedov, including Cabinet of Ministers' meetings and the president's meetings with foreign dignitaries. [...]	2008-08-15 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1068	TURKMENISTAN: DATE FOR ADOPTION OF REVISED [...] (U) During an August 15 cabinet meeting, the president announced that the 2000-plus member National Halk Maslahaty (People's Council) will convene on 26 September. During the session, the body will formally adopt the revised national constitution, and will also reportedly discuss a president [...]	2008-08-18 08:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA TX
08ASHGABAT1098	TURKMENISTAN: TOUCHING BASE WITH RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a routine embassy religious roundtable meeting on August 19, members of seven minority religious groups in Turkmenistan -- representing both registered and unregistered religious groups -- generally noted that their situation is improving, even though a number of complai [...]	2008-08-21 10:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1145	ELEVEN NEW NGOS REGISTERED IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 16, post requested an updated list of registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). A review of the list received on July 1 found that eleven new NGO [...]	2008-09-02 07:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1167	FINAL TURKMENISTAN CONSTITUTION LIKELY TO CONTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova recently told UNDP's senior representative that the government is seriously considering recommendations the international community passed it on August 20 and may well accept most of them. With acceptance of ma [...]	2008-09-04 16:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT1170	CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to the 2003 Law on NGO Registration, which required all existing NGOs to re-register, USAID changed the focus of its civil society development program to work more closely with communities. This grass-ro [...]	2008-09-05 04:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1176	TURKEMINSTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH MEJLIS SPEAKER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 3 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for South Central Asia (SCA) George Krol, Mejlis (Parliament) Speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva repeatedly lauded President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov' [...]	2008-09-05 08:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1192	TURKMENISTAN: AMBASSADOR KROL MEETS WITH DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Shirin Akhmedova, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) and one the most reform-minded high-ranking Turkmenistan government officials. Akhmedova affirmed President [...]	2008-09-09 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT120	TURKMENISTAN: AUTHORITIES BACK OFF HARASSSMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Working conditions for RFE/RL reporters took a dive in December and January as Turkmen authorities stepped up their efforts to stop RFE's radio reporting that has focused on the country's economic and institution [...]	2008-01-23 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1242	TURKMENISTAN: ELECTIONS, GOVERNMENT ACADEMY AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an expanded session of the Cabinet of Ministers on September 12, the president and cabinet officials discussed plans for December's parliamentary elections, which the international community will be invi [...]	2008-09-17 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1285	TURKMENISTAN: FINAL HALK MASLAHATY SESSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On September 26, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamdov called to order the final session ever of Turkmenistan's Halk Maslahaty or People's Council. One of the main items on the agenda was for the body to approve the revised co [...]	2008-09-26 13:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1308	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TEAM DOUBTFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of meetings with Turkmen officials, OSCE/ODIHR representatives in Ashgabat on a needs assessment mission seemed resigned to the notion that Turkmenistan's election laws will not be revised in advance of the December 14 parliamentary elections. Therefore, they are do [...]	2008-10-01 08:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1337	UNDP FACILITATING ELECTORAL REFORM IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDP has been conducting a variety of elections-related seminars focused on raising government officials' awareness of international election standards and proper election procedures. The training is considered to be a crucial first step in reforming election processes and ele [...]	2008-10-08 08:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1338	TURKMENISTAN: GERMAN AID ORGANIZATION SUCCEEDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Technical Cooperation Organization GTZ is continuing to conduct conferences and seminars on legal reform issues in Turkmenistan, but is not currently working with the government on revision of criminal and civil codes, although it had proposed that project as an area [...]	2008-10-08 12:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1350	TURKMENISTAN: CHANGES IN FINAL CONSTITUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post conducted a comparative analysis of the July draft and the final adopted Turkmen Constitution to determine what changes had been made. The final document appears to have incorporated some changes that correl [...]	2008-10-10 14:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1360	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE/ODIHR TEAM STILL UNDECIDED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of October 14, it appeared that OSCE was still negotiating with the Turkmen government regarding the size and nature of an OSCE group that would come for the December parliamentary elections. Turkmen officials seem to understand little about international election observatio [...]	2008-10-15 10:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT1379	TURKMENISTAN: WITH NO INVITATION, UN PONDERS ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN representatives are pondering their options in regard to the organization's potential role during the December parliamentary elections. They believe that Turkmen government officials are expecting them to participate in some way, although UN offices here have not received a [...]	2008-10-20 14:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UN TX
08ASHGABAT1398	TURKMENISTAN: REVISED PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan's revised Law on Elections of Mejlis (parliament) Deputies, published without fanfare on October 15, contains a range of changes that will affect the election process, candidates, potential election observers, [...]	2008-10-23 12:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1453	TURKMENISTAN: POTENTIAL MEJLIS CANDIDATE AND HIS [...] (C) Poloff met a lawyer affiliated with the Ilkinjiler Farmer's Cooperative in Mary at the Embassy-sponsored Presidential Election Reception on November 5. Abdulrahman Bayramov said a citizens group had recently attempted to initiate procedures in order to nominate him as a candidate for Me [...]	2008-11-06 03:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1470	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. ELECTION EXCITEMENT IN THE MORNING FAILS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the morning of November 5, Post hosted a well-attended U.S. election reception. Due to the time difference, attendees were able to track election results as polling stations closed across the United States. Pres [...]	2008-11-07 05:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL OIIP KDEM KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1471	TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Murat Garriyev to discuss the commission's current activities in advance of the December 14 Mejlis (parliamentary) elections. He described some of the changes that occurred as a result of the revised Mejlis (parliame [...]	2008-11-07 05:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1494	TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON DUAL CITIZENSHIP STORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 31 Russian press article re-ignited a controversy that has been brewing in recent months about dual citizens' inability to obtain the new, high-tech Turkmen travel passport that the government began issuing in July. Two days later, the Turkmen MFA fired back an angr [...]	2008-11-17 02:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1547	TURKMENISTAN: LIVELY DEBATE AT ROUNDTABLE ON IMPROVING NGO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 17-18, USAID's partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) and the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan (IDHR) organized a roundtable on Impr [...]	2008-12-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1586	INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PLANS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After the November 17-18 USAID- supported roundtable on Improving Turkmenistan's Legislation on Public Organizations (reftel),the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan (IDHR [...]	2008-12-08 09:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1589	TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION PREPARATIONS IN BALKAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a pre-election visit to two cities in Balkan province, poloff met with two groups of election officials eager to answer questions and show-off their preparations for election day. Each of the 11 seats in the province are contested by two or three candidates. The candidate [...]	2008-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT159	TURKMENISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MOVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The commission responsible for ensuring that Turkmenistan meets its international human rights obligations (reftel) has constructed a game plan for revising or drafting needed legislation within the timeline to [...]	2008-02-01 09:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1592	CIS ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A 40-member CIS election observation mission will monitor the December 14 Parliamentary elections. A group of six observers have been in Turkmenistan since November 25 to view election preparations. The remaining members, including many election officials from CIS countries, [...]	2008-12-08 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT1601	TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff spent December 8 in the northern city of Turkmenabat to see how preparations were coming regarding the December 14 Mejlis elections. Provincial officials organized meetings with a deputy hakim (governor) [...]	2008-12-09 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1602	TURKMEN ELECTION OFFICIALS AND NGO REPS EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 2-4 working visit to Ashgabat, representatives from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems ("IFES") met with officials of the Central Election Commission ("CEC"),as well as other international organizations and local contacts, to discuss internatio [...]	2008-12-15 08:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1605	TURKMENISTAN: SUNDAY MEJLIS ELECTIONS NOT A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 14, Mejlis election day, embassy officers surveyed polling stations in various parts of Ashgabat in order to get a sense of the atmosphere and level of activity. The elections presented Turkmen citizens with [...]	2008-12-15 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1617	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE AND UN ELECTION EXPERTS OBSERVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent parliamentary elections, OSCE and UN election experts assessed election officials' observance of internationally-acknowledged election procedures. They also did fact-finding about the candidates, [...]	2008-12-18 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1618	TURKMEN CITIZENS' VIEWS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO VOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: December 15-18, poloff asked Ashgabat and Mary city residents about their participation in the December 14 Mejlis elections, to get a sense of how residents perceived the first major election since President Be [...]	2008-12-18 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1656	UN INTERVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASE PROMPTS POSITIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ayjemal Berdiyeva, a Niyazov era torture victim, recently informed post that she received a letter from a UN agency in Geneva, presumably the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR),that obliges the Govern [...]	2008-12-31 07:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT174	TURKMENISTAN: "ALUMNI OPPORTUNITIES" NETWORKING EVENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Nearly 60 alumni from throughout Turkmenistan and representing nearly all U.S.-sponsored educational and professional exchange programs, including Future Leaders Exchange program (FLEX),UGRAD, Muskie, AUCA, and others, gathere [...]	2008-02-05 08:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KPAO KDEM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT177	TURKMENISTAN: "ALUMNI OPPORTUNITIES" NETWORKING EVENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Nearly 60 alumni from throughout Turkmenistan and representing nearly all U.S.-sponsored educational and professional exchange programs, including Future Leaders Exchange program (FLEX),UGRAD, Muskie, AUCA, and others, gathere [...]	2008-02-05 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KPAO KDEM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT192	TURKMENISTAN: 500 SATELLITE TV CHANNELS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Work continues in Ashgabat to provide standardize satellite-television access for all citizens. The government recently provided further detail on the process of replacing the private satellite dishes on almost [...]	2008-02-07 08:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT206	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 7, USAID Country Representative met with the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights to discuss areas of potential cooperation outlined in the letter received from the Ministry of Forei [...]	2008-02-11 03:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT219	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST YEAR IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first year in office, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has delivered more change than most here expected or even thought was realistically possible for immediate post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Spurred by a wish to make Turkmenistan a respected member [...]	2008-02-12 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SNAR SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT237	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP HELPING PREPARE REPORT FOR UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDP is working with Turkmenistan's Human Rights Commission to formulate a plan to complete two key UN reports Turkmenistan agreed to submit by the end of 2008. The more significant report, which Turkmenistan [...]	2008-02-14 09:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT27	TURKMENISTAN: NGO FORUM "EARLY HOLIDAY PRESENT" FOR CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 24, USAID implementing partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) organized a roundtable on NGOs' Participation in the National Reforms that attracted over 50 representatives from governme [...]	2008-01-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT312	TURKMENISTAN: ACTIVIST'S LETTER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activist Natalya Shabunts published via Internet a long letter she sent to Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov, criticizing the government for its failure to protect and care for Turkmenistan' [...]	2008-03-06 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT323	TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER NEW IDEOLOGY? WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, President Berdimuhamedov announced his new "Great Revival Epoch" ideology, based on the principle of "government for the people." The new ideology claims to guide developmental reforms that Berdimuha [...]	2008-03-10 10:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT329	TURKMENISTAN: LEGAL DATABASE PROJECT STOKES COMPETITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Internal competition to compile a legal database seems to have broken out among several government entities, spurred probably by a desire to get credit for fulfilling a high government priority and at least in par [...]	2008-03-12 03:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT330	TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE START TO THE U.S.-TURKISH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID Country Representative met on March 11 with Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA) Coordinator in Turkmenistan and the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat's Deputy Chief of Mission to explore and identify p [...]	2008-03-12 03:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TU TX
08ASHGABAT331	TURKMENISTAN: COOPERATION WITH INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, USAID Country Representative has met with the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights to finalize areas of cooperation that were discussed in previous meetings. USAID noted [...]	2008-03-12 05:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT35	TURKMENISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER LISTS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met for an hour January 8 with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov to press outstanding issues, to deliver new demarches, and to elicit a preview of Turkmenistan's foreign policy priorities for the new year (another issue reported septel). Meredov reaffirmed President Berdim [...]	2008-01-08 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ETRD KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT406	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV, LESS BRIEF, LESS [...] (C) In an April 1 follow-up to their March 31 meeting (ref),Charge found a significantly relaxed Foreign Minister Meredov. Though he had promised only 10 minutes, the meeting extended to 45 minutes. 2. (SBU) Meredov confirmed Turkmenistan would participate in the Summer 2008 TIFA meetin [...]	2008-04-01 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KPAO KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT414	INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON AFGANISTAN: PARIS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT436	TURKMENISTAN: GTZ REENERGIZES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly six years, during which its active operations in Turkmenistan were suspended, the German Technical Cooperation agency (GTZ) has returned and will provide assistance on amending current legislation as well as on new draft laws. The first laws to be tackled include th [...]	2008-04-08 09:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM GE TX
08ASHGABAT497	TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS IN U.S.-TURKISH DIALOGUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following working-level meetings with counterparts at the Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA),USAID requested meetings on April 16-17 with two Deputy Ministers of Health and Medical Industry to identif [...]	2008-04-22 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT498	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY HOLDS CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 3-4, USAID partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) co-organized a seminar on international legislation governing public organizations with Turkmenistan's Institute for Democracy and Human [...]	2008-04-22 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX

08ASHGABAT499	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY SEES ICNL AND USAID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following an April 4 conference on NGO legislation jointly hosted by the International Center for Not-for-profit-Law (ICNL) and Turkmenistan's Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR),the Institute's direc [...]	2008-04-22 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT531	TURKMENISTAN: PARLIAMENT REQUESTS INPUT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from USAID's local governance implementing partners met with the Parliament and the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights on April 23-24 to discuss potential areas for cooperation. In a signific [...]	2008-04-28 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT565	TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE ON OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan is a tightly-controlled dictatorship where citizens are not permitted to engage in direct human rights advocacy work. There are no international human rights organizations present, including from United Natio [...]	2008-05-05 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT58	TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR LUGAR RAISES RFE/RL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 11, just before the arrival of SFRC Minority Chairman Senator Richard Lugar, Post received e-mail documentation of harassment by Turkmen authorities of three Turkmenistan citizens who report for RFE/RL. Post pre [...]	2008-01-14 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT587	TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM GETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers and citizens alike were caught off-guard when Turkmen television reported April 18 that the government had kicked off an effort to revise the national constitution. Although authorities want to presen [...]	2008-05-07 07:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT591	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT FOCUSING ENERGIES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting with a Turkmen constitutional expert provided post with some insight into the process of constitutional reform that is now underway. All other legislative reform work has been halted and appropriate human resources are being focused on developing proposals that will [...]	2008-05-08 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT63	TURKMENISTAN: SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGE IN NEWS MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting with a Public Affairs Section (PAS) assistant, a Ministry of Culture official expressed a desire for greater reform of state news media and increased support for more exchanges with the Un [...]	2008-01-14 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SCUL KDEM KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT638	TURKMENISTAN: EUROPA HOUSE HELPING FULFILL EU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator for the EU's central clearinghouse for assistance and initiatives in Turkmenistan updated post on the work that Europa House is now doing to implement EU initiatives that will raise the prospects [...]	2008-05-17 07:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET TX
08ASHGABAT647	TURKMENISTAN: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met May 16 at the British embassy to compare notes on current and planned projects that focus on human rights and the rule of law. [...]	2008-05-20 07:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT653	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...]	2008-05-21 09:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT673	TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION UNVEILS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, President Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech, then sat in on a televised constitutional commission meeting where some 10-12 proposals for revision were publicly unveiled for the first time since the pr [...]	2008-05-27 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT676	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On May 27, OSCE's human dimension director, Benjamin Moreau reported that during his visit to Turkmenistan last week, the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, made two proposals to the governmen [...]	2008-05-29 05:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT688	TURKMENISTAN: BOUCHER MEETS OFFICIALS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher had separate meetings focusing on Democracy/Human Rights and Education. In the meeting with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Institute Director Shirin [...]	2008-05-29 13:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT700	TURKMEN PRESIDENT SAYS THE COUNTRY WILL "CONTINUE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's president spoke about reform, democracy, and human rights as he laid the first stone for a monument in Ashgabat's southern Berzengi neighborhood dedicated to the country's constitution, now undergoing revision. He spoke at length of Turkmenistan's "continued" [...]	2008-06-02 14:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT712	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...]	2008-06-04 04:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM
08ASHGABAT726	TURKMENISTAN: RADIO LIBERTY REPORTERS FACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four RFE/RL reporters are attempting to travel out of Turkmenistan for training and meetings. One of the reporters was already prevented from leaving for training on April 24, but all believe they might be barred from traveling between now and June 15. Post delivered points to [...]	2008-06-06 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT754	TURKMENISTAN REGISTERS FIRST NGO SINCE 2005 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, 2008, Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice registered the Ak-Bugday Gardeners' Association as a public association. Post believes this is the first non-governmental organization (NGO) registered by the Min [...]	2008-06-13 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT79	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT USUALLY NOT IMPRISONING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little solid information exists about the fates of former ministers and deputy ministers President Berdimuhamedov fired during his first year in office. The one official whose arrest (for corruption) Post was able to confirm -- former Minister of Railroads Orazberdy Hudayberdiy [...]	2008-01-16 07:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT801	TURKMENISTAN: ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the fundamentals of U.S. policy in Central Asia have remained consistent and on-target: to advocate political and economic reform as the keystone of America's strategic interests. After [...]	2008-06-27 04:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS CH TX
08ASHGABAT820	TURKMENISTAN: EMBASSY REJECTS MFA "CORRECTION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In responding to the Embassy's demarche on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributor Sazak Durdymuradov, First Deputy Foreign Ministery Wepa Hajiyev characterized the case as an internal affair about student-teacher ethics and professional responsibilities. The Charge rejected [...]	2008-07-02 09:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT827	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES REJECT [...] (C) Local OSCE Human Dimension Officer Benjamin Moreau told PolOff June 25 that OSCE had recently held a meeting with Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova and other government officials to discuss Turkmenistan,s view of the draft election law assessment that th [...]	2008-07-07 06:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT900	TURKMENISTAN: PLANS TO COOPERATE WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USAID-funded Quality Learning Project (QLP) started in October 2007, with implementing partners Creative Associates International, Inc. and Abt Associates. The goal of the project is to improve student educati [...]	2008-07-17 07:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT912	TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK CONFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On July 08,2008, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with the Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, Guvanch Geoklenov, to announce USAID's plan to extend the Accounting/CIPA program in Turkmenistan f [...]	2008-07-17 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT956	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT957	TURKMENISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16-18, 2008, the Joint Working Group of the Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water and the Turkmenistan Minister of Energy and Industry met in Ashgabat to discuss technical details of the construction o [...]	2008-07-24 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT963	TURKMENISTAN PUBLISHES DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, state media published the new draft constitution, now under consideration by the parliament. Post's initial examination of the draft seems to indicate that while a few minor tweaks and some rewording have taken place, the draft largely resembles the country's 1992 [...]	2008-07-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT972	TURKMENISTAN VOWS NOT TO BLOCK HDIM AGENDA [...] (SBU) On July 28, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov met with Charge to deliver Turkmenistan's reply to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting demarche contained Ref. A. He made the following points: -- Turkmenistan appreciates the language noting positive developments in [...]	2008-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT99	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a positive reply to USAID's October 29 proposal for cooperation with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. Areas for cooperation included information e [...]	2008-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASMARA158	SPLM OFFICIAL: ARREST, TORTURE AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, DCM met with Amar Najm Eddine al-Jak (Amar),a Khartoum spokesman for the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),who had been spirited from Sudan to Asmara by the SPLM after being arrested and tortured by Sudanese National Security services (reftel). Amar relay [...]	2008-03-25 11:16:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREF SU ER
08ASMARA334	OLF CLAIMS TO BE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Daawud Ibsa, believes his organization's support among Ethiopia's largest ethnic group bodes well for the OLF's chances in the event of fair elections in Ethiopia. He complained to the ambassador June 19 that PM Meles has failed [...]	2008-06-24 14:25:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PGOV KDEM ER ET
08ASMARA370	VIEWS OF AN ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The two senior Eritrean opposition figures in Asmara are both wealthy businessmen, one of whom is a prominent ex-fighter and the husband of a cabinet minister. Both are sympathetic to the Addis Ababa-based Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA). In their view, the regime is unit [...]	2008-07-24 11:55:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL ER
08ASTANA1107	KAZAKHSTAN - CHANGES MADE TO RELIGION LAW [...] (C) The Mazhilis passed on first reading a revised text of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law. Some of the most problematic provisions were removed from this latest version, though at the same time, new provisions were added which raise concerns. The amendments must go through a second [...]	2008-06-12 11:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ
08ASTANA1147	KAZAKHSTAN - EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (U) This cable constitutes post's input on Kazakhstan democracy and human rights concerns for demarches in preparation of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Democracy and Political Rights ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) When Kazakkhstan was selected as 2010 O [...]	2008-06-18 06:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL KZ
08ASTANA1194	KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES MADRID [...] (U) President Nazarbayev touched on Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments on democratic reform at the conclusion of his June 29 speech to the annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which is being held in Astana from June 29 to July 2. This is the first time that Nazarbayev has publicly [...]	2008-06-30 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM OSCE PREL KZ
08ASTANA1195	PAVLODAR - CIVIL SOCIETY SHOWS SIGNS OF INCREASED [...] (SBU) Emboffs visited Pavlodar during June 4 to June 6 and met with the Akimat (local government administration),the ruling Nur Otan party, opposition political parties, a representative of the Central Election Commission, media, and NGOs. Akimat officials were upbeat regarding both the poli [...]	2008-06-30 12:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON KZ
08ASTANA1222	KAZAKHSTAN - CODEL HASTINGS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Nazarbayev told CODEL Hastings on June 29 that Kazakhstan is committed to deepening its cooperation with the U.S. He explained that Kazakhstan's crude production would increase significantly in the coming years, and that transport remains the big issue to resolve. Nazarbayev rem [...]	2008-07-08 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA1225	KAZAKHSTAN - ROUND TABLE ON POLITICAL PARTY LEGISLATION [...] Summary: On July 1, the NDI and IRI organized a round-table on Kazakhstan's political party law which also included broader discussion of Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments. All the major parties were represented, including the ruling Nur Otan party. Several participants presented concrete propo [...]	2008-07-09 07:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KZ
08ASTANA1341	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 11:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA1374	KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) Nazarbayev advisor (and former Culture and Information Minister) Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador on July 21 that the government is looking for a way to bring in a multi-party parliament before taking over the OSCE chairmanship in 2010. Early elections, he explained, are not li [...]	2008-07-31 11:55:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ
08ASTANA1499	KAZAKHSTAN - DAS KROL DISCUSSES IAEA BOG, MADRID [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting in Astana, SCA DAS George Krol stressed to DFM Kairat Sarybai the urgency of Kazakhstan's moving forward on its candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG). Sarybai said he has heard from Vienna that most of the Arab members of the MESA group have [...]	2008-08-12 06:47:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA EAID PGOV KDEM KZ
08ASTANA1647	KAZAKHSTAN - NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (U) Summary: In a September 2 speech to Parliament, President Nazarbayev called for negotiations on the Georgia conflict based on Sarkozy's six points and fundamental principals of international law. He publicly discussed Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments for just the second time, promising th [...]	2008-09-03 09:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON KZ GG RS
08ASTANA1697	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP PROMISES BOUCHER FOLLOW [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov and Foreign Minister Tazhin, citing President Nazarbayev's public commitment, told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 2 that Kazakhstan would follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Masimov looked forward to next steps on the Public-Priv [...]	2008-09-08 07:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE ECON KZ
08ASTANA1711	KAZAKHSTAN - COURTS SUSPEND JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) In recent months, courts in southern Kazakhstan have ordered three chapters of Jehovah's Witnesses to suspend their activities for six months for holding meetings at venues other than their registered addresses. Similar cases heard by courts in other regions of the country have been dism [...]	2008-09-10 06:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1815	KAZAKHSTAN - WORKING GROUP SUBMITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Information and Culture Ministry's working group on amendments to Kazakhstan's media law has forwarded a "concept" for the amendments and nine specific proposals to the Ministry of Justice for further action. Two NGOs that participated in the working group complained to us that the n [...]	2008-09-19 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA1819	KAZAKHSTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS NOT REALLY A TEST [...] (SBU) Kazakhstan's Senate elections will take place on October 4, when local and regional maslikhats (legislatures) will vote to fill 16 Senate seats. The government has launched a wide media campaign to raise the profile of these usually low-key elections and has invited international organi [...]	2008-09-19 11:58:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA1872	KAZAKHSTAN - CRIMINAL CASE OPENED UP AGAINST KEY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on September 24 that it has opened a criminal case against several key opposition figures -- Azat's Bulat Abilov, OSDP's Amirzhan Kosanov, Alga's Vladimir Kozlov, and the Shanyrak movement's Asylbek Kozhakhmetov -- for allegedly concealing the w [...]	2008-09-25 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ
08ASTANA1966	KAZAKHSTAN: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three opposition leaders met separately with criminal investigators on September 29 in connection with charges that they harbored a fugitive in a murder case. Authorities named one of the three, OSDP Deputy Chairman [...]	2008-10-03 07:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ
08ASTANA1978	KAZAKHSTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS BRING NO SURPRISES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Kazakhstan's October 4 Senate elections passed with no surprises, with a landslide victory for the ruling Nur Otan party. Nur Otan-dominated regional and local maslikhats (legislatures) voted into office sixteen senators, o [...]	2008-10-06 11:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2071	KAZAKHSTAN: PHONE CONVERSATIONS RELEASED BY ALIYEV RAISE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev's ex-son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev, posted on the Internet recordings of alleged phone conversations involving former Presidential Administration Chief Adylbek Dzhaksybekov, former National Securit [...]	2008-10-17 02:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2080	KAZAKHSTAN: FM TAZHIN THANKS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tazhin thanked U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Khalilzad for his attendance at the Common World ministerial. Tazhin told Khalilzad that he expected Kazakhstan to finalize an agreement with NATO on land transit of supplies for [...]	2008-10-20 11:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV KISL KDEM AF KZ
08ASTANA2121	KAZAKHSTAN: BUILDING DEMOCRACY FROM THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the 14th annual meeting of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan, a multi-ethnic presidential advisory commission, President Nazarbayev emphasized his fundamental goal to build a peaceful, tolerant, multi-ethnic country that would move slowly and responsibly toward making [...]	2008-10-28 08:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KDEM GG KZ
08ASTANA2147	KAZAKHSTAN: FM TAZHIN REAFFIRMS MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tazhin: -- reaffirmed Kazakhstan's commitment to fulfilling its Madrid commitments; -- made a case for building a more mature bilateral relationship by noting his government's desire to be released from the [...]	2008-10-30 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD KDEM KNNP IZ AF KZ
08ASTANA2148	KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DISCUSSES PARTY ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Nur Otan party First Deputy Chairman Darkhan Kaletayev explained that Nur Otan aims to become a party of "real deeds." The party sees itself as a conduit between the public and government, helping to solve socio-economic and ot [...]	2008-10-30 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2153	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 13-24 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." "PUBLIC PARLIAMENT" SUPPORTS ELECTION AMENDMENTS 2. During an October 13 meeting, the "Khalyk Kenesy" ("People's Parliament") expr [...]	2008-10-31 06:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2163	KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR ON ECONOMIC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The South Korean Ambassador in Astana said Seoul -- is considering an economic summit for South Asia as a way to raise its profile in the region; -- would be willing to play a greater "quiet diplomacy" role in promoting democracy; -- considered creating a South and Centra [...]	2008-11-03 05:03:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KDEM RS KS KZ
08ASTANA2166	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Kazakhstan will be most useful to reinforce the importance we place on the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership. Both Secretary of State Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad visited Astana in October. With its selection as 2010 OSCE ch [...]	2008-11-03 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET OREP KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2178	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, civil society leaders briefed several Astana-based diplomatic missions on Kazakhstan's progress on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform and on religion legislation pending in parliament. In their view, the government is not going far enough in fulfilling [...]	2008-11-04 11:38:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2194	KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION AND CULTURE MINISTER SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador stressed to Information and Culture Minister Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed the importance of Kazakhstan's follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Kul-Mukh [...]	2008-11-07 06:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2233	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 7 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." UIGHUR INCIDENTS 2. According to an October 28 report of the International Human Rights Bureau NGO, two law enforcement officials [...]	2008-11-10 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2249	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leaders of four key opposition parties in Almaty on November 6. They told him that while they expect "great change" from the new U.S. Administration, they do not foresee any drastic shifts [...]	2008-11-13 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO RS KZ
08ASTANA2256	KAZAKHSTAN: LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING MADRID COMMITMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cabinet approved draft legislative packages amending Kazakhstan's laws on elections, political parties, and the media on November 11. Prime Minister Masimov promised they would be sent expeditiously to the Ma [...]	2008-11-14 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2318	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL ROLE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his speech to Kazakhstan's top diplomats on November 19, President Nazarbayev asked the MFA to develop a new foreign policy concept that underscores Kazakhstan's growing role on the global scene. He n [...]	2008-11-24 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2346	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD MUSIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 24, the Ambassador met Aslan Musin, Head of the Presidential Administration, to discuss Kazakhstan's broad goals as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and the package of legislative amendments currently be [...]	2008-11-25 10:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM ECON EFIN EINV SOCI KNNP KDEM KPAO
08ASTANA2350	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPORTUNITY IN MANGYSTAU OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and poloff visited the port-city of Aktau, the capital of Mangystau oblast, during November 5-6. In addition to attending the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Pr [...]	2008-11-25 15:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EPET KPAO KDEM AE
08ASTANA2361	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 21, 2008 [...] (U) NOTE: The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. END NOTE. NUR OTAN REACHES OUT TO NGOS 2. (U) On November 12, the new deput [...]	2008-11-26 09:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2365	KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN OFFERS TO CONSULT WITH THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Ambassador Hoagland met with Senate Chairman Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev. Tokayev told the Ambassador that the Senate's priorities are to pass a package of "Madrid" amendments now making their way throug [...]	2008-11-26 12:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2383	KAZAKHSTAN'S ASYLUM SEEKER DEPARTS VOLUNTARILY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ramazan Yesergepov, Editor-in-Chief of the Alma-Ata Info, a small weekly opposition newspaper with a circulation of approximately 8,000 copies, requested political asylum and refused to leave the U [...]	2008-12-03 02:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS KDEM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2388	KAZAKHSTAN: RELIGION LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Kazakhstan's parliament adopted the amendments to the religion law, and the legislation is now before President Nazarbayev for signature. While the draft is a marked improvement over the origina [...]	2008-12-03 10:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2398	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE MADRID LAWS, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a group of Western diplomats met with leading opposition parties to gather their reactio [...]	2008-12-04 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2399	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY PESSIMISTIC ON MADRID LAWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the second in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, several leading NGOs shared their views on the draft laws on political parties, electio [...]	2008-12-04 12:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2407	KAZAKHSTAN: WAS THAT AN INSULT? OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Yermurat Bapi, Editor-in-Chief of Taszhargan newspaper. Taszhargan is a weekly opposition paper printed in Russian and Kazakh with a total circulation of 72,000. Bapi re [...]	2008-12-05 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2445	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR IDRISOV ON RAKHAT ALIYEV, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met Kazakhstan's Ambassador Erlan Idrisov for lunch at the Georgetown Club in Washington on December 5. They discussed -- President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law and how he is an irritant in the U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relationship; -- presid [...]	2008-12-10 11:00:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KDEM RS KZ
08ASTANA2450	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Administration head Aslan Musin called in the Ambassador on December 10 to discuss Rakhat Aliyev, expressing concerns about international press reporting on the Aliyev case and explaining he had information that Aliyev might be seeking American citizenship or U.S. polit [...]	2008-12-11 11:24:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ
08ASTANA2452	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 24-DECEMBER 5 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADERS CHARGED WITH CRIME 2. On December 1, the Interior Ministry charged Azat party leader Bulat Abilov with "concea [...]	2008-12-12 05:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2469	KAZAKHSTAN: THE STATE OF THE MEDIA - STILL A LONG WAY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, the Kazakhstani Press Club hosted a conference on the state of the media in Kazakhstan. Some 200 people -- including media experts, representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations [...]	2008-12-18 16:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2471	KAZAKHSTAN: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Talmas movement leader Aynur Kurmanov. Kurmanov discussed the impact of the current financial crisis and the creation of a "new poor class" from members of the middle cla [...]	2008-12-18 16:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2492	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN [...] (C) In an alleged internal government memo, a copy of which we received from a contact at the NGO Freedom House, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin wrote to Prime Minister Karim Masimov that the government should postpone adopting amendments to Kazakhstan's religion legislation until after its 20 [...]	2008-12-19 09:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2522	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER ZHOVTIS: "I'D RATHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting in Almaty with the Ambassador, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau Director Yevgeniy Zhovtis offered his views on democracy, human rights, and the political situation in Kazakh [...]	2008-12-22 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2534	KAZAKHSTAN: NSDP LEADER TUYAKBAY - AN HONORABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, the chair of the National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) Zharmakhan Tuyakbay argued that Kazakhstan's democratic hopes were dashed in mid-1990s when Presi [...]	2008-12-23 03:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2545	KAZAKHSTAN'S DUVANOV: "YOU'RE LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Sergei Duvanov judges: -- the United States is losing the information war with Russia in Kazakhstan because we are doing little effective to provide an alternative to Russia's massive domi [...]	2008-12-24 02:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP SOCI KDEM RS KZ
08ASTANA2546	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, DECEMBER 9 - 19 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. CITY AKIM RECEIVES OPPOSITION LEADER ABILOV 2. The Almaty akim (mayor) Akhmetzhan Yesim [...]	2008-12-24 05:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2577	KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE: "DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's OSCE Madrid-commitment legislation (reftels A and B). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador hosted a working lunch for ambassadors [...]	2008-12-31 08:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA357	KAZAKHSTAN: KNB INTENSIFIES INVESTIGATION OF GRACE [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Committee for National Security (KNB) agents raided yet another Grace Presbyterian Church, this time in Almaty. The raid is the latest step in an ongoing KNB investigation of the denomination, which began with August 2007 raids on two churches and several church-re [...]	2008-02-21 09:14:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KZ
08ASTANA411	KAZAKHSTAN: UPSURGE IN NEGATIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Several media outlets in the last month have published or broadcast stories critical of religious groups not traditional to Kazakhstan, such as evangelical Protestant Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, and Hare Krishnas, depicting them as dangerous sects harmful to [...]	2008-03-03 11:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA485	KAZAKHSTAN BEGINS THE DIFFICULT AND DELICATE TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Kazakhstan is slowly transitioning from Russian to Kazakh as the primary language of governance. Spoken by only a minority of Kazakhstanis at the time of independence, demographic shifts and government programs have increased the prevalence of Kazakh in Kazakhstani society. However, the [...]	2008-03-12 04:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA50	KAZAKHSTAN: PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is home to the world's largest Russian language Christian satellite television network and a steadily growing, openly evangelical Pentecostal church, surprising facts considering the negative attention the country sometimes receives for its treatment of groups that are [...]	2008-01-11 11:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KZ PGOV PHUM PREL
08ASTANA611	KAZAKHSTAN - SHYMKENT IS YOUNG, MUSLIM, AND GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) South Kazakhstan oblast and its capital, Shymkent, are experiencing rapid population growth due to high birth rates, an influx of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad, and labor migration from Uzbekistan. While local officials claim local media is largely independent, civil society representatives [...]	2008-03-21 05:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASTANA685	KAZAKHSTAN - ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 24 - APRIL 7, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. - Azat Statement Prompted by Aliyev's Conviction - OSDP Says Government-Opposition Dialogue [...]	2008-04-08 09:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ
08ASTANA767	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGISLATION THREATENS RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On April 2, a group of parliamentarians introduced draft amendments to Kazakhstan's laws governing religious organizations. Among other things, the amendments would require all religious groups in the country to re-register under more restrictive procedures; limit the activities of smal [...]	2008-04-18 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KDEM PREL KZ
08ASTANA824	KAZAKHSTAN - FORWARD MOVEMENT ON AMENDING MEDIA [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on April 24 with Anastasiya Shchegortsova, head of the Information and Culture Ministry's Strategic Planning Department, and Bogatoz Kaipova, from the Presidential Administration's Domestic Policy Department, to discuss Kazakhstan's Madrid commitment to amend the countr [...]	2008-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA867	KAZAKHSTAN: OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no high profile dissidents from un-free nations living in exile or seeking asylum in Kazakhstan. 2. (SBU) In the course of my work, I do, however, regularly meet with leading Kazakhstani democracy and human rights activists, including Yevgeniy Zhovtis, [...]	2008-05-06 03:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASTANA870	KAZAKHSTAN - ALL IS CALM IN ALMATY OBLAST, AND THAT'S HOW [...] (SBU) All is calm in Almaty Oblast and its capital, Taldykorgan, and residents are enjoying a steadily improving quality of life, at least according to oblast officials. The urban population is growing, though the oblast remains largely rural and agricultural. Taldykorgan itself has experience [...]	2008-05-06 07:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASUNCION373	RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This cable responds to questions regarding implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act and the relationship between the Cuban and Paraguayan governments (ref A). 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cub [...]	2008-06-04 21:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL KDEM CVIS PHUM PREF CU PA
08ASUNCION660	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 22:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC BL PA
08ASUNCION843	RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This cable responds to questions regarding implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act and the relationship between the Cuban and Paraguayan governments (ref A and B). 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...]	2008-12-17 19:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL KDEM CVIS PHUM PREF CU PA
08ATHENS1095	P-1 REFERRAL FOR U.S. RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: WARDA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy has identified Iraqi citizen Johnson Hermiz Warda as a candidate for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program as a Priority 1 referral. Warda submitted a written request to the Embassy for refugee resettlement to the United States based on his prior employment in Iraq wit [...]	2008-07-31 10:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CVIS KDEM PGOV PHUM GR IZ
08ATHENS123	GREEK MFA ON IRAN ISSUES [...] (S) On January 24, DepPolCouns met with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis to discuss various Iran issues, including a readout of the Iranian DFM Bagheri's January 14 visit to Athens, Greece's overall posture towards Iran, and Iran's role in Iraq. DFM Vali [...]	2008-01-25 15:52:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL PGOV CASC KDEM IR IZ GR
08ATHENS1334	GREECE/UNGA: MFA GRATEFUL FOR POINTS ON COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A points on U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies at the UNGA to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations head Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, who would be accompanying FM Bakoyannis to the UNGA. Rallis later told us he had passed the points to Fo [...]	2008-09-19 05:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GR PHUM UNGA KDEM
08ATHENS1349	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BL VE GR
08ATHENS1542	GREECE ON EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 10:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KDEM GR XM BL

08ATHENS201	IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN [...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...]	2008-02-13 12:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR

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